One-Year Bible Reading Plan  : Seekers & New Believers | May 24 | 1 Corinthians Chapter 11: In Remembrance of Christ 

🦌 Opening Today’s Reading 

Dear brothers, sisters, and friends, peace be with you in the Lord!

Welcome to today's reading journey! Today, we are exploring 1 Corinthians Chapter 11 together.

In our worship gatherings and spiritual activities, do we sometimes fall into routine and lose our sense of reverence? How should our hearts be prepared when we remember the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross for us?

Let's pause and take a quiet moment. Bringing a reverence-filled heart, let's step into today's scripture as Paul corrects disorders in worship and reveals the sacred depth of the Lord's Supper.

📖 Context Snapshot 

Where are we today?

1 Corinthians Chapter 11 addresses two key topics regarding public worship:

1. Order in Public Worship (1 Corinthians 11:1–16): Paul discusses headship and decorum during prayer and prophecy, emphasizing reverence, proper roles, and order before God in worship settings.

2. The Lord's Supper and Self-Examination (1 Corinthians 11:17–34): Paul rebukes the Corinthians for corrupting the Lord's Supper through division and selfishness, where the rich ate ahead while the poor went hungry. He rehearses the institution of the Holy Communion—reminding them that the bread and cup proclaim Christ's death until He comes, and commanding everyone to examine themselves before partaking.

💡 Today’s Scripture Verse  - 1 Corinthians 11

11 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.

9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.

21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? what shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

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 ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

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 eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh 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 ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

🌟Daily Heart-Check:  From "Routine Ritual" to "Reverent Examination" 

• Communion is Remembrance and Self-Examination: The Lord's Supper is not a mere symbolic tradition; it is a sacred invitation to remember Jesus' sacrifice and examine our hearts before Him, ensuring we walk in repentance and grace.

• Love and Consideration in Fellowship: Worship cannot be separated from how we treat others. Paul calls us to honor the unity of the body by waiting for one another and caring for those in need.

🎵 Response Song :  

🙏 Closing Prayer

Loving Heavenly Father,

Thank You for speaking to us today through 1 Corinthians Chapter 11.

Lord Jesus, thank You for giving Your body and shedding Your blood on the cross to establish the new covenant for us. Forgive us for the times we have approached Your presence casually or treated worship as a mere routine.

Grant us hearts that are quick to examine ourselves before You. Help us walk in humility, reverence, and genuine love for our brothers and sisters, honoring the unity of Your body.

We commit our lives and our loved ones into Your loving hands today.

In Jesus' name we pray, Amen!