In the Law given through Moses, God commanded the Israelites to remember the Sabbath Day and to keep it holy. One of the primary reasons given for this command was for the people to take the time, one day a week, to stop and remember that they had been slaves in Egypt and the Lord had brought them out with a mighty hand an outstretched arm (Deut. 5:15). He did not want them to forget.
After Christ’s resurrection, the disciples met on the First Day of the week, not the Sabbath. God gave us something as a reminder of what he has done for us. Each Sunday, just as the New Testament disciples did, once a week, we come together to break the bread of the Lord’s Supper and to drink the wine to remember that we were once slaves to sin before Christ provided a way for us to become free. If we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts (Rom. 6:7-12).
After Christ’s resurrection, the disciples met on the First Day of the week, not the Sabbath. God gave us something as a reminder of what he has done for us. Each Sunday, just as the New Testament disciples did, once a week, we come together to break the bread of the Lord’s Supper and to drink the wine to remember that we were once slaves to sin before Christ provided a way for us to become free. If we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts (Rom. 6:7-12).