Closed communion is not Pharisaism, it is simply taking seriously the Scriptures. It is not allowing one to eat and drink damnation on themselves. It is understanding that different views of what we actually RECEIVE in communion do, in fact, matter.

In closed communion, a Church has concern for those who expect to receive the body and blood of Christ.

Churches that practice closed communion are not claiming that those who do not believe the same as they are not Christian. They are simply saying a correct view of the Lord's Supper DOES IN FACT MATTER and that Doctrinal Unity does in fact matter as well.

Grace is not common.