I'm wondering what everyone thinks the Lord's Supper is? I would also like to know what everyone thinks make up the Lord's Supper, why we take of it, and how often we are supposed to take of it? I hope that this turns out to be a good study.
Philo said:Just in case you were wondering, I think it would be positively okay to take communion on a Tuesday afternoon, as long as you are coming into it with a right heart. Paul did make mention of when we are not supposed to take communion, but last time I checked it had more to do with being right with God than being right with the Calender.
What about Romans 10:17? And 1 Peter 4:11a?
I think taking Acts 20:7 as a command to take communion on the first day of the week is reading a tad bit too far into it... Mostly because there is a huge margin of error involved. I do believe that taking the Lord's Supper on Sundays, every week, is a perfectly good and holy practice. It's convenient and in a setting where more than most of our lives we are allowed time to sit and focus on God entirely.
Is there any Scriptural evidence that tells me that the Apostles might have taken the Lord's supper on any day but Sunday? Nope, not that I see. But, in the same way, I cannot see any substancial evidence that it was actually a Divinely instituted practice to be observed every single Sunday. Come to think of it, where is that verse where it says "take the Lord's Supper every week." If there is such a verse, I would really appreciate someone pointing it out to me, in all seriousness. I could be mistaken in my belief that a verse such as this isn't to be found in the NT.
Romans 15:4 & Exodus 20:8 - - How often did God expect the Israelites to keep the Sabbath? Was it every week? Or were the Jews allowed to keep it whenever they felt like it?
Philo said:Is there any Scriptural evidence that tells me that the Apostles might have taken the Lord's supper on any day but Sunday? Nope, not that I see. But, in the same way, I cannot see any substancial evidence that it was actually a Divinely instituted practice to be observed every single Sunday. Come to think of it, where is that verse where it says "take the Lord's Supper every week." If there is such a verse, I would really appreciate someone pointing it out to me, in all seriousness. I could be mistaken in my belief that a verse such as this isn't to be found in the NT.