(re)communion - a fresh look at the Lord's Table

Brian & Sallie Leifeste share on the Purpose of Communion.

1 Cor 11:23-32

23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. 32 When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world. (NIV)

1 Cor 10:16-17

16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. 

Today we join 100’s of millions of believers around the globe. We look again at the table of our Lord. His body broken. His sufferings. His blood shed. His cross. His work in our lives. His Victory over death, hell and the grave. 

1.    We look ___________________.  1 Cor. 11:26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim 

       the Lord’s death until he comes. 

2.     We look ___________________. 1 Cor. 11:28 “A man ought to examine 

himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.”

3.     We look ___________________.  1 Cor. 10:17 Because there is one loaf, 

we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.

The church family is a redemptive family.

4.     We look ___________________. 1 Cor. 11:26 26 For whenever you eat this 

bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.