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1 Corinthians 11:17-34 – You Are What You Eat
Communion Talk – “You are what you eat” is a phrase most of have heard of. And you are, in that when you eat something you take on the characteristics of that food. Eat something with a lot of carbohydrates and you get energy which is why athletes “carbo load”. Coffee has caffeine and unless you are ADD, it wakes you up! On Sunday we will eating a special supper. Eating the bread and fruit of the vine encourages us to take on the characteristics of what they represent. That is why it is a remembrance (1 Cor.11:24,25) and proclamation (1 Cor.11:26). But it is something even more. Paul wrote, “whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way will be guilty of sin against the body and blood of the Lord” (1 Cor.11:27). This doesn’t mean if your mind wanders you are guilty. It means we are to eat recognizing or judging “the body” (1 Cor.11:29). In context the “body” is tri-fold: 1) the physical body of Jesus, 2) the symbolic body of the bread, 3) and the spiritual body which is the church. In context the Lord’s Supper is one of submission and sacrifice for others. That is where the Corinthians failed. So if we are what we eat, while eating Jesus Christ’s supper, submit to one another in love, sacrificing your rights for theirs. Become like Christ because you are what you eat.
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