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Bro Branham taught that the Lord's Supper, or Communion, is one of three remaining physical Divine orders for believers—along with water baptism and feet-washing—established by Paul in the New Testament church as a memorial of Christ's broken body and blood, to be observed until He returns. Evidence: [COMMUNION — 65-1212: ¶11–¶30]; [COMMUNION — 63-0707E: ¶6–¶10].
He emphasized self-examination before partaking, quoting 1 Corinthians 11 where Paul instructs believers to judge themselves, check their lives for sin or reproachful conduct (such as living worldly after professing faith), confess faults, and ensure their lives reflect Christ to avoid condemnation. Evidence: [COMMUNION — 65-1212: ¶27–¶30, ¶51–¶55, ¶72–¶73]; [COMMUNION — 63-0707E: ¶6–¶10]; [REDEMPTION BY POWER — 54-0329: ¶89]; [JUBILEE YEAR — 54-1003E: ¶166].
Unworthy partaking—taking it without sincerity, while living in sin, or as mere tradition—makes one guilty of Christ's body and blood, bringing damnation, weakness, sickness, or even death, as seen in the early church where some got drunk at the table or had divisions. Evidence: [COMMUNION — 65-1212: ¶27–¶30, ¶72–¶73]; [COMMUNION — 63-0707E: ¶9–¶10]; [THE KEY TO THE DOOR — 62-1007: ¶100–¶102]; [JUBILEE YEAR — 54-1003E: ¶166].
Believers should approach Communion with reverence, sincerity, and purity: tarry (wait) for one another in prayer, make wrongs right, come as those redeemed and changed by grace, discerning Christ's body by living as Christians before God and others, symbolizing spiritual birth and fellowship. Evidence: [COMMUNION — 65-1212: ¶40–¶44, ¶51–¶55, ¶74–¶77]; [COMMUNION — 63-0707E: ¶6–¶10]; [THE KEY TO THE DOOR — 62-1007: ¶100–¶143].
"He that eateth and drinketh unworthily shall be guilty of the Blood and the Body of the Lord.” See? You’ve got to live a life that—that…before the people, that…and before God and the people, that shows that you are—that you are sincere." [COMMUNION — 65-1212: ¶27]
"But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body." [COMMUNION — 63-0707E: ¶10]
"Wherefore, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for the other.” That is, other words, just wait a few minutes, pray, check yourself out. And if you know a brother is in there, just about to do something that’s wrong, or something, and you pray for him, too." [COMMUNION — 65-1212: ¶55]
Reader Note: For full context and to verify wording, read the full sermon and cited paragraphs in The Table: The Table (plain link: https://table.branham.org/)
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