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Taking Communion in an Unworthy Manner

4/9/2013

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By Paul Ellis
I remember as a 10 year old boy watching in terror as the communion plate came closer and closer. Why was I afraid? Because there was unresolved sin in my life  – I had argued with my sister before church! I knew that those who took
communion in an unworthy manner risked condemnation, even death, for the Bible told me so:
1Co 11:26  For whenever you eat this bread  and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
1Co  11:27  Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in  an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the  Lord.
1Co 11:28  A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
1Co 11:29  For anyone who eats and drinks  without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on
himself.
1Co 11:30  That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a  number of you have fallen asleep.
1Co 11:31  But if we judged  ourselves, we would not come under judgment.
1Co 11:32  When we are  judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned
with the world.

 Thankfully, I was wrong.

 This passage above must be one of the most abused and misunderstood passages  in the entire Bible. It is regularly used to deny communion to those who need  and it is frightening to 10 year olds. As we will see, it is one of the most
liberating scriptures in the Bible, yet many believers are condemned by it.  Doesn’t this seem a bit odd to you? Afterall, this passage was written by the  same apostle who said, “there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ  Jesus.” So what’s going on here? Did Paul have a change of heart? Is he now  saying that God will condemn us if we partake of communion in an unworthy  manner? No he is not.
Read full article at: http://escapetoreality.org/2011/04/10/taking-communion-in-an-unworthy-manner/
2 Comments
Bisi
5/9/2013 10:42:38 am

Just to bring a bit of balance to this article. 1 Corinthians 11; 20 - 22, and 33 - 34 reads,

20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? what shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

This implies that the physical manner in which we take the Lords supper is important.

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Bisi
5/9/2013 10:45:14 am

We also do need to examine ourselves in light of scripture and align ourselves to His will.

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