1st Day of The Week

If there is one thing that most Christian groups/denominations agree on, it is that Sunday is the correct day of worship. The reason that this is so widely agreed upon is that the New Testament gives examples of this occurring in the early days of the church. Here are a few verses that show this example:

Acts 20:7 "Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread..." Notice that the main purpose of the worship was to "break bread," i.e., take of the Lord's Supper.

1Corinthians16:1-2 "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."

Jesus was raised on Sunday, the day after the Jewish Sabbath.

The church was started on Sunday, on the day of Pentecost; see Acts 2.
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There have always been people who were confused about whether we should hold onto the Jewish traditions and teachings; people who thought, for example, that we should worship on Saturday. But this is simply not the case according to the New Testament. Acts 15 is a conference with the apostles to discuss this issue. It is made clear in a number of places that the Jewish Law and practices are done and over with the coming of Faith in Jesus. Note:

All of the book of Hebrews covers this subject, but notice Heb. 8:13, "In that He says, 'A new covenant,' He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away." And Heb. 9:15, "...for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant..." Also, Heb. 10:24-25, "And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching."

There is much more said, like Galatians 3:24-27. But perhaps that is enough for now. Just know that we must follow the example of the early church and the teaching of the apostles in not only worshiping on the first day of the week, Sunday, but in all of our practices.

Have a great week!