Sabbath, 9of9

 ~ The Lord’s Day – Sunday – Was Observed By John ~

 

Introduction  ~  In the Old Testament the Sabbath was established as part of The Law.  The Sabbath is observed from sundown Friday evening through sundown Saturday evening.  In the New Testament the law of God is written on believers’ hearts (Romans 2:12-16) rather than on tablets of stone.  It is the heart’s attitude which now supersedes outward obedience (Romans 10:10).  Following Christ’s resurrection, which occurred on the first day of the week, the Disciples and later the Church have observed their day of rest on Sunday in remembrance of Christ’s resurrection (Acts 20:7). 

 

Passage  ~  “I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.  I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,’ and, ‘What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea’” (Revelation 1:9-11).  

 

Comment  ~  From the time of Christ’s resurrection the majority of Christians have chosen to set apart the first day of the week in honor of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  The entire Christian faith rises or falls on the reality of the resurrection.  Many have tried to prove that the resurrection never happened.  None have succeeded and many in their attempts found the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Have you?  

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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