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

Alan Conner

Alan Conner was born and raised in Duncan, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma where he earned a B.A. degree. During his college years he came to know Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and embraced the reformed doctrines of salvation. He then attended Dallas Theological Seminary and graduated in 1979 with a Th.M. degree. After seminary, in 1980, he married his wife Patti and they have been blessed with two children. Alan was involved in church planting ministries from 1980-88 and then was one of the founding elders for Northwest Bible Church in the fall of 1988.