THE LORD'S SUPPER
also known as the
"Breaking of Bread" or "Communion"
The Bible gives these instructions:
No specific format, type of service or time of day is specified, although many scholars feel that in New Testament times it was probably often celebrated fairly informally after a meal.
Why celebrate the
'Lord's Supper'?
Instructions given to the church at Corinth give a helpful insight:
Obedience
Obey
The Lord instructed believers to break bread together to remember Him.
"A STUDENT'S DILEMMA"
(Passover by Email)
"A Student's Dilemma" is a fictional presentation by James Coates of a Jewish student's discovery of the link between the way Christians break bread together and the passover meal of his own faith.
Remembrance
The bread and wine are potent symbols to stimulate worship and thanksgiving (1 Cor 11 v 23-25).
Symbols
The bread remind us of the Lord's body given for us
The wine reminds us of His blood, shed for us.
Communion
Unity
Sharing in the bread and wine reminds us of our unity as believers in the Lord (1 Cor 10 v14-17).
Proclamation
In celebrating the Lord's supper we proclaim the centrality
Witness
and significance to us of the Lord's death as an act of witness (1 Cor 11v 26).
Confession
We are to
Prepare
examine ourselves before the Lord before we take the bread and wine, confessing any unresolved sin in our lives (1 Cor 11 v 27-29).
Expectation
We celebrate the Lord's supper until He
Until He comes . .
comes again, reminding us of our future hope in Him.
(1 Cor 11 v 26).
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