1. The UNITY Of The CHURCH And The LORD’S SUPPER 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

2. The Body of Christ is Broken - V17-22  I do not commend you - V17  Divisions among you – V18  There must be factions among you, so that those who are genuine among you can be recognised. 1 Cor 11:19

3. The Body of Christ is Broken - V17-22  20 When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. 21 For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk. 1 Cor 11:20-21

4. Significance of the Lord’s Supper – V23-26  Keep cross of Christ central – V23-26  For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread. 1 Cor 11:23

5. Significance of the Lord’s Supper – V23-26  When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me. In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. 1 Cor 11:24-25

6. Significance of the Lord’s Supper – V23-26  For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 1 Cor 11:26

7. Judge Yourselves Avoid God’s Judgment – V27-32  Worthy manner, is recognising my own unworthiness – V27 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17  Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Ephesians 4:31

8. Judge Yourselves Avoid God’s Judgment – V27-32  Judge yourselves truly, so that God need not judge you – V31  Some are weak and ill and dead – V30 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives. Hebrews 12:6

9. Judge Yourselves Avoid God’s Judgment – V27-32  Not all sickness is God’s discipline – V30  Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. John 9:2-3

10. Wait For One Another – V33-34

11. Application – Love One Another