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Understanding Discerning the Body in 1 Corinthians
In this episode, we explore the meaning of ‘discerning the body’ as … (visit YouTube for more)
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1 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 29. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
A lot hangs on what Paul means here by discerning the body. Which body? It could probably go either way, and that might be deliberate, meaning the church or Christ’s body.
Christ’s body is figuratively the church. He is the head, we are the body. But also Christ’s body is the body that was beaten and bruised and died on the cross to redeem us.
So in both cases, I think, Paul wants us to make sure that we are thinking rightly About the body, the body of Christ, whether that’s the church or our Master.
So we need to understand what it is that he did for us. And we need to understand the kind of community that we’re members of. This is a holy community and he is a holy God.
