As we’re sharing of the cup

We must remember that we have the Lord's most precious, redeeming, and prevailing blood! For through this blood we are saved, cleansed, and through this blood we will be victorious!

So marvelous and wonderful brothers and sisters that we can be saved and recevie be separated from the World. Thru Thy blood shed on the cross,

The Cup

1. “He took a cup and gave thanks, and He gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you, for this is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many for forgiveness of sins”; “This cup is the new covenant established in My blood”( Matt. 26:27-28 ; 1 Cor. 11:25 ).

When the Lord established the breaking of bread, He not only broke bread, gave it to the disciples, and told them to take and eat, He also took a cup, gave it to them, and told them to take and drink. He said that the cup was the new covenant established in His blood, which was being poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. Whenever we break bread, there is not only a loaf on the table that is ready to be broken and eaten by all but also a cup ready to be taken and drunk by all. According to the Lord’s word, both the bread and the cup are symbols. The bread refers to His body broken for us, and the cup refers to His blood poured out for us. His body was given for us on the cross, and His blood was shed for us on the cross. On the cross He not only gave His body for us, but He also poured out His blood for us. His giving of His body was to impart life to us so that we could partake of Him; His shedding of His blood was for our redemption so that our sins could be forgiven.

Although the main goal of the Lord’s death on the cross was to release, to dispense, His divine life to us, He not only released His life, but He also redeemed us from all our sins. God’s eternal purpose is to dispense His life to us, but because of the fall we also are sinners before God. In order for the Lord to give us the divine life, He had to resolve the problem of our sin. Thus, on the one hand, the Lord gave up His body so that we could receive the divine life within Him, and on the other hand, He shed His blood so that our sins could be forgiven. Although the main emphasis of the breaking of bread is to symbolize the life dispensed to us through the giving of His body, the cup also symbolizes our redemption, which was accomplished through the shedding of His blood.

Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures:

Volume 2 Chapter 20 (LSM)

I am hemophobic. But every time I sing this hymn I am reminded that of the precious blood that I do not fear. The blood that was shed for us. The blood that afforded us so much to enjoy. It is the blood of worth. Praise the Lord for His efficacious blood!

"Thank You, dear Lord Jesus Christ for Your precious redeeming blood causing us to gain You and obtained Your eternal life!" 😇❤

How I so appreciate verse 3 of this hymn:

“Thou hast shed Thy cleansing blood.

Which for us has fully met

All the righteous claims of God.

Thou hast washed us from our sins

In Thy pow’rful purging blood;

And our conscience purged by it,

Thus to serve the living God. ”

Regarding this verse, I wrote this comment in my hymn book perhaps 20 years ago:

“His precious blood cleanses us from the inside out, qualifying us to serve the living God!! ” I feel the more so even now in these days!

The music for this hymn was written by Herbert Henry Howard Booth. He was a Salvation Army officer, the third son of five children of William Booth and Catherine Booth- Mumford, (the founders of the Salvation Army), who later went on to serve as an independent evangelist. Herbert-Henry oversaw the Limelight Department which produced about 300 films of evangelistic content for the use of the Salvation Army. He was also the writer and director of Soldiers of the Cross, a multimedia production premiering in 1900 and touring internationally until 1920. The production consisted of film segments, (photographic glass filters), presented along with an evangelistic lecture and accompanied by a live orchestra. It included episodes from the life of Christ and stories of early Christian martyrs aimed at stirring up audiences into consecrating their lives to Jesus Christ.

Herbert, who was born in Penzance Cornwall, received little formal education, but became a student at Allesly Park College, and the Congregational Institute at Nottingham.

At the age of 20, Herbert began helping his sister Kate Booth build-up the Salvation Army in France. Two years later, he was given charge of England’s Cadet Officer Training. He wrote many songs for the Salvation Army, and became a band master and a songster leader.

In 1886, Herbert Booth took ill and went to Australia to rest and heal. While staying at a mining town there, he found a gold nugget. He eventually forged it into a ring for his future wife, Cornelia Schack, who was from the Netherlands.

Australian Dictionary of Biography vol. 7

Lord Jesus we love you! You are the Reality of our being and meeting in Resurrection! Your blood qualifies us to partake of your Table! We thank and praise You Lord!!

We need eternity to declare the boundless love of Christ for us through His blood

感谢主的宝血！何等宝贵！