If The Ten Commandments say that Sabbath(Saturday) is the holy day then how come Christians treat Sunday as the holy day?
2006-09-27 03:44:29 · 19 answers · asked by Mumu 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People keep asking this same question.
The Apostle Paul said that we can meet on any day of the week that we want to (Romans 14:5-13; Gal. 4:10-11). Paul also said that we are no longer bound by the rituals of the Law of Moses (Romans 6:14-18; Gal. 3:23-25). Since Paul told us that we can meet on any day of the week that we want to, most Christians meet on the first day of the week because that it the day that Jesus rose from the grave.
BTW, Saturday is NOT the Jewish sabbath -- Saturday is the Roman Sabbath. The Jews went by a lunar calender, while the Romans went by a solar calender. The two calenders do not always match. Sometimes the Jewish Sabbath falls on our Saturday; some months it falls on another day of the week. Jews meet on Saturday because it is convenient.
2006-09-27 03:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are not under the old law. Of course, there are groups today that still believe we are. This is such a tired argument.
All of the commandments of the law are covered under the grace of the law of Christ by LOVE. There is no honor given to any sabbaths to the christian.
I respect those that believe the sabbath is binding today, but I honestly don't see it from the scriptures.
I didn't want to fill this answer with a huge amount of text.
The seventh day sabbath is just that. Christians are just not bond to observe it. The first day of the week (Sunday) is the day we have in the New Testament by way of examples of the practices of th church shown there.
THE CATHOLICS DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH CHANGING FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER. Not for the christians anyway. We worship on the "Lord's day" because the early christians in the bible did.
Anyway, here is a link for you or any anyone else who might want enlightment on the Sabbath:
http://www.higherpraise.com/outlines/hpserm/Sermon131.htm
Peace
2006-09-27 11:01:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible states that the Sabbath, the Jewish day of worship, is Saturday, and it still is. The Church did not "change" the day of the Jewish Sabbath. Rather, it selected Sunday, the day of our Lord and Savior's glorious Resurrection, as the Christian day of worship. This occurred during apostolic times, as indicated in Acts 20:7
2006-09-27 10:52:17 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jews celebrate Saturday as thier Sabbath, but for Christians it is Sunday.
2006-09-27 10:48:50 · answer #4 · answered by HH6 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the New Sabbath. Many nations around the world use calendars with Monday on the far left and Sunday on the far right.
2006-09-27 10:46:52 · answer #5 · answered by Ever Learn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THAT was Old Covenant Jesus made a new covenant so God allowed new Christians to keep Sunday and Easter too...many Christians will still shop or go to eat on sunday...Grace happened at the cross
2006-09-27 10:47:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because since the crusifiction, the resurrection (Which was on a Sunday) we started doing church and teaching and "treating that day as holy" because it was the day Jesus rose from the dead.
2006-09-27 10:47:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think as long as you do take one full day to honor God, you honor the commandments. How do we know the Sabbath is Saturday?
2006-09-27 10:47:27 · answer #8 · answered by sammyw1024 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christians celebrate Christ's resurrection, which happened on Sunday.
2006-09-27 10:46:40 · answer #9 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the times of the Jews of the Old Testament, they did not name the week as we do (sunday, monday, tuesday...), but they name it first day, second day, third day, and so on. The first day is what we now call sunday, and the seventh day or Sabbath is on saturday.
If you follow what the Bible says, you want to keep Sabbath day --saturday. Seventh day as the Sabbath is mentioned through the whole Bible. Genesis 2:2,3 tells us how God blessed the seventh day: "And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made". And Exodus 20:8-11 clearly identifies the seventh day as the Sabbath: "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it". Let's note it that Exodus 20:8 starts with the word "Remember". God wanted the israelites to remember the day He blessed --the seventh day--, and gave it as a resting day for men (Mark 2:27). When God blessed the Sabbath there were no jews, only two human beings: Adam and Eve. Besides, God calls it "the Lord's day" not jewish day. It's God's day for man.
There are a few bible verses about the first day of the week and it never refers to it as a day of worship.
There are honest christians who keep the sunday as the Sabbath day because they were taught that way. They are good people who believe they're observing the Lord's day. Sabbath was "oficially" changed by Constantine on the early III a.C. century from Saturday to sunday. We know Constantine was not born being christian, so when he decided to covert to christianity he wanted to bring in some of his traditions. The word sunday means "day of the sun" which is the god sun. Before Constantine's turning to christianity, sunday was a day to worship a pagan god. However, many christians already kept it two centuries before. This means it was not a big change. Throughout the centuries, little by little, some christians started to worship on sunday. And the number increased as the time passed by. We can say that after the apostles's death, some doctrines which were not biblical started to get in the church. However, there were some who stayed loyalty to the biblical Sabbath and kept observing it. We know this because there are historical documents which refer to some christians who did not want to adopt what everybody else was doing: keeping sunday instead of saturday as the Sabbath day.
Sabbath day will be kept 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" (Isaiah 66:22,23).
These are only a few bible verses out of so many about the Sabbath. However, if you have a Bible, I invite you to search for yourself. God wants us to study His Word, because He can tell us a lot of truths. Don't forget to pray God for guidance before opening your Bible, so the same Spirit who inspired the Scriptures may teach you what He meant.
I would really like to keep talking about it, but I wanted to make it "short" so you may read it easily. Please e-mail me if you want to, if you would like to know more bible verses regarding the Sabbath day of the Bible. I'll be glad to help you in any doubts or questions you may have.
However, I'm gonig to start by giving you a webpage which is going to be very helpful, I promise. Everything you'll see is a 100% biblical, I promise that too. You'll find all the answers to your question: http://www.sabbathtruth.com/
Is the Sabbath day, and therefore the Ten Commandments, part of the Old Covenant or New Covenant? You'll see on the above webpage...
Well, take care; and may God help you to discover the truth found in the Bible. Good question; God bless you!
2006-09-28 07:26:36 · answer #10 · answered by Cachanilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋