The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord. Why has the world ignored the only commandment that says remember.

Question

I am concerned about the almost forgotten day of worship as confirmed in scripture and substituted by sunday throughout the world. I am concerned when I read scripture that there is no biblical precedence for worshiping on sunday.

Answer 1

The Sabbath was, is and will forever be Saturday. Someone mentioned that it was changed to the Roman day of worship. This is true, the change occured in 323 by the Emperor Constantine, after his alleged conversion to Christianity. Constantine worshiped the god Sol Invictis (the undefeated sun) on Sunday and decided to mix pagan worship with Christianity. Many people claim that the church started to worship on Sunday after Christ ascended but they have no biblical evidence for this. Instead they use ambiguous text taken out of context to justify disobedience.


People say "We are free from the law"
So is it ok to murder and steal and committ adultery? then why is ok to ignore the Sabbath?

"The Sabbath was part of the law of Moses. It was only for the Jews"
Read the Bible the Sabbath was part of creation week

"We worship God on the Lord's Day... Sunday"
There is not one verse calling Sunday the Lord's Day, but there are many verses calling the Sabbath the Lord's Day

"We worship God every day"
So did Moses, David, Samuel etc but they all kept the Sabbath. Daniel prayed to God 3 times EVERY day but he still kept the Sabbath. Worshiping God everyday has nothing to do with keeping the Sabbath.

"Colossians 2:16 says we don't have to follow the Sabbath"
If this is true then the Bible contradicts itself and God is a liar. What it is really talking about is people judging what you eat, drink on the Sabbath.

"Jesus gave us new laws Love God and love your neigbor."
These are not new laws they summarize the 10 commandments the first 4 deal with your love for God and the last 6 deal with your love for man. In addition these are not new laws

Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Leviticus 19:18 'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD

People who say God did away with the "Old" law are shocked to see Jesus quote the old law.

"Keeping the Sabbath is legalism."
Is it legalism not to steal or to not make idols. then why is it legalism to keep the Sabbath.

"Keeping the Sabbath is works based"
People say work on the Sabbath God says to rest on the Sabbath. Who is works based?


Here is the truth about the Sabbath
This is a VERY IMPORTANT subject I know it is long, but PLEASE read it


A challenge, where in the Bible does it call Sunday the New Sabbath? search the scriptures you will not find it


Was the Sabbath created by God on Mt. Sinai?

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
Genesis 2:2,3

The Sabbath was part of creation week


What does the Bible say about the Sabbath?

“ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8-11


But we don’t really know which day is the seventh?

It is highly unlikely that the entire Jewish community forgot which day was their Holy day.

Which day is the seventh day?

Saturday : the seventh day of the week
-Webster’s Dictionary


Are there other examples of God emphasizing the Sabbath?

He said to them, "This is what the LORD commanded: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Exodus 16:23

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? See, for that the LORD hath given you the Sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day. Exodus 16:28-30

Both of these examples are before Mt. Sinai and the 10 commandments.

Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. Exodus 30:13


I am a Christian and I want to follow Christ. Did Jesus keep the Sabbath?

He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. Luke 4:16

Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" Matthew 12:9,10

They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. Mark 1:21

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. Mark 6:2

He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. Luke 4:16

Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath began to teach the people. Luke 4:31

On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues Luke 13:10


But isn’t Sunday the Lord’s day?

Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. Exodus 20:8

If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Isa 58:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. Isa 58:13,14

For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. Matthew 28:8

So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. Mark 1:21

Then Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." Luke 6:5


Did Jesus expect his followers to keep the Sabbath after he ascended into heaven?
Jesus speaking of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 A.D.

Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. Matthew 24:20

Did the apostles keep the Sabbath?
Acts 13:14
Acts 13:42
Acts 13:44
Acts 16:13
Acts 17:2
Acts 18:4


But what about I Corinthians 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.”?

This verse says nothing about worship. What it is talking about is collecting money to distribute in Jerusalem (vs. 3)

If we look at Acts 18 Paul went to Corinth to build the Church

Acts 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Acts 18:11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

That is 72 Sabbaths.


But I thought the Gentiles went to Church on Sunday?
Acts 13:42
Acts 17:1-4
Acts 18


Doesn’t Roman’s say we can worship any day?

Rom 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Rom 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

If you look ate the book of Zechariah you see what Paul was talking about
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? Zechariah 7:4,5
Paul is talking about observing days of Fasts

Let’s think about this is Paul telling people to violate the commandments if Paul had said Rom 14:6 He that kills, kills unto the Lord; and he that kills not, to the Lord he doth not kills.

People would say "That’s crazy you can’t commit murder that’s a moral law, Paul must mean something else." Many people justify breaking the Sabbath because they view all the other laws as more important, and the Sabbath as a minor law. They use this philosophy to justify outright rebellion against God and his law


But aren’t we under Grace now?

“What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law but grace? God forbid” Romans 6:15

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Romans7:7

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. Romans 3:31

Is there anywhere in The Bible that says to keep Sunday Holy?
No, The scripture can not be found.


Are we saved by the Law?
NO!! Absolutely NOT!!
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8,9

“What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law but grace? God forbid” Romans 6:15

Will we keep the Sabbath in Heaven?
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.


Did the calendar change effect the weekly cycle?
No
Thursday, October 4, 1582 was followed by Friday October 15
Did the calendar change? Yes. Did the weekly Cycle change? NO!

Who changed the Sabbath to Sunday
“The earliest recognition of the observance of Sunday, is a constitution of Constantine in 321 A.D.” Encyclopedia Brittanica

Emperor Constantine worshiped the sun god Sol invictis (the undefeated sun) on Sunday and decided to mix pagan worship with Christianity, the question is since when did Pagan monarchs decide Bible truth?


The only commandment that people want to do away with is the only one that starts with Remember.
Is it a burden to keep Sabbath Holy?

No, it is however a burden to MAKE Sunday, which is no where in the Bible called the Sabbath, Holy.


No where in the Bible did Jesus or the Disciples instruct anyone to keep Sunday Holy.


If God created it perfect in the Garden of Eden, Moses and the Israelites kept it, If God commanded us to keep it, God says to take joy in the Sabbath, He is upset when we don’t keep it, Jesus kept it, the disciples kept and taught others to keep it, and we are going to keep it in Heaven shouldn’t we start keeping it here on Earth?



What do ministers of the different Faiths say?

Presbyterian:
“Until, therefore, it can be shown that the whole moral law has been repealed, the Sabbath will stand… The teaching of Christ confirms the perpetuity of the Sabbath” - T.C. Blake D.D. Theology Condensed

Catholic:
“You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day we never sanctify.” - James Cardinal Gibbons

Catholic:
“Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did happened in the first century(actually 200yrs later). The holy day, the Sabbath , was changed from Saturday to Sunday… not from any directions noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church’s sense of its own power… People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority should logically become Seventh Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy.” –Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21. 1995

Baptists:
“There was and is a commandment to keep holy the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath was not Sunday. … It will be said, however, and with some show of triumph, that the Sabbath was transferred from the seventh to the first day of the week… Where can the record of such a transaction be found? Not in the New Testament- absolutely not. There is no scriptural evidence of the change of the Sabbath institution from the seventh to the first day of the week.”- Dr. Edward T. Hiscox, Baptist Manual

Pentecostal:
“Why do we worship on Sunday? Doesn’t the Bible teach us that Saturday should be the Lord’s Day?... Apparently we will have to seek the answer from some other source than the New Testament.” David A Womack, “Is Sunday the Lord’s Day?”

Lutheran:
“The observance of the Lord’s day [Sunday] is founded not on any command of God, but on the authority of the church.” – Augsburg Confession of Faith,


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Answer 2

This is a very good question. Several passages of the Old Testament indicate that we must reserve the seventh day as being holy (this would be Saturday). However, the New Testament seems to be silent on this issue. There aren't any N.T. verses which clearly state we must worship on the seventh day (or even the first day, for that matter). However, based on some scriptures we are able to make some inferences.

"... After the ascension of Christ, the members of the Church, whether Jews or gentiles, kept holy the first day of the week (the Lord's day) as a weekly commemoration of our Lord's resurrection; and by degrees the observance of the seventh day was discontinued..."--LDS Bible Dictionary, Sabbath

In Acts 20:7 we read "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." It was a common practice among Christians to break bread (partaking of the sacrament or communion) on the Lord's holy day.

In Colossians 2:16, we read "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days." Paul would have had no need to make such a statement to the early Christians if they kept the Sabbath on the same day as the Jews. This was most likely a response to the Jews criticizing the Christians for worshiping on Sundays.

Answer 3

Because Jesus came to bring in a NEW covenant, which did away with the Old Law, under which the Sabbath was commanded. We now worship on the LORD's day, which is the day he rose from the dead, namely Sunday. We can still keep the Sabbath on Sunday, but we remember the death, burial and resurrection through communion on Sunday.

Answer 4

And who is to say that Sunday is the Sabbath? What if God decided to start creating the world on a Friday and work through the weekend?

Answer 5

We celebrate Sunday as the Sabbath in remembrance that Christ rose on Sunday. Well, educated Christians know that Saturday was the sabbath, and that it was in changed in honor of the resurrection, and also to remember that the law of Moses was fulfilled in Christ.

Answer 6

That's simple. Because the world and almost all religious people reject the very Word of God as absolute. Opinion and tradition are held in esteem above the Word of God.

"But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?"(Matt 15:3)

" And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."(Luke 16:15)

There is not a single Bible verse that commands Christians to keep Sunday in honor of the resurrection. It is simply a tradition inherited from the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 7

You need to re-read the commandment. The Sabbath is a day of rest.
EVERY day in a Christian's life ought to be a day of worship. Why fight over the "right" day, when we could be joining together in praise seven days a week?

Answer 8

Its based on the romans' worship of the sun god. the early christians had to fit their holy days into the Roman calendar to keep from being killed off, and Sunday was the only day they were allowed to have off work. Even Roman slaves didn't work on Sunday.

Answer 9

Christ is the Sabbath, not a day of the week. Jesus was accused of a crime by the pharissees for working (i.e. healing)
on the sabbath. He answered them by asking if on of their flock fell in a ditch on the sabbath would they leave it there to die, or work to free it? Point being it was a tradition of man, not the Lord.

Answer 10

There is not one place that the Bible says to honor a day for the resurrection of Christ, keep Sunday holy, to honor an eighth day (no reference to an eight day exists in the Bible), or to rest/worship on the first day. People prefer to follow the traditions of men over the word of God!

"'And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.' He said to them, 'All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.'" (Mark 7:7 - 9 NKJV)

Answer 11

Two reasons: To be different from the Jews. Major issue for some...still
And the pretext was, that was the day that Jesus has arisen from the grave. It would fit with the most important Holiday in Christianity, (no not Christmas) Easter.