Comments on: I’ve got a question. You got an answer? http://blog.dallasfirstassembly.org/2007/11/29/ive-got-a-question-you-got-an-answer/ E-votionals and Updates from Dallas First Assembly Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:50:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Carlton.Jenke http://blog.dallasfirstassembly.org/2007/11/29/ive-got-a-question-you-got-an-answer/#comment-16 Carlton.Jenke Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:33:28 +0000 http://blog.dallasfirstassembly.org/2007/11/29/ive-got-a-question-you-got-an-answer/#comment-16 That is correct - Sabbath is on Saturday, the 7th day of the week. However the question really extends out to what day do we gather together for corporate worship and teaching. If I recall correctly, the New Testament Christian Jews would go to Jewish synagogue on the Sabbath, and at first met daily from house to house for fellowship. The first day of the week (Sunday) began to be celebrated as the day Christ rose from the dead and was called the Lord's Day. The Gentile Christians were not welcome in the Jewish synagogues, so their primary day of corporate worship became Sunday. This was later an issue that arose between strict law-following Jewish Christians and the Gentile Christians, among other issues such as circumcision and what meat they could eat. The apostles ruled on these issues. As Paul says in Colossians 2:16 - "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days." My take on this is that we now have a restored fellowship with God. A lot of the OT Laws that were designed to point man to God are no longer relevant because we now have God inside of us. A system built for external compliance to God has given way to the internal compliance we are now called to. That is correct - Sabbath is on Saturday, the 7th day of the week.

However the question really extends out to what day do we gather together for corporate worship and teaching.

If I recall correctly, the New Testament Christian Jews would go to Jewish synagogue on the Sabbath, and at first met daily from house to house for fellowship. The first day of the week (Sunday) began to be celebrated as the day Christ rose from the dead and was called the Lord’s Day.

The Gentile Christians were not welcome in the Jewish synagogues, so their primary day of corporate worship became Sunday. This was later an issue that arose between strict law-following Jewish Christians and the Gentile Christians, among other issues such as circumcision and what meat they could eat.

The apostles ruled on these issues. As Paul says in Colossians 2:16 -
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days.”

My take on this is that we now have a restored fellowship with God. A lot of the OT Laws that were designed to point man to God are no longer relevant because we now have God inside of us. A system built for external compliance to God has given way to the internal compliance we are now called to.

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