Christians: what is behind the idea of being "worthy" of taking communion?

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heidi

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I have heard several times over the course of this year that when taking communion, you should do some inner reflection and see if you are "worthy" of taking it. Some instructions I had received included that if you had sinned recently and not confessed, then you are considered "unclean" and are therefore "unworthy" of taking communion. There were others but that is one that really stuck one. I think another was that if you had doubt, you were "unworthy" and shouldn't take it.

Regardless of what makes one "unworthy" of communion, I find the whole idea to be a bit silly. I consider communion a special time where in taking the bread and wine, you are receiving Christ. So why should only the "worthy" receive him? Aren't the "unworthy" in greater need of him? Should they not take communion also?

So, I'm just wondering if anyone can explain the idea of considering yourself "worthy" of taking communion because it doesn't make sense to me.
 
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Benjamin

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Picture the person you love most on the planet... Picture them dying because of you... they did it willingly because or your mistake... do you deserve the person you love most on the planet to die for you...

now, that person asks you to take care of his/ her family... and says remember me by drinking tea... so everytime you drink tea you think about him/her... and also when you drink tea you think about wheather or not your taking care of the family... if your not, then you don't want to drink the tea, if you are you drink the tea and remember if you don't love that person or care that they died because of you then your not worthy...
 
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BillMac

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It has to do with 1 Corinthians 11:27
"Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord."
 
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