Thanks for your input. I would simply say that after the Day of Pentecost, the church at Jerusalem would have had a tough time using one cup,...it would be a little too big, same with the one loaf, for that matter.

From the one pitcher I pour the wine into a few of the communion cups in the presence of the congregation, as well as breaking the bread in their presence to signify it coming from the one cup and the one loaf.

We can read into such things too much, just like when people spiritualize the parables or Revelation too much.

They used wine in the Lord's Supper is indisputable. During Prohibition churches started being politically correct and changed the wine to grape juice which is taking unlawful and unscriptural liberties.

How would you interpret Proverbs 31:6 "Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts." These drugs were lawful in their appropriate purposes much like morphine, drugs for depression, etc...

We will be praying for you as you pursue God's will in these matters.

I've never heard a good argument against the Corinthian church using wine as in

I Corinthians 11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

It is the excess, not the content that is being reproved here.

Again, why is wine always mentioned in older confessions and articles of faith and from the Prohibition on it has been changed?

For what it is worth, I don't count you or anyone who doesn't agree with me on this issue as an enemy.

Thankfully, I know of no one of our group of churches who hold to this conviction ever becoming a drunkard or an alcoholic. We personally discourage social drinking as being not expedient for us as believers in this culture, nor do we want to put ourselves in the position of temptation.

Yes, we do use wine.

Just some food for thought, it is interesting in all the old confessions of faith, wine is the only designated liquid element for the Lord's Supper.

I Corinthians 11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

The church at Corinth was rebuked for their excess, not the substance used. During the fermentation, the leavening agent is killed and thus, there is no leaven, and it properly represents the holy blood of Christ.

Since Prohibition, American churches went along to get along, it seems, in many regards.

To improperly represent the blood of Christ is no small matter.

See sermon on the Lord's Supper:
https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=72117014100

For more info here is a link: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1222152315290