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Who should be "permitted" to partake of the Communion table? When Paul wrote to the Corinthian church, "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body" (1 Corinthians 11:29), was he relegating average Christians to remain second-class citizens in the Kingdom? Did he intend that only the perfect have this privilege that Jesus paid for on the cross of Calvary? What does "unworthily" even mean? What is "damnation"? What does it mean to discern the Lord's body? What is the purpose of Communion? And why is it a bad thing if someone does not partake of it for whatever reason or reasons?
These are all questions that must be answered if the average believer is to benefit from this most important of Christian sacraments.
Jerry Fitch
Jerry Fitch started following boxing in the 1950s. His love of the sport began while watching televised fights and eventually attending the World Welterweight Championship match between Carmen Basilio and Johnny Saxton at Cleveland Arena on February 22, 1957. He was only 10 years old. Fitch has since participated in many boxing activities; the one that has stayed with him is writing. He has written hundreds of articles for major boxing magazines and authored six books, including Arcadia's Cleveland's Greatest Fighters of All Time. This latest continues his journey.
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