Speaking for myself, while I cannot say the day is a matter of a plain command, there is sufficient evidence (as I have set out) to persuade me that the first day of the week is the Lord’s day, putting the day, for me, securely beyond the remit of Romans 14. I look upon the Lord’s day, therefore, as the assembly-day for believers, the day when they should meet to exercise their corporate priesthood in the new covenant in harmony with other believers, the day when they are stimulated by the spiritual nourishment they enjoy under their recognised teachers within the church. I do not mean to imply that such an assembly is the only time for this ministry, but the first day is the main day for it. |