There is no commandment to keep the first day holy, but there is for Sabbath keeping thus saith the Lord. Exo 20:8-11 written by the God of the universe. The apostles observed every Sabbath preaching God Word to both Jew and Gentile alike Acts 13:42 Acts 13:44 Acts 18:4 Acts 15:21 there is no such gathering of every day 1. They gathered daily for various things, but nothing stating a change in one of God's commandments which should be important if we are wanting to obey God the way He said. The apostles said what matters is keeping the commandments of God, just as Jesus taught and lived. They even taught it is better to obey God over man. Jesus taught to live by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. The apostles were a continuation of what Jesus taught and lived, not being in rebellion by changing God's eternal law.
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I never said this was referring to the Sabbath.
"Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 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. And when I come, whomever you approve by your letters I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem."
Here, Paul is suggesting that believers set aside a gift for the needy brethren. There’s no meeting inferred here. He’s simply asking them to store up a donation at home to be turned in at a later date. No changing the Sabbath mentioned or a new day of worship. That would undermined God and Paul is a servant Rom 1:1 and a servant is not greater than their master. Mat 10:24
"Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 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. And when I come, whomever you approve by your letters I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem."
Here, Paul is suggesting that believers set aside a gift for the needy brethren. There’s no meeting inferred here. He’s simply asking them to store up a donation at home to be turned in at a later date. No changing the Sabbath mentioned or a new day of worship. That would undermined God and Paul is a servant Rom 1:1 and a servant is not greater than their master. Mat 10:24
My sheep hear my voice and another they will not follow. (John 10:4-5, 16, 27) This does not speak of hearing His audible voice because that rarely happens. However, it is through hearing Jesus speak from the pages of the written word that we become aware of what is and is not true. As a result, we are equipped to cast down the lies of the enemy.
Although heart-breaking, what someone shared with me i believe to be true. We share the truth longing to see people saved. When in fact the purpose for sharing with some is merely because everyone must be afforded the opportunity to hear the truth. So whether they accept or reject it we have completed the task set before us.
No, we are not commanded to keep the first day holy. That’s not what it is for. We worship on that day because that was what the 1st century Christian’s did—and we take the Lord’s supper because that is our example in the Bible. Acts 20:7. We take up a church collection because that is commanded in 1Cor. 16:2. We have evidence of this also from 2nd century writers like Justin (114-165) who said, “Sunday is the day we all hold our common assembly…”. Ignatius, another 2nd century writer called Sunday “ the Lord’s day and said, “ For if we still live according to the Jewish law, we acknowledge that we have not received “grace.” He wrote that Judaism and Christianity were incompatible. He said, “They ceased to keep the sabbath and lived by the Lord’s day.” And again, “ It is monstrous to take Jesus Christ and live like a Jew.” “Worship on the Lord’s day defines Christianity as salvation by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This puts Ignatius as an early WITNESS of the disassociation of Christianity from Judaism. From the second century onward, the evidence shows that Sunday was the regular day of Christian worship everywhere…” This material came from “The origins of Sunday worship in the early church.” Our authority for worship on the first day of the week comes from Acts 20:7, 1 Cor. 16:1-2. But the early 1st and second century writers are a WITNESS to the fact that this was the practice of the early Christian’s.. I know God approves this. So I will do what I know my early brothers and sisters did in the first century.
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2Co 2:14
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
2Co 2:15
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
2Co 2:16
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
2Co 2:17
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
When a king returned from triumphant battle, a victory parade would be held, and incense would be burned as part of the ceremony. To those who shared in the king's triumph, the incense was the savor of life, but to the prisoners of war, it was the savor of death.
When we preach Christ, or when we bring his savor to the world, it will be the savor of life unto life for some, and it will be the savor of death unto death for others. In other words, those who receive the gospel message will ultimately inherit eternal life whereas those who reject it will ultimately partake in what the Bible calls the second death. Paul rightly asked, Who is sufficient for these things? As Christians, we have been entrusted with a gospel message which can either eternally save or eternally damn. This is a very sobering reality, and we had better make sure that we are not only sharing the gospel with others, but that our gospel message is the true gospel message as well.
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
2Co 2:15
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
2Co 2:16
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
2Co 2:17
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
When a king returned from triumphant battle, a victory parade would be held, and incense would be burned as part of the ceremony. To those who shared in the king's triumph, the incense was the savor of life, but to the prisoners of war, it was the savor of death.
When we preach Christ, or when we bring his savor to the world, it will be the savor of life unto life for some, and it will be the savor of death unto death for others. In other words, those who receive the gospel message will ultimately inherit eternal life whereas those who reject it will ultimately partake in what the Bible calls the second death. Paul rightly asked, Who is sufficient for these things? As Christians, we have been entrusted with a gospel message which can either eternally save or eternally damn. This is a very sobering reality, and we had better make sure that we are not only sharing the gospel with others, but that our gospel message is the true gospel message as well.
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And Firstfruits was the day after the Sabbath. It did not become the Sabbath.
Lev 23:9
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 23:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Lev 23:11
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Lev 23:9
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 23:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Lev 23:11
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
You are reading a lot in the Text- we should worship God daily, but Jesus also relates worship to keeping His commandments quoting directly from the Ten Commandments. False worship keeping our traditions over the commandments of God Mat 15:3-14 Mark 7:7-13 True worship obeying God the way He said because He is God and we are the creation. Rev 14:12 Never are we told to follow the popular crowd, so it doesn't matter what so and so says, if it doesn't come from God's Word which is to be the path we are to follow Psa 119:105
Its best to follow the example of Jesus- Jesus kept the commandments and the Sabbath, He in His own Words called it My holy day, never did He take that back. Man created a whole doctrine out of something that says nothing about keeping Sunday holy on a weekly basis and ignoring what God said to Remember and keep holy. Exo 20:8-11
Having a late Sunday after mid-night meeting after the Sabbath because the apostles were already together because they kept every Sabbath Acts 15:21 Acts 18:4 to come together for a meal and to take a collection for the needy is a far cry from saying we are to come together and worship God every first day which no Text says. Thats a lot of assumptions and liberties and something we are told not to do.
If something changed with the Sabbath commandment this would have been the perfect time for the apostles to tell the Gentiles , we now gather evert first day.
Acts 13:42 So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
But did they do so?
44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.
Of course not, there were followers of Christ and kept the Sabbath the same way Christ did, in a holy manner and in a holy convocation what God said the Sabbath is for thus saith the Lord Lev 23:3
Why both Jews and Gentiles were keeping every Sabbath
Acts 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
Its best to follow the example of Jesus- Jesus kept the commandments and the Sabbath, He in His own Words called it My holy day, never did He take that back. Man created a whole doctrine out of something that says nothing about keeping Sunday holy on a weekly basis and ignoring what God said to Remember and keep holy. Exo 20:8-11
Having a late Sunday after mid-night meeting after the Sabbath because the apostles were already together because they kept every Sabbath Acts 15:21 Acts 18:4 to come together for a meal and to take a collection for the needy is a far cry from saying we are to come together and worship God every first day which no Text says. Thats a lot of assumptions and liberties and something we are told not to do.
If something changed with the Sabbath commandment this would have been the perfect time for the apostles to tell the Gentiles , we now gather evert first day.
Acts 13:42 So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
But did they do so?
44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.
Of course not, there were followers of Christ and kept the Sabbath the same way Christ did, in a holy manner and in a holy convocation what God said the Sabbath is for thus saith the Lord Lev 23:3
Why both Jews and Gentiles were keeping every Sabbath
Acts 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
The Sabbath day.
Mat 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Mar 2:28
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Luk 6:5
And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Act 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Elsewhere, we are told that the disciples broke bread daily.
Act 2:46
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Act 2:47
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
In Corinth alone, Paul preached to the people on 78 consecutive Sabbath days or for one year and six months.
Act 18:1
After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Act 18:2
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome) and came unto them.
Act 18:3
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Act 18:4
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Act 18:5
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
Act 18:6
And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
Act 18:7
And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
Act 18:8
And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
Act 18:9
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
Act 18:10
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Act 18:11
And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Why don't we ask the same prophet Isaiah?
Isa 58:13
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
I am sorry, but you are terribly guilty of quote mining here. There are only 8 places in the New Testament where we read of the first day of the week, and, in context, they do not support what you are suggesting here.
Mat 28:1
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Mar 16:1
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Mar 16:2
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Mar 16:9
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Luk 23:55
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
Luk 23:56
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Luk 24:1
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Jhn 20:1
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Jhn 20:19
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Act 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day. Furthermore, as I have already demonstrated, the disciples broke bread daily (Acts 2:46-47).
1Co 16:2
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day. Furthermore, as I have already demonstrated, at Corinth alone, Paul preached on 78 consecutive Sabbath days (Acts 18:1-11), so this one quote mined portion of scripture in no way validates your claim.
Mat 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Mar 2:28
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Luk 6:5
And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Act 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Elsewhere, we are told that the disciples broke bread daily.
Act 2:46
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Act 2:47
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
In Corinth alone, Paul preached to the people on 78 consecutive Sabbath days or for one year and six months.
Act 18:1
After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Act 18:2
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome) and came unto them.
Act 18:3
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Act 18:4
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Act 18:5
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
Act 18:6
And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
Act 18:7
And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
Act 18:8
And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
Act 18:9
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
Act 18:10
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Act 18:11
And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Why don't we ask the same prophet Isaiah?
Isa 58:13
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
I am sorry, but you are terribly guilty of quote mining here. There are only 8 places in the New Testament where we read of the first day of the week, and, in context, they do not support what you are suggesting here.
Mat 28:1
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Mar 16:1
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Mar 16:2
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Mar 16:9
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Luk 23:55
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
Luk 23:56
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Luk 24:1
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Jhn 20:1
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Jhn 20:19
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day.
Act 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day. Furthermore, as I have already demonstrated, the disciples broke bread daily (Acts 2:46-47).
1Co 16:2
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
In context, the first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath, and it is not called the Lord's day. Furthermore, as I have already demonstrated, at Corinth alone, Paul preached on 78 consecutive Sabbath days (Acts 18:1-11), so this one quote mined portion of scripture in no way validates your claim.
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