God said worship the sabbath day to keep it holy..So why do u worship sunday?? The pope changed the sabbath to sunday because catholics believe that god gave the pope the power to change rules..So if your christian why do you follow something a catholic did?
2006-06-13 12:58:15 · 28 answers · asked by blondie2872003 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Where does it say in the bible that we should worship on sunday..The day that he rose from the tomb and not saturday the day he origionally said that we should rest?? Another thing..Why would god ever take something back or say you only have to follow 9 of my commandments and not 10??
2006-06-13 13:11:26 · update #1
A Direct quote from an Anglican minister:
"And where are we told in the Scriptures that we are to keep the first day at all? We are commanded to keep the seventh; but we are nowhere commanded to keep the first day .... The reason why we keep the first day of the week holy instead of the seventh is for the same reason that we observe many other things, not because the Bible, but because the church has enjoined it."
2006-06-17 03:06:25 · answer #1 · answered by dee 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ahhh this is an interesting one. According to Jewish tradition he Sabbath is on Saturday of course in hebrew it isn't called Saturday.
Our names for the days of the week come from latin for different heavenly bodies (the english translation isn't as obvious as romance languages such as french. spanish, italian). Monday (moon day), Tuesday (Mars Day), Wednesday (Mercury Day), Thursday (Jupiter Day), Friday (Venus Day), Saturday (Saturn's Day), Sunday (Sun Day).
Notice that most of these are also Roman God's. In the time of the Early Roman Catholic Church Saturn was a highly worshiped God and it was decided to change the Sabbath to Sunday because the sun wasn't a god and was more acceptable for to worship on a day that wasn't named after some other god.
Of course the names are of days are just labels that are arbitrary in nature. In fact the calander has been changed so many times that the actual days of the week have been shifted.
Another interesting thing about worshipping the God Saturn. The celebration we now call Christmas was original Saturnalia. The celebration was coopted by the early church for conversion. Since no one really knows when Jesus was born (text in the bible suggest it wasn't during the winter) it was easy to say he happened to be born at a time of many pagan festivals like Saturnalia were celebrating the equinox.
2006-06-13 13:12:56 · answer #2 · answered by Jason B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The seventh day being the Sabbath was part of the law of Moses, something that Jews were very concerned about keeping. However, when Christ was crucified and rose again, he fulfilled the law of Moses and instituted a higher law. As you are probably very aware, there are many things pertaining to the law of Moses that Christians no longer keep. The sabbath being on Saturday is one of those things, however, it wasn't a Catholic Pope that changed this. I'm sorry that you were misinformed. If you begin reading the new testament referring to the time period after the Resurrection of Christ found in the book of Acts, you'll find that the apostles of Christ began meeting together on the first day ( being Sunday) and rather than referring to it as the sabbath (since the sabbath was fulfilled only a short time before) the apostles referred to the first day as being the day of the Lord; or the day that Christ arose from the dead.
2006-06-13 13:10:20 · answer #3 · answered by cluckyt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus resurrected and I live in the New Testament of the Bible, not the Old .. That is basically it..
Act 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
They still went to the synagog and evangelized there too, but their worship was on the first day of the week, Sunday.. It really doesn't matter I could go on Wed if I wanted as I am not under a law..
1Co 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Another little bit of info: Do you know that the Jewish calender is different and starts with the full moon, in order to find out what day the sabbath is you need to find a Rabbi to establish when the first day of the month is.. Research the jewish calender and you will find that you are not worshipping on Saturday at all.
2006-06-13 13:06:22 · answer #4 · answered by † PRAY † 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul expressed to the believers to gather on the first day of the week. Christians (non catholics) know Sunday is not the Sabbath but also know that we are no longer under Sabbath law.
Col 2:16-17 16Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
In Christ, festivals, foods, Sabbaths etc etc are no longer reality. Those things were all in preparation. Now that the Lord has come, they are memories.
2006-06-13 13:03:36 · answer #5 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you go to church on Saturday mornings and worship? Besides, worshiping God should happen every day. Not just on sundays or the Sabbath!
2006-06-13 13:02:04 · answer #6 · answered by gocis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After Jesus was resurrected, the believers began meeting in houses on the first day of the week to celebrate the resurrection. It became the custom of the Christians (believers in Christ) to celebrate and worship on the first day of the week. It makes no difference really when you worship with an assembly because Christians should worship all the time, not just when assembled together.
2006-06-13 13:10:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The seventh day according to what calendar? It is by grace and not works that you enter the Kingdom. God started work on day one and after he completed his works, he rested...on the seventh day. He didn't say Saturday, he said the seventh day, following six days of his work.
I start work on Monday and work for five days, then do yard work, etc on Saturday. On the seventh day, I rest. I go to church and worship followed by lunch and sometimes dinner with friends.
I think if God was to be so explicit about the "exact" day of the week he would have said Saturday and not "seventh" day. I prefer to focus more on things that matter in life and salvation and not worry so much about an interpretation of what "seventh" day actually means.
2006-06-13 13:13:19 · answer #8 · answered by oldbulldawg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have no idea how long it actually took God to create the world, yes ther Bible says 7 days, but were God's days as long as ours?? Sunday is a day of rest, and isnt Monday the 1st day of the week?? So that would make Sunday the 7th day! That took a rocket scientist!
2006-06-17 11:42:16 · answer #9 · answered by lilokiegurl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We celebrate Sunday as the Lords day because that the day He stepped forth our of the tomb.
The word Sabbath actually means a day of rest, a family day, a day spent studying the word of God and contemplating what he has done in your life.
It's also a good idea to contemplate what you are doing in your Christian walk.
2006-06-13 13:07:08 · answer #10 · answered by drg5609 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋