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Originally Posted by americanasap  if they are living in sin without judging it...they should refrain until such time as they judge whatever that matter is before God. |
That's a little confusing. My husband judges his drinking and himself. He truly hates himself. He hates that he drinks. He hates that he's an alcoholic. He think he's lower than dirt. He has a 20-year class reunion in a few month and he's been freaked out about it for several months now. Wants his teeth whitened, to lose weight, etc. He is by far the most handsome, successful man out of his entire class. But he still hates himself and thinks he can't measure up.
So, if he lays his sin before God and asks for forgiveness and deliverance, then takes communion, I don't see the problem.
My MIL works in a church. She absolutely despises a woman she works with. She said she doesn't take communion during the times that she is actively raging against this woman with contempt. So when things are calm, she takes communion. When she wants to choke this woman, she doesn't. Isn't that a bit like borrowing sin? She knows she's going to want to choke this woman in the future and hasn't removed the hatred from her soul, so by her own rules, how is this any different than telling her son he doesn't qualify to take communion?