On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight.And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.
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… We're going to look at verses 7 through 12, Acts chapter 20. And it says, on the first day of the week, we came together to break bread. And Paul spoke to the people, and because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. How many of you would just stick around if I kept preaching till midnight? Anybody? Don't lie in church. Come on, don't lie, don't lie. It says, there were many lamps in the upstairs room. In fact, he intended to leave the next day, but he kept on talking to midnight. And there were many lamps in the upstairs room where they were meeting. Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and put his arms around him. Don't be alarmed, he said. He's alive. Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. Hold up, Paul. You know you build different. When you go downstairs, raise somebody from the dead, and then come upstairs and don't wash your hands, and just break bread and start eating. It says, then the people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted. Huh. I am intrigued with this young man named Eutychus Life Church because he made the Bible. He made the Bible not for something he said. …
… you knew I'd find a text for this, didn't you? Acts 20, verse 7. please take note of a man named Eutychus only time he's mentioned in the scriptures acts 20 verse 7 on the first day of the week when we were gathered Luke's writing so it includes him he was there when we were gathered together to break bread Paul began talking to them intending to leave the next day and he prolonged his message until midnight I put in the margin of my Bible, bless his heart. Signed Mark Young. Put it right there. Bless his heart. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together and there was a young man named Eutychus. You know what his name means? It means fortunate. Now keep reading. Eutychus was sitting on the windowsill, sinking into a deep sleep. Isn't that great the way it reads? He's just sinking into deep. I've seen that so many times in my... It's when they start to drool that you have to get worried about them. …
… simple fact, the resurrection. It was the day Jesus rose again from the dead. So in Acts chapter 20, on the first day of the week, that's Sunday, when the disciples came together to break bread. Now, this is happening in Troas in Acts 20. 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. You think you have it rough here with my 45-minute sermon? He went all night past midnight. In 1 Corinthians 16, Paul writes, on the first day of the week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income. Why should they do that on the first day of the week? Because that's the day they met together. They gathered together on the first day of the week. So that's right from the Bible. You follow church history a little bit. 110 AD, Ignatius of Antioch, one of the church fathers, said, we are no longer observing the Sabbath, but living according to the Lord's day by which our life sprung from him and by his death. This is very early on, they're saying, because of the resurrection, death, burial, and resurrection, we worship on Sunday. Justin Martyr, 140 AD, quote, Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness, made the world. And Jesus, our Savior, on the same …
… Just to give you a picture of what seems to be a biblical pattern, look at Acts chapter 20, verse 7. This is Luke telling us about some believers in Troas as they gathered together. I want you to hear what they gathered together to do. This is talking about their worship service. In Acts chapter 20, verse 7, it says, On the first day of the week we came together to do what? To break bread. To have the Lord's Supper together. And so we see that this is happening on the first day of the week. Their regular worship service. This is something they did. then you get over to 1 Corinthians chapter 11 and the context is all these believers that were meeting in house churches they would have they would have meals together and most often those meals would include be accompanied by the Lord's Supper so it was happening very regularly now does that mean that we're supposed to do it weekly not necessarily but I think we need to look as a church and how often we should do the Lord's Supper and we've got freedom based on scripture Should we do it weekly? …
… IS? IT IS NOT THE WEEKEND, IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, AND IT BELONGS NOT TO MICOLOBE BUT TO JESUS CHRIST. ACTS CHAPTER 20 AND VERSE 7, UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, WHEN THE DISCIPLES CAME TOGETHER TO BREAK BREAD, PAUL PREACHED UNTO THEM. FIRST CORINTHIANS 16 VERSE 2, UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, LET EVERY ONE OF YOU LAY BY HIM IN STORE, THAT GOD, AS GOD HATH PROSPERED HIM. THAT IS, YOU TO BRING YOUR GIFTS TO GOD ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. WE'RE TO COME TO CHURCH AND HONOR OUR LORD BECAUSE HE'S FIRST. HE HAS THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. THE BIBLE SAYS IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 10 VERSE 25, WE'RE NOT TO FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLY OF OURSELVES TOGETHER AS THE MANNER OF SOME IS, BUT EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER. AND SO MUCH THE MORE AS YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END TIME, YOU NEED MORE AND MORE AND MORE TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD WITH THE PEOPLE of God, to hear the Word of God and to exhort one another on the first day of the week. …