The Eucharist, Acts 20:7

This post concerns the Eucharist or the Lord’s Supper.

‘The Eucharist’ discusses when the partaking of the Lord’s Supper should occur, Acts 20:7. “On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread,”

The goal for meeting on a Sunday involved partaking of the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist. Paul’s preaching remained incidental.

The Lord instituted the Lord’s Supper on His betrayal night, Mark 14:22-24. “…as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this… my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank…he said to them, “This… my blood of the covenant.”

After crucifixion, the Lord arose from the grave on the first day of the week.

So, the first day of the week became a special day of worship and partaking of the eucharist.

The Hebrew writer gave instructions about Sundays, Hebrews 10:24-25. “… let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works… not neglecting to meet together, as…the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”

However, some congregations made the eucharist into a common meal, 1 Corinthians 11:20-21. “When you come together, it…not the Lord’s supper that you eat. For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk.”

Then, the apostle rehearsed how the eucharist came about and Jesus’ words, 1 Corinthians 11:24. “Do this in remembrance of me.”

By the third century, many congregations completely abandoned the eucharist or eliminated the wine and taught that partaking of the bread as enough.

As time passed, worship evolved into ‘the mass’ where priests governed and administered the eucharist.

In 1905, the Catholic church liberalized the eucharist and allowed partaking of it on weekdays and up to twice a day.

These practices do not represent the Lord’s Supper as observed in Bible days and we find no authority in the scriptures for these differences.

Today, in partaking of the eucharist or the Lord’s Supper, we should follow the scriptures exactly.

So, what did we learn?

1.The celebration of the eucharist in scripture occurred on Sundays.

2.No scriptural authority exists for the differences practiced in the partaking of the Lord’s Supper today.

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