3/1/2020
The Communion Of The Saints
“Recognizing the Body”
1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
The Lord’s Observance Of Passover Fulfills It
1 Corinthians 11:23-25 I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night 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, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
Communion Is A Prophetic Act
1 Corinthians 11:26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
Revelation 19:9-10 The angel said to me, Write: ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’ These are the true words of God. At this I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Divisiveness Undermines Reconciliation
1 Corinthians 11:27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
Communion Calls For Self-Examination Regarding Ones Attitudes Towards Others
1 Corinthians 11:28-29 You should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. Anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the Body of the Lord (The Church) eats and drinks judgment on himself.
Failure In Communion Invites God’s Discipline
1 Corinthians 11:30-32 …this is why many among you are weak and sick and a number of you have fallen asleep. But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
Honoring Christ’s Body (His People) Honors The Lord
1 Corinthians 11:33-34 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other. If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment.
The Communion Of Saints Is A Communion With One Another
1 John 1:6-7 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth, if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
1 John 2:9-11 and 13 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.
1 John 3:11 and 23-24 …this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another…we know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death…this is His command: to believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as He commanded us. Those who obey His commands live in Him, and He in them…