Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, we discussed at length last week the true spiritual and sacramental significance of the words "this is my body." The words before us this Sunday morning highlight a different facet of that same truth. You see, Jesus did not leave us part of a meal; He gave us a whole meal, consisting of bread and wine — protein and carbohydrates in the bread, and more carbs and digestive enzymes in the wine. His words of explanation, meanwhile, referred to His blood as the blood of the covenant. So together this morning we are going to look at Exodus, where the blood of the covenant first appears in Scripture sealing a pact between God and His people at Sinai. Then we will see how Jesus used this phrase at the Last Supper, and how He then turned special attention on one particular benefit of the covenant: forgiveness of sins. The point we will see is that having Christ's blood applied to us by drinking the communion wine is how we ratify and renew our covenant with God, and thus is how Christ with His benefits comes to us.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...