Sacrament of the Altar - Nature & Benefit (34)
How do you know that you receive the true body and blood of Jesus? (4 parts...)
(1) Jesus says it is (Mark 14:22, 24); (2)Paul says it is (1 Corinthians 10:16); (3) the Bible says the cup is the "communion of the blood of Christ" and the bread is the "Communion of the body of Christ" (1 Corinthians 10:16); (4) “recognizing the body of the Lord” (1 Corinthians 11:29)
Do those who neglect the Lord’s Supper commit a sin?
Yes. Against the Lord, themselves, and other believers
Are the bread and wine merely signs or symbols of the body and blood of Jesus? What is this belief called?
This belief is called "Representationalism" We do not believe this. The Bible's plain words indicated that it is the body and blood of Jesus.
What should urge us to come often to the Lord’s Table?
The Lord’s invitation and our great need because of our sin.
Are the bread and wine changed into the body and blood of Jesus? What is this belief called?
How should we examine ourselves in order to come to the Lord’s Table in a worthy manner? (4 questions we should ask ourselves...)
Do I repent? Do I believe in Jesus? Do I believe in the Real Presence? Do I desire to show a change in my life?
How is it that the forgiveness of sins given us in the Sacrament of the Altar?
Jesus earned forgiveness and shares it with those who receive the Sacrament of the Altar.
Whom should we not admit to the Lord’s Supper? (5 part answer...)
(1) non-believers (2) the ungodly and impenitent (3) those who have given offense and have not removed it (4) those not able to examine themselves (5) believers of a different confession
What effect does the Lord’s Supper have on our daily life? (3 things...)
Strengthens faith, godly life, closer fellowship
What four pairs of things are joined together in the Lord’s Supper?
(1) bread and body (2) wine and blood (3) God and us (4) us and others