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This has nothing to do with communion. they could not possibly have known what that was because it hadn't even been an instituted yet. By partaking he's talking about believing on him. Which he explains right in the text.

You said God caused sin. Now you change your mind?

No, I'm not a goat. Why would you think I was, even spiritually?

The English word "church" comes from the Greek adjective kyriakon which means "of the Lord. The word in the Bible most often translated as "church" is the Greek ekklesia, which means any gathering of people. When Jesus said, "…on this rock I will build my church…" (Matthew 16:18), He was...

Right, spiritual metaphors. Like eating his body is a spiritual metaphor for partaking of Christ's death.

16Rejoice always, 17pray continually, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Do we always do this? No? Then God's will doesn't always happen. 3It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4that each of you...

Only the current Catholic church isn't all. The universal church is all real believers.

Is a gate spiritual? Is a vine spiritual? You aren't eating literal human flesh, so it has to be spiritual.

Did Jesus say we have to have a full feast or did he say to eat the bread in remembrance? 17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. 18 For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” 19 And he took...

BTW, it's Jacob Arminius. Who was persecuted by Calvinists. Not Armenians. Armenians live in Armenia.

Then you are being inconsistent and trying to have it both ways and believing contradictions. That's your choice, but a double-minded man is unstable.

Lol, you don't understand that your view of election and predestination, makes what John Calvin said here true? You have already told me God caused sin, but now you're going to waffle about whether he chooses what shirt you chose to wear today?

I say foreknowing something and causing it to happen is not the same thing at all. Have you never heard of Molinism? If this is the best of all possible worlds, sin was inevitable. God would rather have some people love him, even if it means most will rebel. He wanted us so much he died for us...

Not in all cases.

Lol, I "like" the way you just insert "Catholic" It's not there! The universal church is all believers.

He also said: He is the door. Does he have hinges and a lock? He say he's the vine. Does he have leaves? He said "This cup is the covenant." How can a cup literally be a covenant. You don't understand spiritual language.

I guess you have not heard of evanescent grace. You should study your religion more. John Calvin explains: “Experience shows that the reprobate are sometimes affected in a way so similar to the elect that even in their own judgment there is no difference between them. Hence, it is not strange...

Again, in Calvinism this isn't true. Every choice is God's not ours. To quote John Calvin: We also note that we should consider the creation of the world so that we may realize that everything is subject to God and ruled by his will and that when the world has done what it may, nothing happens...

Once again, you are doing the Calvinist dance": "He allowed it." Not in your doctrine he didn't. He caused it and is the cause of every murder, rape, and atrocity the world has ever known. In your theology, God is not just the father of lights who all good comes from, but the father of darkness...

Where did I say it was every week? I know what the Seder was. I've taken it. Yes, we in our Western world shorten it to a fifteen-minute communion instead of a real feast. This doesn't mean it loses its significance, IMO.