We would say that Jesus wasn’t instituting a ritual, He was establishing a new family and that in each city, those in His new family would gather weekly for a family meal, and as they gathered and ate that meal together and served one another, particularly looking out for any with lesser circumstances, they were acting out the gospel. Acting out a visual sign that Jesus had become King and established a new family that would live right now as though Jesus is King, even though He won’t take the throne until He returns. And as they worked hard at building relationships with everyone around them, outsiders would come to love Jesus because they would see how well His family loved one another.
So does your network believe in “the Lord’s Supper” being separate from the regular meal? Or do you think Jesus wasn’t meaning to instate a new ritual?
We would say that Jesus wasn’t instituting a ritual, He was establishing a new family and that in each city, those in His new family would gather weekly for a family meal, and as they gathered and ate that meal together and served one another, particularly looking out for any with lesser circumstances, they were acting out the gospel. Acting out a visual sign that Jesus had become King and established a new family that would live right now as though Jesus is King, even though He won’t take the throne until He returns. And as they worked hard at building relationships with everyone around them, outsiders would come to love Jesus because they would see how well His family loved one another.
So does your network believe in “the Lord’s Supper” being separate from the regular meal? Or do you think Jesus wasn’t meaning to instate a new ritual?