TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
TEXT:
I Corinthians 11:17-34
17:
In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more
harm than good.
18:
In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are
divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it.
19:
No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s
approval.
20:
So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat,
21:
for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As
a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk.
22:
Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God
by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise
you? Certainly not in this matter!
23:
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on
the night he was betrayed, took bread,
24:
and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is
for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
25:
In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new
covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
26:
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s
death until he comes.
27:
So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy
manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
28:
Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink
from the cup.
29:
For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink
judgment on themselves.
30:
That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen
asleep.
31:
But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come
under such judgment.
32:
Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being
disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.
33:
So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat
together.
34:
Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet
together it may not result in judgment. And when I come I will give further
directions.
(New International Version Holy
Bible)
TOPIC:
HOW TO TAKE THE HOLY COMMUNION
The
Holy Communion, otherwise referred to as the Lord's Supper, was instituted by
the Lord Himself to serve as a reminder of the salvation we have in Him. It
also points to our future hope of living with Him in His Kingdom - of which we
are already a part today.
The
early Church used the period of the Holy Communion for table fellowship, like a
love feast where the wealthy, poor and needy came together with their meals
from their homes and ate together as one big family.
Unfortunately,
some of the Corinthian believers mistook that love feast to be an opportunity
to display their greed, divisive tendencies and disdain for the poor and needy.
We
must use the Holy Communion to demonstrate our relationship with one another as
members of one body whose head is Jesus Christ, the Lord of the Holy Communion.
Failure
to follow this injunction will make our worship during the Holy Communion an
empty religious ritual full of hypocrisy that cannot attract God's blessings.
QUESTION:
Do you still the Holy Communion with the negative attitudes of some members of
the Corinthian church?
PRAYER:
O Lord, remove all vestiges of greed and arrogance in me as I approach You at
the communion table, in Jesus name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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