(But He did not say that it was therefore the Sabbath.)
The women brought spices to the grave of the Savior on that day. Luke 24:1.
(Which they would not do on the Sabbath. See Luke 23:56.)
Christ appeared to his disciples on that day, the doors being shut for fear of the Jews. John 20:19.
(They were not assembled to keep the Sabbath, but had closed the doors for personal safety.)
Paul once preached on the evening of the first day, Acts 20:7, corresponding with our Saturday night.
(But the next morning, answering to our Sunday morning, he continued his journey toward JERUSALEM, nine hundred miles distant!)
The Corinthians were commanded to lay by a "collection for the saints" on the first day. 1 Cor. 16:2.
(This might be money or goods. It was not a public donation, but a private setting apart.)
The foregoing, dear reader, are ALL the texts which speak of the first day of the week.
Q: But what do they prove?
A: Nothing at all, in favor of Sunday. Carefully examined, they prove the reverse.
The Bible tells us that "sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4.
Q: But what law do we "transgress" when we work on Sunday?
--- If the reader will find a text which says, "Thou shalt do no work on the first day of the week," or, "Remember Sunday to keep it holy," or its equivalent, then will his Sunday observance, in place of God's Sabbath, stand the test of the Judgment; otherwise it will not.
Q: Will you consider this point?"
Joseph Waggoner
