Here were a few things I would say:. Answer 1: If you think you are worthy due to your performance, you come in an unworthy manner. The table reminds us that it is only in Christ that we are able to approach and commune with God. Answer 2: If there is a known sin in your life that you are stubbornly unrepentant of or in denial about, you come in an unworthy manner.
The table is for humble, repentant sinners. Answer 3: Instead, if you believe in Jesus and are struggling with doubts, are feeling distant from God, experiencing weakness and fatigue in your faith, or you failed to obey God recently, you should come to the table to eat and drink! If you were starving, weak, and unable to stand and someone put some food in front of you, what would you do?
You would eat and drink to regain your strength. It is the fat and satiated who do not eat; not the hungry. He thanked me for asking and then the conversation changed to a song that was on the radio. Yet the moment was not lost on me. It was a simple conversation with a brother in Christ where I was able to remind him of the utter grace of the gospel. That is why it is spiritually dangerous to teach Christians that they must rid their hearts of sin before they are worthy to take of communion.
If there was ever one time that we need to remember what Christ has done for us, it is when our hearts are not right before God! Jesus wanted us to keep fresh in our memory what He did for us, because meditating on the price He paid for us and the work He accomplished for us, is the very thing that will drive us away from sin. In the early chruch, miracles were commonplace. The blind were seeing, the deaf were hearing, demons were being cast out, and even the dead were being raised!
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This is why we say, "We are not holy but we are sinners not worthy of that Name. When the deacon chants, "Pray for the worthy partaking of this Holy Mystery," he encourages the people not to proceed to the Holy Communion without fear and thoughtfulness. Paul says he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation upon himself not discerning the Lord's Body I Corinthians We are not to be negligent and are to examine ourselves and then eat of that Bread and drink of that Cup I Corinthians John Chrysostom said, "Let no one proceed to the Holy Communion with laziness or negligence, but let all go to receive it with enthusiasm and preparation so that we may not be punished.
Do not be guilty of His Body and Blood as those who crucified Him. Judas most probably was initially determined to lead a holy life as a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He reverted to sinning, perhaps not deliberately in the beginning, but in the end carelessly and with a weak nature. If Judas had presented his weak nature to the Lord Jesus Christ and confessed and repented the Lord would certainly have been his advocate and he in the end would not have lost all hope.
Forgive all their sins for the sake of Your Holy Name which is called upon us, and according to Your mercy and not on account of our sins. In this prayer of the Divine Liturgy, the priest asks God to accept the confessions and repentance of his people, just as He accepted the confession and repentance of the thief at Golgotha.
Following the Doxologies and the Orthodox Creed during the Divine Liturgy, the priest holds the cross with the three lit candles to signify that He Who suffered Crucifixion is the Light of the world, humbly sacrificing Himself to give light to those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Standing in front of the Sanctuary the priest spreads both his arms, holding the cross with the three lit candles in his right hand while the left hand is being opened in supplication and humility. While facing the East, and without making the sign of the Cross, the priest chants, "God have mercy upon; settle mercy upon us.
The priest turns toward the South and says, "Keep us" making the sign of the Cross. He turns toward the East once again and with the sign of the Cross says, "Help us".
Still in the Easterly direction he completes this litany "The Prayer of God Have Mercy Upon Us", without signing and saying, "Take away Your anger from us, visit us with Your salvation and forgive us our sins. John addresses forgiveness of sin in this manner, " My little children, these things write I unto you that you sin not. And He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world " I John In summary, no one is without sin.
Every earthly person will stumble and fall occasionally, even in their spiritual lives. The Lord Jesus Christ reminds us that whenever we make mistakes we can repent and begin again if we are humble and have the desire to avoid evil.
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