Communion At Different Churches

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Bible Questions Answered:

“My girl friend's church has communion, but it's different than at my church. At their church only their Priest has the bread and it is called the body of Christ. We don't do things like that at our church. Do churches differ that much on communion?...”:

Kelly/ Houston, Texas

Bible Answer:

Answer, yes! 

Depending on the church, The Lord's Supper is a matter of “transubstantiation, or consubstantiation,” etc. etc.

Terms:

Transubstantiation: 

In the Catholic church it is believed that the elements of communion are actually changed into the actual body and blood of The Lord Jesus Christ, according to the Priests prayer.

Consubstantiation:

A Luthren view of communion, Jesus is present in and with the elements of communion. Although the elements remain unchangedd, yet Christ is in and with them. Not the actual body and blood of Christ yet a grace yielding presence of The Lord to all who receive.

Reformed View:

Not actual body and blood, but yet a real presence of Christ in the bread and wine. Christ's grace giving presence given to all adherents.

Still others hold to what is known as the...

Memorial View:

No change in the elements.  Communion articals thought of as symbols (a remembrance) of what took place in the life of The Lord (i.e. death and resurrection.) The means of our salvation, not the taking of communion, but The Lord Jesus giving of His life's Blood for our redemption!

I Corinthians 11:24,25 KJV

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.

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.

This keeps us mindful of the coming of The Lord.

I Corinthians 11:26 KJV

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew 

The Lord's death till He come.

This keeps us mindful of the unity of believers through The Blood Of Christ.

I Corinthians 10:17 KJV

For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

Prayer:

Exodus 12:21-25 NLT  

21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel together and said to them, “Go, pick out a lamb or young goat for each of your families, and slaughter the Passover animal. 

22 Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning. 

23 For The Lord will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when He sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, The Lord will pass over your home. He will not permit His death angel to enter your house and strike you down.

24 “Remember, these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever. 

25 When you enter the land The Lord has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony. 

Our Lord, introduced the taking of Communion at what was the remembrance  of “The Passover.”

A time of the people of God's escape from the Egyptians.

For  us as Christians when we look upon communion, it does not “save us,” that was done by our Savior, it is because of  His precious Blood, that death, hell  and judgement is passed over us!

Death and judgement are “passed over” us, because of our Lord's sacrifice for us.

Matthew 26:26-28 NLT 

26 As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the  disciples, saying, “Take this and eat it, for this is My Body.”

27 And He took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them and said, “Each of you drink from it, 

28 for this is My Blood, which confirms the covenant between God and His people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.

The question today is, is the precious Blood of Jesus Christ upon the door posts of your heart?

Acts 2:21 KJV

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of 

The Lord shall be saved.

 

Life In The Womb

 

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 Bible Question:  
“My friend says that an infant is not human until it is in the real world, thus abortions are ok. What do you think pastor?

Bible Texts:
 
How ridiculous!

Leviticus 17:11 KJV
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Unborn infants have blood, and The Word, then tells us that they have LIFE!

At the University of Alabama at, Birmingham's Women and Infant Center a prematurte baby was born at 21 weeks. Lived and survived and is a healthy young man today!

Psalm 139:13-17 NLT
13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!

Jeremiah 1:5 KJV
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Life is in the womb:Life In The Womb

Exodus 21:22

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.

Good News Translation
"If some men are fighting and hurt a pregnant woman so that she loses her child, but she is not injured in any other way, the one who hurt her is to be fined whatever amount the woman's husband demands, subject to the approval of the judges.


Isaiah 44:2    
Thus says The Lord who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you,
‘Do not fear, O Jacob My servant; And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

Genesis 9:6 ESV
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in His own image.

Galatians 1:15 ESV (Apostle Paul)
But when He who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by His grace,

Isaiah 49:5 ESV (Isaiah)
And now The Lord says, He who formed me from the womb to be His servant, to bring Jacob back to Him; and that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the eyes of The Lord, and my God has become my strength—

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV
There are six things that The Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Psalm 82:3-4 ESV
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Genesis 1:27 ESV
So God created man in His own image, in the image of Gode created him; male and female He created them.

Psalm 100:3 ESV
Know that The Lord, He is God! It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Deuteronomy 5:17 ESV
“‘You shall not murder.

Prayer:

James 4:17 KJV
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.