The Passover, the Communion, and the 4 Views (Part 2)

As many of  you know, today is also Passover -- the holiday on which the Jews commemorate their deliverance from Egypt. There is a special connection between the Passover of the Jews and the Christian faith because the meal that we refer to as Jesus’ “Last Supper” with his disciples was actually a Passover meal. It was at this last supper that Jesus Christ instituted the ordinance of communion (or the Lord’s supper) and commanded that it be done in remembrance of Him. That communion ordinance is what we are going to celebrate today.
 
Dr. John MacArthur said, “This final Passover was the first Communion. This is epic, this is massive, this is monumental, this is a turning point in all redemptive history. To put it another way, this evening Jesus brings to an end the Old Covenant and the Old Testament and inaugurates the New Covenant and the New Testament. He goes from Passover, the last legitimate Passover, to the Lord’s table, the first new memorial feast. He ends millennia of a celebration looking back to God’s delivering power in Egypt and inaugurates a new memorial, looking back to the cross and the deliverance far greater accomplished there.”
  
Now, there is some confusion among believers about "the Lord's supper." So, by the grace of God, before we take communion, I want to do some teaching to clear up the confusion that some folks have regarding communion. We are going to start by reading all four passages of Scripture regarding the instituting of the Lord's Supper.

TEXTS: Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:14-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32

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