Is it wrong to use grape juice for communion?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Hi, it's Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day.

We'd love to hear from you. Our phone lines are open. We'll be taking calls for the next 25 minutes or so,

and here's the number. It's 833 The Core. Just spell it out, 833 The Core, or 833-843-2673.

You can also post your question on one of our social media sites, and you can

always email us anytime at Questions at Core Christianity.com. First up today, here's a voicemail

from one of our listeners. This is Nick in Los Angeles.

Hey, Pastor. I've been reading through Genesis, and I had a question about the end of chapter four.

It says, at that time, people began to call upon the name of the Lord.

How are we supposed to interpret calling upon the name of the Lord?

Is that a reference to prayer? Is it the first

instance of worship in the Bible? I'm wondering if you could clear that up for me. Thanks.

Hey Nick, thanks for that question. Yeah, I mean, I think prayer and worship, both of those would be

accurate, calling upon the name of the Lord.

Sometimes it's used in the Old Testament with regard to seeking God for deliverance or salvation.

And so there in Genesis chapter 4, verse 25, of course, this is right after a couple of things.

We have the fall of humanity humanity and then you also have

cain and abel and cain murdering his brother abel and so it's kind of a rough couple of chapters

you know leading up to this and verse 25 of genesis four says and adam knew his wife again and she

bore a son and called his name seth for she said, God has appointed for me another offspring

instead of Abel, for Kane killed him. To Seth also a son was born and he called his name

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