Bible 101

1. Bible 101 Dean Biebert, Pastor Shepherd of the Hills Church

2. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us

3. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 1. A sacrament is a special service that… a. ___ Jesus started for the original disciples but isn’t very important today. b. ___ the believers after Jesus started to show that they were different from unbelievers. c. ___ Jesus started for believers to use until the end of the world.

4. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 1. A sacrament is a special service that… a. ___ Jesus started for the original disciples but isn’t very important today. b. ___ the believers after Jesus started to show that they were different from unbelievers. c. ___ Jesus started for believers to use until the end of the world.

5. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 2. The two sacraments are… a. ___ Baptism and the Lord’s Supper b. ___ prayer and God’s Word (the Bible). c. ___ Baptism and God’s Word

6. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 2. The two sacraments are… a. ___ Baptism and the Lord’s Supper b. ___ prayer and God’s Word (the Bible). c. ___ Baptism and God’s Word

7. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 3. We should remember that baptism… a. ___ uses water to picture that God has washed away our sins. b. ___ uses special “holy water” that some minister blessed. c. ___ uses water plus special Bible words that Jesus originally gave us.

8. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 3. We should remember that baptism… a. ___ uses water to picture that God has washed away our sins. b. ___ uses special “holy water” that some minister blessed. c. ___ uses water plus special Bible words that Jesus originally gave us.

9. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 4. The directions Jesus gave us about baptism specify… a. ___ that we use any amount of water, as long as we use Jesus’ special words. b. ___ that we sprinkle or pour water on the person at least three times. c. ___ that we immerse people to picture a totally clean record from God.

10. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 4. The directions Jesus gave us about baptism specify… a. ___ that we use any amount of water, as long as we use Jesus’ special words. b. ___ that we sprinkle or pour water on the person at least three times. c. ___ that we immerse people to picture a totally clean record from God.

11. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 5. Jesus also directed us to baptize… a. ___ everyone old enough to confess sins. b. ___ everyone who is from a Christian home. c. ___ everyone, regardless of age.

12. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 5. Jesus also directed us to baptize… a. ___ everyone old enough to confess sins. b. ___ everyone who is from a Christian home. c. ___ everyone, regardless of age.

13. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 6. Infants who get baptized… a. ___ cannot really believe in Jesus, since they are not old enough. b. ___ are not sinful yet, but will need Baptism later on in life. c. ___ are included in Jesus’ directions, are sinful, and can believe in Jesus.

14. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 6. Infants who get baptized… a. ___ cannot really believe in Jesus, since they are not old enough. b. ___ are not sinful yet, but will need Baptism later on in life. c. ___ are included in Jesus’ directions, are sinful, and can believe in Jesus.

15. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 7. The idea that small children can really depend on Jesus as their Savior is… a. ___ something we cannot be sure about. b. ___ something the Bible clearly teaches and shows God’s power to influence people. c. ___ impossible, since people must be able to understand before they can believe.

16. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 7. The idea that small children can really depend on Jesus as their Savior is… a. ___ something we cannot be sure about. b. ___ something the Bible clearly teaches and shows God’s power to influence people. c. ___ impossible, since people must be able to understand before they can believe.

17. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 8. Baptism is… a. ___ just a sign that shows a person is doing things God wants a believer to do. b. ___ a service God uses to forgive sins and make a believer out of a person. c. ___ a church ceremony that shows obedience and makes a person a church member.

18. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 8. Baptism is… a. ___ just a sign that shows a person is doing thing God wants a believer to do. b. ___ a service God uses to forgive sins and make a believer out of a person. c. ___ a church ceremony that shows obedience and makes a person a church member.

19. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 9. If someone rejects Baptism,… a. ___ this means a refusal of God’s gift and total separation from God. b. ___ it doesn’t make that much difference as long as you believe in Jesus. c. ___ we don’t know what will happen to that person.

20. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 9. If someone rejects Baptism,… a. ___ this means a refusal of God’s gift and total separation from God. b. ___ it doesn’t make that much difference as long as you believe in Jesus. c. ___ we don’t know what will happen to that person.

21. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 10. The difference between baptism for an older person and a baby is that… a. ___ an older person’s Baptism has deeper meaning because a baby doesn’t understand what’s happening. b. ___ we can explain baptism to an older person in advance, while we first baptize a baby, then explain baptism later on. c. ___ God gave directions about adult Baptism but not baby baptism.

22. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Last Week’s Homework: 10. The difference between baptism for an older person and a baby is that… a. ___ an older person’s Baptism has deeper meaning because a baby doesn’t understand what’s happening. b. ___ we can explain baptism to an older person in advice, while we first baptize a baby, then explain baptism later on. c. ___ God gave directions about adult baptism but not baby baptism.

23. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us What is the Lord’s Supper? Read Matthew 26:26-28 Jesus set up the Lord’s Supper on Passover night, the night before His execution. It involves bread without yeast and fermented grape juice. Jesus tells us they are His body and blood.

24. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us How can Jesus’ body and blood be part of the Lord’s Supper? Read Mark 14:22-24 You cannot taste Jesus’ body and blood in this sacrament. Still, Jesus tells us they are 100% there, without taking anything away from the bread and wine (Real Presence). Jesus never explains how four things can be where we only see and taste two. He only assures us it is true. It’s like when the Bible says that Jesus is 100% God and 100% human at the same time. It doesn’t have to make sense. If God says it, we believe it, and enjoy the benefits of it.

25. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us How can Jesus’ body and blood be part of the Lord’s Supper? Read 1 Corinthians 10:16 This is where the word “communion” comes from. Paul says Jesus’ body and blood are sharing the same space as the bread and wine. He doesn’t explain how. Both sacraments have things we don’t understand, just like the 1+1+1=1 teaching about God.

26. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Why do we still value the Lord’s Supper today? A. Luke 22:19 The Lord’s Supper helps us remember that Jesus is a flesh-and-blood person who lived here in our place. It helps us remember the torture He suffered as He stood in for us. LAW Gospel

27. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Why do we still value the Lord’s Supper today? B. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 The Lord’s Supper also tells what Jesus’ death means. The yeast-free bread is Jesus’ sin-free body – His donation. It’s our ticket to heaven. The wine is His blood, which reminds us He suffered damnation for us. We are forever safe from God’s rage. LAW Gospel

28. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us What should the Lord’s Supper mean to me? Matthew 26:28 The Lord’s Supper is another way God personalizes what Jesus did for all the people in the world. It’s His way of telling us all our personal, lifelong sins are gone for good. Sacraments are God’s visible gospel message. SIN

29. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Where does the supernatural power in the Lord’s Supper come from? Matthew 26:28 …for the forgiveness of sins. It doesn’t come from the pastor saying words or making signs over the bread and wine before we eat it. It comes from Jesus’ promise that God has really taken responsibility for all our sins.

30. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us $ Who gets the maximum benefit from the Lord’s Supper? 1 Corinthians 11:26-27 People who can and do recognize their sins and can and do appreciate their Savior. 1.Do I recognize how much I need what Jesus has to offer? Romans 6:1,2 If we’re stubborn about a particular sin, our relationship with God is already in jeopardy. Going to the Lord’s Supper won’t change that.

31. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Who gets the maximum benefit from the Lord’s Supper? 1 Corinthians 11:26-27 People who can and do recognize their sins and can and do appreciate their Savior 1. Do I recognize how much I need what Jesus has to offer? I’m sorry! Matthew 5:23-24 The Holy Spirit makes us want to make up with anyone we have hurt.

32. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Who gets the maximum benefit from the Lord’s Supper? 1 Corinthians 11:26-27 People who can and do recognize their sins and can and do recognize their Savior. 1. Do I recognize how much I need what Jesus has to offer? I forgive you! Matthew 6:14-15 The Holy Spirit makes us want to forgive anyone who has hurt us. Holding grudges is wrong.

33. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Who gets the maximum benefit from the Lord’s Supper? 1 Corinthians 11:26-27 People who can and do recognize their sins and can and do recognize their Savior. 2. Do I believe Jesus has earned me coverage for every sin? 1 John 1:7 Forgiveness doesn’t depend on what I do for God, like repenting. It depends on what Jesus has done as our replacement.

34. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Who gets the maximum benefit from the Lord’s Supper? 1 Corinthians 11:26-27 People who can and do recognize their sins and can and do appreciate their Savior. 3. Do I understand and appreciate whatthe Lord’s Supper is? • People who understand what the Lord’s Supper is and what it offers will get the maximum benefit from it. • Understanding that the Lord’s Supper is not about what I’m doing for God but about what He’s done for me gets me maximum benefits.

35. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Who gets the maximum benefit from the Lord’s Supper? 1 Corinthians 11:26-27 People who can and do recognize their sins and can and do recognize their Savior. 4. Do I share the same Bible beliefs as the people taking communion with me? Acts 2:42 Christians from Jesus’ time recognized that people who share the same Bible beliefs make a statement about their unity by taking the Lord’s Supper together.

36. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Who gets the maximum benefit from the Lord’s Supper? 1 Corinthians 11:26-27 People who can and do recognize their sins and can and do recognize their Savior. 4. Do I share the same Bible beliefs as the people taking communion with me? 1 Corinthians 10:17 We highlight two special relationships as part of the Lord’s Supper: our restored relationship with God and the special bond of shared beliefs with the people with whom we share the Lord’s Supper.

37. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Who gets maximum benefits from the Lord’s Supper? 1 Corinthians 11:26-27 People who can and do recognize their sins and can and do appreciate their Savior. 4. Do I share the same Bible beliefs as the people taking communion with me? Note: We don’t even commune our own children until they can appreciate this sacrament. It’s the same for mentally disabled people, comatose people, or the dead. God can reach all but the dead with His gospel in baptism.

38. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us If I am a weak Christian, should I come to the Lord’s Supper? Read Matthew 11:28-29 Absolutely! This sacrament is meant only for weak Christians. Why should strong Christians need God’s forgiveness?

39. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us What do other churches teach about the Lord’s Supper? The Catholic Church • Teaches this sacrament repeatedly sacrifices Jesus in an “unbloody” way. • Teaches the priest uses Jesus’ words to transform or changethe bread and wine into Jesus’ body and blood alone. (Transubstantiation) • Teaches that you can offer masses (the Lord’s Supper as sacrifice) for people who are not at the service, even dead people. • Teaches that you get forgiveness even if you just go through the motions and don’t really believe. (ex opera operata)

40. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us What do other churches teach about the Lord’s Supper? Most Protestant Churches (i.e. Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Evangelical Free, etc.) • That Jesus’ words, “This is my body… This is my blood” actually mean, “This represents my body… This represents my blood.” • That the Lord’s Supper is a memorial meal only and not a Sacrament through which we receive forgiveness. It is special to them, only it is not Sacramental.

41. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us What do other churches teach about the Lord’s Supper? X X X X

42. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Who gets to give people the Lord’s Supper? The same rules apply as in baptism. In other words, there are no rules. It’s not who gives out the Lord’s Supper that makes it work. Privately, anyone can give anyone else this sacrament. In a group, it’s whoever the group agrees to ask for help with this service.

43. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Homework: 1. Jesus set up the Lord’s Supper… a. ___ right after He came back to life. b. ___ the night He was betrayed, the night before He died on the cross. c. ___ during a time when He was alone with His disciples on a mountain.

44. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Homework: 2. When people get the Lord’s Supper, they are getting… a. ___ just bread and wine. b. ___ just Jesus’ body and blood. c. ___ bread and wine that are sharing the same space as Jesus’ body and blood.

45. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Homework: 3. How 100% bread and wine can be 100% Jesus’ body and blood at the same time… a. ___ doesn’t make sense, but it’s clearly what the Bible teaches. b. ___ makes sense if you say the minister changed the bread and wine into Jesus’ body and blood. c. ___ makes sense if you say that the bread and wine just picture Jesus’ body and blood.

46. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Homework: 4. Two good reasons for getting the Lord’s Supper are… a. ___ to let God remind me He forgives me and to show what a good Christian I am. b. ___ to remember Jesus’ death and to get help earning heaven with my good life. c. ___ to remember Jesus’ death and to let God remind me He forgives me personally.

47. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Homework: 5. Getting the Lord’s Supper with other believers is… a. ___ necessary for the sacrament to have any power or purpose. b. ___ a beautiful way of showing we share the same Bible beliefs. c. ___ part of what God wants if we hope to earn a future with Him.

48. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Homework: 6. We may give the Lord’s Supper to… a. ___ anyone, regardless of age or beliefs. b. ___ repentant Christians who understand what Jesus’ death means and recognize their sin and their need for the forgiveness God gives. c. ___ anyone who’s a church member, regardless of personal faith or conduct.

49. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Homework: 7. The Lord’s Supper is… a. ___ a sacrament, a visual aid God uses to forgive sins and intensify Christian faith. b. ___ a sacrifice, in other words, something we do to complete payment for sins. c. ___ neither a sacrament nor a sacrifice, but an exceptional church custom.

50. Lesson Nine: God Uses the Lord’s Supper to Get to Us Homework: 8. The Bible teaches “close communion” or “closed communion” to… a. ___ protect true believers from the corrupting influence of church visitors. b. ___ protect everyone from taking the Lord’s Supper improperly or foolishly. c. ___ remind everyone that some Christians don’t need to get the Lord’s Supper.