The Purpose of Sunday Service in the Church!
A s we read in Acts 20:7 it is recorded 'Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.' This scripture is important to those wishing to worship the Lord acceptably today for it reveals a pertinent fact concerning the worship in the Church as established by the Holy Spirit through the apostles. First this Scripture indicates that the day of worship had been changed from the Sabbath (Saturday) to the first day of the week (Sunday). Why? It seems obvious that the day was to be memorial to the Lord's resurrection and to the opening of the Church, both of which came to pass on a Sunday when the Church was opened and the Holy Spirit was given to men. It is expressly stated 'We having been assembled to break bread'. Nothing could be more intelligible. The Church had come together for the purpose of breaking bread. The term 'breaking bre...