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What is Communion?
Dave Riddle • 07/27/2022
Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 11:24-28
Communion: A Jesus-ordained ceremony
Baptism is the other “ordinance” that we regularly practice
Matthew 26:26-28
An Act of Commemoration
Remember
1 Corinthians 11:24
Remember who Jesus is, and what he has done for us.
Exodus 12:2-3, 6-7, 12-14
A permanent statute
A lasting ordinance
Jesus fulfilled the old Passover and, in a sense, instituted a new Passover.
A Gospel Proclamation
Proclaim
1 Corinthians 11:26
Communion preaches the Gospel.
An Opportunity for Contemplation
1 Corinthians 11:28
dokimazō - to test, examine, prove, scrutinise (to see whether a thing is genuine or not). To recognise as genuine after examination.
Galatians 2:20
Romans 6:11
A Way to Celebrate Unity
koinōnia (Greek: κοινωνία) - fellowship, association, community, intimacy, joint participation (the share which one has in anything), communion.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
One body (the Church)
One loaf of bread (Christ)
John 17:9-11
A Cause for Hopeful Anticipation
1 Corinthians 11:26
“…until He comes”
Matthew 26:29