STUDY QUESTIONS FOR “the lord’s supper”

1. According to 1 Corinthians 11:26, what is one of the reasons that Christians partake of the Lord’s Supper?

2. In the Lord’s Supper, what emblem represents Christ’s body?

3. In the Lord’s Supper, what emblem represents Christ’s blood?

4. According to 1 Corinthians 11:20-29, what had happened in the church in Corinth in regard to the Lord’s Supper?

5. According to Acts 2:42, what did first-century Christians do?

6. One thing about which Christians should think when they partake of the Lord’s Supper is found in 1 Corinthians 15:57. What is it?

7. What is presented in 1 Corinthians 11:23-25?

8. What significant event (related to the Lord’s Supper) occurred in Matthew 26?

9. According to Paul’s instructions in 1 Corinthians 4:6, what would be wrong with observ­ing the Lord’s Supper on any day other than Sunday?

 10. Isaiah 53:5 contains something about which the Lord’s Supper should remind us. What is it?

 11. According to 1 Corinthians 16:1-2, how often are acts of worship such as giving and the Lord’s Supper supposed to be observed?

 12. Why did God send fire from Heaven to slay Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10:1-2)?

 13. What is the principle involved in the account of Nadab and Abihu’s deaths?

 14. Why, according to Acts 20:7, did the disciples assemble on the first day of the week?

 15. What important point about the Lord’s Supper is made in 1 Corinthians 11:27-29?

 16. According to the principle contained in Hebrews 12:28, how is our worship to God sup­posed to be carried out?

 17. According to 1 Corinthians 11:25, what is another reason that Christians partake of the Lord’s Supper?

 18. In Matthew 26:28, what did Jesus say regarding the grape juice used in the Lord’s Sup­per?

 19. What important point about the Lord’s Supper was Paul making in 1 Corinthians 11: 27-28?

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