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The incident. It was the transition period, from types to realities. From Passover supper to Memorial supper. From history to Prophecy. From Moses to Christ.
The guest room in the average home then. This room had never been put to such noble use before.
I. It Was a Place of Holy Fellowships
1. His life had been so crowded, so public, there had been left little time for close, private, intimate fellowship with His disciples.
2. But there are times too sacred for the public, and experiences too holy to tell. Such was the occasion here, behind closed doors.
3. Every great soul has some such experience which he cannot tell nor does he want to tell it. It is for himself alone. Such an hour was this for the disciples.
II. It Was a Place of Heart-Searching
1. Each one asked, "Is it I?" Each turned his eyes within, not to his neighbor. When told that one would betray Him, each did not distrust his neighbor, but each looked searchingly within.
2. That is one of the chief purposes of the Lord's supper. To make us meditative. To search our own hearts. It is not a social affair, nor a perfunctory service; but to probe our own hearts.
III. It Was a Place of Instruction
1. He taught them. He had taught them many times, but never as many lessons at any one time as He did here. He seemed to say, "This is my last lesson, there is much I must tell you."
2. Note the variety of subjects He discussed. He said, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now." But some things they could bear, note them: Love, Fellowship, Humility, His Death, His Resurrection. These were fundamental.
IV. It Was a Place of Dedication
1. He dedicated them to His Father. To keep them, to guide them, to save them. As a young soldier marries on eve of battle, takes bride to his father and says, "Care for her until I return."
2. He also dedicates them to the task He has begun. Commits it into their hands. It was the passing of the torch from the hand of a dying man to a living comrade to carry on.
3. Then, they dedicate themselves to Him and His cause. They assume the task, and the responsibility, and face the world from that room wholly dedicated to do one thing. From this they never turned back.
4. We need such hours in our lives. They mean much to us.
from Sermons in the Making by W.W. Melton; posted July 28, 2007
