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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:27 ¶ Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:27 ¶ So then whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a way that is unworthy [of Him] will be guilty of [profaning and sinning against] the body and blood of the Lord. |
Bible Question: Is it correct to say that partaking of the Holy Communion is only extended to believers who have been baptised (ie water immersion)? |
Bible Answer: Everybody is wrong on this issua as Philip Yancey points out in his book 'What's So Amazing About Grace'. Communion is the body and blood of Christ . If you are catholic; The Body , Blood, Soul And Divinity of Jesus Christ is contained in that rite. If you are Protestant it represents His Body and Blood. Either way Christians hold that Jesus shed his blood for the sinner, his body cricified for even the worst of sins. How can you uphold this yet deny the sinner in need of redemption and grace the body and blood that represents that redemption and dispenses that grace? Yancey ends his book with a story of a prostitute, a murderer, an abusive husband, an alcoholic in a circle with a victom of violence, an abused child and a saint. There they are standing in a circle at the front of a church. One by one they go forward to receive communion. That is the picture of Christ Ministry, that is the meaning of grace. All equally and without prerequisites are called to the table of redemption. As the priest places the bread into the palms he looks into the eyes of the lost and whispers.."This is the body of Christ given up for you". No evangelization can compare to the Spirit acting upon that person at that moment. Paul was wrong, this forum is wrong and may God forgive such blatant cold hearts as those which troll here. |