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which He Kept the passover and insti-
tuted what we call the Lords supper
Is found more or less fully in each Of
the four gospels. Luke says that He
sent Peter and John. saying. go and
prepare us the passover" and that they
said unto Him. Where wilt thou that
we prepare" luke xxi, 8, o. So
should we ever ask Him concerning all
our goings. and there is another ques.
ton we should ask Him concerning all
our doings, Lord, what wilt Thou
have me to doT facts tx, g.. for we
have no wisdom concerning anything,
but Prov. Iii, 8. q; Ps. xxxii, s; lisa.
XXX, p, are d very great comfort. They
needed no instruction To reach the city,
so He said, Behold. when We are en-
tered into the city there shall man
meet you bearing a pitcher OF water"
luke xii. l0l
They were TO follow him into q house
and say to the good man OF the house,
'"The Master saith, where Is the guest
chamber where | shall eat the pass
over with my disciples?' Oversees 10,
IA; Luke xii, 10. L. II does not seem
that the man bearing the water vessel
knew what he was doing, but that he
all unconsciously guided the men to the
right house.
We are often unconsciously guiding
people rightly or wrongly, for Doth
He not see my ways and count all my
stepsT dob XXI, A.
The owner OF the house must have
been disciple. for he understood and
showed them the upper room furnished
Thus they found as He had said unto
them verse 16: see also Luke xix, 32).
So shall we always find it to be just
as He has said. The words translated
guest chamber" are found In only one
other place besides this incident. and
that Is in Luke II. Z, mo room for them
In the inn" There they made ready
the passover What a privilege and
honor and pleasure to make anything
ready for Him! DO you find IL so? As
He sat down with them I'm the even.
ing He said that He had greatly de-
sired to eat this passover with them
before He suffered. but that He would
not eat OF 1t again until fulfilled i'm the
Kingdom OF God luke xxi. 1918 He
Himself is our passover sacrificed for
us, but as there was n great deliver.
ance OF Israel from Egypt nj The first
passover there will be Il greater de.
liverance OF Israel nj His second com
ing TO set up His kingdom Il Cor v. 7:
Ter. xiii, I. 81. After lesson verse IL
and this portion from Luke there
should come Ia the incident OF the feet
washing. found only in John xiii. by
which He taught them humby TO serve
one another and the necessity Of con.
slant cleansing from earth's deflement
Then as they ate the passover lie said
that one of them would betray Him
and il had been good for that man II
he had never been born. No one seem
ed TO suspect Judas Iscariot. for they
said one by one. rs ii II" Simon Pc
ter asked John, who was leaning on
Jesus bosom. 20 ask Jesus who il was.
He replied. He il is TO whom | shall
give sop when have dipped it," lie
gave the sop To Judas Iscariot. aud
then Satan entered into him.
Then Jesus said to him, That thou
doest. do quickly"
Judas went Immediately out, and II
was night and has been night with him
ever since Before he went out he
said, Master. Is II II" And Jesus said
unto him, Thou hast said" verses 49,
81; Matt XVI, %; John Kill, 25-30).
According to our lesson. there followed
the institution OF the supper, by which,
according to ! Cor. xi, 20. we show
bread represents His body given for
us and the wine His blood shed for
us, and by believing we eat Himself
as Is explained in John vi, ~, "a, where
In the one verse eternal life is the re-
suit OF believing on Him, and In the
other II Is the result Of eating His flesh
and drinking His blood. SO that eating
His flesh and drinking His blood is just
believing on Him or, according to John
|, II, receiving Him.
He said again I'm this connection that
He would not drink any more OF the
fruit OF the vine till he should drink
ii new in the kingdom of God
verse 25).
He also spoke OF appointing to the
twelve (some one taking the place OF
Judas Iscariob kingdom that they
might eat and drink at His table In His
kingdom and sit on thrones judging
the twelve tribes OF Israel luke xii,
2S-30). Compare Matt xix, %.
While He had before Him. knowing
all things. the sufferings OF Gethsem-
ane and Calvary. they were selfishly
talking of who should be the greatest.
and Simon was saying that he was
ready TO go with Him to prison and to
death, not knowing his utter weakness
nor that Satan was asking for him to
sift him luke xii. 24-34)
In His reference 10 swords He seems
to me to be saying TO them that II they
could not trust Him when invisibly as
well as when vlsibly with them they
had better buy swords and take care