1 Corinthians 10:21 Commentary and Bible Study

Paul addresses believers who participate in the Lord’s Supper. Given what he has said, are they also going to participate in fellowship with demons, because that is most certainly what they will be doing if they attend the sacrifices offered to idols. They will end up drinking the cup of the Lord and the cup of idols, the same participants doing both. They will end up eating the bread of the Lord’s table and the meat offered to demons at the idol sacrifice. What do they think the result of that will be? The Lord is jealous for his people. Is he going to do nothing when he sees his people prostituting themselves to the demons of darkness? What could be more calculated to arouse his anger? What could more directly oppose his will? Will he not take steps to punish them and bring his anger to bear on them? They might as well have declared war on the Lord, warns the apostle. Who would do that unless they believed that they could prevail against the Lord, that they were a match for him? Because certainly he is not going to hold back when they have so blatantly violated their relationship with him. Paul’s question shows what madness has come over anyone who would do this. Are we stronger than the Lord? Because if we infuriate the Lord, we had better be prepared to face the full onslaught of the Lord that will be directed against you.