INTRODUCTION

God has instructed the Jews to keep the Passover once a year as a memorial of their exodus from Egypt and bondage. Just prior to His crucifixion, Jesus and His disciples were celebrating this feast. At the close of the Passover Supper, Jesus instituted what we know today as the Lord’s Supper. Though there is no saving grace in the ordinance itself, it depicts the total work of Christ in man’s behalf. The Lord’s Supper symbolizes the death of Jesus for our sins, and our death to sin through Him. It reminds us that Jesus’ death is the means of our righteousness, the union between Jesus and us, and our expectant hope in Christ until He comes.

THEME THOUGHTS

It has been the aim of Satan since the beginning of time to bring all humanity into his ranks. Ever since the downfall of man in the Garden of Eden, the fight of right against wrong has been raging in this world. But God has made ample provision for the salvation of man’s immortal soul.

It is this provision that will be taken up in this study of “God’s Cure for Sin.” In Genesis 3:15 we see the first beam of light for lost humanity pointing toward Christ, the Redeemer of man. A key lesson in this quarter deals with God offering His own Son as a substitute for mankind.

Woven into this quarter are lessons covering the events leading up to Easter. We will explore the message and hope of the Resurrection as the foundation of the Gospel, and will learn how one can be enabled to walk in newness of life. We will also study some of the results of salvation and the benefits it brings into one’s life.

May God bless you as you explore His plan for the redemption of man.

SUPPLEMENTAL SCRIPTURES

Mark 14:22-25

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Tract No. 49 — The Atoning Blood

Tract No. 69 — Ordinances

QUESTION

1. Explain what the Passover was and to what it pointed. See Exodus 12:3-14,22.
2. To what does the observance of the Lord’s Supper point?
3. Why did Jesus institute this ordinance? See 1 Corinthians 11:24-26.
4. What did they partake of at the first Lord’s Supper? What did these represent?
5. Who was present at the first Lord’s Supper? Knowing this, explain who is to partake of the Lord’s Supper today.
6. Define what is meant by the word unworthily in 1 Corinthians 11:27. Then explain what it means for a man to examine himself (verse 28).
7. Referring to 1 Corinthians 11:29, explain what you think it means to discern the Lord’s body.
8. Tell of an instance of blessing in your life, or another’s, received while you were participating in this ordinance.