The cup of blessing?

The cup that we drink during the Communion Service is called the cup of blessing. The table is meant to be a table of fellowship. It is not just that we fellowship with each other over the Lord's Table but our fellowship is with Him and with each other. It is meant to denote the intimacy that has wrought for us through the cross. It is an unparalleled thing. The closest to compare it with is how food enriches our physical body. Many churches however seem to make it a table of confession of sin. Instead of rejoicing that sin has been dealt with and we are enjoying the life of God that sanctifies, it has become a place of dealing with unconfessed sin. We walk away after an outer court experience.

                                             
      I think a wrong understanding of the 1st Cor chapter 11 reading can be at fault. Paul was not bringing a teaching that the Lord's table meant confession of sin. He was trying to address a problem in the Corinthian church. When I teach my son to do something and I find him doing something else, I will address the problem. But the problem is not what I want to focus on. It was when I noticed the wrong that I addressed it. It was not meant to be part of my original lesson. It is almost as if sin has to be dragged out and given a fresh coat of paint whereas the real reason for the Table is that sin has been dealt with once and for all !