IS WEEKLY OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
A SCRIPTURAL REQUIREMENT?

1. Jesus commanded us to remember Him in His Supper

(Matt. 26:26-29; Mk. 13:22-25; Luke 22:17-20).

2. The early church (under the leadership of the inspired apostles)

met on the first day of the week "to break bread" (Acts 20:7). This

is a specific scriptural example of when to partake of the Lord’s

Supper.

3. The early church continued "steadfastly" in the "breaking of the

bread" (Acts 2:42).

4. The church was commanded not to forsake the assembly of

themselves together (Heb. 10:25).

5. Paul told the Corinthian church that when they came together in

one place, they were not eating the Lord’s Supper, though they

should have been. They had turned the Lord’s Supper into a selfish, physical meal where some ate and drank and others went without! Paul rebuked them and then instructed them on the proper observance of the Lord’s Supper (I Cor. 11:20-30).

6. The priests in the Old Testament ate the loaves of bread on the

Table of shewbread every Sabbath day and then replaced them with 12 new loaves (Lev. 24:5-9). This was a scriptural foreshadowing of New Testament priests (Christians) partaking of the Lord’s Supper every Lord’s Day (Sunday).

7. Almost every congregation that claims to be "Christian" meets

together on the first day of the week to receive an offering (I Cor. 16:2). Yet, few of these congregations practice a weekly observance of the Lord’s Supper. They are leaving out something very important that Jesus wants included.

8. Acts 20:7 is a binding example --- it illustrates a requirement.

1. It illustrates the required assembly (Heb. 10:25).
2. It illustrates the required time (I Cor. 16:2).
3. It illustrates the required purpose (I Cor. 11:33).