The Passover was ordained as a commemoration of the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage. God had directed that, year by year, as the children should ask the meaning of this ordinance, the history should be repeated. Thus the wonderful deliverance was to be kept fresh in the minds of all. The ordinance of the Lord's Supper was given 653 to commemorate the great deliverance wrought out as the result of the death of Christ. Till He shall come the second time in power and glory, this ordinance is to be celebrated. It is the means by which His great work for us is to be kept fresh in our minds.

Påsken blev indstiftet som en mindefest for Israels udfrielse af den ægyptiske trældom. Gud havde bestemt det sådan, at beretningen herom år efter år skulle genfortælles, når børnene spurgte om betydningen af denne forordning. På denne måde ville mindet om den vidunderlige befrielse bevares frisk i alles sind. Indstiftelsen af Herrens nadver skete til erindring om den store udfrielse, der skete som følge af Kristi død. Denne anordning skal højtideligholdes, indtil han kommer for anden gang i kraft og herlighed. Den er det middel, hvorved hans store værk for os skal bevares frisk i vort sind.