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)?
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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).