Question:I go to a Presbyterian church and they do communion monthly. I used to attend a non-denomination that did that as well. Are we not to do communion if we attend a church that does it?? I’m still trying to unlearn a lot of false teachings I learned over the years. But God is so good, and I’m grateful He’s gotten me out of those things.
Response: Communion is a memorial as Paul carefully explains: “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come” (1 Cor:11:26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
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Paul’s remarks concerning communion clearly show the importance of this event. Although partaking of communion does not contribute to our salvation [4] and should only be done by those already saved, it serves as a reminder of what the Lord Jesus has done for us.
“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. 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” (1 Cor:11:24-25 [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.
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Links:
[1] https://www.thebereancall.org/bible/1/1CO/11/26#v26
[2] https://www.thebereancall.org/bible/1/2PE/1/13#v13
[3] https://www.thebereancall.org/bible/1/HEB/10/12#v12
[4] https://www.thebereancall.org/taxonomy/term/57/salvation
[5] https://www.thebereancall.org/bible/1/1CO/11/24-25#v24