<p>11:20 <em>When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat- </em>Verse 21 goes on to reason that <em>the Lord's </em>supper has become <em>their own </em>supper. Our breaking of bread is <em>far far more</em> than <em>just</em> religious ritual, although on one level it is that. But we must rise well above this. Israel kept the Passover (cp. the breaking of bread), and yet to God they never <em>really </em>kept it. The Corinthians took the cup of the Lord and that of the idols; they broke bread with both (1 Cor. 10:21). But they were told they <em>could not</em> do this. They took the cup of the Lord; but not in the Lord&rsquo;s eyes. They turned <em>His </em>supper into their <em>own </em>supper. They did it, but for themselves. And so in spiritual terms, they didn&rsquo;t do it (1 Cor. 11:20.21). Just as the &ldquo;<em>Lord&rsquo;s </em>passover&quot; became by the time of the NT &ldquo;the feast of <em>the Jews</em>&quot;. They turned His Passover into their own. Likewise they turned the house <em>of God </em>into their <em>own </em>house (Mt. 23:38); and the Lord called the law of God through Moses as now &ldquo;<em>their </em>law&quot; (Jn. 15:25). And so we must just accept the real possibility that we can break bread on the surface, but not break bread. We&rsquo;ve probably all done this. Don&rsquo;t let it become the norm. Likewise Israel had to be asked the rhetorical question: &ldquo;<em>Have ye</em> offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years?&quot; (Am. 5:25). Because they <em>also</em> worshipped Molech, their keeping of the feasts wasn&rsquo;t accepted. So I can ask again: Do you <em>really</em> break bread? Israel kept their Passovers throughout the wilderness years, one would assume- but they never remembered the day that God brought them out of Egypt (Ps. 78:42)- although notice how although Israel didn't remember God, yet He remembered them in His grace (Ps. 106:7, 45).</p>