[Vision2020] Wine vs Grape Juice

[J Ford]

Doug says:

"Jesus, on the other hand, rebuked His disciples when they were fussing 
about in a similar self-important kind of way. The Lord said that the little 
children were to be permitted to come to Him. When we worship God, our kids 
come too. When we sing, our children sing too. When we say the Apostles 
Creed, the kids say it too. When we take communion, as we do every week, our 
children worship with us. I would like to invite all secularists who are 
watching these events unfold -- behold your tolerance."

Boy, is this taking things to ninth degree...Jesus was NOT speaking about 
taking communion in reference to the children being allowed to come to Him - 
He was telling the disciples not to keep the children from being allowed to 
see Him.

MOST christian churches do NOT allow small children (I am talking about 
children who are one, two, three, up to 11 years old) to take communion.  It 
is supposed to be taken as a RECOGNITION by the taker that Jesus sacrificed 
His life for our sins.  A small child is NOT able to understand this concept 
much less agree to it.

There are also a great many churches that do NOT allow the taking of 
communion to include the use of wine - they use grape juice, which is also a 
"fruit of the vine."  CC has been "fazing out" the use of grape juice for 
two years now as Doug considers it to be sin to use grape juice and not wine 
- "Jesus drank wine and it is a sin for us to do otherwise.

BTW - the children do NOT sing when the grown-ups do - what child under six 
do you know that can read, much less sing, the Psalms?



J  ;)

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