- What does Paul mean when he says that we are not to partake of the Lord’s Supper in an “unworthy manner”?
- What does he mean when he says we are to “recognise the body”? What is the body we are to recognise?
- In what way is a person to examine himself? Is this an examination to see whether he/she is worthy of taking the Lord’s Supper, or is this something different?
- On what basis then should children be part of the Lord’s Supper celebration?
- Why is the context of our passage so important to understand when applying it to the Lord’s Supper?
- Is the Lord’s Supper meal we share today, the same meal Jesus’ disciples shared when he was on earth? Why or why not?
- What does Jesus mean when he says “The bread is his body”?
- What does Jesus mean when he says “This cup is the new covenant in my blood”?
- How does this covenantal language help us understand what happened on the cross?
- How is our partcipation in the Lord’s Supper an evangelistic event?