19-First Day Texts - NAS

1. The Sabbath Is a Sign Between God and His People.
Exodus 31:17-18 "It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was _refreshed_." [18] When He had _finished_ _speaking_ with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the _testimony_, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.

2. The Sabbath Is a Symbol of Salvation.
Ezekiel 20:12 "Also I gave them My _sabbaths_ to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who _sanctifies_ them.

Hebrews 4:4-6 For He has said somewhere _concerning_ the seventh day: "AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS "; [5] and again in this passage, "THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST." [6] _Therefore_, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of _disobedience_,

Hebrews 4:9 So there _remains_ a _Sabbath_ rest for the people of God.

3. Jesus' Closest Followers Would Not Embalm His Body on the Sabbath.
Luke 23:56 Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested _according_ to the _commandment_.

4. His Disciples Visit the Tomb on the 1st Day to Embalm His Body.
Luke 24:1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb _bringing_ the spices which they had _prepared_.

5. The Women Come to the Tomb on the 1st Day.
Matthew 28:1 Now after the _Sabbath_, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary _Magdalene_ and the other Mary came to look at the grave.

Mark 16:2 Very early on the _first_ day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had _risen_.

6. Jesus Was Risen on the 1st Day.
Mark 16:9 [Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first _appeared_ to Mary _Magdalene_, from whom He had cast out seven demons.

7. Mary Visited the Tomb Before She Knew That Jesus Had Risen.
John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary _Magdalene_ came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone _already_ taken away from the tomb.

8. The Symbol of the Resurrection Is Baptism, Not Sunday Worship.
Romans 6:3-5 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? [4] Therefore we have been buried with Him through _baptism_ into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in _newness_ of life. [5] For if we have become _united_ with Him in the likeness of His death, _certainly_ we shall also be in the likeness of His _resurrection_,

9. Paul Preached Saturday Night and Then Traveled on Sunday. Sunday Begins at Sundown Saturday Evening.
Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week, 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.

10. The Disciples Assemble on the 1st Day of the Week Out of Fear-Not Worship.
John 20:19 So when it was _evening_ on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the _disciples_ were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "_Peace_ be with you."

11. The 1st Day of the Week Is a Good Time to Lay Aside An Offering for the Lord's Work.
1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may _prosper_, so that no _collections_ be made when I come.

12. God Blessed the Seventh-Day Sabbath at Creation.
Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. [2] By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. [3] Then God _blessed_ the seventh day and _sanctified_ it, _because_ in it He rested from all His work which God had _created_ and made.

13. Our Love for God Leads Us to Fulfill, Or Keep the Law.
Romans 13:10 Love does no wrong to a _neighbor_; therefore love is the _fulfillment_ of the law.

14. Jesus Did Not Come to Destroy But to Fulfill the Law.
Matthew 5:17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the _Prophets_; I did not come to abolish but to _fulfill_.

15. When We Come to God Through His Spirit, He Enables Us to Keep His Law.
Romans 8:4 So that the _requirement_ of the Law might be _fulfilled_ in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Next Bible Study: 20-An Attempt to Change God's Law

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