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the body, we should not partake because we are not claiming by faith what Jesus has done for us.
    And by failing to do so, we are making His work on the cross ineffective and powerless as far as we are concerned.
    When you fail to discern His body, you are actually despising His work on the cross. Vine’s Expository Dictionary has this to say about partaking unworthily:
    Unworthily — anaxios NT: 371 is used in 1 Corinthians 11:27, of partaking of the Lord’s Supper “unworthily”, i.e., treating it as a common meal, the bread and cup as common things, not apprehending their solemn symbolic import.
    Jesus wants us to take the bread and believe that His body was broken so that our bodies can be made well. And when we discern it that way, we are partaking worthily.
    When you come to His Table and release your faith in the Lord’s body, you will receive the benefits of healing, health and wholeness. And you will be strong and healthy, and live long.
    What It Means To Examine Yourself
    Secondly, I was told that to “examine” myself means to check if I have sins in my life and to confess them all.
    To correct this misconception, we have to understand the context of Paul’s statement. He is addressing the issue of eating and drinking unworthily.
    So it follows that he was telling the Corinthians that they should examine themselves to see if they were eating and drinking in a worthy manner. Nowhere does it say that he told them to examine themselves to see if there was sin in their lives.
    1 Corinthians 11:27–29
    27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
    Looking at the passage again, it is clear that Paul is saying that a man should examine himself to see if he is eating and drinking worthily so as not to eat and drink judgment to himself.
    It is so simple, but preachers have for so long made Christians fearful and sin-conscious when God wants us to be Son-conscious. He just wants us to examine ourselves to see if we are putting our faith in His Son’s work on the cross for us.
    What It Means To Drink Judgment To Yourself
    Thirdly, the “judgment” (in verse 29) does not mean God’s anger or wrath as I used to think. In some circles, people still believe that the judgment here refers to God sending them to hell. That is an incorrect interpretation.
    The Greek word used here is krima, which means divine sentence. When Adam sinned against God, a divine sentence fell on the human race. Weakness, sickness and death are some effects of that divine sentence.

    The Lord’s Supper is how God helps us offset the process of ageing and walk in divine health.

    As long as we are here on earth, our bodies are subject to the ageing process, which is part of the divine sentence. All our bodies are decaying every day. Our brain cells are dying daily.
    The Holy Communion is God’s solution for us to offset the decay. And even your friends will see the results. They will begin to ask you, “Hey, why do you seem to look younger and younger? You never seem to age!”
    One day, when we get to heaven, we will have brand new bodies that never grow old, never tire and never look bad. Meanwhile, the Lord’s Supper is how God helps us offset this process of ageing and walk in divine health. Every time you partake, you are reversing the effects of the curse or divine judgment in your body.
    The Devil Is No Match For Those Who Believe In The Power Of The Lord’s Broken Body
    I believe that for a long time, the devil has tried to blind the church to the power of the Lord’s body. And that is because he knows that he is no match for those who have faith in the power of Jesus’ broken body.
    Let me give you an example of how a church