The Lord's Supper – an
overview
1. 1 Cor. 11:20 – A key verse (“assemble yourselves together”).
2. What does this phrase tell us? _______________________________________________.
3. 1 Cor. 11 tells us the Corinthians were doing things incorrectly with the Lord's Supper.
4. What does this imply? ________________________________.
5.
How does the world deal with the Lord's Supper?
______________________________________.
|
Memorial
(feast) |
Bible
text |
Day
to observe it |
How
often |
|
Passover |
Ex.
12:1-11 |
14th
day of the first month |
Annual |
|
Trumpets |
Lev.
23:24 |
1st
day of the seventh month |
Annual |
|
Atonement |
Lev.
23:27 |
10th
day of the seventh month |
Annual |
|
Tabernacles |
Lev.
23:39-44 |
15th
day of the seventh month |
Annual |
|
Sabbath
Day |
Ex.
20:8-11 |
7th
day of the week |
Weekly |
|
Lord’s
Supper |
Acts
20:7 |
1st
day of the week |
Weekly |
1.
Why was it not possible for the Corinthians to have the
Lord's Supper each Sunday
(11:20)?
______________________________________________________________________________
What did Paul discuss the Lord's Supper with them? ___________________________________
2. When was the Lord's Supper to be conducted (11:20)? _________________________________
3. Join this with 1 Cor. 16:1-2.
4. What are told what day to have it on as well as how often.
5. Acts 20:7 is also another very important passage—an often undervalued passage.
6. Read it and then compare these additional passages:
7. Acts 10:25; 15:1-5; 16:16; 20:14; Gal. 2:1-2.
8. What difference is clearly seen? ___________________________________________________
9. Was Paul in a hurry in Acts 20 (see verse 16)? ________________________________________
10. What do we learn from Acts 20:6? _________________________________________________
11. Christians sometimes cannot partake of the Lord's Supper on Sunday morning. Discuss.
12.
____________________________________________________________________________
Is a “make-up time” allowable? Num. 9:10-11.
13. Some people may attempt to abuse the “absence” privilege – Num. 9:13.
14. The Lord is a _________________, not a ______________________ (1 Cor. 11:24).
15. We need to look backwards (1 Cor. 11:24-25, 29).
16. We are to look within ourselves (1 Cor. 11:28).
17. The supper is also to be viewed from a forward perspective (1 Cor. 11:26).