Is it true that the church of Christ partakes of the Lord’
s Supper every First Day of the Week? If so, doesn’t
this become so routine and commonplace that it loses
its meaning?
It is true that the Church of Christ partakes of the Lord’s
Supper on the first day of the week. This has been objected
to on the basis of the question above. Is this objection a
valid one? What would prevent one from making this same
argument with regard to giving, or singing, or praying? Most
every religious group engages in giving on every first day of
the week. If the question at hand is true relative to
partaking of the Lord’s Supper every first day of the week,
then why wouldn’t it be true relative to giving on the first day
of the week? What about singing? What about praying?
Does giving, singing, and praying lose there meaning because
they are engaged in every first day of the week?
The argument is based upon pure human reasoning and
subjectivism. We are commanded to partake of the Lord’s
Supper (I Cor. 11:23-29). This implies a time of observance
and frequency of observance. The pattern revealed in the NT
is that the first century church partook of the Lord’s Supper
every first day of the week. This is seen in Acts 20:7 – “And
upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together
to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the
morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.” “Break
bread” designates the partaking of the Lord’s Supper. They
did this “upon the first day of the week.” But, some object by
saying, “It doesn’t say upon the first day of every week.” This
objection is really quite pitiful, for every honest and sincere
person knows that every week has a first day and there is a
first day in every week. God commanded the people of Israel,
“Remember the sabbath day” (Ex. 20:8). God didn’t say
“Remember every sabbath day.” He didn’t have to, because
the Israelites who had intelligence understood that a
Sabbath day was in every week. The church you can read
about in the Bible partook of the Lord’s Supper every first day
of the week. Partaking of the Lord’s Supper doesn’t have to
lose its meaning because it is engaged in every first day of
the week if we don’t allow it. The same is true with giving,
singing, and praying. Let us stay with the Bible and not
human, subjective reasoning!