Corinthians 11:28....
"Everyone is to examine himself and only then eat of the bread or drink from the cup: because a person who eats and drinks without recognizing the body is eating and drinking his own condemnation. That is why many of you are weak and ill and a good number have died."
John 6
"I am the Bread that came down from heaven"
John 6:52
They understood Jesus' meaning clearly. He was not talking symbolic anymore.
Read all of chapter 6? Why were the Jews so upset?
"Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life in him......"
"For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in that person."
2007-07-24 04:05:54 · 8 answers · asked by hossteacher 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Taking the very Body and Blood of Christ in the state of mortal sin and not taking seriously the Real Presenceof jesus Himself in the Eucharist
2007-07-24 12:59:09 · answer #1 · answered by James O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul also said, "Therefore whoever eats the bread and drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. . . . For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself" (1 Cor. 11:27, 29). "To answer for the body and blood" of someone meant to be guilty of a crime as serious as homicide. How could eating mere bread and wine "unworthily" be so serious? Paul’s comment makes sense only if the bread and wine became the real body and blood of Christ.
2007-07-24 11:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever suffered along with the Lord? Suffered trying to help a drug addict or an alcoholic or a person with anger problems. Helping the broken hearted is not an easy task. They will often steal from us. Say ugly words to us. It is often easier to ignore these people and say nothing to them about Jesus. But Jesus took a beating for me, so to lose a little money trying to help someone is no loss at all. Ugly words should not offend Christians. We are to take no offense. Taking up our cross and following Jesus means we will eat His flesh and drink His blood. Jesus said the world hated Him and the world will hate us. There is a suffering world out there and we are to suffer with them while teaching them about Jesus Christ.
2007-07-24 11:27:34 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's look at 1 Corinthians 11:27
"Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord."
Now, does it say, "shall be guilty of a symbol of the body and blood of the Lord" ??
No, it doesn't. And how could you be guilty of a symbol anyway?
2007-07-24 12:37:22 · answer #4 · answered by The Raven † 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They took the Lord Supper unworthily.
1 Corinthians 11:27-30 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
2007-07-24 11:14:56 · answer #5 · answered by deacon 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They were taking the Lord's supper like a meal that you would eat out instead of searching their lives and making sure everthing was ok with God before they took communion. The taking of communion is very special and important to a christian and is not meant to fill a growling stomach.
2007-07-24 11:13:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Communion is, and was a holy remembrance of what Christ went through on the cross. These people where eating and drinking like hogs, not our of remembrance, but gluttony. Much like making fun of a holy church service. Some things are to be taken seriously. The Jews where upset, because Christ claimed to be the son of God.
2007-07-24 11:10:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Probably salmonella or anthrax.
2007-07-24 11:10:33 · answer #8 · answered by doomsday_patriot 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋