Key questions on the Lord's Supper

Listening to: Led Zeppelin III

Who is being offered in the Lord's Supper? (or what is being spoken?)

• Firstly, Christ and his death
• Secondly, in Christ, our resurrection: forgiveness of sins, New Creation, the Church, the Messianic banquet

Who is offering Christ? (or who is speaking these things?)

• Firstly, God. Christ offered himself at the first Lord's Supper. As the Word of God, he is offered/spoken by God himself.
• Secondly, in Christ and on his authority, the Christian performing the act.

What happens when Christ comes near? (or what happens when God speaks?)

• Firstly, to be in Christ's presence is to be blessed by God - it is heaven itself.
• However, if rejected because of unbelief then sin is increased and judgement occurs ("... that is why many of you are weak and ill", 1 Corinthians 11:30, cf. Forsyth).
• Either way, when God's word is spoken it will not return empty (Isaiah 55:11).