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Conversions in Acts
"The Lord's Supper"

Introduction:
 
        1.    After Jesus was resurrected and before He ascended to heaven, He gave the Great
               Commission to the apostles (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; Acts 1:8).
        2.    As Luke showed how this mission was fulfilled in Acts, he also wrote about a number of
               conversions that occurred.
        3.    Studying these conversions helps us understand how we become Christians today.
        4.    Luke also mentioned a number of activities in which the early Christians participated.
        5.    Studying these activities helps us understand the Lord's will for Christians today.
        6.    One activity was eating the Lord's Supper.

Discussion:

I.                   JESUS  GAVE  INSTRUCTIONS  FOR  EATING  HIS  SUPPER  SHORTLY  BEFORE 
                     HE  WAS  CRUCIFIED

        A.   Jesus ate His final Passover meal with His disciples (Matthew 26:1-2, 17-25).
               1.    Passover was one of the three great feasts observed by the Jews each year.
               2.    It provided a time for the Jews to remember what God had done for them in Egypt when
                      He brought the tenth plague, the death of the firstborn, upon the Egyptians.
               3.    The Passover meal was eaten in the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month
                      (Exodus 12:3-14).
               4.    This meal consisted of roast lamb, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs.
               5.    A seven-day feast followed in which the Jews were not allowed to eat anything containing
                      leaven (Exodus 12:15-20).
        B.   Jesus instituted His Supper on the occasion when He ate His final Passover meal with His
               disciples (Matthew 26:26-29).
               1.    Jesus chose unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine as the elements of His Supper.
               2.    This is also revealed in Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19-20; and 1 Corinthians 11:23-25.
        C.   Jesus instituted His Supper so His followers would remember His sacrifice.
               1.    It is a memorial of Christ (Luke 22:19).
               2.    It is the communion of the body and blood of Christ (1 Corinthians 10:16).
               3.    It is the showing forth of the Lord's death (1 Corinthians 11:26).
        D.   Jesus said that His Supper would be eaten in His Father's kingdom (the church) that would soon
               be established (Matthew 4:17; 16:18-19).

II.               THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  JERUSALEM  CHURCH  "CONTINUED  STEADFASTLY" 
                  IN  "BREAKING  OF  BREAD"  (Acts 2:42)

III.             THE  CHRISTIANS  IN  TROAS  ATE  THE  LORD'S  SUPPER  ON  "THE  FIRST  DAY 
                 OF  THE  WEEK"  (Acts 20:6-7)

        A.   Paul, an inspired apostle, was present to endorse this practice.
        B.   This is important because:
               1.    the apostles were responsible for teaching everything that Jesus taught them (Matthew 28:20)
               2.    we must only do those things that the Lord has authorized us to do (Colossians 3:17).
        C.   "The first day of the week" is the authorized time to eat the Lord's Supper.

IV.            THE  LORD'S  SUPPER  MUST  BE  EATEN  PROPERLY  (1 Corinthians 11:27-29)