Resurrection: The Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:20–28 NLT

20 When you meet together, you are not really interested in the Lord’s Supper. 21 For some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk. 22 What? Don’t you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you really want to disgrace God’s church and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say? Do you want me to praise you? Well, I certainly will not praise you for this! 23 For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread 24 and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it.” 26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again. 27 So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup.

AT THE LORD’S SUPPER

JESUS MUST BE IN THE SEAT OF HONOR. (v. 20ff)

IT’S ABOUT HIM.

EVERYONE HAS EQUAL VALUE, SINCE HE PAID THE SAME PRICE FOR ALL.

“WE” REMEMBER THE PAST. (v. 23ff)

EVERYONE COMES WITH THE SAME NEED TO THE TABLE.

James 2:4–5 NLT

4 doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives? 5 Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?

THE PROBLEM WE ALL FACE.

Romans 6:23 NASB95

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

WE REALIZE THE PRESENT. (v.25ff)

We have new relationship with the Risen Christ.

Ephesians 2:19 NLT

19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.

We have a new position with God.

We have a new family to love.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROMISE.

Matthew 19:28 LEB

28 And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you that in the renewal of the world, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me—you also will sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.