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> The church is made up of natural enemies. What binds us together is not common education, common race, common income levels, common politics, common nationality, common accents, common jobs, or anything else of the sort. Christians come together because they have all been saved by Jesus Christ and owe him a common allegiance….they are a band of natural enemies who love one another for Jesus’ sake.
> — Don Carson
# 1. Horizontal Dysfunction
> Once again Paul refers to divisions. But here he is not thinking of the rival parties that possibly separate various congregations but of the gulf between the rich and the poor within a given house-church. The minority of well-to-do believers, including the major financial supporters and the owners of the homes in which the believers met, would have had the leisure-time and resources to arrive earlier and bring larger quantities and finer food than the rest of the congregation. Following the practice of hosting festive gatherings in ancient Corinth, they would have quickly filled the small private dining room. Latecomers (the majority, who probably had to finish work before coming – there was as of yet no legalized day off in the Roman Empire) would be seated separately in the adjacent atrium or courtyard. Those that could not afford to bring a full meal, or a very good one, did not have the opportunity to share with the rest in the way that Christian unity demanded.
> — Craig Blomberg
> Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
> - 1 Corinthians 10:17
# 2. Vertical Adjustments
> Our meals will mirror our doctrine.
> The first thing God does for Adam and Eve in the garden is given them a menu, the fruit of every tree (except one).
> The climax of the exodus (an act of salvation commemorated in a meal) is when the elders of Israel eat with God on the mountain in Exodus 24.
> Isaiah promises a messianic banquet of rich foods that will never end in Isaiah 25 and Jesus anticipates this perpetual meal with God in the feeding of the 5,000, a meal with more food at the end than at the beginning.
> The last supper looks forward to the time when Jesus will eat with his disciples in the kingdom of God.
> And the Bible story ends with a meal as we celebrate the wedding supper of the Lamb in Revelation 19.
> A meal in the presence of God is the goal of salvation.
> Every time we eat together as Christians we are anticipating this hope.
> — Tim Chester
# 3. Gospel-Shaped New Realities
* Remember
* Examine
* Receive
* Demonstrate
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By Grace Church> The church is made up of natural enemies. What binds us together is not common education, common race, common income levels, common politics, common nationality, common accents, common jobs, or anything else of the sort. Christians come together because they have all been saved by Jesus Christ and owe him a common allegiance….they are a band of natural enemies who love one another for Jesus’ sake.
> — Don Carson
# 1. Horizontal Dysfunction
> Once again Paul refers to divisions. But here he is not thinking of the rival parties that possibly separate various congregations but of the gulf between the rich and the poor within a given house-church. The minority of well-to-do believers, including the major financial supporters and the owners of the homes in which the believers met, would have had the leisure-time and resources to arrive earlier and bring larger quantities and finer food than the rest of the congregation. Following the practice of hosting festive gatherings in ancient Corinth, they would have quickly filled the small private dining room. Latecomers (the majority, who probably had to finish work before coming – there was as of yet no legalized day off in the Roman Empire) would be seated separately in the adjacent atrium or courtyard. Those that could not afford to bring a full meal, or a very good one, did not have the opportunity to share with the rest in the way that Christian unity demanded.
> — Craig Blomberg
> Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
> - 1 Corinthians 10:17
# 2. Vertical Adjustments
> Our meals will mirror our doctrine.
> The first thing God does for Adam and Eve in the garden is given them a menu, the fruit of every tree (except one).
> The climax of the exodus (an act of salvation commemorated in a meal) is when the elders of Israel eat with God on the mountain in Exodus 24.
> Isaiah promises a messianic banquet of rich foods that will never end in Isaiah 25 and Jesus anticipates this perpetual meal with God in the feeding of the 5,000, a meal with more food at the end than at the beginning.
> The last supper looks forward to the time when Jesus will eat with his disciples in the kingdom of God.
> And the Bible story ends with a meal as we celebrate the wedding supper of the Lamb in Revelation 19.
> A meal in the presence of God is the goal of salvation.
> Every time we eat together as Christians we are anticipating this hope.
> — Tim Chester
# 3. Gospel-Shaped New Realities
* Remember
* Examine
* Receive
* Demonstrate