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THE LORD’S DAY
TUESDAY, MARCH 9
Acts 20:1-12

1 Corinthians 16:1-3

 

“Upon the first day of the week
let every one of you

lay by him in store…”

 

THE LORD’S DAY
 
The Lord’s Day, the Christian Sabbath, is the day when the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is remembered. This is so because on this day His death, His resurrection and His coming again is commemorated. This is also the time to worship God by hearing His Word and learning from the Scriptures. Since this is the Christian’s Sabbath (rest) day, Bible-believing Christians must rest in Him not just spiritually but also physically just as the Old Testament commands in keeping the Sabbath Day.
 
Coming together to break bread: After visiting and following up with the churches in Macedonia and Achaia, Paul and several brethren went to Troas, where they stayed, on the first day of the week. The assembly was breaking bread. This proves that the first day of the week (or Sunday) is the day when Christians should commemorate the Lord’s Supper and is therefore the Christian Sabbath.
 
Coming together to hear the Word: On the Lord’s Day, Paul preached unto the brethren though he was to travel the next day. Paul’s zeal to preach the Word was not bound by time. He was not inhibited from preaching even until break of day. A man falling asleep vividly described the length of Paul’s lecture, but that did not deter him from preaching on until he had to depart.
 
“As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in His Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men, in all ages, He hath particularly appointed one day in seven, for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto Him: which, from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week; and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week, which, in Scripture, is called the Lord’s Day, and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath” (WCF 21.7).
 
Are we mindful to keep the Lord’s Day (not the Lord’s Hour) holy?
 
THOUGHT: Am I keeping the whole Lord’s Day holy?

PRAYER: Father, may we remember the Lord’s Day for Thy glory.

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