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Lords Supper
Sunday
Gods Eternal Purpose: Glorifying Godby Jesus Christ...through his body
the church, Eph 3:10-11,21
C
T he s is
In many churches,
superstition has
produced a
sacrament, where
God intended
________________

The Communion of
Christ
1 Corinthians 10:16-18

THE THREE LAWS OF FELLOWSHIP

DEFINITION
Communion is union
________, and union is at the
heart of communion

1. The law of ____________________

2. The law of ____________________
3. The law of ____________________

Point 1. Your faith transitions to

fellowship through __________.

How To Have Communion

A. We gain union with Christ by
personal ______________________
B. We gain union with Christ by

The ordinances should keep us in a

state of continuous revival

scriptural ____________________
C. We gain union with Christ
through the ________ of Christ
D. We gain union with Christ by conforming our
____________________ to Christ
E. We gain union with Christ by ________________ for
Christ
F. We gain union with Christ at the Lords __________
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Point 2. Preaching that does not

motivate you to ministry is
__________________.

Matt 14:14 And Jesus went forth,

and saw a great multitude, and was moved with
compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
1 Cor 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Phil 2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if
any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit,
2 Cor 8:4 Praying us with much entreaty that we would
receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints.

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Point 3. Communion is much more than a symbol, because it is the

expression of a ____________ spiritual experience.
Point 4. Everything is affected by the three fantastic facts of communion:
our relationship to Christ in his death, our fellowship with Christ in his
life, and our __________________________ with each other in ministry.

RESULTS
Breaking the rule of communion = disgrace in your own life
Breaking the rule of edification = disaster in others lives
Breaking the rule of glorification = dishonor to the Lords name
The blood pictures our salvation by redemption
The bread pictures our sanctification by growth in new life

Qualifications for the LORDS SUPPER

1. You saw you were a sinner, decided to trust Jesus for eternal life, and
prayed and asked God to save you
2. You were baptized at some time after you got saved, as testimony to
that fact
3. You are old enough and understand enough to examine yourself in the
faith

Outline 1 Cor 10:16-18

I. LORDS MEMORIAL BODY, 16
A. Communion of the Cup, 16a
B. Communion of the Bread, 16b
II. LORDS MYSTICAL BODY, 17
III. ISRAELS MOTIVATIONAL
EXAMPLE, 18
A. A Sacrificial Meal, 18a
B. A Sanctifying Mystery, 18b

Deut 12:18 But thou must eat [of the tithes, the offerings brought] before the
LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy
son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite
that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that
thou puttest thine hands unto.
Isa 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we
are healed.
John 19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A
bone of him shall not be broken.
1 John 1:7 the blood of Jesus Christ [Gods] Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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