[topcat54]

e whole city came to church to hear the word of God...on the sabbath, as God commanded, a holy convocation:

I know some folks like to slice and dice the Scriptures, so let's look at the entire context:

But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down. And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on." Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen: ... So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul. (Act 13:14-16,42-45)

As far as we can tell, this was not church. It was an apostate Jewish synagogue were Paul was preaching the gospel of salvation thorugh Jesus Christ, and where some gentiles came to hear his message.

Paul was preaching on the sabbath because that was the custom of the Jews. The gentiles came out to hear Paul on the sabbath because that was his customary day to preach to the apostate Jews.

This is the same sort of Jewish synagogue where Paul was often cast out of for his preaching of the good news of Jesus Christ. In fact in this context we also learn:

Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region. But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. (vv. 48-50)

So to suggest that old covenantr sabbath day worship is being enjoined on the church by this sort of event is pure nonsense.

Old covenant sabbath day worship was always associated with the apostate Jewish synagogue, not the new covenant assembly.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

You have to wonder why any Christian would not embrace the Sunday Sabbath as being illustrative of the first day of a new existence for mankind.

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." -- 2 Corinthians 5:17

[Diego1618]

The gentiles came out to hear Paul on the sabbath because that was his customary day to preach to the apostate Jews

Paul's commission was not to the Jews.....why would he be preaching to them?

[DouglasKC]

As far as we can tell, this was not church. It was an apostate Jewish synagogue were Paul was preaching the gospel of salvation thorugh Jesus Christ, and where some gentiles came to hear his message.
Paul was preaching on the sabbath because that was the custom of the Jews. The gentiles came out to hear Paul on the sabbath because that was his customary day to preach to the apostate Jews.

Nice try. The bottom line is that there was no such thing as Christians throwing out the sabbath and worshipping/revering a different day. If so, this would have been the prime time for God to reveal it through scripture.

Here we have non-jews, gentiles, being converted by the preaching of Paul. When they ask to be preached to the next sabbath, does Paul say "Ummm...you're not Jews. Us Christians worship on the first day of the week." Nope. Paul preaches to gentiles, non-jews, on the sabbath BECAUSE that IS the commanded day of assembly by the almighty eternal God. It IS a commandment of God. It's ludicrous to think that Paul or anyone else would just toss out a commandment of God that was part of history, culture, and tradition without so much as a whimper of protest from anyone.