(WRITINGS FROM SCHOLARS BECAUSE SOME DONT READ THE WORD.....SO THEY WOULD RATHER READ OF A SCHOLARS SUMMERY) BUMMER....... HAVE A WONDERFUL LORDS DAY~ READ SCRIPTURE IT TELLS YOU THE SAME THING..................................... SO WHY NOT JUST READ THE BIBLE.... HUGZZZZZZZZZZZZZ AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LORDS DAY...... .....the Lords Supper....... AS IT IS WRITTEN...... REMEMBER .......DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME..... SCHOLARS................................ The Importance of the Lords Supper The early Christians were commanded to hold fast (Heb. 10:23). This meant to hold in a firm grasp, to have in full and secure possession. This was said in the context of their public worship. In this they were to be unwavering, steady, firm, unmoved. The observance of the Lords Supper was so important that they continued steadfastly in the practice of It (Acts 2:42). Lenski says that this is a periphrastic imperfect stressing continuance. To adhere with strength. All the people not only attended all the meetings faithfully but also earnestly adhered to all that was taught. Luke used the expression that was common at that time for the celebration of the Lords Supper, breaking the bread. R. K. Knowling, Expositors Greek New Testament: Pauls habitual reference of the words before us (the breaking of the bread) to the Lords Supper leads us to see in them a reference to the commemoration of the Lords death. That Pauls teaching as to the deep religious significance of the breaking of the bread carries us back to a very early date is evident from the fact that he speaks to the Corinthians of a custom long established. It rested upon the positive command of Jesus. and it must have been generally observed from the beginning. The early Christians were commanded to eat the bread and drink the cup (I Cor. 11:24-26). This do. Perform this action - continue to take the bread, give thanks, and break it in remembrance of me. The command to continue the celebration of the Lords Supper rests upon Paul, but the passage implies that it was already a firmly established practice. As oft as you eat and drink... This is not permission; this is a command. The Lord commanded that the Supper be oft repeated. In the verse Paul gives no direction to how frequently the Lords Supper is to be celebrated but implies that it is to be done frequently, in order to keep the remembrance of the Lord fresh. The Lords Supper perpetually calls to mind the redemption by Christ from the bondage of sin, as the Passover recalled the redemption from the bondage of Egypt - not just a memorial of my death but the remembrance of all that I have done, and all that I am to you (Alfred Plummer). They were commanded not to forsake the Assembly (Heb. 10:25). That is how important it is. We must worship together; we must encourage one another; we must incite one another to noble living. Albert Barnes: That is, for the purpose of public worship. This was an act of assembling. The command, then, here is to meet together for the worship of God, and it is enjoined on Christians as an important duty to do it. It is implied , also, that there is blame or fault where this is neglected. Expositors Greek New Testament: In order to fulfill his injunction, they must not neglect meeting together for Christian worship and encouragement. Those spoken of in verse 25, as having abandoned meeting together with their fellow Christians, and possibly as having neglected, if not renounced, the confession of their hope, were perhaps alluded to here, as on their way to apostasy. They are warned that they are drifting into an irredeemable condition, for those who have repudiated and keep repudiating the one sacrifice of Christ. Pulpit Commentary: Some of them showed signs of such wavering, notably in their regular attendance at Christian worship; let the faithful give heed to keeping faith alive in themselves and others, and especially through the means of the regular church assemblies. Lenski: Essential to such incitement to love and good works is the fact that we do not keep abandoning the assembly of our own selves. The aim of the whole epistle is to counteract the defection from Christianity which had already set in among the Jewish Christian readers. They had begun to revert to Judaism.... We see here that some had begun giving up their fellowship with the church. Thus some were abandoning the meetings, were afraid to be seen attending them, were just remaining away. . . . McKnight: The Apostle here speaks of deliberate apostasy, manifested by the apostates forsaking the Christian assemblies. In the first age, it was of so heinous a nature, that Christ declared that He will deny the person before the Father, who has denied Him before men.
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