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COMMUNION (Part 1) 1 Corinthians 10:16 By David Dann COMMUNION COMMUNION • Human beings need communion with God. COMMUNION 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? COMMUNION 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. COMMUNION 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… COMMUNION 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. COMMUNION • 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. COMMUNION 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 “Communion” (Gr. koinonia) “fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation…the share which one has in anything, participation” (J.H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon, 352). COMMUNION “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). COMMUNION 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." COMMUNION 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. COMMUNION 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." COMMUNION 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. COMMUNION 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. COMMUNION COMMUNION Preparation Of The Heart COMMUNION Preparation Of The Heart EQUIPPED COMMUNION Preparation Of The Heart Psalm 119:7 7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. EQUIPPED COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION Preparation Of The Heart FOCUSED COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION Preparation Of The Heart ENGAGED COMMUNION Preparation Of The Heart John 4:24 24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." ENGAGED COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION 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. ENGAGED COMMUNION COMMUNION Why Make Comments At The Table? COMMUNION Why Make Comments At The Table? DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE SAID? COMMUNION 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? COMMUNION 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? COMMUNION 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? COMMUNION Why Make Comments At The Table? VISITORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION Why Make Comments At The Table? CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION Why Make Comments At The Table? MEMBERS NEED TO BE REMINDED COMMUNION Why Make Comments At The Table? 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 COMMUNION COMMUNION Comments Must Meet Conditions COMMUNION Comments Must Meet Conditions SCRIPTURAL COMMUNION Comments Must Meet Conditions John 4:24 24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." SCRIPTURAL COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION Comments Must Meet Conditions EDIFYING COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION 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 COMMUNION Comments Must Meet Conditions APPROPRIATE COMMUNION Comments Must Meet Conditions 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 COMMUNION Comments Must Meet Conditions 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 COMMUNION Comments Must Meet Conditions REVERENT COMMUNION Comments Must Meet Conditions 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