The following is excerpt from a comment regarding keeping the Sabbath. Here is my reply to the assertion that the breaking of bread, the Lord’s Supper, was to be kept daily, which leads into the Lord’s Day and the Sabbath.
Acts 2:46 does say that they broke bread daily, and this is clearly a common meal “breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart.” However, the Lord’s Supper s for the assembly (1 Cor 11:17ff) and the assembly was to consist of the whole congregation (1 Cor 14:23). The Lord’s Supper was not a common meal (1 Cor 11:21-23). Be aware of the use of the article “the” inference to breaking bread. This breaking of bread in Acts 2:46 is different from “The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?” (1 Cor 10:16), which is clearly the Lord’s Supper of 1 Corinthians 11 that Christ instituted the night of His betrayal and He blessed this bread in Luke 24:30 which is called “the breaking of bread” in Luke 24:35, which all occurred on the first day of the week (Luke 24:1). Christ blessed the practice of the Lord’s Supper on the first day of the week. Why?
Acts 2:46 does say that they broke bread daily, and this is clearly a common meal “breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart.” However, the Lord’s Supper s for the assembly (1 Cor 11:17ff) and the assembly was to consist of the whole congregation (1 Cor 14:23). The Lord’s Supper was not a common meal (1 Cor 11:21-23). Be aware of the use of the article “the” inference to breaking bread. This breaking of bread in Acts 2:46 is different from “The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?” (1 Cor 10:16), which is clearly the Lord’s Supper of 1 Corinthians 11 that Christ instituted the night of His betrayal and He blessed this bread in Luke 24:30 which is called “the breaking of bread” in Luke 24:35, which all occurred on the first day of the week (Luke 24:1). Christ blessed the practice of the Lord’s Supper on the first day of the week. Why?
Back to Acts 2:46 being a common meal, Acts 2:42 speaks of the Lord’s Supper, “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.”
The separation between the breaking of bread as the Lord’s Supper and breaking bread as a common meal is clear in Acts 20 too. Paul broke bread for himself and this breaking of bread is singular (Acts 20:11). This is clearly not the disciples’ breaking the bread in verse 7. This is separate from the disciples’ breaking bread which they regularly did every first day of the week according to Acts 20:7.
How do we know that the disciples (all Christians) always assembled every first day of the week to break bread together? They clearly met every first day of the week since the first day is described by the Greek word for assembling here in the participle form meaning a practice and in the perfect tense meaning that it had been previous completed before. This is not clearly seen in the common translations of Acts 20:7 where the word “when” is often used to show that this assembling was a perfect participle.
The assembly was for the Lord’s Supper in 1 Corinthians 11:17ff, and so is the Assembly of Acts 20:7 to break bread. The assembly is not to be forsaken (Heb 10:25), and the assembly was kept by Jesus and the congregations on the Lord’s Day when Jesus is in the midst of them (Rev 1:10, 13; cf. Matt 18:20). Why did the disciples assemble to break bread on the 1st day if it were not the Lord’s Day? Why did Paul support this regular practice among the disciples? He must have approved that the first day was the Lord’s Day via the Spirit, and this Lord’s Day is the day of the assembly and for the Lord’s Supper. This is what I practice. These are my premises for my conclusion that the assembly is to break the bread on the Lord’s Day, which must be every first day of the week. For Christ blessed the bread of “the breaking of bread” on the day of His resurrection, which was the first day of the week (Luke 24:1).
This has nothing to do with the Sabbath being changed. I do not believe that it has but that it is obsolete (Heb 8:13). The Sabbath is “Saturday,” the 7th day, which I am convinced to be a type for the rest that Christians will have with the Father (Heb 4:1–11). I find keeping the Sabbath day is a part of the 10 commands. Exodus says “And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments” (Exod 34:28, cf. Deut 4:13; 9:9, 11). Jeremiah said “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant” (Jeremiah 31:31). Furthermore, Jeremiah said, “not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers.” Not according to which covenant? Jeremiah says the covenant was “in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke” (31:32). Again which covenant is this? Exodus says “And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments” (Exo. 34:28). Christ’s covenant is “not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers,” but “In that He says, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away” (Heb. 8:13). The Old Covenant of the 10 commands with the Sabbath keeping is obsolete and vanishing away when written in the 1st century. “But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?” (2 Cor 3:7–8). If I kept the 7th day as the Sabbath rest, then I’d be “a debtor to keep the whole law”, and then I will “become estranged from Christ” and “fallen from grace” (Gal 5:3–4). I will not be estranged from Christ and fall from His grace nor will I teach my family nor my congregational family this.
God bless your heart for you are sincere. Teach me if I wrong and may you have the heart to receive these Scriptures if these are true.
The Breath of God 
for all of you who have read this and missinterpreted it. it says and proves, plainly and in a nut shell. the new testament says to break bread EVERY FIRST day of the week. Sunday. the bread represents the body of christ dying on the cross for our sins. and the grape juice (not wine) represents the blood that he shed. who dosen’t want to do this every sunday? if you are a true “christian” you wouldn’t argue the point, you would at the very least be greatful to have the chance every sunday do ” Do This In Rememberance of Me” i.e. Jesus Christ.
Sorry guys, as I re-read I’ve decided to proof-read these before submitting.
Not at all, I agree with the text, but it doesn’t do away with the law…it points to the need for the law. See, without a law, there can be no law-breaking…then…where is the need for grace? For example, without a deadline, there’s no need for a grace-period. Does grace abound over a law that doesn’t exist?
Gents, the answer to my question is found right smack dab in the 1 John 3:4, & the reason I “accused” him of slipping/slithering is because he added to words to the verse.
Btw, I’ve been eager to clarify my view of the Mark of the Beast, because Scott gave a his opinion of what I believe, but it 1 thing to tell me what I believe, & quite another to get it directly from me.
I believe that it’s a sin to bow to idols, & I believe that trespassing the Sabbath is break the law. I also believe that Rome is the 4th Beast spoken of the Daniel. I believe the church of Rome thought to change times & laws in verse Daniel 7:25, & idols & Sabbath are 2 of the laws involved, but that the change in Sabbath is more widely accepted…therein is the Mark of the Beast.
Revelation 13:16-17, “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
Welp. My brother, you have managed to slip & slither to dodge many direct questions, but play-time’s over.
For someone who is accusing another of slipping & slithering over something I guess you slid right over 2 Corinthians 3:7-11 that Scott posted.
As Joel always says here in Houston, it’s good to start with a joke or something funny.
Then, he wraps up by letting us know that there is hope if we have faith in ourselves, as we were created after our maker & he didn’t make any mistakes.
He is not going to torture folks or drive them to be believers with extortion or threats. His msg was to stay away from the churches that teach fear & do the best you can to live & love. Do this everyday, wherever you are at in work or play. Enjoy life – It’s short – Needs to be fun for all.
Wups! The line that reads …”So, is Matthew 19;19 the originl?” Is a typo…it should read
…is Matthew 22:27 the original? … then blah blah blah Levitcus 19:18
Welp. My brother, you have managed to slip & slither to dodge many direct questions, but play-time’s over. The first 4 Commandments hang on loving the Lord with all your heart, soul & mind. The last 6 Commandments hang on loving your neighbor as yourself. Inseparable. These refer you to the 10 Commandments, Jesus was quoting Old testament Scripture when He said them to say the greatest commandment of all. So, He did the opposite of replacing the 10 Commandments, he refers us to them.
So, is Matthew 19;19 the originl? No, see Levitcus 19:18. Need more?
Deuteronomy 10:4, 12 “And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the 10 Commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. 12And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul…if that’s not enough James 2:8-12,”If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12So speak you, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Meaning, the Law of Christ refers you to the 10 Commandments, & James 2 says that we sin, which is to transgress the law, if we kill & commit adultery…no how much more do you need my brother?
If these don’t refer you to the 10 Commandments, let us pray. LOL
& what is the Law of Christ?
The New Testament
Galatians 6:2, “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
Jesus said, “teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you” (Matt. 28:20).
Romans 8:2, “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.”
Hebrews 8:10, “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
Second Corinthians 3:3, “clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.”
Second Corinthians 3:7-11, “But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.”
Gents, sin is transgression of….?
The Law of Christ
Ok, & what is sin? (hint – the answer is in Romans 4:15 as well as 1 John 3:4)
First John 3:4, “…sin is lawlessness.”
First John 5:17, “All unrighteousness is sin…”