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The idea of unity and fellowship with God through eating a sacrifice was strong in Judaism and Christianity as well as paganism. In the Old Testament, when a Jew offered a sacrifice, he ate a part of that sacrifice as a way of restoring his unity with God. Similarly, Christians participate in Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice when they eat the bread and drink the wine symbolizing his body and blood. As followers of Christ, we must give him total allegiance. We cannot, as Paul explains, have a part in “both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.” Eating at the Lord’s table means communing with Christ and identifying with his death. Eating at the demons’ table means identifying with Satan by promoting pagan activities. One cannot serve two masters. Thus, we must never be lukewarm in our faith.

1 Corinthians 10:16-21
16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? 19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.