Matthew 26:26-29 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take… Relate the history of this feast. I. THE PASSOVER FEAST COMMEMORATED A GREAT DELIVERANCE. 1. A deliverance from what? From Egyptian bondage — the destroying angel — God's judgment upon sin. 2. How was this deliverance effected? 3. Why was this deliverance commemorated every year? II. THE PASSOVER FEAST POINTED TO A GREATER DELIVERANCE. 1. A deliverance from what? From a worse bondage than that of Egypt, etc. (John 8:34; Peter 2:19). And from a judgment more terrible than came upon the first-born (Romans if. 3, 5, 8; Matthew 25:41). 2. How was this greater deliverance to be effected? Also by the blood of the Lamb (1 Peter 1:18, 19; Revelation 5:8, 9). Who is this Lamb? (John 1:29; Colossians 1:13, 14; Hebrews 9:12, 14). We must come to Christ and have heart sprinkled (Hebrews 10:19, 22; 1 Peter 1:2). Each must have his own sin put away, etc. 3. How did the yearly feast point to this greater deliverance? Would show how deliverance from death could only be by death of another (1 Corinthians 5:7). III. CHRIST INSTITUTED THE LORD'S SUPPER TO COMMEMORATE THIS GREATER DELIVERANCE. In the Lord's Supper two things done — 1. We commemorate Christ's death for us. 2. We feed upon Him by faith. (E. Stock.) Parallel Verses KJV: And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. |
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