Todo sobre Eucarista Toward a House Church Theology

Autor:

Steve Atkerson

Error en el culto protestante solo escuchar al pastor Ms aba o i!perdible "Hay #ue co!ulgar una ve$ por se!ana% &'aul 'reached (nto The!&

) Ac *+:,

-ene Edwards does a great ob in his book. How to Meet. in e/plaining where the Sunday !orning &sit. listen. and be #uiet& !eeting ca!e 0ro!1 20 you read the book. you 0ind out that it sure wasn3t 0ro! the 4ible1 He bla!es 5ohn Calvin 0or the whole !ess1 6ne
has to ad!it that no !atter how good the speaker is that we !ay be listening to 0ro! week to week. we co!e to the place where this person ust has nothing le0t to say that we haven3t heard already. particularly

5usti0ication 0or the weekly Sunday !orning &sit down. be #uiet. and listen to a ser!on& ritual is ust not in the :ew Testa!ent1 ) 51H1
a0ter thirty years1 The weekly ser!on thing is a study in insanity1 789 there is still to be the bread and the cup1 ; Co ;+:;<);, !entions &the& cup and &the& loa0. and stating that &because there is one loa0. we. who are !any. are one body. 0or we all partake o0 the one loa01& 2t is

Supper1 The one cup and one loa0 not only sy!boli$e our unity as one body. but !ay even create unity> ?id you notice the word &0or& in ;+:;,@ 2t signals an e/planation o0 so!ething1 2t !ay be that we are one body because we partake o0 one loa01 =ook at the te/t and see 0or yoursel0> Aollowing this pattern !ight help us overco!e the &divisions& that plagued the Corinthians 7;;:;B91 2n any event. based on the reasoning o0 ; Co ;+:;<);,. the popular practice o0 distributing prebroken cracker cru!bs and !any prepoured shot glasses o0 uice is sy!bolic o0 disunity and division1
i!portant that we use one cup 7or vessel9 and one loa0 in our =ord3s

El pan uno solo produce la unidad por#ue 5esCs est presente

2ts Aocus
Since the 0or! o0 the =ord3s Supper is a 0ull !eal. perhaps a rethinking o0 the 0ocus o0 the Supper is in order1 Typically. people 0ocus e/clusively on the death o0 Christ during the snack)style !e!orial1 Everyone is #uiet and so!ber. with heads bowed1 60ten an organ is being so0tly played in the background1 This is based in part on 5esus3 co!!and to &do this in re!e!brance o0 !e& 7=k **:;D91 A 0uneral at!osphere would see! to be in order1 6ddly though. the book o0 Acts paints a di00erent picture1 Since 5esus took &bread& and &broke& it 7=k **:;D9. !ost co!!entators understand the phrase &the breaking o0 bread& in Acts to re0er to the =ord3s Supper1 Associated with the =ord3s Supper in Acts is &0ellowship& 7*:E*9. &glad and sincere hearts& 7*:E<9. and &praising -od& 7*:E,91 Aurther!ore. the scene in ; Co ;;:;,)FE is anything but so!ber1 Ghy the di00erence between then and now@

2ts Are#uency

How o0ten should we co!e to the =ord3s Table@ ; Co ;;:;B00 !entions &when you co!e together as a church& and launches into directives concerning the =ord3s Supper1 This clearly indicates that every ti!e the church gathered. it celebrated the =ord3s Supper1 A!a$ingly. the only purpose ever given 0or a church !eeting occurs in Ac *+:,1 2t says. &6n the 0irst day o0 the week we ca!e together to break bread1& The phrase &to break bread& is. in -reek. a &telic& in0initive. denoting a goal or purpose1 Ghy did the church co!e together on the 0irst day o0 the week@ 2n order to observe the =ord3s Supper 7see also ; Co ;;:FF91 Thus. it see!s the pri!ary ob ective 0or the weekly gathering o0 the saints is to break bread1 This allows -od3s people to en oy 0ellowship. to !utually encourage and e/hort each other. to share prayer re#uests. to tell what -od is doing in their lives. to sti!ulate one another to love and good deeds. to be re!inded o0 5esus3 sacri0ice on the cross. to re!ind 5esus o0 His pro!ise to return. and to be !ade into one body through the one loa01 This truth bears repeating1 The pri!ary activity that a church should engage in during their Sunday !eeting is the eating o0 the =ord3s Supper as a 0ull !eal1 All else is secondary to this and is there0ore optional1 This !eans that we do not asse!ble weekly to hold a &worship service.& nor to hear

&preaching.& nor to have a praise !eeting. nor 0or any other reason1 These activities do have their place. but should not be allowed to pree!pt the =ord3s Supper1 An ad ust!ent o0 our thinking is in order>