“Entirely Dependent”

I am entirely dependent upon You for support, counsel, consolation.

Uphold me by Your free Spirit,

and may I not think it enough to be preserved from falling,but may I always go forward,

always abounding in the work You give me to do.

Strengthen me by Your Spirit in my inner selffor every purpose of my Christian life.

All my jewels I give to the shadow of the safety that is in You

- my name anew in Christ,my body, soul, talents, character, my success, wife, children, friends, work, my present, my future, my end.

Take them, they are Yours, and I am Yours, now and for ever.

- Puritan prayer, adapted

“looking back and looking forward”

Luke 22:7-20July 14, 2013Pastor Mark

1. The washing of the disciple’s feet was probably first.

2. During the meal on more than one occasion, Jesus spoke of his betrayer.

3. The meal would have included many, if not all of the traditional Passover elements.

4. The additional comments never heard before by any of the disciples, which most likely caught them off guard.

5. John includes a pretty long discourse starting in John 13.

6. There is time for the disciples to argue amongst one another regarding who would betray him.

7. There was time for the disciples to fight about who would be the greatest of them.

8. There is a discussion with Peter regarding his sifting. Peter, as usual, is emphatic about his faithfulness to Jesus.

9. They sung hymns and drank four glasses of wine.

10. Then they departed to the Garden of Gethsemene.

V. 10 Big point- Jesus has everything in control.

V. 13 Big point- Jesus can be trusted.

V. 17 Is this out of order?

V. 19 “this is my body” Transubstantiation vs. consubstantiation.

Hebrews 12:2 “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Elements of the Last Supper to consider:

1. The portion we read in Luke is really just a portion of the larger whole of the last supper.

2. Luke does a great job of not “reading back” into the story elements of the future. He gives the information just as it occurred, not filling in the blanks with cool typology and fore-shadowing. Luke allows that to occur in Acts and in the epistle letters.

Elements of the Last Supper to consider:

3. The last supper is the end of the old covenant and the start of the new covenant.

4. The last supper was the inauguration of a new “church” ordinance, although it was not recognized as such at the time. Every Sunday, as well as other day, churches all over the world celebrate ‘communion’ which started at this event. The disciples had no grasp of the newness of this celebration at the time.

Elements of the Last Supper to consider:

5. The meaning and significance of “the last supper” was almost totally missed by the disciples. They did not understand what Jesus was doing, and they were busy thinking about the identity of the betrayer, their own sadness, and who was the greatest among them.

6. In the book of John, there is much information Jesus lays out in 4 chapters of the book. It wouldn’t be until much later that they would grasp the full meaning.

Elements of the Last Supper to consider:

7. Even though the ‘last supper’ was in some sort a retooling of an ancient observance. We know very little of those details. Instead the parts added, the parts we read about, end up the critical items we remember over and over.

8. The mood and demeanor of the disciples is one of “not present.” They are off in their own worlds, apparently oblivious to what is about to occur around them.

Elements of the Last Supper to consider:

9. Lastly, in spite of and in contrast to the disciples, Jesus approached this meal with eagerness: “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (v. 15).

Hebrews 12:2 “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”