best explanation I have ever heard. I have believed this for years, but sadly almost no Christian church practices the communion as Jesus intended.

Thank you, wow, awesome lesson and the information you gave made so much sense. I understand much better now what the lord's supper is about and what this specific passage means now! Thank you and bless you!

We follow the same communion meal as per biblical text in our local church in india . Thank u for interpreting in context

AMEN!!!!! Thank you. Yes, this scripture is widely taken out of context. When taken out of context it forces people to look to themselves and what they have done or not done instead of looking to the cross. Your explanation makes so much sense. That you. GOD bless you. Please make more videos like this.

Well said! God has given you great revelation concerning the Lord’s supper, even the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ and I am well pleased to have found your video first. God bless you in Jesus name.

Amen!!!!! Well put!!! Best presentation I have heard!!!!

Thanks Danny great explanation of those verses.

When a teacher says "Y'all do your homework by next week" he does not usually mean "Congregate and do your homework by next week" but rather "Each do your homework individually by next week". So the plural "you" isn't suficient to deduce the communal aspect of the Lord's Supper.

I am from India. Thanks Lord for this message.

Thank you very much for this explanation. God bless you.

Wow God bless my brother in christ great explanation, we are about to start a holy communion in our home church,and i wanted to see this.

Lord almighty, I pray and bind myself, my family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, acquintances, opponents and the body of Christ not to eat or drink of the Lord's supper in unworthy manner, binding myself not being unequally yoked and have any common share with those eating and drinking in an unworthy manner of the body of Christ by making things worse instead of better, in accordance with 1 corinthians 11, 1 corinthians 11:17, 1 corinthians 11:27, 2 corinthians 6:14-18 and this word, in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah!

While I wholeheartedly agree that Paul was admonishing the Corinthians for their atrocious & un-CHRIST like behavior in the celebration of LORD's Supper, I believe it goes much deeper than that. While it is true that we are saved by grace alone, the salvation we received was done so at a very high cost. And it also true that no one is "worthy" in & of themselves. But for someone not discern or trivialize the serious nature of CHRIST's death, burial, & resurrection or how we are redeemed by the blood, or worse; for someone who has never accepted CHRIST as LORD, I believe would be eating & drinking damnation onto themselves . I'm also reminded of Matthew 5:23-24 So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift. When commemorating the LORD's Supper we are entering into the most Holy form of worship & acknowledging what CHRIST did for us & the price HE had to pay. And although it might not condemn us to enter into something so serious when we are holding on to any kind of sin (especially against a brother or sister in CHRIST) I can't imagine that GOD would not, at the very least, severely disciple those who do so. With all that being said, I believe it is extremely important to "examine ourselves" to prepare our hearts for The most important form of worship GOD has given us! At the very least to acknowledge our sinfulness & to be in a place of extreme gratitude.

This is literally so good. Good job 👏

Amen. This is my conviction also. I'd love to be part of a church that celebrates the Lord's supper as a genuine meal. How much richer and edifying could it be this way as a true time of fellowship. And it's just hitting me now as I write that the Lord's supper might be a foreshadowing of the meal we will share with Jesus in his kingdom.

Thank you for the explanation. God bless

Great teaching brother! it’s a shame that Catholics and orthodox totally misconstrue the meaning of the body and blood of christ. it’s very simple to see in the scripture if you just study it. Tradition is poison when it twists the word of god.

It's that simple. Thank you. Unfortunately, fear is one of the causes of the misuse of this portion of the Bible. What sin are we supposed to examine if Christ took them all? Thank you for your very clean explanation.

Thank you. I've been saying this for years and have been told to my face I was wrong. I've cited the two great commandments. I've cited bringing my gift to the altar. I've cited 1 John. I've cited 1corint.13. Nope, as I'm told, I have get my sinning self right with GOD or be cursed. Usually this communion is tacked on to the backside of a once a quarter or 5th Sunday event, just so we don't get "to take it for granted". At the same time, the relationships within the congregation are never mentioned, lest there be divisions exposed.

Seven years ago, this was posted so I hope you are still of good health and still kicking. I do agree with the communal form of dinner and I understand your logic regarding “examine yourself” to see that Christ is our worthiness. Yet the issue that I did not see dealt with completely is the statement that the communal meal is for believers which, I agree with but then how do you deal with non-believers who are in attendance with their believing spouse or non-believing children in attendance with believing parents? Fencing the communal wine and bread of Christ is always presented in churches yet fencing regarding a communal meal of friends and family would seem to mandate a bit of grace towards the non-believers mentioned above. I appreciate any and all feedback.

Blessings 🙏

Great video. Thank you for putting this together. I completely agree that most churches today misunderstand and misuse this passage, especially on "Let a person examine himself." I appreciate how you brought the passage into its context, and how you described the circumstance of communion in Paul's time as well as Jesus's original disciples. I would however disagree that "unworthy manner" simply means eating to get your fill. Paul isn't instituting an arbitrary rule to "wait for one another" before eating. That's would be opposite to the gospel he's preaching and would be equivalent to the Judaizers requiring circumcision. The "unworthy manner" is much more serious than that. What Paul was doing when he talked about people eating ahead of others was pointing out a symptom of what's going on in the heart of the believers. There were divisions, factions, likely from different ethnic groups or social strata or allegiance to certain teachers, etc. They were being hypocrites, preferentially treating some people better than others. They were leaving out those whom they didn't want to associate with or didn't deem worthy, and eating separately. This is a common theme in many of Paul's letters. Eating together at the same table at the same time in that society meant that those at the table considered each other as equals. Because of what Jesus did, people from all ethnicity and social background were coming together to celebrate Jesus by sharing a meal. This is what the gospel does: bring together people of all backgrounds as a united body of Christ. But the church in Corinth wasn't doing that. They segregated. They judged one another. They left people out. And so Paul is pointing out the very anti-gospel nature of their behavior. The "unworthy manner" Paul is talking about is the attitude "we're better than them". You can see how serious this is, and why the warning is so severe. In verse 33, Paul gives an example of what they should do (wait for each other to eat), and in verse 34, he says he'll explain more when he comes. So again, eating the meal without waiting for others was merely a symptom of what was going on in their hearts. So are many churches today in danger of doing communion in an "unworthy manner"? Absolutely! And unfortunately, this happens all the time, it seems, in most churches today. Let me explain. I love how you went back to the context of the institution of the communion and talked about the disciples. I would also point out that none of them really knew what they were doing either. They showed no evidence that they knew Jesus was going to die for their sins (or even die at all), but believed Jesus was the Christ/Messiah who would drive out the Romans and reestablish Israel as an earthly "kingdom of God". Jesus didn't make sure they understood what they were doing. He simply commanded them to do it to remember Him. I totally agree with you that many churches and believers today individualize communion. Another way people individualize it is by thinking of communion as an expression of commitment or faith in Jesus. The communion was never about our commitment or faith or standing with God. It was a remembrance of what Jesus had done. And just as Jesus died for us while we were still sinners, He invites clueless sinners to take his body and blood, symbolized by bread and wine. So whom does most churches today leave out from communion, risking the danger of taking it in an "unworthy manner"? If you consider what most churches "require" for communion, I think it's pretty obvious. Most often, the "requirements" for communion is that you profess faith in Jesus and understand the meaning of communion (where none of Jesus's original disciples would qualify). Whom do these "requirements" exclude? Children and unbelievers! I know that might sound crazy to many people, because I think our instinctive reaction is, "but communion is for believers!" But is it though? Going back to the original communion with Jesus, did any of the disciples believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus as atoning sacrifice of their sins, like many of us "believers" do? Since when did communion become a believers-only affair? Let's go back to the circumstance of communion in early churches. As you mentioned, it was a communal meal. Just imagine a group of people gathered together in someone's house to worship Jesus. There would have been men, women, and children. There were believers, but certainly many were unbelievers (seekers, skeptics, etc). And then they all sit down to eat with food before them. And then someone gets up and says, "This meal is reserved for those who have professed faith in Jesus of Nazareth. If you have not yet made a commitment to follow Jesus, please refrain from eating this meal. And children, you're too young to understand, so you'll have to wait and eat the scraps of bread later." Just imagine that, and how absurd that would be! Consider the alternative. When everyone is ready to eat, someone gets up gives thanks for the bread, and breaks it, saying "Jesus died, not just for the Jews, but for the whole world. He saved us, not because we're deserving or that we did something to earn His sacrifice. He died for you unconditionally. So this broken bread represents His sacrifice. It is offered to you unconditionally. All is welcome at Jesus's table." Now which scenario accords better with the gospel? Did Jesus welcome the children and the sinners? Would Jesus exclude anyone from His table? Do we have any right to exclude anyone from His table, His supper? So what is the "unworthy manner" we're in danger of? It's the belief that children and unbelievers are not worthy to participate in communion. Ironically, most churches today are doing exactly what Paul said not to do! I know this is not a very popular view. I myself grew up in a church were communion was exclusive to professing believers. To tell you the truth, I had realized all these things only recently after starting to try to read the letters in their context, rather than as a theological dictionary. I welcome any comments or criticisms on this, because I'm still learning, and I admit that I don't understand everything. Which is why I'm so thankful that Jesus doesn't require me to understand everything before accepting his sacrifice. (By the way, communion is also called the Lord's Supper, but ironically, I doubt any one would call a bite-size piece of bread and a sip of juice as anything remotely close to a supper.)

Very good job (and PS: I like your Udemy stuff too)

Amen thank you brotha

It's not about being worthy. It's about whether you are continuing in sin.

are there any TEXAS ecclesia that getting back to first century worship?

I need help with verse 1 Corinthians 11:29

Thank Dany. It is well explained indeed. I would like to know whether you are a Pastor? If Yes how do you practice Lord's supper?

All Glory Glory Glory to the most HOLY HOLY HOLY LORD YESHUA 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Amen Psalm 119:3 Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart. They do nothing wrong; they walk in his ways. GOD is righteous and wants us to be His children. Yes, GOD YESHUA came to the earth to save the Sinners. By His grace we are saved. We should proclaim the gospel until Our LORD returns to take us to Our eternal Home. It doesn't mean we should always remain unworthy to be His children. By the Holy blood of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST we have the authority to drive away every evil thought and evil spirit in our life. We can always strive to be His faithful Children. This is the real meaning of LORD'S holy sacrifice. Amen.

If the church I attends seldom have communion service should I depart from that congregation and find a church that does?

the context of the "unworthy manner" was well explained biblically.

So if there is an unsaved person in the church on Communion Day, do we exclude them from the LORD's communion?. Just a question, because I am really getting another meaning of communion.

Thank you for reading your Bible in context

Great stuff thanks

Great point! I really enjoyed this short and simple lesson! Have you ever partook in Passover Seder ? Could Jesus and Paul be speaking of Passover when they say, "as often as you do this..." as in each Passover when you take of the bread and wine... Passover Seder is packed full of Jesus!

So when you say 'born again believers' are you referring to those who have been baptized already? Or can those who believe but not yet baptized also partake?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "The Lord's supper" just the passover meal? Was this not said by the Lord Jesus during the Sedar? And if so, doesn't that mean we as Christians should actually be having a Passover meal and not the cup and bread ritual that Roman Catholicism brought in?

Wow!! Thank you.

My question: how does then “an unworthy manner “ brings sickness and/or death “ on those who takes the supper unworthily ?

If this is symbolic then why the Jews quarreled among themselves saying "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?” (John 6:52) unless He really meant that His flesh is food indeed and they understood Him that way, that's why it was hard for them.

thank you.

Can I take communion alone at home? I really love to do that every single day. In my chuch, they do it once a month. I am staying alone in a foreign country. Again, can I take it alone in my room every day?

Why do people choose annoying music in the “background” to clutter up the communication?

There is on one body broken for us and that is the Lord Jesus body broken for us. Not discerning the Lords body was partaking unworthily We discern that Jesus body was broken for us and his blood was shed.. The Lords Supper is the fulfillment of the Passover Supper for Christ Jesus our Passover lamb was sacrificed 1 Corinthians 5:7.. We get the same benefits as Israel got when they ate the lamb and applied the blood. The benefits Israel got were protection and health. Not one person was weak or feeble among the tribes Psalm 105:37. And no sickness or death could come near the households that were covered by the blood. The Lord Jesus prepares His table for us with His Passover bread and wine ( cup). The Lord Jesus blesses the Passover bread and wine and declares this is my body broken for you and my blood is shed for you. There is only one perfect sacrifice forevermore and only one continuous Supper celebration until Jesus returns in glory to the mount of Olives near Jerusalem Zechariah 14:4. As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup we proclaim the Lords death until Jesus returns So we can break bread daily like the early believers who were predominantly Jews who had decided to follow Jesus Christ their messiah. So break bread daily from house to house and daily and forget not all His benefits: Health,protection and provision kzfaq.info/get/bejne/paehoqSY3b7IqaM.html

I love your teaching on the Lords Supper and the use of god’s word correctly. I always call this the Passover Lords Supper as it brings it back to Jesus Supper. I take the Passover bread and take the Passover cup and this gives the true meaning of the Passover Lords Supper.

Thank you!

Enlightening ... how about explaining 11 Corinthians 1:29-32? Especially the part in verse 30 about ... that unworthy manner is the reason why many among you are weak and sick and a number SLEEP ?

Good explanation

How about (John 6) ? How do you explain "He who eats My Body and drinks My Blood shall have eternal life "

"For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed." (John 6:55) If this is symbolic, He shouldn't have said indeed.

If this is symbolic, Jesus wouldn't have left many of His desciples to go away "From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” (John 6:66,67) He could have said, wait don't walk away, I'm just talking symbolically. Buy He did say that, He didn't even care for the 12 to go if they don't belive that His Body is food indeed. "But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him." (John 6: 64)

I am more concerned with the idea that God 's judgement for taking communion wrongly involved sickness or death. That is the general teaching, but I am not sure it is correct.

Good explanation besides the jam of so called music along with it.

amen

I will pray for your soul. To judge others belief and call it a lie is preaching deception. Twisting Gods word to fit a narrative is false teaching.

IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME 🌾🍞🍷📜

I think we should also see the part where that the communion could lead to damnation. So i believe this is to do with being worthy. If JESUS came to die for sinners so they might receive forgiveness through repentance then how could sinners still live in sin and do communion? That is like crucifying the LORD of glory afresh and it should not be done so. And of course the over eating is not condoned here and can lead to damnation. See here and notify the damnation part and the sick and weak parts and the sleep (referring to death) part: 1 corinthians 11: 24 And when HE had given thanks, HE brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is MY body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of ME. 25 After the same manner also HE took the cup, when HE had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in MY blood: this do all of you, as often as all of you drink it, in remembrance of ME. 26 For as often as all of you eat this bread, and drink this cup, all of you do show The Lord's death till HE comes. 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. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning The Lord's body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of The Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when all of you come together to eat, tarry one for another. 34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that all of you come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. So i'm saying we should maybe look at communion in a more fearful way as to remember that this is a HOLY communion which is meant for rememberence and proclamation of JESUS CHRIST🙂 Let's also examine the word examine and put this in mind with this 1 cor 11 scripture: 2Cor 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether all of you be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know all of you not your own selves, how that JESUS CHRIST is in you, except all of you be reprobates? Bless you with the goodness of GOD Shalom

I have to disagree but I am open for teaching. If communion is a free gift, open to all and without any self reflection; then why does Paul admonish the church for incorrectly administering the sacrament and describe the afflictions that they suffer for it? Paul states: "Each one must examine himself before he eats the bread and drinks the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgement to himself. That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep." "Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world." Who is Paul talking about, what is he talking about, why is he talking about it and what are the consequences? (Who) "Each one", "himself", "ourselves".... in other words, the individual within the church body. (What) to "recognize the body" in other words, to discern between the Lord's Supper and an ordinary meal. (Why) so that we may discern the proper context of gathering together to partake of the sacrament so that in doing so, we remember His death and His new covenant (implied). (Consequences) failing to recognize the purpose of gathering for the Lord's Supper results in the Lord's judgement; hence temporal punishment and possible condemnation with the world.

The true context of this passage has NOTHING to do with a manmade Christian doctrine of communion. It has EVERYTHING to do with a Jewish context of keeping the feast of Passover in a community setting.

HEAD COVERING IN BIBLE . 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 11 VERSE 5 TO 6 . VERSE 5 : " BUT EVERY WOMAN WHO PRAYS OR PROPHESIED WITH HER HEAD UNCOVERED DISHONORS HER HEAD _ IT IS THE SAME AS HAVING HER HEAD SHAVED .' VERSE 6 : " FOR IF A WOMAN DOES NOT COVER HER HEAD , SHE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE HER HAIR CUT OFF , BUT IF IT IS A DISGRACE FOR A WOMAN TO HAVE HER HAIR CUT OFF OR HER HEAD SHAVED , THEN SHE SHOULD COVER HER HEAD .'

" This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die." (John 6:50) "“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you." (John 6:53)

Plz bro don't use the word"luckily"because that word won't show Jesus Christ's involment We are seeing the fruit of taking part in Lord's communion all over the world and people are glorifying God by that.......then why should we try to stop it.... God bless you my brother

Examine self:WORD-not to be condemned fr unrepented sin and NOTwaiting fr ALL to fellowship together Worthy:WORD-no one worthy all are sinners 2 DIFFERENT MEANINGS THIS IS A MEMORIAL FEAST OF JESUS DEATH PARTAKEN IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WORK ON CROSS INSTITUTED BY HIMSELF WITH BREAD& FRUIT OF VINE&NO SUBSTITUTES. The bread emblem of His body &the Cup of the NEW COVENANT HIS BLOOD

PROPER USE WHEAT 🌾 unleavened bread 🍞 Exodus 29:2 and Red 🍷 Wine Psalm 75:8 in the Evenings at home📜

So why do the bible anyone who drink unworthy drink condemnation to himself, and even more you consider Judas right after Judas take the communion and he wake and go deliver the Lord to the Jews , and even chapters before that Paul said do not even sit down to eat with a believer that commit sexual immorality right ?so imagine taking the Lord with a person and you know are you both not in sin or bring condemnation on you?

Silly unnecessary muzak.

This is the zenith of manipulation. I do not know whether he does it consciously, does not understand or does not want to understand. "This is My Body, this is My Blood. Do this in remembrance of Me." How do these special words of Christ relate to ordinary everyday food? Protestant perversity.

I appreciate the video, but personally I don't think that "communion" is something that Yeshua (Jesus) commanded. I compared what Paul said in 1 Cor 11 to what Yeshua said in the gospel accounts. The way I read it is Yeshua is telling His disciples to do that in remembrance of Him that one time. After all, He was about to be crucified for them. Yeshua did not say, "as often as you do this, do in remembrance of Me". I don't know why Paul would have quoted Him as saying that. I am still trying to find out.

I’m about three minutes and 56 seconds into this. And as a person who has a really hard time concentrating due to fibromyalgia the music in the background is horrible. Very hard to concentrate when you’re playing weird music in the background. If anything it should be much much lower it’s too loud it’s at the almost the same level as your voice. Yeah it’s super distracting. Learned a lot from what you said, leave out the music next time. Because of what’s being said carries in and of itself enough attention, you don’t need music to highlight such a serious point.