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First Communion
Study of the Body and Blood of our Lord
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the visible and invisible elements of the Lord's Supper? | Bread & Wine and Jesus’ Body and Blood |
| What is this union of bread with the body, of the wine with the blood called and why? | Real Presence, because Jesus’ body and blood is really, truly, present in, with, and under the bread and wine |
| How can the bread and wine give life, forgiveness of sins, and salvation? | It is the Word which gives it such power. "Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins" |
| Who is a worthy communicant? | He who has faith in Christ and His words, “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of your sins.” |
| Should a person who is weak in faith go to the Lord's Table? Why or why not? | Yes, because one of the gifts of holy communion is strengthening of faith |
| What questions should a communicant ask himself before receiving the Lord's Supper? | a. Am I a sinner? b. Am I sorry for my sins? c. Do I believe Jesus died to forgive my sins? d. Am I resolved, by the power of the Holy Spirit to amend my sinful life? e. Do I believe in the real presence? |
| Why is it important to believe what is received with the bread and wine? | Because the apostle Paul said, "If you do not discern the bread and wine you will be guilty of His body and blood." (1 Cor 11:29) |
| What is the teaching of the Reformed church called and what do they say is received in the Lord's Supper? | It is called “the symbolic understanding.” Which means you receive only bread and wine |
| What is the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church about the Lord's Supper? | It is called transubstantiation. |
| Which means you receive only the Body and Blood What do Lutherans believe? | You receive the Bread and Body AND the Wine and Blood |
| What is "open communion?" | When anybody is allowed to take communion together, even though they do NOT believe the same meaning of the Lord’s Supper |
| How would you describe St. Paul’s practice for who goes to communion? | Only those who believe the same, true meaning of the Lord's Supper commune. That it is our Savior Jesus’ body and blood with the bread and wine for a repentant sinner’s forgiveness. |
| Why do we practice communion this way? | This is done out of love so that no one will receive the Sacrament to their harm. |
| What are the three kinds of Law God gives in the Bible? | Curb - 1 Timothy 1:9 Mirror - Romans 3:20 Rule - Psalm 119:105 |
| Because God is holy and just , what does he require of every person? | Matthew 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. |
| If honest, what must we confess? | We are sinners. 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. |
| What does God teach us in his Word concerning sin? | Psalm 51:5 5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Romans 8:7 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. |
| What do we deserve because of Sin? | Romans 6:23 23 For the wages of sin is death............. |
| Why is the Lord's Supper important for you to receive? | Matthew 26:26-28 |
| Redemption | the action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt. |
| Justified | As if we have never sinned (saved) |
| Atonement | reconciliation, especially between God and man |
| Word | The Bible Written and Spoken |
| Sacraments | Baptism Communion |
| What are the written and spoken Word of the Gospel and the Sacraments? | The means of grace. |
| What does God provide to us in His Sacraments? | The Forgiveness of Sins Acts 22:16 Matthew 26:28 |
| What was Jesus celebrating when he instituted the Lord’s Supper? | The Passover Meal |
| What did people remember when they celebrated the Passover? | God’s deliverance from Egypt and the Cruel hand of Pharaoh. |
| What do we remember when we receive the Lord’s Supper? | 1 Corinthians 11:26 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. |
| What did Jesus say when He distributed the bread to His disciples? | Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” |
| What did Jesus say when He distributed the wine to his disciples? | 27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the[a] covenant |
| What do we receive when we eat His body and drink His blood? | We receive the True body and True blood, in, with, and under the bread and the wine. |
| What is the chief blessing of the Holy Communion? | 28 for this is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. |
| When we celebrate Holy Communion, is Christ sacrificed over and over again each time? | No 11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ[a] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, |
| Who is worthy to receive Communion? | 27 Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. |