Message for November 23, 2025 from Pastor Shirley

The Gospels of Matthew 26:26-28, Mark 14:22, and Luke 22:14-20 record that Jesus instituted the Communion, also known as the Lord’s Supper, on the night before his crucifixion during the Last Supper. At this meal, he took bread and a cup of wine, identified them with his body and blood respectively, and instructed his disciples to perform this act in remembrance of him. 

Matthew 26-28 “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, ‘Take, eat, this is my body.’ Then he took the cup, and gave thanks and gave it to them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.’

Kingdom Dynamics Spirit-Filled Bible                                            God Sovereignly Inaugurates the New Covenant, THE BLOOD. Jesus used the occasion of the Passover meal to inaugurate the New Covenant. The symbolism of the Passover meal under the Old Covenant was about to be fully satisfied through Christ’s crucifixion. In this historic moment, Jesus transformed the meaning of the elements of the Passover meal into New Covenant thought. The bread now represented His body, which should be given, and the cup His blood, which would be shed for the forgiveness of sins. The holy requirements of God and the Old Covenant were about to be forever satisfied. A new and living way into the presence and provision of God was being prepared through Christ, the Lamb of God. A new and eternal bond was being established by the blood of Jesus Christ. God was sovereignly inaugurating the new and ultimate covenant.