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You Are Not Commended (17a)
Paul’s Instructions
Paul was instructing them on how they should properly be taking the Lord’s Supper.
There isn’t a magical formula.
No set amount of times to do it throughout the year.
He’s instructing them because they are abusing something that is supposed to be a wonderful remembrance for the Church.
No Commendation
Paul reminds them of what he said earlier in the letter.
1 Cor.
They are being contentious.
Paul is assigning blame to them.
How does it feel when you are rebuked?
We don’t like it.
But if the rebuke is righteous and we want to be righteous, we will accept it, repent, and live according to God’s Word.
Are We Following His Instructions?
An interesting tidbit about the word “instruction” here is that the NIV probably gets it closest because it is translated as “directive.”
This is more than an instruction.
When I think of instructions, I think about the thin paper with Chinese lettering that comes with the new grill.
You kinda look at it and use it only when you need too.
This word is an “all-encompassing” word.
More fully, it means to command, or to give orders.
Paul is saying, “this is how you ARE doing it, but this is how you MUST to it.”
When we read scripture, what do we struggle with?
Is there a hidden sin in our lives that we need to deal with?
Are we picking and choosing what we want scripture to say?
When You Gather It Is For The Worse (17b)
Coming Together
Paul is referring to their worship gatherings here.
Not their home fellowships, for coffee, or at the Rose, but regular worship gatherings.
Church, when we come together as a church, it is under the headship of Christ.
He is the bridegroom, and we are the bride.
But Paul says it’s not for the better, but for the worse.
Better or Worse?
When the church gathers, we should be seeing fruit.
A progression.
Getting better.
More holy.
Instead the church at Corinth we getting worse.
Think about coming here to Concord each week.
Can you
Imagine if that overall, everything we did got worse instead of better?
How long to you think you’d stick around?
Can it truly be defined as a church when the people who covenant together are so selfish, that they would spend more time tearing down than building up?
Do We Edify the Lord Through Our Meeting?
Church, how is our spiritual heart when we gather?
Inwardly, do we have an agenda we are trying to push, or are here to worship with our brothers and sisters?
If we could hear one another’s thoughts, would we be embarrassed, or would they glorify the Lord?
Can we say we edify the Lord while we meet?
There Are Divisions (18-19)
What Kind?
We know from earlier in the book that there are divisions in the church.
They fought about who baptized them.
They had class divisions.
1 Cor.
11:
The “each of you” here in v.21 is referring to those who have things.
They may have been wealthy.
As opposed to “one remains hungry.”
The ones with status are eating and drinking everything before the less socially inclined receive anything.
Strong Language
How Do We Work To Curtail Divisions?
You Are Not Eating The Lord’s Supper (20-22)
Selfishness
Attitude Adjustments
Has God Convicted You Of Habitual Sin?
What is habitual sin?
What did it look like to the church at Corinth?
What might it look like in your life?
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