How often should I eat the Lord’s Supper?

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How often should I eat the Lord’s Supper?

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Weekly, quarterly, or yearly? There’s no consensus among churches. Even asking artificial intelligence to scour online resources cannot give a clear answer. So, are we left to decide for ourselves how often to take communion?
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@markreynolds837 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding video! Very helpful. Thank you

@TopicalBibleStudies Жыл бұрын

Thank you, brother. Glad it was helpful!

@dc-ir3ow 9 ай бұрын

This should be done every suday

@KRXZYkurbee 25 күн бұрын

Every Sunday is the original and only correct way

@TopicalBibleStudies 25 күн бұрын

Amen.

@KRXZYkurbee 23 күн бұрын

@@TopicalBibleStudies 😊

@nathanfranson4891 Жыл бұрын

Concise, practical, and insightful. Great video.

@TopicalBibleStudies Жыл бұрын

Thank you. To God be the glory!

@Wade_NZ Жыл бұрын

Well explained! Makes a lot of sense.

@TopicalBibleStudies Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@josephfoster3300 2 ай бұрын

The Apostle Paul in his discussion with the Corinthians on how to be "united in mind and thought, (see 1Cor. 1:10), we must "learn not to exceed the things that are written", (see 1 Cor. 4:6). In chapter 11, in his discussion about the things they are doing in error, a discussion that leads up to what the proper way or manner to perform the Lord's supper is, he specifically says in verses 17-22, several times "when you meet (assemble) together", speaking of the Lord's day assembly. In Acts 20:7 Luke records that "On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, ...". So, on the first day of the week" and "when you meet together" and if we have learned "not to exceed the things that are written", then we know for a fact it is "EVERYTIME" we meet together on the first day of the week. It is not our choice to change "what is written" if we are faithful Christians, something the divided and disunified church (assembly) in Corinth was not practicing. This video presentation was very well thought out and presented, thank you.

@TopicalBibleStudies 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Amen!

@rebeccaxodonq7893 Ай бұрын

First day of the week was Saturday night. 1st Corinthians 16.. Was Saturday night. They were communicating till mid night. Paul left them n travel on the next day ( Sunday)

@ryanjohnson3243 Жыл бұрын

It looks like the bible mentions an entire meal with people coming and going. The example was on Sunday but Christ said whenever and that was during Passover. So there seems to be many ways to interpret this. Only Passover? Once a week? Whenever the body eats together? I think remembering Christ's sacrifice is the main point.

@TopicalBibleStudies Жыл бұрын

Hey Ryan. Thanks for your comment. I completely agree that the main point is remembering Christ's sacrifice. If we get everything else right, but we forget that point, then there is no point. It does more harm then good. Regarding people coming and going during the meal, there does seem to be some of that in 1 Corinthians, but Paul actually condemned it. His command was, "Therefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another" (1 Cor. 11:33). People were treating it as a common meal, and that was not okay (1 Cor. 11:17-34). And you're right that Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper during Passover. That was while they were still under the Law of Moses and were commanded to eat Passover. The same night He did this, He also told them how the Holy Spirit would give the apostles the rest of the instructions after His departure (see John 13-16). And so, although the Lord's Supper was taught by Jesus Himself during Passover, He also told them more instructions would come. The Holy Spirit did provide those instructions in the rest of the New Testament. We studied those instructions in this video. One thing I did not bring out in this video is Paul's trip to Jerusalem in Acts 20. He was trying to arrive in Jerusalem quickly, but for some reason, he stayed in Troas for several days. Why? Read all of Acts 20 to get the entire point, but verses 6 and 7 say, "in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days. Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day..." It seems he was waiting for the disciples to gather together on the appointed day (Sunday) to break bread with them. If it were permissible to take communion at anyone's discretion, why did he wait until Sunday when he was in a hurry? Just some thoughts. I certainly don't have everything figured out. I'm always studying, so I appreciate that you brought these things to my attention.

@WeCannotDenyChristsPower 10 ай бұрын

Great lesson thanks!

@TopicalBibleStudies 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! We have two other lessons specifically on Communion you may also enjoy. To God be the glory! kzfaq.info/sun/PLkPnEyD9YpDKDEbz6kmRi7kaqqi0joUuU

@wowitscrazyinthere5745 Жыл бұрын

Some call it the Passover, and it was observed only in 14th day of Hebrew Calendar (Nisan or Aviv) . Christ is the Passover Lamb.

@VON824 Жыл бұрын

thank you for the video, I sincerely appreciate your bible based answer to this very question. It bothered me for a long time since I have always thought it should be at least weekly, just couldn't articulate the reason like you did. God bless.

@TopicalBibleStudies Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful! May God be glorified. I hope you enjoy the rest of the videos on the channel.

@lyp8942 7 ай бұрын

It's not by works! That's what corinthians did! They took it Literally! It's believing and partaking from One Loaf which is Jesus,One Body! It's not about us remembering or commemorating He's death or eating a meal, it's nothing about us doing doing..rituals! He came back, rose from the dead and gave us Life! He is The bread of Life!

@williamwallace3152 6 ай бұрын

Maybe you should play this lesson again and read all of the verses he presents? Communion is not a work. It is an act of submission to the Lord's commands. It certainly is about remembering Christ's death. Communion is not a ritual when done from the heart.@@lyp8942

@ThomasBangura-mf9qq 7 ай бұрын

Great teaching you have presented hear. Keep up the good work. Will like to ask a question though...what's your view on Acts 2:46 which mentions breaking bread daily from house to house...which means everyday and different homes...therefore many times a day.

@TopicalBibleStudies 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting! You ask a fantastic question. The answer, as usual, is found directly in the context. First, v. 46 indeed says breaking bread. However, the rest of the verse says, “they ate their food with gladness.” So what kind of bread were they breaking here? Food. This is a reference to their daily meals they were eating (like in the model prayer of Matthew 6:11-“Give us this day our daily bread.”) Yet, look at a few verses beforehand-Acts 2:42-“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.” This breaking of bread was associated with the teachings of the apostles. No one needs to be taught to eat daily, but this specific breaking of bread must be the Lord’s Supper. In fact, it has the definite article “the.” Verse 42 is talking about the Lord’s Supper as THE breaking of bread. And verse 46 is talking about their daily food in breaking of bread in each other’s homes. I hope this is helpful. We have two other videos on communion you can see here: kzfaq.info/sun/PLkPnEyD9YpDKDEbz6kmRi7kaqqi0joUuU

@ThomasBangura-mf9qq 7 ай бұрын

@@TopicalBibleStudies I think that we will agree to disagree on this issue. The context of this verse taken along with the entire chapter refers to the Lords Supper/Communion/Passover/breaking of bread. God bless

@davidpaul2004 6 ай бұрын

Yes the teaching was going beautifully, when you made this sudden conclusion that its every sunday! Why not everyday? Why not among family members who can see each other in the eye and confess before the Lord! And moreover we need to know the communion-the bread and the wine are elements which part of the Passover Meal, so without Passover Meal there is no communion. How the devil has come into intricate areas to confuse us!

@ThomasBangura-mf9qq 6 ай бұрын

@@davidpaul2004 Exactly the point I made, in Acts we see many times a day of communion, not on a specific day.

@davidpaul2004 6 ай бұрын

Thank you atleast someone is in the right direction!@@ThomasBangura-mf9qq

@lyp8942 7 ай бұрын

@sawyerwhited6802 Ай бұрын

Exactly, seems like 1 Corinthians 11:20 is just ignored & skipped over. Traditions of man making the the word of God void.

@willianolimpio6354 7 ай бұрын

I believe the supper was taken on a Saturday as its Shabbat for the Jews but it could've perhaps been taken at the beginning of Sunday, which is Saturday evening for us. Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest, the sabbath. It begins at sundown on Friday and ends at sundown on Saturday when the new week begins. The week begins with Day 1 (Sunday) and ends with Shabbat (Saturday). (More precisely, since days begin in the evening, weeks begin and end on Saturday evening. Day 1 lasts from Saturday evening to Sunday evening, while Shabbat lasts from Friday evening to Saturday evening.)

@lyp8942 7 ай бұрын

@zariahlafleurpowell7028 4 ай бұрын

Okay, so my question is, wasn't the Lord's supper? Or the last supper done before His crucifixion not afterwards. As it was the passover and there were high sabbaths When Jesus passed, he was in the grade for 3 days and 3 nights as Jonah was in the belly of the wealth for 3 days and 3 nights, the evening in the morning were the 1st day. Second and so on fourth. Yes, the 1st day that Jesus was noted to be alive was on Sunday, however, this was early. Which means he could have rose. During Saturday's dusk. It is interesting that they have the meeting with the Lord's day though.

@TopicalBibleStudies 4 ай бұрын

Good thoughts. Thank you for watching, commenting, and asking. I have also noticed that the Scriptures never explicitly state Jesus rose on the first day of the week. Instead, they constantly show us the tomb was found empty on the first day and every time the Bible mentions a day of the week that Jesus appeared to His disciples, it emphasizes the first day of the week. We also see the first day of the week being important to the church from Acts 2 onwards (the day of Pentecost was on the first day of the week). So, although we cannot say for sure the hour or day He rose, we know the Bible is pointing to the first day of the week for the church. And although Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper on Passover, the inspired apostles gave the example and commandment for taking it on the first day of the week. Thoughts?

@zariahlafleurpowell7028 4 ай бұрын

@TopicalBibleStudies I will have to read more on the idea of Passover being on the 1st day of the week. I do know the apostles have mentioned not to forsake the assembly

@TopicalBibleStudies 4 ай бұрын

Note: I mentioned it was Pentecost, not Passover, that was on the first day of the week (Acts 2:1).

@zariahlafleurpowell7028 4 ай бұрын

@TopicalBibleStudies ok, yes, I meant to I would study about the Lord's supper to me the Passover is the same thing at this point.

@ArchDLuxe Жыл бұрын

If "breaking bread" is always a synedoche referencing the Lord's Supper, Acts 2:46 gives us a different frequency for communion, daily. Besides, you have to infer the frequency of their meetings and that they were eating the Lord's Supper at each one in 1 Corinthians 11. "The night He was betrayed" is mentioned explicitly and is NOT the first day of the week, but rather Nissan 14th (6th day of the week the year of our Lords crucifixion, I think). You are making the error of many a false teacher, namely, turning a descriptive into an imperative.

@ryanjohnson3243 Жыл бұрын

Nice spitfire

@Chris-fv3um Ай бұрын

Nobody partakes in the Lord's Supper outside of the Catholic or Orthodox Church. Virtually all protestants deny that God intended the bread and wine to become the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ at the Lord's Supper and their pastors have no Apostolic Succession - therefore no faculty to consecrate the bread and wine to become the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ even if they claim to be Anglo Catholic and do believe in transubstantiation. In John 6 Jesus Christ asked us to eat His flesh and drink His blood for compelling reasons. Later, at the Lord’s Supper, Jesus Christ showed us how to obey His request to eat and drink of Him via blessed bread and wine that becomes His body and His blood. Jesus Christ made this straightforward to understand and that is why the early Church fathers taught the Eucharist was His flesh and His blood. This was Christian concensus and Christian tradition for 1500yrs until the reformation/deformation came up with three heretical alternatives that are still taught and practiced amongst protestant denominations. Our one true God is most gracious and wise and one should lovingly accept His divine gift because “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you” (Jesus Christ). This video teaches falshood. If you want to partake in the Lord's Supper then be Catholic or Orthodox. There is no other way. God bless you

@TopicalBibleStudies Ай бұрын

Transubstantiation was not a topic dealt with in this video. That would be a good topic to discuss in a separate video. This video primarily deals with the frequency of the Lord's Supper. You say this video teaches falsehood. Can you identify specifically what is false and the biblical reasoning? We have a video on apostolic succession, which you also mentioned. Will you please watch it and give your thoughts? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLSTo65yubTOmmg.html Are you accusing us of being protestants? If so, you have assumed, as we never claimed anything to do with protestantism. Thank you for your time. God bless you.

@Chris-fv3um Ай бұрын

@@TopicalBibleStudies Protestant meaning: "the religion or religious system of any of the Churches of Western Christendom that are separated from the Roman Catholic Church" - there are other definitions but yes

@joelukule-lee2982 3 ай бұрын

Jesus and his disciples were Jews. They were observing the passover meal.

@TopicalBibleStudies 3 ай бұрын

Exactly. That’s the meal they were eating when the Scriptures say, “While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body.’” That helps us know for sure He was using unleavened bread. This new meal was not the Passover, but something new for all disciples. Paul wrote to the Corinthian Christians (a mix of Jews and Gentiles) that the Lord’s Supper is meant to be taken by all disciples “until He comes” (1 Corinthians 11:23-29). Thanks for watching and commenting!

@joelukule-lee2982 3 ай бұрын

And that is why I observe the Lord's Supper on Thursday evening during the Jewish observance of Passover.

@TopicalBibleStudies 3 ай бұрын

@@joelukule-lee2982 What are your thoughts about the church in Troas in the book of Acts, as well as the church in Corinth, that were instructed to partake of the Lord's Supper regularly on the first day of the week? Thanks!

@joelukule-lee2982 3 ай бұрын

@@TopicalBibleStudies Breaking bread with fellow christians is a wonderful tradition, and I enjoy it very much.

@gozieorafu9481 Жыл бұрын

You are completely wrong

@TopicalBibleStudies Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. What do you mean by "completely"?

@RealBelisariusCawl 7 ай бұрын

Extremely constructive. Can you perhaps point to any scripture to support that position?

@jennymccrary1840 2 ай бұрын

The 4th Commandment (not a recommendation) of the Bible says the 7th Day of the week is the Sabbath. If you read about Paul in the New Testament, he often taught in the synagogue on the 7th Day Sabbath. Jesus said if we love Him to keep His commandments. His commandments are not now written in stone but upon our hearts. This is all Scriptural. The Catholic faith is responsible for changing the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday. It’s a historical fact. Satan always has a deceitful replica of His ways. Just one example concerning Paul in Acts 13:14: But Paul and Barnabas traveled inland to Antioch of Pisidia . On the Sabbath, they went to the synagogue for the services.

@jamievans38 2 ай бұрын

@@jennymccrary1840 I assume then you are an Adventist?