Was Sunday Made for the Church?
Jesus has given us the good news of the gospel with the expectation that we share it with all the peoples of our world. The proper use of Sunday is vital to the church’s undertaking of evangelization.
How crucial is Sunday to the charge of Jesus? Sunday embodies the day when just about most churches assemble for worship and Christian education. It is through these activities that people are afforded the chance to gather together and engage in acts that aid them to understand God’s disclosure and respond to that disclosure. In addition it is the time when the Word of God (the Holy Scripture) is taught to all age groups.
As the needs of the world are brought to our attention, we experience the challenge to back up world missions through our prayers and through our giving. Offerings for the support of the work of the church are generally accepted Sunday. I recognise that once anything hurts Sunday attendance at worship, the offering degenerates and normally isn’t made up on succeeding Sundays.
Sunday adoration is also the time when the gospel, the good news of salvation, is extolled. It’s a time when non-believers are afforded an chance to listen and respond. Only eternity will disclose the amount of individuals that have found forgiveness of sin and new life in Christ because of churches celebrating Sunday as the Lord’s Day.
Wherever would our churches be without Sunday?
Although we give emphasis to celebrating Sunday as The Lord’s Day, we respect all person’s personal option in the subject of Sabbath observance in our pluralistic society.
For Christians, the Lord’s Day is most significant because it was on Sunday, the first day of the week, that Jesus arose from the dead. Although Easter has its special significance, every Sunday is a particular reminder of that blessed resurrection event.