What Day to Partake of Lord's Table?

[erickinho1bra]

What would you say to someone who says that the sacrament of the Lord's Table can be administered on a day outside of the Sabbath? They would agree that in 1 Cor. 11:18, 20 there is a clear reference to the church meeting together in one place and taking communion together but there is no indication that it is limited to only the Sabbath, therefore the church can come together in worship outside of the Lord's Day (like on "Good Friday") and partake of the Table.
So, can the Lord’s Table be administered any day of the week so long as the church gets together to partake as one?

 

[Northern Crofter]

What would you say to someone who says that the sacrament of the Lord's Table can be administered on a day outside of the Sabbath? They would agree that in 1 Cor. 11:18, 20 there is a clear reference to the church meeting together in one place and taking communion together but there is no indication that it is limited to only the Sabbath, therefore the church can come together in worship outside of the Lord's Day (like on "Good Friday") and partake of the Table.
So, can the Lord’s Table be administered any day of the week so long as the church gets together to partake as one?

Some will justify this from the early chapters of Acts (like 2.42) where they believe the Church was meeting at the Temple and coming to the Lord's Table every day. This would parallel the daily sacrifices at the Temple. However, it should be noted:

1. There is a question as to whether or not and/or when "breaking bread" refers to the Lord's Supper;
2. If this (a daily administration) was the practice early in Acts, it was also accompanied by the preaching of the Word (again, see Acts 2.42) - this is reiterated in several places in the DPW. Whenever there is a sign in Scripture, it is not without the Word of God being proclaimed by a prophet or priest in the Old Testament, or an Apostle or Minister of the Gospel in the New;
3. Just because it was recorded as the practice of the Church in the narrative of Acts does not make it normative - by the end of Acts it seems to be occurring only on the Lord's Day (see 20.7), but again, this is a narrative describing what was being done, not a prescription. Similarly, the early practice of communal sharing of goods seems to progressively fade away - we quickly see issues in Acts 5 (Ananias and Sapphira) and Acts 6 (discrimination in distribution), and eventually get to where Paul has to repeatedly warn the Church "if there were any, which would not work, that he should not eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10);
4. By moral command, 1 day in 7 is set aside for the worship of God - offering opportunities to worship on the other days is not a problem, but requiring people to attend them outside the Lord's Day is problematic. So, yes, it can, but whether it should is another (and perhaps better) question.