How should you behave at the communion service?
Partake with a solemn, self-examining mindset, remembering that Christ died, shed His blood, and rose again. Do not examine or judge the person next to you or across the church. Instead, look at your own heart and attitude, asking whether you are right with the Lord, and do not eat or drink unworthily.
Les explains that the right mindset at communion is to remind yourself, not the person next to you or across the church, that Christ died, His blood was shed, and He arose from the dead. The Lord’s Supper is to be a solemn experience, not abused with indulgence in food or too much wine. Paul upbraided the Corinthians, saying to do their eating and drinking at home, but when they come to the Lord’s house for the Lord’s Supper, it is a solemn occasion. Whenever believers do this, they show the Lord’s death until He comes, and the Lord’s table will not stop until the Lord returns. The Apostle’s description in verse 27 says that whoever eats the bread and drinks the cup unworthily is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord, so a man must examine himself. The secret to behavior at communion is not examining the next person or judging someone across the church, but looking at your own heart and attitude and asking, “Am I right with the Lord?”
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
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How should I examine myself before taking communion?
The secret to behavior at the communion service is self-examination: you don't examine the next person or sit there judging the guy across the church, but you look at your own heart and attitude and ask whether you are right with the Lord.