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going away to some o th er p a rt of the country to live, and before they went m other said you PRIMARY AND could invite th is BEGINNERS friend over to a Mabel L. Merrill, farewell or good bye d inn er which she would get ready for them ? Yes, several of us have, and sometimes we give the friend something to remember us by. Today we are to h ear a very w onderful story about a friend who w ent away and left us something to rem ember him by. P rayer. Lesson Story: Before Jesus w ent back to His home in heaven, He and H is disciples m et in a room in the home of one of H is friends one evening and had a farew ell or good-bye supper to gether. This was a farew ell supper for it was th e last one Jesus would ea t w ith His disciples. He told them how He was going to die to save people from th e ir sins if they would believe on Him, and th a t afte r H is death He was going back to heaven. One of th e disciples was no t a t th is farewell supper. Maybe you can tell me which one it was? Yes, th e one whose name was Judas, who did no t really love Jesu s in his h eart, and when some wicked men offered him money to tu rn Jesu s over to them to be killed, Ju d a s took th e money. Now we come to th e p a rt of our sto ry th a t tells us w h at Jesu s did th a t would help th e disciples and all who loved Jesu s to always rem em ber Him, and w h at He did for them . Jesu s took a piece of bread and offered th ank s to God His heavenly F a th e r, and th en He broke it in pieces and gave to th e disciples and said, tak e, eat: th is is My body, which is broken fo r you: th is do in remem brance of Me. He m eant th a t the broken bread was like H is body, be cause H is body was soon to be broken, and crucified, and offered upon the cross for them . A fter He had eaten the broken bread w ith H is disciples, He took th e cup w ith grape juice in it, and afte r giving th ank s to God, He gave it
th e assembly m ust be to remember Christ—S is death, H is presence in glory, H is coming again. v. 25. New covenant in my blood. The fresh covenant is th e new relation established between .God and man by th e Incarnation and th a t relation is now being actualized by th e offering of the blood which is th e life and th e com m unication of th e life in th a t blood to them .— Cam. Bible. Remembrance of me. It renews th e memories' of the g reat sacrifice made fo r our sakes and our consequent privileges and duties.— Kauffman. Me, th e Crucified One (1 Pet. 2 :2 4 ), th e Risen One (Rom. 4 :2 5 ), th e Ascended One (Heb. 9 :24 ; 1 :3 ), the Living One (Heb. 7 :2 5 ), th e Coming One (Jno. 14 :3 ; Heb. 9:28).-—Sel. v. 26. Show th e Lord’s death. Rome’s teaching is th a t th e observance of th e ordinance is not a showing hu t an actu al repetition of His sacrifice. I t is irra tio n a l th a t H is now glorified body should he subjected to th e shame of being hum iliated afresh continually on th e a lta rs of Rome.— McDonald. When observed in th e rig h t spirit, it impresses upon those who w itness the observance of th e ordinance th e fact of C h rist’s suffering and death.— Kauff man. L iterally “announce publicly.” The Greek word “ show” means “Ye publicly profess, each of you, ‘th e Lord h as died for me.’ ”—Wahl. The cele b ration is a living sermon.— Dumme- low. T ill h e come. The Lord’s supper looks back to th e Cross and forw ard to H is second coming.— Torrey. When th e re shall no longer be need of sym bols of H is body, th e body itself being m anifested.— Jam ieson. Remembering Jesu s. 1 Cor. 11:23- 26. Memory Verse: “This do in remem brance of me.” Luke 22:19. Approach: How many of you boys nnd girls ever had a friend who was
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