When we think of the first day of the week in the New Testament, our minds naturally go to the Resurrection and to Pentecost. One marks the victory of Christ over death, and the other denotes the outpouring of the Spirit as well as the birth of the church. These are the reasons that the people of the New Covenant gather on “Sunday.” Of course, we see this example in the Book of Acts, and therefore, we continue to observe it some two-thousand years later. In fact, the people of Christ will continue to observe the First Day of the week until Jesus returns.
In Acts 20:7. Luke writes, “On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread…” Paul is in Troas, on his way to Jerusalem. His time is short. The church meets on the first day. They gather to break bread, to hear the word, to share life in Christ. This is not a special feast day. It is not tied to a festival on the Jewish calendar. It is simply the church doing what the church does—coming together on the day Jesus rose.
This scene is ordinary in the best way. There is preaching. There is fellowship. There is the breaking of bread. There is even a young man who falls asleep during the sermon—a reminder that the early church was made of real people with real lives, just like us. (Though Eutychus’ nap was far deeper than any of our pew dozers!) But the significance lies in the quiet assumption: the first day of the week is the day God’s people gather.
In 1 Corinthians 16:2, Paul instructs the church, “On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside…” Here the first day becomes the day of giving. Not a hurried collection, not a last minute scramble, but a weekly act of worship. The resurrection day becomes the day God’s people set their hearts toward generosity, toward the needs of the saints, toward the work of the gospel.
Sunday was/is the day the church gathered/gathers, the day they broke/break bread, the day they listened/listen to the word, the day they gave/give, the day they remembered/remember who they were because of what Christ had done (and still continues to do) by defeating death.

In our world we are pulled in so many different directions all at once, but the Lord’s Day still stands as a perpetual reminder that our lives are rooted in the risen Christ. We gather not because it is convenient, but because it is the day He conquered death. We give not because the church needs money, but because the resurrection has made us generous people. We break bread together because we have been forgiven through Christ’s crucifixion, and we sing because we have hope and victory in His resurrection!
The first day of the week, the “Lord’s Day” is the rhythm of our lives as believers. It is the church’s weekly “Amen” to the victory of Christ.