THE DICTIONARY DEFINES “COMMUNION”

• As having a deep fellowship with

• Or has having a joint rapport

• With someone who is very close to our heart

IS THAT HOW WE FEEL

• When we take the bread and the cup ?

• Or do we just do it

• Without feeling anything ?

WE AREN’T PERFECT

• And sometimes don’t feel

• The way we know we should

THE BIBLE EVEN GIVES

• Instructions on what we should do

• And what we should NOT do

• When we feel that way

1 CORINTHIANS 11:27-32  

Anyone who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Master irreverently is like part of the crowd that jeered and spit on him at his death.  Is that the kind of "remembrance" you want to be part of?  Examine your motives, test your heart; come to this meal in holy awe.

 If you give no thought (or worse, if you don't care) about the broken body of the Master when you eat and drink, you're running the risk of serious consequences.  That's why so many of you are sick and others have gone to an early grave.

If we get this straight today, we won't have to pay for it later.  It is better to examine your heart and correct it now than to face a fiery confrontation with the Master later.

IF YOU ARE NOT FULLY FOCUSED

• On Jesus at this time 

• rather than be judged

• feel free to pass on Communion

• for you can receive Communion another time