Summary
Tonight, as we honor the institution of the Lord's supper, we are going to find this difficult saying and we are going to unpack it and maybe we will find that it is not so difficult after all but instead it is saying that Jesus gave to His disciples of all ages, a saying that is filled with beauty and filled with promise for you and for me. This is a difficult saying for us because it's not the Jewish crowd alone who seeks to feed their bellies. Then Jesus said to them, very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. When Jesus spoke those words, he spoke of a gift that we would need because we are like the crowd begging for the bread of which Jesus spoke. During the very past over meal that was celebrated year after year as commanded by God, it was during the past over meal that Jesus gave a celebration of a new covenant, a new covenant that God was making with his people, a new covenant of freedom, a covenant of freedom from our sin, a covenant of freedom from being reigned and held by the member of the devil, a covenant of freedom over death itself. What is it with this last few hours of his own freedom this night of heaven was he giving to his disciples, himself, fully, holy and completely, himself.
Video citations
- "The Bread of Life" 4-6-23 — It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God. Follow me and let the dead bury their own dead. Do not think that I have come to…