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A shooting at a Church of Christ in Texas has claimed two lives and left another person wounded, according to media reports. The attack occurred during the Lord’s Supper at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, a suburb of Fort Worth. : 2 dead, 1 in critical condition aft...

28/12/2019

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16/11/2019

The Lord’s Supper is a very important part of our worship. Jesus said, “Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood you have no life in yourselves.”
I. Who is it for?
A. It is for all Christians
1. It represents the unity of the body of Christ (The Church) with one8 another and with Christ.
a. I Corinthians 10:15-17, I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

b. If we do not partake of the communion we are not a part of the body.
2. Christ is our Passover. If we don’t partake of what represents his body and his blood we can’t be a part of his body.
a. I Corinthians 5:7-8, Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

b. Christ is our Passover. He was crucified during the Passover. He instituted the Lord’s Supper during the Passover meal He ate with his disciples. He is the Lamb of God. The real Passover Lamb. Those who didn’t partake of the Passover in the Old Testament were cut off from Israel.

c. Numbers 9:13, But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he offered not the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
d. We are cut off from His Body if we do not take part in Communion. That is a dangerous place to be in. It is essential to salvation. It is not for just for the 144,000.

B. It is for those who partake in a worthy manner

03/11/2019

I. A SUBSERVIENT, OBEDIENT DECISION

1. We are servants.

1) Almost every single New Testament writer considered himself a servant.

a. Paul-Romans 1:1; Tit. 1:1

b. Peter-2 Peter 1:1

c. Jude 1:1

d. James 1:1

e. Timothy-2 Timothy 2:24

f. John-Rev. 1:1

2) Jesus was a servant (Cf. Philippians 2:5ff).

3) Servants are obedient to their masters.

2. We ought to obey the Lord in this matter.

1) Because we love God (1 John 5:3).

2) Because we want Jesus to save us (Hebrews 5:8-9).

3) Because we want the church to function as God desired it (under the oversight of the Shepherds/Elders) (Hebrews 13:17).

4) We should not put our own will against God’s in these matters, but be subservient to him.

II. A SUSTAINED, CONTINUING DECISION

1. We made a commitment when we put the Lord on in baptism.

1) Luke 14:25-33 (Read/Comment).

2) Romans 6:3-13

3) Romans 12:1, 2

2. And we must face the consequences if we violate that commitment.

1) Luke 9:62.

2) 2 Peter 2:20-22.

3. An illustration. Coal taken out of a fire.

4. Read “A Fifty Year Old decision.”

III. A SPIRITUAL, HEAVENLY DECISION

1. Not an earthly decision.

1) Family

a. Keep peace in family.

b. Family tradition.

c. Mom and Dad make me come.

2) I come to ease my conscience.

3) I like the preacher.

4) Something to do on Sunday.

5) To socialize.

6) To catch up on the weekly gossip.

2. It is a spiritual decision.

1) We desire to seek God first and his kingdom (Matthew 6:33).

2) We desire to worship God in spirit and in truth (John 4:24).

3) We desire to edify the saints (Hebrews 3:13).

4) We desire to sing praises unto God (Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 5:19).

5) We desire to render prayers to the Father (1 Timothy 2:1-8).

6) We desire to partake of the Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-29).

7) We desire to give to further the work of God’s kingdom (1 Corinthians 16:1, 2).

8) We desire to study so that we can let God speak to us (2 Timothy 2:15).

CONCLUSION:

1. Read two things:

1) “Church Att