Erroneous Views About The Lord’s Supper

The Lord’s Supper is a part of our worship on the first day of the week (Acts20:7). We are commanded by the Scriptures to partake of it every first day of the week as we worship God in spirit and also in truth. (Jno.4:24).  It is unscriptural and therefore  foolish  thinking,  all  of which only come from the mind of man, not God, in thinking we are to  worship God each  first day of the week and not commanded to partake of the Lord’s Supper. However, many teach that it makes little to no difference one  way  or  another.   Their  study  and  interpretation  of  the  Scriptures  is  very inconsistent to say the least.

            It is true that many false doctrines have been brought forth concerning the Lord’s Supper. The Catholics  believe that when  blessed by  the priest, the  bread   becomes the literal body of Jesus Christ. They, therefore, deny the cup to the common people. Anyone that could do a little studying and have some reason about them is able to see that such is denied by the Scriptures themselves. When Jesus instituted the Supper, He took the bread and said, “This is my body.” (1 Cor.11:24). That language is as strong as the idea can be expressed, and yet it is obvious that the bread was not transformed into His literal body because His fleshly hand held the bread. Paul says that that Hagar is Mount Sinai (Gal.4:24); yet, not one believes that Hagar, Abraham’s concubine, was actually and literally Mount Sinai. Therefore, when Jesus said this is my body; He simply meant that this bread represents my body.

            Others have difficulty with how many containers are to be used for the fruit of the vine. When Jesus instituted the Supper, He took the cup (Matt.26:27). No where is the  plural of cup used;  as a result of this some think it is sin to use more than one container when partaking the Lord’s Supper. It should be noticed that the disciples drank the cup and Jesus said, “This cup is the New Covenant in my blood.” (Lk.22:20).  Surely no one thinks that the  cup which they  drank was  the  container, nor would anyone suppose that the container is the New Covenant in His blood. Therefore, the cup which Jesus took and blessed and which the disciples drank was simply the contents of the cup. They did not swallow the container.  It is amazing  how far some will go to uphold man-made doctrines. To such the Bible responds: “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but  their  heart  is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”  (Matt.15:8-9).

. . . . Fred  House