Does anyone here have any opinions on Saturday night worship replacing Sunday worship? I read a blog post from Jay Guin about this.
Here are some quotes from the article
Saturday Night Worship? | One In Jesus
I think the only time I've ever taken communion other than on a Sunday was at at Christmas Eve service, but I don't see anything wrong with it.
Here are some quotes from the article
I just dont see a pattern in the New Testament that insists that communion be taken only once a week and only on the first day of the week.
Jesus instituted the Lords Supper on a Thursday night (the evening of the sixth day), one day before Passover, which was to be held the evening of a Sabbath, that is, a Friday. Thats right: Jesus took Passover a day early (since he would be in the grave Friday evening). And the Lords Supper was taken by Jesus and his apostles on a Thursday, not a Sunday (Jesus had other plans for Sunday.)
There is nothing at all in the scriptures that even hints that we must take communion on Sundays and only on Sundays as reckoned by the Roman calendar. Its just not there, not even in the silences.
Rather, the most likely interpretation is that the church gathered for common meals, and they took communion as part of those common meals. After all, bread and wine were standard fare at evening meals in the Roman Empire. Jesus consecrated these common, ordinary elements and turned them into something extraordinary and holy just as he took ordinary people and made them extraordinary and holy.
Dont dare take communion alone! Not because its sin but because communion is, by definition, about being together not just physically in the same room, but accepting and loving and delighting in each other despite all your weaknesses, sins, and failures.
And Saturday evenings work just fine for that. In fact, its about time we stopped desecrating and began consecrating our Saturday nights.
Saturday Night Worship? | One In Jesus
I think the only time I've ever taken communion other than on a Sunday was at at Christmas Eve service, but I don't see anything wrong with it.