9/14/2020
The Lord’s Supper
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. 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 NASB
Holy Communion is a Sacrament in the main line churches, so we shouldn’t come to it with unselfish and motives of love. The Lord Jesus commanded us to celebrate and remember Him in this meal. The Old Testament pointed to the great hope of Gods salvation work through the Messiah, Jesus Christ. From the time of His death and resurrection we look to this moment when God who became a man paid a great price for the whole of mankind, the world, the universe. Every believer must stop and ‘remember’ what great an act for our salvation was made. We are brought into a new covenant. Any covenant one makes is serious. This covenant is more serious than all the other covenants because we are brought into the divine presence of the Holy Trinity. If we truly understand what Christ did for us at the cross and the pure unselfish love he poured out in his love for us. If we come with gratitude to our Lord Jesus Christ bow down and worship him by the Holy Spirit we are brought into the very presence of God the father and in Christ, The Father could say; ‘You are my beloved children’ or something like that. As we come into chapter 12 it is the most natural place to be with the gifts of the Holy Spirit given to his Church. We must leave selfish motives outside God’s presence other wise we will indeed suffer judgement or discipline or both.
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