October 10, 1993
What is the significance of Communion? When and why was it instituted? Alistair Begg addresses these questions and more so that we might be guarded from wrong participation and guided into the right kind of participation in this sacred, symbolic meal. We should not come to the Lord’s Supper flippantly but should examine our hearts, for the Lord will judge us and discipline us so that we will not be condemned with the world.
23For xI received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that ythe Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for6 you. Do this in remembrance of me.”7 25In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death zuntil he comes.
27aWhoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord bin an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning cthe body and blood of the Lord. 28dLet a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some ehave died.8 31fBut if we judged9 ourselves truly, we would not be judged. 32But when we are judged by the Lord, gwe are disciplined10 so that we may not be hcondemned along with the world.
33So then, my brothers,11 when you come together to eat, wait for12 one another— 34iif anyone is hungry, jlet him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things kI will give directions lwhen I come.
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