Do You Despise the Church of God

• Do You Despise the Church of God?
• 1 Corinthians 11:22
• 1 Corinthians 11:20-22
• 1 Corinthians 11:20-22 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper…. 22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing?
• Despise the church?
• “Regard as unworthy of interest or concern”
• “Treat with contempt”
• “Scorn”
• “Think slightly of”

• How the Corinthians treated the church
• Lack of love for one another by divisions (v. 18)
• Lack of devotion to the Lord by failing to come together for right purpose (v. 20)
• Minimizing the Church
• Shown by our actions and conduct
• Revealed by our lifestyles
• Lack of commitment and involvement
• How Some Disdain the Church Today
• Regarding it as a human denomination
• By Forsaking Assembling
• Hebrews 10:23-25 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,25 not forsaking the
• By Forsaking Assembling
• Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
• By Forsaking Assembling
• Assembling – not “the assembly”
• Refers to the habit of assembling whenever the saints come together
• Need for Spiritual Hunger
• Psalms 42:1-2 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
• Worship a Requirement
• John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
• Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.
• Blessings of Assembling Together with Saints
• Singing and admonishing one another
• Corporate prayer
• Edifying one another
• Communion with the body and blood of Christ
• Built up in the word of God
• The Need for Commitment
• Committed to Christ
• Giving of Self to God
• Denial of self, give first place to Christ
• The Need for Conviction
• Convicted by the Spirit Revealed Truth
• The Need for Conviction
• Convictions toward the Bible
• The Need for Conviction
• Convictions toward the church
• The Need for Conviction
• Convictions toward Christian living
• 1 Corinthians 11:20-22
• 1 Corinthians 11:20-22 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper…. 22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing?
• Do You Despise the Church of God?
• 1 Corinthians 11:22