gail m

Hi it's me Gail..Late checking in, living in middle Tennesse so the storms have had the internet down around here until today. Anyways, this will be my 3rd study..which I am looking forward to with great pleasure. Being a new Christian..I am enjoying learning all that I can on all the different typres of study tools I have come across and this is one of my favorite.

In what way does each celebration of the Lord's Supper anticipate a future Passover meal? Each celebration of the Lord's Supper gets us ready for the ultimate Passover..."I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's kingdom." (Matthew 26:29) The day we will be at the Lord's banquet.

Why should the words, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" fill us with sorrow? Why should they fill us with joy? It fills me with sorrow because I think about this man/God dying for us, for me specifically..because God said " I am your creator. You were in my care before you were born." (Isaiah 44:2) It makes me sad to think of Jesus suffering a hideous death..one he didn't want..praying to God not to have to do this, but willing to go with God's will for me...because I have been in God's care since before the beginning of time. It fills me with joy as well, knowing I have always been in God's care, knowing he loved me enough to sacrifice his beloved son..his only son..so he could have many children..me included..Thank you Lord God for what you did and thank you Jesus for what you suffered for me..

Why is it so important to forgive those who have offended us before partaking of the Lord's Supper? In what sense are the Lord's Supper and unforgiveness incompatible? Because the whole meaning of the Lord's Supper hindges on FORGIVENESS. (God forgiving us for our sins..doing this in rememberance of Christ..) I think sometimes people may take the Lord's Supper without understanding completely what it means..I know I have..but no more..I have learned that I am not worthy of this gift until I learn to be more forgiving, less selfish and do it in the right spirit in which it was intended. Thank you Father and thank you for Pastor Ralph's study..I know it had made a huge difference in my life..All Glory to you Lord...

What is the significance to us of drinking Jesus' blood and eating his flesh?What does that act signify for us? Why was this such a radical idea for Jesus' disciples? In what way should it be a radical idea for us? The significance of us drinking Jesus' blood and eating his flesh is that he is our sacrifice..he is the lamb we are "eating" . We do this act because he said to drink and eat in remeberance of him. We take the Lords Supper to remember that Christ was our lamb and that he died for us..he died for me. I think it was a radical idea for the Jews because of the blood thing. Drinking blood of any animal went against the Laws of God, so can you imagine here is the Messiah in front of you saying to drink my blood..it had to be shocking to say the least. I think it should be a radical idea for us in the sense that we are consuming the flesh and blood of the man/God who saved us. In one sense it is a happy thing to do to remember Christ and what he did for us. On the other hand it is sad to to remember what Christ had to go through for us because of Sin.

Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences? In my opinion, the similarities between the Jewish Passover Meal and the Christian's celebration of the Lords Supper..is to be thankful to God..The passover meal representing Blood and God "passing over" the Israelites showing mercy...Us celebrating the Lord's supper..representing flesh and Blood and recieving mercy as well... The differences are..is that the Jewish passover is an annual celebration of historic value..still the Jewish community to this day does not believe Christ or the messiah has come yet...so the passover meal has completely different meaning in many senses than the Lord's Supper. We as Christians celebrate the Lords Supper as often as we like..some every week, some quaterly..but the fact is it is a celebration for Christians that believe that Christ died for us. We eat his "flesh" and drink his "blood" in remeberance of what he has done for us....

In what way did the lambs on the first Passover protect the families of God's people? The lambs blood was used by the Israelites to paint the door frames of their homes, to protect the lives of the first born males..(both men and animals) So that God would "pass over" their homes and the plague of destrution would not touch them. They were also to eat the lambs meat in haste and leave nothing..eat it or burn it... What is the primary point of comparison between the first Passover lambs and what Christ did for us as our Passover Lamb? I think the primary point of comparison is the BLOOD..The lambs blood covered the doors to protect the Isrealites for the plague of death..and Christ Jesus' blood covers us to protect us from the plague of death...

In what sense have we been set free or relased from slavery to sin? Why do we need the Holy Spirit to help us keep this freedom? We were bought and are now owned by God. We have a choice weither to sin or not. God will forgive us no matter what as long as we know Jesus Christ. " WE HAVE CHOICES ".....this is why we are set free... The Holy Spirit keeps truth in our lives..helps keep us accountable..We have to be accountable for everything we do in God's eyes..

According to the slave-ransom analogy, who is the slave? What is he enslaved by? Who offers the ransom? If Satan is involved in the enslaving process, why isn't the ransom paid to him? Why isn't the slave-ransom analogy spelled out completely in the New Testament? 1. me "people" 2. Sin 3. God 4. The ransom is not paid to Satan because he does not enslave us..he decieves us..he loses his power over us because we are forgiven..he could never ransom us off because he never owns us.... 5. Because it says that God paying God a ransom cofuses the picture. But that's not really true..If you think about it..God paid our ransom to himself so we could be covered by Christs blood and be seen in God's eyes perfect like his son. God knew he couldn't look at us without this ultimate sacrifice because he couldn't stand to see our sin..So he made it possible for us to be with him by making and paying this ransom....to himself...

How should we disciples apply the principles: "You are not your own, you were bought with a price"? How should this affect our living? God bought me with the price of his only son. I think this should deeply effect our living. To think that this perfect, loving being was treated with horror and tortured and eventually killed, so that I and others would have eternal life with God shows just how much of a sacrifice he made to own us. Slavery or servitute to the Lord is done out of love and choice. He gives us that choice. It should make us want to go out and tell the world what they are missing if they haven't got a personal relationship with Christ. God did all of this for me..the least I could do is live a life thanking him and loving him......

In the New Testament world, what class of humans were freed by payment of a redemption price or a ransom? Why do you think that Jesus, Peter, and Paul used this analogy in this week's theme verses. What about the Christian life does it help explain? 1. Slaves 2. Because we are all slaves to sin 3. It explains that Christians have been "Bought" and that God owns them. We are property of God..Amen

The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross? Jesus died for me. (Even though I know he died for everyone..) I think that it is the most awesome gift ever given to me or anyone else. I think about his sacrifice and I realize he suffered then for every sin I would commit in my lifetime...and it makes me sad to think even more than about being a sinner. But it makes me happy to know that I have an eternity to love him because of what he did for me...for you..for us all..past..present..and future....Thank you Jesus !

Isaiah 53 teaches what theologians call "the substitutionary atonement." In what sense does the Servant act as a substitute to bear our sins? Jesus Christ said he was a servent of the Lord God who was sent to take away the sins of the world. I think Jesus was our substitute because there was no other way or any other sacrifice that could have ever made us perfect in Gods eyes other than the blood of his son. To be covered by Jesus and be seen as he is seen..How cool will that be?

Which New Testament parallels to Isaiah 53 convince you that Jesus himself saw his own mission and destiny spelled out in Isaiah 53? Matthew 20:28 For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many. Thank you Jesus, thank you for suffering for someone as worthless as me so I can spend eternity in your kingdom...You ROCK! amen

From how large a group of people does God remove sins in Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12? In what sense is this a universal sacrifice of salvation? In what sense is Jesus' sacrifice wasted on some people? Spending some time reading this and being a fairly new Christian..I was like HUH...reading peoples answers for a little insight I was like HUH.. I think I just have to say that from what I am reading..as I understand it..in this passage the sins of many is the answer. 2. Universal sacrifice because in Isaiah53:6 it says We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. All of us..is pretty universal.. 3. Oh I am sure most people will say it was not a wasted sacrifice in the least but from what the question states..why was it wasted on some people...well, I say because * he appauled some people * He was despised * rejected * afflicted * pierced * crushed * oppressed * and slaughtered......and it seems to me that it is a shame for anyone who knows about Jesus and not to take time to learn about him is wasting Jesus' sacrifice...God didn't waste Jesus as a sacrifice ..it's us "People" who waste Jesus' sacrifice..........some of us anyway....