DAY 338 Read Acts 20:3 through chapter 21.
Today's reading: Paul and his company leave Corinth for the trip to Jerusalem. At a weekend stopover in Troas, Paul holds a farewell meeting with believers. Then he goes on toward Jerusalem, despite repeated warnings.
Memory gem: "As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk ye in him" (Colossians 2:6).
Thought for today:
In the New Testament, the first day of the week is mentioned eight times (see Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:2, 9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1, 19; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2). Six of these texts refer to the same day, on which the resurrection of our Lord occurred. In 1 Corinthians 16:2 the apostle Paul directed the saints to look after their secular affairs on the first day of the week.
In all the New Testament there is a record of only one religious meeting held upon that day, and even that was a night meeting after midnight (see Acts 20:7-12). There is no intimation that those early believers ever held a meeting on the first day of the week, either before or after that one time, or that it was their custom to meet on that day.
There is no scriptural record of any requirement to "break bread" upon the first day of the week. Jesus celebrated the Lord's Supper on Thursday evening, as is clear from Luke 22, and the disciples broke bread every day, according to Acts 2:42-46.
Nowhere in the Scriptures does it say that the first day of the week commemorates the resurrection of Christ. This concept is a tradition of man which makes void the law of God (see Matthew 15:19). We are plainly told in Romans 6:3-5 that Christian baptism commemorates the burial and resurrection of our Lord.
Finally, the New Testament is totally silent with regard to any change of the Sabbath day or to any sacredness of the first day. It is true that, several centuries after Christ, Christians began gradually to apply the fourth commandment to the first day.
We must remember that true righteousness, which is true commandment keeping, comes not by our own efforts to keep any law, even God's holy law. It comes only by faith in Christ, whose holy righteousness, through the grace of God, is counted to us when we believe. As converted regenerated Christians, it is our duty to walk in all the light that comes to us.
Today's reading: Paul and his company leave Corinth for the trip to Jerusalem. At a weekend stopover in Troas, Paul holds a farewell meeting with believers. Then he goes on toward Jerusalem, despite repeated warnings.
Memory gem: "As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk ye in him" (Colossians 2:6).
Thought for today:
In the New Testament, the first day of the week is mentioned eight times (see Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:2, 9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1, 19; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2). Six of these texts refer to the same day, on which the resurrection of our Lord occurred. In 1 Corinthians 16:2 the apostle Paul directed the saints to look after their secular affairs on the first day of the week.
In all the New Testament there is a record of only one religious meeting held upon that day, and even that was a night meeting after midnight (see Acts 20:7-12). There is no intimation that those early believers ever held a meeting on the first day of the week, either before or after that one time, or that it was their custom to meet on that day.
There is no scriptural record of any requirement to "break bread" upon the first day of the week. Jesus celebrated the Lord's Supper on Thursday evening, as is clear from Luke 22, and the disciples broke bread every day, according to Acts 2:42-46.
Nowhere in the Scriptures does it say that the first day of the week commemorates the resurrection of Christ. This concept is a tradition of man which makes void the law of God (see Matthew 15:19). We are plainly told in Romans 6:3-5 that Christian baptism commemorates the burial and resurrection of our Lord.
Finally, the New Testament is totally silent with regard to any change of the Sabbath day or to any sacredness of the first day. It is true that, several centuries after Christ, Christians began gradually to apply the fourth commandment to the first day.
We must remember that true righteousness, which is true commandment keeping, comes not by our own efforts to keep any law, even God's holy law. It comes only by faith in Christ, whose holy righteousness, through the grace of God, is counted to us when we believe. As converted regenerated Christians, it is our duty to walk in all the light that comes to us.
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