“A Table Prepared”

Thursday, February 18, 2021

     I go to a church called "church of Christ" which has the Lord’s Supper every Sunday.  I never take bread or drink anything because I don't understand the Lord’s Supper.  Is it wrong that I never eat or drink anything for the Lord’s Supper?  Can you explain to me what and why there's a "Lord’s Supper"?

Sincerely,
What’s All This?

Dear What’s All This,

Christ told us that whenever we take the Lord’s Supper, we should do it in remembrance of Him (Lk 22:19). In the book of Acts, we see how often the church observed the Lord’s Supper. In Acts 20:7, we see that Christians ‘broke the bread’ in remembrance of Christ on Sundays. That is when they did it, so that is when we do it.

Paul says that we are to take the Lord’s Supper when the church is gathered together (1 Cor 11:20). Taking the Lord’s Supper is an act of worship done by every congregation of the Lord each Sunday. When we take a look at all the teaching on the Lord’s Supper, we get the truth (Ps 119:160). Christ commands that we do it in remembrance of Him (1 Cor 11:23-28), the church gives us the example of doing it on the first day of the week, and Paul teaches that we should do it when we are assembled as a church.

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