1 Cor. 11

From this chapter we form our basis for communion. This text is quoted nearly every time Christians partake of the Lord’s Supper at church.

We remember what Christ has done for us in yielding His Body and Blood to take the place of our sin and suffering. It’s primarily about what HE did. Our responsibility? … to examine or look into our heart to tune our motive in partaking. It could have been that the suppers referred to at Corinth were “pot-lucks” where people were more concerned about their bellies than their heart attitudes.

Nevertheless, for Christ’s act of self-sacrifice, we MUST give the necessary focus from our hearts to respect the moment and its true importance. We thereby “remember” the Lord and what He did for us. If not, we are participating unworthily.