46-The Last Supper And The Communion Service - RSV

1. Jesus Was The Lamb Of God. The Lamb Was An Important Part Of The Passover.
John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming __________ him, and said, "__________, 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 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to the ________________ and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." [27] And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you; [28] for this is my blood of the ______________, which is __________ out for many for the ___________________ of sins. [29] I tell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my ______________ ____________." [30] And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of __________.

Mark 14:22-26 And as they were __________, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body." [23] And he took a cup, and when he had given __________ he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. [24] And he said to them, "This is my blood of the ______________, which is __________ out for many. [25] Truly, I say to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the ____________ of God." [26] And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the _________ of __________.

Luke 22:14-20 And when the hour came, he sat at table, and the apostles with him. [15] And he said to them, "I have ________________ ____________ to eat this ______________ with you before I suffer; [16] for I tell you I shall not eat it until it is ________________ in the kingdom of God." [17] And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, "Take this, and divide it among __________________; [18] for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." [19] 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 ___________________ of me." [20] And ______________ the cup after supper, saying, "This cup which is __________ out for you is the new ______________ in my blood.

John 13:1-17 Now before the feast of the ______________, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to __________ out of this world to the Father, __________ loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. [2] And __________ supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, [3] Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, [4] rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded ____________ with a towel. [5] Then he __________ water into a basin, and began to wash the ________________' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. [6] He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?" [7] Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will __________________." [8] Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part in me." [9] Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!" [10] Jesus said to him, "He who has __________ does not need to wash, __________ for his feet, but he is clean all over; and you are clean, but not every one of you." [11] For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, "You are not all clean." [12] When he had washed _________ feet, and _________ his garments, and ____________ his _________, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? [13] You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are _________, for so I am. [14] If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also _________ to wash one another's feet. [15] For I have given you an ____________, that you also __________ do as I have done to you. [16] Truly, truly, I say to you, a ____________ is not greater than his __________; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. [17] If you know _________ things, ____________ are you 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 ________________ to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when 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 also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new ______________ in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." [26] For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you ______________ the Lord's death until he comes. [27] Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an ______________ manner will be __________ of ________________ the body and blood of the Lord. [28] Let a man ____________ himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. [29] For any one who eats and drinks without __________________ the body eats and drinks ______________ upon himself.

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we _________, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? [17] ____________ there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all ____________ of the one bread.

1 Corinthians 10:20-21 No, I imply that what pagans ________________ they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be ______________ with demons. [21] You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot ____________ of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

4. What Is The New Covenant?
Hebrews 8:8-10 For he finds fault with them when he says: "The days will come, says the Lord, when I will ________________ a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; [9] not like the covenant that I made with their ____________ on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not ______________ in my covenant, and so I paid no heed to them, says the Lord. [10] This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and _________ them on their __________, and I will be their God, and they _________ be my __________.

Hebrews 8:13 In speaking of a new ______________ he treats the first as obsolete. And what is ______________ obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the ________________ blood that speaks more __________________ 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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