THE ORIGINAL THANKSGIVING MEAL
Text: 1 Corinthians 11:23-25
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
1. Thankful For Christ’s Crucifixion (1 Pet. 3:18; 2 Cor. 5:21; Isa. 53)
- Jesus took our place, our guilt, our shame, our sin, our penalty, our death.
Substitution is the act of Christ whereby He took upon Himself the
Every time we partake of the supper we are saying, “Thank you, Lord, for your crucifixion. Thank you for dying for me. Thank you for being my substitution.”
2. Thankful For My Salvation
The Lord’s Supper is about thanking God for our spiritual blessings, in particular, salvation: remission, reconciliation, justification, regeneration, adoption, redemption, intercession, sanctification, glorification, preservation, etc.
When I partake of the elements, I say, “Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul. Thank you, Lord, for giving to me, thy great
3. Thankful For Our Communion (1 Cor. 10:16-17)
1) Fellowship with
2) Fellowship with
4. Thankful For
(1 Cor. 11:36; cf. Mt. 26:29)
Every time we partake of the supper, we are reminded the Jesus is coming again.
Christ’s return is our blessed hope. There is nothing that we can look forward to with greater anticipation.
5. Thankful For Proclamation
1) Proclaim a day of
2) Proclaim the gospel. (1 Cor. 11:26)
- We declare to the world Christ’s incarnation, fulfillment of the Law, His passion, His death, His resurrection.
- How do we show His resurrection? By the very fact we partake of the supper. When we partake, we worship a