Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-10

| this bread, and drink this cup, We
proclaim the Lords death till He
come 1 Cor. 11:26.
Wednesday has been passed in
quiet with His disciples. there being
no record of anything that day.
Thursday morning comes, and His
disciples ask Him where He wishes
them to prepare the Passover-that
preparation will consist in arrang-
ing the room, securing the unleaven-
ed bread, the bitter win; killing the
lamb and roasting it whole.
He gave minute directions, but so
yelled that Judas could not know
until the time came where 1T was,
for he had already bargained with
the rulers to betray his Master and
only sought convenient opportuni-
ty. The sign given the disciples was
a man bearing a pitcher OF water
evidently a disciple of Chr1sts, Tor
heaten or Jewish men left that KIND
Of work for the women. Only where
the principles of Jesus have peen
adopted is woman emancipated from
| position of mere slavery r
They found the room all ready and
at even they all gathered there TO
eat the paschaI meal. Jesus was I'M
der a peculiar strain. With great
desire He had desired to eat this
meal with them, He told them; and
yet He realized that one OF them
should betray Him. During the sup
per He got up from the table glrded
Himself and washed the disciples
feet-even Judas Then He gave
Them the cup and told them to a.
vide it among them. This was the
paschal cup Luke 22:11 not tie e
9oId Them He would not drink it
again until He drank it anew with
them in His Fathers Kingdom.
Then, being overburdened, He told
them that one of them should be-
| try Him They were surprised ana
| Mortified, and began each to ask;
Lord is it II" Even Judas asked
it, but in another form Master n ID =
| il II" but not until after Jesus mao
given him the sop. John, ieanln;s
9n His bosom, had asked Him prl-
yately who it was, and Jesus had
answered him privately. TO Whon
1 shall give the sop. fh h;nt u!pp pine
was a mark of especial friendship
He, was trying even yet 10 l Bnf
Judas back for Judas 4anei INTO INTO
Judas. and he could not say Lord.
az the others had said, but "MaSIer,
is if T." What Judas did from that
time on was not his act, but satan - >,
for he had given hlmself oyer
| Satan. and Satan was using ms pouy
&C the means of expressing his Will
I GChrist will enter into you and use
| vour body as the means or express
ing His will if you will yield to Him
as Judas did to Sata .,,,,sr
| After Satan had entered into JUDAS,
midas went out. Then Jesus seemed
to have a sense of freedom he nd9
not experienced before, and talke4
with His disciples (John 1881, etG i,
many mansions, of prayer IN IN ms us
name, of the Holy Spirit, of the m
innate relationship between tnenl
and Him as represented by the vine
of branches and of His joy that lie
was leaving with the m hoc1.eronnd
He instituted the Lords supper as a
memorial of Him. Notice the sue
cessive steps: He took, He gave
thanks, He blessed, He gave ne
babe them eat and drink. he decldded
it body and blood, He commanoeee
that they do this in remembrance OF
Him. These are the steps Indicated
for us in our celebration OF 1t.
This memorial is known by several
names-it is the Eucharlst, the
Communion, the Mass. There are
five things about it we want to note
now that are helpful to us IN our
consideration Of it.; a
/. 1t is Eucharistic. TINS Woru
comes from the Greek "enchaTlsIe-
sas'" which describes what jesus
did when He took the bread and VINE
He ''gave thanks" 1t is time
of THANKSGIVING; when We look PACK
and realize Gods marvellous .aeal-
ings with us, appreciate the won,
drous grace which He has displayed
toward us, our hearts must swell up
with thanksgiving. The heart thaI
does not has not yeti appreciated and
appropriated Christ. ~
2. 1t is a memorial. 1t was TO
supplant the Jewish feast OF the
Passover, for the Paschal Lamb was
to give His life for the remission
of sins. Ever since the Jews had
been delivered from the bondage OF
Egypt they had celebrated that de-
liverance, not only from bondage
but from death itself through the
blood sprinkled on the door posts.
And this had been pointing forward
to Him who, as the Lamb OF GOO,
would give His life as ransom Tor
many for the remission of sins. mat
feast had bene a coVenant-fecall-
ing and a covenant-reneWlng ceree
mOny This was to be the way OF
recElling and constantly renewing
the new covenant in His blood.
Strange it may seem that of all
things Jesus should have asked that
they remember His death! Yet not
strange either, for it was only by HIS
death that He could bring life to you
and to me. He wanted something
to make us remember that, for that
was the supreme act of His life and
the central point of human history.
3. 1t IS efficacious There is real