Steve PetchSunday 17th November 2013

The Greatest Commandment

Steve PetchSunday 17th November 2013

The Greatest CommandmentPart 4 – True Communion1 Corinthians 11 v 17 - 34

What is worship?

“How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like precious oil on the head …

For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.” (Psalm 133)

Unity is one expression of our worship

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Almost every Christian church celebrates this in one form or another

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Four questions:

1. What was going on in Corinth?

2. What is the theological background to “The Lord’s Supper”?

3. How should we do this today?

4. What should our attitude be?

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1. What was going on in Corinth?

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2. What is the theological background to “The Lord’s Supper”?

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3. How should we do this today?

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Does the bread and wine become Jesus’ actual flesh and blood?

What about the need for a priest?

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4. What should our attitude be?We need to recognise our relationship with God

through Jesus

We need to recognise our relationship with one another through Jesus

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Three things to do:

1. Examine ourselves

2. Recommit ourselves to Jesus

3. Recommit ourselves to unity