Let’s Not Be Ignorant About the Lord’s Table!

The Corinthian church abused many things but one of the most serious was the Lord’s Table. So bad was their abuse that Paul said it was as if they were despising the church of God! He absolutely refused to give them any praise for the way they were conducting themselves at the Lord’s Table. One writer said, “These verses are like a diamond dropped in a muddy road. One of the most beautiful passages in all of Scripture is given in the middle of a strong rebuke of worldly, carnal, selfish, and insensitive atti- tudes and behavior. The rebuke, in fact, is of Christians who have perverted the very ceremony that these verses so movingly describe.” (MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (1984). 1 Corinthians (pp. 270–271). Chicago: Moody Press.) If it was that serious, we need to listen in on his counsel to them.