You don't TAKE communion, you SHARE in communion

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship [communion, 'koin-no-nee-a'] with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)

It is interesting that we call the Christian passover 'meal' communion. The word communion comes from the Latin 'communis' meaning 'common' or 'shared'. We get the words 'community' and 'commune' from this. Places where everyone mutually participates and shares in community life.

The Christian church is a community of believers that shares in daily life together

So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
(Acts 2:46-47)

You don't TAKE communion or fellowship. You SHARE in communion or fellowship.

And our sharing or participation in communion is not based on OUR worthiness, but on the worthiness of Jesus Christ!

So why does the scripture tie fellowship with the cleansing of the blood of Christ? It is the blood of Christ that brings us into fellowship with the Father and the FAMILY of God. If we have communion the blood of Christ cleanses us from our sin. Not because communion cleanses us from our sin, but because communion is the outward demonstration of the relationship that we have with the Father and the family through the blood of Christ. It is the evidence that the blood is working on our behalf because it has brought us into fellowship with the Father and the family.

Praise God! Praise Him that Christ is our righteousness and our holiness and our sanctification.
Praise Him that the blood of Christ brings us into relationship with the Father and the family of God.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.