(1 Corinthians 11:17-34)
"Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you. Therefore when you come together in one place, IT IS NOT TO EAT THE LORD'S SUPPER." (v.17-20)
Paul delivers to the Corinthian church that which he received from the Lord: that they/we should eat the bread, and drink the cup, in remembrance of Him. "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you (we) proclaim the Lord's death till He comes." But if we eat this bread and drink this cup in an unworthy manner, we eat and drink judgement to ourselves, not discerning the Lord's body.
It could be the Corinthians were partaking unworthily of the bread and the cup because they did not know how to make themselves ready to receive. The mountain (Mark 11:23) Jesus teaches His disciples about kept the chief priests and scribes from receiving Jesus Christ, the Living Bread, when He came to the temple. They unworthily received the Bread of God when He came to them.
When we come together in one place, it is always to eat the Lord's Supper! Wait for one another as we speak to that mountain (all fleshly confidence) so that we may partake worthily of the Bread of God and drink His cup. That must be the most anointed place.
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