Certain people are sometimes not welcome at the table during a meal. We often will send a misbehaving child to his room as a lesson that gathering with the family at the table is a privilege, not an entitlement. The previous verses of Matthew 26:20-25 revealed that our LORD, Jesus, challenged his twelve in preparing to partake in the gift of his body and blood for their salvation. Eleven of the twelve showed honor and humility before their ‘Lord’. But one, a self-entitled disciple, revealed his heart of betrayal toward the ‘Rabbi’, the ‘Teacher’ during the Passover meal. Matthew 26:26-39 is the next passage by Matthew that shows the purpose and intent of the Lord’s Supper that was a part of that Passover Meal as a new form of the meal that only eleven of the twelve disciples received. The symbols of the bread and wine were intended to remind the faithful disciples of the sacrifice of their LORD and a reminder of who were welcome at the table of Christ’s sacrifice for them. He gave all that he was for their redemption. Yet not all of the twelve were present at this portion of the Passover meal. Jesus purposefully invited the faithful who humbly obeyed their LORD to receive the gift of himself for them. One betrayer, the one who symbolically and literally represents now all of humanity’s refusal of the Savior is no longer at the table. It was at this point of the scene in the Upper Room that Jesus taught his remaining eleven disciples the depth of HIS love for them. They received the greatest gift of the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper in a Communion of fellowship with the LORD. Judas, the betrayer, was sent away to ‘do what he must do quickly’ [John 13:27]. Luke’s account indicates that Satan entered Judas prior to the ‘day of Unleavened Bread’ prior to the Passover [Luke 22:3]. John’s account tells us that ‘the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot to betray’ Jesus prior to the supper. [John 13:3] There are four traditional views of the meaning and purpose of the Lord’s Supper. I hope today to briefly help us understand what we receive at the Lord’s Table each time we gather as a congregation. Let us read Matthew 26:26-29 together to discern the meaning of this most important gift of the Lord’s Supper that Christ has given to us.