1 Cor 11 Pt. 2

Before You Sup…….

Series Out of 1 Corinthians - Chapter 11, pt. 2

Sunday 1/21/07 p.m.

Improper Understanding of Authority in the Church, 11:1-16

17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

I.          Ye Are Divided, 11:18

18For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

II.        You Are Cliquish, 11:19

19For there must be also heresies[1] among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

III.       You Are Selfish, 11:20-21

20When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. 21For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

IV.       You Are Not Sensitive, 11:22

22What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

Summary:

• You care more about yourself and your agenda than the wellness and unity of the Church as a whole.
• You are guilty of division, showing partiality, selfishness, insensitivity, and unwilling to make things right with other believers.

V.        The result of refusing to repent and deal with this Sin? 11:23-34

• It is this schismatic behavior that all of us are capable of, that Paul commands us to examine and eradicate before the believers can partake of the table.
• To sin against a believer, refuse to deal take care of it, or harbor a grudge is just as much a sin against the Lord as it is the individual.
• Why? Because the body of Christ is the church. To sin against an individual, is to sin against the whole, and to sin against the whole is to sin against Christ Himself.
• So how can you proclaim His death, when you are guilty of making a mockery of it by refusing to deal with the sin in which He died for?
• That is why it is so disgusting to God that He was either killing the unrepentant off or allowing sickness in their own physical bodies.
• To allow sin in the church and refuse to deal with it, is either diseasing the body, or killing its unity.

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[1] Nine occurrences; AV translates as “sect” five times, and “heresy” four times. 1 act of taking, capture: e.g. storming a city. 2 choosing, choice. 3 that which is chosen. 4 a body of men following their own tenets (sect or party). 4a of the Sadducees. 4b of the Pharisees. 4c of the Christians. 5 dissensions arising from diversity of opinions and aims.