"Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not."
In today's quote Paul spoke of the obvious disagreement that was going on among the members of the Corinthian Church. He called out those who were teaching heresy in the Church. Paul also made it very clear that, contrary to what almost every "Christian" denomination teaches today, the "Lord's Supper" was, nor is, to be eaten during a regular assembly of the Church, as that applies to Christians today, every Sunday; "When ye come together therefore into one place, this IS NOT TO EAT THE LORD'S SUPPER." That statement cannot be made clearer than Paul made it herein.
Even with that knowledge, there are still literally hundreds of millions worldwide who, contrary to Paul's instruction, still offer the ritual of the "Lord's Supper", or "Communion", at the "Church" on every designated "worship" day.
In the latter part of today's quote Paul also ridiculed the Corinthians for, more or less, bringing takeout meals and eating them in Church; "For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not."
A designated assembly of the the children of God is to serve only three purposes, the first is to honor and glorify God, the second is to uplift and encourage the membership by teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ crucified, the third is to see to the needs of the membership.~
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