Why did the church gather to worship on Sunday?

Today Bible Study:

Why did the church gather to worship on Sunday?

“Now on the first day of the week” (Acts 20:7). Sunday was the day the church gathered for worship, because it was the day of Christ’s resurrection (Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:2, 9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1, 19; 1 Cor. 16:2). The writings of the early church fathers confirm that the church continued to meet on Sunday after the close of the New Testament period. Scripture does not require Christians to observe the Saturday Sabbath:

1. The Sabbath was the sign of the Mosaic Covenant (Ex. 31:16, 17; Neh. 9:14; Ezek. 20:12), whereas Christians are under the New Covenant (2 Cor. 3; Heb. 8);

2. there is no New Testament command to keep the Sabbath;

3. the first command to keep the Sabbath was not until the time of Moses (Ex. 20:8);

4. the Jerusalem Council (chap. 15) did not order Gentile believers to keep the Sabbath;

5. Paul never cautioned Christians about breaking the Sabbath; and

6. the New Testament explicitly teaches that Sabbath keeping was not a requirement (Rom. 14:5; Gal. 4:10, 11; Col. 2:16, 17).

©BY PASTOR JUDAH OLATUNDE