Why I love the church of Christ, Part 4. A lesson from 1 Cor. 11 on the Lord's Supper

1. Why I Love the church of Christ, Part
4 Lesson Text:
1 Cor. 11:17-34
Heritage Addition church of Christ
By Jim Bradshaw
Sunday Morning, September 20, 2015
We partake the Lord’s Supper Every 1st
Day

2. It is Not about the
buildingIt is the Body of Christ

3. Golden
Opportunities
Mat 7:12 ESV "So whatever you wish that others would do to
you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Gal 6:9-10 ESV And let us not grow weary of doing good, for
in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (10) So
then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and
especially to those who are of the household of faith.

4. Walmart is not
the only Saving
Place
The Mission of the church must be
the same as its head:
Luke 19:10 ESV For the Son of Man
came to seek and to save the lost."

5. The Lord’s Supper
Mat 26:26-28 ESV Now as they were eating, Jesus took
bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples,
and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." (27) And he took a
cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying,
"Drink of it, all of you, (28) for this is my blood of the
covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of
sins.

6. The Lord’s Supper
Act 20:7-11 ESV On the first day of the week, when we were
gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them,
intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his
speech until midnight. (8) There were many lamps in the
upper room where we were gathered. (9) And a young man
named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep
as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he
fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. (10)
But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his
arms, said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him." (11)
And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and
eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak,
and so departed.

7. The Lord’s Supper
1Co 11:17-22 ESV But in the following instructions I do not
commend you, because when you come together it is not for
the better but for the worse. (18) For, in the first place, when
you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions
among you. And I believe it in part, (19) for there must be
factions among you in order that those who are genuine among
you may be recognized. (20) When you come together, it is
not the Lord's supper that you eat. (21) For in eating, each
one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another
gets drunk. (22) What! Do you not have houses to eat and
drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate
those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I
commend you in this? No, I will not.
1Co 11:20 NKJV Therefore when you come together in one
place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper.

8. The Lord’s Supper
1Co 16:2 ESV On the first day of every week, each of you is
to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so
that there will be no collecting when I come.
Therefore If WE know when the church came together, WE
know when and how often the early church partook of the
Lord’s Supper.

9. The Lord’s Supper
The testimony of the writings of those who lived shortly after
the apostolic age bears unmistakable witness to the fact that
the Lord’s supper was observed each week on Sunday, and
only upon that day. In the Didache (a document written about
A.D. 120), the statement is made that Christians “come
together each Lord’s day of the Lord, break bread, and give
thanks” (7:14). Justin Martyr (c. 152) also speaks of Christians
meeting on Sunday and partaking of the communion (Apology
I, 67). (Wayne Jackson)

10. 1Co 11:23-30 ESV For I received from the Lord what I also
delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when 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 also he took the
cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my
blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
(26) For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you
proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. (27) Whoever,
therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an
unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood
of the Lord. (28) Let a person examine himself, then, and so
eat of the bread and drink of the cup. (29) For anyone who
eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks
judgment on himself. (30) That is why many of you are weak
and ill, and some have died.

11. The Lord’s Supper
1Co 10:16-17 ESV The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not
a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break,
is it not a participation in the body of Christ? (17) Because
there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all
partake of the one bread.
1Co 10:16-17 NKJV 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? (17)
For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all
partake of that one bread.
1Co 12:13 NKJV For by one Spirit we were all baptized into
one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—
and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.