THE LORD'S SUPPER - just a Jewish ritual?

Is the Lord’s Supper just a Jewish ritual?...or is it a mandatory sacrament for all Christians?
Let’s check what the Bible really teaches on this one….

Here is what Jesus said, just before His arrest…

“…He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.   Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”     Luke 22:19-20

A simple, comforting memorial

“For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.  After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.                                     
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.”  1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Who was Paul  writing to?

“Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours….”
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Do we have to take Paul seriously?

“If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.”  1 Cor 14:37

“Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.” 2 Thess 2:15

What was the tradition of ‘breaking bread’?

“And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread…”        Acts 20:7

Clearly the Lord Jesus instituted the supper memorial, asking his disciples to remember Him this way, which tradition they upheld each Lord’s day and which Paul instructed us to uphold, following their example.