Scripture in Feet Washing
JOHN 13:12-15
12 So after he had washed their feet,
and had taken his garments, and was set
down again, he said unto them, Know ye
what I have done to you?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye
say well; for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have
washed your feet; ye also ought to wash
one another's feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that
ye should do as I have done to you.
Scripture on Communion
LUKE 22:14-19
14 And when the hour was come, he sat down,
and the twelve apostles with him.
15 And he said unto them, With desire I have
desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat
thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and
said, Take this, and divide [it] among yourselves:
18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit
of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake
[it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body
which is given for you: this do in remembrance of
me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying,
This cup [is] the new testament in my blood, which
is shed for you.
COMMUNION
The term Communion is derived
from Latin communio (sharing in
common).
[1] The corresponding term in Greek
is κοινωνία, which is often translated
as "fellowship".
In Christianity, the basic meaning of
the term communion is an especially
close relationship of Christians, as
individuals or as a Church, with God
and with other Christians.
The word “Commune”
“Commune” is “to talk to, commune
with, something that you can speak to
and it’ll speak back to you.” That’s
communing. A wafer cannot speak back.
So, really, the real communion is the
Holy Spirit speaking back. When you
ask Him, then He speaks back; that is
correct communion. This is a memorial
to take of His crucifixion and His
resurrection
COMMUNION” 62-0204
The Roman Catholics
Now, Rome does not call it communion.
They call it "mass." It's a holy mass.
They don't take communion; they take a mass. ..
takes the real meaning from communion. A
"mass" means, "hoping." They take a
mass, hoping that in doing this in the
mass, that God will forgive them of
their sins, by taking the literal body of Christ,
which the priest turns to the Body and the
Blood of Christ, taking that, hoping that God
will omit their sins by doing so. It's a mass.
(KEY.TO.THE.DOOR_ JEFF.IN V-12 N-6 SUNDAY_ 62-1007)
The Protestants
The Protestants call it
"communion." "Communion" means
"thanksgiving.“
The Catholic is taking a mass, in the mass
hoping that God forgives them of their evil doing.
The Protestant takes it with thanksgiving for
what's already done with the communion with
God: communing with Him, that it's already
done.
The Catholic is hoping it's done; the
Protestant says it's already done. The Catholic
is wondering if his sins is forgiven; the Protestant
is confessing that they are forgiven, that he is
free. (KEY.TO.THE.DOOR_ JEFF.IN V-12 N-6 SUNDAY_ 62-1007)
Remembering Christ
In observing Communion we
are remembering Christ and all
that He has done for us in his
life, death and resurrection:
Luke 22:19 - “ And he took bread,
and gave thanks, and brake [it], and
gave unto them, saying, This is my
body which is given for you: this do in
remembrance of me.”
Proclaiming His Coming
In observing Communion we are
proclaiming His death until He
comes. It is, a statement of our faith:
1 Corinthians 11:26 - “For
whenever you eat this bread
and drink this cup, you
proclaim the Lord's death
until he comes.”
Partaking of each other
When we observe Communion we show
our participation in the body of
Christ. His life becomes our life and
we become members of each other:
I CORINTHIANS 10:16-17
16 The cup of blessing which we
bless, is it not the communion of the
blood of Christ? The bread which we
break, is it not the communion of
the body of Christ?
17 For we being many are ONE
bread, and ONE body: for we are all
partakers of that one bread.
Partaking of His Divine Nature
In the New Testament, the word is
applied, according to the context, to
communion, sharing or fellowship with:
the Divine Nature
II PETER 1:4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great
and precious promises: that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption that
is in the world through lust.
Sharing His Suffering
In the New Testament, the word is applied,
according to the context, to communion,
sharing or fellowship with:
his sufferings
PHILIPPIANS 3:10
That I may know him, and the power of his
resurrection, and the fellowship of his
sufferings, being made conformable unto
his death;
Sharing with His Glory
In the New Testament, the word is
applied, according to the context, to
communion, sharing or fellowship with:
his future glory
I PETER 5:1
¶ The elders which are among you I
exhort, who am also an elder, and a
witness of the sufferings of Christ, and
also a partaker of the glory that shall
be revealed:
Communing with the Holy
Spirit
In the New Testament, the word is applied,
according to the context, to communion,
sharing or fellowship with: the
Holy Spirit
II CORINTHIANS 13:14
14 The grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy
Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
Partaking with His Human Nature
In the New Testament, the word is applied,
according to the context, to communion,
sharing or fellowship with:
the bodily human nature all have in
common
HEBREWS 2:14
14 ¶ Forasmuch then as the children
are partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might destroy him that
had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Partaking in the Ministry
In the New Testament, the word is applied,
according to the context, to communion,
sharing or fellowship with:
a work partnership
LUKE 5:10- And so was also James, and John,
the sons of Zebedee, which were partners
with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear
not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
II CORINTHIANS 8:23- Whether any do
enquire of Titus, he is my partner and
fellowhelper concerning you: or our
brethren be enquired of, they are the
messengers of the churches, and the glory of
Christ.
The Materials in Communion
“Now, I do not believe that
kosher bread should be
substituted for a cracker. I
believe that it should be a holy
unleavened bread, the type
of the unleavened bread
that was made in Egypt.”
(WMB, QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.title JEFF.IN COD 59-
0628E)
The materials in Communion
the Blood should not
And I believe that
be grape juice, but it should be
wine. Grape juice sours and spoils as it gets
old. But wine gets better and stronger as it
gets old; it never loses its strength. And the
Blood of Christ doesn’t sour and spoil; as it
gets older, it gets stronger and better as the
days goes by to the believer. And it is a literal
wine and bread. Communion bread should be
made by people who’s dedicated themselves
and consecrated themselves to God. (WMB,
QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.title JEFF.IN COD 59-0628E)
Open Communion
“Now, It is not a closed
communion. It is absolutely for
every Christian believer. God
don’t have the line drawed
between Baptist, and Methodist,
and so forth. We are all by one
Spirit baptized into one Body, and
we’re fellow citizens of the
Kingdom of God.”
Communion mustn’t be a Tradition
You don’t take the Lord’s supper by
a tradition. You take it because it’s
the love of God in your heart, in
keeping the commandments of God.
See? That’s what you take it for. So if you don’t
take it in sincerity, just it’s a tradition,
“Well, our church observes communion once
every Sunday, or once every month, or twice a
year,” and you go up, say, “Well, it’s my time,”
and—and then take the communion, why, it’s a
stink to God. See? That’s just a tradition.
(COMMUNION.title TUCSON.AZ V-8 N-4 65-1212)
Communion mustn’t be a Tradition
You’ve got to be sincere. God wants the
depths of your heart. You remember, the very
God that brought you here on earth is the One
you’re serving. See? You’re doing this because He
said so, because it’s His order.
Then we want to come up with deepness and
sincerity, knowing that by God’s grace that we
have been saved. And we love Him and we feel
His Presence, and we see It change our lives. Our
whole being is changed. We ’re different people. We
don’t live like we used to; we don’t think like we
used to. (COMMUNION.title TUCSON.AZ V-8 N-4 65-1212)
Communion is a Christian Requirement
Every Christian should take Communion. It’s
your duty. It’s a showdown. See? Jesus said,
“If you don’t take it, you have no part with
Me.” See? “
”But he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eats
and drinks damnation to himself.” That is, if
you’re still out with the world and doing
things of the world, and people see you
taking Communion, you’re doing wrong.
You’re only bringing disgrace to you,
and it’ll only harm you. It isn’t that—that it’ll
harm God; it’ll harm you. And so a person
should examine theirselves.
(WHAT.DOES.THOU.HERE.title JEFF.IN 59-0301E)
Who’s not allowed to take Communion
But, when it comes to a person like that, a
immoral person trying to make love to our
wives, or--or insult our daughters, or, you
know, something another like that, or do
something immorally around her, or taking
our little boys out and making perverts out
of them, or something, those things should be
taken up, and then that fellow should be
excommunicated from the fellowship and not
permitted to take communion with it,
because we're not supposed to do that.
We're not. "If any eats unworthily, is guilty
of the Blood and body of the Lord," on that
person.”
Examine Yourselves
When observing Communion
we take time to examine
ourselves:
1 Corinthians 11:28 - “A man
ought to examine himself
before he eats of the bread
and drinks of the cup.”
Examine Yourselves
“But he that eateth and drinketh
unworthily eats and drinks damnation to
himself, not discerning the Lord's body. ”
(1 Cor 11:29)
That is, if you’re still out with the world
and doing things of the world, and people
see you taking Communion, you’re doing
wrong. You’re only bringing disgrace to
you, and it’ll only harm you. It isn’t that
it’ll harm God; it’ll harm you. And so a
person should examine theirselves.
(WHAT.DOES.THOU.HERE.title JEFF.IN 59-0301E)
Repentance Before Communion
Before we approach this sacred moment,
you ask God to search your life.
And if You’ve done anything that’s not
right, say “Lord, forgive me for it. I don’t
mean to do it. I’ll make it right if You
reveal it to me”.
Said, “When you come together, tarry one
for another.” Let’s wait on one another
and pray for one another. We want to take
this Communion. And if we don’t do it, we
have no part with Him. (KEY.TO.THE.DOOR 62-1007)
Tarry for one another
Now, it said, "When you come together, tarry
one with the other. "Tarry" means "to wait,"
wait on each other. And let's do that now. I'll
pray for you. If you know anything that you've
done wrong, say, "God, forgive me. I didn't
mean that. And if You'll help me from this night
on, I won't do it again. I mean it, Lord, I won't
do it again if You'll just forgive me. And upon
my confession 'I believe You have forgiven me,'
I go to take the body of Christ, feeling in my
heart that You forgive me for all my sin."
I pray then for your secret sin; you pray for
mine, that maybe something we don't know
about, that we won't come together condemned
with the world.” (COMMUNION.SERVICE_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 63-
0707E)
Song
Koro:
Panginoon, Narito ang puso kong bukas, Ba't ako
maglilihim sa Iyo, Batid Mo ang lahat sa buhay ko
, Kaluluwa ko, lagi nang naghahanap sa Iyo, Ang
tanging hangad ng puso ko, ay paglingkuran Ka.
Aking itataas ang Ngalan Mo Hesus; Pagka't dakila
Ka, di ka nag-iiba; Kaluwalhatian mo, ay sapat sa
buhay ko; Itakwil man ako ng mundong ito (ulitin ang
Koro)
Sa aking pag-iisa, ay naaalala Ka; Ang kalooban Mo, ay
binubulay ko; Magpupuri sa Iyo, di lang sa awit kong
ito
Itakwil man ako ng mundong ito (ulitin ang Koro)
Opening Prayer
Now, let’s just bow our heads and pray. You pray for me silently while I
pray for you. “Father, as we’ve gathered around the table now to take
this representation of Thy broken body, we pray that if there be sin in
our midst, Lord, forgive us. You said, “When you come together, tarry
one for the other.” God, if there’s a sin in this congregation anywhere, I
pray that the Blood of Jesus Christ will separate that man from his sin,
or that woman, boy or girl. And, Father, I pray for myself, that You will
separate me from every doubt, every sin, every unbelief… We know that
unbelief is sin. It’s the only sin there is, “He that believeth not is
condemned already.” And only sin there is, is not to believe the Word of
God. And, Father, if there’s any unbelief in me, forgive me, O God,
which there is much, and I pray that You forgive me. Forgive my
congregation that Thou has given me tonight, and feed them upon the
Word. Grant it. And as we take these little commemorations of the
broken body of Him Who is raised from the dead and alive forevermore
among us, may we receive communion from Him, Lord, the communing
of the Holy Spirit. Grant it, Father; we ask in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Presenting the Bread
“These little parcels that is kosher bread
made without lard, seasoning, and so forth,
which represents the body of the Lord is not
round; it’s broke in all pieces. It’s because
that it means His broken body that was
broken for us. And may God grant His
blessings to everyone that eats it. Now, it is
not the body; it only represents the body. I
have no power, no one else does, to make it
anything but bread. God alone. And that’s
what He told us, to eat this bread and drink this
cup of wine. Now let us bow our head.
Prayer for the Bread
“Most holy God, Whose servants we are, in the Name
of Jesus Christ sanctify this bread for its intended
use to make us, as we receive it, we remember that
our Lord was crucified; and His body, precious and
holy as it was, was mingled with stripes and thorns and
nails, for us, that through His riven body came forth
the Spirit that gives us Eternal Life. May we, Lord, as
we eat this, have journeying grace, as Israel did forty
years in the wilderness, and not a feeble one among
them. Father God, grant this, as we pray You sanctify
this bread, kosher bread, for The Bible said, “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.” [Deacons pass the bread]
SERVING THE BREAD
MARK 14:22
And as they did eat, Jesus
took bread, and blessed, and
brake it, and gave to them,
and said, Take, eat: this is my
body.
Presenting the Wine
The cup of the New Testament, which is the Blood...
REMINDS us of that song, “Every since by faith I saw that
stream Thy flowing wounds supply, redeeming love has
been my theme, and shall be till I die.” When we the see
this blood, grapes, the blood of grapes, I know it
represents the Blood that came forth from the Lord Jesus’
body. May ever who receives this have Eternal Life; may
sickness depart out of their bodies; may weariness and
feebleness, oppression, may the Devil in every form leave
them, that they might have great strength and health and
Eternal Life, to let their light shine before this wicked and
adulterous generation we live in to glorify God. The Bible
said, “After He had taken and broke the bread, like
manner He took the cup, and when He had supped,
saying, ‘This is the cup of the New Testament in My Blood,
which is shed for you.” May the Lord grant His blessings
upon this as we pray.
Prayer for the Wine
“Heavenly Father, we present to You the fruit of the vine. In the
Name of Jesus Christ sanctify it to represent the Blood of Thy Son
Jesus, in it we remember that Jesus was “Wounded for our
transgressions; with His stripes we were healed. And dear God, it’s
to represent that precious Blood of Jesus that cleanses us, which
from there came also the Token of the Holy Spirit. I thank Thee,
Father, for this symbol. You said, “He that eats and drinks this has
Everlasting Life, and I will raise him up again at the end time.” We
pray, Father, that You cleanse our hearts together, that we will be
worthy, knowing that in ourselves we are not worthy, but by our
faith we are accepting perfectly the righteousness of the Blood of
Jesus Christ. Grant, Lord, that Life will come to us, Eternal Life in
great abundance, that we might be able to serve You better. May
You sanctify the wine for its intended purpose. May whosoever
drinks this wine tonight have strength for the journey that lays
ahead. Grant it, Lord. May they be healthy, and strong, and filled
with Your Spirit till Jesus comes. Grant these blessings in Jesus’
Name, we pray. Amen.”
SERVING THE WINE
MARK 14:23-24
23 And he took the cup,
and when he had given
thanks, he gave it to them:
and they all drank of it.
24 And he said unto
them, This is my blood of
the new testament, which
is shed for many.
Ikaw Lamang
O Dios, sa kabutihan Mo, ako'y
naririto, upang magpuri sa Iyo
O Dios, sa kabanalan Mo,
nalulugod ako, buhay ay iaalay
ko
Koro:
Ikaw lamang ang nagtiwala sa
akin; O Dios di kita bibiguin;
magtatapat sa Iyo; maglilingkod
ako, O Dios kay buti Mo.