How Often Did The Early Church Take The Lord's Supper?

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[@drebaselius9160]

Here's an infinitive for you. While preaching in a congregation I was conducting Wednesday morning Bible studies in a convalescent home. The Christians there asked if I would bring the Lord's supper on Wednesday because they were unable to see me on Sunday. I told my elders and they agreed that I could serve the supper to the residents. I took one member with me who later complained to the elders that I served the Lord's supper on Wednesday. The elders told me to stop because it "violated their conscience". I stopped. 5 years later they fired me referencing that event. When asked by a sister if her dying mother could be served at the Lord's supper on any other day than Sunday, the elders never would answer her question. COC isn't unique. It's very much like the world full of division contention legalism controversy splits mistreatment of members and ministers lack of love and unchristlikeness. It's rare to find a effective congregation. Many are "trying to get Bro/Sis so and so back" to the same old crap.

[@jodadu1994]

They came together because it was the end of Shabbat. Which was what we call Saturday evening. The Jews started the next day after sun down.

[@sunnyjohnson992]

Some claim when the expression “to break bread” occurs in certain places like Acts 20:7, it’s referring to the observance of the Lord’s Evening Meal. Every time the Lord’s Evening Meal is mentioned, breaking bread is associated with drinking wine from a cup. (Matthew 26:26-28; 1 Corinthians 10:16-21) When breaking bread is mentioned without any reference to drinking from a cup, this isn’t referring to the Lord’s Evening Meal but to an ordinary meal! Moreover, there’s nothing to indicate that Jesus intended the Memorial of his death to be observed more often than the festival it replaced, the Passover, which was observed just once a year!

[@lanmansvideos]

Acts 20:7 is a descriptive scripture, not a prescriptive. In other words, it describes what was happening and not prescribing us to do the same. There is no, "Thou shalt" or "Thou shalt not" command in Acts 20:7 (or anywhere else in the NT concerning when to take the Lord's Supper). Just because the Apostles gathered on a particular Sunday "to break bread" does not mean that we are required to do the same thing. It does not mean we have to take the Lord's Supper every Sunday nor does it preclude us taking the Lord's Supper any other day of the week. To say that it does is to go beyond what the text says. It is being dogmatic on something the scriptures aren't dogmatic about. The church I attend takes it weekly and I find it a beautiful and helpful expression of faith and worship. However, I don't think people are "sinning" or a church is wrong if they don't take it weekly. They simply have a different tradition.

[@GBNTV]

Hey Dale, thank you for watching and for your comment! How does this thought line up with Matthew 28:20, 1 Corinthians 11:1, 23-26?

[@lanmansvideos]

@@GBNTV 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. 1 Cor 11:1 23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes 1 Cor 11:23-26 You need to show three things: 1. That the Lord's Supper "every Sunday/Only Sunday" was a command of Christ and an Apostolic teaching or dogma for all Christians everywhere. Just because they did things in a certain order or on a certain day doesn't mean it was an explicit command of the Apostles. It could have been a practical decision or cultural decision or a decision for other reasons. Maybe "the first day of the week" was the only day everyone could get together. We just don't know. Which is why it is descriptive and not prescriptive. 2. That Paul was talking about the Lord's Supper when he said "be imitators of me." Obviously, Paul didn't mean imitate his every action. There is no place in scripture where Paul teaches that we must take the Lord's supper only on Sundays and every Sunday. Therefore, we can't say it is a teaching of Paul that he expected everyone to imitate. 3. That there is a direct command in scripture to take the Lord's supper every Sunday and only on Sundays. As it is, none of the scripture you reference say, "Take the Lord's Supper every Sunday morning between 9:00am and noon and only then". Which is the practice of every coC I've been around. Also, many scholars believe in the times of the New Testament a "day" goes from sundown to sundown. Jews went by Gen 1:5 "And there was evening and there was morning, the first day." Therefore the first day of the week would have begun on what is to us, Saturday at sundown. The events of Acts 20:7 probably took place on Saturday night after dark. This explains how Paul could speak until midnight. If you really consider Acts 20:7 a prescriptive text then you should take the Lord's Supper every Saturday night after dark.

[@authenticpinoy]

My question is on act 20:7 when did the breaking of the bread finish? It doesn’t say when. Paul preach till the next day. They meet on the first day of the week,but paul continues preaching till the next day. How do you address this?

[@sunnyjohnson992]

That scripture merely records that Paul, his traveling companions, and Christians from Troas gathered on the first day of the week for a meal. Since Paul was going to leave the next day and wouldn’t see them again for some time, he took advantage of the occasion to speak to them at length. Some think this verse is referring to the Lord’s Evening Meal but whenever it’s mentioned in the Bible, breaking bread is associated with drinking wine from a cup. Breaking bread was term for having a meal.

[@Malayalicouple]

Our each communions should have Lord’s table because we can't gather together without remembering the sacrifice of God. Our gatherings must be Christ centered. Also it makes us remind that we are all part of one body and each of us are the part of that same body. Breaking of bread is the most important part of our communion