The Lord's Supper (18)
  1. He comes to fill our old, stony heart with the new wine of his forgiveness.
  2. Blood is the thing. In the Scriptures, sin must be covered or "atoned for" as it's called, by blood.
  3. At the Passover, when Jesus said, "Take, eat, this is my body... take, drink, this is the New Testament in my blood, which is given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins," he wasn't inventing a "new" thing.
  4. But when we trust Jesus, then we close our eyes to it all and say, “Heavenly Father, I’m your child.
  5. Put to death by God's Word of Law, we are then raised to new life by God's Word of Gospel.
  6. But I remember that that’s how it ended. Words. Wine. Blood. A sudden halt to the conversation.