Liturgy 1 Corinthians 11.

23-30, Kingston

The Lord’s Supper

As we come to the Lord’s Table (this morning) it is
appropriate for us to concentrate all of our thoughts on
this very wonderful opportunity that is before us. With
that in mind I want to draw your attention to a familiar
portion of Scripture that speaks directly to the issue of
the Lord’s Table. The Bible says in:

1 Corinthians 11. 23-30

For I received from the Lord that which I also

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delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in

which He was betrayed took bread;  24and when He
had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My
body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of
Me.”  25In the same way He took the cup also after
supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My
blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in
remembrance of Me.”  26For as often as you eat this
bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s
death until He comes.
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Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup
of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of
the body and the blood of the Lord.  28But a man must
examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the
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bread and drink of the cup.  29For he who eats and
drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does
not judge the body rightly.  30For this reason many
among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.
Amen.

So, when we talk about the Lord’s Table, we’re

getting to the heart of worship. This is the heart of
our worship. It is the most defined component of our
worship and the clearest proclamation of the gospel
of redemption.
The Passover feast was instituted at the time of the
exodus as a memorial to God’s redeeming love,
God’s redeeming grace, and God’s redeeming
power and the very central importance of a substitute
blood sacrifice. The Passover was a wonderful
memorial. 
Every time we celebrate the Lord’s Table, we
proclaim our God is a redeemer, and He redeemed us
through the incarnate Christ who died in our place.
And so, Jesus took the Passover feast, and the
night before He died; He transformed it into His own
Supper. And now, when we come together, it is not
to celebrate God as the great Deliverer, because of
what He did in Egypt. But it is God the great

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saviour, freeing God, because of what He did on the
cross. Well, that’s the purpose of the Lord’s Table.

So, let’s now share, eat and drink the Lord’s

Table together.

Let’s bow in prayer.

Father, we come now to the Table; we ask that You
open up our hearts to that self-examination. May the
Spirit of God enlighten us as to what we need to
understand. May we come as humble sinners with no
self-righteousness. May we honour You, not just in
the service, but in our lives as a result of having been
together this day. In Christ’s name, Amen.

Let’s sing

And, after Jesus and his disciples celebrating the first

Lord’s Table; they, together, worship God with a song,
as we also will do, now. Let’s sing…