Legalism Gone To Seed
For taking the Lord's Supper the "Legalistic Church of Christ" argues that it must be done by every church on every first day of the week, and that it cannot be done on any other day. And they cite certain passages, whose examples are supposed to establish a binding pattern, from which deviation cannot be made on penalty of spending eternity in hell, notwithstanding that there are other passages that the Lord's Supper may be taken on other days, as for example the Lord Jesus and his apostles taking it on the night in which the Supper was instituted. Let us look at the one example of taking the Lord's Supper supposedly on the first day of the week: Acts 20:7-11. I say supposedly for from the context it cannot be definitely determined whether the Lord's Supper was eaten on the first day of the week or the next day. But let us scrutinize the passage.
Acts 20:7-11 — On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and he prolonged his speech until midnight . . . And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
The binding "pattern" they supposedly draw from the quoted passage is this:
Churches ate the Lord's Supper every first day of the week only.
And More,
This scripture authorizes only eating the Lord's Supper on Sunday, and excludes eating it on any other day, yea, even, the day of the Lord's crucifixion, and even the night of betrayal, when the Supper was instituted.
Let Us Now Measure This By The "Binding Principle Eternal":
Major Premise: Any example in the New Testament which does not indicate a background precept that would demand definite actions or motives of the character of the example, sets no pattern at all, and is for the purpose of illustrating things that are entirely matters of choice for this modern time.
Minor Premise: The context of the example in the New Testament of eating the Lord's Supper by the disciples at Troas and the Apostle Paul, of Acts 20:7-11, does not indicate a background precept that would demand the church and Paul to take the Lord's Supper only on the first day of the week, and exclude every other day of the week, even Maunday Thursday and Good Friday.
Therefore: The ensample of breaking bread by the disciples at Troas and Paul, of Acts 20:7-11, sets no definite binding pattern at all, which would demand congregations to take the Lord's Supper every first day of the week, and exclude taking it on any other day, and the ensample is for the purpose of illustrating things that are entirely matters of choice for this modern day, and only shows that the Lord's Supper may be eaten on the first day of the week, but does not exclude any other day.
Any body that cannot see the above, will be excused on his ignorance, and any body who is too legalistic or modernistic to see it, is not motivated by love of SAINTS. Selah!