Lord’s Supper
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· 19 viewsThe commemoration and remembrance of Jesus Christ’s last supper, and all the benefits that result to believers. Other terms have been used subsequently by Christians, including “Communion” and “Eucharist”.
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Terms for the Lord’s Supper in the NT
Terms for the Lord’s Supper in the NT
“breaking of bread” could mean both eating together and also celebrating the Lord’s Supper; The Greek word “koinonia”, here translated “participation”, is traditionally translated “communion”: hence the term “Holy Communion”; the Lord’s Supper; Underlying “had given thanks” is the Greek “eucharisteo”, from which comes the term “Eucharist”.
Jesus Christ’s institution of the Lord’s Supper
Jesus Christ’s institution of the Lord’s Supper
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Celebrating the Lord’s Supper in the NT
Celebrating the Lord’s Supper in the NT
As part of an ordinary meal
As part of an ordinary meal
The church was not necessarily wrong to include the sacrament in an ordinary meal; this should have been conducted in a charitable way.
On the Lord’s day
On the Lord’s day
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
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The fourfold formula for breaking bread: taking, giving thanks, breaking, giving
The fourfold formula for breaking bread: taking, giving thanks, breaking, giving
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
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The sharing of the cup
The sharing of the cup
In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Themes connected with the Lord’s Supper
Themes connected with the Lord’s Supper
The Passover
The Passover
Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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The new covenant
The new covenant
The reference to the (new) covenant implies a personal relationship with God and sins forgiven.
Remembrance
Remembrance
and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
Thanksgiving, fellowship and unity
Thanksgiving, fellowship and unity
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
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The Lord’s return
The Lord’s return
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
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Separation from sin
Separation from sin
Paul is referring to feasts in heathen temples.
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A foretaste of heaven
A foretaste of heaven
I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”