The Jesus Bible Reading Plan / THE LORD'S SUPPER

The Jesus Bible Reading Plan

Day 350 of 365 THE LORD'S SUPPER This passage outlines some of the clearest instruction concerning the church's worship gatherings. While diverse understandings of the Lord's Supper often separate churches from one another, the Lord's Supper is intended to be a visible display of the unity of the church. In Paul's instruction, the church as a whole is to proclaim Christ's death (v. 26). Although the exact role and function the Lord's Supper is to play in a believers' life remains a matter of debate among Christians, Paul makes it very clear that the Lord's Supper can be taken incorrectly (v. 27). Paul wrote that those who celebrate the meal should examine their lives prior to partaking of the bread and the cup (v. 28). This examination includes both personal and corporate elements. The recognition of "the body of Christ" in this passage (v. 29) included both Jesus' body and the church, outlined in the chapter that follows (1Co 12:12 - 27). Therefore, at the Supper, believers are to examine their lives concerning sin toward Christ and any offense toward one another. At the communion table, believers celebrate with other believers their unity in Christ, renewing their commitment to God, his people and his mission. Jesus, I thank you for the communion table and ask that I always come to it with a repentant, humble heart. Amen. 1 Corinthians 11:27-34 NASB 27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world. 33 So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come.