Yes; for it shows the loving care of our Savior, who just before His suffering and death thought more of us than of Himself.
362. What do we receive in the Lord's Supper?
In and with the bread and the wine we receive the body and blood of Christ, which He gave up in death for us.
363. How do you know this?
Christ says concerning the bread: "Take, eat; this is my body."
Concerning the wine He says: "Drink ye all of it; this cup is the New Testament in my blood."
364. What is meant by "New Testament" in this connection?
Thereby is meant the new covenant which God has made and sealed with the blood of Jesus.
1 Cor. 10:16. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
365. What, therefore, makes the bread and the wine a sacrament of the body and blood of Christ?