Acts 20:6-12 Church Establishes Sunday As Sabbath Day

We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days.On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.  There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together.  And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.  But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, “Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.”  When he had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left.  They took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted.

As you know, the Jews honor God on Saturday, their Sabbath.  Now in the church age, Paul and his disciples worship God and the Savior Christ Jesus on the first day of the week.  There they pray together and break bread and hear the Word of God.  In today't event, Paul's speaking to the people was prolonged and a young may fell asleep and fell from a third story loft and was presumed dead.  Paul assures the people that he is not dead and laid his body on the body of the young man, and his life was restored.  Worship on the first is important because it is a sign of giving our first attention to God before resuming our life in the world.

Daily Prayer:  Lord Jesus, let us not grow weary and sleep, because You raised from the dead to give us eternal life.  Let this life be active in service to You and let us acknowledge You first in all of our lives activities.  In Your holy name I pray Amen.