1 Corinthians 11:20-22
20 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper. 21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and another is drunk. 22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
20 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper. 21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and another is drunk. 22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
Meeting together should be to remember what Christ has done to redeem and reconcile us to the Father through Himself and His suffering, death, and resurrection. It should not be to turn a meal of solemn and joyful remembrance into a self seeking affair. In Corinth, people were not eating together and getting drunk from the cup that was to be a mutual and equal sharing and remembrance of our Lord’s body and blood. Each wanted all of Him and lost sight of the Body. This was shameful. We can learn from this to share together, not being selfish, and do all things for God’s glory.
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