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“...I
have heard that there are several different views of
communion...
Christine/ Tucson, Arizona U.S.A.
Christine/ Tucson, Arizona U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
There are at least four different views, concerning
communion.
- The Memorial View:
In this view, the elements are not a means of grace.
They are instead as a means of a memorable.
The wine and the bread, are a remembrance of our Lord's
shed Blood and broken Body, His death and resurrection.
I
Corinthians 11:23-25 KJV
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:
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.
Taking communion, a memorable.
I
Corinthians 11:26 KJV
for
as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show The
Lord's death till He come.
I
Corinthians 10:17 KJV
For
we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers
of that one bread.
- The Transubstantiation View:
This Roman Catholic view, holds that the communion
elements (bread and wine), actually change into the blood and body
of The Lord Jesus Christ, through the prayers of the priest.
This actual blood and body, imparts grace to the
recipient. It is said there no change in the elements of communion,
yet The Lord is present.
Jesus,
said that communion was a
memorable:
Jesus,
was not even dead yet, the elements could not have been His actual body or Blood.
Jesus,
never taught cannibalism, nor the drinking of blood.
Luke
22 17-19 KJV
17
And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide
it among yourselves:
18
for I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until
the kingdom of God shall come.
19
and He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them,
saying, This is My body which is given for you: this do in
remembrance of me.
20
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the New
Testament in My Blood, which is shed for you.
Acts
15:29 KJV
That
ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from
things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep
yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
- The Consubstantiation View:
This view, holds that Christ is present in the bread
and wine, even if there is no change in the elements.
After prayer, Christ is communicated to the recipients.
- The Reformed View:
Christ is present at communion. Communion itself is a
means of grace, through not eating or drinking, but communion with
His presence.
Prayer:
John
6:48-51 KJV
48
I am that Bread Of Life.
49
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50
This is The Bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat
thereof, and not die.
51
I am The Living Bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of
this Bread, he shall live for ever: and The Bread that I will give is
My Flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
I Peter 3:18 KJV
For
Christ also hath once suffered for sins, The Just for the unjust,
that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by The Spirit:
