Holy Communion Examination
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The Lords Supper
The Lords Supper
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
Today I want to talk about eating The Lords Super Unworthily
But first I need to explain What Ordinance’s Jesus Instituted While On Earth
GOD’S WORD Translation Ordinance
ordinance a law or command given by one in power
Baptism
Replaces Something from Old Testament (Home Work)
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
2. Feet Washing:
Represents Something
3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
3. Holy Communion:
Replaces Something
The institution narratives of the Lord’s Supper portray the event as a Passover meal.
Luke’s Gospel is particularly clear about this point, as Christ underscores to the disciples at the beginning of the meal:
“I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (22:15)
Lexham Survey of Theology (The Lord’s Supper)
The text further notes that the preparations happened at the beginning of the Festival of Unleavened Bread “on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed” (22:7).
The Passover is the celebration of the deliverance of the Israelites from death and from slavery in Egypt. The Israelites were commanded to slaughter a lamb and apply its blood to their doorposts so that they would be delivered from the judgment rendered by the angel of death
This deliverance also marked the beginning of the exodus from Egypt, and these twin meanings constituted the core of Israelite identity. They are to commemorate it every year, at the inception of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Israelites were to rid their homes of yeast for seven days:
Lexham Survey of Theology The Lord’s Supper
“For the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance”
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Lexham Survey of Theology (The Lord’s Supper)
Christ intends for his disciples to understand that his sacrifice, his body and blood offered upon the cross, is simultaneously a recapitulation and summation of the depth of meaning of the Passover meal, and a deliverance from a deeper slavery shared not just by Israel but by all of humanity to the powers of sin and death
Romans 6:1–14 (AV)
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
His suffering on the cross is the cataclysmic confrontation with these powers, and his resurrection is his triumph and vindication over them.
When Christ ascends into heaven, Paul describes it as a victory march by a conquering general, a general who leads not defeated nations but captivity itself captive
8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Lexham Survey of Theology The Lord’s Supper
When Christ leads slavery to fear and death captive in the victory of his ascension (Heb 2:14–15), Paul also says he “gave gifts to men” (Eph 4:8). This gift giving is central to the New Testament theology of the Eucharist.
Lexham Survey of Theology The Lord’s Supper
In this meal, Christ feeds us with his own presence and sacrifice, which is why he is described as “Christ our Passover Lamb” (1 Cor 5:7). Although the bread and the wine of the Passover meal is mentioned in the institution narrative, the lamb is not. The book of Hebrews develops this point in order to highlight the priesthood of Jesus.
This is Where we Stopped.
Lexham Survey of Theology (The Lord’s Supper)
He possesses a priesthood more perfect than the Levitical priesthood. He has a priesthood with no beginning or end, the priesthood of Melchizedek, the priest-king of Salem who brought out gifts of bread and wine and blessed Abraham and to whom Abraham gave a tithe of a tenth of all his possessions (Heb 7; Gen 14:18–20).
1 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,
2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
4 Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!
5 Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham.
6 This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
7 And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater.
Hebrews (Who Was Melchizedek? (7:1–3))
Who Was Melchizedek? (7:1–3)* The typology of the event recorded in Genesis 14:18–20, where Abraham returns from his conquest of four invading kings and is met by Melchizedek at the Valley of Shaveh (probably the valley of the Kidron at Jerusalem), is explained by the writer in verses 1–3. Melchizedek was both a king and a priest, and so is Jesus! Melchizedek blessed Abraham, refreshing and strengthening him with bread and wine. So Jesus strengthens and refreshes those who come to his throne of grace for help (4:16). Abraham paid a tithe (ten per cent) of all his goods to Melchizedek as an acknowledgment of his position as priest of the Most High God. So believers are to acknowledge Jesus as the one who has bought us with a price, and to recognize we are no longer owners of ourselves or all we possess
19 Have you forgotten that your body is now the sacred temple of the Spirit of Holiness, who lives in you? You don’t belong to yourself any longer, for the gift of God, the Holy Spirit, lives inside your sanctuary.
20 You were God’s expensive purchase, paid for with tears of blood, so by all means, then, use your body to bring glory to God!
8 In the one case, the tenth is collected by those who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.
9 One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,
10 because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?
12 For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also.
13 He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.
14 For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
15 And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
17 For it is declared: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews (Who Was Melchizedek? (7:1–3))
Melchizedek was both king of righteousness (the meaning of his name) and king of peace (Salem means peace). So Jesus is the sovereign possessor of both righteousness and peace, and can dispense them to his own as gifts which they may continually have but can never earn! Finally, as Melchizedek appears in the record of Scripture with no mention of his parents or his children (though he was a normal human being, certainly with parents and probably with children)—nor does the Genesis account mention his birth or his death—so the risen Jesus has neither beginning nor end, nor a human parentage to his resurrected life. Therefore, he can serve as a merciful and faithful high priest forever (7:23–25)! Though some commentators have viewed Melchizedek as a preincarnate appearance of Christ, the phrase like the Son of God seems to militate against that. “Melchizedek thus was the fak-si-mi-le of which Christ is the reality” (Howley 1969:552). To a modern congregation, this passage should be presented as a vivid picture of the help which is available for believers today from our great high priest who can give us righteousness and peace from within if we “come to the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Hebrews The Melchizedek Priesthood Superior to the Levitical (7:4–10)
This focus on Melchizedek in Hebrews is intended to bring out the inherent superiority of the priesthood of Jesus to that of the Aaronic line, the descendants of Levi, who had ministered in the tabernacle and temple throughout Jewish history
Hebrews The Melchizedek Priesthood Superior to the Levitical (7:4–10)
Verses 4–10 argue this superiority further. The author argues that Melchizedek is greater than Abraham, the great-grandfather of Levi, for four reasons:
Hebrews (The Melchizedek Priesthood Superior to the Levitical (7:4–10))
1. Though the Levitical priests also received tithes from their Israelite brethren, their descent from Abraham marked their priesthood as less important than that of the one to whom Abraham tithed, namely Melchizedek (vv. 5–6).
2. Abraham was blessed by Melchizedek at the time of their encounter, and normally the lesser is blessed by the greater (v. 7).
3. Levitical priests all eventually die but, as Psalm 110:4 declares, the One who ministers in the order of Melchizedek lives forever (v. 8).
4. In some genetic sense, Levi, great-grandson of Abraham, actually also paid tithes to Melchizedek since he was at the time a part of Abraham’s reproductive system which would produce Isaac, then Jacob and, ultimately, Levi (vv. 9–10). This line of argument may seem strange to our Western, individualistic mentality, but it reflects the more accurate realization of the links between generations, and the fact that we are governed more by our ancestry than we often believe. The same line of argument is found in Romans 5:12, where Paul declares that the whole human race has sinned in Adam, and that death is therefore universal because of Adam’s sin. He sees the whole human race as potentially present in Adam when Adam sinned, and therefore participating with him in the aftermath of that sin.
Hebrews (The Aaronic Priesthood and Law Replaced (7:11–19))
The Aaronic Priesthood and Law Replaced (7:11–19)* The argument of verses 11–19 constitutes a bold, and even radical, declaration by the writer. This section asserts unequivocally that the death and resurrection of Jesus has introduced a new and permanent priesthood that brings the Levitical priesthood to an end and, with it, the demise of the law of Moses. It is important to note in verses 11–12 that the law was originally given to support the priesthood, not the other way around. The priesthood and the tabernacle with its sacrifices were the means God employed to render the sinful people acceptable to himself. They constituted the shadow of Jesus in the Old Testament. Then the law was given with its sharp demands to awaken the people to their true condition so that they might avail themselves of the sacrifices. This agrees fully with Paul’s state ment in Romans 5:20 and Galatians 3:19–23 that the law was a teacher to lead to Christ (represented in Israel by the tabernacle and its priesthood).
Hebrews (The Aaronic Priesthood and Law Replaced (7:11–19))
If (as some Jews thought) perfection could be achieved by means of the law and priesthood, the author asks in verses 11–14 what need would there be for God to announce a new priesthood as he did through David in Psalm 110? He clearly implies that the Melchizedek priesthood of Jesus was in the mind of God centuries before the Levitical priesthood and the law. These latter could never have produced the perfection of character which God required. His argument is that if the priesthood of Jesus has now replaced that of Levi, then the law of Moses must also be replaced because it is the natural accompaniment of the Levitical priesthood. Sacrifices and offerings would no longer be useful for covering sins, and the law which awakened sin must pass as well. It is a powerful declaration which would arouse immediate antagonism among certain Jews, as indeed history has shown. He further indicates Jesus’ priesthood as being different from the Aaronic in that those priests all belonged to the tribe of Levi while Jesus came from the tribe of Judah. Since Moses said nothing about that tribe serving as priests, it is plain that the present priesthood of Jesus does not rest on Moses or his law. It is the ultimate provision for dealing with human sin and weakness toward which the Levitical priesthood and law pointed.
Hebrews (The Aaronic Priesthood and Law Replaced (7:11–19))
One reason the law and the priesthood could not accomplish the perfection God requires is given in verses 15–18. Levitical priests were ordained only if they could prove their ancestry from Levi, and must be replaced at death by another of the same line. By contrast, Jesus holds the Melchizedek priesthood forever because he possesses an indestructible life. It is not merely endless; by its very nature it cannot be ended! As Psalm 110:4 declares, it is “forever.” Nor does it require specific ancestral descent. Any man who fit the qualifications could serve and, as we have seen, Jesus is the only man who fulfills all the qualifications. So for the fourth time, Psalm 110:4 is quoted, You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek. All the limitations created by sinful humanity are removed and a perfect priest now serves who works effectually and lives forever.The glorious result of this is stated in verse 18: the former regulation (the priesthood and the law) is set aside as weak and useless since it cannot cleanse from sin or provide power to obey. A better hope is brought in to replace it which will do what the law and the priesthood could not do—enable us to draw near to God. In 10:22 the writer will exhort his readers to do this very thing, since it is now fully possible because of the Melchizedek priesthood of Jesus.The Levitical priesthood was ended because its purpose was fulfilled. It is, and always has been, weak and useless to go further and actually remove sin. That was done and perfectly done in the sacrifice of Jesus. But removal of sin is not the only thing sinners need—they also need a continuing supply of refreshment, strength and wisdom to enable them to live in a hostile world. This is now supplied through the Melchizedek priesthood. Kistemaker states the truth well: “Through his unique sacrifice he [Jesus] fulfilled the responsibilities of the Aaronic priesthood, and through his endless life he assumes the priesthood in the order of Melchizedek” (1984:196). The “picture” of the Old Testament is fulfilled accurately and the better hope of the new covenant is introduced.
So as we gain a better understanding Of What Christ Represents, we shall again attempt to bring clarity to the Text, we must remember The King Priest gave us the New Covenant and these new ordinances to honor.
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.”
The Lexham Textual Notes on the Bible 1 Corinthians 11:24
Many early manuscripts have “This is my body which is for you” but some early manuscripts and related later witnesses have “Take, eat; this is my body which is broken for you.”
His Body was broken for Me.. And he wants me to always remember that..
1.b) And he gave thanks for being able to offer his body to a broken people.
2. He took the cup of wine and established it as the New Covenant between God & His People-an agreement confirmed with his Blood.
2.b) Do it in Remembrance of this Covenant, do this in remembrance of what I was willing to do for you as often as you drink.
Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lords 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.
Unworthily: anaxios- in a manner unbefitting or undeserving.
29 For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself.
29 For continually eating and drinking with a wrong spirit will bring judgment upon yourself by not recognizing the body.
30 That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.
31 But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.
Examine: To evaluate by recognizing or perceiving differences
31 If we get this straight now, we won’t have to be straightened out later on.
Have You Ever experienced someone coming In your House and Not honoring You? (how did it make You Feel)
Have ever made sacrifices for someone or some people you Love and they treated your sacrifice like its nothing?
Have you ever sacrificed a lot to get where you are and have people come along later and want to treat your resources like you got them from dollar general?
So when Paul writes this letter its because the church in Corinth was eating and drinking in the wrong spirit.
This Alter Call is God help Me get it strait now Alter call..
If your a child and you don’t know Jesus as there personal Lord and Savior might i suggest parents. Let them know him first as the Son Of God who died on the cross for their sins before they eat his body.
This is that alter Call for you who never was sure you where worthy to take communion.. Let’s get an alter exam.