"Impossible" would be a better word than "not." The real thought of the text is that their behavior in verse 21 made it impossible to eat the Lord's Supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken." 1 Corinthians 11:20-21. "When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. So now, if you will, journey back with us to the night of Christ's betrayal when His disciples and He "took bread." What is it Scripturally called? (1) The Lord's Supper Through the following study we hope to discover exactly what that pattern is. In order to be scriptural in serving God and discharging our duty to Him we must follow the Bible pattern given for the observance of the Lord's Supper. We shall endeavor to "speak where the bible speaks and remain silent where it is silent," to stand always on a "thus saith the Lord." Because some have failed to do so, this sacred feast has been robbed of its primitive beauty and fundamental significance. The purpose of this treatise is to study in detail the design and scriptural observance of the communion. It has stood the test of time and change, and wherever faithful disciples assemble to eat and drink the communion of the body and blood of Christ, it brings fresh to their minds the pain, suffering, and death of a loving Saviour. Monuments built by man fade and decay, but this one-never. This Supper is without question one of the greatest memorials ever erected. They have reference to the Lord's supper. The above words were spoken by Jesus in Luke 22:19, and repeated by Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:24-25. To follow Jesus and Paul, I must use only one cup A Treatise On The Lord's Supper, Setting Forth Its Scriptural Design And Observance.
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