The 4th commandment??

Question

at least in the bible that i've seen the 4th commandment says:

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

so why some religions rest on sunday?, i've heard that the pope changed the commandment...so it would mean that he has more power than God?...

If anybody knows, please let me know :D

Answer 1

why do most people go to church on Sunday there are about 11 reasons but they are NOT supported by the Bible.

I will explain each of the 11 reasons below it may be a little long, but it will cover all the reasons. I do not want to offend anyone with what I say but I have to say what the Bible says.


The 11 reasons

1.The early church changed
NO WHERE in the Bible does the early church say “The new day of worship is Sunday” There is NO verse in the Bible to support this.

The early church kept the Sabbath
The apostles kept the Sabbath
Acts 13:14
Acts 13:42
Acts 13:44
Acts 16:13
Acts 17:2
Acts 18:4

the Gentiles went to Church on Sabbath
Acts 13:42
Acts 17:1-4
Acts 18


2.Sunday is the new Sabbath because of the resurrection
No verse in the Bible says worship on Sunday due to the Resurrection. God said that Baptism is symbol of the death and resurrection of Christ
Colossians 2:12
Romans 6:3-4
Galatians 3:27


3.Jesus fulfilled the law so the Sabbath is gone
Matt 5:17
"Do NOT THINK that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I HAVE NOT come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

does fulfill mean do away with or end

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to do away with them.
Isn’t that the contradictory?


4.We can’t tell which day
So, ENTIRE Jewish Nation all over the ENTIRE world woke up one morning and EVERY one of them forgot which day was the Sabbath?
That is not logical

The change of the calendar had no effect on the weekly cycle
The US Naval Observatory and the Royal Observatory both confirm the 7th day Sabbath(Saturday) is the SAME Sabbath that Jesus kept.

Mark 16 says that Jesus rose the day after the Sabbath. We all know Jesus rose on Sunday... so what day is the Sabbath?
Some people say “God didn’t name the days Sunday, Monday, Tuesday etc so we don’t have to keep it.”
Essentially what these people are saying is because we speak a different language from the Jews we don’t have to do what God says


5.It does not matter which day WE choose
God did not say "Pick a day to worship" He said "THE" 7th day is "THE" Sabbath. The word "THE" means a specific item.

The first person to say "It doesn't matter how we worship God" is Cain. Cain said "It doesn't matter how we worship God as long as we give something God will accept it. God does not care as long as you give and call it holy. Don't be legalistic Abel."
Was he right?
Is God specific about what He says.


6.It was only for the Jews, or The Jewish Sabbath is Saturday and the Christian Sabbath is Sunday
The Sabbath was given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden 1000 yrs before the first JEW was born Genesis 2:1-3 if they were Jews we all are Jews and STILL need to keep the Sabbath

There is NO SUCH THING as "The Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Sabbath". There is ONLY ONE Sabbath day regardless of religion, race, nationality or language. The 7th day Sabbath does not belong to the Jews it belongs to God, "I am Lord of the Sabbath" Jesus said. In addition "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord" Exodus 20:8-11


7.Sunday has always been the Sabbath
This contradicts the Mark 16 which says Jesus rose the day after the Sabbath on the first day of the week.

8.we are under the new covenant
Hebrews 8:7-12 says
For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(What was the problem?) But God found fault with the PEOPLE and said "The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a nEW COVENANT with the house of ISRAEL and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt (Why?), because THEY DID NOT REMAIN FAITHFUL TO MY COVENANT, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord. This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts.

The Old Covenant- the people failed to keep their part “They said we will do it” Exodus 19:8 and they failed

The problem with the Old covenant was the people failed to keep it. There was nothing wrong with the law.

The Old Covenant was based on the people, God says “If you will...then I will” Exodus 19:5

The New Covenant is based on God, God says “I will and I will”

Where does God say that He is changing some of the laws? Where does God say that He is doing away with the Sabbath?

The New covenant, same law


9.Jesus broke the Sabbath
If Jesus broke the Sabbath then how can he say “I have kept my Fathers commandments John 15:10


10.We worship on the lord’s day … Sunday
Again, NOT ONE verse to support this claim, nor is there any verse in the Bible calling Sunday the Lord's Day. the only days called the Lord's day is the Sabbath(Saturday) and the day of Christ’s 2nd coming
Exodus 20:8
Isa 58:13,14
Matthew 12:8
Mark 2:28
Luke 6:5
Provide ONE verse that calls Sunday the Lord's Day


11.We don’t have to keep the Old law anymore we are under the spirit of the Law Love God and your neighbor
A) Is it ok to murder people? Is it ok to commit adultery? Or steal or worship other gods or be disrespectful to your parents? Then why are we getting rid of the only commandment that starts with “Remember”?

B)Does the Spirit of the Law void the Letter?
Spirit- don’t hate your brother
Letter- don’t murder

Spirit- don’t lust
Letter- don’t commit adultery

Spirit- Let you yes be yes and no be no
Letter- Don’t bare false witness

How can you keep the spirit and break the letter?

C) Jesus is quoting the “Old” Law when he says love God and your neighbor
Love God – Deut 6:5
Love your neighbor Lev 19:18

D) Mosaic law was done away with but the Mosaic law is different from the 10 commandments. The 10 commandments are eternal written in fire with the finger of God, Mosaic is temporary written by Moses.

12.We worship God everyday
This is a last ditched effort when people realize they have no Biblical basis to support violating God’s command by ignoring the Sabbath and worshiping on Sunday. It is a way to sound holier than thou willfully disobeying God

The disciples worshiped God everyday and they ALL kept the Sabbath.

Jesus prayed to His Father in Heaven everyday in addition to the fact that He is God and He still kept the Sabbath
Luke 4:16
Matthew 12:9,10
Mark 1:21
Mark 6:2 Luke 4:16
Luke 4:31
Luke 13:10

The Bible shows that If you worship everyday you STILL keep the Sabbath

Revelation 14 says that 3 messages go out to the world right before the end comes. The first message says worship the creator and then it quotes the 4th commandment.

God is calling his people to return to the commandments and worship Him as He has described. He wants His people to leave man made traditions and come back to His word.


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Answer 2

The Sabbath is for guy no longer guy for the Sabbath. What many men and women nonetheless do not have an understanding of is that Jesus got here to make blank what used to be unclean. Yes we're beneath the legislation of Moses and that's predominant to cleans our sins and present sacrifice to God the Father. But via Jesus got here the Grace of God and all reality, even Jesus and the Disciples labored at the Sabbath, that used to be correctly the principal purpose why the Pharisees desired Him lifeless, learn the Gospel of John. Then there may be that little element from Genesis, God rested at the seventh day. With regards to the Sabbath: please be conscious that the weekly cycle is best the top of the iceberg. If you're critical approximately maintaining the Sabbath then understand that each and every 7 years you must give up operating for the entire 12 months and allow the land leisure, each and every forty nine years you must delete all that your borrowers owe you and go back some thing you hire to the land lords for an entire 12 months even as spending all you time in Repentance and prayer. The cycles are consistently multiples of seven and so they not ever finish till the tip of time. The burden that the Sabbath positioned onto guys is thoroughly useless within the gentle of Jesus Christ's Grace. The 3rd commandment is: Remember to Sanctify the Festivities. The Son is the person who forgives the sins of the sector, then reside in His title and no longer just like the Jews. I pass to Church on Sunday or on Saturday if I am busy on Sunday. God Bless Mickey

Answer 3

The jewish sabbath is from friday sundown to saturday sundown. Early christians started keeping Sunday as well as Saturday, as to avoid persecution from the jews. Over time, Sunday just became the day that Christians met to worship. The pope did not change it because the pope did not exist until after Sunday services were already being held...

And no, the pope does not have more power than God, nor does anyone.

Answer 4

In the first counsel of Nicaea, the pope was not even attendance, but Constantine(a Mithra worshiper for all of his life) was and it was he that made sunday the venerable day of the lord, into the holy day of worship, and it was the popes that backed that up and reinforced it, that way they got to keep, and exercise their power over western Rome for 1290 yrs, which ended when Gen. Breathier of the French army under Neapolitan, went to Rome and arrested the pope in 1898. No where in the the Bible does it say that sunday is the lords day, but it does say that the seventh day (Saturday) is the Lords day. Gen 2:1-3; Ex 20;8-11; Mark 2:27,28.

Answer 5

As I have learned the sabbath on my own, it just says it is a day of rest. A day to keep & remember & thank the Lord, for what He has provided for u throughout the week. NOBODY has more power than God, especially a pope. He & the Catholics that are "beneath" him, have manmade credentials. But until one pope does something good for a change, they hold no value whatsoever in my book. A name or title doesn't make u holy, your good deeds & faith do.

Answer 6

The Catholic Church follows the teaching and practice of the Apostles. In the 20th chapter of the Act of the Apostles, the church in Troas gathered on the first day of the week, Sunday.

Christians believe that Jesus fulfilled the Law of Moses. Therefore Christians are not held to the ceremonial parts of the Mosaic Law concerning of dietary purity and temple worship.

Christians are held to the moral law of God, some of which is expressed in the Ten Commandments.

The first Christians were Jews. They went to temple or synagogue on the Sabbath (Saturday) with fellow Jews.

Then they gathered on the first day of the week, the day on which Jesus rose from the dead (Sunday), with fellow Christians to tell stories of Jesus and share Eucharist. See Acts 20:7.

Later Gentiles joined Christianity. The Apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, decided that the Gentiles did not have to covert to Judaism. Therefore, they only attended on Sundays and did not have to abide by Jewish dietary laws.

This has been the practice ever since.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

Dear dg1531:
The 4th commandment, along with the other 9, were given to the nation of Israel.
Are you Jewish?
No. Then why do you concern yourself with the laws of another nation?
You may be interested in knowing Jesus put an end to the laws given through Moses.
Check out Romans 10:4
Ephesians 2:15
Colossians 2:14
They all say Christians have no obligation toward the laws given to Israel, through Moses.
So, the pope may do as he prefers, but he is tinkering with something that has long been obsolete.

Answer 8

so why some religions rest on sunday?

The number of days in a week differ depending on origin; and, the same holds true to which day is the Sabbath or Holy Day. Most of the religions do agree, in practice, that this is most of all a day of prayer and consecration.

Now, whether or not Christians have to hold to the commandments of Moses have been partially answered by previous posts. I would, however, like to add more to the equation with scriptures that speak on the subject of Believers in Christ and the Mosaic Law.

Gal. 2 shows Paul rebuking Peter for going back under the law in his actions. Pay special attention to verse 16 of this book; for, it really clears up the confusion of if we are to adhere to the law.

Gal. 2:16 "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified."

Law had its purpose, but, once Christ fulfilled the law the covenant changed. Look at what was written in Galations 3:21-25 "[Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. Gal 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. Gal 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster."

Also in Rom. 6:14 we see, "for ye are not under the law, but under grace."

Now go back to Galations the 2nd chapter verse 21 "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain."

And if you believe in the work of the Spirit of God in your life, another scripture that should aid you is in Gal. 5:18 "But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law."

Christ also issued rebukes concerning the Sabbath. If you read the accounts in Matt. 12:1-14 and Mark 2:23-28 you'll see Christ dealing with the religious leaders. Pay special attention to what He spoke in Matt. 12:12 "Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days" and in Mark 2:27 "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath."

These are just some of the scriptures that will help you. Read the book of Galations. Paul really deals with those who have come to Christ and their walk of faith in reference to the Mosaic Law.


As for the other question: Noone has more power than God. If you don't believe that, read again about the angel 'that fell like lightning' when he thought he could usurp God's power.

Answer 9

The 10 commandments as well as the rest of the bible was written by man, not by some fictitious god.

Answer 10

Collossians 2:16-17 says: (I've quoted several Bible translations of the same verses.) 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: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. -KJV

Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. - ESV

So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.- NKJV

Therefore no man judge you in meat, or in drink, or in part of feast day, or of new moon, or of sabbaths, which be shadow of things to coming [which be shadow of things to come]; for the body is of Christ. - WYC

Therefore let no man judge YOU in eating and drinking or in respect of a festival or of an observance of the new moon or of a sabbath; for those things are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Christ. - NWT

The following scriptures are quoted from the New World Translation
Hebrews 4:9-11 says: So there remains a sabbath resting for the people of God. For the man that has entered into [God’s] rest has also himself rested from his own works, just as God did from his own. Let us therefore do our utmost to enter into that rest, for fear anyone should fall in the same pattern of disobedience.
Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the Law, so that everyone exercising faith may have righteousness.

Galatians 4:9,10 -But now that YOU have come to know God, or rather now that YOU have come to be known by God, how is it that YOU are turning back again to the weak and beggarly elementary things and want to slave for them over again? YOU are scrupulously observing days and months and seasons and years. I fear for YOU, that somehow I have toiled to no purpose respecting YOU.

The sabbath law was given only to Isreal and ended with the Mosaic Law. When a dispute arose in the Christian congregation regarding circumcision, (some felt that a person could not be saved unless they were circumcised), the apostles and older men met and came to a unanimous decision with the guidance of holy spirit that Christians were only under obligation to abstain from idolatry, fornication, things strangled and blood. (Acts 15:19,20, 28,29)