Lord's Supper

[richard n koustas]

Originally posted by TexasSky:
Because the Lord's Supper is supposed to be a time of reflection when Christians really stop to search their hearts, and to remember what Jesus Christ did for us, ...

This is the very reason it should be IMHO celebrated weekly!

 

[Snitzelhoff]

Indeed. I rather liked the weekly observance, although I disagreed with the CoC's making a doctrine out of it. One church I attend from time to time partakes every Sunday, but rather than "passing the plates," they set it up on tables and encourage a time of prayer and reflection, after which, when you feel ready, you get up and go to the table and partake. That method preserves the sacredness of the Lord's Supper despite partaking weekly.

Michael

 

[tinytim]

I guess you are right. It is the individual's attitude that let's it be mundane.

i've seen some that it still mundane even when done quarterly.

 

[DeadMan]

So true!

 

[richard n koustas]

Now, where in NJ is there a baptist church that celebrates weekly?

 

[JamieinNH]

In reading over this thread, I thought of a question, and since I am a young Christian, I don't know the answer.

If your church doesn't celebrate the Lord's Supper as often as you would like, is there anything wrong with having the Lord's supper at a Home Study group?

What qualifies one to hold the Lord's supper? Can a person that has a small Bible study group in their home weekly hold the Lord's Supper?

Jamie

 

[webdog]

An additional question...why does the Lords Supper alway consist of grape juice (or wine) and wafers? It is my understanding that bread and wine were a normal meal of that time. Couldn't we celebrate Lords Supper with a "normal" meal and drink choice of today and still do it out of remembrance? Weren't Jesus and the disciples sharing an actual "meal"? I don't know about anybody else, but a "meal" does not consist of saltines and welches.

 

[Marcia]

Originally posted by Snitzelhoff:
One church I attend from time to time partakes every Sunday, but rather than "passing the plates," they set it up on tables and encourage a time of prayer and reflection, after which, when you feel ready, you get up and go to the table and partake. That method preserves the sacredness of the Lord's Supper despite partaking weekly.

Michael

I can appreciate the intent of this method, but it makes too individualistic, imo. It seems from the Bible that it was very communal and the observance was done as a group, not individuals doing it separately.

 

[JamieinNH]

webdog,

Don't quote me, but I think I remember reading in the Bible that you shouldn't come hungry, and I felt it was telling me that you shouldn't use the Lord's Supper as a "meal"

I am going to go reading now and see if I can find what I am thinking I read... It could all turn out to be a figment of my imagination.

Jamie

 

[R. Charles Blair]

I Cor. 11 is your passage.

How often was the Passover celebrated?

How often do we have Thanksgiving, or Christmas?

Can we not "remember" in many ways?

Best to all - Charles - Ro. 8:28

 

[webdog]

I like what John Gill says about 1Co 11:34 - And if any man hunger let him eat at home,.... Whereby the apostle shows his dislike of their ante-suppers in the place of public worship, at which they behaved in so indecent a manner, neglecting the poor, and too freely indulging themselves; and therefore if anyone was hungry, and could not wait till the Lord's supper was over, let him eat at home before he come to the place of worship, and satisfy his appetite, that he might with more ease and decency attend the table of the Lord:

I don't necessarily think this refers to abstaining from an acutal meal...but rather the manner in which it is eaten.