Another great service brought to us by Pastor Aaron. He mentions a terrific turn out last night for the Trunk or Treat idea he brought to us. It was also Communion Sunday with a confession of sins and breaking of bread.
The Lord’s Supper
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same way He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
In my study of the scriptures, I have come to the conclusion that we should be having the Lord’s Supper every Sunday, not once a month as in the Lutheran Church where I grew up and every other church I have been to, including this one. Nowhere does it state in the scripture that it should be done this way, although the earliest christians did. For me, it was a few conversations with family and friends that somewhat alarmed me when we talked of repenting. The long and short of it was this “Their sins had been forgiven by Christ, so they had no need to repent further.” Ah huh. We were not on the same wavelength and that is troubling. I do think that it is the result of not studying the scripture, or even reading the whole bible. How are you going to know these things unless you read them for yourself?
We all acknowledge the confession of sins when partaking of the Lord’s supper. If that’s what it takes, why can’t we do that every week? I have mentioned it to the church leaders and so far we haven’t seen eye to eye, yet. I’ll keep working on them and you do your part by listening to the whole service. Deal?