“Take Communion”
WHY WE DO IT
1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in
the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? (17)
Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
1. FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST
1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is
the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver
or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you
from your ancestors, (19) but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without
blemish or defect.
2. FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER
v. 16 “And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?”
Luke 22:19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is
my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 10:17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all
share the one loaf.
1 Corinthians 12:12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many
parts form one body, so it is with Christ.