{"id":20562,"date":"2020-03-02T11:56:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=20562"},"modified":"2020-03-02T11:56:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:56:29","slug":"frequency-of-the-lords-supper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/frequency-of-the-lords-supper\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequency of the Lord’s Supper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

by Billy Moore<\/p>\n

\"\"As to the frequency of eating the Lord\u2019s Supper, many have wrestled with this question. Since Acts 20:7 is the only reference of disciples coming together to eat the Lord\u2019s Supper, it is the only reference to which we can appeal to establish frequency. We learn \u201cwhat to eat\u201d and \u201cwhat to drink\u201d from the words of Christ when he instituted it (Matthew 26:26-28) and in Paul\u2019s reference to it in I Corinthians 11:23-34. The Acts 20:7 reference does, in fact, teach \u201chow often\u201d they came together to \u201cbreak bread\u201d, and it does so by necessary inference, one of the three ways of teaching. I reach this conclusion based on the following reasoning:<\/p>\n

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  1. A thing that is to be observed annually must have both the month and day of the month for its observance. Example: your birthday. Or a Bible example would be Pentecost, the day following the seventh Sabbath after the Passover, which was an annual occurrence.<\/li>\n
  2. Anything that is to be done monthly must have a day of the month. Example: a house payment, or rent, due on the first day of the month.<\/li>\n
  3. That which is to be observed weekly need only have the day of the week. Example: the Sabbath day. The command was simply, \u201cre\u00admember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.\u201d And since every week had a Sabbath day the people knew that it was a weekly observance. The local Lions\u2019 Club has a sign in front of a restaurant which says: \u201cLions\u2019 Club meets here, Friday at Noon.\u201d It does not say \u201cevery Friday\u201d, but all who read it will certainly reach that conclusion. Other clubs may meet twice a month and their sign may read: \u201cSecond and Fourth Friday at 12:00.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If the Lord \u2019s Supper were not to be eaten each week, then who is to decide which \u201cfirst day\u201d of which week?<\/p>\n

    Incidentally, everyone seems to understand that \u201cupon the first day of the week let every one of them lay by him in store<\/em>\u201d (I Corinthians 16:1,2) authorizes a weekly collection. The identical expression is used regarding the breaking of bread and it also necessarily infers a weekly observance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    by Billy Moore As to the frequency of eating the Lord\u2019s Supper, many have wrestled with this question. Since Acts 20:7 is the only reference of disciples coming together to eat the Lord\u2019s Supper, it is the only reference to which we can appeal to establish frequency. We learn \u201cwhat to eat\u201d and \u201cwhat to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[560,146],"class_list":["post-20562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-first-day-of-the-week","tag-lords-supper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8432,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-must-the-lords-supper-be-taken-every-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":20562,"position":0},"title":"Why must the Lord’s Supper be taken every week?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Why is it necessary to celebrate the Lord\u2019s Table every week and not, say, once a month or whenever we feel like it? 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