What is the Lord expect of us on His day?

All I can say is that what He would expect of us would be obvious, wouldn't it?

That we would celebrate Him as Savior?

That we would rejoice in His cross, that we would rejoice in His resurrection, that we

would pray together, fellowship together, break bread together around His table, and that

we would listen to the Apostles' doctrine and hear the preaching of the Word and embrace

its glorious truth.

In 1653, Thomas Kembell set sail from New England on a three-year business trip.

When he finally made it back from his journey, he promptly kissed his wife on their porch.

But unfortunately for Kembell, that kiss happened on a Sunday, and so he violated the local

Sabbath laws.

He actually spent a couple of hours in the stocks.

Clearly, people in 17th century America went to extreme lengths to set apart Sunday

as the Sabbath.

But should they have?

Does the New Testament say anything that is particularly special about the first day of

the week?

Is it sinful on Sundays to punch the time clock or to participate in sports or to enjoy

leisure activities at home on what many people see as the new Sabbath?

John MacArthur is digging into those important questions as he continues the series he calls

the Sabbath and why we worship on Sunday.

And with that, let's get into the lesson.

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