When it comes to the Lord's table, and the reading of the words of institution from 1 Corinthians 11, we are confronted with the dividing of the congregation into two halves: the worthy and the unworthy. That is those who are saved and have a right to partake of the elements, and those that are unsaved and have no right, or the saved but backslidden and rebellious who have forfeited their right to the table's blessings until they repent. Hence why we are exhorted to self-examination. John's first epistle is also one of self-reflection and examination, including as it does many marks and test of a true believer:
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Rev. Paul A. Backhurst grew up in Liverpool, England. He was educated at Liverpool Blue Coat School, and later studied Classics at King's College London. In 2002, he relocated to Nijmegen in the Netherlands, where the Lord saved him in 2004. He met his wife and was married....
