19-First Day Texts - NKJ

1. The Sabbath Is a Sign Between God and His People.
Exodus 31:17-18 It is a sign between Me and the _children_ of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was _refreshed_. [18] And when He had made an end of _speaking_ with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the _Testimony_, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

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

Hebrews 4:4-6 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works"; [5] and again in this place: "They shall not enter My rest." [6] Since _therefore_ it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first _preached_ did not enter _because_ of _disobedience_,

Hebrews 4:9 There _remains_ _therefore_ a 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 fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath _according_ to the _commandment_.

4. His Disciples Visit the Tomb on the 1st Day to Embalm His Body.
Luke 24:1 Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, 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 the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary _Magdalene_ and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

Mark 16:2 Very early in the _morning_, 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 when He rose early on the first day of the week, He _appeared_ first to Mary _Magdalene_, out of whom He had cast 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_ went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been _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 as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? [4] Therefore we were buried with Him through _baptism_ into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in _newness_ of life. [5] For if we have been united _together_ in the likeness of His death, _certainly_ we also shall 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 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.

10. The Disciples Assemble on the 1st Day of the Week Out of Fear-Not Worship.
John 20:19 Then, the same day at _evening_, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the _disciples_ were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the 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 the week let each one of you lay _something_ aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no _collections_ when I come.

12. God Blessed the Seventh-Day Sabbath at Creation.
Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were _finished_. [2] And on the seventh day God ended 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 harm 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 destroy the Law or the _Prophets_. I did not come to destroy but to _fulfill_.

15. When We Come to God Through His Spirit, He Enables Us to Keep His Law.
Romans 8:4 That the righteous _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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