Furthermore, the only authority provided for taking the Lord’s Supper is assembling once every “first according to the New Testament pattern (Acts 20:7). Anything day of the week to break bread”, more or anything less is prohibited by the specificity of the pattern and the silence of the Scriptures. Questions If Jesus provided generic authority in the institution of the Lord’s Supper (“take eat drink … … … then by what authority can I bind where He did not bind? remember”), In the Scriptures, the Lord’s Supper is only ever observed in the evening (Matthew 26:20-29; Acts 20:7-11). Are we limited to observances? How about the upper room (Mark evening 14:15-17; Acts 20:7-11)? If examples limit, then are we limited to only observing in the evening in an upper room? What about with bright lights and preaching until midnight? If this hermeneutic cannot be followed consistently, then how can it be true, and why would you continue to follow it? Where does Acts 20:7 that they assembled and broke bread specify once once? If a group comes together for a purpose, can we that all of the individuals necessarily assume were involved in the purpose, much less equally? If so, can we assume that if a local church comes together to study the Bible that they all studied together? Following this necessarily assumption (that what is true of the group is true of all the individuals), please explain: Acts 19:29-32; I Chronicles 15:4, 15, Joshua 18:1; Numbers 8:9-10; Nehemiah 9:1-3; Acts 2:36; 3:14; 10:39, and Acts 5:21, 40-41. Please research the of division” for more “fallacy background and explanation. If I am unable to attend, would I be excused? Appendix F: Defending the Eat-Together Position Definition This position maintains that and eating together are fundamental requirements of observing the Lord’s Supper. Therefore, even if authorized, additional observances of the Lord’s Supper are
Furthermore, the only authority provided for taking the Lord’s Supper is assembling once every “first day of the week to break bread”, according to the New Testament pattern (Acts 20:7). Anything more or anything less is prohibited by the specificity of the pattern and the silence of the Scriptures. Questions If Jesus provided generic authority in the institution of the Lord’s Supper (“take … eat … drink … remember”), then by what authority can I bind where He did not bind? In the Scriptures, the Lord’s Supper is only ever observed in the evening (Matthew 26:20-29; Acts 20:7-11). Are we limited to evening observances? How about the upper room (Mark 14:15-17; Acts 20:7-11)? If examples limit, then are we limited to only observing in the evening in an upper room? What about with bright lights and preaching until midnight? If this hermeneutic cannot be followed consistently, then how can it be true, and why would you continue to follow it? Where does Acts 20:7 specify that they assembled once and broke bread once? If a group comes together for a purpose, can we necessarily assume that all of the individuals were involved in the purpose, much less equally? If so, can we assume that if a local church comes together to study the Bible that they necessarily all studied together? Following this assumption (that what is true of the group is true of all the individuals), please explain: Acts 19:29-32; I Chronicles 15:4, 15, Joshua 18:1; Numbers 8:9-10; Nehemiah 9:1-3; Acts 2:36; 3:14; 10:39, and Acts 5:21, 40-41. Please research the “fallacy of division” for more background and explanation. If I am unable to attend, would I be excused? Appendix F: Defending the Eat-Together Position Definition This position maintains that and eating together are fundamental requirements of observing the Lord’s Supper. Therefore, even if authorized, additional observances of the Lord’s Supper are
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