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Locoponydirtman

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good deal do you have any thoughts about the benefit or application ?
It is exactly as scripture says it is.
The Body and Blood of Christ given for us for the forgiveness of sin. The word communion says it.
 

ThyKingdomComeSoon

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“Do we have to go to church to partake in this type of communion eating of the bread and wine”

we are the church whenever we are together I don’t think we need to be at church but it’s a group activity for believers so church is usually where it would happen id say

but God cares about what’s in our hearts so I don’t think it’s a rule to be done at church but it’s netwqd it’s some th ing believers who know about it will want to partake of the body and blood of the lord in any way he made possible


again this is just what an old fool thinks
I agree with what you wrote except for the fool part you are no fool that is certain. What GOD wants for us is to repent and have a pure heart.

Blessings!
 

Pilgrimshope

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Angela, you are correct!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Filique clause in the Creed was a major factor in the schism between the RCC and Orthodox Churches, along with other frictions. The Filique clause reads, "We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. "

The Orthodox Churches believed that the Spirit only came from the Father and not from Jesus. However, it's very clear that the Holy Spirit also proceeds from Jesus. One proof, when Jesus appeared to the Apostles after His resurrection, He breathed the Spirit onto them. John 20:22
“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,

the Word,

and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭5:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
‭‭John‬ ‭4:24‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭23:46‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:6‬ ‭


“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3:17-18‬ ‭

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:14-17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:9‬ ‭

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:6‬ ‭

Notice even though it says the spirit of God , the spirit of Christ , the spirit of Gods son , the holy ghost it’s always talking about the one spirit of God that is the n all of his children including the only begotten son

“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭12:13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

jesus the son is one with the Father and the Holy Ghost is his spirit

the Holy Ghost is Gods living spirit it is Christs spirit the spirit of the father is in the sons of God .

Jesus spirit is God the fathers spirit what we read titled the Holy Ghost that’s Gods spirit Christs spirit there’s just the one God who has just the one Holy Spirit he had made us to be partakers of that one spirit who ere in Christ
 

Pilgrimshope

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I agree with what you wrote except for the fool part you are no fool that is certain. What GOD wants for us is to repent and have a pure heart.

Blessings!

well brother I truly am a fool is the thing always have been but at the point I realized I was , I began to hear and learn what Jesus had to say to me

“Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭3:18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

knowing what im truly a fool has opened me up to getting to know Jesus who came to save the fools like myself who would desperately believe in him
 

Fundaamental

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“Do we have to go to church to partake in this type of communion eating of the bread and wine”

we are the church whenever we are together I don’t think we need to be at church but it’s a group activity for believers so church is usually where it would happen id say

but God cares about what’s in our hearts so I don’t think it’s a rule to be done at church but it’s netwqd it’s some th ing believers who know about it will want to partake of the body and blood of the lord in any way he made possible


again this is just what an old fool thinks
I don't agree your a fool, far from it, blessed I would say..

It concerns me more about your feelings on the matter,

I believe your more focused on the meaning than the actual practice.

I found it interesting you talked about baptism with the last supper it made me think.

I thought you where tying the two together.
I was wondering if you thought you should participate in communion of the last supper befor getting baptized.

Or whether you where saying the two should be honoured the same way.
 

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BTW, it's no coincidence, but God's plan instead, that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. In the
Hebrew language, Bethlehem translates to 'House of Bread'. God's plan is seamless.
Jesus is the Bread of Life .:)


John 6:35 and 6-48a
:)
 

ThyKingdomComeSoon

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well brother I truly am a fool is the thing always have been but at the point I realized I was , I began to hear and learn what Jesus had to say to me

“Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭3:18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

knowing what im truly a fool has opened me up to getting to know Jesus who came to save the fools like myself who would desperately believe in him
Yes we have to look at the big picture. over time with the knowledge or insight given to us trough the Holy Spirit, we understand more as long as we let ourselves open to knowledge and are not stubborn we can move forward and grow in love and spirit and knowledge as God wills it. All is from the Lord, our Salvation from Yeshua the messiah, son of God. I love Yeshua with all my heart.

When I read the epistles of John, Matthew Luke and Mark, I stepped into a new world full of possibilities. What a revelation I had! Everything I did not understand then came into focus. At last, I had peace! The words of Jesus are of the utmost importance for me also, I cherish them.

We are like babes learning to walk. We have much more to learn, many things still a mistery but all will be revealed in time when we are ready. One day the true beleivers will see GOD.

Blessings.
 

Nehemiah6

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maybe you have never considered communion to have any real significance to our faith but does scripture like this suggest that it’s an important matter to us who believe ?
The Lord's Supper is indeed important. There is no question about that. It is a Remembrance Feast and in the NT it was observed every Lord's Day. Thus the historical record also confirms this. At the same time it is totally different from the Catholic Mass.
 

Blade

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Amen this is why today "For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep."
 
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pottersclay

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Point of interest unleaven bread is forbidden on passover.
 

Nehemiah6

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Point of interest unleaven bread is forbidden on passover.
Where did you discover that? Passover and unleavened bread have always gone together, followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread (not crackers).
 

Pilgrimshope

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I don't agree your a fool, far from it, blessed I would say..

It concerns me more about your feelings on the matter,

I believe your more focused on the meaning than the actual practice.

I found it interesting you talked about baptism with the last supper it made me think.

I thought you where tying the two together.
I was wondering if you thought you should participate in communion of the last supper befor getting baptized.

Or whether you where saying the two should be honoured the same way.
“I don't agree your a fool, far from it, blessed I would say..”

amen and I would say the same of you you’re no fool either but a child of God !!!
 

posthuman

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wel what I do brother is listen to scripture and ask God about it

so im looking at it like this ( only my own understanding and belief )

This is central to our Christian faith

“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15:3-4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

communion became related to that here just before Jesus went to the cross willingly laying his earthly life ( flesh and blood ) down for our sins

“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.

Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭22:19-20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus is saying to get together and partake of the bread representing his body together as a group and to also drink of the cup representing his blood together for the purpose of keeping his sacrifice always at the front of our minds

faith works by what God said so hey Paul is talking about is hat they were all coming there together to eat because they were hungry and wanted to meet and eat food and get drink on wine but he’s actually scolding them telling them that’s not a worthy way to take communion see if you look at the pretext

“For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11:18-22‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Paul is actually pretty furious it seems hes teling them when they come together and they are divided and arguing and bickering when they come to eat food not waiting for each other to eat together and to get drunk that’s not the lords supper it’s actually condemning them because they aren’t doing it in a worthy manner among the group

ashen you take of th bread it’s meant to be done as one group nd reflecting as one on Jesus sacrifice the same with the cup all are meant to be reflecting upon the body and blood and eating together as one in faith

hes addressing the whole group is the reason he’s even brought it up they were not honoring the lords sacrifice with thier supper but we’re just hungry and wanted to party he’s telling then as a group they need to do it right and honor what Jesus said to do it for

a and it’s not a personal address to the man but the group of that makes sense and helps at all
I have helped people out of sin and out of cults. Whether they are broken because of their sin and repentant or they have rejected a cult steeped in legalism and shame, one of the first things I do is give them the Lord’s Supper, and usually with other saints.

The enemy works to single out the weak in order to take them down, like a hunting lion. The Lord’s Supper is a bulwark to the soul; reminding the saint of their place in Christ that was secured by the offering of Himself, and a defense against the enemy; reminding the saint that they are part of the corporate body of Christ and not alone.
of interest:

both unleavened and leavened bread are required for a peace offering of thanksgiving -

Leviticus 7:11-14
This [is] the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the LORD:
If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, or cakes of blended flour mixed with oil.
Besides the cakes, [as] his offering he shall offer leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offering. And from it he shall offer one cake from each offering [as] a heave offering to the LORD.
It shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.
 

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“I don't agree your a fool, far from it, blessed I would say..”

amen and I would say the same of you you’re no fool either but a child of God !!!
awe thanks bro 😊 thats nice of you to say so.
Au revoir l'ami (goodbye friend).
 

Pilgrimshope

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The Lord's Supper is indeed important. There is no question about that. It is a Remembrance Feast and in the NT it was observed every Lord's Day. Thus the historical record also confirms this. At the same time it is totally different from the Catholic Mass.
“The Lord's Supper is indeed important.”

yeah I agree with this , people would realize that more if we shared scripture more than our thoughts because scriptire makes it clear that it’s important and it even explains that it has real tangible impact on groups of believers

Like that chapter there the whole chi pater is making a really strong point in the end of it we see how it’s actually tangible important matter we should look more into so we can better understand it

“Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

( that’s really plain and strong language by Paul and he then begins to show its impact on them tangibly )

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.


For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. ( do it as a group together reflecting upon the lords body and blood wait for everyone to donut together don’t eat individually because your hungry ) And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11:27-34‬ ‭KJV‬‬

really Paul’s addressing an important matter here for the church he began by scolding them for coming together and eating from hunger and getting drunk treating communion in an unworthy manner as if it’s just a common party of feast not done on reverence and faith reflecting on Christs sacrifice for each of us and all of us together also

He began here scolding them

“For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11:18-22‬ ‭KJV‬‬

He ends teaching then how to properly take communion and explains a lot about what it means and why we take it and it does have real impact on groups of Christian’s even thier health can be affected if they take communion the wrong way ,

By not judging themselves , examining thier own lives confessing thier sins , recognizing Jesus died for hen gave his flesh and blood to save them , arguing and condemning each other divisions and strife always , coming together getting drunk on wine and eating normal dinner from hunger not recognizing Jesus sacrifice ect

aid the group is like that there’s no point eating of bread and sipping of the cup of communion it’s actually drinking and eating condemnation on ourselves like Paul says there

my point is we learn alot when we let Paul say what he’s saying and teach what he’s teaching , sharing and ddiscussing the scriptures and what they actually say is what opens up our mind and heart to faith things like communion are actions based on faith based on what Jesus said and did
 

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of interest:

both unleavened and leavened bread are required for a peace offering of thanksgiving -

Leviticus 7:11-14
This [is] the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the LORD:
If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, or cakes of blended flour mixed with oil.
Besides the cakes, [as] his offering he shall offer leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offering. And from it he shall offer one cake from each offering [as] a heave offering to the LORD.
It shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.

Your example is not the same commeration as the Passover. Leavened bread, which is bread containing yeast, is forbidden during Passover because God gave Moses instructions to avoid yeast during the first Passover in Egypt and remove all yeast while celebrating Passover in the future.

God specifically commanded that only unleavened bread would be eaten during the Passover commeration. Exodus 12:

This day will be a day of remembrance for you, which your future generations will celebrate with pilgrimage to the LORD; you will celebrate it as a statute forever. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. From the very first day you will have your houses clear of all leaven. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day to the seventh will be cut off* from Israel.
 

arthurfleminger

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Point of interest unleaven bread is forbidden on passover.

Pottersclay, your post is totally incorrect.

Leavened bread, which is bread containing yeast, is forbidden during Passover because God gave Moses instructions to avoid yeast during the first Passover in Egypt and remove all yeast while celebrating Passover in the future.

God specifically commanded that only unleavened bread would be eaten during the Passover commeration. Exodus 12:

This day will be a day of remembrance for you, which your future generations will celebrate with pilgrimage to the LORD; you will celebrate it as a statute forever. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. From the very first day you will have your houses clear of all leaven. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day to the seventh will be cut off* from Israel.
 

posthuman

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Your example is not the same commeration as the Passover. Leavened bread, which is bread containing yeast, is forbidden during Passover because God gave Moses instructions to avoid yeast during the first Passover in Egypt and remove all yeast while celebrating Passover in the future.

God specifically commanded that only unleavened bread would be eaten during the Passover commeration. Exodus 12:

This day will be a day of remembrance for you, which your future generations will celebrate with pilgrimage to the LORD; you will celebrate it as a statute forever. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. From the very first day you will have your houses clear of all leaven. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day to the seventh will be cut off* from Israel.
yes, clearly Leviticus 7 is not Pesach.

but my point was that there is a place in the law that requires leaven -- when giving a voluntary offering of peace and gratitude.

this is amazing
 

Pilgrimshope

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of interest:

both unleavened and leavened bread are required for a peace offering of thanksgiving -

Leviticus 7:11-14
This [is] the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the LORD:
If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, or cakes of blended flour mixed with oil.
Besides the cakes, [as] his offering he shall offer leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offering. And from it he shall offer one cake from each offering [as] a heave offering to the LORD.
It shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.
Yes brother that’s a physical pattern leaven isn’t really leaven Jesus spoke spiritual things the law is about physical
Pattern of those things

“And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭8:15‬ ‭

“therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness;

but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭5:8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

remember the shewbread ? That is a physical pattern of the New Testament

“Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭9:1-2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

the New Testament uses those physical patterns to make spiritual points like this Moses received physical bread from heaven “manna “

jesus addresses this pattern like this to give us a spiritual understanding

“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.”
‭‭John‬ ‭6:32-33‬ ‭

See when israel needed food God rained bread from heaven and they gathered it and ate and lived.

And when they needed water God caused water to flow from a rock and they all drank and lived

That’s a physical Pattern of Jesus he uses those patterns to express truths about himself the whole entire law is the same it’s a physical pattern given to Moses on the mountain of the true covenant of God and the things in heaven

those new things are revealed in the gospel that are the reality of those patterns like leavened bread and unleavened bread those have spirituAl meaning in the New Testament

“who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭8:5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

moses tabernacle he built was a copy of the one in heaven the law is a pattern in every way like that

“For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2:16-17‬ ‭

leaven represents sinfulness in man wickedness wrath revenge anger malice ect this is nt leaven

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:19-21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

In summary we see this how it’s really not about bread or celebrating Passover with a lamb that was a pattern

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. ( we’re the bread in the example )

For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness;

but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭5:7-8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Leaven is in us and we need to prove it out and become a new lump of dough without that leaven of malice and wickedness

the ot is like this

“And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.”
‭‭Numbers‬ ‭21:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

that’s only a physical pattern for this reality which was to come then but has come now

“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,( pattern given to Moses ) even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.( the reality)


For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:14-16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The serpents biting and killing everyone because of thier rebellion against God is a pattern they would have all died but they pleaded with God and he gave Moses a pattern of a brazen serpent on a high pole and anyone bitten could look at the serpent and they wouldn’t die but they would live because they looked to the serpent held up high

a that’s just a pattern for us now though to help us understand Jesus dying on the cross for our sins so we don’t perish but can live the whole ot law of Moses from genesis to Deuteronomy is like that to the nt it’s an earthly physical pattern of the eternal spiritual things in the nt