Rejoicing In the Sabbath:

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First of all please stop calling me "Rev". Thanks.

Now

The Law of God is still present identifying sin in both the lives of the unsaved and the saved.

It is done away with so far as serving its purpose to bring Israel to Christ and show what sin is. We only use it for reference sake to show sin and explain how no man could be saved by works.

Let’s look at the entire verse and I’ll show you that this isn’t entirely what you think:

Acts 20:7-8
7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
8And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

The first thing we must note is that the calendar of the early church measured days from sun-down to sun-down.

That is of no consequence, since they were not KEEPING A DAY as you feel we must keep sabbath. I am just showing you they chose to have church the first day fo the week.

We read that the disciples came together "to break bread", and Paul preached unto them "until midnight". This tells us something… if Paul preached until midnight on the “first day of the week” the disciples had to have gathered "to break bread" shortly after sun-down on Saturday evening.

You are missing the forest for the trees again. Who cares when such and such happened? It's not a holy day anyway. I just showed they had church the first day of the week. We are not considering that day holy any more than the sabbath is no longer in effect as a holy day. HOLY DAYS are gone now. Gal 4:9-11.

What we see is the disciples, and Paul, closing the Sabbath. So, let's read it again with what we now know and see if we see a "Sunday worship service" in this text....

Acts 20:7-8
7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
8And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

Upon review, I believe that most readers would agree with me that it is obviously a false pretense to say that this verse validates a Sunday worship service based merely on the words "first day of the week". It was a service closing the Sabbath on Saturday night that began shortly after sun-down, "the first day of the week".

So…nice try Rev. Blume.

You totally missed my point, and I am not "REV". You are incorporating legalism of sabbath day into the first day of the week as though we think the sabbath changed from saturday to sunday, when we actually claim there is NO HOLY DAY any more.