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Friday, January 14, 2011
Episode 9 :: Question 5 on the Holy Communion
11:01 PM | Posted by
St. Burnish
Question 5 - Franklin (UK): Is it right to take the Communion when you are not baptized?
Answer 5: They are not dependent on each other, so whether or not you are baptized, you can take the Holy Communion. The Bible doesn’t say that you take the Holy Communion only if you’re baptized. Now, I know that in many churches they will only serve the Communion to those that are referred to as baptized members, and there is nothing wrong with that. The reason they do that is this: to be a real Christian, to be known as a real Christian, the church believes that you should be baptized, because baptism is a sign of your full belief and commitment to the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ; it means that you have fully accepted Him. In fact, many years ago, in the early church, during the persecution, if they came looking for Christians to kill them, if they came looking for them to imprison them and they got to you and asked you if you believe in Jesus and you denied it, they would ask you “Were you baptized?” And, if you said you were baptized, you were guilty.
So, baptism was so important and is still so important. Jesus told us to baptize those who believe in Him, so every Christian who has not been baptized must get the opportunity to be baptized. Go to your Pastor and ask to be baptized. If you would attend a church and they see that you are Christian, they will baptize you, because churches don’t want to baptize non-believers, and that’s why I said many churches believe that if you are a true Christian, you should be baptized, and so they will only serve the Communion to those who have been baptized. And, that is recommendable.
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Answer 5: They are not dependent on each other, so whether or not you are baptized, you can take the Holy Communion. The Bible doesn’t say that you take the Holy Communion only if you’re baptized. Now, I know that in many churches they will only serve the Communion to those that are referred to as baptized members, and there is nothing wrong with that. The reason they do that is this: to be a real Christian, to be known as a real Christian, the church believes that you should be baptized, because baptism is a sign of your full belief and commitment to the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ; it means that you have fully accepted Him. In fact, many years ago, in the early church, during the persecution, if they came looking for Christians to kill them, if they came looking for them to imprison them and they got to you and asked you if you believe in Jesus and you denied it, they would ask you “Were you baptized?” And, if you said you were baptized, you were guilty.
So, baptism was so important and is still so important. Jesus told us to baptize those who believe in Him, so every Christian who has not been baptized must get the opportunity to be baptized. Go to your Pastor and ask to be baptized. If you would attend a church and they see that you are Christian, they will baptize you, because churches don’t want to baptize non-believers, and that’s why I said many churches believe that if you are a true Christian, you should be baptized, and so they will only serve the Communion to those who have been baptized. And, that is recommendable.
[Follow Pastor Chris on Yookos (a social networking/micro-blogging site): http://www.yookos.com/PastorChrisLive]
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