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What Does the Lord’s Supper Mean to You?

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Passages concerning the Lord’s Supper:
  • Matthew 26:26-29
  • Mark 14:22-25
  • Luke 22:19-20
  • I Corinthians 10:16; 11:23-29
  • Acts 20:7
    • The Lord’s Supper means to the Christian:

    • That he is having fellowship with Jesus’ body and blood.

    • It proclaims:

      • … that Jesus was alive.

      • … that Jesus died.

      • … His coming.

      • … that we are in the kingdom now.

        • Note: Pre-millenialists can’t take the Lord’s Supper and be consistent with their beliefs.

        • … that we are under the New Covenant.

        • … our faith and love for Him.

        • It is a memorial of His death and promise to come again.

          • Jeremiah 2:32

          • We take the supper on the first day of the week to remember Him all week long.

          • An anticipation

            • I Corinthians 11:26
              • How should we partake?
              • Acts 20:7 – Regularly.
                • The prayer of thanks
                • The prayer should include thanks for the bread and fruit of the vine.
                • There is no need for the prayer to be long. It is best to keep the focus of the prayer on the supper itself.
                • At a cemetery, a tombstone is a memorial, not really a representation of a person.
                • The bread and fruit of the vine are more properly understood as memorials, not as representations of the body and blood of Jesus.
                  • Contingencies
                  • What about going on a trip and missing the supper?
                  • Consider carefully because we will have to answer for the Lord for our decisions!
                    • The Lord’s Supper looks:
                    • Upward
                    • Forward
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