Christian worship can be defined as the presence of the living Lord in the midst of His people. In other words, as stated in Psalm 22:3, “He inhabits the praises of His people.” The presence of the Holy Spirit brings the hearts of people into unified worship through vocal praise and the offering of prayer. The Corinthian Church provides the example of the three elements of Christian worship, which includes the charismatic elements, the didactic, and the eucharist. However, it is important to point out that Christian worship emphasizes a corporate action of the community or a togetherness component. In other words, there are no lone wolves in the act of Christian worship it is truly all about community.
1 Corinthians 11 includes two elements; hairstyles and gender distinctions, and The Lord’s Supper. In summarizing the elements of hairstyle and gender distinctions, Paul endorses the freedom of women to pray and exercise the gifts of prophecy, however, he minds them of the cultural distraction of loosening their hair when doing so. In this section, he dives deeper to highlight the interdependence of men and women. In doing so, he is careful to not …show more content…
The Last Supper, an act of worship that proclaims the death of Jesus and the fellowship with the risen Lord, has splintered the church along social lines. Like many other issues already addresses in this letter, it appears that the upper class and wealthy in the church were feasting together while others in the church went with little or nothing. As Paul closes out this section of his letter to the Corinthians, it is important to note that this issue had already caused some level of judgment, which is in reference to verse 30, that indicates that many were weak or sick and in fact many sleep
1 Corinthians 11 includes two elements; hairstyles and gender distinctions, and The Lord’s Supper. In summarizing the elements of hairstyle and gender distinctions, Paul endorses the freedom of women to pray and exercise the gifts of prophecy, however, he minds them of the cultural distraction of loosening their hair when doing so. In this section, he dives deeper to highlight the interdependence of men and women. In doing so, he is careful to not …show more content…
The Last Supper, an act of worship that proclaims the death of Jesus and the fellowship with the risen Lord, has splintered the church along social lines. Like many other issues already addresses in this letter, it appears that the upper class and wealthy in the church were feasting together while others in the church went with little or nothing. As Paul closes out this section of his letter to the Corinthians, it is important to note that this issue had already caused some level of judgment, which is in reference to verse 30, that indicates that many were weak or sick and in fact many sleep