- The Stern Rebuke
- 1 Corinthians 11:17
- The Corruption Of The Lord’s Supper
- 1 Corinthians 11:18-22
- The Real Meaning Of The Lord’s Supper
- 1 Corinthians 11:23-25
- The Meaning Of The Bread
- 1 Corinthians 11:24
- “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree” (Ga. 3:13).
- “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man” (He. 2:9).
- “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation” (He. 9:28).
- “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Pe. 2:24).
- “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit” (1 Pe. 3:18).
- Luke 22:16
- The Meaning Of The Cup
- 1 Corinthians 11:25
- “For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? and for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death … they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance” (He. 9:13–15).
- The Reason For Observing The Lord’s Supper
- 1 Corinthians 11:26
- Matthew 16:27
- “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him” (Ro. 5:9).
- “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation [behavior] received by tradition from your fathers” (1 Pe. 1:18).
- “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 Jn. 1:7).
- “Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood” (Re. 1:5).
- “For our conversation [behavior] is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself’ (Ph. 3:20–21).
- “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words” (1 Th. 4:16–18).
- “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” (Tit. 2:13).
- The Severe Consequences Or Chastisement For Partaking Of The Lord’s Supper Unworthily
- 1 Corinthians 11:27-30
- A sure guilt
- 1 Corinthians 11:27
- “Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of
- God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace” (He. 10:29).
- A serious self-examination
- 1 Corinthians 11:28-29
- “Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD” (Lam. 3:40).
- “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” (2 Co. 13:5).
- “But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another” (Ga. 6:4).
- A severe discipline
- 1 Corinthians 11:30
- “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit” (Jn. 15:2).
- “But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world” (1 Co. 11:32).
- “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons” (He. 12:5–8).
- “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent” (Re. 3:19).
- “Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee” (De. 8:5).
- “He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain” (Jb. 33:19).
- “Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law” (Ps. 94:12).
- “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction” (Pr. 3:11).
- “O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing” (Je. 10:24).
- The Proper Attitude To The Lord’s Supper
- 1 Corinthians 11:31-34
- Approach the Lord’s Supper by judging yourself, that is, by examining yourself.
- Accept the chastening of the Lord.
- Serve one another.
- Do not bring condemnation upon yourself.
- “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (2 Co. 4:17).
- “Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby” (He. 12:11).
- “Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty” (Jb. 5:17).
- “But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold” (Jb. 23:10).
- “Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more” (Job. 34:31).
- “Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word” (Ps. 119:67).
- “And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice” (Jon. 2:2).