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Partial Exposy on "If the Apostle Paul were to Visit Church Today" posted by RTC
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>>>RTC posted: "You sit down to breakfast with Paul. After he finishes his plate you offer him seconds. He declines and says, "I want to save room for the meal with the brethren."
You respond, "We’re not having a church supper today." Paul tries not to show his surprise as he says, "Oh, we used to have communion most every time the brethren met to proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes." You then have to explain to Paul that we don’t really eat a supper when we have the Lord’s supper today. After some conversation he says, "Well – I guess it will work. Could I have those seconds I just turned down?">>> EXPOSY Paul’s statement, "When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat" (1 Cor 11:20) clearly indicates that the purpose of the gathering was to celebrate the Lord’s Supper, which, however, they had transformed into an ordinary festivity, presumably patterned after the feasts in honor of idols. This leads us to the following conclusion: all that was done at Corinth was irregular and improper. The Christians had entirely mistaken the nature of the sacred ordinance of the Lord’s Supper, converting it into a secular festivity, where even intemperance prevailed. Private Supper or Lord’s Supper? Paul’s rebuke suggests that Christians in Corinth had unwisely confused the Lord’s Supper with a social meal; possibly they had even reduced the Lord’s Supper to a social festival similar to the festivals observed among the Greeks. The latter suggestion seems more probable, because there is no indication in the passage that a fellowship meal preceded the actual Lord’s Supper. Many have supposed that the fellowship meal at Corinth was derived from the Last Supper which Jesus instituted after eating the Passover with His disciples. But it must be observed that the Passover was never seen by Christians as corresponding to a preliminary fellowship meal to be followed by the Lord’s Supper. Instead, Passover was a sacred festival which was understood to be superseded by the Lord’s Supper. There is no evidence in the Corinthian passage before us, or in any other New Testament passage, that the Lord’s Supper was observed in connection with a fellowship meal. This means that whatever was done at Corinth was irregular, improper and against the very instructions that Paul had "received from the Lord" and had "delivered" to the church (1 Cor 11:23).
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Exposing Yesuthass' Exposy by RTC, 2001, Apr 26
A Selfish Love Feast by Yesuthass, 2001, Apr 27
But still a feast as you have admitted by RTC, 2001, Apr 27
Highly Improbable means that it was somewhat pobable by passerby, 2001, Apr 27
Yours based on nothing, so how? by RTC, 2001, Apr 27 
Understanding... by passerby, 2001, Apr 27
Mine too by RTC, 2001, Apr 27
MORE PROBABLE, 2001, Apr 27
Full Meal or Rememberance by passerby, 2001, Apr 27
It is both by RTC, 2001, Apr 27 
Thank you but more.... by Yesuthass, 2001, Apr 28
Sincerely wrong and thank you too by RTC, 2001, Apr 28 
Much Enlightenment by Tentmaker, 2001, Apr 27
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