The
Communion Service
Lesson
25
Marking
Code: C
Marking Color: Black
Key Text: 1 Corinthians 11: 23-30
- 1 Corinthians
11:23-30. The bread and wine of
the Communion service commemorate the
great sacrifice of Jesus-His life of
obedience and His death on the cross
as an unblemished sacrifice for our
sins. By celebrating the Lord’s
Supper, we keep in mind His death and
perfect atonement until He comes
again.
Matthew
26:26-30.
Luke
22: 14-20.
Note:
Paul makes several points regarding the
Lord’s Supper-or communion. He says:
All
who believe may eat the bread and drink the
wine.
Spiritual
preparation of the heart is necessary before
taking part.
The
Lord’s Supper looks backward to Jesus
sacrifice and forward to the great marriage
supper of the Lamb of heaven.
No
set time is specified; some churches
celebrate the Lord’s Supper each
quarter-four times per year.
- 1 Corinthians 5:
7,8. Leaven (yeast) and
fermentation are symbols of sin and
decay. Therefore, the bread used in
the Communion service should be
unleavened bread, and the wine should
not be fermented wine, but the pure
juice of the grape. Only such symbols
can accurately represent the perfect,
unblemished sacrifice of Jesus.
1
Peter 1:19; 2:22.
- Hebrews 10: 10-14.
Christ died once as a complete
sufficient sacrifice. It isn’t
necessary to repeat His sacrifice
over and over again as it is believed
happens in the service of the mass.
Communion is a symbolic remembrance
of Jesus’ sacrifice for us.
- John 13: 1-17.
Jesus also instituted the service of
foot washing as a preparation for the
Lord’s Supper.
Note:
The foot washing service is important
preparation for the Lord’s Supper
because of:
Christ’s
command John 13:14.
Christ’s
example John 13:15.
Christ’s
promised blessing. John 13:17.
- Luke 22: 16, 18. The
Communion service looks forward to
the marriage supper of the Lamb,
which we will eat together with Jesus
in heaven.
Luke
12:37.
C-End.
