Sermon Tone Analysis

Corinthians 12

The were meeting but not for the Lord’s Supper

There not waiting on one another damaged the gospel.

Christ came to unite not divide!

A divided church doesn’t represent what God intended.

The consequence of their meetings resulted in the poor going home hungry.

The sickness would have been connected with the poor going hungry.

- “the weak and sick”

Be more discerning.

stop and think about the people you sat with the last time and sit with someone different.

Canonical Order of texts on the Lord’s Supper

Date

Approximately 1400 BC.

The exact date of writing is not known.

Possibly Moses kept an account of God’s work which he then wrote out in the plains of Moab before he died.

Matt 26:23-

Passover -

Date: Probably written between ad 60–65 before the fall of the city of Jerusalem in ad 70.

Probably written between ad 60–65 before the fall of the city of Jerusalem in ad 70.

Water, M. (2001).

The Books of the Bible made easy (p.

40).

Alresford, Hampshire: John Hunt Publishing.

This book was apparently written in a two-year period after Paul’s imprisonment in Rome, about AD 63, but before Paul’s death (Acts 28:30).

No outcome of Paul’s trial is mentioned by Luke; nor is there any mention of the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.

Therefore, a date in the early 60s is probable.

Acts 2:42-

1Cor 10:16-17

c.

AD 54–55

Chronological Order of Text on the Lord’s Supper

In Acts, the reason it records nothing about the communion meal is because in no sense did anyone in Acts even know what happened in the last supper room.

They had not heard about those words of institution, or it wasn’t considered something to be celebrated.

Roman Dinner Parties

Is it possible that Christians in Corinth began to use their Roman dinner parties—which, again, think of Corinth, they know how to party well and have food together—is it possible they began to use their Roman dinner parties as a commemoration of Jesus’ last Passover meal?

to commune, break bread together, is a normal part of fellowship, and thus Christian fellowship.

Christians would’ve been known.

Again, Jews and Gentiles eating together, what a big issue (Act 15 or Gal 2); the issue of eating together was huge.

Gal 2:11-13