Bayside Apostolic Center will be taking communion ONLINE! This very important and spiritual event will be broadcast over the Zoom app. Please download Zoom on your phone or computer. Then, input out Zoom ID number: 519-203-6492. You will be prompted to enter the password, too.
Because communion will be taken ONLINE, please remember to provide your own bread or cracker and juice.
If you do not have the password, or if you are new to Bayside, please Contact Us to find out more information about joining us in remembrance of the blood and body of Jesus and how it was broken and shed to give us hope and salvation!
What Is Communion?
Communion is a sacred ordinance, exampled and commanded by Jesus in Matthew 26:26–29. Jesus took the bread and blessed it and took the cup and gave thanks—and both were given to the disciples to consume.
Why Do We Take Communion?
Every year, the Passover was celebrated by the Jews to remember when the Death Angel passed over homes during Israel’s bondage in Egypt. Israel obeyed the command of God delivered by Moses to sacrifice their best lamb and paint blood on the door posts of their home. When the Death Angel passed over, the first born in their home would not be killed.
The Passover was designated to remember God’s grace to Israel, and to celebrate God bringing them out of bondage in Egypt. The blood shed would atone (save) the Jews yearly until the ultimate sacrifice was given. Jesus would soon become the Passover lamb.
Before the crucifixion, Jesus celebrated the Passover feast with His disciples. This time, the celebratory meal was different. (Matthew 26:26–29)
How Do We Approach Communion?
If we do not understand the purpose of the Lord’s Supper, or reverence it as we should, we bring upon ourselves the guilt of the Lord’s body (the guilt He took for us on the cross). In the Corinthian church, the Lord’s Supper had turned into an obnoxious fellowship, and members were gorging themselves in the meal instead of eating at home. We need to understand what the Lord’s Supper is about, and not make light about what the cross did for us.
The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 11:27-29:
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
Partaking in this meal is a serious activity to God, and our lives depend on how we act about it. The Supper and the cross are worth our sincere reverence.
Scripture tells us to “examine” (test) ourselves to make sure we are worthy and ready to partake in the Supper. Repentance should always be the first step in our “remembrance” of the Lord’s Supper. We need to approach this fellowship with the Master with a clean heart and right spirit. Our minds should not be on the way of the world, but the Word and God’s holy presence.