Ecclesiology · Foundational

The Lord's Supper

An ordinance of remembrance and proclamation of the Lord's death until He comes, observed by believers in the local church.

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What you'll learn

Trace the Lord's Supper from the Passover table to Paul's instructions to the church at Corinth.

Explain the Supper as a memorial and a proclamation kept with self-examination, not a sacrifice and not a means of conveying grace.

Describe transubstantiation, the Lutheran sacramental union, and the Reformed spiritual presence fairly, and answer them from Scripture.

Explain who should come to the Lord's Table and how a believer prepares to come.

Lessons in this topic

01Why Do We Observe the Lord's Supper?Plus6 min 02What Is the Church?PlusRelated lesson7 min 03Who Should Be Baptized, and How?PlusRelated lesson6 min 04Who Was Melchizedek?PlusRelated lesson6 min

Key passages

1 Corinthians 11:23–26 1 Corinthians 11:27–32 Luke 22:19–20 Matthew 26:26–29 1 Corinthians 10:16–17 Acts 2:41–42 Exodus 12:14 Hebrews 10:10–14 John 6:35 1 Corinthians 5:7–8

Key Scripture

“For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.”

1 CORINTHIANS 11:23–26 · KJV