WHAT IS “THE LORD’S SUPPER?”

The celebration of the Lord’s Supper by eating of the bread and drinking of the cup is a remembrance of Jesus’s broken body and spilled blood, including all He accomplished through the Cross, and all the benefits of being in this New Covenant with Him as a new creation.

This is why The Lord’s Supper has been called “the meal that heals.” Not only was the power of sin and death destroyed on the cross through Jesus’ spilled blood, but also the effects of sin (such as sickness in the body) were also destroyed with it through Jesus’ broken body given up for us. Through this continual reminder of taking the Lord’s Supper and celebration by faith of what Jesus accomplished through His death, burial, and resurrection; we remember and believe, receiving of those benefits by faith.

This celebration is not a mindless act of religious duty, but it is a powerful way the Lord has provided us to receive the benefits of His redemption. We are remembering that we are now One with God—He abides in us and we abide in Him. Just as the Jews were commanded by God to celebrate the Passover as a feast or celebration—remembering when God set the Israelites free in Egypt and passed over their homes, visiting judgment on Egypt their oppressor—we Christians celebrate the Lord’s Supper as instructed by Him, remembering how He set us free from slavery to sin and death.