What are Some Good Scriptures for Communion?

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Matthew 26:26–27 and Mark 14:23–26 describe the Commnion meal with Jesus and the disciples

Luke 22:18–20 describes the same evening but is the only one to say (referencing only the bread he says, “do this in remembrance of me” verse 21 reveals the betrayer Judas! (Luke was not at the last supper or first communion - He leared from the Apostle Paul who was taught communion by Jesus directly - perhaps during his 3 days of blindness or some other moment of epiphany:

1 Corinthians 10:15–21 Flee Idolatry - foods offered to demons vs. Commnion in the Bread of the Body and the wine of the Blood of Christ is as bread and wine; our offering to God and the what He gives back when He receives it, blesses it and gives it back and we break it and share it; has become what Jesus calls “His Flesh: The Bread of (divine) Life, Real (Heaven Blessed) Food - His flesh; not the flesh of a man but the flesh of God that has been transformed by Jesus and so than has the power to transform us.

(See 2 Corinthians 3:18:12–18) The Bread and Wine, once offered to the Lord for his blessing - thus becoming His Flesh and Blood means that Jesus shows up to us in the form of Bread and Wine.

(See Luke 24:13–49 ) The First Miraculous recorded long time engagment on the afternoon of His resurrection (for 7 miles the two ‘disciples’ leaving Jerusalem to return home very sad and depressed encounter Jesus as He just appears next to them and begins a dialog with them) One was Cleopas and the other His wife, Mary Cleopas who was at the foot of the Cross with John, Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene among others. Cleopas and Mary are the aunt and unle of Jesus as Mary Cleopas shares the same grandmother with Jesus; St. Anna but was born to Anna’s second husband (believe it or not - Cleophas) so Mary married a guy ‘Cleopas’ with almost the same name as her Dad) Mother Mary was the daughter of St. Anna and her first husband Joachim sho died. (Yes there are scriptures and church orthodoxy to back this up.

So, Jesus shares about Himself in the Law and the Prophets (again Luke 24) disclosing who He is - but the Lord allowed or “held their ability to see and recognize Jesus” until He sets the example for the entire age of the Church, the Bride of Christ until the end of the age. So before He could disclose Himself to them inn the the Psalms or Books of poetry (Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs etc…) they compelled Him to come into their house in Emmaus for something to eat about dinner time. (Revelation 3:20 literally and figuratively and

2 Cointhians 4:7–18, especially verse 18 - but (consider the Emmaus Road when you read Luke’s account of the condition of Mary Cleopas and Cleopas in Luke 24 then read 2 Cor 4:7–18.) Here’s the clincher: Mary and Cleopas were NT in the Upper Room! So when Jesus ‘is invited into their house’ He dines with them then takes their bread, blesses it, breaks it and when He gives it back to them what happens? He opens their eyes to recognize Him! (This is where 2 Corinthias 4:18 happens) Then as soon as they do He disappears! (Why? you ask? He had accomplished His afternoon mission by revealing Himself to those who should have known Him through the breaking of the bread!) Then what happened?

They take off to run back 7 miles to the Upper Room in Jerusalem where they find the 11 disciples and others and when they explain that they SAW and RECOGNIZED Jesus through the taking, blessing, breaking and returning the blessed bread to them that their eyes opened to recognize Him - Jesus (again) appears in their MIDST! Where 2 or 3 are gathered there am I in the midst of them… Here was the Evening miracle on the first day of the resurrection! What did He do the rest of the evening and on past midnight? He opened the scriptures about Himself in the Law, the prophets and the Psalms! And He opened their minds to receive what He was saying.

From then on - from the Last Supper (Last Passover) and First Commnion, Communion is meant to be an encounter with Jesus. It is brief and only morsal to morsal, sip to sip… but as John Wesley indicated it shoulld be done at least 4 times a week and if possible everyday.

Eastern Orthodoxy and the Orthodox (400 million worldwide) offer the “Divine Liturgy” up to 4x per week and the Roman Catholics (1.2 Billion worldwide) offewr the Eucharist 9the Great Thanksgiving) and in both cases all worship is centered on the bread of Jesus Flesh and the Wine of Jesus Blood (so called the Divine Liturgy and the Eucharist). But there are 800 million non-orthodox (eastern catholics) and non-roman catholic western catholics) who at best offer the Eucharist or Communion or the Lord’s Supper (Anglicans, Lutherans, and some Presbyterians and Methodists once per week; and others: Anabaptists Brethren, Baptists, Evangelicals, Pentecostals, Charismatics and 40,000 schizmatic churches, fellowships and denominations at best once per week or in most cases once per month, once a quarter, once a year or even in some cases not at all.)

Some call Water Baptism and The Lord’s Supper “Sacraments” in their bylaws or constitutions but most have man-centric, band-centric stages for worshiping. not to detract from corporate worship which is sweet - but first and foremost shouldn’t we be calling for Communion Table -Communion Centric Worship as the weekly and daily Source as the Summary and Summit of our Christianity?

See John 6 How many times does Jesus say He is the Bread of Life… what happens to those who, after accepting Him nto their heart, life and home who “Eat my Flesh and Drink My Blood”? If you do: You have eternal life, Jesus will raise you up in the last day; and you abide in Him and He abides in you… BUT - if you don’t: “You have no life in you!” In other words you are the strength of your faith not Christ in you, the hope of glory! I tried to serve, preach, minister, study, pray and write for Jesus for 40 years.

He stood at my door and knocked and called out my name and I opened the door and let Him in and He dined with me… He ate everything I put in front of Him and He never condemned me once. He just waited. Then in 2012 I dined with Him at His Table as did my wife. We did like Mary and Cleopas, we let Him in and now everyday for almost five years we have Communion with Jesus at His Table every morning in our home and 2 or three times from house to house with others who have redicsovered the Fire! We call it CommuionFire.

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The best experience is just doing communion, as Paul outlined in 1 Corinthians 11.

His is the only complete set of instructions for how Jesus taught Him! just try communion at home and when you do think of 2 Corinthians 3:18, 4:18, 5:17 and Hebrews 12:24. The bread is “showbread” Behold the Face of Jesus and the wine of his new covenant blood speak… better things than theblood of Abel!

Come to to Jesus as the Good Shepherd who leads you where?

To His Table (Psalm 23) (See Psalm 22–24) to offer your bread and wine to Jesus asking His blessing upon each… then when you eat the bread - close your eyes and look for Him… What do you see… or what does He show you? In the wine listen for His voice… what does He say, or what does the Holy Spirit whisper? When done share with eachother. Make your personal and corporate worship communion-Centric and watch how Jesus demonstrates His presence to each man, woman and child… yes even children! Communion - presenting our bread and wine to the Lord and when we do He ‘takes it’ ‘blesses it’ and ‘gives it back’ and and we share Him as real food (the physical presence) and then dine upon Him spiritually in His fire or glory… thee veil is gone and we have access into His presence by His blood. it is the bread of medicine that brings wholeness and the wine of fire that ignites His life within us and both make us aware of His presence. So much more… since 2012 the graphe scriptures, logos Jesus and rhema Spirit have come alive - for men shall not live by bread alone but by every rhema that comes from the mouth of God!

The next study might be taking a look at 1 Corinthians 11:23–26.

Don’t touch verse 27 if you think you can earn a place at the table… you cant. Jesus did it all! Eating worthily simply means you understand that we don’t clean up to come to the table of the Lord Jesus. he made a way where there was no way, He is the Way: Psalm 23, the Truth: John Chapters 13, 14–16, 17 and the Life: John 6 He is the Bread: John 6 of eternal life and He is the Vine: John 15 of eternal of eternal life…

I grew up United Methodist, Accepted Jesus January 14 1971, was baptized in the Holy Spirit in February 1971, and in water March 10, 1971 by Dr. John Pepper, Furnace branch Baptist Church in the Chesapeake Bay. I am Anabaptist, Evangleical and Charismatic. I have 45 years of ministry experience and only 5 in CommnionFire. I feel like my Christian life has just started. I now rest in the finished work of Jesus! When He said, “It was finished, it was!” There’s not a thing I can do to improve on what He has done for me. It is attending his Table each day with my wife that allows me this kind of outpouring every day. We started at 5 a.m. this morning and I wrote this off the cuff from my experience in about an hour. Its now 11:54 p.m.

The Lord Bless your Life with the Fire of his Glory as you learn to get comfortable with Jesus being in charge at His Table. Hint: Come empty handed and ready only to receive. Come hungry and thirsty for Jesus and all He has pepared for you - you will not be disappointed!

​Love in Christ Jesus,
Your Brother in Christ
Bob Bonnell, The Communion Pastor
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