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Introduction
Greetings...
As we have been examining the “Fundamentals” of the Scriptures, with the goal of securing our foundation upon the bedrock of Christ and His Word we have looked at a number of “milk” items beginning with worship.
Thus far we have examined worship closely and in recent weeks we have been looking at the formal acts of worship.
Prayer
Singing
Giving
And last week started studying the Lord’s Supper by looking first at it’s shadow the Passover Feast.
As I mentioned last week, today we are going to study...
Our authority for the Lord’s Supper and the godly principles of partaking of it.
With this in mind let us examine our lesson for today.
Authority For The Lord’s Supper
Jesus clearly authorized our partaking.
After partaking of the Passover meal () Jesus institutes the only religious “memorial feast” in the New Testament.
There were many “memorial feasts” in the Old Testament.
The Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, First Fruits Feast, Feast of Weeks...
In the New Testament there is only the “memorial feast of Jesus” or the “Lord’s Supper.”
I know of no one that doubts this or tries to say Jesus didn’t authorize this feast.
The question has always been “when” to partake and more recently what emblems to partake of.
Jesus authorized unleavened bread & grape juice.
To understand this one must grasp proper biblical hermeneutics (science of studying the Bible).
God authorizes through four means only in the Bible.
Direct Statements, Examples, Implications, and expedience.
When it comes to what emblems to use during the Lord’s Supper we know Jesus used unleavened bread and grape juice thus the example authorizes.
The Passover required no leaven in the house.
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Why is this passage significant?
First because it tells us the type of bread the Passover had and Jesus used when He established the Lord’s Supper.
It had to be unleavened bread.
Second because it tells us the type of grape liquid the Passover had and Jesus used when He established the Lord’s Supper.
It had to be unleavened wine i.e. grape juice.
This is why we never see the liquid in the cup called “wine” but rather “fruit of the vine” (; ; ).
People can used leavened bread and fermented wine all they want just like they could use stake and potatoes and coke as well, but none of that is authorized.
They only authority we find is that of unleavened bread and grape juice.
Jesus authorized a weekly memorial.
Once again when we find authorization for how often they eat and drink the memorial feat by way of example.
When we look at the New Testament church we are left with only one conclusion and that is that they were partaking of it on each and every Sunday.
Notice that actions of the apostle Paul in Troas.
He waited seven days just to worship with the brethren with the focus being on “breaking bread together” i.e. partaking together of the Lord’s Supper.
Ac 20:6-7
Also notice the only other example of the Lord’s Supper in the New Testament.
We find that the church in Corinth was meeting every first day of the week.
When we look closer we find that the church in Corinth was meeting every first day of the week to partake of the Lord’s Supper, but they were doing it all wrong, which Paul was trying to correct.
Now here we find two examples of the church partaking of the Lord’s Supper and both are on Sunday and one is clearly showing they were partaking every Sunday.
Once again you can have the Lord’s Supper however and whenever you want if you want to partake of it in an unauthorized manner and in a way that is unpleasing to God.
Summery
Brethren it isn’t difficult to find authority for partaking of the Lord’s Supper with unleavened bread and grape juice on each first day of the week (Sunday) if you know what to look for.
Let us be a people confident in God’s Word and how we are authorized to worship Jesus in His memorial feast.
The Godly Principles Of Partaking
Before we partake we must prepare.
This means making certain we are pure of heart and mind.
1 Cor 11:
The time and place for asking of remission of sins is before one partakes of the memorial feast of Jesus.
While we partake we must focus.
We are to focus on the body of Jesus while partaking of the bread.
This means focusing on how He was treated prior to the cross and on it.
Mt 27:26-
Mt 27:36-
This means focusing on the death of Jesus on the cross of Golgotha.
Mt 27:46
Mt 27:
This means also focusing on the resurrection of our Savior on the third day.
Mt 28:
Summery
The Corinthians struggled with understanding the proper focus of this great memorial feast of our Lord and Savior.
Let us make certain we never “eat and drink judgment on ourselves” ().
Conclusion
Worshiping our Lord properly in His memorial is no flippant matter.
Paul would go on to say to the Corinthians that some, because they worshiped wrong in this, had become weak, ill, and even died ().
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