1 Corinthians 11:17-end (p1152)
Where to look during Holy Communion:
(1) Look up to
God and to the risen Lord Jesus Christ enthroned in heaven.
Acts 17:28
James 1:17
John 6:35
1 Cor 10:16
Matthew 11:19; Luke 15:2
v24, Genesis 9:12-16; Numbers
10:8-10
(2) Look within: examine yourself and repent of your sins (vv27-32)
(3) Look back:
(a) on the previous week
(with repentance, but also with thankfulness, offering God our work)
(b) to Christ and
especially his death on the cross (vv23-26)
(4) Look forward:
(a) to the coming week
(God feeds us to sustain us for the coming week and renews his covenant with
us, we recommit ourselves to his service and offer him ourselves)
v25
Romans 12:1-2
1 Cor 10:21
(b) to Christ’s coming
again, to the heavenly banquet, the Wedding Supper of the Lamb, of which this
meal is a foretaste and pledge
v26
Mark 14:25
Revelation 19:9
(5) Look around and recognise the church, the Body of Christ, we celebrate our unity (vv17-22, 33-34, 29; 1 Cor 12:27; 1
Cor 10:17)
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