Some believe it is a holy ritual that you must partake in order to “stay saved”. Could it be that the Church, spread over the world, who now represent Christ’s body, is also supposed to remember that they are all ONE body– because of what He did– as they partake in the communion bread?ĭenominations have differing viewpoints regarding what partaking in Communion does for the believer. (Luke 22:19)Īs I read these verses, I also wondered if there was another aspect of Communion that we have missed.

No matter what denomination, all who believe the Bible agree that Christ laid down His life for us and we do this in “remembrance of” Him. That ONE bread represents Christ’s physical body being broken for us. No matter where you partake communion in, when a fellow believer who is part of that ONE body of Christ offers you the communion bread, it represents the same ONE bread that is offered everywhere– in every denomination. The second thing that I saw is that there is only ONE bread. We are not many different bodies of Christ. Different denominations may be different parts of the body, but we are all part of the same body of Christ. The first thing that I concluded was that we as Christian believers are all part of the same body of Christ. This phrase in particular seemed to leap out at me: “For we being many are ONE bread, and ONE body: for we are ALL PARTAKERS OF THAT ONE BREAD…” For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.”

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?ġ7. I wanted to know why Communion was only for certain believers but not others.įrom the following verses in 1 Corinthians 10:16-17, two things stood out to me. I already knew what our church taught, I knew why they had this particular tradition, but I wanted to see what the Bible itself had to say regarding Communion. I decided to go to Scripture to see what God’s Word says regarding Communion. I saw the hurt and rejection in their eyes, and I wondered why Communion had to be refused to them. But as I got older and saw how this affected other believers who worshiped with us but did not dress or practice everything that the rest of the congregation did, and I began to wonder about it. As a young believer, I never questioned this. I personally attend a church that practices “close communion”. “Close Communion” allows those of “like-minded faith” to also partake with the congregation. In “closed Communion”, only members of that specific church will partake in Communion together. Anabaptists have through history practiced “closed Communion” or “close Communion”.

Take this bread a radical conversion