1 Corinthians 11:2 (KJV) Do Not Tamper

1 Corinthians 11:2 (KJV)
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

This chapter begins on a note about following and ends with the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper. While there is the supplemental subject of authority brought up, it is reasonable to assume the ordinances to which the Apostle refers are baptism and especially the Lord’s Supper. There was a problem in the spirit of the participants that is addressed in the chapter but there is also a compliment paid to them; they kept the ordinances as they were delivered.

Let a lesson be learned here. The ordinances are not to be tampered with. We do best when we keep them the way we were taught them. Paul learned them from Christ (having not been present when Christ instituted it.) He then told them to learn them from him.

I get that different local churches have differing views concerning the ordinances; whether we practice the Lord’s Supper open or closed for instance. I am convinced the Bible teaches a closed table but my point is, whatever you believe the Bible teaches on how to keep or observe the ordinances, you are best to follow. It’s not ok to tweak it for convenience’s sake. The ordinances are to be kept how the Bible delivers them. Period.

There will be those who judge you because you observe the ordinances differently than they. Untold thousands were killed because they believed baptism was by immersion, after salvation and under the authority of a church having no lineage in Catholicism or its offspring, Protestantism. We are all judged in one way or another for our position on the ordinances. The only judge who matters is the Lord.

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1 Corinthians 11:2 (KJV) Do Not Tamper

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