Albany Missionary Baptist Church (Albany, Oregon)

What Is The Lord’s Supper?

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Learn about the Lord’s Supper and what it truly means, who it was given to, and why it is observed by the Lord’s New Testament Churches.

 

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Ex. 12:42-48              Type of Passover

Matt. 26:26-28           A Memorial Ordinance

I Cor. 11:24-25           Act of Obedience

  1. Act of Remembrance.
  2. Reminds us of the broken body and shed blood of Christ
  3. An act of praising and thanksgiving.

I Cor. 11:26                Act of Testimony

I Cor 11: 28, 31          An Act of Examination

I Cor. 10: 16-17          An Act of Communion

  1. Communion = Fellowship

 

Who is it given to: To His N.T. Church

 

I Cor. 1:2                  Church at Corinth

I Cor. 11: 17-18, 20, 22, 33-34

Observed by Local Church

Mark 14:22-26            Given to His Disciples

  1. Christ administered to His N.T. Church

Heb. 2:12                  Singing in His Church

Luke 22:14               First Instituted in His Church

I Cor. 12:28              First Apostles

I Cor. 11:28             Must be in Fellowship with God

II Cor. 13:5              Examine Self

  1. FAITH – A System of Doctrine and Teaching

Rom. 2:2                God’s Judgment and His Truth

John 17:17               Thy Word is Truth

John 15:3                 Clean through the Word

  1. One must examine self according to the Word of God – NOT A FEELING

Matt. 5:23-24          Must be in Fellowship with Man

I John 4:20-21          Love of Brother

John 13:34-35          Love of Brother

  1. A sign to ALL mankind

I Cor. 5:11-13          Must be in Fellowship N.T. Church

  1. Can’t be in fellowship with God and not His N.T. Church

I Cor. 12:25             No Schism

  1. No Division

Eph. 4:16-29            Whole Body Fitly Joined Together

Acts 2:42, 44, 47      Had All Things in Common

I Cor. 11: 18, 20       Restricted to United Church

Amos 3:3                 Two Walk Together

Eph. 4:5                   One Way to do Things

  1. Faith = System of Doctrines and Teachings

I Cor. 11: 26-27         Eaten Unworthily

  1. Unworthily – in a unworthily manner

 

The meaning of the Lord’s Supper

 

BREAD:

I Cor. 11:24             The Broken Bread

Ex. 12:8                  Unleavened Bread

  1. Leaven represents sin – No sin in Christ Body
  2. I Cor. 5:6, Matt. 16:6

John 1:1, 14            Christ made flesh

Phil. 2:8                  Humbled Himself

I Tim. 3:16              Christ Life

Heb. 4:15                Christ Temptation

Isa. 52:14                Christ Crucifixion

Isa. 53:5                   Crucifixion

Heb. 2:14                 Crucifixion

I Pet. 2:24                His Crucifixion

I Pet. 3:18                 His Crucifixion

Phil. 3:21                  His Resurrection

CUP:

Matt. 26: 28               His Blood

Luke 22:14                Fruit of the Vine

  1. Christ didn’t use wine for Lord’s Supper

(Lev. 10:9-10)          Scripture condemns use of alcohol

(Hab. 2:15, Prov. 20:1), (Mark 15:23 Christ refused alcohol)

Heb. 9:22                   Sin Nature

I Pet. 1:18-19             Cost of Salvation

Col. 1:14                   Completeness of Salvation

Rev. 1:5                    Sin Washed by the Blood

Rom. 5:9                  Sin Washed by the Blood

I John 1:7                 Sin Washed by the Blood

I Cor. 6:20                Blood Bought Relationship