Have you ever wondered why it is that those 'church Christians' - as opposed to true Christians - who hate the Gospel, hate all preaching about or of the Cross and the blood, hate to hear about the death of Christ for their sin, without fail attend the Lord's Supper regularly? And what is the Lord's Supper about? It is about Christ's death on the Cross for the sins of the world. It uses the physical elements of bread broken and wine poured out to preach the death of the Saviour for the world, yet they hate the Cross.
I think the answer is that many within nominal churches, that is, churches that do not know or preach the everlasting Gospel, are so steeped in romish sacramentalism and sacerdotalism that it matters little to them what the sacrament means and implies so long as they 'take' it. They do not believe that Christ's death and resurrection trusted in personally will save them and take them to heaven, but they do believe that the sheer mechanical taking of the Supper does. That is unadulterated romanism.
Nor does it seem to dawn on such deluded church members that unless and until they enjoy communion (fellowship) with Christ on a daily basis rules out their having communion with Him at the table. This romanising of the Christian faith by the churches must be acknowledged and repented of immediately, if times of refreshing are to come from the presence of the Lord.
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