Sunday - The Best Day Of The Week
Acts. 20:7

A. Today fewer and fewer people think of Sunday as a day of any religious significance at all.
New Christians have to make a major adjustment in their weekend habits in order to meet with the saints on the Lord’s Day.
a. And some of those who have long been Christians may need to make some adjustments
about the Lord’s Day, too.
(A) I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” Could it be that,
because of familiarity some Christians today neglect and abuse the Lord’s Day, failing
to recognize it as the special day it ought to be to us.
(1) What is the Lord’s Day? Maybe we don’t understand what the Lord’s Day is.
(a) In the Bible, the first day of the week is referred to as the “Lord’s Day.”
(b) That’s what the apostle John is making reference to in Rev. 1:10.
In the New Testament, the Lord’s people assembled to partake of the Lord’s Supper on the first day of the week. Acts 20:7.
In reference to that, let me ask a very relevant question, How many weeks are there in a month? In a year?
How often does the “First Day of the Week” occur? Every week, 4 times a month, 52 times a year.
If there are 52 first days of the week in each year, how many times did the first century Christians observe the Lord’s Day each year? The answer is 52.
This day is special for many reasons. It not only has symbolic purpose, but it also has spiritual and historical significance.
“God created light on the first day of the week,” Gen. 1:3-5.
Of all the physical things God has created, none is more symbolic of His own character than light.
1 Tim. 6:16; 1 Jno. 1:5.
Lk. 23:50-24:3. Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the first day of the week.
Acts 2:1-47. The Lord’s church began on the first day of the week.
Acts 20:7, “Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread.”
The context of “coming together to break bread” is stated in Paul’s rebuking the Corinthians for abusing the Lord’s Supper when they “came together.”
1 Cor. 10:16-17.
1 Cor. 11:23-29. The Lord’s Supper was observed by New Testament Christians as a covenant meal. It was a sacred, holy observance and reminder of the salvation made possible by the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
The Lord’s Supper is our covenant meal Matt. 26:26-28, and we are to partake of it and celebrate it
Heb. 10:23-25, We are commanded not to forsake the assembling of our selves together (That assembling occured every first day of the week) because it is a day of edification and spiritual refreshment — the Lord’s Day ought to be the most spiritually strengthening day of the week.

New Testament Christians came together every first day of the week to partake of the Lord’s Supper, their covenant meal which was a weekly reminder of pierced body and shed blood of Jesus.
(1) The Lord’s Day is not the Christian Sabbath. The Sabbath was uniquely Jewish and a commanded observance of the Law of Moses. It occured every seventh day of the week.
(1) The weekly Sabbath Day observance was nailed to the cross with all other observances of the Law of Moses, Col. 2:14-17.
(2) Jesus is our Passover Lamb, our High Priest, 1 Cor. 5:7; Heb. 7:26-27; 8:1-2;
9:11.
(c) The fact that it is the day Christians are to observe the Lord’s Supper, means that it is a unique day of the week for Christians.
Those who forsake the assembling on the Lord’s Day usually do so because they choose to be involved in other activities that keep them from devoting the day to spiritual concerns.
(1) We complain of not having enough time for: Bible study, Visitation, Family Devotions, Spiritual Matters, etc. Isn’t that the perfect time for the Lord’s Business? Spend the Lord’s Day doing the things of the Lord.
(2) The Lord’s Day is our special day. The one day of the week God shares with us and communes with us as He does no other day of the week.
(2) Cherish it, uphold it, observe it and be drawn closer to God.
(3) Acts 20:32,

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