Dear brothers and sisters,
Loving greetings in the name of our Lord. Today
let us see about the importance of observing the day of the lord
each week and respect the church the body of our lord Jesus Christ.
The bible says that God himself after creating every thing in
this world took one day off from his work on the seventh day and
rested on that day and made it holy. We are all basically made
in the image of God so we must also need some rest. So, we must
say that it is needed to seek the face of the lord one day out
of each week as in Gen 2:2 & 3, “By the seventh day
God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh
day he rested from all his work. Vs.3, And God blessed the seventh
day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work
of creating that he had done.” There are two things we see
at this point, first one is about the one day out of the seven
days is for the total rest and it must be spent with God. Secondly,
the place in which the temple of God is present to that place
we must go and honor and worship the lord there.
In the Old Testament God through the prophet Isaiah gave the
command again very clearly to observe the Lord’s Day as
in Isa 58: 13
1. Isa 58:13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath
2. And from doing as you please on my holy day,
3. If you call the Sabbath a delight
4. And the Lord's holy day honorable,
5. And if you honor it by not going your own way
6. And not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
And the lord has given clear-cut promises for
those who observe them as in Isa.58:14:
1. Isa 58:14, ‘then you will find your joy in the LORD,
2. And I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land
3. And to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob."
The mouth of the LORD has spoken.
In the New Testament also the day of the Lord
was observed following the resurrection of the Lord on the first
day of the week Mat 28:1, “After the Sabbath, at dawn on
the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went
to look at the tomb. The apostle had meetings regularly on the
first day of the week as in Acts 20:7, “On the first day
of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the
people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on
talking until midnight.” It was a routine worship gathering
so apostle Paul asks for a regular system of giving to God on
that day as in 1 Cor 16:2, “On the first day of every week,
each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with
his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will
have to be made.” Apostle John though he was all alone still
he could have spiritual fellowship with God on the day of the
Lord as in Rev 1:10, “On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit,
and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,” So let
us not neglect the day of the Lord and gather together to worship
the Lord as in Heb 10:25, “Not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting
one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
May the lord help each one of us to observe the
day of the Lord by giving to God one day out of all the seven
days and worship the Lord sincerely and get all His blessings
in our lives. Amen.
Your Web-Site Pastor,
Rev.
Dr. T. Marcus Devasahayam
Web-site: www.barodabibleclub.org
e-mail: marcusbbc@yahoo.com
Mobile: 91-9327243600 ,Church 3096882 / 5540651.
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