46-The Last Supper And The Communion Service - NIV

1. Jesus Was The Lamb Of God. The Lamb Was An Important Part Of The Passover.
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus __________ __________ him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

2. The Account Of The Communion Service In The Four Gospels.
Matthew 26:26-30 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his ________________, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." [27] Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. [28] This is my blood of the ______________, which is poured out for many for the ___________________ of sins. [29] I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my ______________ ____________." [30] When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of __________.

Mark 14:22-26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his ________________, __________, "Take it; this is my body." [23] Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, and they all drank from it. [24] "This is my blood of the ______________, which is __________ out for many," he said to them. [25] "I tell you the truth, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the ____________ of God." [26] When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of __________.

Luke 22:14-20 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles ______________ at the table. [15] And he said to them, "I have ____________ ____________ to eat this ______________ with you before I suffer. [16] For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds ___________________ in the kingdom of God." [17] After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it among you. [18] For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." [19] And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in ___________________ of me." [20] In the same way, after the __________ he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new ______________ in my blood, which is __________ out for you.

John 13:1-17 It was just before the ______________ Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. [2] The ____________ meal was being served, and the devil had already ______________ Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. [3] Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was ________________ to God; [4] so he got up from the meal, took off his outer ______________, and wrapped a towel around his waist. [5] After that, he __________ water into a basin and began to wash his ________________' feet, __________ them with the towel that was wrapped around him. [6] He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" [7] Jesus replied, "You do not ____________ now what I am doing, but later you will understand." [8] "No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "__________ I wash you, you have no part with me." [9] "Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!" [10] Jesus answered, "A __________ who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, __________ not every one of you." [11] For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean. [12] When he had ______________ ____________ their feet, he put on his ____________ and ______________ to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. [13] "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and ____________ so, for that is what I am. [14] Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have __________ your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. [15] I have set you an ____________ that you should do as I have done for you. [16] I tell you the truth, no ____________ is greater than his __________, nor is a ________________ greater than the one who sent him. [17] Now that you know these things, you will be ____________ if you do them.

3. Paul's Account Of The Communion Service And Its Purpose.
1 Corinthians 11:23-29 For I ______________ from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, [24] and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." [25] In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new ______________ in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." [26] For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you ______________ the Lord's death until he comes. [27] Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an ______________ manner will be guilty of ____________ against the body and blood of the Lord. [28] A man ought to ____________ himself __________ he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. [29] For __________ who eats and drinks without ___________________ the body of the Lord eats and drinks ______________ on himself.

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we _________ a participation in the body of Christ? [17] ____________ there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all ____________ of the one loaf.

1 Corinthians 10:20-21 No, but the __________________ of __________ are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. [21] You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the __________ table and the table of demons.

4. What Is The New Covenant?
Hebrews 8:8-10 But God found fault with the people and said: "The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. [9] It will not be like the covenant I made with their ___________________ when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not __________ ______________ to my covenant, and I __________ away from them, declares the Lord. [10] This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their _________ and _________ them on their __________. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Hebrews 8:13 By calling this ______________ "new," he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon ________________.

Hebrews 12:24 To Jesus the mediator of a new ______________, and to the ________________ blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Participating in the communion service may be most meaningful after a person is baptized into the body of Christ and sees the need for a renewal of his or her relationship with Jesus and members of the church.

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