To what end do we meet on Sundays? To what end do we lift up our hearts and voices in corporate celebration of the triune God? To what end do we separate this day out from the others, declaring by the physical act of gathering together that we celebrate and anticipate God's kingdom come?
Notwithstanding the Apostle's differentiation between those who esteem one day more than the others and those who esteem every day the same (Romans 14:5), Sundays are conventionally the day of the week on which Christ's body comes together as one holy people.
Even as we celebrate, we also commemorate. The point is this: Christ's incarnation does not occur once a year at Christmastime, nor his crucifixion and resurrection once a year at Easter. Christ's incarnation continues.
Every day belongs to God. But Sunday is the Lord's day in a special way. Jesus has owned it uniquely ever since that first Easter when He stepped out of the empty tomb. Think of it. On that morning, for the first time, He had conquered death. He had atoned for our sin. He had made a way for us to come boldly into the presence of the Father. And every Sunday since has been an anniversary of that amazing morning. The Savior has risen - and everything has changed. From Stop Dating the Church by Joshua Harris, 104.
Let us never, ever neglect to meet together (Hebrews 10:25), for celebration and commemoration of the incarnated, living Christ.
