2006-10-27 13:00:13 · 14 answers · asked by lily 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Dear Stay,
I go to church on Sunday because Jesus Christ is my risen LORD and Savior and I don't want to have to sit around waiting until Saturday comes.
Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday. Think about it. That is incredible. If you were living at that time would you have been able to sit around idly saying "Yeah, maybe He did rise from the dead on Sunday, but I'm still going to wait until Saturday to worship Him."
Edit: Questions like yours make me think that the asker pracitices a religion of form not SUBSTANCE.
2006-10-27 13:07:09 · answer #1 · answered by JOYfilled - Romans 8:28 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I really don't recall the Bible saying anything about days of the week, like Monday Tuesday Wednesday, etc. Our calendar is a revision of the Roman calendar and the days named for Roman gods.
Conversely, I don't know of any referencesto a Hebrew calendar or its days, either.
This being the case, there is no account of what day of the week the Sabbath took place, just that it was the Sabbath. The Lord commnaded that we must keep holy the Sabbath. When Jesus came, he said that after his death there shall be a new Sabbath.
SInce He rose from the dead on the day after the Hebrew Sabbath, that day became the new Sabbath.
As a lay Christian, that is the best answer I could probably provide. Perhaps a Bible scholar can provide more insight.
2006-10-27 13:08:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The custom and the law of the Jews was to keep God's sabbath holy,
If Paul changed God's sabbath in Acts 20:7 how did he say: I believe all thinga written in the law, Acts 24:14 I have not offended the law of the Jews, Acts 25:8 I have comitted nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers . Acts 28:17
Was Paul lying to the Jews?
2013-10-10 14:18:16 · answer #3 · answered by jackie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the biggest obstacles today is that many do not realize that we are not bound to the Old Law, which included the command to keep the Sabbath holy. God told the Israelites to remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. This commandment was given to the Jews, not to Christians.
In the New Testament, Christians met on the first day of the week, which is Sunday.
Consider these verses:
"Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight."
This verse tells us that the disciples met on the first day of the week for a purpose: to break bread (also called the Lord's supper).
Also, the churches were instructed to take up a collection on the first day of the week in 1 Corinthians 16:1.
2006-10-27 13:11:36 · answer #4 · answered by The_Answer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Romans created the calendar that we use today, the first day, Sunday, was used to honor the Sun god. The early church wanted to celebrate on that day so people wouldn't be worshipping the Sun god anymore.
2006-10-27 13:09:30 · answer #5 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people worship on Sunday because it is the day Jesus is said to have risen from being dead. Sunday worship is done in respect of it.
2006-10-27 13:04:06 · answer #6 · answered by Wrath Warbone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the church, not the Bible, is the sole authority for such matters in the new covenant age.
The old Jewish laws and practices merit absolutely nothing in today's economy of salvation.
2006-10-27 18:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worship is a constant with the believer, not a day. Sabbath was a day of rest under the old covenant. Haven't you read Romans 14?
Rom 14:5-8
5 One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
It's really simple and should end judgmentalism on the part of Sabbatarians. But, it won't.
2006-10-27 13:05:20 · answer #8 · answered by mediocritis 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I go to church on Sundays, but I don't care when the Seventh Day Advantists go to church or anyone else. I don't care if anyone goes on Monday afternoon, just going is important and the argument over which day is trivial compared to major things. Truth and doctrine is important, but that's one that should be to each their own, and live and let live. Jesus/Salvation is the important thing, and we both agree on that and we can agree to disagree on when to go to church. Just go.
2006-10-27 13:04:56 · answer #9 · answered by Red neck 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the calendars all over the world are different. I think that as long as you work six days and rest one day, then you're obeying the Bible.
2006-10-27 13:03:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋