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PERSPECTIVES ON THE LORD’S TABLE<br />
perceptible through senses. But this is not an alternative for a<br />
believer, though many pentecostals tend to this argument.<br />
So we see that a sacrament finally is a sacrament. If you do not<br />
bet on it and make no claim, you don't have anything to gain or<br />
loose. There is no judgment in favor of you or against you.<br />
However if you are claiming something in the sacrament,<br />
depending on your rights and reality of your position in this<br />
matter you either gain much or loose much. St. James liturgy<br />
therefore puts this argument as follows in the final prayer after<br />
the communion have been received: "Lord, the flesh and blood<br />
which we have now received, may it not turn out to be for our<br />
guilt and punishment, instead may it to me for our salvation and<br />
for our eternal life in Jesus Christ."<br />
It is this that Paul states in:<br />
1Cor. 11:26-30. For whenever you eat this bread and drink this<br />
cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. Therefore,<br />
whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an<br />
unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and<br />
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