Hi From Cincy

[Evangelical]

Corn bread? Unlikely - Jews prohibit the consumption of corn, rice etc during Passover. Approved grains are wheat, rye and some others (I forget).

So you know about the Passover, you know that Christ is our unleavened bread.

So why use leavened bread when unleavened is available? Leavened bread is not a symbol of Christ, it's a symbol of a dinner roll or a bowl of soup. To be honest when I see the leavened bread on the table I'm thinking about pumpkin soup, not Christ.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Corn bread? Unlikely - Jews prohibit the consumption of corn, rice etc during Passover. Approved grains are wheat, rye and some others (I forget).

Evan, you got things mixed up here. I am not talking about Jewish Seder celebrations, I am talking about the church, breaking bread to remember the Lord. Where is the New Testament command "Thou shalt get your bread right."

Originally Posted by Evangelical

So you know about the Passover, you know that Christ is our unleavened bread.

So why use leavened bread when unleavened is available? Leavened bread is not a symbol of Christ, it's a symbol of a dinner roll or a bowl of soup. To be honest when I see the leavened bread on the table I'm thinking about pumpkin soup, not Christ.

Is Christ our unleavened bread?

Have you not read the scriptures?

I Cor 5.7 says that we are unleavened. We are unleavened because Christ our Passover has died for us. I Cor 5.8 speaks of the "leaven of malice and evil." Paul here is referring to the hearts of those in Corinth. We must "purge out this old leaven of malice and evil" from our hearts so that we can "keep the feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."

When you see the bread on the Table, you should be examining your own heart and thinking about the other members of the body of Christ you are with. We are the one loaf, many members but one body.

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

To be honest when I see the leavened bread on the table I'm thinking about pumpkin soup, not Christ.

A little Witness Lee + unleavened bread = Christ

Witness Lee + leavened bread = ?

No Witness Lee + unleavened bread = poor poor Christianity

No Witness Lee + leavened bread = outer darkness

Am I getting my math right? I think I missed #2.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

A little Witness Lee + unleavened bread = Christ

Witness Lee + leavened bread = ?

No Witness Lee + unleavened bread = poor poor Christianity

No Witness Lee + leavened bread = outer darkness

Am I getting my math right? I think I missed #2.

What a mocking and derisive attitude.

Can’t have a discussion about the type of bread to be used without launching into an attack on a brother?

Consider your post next time you break bread.

Drake

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Drake

What a mocking and derisive attitude.

Can’t have a discussion about the type of bread to be used without launching into an attack on a brother?

Consider your post next time you break bread.

Drake

Drake, Drake, Drake sounds like you got a chicken bone stuck in your throat.

Don't you remember lecturing us the other day how WL's constant condemnations on "poor, poor, Christianity" are just "chicken bones" not to be eaten?

[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Drake

Consider your post next time you break bread.

Well, he'll have to consider without Local Churchers breaking bread with him...Followers of Witness Lee are taught to refuse to break bread with any other Christians. Why? Because their sinful? Because they are teaching heretical things? NO. Local Churchers refuse because one must be under the teachings and practices established by Witness Lee, and at a meeting hall of the Local Church before any other Christians are allowed the privilege of breaking bread with them.

Of course we can't really blame them for this absurd and divisive attitude. After all, who wants to share the table with those little daughters of the Great Whore? Who wants to have intimate fellowship with Christians who are not in the process of sanctification?
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[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

Well, he'll have to consider without Local Churchers breaking bread with him...Followers of Witness Lee are taught to refuse to break bread with any other Christians. Why? Because their sinful? Because they are teaching heretical things? NO. Local Churchers refuse because one must be under the teachings and practices established by Witness Lee, and at a meeting hall of the Local Church before any other Christians are allowed the privilege of breaking bread with them.

Of course we can't really blame them for this absurd and divisive attitude. After all, who wants to share the table with those little daughters of the Great Whore? Who wants to have intimate fellowship with Christians who are not in the process of sanctification?
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Well dang, I was making a joke - I thought it was pretty funny. Guess not - sorry everyone! Sometimes you have to laugh at the absurdity of the whole thing...

[Evangelical]

As people may or may not be aware, there is no rule that says we must use unleavened bread or leavened bread in the Lord's Table. It does not matter what type of bread is eaten.

However I disagreed that the table as pictured represents the one loaf and Christ who is our unleavened bread - unleavened bread is a better symbol than a leavened one, and a single loaf on the table is a better symbol of the one Body than many loaves.

I am talking about the symbolism of what it represents, not the correctness of the type of bread eaten.

I did not raise the matter of the Law or state that we must use unleavened bread in the Lord's Table. Others misinterpreted what I was talking about symbolism and made this a matter of good versus evil, laws and regulations. In other words, they were swinging from the branches of the tree of knowledge while I was eating from the tree of life.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

As people may or may not be aware, there is no rule that says we must use unleavened bread or leavened bread in the Lord's Table. It does not matter what type of bread is eaten.

However I disagreed that the table as pictured represents the one loaf and Christ who is our unleavened bread - unleavened bread is a better symbol than a leavened one, and a single loaf on the table is a better symbol of the one Body than many loaves.

I am talking about the symbolism of what it represents, not the correctness of the type of bread eaten.

I did not raise the matter of the Law or state that we must use unleavened bread in the Lord's Table. Others misinterpreted what I was talking about symbolism and made this a matter of good versus evil. In other words, they were swinging from the branches of the tree of knowledge while I was eating from the tree of life.

If you were really eating from the tree of life, you would not be using every little, meany item to condemn the rest of the body of Christ -- as you regularly do. How did you become such a "communion cop," where only you know who is eating from the tree of life?

But thanks for finally admitting to the truths I was relating from scripture -- and somewhat refreshing I should add.

[byHismercy]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

Well dang, I was making a joke - I thought it was pretty funny. Guess not - sorry everyone! Sometimes you have to laugh at the absurdity of the whole thing...

I laughed. Out loud.