1. Communion:WITH GOD
   1. GENERAL
      1. Is communion with the Father (1 John 1:3)
      2. Is communion with the Son (1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 John 1:3; Revelation 3:20)
      3. Is communion with the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Philippians 2:1)
      4. Reconciliation must precede (Amos 3:3)
      5. Holiness essential to (2 Corinthians 6:14-16)
      6. Promised to the obedient (John 14:23)
   2. SAINTS
      1. Desire (Psalm 42:1; Philippians 1:23)
      2. Have, in meditation (Psalm 63:5, 6)
      3. Have, in prayer (Philippians 4:6; Hebrews 4:16)
      4. Have, in the Lord’s supper (1 Corinthians 10:16)
      5. Should always enjoy (Psalm 16:8; John 14:16-18)
   3. Exemplified
      1. Enoch (Genesis 5:24)
      2. Noah (Genesis 6:9)
      3. Abraham (Genesis 18:33)
      4. Jacob (Genesis 32:24-29)
      5. Moses (Exodus 33:11-23)
2. Communion:LORD'S SUPPER
   1. GENERAL
      1. Prefigured (Exodus 12:21-28; 1 Corinthians 5:7, 8)
      2. Instituted (Matthew 26:26; 1 Corinthians 11:23)
      3. Object of (Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24, 26)
      4. Is the communion of the body and blood of Christ (1 Corinthians 10:16)
      5. Both bread and wine are necessary to be received in (Matthew 26:27; 1 Corinthians 11:26)
      6. Self-examination commanded before partaking of (1 Corinthians 11:28, 31)
      7. Newness of heart and life necessary to the worthy partaking of (1 Corinthians 5:7, 8)
      8. Partakers of, be wholly separate to God (1 Corinthians 10:21)
      9. Was continually partaken of, by the Church (Acts 2:42; 20:7)
   2. UNWORTHY PARTAKERS OF
      1. Are guilty of the body and blood of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:27)
      2. Discern not the Lord’s body (1 Corinthians 11:29)
      3. Are visited with judgments (1 Corinthians 11:30)
3. Communion:OF SAINTS
   1. According to the prayer of Christ (John 17:20, 21)
   2. IS WITH
      1. God (1 John 1:3)
      2. Saints in heaven (Hebrews 12:22-24)
      3. Each other (Galatians 2:9; 1 John 1:3, 7)
      4. God marks, with his approval (Malachi 3:16)
      5. Christ is present in (Matthew 18:20)
      6. In public and social worship (Psalm 34:3; 55:14; Acts 1:14; Hebrews 10:25)
      7. In the Lord’s supper (1 Corinthians 10:17)
      8. In holy conversation (Malachi 3:16)
      9. In prayer for each other (2 Corinthians 1:11; Ephesians 6:18)
      10. In exhortation (Colossians 3:16; Hebrews 10:25)
      11. In mutual comfort and edification (1 Thessalonians 4:18; 5:11)
      12. In mutual sympathy and kindness (Romans 12:15; Ephesians 4:32)
      13. Delight of (Psalm 16:3; 42:4; 133:1-3; Romans 15:32)
      14. Exhortation to (Ephesians 4:1-3)
      15. Opposed to communion with the wicked (2 Corinthians 6:14-17; Ephesians 5:11)
   3. Exemplified
      1. Jonathan (1 Samuel 23:16)
      2. David (Psalm 119:63)
      3. Daniel (Daniel 2:17, 18)
      4. Apostles (Acts 1:14)
      5. The Church (Acts 2:42; 5:12)
      6. Paul (Acts 20:36-38)