Pete Richert
New Member
The government does not enforce any strict regulations on alchohol consumed under parent supervision in the church or at home, though on the books I think it is still illegul. But the general rule of thumb is to not invade the rights of the home.
But that is not the point. What the government of the United States says is legal has nothing to do with what the Bible says concerning alchohol. The Bible does NOT SAY we MUST drink alchohol, so everyone should repect the law of the land. The Bible says nothing about driving my car to work. If the government outlaws, I will stop driving. I will not then try to prove the Bible therefor codemns it.
To answer your quesion, we are all Baptists here and Most of us see communion as a symbolic act comeserating the death and ressurection of our God. Since we do not see the actual elements as the actual Body of the Lord Jesus Christ, it does us no harm to use grape juice in place of wine (or a different wine that whatever Jesus was using) or water for that matter.
I think for all practical purposes we should use grapejuice for three reasons
1)we wouldn't have to even question the law for those under 21
2)for people who struggle with alchohol abuse
and the most important one
3) alchohol tastes disgusting, espeically wine, and everytime I drink it at a Church who uses it for communion I am so distracted by how it doesn't go down that it defeats the purpose.
The last one of course is personal and is not really meant for discussion or debate.
But that is not the point. What the government of the United States says is legal has nothing to do with what the Bible says concerning alchohol. The Bible does NOT SAY we MUST drink alchohol, so everyone should repect the law of the land. The Bible says nothing about driving my car to work. If the government outlaws, I will stop driving. I will not then try to prove the Bible therefor codemns it.
To answer your quesion, we are all Baptists here and Most of us see communion as a symbolic act comeserating the death and ressurection of our God. Since we do not see the actual elements as the actual Body of the Lord Jesus Christ, it does us no harm to use grape juice in place of wine (or a different wine that whatever Jesus was using) or water for that matter.
I think for all practical purposes we should use grapejuice for three reasons
1)we wouldn't have to even question the law for those under 21
2)for people who struggle with alchohol abuse
and the most important one
3) alchohol tastes disgusting, espeically wine, and everytime I drink it at a Church who uses it for communion I am so distracted by how it doesn't go down that it defeats the purpose.
The last one of course is personal and is not really meant for discussion or debate.