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Who said anything about being saved by communion, or taking the bread and wine of the Lord's supper. Jesus is the one that said to eat and drink in rememberance of him. So, do you follow Jesus's words and partake of the bread and wine of the Lord's supper once in a while, or do you refuse, thinking it is a good work that never saves, so why do it?
Here you go again twisting the meaning of God's word; Your question is do you partake of the Lord's Supper, "once in a while" But Jesus said to His disciple's to partake as, "often", as you remember, He did not say partake "once in a while", those are your choice of words.
The words spoken at "The Last Supper" should be spoken of 'In Reverence' and 'In a Holy Respect' to our Savior who is about to be betrayed and then arrested and put on a mock up trial and suffer the most horrible death anyone could imagine death by crucifixion.
Christian's should partake in 'The Lord's Supper' only if you have a right spirit within and only if you are a true believer in the Son of God and you place your hope of eternal life in Him. The bible say's if you partake of the 'Lords Supper' in an 'unworthy manner' you do eat and drink judgement unto yourself.
1 Corinthians11:23-26
23) For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus
in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;
24) and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you;
do this in remembrance of Me.”
25) In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, 'as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
26) For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
The words spoken at "The Last Supper" should be spoken of 'In Reverence' and 'In a Holy Respect' to our Savior who is about to be betrayed and then arrested and put on a mock up trial and suffer the most horrible death anyone could imagine death by crucifixion.
Christian's should partake in 'The Lord's Supper' only if you have a right spirit within and only if you are a true believer in the Son of God and you place your hope of eternal life in Him. The bible say's if you partake of the 'Lords Supper' in an 'unworthy manner' you do eat and drink judgement unto yourself.
1 Corinthians11:23-26
23) For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus
in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;
24) and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you;
do this in remembrance of Me.”
25) In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, 'as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
26) For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
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the only thing "required" to get saved = faith in God's grace
The problem for us is, what's the least amount of evidence it takes to confirm that we did have faith
it seems that if such evidence exist that we'd be strongly tempted to place our faith in those evidence.
but at the same time, we are somehow capable of doubting
believing that those evidence might not be enough
clearly, it takes a long time for assurance to "catch up" to that instantaneous event of salvation.
The problem for us is, what's the least amount of evidence it takes to confirm that we did have faith
it seems that if such evidence exist that we'd be strongly tempted to place our faith in those evidence.
but at the same time, we are somehow capable of doubting
believing that those evidence might not be enough
clearly, it takes a long time for assurance to "catch up" to that instantaneous event of salvation.
if there's a worry that ...
I might not have been fully focused on wanting salvation for myself, as much as I should
let's see what possible attempts do we have for resolving this problem ...
if insufficient focused, how can I be better focused (focus is also God's gift)
and, if enough, then where to draw the line?
if no one here worries about this kind of dilemma, not even secretly
can we say that, such dilemma never occurred, and that the worry that leads to such unusual weird strange off the wall, unheard of dilemma ... that most likely, the enemy is trying to distract us with unnecessary worry, or else it would be important enough to be hotly debated. hmm ...
I might not have been fully focused on wanting salvation for myself, as much as I should
let's see what possible attempts do we have for resolving this problem ...
if insufficient focused, how can I be better focused (focus is also God's gift)
and, if enough, then where to draw the line?
if no one here worries about this kind of dilemma, not even secretly
can we say that, such dilemma never occurred, and that the worry that leads to such unusual weird strange off the wall, unheard of dilemma ... that most likely, the enemy is trying to distract us with unnecessary worry, or else it would be important enough to be hotly debated. hmm ...
On March 13, 2017, (which is what the date that my testimony refers to, when I prayed for salvation) I might not have been fully focused on wanting salvation for myself, as much as I should. I was thinking of other things of God like: evangelism, and that if I see this amazing event of being saved and see what it's like, I might know what that's like, being able to explain it, and that might help evangelism. Distracting thoughts like that.
that should not be an issue, right?
PS: @ljs, we would definitely want more good listeners like you, BDF would be a better place with more listeners
and, if you are interested, you can read my testimony in my signature down below
that should not be an issue, right?
PS: @ljs, we would definitely want more good listeners like you, BDF would be a better place with more listeners
and, if you are interested, you can read my testimony in my signature down below
The morning after my salvation = born again, I went to everyone I knew and some people I did not know and told them that "Jesus Christ was my savior" and that God saved me in the quiet of my home last night.
I was so happy, with an inward Joy of the Lord that cannot be explained and that I wanted to tell everyone I knew that I was born again. That was the evidence that I was born again, simple faith not complicated and Joy unspeakable like I have never had before in my life.
After my salvation I enrolled in a 12 week fundamentals of the faith bible class so that I could learn and grow and become grounded in my new faith. It has been full speed ahead for 40yrs and no looking back. Pure and simple faith in Jesus Christ and a penitent heart searching for God.
The gospel of Jesus Christ people is not complicated, look unto the Lord and though shall be saved, simple easy true gospel.
God bless!
I was so happy, with an inward Joy of the Lord that cannot be explained and that I wanted to tell everyone I knew that I was born again. That was the evidence that I was born again, simple faith not complicated and Joy unspeakable like I have never had before in my life.
After my salvation I enrolled in a 12 week fundamentals of the faith bible class so that I could learn and grow and become grounded in my new faith. It has been full speed ahead for 40yrs and no looking back. Pure and simple faith in Jesus Christ and a penitent heart searching for God.
The gospel of Jesus Christ people is not complicated, look unto the Lord and though shall be saved, simple easy true gospel.
God bless!
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