Benefits of Communion
This means that your sin debt to God is gone
What is Forgiveness?
This is the false teaching which says Communion is not really the body and blood of Christ, because Jesus' words are not to be taken literally.
What is symbolism?
God told the Israelites to make this without yeast during the first Passover
What is bread?
This means that we acknowledge and are sorry for our sins. This also means that we turn away from those sins.
What is repentance?
This is a generic name for something Jesus instituted, using a visible element, including the promise of forgiveness
What is a Sacrament?
This means that, even after you die, you will live with God in heaven forever
What is (eternal) life?
This is the false teaching which says the bread and the wine completely disappear after they are consecrated. After that, it is only Jesus' body and blood.
What is transubstantiation?
This is something people would not have had for very long in Jesus' time, because there were no refrigerators.
What is grape juice?
This means to stop eating for a period of time before receiving Communion
What is (optional) fasting?
This name highlights the fact that Christ is truly present in, with, and under the bread and wine when we eat His body and drink His blood
What is Communion?
This means that you no longer have to deal with sin's eternal consequences
What is salvation?
This is the false teaching which says a person only needs to receive Jesus' body in Communion, since the body usually has some blood already in it.
What is Communion in one kind?
These are two different kinds of wafers that can be used for Communion, besides the regular wafer
What is a gluten-free wafer or a rice wafer?
This means that we trust and believe in everything that Jesus says, even if we cannot understand it
What is faith?
This name emphasizes the fact that Jesus was eating the Passover meal with His disciples when He instituted something completely new
What is the Lord's Supper?
This means that you are in unity with all other Christians when you receive Communion
What is fellowship?
This is a false teaching which seems to say that Jesus is being re-crucified every time we have Communion
What is continuous sacrifice?
This is something that is used to dilute the wine, in case someone has an addiction to alcohol or for other reasons
What is water?
This could mean getting enough sleep, making sure you look nice, and wearing your best clothes before you go to receive Communion
What is (optional) bodily preparation?
This name distinguishes Communion from Baptism, because it talks about where Communion is consecrated
What is the Sacrament of the Altar?
This means that receiving Communion helps us in our daily life, when we are weak and discouraged
What is a remedy/comfort and strength?
This is the false teaching which says Communion is invalid if the pastor or priest has not lived a faultless life
What is Donatism?
This is what "fruit of the vine" most likely refers to when Jesus talked about Communion
What is wine?
This means that, if we are in conflict with another member of the congregation, we try to solve our problems before we come to receive Communion
What is reconcile/reconciliation?
This name means "Thanksgiving," since Jesus gave thanks after breaking bread at the Last Supper with His disciples
What is the Eucharist?