Communion why grape juice

The positive far outweighs the negative. Wine is a gift from God. Like all gifts, if we abuse them, we can turn something good into something very bad.

For instance, a worship leader may have the gift of music. He or she can either use it to glorify God or abuse it and become prideful. In the same way, we can use wine to glorify God or abuse it. But for Passover , Jewish people typically ate unleavened bread. Quite a few of the churches I have attended served very-much leavened bread during Communion. Granted, one can make arguments about the difference of alcoholic content in ancient wine versus the wines we have available today.

Overall, it all comes down to the convictions of the church you attend. If, at your own church, you find the elements distracting, consider consulting with your pastor about the possibility of incorporating wine or grape juice, whichever there is a dearth of.

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Changes will take effect once you reload the page. We have a member in our congregation who has abstained from taking alcohol in any form due to health and other issues. It has been my experience with some other WELS congregations that in cases such as this, grape juice has been offered as an acceptable alternative. Is this, in fact, acceptable to the synod and can we follow the same procedure in this case? Thank you in advance for your response. Hours: Monday-Friday a. Phone: Thus in the vast majority of instances when "wine" is referred to it is the "fermented fruit of the vine.

Eph use the same word to describe what Jesus made the water into in John 2, which means that alcoholic content is assumed so the addition of sugar to stop the fermentation is a modern invention.

Thus, in conclusion, I believe that while unfermented grape juice is "legitimate" as it qualifies as the "fruit of the vine" I do not believe it is "original" or "ideal" from how "wine" is used given the example and instruction of Scripture. Worldwide Outreach Christian Education. Ministries Chaplains and Military Personnel.

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