TThe Lord's Supper



  I. THE DESIGNATIONS FOR IT
     A. Breaking of bread - Acts 20:7(?)
     B. Communion - 1 Cor. 10:16
     C. The Lord's supper - 1 Cor. 11:20

 II. THE DECEPTIONS ABOUT IT
     A. That Christ's presence is in the elements
        1. Substantially - Catholicism
        2. Spiritually - Lutherans
        3. Symbolically (the TRUTH) - Baptists

III. THE DUTY OF IT
     A. The purpose
        1. To remember the Lord - 1 Cor. 11:24,25
        2. To show forth the Lord's death until He returns
           - 1 Cor. 11:26
     B. The period
        1. The frequency is not given - 1 Cor. 11:25 - "as oft
as ye
           drink it"
        2. The day - 1st day of the week - Acts 20:7
        3. The duration - "til he come" - 1 Cor. 11:26
     C. The place - the church
        1. "when ye come together in the church" - 1 Cor. 
              11:18
        2. "When ye come together therefore into one place" -  
              1 Cor. 11:20
        3. "the church of God" - 1 Cor. 11:22
        4. "when ye come together" - 1 Cor. 11:33

 IV. THE DIVISION OVER IT AMONG CHRISTIANS
     A. Closed communion - observed only by members of 
          that local church
     B. Close communion - observed by believers of like 
          faith and practice
     C. Open communion - observed by anyone who desires 
        to do so

  V. THE DEFILEMENT OF IT
     A. Preparing it as a feast - 1 Cor. 11:20-22; 27-34
     B. Partaking of it "unworthily" - 1 Cor. 11:27,29 - a 
          reference to         the manner (V. 25) ("unworthily") 
          not the man (unworthy)
     C. Prompting God's chastisement - 1 Cor. 11:30-32,34