(1Co 11:28) “But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.” Each of us live under the close scrutiny of Almighty God. Partaking of that which symbolizes the sacrifice of His Son is not to be taken lightly. He died bearing our sin. To sin willfully and then partake of the Lord’s Supper is to defile that observance.

 (1Co 11:23) “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: (24) And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.” Jesus said He was the Manna from heaven. This bread represents He Who was sent from heaven to meet the hunger for God within us.

 (1Co 11:27) “Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.”  This is not speaking of the lost, though it would certainly apply. It is speaking to the saved, approaching it with known sin in your life, or not in true reverence of the sacrifice of Christ Jesus.

(1Co 11:26) “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.” The false teaching of a continual sacrifice having to be maintained takes away from that which your salvation hinges on – Jesus rising from the dead: (1Co 15:14)  “And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.” and Verse 17, “And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.” 

(1Co 11:26) “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.” You “show”, “picture”, the Lord’s death. Nowhere in Scripture does it even hint that they looked at it as the actual body and blood of the Lord. It is not a continual sacrifice of His body: (Heb_9:28) “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”; (Heb_10:10) “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

(1Co 11:25) “After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.”  The blood of Jesus brought in a new testament, “will”. His death passed the decrees of the will on to those of faith. The decree, “Everlasting Life”.

(1Co 11:23) “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: (24) And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.” Jesus said He was the Manna from heaven. This bread represents He Who was sent from heaven to meet the hunger for God within us.

(1Co 11:22) “What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.”  The mindset of these was centered upon self and the way self thought things should be done. Sounds much like the way of many churches today. Give the people what they want, rather than seek His face in a holy manner.

(1Co 11:20) “When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. (21)  For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.”   There is no getting around the fact; “drunken” refers to “drinking alcohol”. For those who might claim this makes social drinking all right, I point out these were in sin. What they were doing was sin. That which is written is to correct a church of sinful activities.

(1Co 11:20) “When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. (21)  For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.”   These were not honoring the Lord, but self: self’s meal; self’s pleasure. Notice it was so self-centered that no sharing was taking place, “…taketh before other…”. The Lord is only honored when He and others come before self.