60 Days in the Word

Day 42: 1 Corinthians 11: 27-34

Rev. Dyson | About the passage

The Lord’s Supper is not just a time to fill up. It is a time to honor, respect, remember and humble yourself before God. It is a time to consider who God is and what He did for us. The ceremony in the Corinthian community had become simply a ceremony. Like prayer that is used not to commune with God but rather to start or conclude a meeting or a meal, the sacredness of this event was being desecrated. Their Spiritual apathy was creating physical ramifications.
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Rev. Gregory Dyson

Vice President for Spiritual Life and Intercultural Leadership | Campus Pastor

Day 42: 1 Corinthians 11: 27-34

27 So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. 29 For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died. 31 But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way. 32 Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world. 33 So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other. 34 If you are really hungry, eat at home so you won’t bring judgment upon yourselves when you meet together. I’ll give you instructions about the other matters after I arrive.

Questions

What does the passage say? / What is happening in the text?

How does this impact me?/  What is significant or noteworthy?

What does this mean in my life?/ What does this mean to me? 

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