Julie Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Paul was exhorting them for they would know that they can not take part in both, that you can not straddle the fence you have to do one or the other It sounds as if the church was participating in both the sacrifice of Christ and their gods. The danger was they were identifing themselves with false gods, they were commiting idolatry before the Lord, they were sinning against the Lord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekila Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 You cannot have two masters. You are either on Gods, side or the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONALEE Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Sothey maybe ablew to distinguish from good and evil (God or Satan). Have to choose one or the other. We cant not serve both. Encouraging the Corinthians to be as enthusiastic about God as he was. Distention;idioltryt;sacrifices; wrath of God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baseballfan Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? What was going on in the church? What was the danger to the believers? Apparently, the people were involved in idolatry, and Paul was warning them against that. The danger was that they would forsake Christ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npaul Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? The cup represents the blood that is in it. In Lev. it talks about the life of the blood is in the flesh. The blood represents the life of the person it is shed by. When we drink the cup of demons we are partaking of what those demons represent and when we drink the cup of the Lord we are partaking of what the Lord represents. Demon participation represents death - the Lord participation represents life. We cannot be doubleminded and think that we are honoring the blood of our Lord by participating in sacrifices offered to demons. What was going on in the church? They had gotten into idolatry which is loving or venerating anything more than God. What was the danger to the believers? They were placing themselves in a situation similar to those that God was displeased with in the wilderness. Those were worshippers of false Gods and some ate and drank sacrifices offered to the golden calf. 1 Cor. 10:8 - the result was that 23,000 suddenly fell dead in a single day. Read on through vs. 9-11 and see that these things were to admonish and warn us today. God will not be mocked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCHRIS Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? What was going on in the church? What was the danger to the believers? We know in the Word, Jesus tells us we cannot serve two masters. Just as Paul telling then Corinth church they cannot participate in both meals. Paul is trying to teach the church that they must stick to the plan in hand and follow only One God, the true living God, and what He commands us to do. Otherwise, the downfall of Christianity will occur through this "mixing" of beleifs and all Christ had done for us would be downgraded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glory Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 THE CORINTHIANS WERE APPARENTLY WANTING TO MIX OLD BELIEFS WITH GOD'S HOLINESS ,BUT WHAT FELLOWSHIP DOES LIGHT HAVE WITH DARKNESS?WHAT FELLOWSHIP DOES CHRIST HAVE WITH BELIAL, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS.WHEN WE TAKE COMMUNION WE ARE PARTAKING OF THE LORD'S BLESSINGS, OF HIS BODY AND HIS BLOOD.HIS WORD SAYS, BE YE HOLY AS I AM HOLY.WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FLEE FROM IDOLATRY, FORNICATION AND ALL THINGS THAT WOULD KEEP US AWAY FROM INTIMACY AND FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD. WE CANT AFFORD TO MIX CARNALITY OF THE FLESH WITH GODLINESS AND HOLY LIVING.IT SEEMS THE CHURCH AT THAT TIME WAS FACING SEXUAL IMMORALITY AND PERVERSIONS AMONG OTHER THINGS.THIS IS DANGEROUS. IT CAN LEAD TO SEPARATION FROM GOD, SINCE FROM THE BEGINNING, SIN WAS WHAT SEPARATED MAN FROM GOD.IT WOULD ALSO CAUSE CONFUSION IN THE CHURCH, CAUSING SOME TO FALL AWAY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Rupert Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? What was going on in the church? What was the danger to the believers? I BELIEVE THAT THE CORINTHIANS WERE A CONFUSED PEOPLE AND THEY NEEDED DIRECTION. THIS IS WHAT PAUL WAS PROVIDING THEM. IN OTHER WORDS YOU CAN'T WORSHIP GOD AND SERVE SATAN TOO. YOU MUST CHOOSE YOU CAN'T WALK THE LINE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahala p.s. Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? What was going on in the church? What was the danger to the believers? Paul was exhorting the Corinthians the cups of the Lord and the cup of demons, because He was seeing that the church members were being tempted to participate in sacrifices to various Greek and Romans gods. In that time the people of Corinth built many temple for worshiping idols, and the believer in Corinth took part in worshiping idols before they accepted the Gospel and the teaching from Paul. However, in that time they still were tempted to take part in such worship. The danger to the believers was that if they had fallen in that temptation, partaking in sacrifice to an idol, they would have entered the area that was forbidden and hated by God; they would have made the Lord jealous and angry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda bass Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Paul was exhorting the Corinthians that they could not take part in the Lord's Supper and still continue to worship idols. They couldn't serve two masters. They couldn't take part in the communion ceremony, if they continued to make sacrifaces to demonic gods. What was going on in the Corinthian church was that many wanted to accept Jesus as Savior, yet still hang on to their idols. Many were still involved in the sins of idolatry and sexual immortality. The dangers to the believers was that they could eventually turn from Christ and go completely back to their old ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
care2hope2 Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? What was going on in the church? What was the danger to the believers Paul was exhorting the Corinthians not to participate in the sacrifices to the gods of the pagans because he knew that we participate in the sacrifice meal that connects us to Jesus and God the Father and the spirit. We are filled with God's presence and have this reality in our spirits and in our minds. He knew that stone and or bone or wood and precious metals had no life in them so that the most probable thing that these pagans were worshiping were evil spirits or deamons. and he knew that the evil that they participated in would be filling and affecting the people and that evil presence and God's spiritual presence did not mix and he was afraid that either the persons would be won over to demonic worship all together or that God 's presence would leave these people and they would lead others in the false ways and in so doing loose God's favor in their lives. making the Corinthian church weak in areas. Because demons and God's presence cannot exist in the same body at least not for long. lives and fall away taking others with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclebob Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? What was going on in the church? What was the danger to the believers? Because he was concerned and saying that you could not share in the Cupo of the Lord and Cup of the Demons and expect the reap the rewards of both. Because he was concerned and saying that you could not share in the Cupo of the Lord and Cup of the Demons and expect the reap the rewards of both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Paul was exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord because they were worshipping idols. Corinth was a corrupt city and the people were offering sacrifices to demons and not to God. Paul was warning the people to flee from idolatry and only to drink the cup of the Lord and not demons. Idols represent the demonic, if pagan worshippers believe an idol is a god, demons act out the part of the imagined god. There is not a true god in the idol, but there is a satanic spiritual force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olori Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? What was going on in the church? What was the danger to the believers? Because they were participating in eating the sacrifices of idols, and he was reminding them of what the cup of the LORD was to them. They were taking communion and eating the sacrifices made to idols. The idols were actually demons. They would arouse God's jealous and wrath. They would have been in danger from the demons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissioned Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? Prior to their conversion the Corinthians participated in sacrifices to idols. This practice would continue had they not been instructed by Paul that in so doing they were participating with demons. Paul told them that as believers in Jesus Christ they have been commanded to share the cup of the Lord and in this new walk they cannot share the cup of demons too. What was going on in the church? Not having been instructed otherwise the new believers in Christ continued in some of their old ways; one of which was practices in idol worship. What was the danger to the believers? The danger to the believers was that if they were not instructed in the new way and if they did not turn from the old way they would have continued in sin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelOnLine Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? You either trust in the Lord and drink from His cup, or you follow Satan and drink from his cup. You can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
open2itall Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? We need to bind with the highest. What was going on in the church? There was division within the Corinthian Church. What was the danger to the believers? that they might get caught up in lower streams of energy, leading to an inability to bind with the highest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
servant for Christ Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? What was going on in the church? What was the danger to the believers? Paul was exhorting the Corinthians about the two cups because he was reminding them that the cup of the Lord stood for a sharing in the redemption of Christ, the cup of demons is partaking in idolatrous feast, which is a sharing or participation in demons. The church could not distinguish between what was holy and what was defiled. Between what was Christ and what was the devil. The danger to the believers was they did not understand the holy jealousy of God and the seriousness of compromising with the world. You can serve only one master, that is God. They were beginning to worship idols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana47 Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 paul knows that he is addressing himself to intenlligent people who understands what he is saying. the cup of blessing refers t the cup of wine which is used at the lords supper. it is a cup which speaks of tremendous blessing which has come to us through the death of christ;therefore it called the cup of blessing.the clause which we bless means "for whichwe give thanks."whe we take that cup and press it to our lips,we are saying in effect that we are participants in all the benefits that flow from the blood of christ. when paul says that u cannot drink the cup of lord and the cup of demons partake of the lord table and of the table of the demons.,he does not mean that it is a physical impossibilty,for instant,for a believer to go to an idol temple and to particpate in a feast there.but what paul means here is that it would be morally in consistantit would be an act of treachery towards the lord jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALT39 Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? What was going on in the church? What was the danger to the believers? Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? He wanted them to know that they had to be careful that they could not serve two masters. In Matthew 6:24, Jesus said, " No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other." What was going on in the church? Corinth was a city with many temples and many gods whom were being worshipped. There was immorality and abuse of the Lord's Supper as described in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. I read some study notes which describes the church at Corinth similar to the issues of today. Christians are still influenced by the today's cultural environment. What was the danger to the believers? They would be separated from God and no longer feel God's love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PASTOR D Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Paul was warning them of the danger associated with them trying to please God while at the same time they were participating in things that were contrary to God. He also made it a point to let them know that taking part in pagan sacrifices identified them as members of that group that participated in those sacrifices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marloes Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 We have to choose between A. Jesus and B. something else, like the world/a false god/money/... In this case, demons are the false gods of the greek and the romans. For us it can also be money or **** - whatever might be more important to us then God. The people in Corinth would have an easier life on earth if they would be following the false gods. Therefore they were in danger of following those gods and by this leaving the true God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanks Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Q1. Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? Paul was warning the Corinthians that by drinking from the cup of demons they were identifying themselves with pagan gods and demons. That is similar to belonging to the world and at the same time belonging to our Lord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foofee's Nana Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Why was Paul exhorting the Corinthians about the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons? Believers were tempted to share in the sacrifices of the Greeks and Romans....to gods that were served by demons. This would open them up to a false teaching and not the one true and living God. What was going on in the church? The church was experiencing believers who may have held pagan practices also.... What was the danger to the believers? The danger to believers is that we leave ourselves open to demonic activities and things that we may not want to open ourselves up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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