What was the practice of the early Christians concerning the Lords Supper. Immediately after the church was started on the day of Pentecost in Acts chapter two we are told in verse 42 that four things were essential to their faith, and worship. The Four things they devoted themselves too was "The Apostles Teachings"; "Fellowship"; "Breaking of Bread" (Lords Supper); and "prayer". They saw these as an essential part of the Christian belief and thus when they joined together they practiced these four practices. The next question is when did they meet together? Acts 20:7 we have Paul and others meeting on the first day of the week in this passage to Break Bread and for Preaching. Now in Acts 2:42 in the original Greek it actually reads "The Breaking of The Bread". Acts 20:7 indicates the same as (2:42). Since the Jews did not have specific names for each day (exception: Day of Preparation the 6th day, and the Sabbath the 7th day). Since Troas was located in Gentile territory they would have been conducting on the Roman time table we can conclude that it was Sunday morning or the First day of the week that they came together. Why the first day of the week? It is the day on which the Lord was raised from the dead, and so we call it the Lords day. According to 1st Corinthians 16:1 the offering was taken up on the first day of the week and I fiend know church making argument against that practice. The Galatians meet on the Lords day and so the first day became know to the early Christians by such. The Lords day is not the sabbath. The Sabbath was a Jewish day and there is no command for the Christian to observe the practices of that day. Jesus is are sabbath (Sabbath means Rest) and it is to him that we find rest. But that is another discussion that we can bring up later. The concept here of the Lords Supper is that since the early Christians made it their practice on the first day of the week, shouldn't their example be that of the church today?
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They saw these as an essential part of the Christian belief and thus when they joined together they practiced these four practices.
The next question is when did they meet together? Acts 20:7 we have Paul and others meeting on the first day of the week in this passage to Break Bread and for Preaching.
Now in Acts 2:42 in the original Greek it actually reads "The Breaking of The Bread". Acts 20:7 indicates the same as (2:42). Since the Jews did not have specific names for each day (exception: Day of Preparation the 6th day, and the Sabbath the 7th day). Since Troas was located in Gentile territory they would have been conducting on the Roman time table we can conclude that it was Sunday morning or the First day of the week that they came together. Why the first day of the week? It is the day on which the Lord was raised from the dead, and so we call it the Lords day. According to 1st Corinthians 16:1 the offering was taken up on the first day of the week and I fiend know church making argument against that practice. The Galatians meet on the Lords day and so the first day became know to the early Christians by such. The Lords day is not the sabbath. The Sabbath was a Jewish day and there is no command for the Christian to observe the practices of that day. Jesus is are sabbath (Sabbath means Rest) and it is to him that we find rest. But that is another discussion that we can bring up later. The concept here of the Lords Supper is that since the early Christians made it their practice on the first day of the week, shouldn't their example be that of the church today?