Luke 10:1-20
Welcome! In a few minutes we will take the bread and the cup to help us remember that the Lord Jesus died for us, taking the punishment that we deserve for our sins, and doing this so that we could spend an eternity not separated from God but with Him, enjoying Him, worshiping Him forever. When I say that Jesus died for us, I don’t mean “us” in an abstract sense, as in people in general, but I mean each particular one of us. I mean me, and I mean you.
Communion, remembering Jesus with the bread and the cup, was not a church practice that became a tradition over time, like having a church meeting on Sunday mornings, but was something Jesus Himself instituted with His disciples. He did not specify a frequency, but because we are a forgetful people, and because we are a fickle people, it makes sense that we should do it often. There are indications in the Bible that the early disciples did it quite often.
Communion, remembering Jesus with the bread and the cup, was not a church practice that became a tradition over time, like having a church meeting on Sunday mornings, but was something Jesus Himself instituted with His disciples. He did not specify a frequency, but because we are a forgetful people, and because we are a fickle people, it makes sense that we should do it often. There are indications in the Bible that the early disciples did it quite often.