Hello. I have a question concerning the Lord’s Supper. According to the word of God we take the Lord’s Supper to commemorate His death on the cross for us. We are to do it in memory of him. Now it is very good to take it together with other true believers. In some churches, the Lord’s Supper is scarcely taken. I am not complaining about that because every servant of God has when they think it is appropriate for them. But now, there are some believers who will like to take it alone at home. Some feel they will like to take it at home alone though they have their local churches. According to the word of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are living with the true believer and he is not living alone. Jesus said he will come and sop with the true believer. Moreover God is a Spirit. Though we do not see him, he is there and the angels of God are always with us. What I want to ask is this. Can a believer take communion alone at home? Is he violating the word of God in some way?
There are several assumptions affirmed in the paragraph in which finally a question is posed. Religious affirmations need to be substantiated with Scripture citations. It is an assumption for which there is not biblical validation that it is merely good to partake of the Lord’s Supper with other believers. It is an unfounded assumption that the frequency of observance of the Lord’s Supper is inconsequential or does not matter and is solely at the discretion of mankind. Furthermore, if the Word of God teaches that all three persons of the Godhead dwell within a Christian, biblical evidence ought to be cited. If it is the case that angels are always with believers, scriptural evidence ought to be noted. For one desiring to know whether or not some practice violates the Word of God, a “thus saith the Lord” in all religious matters and affirmations is certainly warranted.
The church over which Jesus Christ is the Head (Ephesians 1:22), for which He shed His blood (Acts 20:28) and about which one can read upon the pages of the New Testament observed the Lord’s Supper on the first day of each week (Acts 20:7). That apostolically approved example determines the occasion for which, the day on which and the frequency with which the Lord’s church must partake of the Lord’s Supper. In addition, the Lord’s Supper was observed in the first century church when it assembled together. Note that the apostle Paul corrected some abuses of the observance of the Lord’s Supper by the congregation at Corinth, but they were assembling for the observance, and that is one thing the apostle did not need to correct (1 Corinthians 11:17-34).
There are five acts of worship (in no particular order) that can be seen in Scripture which were practiced in New Testament worship by the Lord’s church when it assembled on the first day of the week: praying and singing (1 Corinthians 14:15), partaking of the Lord’s Supper and preaching (Acts 20:7) and giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2). No one seems to misunderstand the day on which and the frequency with which the early church assembled and collected a contribution – the first day of every week (1 Corinthians 16:1-2). Therefore, no one should be confused so as to not clearly see that the Lord’s church is supposed to assemble for worship on the first day of each week, and that part of that worship is partaking of the Lord’s Supper.
A person might partake of the Lord’s Supper at home out of necessity if for whatever reason he or she is not afforded an opportunity to assemble with the Lord’s church and observe the communion at that time. Yet, what of the other four activities of worship? Unable to assemble with the true church of the Bible, one would not only observe the Lord’s Supper (alone perhaps) at home, but he or she also ought to practice singing, giving, praying and preaching or teaching (study God’s Word). Dear Reader, if you are aligned with a religious group that does not follow the New Testament regarding worship or other matters (e.g., biblical name, organization, plan of salvation, Christian living, Christian service, Christian doctrine, etc.), visit the church of Christ (Romans 16:16) in your community.
