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In this Ask Doug session, Pastor Wilson responds to the question:
“Why administer communion by household?”
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Pastor Wilson,
I am an ordained minister and have been asked to perform the Lord’s Supper at my son’s wedding. I think I agree with you based on the video interview you did recently on this issue. But there is just not enough biblical support for your position. Could you further convince me of your position? I want to be able to justify my position to the couple with scripture–thanks
Octavio
Are not infants baptized on the basis of the faith of their parents? ie: Their covenant connection is based on the federal headship of their father? How then are infants communed if they cannot rightly “discern the body”? I thought, being consistent, it was upon the same federal grounds, but here Pastor Wilson seems to be saying the opposite.
Pastor Wilson,
I am in favor of Paedocommunion. Yet, I do not hold to it because of the discernment passage in 1 Corinthians. Is that passage about individual discernment written for people in the church to test themselves to see if they are in the faith, or is it written for factitious people in the church(the rich) to discern the rest of christ’s body(the poor)? I ask because I would like to practice paedocommunion, but this passage always holds me back. What is the proper interpretation?
Burke,
It’s the federal grounds of the father by which he has the authority to have the child baptized, but it’s not as if the father’s faith is “imputed” to the child. We baptize children based on their own faith. God’s covenantal structure of family provides that children of at least one believer is holy and has true faith. All of this is based on OT evidence from David, John the Baptist, the Pslams, etc. Check out Paedofaith by Rich Lusk.
Price,
The discernment passage in 1 Cor has nothing to do with private, individual self-examination or reflection. Nor “contemplating” the sacrificed body of Christ. In context, the problem with the Corinthians was that they were not waiting on each other during the Supper, they were not partaking as a family, and they also fell into sinful habits during the supper. The ‘body’ is the church, not the communion elements in this passage. How do you examine yourself and discern your family during dinner? You include everyone, you wait on them, and you eat appropriately. It’s all about how you act, not about your ability to have an intellectual experience of Christ’s sacrifice. Therefore, children are still included. This position is defended in Feed My Lambs by Tim Gallant, The Case for Covenant Communion by Strawbridge, and The Lord’s Service by Jeff Meyers, all which Doug endorses.
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