THE INSTITUTION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER

THE INSTITUTION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER

 

 

All the prerequisites for an ordinance are fulfilled with respect to this supper:

1.   Special time
2.   Sovereign authorization
3. Symbolical meaning
4.   Spiritual reality pictured
5.   Specific command to perpetuate

lb. This supper was instituted at the strategic time in the ministry of our Lord, the night before the Cross.
John 13:1; Matt. 26:17-20 (cf. 4, 5) (Mark 14:12-18) (Luke 22:2-16)

2b.     This supper was instituted by the sovereign authorization of the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 13:3 "That the Father had given all things into his hands."
cf. Matt. 28:18 "All authority in heaven and earth..."

This covers not merely the foot washing ordinance and the Eucharist, but also the ordinance of the Lord's Supper.
The Scriptures record no other occasion where a supper was eaten precisely like this supper.
Nowhere is it recorded that the apostles instituted any ordinance. But the apostles did carry on this supper. 1 Cor. 5:7; 11:17-34; 2 Peter 2:13; Jude 12