11th March 2025

11th March 2025


Pray (ACts)


Read (Exodus 20v8-11)


Message (Scott Woodburn)


Have you ever wondered why we meet to worship on Sunday and not Saturday? The fourth commandment requires us to set aside “the Sabbath day” (v8) and keep it holy. The church in the Old Testament would have followed this command by setting aside the last day of the week which for Jews was Saturday. The Lord God rested from His work on the seventh day and from Eden to the Resurrection God’s people were to put aside the seventh day which was Saturday.


Even so, we would do well to always remember that the impact of the Cross was monumental. Jesus came in the flesh to fulfil the demands of the Covenant of Works. He was the first man to have ever earned His rest and He found Himself in the tomb on the seventh day. Seven in Scripture denotes perfection and as Christ lay in the tomb His work was finished and it was perfect.


The Lord rose from the dead on the first day of the week which is Sunday, it was on the first day of the week that He appeared to His disciples, Paul urged the Corinthians to set gifts aside on the first day of the week (1 Corinthians 16v1-2) and the church gathered on the first day of the week to break bread (Acts 20v7).


The Church which long ago met on Saturday looked forward to the finished perfect work of Christ. The Church which now meets on Sunday looks back to the finished perfect work of Christ and patiently waits for His return.


The people of God have always been blessed with a day to put aside trivial nonsense, to rest from our work and to spend time contemplating the greatness of our God. Each Lord’s Day is a blessing not a chore and it is to be received gladly by God’s Church. Brothers and sisters, if you are worn out then the Lord has given you a day. Come to Him, run to Him and rest in the presence of your risen Lord.


Pray (acTS)


Sing


WSC


Q28 Wherein consisteth Christ’s exaltation? Christ’s exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day.
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