Go! And Remember The Lamb - Maundy Thursday Communion Sermon Series

Go! And Remember the Lamb - Maundy Thursday Communion Sermon

Introduction: A Night to Remember

Church, tonight is not just another Thursday evening. Tonight is a holy moment—a sacred pause in the middle of the Passion Week. It is Maundy Thursday, the evening Jesus gathered with His disciples, washed their feet, broke bread, and spoke words that would echo into eternity.

Tonight, our call is simple yet profound: Go! And Remember the Lamb.

I. Go! And Receive the Humility of Christ

John 13:3–5 (NLT): “Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.”

Jesus, fully aware of His divine authority, chooses not to demand honour—but to kneel and wash. The Greek word for “wash” here is ??pt? (nipto), used for ritual cleansing—yet the one doing the cleansing is the one who is cleanest of all.

This is the King of Glory, on His knees, scrubbing the dust from the feet of those who would soon deny Him, doubt Him, and abandon Him.

What does true greatness look like? It looks like a towel, not a throne.

It looks like serving, not being served.

We cannot come to the Lord’s Table tonight with pride. We come with washed feet and open hearts, ready to serve others in the same humility Christ displayed.

Author and Preacher Francis Chan said “God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.”

Church, let’s allow that truth to settle deep within us tonight. God isn’t impressed by our titles, our bank balances, our Instagram followers, or how many Bible studies we attend. His standard is simple—love. Not sentimental, shallow, feel-good love. No—agape love. Sacrificial, servant-hearted, Christ-reflecting love.

It’s not how loud we sing, how eloquently we pray, or how many good deeds we stack up—it’s how well we love one another.

Jesus said it clearly in John 13:35: “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

So tonight, as we come to the Lord’s Table, let us remember: the One who gave His body and blood for us is the same One who calls us to lay down our lives for others. Love isn’t optional in the Christian life—it’s the very evidence that Christ lives in us.

II. Go! And Remember the Blood That Was Shed

Luke 22:19–20 (NLT): “He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ After supper he took another cup of wine and said, ‘This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.’”

This is the moment Jesus gives new meaning to the Passover. The cup He mentions—the new covenant—points us back to Jeremiah 31:31–34, where God promised a new relationship sealed not by law but by love, written not on tablets of stone but on hearts.

The Greek word d?a???? (diatheke) means "covenant"—a binding promise ratified by sacrifice. This is not a symbol alone—this is a declaration of a spiritual reality.

Hebrews 9:14 (NLT): “Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God.”

The blood of Jesus is not a metaphor—it is a cleansing agent for the soul.

Tonight, we remember the blood not only poured out for us, but also in place of us.

Charles Spurgeon wrote, “Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell.”

Now that’s a statement that stops you in your tracks. Because you see, Church, morality might clean the outside of the cup—it might polish your reputation and earn you the applause of others—but it cannot cleanse the stain of sin from the soul.

The truth is, no amount of good behaviour, no list of noble deeds, no religious routine can rescue a person from eternal separation from God. Only the blood of Jesus can do that. Only His perfect sacrifice on the cross is enough to cover our guilt and secure our salvation.

Morality is good, but it’s not God.

Morality may make you respectable, but it will never make you righteous.

Only the blood of Jesus can transfer us from death to life, from condemnation to freedom, from hell to heaven.

So tonight, let us not boast in our goodness. Let us boast in the cross. Let us remember—it’s not about being good enough, it’s about being washed by the blood of the Lamb.