Useful Bible Studies > 1 Corinthians Commentary > chapter 11
Christians teach that the most important event in the world’s history is the death of Christ. The most important future event will be when Christ comes back to this world. Between these two events, Christians must declare Christ’s death to the world. Whenever they share bread and wine at church, they are declaring the importance of Christ’s death.
Christ’s death is so important because God saves people only by means of Christ’s death (1:18). That is why Christ came into the world: to save people (Matthew 1:21). All people have done wrong things against God’s law; we deserve only punishment (Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23). But God can forgive us because Christ died for us (Isaiah 53:5-6; John 3:16-17). So, we must confess our evil deeds to God, and we must invite Christ into our lives.
When people do such things, they are trusting God to save them because of Christ’s death. As Christians, they wait for Christ’s return. At his death, Christ defeated both the devil and the power of death (Hebrews 2:14-15). Until Christ’s return, people will still die and the devil will continue to have power in this world. That is the reason why there is so much trouble in the world. And that is the reason why Christians are so eager for Christ to establish his rule on earth.
However, many things that Christ achieved by his death are already happening. God is saving people; they are receiving a right relationship with him. Across the world, people are hearing and believing his good news. We even have clear evidence that Christ defeated death. After his own death, Christ became alive again (15:20). So, the hope of Christians is not in vain (Hebrews 6:19).
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