Worship: The Frequency of the Lord's Supper

The following is my response to the following link:
http://www.kevinpendergrass.com/study-regarding-frequency-lords-supper-longer-bind/
== I. The Meaning of "Church" ==
What is the meaning of the word "church"? It ultimately means "those called out to assemble". Inherent in the identity of church is the event of coming together. For what reason do we assemble? To worship God. What is worship? Its a specific set of actions directed toward God that He has commanded AS acts of worship. Three of them we know we can do any time and even outside of an assembly and solo: meditation on God's Word, prayer, song (though this one is diminished when solo).
But the central action of worship, the reason we assemble, is called "communion". It is a commemoration of the central event in history, the very foundation of what it means to be Christian: the death of Christ on the cross. The other four actions are satellite actions that the first century Christians did while assembled, but the purpose of coming together was to partake of the Lord's Supper.
Disregard for a moment the exact day. What Kevin has done in this article is deny the necessity of taking the LS at all. If it is not imperative to taking it with any particular frequency, would it be sinful to take it only once a year? (say Easter or Christmas) Since we don't find any command to do it that often, perhaps once in our lifetime we can partake? Why not a frequency of zero?
But then the argument arises that we are commanded to partake and it is in scripture that the church did partake and even had specifications on the elements of what to partake, so we have to partake of the LS sometime. Since we must partake of it some time, how often? Do the scriptures guide us?
One of the things Kevin ignores or maybe does not get is the power of implicit command. Implication is not the same as inference. Implication is what the scriptures teach without spelling it out. Inference are the conclusions we draw based on what we read. The Bible implies, I might correctly or incorrectly infer. However, if we believe we are capable of reason and can draw correct inferences, then we cannot disregard the impact of implication.
An example. How many churches are there?
There is only one body (Eph. 4:4)
The church is the body (Eph. 1:22-23)
These are the explicit statements. The implicit statement is that there is only one church. It is undeniable to those capable of logical thought.
The same type of reasoning is found with regard to the frequency of the LS.
1 Cor. 11 (among other passages) teach that we assemble in order to partake of the LS.
1 Cor. 16 Paul writes what the church (called out to assembly) was supposed to do just as he had commanded the churches (other groups of called out to assemble) on the first day of every week. The reason he gives this command is explicitly "so there be no collections when I come". This phrase argues powerfully that the collection was already taking place. Kevin, in his article, makes a huge number of assumptions including about the culture and size of the congregations at that time. The church at Corinth is obviously large enough that they are no longer meeting in homes because he wrote just a few chapters earlier "have you no houses to eat in?" (1 Cor. 11:22)
Furthermore, what reason is given that the laying by in store by individuals in their homes must be done each first day of the week? The commanded frequency makes no sense outside of collection. The point being that 1 Cor. 16 does command a collection by the congregation with the frequency of the first day of the week. Inherent in this is the idea that it was collected when they were assembled.
Now, I am not interested in getting into whether or not this commanded collection was to continue after the need at Jerusalem was fulfilled or Paul showed up to get the money to take to Jerusalem. That's not the point. The point is, 1 cor.16:1-2 does show that they were assembling with the frequency of once per week on the first day of each week. WHY they were assembling has already been shown earlier in the letter, to partake of the LS.
Acts 20:7
Therefore, Kevin's objection to the example given in Acts 20 based on what he learned from Warren is no objection at all. We do have an implicit command to assemble on the first day of the week. Acts 20:7 is the example that shows this in action for all the reasons that Kevin used to believe this and has now discarded.
Col. 3:17 demands that whatever we do in word or deed, we must do so with authority from Christ. If Kevin has authority for some other day to partake of the LS, let him show it from scripture, not just hint at it or attack based on assumptions and straw men. If Kevin has authority for some other frequency to partake of the LS, let him show it from scripture. If Kevin has any other reason that we MUST assemble each first day of the week, let him show it from scripture or deny that we MUST assemble at all and thereby deny the core meaning of "church".
In Truth and Love.