Reference

Psalm 49 and 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon Notes

Table Manners

Psalm 49

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

          Hear this, all peoples!

                   Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

          both low and high,

                   rich and poor together!

          My mouth shall speak wisdom;

                   the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.

          I will incline my ear to a proverb;

                   I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

                    

          Why should I fear in times of trouble,

                   when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,

          those who trust in their wealth

                   and boast of the abundance of their riches?

          Truly no man can ransom another,

                   or give to God the price of his life,

          for the ransom of their life is costly

                   and can never suffice,

          that he should live on forever

                   and never see the pit.

                    

          For he sees that even the wise die;

                   the fool and the stupid alike must perish

                   and leave their wealth to others.

          Their graves are their homes forever,

                   their dwelling places to all generations,

                   though they called lands by their own names.

          Man in his pomp will not remain;

                   he is like the beasts that perish.

                    

          This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;

                   yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah

          Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;

                   death shall be their shepherd,

          and the upright shall rule over them in the morning.

                   Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

          But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,

                   for he will receive me. Selah

          

          Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,

                   when the glory of his house increases.

          For when he dies he will carry nothing away;

                   his glory will not go down after him.

          For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed

                   —and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—

          his soul will go to the generation of his fathers,

                   who will never again see light.

          Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish. 

 

1 Corinthians 11:17–34

But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk. What! Do you not have houses 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 commend you in this? No, I will not.

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, 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.” 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.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another—if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come. 

 

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