If the Corinthians had so distorted the outer observance of the Lord's Supper that it no longer reflected the true meaning, was that a serious problem? Paul shows the severity of the problem by stating that, as a result, some of the Corinthians were chastened by God – some sick, some had died. They knew better, yet persisted in their own self-authority and so destroyed the image of Christ in the ordinance. The cure was that the Corinthians should examine themselves –see that they first understood the Lord's Supper in its meaning, that they professed and agreed to these truths, and that they relied upon Christ as they fed upon the bread and wine. This examination is not to see if they have committed some sin which makes them unworthy (the unworthiness is of the way they observed the Lord's Supper, not in themselves – simply because we are all unworthy!). When we examine ourselves and see our sinfulness, we should partake of Christ all the more. Our unworthiness should not surprise us – we will never be worthy. But, in the process, Christ is worthy of our best worship and adoration – and that includes the way we handle His ordinances.
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