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The point is that we dare not forget whose “Body” the Church is and who is included in that Body.
“Judging the body” is parallel to “judging
ourselves” (1 Cor. 11:31).
By referencing the “Body” only, he is signifying the body of Christ, that is, the Church.
“So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another . . . . so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment” (1 Cor. 11:33–34).
It is all about manifesting the unity of the Church at the Lord’s family Table. We
“For as the body is one and has many members, but all the
members of that one body, being many are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.”
They, too, as members of the holy community must learn to eat in a manner that is fitting.
If then, the children of the old covenant were able to eat the same spiritual food, and drink the same spiritual drink without condemnation, how much more
can the children of the new covenant eat and drink the body and blood of their Lord without condemnation.”
A great big ugly division is manifest at the Table between adults and children,
In the context of this gracious setting, as they grow up, they gradually and with increasing maturity learn what it means to behave
in accordance with the privilege of family table fellowship. They
