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COMMUNION
(Part 1)
1 Corinthians 10:16
By David Dann
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• Human beings need communion with
God.
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Psalm 42:1-2
1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So
pants my soul for You, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
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Isaiah 59:1-2
1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened,
That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it
cannot hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from
your God; And your sins have hidden His face
from you, So that He will not hear.
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Colossians 1:19-22
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the
fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by
Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven,
having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies
in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has
reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to
present you holy, and blameless, and above
reproach in His sight…
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Galatians 3:26-27
26 For you are all sons of God through faith
in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as were baptized into
Christ have put on Christ.
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• Human beings need communion with
God.
COMMUNION
• Human beings need communion with
God.
• The Lord’s Supper involves
communion between the worshiper
and the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 10:16
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it
not the communion of the blood of Christ?
The bread which we break, is it not the
communion of the body of Christ?
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“Communion” (Gr. koinonia)
“fellowship, association, community,
communion, joint participation…the share
which one has in anything, participation”
(J.H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon, 352).
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“Communion” (Gr. koinonia)
“sharing in the realization of the effects of
the blood (i.e., the death) of Christ and the
body of Christ, as set forth by the emblems
in the Lord’s Supper” (W.E. Vine, Expository
Dictionary, 115).
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Matthew 26:29
29 "But I say to you, I will not drink of this
fruit of the vine from now on until that day
when I drink it new with you in My Father's
kingdom."
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1 Corinthians 10:16
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it
not the communion of the blood of Christ?
The bread which we break, is it not the
communion of the body of Christ?
COMMUNION
• Human beings need communion with
God.
• The Lord’s Supper involves
communion between the worshiper
and the Lord.
COMMUNION
• Human beings need communion with
God.
• The Lord’s Supper involves
communion between the worshiper
and the Lord.
• Acceptable worship demands
prepared hearts.
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1 Samuel 7:3
3 Then Samuel spoke to all the house of
Israel, saying, "If you return to the LORD with
all your hearts, then put away the foreign
gods and the Ashtoreths from among you,
and prepare your hearts for the LORD, and
serve Him only; and He will deliver you from
the hand of the Philistines."
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Psalm 111:1
1 Praise the LORD! I will praise the LORD with
my whole heart, In the assembly of the
upright and in the congregation.
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Matthew 15:7-8
7 "Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy
about you, saying:
8 'These people draw near to Me with their
mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But
their heart is far from Me.
COMMUNION
• Human beings need communion with
God.
• The Lord’s Supper involves
communion between the worshiper
and the Lord.
• Acceptable worship demands
prepared hearts.
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Preparation Of The Heart
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Preparation Of The Heart
EQUIPPED
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Preparation Of The Heart
Psalm 119:7
7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
EQUIPPED
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Preparation Of The Heart
1 Corinthians 11:23-24
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also
delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the
same night in which He was betrayed took
bread;
24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it
and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is
broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
EQUIPPED
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Preparation Of The Heart
1 Corinthians 11:25-26
25 In the same manner He also took the cup
after supper, saying, "This cup is the new
covenant in My blood. This do, as often as
you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
26 For as often as you eat this bread and
drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death
till He comes.
EQUIPPED
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Preparation Of The Heart
Matthew 26:26-27
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took
bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the
disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."
27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks,
and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all
of you."
EQUIPPED
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Preparation Of The Heart
Matthew 26:28-29
28 "For this is My blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for many for the remission of
sins.
29 "But I say to you, I will not drink of this
fruit of the vine from now on until that day
when I drink it new with you in My Father's
kingdom."
EQUIPPED
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Preparation Of The Heart
FOCUSED
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Preparation Of The Heart
Psalm 86:12
12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all
my heart, And I will glorify Your name
forevermore.
FOCUSED
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Preparation Of The Heart
Galatians 2:20
20 "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no
longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and
the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and
gave Himself for me."
FOCUSED
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Preparation Of The Heart
ENGAGED
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Preparation Of The Heart
John 4:24
24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship
Him must worship in spirit and truth."
ENGAGED
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Preparation Of The Heart
Hebrews 10:22
22 …let us draw near with a true heart in full
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience and our bodies
washed with pure water.
ENGAGED
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Preparation Of The Heart
1 Corinthians 11:27-29
27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this
cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty
of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat
of the bread and drink of the cup.
29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy
manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not
discerning the Lord's body.
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Why Make Comments At The Table?
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Why Make Comments At The Table?
DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?
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Why Make Comments At The Table?
1 Corinthians 11:23
23 For I received from the Lord that which I
also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on
the same night in which He was betrayed took
bread…
DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?
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Why Make Comments At The Table?
1 Corinthians 11:24-25
24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it
and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is
broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
25 In the same manner He also took the cup
after supper, saying, "This cup is the new
covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you
drink it, in remembrance of Me."
DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?
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Why Make Comments At The Table?
1 Corinthians 14:26
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you
come together, each of you has a psalm, has a
teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has
an interpretation. Let all things be done for
edification.
DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID?
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Why Make Comments At The Table?
VISITORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND
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Why Make Comments At The Table?
1 Timothy 2:3-4
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight
of God our Savior,
4 who desires all men to be saved and to
come to the knowledge of the truth.
VISITORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND
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Why Make Comments At The Table?
CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN
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Why Make Comments At The Table?
2 Timothy 3:14-15
14 But you must continue in the things which
you have learned and been assured of,
knowing from whom you have learned them,
15 and that from childhood you have known
the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make
you wise for salvation through faith which is
in Christ Jesus.
CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN
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Why Make Comments At The Table?
MEMBERS NEED TO BE REMINDED
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2 Timothy 2:14
14 Remind them of these things, charging
them before the Lord not to strive about
words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.
MEMBERS NEED TO BE REMINDED
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Comments Must Meet Conditions
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Comments Must Meet Conditions
SCRIPTURAL
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Comments Must Meet Conditions
John 4:24
24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship
Him must worship in spirit and truth."
SCRIPTURAL
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Comments Must Meet Conditions
1 Peter 4:11
11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the
oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do
it as with the ability which God supplies, that
in all things God may be glorified through
Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and
the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
SCRIPTURAL
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Comments Must Meet Conditions
EDIFYING
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Comments Must Meet Conditions
1 Corinthians 14:26
26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you
come together, each of you has a psalm, has a
teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has
an interpretation. Let all things be done for
edification.
EDIFYING
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Comments Must Meet Conditions
1 Corinthians 11:24-25
24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it
and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is
broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
25 In the same manner He also took the cup
after supper, saying, "This cup is the new
covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you
drink it, in remembrance of Me."
EDIFYING
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Comments Must Meet Conditions
1 Corinthians 11:28
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let
him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
EDIFYING
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APPROPRIATE
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1 Corinthians 10:23-24
23 All things are lawful for me, but not all
things are helpful; all things are lawful for me,
but not all things edify.
24 Let no one seek his own, but each one the
other's well-being.
APPROPRIATE
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1 Corinthians 11:26
26 For as often as you eat this bread and
drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death
till He comes.
APPROPRIATE
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REVERENT
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Hebrews 12:28-29
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a
kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have
grace, by which we may serve God acceptably
with reverence and godly fear.
29 For our God is a consuming fire.
REVERENT