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Luke 22:7–30
The Last Supper instituted the first sacrament. The purpose is to help us remember Jesus and His atoning sacrifice.
“Since that upper room experience on the eve of Gethsemane and Golgotha, children of the promise have been under covenant to remember Christ’s sacrifice in this newer, higher, more holy and personal way. … If remembering is the principal task before us, what might come to our memory when those plain and precious emblems are offered to us?” (Jeffrey Holland, Ensign, Nov. 1995, 67, 68).
We've been commanded to partake of the sacrament often. While circumstances vary, this does not mean at Christmas and Easter. Probably, we ought to attend church and partake weekly. However, anyone can eat a piece of bread or drink a sip of water/wine, but the sacrament is so much more. It's a time to reflect upon Jesus' strength, His creations, His commitment to Free Agency, His miraculous birth, His teachings, His miracles, His goodness, His example, His sacrifice, His condescension, His crucifixion, His resurrection, His Atonement, and His deep and abiding love for little me. It really helps to clear the mind of worldly things and to focus on the above. Reading scripture or hymns during the reverent quietness, while the deacons pass the sacrament is very helpful, too.
Luke 22:24 The apostles contended to be the greatest, which is not too much different than most humans today. "To do well those things which God ordained to be the common lot of all mankind is the truest greatness. To be a successful father or successful mother is greater than to be a successful general or a successful statesman. One is universal and eternal greatness, the other is ephemeral. It is true that such secondary greatness may be added to that which we style commonplace; but when such secondary greatness is not added to that which is fundamental it is merely an empty honor, and fades away from the common and universal good in life, even thought it may find a place in the desultory pages of history." Joseph F. Smith Instead of playing one up on you, focus on what is really important. According to Jesus in these few scriptures, the greatest remember Him and His teachings. They serve.
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