Eating and drinking in a worthy way
When you eat and drink a meal, you can do it in a worthy way (polite, moderate, thankful, etc) or an unworthy way (rude, greedy, ungrateful, etc). So it is with the Lord’s Supper. Like any meal, it is a gift that we are to receive. We aren’t inherently worthy of it, but there is a worthy way to receive it. And like with any gift, it is worthily received when we acknowledge the giver and recognise its purpose. That is, we honour Jesus and we honour his body (the church), which he is strengthening by it – just as food and drink strengthens our own bodies.
