We should also treasure and cherish the little things even though we don’t fully understand and see the full picture yet.ġ. She treasured things in her heart even though she didn’t fully understand. In Luke 2 we noticed that Mary treasured and thought about all that occurred and was said before her. Write things down daily and pray about them. One of the best ways to treasure the small things is by journaling. You might not know exactly what He is doing but you know something is being done. That is why it’s important to cherish the little moments on your walk with Christ. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.There are times when God is doing things and we might not understand it yet. But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.ģ4. But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.ģ3. For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged.ģ2. For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.ģ1. For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he doesn't discern the Lord's body.ģ0. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.Ģ9. Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.Ģ8. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.Ģ7. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.'Ģ6. In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. This is my body, which is broken for you. When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, 'Take, eat. For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.Ģ4. One is hungry, and another is drunken.Ģ2 What, don't you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.Ģ3. When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.Ģ1 For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. At the Lord’s Table, we eat and drink in recognition and discernment of these truths.Ģ0. He lives and reigns as Lord in glory today (Acts 3:13). We judge Christ’s body rightly when we recognise that Christ in the flesh was killed as a sacrifice for sin, that he was then raised up from the dead, and that he later ascended into heaven and was glorified (Acts 2:23-24). "He eats and drinks judgment to himself who does not judge the body (and the blood of the Lord) rightly." We look UPWARD to the glorious Christ The Lord’s Supper encourages us to re-dedicate ourselves to being crucified with Christ and letting him live in us (Romans 12:3, Galatians 2:20). When we examine ourselves honestly, we find ourselves unrighteous without Christ, and greatly in need of the sacrifice he made. We are to partake of the Lord’s Supper in a spirit of self examination. "Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup." We look INWARD to ourselves The Lord’s Supper week by week helps us stay focussed on the real purpose of this short life (James 4:14, Revelation 3:3). We know that eternity could be upon any one of us at any moment either by death or by the Lord’s return. That is why the hymn writer called it "the little while between". till he come." We look FORWARD to eternityįor each of us individually, "till he comes" means "till I die". Anyone can preach Christ in this manner (Colossians 4:5). Going to the Supper is preaching by example. When we assemble to partake of the Lord’s Supper, we are making a statement that Christ died for the world, and we set an example to all those who observe us keeping our weekly appointment with the Lord at his table. "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death." We look OUTWARD to the lost His body and blood were a sacrifice for our sins (Hebrews 10:19-20). When we partake of the fruit of the vine, we remember that the blood of Christ was poured out of his body. When we partake of the unleavened bread, we remember that Christ’s body was cruelly treated and nailed to the cross. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial supper, a ceremony of remembrance. "Do this in remembrance of me." We look BACKWARD to the cross This is a chart lesson based on 1Corinthians 11:20-34. In this Bible study series called "Remember" it is appropriate that we include a lesson about the memorial Supper which Jesus instituted.
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