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Nowhere in Scripture do you find these<br />

conditions <strong>and</strong> prohibitions.<br />

What you do find is that on the night Jesus<br />

instituted the holy Communion, He said directly <strong>to</strong><br />

His beloved disciples, “Do this often in<br />

remembrance of Me” (1 Cor. 11:24–25). And He<br />

didn’t add, “But make sure you get a qualified pas<strong>to</strong>r<br />

<strong>to</strong> do it for you, <strong>and</strong> do it in a church.” If Jesus didn’t<br />

give these conditions, why would we want <strong>to</strong> add <strong>to</strong><br />

His words?<br />

If you are still concerned about not being<br />

“qualified,” then let me show you just how perfectly<br />

qualified you are, not through anything you have<br />

done but through what the Lord Jesus has done for<br />

you.<br />

The Bible says that Jesus “loved us <strong>and</strong> washed<br />

us from our sins in His own blood, <strong>and</strong> has made us<br />

kings <strong>and</strong> priests <strong>to</strong> His God <strong>and</strong> Father” (Rev. 1:5–<br />

6; 5:10). Christ has made you not just a king but also<br />

a priest.<br />

Beloved, you are a priest <strong>to</strong> God, fully qualified<br />

<strong>by</strong> the Lord Jesus who has washed from you all <strong>your</strong><br />

sins with His own blood. If Jesus Himself has<br />

qualified you <strong>to</strong> be a priest <strong>to</strong> God, surely you have<br />

the blood-bought right <strong>to</strong> partake of the Communion<br />

on <strong>your</strong> own.

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