2. ISAIAH 53

4. THURSDAY EVENING
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”
27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 For this is My blood of the new  covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

5. ACTS 20:7 “Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.”

6. THE BIBLICAL EVIDENCE

7. Acts 2:42
“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.”

8. 1 Cor. 10:16-17
“The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.”

9. 1Cor 11:  Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18 For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. 19 For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

10. 20 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper. 21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and another is drunk. 22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

11. 1Cor 16:1-2 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

12. THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

13. "As we have already remarked, the celebration of the Lord's Supper was still held to constitute an essential part of divine worship every Sunday, as appears from Justin Martyr (A.D. 150)..." - Augustus Neander, History Of Christian Religion And Church

14. "This ordinance (the Lord's Supper) seems to have been administered every Lord's day; and probably no professed Christian absented themselves” Thomas Scott Commentary On Acts 20

15. "This also is an important example of weekly communion as the practice of the first Christians." A. C. Hervey

16. The overwhelming consensus of extra biblical sources supports the conclusion that the Biblical practice was to observe the Lord's Supper each first day of the week

17. Why the first day of the week, Sunday?

18. Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday#1
Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday
Mat. 28:1
Mark 16:2 &9
Luke 24:1
John 20:1

19. Jesus appeared to His disciples on Sunday John 20:19#2
Jesus appeared to His disciples on Sunday
John 20:19

20. The church began on Pentecost, which was on a Sunday Acts 2#3
The church began on Pentecost, which was on a Sunday
Acts 2

21. #4
As we have read The command to lay by in store was to be carried out on a Sunday
1 Cor 16:1-2

22. The Scriptures do not explicitly declare the above to be reasons why Christians assembled on the first day of the week, but it might indicate they did meet on Sunday’s

23. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA "Sunday, first day of the week; in Christianity, the Lord's Day, the weekly memorial of Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead. The practice of Christians gathering together for worship on Sunday dates back to apostolic times..."

24. ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA "From the apostolic era to the present it has been customary for Christians to assemble for communal Sunday services..."

25. WORLD BOOK ENCYLOPEDIA "The celebration of the Lord's Day in memory of the resurrection of Christ dates undoubtedly from the apostolic age. Nothing short of apostolic precedent can account for the universal religious observance in the churches of the second century.”

26. Both internal and external evidence from the Bible indicates that Christians met together on the first day of the week, Sunday to remember Christ

27. Something that keeps remembrance alive Weekly Reminder
Memorial
Something that keeps remembrance alive
Weekly Reminder

28. An act of offering-up something precious Perfect/Sinless
Sacrifice
An act of offering-up something precious
Perfect/Sinless

29. *We proclaim that his death was indeed for our sins
Proclamation
*We proclaim our faith.
*We proclaim that his death was indeed for our sins

30. A fellowship or sharing in the blood of Christ
Communion
A fellowship or sharing in the blood of Christ

32. We have read the written prophesy that our savior would come to this earth, live as a man and be beaten and led as a lamb to the slaughter

33. We have read scripture as the day and frequency we are to partake of a supper he instated for us to remember him

34. We have been given definitions of words to help our minds think about what it is we do each week

35. It’s now in the early morning hours Friday

41. “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do”

42. “Today thou shalt be with me in paradise”

43. “Behold thy Mother” and “Women, behold thy son”

44. “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me”

45. “I thirst”

46. “It is finished”

47. “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit”