Opening Prayer

With Your Parents!!!! Share James 5:16 with your parents. Confess your sins them so they can assure you of God’s forgiveness. Then switch roles, and you assure your parents that God forgives them all sins for Jesus’ sake.

With Your Parents!!!! Talk with your parents about excommunication. What do they think of when they hear that word? Be sure to share the definition and purpose of excommunication that we spoke of in class!

Test 15

Session 16 285-295

The Sacrament of the Altar

Vocabulary instituted commanded and started testament covenant;promise communion union; fellowship; sharing; participation

Vocabulary transubstantiation teaching that the elements change from bread and wine to the body and blood of Jesus

Memory What is the Sacrament of the Altar? It is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ under the bread and wine, instituted by Christ Himself for us Christians to eat and to drink.

Memory #943 Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. #938 1 Cor 11:27 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.

With Your Parents Ask your parents the following questions about the Lord’s Supper: What is your most memorable celebration of the Lord’s Supper? Why was it so special? When do you most desire Holy Communion? What does it mean to participate in the body and blood of Jesus? (1 Corinthians 10:16-17)

The Sacrament of the Altar What is the Sacrament of the Altar? It is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ under the bread and wine, instituted by Christ Himself for us Christians to eat and to drink.

Where is this written? The holy Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and St. Paul write: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: "Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me."

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."

Questions Where are the words of Institution found in the Bible?

Matthew 26:26-28 Mark 14:22-24 Luke 22:19-20 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Questions What is the three part definition of a Sacrament?

What is a Sacrament? Commanded by God God’s Word and earthly elements Offers and gives forgiveness of sins

Questions 285 What are some other names for the Sacrament of the Altar?

The Sacrament of the Altar The Lord’s Supper The Lord’s Table Communion or Holy Communion Eucharist (“give thanks”)

Questions Who instituted the Lord's Supper? Jesus What was He celebrating with His disciples? Passover What do we call that day? Maundy Thursday

Questions What does Christ give us in this sacrament? His true Body and Blood for forgiveness How do we know it was not just picture language? Bible states it plainly, saying the bread and wine are a communion/participation in the body and blood of Christ.

Questions What are the visible elements in this Sacrament? Bread & Wine How are the Body and Blood in the Sacrament? the Sacramental Union

Sacramental Union Everyone who receives Holy Communion receives Christ’s body and blood whether they believe it is there or not. Why?

Questions Does everyone who communes receive the Body and Blood of Christ? Yes

What puts the power in the Sacrament? God’s Word

Questions Why should we receive the Sacrament of the Altar often? God's invitation, my need to be forgiven and strengthened, Chirst's promise of forgiveness.

What is the Lutheran teaching about the Lord's Supper? Real Presence What is the Catholic teaching about the Lord's Supper? Transubstantiation What is the Reformed teaching about the Lord's Supper? Symbolic

What is Present? Body Blood Bread Wine Roman Catholic Transubstantiation Lutheran View Real Presence Reformed Symbolic Body Blood Bread Wine

Means of Grace Word and Sacraments Ways in which God offers, gives and seals the forgiveness that Jesus won for us on the cross Word and Sacraments

In the Sacraments, God Gives, We Receive

Communion Fellowship Sharing Participation Union

Remembrance + Maundy Thursday Matthew 26:26-28 Mark 14:22-24 Luke 22:19-20 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Closing Prayer