Scriptures for How to Receive Communion
The Communion table is an emblem of Jesus’ sacrifice for us. When you receive it, be ready to partake of everything Jesus’ sacrifice provided—salvation, peace of mind, healing and total prosperity.
Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healedand made whole.
Cross Reference: Matt. 8:17.
Matthew 26:26-28 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, praising God, gave thanks and asked Him to bless it to their use, and when He had broken it, He gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat; this is My body. And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you; For this is My blood of the new covenant, which [ratifies the agreement and] is being poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
1 Corinthians 11:28-29 Let a man [thoroughly] examine himself, and [only when he has done] so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discriminating and recognising with due appreciation that [it is Christ’s] body, eats and drinks a sentence (a verdict of judgement) upon himself.