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Foundations: Communion - SERMON NOTES
Below are Pastor Ben's sermon notes from this past Sunday, in case they may be helpful for further study. To listen to the sermon, click the link above.
Intro: (1) series recap (2) study about losing things — brain not recording initial setting down of something
Where does it come from?
OT meals: (1) Genesis 3:6 — forbidden fruit (2) Exodus 12:7-3 — Passover
NT meals: (1) Matthew 26:17, 26-29 — last supper (2) 1 Corinthians 11:23-30 — Lord’s supper (3) Revelation 19:7-9 — wedding supper of the lamb
Why is it important?
Vertical: (1) death of Christ (cf. 1 Cor. 11:26, Rom. 3:25) (2) participation in Christ’s death (cf. 1 Cor. 11:23-25, Mt. 26:26-27)
Personal: (1) John 6:35, 53-58 (2) spiritual nourishment (3) affirming my faith and Christ’s blessings
Horizontal: (1) unity — 1 Cor. 10:17 (2) serving and being served — 1 Cor. 12:4-7, 12-13
Who is involved in it?
Presence of Christ: (1) physical presence — Catholics, Orthodox, Lutheran (2) real presence (3) symbolic/spiritual presence — majority of protestant evangelicals (cf. corporate worship)
People of Christ: (1) for followers of Christ (2) self-examination (11:27-30) (3) elder-led, gathered church (cf. 11:17-18) (4) caveat for those not yet following Christ — 14:23-25
Conclusion: surgeon’s ceremony of remembrance for organ donors