2020 for JESUS - Day 285: JESUS is GOD... LORD... THE LORD... THE LORD JESUS...

 

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

^17 “In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 

¹⁸ In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 

¹⁹ No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have GOD’s approval. 

²⁰ So then, when you come together, it is not the LORD’s Supper you eat, 

²¹ for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. 

²² Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in?

Or do you despise the church of GOD by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!

²³ For I received from THE LORD what I also passed on to you: THE LORD JESUS, on the night HE was betrayed, took bread, 

²⁴ and when HE had given thanks, HE broke it and said, 

‘This is MY body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of ME.’

 ²⁵ In the same way, after supper HE took the cup, saying, 

‘This cup is the new covenant in MY blood; 

do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of ME.’

 ²⁶ For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the LORD’s death until HE comes.

²⁷ So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of THE LORD in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of THE LORD. 

²⁸ Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. 

²⁹ For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of CHRIST eat and drink judgment on themselves. 

³⁰ That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 

³¹ But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. 

³² Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by THE LORD, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.

³³ So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together. 

³⁴ Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment.

And when I come I will give further directions.”