#ComeTogether vs
#online
Initially posted here:
https://www.facebook.com/sing.f.lau/posts/pfbid0WvnPqNamecjcCPCQezQphYQmMQpHxAbzPNEHUoP1AjaQJf4NdnsxsqvERmxPezs7l
(22:47, Aug
12, 2021)
Ficky
Sir, I need to check some
Bible definitions with you.
For baptism, we
refer to Philip and the Eunuch; Full immersion is required.
For Holy Communion,
do we refer to the LORD'S supper?
Means, wine must be
red, correct?
White is not
acceptable?
sing
We refer to Jesus'
baptism by John the Baptist.
John 1:33 KJV — And
I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto
me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the
same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
Ficky
But it didn't say if
full immersion is required, only Philip does it.
Yeah, I think you're
right. Both were also baptized in the river.
So it rhymes.
sing
The fruit of the
vine is understood as the wine that is made from grapes.
Ficky
Does it mean white
is acceptable then?
sing
John 3:23 KJV — And
John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water
there: and they came, and were baptized.
Why go to the place where there is much water if sprinkling will do? More importantly, baptism must reflect the burial of the old man with Christ... this is ONLY properly expressed with immersion. No one half-buries a dead man.
Ficky
There's an argument
that the Jewish burial is different, though.
But I believe in
full immersion.
sing
There is no white
wine... There is clear wine.
Red wine properly
reflects the blood of Christ... unless some believe Jesus had clear blood!
Ficky
We're supposed to
take communion at home this Sunday.
But I bought the
wrong wine. Since no liquor store is allowed to open nearby because of the MCO (Movement Control Order), due to COVID-19.
sing
Read 1Cor 11... and
note carefully the words "come together" (assembled in one place ) and their
relationship to observing the Lord's Supper. See verses 17,18,20, and 33.
Let me put it
crudely: some have online sexual union, others will have online Holy Communion.
Be careful, my
Brother.
(a few days later)
sing
Did you use
unleavened bread for your online Holy Communion?
Ficky
I didn't. Please
teach me how to make it.
BTW, my church
suggested substituting with soda biscuits.
sing
You didn't??? You were so careful about clear wine or red wine, but couldn't care less about getting the other
element right?
Is sola scriptura is
just a religious shibboleth then!
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Reggie Lee
Keep ploughing and
planting in that brother…. He may be easily swayed by the winds, but Truth saves
a soul from them.
