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The Lord's Supper is for those who belong to Jesus and come in faith: believers who examine themselves and discern the Lord's body. It does not require perfection, but it does require confession, since Paul warns against taking it in an unworthy manner. The table is for the church, the body of Christ, and its participants are called to come with humility, repentance, and love for the brothers.
https://glorystudy.com/questions/who-may-take-the-lords-supper · Scripture quoted from the World English Bible
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
As you read: Examine yourself, discern the body, and the warning about taking it unworthily.
17But in giving you this command, I don’t praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
19For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
20When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
21For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.
22What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly, and put them to shame who don’t have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.
23For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
24When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”
25In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”
26For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
27Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
29For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.
30For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
31For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.
32But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
33Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
1 Corinthians 10:14-22
As you read: The cup and bread are a sharing in Christ's body; you cannot share the Lord's table and the table of demons.
14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
15I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.
16The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?
17Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.
18Consider Israel according to the flesh. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
19What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.
21You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
Matthew 26:26-30
As you read: Jesus gives the bread and cup to His disciples, the community of those who followed Him.
26As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
27He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, “All of you drink it,
28for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
29But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”
30When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Acts 2:42-47
As you read: Those who received the word were baptized and continued in the breaking of bread.
42They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.
43Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.
44All who believed were together, and had all things in common.
45They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.
46Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
47praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
The Supper belongs to those who are in Christ. Jesus gave it to His disciples, and in Acts it is those who 'gladly received his word' and were baptized who 'continued steadfastly… in the breaking of bread.' Paul's warnings assume those at the table are part of the Christian community, and he calls on them to 'discern the Lord's body.' The table is not a general meal for anyone present; it is the communion of the church with its Lord.
“As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.””Matthew 26:26
“Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls. They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.”Acts 2:41-42
“For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.”1 Corinthians 11:29
“Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,”Acts 2:46
Paul's instruction is not that only the sinless come but that each one come examining: 'Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.' He adds, 'For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged.' The table is for repentant sinners, not the self-righteous, and the examination is the honest bringing of ourselves, confessing our sin and trusting the body broken for us. It calls for preparation of heart, not manufactured sinlessness.
“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.”1 Corinthians 11:28
“For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.”1 Corinthians 11:31
“Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.”1 Corinthians 11:27-28
Paul warns: 'whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord,' and that he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way 'eats and drinks judgment to himself.' He even says some among them were weak and sick because of it. The warning is real, and it points to the answer: come examining, discerning the body, turning from sin. It is a call to worthy participation, not an excuse to stay away because you are imperfect.
“Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.”1 Corinthians 11:27
“For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.”1 Corinthians 11:29
“For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.”1 Corinthians 11:30
“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.”1 Corinthians 11:28
The Supper is shared by the one body: 'Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.' Paul rebukes the Corinthians for dividing at the table, which is not to 'discern the Lord's body.' And he warns against mixing the table with idolatry: 'You can't both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons.' Those who come are those who belong to the one Lord and, for His sake, to one another.
“Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.”1 Corinthians 10:17
“For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.”1 Corinthians 11:18
“You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.”1 Corinthians 10:21
“Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.”1 Corinthians 11:33
Come if you are trusting in Christ and belong to His church: examine yourself, confess any sin, receive the bread and cup in faith; at the table we 'proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.' Come in love for the brothers, in forgiveness toward any who have wronged you, and in dependence on the One whose body was broken and blood poured out for you. Paul's closing word for the assembly is grace: the table is the place where forgiven sinners meet their Lord and are strengthened for the road ahead.
“For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”1 Corinthians 11:26
“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.”1 Corinthians 11:28
“Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.”1 Corinthians 11:33-34
“As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, “All of you drink it, for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.”Matthew 26:26-28