Originally posted by laoda99:
Presbyterian is strictly no for children/non-baptised members to
partake...for fear that they may not know what they are
partaking...
[b]1 Cor 11
27Therefore, 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. 28A man ought to examine himself before he
eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29For anyone who eats and
drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks
judgment on himself.
And yes...any baptised christian of any branch can partake
too....[/b]
this is another verse which I feel is being misquote quite
often...
does it says a person must examine himself, confess sin .... ect
then be considered worthy before he/she can partake
communion?
OR
does it simply says, to partake the communion in a worthly
manner
??
the preceeding verses speaks of how Paul 'scolded' the corinthians
on how they misbehaved when they come together to partake communion
like hogging the bread, getting themselves drunk with the wine
...etc, then come this part that says about partaking in an
unworthly manner.
Then comes a man need to examine himself before he eats... examine
what? is sin mentioned, no, the verse after that explain this...it
about 'recognizing the body of the Lord'.
furthermore, if one need to need to do the confession ...etc to
make himself worthly before partaking the communion, why then would
Jesus, our Lord taught that its not the healthy (worthly) that
needs a doctor (Him), but the sick (unworthly)?
cheers
