Did Biblical Christians ever celebrate the Lord's Supper by passing around bread and wine, then refusing it?-

Question

In your opinion, would that be an acceptable way to follow Jesus' command to "keep doing this in remembrance of me"?

Moises...

Same date, Yes. But why do you say it was in the same way? You mean they (Jehovah's Witnesses) actually ate the bread and drank the wine?

Don't you mean that they passed it around, and then rejected it, by refusing to eat or drink?

Answer 1

that is what JWs do every single Nisan 14 , according to Jesus ´command, this years it was April 2.
they did it according to apostle Paul the same date and in the same way. (1 Corithians 11:24-26)

Answer 2

in the beginning, JW's at the instant are not hyping their "Easter" celebrations. Easter as Im constructive you're properly conscious is pagan. JW's are in spite of the shown fact that looking forward to celebrating the memorial of christs loss of life. And there will be some congregations of JW's the place persons DO partake of the wine and the bread. yet JW information of scripture shows that Jesus instituted his kingdom association on that night. So the bread and wine have been for members of the heavenly kingdom. All present day on the final supper have been to be members of the heavenly kingdom, subsequently all of them partook. this does not make the form any much less important for members of the JW faith who don't experience they're going to heaven because of the fact the realize they're going to make the main of this association. So we are preserving Jesus commandment to memorialise the social amassing, basically not anybody chooses to partake of the wine and bread.

Answer 3

Why would they refuse it?
There is nothing wrong with passing around the bread and wine partaking after searching oneself and asking forgiveness for sin.

Answer 4

do you know a group that does this? I can not imagine why this would be done. Obviously if the person who refuses communion is not right in his heart with the Lord, then yes he/she should not frivolously take part. But that would be the only reason.

Answer 5

Something is being distorted...

That is not in line with the NT pattern or the actions of the early church.

There is a very common misunderstanding of Paul's instructions to the church at Corinth about abuses at the Lord's Supper. His instruction to "examine oneself" was NOT to determine IF you are "worthy," because NO ONE IS WORTHY. It WAS to see if you are partaking IN A WORTHY MANNER, RECOGNIZING THE BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS.

Answer 6

The bread and the wine are symbolic of scripture and sacrifice which have to do with obediance and trust.


bread = scripture = word of God = laws = obediance

wine = blood = sacrifice = Saviour = trust


Isaiah 50:10
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

Zephaniah 3:2
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

We are called so many times in the Bible to trust and obey...yet we forget, we are distracted and dulled by all that goes on around us...so alot of people have taken this verse to mean...just to think of Christ and what He did for us...Its not. There was never a "communion factor" from taken a cup of wine and a piece of bread and having them become Christs blood and flesh within us...that is a catholic precept..started in the early church. The cup and the bread are to remind us of two things...the blood Christ shed to take away the sins of the world...and to be in scripture constantly to remain in Him, His Body and for His Spirit to remain in us.

John 6:51 (King James Version)
51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.


John 1 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
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John 1
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. .

2The same was in the beginning with God.

3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.


Mark 14:24 (King James Version)
24And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.


I hope this answers your question even though I'm not real sure what the question was....what benifit would any person have to refuse? Love in Christ, ~J~

Answer 7

Don't you have any real friends? Go outside, play ball. Go for a jog. Quit living in the fantasy world of 2000 years ago.

Answer 8

Yes, they did. Because Jesus sayd so.

Answer 9

what are you trying to prove?

Answer 10

I don't know. I wasn't there.