"The Last Supper" - 03.01.26

Описание: Scripture: Matthew 26:17-35
Sermon Series: The Passion of Jesus
Sermon: "The Last Supper" (Rev. Dr. Chris Ganski)
Worship Folder: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zuYs...

Reflections:
Christ’s blood is a metaphor that stands primarily for the suffering love of God. This suggests that there is no sorrow God has not known, no grief he has not borne, no price he is unwilling to pay, in order to reconcile the world to himself in Christ. It implies that this love is falsified wherever it is thought of in sentimental terms, for it is a love that has endured the bitterest realities of suffering and death in order that its purposes might prevail. The blood of Christ not only depicts the suffering love of God, its covenantal commitment, its sacrificial self-giving, and its gracious yet uncompromising judgment. It also depicts the royal exercise of divine power. A power that is power of love, and that this power is perfected in weakness.
~George Hunsinger, Disruptive Grace

Divine goodness is eminent in the sacraments God has assigned to the covenant, especially the Lord’s Supper. As he gave himself in his Son, so he gives his Son in the sacrament; he does not only give him as a sacrifice upon the cross for the expiation of our crimes, but as a feast upon the table for the nourishment of our souls: in the one he was given to be offered; in this he gives himself to be partaken of, with all the fruits of his death; under the image of the sacramental signs, every believer does eat the flesh, and drink the blood of the great Mediator of the covenant. The words of Christ, “This is my body, and this is my blood,” are true to the end of the world. This is the most delicious viand of heaven, the most exquisite dainty food God can feed us with: the delight of the deity, the admiration of the angels; a feast with God is great, but a feast on God is greater. Under those signs that body is presented: that which was conceived by the Spirit, inhabited by the Godhead, bruised by the Father to be our food, as well as our propitiation, is presented to us on the table. That blood which satisfied justice, washed away our guilt on the cross, and pleads for our persons at the throne of grace; that blood which silenced the curse, pacified heaven, and purged earth, is given to us for our refreshment. This is the bread sent from heaven, the true manna; the cup is the cup of blessing, and, therefore, a cup of goodness.
~Stephen Charnock, The Divine Attributes (1682)