God appoints His ordinances in His Word by precepts (“Preach the word” 2 Timothy 4:2), but as we saw last Lord’s Day, God also appoints His ordinances by the approved example of Christ and the apostles— in other words, approved examples are equivalent in authority to divine commands. “On the first day of the week”, the Lord Jesus was raised from the dead (Mark 16:9), lying under the power of death on the Jewish Sabbath. “On the first day of the week”, Jesus came blessing His apostles with peace, and did so a week later as well (while passing over the Jewish Sabbath). The Day of Pentecost fell upon the first day of the week, when Jesus poured out the New Covenant fullness of the Holy Spirit upon His Church (Leviticus 23:15-16). “On the first day of the week”, the apostolic church gathered for worship (Acts 20:7—Paul waited several days in Troas for the first day of the week to lead worship while skipping over the Jewish Sabbath). “On the first day of the week”, Paul authorized the Church of Corinth (and the Churches of Galatia) to collect their love gift for the poor brethren in Jerusalem (1 Corinthians 16:1-2). The first day of the week is called “the Lord’s Day” by the Apostle John (Revelation 1:10), who received a heavenly vision of the history of the Church from the Lord Jesus on the day instituted by the Lord Jesus for worship. In Acts 20:7, we will be considering three ordinances appointed by the Lord: the Lord’s Day, the Lord’s Supper, and the Lord’s Word. The main points this Lord’s Day are: (1) Objections to a First Day Sabbath; (2) The Church Gathered to Receive the Lord’s Supper; (3) The Church Gathered to Hear the Preaching of the Lord’s Word.
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