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