LESSON THREE

THE LORD'S TABLE MEETING

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Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 10:16-17; 11:24-34; Matt. 26:27-30

OUTLINE

4. To remember the Lord:
3. By eating the bread:
• 1) To enjoy the Lord as our life supply—John 6:35a.
• 2) To testify that we live by the Lord— John 6:57b.
• 3) To have fellowship in Christ's mystical Body—1 Cor. 10:16b-17.
4. By drinking the cup—1 Cor. 11:25:
• 1) To review the redemption of the new covenant—Matt. 26:27-28.
• 2) To receive God's blessing.
• 3) To have fellowship in the blood of Christ—1 Cor. 10:16a.
5. To display the Lord's death—1 Cor. 11:26.
6. To express our desire of the Lord's coming back—1 Cor. 11:26b; Matt. 26:29.
7. To worship the Father—Matt. 26:30.
8. Warning:
1. Proving ourselves and discerning the Body—1 Cor. 11:28-29.
2. Not eating the bread and drinking the cup unworthily—1 Cor. 11:27.
3. For the worse, if meeting with divisions—1 Cor. 11:17-18.
4. The Lord's chastening—1 Cor. 11:30-34.

Focus: The real remembrance of the Lord is to receive and enjoy Him as our life supply by eating and drinking Him and by sharing Him one with another in the fellowship of His Body.

In this lesson we want to continue our fellowship on the Lord's table meeting. In the previous lesson, we saw that the focus of the Lord's table is the Lord Himself. We also saw that we remember the Lord by breaking the bread to apprehend with appreciation and thanks the Lord's physical body being broken for us. Now we want to consider more points concerning our remembrance of the Lord.