NEW TESTAMENT VISTAS

Amazing New Promises

Jeremiah 31:31-34 "The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them," declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:31-34 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 31:31-34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

Ezekiel 36:26-27I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

Passover Reinterpreted

Jesus’ Passover Seder

Jesus’ Passover Seder

Cup of Sanctification

Vegetable – Matt. 26:23

Cup of Deliverance – Luke 22:17-20

Matzah – Matt. 26:26

Bitter Herbs – John 13:26

Main Course – 1 Cor. 5:7

Cup of Blessing – 1 Cor. 11:25;

10:16

Songs of Praise & Final Cup – Matt. 26:30

Not Just a Meal – a Passover

1 Corinthians 11:23-25

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

Communion Controversies

What Happens?

Transubstantiation

What Happens?

Transubstantiation

Consubstantiation

What Happens?

Transubstantiation

Consubstantiation

Representation

What to Call It?

Lord’s Supper

What to Call It?

Lord’s Supper

Eucharist

What to Call It?

Lord’s Supper

Eucharist

Communion

How to Observe It?

Traditional

How to Observe It?

Traditional

Table groups

How to Observe It?

Traditional

Table groups

Families

Time Frames of Communion

1 Corinthians 11:26

For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Time Frames

Present

“You proclaim”

Time Frames

Past

Present

“The Lord’s Death”

Time Frames

Past

Present

Future

“Until He Comes”

Picture of Christian Life

God’s Part

Picture of Christian Life

God’s Part

Our Part

1 Corinthians 11:26

For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.