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Where In The Bible Will I Find...
Proclaiming Christ's Death Each Lord's Day? Gary Colley |
We continue to emphasize to our readers the importance of having Bible authority for all we do in religion (Matt. 28:18-20). It is necessary to have authority from the Word of God for all that we do in work and worship, in order to have God's approval (Col. 3:17; Heb. 11:6; Rom. 10:17). When we practice things in religion that we do not find in the Scriptures, we sin (1 Jn. 3:4; 2 Jn. 9-11). Hence, we should desire to "prove all things; hold fast that which is good" (1 Thess. 5:21). Since God is to be worshipped, we should be very careful that we worship Him in such a way as to meet His approval (Jn. 4:24). Cain's worship was rejected because he brought vegetable offerings to the Lord instead of a blood offering as he was instructed (Gen. 4; Heb. 11:4). Some lost their lives because they offered "strange fire" to the Lord which He had not commanded them (Lev. 10:1-7), and even their kinfolks were forbidden to mourn their deaths! So it demands our best study to be sure we are doing those things that are pleasing to God (2 Tim. 2:15). Some religions observe the Lord's Supper once a year, others quarterly, and others on days not authorized that are dictated by their own hearts. Have you read the only example given, as to when the Lord's Supper is to be observed? It is written, "Upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread..." (Acts 20:7). We remember that Jesus arose from the dead on the first day of the week (Mk. 16:9). Also that Inspiration says the Lord made this memorial of His death before He died, and He promised to "drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom" (Matt. 26:26-30). Of course, we know that the church of Christ was established on the first day of the week, and that the new Christians continued "steadfastly...in breaking of bread..." as they were taught by the Lord through the apostles (Matt. 28:20; Acts 2:42). All faithful Christians since Pentecost have observed this supper faithfully on the first day of every week as a memorial of Jesus' death. Jesus commanded three times, "This do in remembrance of me" (Lk. 22:19; 1 Cor. 11:24-25). "Every Sunday?" Yes! Just as the Jews kept every sabbath of every week because of Exodus 20:8, Christians today are to give and remember the Lord in this sweet memorial, every Lord's Day of every week (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1-2). |