Title: The Powerful Meal
Memorize: and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 1 Corinthians 11:24 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 (Nkjv)
[23] For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;
[24] and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
[25] In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
[26] For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.
[27] Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
[28] But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
[29] For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
Message:
The Holy Communion is a powerful meal as it represents Jesus’ flesh and blood. In 1 Corinthians 11:25, Christ commanded that the “eating of His flesh and drinking of His blood” should be done in remembrance of Him.
The Holy Communion should be taken as frequently as possible to remind ourselves of the reason for the death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Holy Communion is the most powerful meal on earth because it can perform miracles.
For example, if a sick person eats the Holy Communion the right way, such a fellow can receive his or her healing.
I experienced this many years ago as a young believer. I battled malaria constantly until l keyed into the power of the Holy Communion.
You must note, however, that there are dangerous consequences for people who take the Holy Communion with sin in their lives.
If a sinner eats this meal, he or she has done so unworthily and would be liable to death – either spiritual or physical.
My dear child, if you need a breakthrough in any area of life, take the Holy Communion often and make sure you take it worthily, without sin.
Key Point:
Do not eat the Holy Communion unworthily.
HYMN 30: WHEN WE WALK WITH THE LORD
1 When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
2 Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey.
[Refrain]
3 But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey.
[Refrain]
4 Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we’ll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey.
[Refrain]
Bible In One Year: Daniel 11:36-12:13, 1 John 4:1-21
Authors: Pastor E. A. Adeboye and Pastor Folu Adeboye