{"id":49390,"date":"2014-11-13T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=49390"},"modified":"2015-03-19T14:05:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T21:05:16","slug":"sundays-in-scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/13\/sundays-in-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundays in Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventh Day Adventists (SDAs) believe that Christians shouldn’t worship on Sundays and that the Saturday Sabbath is still in effect. In recent weeks I’ve been having a discussion in a Seventh Day Adventist<\/a>\u00a0in response to my post Why do Christians worship on Sundays?<\/a>\u00a0 The exchange has been good and I think it’s well worth a read and I’d invite you to check it out.<\/p>\n

\"Sunday\"<\/p>\n

I haven’t had much interaction with SDAs before and I hope to do some posts looking at their more interesting doctrinal positions, of which there are quite a few. However, in preparation for this, today I would simply like to do a post where I catalogue all the places in the New Testament where\u00a0Sunday is mentioned:<\/p>\n

1. The Resurrection<\/strong>
\nAll the Gospels record the Resurrection taking place on Sunday\u00a0(Matthew 28:1-7; Mark 16:2, 9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1<\/a>).<\/p>\n

2. Resurrection Appearances<\/strong>
\nJesus appears to His disciples on Sundays (John 20:19,\u00a0John 20:26<\/a>).<\/p>\n

3. Pentecost<\/strong>
\nThe original Pentecost took place on a Sunday (Lev. 23:16<\/a>) and therefore so did Pentecost in the New Testament (Acts 2:1<\/a>). On this day the first sermon is preached, three thousand convert and are baptized.<\/p>\n

4. Preaching and celebrating the Eucharist<\/strong>
\nIn Paul’s travels, it is recorded that the Christian community came together to hear Paul preach and break bread (Acts 20:7<\/a>).<\/p>\n

5. Gathered collections<\/strong>
\nPaul instructed the Corinthians to gather their charitable donations on Sunday\u00a0(1 Corinthians 16:2<\/a>).<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Vision of Heavenly Worship<\/strong>
\nJesus gave the apostle John the vision of Revelation on the first day of the week (Revelation 1:10<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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