When We Come Together

We are walking through three weeks focusing on the Lord’s Supper. We first considered the Continual nature of the Lord’s Supper. Last Sunday we explored the Communal nature of the meal, our togetherness. One of the most beautiful pictures of our togetherness is manifested in the meal Jesus gave us.

Christ died alone for many, so that we would be together as one.

Five times in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 Paul writes the phrase “When you come together.” Paul did not write if you come together, or when it’s convenient for you to come together, or if it fits your schedule to come together. Paul assumes that God’s people will, and do, come together. This is what it means to be the church. By myself, alone, I am not the church. You on your own are not the church. We are only a “church” as we “come together.” It is in our public worship, wherever it happens to be, that God’s people are visible to all “as the church.” This togetherness is a beautiful picture of our unity and brings glory to Christ!

Togethering is Supernatural

When I say I am “together” with you, but I don’t make “togethering” a priority — I need to be reminded that my absence weakens the body. I need to be reminded that being together with all of you is one of the best things for my soul. Most importantly, I need to be reminded that Christ died alone for many so that we would be together as one.

Listen to the sermons on the Continual and Communal nature of the Lord’s Supper