The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-05-27

IDAsed upon PelouDets Seiect NotesI
GOLDEN TExT.-As often as ye eat this
bread, and drink this cup. ye do show the
Lords death till lie come.-l Cor. H.zo.
THE SECTION Includes the whole story
Of the Lords Supper as recorded IN inc
four Gospels.
EXPOSITION.
Preparations.-Ns. 1919. IL. ~ihe
first day of the feast" OF the Passover
for which preparations were begun on
the l4th OF Nissan, the first month or
their religious year. Feast OF un-
leayened bread:" So called because at
this feast no lea,ened bread was al
lowed. 'sThe disciples came to Jesus:"
AT Bethany, probably the house OF
Lazarus and his sisters. Where VIII
Thou that we prepare?" A room was
needed, and unleavened bread, bitter
herb. wine and a paschal lamb, which
must be slain in the temple.
10. And the disciples did," etc. Two
of them. Peter and John (Luke), went
to the city as representatives OF the
twelve. They found the master OF the
house. as Jesus had foretold. They
made ready the passover" in a large
upper room (Mark), perhaps the same
one where two months later the Holy
Spirit was sent upon the disciples.
Assembling in the Upper Eoom.-V.
90. Toward evening. Jerusalem. 20.
..When the even was Gomez" Jesus
must have started late in the afternoon,
and reached the upper room about sun
set, which would be at that season at
a little after six. "He sat down:" r.
IT,, was sitting. They reclined on
~ ON thraa sides nj r
low table, resting on the left arm, SO
that the right was free.
The Warning to Judas.-Vs. 2l-2S.
Evening. In the upper room. During
the Passover. 81. And as they did
eat:" The Passover, the Lords Supper,
was instituted later in the evening.
"He (Jesus) said . one OF you shall
hetray me:" John says he was "trou-
bIed in spirit" Judas had already
!, agreed to betray him for 30 pieces or
silver; but this announcement gave
Judas opportunity TO repent.
%. .They were exceedingly sorrow
full" because their loved Master was to
be betrayed; because one of their num-
Der should fall so low as 10 be n traitor.
, and because they were afraid they
= might he swept onward into doing
" what now their souls hated. Il say
! unto Him." To Jesus, as well as to one
another luke 2e:23). "Is ii I?' This
y was true determination, and showed
IS the right spirit, and was n hopeful sign
y 90. ale that dippeth his hand with
. me in the dish" 1t shows that he must
|, have reclincd near TO Jesus, or he could
IL not have reached the same dish from
u which Jesus was eating. In response
+" to the whispered question of John, who
q. sat next to Him, Jesus points out the
r. traitor to him by an act which would Mt
f. tract no notice from the others, because
~ IL was an ordinary incident of theil
n daily meal.
25. Judas . . . said . Is IL ~
~ lie did not dare 10 keep silence, for tina
would have been suspicious. At thi
fal point Satan took possession of Judas
nd and he went out from the company o
disciples to betray Jesus to the chic
ia priests.
10, The Institution Of the Lords Supper
as VS.. 1920. 20. "And as they wer
-. eating" toward the close of the Pass
gs over feast, "Jesus took bread" the thi
IL rake of unleavened bread, land blesse
"a. it," invoked blessings" "consecrate
e.s with solemn prayers."-Thayel
thu Take, eat" make it a part of Soul
selves. This is my body" represent
my body, symbolizes my body. does fe
4 your body just what my spiritual Iii
does for your spirits.
~. "And He tool the clr:" n
where in the accounts - the Lord
Supper is the word wine used, but "cuI
fruit of the vine," so that fresh. unfe
mented grape juice fulflls all the co
- ditions of this observance, and is eve
yer q more perfect symbol than fermentt
nte wine. Gave thanks:" From the Gree
is word thus translated comes The T.
charist; 1. e., The Thanksgiving, as Il
the name Of the Lords Supper. Here is OF
Of the wonders of Christ's love, that /
asst could give thanks over the shedding
he'd His own blood.
%. "This is my blood" A type
Dor emblem of His blood, His life (Lev. 1
u.s. l4). which He laid down as the atom
ment for sin. "Of the new testament
- r. ", covenant, which God was now co
..is frming to man. The new covenant W
sa that God would renew and save all w
a.. believed in Jesus. (which is shed !
,,sb many:" M~ultitudes, not merely Q fe
ain are to be saved by Christ.
,ish 29. II will not drink henceforth
,ese this fruit Of the vine" This was to
,ipo Ills last meal with His disciples bcft
loo He died. Drink IL new" The Gre
word expresses not fresh, newly-me
enc wine. but a new kind Of wine, Will
new meaning, no longer a memorial
y IL. death, but as part Of the glorifed fes
"A to val Of the Marriage of the Lamb, and
: - His final triumph over evil. In
- Fathers kingdom" which was to p
W.. vail on earth and in heaven.
.n's The Closing Hymn.-V. 30. -
hinK when they had sung a hymn:" Pr
ef ably the usual Psalms d15-iis) "
which the Passover closed. and VIII
we're very fitting to this occasi
!. =. "They went out into the mount OF