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Who is prepared to take Holy Communion?

I think in many ways the church has made this more a ritual of legalism than remembering Christ. I know when I was in a more fundy church as the Pastor spoke before, if you had sin in your life, the implication was God could kill you if you partook......silliness. Many were fearful to do this for numerous possible sins as defined by a fundy church and missed a special moment.
 
Also, didn't Peter lie about going to prison and dying with the Messiah while partaking in HC?
 
Fedusenko said:
Also, didn't Peter lie about going to prison and dying with the Messiah while partaking in HC?
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3 questions?

Was Peter a born-again that time?:chin
Was bornagainism necessary for him knowing he was already with Christ?;)
When did Peter become born again?:lol
 
I think I might have been unnecessarily arguing against the sinless requirement.:shrug
 
Re: Anybody who KNOWS who he is in Christ.

Fedusenko said:
Do you say 'Christian' in the same way one might a Scottsman or just one who believes in Christ?
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Your sentence makes no sense.

A Christian is one who has been "Born again", Indwelled, and Changed by the Holy Spirit.

What "Scottsmen" have to do with it would be beyond me, and Everybody including the devil and his folks "Believes in Christ".
 
Re: Anybody who KNOWS who he is in Christ.

Bob Carabbio said:
Your sentence makes no sense.

A Christian is one who has been "Born again", Indwelled, and Changed by the Holy Spirit.

What "Scottsmen" have to do with it would be beyond me, and Everybody including the devil and his folks "Believes in Christ".
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Actually, not everyone does believe in the Messiah. The Scotsman that I was referring to is the one from the saying, "As in there is no true Scottsman."

Originally Posted by Bob Carabbio
However, If You're a Christian you ARE "Pure from Sin" and perfect in God's sight. That's what Jesus did FOR you when you placed your faith in Him.
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But what makes one Christian? I am asking for it to be broken down in it's molecular form.
 
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Classik said:
What level of preparation do we need before we take Holy Communion (HC)?

My church says One must be baptised (and you must be a born again - of course).

My church usually emphasises on sanctification and purity from sin before one is qualified to take the HC.

As a result, we usually announce it ealier before the day so that all could come in purity, fully sanctified, before they partake of it. (Some have testified that some people who were contaminated with sin, who partook of the HC, were made sick. Some died in the sickness, some have remained sick, some suffered curses and condemnation.
So before the HC we prepare our minds and warn people who are guilty NEVER to partake of it. Some stubbornly take the HC. Why? They don't want people to think they have sinnned or have been sinning...
Not to answer my questions...but I want to hear from you.
Ta!
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All you need to do is be aware of what it stands for (and thus one believes in it) that Christ done for you --- the bread represents physical healing and the wine forgiveness of sins --- atonement. If you had to "add" any righteousness of your own, i.e confess sins, act righteous or whatever, that very act makes one UNPREPARED because it takes one's eyes off of Christ.

The apostle Paul stated that taking it requires one to have DISCERNMENT (not some self-satisfied atonement or confession of sins). I would not mind having communion with the neighborhood drug dealer or prostitute if he or she has the discernment what it means, and thus applied it to their lives.


I think that the church has added too much Babylon to their doctrines, making us feel self-satisfied with "preparing" first as if we can make our own righteousness to make us prepared. Just take it thanking God for what he has done for you ---- whether you are a righteous person, a drug dealer, or a prostitute. The Lord died for all of us, Praise God!
 
tim-from-pa said:
Just take it thanking God for what he has done for you ---- whether you are a righteous person, a drug dealer, or a prostitute. The Lord died for all of us, Praise God!
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So you are suggesting that it is something to do in memory of Christ dying for us and nothing more?
 
The only preparation is to be worthy of taking it.

1Co 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
1Co 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
1Co 11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
1Co 11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
1Co 11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1Co 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1Co 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
1Co 11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1Co 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

Paul gives directions regarding the Lord’s Supper in the 1Corinthians 11:23-30. Some have misunderstood verse 26, which says: "As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup," and interpret it to say "take it as often as you please" But it does not say that!

It says "as often" as we observe it, "ye do show the LORD’S DEATH till He come." And Jesus commanded, "this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me." (Verse 25.) We do it in remembrance of THE LORD’S DEATH - a memorial of His death.

Jesus instituted this New Testament ordinance ON THE EVE OF HIS DEATH. It was the 14th Abib, Hebrew calendar. He was our Passover, sacrificed for us and He was sacrificed on the same exact day of the year that the Passover lambs always had been slain. As the Old Testament Passover commemorated Israel’s deliverance from Egypt so the New Testament Lord’s Supper is a continuation of the Passover with different emblems that commemorates Jesus' death, and our deliverance from sin. Immediately after the last Supper, Jesus and His disciples went out to Gethsemane where later that night Judas Iscariot led the bloodthirsty mob who seized Jesus, and led him away to be crucified during the daylight part of the same 14th day of the month.
 
"The Chech is in the mail," said Dracula. :toofunny
 
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