AN UNWORTHY MANNER

July 31 - Start Your Day Right Devotion

1 Corinthians 11:27 Therefore, whoever eats the bead or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

AN UNWORTHY MANNER 

The Greek anxious means “in an unworthy, improper or careless way.” It speaks of a self-centered and irreverent attitude.

1. Because the Lord’s Supper took place at the beginning in connection with a Passover meal (Mark 14:13), the Corinthians continued to observe it along with a meal. It seemed that the same issue of divisions among church members that Paul deals with in the first part of the letter (1 Corinthians 1:10) was also an issue in these wrongly named “love feasts” (1 Corinthians 11:21). Some were overfilling themselves and leaving nothing for the poorer members of the congregation (1 Corinthians 11:22). This behavior was unworthy of being identified with Jesus. His loving sacrifice was to be the main reason for celebrating the Lord’s Supper. For this reason, Paul told them to wait for one another; that is, wait until they could let Christ’s love fill their hearts for each other. Then they could celebrate the Lord’s Supper in a worthy manner.
2. To eat and drink in an unworthy manner is to participate at the Lord’s table with a careless and disrespectful spirit, without any desire to give up known sins. This is an abuse of God’s gracious gift of forgiveness, and it shows open disrespect for the sacrifice Christ made to provide that forgiveness. This is a terrible sin against the Lord – as if a person is crucifying Christ all over again – brining him or her under special judgment (1 Corinthians 11:29-32).
3. If we come to the Lord’s Supper with known sin in our lives, we do not need to be filled with guilt or come under God’s judgement. That is because this occasion provides the opportunity to examine our lives (1 Corinthians 11:28), allowing Christ to expose any attitudes or actions that are not pleasing to Him. In this way, the Lord’s Supper can become a special way of receiving God’s grace and forgiveness, allowing us to celebrate Christ’s sacrifice and to participate at His table in a truly worthy manner. 

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