tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post6749385894138652562..comments2023-10-03T06:25:41.357-05:00Comments on Grace Roots Blog: Communion Isn't for Remembering Our Sins - It's for Remembering Christ!Joel Bruesekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-60892166122770745192019-02-03T09:28:52.398-06:002019-02-03T09:28:52.398-06:00I understand that that's a somewhat common int...I understand that that's a somewhat common interpretation of what Paul is saying, but with the entire context I don't see him saying that, and I see him making a different point entirely.<br /><br />He starts off in verses 20-22 saying that rather than coming together to eat the Lord's Supper, some are eating and drinking ahead of others. One is left hungry. Another is drunk. They have houses to eat and drink in, so why should it be like this when they come together?<br /><br />Paul goes on to tell them what He received from Jesus about how the eating of the bread and the drinking of the wine is in remembrance of Jesus, and he tells them about eating and drinking in an unworthy manner. He talks about not discerning the Lord's body, etc. Finally, in verse 33, he says, "Therefore..." The "therefore" is the key to understanding all of what he has just said. "Therefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, <b>wait for one another</b>. But if anyone is <b>hungry</b>, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment..."<br /><br />This was all about <i>how</i> they were coming together in an unworthy manner. Some hungry, some drunk. That's how they weren't discerning the Lord's body. That kind of lifestyle leads to people being sick and dying. Paul said nothing about communion being a channel of healing. Jesus never said that either. All that Jesus said was "remember Me." And that's what Paul said that Jesus told him as well. And they were remembering Jesus in an unworthy manner, by eating and drinking out of place.Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-87929597788740322002019-02-03T08:18:54.521-06:002019-02-03T08:18:54.521-06:00I agree with you however I belive that the unwort...I agree with you however I belive that the unworthy manner was the lack of discerning the body seeing it separate from the blood and broken for healing (the blood being for forgiveness of sins). For the lack of this insight the communion which was supposed to be a channel of healing became an empty ritual and they remained sick n dying. Thats my two cents God bless Omerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374560857648787955noreply@blogger.com