THE ADVANTAGE OF PROPERLY USING OUR CHRISTIAN LIBERTY!
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:16-33
The Advantage of Properly Using our Christian Liberty!
Marvin Patterson
1 Corinthians 10:16-33
A young man called his mother and announced excitedly that he had just met the woman of his dreams. Now what should he do?
His mother had an idea: "Why don't you send her flowers, and on the card invite her to your place for a home-cooked meal?"
He thought this was a great strategy and arranged a date for a week later. His mother called the day after the big date to see how things had gone.
"The evening was a disaster," he moaned.
"Why, didn't she come over?" asked his mother.
"Oh, she came over, but she refused to cook."
Paul's point is that partaking in a religious feast means fellowshipping with the one worshiped at that feast. This is true of the Lord's Supper (1 Cor. 10:16-17), it was true of Israel in OT times (1 Cor. 10:18), and it is true of a pagan feast (1 Cor. 10:19-22). Therefore, believers must not fellowship at pagan feasts since they may thereby open themselves to demonic attacks (1 Cor. 10:20).-Ryrie Study Notes
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
We celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ by partaking of the Lord's Supper! We have the cup of blessing presented with grape juice which represents the blood of Christ! And then we have the bread that we break which represents the body of Christ that was broken for us! In taking the juice and wafer, we are in communion with Christ!
cup of blessing. The proper name given to the third cup during the Passover Feast. At the last Passover with the disciples, Jesus used the third cup as the symbol of His blood shed for sin. That cup became the one used to institute the Lord's Supper. He set the cup apart as a token of salvation blessing before passing it to the 12 (see notes on ...
Marvin Patterson
1 Corinthians 10:16-33
A young man called his mother and announced excitedly that he had just met the woman of his dreams. Now what should he do?
His mother had an idea: "Why don't you send her flowers, and on the card invite her to your place for a home-cooked meal?"
He thought this was a great strategy and arranged a date for a week later. His mother called the day after the big date to see how things had gone.
"The evening was a disaster," he moaned.
"Why, didn't she come over?" asked his mother.
"Oh, she came over, but she refused to cook."
Paul's point is that partaking in a religious feast means fellowshipping with the one worshiped at that feast. This is true of the Lord's Supper (1 Cor. 10:16-17), it was true of Israel in OT times (1 Cor. 10:18), and it is true of a pagan feast (1 Cor. 10:19-22). Therefore, believers must not fellowship at pagan feasts since they may thereby open themselves to demonic attacks (1 Cor. 10:20).-Ryrie Study Notes
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
We celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ by partaking of the Lord's Supper! We have the cup of blessing presented with grape juice which represents the blood of Christ! And then we have the bread that we break which represents the body of Christ that was broken for us! In taking the juice and wafer, we are in communion with Christ!
cup of blessing. The proper name given to the third cup during the Passover Feast. At the last Passover with the disciples, Jesus used the third cup as the symbol of His blood shed for sin. That cup became the one used to institute the Lord's Supper. He set the cup apart as a token of salvation blessing before passing it to the 12 (see notes on ...
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