MEMORIAL = SERVING TO HELP PEOPLE REMEMBER SOME
PERSON OR EVENT.
1. CORINTHIANS
11:23-2623: For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto
you, that the
25: After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped,
saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye
drink it, in remembrance of me.
26: For as often as ye
eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
2. REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD ENDURED FOR US WHEN HE DIED TO PAY FOR
OUR SINS.
3. THE LORD’S SUPPER IS A MEMORIAL…
A. OBSERVANCE.
B. SYMBOLIC
OBSERVANCE
SYMBOLIC =
OF OR EXPRESSED IN A SYMBOL = OBJECT USED TO REPRESENT SOMETHING
1. ELEMENTS
ARE SYMBOLS INVOLVED IN HIS SACRIFICE AS THE LAMB OF GOD IN PROVIDING OUR
SALVATION.
2. BREAD = REPRESENTS THE BODY OF
I PETER 2:22-24
HE BECAME
OUR SUBSTITUTE, BEARING OUR SINS
HE DIED TO
PROVIDE FORGIVENESS AND LIFE FOR A WORLD OF SINNERS
THIS IS
WHAT WE SHOULD REMEMBER WHEN WE PARTAKE OF THE BREAD IN OUR OBSERVANCE OF THE
LORD’S SUPPER.
3. THE CUP
= SYMBOLIZES THE BLOOD OF THE
WE SHOULD
THANK GOD FOR THE BLOOD OF
1. THE BREAD AND THE CUP ARE SYMBOLIC OF THE BODY AND THE BLOOD
OF
2. THE LORD’S SUPPER IS A SYMBOLIC OBSERVANCE.
A
CONTINUING OBSERVANCE CONTINUING =
1.
15: And he said unto
them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer:
16: For I say unto you,
I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the
17: And he took the cup,
and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
18: For I say unto you,
I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the
19: And he took bread,
and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body
which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
20: Likewise also the
cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is
shed for you.
BELIEVERS
FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THE CHURCH TO THE PRESENT TIME HAVE OBSERVED THE
LORD’S SUPPER.
3. ACTS
2:4242: And
they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in
breaking of bread, and in prayers.
4. I
CORINTHIANS 11:2626: For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink
this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
BELIEVERS EVERYWHERE
‘CONTINUE’ TO REMEMBER
5. THE LORD’S SUPPER IS A CONTINUING
OBSERVANCE.
A CHURCH
OBSERVANCE:
1. CELEBRATING THE LORD’S SUPPER IS A
SOLEMN MATTER. CONDUCTED WITH REVERENCE
AND WITH A REFLECTION UPON THE GREAT PRICE PAID FOR OUR SALVATION BY THE
2. CARELESSNESS IN ITS PRACTICE AMONG THE
CORINTHIANS BELIEVERS HAD RESULTED IN ILLNESS AND EVEN DEATH FOR SOME OF THEM.
3. I CORINTHIANS 11:29-3029: For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth
and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30: For this cause many are weak and sickly among
you, and many sleep.
WE MUST
ISSUE WARNINGS AGAINST ENTERING INTO THIS OBSERVANCE CARELESSLY OR
IRREVERENTLY.
4. SCRIPTURES GIVE NO COMMAND AS TO HOW
OFTEN IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED
E.
SUMMARY:
1. THE LORD’S SUPPER IS A MEMORIAL OBSERVANCE
2. A SYMBOLIC OBSERVANCE
3. A CONTINUING OBSERVANCE
4. A CHURCH OBSERVANCE
