What Is the Lord's Supper

A short lesson with author and theologian J.I. Packer.

[AZVIDEZ]

There came a realization to me recently that not only am i receiving His body and blood, i am leaving my sin, my anxieties, my depression, my wants, lusts, burdens, at the feet of the Lord at His table; for Him to take them for me and from me in exchange for His grace. Thank you, Lord Jesus

[johntobey]

Praise God for the role of Brutish Evamgelicals and there spiritual uplift in previous generation and for clear sacramental theology. And clear denial of tramsubstantiation.

[russelpasamontehabla]

I'm enlightened with the words of this man. Surely the Holy Spirit guides him.

[tonymercer]

The renowned theologian and Bible teacher JI Packer explains in simple terrms the sgnificance and importance for believers of the Lord's Supper. Sadly, he passed to be with his lord and Saviour in 2020, just a few days short of his 94th birthay,

[davidsarkar]

All thanks and praise be to Jesus, Amen !

[newyorknight]

An unprecedented truth about our Lord and Savior amen

[lebero]

Man a great mind and wonderful teacher thanks Dr. Packer.

[jackjones]

We remember again the Lord's sacrifice and our need for him when partaking in communion. That lightness in step and remembrance of Him is something badly needed now.

[mrjohn]

Wonderful, if the Apostles came to our time, they would pastor like this fine man...I am not worthy...

[angelabell]

John 6:52 Jesus Christ said if you don't eat my flesh and drink my blood there's no life in you cimmioun very important for our walk with Jesus

[madeleinehuhtalo]

Mycket bra, håller helt med, , detta tror jag också på. Detta står jag för också

[lakilakisorong]

first time i hear from this man.... im so blessed... wowww

[JJ-dctt]

Beautiful music and ecclesiastical background, an elder statesman of the church, but it all leaves me cold because nothing can replace the true confession that in this sacrament we receive the very Body and Blood of Christ, for the remission of sins, life and salvation. All the beauty in the world cannot equal "take eat this is my body." "This cup IS the new testament ..." That is to say that this celebration of eucharist both constitutes and defines one as Christ's. Anything less leaves the church living, at best, beneath the spiritual poverty line.

[seanrathmakedisciples]

There is nothing symbolic about the Lords Supper.Is it a ritual or participation? There is one perfect sacrifice to end all sacrifices and one continuous celebration supper celebrating Jesus victory until Jesus returns in glory..This takes place in Jesus presence Mt 18:20.How do we participate in a sacrifice 1 Corinthians 10:18 tells us the answer by eating of the sacrifice. When Israel ate the lamb and applied the cup(blood) there were really participating in the Calvary sacrifice.So it was imputed to them that they were eating of Jesus body and blood. When we eat the Passover bread and drinking the Passover cup . The early believers broke bread daily from house to house Acts 2:46

[justinaacuriouswanderer]

Did they eat symbols of the Passover lamb or the literal flesh of the Passover
When people found Jesus' teaching "hard to believe", didn't He, as God, not know they might misunderstand his "symbolic proclamation" to be literal???? It's not as if God almighty wouldn't be clear and just merely say "oh I'm sorry I wasn't able to convey my symbolic message rightly so you misunderstood it as literal flesh, but I have to correct the way I convoyed the message"

God forbid!
Instead He told them, "will you also leave?"

[setapart]

He told Noah how to specifically build the Ark, He told Moses how to specifically, build the tabernacle. For something so important, He would be specific and say exactly what it should be, and would not leave it up to man to do what they feel like.

1. If it is meant to be bread, then why is there so much versions ?
What is it meant to be, bread, wafer, cracker ? What is it ?
Isnt God specific ?
2. How often should it be taken ?
3. What is the recipe ?
4. What happens if you cant get hold of this bread, cracker or wafer, especially with this lockdown ?
5. Who's hands made this bread, cracker or wafer ?
6. How does it affect the spiritual man ?

Then if we are the body of Christ, then how can it be a symbol of his body, when we are now the body of Christ ? 1 Corinthians 10 vs 16: For we being many are one bread and one body. are now the body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12 vs 12 - 14.

Jesus said that I am the living Bread and if you eat of me, you shall live. The word eat, means to believe.
Matthew 26 vs 29: He said He wont drink it a new, until He drinks it an new in His father's Kingdom. He was saying that He would no communicate or interact with them, in the literal flesh as He was, but letting them know that He was about to be offered, but He would come back and fellowship with His people in the Spirit. Acts 2 shows the outpouring of the spirit upon the true worshippers who waited for Him as He had instructed and promised.

John 4 vs 24: They that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

Romans 14 vs 17: Shows clearly that the Kingdom is not natural but spiritual. The Kingdom is not in meat or drink, but righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. This makes it clear that, whatever He was teaching, it was spiritual. They that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

Why hold on to a symbol, when Jesus Christ is the reality ?
How can we take a natural piece of bread, wafer or cracker that passes out in the toilet, to remember Him, who is Spirit ?


I believe that their is a great misunderstanding, of what Jesus was trying to teach them. I dont believe that he was instigating a literal ceremonial supper or feast, but used their common feast or practice, as he always did, in order to teach them something deeper and something spiritual, and that was the relationship and fellowship with each other and with Him.

When we have a deep spiritual relationship with Him, in submission, prayer, the word, and worship, then our relationship is enough to remind us of what He did on Calvary. Do we need a literal and natural piece of bread to remind us of Calvary?

The truth is, a piece of bread, cracker or wafer should not be the trigger, to us remembering His death, but our relationship with Him. When we got our relationship in place, then we will always remember what He has done and what he is still doing.

Please note that whatever, goes in the body, ends up in the toilet. God is greater than that.

His teaching was about relationship and fellowship

[francismausley]

Thank you... there are many spiritual dynamics to the Lord's Supper. “We have sat together many times before, and we shall sit together many times again in the Kingdom. We shall laugh together very much in those times, and we shall tell of the things that befell us in the Path of God. In every world of God a new Lord's Supper is set for the faithful." - Bahá'í World, vol. XII, p. 899

[williammetz]

What is the Sacrament of the Altar?

It is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ under the bread and wine, instituted by Christ Himself for us Christians to eat and to drink.

Where is this written?

The holy Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and St. Paul write:Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

What is the benefit of this eating and drinking?

These words, “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins, ” show us that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation are given us through these words. For where there is forgiveness of sins, there is also life and salvation.

How can bodily eating and drinking do such great things?

Certainly not just eating and drinking do these things, but the words written here: “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.” These words, along with the bodily eating and drinking, are the main thing in the Sacrament. Whoever believes these words has exactly what they say: “forgiveness of sins.”

Who receives this sacrament worthily?

Fasting and bodily preparation are certainly fine outward training. But that person is truly worthy and well prepared who has faith in these words: “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.”

But anyone who does not believe these words or doubts them is unworthy and unprepared, for the words “for you” require all hearts to believe.

[joeclark]

Good commentary. Extremely annoying music. Hard to understand him with the music so loud.

[nursingninja]

At the end he is urging people to take the Lord's Supper seriously, I submit that the reason this pleading is necessary is because his theology doesn't.  Jesus said "this is my body", I simply hold that "is" means "is".  Nothing more nothing less.