1 Corinthians 11:17-34 | “Wait For One Another” [ Communion ]
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· 11 viewsFor as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. — 1 Corinthians 11:26 (NASB 95) Sunday, January 19, 2025. 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 | "The Lord’s Supper.” Preached to Heritage Bible Chapel in Princeton, MA. This sermon is part of an independent series of sermons on Communion.
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I. The Reading
I. The Reading
17 But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.
19 For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.
20 Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper,
21 for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk.
22 What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which 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 He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.
30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.
31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
33 So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come.
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Introduction
Introduction
This text requires us to think carefully together about our observances of what is called here, “The Lord’s Supper.”
“The Lord’s Supper” is the meal that we refer to most often as “Communion.”
It is the “Lord’s Meal..The Lord’s Banquet…The Lord’s Feast…”
[ By show of hands: How many of us refer to one of our meals as “Supper” … “Dinner”…? ]
If we are not accustomed to speaking about one of our meals as a “Supper” or a “Banquet” or a “Feast,” then it might actually HELP us to think of this meal as “The Lord’s Dinner.”
That suggestion is not meant to lessen the sacred nature of this meal, but rather to highlight what it was, and what it is — it is a meal. It is a dinner.
And it is LESS important what word we use to describe the meal (be it “Supper” or “Banquet” or “Feast” or “Dinner”) and it is supremely MORE important that we get the ownership of this meal right.
This meal is the Lord’s!
— It is the LORD’s Supper.
This meals belongs to Him!
Because this meal belongs to the Lord, we must then think about The Lord’s Supper NOT through the lens of our experiences with it, nor through the lens of our adopted theologies, but rather we must think about The Lord’s Supper as we ought to think about ALL the things of God — through the lens of God’s Word.
And this brings us to a word of caution as we begin!
Let’s —
Recognize the potential of elasticity in our worship of God!
Elasticity is a “stretchiness.”
It is the ability of a material or object to resume its normal shape after being stretched. It’s the ability of an object to change, or adapt.
A rubber band is a good illustration of elasticity.
A rubber band is stretched, but then returns to its normal shape.
Let’s recognize the potential of elasticity in our worship of God!
When we take what God has given us, and over time, maybe without realizing it, we touch it and turn it into something else…something unrecognizable, something that is no longer tethered to the Word of God.
This was largely what inspired the song “The Heart of Worship.”
There was an evaluation of one church’s worship of God and it was determined that worship had stretched significantly away from what it was intended to be, to the point that it was no longer recognizable as the worship of God.
And this produced a confession:
“I’m sorry, Lord, for the thing I’ve made it…it’s all about You, it’s all about You Jesus.”
And this confession, this recognition of elasticity, prompted repentance: a return to God honoring, biblically faithful worship.
That’s elasticity…and we must recognize the potential of elasticity in our worship of God.
We must recognize the potential of elasticity as a local church, every few years, reviewing where we started — the commitments, the covenants, the foundations, and ask “where are we now? Do we still share those same commitments? Are we still standing on the same foundations? Or have we stretched beyond them such that we no longer are recognized by them?
And if needed, we should return to them.
A slogan that came out of the Protestant Reformation, which is part of our own heritage, is the slogan that says “Always Reforming.”
What does that mean? “Always Reforming.”
“Always Reforming” means always returning to Scripture.
That’s a great slogan to live by!
“Always reforming.” Always, constantly, going back to the Word of God to examine what we are doing and see if our ways are keeping with God’s Word.
The biblical word to describe the result of elasticity is “idolatry,” which is a grievous sin.
And idolatry is a theme that 1 Corinthians has been addressing in the main section immediately preceeding Chapter 11.
And so this teaching on the Lord’s Supper comes out of this context.
If we humans are not careful, our tendency is to take what God gives us and make it our own, so that we are no longer worshiping God but our own creations.
Jesus asked the Pharisees:
3 …“Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? […] 6 …And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
If we are not careful, we can stretch The Lord’s Supper beyond what it was intended to be.
In this way, this Scripture today SHOULD challenge us all.
Some of us may find this teaching provocative.
Some of us may find it offensive.
And if that’s the case, I appeal to us to ask “Why is that?”
If this Word so challenges our view of The Lord’s Supper, is it possible that we have stretched The Lord’s Supper beyond biblical recognition?
May it not be.
May we ALL be willing to set The Lord’s Supper, “Communion” as we call it, on the examination table, and examine our understanding and practice of it in light of God’s Word.
And if necessary, let’s return this meal Scripture and God’s intent for it.
For —
If our observance of Communion is not faithful to the instruction and intent revealed for it in God’s Word, then we can be sure that whatever we are eating, it is not “the Lord’s Supper” (20).
The end of this text reveals how serious a matter this is.
Look with me at 1 Corinthians 11:33-34:
II. The Exhortation
II. The Exhortation
33 So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come.
The Bible teaches that with The Lord’s Supper, we must “Wait For One Another.”
That’s an important clue as to the intent of Communion!
If we have convinced ourselves over time, that Communion is a meal for our personal benefit or celebration as individual saints, we’ll need to contend with this command that clearly places “one another” in view.
“Wait For One Another.”
We teach this to our children, do we not?
We try to engrain in them an awareness of “one another” at table.
We don’t want anyone taking their food, and stuffing their mouths before others have received their food too.
We say “wait until everyone has their food before we eat.”
The meal is to be shared together.
In fact, in our homes, we would be more concerned that others have food on their plate, even if it meant sacrificing of our own portion so that others would not go without.
If we are sharing a loaf of bread, and there is one slice of bread remaining, we teach that is is right to ask first “Does anyone want this last piece of bread?” before taking it for ourselves.
If this is what we deem as good and right in our own homes…at our own tables, for our own meals...
How much MORE then, should we have such a “one another” focus in Christ’s Church, at His table, for His meal?
And so it is, as God’s children, the church in Corinth, and the Church today, have to be parented as well.
For the Holy Spirit, through the apostle, reminds us of our manners and says to us children — “WAIT for One Another!”
This is God’s Command for Communion.
And why is this?
III. The Teaching
III. The Teaching
Firstly,
Because with THIS meal, The Lord’s Supper, is a meal we —
I. We PARTAKE together (17-22),
I. We PARTAKE together (17-22),
Look with me at how 1 Corinthians 11:17 begins —
17 But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
The Lord’s Supper is shared in Communion (17).
The Lord’s Supper is shared in Communion (17).
It is COMMUNAL in nature.
Christians gather and Christians share.
That’s who we are! We can’t help it!
We can do things by ourselves as Christians.
For example, we can pray to the Lord, by ourselves, in our prayer closets.
But there are things that we CANNOT do by ourselves as Christians, and Communion is one of them.
We cannot partake of Communion by ourselves.
This meal requires that we “come together.”
This verse goes on to say:
17 But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
We PARTAKE together:
A. of The Lord’s Supper (20).
A. of The Lord’s Supper (20).
1.) For better or for worse (17).
Now this should cause us all to sit up a bit straighter and pay closer attention.
There is an effect on us as Christians when we come together.
Have we given any thought to this?
The coming together of the church produces an effect that can be positive (for better), or negative (for worse), but NOT neutral.
Our coming together is NOT ordinary.
Our coming together is extraordinary.
Our coming together is a REHEARSAL — a glimpse, for the glory that is to be for all eternity.
GOD meets with us.
And as such, we can come together for blessing, or we can come together for judgment.
But we should NOT expect to come together and remain unmoved!
We partake TOGETHER of the Lord’s Supper for better or for worse.
We PARTAKE together:
A. of The Lord’s Supper (20).
A. of The Lord’s Supper (20).
2.) Without evident divisions or factions among us (18-19).
18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. 19 For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.
Now the text describes takes our gathering one step further.
It is not just that we come together.
But we come together “as a church.”
A literal translation is “when you come together IN CHURCH.”
This doesn’t mean when we gather in a particular building, but when we gather as a church.
Just as when Congress gathers, they gather “IN SESSION.”
“In assembly.”
“In Church.”
There is point at which a group of Christians gather together, and that gathering becomes a “Church.”
So what makes a gathering a gathering “as a church?”
The Reformation answered that question this way:
That the church is found wherever the Bible is rightly preached, and the sacraments (that’s a word they used to describe Baptism and the Lord’s Supper) — where the sacraments (or we would say, “ordinances”) are rightly administered.
There was this understanding that while Christians assemble together in many ways in the world, we can’t rightly call our gathering or assembly a CHURCH UNLESS we are gathering under the Word and where the ordinances may be observed.
So while the Lord’s Supper is shared in Communion…it is not JUST shared in Communion.
The Lord’s Supper is shared in Church (18-19).
The Lord’s Supper is shared in Church (18-19).
It is COMMUNAL in nature.
And the Lord’s Supper is ECCLESIAL in nature.
And we know THIS about God’s Church:
20 But now there are many members, but one body.
The Church is ONE body.
And this is why we partake in The Lord’s Supper without evident divisions or factions among us.
I say “evident” because we cannot possibly know all things as God does, but we can know what is evident to us.
That’s why the apostle speaks about what he HEARS:
18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. 19 For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.
Because Communion is ecclesial in nature, it must represent a UNITY of the body — we are ONE BODY in the Lord.
Consider how placement of the table communicates - it is not elevated, on a platform, but it is on the ground, level with us all. The table unites us all.
The only DIVISION that should be represented by Communion is the division of the saints who partake in it, from the condemned who belong to the world (see v.32).
And so any evident divisions or factions that are not resolved biblically, means that we are NOT partaking of the Lord’s Supper, or Communion — even if we call it that.
Look with me at the next two verses, verses 20-21:
20 Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, 21 for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk.
The ESV renders it this way:
20 When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
When God speaks, what God speaks comes to pass.
When God says “Let there be light, there is light.”
We do not have that ability.
And yet we try.
We say “These are sacrifices and offerings.”
And God says — Not interested…”The sacrifices of God are a broken and a contrite heart” (Ps 51:17).
We say “our deeds and traditions are worship.”
And God says — No! “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me. But in vain do they worship me…” (Mt 15:7-9a).
We say “This is Communion we are observing” and God says “No, it is not Communion just because you call it that. Your actions don’t match up with its meaning. Your heart is not in this!
We talk about how individuals should refrain from Communion if there is known division between that individual and others.
But that may not present the full picture.
It’s not that an individual should refrain from partaking, but the WHOLE CHURCH should refrain from Communion, if there are evident divisions and factions, because biblically, we are not representing the UNITY that is the ONE BODY of Christ!
This is how seriously the LORD takes HIS MEAL that represents HIS BODY…HIS CHURCH!
Communion is communal (when we come together), it is Ecclesial (when we come together in church), and it is Christo-centric, meaning (we partake together with Christ, and In Christ).
And this means that —
We PARTAKE together:
A. of The Lord’s Supper (20).
A. of The Lord’s Supper (20).
3.) With careful thought for one another (20-22).
20 Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, 21 for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk.
If the Lord’s Supper — if the ownership is stated as “The Lord’s” — then this meal belongs to Jesus and to all who are in Christ.
Communion is a meal for Christians.
When a church gathers, it is expected that there will be guests joining in. Outsider to the faith. Maybe those that are seeking the Lord and interested in the things of God.
But gathering together, as a church alone, does not permit someone to partake in what belongs TO THE LORD.
The Lord’s Supper is for CHRISTIANS coming together in church.
The Lord’s Supper is an extension of the Passover meal.
With the Lord’s Supper, Jesus reveals Himself to be our Passover, and through His blood He brings the Passover meal into the New Covenant.
48 But if a stranger sojourns with you, and celebrates the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it.
Even for the Passover meal, there was a barrier to the table…and it was a covenant sign of circumcision.
In the New Testament, baptism is an outward sign that we believe in Jesus — that we have united with His death and with His burial and with His resurrection.
As I’ve thought about what to do with my own children who believe in Jesus, on whether they can partake of Communion, I’ve counselled that they be baptized first.
For me, personally, I’m very comfortable with that.
What I am NOT comfortable with, is someone partaking of Communion, but not willing to obey the Lord through baptism…NOT willing to make such an outward identification of union with Christ through baptism, but yet being OKAY with sharing in HIS meal …
That makes me very uncomfortable. And I hope it makes us all uncomfortable.
Some of us may need to repent of our excuses and our lack of obedience in the area of baptism!
God takes these things seriously, and so should we, lest we be guilty of DESPISING THE CHURCH OF GOD.
22 What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
To partake in the Lord’s Supper in any way that is inconsistent with the meaning of the Lord’s Supper, is to show contempt for the church of God.
Said another way — to partake in the Lord’s Supper in any way that is inconsistent with the meaning of the Lord’s Supper, is to show contempt for the BRIDE of Christ!
The point is this…as the Church, the “called out ones,” We can in NO way look like what we were called out from. . .
We partake together in what belongs exclusively to Christ, and with Christ.
16 Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? 17 Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread.
We partake together of the Lord’s Supper for better or for worse.
We partake together of the Lord’s Supper without evident divisions or factions among us (or else it is not the Lord’s Supper that we partake). And …
We partake of together of the Lord’s Supper with careful thought for one another.
So I ask us all —
> Are we correctly emphasizing the “one another” requirement of Communion?
> Are we correctly emphasizing the “one another” requirement of Communion?
35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
APPLICATION POINT:
Membership in the body.
We all may share the same bread and cup…but can we partake with a clean conscience about how we have met the needs of one another? Are we guilty of the likes of James 2….showing favoritism to some, and not to others in our gatherings? And then taking of a meal that represents something altogether different? In sharing the meal, it must reflect our sharing in one another’s lives…if indeed, we do share in the life of Christ. There are no distinctions.
Notice in Acts…2….they had everything in common….that’s the radical nature of this meal.
Benevolence Offering - a way to meaningfully, and consciously SHARE in the needs of our brothers and sisters. But this alone does not absolve us of the responsibility to share in all ways that are needful among us.
Are we correctly emphasizing the “One Another” requirement of Communion?
I. We PARTAKE together (17-22),
II. so that we PROCLAIM together (23-26),
II. so that we PROCLAIM together (23-26),
So that we PROCLAIM together:
B. The Lord’s Death (26).
B. The Lord’s Death (26).
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
WORD EXPLANATION: “Proclaim.” To announce with focus.
The very purpose of the Lord’s Supper is stated as having an OUTWARD purpose. NOT inward. It is INHERENTLY OUTWARD, and stated as such.
If we are proclaiming something, by necessity the implication is that others are there to hear this announcement.
So that we PROCLAIM together:
B. The Lord’s Death (26).
B. The Lord’s Death (26).
1.) By partaking of the Lord’s Supper as it was received from the Lord, in remembrance of the Lord (23-25).
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you …
The Lord’s Death is the Pattern (23-25).
The Lord’s Death is the Pattern (23-25).
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which 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.”
*Communion is a meal of remembrance…remembrance of Jesus, remembrance of His death.
Most of us stop there. We think of the cross.
But we don’t take it where it needs to go…
which is one step further…to WHAT THE CROSS MEANS.
The cross is an equalizer, in the sense that we all stand guilty before God. Justly condemned. In need of a Savior. Unable to do anything to save ourselves. Being rich doesn’t matter - we can’t buy our way to salvation. Being poor doesn’t matter, we can’t beg our way to salvation. Being educated doesn’t matter. We can’t outsmart our sin unto salvation.
There is only one way unto salvation — Jesus, by way of the cross.
To remember Jesus’ death, is to remember what that death MEANS for me.
And to remember what that death means for ME, then remembers what that death means for “WE” — for all of us, the body of Christ, the Church. For we all plead the SAME blood, the SAME cross, the SAME baptism, and the SAME Lord…
We proclaim together the Lord’s death, by partaking of the Lord’s Supper as it was received from the Lord, in remembrance of the Lord (23-25).
So that we PROCLAIM together:
B. The Lord’s Death (26).
B. The Lord’s Death (26).
2.) By partaking of the Lord’s Supper until the return of the Lord (26).
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
The Lord’s Death is the Purpose (26).
The Lord’s Death is the Purpose (26).
This may be a bit challenging for some of us…and we should ask “Have I possibly made Communion something that it is not?”
It’s not about celebration. It’s not even about receiving grace…
The Lord’s Supper is about PROCLAMATION!
The Lord’s Death broke down ALL divisions.
The divisions of God and man.
The divisions of Jew and Gentile.
Etc.
And in this way, this proclamation, until the Lord returns, as often as we do this….RETURNS US to the center of our faith — JESUS AND HIS CROSS.
We proclaim together the Lord’s death, by partaking of the Lord’s Supper as it was received from the Lord, in remembrance of the Lord (23-25).
We proclaim together the Lord’s death, by partaking of the Lord’s Supper until the return of the Lord.
> Are we “Doing This” often?
> Are we “Doing This” often?
Are we “doing WHAT” often?
“Doing this.” Jesus said “Do This” in remembrance of me…
And the Word says “as often as we eat and drink, we Proclaim . . .
How often? …
If the Lord’s Supper proclaims the Lord’s death, and thus, the Gospel…shouldn’t we want to proclaim that as often as possible?
We know we proclaim Christ through the preaching of His Word…but consider how Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper, ALSO proclaim…and visualize the Gospel in a meaningful way.
The Lord’s death is the pattern —
And His pattern is important for the message, for —
The Lord died to RECEIVE US … as the ONLY way to God… was no other way… there is no other name.
We remember Him…for when the Lord died, He REMEMBERED US.
We proclaim until He returns…because the Lord died that He might be RAISED and RETURN for us …
I. We PARTAKE together (17-22),
II. so that we PROCLAIM together (23-26),
III. and PERSEVERE together (27-32).
III. and PERSEVERE together (27-32).
And PERSEVERE together:
C. Under The Lord’s Discipline (32).
C. Under The Lord’s Discipline (32).
32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
And PERSEVERE together:
C. Under The Lord’s Discipline (32).
C. Under The Lord’s Discipline (32).
1.) If I proclaim the Lord’s body and blood in an unworthy manner through the Lord’s Supper (27).
27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
An unworthy manner represents the lack of caring for one another that is required of this meal....
The Lord’s Discipline ensures Accountability (27).
The Lord’s Discipline ensures Accountability (27).
We all must answer TO THE LORD for the MANNER in which we partake.
As Warren Wiersbe says:
“Paul did not say that we had to be worthy to partake of the Supper, but only that we should partake in a worthy manner” (W.Wiersbe).
We persevere together under the Lord’s discipline, If I proclaim the Lord’s body and blood in an unworthy manner through the Lord’s Supper (27).
And PERSEVERE together:
C. Under The Lord’s Discipline (32).
C. Under The Lord’s Discipline (32).
2.) If I do not examine myself with a right judgment of the body through the Lord’s Supper (28-30).
28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.
The Lord’s Discipline ensures Authenticity (28-30).
The Lord’s Discipline ensures Authenticity (28-30).
We cannot partake as hypocrites before the Lord who sees and knows our HEART.
We are to judge the body rightly…which body, Christ’s? The Church?
Is there a difference? The Church IS Christ’s body…the message there is the same.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
We persevere together under the Lord’s discipline, If I proclaim the Lord’s body and blood in an unworthy manner through the Lord’s Supper (27).
We persevere together under the Lord’s discipline, if I do not examine myself with a right judgment of the body through the Lord’s Supper (28-30).
And PERSEVERE together:
C. Under The Lord’s Discipline (32).
C. Under The Lord’s Discipline (32).
3.) If we do not judge ourselves rightly through the Lord’s Supper (31-32).
31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
This is where the judgment takes a PLURAL form. Not “I” - individual — but “US” together.
The Lord’s table requires individual examination, and ALSO collective judgment.
The Lord’s Discipline ensures Accessibility (31-32).
The Lord’s Discipline ensures Accessibility (31-32).
Sermonic Eschatonic
Sermonic Eschatonic
ACCESSIBILITY NOT ONLY TO THE TABLE…THE LORD’S SUPPER…
What is called … not the “Lord’s Supper” but the “Lamb’s Supper.”
9 Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’ ” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.”
This is what awaits us! The culmination of what Jesus provides.
This is what the Lord’s Supper rehearses.
15 When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
We persevere together under the Lord’s discipline, If I proclaim the Lord’s body and blood in an unworthy manner through the Lord’s Supper (27).
We persevere together under the Lord’s discipline, if I do not examine myself with a right judgment of the body through the Lord’s Supper (28-30).
We persevere together under the Lord’s discipline, If we do not judge ourselves rightly through the Lord’s Supper (31-32).
> Are we judging ourselves rightly?
> Are we judging ourselves rightly?
We are responsible for doing this.
And by God’s grace, He will not leave us to our own wrong judgments, through His loving discipline.
CREATE A PROMPT FOR COMMUNION REFLECTION
CREATE A PROMPT FOR COMMUNION REFLECTION
Are we partaking of the Lord’s Supper…
Am I a Christian committed to Christ’s Church?
Do I care for one another?
Am I contributing to the unity of the body?
Am I proclaiming the Lord’s death until He comes?
30 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
[ Hymn: In Christ Alone by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend ]
“Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ, I live”
