2. The Lord’s Supper Billions in spiritual darkness  Groping for God, Acts 17:26-28  Living in sin: guilt & pain  Ignorant of the Savior’s sacrifice

3. The Lord’s Supper We can rejoice in spiritual light  Body & blood given for me, Gal. 2:20  Cause for humility, 1 Tim. 1:15-17  Privileged to observed the Lord’s Supper

4. The Lord’s Supper

5. It is not for our salvation, Jn. 6:48-58  Partaking of Christ  Lord’s Supper has no magic  Can take it and be lost

6. The Lord’s Supper It is not a common meal  Distinct event  Rebuked as, 1 Cor. 11:20-34  Sacred occasion

7. The Lord’s Supper Not the most important part of worship  Five parts of worship, Acts 2:42; Eph. 5:19  All equally important, cf. Jas. 2:10  Cannot fulfill duty if… »Take & leave right after »Skip AM, come PM to partake

8. The Lord’s Supper Substance & symbolism of the Supper  OT sacrifices, Lev. 16:1-22  Passover, Ex. 12:1-13  Lamb of God, Jn. 1:29  Son of God suffered and died »Slapped, beaten, spat on, Mt. 26:67, 68 »Scourged & mocked, Mt. 27:26-30 »Crucified, Mt. 27:31

9. The Lord’s Supper It is a continual reminder of The sacrifice of the Son of God  Our need for it  His loved expressed in it  Our gratitude for it  Our conviction of His resurrection  Our confidence of His return

10. The Lord’s Supper We need reverence in the Lord’s Supper  Men at table  Members

11. The Lord’s Supper Specific elements  Unleavened bread, Mt. 26:17, 26  Fruit of the vine, Mt. 26:27-29  Not the cup

12. The Lord’s Supper Specific order of partaking Mt. 26:26-29; Mk. 14:22-25 Lk. 22:14-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-25 1. Unleavened bread first 2. Fruit of the vine second

13. The Lord’s Supper Specific day to partake, Acts 20:7  Consistent with NT, Acts 2:1; 1 Cor. 16:1, 2  Example as guide, 1 Cor. 11:1; Phil. 4:9  Why did Paul wait seven days? Monday – Sunday, Acts 20:6, 7

14. The Lord’s Supper Specific thoughts, 1 Cor. 11:23-29

15. The Lord’s Supper Billions in spiritual darkness  Groping for God, Acts 17:26-28  Living in sin: guilt & pain  Ignorant of the Savior’s sacrifice

16. The Lord’s Supper We can rejoice in spiritual light  Body & blood given for me, Gal. 2:20  Cause for humility, 1 Tim. 1:15-17  Privileged to observed the Lord’s Supper