Title: Meaning of the Lord's Supper
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1 Corinthians 11:23-34 Meaning of the Lord's Supper 101114
spring every year. We have regular sacrament meeting in the fall. Let's think about the meaning of the Lord's Supper, how important it is and what it means to be repeated over and over again.
1. Rituals ordained by the Lord
This communion is a very unique liturgy, in which members of a religion eat and drink the body of their god as food. No other religion in the world does this. So this ritual does not come from any religion or culture in the world. Jesus, the Savior of the world, instituted this himself and commanded it to continue. So, although it is very unfamiliar to the people of the world, it is a heavenly liturgy instituted by Christ.
“On the night that Jesus was arrested” was such an urgent, serious, final, night.
This is the last night of my 33-year life, and the end of my three-year discipleship. The Lord thought deeply about the fruits of His three-year ministry. How should these disciples be who I am, what I have come to do, and what to believe and how to make them live. The disciples were only arguing over who was the greatest that day, so the Lord's heart was endlessly frustrated. The Lord filled a basin with water, called them one by one, washed their feet, and taught them in practice, “If you want to be the best among you, you must become a servant of others.” is the body take it this is my blood Drink it.” He handed out bread and grape juice. The Lord had the cross that He would bear tomorrow morning, and He wanted that cross not to lose its effectiveness. So, even during dinner time with the disciples, he could not eat only food.
The Lord has found a way for His disciples to effectively understand, believe, remember, and preach His death. So, the Lord's Supper was instituted so that we could understand the truth that Jesus, the Creator who gave life to all things, died in his place to save those who would die forever in sin, and that he gives God's life back to those who believe in the Lord's sacrifice. You have prepared a special eve.
To help us understand that God the Creator died for sinners, he broke the bread and gave it to us to eat, because this is my body. When the food enters into a person, it becomes his body and energy. Just as the food becomes his body and energy, so He will work in the person who believes. It has been clearly explained through The Lord's Supper has a special meaning because it is a liturgy specially instituted by the Lord.
2. The specific ceremony of drinking a cup while eating rice cake
It wasn't just a word or concept, it was very specific. He put the rice cake in his mouth, chewed it, and made him drink the grape juice through his mouth, so he conducted an actual education that was more effective than audiovisual. The food used in the meal that day was bread and grape juice, which symbolized the flesh that the Lord would be beaten and nailed to pieces in our place, and His blood that He shed and died, so that we may eat and drink from it and continue doing it until the Lord returns He instituted a very specific rite.
The food used at the ceremony was not only a symbol and foreshadowing of the sufferings of the Lord, but also a pledge of promise. Just as I always carry an engagement gift and wedding ring on my body, I eat and drink the flesh and blood of Jesus who died on my behalf so that it remains in my body forever. He promised to take responsibility and give us eternal life, and made it a guarantee he shared. It is a concrete ceremony designed so that that guarantee is forever cherished in our bodies and that faith is cherished forever. I don't know how sophisticated it is.
3. The ceremony to commemorate the death of the Lord
The purpose of this ceremony is very simple and very clear.
1) It is a ceremony to commemorate the fact that the Lord died,
2) It is a ceremony to commemorate the fact that the Lord died for us,
3) It is a ceremony to remember that He died by being crucified, torn and shed by blood.
4) And it is a ceremony to commemorate that He is in me now and helps me like this food.
It is a ceremony to commemorate the fact that the Lord died in such a way, not that the bread is the body of the Lord. A ceremony to let you know vividly that the Lord died for you and me, who deserved death, and that He rose from the dead and is still the one who guides me, provides for me, and prepares our eternal dwelling place. is.
4. A ceremony to confirm that I have been saved
John 6:53-55 says, “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood I will raise up on the last day, my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.”
A person who eats this food does not mean a person who just ate because he was hungry, but rather the fact that Jesus, the God, died on behalf of me in this harsh punishment, so my sins were forgiven and my status became a child of God It refers to a person who believes and eats the bread of the sacrament with emotion and thanksgiving.
Those who eat the food of this sacrament with that faith confess that they have received the Lord deeply in their hearts and confess that they have become one with the Lord.
Therefore, as long as we sincerely participate in the ceremony, we are saved. Those who attend this ceremony have already confirmed their salvation by the words, "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood, I will raise up on the last day, my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink."
5. Ceremony to be delivered until you come
The fact that all human beings are sinners and are subject to God's punishment, and that we need an excellent Savior, is something not only me to know, but a fact that all mankind and all generations of descendants should know. And the belief in the fact that Jesus, the Son of God, died on the cross to become our Savior, rose again after taking away our sins and came to the side of those who believe, is not something I should confess, but all of our future generations This is an important matter that must be believed and saved.
Therefore, we should not only carry out this ceremony and clean it up, but pass it on to our descendants to thousands of generations. It is an effort to pass on this thrill, this determination, and this grace to our descendants, so that they too can live with the same faith, receive the same love of God, and receive the same reward in the Lord's kingdom. So, we are not satisfied with participating in the Lord's Supper once, but we do so often, and we have a duty to pass it on to our family, juniors and children so that they can remember it as it is. you have given
Therefore, we must find more ways to pass on this sacrament until the Lord comes. We need to encourage our children to attend this sacrament and bring the whole family together.
6. The ceremony to attend after examining oneself
a. The Lord's Supper is a ceremony to remember and give thanks for the salvation we received through the cross of the Lord.
So, if we need to examine ourselves, we need to check whether we have the assurance of salvation. Am I saved? Are you sure that you will go before God even if you call him this evening? Are you maintaining the thrill, gratitude, and joy of salvation? Please check it out.
b. The sacrament is also the process of joining the community of saints.
After being baptized today and attending Holy Communion for the first time, you become a member of the community called Hangaram Church. However, the community is nurtured jointly. As a member of Hangaram Church, I have to confirm that I had a holy life. It is a natural principle that when one is corrupt, corruption spreads to the whole. When you say, “Examine yourself,” did you mean that your life was holy like a saint? This is a message to see if you have lived with the sins that are contrary to the Lord's expectations. Verse 30 says that there are not a few people who have shamelessly partook of the Lord's Supper, but became ill and died as a result of their sinful lives without examining them.
And there is one more thing to look out for. Was it enough for me to serve this community? The church is a community of believers. A community is a law that exists through the cooperation and service of its members. If I do not serve the church with time, with material things, and without cooperation with the heart, the church will eventually collapse. So, you have to look at how much you have served and how much you have contributed to this community.
c. The Lord's Supper has a missionary meaning to convey the Lord's death and our salvation.
Am I focusing on spreading the gospel to my descendants, neighbors, and the world? The Lord said, "Go into all the world, preach the gospel to every creature," and "You will be my witnesses to the ends of the earth." you said
Do you have a missionary passion in your heart? As a person who should preach the gospel of the Lord's death and the salvation of sinners, how much did I tighten my belt to help the missionaries in the vanguard of gospel preaching, and how hard did I participate in that work? You must take a look.
For those who do business, I hope that you will be more diligent to succeed and support the mission more diligently. Students who are studying should either study harder and dive into this work, or devote themselves to supporting this work, and set their goals in life.
The opportunity to attend the sacrament should be an opportunity to recognize again that I am saved, that I am a member of a holy community, and that I am a witness to the Lord. It is self-examination. If you examine this and receive the sacrament, you will become a person who does not eat and drink your sins and become a blessing. The opportunity to eat and drink the Lord's blood and flesh should become an opportunity to eat and drink the Lord's merits, hopes, and covenants, never to become an unfortunate opportunity to eat and drink our sins.
This sacrament meeting is a very specific and specific, established by the Lord to convey the objective facts of God's love through the devotion of the cross and the salvation of believers to the whole world and to the end of the world, when the Lord comes. It's an effective way.
After the crucifixion and the Lord's promises based on that event were known to all people of all ages, the Lord promised that He would come again and take those who believe in this fact and participate in the Lord's Supper to heaven, where they have been marked in body and mind. As we wait for that day, I hope that today will be a time to promise the Lord that we will continue to believe and wait for that promise, and to live the life of a believer.