Why did the Apostle Paul say?

Question

that whoever partook of the body and blood of our Lord unworthily brought condemnation upon himself?

1 Corinthians 10: 27, 29.

Therefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.

CJ, just answer the question. Why did Paul say this regarding the Eucharist?

No doubt that CJ would have been among those disciples who abandoned Jesus in the Gospel of John, chapter 6, for not believing in Jesus' own words.

"Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink."

indeed it is just a typo. Chapter 11. Trust me, I know the Scriptures better than most of you bible fundamentalists.

Answer 1

My reaction to the Protestant explanation:

For Pete's sake. Just look at John 6:51 to see if he was being literal.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. (John 6;51)

The bread that we are to eat is the flesh given for the life of the world. Now, the flesh given for the life of the world...was it a symbolic flesh, just a symbol or was it truly His body and blood? On the cross, what was actually nailed there? Symbolic blood, symbolic flesh?

We are to eat the bread that was nailed to the cross for the life of the world. We are to eat His flesh and drink His blood. As found in the Eucharist.

God Bless
Robin

Answer 2

(The scripture is 1Corinthians 11:27-29)

Paul is letting the Church know that we must partake of the Body and Blood of our LORD with a holy mind-set. He explains what he meant and why he said it to them in the passages below.
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17 In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval. 20 When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat, 21 for as you eat, each of you goes ahead without waiting for anybody else. One remains hungry, another gets drunk. 22 Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Certainly not!

23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. 32 When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world. 33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other. 34 If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. And when I come I will give further directions.
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I hope this helps you understand better.

God Bless You

Answer 3

Ok I am not a fundamentalist {whatever that implies} I am a jew and I will direct you to a text that will demenstrate to all of you that the L-rds supper is only meant for Jews and not non-jews, I would think that taking it unworthily could be speaking of both Jew or gentile but non-jews are strongly erged not to partake of this ceromony why?

Because this ceromony is supposed to be done only on the passover, and it is written: {Exodus 12:43-50} that an uncircumsised man may not sit at the table to partake of the passover.

So disobeying this commandment is considered partaking of it unworthily too, isn't it?

I leave it to you to decide this, for I will not impose my learning on anyone, if you decide to obey that's ok, and if you decide not to obey it will be on your own head.

Answer 4

Actually, that is in chapt. 11.
Context is important. I believe it refers back to what he wrote beforehand.

1Co 11:17 But enjoining this, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse.
1Co 11:18 Indeed, first, I hear divisions to be among you when you come together in the assembly. And I believe it in some part.
1Co 11:19 For also heresies need to be among you, so that the approved ones may become revealed among you.
1Co 11:20 Then you coming together into one place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.
1Co 11:21 For each one takes his own supper first in the eating; and one is hungry, and another drunken.
1Co 11:22 For do you not have houses in which to eat and to drink? Or do you despise the assembly of God, and shame those who have not? What do I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? I do not praise.

The Corinthians were not showing the proper reverence in what they were partaking in, treating it like another meal instead of commemorating the death and resurrection of Christ.

Answer 5

27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a afeast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:
29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s aconscience?

EDIT: Sorry -
1 Cor 11:27-29
Beware of partaking unworthily.

Answer 6

The Holy Communion is strictly for those who are believers. Anyone who is not a believer is not to partake. They are not worthy because they have not yet believed on the One whose death and payment for SIN, the Holy communion represents. To do so would be to make a mockery of it.

Answer 7

read on the Lord's Supper. This gives a little more clue on why Jesus presented it to His disciples.
Hint: How close was Judas REALLY to Jesus?

Answer 8

Jesus called it a REMEMBERANCE. No matter how hard you try, these verses don't imply that your bread becomes Jesus physically. That would make you a disgusting cannibal.

It is a spiritual experience for the believer, not a cannibalistic one. Those who get drunk at the Lord's rememberance are dishonoring the fact that He died for our sins and rose again, paid for our sins by His blood.

But it is the highest blasphemy to "eat" Jesus as you seem to do

Answer 9

first of all, it is 1 Cor 11 not 10.

Second of all, this is just a symbol

This is not necessary for Salvation, or God's grace.

it is by faith alone.

Answer 10

doesn't matter wasn't he executed?
and wasn't Peter set free from jail? was it because he denied Jesus?
and Pauls duty should have been to Rome not Jesus?
it seems very inmature that Romans and Jews want us to worship a dead guy? is this because the dead cannot revolt? Whereas if a living God(angel) gathered armies to himself that both Roman and Jewish empires could fall as fast as France in WW2?