poured out for you

And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Luke 22:20

At the Lord’s Table Christians solemnly remember and celebrate the love of Jesus for the world. Jesus literally gave His life’s blood so that a new way of living at peace with God could be had for any who believe and trust Him. That is the new covenant God has made with us through the God-man Jesus Christ. And by His blood all who believe find their sins forgiven only in Him.

And so as the Lord’s Table continues to be celebrated in obedience to Jesus’ own command to “do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19), we celebrate this new covenant as Christians. We gather together and in our worship we remember His sacrifice for us. We pause and realize that only Jesus can save us and bring hope. We rejoice in the confidence, hope, and life that only His death and resurrection give us.

“There is a fountain filled with blood

Drawn from Immanuel’s veins;

And sinners, plunged beneath that flood

Lose all their guilty stains.

Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood

Shall never lose its power

Till all the ransomed church of God

Be saved to sin no more.

E’er since by faith I saw the stream

Thy flowing wounds supply.

Redeeming love has been my theme

And shall be till I die.

When this poor lisping, stammering tongue

Lies silent in the grave,

Then in a nobler, sweeter song

I’ll sing Thy power to save.”