September 25, 2011
Passage:  1 Corinthians 11:17-34
Speaker:  Bill Knepper
Main Point:  Humbly consider others more important than yourself.

I. Selfish behavior embarrasses the church.  (17-22)
            A. The opportunity for conflict will come.
            B. A potluck can be a place of offense.
            C. The church’s reputation suffers.

II. The Lord’s Supper portrays unity.  (23-26)
            A. The bread represents the body of Jesus.
            B. The cup represents the shed blood.
            C. The focus is Jesus not self.

III. The Lord will discipline the offenders.  (27-34)
            A. Christ judges behavior that defies Him.
            B. The judgment for saints is discipline.
            C. The solution is an attitude check.