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Joshua 23; Joshua 24; Psalm 44; 1 Corinthians 11
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1 Corinthians 11

20 When you meet together, you are not really interested in the Lord’s Supper. 21 For some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk. 22 What? Don’t you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you really want to disgrace God’s church and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say? Do you want me to praise you? Well, I certainly will not praise you for this!

23 For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread 24 and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.” 25 In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it.” 26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.

27 So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. 29 For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.

31 But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way. 32 Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

33 So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other. 34 If you are really hungry, eat at home so you won’t bring judgment upon yourselves when you meet together. I’ll give you instructions about the other matters after I arrive.

Observation

The church at Corinth was a mess. People getting drunk at the Lord’s Supper celebration and people eating all the food and letting others go hungry. It was a mess. Paul said that people were getting sick and dying in the fellowship because they were abusing and neglecting the Lord’s Supper. This Sunday morning we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper at our church. I know that no one will get drunk because we use grape juice, but I don’t know how many will take the Lord’s Supper with the wrong attitude. Everyone needs to prepare his or her heart before participating in the Lord’s Supper. Maybe we ought to start right now!

Application

I will examine my heart before participating in the Lord’s Supper.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I pray that this Sunday would be a very special day as we celebrate what Christ did for us. As we take the Lord’s Supper help all of us take special interest in what we are doing. May You be glorified and lifted up and may You be pleased with us as we worship You this Sunday.


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