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We move now from the roles of men and women in the church to the roles of every believer in the church.
This section deals with the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper and is divided into 5 parts:
Paul’s Criticism 17-22
Christ’s Command 23-26
God’s Chastisement 27-30
Believer’s “Choice” 31-32
Paul’s Counsel 33-34
Paul’s Criticism
The Divided Church, v. 17-19
Compare 1 Cor.
11:2
Paul could not praise the church for the way they “kept” the Lord’s Supper
Instead of coming together for their overall good, they ended up making things worse!
Verse 18 mentions “Divisions” 1 Cor 11:18
Divisions - schisms, from which we get our word “scissors”
Meaning is to split or rend something in two
Obviously the church in Corinth struggled with divisiveness as is evident in the earliest chapters
Notice the phrase “First of all”
This marks the problem of division to be something dealt with before anything else.
Notice the word “heresies” in 1 Cor.
11:19
Heresies = disunion, another word would be party, such as political party
Talk about a good way to divide a church today!
The usage of this word is another indicator of the division in the church, its actually a statement of fact, “There must be heresies among you.”
It there were no heresies, then no one would have mentioned it to him:
Verse 18, “…I hear...”
The problem in Corinth was so bad that it was easy to spot the truth from error.
Those “approved” (those that loved the Lord and followed His example)
We see also a :
Selfish Church
Their attitude and their actions proved this to be true: 1 Cor.
11:20-21
History Lesson
Christ ate the Passover meal with His disciples BEFORE instituting the ordinance of Communion
The early church kept this tradition by eating an evening meal (called the love feast) before observing the Lord’s Supper
Shameful Church
Problem:
In the Corinthians Church, the feast gave birth to another division: social division
Those who were well off brought with them their “supper” and ate it before the observation
What’s wrong with that?
There were some among them, poor believers as well as slaves, who had nothing to eat.
Instead of sharing and caring, they let them sit and watch while they ate and were filled.
Reminder: God is not a respecter of persons, but this church certainly was!
Christ’s Command
Let it be known that Paul was not physically present when Jesus instituted this ordinance, how then does he know the details?
Notice 1 Cor.
11:23
He learned, not from the other apostles, but from Jesus Himself!
Jesus revealed Himself to Paul on several occasions, and on at least one of these He taught him about the Lord’s Supper.
Jesus commanded His followers keep the Lord’s Supper…but in Corinth their divisive nature got the best of them!
They ignored the needs of others in the church, eating while others went hungry.
This demonstrated their respecting people, not God.
Paul’s account of the Lord’s Supper serves as a reminder that Jesus was no respecter of persons, having given His life for everyone in payment for their sin.
Interesting Fact
The “love feast” is not mentioned in this passage
This demonstrates that the practice of enjoying a meal before the Lord’s Supper was not intended by God to be kept
The Lord’s Supper, however, is meant to be repeated, and “…often...”
Let it be known that, like baptism, this ordinance does not offer, produce, or complete salvation!
Both NT ordinances are to be observed in obedience by those in Christ, and for different purposes.
Baptism is a once in a lifetime presentation of your position in Christ
The Lord’s Supper is repeated within the church on a regular basis in order to commemorate His sacrifice on the cross.
Symbolism
Bread - 1 Cor.
11:24
Represents the body of Christ
Points to His suffering before the cross
Cup - 1 Cor.
11:25 “25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Represents His blood shed on the cross
The Importance for the church:
The emphasis is not on how regularly this ordinance is observed but on the message behind it
This is an object lesson of the gospel!
When we observe the ordinance we are remembering the gospel
It is a special time to focus on the sacrifice of Jesus
The danger
The Corinthians, like many today, were just going through the motions.
Before we move to the next section, it would be beneficial to heed the warning in 1 Cor.
11:27
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