"The Cup" (Mt. 26:27): what is it? "After the same manner also He took the cup, after having supped, saying, "This cup is the New Testament in My blood" (1 Cor. 11:25). Do we believe it? I do, exactly as it stands. Why? Because the communion-blood is in it, and nowhere else!

"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ (1 Cor. 10:16). Then "the cup which we bless" (Paul), the "cup containing wine" (Thayer), "the vessel out of which one drinks" (Thayer), is where we get the blood of the New Testament. Our Lord put the blood in the cup; not in cups nor on the cross. See Mark 14:24. It says, "And He took the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them; and they all drank of it." In verse 25, He says, "This is My blood of the New Testament which is shed for you." In verse 26, He says, "I will not drink any more of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in the Kingdom of God."

Jesus spoke as He put the institution of the New Covenant into existence, and Paul, rebinding, delivered it to the Church, the ekklesia, or "called out" people—called out of the covenant of death into the covenant of life—as he received it "from the Lord." Hence, the seeming discrepancy in the language of the two.

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I stand ready to prove and defend the cup question as it relates to the communion with any one who disbelieves it regardless of whether he claims to be a Christian. I am yours for a New Testament order of teaching and practice.