(1Co 11:33) “Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.” Before, bringing in food for self while others did not have; their hearts were focused upon self. The Holy Spirit says, “Focus you hearts upon others.”

(1Co 11:32) “But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.”  Consider: our eternal judgment was bore by the Lord Jesus. We are then chastened. What is chastening? It is a reprimand to varying degrees according to our heart’s response rather than the full judgment it deserves; that which Jesus bore – eternal punishment. Thus the statement: “…that we should not be condemned with the world”

(1Co 11:30) “For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. (31) For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.”  The Lord desires only our good. Look at the cross. He does not want to chasten us nor for the lost to be damned. He desires us to be honest with self, care enough to repent, and to ask forgiveness.

(1Co 11:29) “For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.” The term “damnation” could only be speaking of one that is lost, for the Bible says over and over again that a saved person cannot lose that salvation. The word, “damnation” can also mean “judgment”, which must be applied here because of the next verse: (1Co 11:30) “For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.” Sleep always speaks of the death of the saved.

(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”.