Approaching Communion Sacredly 1 Corinthians 11:17-32

Approaching Communion Sacredly

1 Corinthians 11:17-32

 

1. Approach communion with a heart of gratitude

 

2. Approach communion by remembering Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf

 

"And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

(Ex 24:8).

 

Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt,

 

my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord:

 

I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” (Je 31:31–34).

 

3. Approach communion by realizing how it dramatizes the Gospel

 

4. Approach communion by examining your posture toward the Gospel