2. Word
Prayer
Sacraments
Means of Grace
Baptism
Lord’s Supper
Means of Grace
Channels through which God conveys the blessings of salvation.
Ways God says He will Strengthen Our Faith in His promises.
Only effective by the power of the Holy Spirit.
3. INSTITUTION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
LUKE 22: 14-20
“And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And
he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I
suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” And
he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, “Take this, and divide it
among yourselves. For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of
the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And he took bread, and when he had
given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is
given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they
had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in
my blood…”
Past
Present
future
7. Present
Christ’s
Presence
Communion with Christ
“This is my body.”
Luke 22:19
Feeding ON Christ
"Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks
my blood abides in me and I in him.“
John 6:56
“The bread that we break, is it not
participation [koinonia – fellowship,
communion] in the body of Christ.”
1 Cor. 10:16
8. Council of Chalcedon
(451 AD)
Human Nature
Divine Nature
Jesus Christ One Person
Two distinct natures, united in
one person without mixture,
confusion, separation, or division.
9. Council of Chalcedon
(451 AD)
Human Nature
Divine Nature
Jesus Christ One Person
Two distinct natures,
united in one person
without mixture,
confusion, separation,
or division.
Protestant
Reformation
(1500‘s)
LutherRome Zwingli Calvin
Not omnipresent
Omnipresent
10. Council of
Chalcedon
(451 AD)
Protestant
Reformation
(1500‘s)
Westminster
Assembly
(1646)
“Worthy receivers, outwardly partaking of the visible elements, in this
sacrament, do then also, inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and
corporally, but spiritually, receive, and feed upon, Christ crucified, and all
benefits of his death: the body and blood of Christ being then, not corporally or
carnally, in, with, or under the bread and wine; yet, as really, but spiritually,
present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves
are to their outward senses.”
Westminster Confession of Faith 29.7
11. Present
Christ’s
Presence
Communion with Christ
“This is my body.”
Luke 22:19
Feeding ON Christ
"Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks
my blood abides in me and I in him.“
John 6:56
Spiritually
“I am the Bread of Life; whoever comes
to me shall not hunger, and whoever
believes in me shall never thirst.“
John 6:35
12. Present
Christ’s
Presence
We Dine Together
“Because there is one bread, we
who are many are one body, for
we all partake of the one bread.”
I Corinthians 10:17
Unity with
one another
We’re part of something
bigger…a family
13. Present
Christ’s
presence
Unity with
one another
Spiritually
nourished
“First, as surely as I see with my eyes
the bread of the Lord broken for me
and the cup shared with me, so surely
his body was offered and broken for
me and his blood poured out for me
on the cross….
…Second, as surely as I receive from the hand of the
one who serves, and taste with my mouth the bread
and cup of the Lord, given me as sure signs of Christ's
body and blood, so surely he nourishes and refreshes
my soul for eternal life with his crucified body and
poured-out blood.”*
*Heidelberg Catechism, Q75
Exercise:
1. Count your
blessings/promises
(“all the benefits of His death”)
2. Let your soul be
nourished by trusting in the
certainty that you possess
those blessings in Christ.
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