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Originally Posted by YP0534
I will accept your word that it is so for you but it has never been so for me.
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I completely understand the notion of ritual just not "doing it" for you.
As far as the LC formula of hymn order, while I actually found meaning in it, it should never have been etched in stone as a rule such that an elder or other more "responsible one" would override any called hymn. God often speaks through the mouth of babes. But at the table, the babes had pacifiers stuffed in their mouths and the deeply grooved path of hymns was never allowed to be abandoned. It was irrelevant that the only disruption to the Spirit was in the blatant disregard for the body in favor of the rules.
Our "bible church" has few things that resemble ritual, although some influence of "Emerging" practice has brought in a little. It is all taken on with meaningful, spiritual purpose and much consideration, and as such I have no complaint.
But, as I mentioned before, there are surely some who have simply gotten into doing something that they think is the thing to do. I will not presume to discern who falls in that category. And there are some that do not "do it for me" either, and I typically abstain rather than go through motions that are hollow for me.
Not sure I would treat the Lord's table in that manner since, unlike the others, it was commanded "as often as you do it." Sometimes, obedience is as good a reason as any. On the other hand, if I cannot have a good sense toward Christ and his sacrifice, along with a proper attitude toward the body, then I should consider abstaining.