Wednesday, September 08, 2010

853 - The Church Ordinances #2

September 12, 2010

Sermon #853

Part 2

The Church Ordinances #2

The Lord's Supper

Introduction: We have been ministering on the Church. Last Sunday I gave you the ministry of Baptism and on September 19, we will have a baptism service. The second ordinance of the Church is the "Lord's Supper."


 

  1. The Name

    There are several names in the New Testament for this ordinance.


 

  1. The Lord's Supper

    1 Corinthians 11:17-22(NKJV) – 17Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. 19For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you. 20Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper.  21For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and another is drunk.  22What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

    ILL: This statement is found only in the negative statement made by Paul.


     

  2. Matthew 26:26(NKJV) – 26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."


     

    After Pentecost


    Acts 2:40-42(NKJV)     – 40And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation."  41Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.  42And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. 

    ILL: This follows the Greek word koinonia, or the fellowship


    Acts 2:46-47(NKJV)     – 46So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,  47praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

    ILL: They met each week in the temple (Saturday) and then broke bread on Sunday in their homes.


     

    Acts 20:7(NKJV) – 7Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. 

    ILL: I can just see a modern congregation loving church so much that they stay till midnight!


     

    Acts 20:11(NKJV) – 11Now when he had come up, had broken bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even till daybreak, he departed. 


     

  3. 1 Corinthians 5:6-8(NKJV) – 6Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?  7Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.  8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

    ILL: Jesus consecrated the Lord's Supper on the Passover


     

    Luke 22:7-22(NKJV) – 7Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed.  8And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat." 9So they said to Him, "Where do You want us to prepare?" 10And He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters.  11Then you shall say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?"'  12Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready." 13So they went and found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover. 14When the hour had come, He sat down, and the £twelve apostles with Him.  15Then He said to them, "With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;  16for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." 17Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves;  18for I say to £you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." 19And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me." 20Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.  21But behold, the hand of My betrayer is with Me on the table.  22And truly the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!"


     

  4. 1 Corinthians 10:14-17(NKJV) – 14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.  15I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say.  16The 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?  17For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.


     

  5. 1 Corinthians 10:20-22(NKJV) – 20Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.  21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons.  22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?


     

  6. Luke 22:17-19(NKJV) – 17Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves;  18for I say to £you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." 19And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
    ILL: The word "Eucharist" means to "give thanks"


     

    1. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26(NKJV) – 23For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;  24and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."  25In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes.


       

      As a historical event

      As Divine forgiveness

      Communion with each other


      1 Corinthians 11:27-32(NKJV)       – 27Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.  28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.  29For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.  30For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.  31For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.  32But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.


 

    1. 1 Corinthians 5:6-13(NKJV)
      – 6      Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?  7Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.  8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.  10Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.  11But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person. 12For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?  13But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person." 

      ILL: You will never know how much agony I have to tell you what Paul said. But it is part of the Word and if I did not tell you I would be neglecting my duty.


       

    2. Titus 3:9-11(NKJV) – 9But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.  10Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition,  11knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned.


 

  1. Like Baptism, there is nothing in the scriptures that states that an ordained minister must administer the Lord's Supper. It does not have to be in a Church building. Both elements may be taken by any Christian. The elements may be the "fruit of the vine and bread." The elements left over may be disposed of nothing makes them "holy."


 

Conclusion:

The "Lord's Supper" should be followed by praise.

Hebrews 13:10-15(NKJV) – 10We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.  11For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.  12Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.  13Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.  14For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.  15Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. 


 

Even so, come Lord Jesus!
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