The Lord's Supper
The Lord's Supper is an act of Christian worship on the first day of the week. It is a proclamation that Christ lives. We Christians must realize our responsibility to it: what it is and its frequency. With this, we proclaim our Lord's death until He comes again!
Proof Scriptures.
| Matt 26:26-29 | 026:026 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
026:027 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 026:028 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 026:029 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. |
| Luke 22:29 | 022:029 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; |
| John 6:53-54 | 006:053 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except
ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life
in you.
006:054 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. |
| 1 Cor 10:17 | 010:017 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. |
| 1 Cor 9:13 | 009:013 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? |
| 1 Cor 11:17-19 | 011:017 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye
come together not for the better, but for the worse.
011:018 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 011:019 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. |
| Acts 20:7 | 020:007 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. |
The supper instituted by the Lord gives an expression for worship. It is a communion in which each individual eats and drinks with the Lord. It is a monument to the body and bood of Jesus Christ, given in death for the remission of our sins.A.()
| THE INSTITUTION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER | Matt. 26:17-29 | 026:017 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples
came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee
to eat the passover?
026:018 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 026:019 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 026:020 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 026:021 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 026:022 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 026:023 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 026:024 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. 026:025 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. 026:026 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 026:027 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 026:028 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 026:029 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. |
| 1 Cor. 11:17-34 | 011:017 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye
come together not for the better, but for the worse.
011:018 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 011:019 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 011:020 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. 011:021 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 011:022 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. 011:023 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: 011:024 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. 011:025 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. 011:026 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 011:027 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 011:028 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 011:029 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 011:030 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 011:031 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 011:032 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 011:033 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. 011:034 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. |
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Its place: "In the kingdom" |
Luke 22:29-30 | 022:029 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed
unto me;
022:030 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. |
Who should eat? |
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| The table would be in the kingdom | Luke 22:30 | 022:030 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. |
| Those born of water and of spirit should be in
the kingdom |
John 3:3-5 | 003:003 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
003:004 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 003:005 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. |
Its origin and authority |
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| The practice of the early church | Acts 20:7 | 020:007 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. |
| Taught by the apostles | Matt. 28:18-20 | 028:018 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given
unto me in heaven and in earth.
028:019 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 028:020 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. |
| Paul received it from the Lord | 1 Cor. 11:23 | 011:023 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: |
| Instituted by Christ and delivered to the apostles | Matt 26:26-29 | 026:026 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
026:027 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 026:028 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 026:029 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. |
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Mark 14:22-25 | 014:022 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake
it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
014:023 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 014:024 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. 014:025 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. |
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Luke 22:19-20 | 022:019 And 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.
022:020 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. |
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SUPPER |
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| It is a commemoration of a new deliverance-Christ's death secured our deliverance from sin | 1 Cor. 11:26 | 011:026 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. |
| A commemoration or memorial --"This do in remembrance of me." | 1 Cor. 11:25-33 | 011:025 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.
011:026 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 011:027 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 011:028 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 011:029 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 011:030 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 011:031 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 011:032 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 011:033 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. |
| A proclamation to proclaim Christ's death for the sins of the world. | 1 Cor. 11:26 | 011:026 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. |
Examination |
1 Cor. 11:28-32 | 011:028 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread,
and drink of that cup.
011:029 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 011:030 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 011:031 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 011:032 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. |
| Partake worthily, that is, discerning (discriminate
or look through an eye of faith at Christ's spiritual body, the church) the Lord's body and thesignificance of the emblems used in the supper. |
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| be observed in peace and harmony of Christian fellowship |
I Cor. 10: 17 | 010:017 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. |
| Examine self, not each other | 1 Cor. 11:28 | 011:028 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. |
THE DESIGN OF THE SUPPER |
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| Anticipation, hope. "Till I come" | 1 Cor. 11:26 | 011:026 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. |
| Obedience to the request of Christ made in the
very shadow of the cross |
Matt. 26:26-29 | 026:026 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
026:027 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 026:028 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 026:029 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. |
| Declares the death of the Lord. | I Cor. 11:26 | 011:026 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. |
THE DAY AND FREQUENCY OF ITS OBSERVANCE |
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| The apostles' teaching | Acts 2:42 | 002:042 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. |
| included "breaking bread" come together" upon the first day. | Acts 20:7 | 020:007 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. |
| "come together" in the church (congregation) |
1 Cor. II: 18 | 011:018 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. |
| "come together" to supper | 1 Cor. 11: 20 | 011:020 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. |
| "come together" unto edifying | 1 Cor. 14:26 | 014:026 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. |
| Don't forsake the assembling together | Heb. 10:25 | 010:025 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. |
THE ELEMENTS TO BE USED |
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| The bread of the Passover-unleavened | Deut. 16:1-8 | 016:001 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD
thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out
of Egypt by night.
016:002 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there. 016:003 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. 016:004 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. 016:005 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 016:006 But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. 016:007 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 016:008 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein. |
| The Lord initiated the Lord's Supper at the Passover feast | Matt 26:26-29 | 026:026 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
026:027 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 026:028 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 026:029 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. |
| The fruit of the vine . Grape juice was used-whether fermented or not | Matt. 26:29 | 026:029 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. |
CONCLUSION: The Lord's Supper is an act of Christian worship on the first day of the week. It is a proclamation that Christ lives. We Christians must realize our responsibility to it: what it is and its frequency. With this, we proclaim our Lord's death until He comes again!