Topic: Life
at the Table
We are
going to look at the Lord’s supper to understand how we build our spirit
through life at the table. We know that
at the table one of the pillars of the culture of the Kingdom and that is
fellowship. Let’s take a look at the
Lord’s supper from 1 Corinthians and get a understanding of how life at the table important to building
your spirit.
1
Corinthians 11:23-26: For I have
received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus
the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it and
said, Take eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in
remembrance of me. After the same manner
also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying This cup is the new testament
in my blood: this do ye as oft as ye drink it in remembrance of me. For as
often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till
he come.
In order to
experience this life at the table you must first live under this proclamation:
“He died”. Look at the last verse of the
above Scripture. As often as we eat the
bread and drink the cup we shew THE LORD’S DEATH until he comes. There are benefits to living under the death
of Jesus:
1.
Victory
over Satan, sin, disease, flesh and the world
2.
Worship
is installed in the house
3.
Reconciliation
in Him and the Body
4.
Anger
of God is kindled
5.
Access
to the Wisdom of God and the Throne of Grace
May I say
we should do this daily and this is why:
2
Corinthians 4:10: Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus,
that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
Notice the
Scripture does not say some of the time, it says always bearing about in the
body. We need to remember this daily and
when we remember this the Scripture says the zoe (Life) will be made manifest
in our body. Now the problem that has
grown within the Body of Christ that the Lord is correcting as it pertains to
the Lord’s supper is who can partake of this table. Religion has made this a ritual of who can
and who can’t partake but the Lord Jesus openly welcomed children to sit in his
lap so why not at his table. Now I want
to show this to you in Scripture so you do not think this is just some rebel
doctrine but the Word of God, not the word of man. We will take these two Scripture to discuss
this:
1
Corinthians 12:27,28: Wherefore
whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily
shall be guilty of the body and blood of Lord.
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and
drink of that cup.
Here is a
thought, why would the Lord seek to exclude people from His table, should we
not be drawn to His table and remember the work that He did for us on the
cross? Hmm! Verse 27 here is the warning but verse 28 is
the meat of the matter. Verse 28 says
“let a man examine himself, and so, let him eat of that bread and rink of that
cup”. So in other words if you are
reading this you see that someone needs to take a self examination and after
that self examination let them partake of the bread and wine. Now let’s deal with the word that is clearly
the elephant-in-the-Scripture and that is the word unworthily. What does this mean? Well based on religious interpretation anyone
who has sinned or not living right should not partake of the table. This is wrong because if that is the case 95
percent of the people taking bread and wine would be excluded
automatically. Let’s get
understanding!
First,
Jesus makes us worthy by the work of the cross and His resurrection. But what would make us unworthy is when the
symbol and the reality do not match. You
declare one thing by your mouth but living another way. Let me show you this in Scripture in the
same vicinity in Scripture.
1
Corinthians 10:21: Ye cannot drink the
cup of the Lord and the cup of devil: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s
table and of the table of devils.
This is
what makes us unworthy! When we actively
fellowship with darkness and then try to come fellowship at the table of the
Lord knowing that we are simply going to go back to that table. Now understand when you do this unworthily
from that definition this validates this truth:
1
Corinthians 11:29,30: For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eatheth and
drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among
you, and many sleep.
When we eat
and drink unworthily many become spiritually weak and sick and even to the
point of spiritual death (sleep). Let us
fellowship at his tablet and remember His death because of His death we have
all of those benefits listed above. Let
us repent, eat and drink worthily in remembrance of our Lord’s death.
Peace and
Grace:
Calvin
Calhoun Jr.
