Does not taking communion affect your salvation?
No. The Lord's Supper, or communion table, is not a condition for salvation. The Corinthians addressed by Paul were already saved believers despite their behavior, and their failure to practice the Lord's table had nothing to do with their salvation. Communion serves a purpose in the church program, not as a means of salvation.
Les teaches that the Lord's Supper, or communion table, has nothing to do with the salvation of the Corinthians. They were already saved in spite of their behavior; they were believers, and the lack of practice of the Lord's table had nothing to do with their salvation. Paul then delineates the reason and purpose for the Lord's table in the church program. Les points out that Paul did not get his instruction from the Twelve in Jerusalem, a seminary, or a denominational bigwig, and connects this to Galatians 1, where Paul certifies that the gospel he preached was not after man.
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: