Communion

[Oscar3]

At my Church we take communion once a month.

On a side note. I would be willing to bet that alot of regular posters don't even attend church. How do they take communiona and call themselves christians :o

 

[mutzrein]

Jesus said, 'Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst.'

 

[stovebolts]

Maybe I missed the point you were making but there is no mention of Jesus eating in Luke 24:31. It simply says that he broke the bread, gave it to them, and then vanished.

Bummer, you missed the part that said, "At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him." :wink:

Does this work?
John 21:13-15 Jesus then came, and took bread, and gave to them, and fish likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead. So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said unto him, Yea, Lord; you know that I love you. He said unto him, Feed my lambs.

For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

I know this verse, yep I say my prayers before each meal..

Unfortunatly, this verse is speaking of a corporate setting, not a home setting.

Acts 2:46 hits a little closer to what your speaking about. But note, they met together daily in the temple courts, then they met house to house to 'break bread'.
Personal thanks is always a good thing and I would encourage this "rememberance" in a home setting with your family and friends so please don't get me wrong, but the body of Christ denotes a community.

In Acts 20:7, we see the purpose of their weekly meeting, and this purpose was simply to all come together and 'break bread' as a community of believers.

So, if the 1st century Church met daily to break bread from home to home, and then they came together on a weekly basis to 'break bread', why do some churches only acknowledge the Lord's Supper on a monthly basis?

Jesus said, 'Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst.'

Amen! It is very rare that when you get two or more believers together, that you can have full agreement between them on any given subject let alone religion. But when Christ is in our midst, we are truly united as one to form a community of believers in the midst of Christ himself.

When the sacraficial system was put in place with Moses, the purpose of the sacrafice was so that God could have fellowship amongst his people.
Exodus 20:24. The blood, was the atonement, but they gathered at the table to celebrate with God as their host.

 

[Free]

I find it dangerous to take a word in the bible as simple as 'is' and suggest it in fact, does not mean 'is'.

And likewise I find it dangerous to take a phrase as simple as "if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off", and brush it off as hyperbole.

Just like the original disciples, people still can not believe His words... and now they suggest, He didn't really mean them that way.

But you have just done the same thing.

Jesus was alive at the time and He's alive now. His Body was resurrected.

Luke 22:19-20, "19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." 20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you."

As I stated previously, Jesus said these things prior to his death when his body was not yet given nor his blood yet poured out. That the bread and wine are only analogous to his body and blood is made clear by what is stated: "he took bread" and "he took the cup". Jesus then draws the parallels to his body and blood.

At no point in the entirety of Scripture is it ever stated that the bread turns into his body or the wine into his blood.