What does Sunday mean to you?
For some, Sunday is a day of rest.
The Bible says that even God rested on the seventh day:
« By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work… »(Genesis 2:2-3)
For Christians, Sunday has a deep meaning: It is God’s day, because it is the day of the victory of our lord Jesus Christ, « Dies Dominicus » in Latin.
Just as on the seventh day God had finished the work he had done in creation, so it is also on the seventh day, that is to say on the first day after the Sabbath (Saturday), that God had finished his work of redeeming the world through the resurrection of Jesus.(Read Matthew 28:1-6, Mark 16:1-6, Luke 24:1-6, John 20:1)
Thus, from Christian Latin, the word « Dies Dominicus » evolved through the old French « diemenche » to finally become « Dimanche » in modern French, which is translated into English as « Sunday ».
More than just a day of rest, each Sunday should be for us a day of commemoration of the victory of Jesus Christ.
Every Sunday we should always remember that death has been defeated, that it no longer has power over us; that we are exempt from giving sacrifices as a means of atonement for sins, because Jesus was a unique and sufficient sacrifice(Read Hebrews 10:10-12), and that we are no longer under the law, rather that we are under the grace of God in the new covenant established on the cross.
PRAYER:
Lord our God, grant us to always value your victory in all that we do.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray, Amen.
Apostle Jean-Claude SINDAYIGAYA