Putting the First Back in the First Day

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Putting the FirstBack in the First Day

• Acts 207

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First Priorities

• Seek first the kingdom of God (Mt. 633)
• Loving God is the first and great command (Mt.
  2238)
• Give yourself first to the Lord (2 Cor. 85)

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The First Day of the Week

• Many no longer put the first day of the week
  first in their life
• Blue laws once existed in this country to limit
  secular business activities on Sunday many used
  to work just five days a week
• How can you put the first back in the first day
  of the week?

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Worship on the First Day

• The first day of the week is not the Old
  Testament Sabbath day
• The Old Testament Sabbath was for the Jews of the
  Mosaic dispensation (Ex. 3115-17 Deut.
  52-3,12-15)
• The Old Testament Sabbath ended with the cross
  (Col. 214-17)
• Do not forsake the first-day assembly
  (Heb. 1025)

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The First Day is the Lords Day

• The Lord was resurrected on the first day (Mk.
  169 Lk. 241) and assembled (Jn. 201,9)
• The Lords church was established on the first
  day (Acts 21,42 Lev. 2315-21)
• The Lords supper was eaten on the first day
  (Acts 242 207) and a collection made
  (1 Cor. 161-2)
• Focus on the Lord on the first day
  (1 Cor. 1126 Rev. 110)

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Give Your Best on the First Day

• New Testament Christians gathered on the first
  day of the week with a positive attitude (Acts
  242,46 207)
• Rejoice and be glad (Psa. 11824)
• Give God your first-fruits of self (Jas. 118
  Rev. 144)

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When First Becomes Second

• When the newness wears off, some forsake the day
  of worship (Neh. 1315-22)
• When the newness wears off, some no longer focus
  on the Lord (Neh. 1310-14 Haggai
  14,8-9 Zech. 75-6)
• When the newness wears off, some no longer give
  God the best (Mal. 16-14 310)
• Put the first back in the first day!