1 Corinthians 11 : 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

These verses describe the punishment for not realizing that God means what He says. Because people were not taking the ordinance of communion seriously many weak and sickly and even many died. Paul goes on by saying if we judge ourselves to make sure we right with God then no one else should have a right to judge us. Finally he says the judgement of  God on us is to strengthen us and straighten us out before we are judge by the world. The Lord chastens to drive His people back to righteous behavior so believers are kept from being consigned to hell, not only by divine decree, but by divine intervention. We should always check our self daily to see that we portraying the the love God in everything we do every day and living according to the word God.