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  1. There are two major aspects of the Lord's table meeting.
    1. Eating the Lord's supper is for the remembrance of the Lord—1 Cor. 11:24-25.
      1. This could be called the vertical aspect of the Lord's table meeting.
        1. It is a remembrance of the Lord's person, not His work.

        2. Our prayer and praise rendered to the Lord should be concerning the Lord Himself.
      2. First Corinthians 11:24 speaks of breaking the bread "unto the remembrance of Me."
        1. We come to the Lord's table not to remember the Lord's death,
        2. But rather Christ Himself.
      3. First Corinthians 11:25 speaks of drinking the cup "unto the remembrance of Me."
        1. We come to the Lord's table not to remember the Lord's work,
        2. But rather Christ Himself.
      4. To attend the Lord's table meeting and automatically eat the Lord's supper in remembrance of the Lord's death is a natural concept; to remember Christ Himself, we need a vision regarding His person.
      5. We should remember the person much more than the work.
      6. By eating the Lord's bread and drinking the Lord's cup, we eat the Lord's supper in remembrance of the Lord.
    2. Attending the Lord's table is for us to have the fellowship with all the members of the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 10:16-17.
      1. This could be called the horizontal aspect of the Lord's table meeting.
      2. We have this fellowship because of the Lord's body, which He gave for us on the cross and the Lord's blood which He shed for us on the cross.
        1. The cup, which we enjoy together and which symbolizes the blood of Christ, removes all barriers between the saints; the bread, which we partake of together and which symbolizes the individual body of Christ, comes into us to make us one bread, signifying the corporate Body of Christ.
        2. Our eating and partaking of one bread and drinking and sharing one cup imply mutual fellowship.
        3. Such a fellowship becomes the fellowship of the blood of Christ and the fellowship of the body of Christ—1 Cor. 10:16.
      3. In 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 and 21, both the vertical and horizontal aspects of the Lord's table are seen—the fellowship with Christ and the fellowship with the Body of Christ.
        1. When we eat and drink together, sharing in the Lord's bread and the Lord's cup, "we partake of the table of the Lord."
        2. We must partake of the Lord's table with other saints; otherwise, we would only have the vertical aspect.
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