Be Discerning About Our Status in Christ and His Body: 1 Cor. 11:31-34

The section we cover is dominated by words about judge and judgment. In fact, vss. 12-14 Greek words containing krino_ and krima seven times, sometimes with prefixes. The range of meaning is such that it requires different English words to adequately bring out the meaning.

In this sermon we carefully explain the meanings in context and how they apply to our Christian lives and relationships in the body of Christ. Paul warns about being disciplined so as to not be condemned with the world. The point is two-fold: how we treat one another as Christ’s body, and how we honor Christ at His Supper. The Lord’s Supper was not instituted to satisfy physical hunger or make opportunity for a sumptuous feast for a few.

It is to remember the significance of the Lord’s death, proclaim the gospel, and to look forward to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. The key is to see the flock as brothers and sisters in Christ and treat each other accordingly.

We show how the Last Supper is grounded in the Passover which was also about attitudes about the Lord’s provision for His people. In the case of various feasts with Messianic implications, there is always salvation and judgment. We have applications in Deuteronomy and John 6 which demonstrate these truths.