- Pastor Curtis Mohler
- September 1, 2026
- Jesus is the Bread of Life
- 1 Corinthians 11:23-34; (I Corinthians 11:23-34; Exodus 12:34; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:8-13; John 6:51-58; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 9:22; Psalms 139:23,24 and Psalms 26:2.
As Jesus had His disciples Peter and John prepare the upper room in Jerusalem, He was preparing to announce His betrayal into the hands of sinful men, to be crucified and become the Korban (Sacrifice and Atonement). In this, Jesus was the Bread of Presence, or Shewbread, in the Holy Place of the Tabernacle 3500 years earlier. When the priests and Levites ate the shewbread, they entered into fellowship with Yahweh. Yeshua is the Living Bread spoken of in John 6:51, an everlasting memorial and offering to the Lord as described in Leviticus 24:6-8.
Just as the Israelites ate matzah in haste, cloaks wrapped around them, Jesus told Judas, “What you do, do quickly.” Jesus was ready to go to the cross to bring redemption and liberation through Christ, as seen in Exodus 12:33-34 and John 13:26-27.
The cup represents the cup of suffering mentioned in Isaiah 53:12, where Isaiah said Yeshua would “pour” Himself out in death for the whole world. Jesus refers to this cup in Matthew 26:36-38, where, under great grief, agony, and sorrow, He asked if it might pass from Him—yet submitted to the Father’s will.
Through the Lord’s Supper, Jesus brought us into the New Covenant, fulfilling the Mosaic Law promised in Matthew 5:17 and the New Covenant promises in Jeremiah 31:33-34 and Hebrews 9:15. Under this covenant, our sins are not merely covered but removed, with sin put away by His one sacrifice for all time, as in John 1:29.
I then prepared the congregation, teaching what the Lord’s Supper is and is not meant for. The Greek word *anaxios* means unfit, unqualified (Not saved), irreverent, casual(ritualistic), or misapplied. The focus is not on the elements, frequency, or ritual act itself, but Jesus himself.
