There have been many kinds of days throughout time.

Once Saturday stood for “the Sabbath,” a day of rest that was commanded by God. In Genesis 2:1-3, the Lord took a personal  Sabbath, resting from the work of creating the world. When the Israelites left Egypt, God taught them to keep the Sabbath, and they did so until Christ took it away by His death on the cross (Exodus 20:8–11, Ex. 31:12–17, Colossians 2:13–17).

However, we are writing about the first day of the week which is Sunday. In the Bible, this day is called the “Lord’s Day.” Corinthians 16:1–4). It is to be a day when men do what God expects, and not use the day exclusively for their own selfish pursuits.
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Church is where we learn to please God and not ourselves. Church is where we learn about the beliefs of God and not our beliefs. Church is where we go to serve God by doing what He wants and not what we want. Church is where we should hear the preacher give book, chapter, and verse for what he teaches. At church, no preacher or church leader should be teaching the opinions of himself or anyone else. Church is the place were we come to worship the Creator and not the minister, choir, church building, etc. Some churches put up signs saying, “A church for your beliefs.” Or, “We believe in tolerance.” I question what those beliefs are, and I question what a church may tolerate.
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And I wonder if God is pleased with what those churches are doing (Revelation 2:18-20). Everything a church does must be according to the scriptures or that church will be wrong (2 John 8-9, Matthew 15:13-14, John 4:24, 1 Timothy 4:16, 1 Tim. 6:3, 2 Tim. 1:13, Galatians 1:8-9, John 8:31-32, 1 Timothy 4:13).

​A popular teacher was assaulted at Germantown High in Philadelphia by two students after he confiscated an iPod from them during class. Two evils are seen here:

• First, “disregard for law and the class room.” This school had rules about iPods, but these young men chose not to listen (Proverbs 1:7). A class is a place for learning, not for gadget tinkering (Acts 21:40; Acts 22:1-2). Jesus Christ taught many classes (Matthew 26:55; John 8:2; Luke 5:1-3, 17). And though He had interruptions (Matt 21:23; Luke 10:40-42; Luke 12:13-14; Luke 11:27-28), He still realized the importance of paying attention (Matt. 11:15; Luke 10:39; Luke 11:1-2; John 6:45).
• Next, “Disrespect for their teachers.” They attacked a man who was trying to do them good! Why couldn’t they have gone before the school board and argued their case? Why act like two jackals and attack this poor man? They also could have apologized and promised not to do it again, and might have gotten the iPod back (Prov. 15:1; Prov. 25:11; Prov. 30:33). I sure hope the other students will learn not to deal with matters as these two did (Prov. 4:14, 19).

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It is shameful that some will accept what is said about others without confirming it. For example, If Bobby tells Herman, that Stanley was laughing at a homeless dog, Herman will believe it. But the right thing would have been for Herman to ask Stanley if he laughed at that dog. And if Bobby is so opposed to people laughing at dogs; why did he have to run and tell Herman? The thing that he should have done is go to Stanley and let him know that making fun of suffering dogs is offensive.

It became gossip, when Bobby went to the third person rather then dealing with the person involved. If we hear something about another person, we need to realize that such is rumor because we didn’t see it. And we sure don’t need to be spreading rumors it around. If we are concerned about what we hear, we need to go directly to the person and find out. Also we need to refuse to listen to people who spread things about others (Acts 17:21; 1 Timothy 5:13; Proverbs 18:8; Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 20:19; Prov. 26:20:22; Matthew 18:15; Galatians 2:11; 2 Corinthians 12:20).
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