The Breaking of Bread
Northwest Bible Church – Jan. 10, 2016 – Worship Service – Alan Conner
Acts 2:42 – Part 3
The Breaking of Bread
Intro
A. WHAT DOES IT REFER TO?
1) Lord’s Supper – 1 Cor. 10:16
2) common meal, or agape meal - Mt. 14:19; Lk. 24:30; Acts 27:35
3) both
B. THE NAMES FOR THE LORD’S SUPPER.
1) Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:20) –
2) Eucharist (Mt. 26:26-29)) –
3) Breaking bread (1 Cor. 10:16) –
C. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LORD’S SUPPER.
1) A covenant meal (Mt. 26:28; 1 Cor. 11:25).
2) It is a memorial ordinance. “Do this in remembrance of Me.” (1 Cor. 11:24).
3) It is a unifying meal. (1Cor. 10:17).
D. DIFFERING VIEWS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER.
1) Roman Catholic view – transubstantiation.
2) Lutheran view – consubstantiation.
3) Zwingli’s view – remembrance or memorial only.
4) Calvin’s view – spiritual presence.
Possible problems:
What about 1Cor. 10:16
E. REGULATIONS IN CELEBRATING THE LORD’S SUPPER.
1)Who can partake?
2) What about partaking of the LS in “an unworthy manner” (1 Cor. 11:27)?
3) How often?
4) The believers’ responsibility.
a) Consider
b) Confess
c) Contemplate
.Conclusion