Lord's Supper Participation

I realized a lot have said "no" to this question and the reasons given have made a lot of sense to me, but I was wondering if anyone who said no is willing to show me via scriptures why they say this?

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Joshua
Non-Denominational
Fair Haven, Vermont
Romans 1 = Smack to the face about the human condition!
24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. - Romans 7:24-25

Joshua, the simple answer is that Christ declares, "This cup is the New Covenant in my blood." The supper (as a sacrament) is a visible sign and seal of the covenant. Thus, he who is not under the administration of the New Covenant has no business or interest in the signs and seals thereof.

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Paul Korte
OPC
Flint, MI

They who perceive in themselves discoveries of the divine goodness, so full and absolutely perfect, and who make them the subject of earnest meditation, will never embrace new doctrines, by which the very grace they feel so powerfully in themselves is thrown into the shade. --John Calvin

Click to get: Board Rules -- Signature Requirements -- Suggestions?

Baptism is the sign of entrance into the covenant, whereas the Lord's Table is the sign of continuance in the covenant/covenant renewal.

You can't continue in the covenant/covenantally renew your vows, without entering the covenant.

Baptism signifies regeneration/washing in the blood of Christ applied by the Spirit/baptism in the Spirit. The Lord's Table signifies eating and drinking of Christ's body and blood by faith.

You can't do the latter, without the former having happened to you first.

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Richard
communicant member, FCoS
Perth, Scotland UK

His Name forever shall endure;
last like the sun it shall:
Men shall be blessed in Him,
and blessed all nations shall Him call (Ps. 72:17)

The covenant people of God refers to the Visible Church (we don't know nor are meant to guess the invisible church) and if baptism is the sign and seal of the covenant of grace then it makes sense that the other sacrament is a requirement to partake in the other.

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J. P. Grigoletti II * Lay-man * Église Réformée du Québec
Québec, Québec Canada * Member: Église Reformée St. Marc
http://Grigoletti.blogspot.com - blog
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