The Lord's Supper and the Two Great Commands

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

In this verse Jesus cites the two greatest commandments… loving God and loving your neighbor.

Let me suggest that participating in the Lord’s Supper (properly) fulfills both these commands.

Of course Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper so observing and obeying that directive fulfills the Great Command… loving God because we show that we love God by obeying his command.

When Christians congregate together and observe the Lord’s Supper, they are fulfilling the second great command… loving your neighbor as yourself.

Here’s why… God never intended that the Lord’s Supper be taken individually and privately. It is a communal activity observed when all Christians come together to demonstrate the unity of believers to the whole world. Check out Ephesians 3…

“His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms”

When we don’t assemble to take the Lord’s Supper we are violating God’s great command by neglecting his communal intent and we are violating the second command by neglecting our fellow Christians. In essence, telling our brothers and sisters that they don’t even matter.

Assemble together with your fellow Christians to observe the Lord’s Supper properly and in so doing fulfil the two greatest commandments given by Jesus.