TABLE MANNERS (16)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:2, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
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Table Manners (16)
Series: 1 Corinthians
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
At times, life reminds me of a merry-go-round in the park. You get on and then hold on for dear life as other people spin you in circles. In the process you see the same sights over and over again in rapid succession until they make you sick.
In studying this letter to the church in Corinth, I have to believe that Paul felt like he was on that merry-go-round because every revolution brought him face to face with a familiar sight...trouble in Corinth.
- He has dealt with factions as they divided up into cults of personality based on their favorite church leaders/preachers.
- He has addressed an egregious case of immorality in the pew and the damage it had brought to the church's testimony in the community.
- He has confronted their unwillingness to let go of their personal rights and preferences for the sake of others and progress of the Gospel.
In chapter 11 he begins addressing abuses and confusion in the worship gatherings.
- They had managed to distort the God-ordained structure that exists for the church and home as well as blur the God-given distinctives between men and women.
- As if that were not enough we find they had managed to make a mockery of the Lord's Supper.
What we read today is Paul's rebuke and correction of this abuse.
1 Corinthians 11.17-22 - But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. 19 For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you. 20 Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper, 21 for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. 22 What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the chu ...
Series: 1 Corinthians
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
At times, life reminds me of a merry-go-round in the park. You get on and then hold on for dear life as other people spin you in circles. In the process you see the same sights over and over again in rapid succession until they make you sick.
In studying this letter to the church in Corinth, I have to believe that Paul felt like he was on that merry-go-round because every revolution brought him face to face with a familiar sight...trouble in Corinth.
- He has dealt with factions as they divided up into cults of personality based on their favorite church leaders/preachers.
- He has addressed an egregious case of immorality in the pew and the damage it had brought to the church's testimony in the community.
- He has confronted their unwillingness to let go of their personal rights and preferences for the sake of others and progress of the Gospel.
In chapter 11 he begins addressing abuses and confusion in the worship gatherings.
- They had managed to distort the God-ordained structure that exists for the church and home as well as blur the God-given distinctives between men and women.
- As if that were not enough we find they had managed to make a mockery of the Lord's Supper.
What we read today is Paul's rebuke and correction of this abuse.
1 Corinthians 11.17-22 - But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. 19 For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you. 20 Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper, 21 for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. 22 What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the chu ...
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