Above all, God wants the saving and reconciling work of Christ to be known and shown forth in his church!
Eating together is a universal symbol of participation in fellowship! Before sin- After the fall- * Isaiah 25 Revelation * The Lord’s Supper - The full and final wedding supper of the Lamb - a foretaste! Exodus 12:11-13
1 Corinthians: Chapter 1 divisions Chapter 8 - spiritual dimensions of eating food offered to idols. Chapter 10 Chapter 11
Roman class structure: * Rich * Free poor * Slave
Problem The attitude shown in such action! * Destroying the body- the work of Christ! He died to reconcile and UNITE…tearing it apart! * An attack on the gospel * An attack on the church * Judgment!!!!!! Temporal What about the need for personal “examination”? Never refrain from communion to protest! Or demonstrate dissatisfaction with others!
This is not a game! Evaluate anything that divides, through the lens of the gospel!
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Rev. Dr. Edd Cathey earned his Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois in 1985. Ordained by the Siouxlands Presbytery, PCA, on June 23, 1985, he served as Pastor of First Presbyterian Church (PCA), in Hinckley, Minnesota from 1985 until...