Hallelujah, by eating and drinking Christ, we become His mystical Body, His enlargement. Lord, we want to eat You more today. Add Yourself to our being. Reconstitute us. Make us Your enlargement, Your corporate expression on the earth today! We give Thee thanks, O Lord. 🙏
1. “Eat the Lord’s supper”; “This do... unto the remembrance of Me” (1 Cor. 11:20, 25).
Breaking bread has two significant aspects. The first aspect of eating the Lord’s supper is our remembrance of Him. In this aspect we remember the Lord by eating the bread and drinking the cup, we display His death, and we await His coming. This speaks of our relationship with the Lord. This aspect of bread breaking is emphasized in 1 Corinthians 11.
The Fellowship of the Table
1. “Partake of the Lord’s table”; “The fellowship of the blood of Christ... the fellowship of the body of Christ” (1 Cor. 10:21, 16).
The second aspect of bread breaking is to partake of the Lord’s table and to have fellowship with all the saints. When we partake of the Lord’s table together with all the saints, we receive the Lord’s body and blood, and through them we have fellowship. In this aspect the Lord’s body and blood become our enjoyment with all the saints, and they are our fellowship with all the saints. This speaks of our relationship with all the saints. This aspect of bread breaking is emphasized in 1 Corinthians 10.
When we break bread, we eat the Lord’s supper on the one hand, and we partake of the Lord’s table on the other hand. The Lord’s supper is our remembrance of the Lord; it is a matter between the Lord and us, and it speaks of the love between the Lord and us. The Lord’s table is our fellowship with all the saints; it is a matter between all the saints, and it speaks of our fellowship with all the saints.
If our spirit is focused on the bread and the cup and a prayer is offered regarding the Lord's suffering on earth, a brother should follow the prayer and the atmosphere of the meeting to select Hymns, #226, "For the bread and for the wine, / For the pledge that seals Him mine, / For the words of love divine, / We give Thee thanks, O Lord." This will bring us into the feeling of the bread and the cup. When we come to the fourth stanza, we should all stand up and prepare for the breaking of the bread. After singing, someone should offer a prayer of blessing to receive the bread and the cup from the Lord's hand.