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To: Steelfish
The 11th chapter of the First Episltle to the Corinthians describes the Lord's Supper, AND provides a warning that is not to be taken lightly. It is good that those that administer the Lord's Supper protect the table, and the people that would partake.

1 Corinthians 11:26-29
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

9 posted on 03/17/2012 10:07:40 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: El Cid

Amen & Amen!
We know obedience is better than sacrifice(1 Samuel 15:22b)
And we know the next verse says: “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubborness is as iniquity and idolatry.”.......(1 Samuel 15:23a)

Colossians tells us that our Lord Jesus was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” (Colossians 2:5-8)He He was obedient, and He was the sacrifice[for our sins]

Those verses that insruct us as to the order of the Lord’s Table[not our table] but His Table, let a man [or woman] examine himself [or herself].....


10 posted on 03/17/2012 11:18:47 PM PDT by LetMarch (If a man knows the right way to live, and does not live it, there is no greater coward. (Anonymous)
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To: El Cid

Your example is misleading without the verses that precede it. The main complaint was that the wealthy would make a spectacle of it and eat nice meals as part of the pomp and display to show they were “favored”. It is an admonishment that they should all show up as equals under the Lord. It has nothing to do with one being “worthy” of partaking in the Lord’s Supper - Jesus Himself hung with the sinners because the sick needed doctoring, not the healthy. Being in communion with Him has more potential to be helpful to them and zero potential of being harmful to Jesus - He isn’t the Muslim “god” who needs to be defended from men by men.

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!


15 posted on 03/18/2012 4:17:45 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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