Communion The Last Passover

Today we return to the book of Luke concerning the Last Supper, after our study we will partake of that which He commanded, as He said this do in remembrance of me.

Baptism and Communion are the only two ordinances of the Baptist church. Once we are baptized and only after we are baptized, we are commanded to partake of communion. 

This ordinance involves the immersion of a repentant believer in water. Its primary reason is to symbolize an inward spiritual reality—the believer's identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection (Romans 6:3-4). When a person is baptized, they are publicly declaring their faith in Jesus Christ, their repentance from sin, and their commitment to walk in newness of life. It is an act of obedience commanded by Jesus in the Great Commission,

In the same way the Lord commanded us to remember His death on the cross through the Lord's Supper, (also known as communion) it is a time of reflection on what Christ did for us on the cross and also a time that we examine ourselves, search our lives to consider unconfessed sins.

The bread symbolizes His body, broken for our sins, and the cup symbolizes His blood, which established the new covenant. The reason for this ordinance is twofold: it is a remembrance of Christ's sacrificial death on the cross, and a proclamation of His death until He returns (1 Corinthians 11:26). It also serves as a time for believers to examine their hearts (1 Corinthians 11:28) and to affirm their unity in Christ as members of His body (1 Corinthians 10:16-17). It is a sacred time for reflection on God's love, grace, and the hope of Christ's second coming.