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1 | What makes me unworthy of Lords Sup.? | 1 Cor 11:27 | Reformer Joe | 63076 | ||
It is both ordinances which receive such short shrift in much of 21st-century evangelicalism. Try asking twenty professing evangelical Protestants what is the importance of holy communion. I would venture to guess that many wouldn't have the slightest problem with not partaking of it again for the rest of their lives. People just don't get how and why Christ linked water, wine, and bread to spiritual realities. The attitude seems to be, "It doesn't justify me, so what is the big deal?" --Joe! |
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2 | What makes me unworthy of Lords Sup.? | 1 Cor 11:27 | Hank | 63078 | ||
Your observations of the attitude which many 21st-Century professing Christians take toward the ordinance of water baptism and holy communion are, I would say, accurate and bona fide, and might be expanded to include certain other things as well -- things which, like baptism and communion, while not effecting salvation, clearly do attest to it. Things such as responsible stewardship, Bible study and prayer, engaging in regular worship of God and fellowship with the saints, being a good and helpful neighbor; in short, "living the Christian life" for want of a better phrase. My observations of the mind-set that far too many 'church members' seem to have (I put 'church members' in quotes and use it in lieu of 'regenerate believers' because they are not necessarily synonymous) can be described somewhat like this: "O.K., I'm saved, I have 'eternal security,' so why should I knock myself out with all this good works stuff? Why, that's not even scriptural. It's probably legalism, just like being a Pharisee. I'm saved. That's all that counts. It doesn't really matter one way or another what I do or don't do." Perhaps that's close to what Dietrich Bonhoeffer had in mind in "The Cost of Discipleship" when he used the term 'cheap grace.' And Jesus laid it down plainly and for all time when he said, "By their fruits you will know them." I don't believe He left us much wiggle room or intended to. --Hank | ||||||