Read Matthew 26:26-29

1. What are the circumstances?

2. When did this happen?

3. What did Jesus give the disciples (verse 26)?

4. What did he say (verse 26)?

5. What did he do with the wine (verse 27)?

6. What did he say the wine represented (verses 27,28)?

7. What oath did Jesus declare (verse 29)?

Read Mark 14:22-25

1. What did Jesus do with and say about the bread (verse 22)?

2. When did Jesus do this (verse 22)?

3. What did Jesus do with the wine (verse 23)?

4. What did they do with the wine (verse 23)?

5. What did Jesus say about the wine (verse 24)?

6. What did Jesus declare (verse 25)?

Read Luke 22:14-20

1. Who were at the table (verse 14)?

2. Jesus had an earnest desire to do what (verse 15)?

3. For what reason did he desire to do this (verse 15)?

4. What did he tell them to do with the wine (verse 17)?

5. What declaration did he make about the wine (verse 18)?

6. What did he say when he gave them the bread (verse 19)?

7. What did he say about the wine (verse 20)?

Observations:

1. This was a moment of tremendous sadness and joy.
   1. Jesus made it evident that there was finality in this meeting, and the meeting would be followed by betrayal.

   2. Jesus said that he would have this special fellowship with them again in the kingdom.

2. He established a moment of significant fellowship that would produce a sustaining bond between them.
   1. Though this fellowship that took its significance, meaning, and strength from his act of unselfish sacrifice for them, they would mutually sustain each other in their mutual loyalty to Jesus.

   2. They would be sustained in a mutual fellowship that focused on him until they were with him at the great kingdom banquet, the Jewish concept of union with God after death.

3. The reality of the kingdom of God has critical significance in the Lord's Supper.

For further reflection:

Read 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

1. Was Paul pleased or displeased with their observance of the Lord's Supper? Verify your answer within this text.

2. Do you think Paul's primary concern was the absence of the fellowship Jesus intended, the methodology they used as they took it, both, or neither? Verify your answer within this text.

David Chadwell

Jesus' Kingdom Parables Study Guide (part 14)
Wednesday evening Bible class, 10 June - 18 November 1998
West-Ark Church of Christ, Fort Smith, AR

Copyright © 1998
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