Summary: Looking at the reasons as to why we are commanded to celebrate the ordinance of the LORD’s Supper

“GET READY FOR THE LORD’S TABLE”

1 Corinthians 11:23-31

1. A Time of REMEMBRANCE. (vv. 23-26) Deuteronomy 4:5; Matthew 28:20; 1 Corinthians 15:3; Galatians 1:11-12; Exodus 12:14; Joshua 4:7; Psalm 111:4

a. His BETRAYAL. (v. 23) Matthew 17:22; 20:18; 26:2, 46; Mark 14:18; Luke 22:21; John 6:70-71; 13:21

b. His BODY. (v. 24) Matthew 26:26; Mark 14:22; Luke 22:19; John 6:35; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17

c. His BLOOD. (v. 25) Matthew 26:27-28; Mark 14:23-24; Luke 22:20; Hebrews 9:15-22; 13:20; Exodus 24:8

d. His BESTOWAL. (v. 26) Acts 1:11; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 9:28; Revelation 22:20

2. A Time of REPENTANCE. (vv. 27-30) Numbers 9:10-13; 2 Chronicles 30:18-20; Matthew 5:23-24

a. The CONVICTION. (v. 27) Leviticus 4:13; Malachi 4:7; Titus 1:15; Hebrews 10:29

b. The CONTEMPLATION. (v. 28) Lamentations 3:40; Psalm 26:2-7; 77:6; Haggai 1:5

c. The CONDEMNATION. (v. 29) 1 John 3:20-21; Leviticus 7:20; Romans 13:2; 14:23; 1 Corinthians 11:32-34

d. The CONSEQUENCE. (v. 30) Exodus 15:26; Numbers 20:12; Romans 6:23; James 1:15; 2 Samuel 12:14-18; 1 Kings 13:21-24

3. A Time of REFLECTION. (v. 31) Hebrews 5:14; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Luke 15:17-20; 1 Peter 4:6; Psalm 139:23-24; Ezekiel 18:28; Luke 6:37; Romans 2:1-2; 14:3-4