The Lord's Supper

(Class Notes)

• ALL saints of ALL ages are redeemed by the blood of Christ (Romans 3:24-26; Hebrews 9:12-15)
  • The Lord gave up His body so that His blood could be shed for the remission of sins (I Corinthians 11:23-26 cf. Matthew 26:26-28)
  • The Lord's body was "broken" (I Corinthians 11:24), but NOT His bones - in fulfillment of the Passover type (John 19:32-33,36 cf. Psalms 34:20; Exodus 12:43,46)
    • His body, i.e. His flesh (Colossians 1:21-22), was "smitten" and "scourged" (Matthew 26:67; 27:26 cf. Isaiah 50:6) and "pierced" (John 19:34-35,37 cf. Zechariah 12:10; Isaiah 53:5; Psalms 22:16)
    • Paul testified that "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus" (Galatians 6:17 cf. II Corinthians 11:23-25) and, thus, he could say, "before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you" (Galatians 3:1)
  • The Lord gave up His body with the drinking of wine (John 19:28-30)
    • After His death a soldier "pierced" His side and immediately the blood issued forth followed by the water (John 19:33-34 cf. I John 5:6)

• ONLY saints of "THIS PRESENT evil age" (Galatians 1:4) are in the Body of Christ (Ephesians 2:11-18 cf. Ephesians 3:1-6)
  • The Lord shed His blood so that His Body could be formed (I Corinthians 10:16-17)
  • The members of the Lord's Body are physically derived from His body as surely as Eve was physically taken out as a member of Adam's body (Ephesians 5:30-32 cf. Genesis 2:21-24)
    • This physical truth is said to be a "great mystery" concerning the Church (Ephesians 5:32)
  • The Church is called by the Name of its Head, the Christ (I Corinthians 12:12,27), just as Eve was called by the name of her head, Adam (Genesis 5:2)
    • In both cases, the joint headship is indicative of the shared dominion (Genesis 1:28; Ephesians 1:19-23)

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