Bible Study Tip
Communion is described four times in the New Testament.
Bible Study Tip
The first three Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke are the 'synoptic' or sequential Gospels. The events in the remaining Gospel of John, are in a different order or different emphasis.
Life Lesson
Communion is a time to remember our unity, our purpose and our calling; to remember we are the Body of Christ.
Life Lesson
We too often remember what we should forget and forget what we should remember.
Life Lesson
We want to help you understand the Bible, the Author, God and the blessings God offers.
Life Lesson
When you get to know the Word of God, you get to know the God of the Word.
Selected Notes/Illustrations
1 Cor 11:25 NKJV
In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
1 Cor 11:18 NKJV
For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
Eph 4:3-4 NKJV
3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
Ps 116:12-14 NKJV
12 What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?
13 I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the Lord.
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
Now in the presence of all His people.
Ps 116:12-14 NLT
12 What can I offer the Lord
for all he has done for me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and praise the Lord's name for saving me.
14 I will keep my promises to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
Ps 68:19-20 NKJV
19 Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily loads us with benefits,
The God of our salvation!
Selah
20 Our God is the God of salvation;
And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.
Ps 103:1-5 NKJV
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Ps 103:1-5 NLT
Ps 103:2 NKJV
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits.
Scripture quotations marked "NKJV(tm)" are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.