The Meaning of Communion: Robert Stamps

[@heroathanasius8944]

Great teaching by Dr. Stamps! "Remember Jesus Christ...raised from the dead." II Timothy 2:8

[@sergeauclair2397]

Awesome explanations Dr. Stamps. Thank you for bringing to our attention that what really matters is what communion does in us and for reminding us that Jesus Christ is alive NOW, at this very moment.

[@imhatji]

My University Chaplain. Oral Roberts University, 1967.

[@Gampaman]

Good insights. Thought provoking.

[@SeanWilliams90]

Amen, great word

[@JaniceOwensBlessed0714]

Thank you so much for the articles on You Tube. I look forward to them each month. Keep up this good work! Janice Owens

[@Daniel0Turner0Music]

I fear though that this ambiguity about Jesus's presence is part of the reason the laity are confused about it. The articles of religion of the Church of England, the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the United Brethren all clearly spell out that Christ is truly received in the Lord's Supper, that we partake of his body and blood in a heavenly and spiritual manner by faith. That itself is fairly vague enough to still have plenty of mystery involved. It's far from presumptuous, and it's clearly scriptural, without anything too theoretical and speculative added. Why are Methodists so afraid to say, "not in a material or physical way but in a heavenly and spiritual manner, mysterious to us, in faith we eat his flesh and drink his blood in the Lord's Supper, along with the bread and cup?" If Methodist ministers were at least that specific when teaching about this mystery, I really think we wouldn't have the majority of Methodists in this country thinking that the Methodist view is synonymous with the Baptists, that this is a mere memorial of a past event, or trivializing it as "God's show and tell."

[@shanefrederick7731]

This is something to ponder

[@FRN2013]

Good teaching. The music at the end is way too loud.

[@georgechristiansen6785]

His premise is simply wrong. Our pondering God is never an us only event. God is involved. That makes any pondering/remembrance more than humanism. Beyond that: the initiation of the remembrance in communion alone starts with Jesus instituting it. Then there is the group activity/unity aspect of doing it together. So there is nothing just us about communion even with out a specific "specialness" in the elements.

[@WoundedEgo]

Who cares what Wesley thought?

[@diannalaubenberg7532]

Wesleyan theology.