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(cf. Acts 18:7; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:9 and Philemon 12), or some other welcome place, as the school of Tyrannus in Ephesus, where there was daily access (Acts 19:9-10).So, according to principles involved in what has been noted, if a Jewish Christian as an individual wished not only to observe the first day of the week as the \a rest day as the sabbath had been under Moses, and in that sense \\ alike,\rest and worship, he must not be forbidden to do so, yet he must not attempt to bind its observance on others %u2013with the same thing true in reverse in regard to meats, which Gentile Christians could eat without reservations of conscience, that the Jewish Christians might still have scruples against though he need not have (Romans 14:1-23) %u2013which principle, however, applies only to matters optional %u2013only to what is permissible, but neither commanded nor forbidden.On the other hand, if Gentile Christians were allowing themselves to be brought into bondageto (that is, bound to observe) that from which Christ had liberated even the Jews (including the \ day\about their salvation a very insignificant faith (see Galatians 4:8-10; 5:1-8, also exegeted much earlier). The bottom line: \FAST THEREFORE, AND BE NOT ENTANGLED AGAIN IN A YOKE OF BONDAGE\Hence, although Christians ought to have private devotions daily, and may assemble for worship and edification at any time or at various times, or even daily for extended periods, as is possible and may seem expedient, only the first day of the week is featured for them in the New Testament scriptures as a day of regular and general assembly, observed as the \day,\Adapted from God%u2019s Sabbath, Searching the Scriptures. Cecil N. Wright