This passage deals with the Lord's Supper and the manner in which it is received. It is to be a holy time filled with remembrance and reverence in which we worship our Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul gives forth an explanation here of when our Lord Jesus took the bread and the cup with His disciples. This passage sets forth the authority, atmosphere, and arrangement for the Lord's Table in the local church.

There must be Proper Authority within the church and also the Proper Acknowledgement thereof in the church. Paul rebukes the congregation for despising the church of God.

As we continue considering how the Local Church is to be under the Government of God, we see in this passage the God-given Order of Headship and Authority within the home and the church. God has defined it and we should observe it.

We begin looking into chapters 11-15 where we see that the Life of the Church is to be under the Government of God. God is a God of decency and order.

The Christian's life should promote the Lord at all times and in all things. Truly, the only way to do so is to recognize and live our lives under God's grace and for God's glory. This does not happen on accident.

A Look at the Sanctity and Sobriety of the Lord's Table.

God's truth comes forth in Admonition but should always be appropriated in Application- Paul gives forth several negatives that the Corinthian saints should take heed to, and so should we who are alive today and serving Christ in our present generation.

In chapter 10-1-8 God uses Paul to set forth certain Old Testament Examples and then give New Testament Exhortations to the saints with the aim and application of pleasing the Lord with one's life-

We look at Paul's analogy concerning the athlete contending as a runner and a fighter in the public games of his day. Our Christian life is likened unto both, let us So Run that we may obtain the prize set before us-