Matt 26:
26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." 27Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. 28This is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's kingdom."
Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:15-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26 offer more of the same affirmation.
"A Biblical view of the Real Presence rejects two aberrations. On the one hand, it is wrong to reject Christ's clear words simply because our fallen human reason cannot fully understand how it comes to pass. Any effort to make the "This is" something less than a clear word, as Reformed theology does by denying the real presence of the body and blood of Christ on earth, is a departure from Christ's words. On the other hand, it is also fruitless to engage in theories about how the body and blood are present in, with, and under the bread and wine. A dogma such as transubstantiation, as generally taught by Roman Catholicism, is not set forth by Scripture."
Theology and Practice of The LORD'S SUPPER Part I A Report of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod May 1983.
http://www.lcms.org/graphics/assets/media/CTCR/Theol_lord_supper1.pdf.
Heb 7:
26Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
The bold is mine. The Lord's Supper is a means of grace accepted through faith by believers. Grace and faith are not reliant upon human effort, as they are gifts from God.
I like that, a lot.
The clear claim of Christ in Holy Scripture
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Obviously not. Else there’d not be so much fierce disagreement amongst reasonable bright people on it.
Good post, I agree! Call this Reformed guy Lutheran on this point.