The Table Misapplied

An episode of the King's Table Church Sermons podcast, hosted by Steve Savage, titled "The Table Misapplied" was published on August 27, 2023 and runs 41 minutes.

August 27, 2023 ·41m · King's Table Church Sermons

0:00 / 0:00

Summary

The Lord’s table is not always used well; it has often been abused from within. In Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, we find two cautionary tales around abusing the table. One is members within the church engaging during the week in the idolatry and then coming to the Lord’s table as if the two could coexist. Paul rebukes strongly. Those who participate in pagan feasts (which often involved prostitution) are defiling themselves as they participate with demons! And much like the problem Paul addressed in chapter 6, they are in turn defiling the body and table of Christ as they enter into participation there. The second abuse is factions and divisions in the church that lead to one getting drunk while another goes hungry. “If that’s the case, this is not the Lord’s Supper you are observing,” Paul says.In what ways are we in danger of misapplying the table? In what ways are we prone to these two abuses or others like them?

Episode Description

The Lord’s table is not always used well; it has often been abused from within. In Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, we find two cautionary tales around abusing the table. One is members within the church engaging during the week in the idolatry and then coming to the Lord’s table as if the two could coexist. Paul rebukes strongly. Those who participate in pagan feasts (which often involved prostitution) are defiling themselves as they participate with demons! And much like the problem Paul addressed in chapter 6, they are in turn defiling the body and table of Christ as they enter into participation there. The second abuse is factions and divisions in the church that lead to one getting drunk while another goes hungry. “If that’s the case, this is not the Lord’s Supper you are observing,” Paul says.

In what ways are we in danger of misapplying the table? In what ways are we prone to these two abuses or others like them?

Share this episode

Similar Episodes

Grasses in the South

Apr 13, 2026 ·5m

Apr 13, 2026 ·1m

A Helpless Situation

Apr 13, 2026 ·14m

How I Escaped being Killed in a Duel

Apr 13, 2026 ·9m

Important to Whom it may Concern

Apr 13, 2026 ·4m

Jim's Investments, and King Sollermun

Apr 13, 2026 ·10m

Similar Podcasts

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Unknown Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. In the tale, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious warrior who is completely green, from his clothes and hair to his beard and skin. The "Green Knight" offers to allow anyone to strike him with his axe if the challenger will take a return blow in a year and a day. Gawain accepts, and beheads him in one blow, only to have the Green Knight stand up, pick up his head, and remind Gawain to meet him at the appointed time. The story of Gawain's struggle to meet the appointment and his adventures along the way demonstrate the spirit of chivalry and loyalty. (Wikipedia) This 20th Century rendering is by WA Neilson. Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Wägner (1800 - 1886) LibriVox This volume contains the principal hero-lays of the six great epic cycles of the Teutonic Middle Ages: The Langobardian Legends, the Amelung and Kindred Legends; Dietrich of Bern's Adventures; the Nibelung Legends; the Hegeling Legends; and Beowulf. To them, the author has added the great mythical Carolingian cycle, which centred round the persons of Charlemagne and his heroes, and the Breton ones of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, as well as the legend of the Holy Grail. Therefore, this one book tells all of the great epic and romances of the Middle Ages in accessible language for the general public. (Summary by Leni) The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare Mad with jealousy, King Leontes of Sicilia orders his best friend Polixenes killed, his child abandoned, and his wife put on trial for adultery. Sixteen years later, Perdita, raised as a shepherd's daughter, falls in love with Polixenes's royal son and returns to her father's kingdom. (Summary by Arielle Lipshaw)Cast:Antigonus: John DoyleArchidamus: David NicolAutolycus: Algy PugCamillo: mbCleomenes: Vicente Costa FilhoClown: BaggzDion: Robert FletcherDorcas: Patti CunninghamEmilia: Laurie Anne WaldenFirst Gentlem Mark Twain's Journal Writings, Volume 1 by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) LibriVox Volume 1 contains these 12 essays: 1.) "Americans on a Visit to the Emperor of Russia." 2.) "The Austrian Edison keeping school again" 3.) "The Canvasser's tale." 4.) "The Czar's Soliloquy." 5.) "English as She is Taught." 6.) "Grasses in the South." 7.) "Hawaii." 8.) "A Helpless Situation." 9.) "How I Escaped being Killed in a Duel." 10.) "Important to Whom it may Concern." 11.) "The Austrian Edison Keeping School Again" 12.) "Jim's Investments, and King Sollermun." (Summary by John Greenman)

URL copied to clipboard!