Summary: A message to prepare hearts for the Lord’s Supper

"SOME THINGS TO REMEMBER"

Observing the Lord’s Supper

1 Cor 6:9-14

I. OUR PAST PROBLEMS (1 Cor 6:9-10)

A. We Were Excluded (6:9a)

B. We Were Deluded (6:9b-10)

1. By sensual sins (v. 9)

2. By social sins (v. 10)

II. OUR PERMANENT POSITION (1 COR 6:11)

A. Our Position Described (6:11a)

1. We were washed

a. By the Word of God (Eph 5:26)

b. By the mercy of God (Tit 3:5)

c. By the blood of Christ (Rev 1:5)

2. We are sanctified

a. Set apart from the world unto God

b. Accomplished through the offering of Christ’s body (Heb 10:10, 14)

3. We are justified

a. Declared righteous by God (Rom 8:30)

b. Because of our faith in Christ (Acts 13:39)

B. Our Position Derived (6:11b)

1. "In the name of the Lord Jesus"

2. "By the Spirit of our God"

a. He is the Agent of conviction

b. He is the Agent of salvation

III. OUR PERFECT PRACTICE (1 COR 6:12-14)

A. All Things are Lawful (6:12a)

B. All Things are not Helpful (6:12b)

C. Some Things are Harmful (6:12c)

D. Two Things are Indisputable (6:13-14)

1. Your body is the Lords (6:19-20)

2. Your body will be resurrected