Question 169. How has Christ commanded that the bread and wine be given and received in the Lord's Supper?

 

Question 169. How has Christ commanded that the bread and wine be given and received in the Lord's Supper?

Answer. Christ, in administering the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, has commanded the ministers of his word to offer words, thanksgiving, and prayers, and to distribute the bread and wine to the communicants. The communicants, by the same designation, are to eat the bread and drink the wine, in thankful remembrance of the body and blood of Christ given for them.

The day before Jesus was arrested, Jesus shared the Eucharist with his disciples, personally breaking bread for them and pouring wine into their cups. This day was Passover. So he personally performed the Passover ceremony. Passover commemorates the slaughter of a lamb, putting its blood on the doorposts, and roasting and eating the lamb in the house. An angel passed by after seeing the blood on the doorposts.

God does not forgive sins by looking at the blood Jesus shed, but by looking at the blood of Jesus that is applied to believers. Pouring wine into the disciples’ cups is the blood of Jesus being applied to the disciples.

Regarding eating lamb meat, roasting meat has the same meaning as baptism by fire. It means that Jesus was stabbed to death on the cross. The saints who are united with Jesus also believe that they were stabbed to death. And eating meat means eating the life of resurrection. Only those who have the life of resurrection can escape from the world. The people who ate the Passover began the Exodus under the guidance of Moses. Today, saints are escaping from the world covered by the net of the law under the guidance of Jesus Christ.

Jesus also gave thanks (eucharistesas) when he broke bread or poured a cup. The Revised Version (Luke 22:17, 19) expresses that he gave thanks and prayed, and eucharistesas means thanksgiving. In Colossians 3:15, it says, "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which you were called in one body. And be thankful."

What the saints should be thankful for while taking the sacrament is that they have been freed from the world and sin, just like the Exodus. Those who take the sacrament and do not escape the world but believe that they are still bound to sin do not know the meaning of the sacrament. They eat and drink sin.

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