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THE SUPER-SIZE LORD’S SUPPER. 1 Cor. 11:34 “If Any Man Hunger, Let Him Eat at Home; That Ye Come Not Together Unto Condemnation.”. [By Ron Halbrook]. I. Christ Ordained Lord’s Supper. Lord’s Supper in New Kingdom Matt. 26:26-29 Memorial of Christ’s Death
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THE SUPER-SIZE LORD’S SUPPER 1 Cor. 11:34 “If Any Man Hunger, Let Him Eat at Home; That Ye Come Not Together Unto Condemnation.” [By Ron Halbrook]
I. Christ Ordained Lord’s Supper • Lord’s Supper in New Kingdom • Matt. 26:26-29 Memorial of Christ’s Death • Mk. 14:22-25 Eat in Fellowship with Christ • Lk. 22:15-20 Passover Fulfilled in Christ • Acts 2:38, 42; 20:7 Observed in Kingdom • 1 Cor. 4:17; 11:23 “In Every Church”
II. Memorial Not Full Meal • Ex. 12:8 Passover Feast Full Meal • Matt. 26:17-30 Last Passover • Vv. 20-25 Jesus Taught As They Ate • Vv. 26-29 Jesus Separated Two Elements & Gave Them a New Meaning • Memorial Not Full Meal
III. Super-sized as Full Meal • John Mark Hicks, Come to the Table • L.S. “Revisioned” as “Full Meal” • “The Church should revision the supper as a meal rather than simply bread and wine.”
IV. Carnality Disguised as Piety A. Phil. 3:2, 18-19Circumcision Without Revelation Mere Mutilation, Carnality B. 2 Pet. 3:16 Super-size L.S. Without Revelation Carnality
V. Super-size It, Dessert & All • “Special Elements Singled Out” by Jesus Only as “Part of the Meal” • Bread During Meal, Later Comments, Then Wine “Before Dessert” with Comments • Take “Large Piece…to Eat Throughout the Rest of the Meal” With Other Foods B. Actually, Jesus Included No Other Elements C. “Leavened Bread & Fermented Juice” O.K. D. 1 Cor. 11:17-34 Such Eating Not L.S. E. Prov. 20:1; 1 Pet. 4:1-3; 5:8 No Alcohol!
VI. Come One, Come All! • All Invited to Eat—Children, Sinners in World—“Missionary Quality” • Tables Not Pews—Everyone Talks • 1 Cor. 14:33, 40 Such Chatter & Confusion Forbidden in Worship
VII. Gospel of Eating & Drinking • “The Supper Is the Gospel”—“Learn the Gospel Through Eating & Drinking” • Need “Fellowship Halls” Not “Lecture Halls” • Rom. 14:17 Not a Kingdom of Meat & Drink • Phil. 3:18-19 Carnal Nature of False Teachers & False Doctrines • 2 Tim. 3:1-5 Power of Apostasy Carnal
VIII. Expect Enthusiastic Outbursts • Hicks Complains Our Observance Emphasizes Atonement • Claims No Thanksgiving • Wants Interactive Meal—Joy—Expect “Enthusiastic Outbursts” B. Matt. 26:26-28 Christ Focused on Atonement • Remarks, Prayers Include Thanksgiving • Chatter & Outbursts Not True Worship
IX. An Encounter with God • 1 Cor. 11:25 Memory of Christ’s Atonement Part of Our Fellowship with Him • Super-size Supper “No Mere Symbolic Fellowship, But An Encounter with…God” • Jn. 4:24 True Worship: Obedient Faith, Not Feeding the Flesh