General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch
Adeboye has created fresh controversy on taking of the Holy Communion,
saying it is an aberration for churches to take it during the day time.
Almost all churches in Nigeria and all over the world take the Lord Supper (Holy Communion) during service time in the day.
But Adeboye said whenever he attended other churches, he always desisted from taking the Lord’s Supper because it is wrong.
Speaking
at the Holy Communion service at the just-concluded 67th convention of
the church at the new auditorium at the Redemption Camp, Adeboye, who
preached on the importance of the Holy Communion in line with the theme
of the convention which is “And God Said,” pointed out that “the first
time the Passover was taken in the Bible, it was taken in the night on
the eve of the Israelites freedom from Egypt. Jesus also took it in the
night with his disciples.”
According to him, whenever he is
invited to some churches and they were serving Holy Communion in the
day, he would decline taking by simply stating: “I am fasting.”
Adeboye
posited that taking of the Holy Communion at night is symbolic, adding
that “Tears may endure for the night but joy comes in the morning. The
night period is symbolic. It means the end of sorrow. It means the end
of suffering. It means the end of stagnation. The supper is taken in the
night and not in the day.”
He explained further the Holy Communion is a serious matter and should not be taken unworthily.
“Many
are eating it unworthily that is why they are experiencing so many
things they should not experience. You can’t come to the Lord’s Table
and bear grudges and harbor hatred in your heart against your brother or
sister. You will be doing yourself a great harm,”