1 Corinthians 11

Paul does some teaching. Follow him as he follows Christ. It seems the first part are more his preferences since he say ""In the Lord" in verse 11, notifying the reader that he now speaks for God. Paul has a way of drifting in and out of his opinions versus God's commands. Paul's cultural norms were not ours nor are ours his. Note that after the "in the Lord," Paul shows tow very equal people in men and women. When he says "judge for yourselves," he may be back in the opinion stage. I think that the bigger issue may have been much disrupted worship services, which take away from the focus on God.

 

Worship has divisions. That is no good. Unity is a sign of following God. Excesses abound and that is wrong. The whole point of worship is lost. Paul says "get a room!"

Paul then goes on to tell us what the Lord's Supper is all about and gives us an insight to the practice very early on in the life of the Church.

 

The church needs to remember that when we receive communion knowingly being out of sync with God, we drink to our own condemnation. The Lord's Supper feeds repentant people and condemns the proud who will not repent.