Holy Communion

Communion is one of the most important blessings that God has given to man with the exception of Christ himself. It is sad that most preachers will intimidate and so frighten their flock that they are afraid to partake, for fear of damnation of their souls. He gets you to examine yourself to see if you have any unrepentant sins and are "Holy" enough to partake. This "fear" factor will cause most people to turn off on the whole idea of communion. The truth of the matter is when these so called "men of God" have you examine yourself and your worthiness he actually makes you partake unworthily because your focus has been moved from Christ to yourself, and none of us, wretched people that we are, are worthy to partake outside of the covering of Christ. Between God's unbroken law and us, is the "Mercy Seat", representing the Holy sacrifice and the shed blood of Christ. The passage they quote is 1 Corinthians, 11:27 ; "Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord". That sounds pretty scary to me. However the preacher doesn't tell you that the word is not "unworthy", it is "unworthily". Unworthily is an adverb. Adverbs modify the actions not the actors. Paul went on to clarify his statement by stating that they were "not discerning the Lords body". You see he was writing to the Corinthians, who were having their "Agape" or "Love Feast". They were eating, drinking and even getting drunk. The rich were parading around their riches and the poor were shamed at their poverty. They then tacked on Communion at the end, with the people so drunk they couldn't discern the Lord's body or without any serious concern for the meaning behind it. Their manner of partaking was wrong. I will admit that most of the preachers that are teaching this way are doing so out of a sincere heart, but that doesn't change the results. They are getting the people to examine themselves, taking their attention off of Christ, and by doing so they are "eating and drinking damnation" to themselves. Another interesting thing is that the Greek word Paul used for damnation is krima, meaning a temporal damnation, not eternal damnation. You add kata in front to make something that is temporal, eternal, hence katakrima. The damnation Paul was speaking of is a temporal punishment for not partaking worthily. Not examining and focused on Christ when partaking of the elements can bring sickness, disease and even death but not eternal separation from God. God knows the hearts of men, that it is a wicked thing. We can do no good apart from Christ. The children of Israel were taught a lesson regarding this when one time they had the Ark of the Covenant in one city. A couple of men decided to take off the mercy seat to look inside and when they did God killed over 50,000 in that city over a couple of ignoramus's stupidity. If we examine ourselves, to see if we measure up, it is the same thing as taking off that Mercy Seat, peering into the Ark, onto God's unbroken tablets, and comparing ourselves to the Law. Immediate judgment has to come if it weren't for the Mercy Seat, Jesus amazing perfect sacrifice for us. He is the mediator between God and man. When we take communion, it should be a joyous occasion, full of Grace and Peace, with our minds and hearts on one thing. Christ and him crucified. If our focus is on Christ at the Communion Table, which is where it should be, there needs to be no fear or intimidation at this table. Why are there two elements at the Table of the Lord? If sin were the only problem that God is providing for, then only the wine is necessary, because of Christ's shedding of blood and through that alone are we cleansed of sin. But the Bible says that his body was broken for our infirmities, and by his stripes are we healed. The bread aspect of the Communion relates to God's ready provision of healing. He has provided a way for us to claim the promise of healing, physically, mentally, and spiritually, through this Table of the Lord. We all need to be partaking on a regular basis as a proof of our faithfulness to Christ and to do what he has asked us to do "when ye come together". I'm not saying that it should be taken every week. Because then people would become calloused to the meanings. But on a regular basis and also when anyone needs healing from God, a few should get together and by uniting in faith and in the communion, God's healing powers can be released. Remember that by his stripes we were healed, and we are made worthy by the Blood of the Lamb. With Love in Christ, Patrick Robinson, 9/99 Copyright 1999 Patrick Robinson E-mail Me At: prepareyetheway@live.com HOME

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