Why on Sunday??

Question

Why do you go to church on Sunday? Tradition? Or do you even know why...and before you say because it says in the Bible can you please read the Bible!!

To people who says it doesnt matter what day you go, Why is it then the Fourth Commandment is telling us to keep the Sabbath day and why is it the only commandment that says "You will be blessed" if you remember the Sabbath. Also the commandment says "Remember" instead of keep the Sabbath because he knew that it would be lost.

Answer 1

Christians observe Sunday because a Pagan Roman Emperor thought it would be a better day.

Answer 2

“Remember the Sabbath” was a command of the Old Testament. At that time, the church of the New Testament had not yet been established. Jesus said in Matthew 16:18, “I will build my church.”
To see how we should worship in this New Testament church, we should look to the New Testament.
The Law that commanded, “remember the Sabbath” has been “nailed to the cross”. Now no one is to judge us according to the Sabbath days. (Colossians 2:14-16)

So, why do New Testament Christians meet on Sunday (the first day of the week) instead of Saturday (the 7th day, the Sabbath)? Here are a few of the reasons:

1.Jesus Rose from the dead on the first day of the week. (Mark 16:1-2)
2.The church began (was established) on the day of Pentecost. Pentecost was always on the first day of the week.
3.The Biblical example is that the early Christians met on the first day of the week for the Lord’s Supper. (Acts 20:7) In this example, they also heard preaching.
4.The early Christians were commanded to give their offering when they met on the first day of the week. (1 Corinthians 16:2)

It can be shown from the New Testament, as well as from history, that the early Christians met on the first day of the week. “Remember the Sabbath day” was addressed to the Israelites who were under the Law of Moses. We are now under the law of Christ.

Answer 3

As with most things that are done by most Christians that is not mentioned in the Bible, Sunday worship has a pagan origin. The same is true with Christmas(not in bible) and Easter(not in bible).

First fact that some people are confused on. Sunday is the 1st day of the week, not the seventh.

So why do we go to church on it. The 7th day sabbath has been followed from Adam and Eve all the way to Jesus and the disciples. It was the early Catholic church which started to make all sorts of odd nonbiblical changes to Christianity.

First of all, since both Christians and Jews worshipped the same God, the early Catholic leadership wanted to devise a way to distinquish themselves from the Jews in the view of other people. And they wanted to convert and incorporate a great deal of the Sun worshipping heathen communities around them, of whom Sunday was a sacred day. So to comprimise with them and to seperate themselves from the Jews, the sabbath was unofficially changed by the then current Pope from Saturday to Sunday under the guise of 'celebrating the resurrection of Christ" . There is a section in the bible that prophesies this "And he shall think to change time and laws." Daniel 7:25 Note that it says he shall THINK. The true sabbath has never been changed and there has always been a minority of Christians who have kept it. Do a yahoo search on Sabbath keepers to learn more

Answer 4

Scrapiron Geo got it right.
The Jewish sabbath is on the 7th day, but since Jews are on a lunar year, the sabbath starts at sundown on Friday and continues until sundown Saturday. God commands us to keep the sabbath holy (separate/apart), but He didn't say how to do that so rabbis have developed our tradition of not working on the sabbath.

Christians celebrate on the 1st day of the week which is when Jesus arose, but I don't think they have a tradition of how to keep the day holy. That's probably one of the 613 Jewish laws that no longer apply in Christianity.

Shalom my friend

Answer 5

The traditional Jewish Sabbath is on Saturday. The Christians pushed theirs to Sunday because of the resurrection of Christ which occured on a Sunday morning.

Answer 6

The Sabbath is Saturday according to Jewish Custom. Even Jesus Christ kept the jewish Sabbath which was Saturday. Christ was our example of the perfect life on this earth and if the Saturday Sabbath was important enough for Him to keep it, then it is important enough for the rest of us. There are still religious groups who still keep Saturday as the Sabbath. They are the Jews, the Seventh-day Baptists, and the Seventh-day Adventists.

Answer 7

Because in Acts 20:7 Paul says "On the first day of the week we came together to break bread" Therefore as Christian we are to follow what the bible most importantly the new testament and even more precise the book of Acts b/c it is the first generstion church.

Answer 8

Tradition. The early Christians chose Sunday probably because it was the day of the resurrection. In the Acts it says they prayed in the Temple and then met together for the breaking of the bread. Catholics call this the Eucharist.

Answer 9

The seventh day, the day of rest, has been switched around throughout history. By popes, by kings, by many...so it doesn't matter what day you choose to observe the Sabbath. You can have church in your closet...or on the beach...or at your desk. Is fellowship any less because it occurs online? We reach out and share...wherever two or more of you is gathered in the name.
Peace be unto you.

Answer 10

Which day is the Sabbath? Is it Saturday? On which day should a Christian worship? I believe it is Sunday. The Saturday Sabbath was given to Israel. Ezekiel 20:12,20 states: I gave them [Israel] my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD and also hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you [Israel]. This was the first covenant to Israel.

Christians have a new covenant. Jesus made a surety of a better testament (Hebrews 7:22). He [Christ] is the mediator of a better covenant (Hebrews 8:6). He [Christ] is the mediator of the new testament [or new agreement] (Hebrews 9:15).

Because of His death and this new agreement, we are no longer under ceremonial laws involving days. Moral laws are in effect in believer's hearts, but not the ceremonial laws. Proof? God says in Colossians 2:14,16 that Christ [blotted] out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.... Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy- day, or of the new moon, or [Get it!] of the sabbath days.

We are not under the law, but under grace (Romans 6:14). God's moral law is written within and upon the hearts of believers, but ceremonial laws involving days have been nailed to the cross. We honor the Saviour of the new covenant on a new day -- the day of His resurrection, which is Sunday, the first day of the week. This we do out of love, not servitude, not through law, but through grace.

Answer 11

well, traditionally the 7th day or day of rest is also spent in contemplation and worship. Although there is some debate as to whether Sunday is the 1st day of the week or the 7th, certian christian sects worship on Saturday.
Mainly I go on Sunday as it is the only day i generally have off and when my church schedules services.