This is the first of a series of articles entitled "I Am A Member Of The Church Of Christ Because...", based on the excellent book, "Why I Am A Member Of The Church Of Christ" by Leroy Brownlow.

Every religious body in the world was founded by someone.  Therefore, each religious body was established either according to the promise of scripture or not.  This is important because if a religious body was established unscripturally, it can never be scriptural.

This is the second article on the Lord’s Supper and I would like to take time to concentrate on the cup and the contents.

We noticed in Part 1 that Jesus gave spiritual significance to the bread.  He also gave spiritual significance to the next part of the Lord’s supper.

Matthew 26:27–28
(27) And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; (28) for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

One of the greatest privileges we have as Christians is being able to partake in the Lord’s Supper.  When we partake in this sacred meal we partake in a memorial: we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes (I Corinthians 11:26).  In partaking in the Lord’s Supper each Sunday we continue a pattern that was given to the first century church (Acts 20:7).  We are fulfilling the Lord’s command to worship in spirit and truth (John 4:23-24).

Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper during the Jewish Passover, this has a great significance for us when we study the Lord’s Supper.  The Passover is also called the Feast of Unleavened bread (Matthew 26:17).  The significance of this is that it determined the items that could be in the house and therefore used during the Lord’s Supper.

There are few, if any, questions more important than 'who is Jesus?'  The world has a range of views of this important question, but they cannot all be true.  The answer to the question will determine how we live our lives.

Some people claim Jesus to be a myth and not a historical character.  Others believe him to be a great teacher or prophet, one of many who have walked the earth. Still others believe him to be a man and nothing else, in contrast to those who believe he is the Son of God.  Even among those who claim him to be the Son of God there is disagreement about what that actually means.