Matthew 26:26-28

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Matthew 2626-28

• The Lords Supper

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The Lords Supper1 Corinthians 1120

• A Communion of the Body Blood of Christ
• 1 Corinthians 1016
• The Lords Table
• 1 Corinthians 1021
• The Breaking of Bread
• Acts 242 207

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The Purpose of the Lords Supper

• Not designed to Satisfy Physical Hunger or
  Thirst-
• 1 Corinthians 1120-22
• his own supper not Lords Supper
• Eating Drinking done AT HOME
• To Bring Christ to our Memory-
• Luke 2219
• To Proclaim His Death-
• 1 Corinthians 1126

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The Importance of the Lords Supper

• Continued in Steadfastly
• Acts 242
• 1 Corinthians 1133
• come together to eat
• Do it Together!
• A Together Function of the local congregation
• Wait for one another

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The Institution of the Lords Supper

• At the Last Supper
• 1 Corinthians 1123-25
• Elements are
• Unleavened bread Fruit of the Vine
• Matthew 2617
• Exodus 1219,20
• Obeyed Law of Moses Perfectly 1 Peter 222

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Who is to Partake of the Lords Supper?

• Placed by Jesus in His Kingdom, Partaken of by
  Citizens of His Kingdom-
• Luke 2229,30
• that you may eat and drink at My table in My
  kingdom
• Observed by Christians in the 1st Century

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When is it to be Observed?

• Each 1st Day of the Week
• Acts 207
• No Particular 1st Day
• Necessary Inference Regular Practice
• 1 Corinthians 162 on the first day of the
  week.
• Another obligation given on that day.

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How is it to be Observed?

• Heart of the Christian to Look Five Ways
• Backward to Death of Christ on the Cross 1
  Corinthians 1129
• Inward Each Person to Examine Himself-
  1Corinthians 1128
• Outward Proclaiming the Lords Death 1
  Corinthians 1126
• Forward till He comes 1 Corinthians 1126
• Upward Hebrews 116

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The Lords Supper Was Never Intended to Forgive
Sins

• It is a Memorial, and does not facilitate the
  forgiveness of sins.
• We DO sin when we fail to observe it, or fail to
  observe it properly. 1 Corinthians 1127,29