Our Short Daily Devotional for WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2022

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2022

TEXT: 1 Corinthians 11:23-34

23. I have already told you what the Lord Jesus did on the night he was betrayed. And it came from the Lord himself. He took some bread in his hands.

24. Then after he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Eat this and remember me.”

25. After the meal, Jesus took a cup of wine in his hands and said, “This is my blood, and with it God makes his new agreement with you. Drink this and remember me.”

26. The Lord meant that when you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you tell about his death until he comes.

27. But if you eat the bread and drink the wine in a way that isn’t worthy of the Lord, you sin against his body and blood.

28. This is why you must examine the way you eat and drink.

29. If you fail to understand that you are the body of the Lord, you will condemn yourselves by the way you eat and drink.

30. This is why many of you are sick and weak and why a lot of others have died.

31. If we carefully judge ourselves, we won’t be punished.

32. But when the Lord judges and punishes us, he does it to keep us from being condemned with the rest of the world.

33. My dear friends, you should wait until everyone gets there before you start eating.

34. If you really are hungry, you can eat at home. Then you won’t condemn yourselves when you meet together. After I arrive, I will instruct you about the other matters.

(Contemporary English Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: PROPER AND IMPROPER CONDUCT DURING COMMUNION (II)

From this verse onwards, Apostle Paul began reaffirm that the ordinance of the communion he received from the Lord was the same he passed on to the Church as a memorial to what Christ used bread and wine to signify (vs. 23-25). Showing forth the death of Christ is in a way an affirmation that He truly came, sought for the salvation of man’s soul, died, was buried, resurrected and will come again (v. 26).

As we do that, it cautions us to flee from sins that have the capacity to separate us from His love and joy of salvation. We should remember that this ordinance calls for proper conduct and self-examination before coming to the table. It is not to be received any how, neither should we run away from this important fellowship meal but help call us to order each time we come to take it.

Therefore, believers should be orderly and make sincere preparations to appear before Christ as if He is physically present. No rowdiness, wait for ministerial direction. The blessings from the fellowship shall be truly ours (vs. 33, 34).

QUESTION: What prevents you from partaking in the communion of the Lord’s Supper?

PRAYER: Let the remembrance of Your death, resurrection and return at the communion table keep me away from a life of sin, dear Lord, in Jesus name, Amen.