Purpose of Communion

We do not partake Communion to receive forgiveness of sins.
There is no power in the sacrament to give the recipient forgiveness.
We partake of Communion in obedience to the command of Christ, 1 Corinthians 11:24.
We partake in anticipation of His soon return, 1 Corinthians 11:26.
We partake to show forth the Lord's death, 1 Corinthians 11:26.
No one partakes of this meal because he is worthy. It is all of His grace that we have been born in the family of God. No one sits in pride at this table.
Our coming merges two things, our unworthiness and our confidence. If we are true children of God we come boldly for fellowship and strength.
Let us not draw back in fear from loving Heavenly Father's table.
He bids us to come and we ought not to deny Him the pleasure of our fellowship.
At the Communion He would draw near to commune with us as on the Emmaus Road.

Who may Partake of Communion?

Only those who have been born into the family of God have the right to sit at His table in fellowship with the Lord.

The unbeliever and natural man belong at the "table of devils" 1 Corinthians 10:21.

Some churches make the rule that only baptized believers may partake.

Most evangelical churches welcome members in good standing in other evangelical churches to partake of the Communion with them.

Some strict churches will give Communion only to members of their assembly.

Members that are being disciplined and barred from the Lord's Table should refrain from partaking in that or any other church until the proper time.

Requirements for a Communion Service.

Bread and wine are the two substances used as symbols of the Body and Blood.

We teach neither transubstantiation nor consubstantiation, but believe that the elements continue to remain merely elements, symbols or pictures.

We flatly deny the mystical power and change in the elements.
The bread is unleavened, signifying that sin is put away. From this we infer that after Communion we ought to live clean, holy lives.

Conclusion

Where do we go from the Communion Table?
Some go to market, to cockpit or gambling table. This is entirely Wong.
The disciples went out and denied the forsook the Savior after the first Communion.
We ought to go from Communion to the place of prayer. Let the blessing go deeper.
We ought to advance in our Christians lives to a place of daily victory in Christ.
Every believer ought to come humbly, yet boldly and often to the Communion table.
Let us partake of this Supper with an air of expectancy, "Till he come."
Remember Jesus' words, "This do in remembrance of Me." As we partake, let us think of His incarnation, birth, baptism, ministry, tansfiguration, temptation, miracles, teaching, hardships, Gethsemane, trials, mockings, scourgings, death, resurrection, ascension and second coming. Fill your mind at the Communion with Him.

Source: One hundred Bible Lessons
By: Alban Douglas