Sermon preached on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at Garden Valley Chapel during our morning worship service based on 1 Corinthians 11:25-26.

Turn in your Bible, if you will, to the eleventh chapter of the book of 1 Corinthians - 1 Corinthians eleven where we continue our study on the Lord´s Table, particularly looking at the elements of the Lord´s Table.

In not wanting to "undervalue ... the bread and wine in this holy Sacrament"1 (Reynolds), we are taking the time to consider in greater detail the meaning and significance of these two elements the Lord has given to us in Communion.

The Bread of the Lord´s Table (vv. 23c-24)
The Cup of the Lord´s Table (v. 25)

CONTENT

The Bread of the Lord´s Table (vv. 23c-24)

The bread that had represented the Exodus now came to represent the body of Jesus Christ, the Messiah.

We took some time to look at the sixth chapter of John´s Gospel where our Lord says, "I am the living bread" (v. 51).

You may recall that we concluded that eating of the flesh of the Son of Man is to appropriate Christ; it is to receive Christ; it is to take Him in to satisfy your soul.

Eating the flesh means acknowledging and appropriating that Christ is God in human flesh.

Jesus uses this metaphor, "bread," to draw out the appropriation of Himself. Eating His flesh and drinking His blood then is not literal, it is figurative for appropriating all that Christ is and has done on the cross.

The bread was a symbol that stood for the reality of his body.

The bread is merely the sign and symbol of Christ´s body.

But what about the cup? What is the meaning of the cup?