A Meal with Jesus
It's Time
February 18, 2018
Rev. Tim Sharpe
Mark 14's Passover meal shows the Lord's Supper as a transformed Passover in which Jesus, amid betrayal, offers his body and blood as a symbolic seal of our relationship with God, calling us to self-examination while testifying to God's provision, knowledge, and redemption.
Summary
Reading Mark 14, Jesus celebrates the Passover with his disciples and predicts betrayal, setting the stage for the institution of the Lord's Supper. This meal is not a literal consumption of his body and blood but a transformed Passover that serves as a visible sign of God's provision, knowledge, and redeeming work. Because Judas appears as a betrayer even while sharing the meal, communion calls believers to examine themselves before participating. Ultimately, the Lord's Supper is a central sacrament of Christian community, a seal of our relationship with Christ and with God.
Key Points
- Read Scripture with reverence (tradition of standing)
- Context: Mark 14, the Passover meal where Jesus predicts betrayal
- The Lord's Supper transforms the Passover into communion
- It testifies that God provides, knows, and redeems
- Judas' betrayal shows the need for self-examination before taking communion
- Jesus' body and blood are symbolic—a seal of our relationship with God
- Communion is central to Christian community and identity
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