Question about worshipping on the sabbath?

Question

Considering that in many parts of the world, they have a much different calendar than we do, not even in the same year as us, nevermind the same day - we have leap years, daylight savings, etc., how do we know when is truly the sabbath? Anotherwords, as long as one decides to set the same day aside to worship God, whether it is on Sat. or on Sun., does it really matter?

There seems to be a lot of controversy on this topic amongst religions and I just think that there really is no right/wrong answer. If your workweek starts on Mon., than wouldnt your sabbath be on Sunday for you?

Answer 1

I agree with you. Regardless of whether it is on Saturday or Sunday, the important thing is having a Sabbath day and worshipping on it, resting and spending it with family. As long as you take one day out of the week to honor it, who is to say which day it is?

Answer 2

Yes, it does matter a LOT. Although people use different calendars throughout the world, the only things that have been changed are the months and the years. The weekly 7-day cycle has remained the same since Creation. Although Pope Gregory altered the calendar, he only changed the NUMBER of the day, from being October 4 on one day to being October 15 on the next day. But the day itself didn't change. Wednesday was still followed by Thursday. Every culture on the face of the Earth observes the 7-day weekly cycle, which is not measured by any movements of any heavenly bodies. It originated with Creation. The Jews have been observing the 7-day weekly cycle for 4,000 years, and it has never changed, despite changes to calendars.
Some communist countries tried changing the weekly cycle to a 4- or 5- day week, but they found it just didn't work, so they returned to the 7-day week.
At Creation, God blessed and sanctified the 7th day of the week to be a memorial of Creation for all humanity. If people had observed the Sabbath from the beginning, today there would be no "Theory of Evolution", because Man would be constantly reminded of God's Creation every week.
Sunday worship was begun by the pagan Romans and later enforced by the Roman Catholic Church, which was passed down to the Protestants. This is basically Man's way of telling God that Man can decide how and when God should be worshipped. "Some people say "just keep any day Holy". But they can't, because God already blessed and sanctified the 7th Day! That cannot be changed. Only God can change it, and He never did anywhere throughout the Bible.
You also cannot keep "every" day Holy, because we are expected not to work on God's Holy Day. So if you keep every day "holy", that means you don't work at all!
My "workweek" starts on Sunday and ends Friday evening. Even if I don't work outside of the house on Sunday, I still work inside the house doing cleaning that I couldn't do on Saturday.

Answer 3

You are right, God commanded that we work for 6 days and rest on the 7th. But really that commandment is broken because hardly anyone works 6 days, but only 5. Those who argue that someone breaks the Sabbath commandment by worshiping on Sunday (or any day of the week) are breaking the first half of the commandment by NOT working 6 days before they rest.

In any event... The Sabbath was in preparation for the Messiah, once Jesus came, it was no longer nessisary to set aside a specific day for God, any or all days set aside for God are good.

Col 2:16Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

Rom 14:4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6He 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.

Answer 4

Concerning the Sabbath of the Christian religion as found in the Holy Bible. The Christian churches, by example given to us by the apostles of Jesus Christ as a remembrance of our Lord rising from the dead on the first day of the week, gather together to partake in the Lord's Supper, prayer and hear the Word of God read.

The first day of the week is Sunday, which can be traced from 2007 back through history to the beginning of the practice by the Christian churches in Jerusalem.

All other religions may or may not have a specific day of worship. The reason being, outside of the revelation of God as found in Holy Scriptures of the Bible, for any religion or person to designate a specific day for religious practice is due to the Law of God (a.k.a Law of Nature), although marred, still remaining in some fashion upon the hearts of all people, which is expressed in their conscience (inherently knowing right and wrong), and manifested in their religious acts. These acts, although giving an impression of piety, will not be accepted by the living God because he cannot have communion with them due to their sin and rebellion which is opposed to his holiness. Communion with God can only come when the lack of holiness of sinful people is covered by the righteousness of Jesus Christ, which is credited to them by faith in Jesus Christ. In this the people are considered righteous, not in themselves, but through Christ, and they are adopted into the family of God and have a hope in the life to come in which they will have perfect communion with their Creator and Father.

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7. As it is of the Law of nature, that in general a proportion of time by Gods appointment, be set a part for the Worship of God; so by his Word in a positive-moral, and perpetual Commandement, binding all men, in all Ages, he hath particularly appointed one day in seven for a (e) Sabbath to be kept holy unto him, which from the beginning of the World to the Resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week; and from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week (f) which is called the Lords day; and is to be continued to the end of the World, as the Christian Sabbath; the observation of the last day of the week being abolished.

e Exo. 20.8.
f 1 Cor. 16.1,2. Act. 20.7. Rev. 1.10.

8. The Sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering their common affairs aforehand, do not only observe an holy (g) rest all the day, from their own works, words, and thoughts, about their worldly employment, and recreations, but also are taken up the whole time in the publick and private exercises of his worship, and in the duties (h) of necessity and mercy.

g Isa. 58.13. Neh 13.15-23.
h Mat. 12.1-13.

CHAP. XXII.
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day.
2nd London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1677/89 (also see the Westminster Confession of Faith)
http://www.reformed.org/documents/index.html

Answer 5

For Jews, the Rabbis have gone buckwild on this question for years. You can always get an authoritative decision at www.hebcal.com.

Answer 6

I guess it would depend upon what your faith calls for. There are just as many different religions that base their days on other matters.

Blessed Be )O(

Answer 7

I found the following online definition and considered it generic enough to begin my reply to your question about worshipping on The Sabbath vs. The Lord’s Day (first day of the week).

“Old Testament is the first part of the Bible, so called by Christians, who believe that its laws and prophecies are fulfilled in the person of Jesus, whose mission is described in the New Testament.”

The Bible is divided into: The Old Testament, written mainly in Hebrew and Aramaic, consisting of Jewish Law, History, Poetry and Prophecy; and The New Testament, the foundation of Christian religion where Jesus Christ is the Mediator.

I trust your question was sincere, therefore my answer is likewise also sincere. Please continue reading.

Seventh day established:Genesis 2:3
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.

Seventh day observed:Exodus 20:8-10
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 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:

Jesus taught on the sabbath:Mark 6:2
And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?


Jews dispute and reject the Word preached to them:Acts 13:44-46
44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

In the end of the sabbath; first day of the week, angel announces the resurrection of Christ:Matthew 28:1-6
1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

First day of the week, celebrating the Lord’s Supper; Disciples came to break bread:Acts 20: 7
7 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.

The first day of the week:John 20:19
19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

This was the third, fourth, or even the fifth appearance of Jesus on this day. He had already appeared to Mary Magdalene (John 10:16), to a group of women (Matthew 28:9), to those on Emmaus Road (Luke 24:31), and especially to Simon Peter (Luke 24:34). The Apostles had gathered together, perhaps in the same upper room where they had met before. Luke tells of the disciples returning Emmaus with such excitement and finding the Apostles together in this scene.

This was already pinpointed as the time of these events, and therefore the repetition of this fact is emphatic. Chief among the days of the week is Sunday, not Saturday and this profound change began the day our Lord rose from the dead and met with His disciples. Such New Testament passages as Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1,26; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; and Revelation 1:10 are the Scriptural basis for observing Sunday, the first day of the week, as the correct day for Christian assemblies, contributions, communion, and all other acts of corporate Christian worship.

Thomas sees the risen Jesus:John 20:26
26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

Now, concerning “the old” and “the new”, consider the following:
Deuteronomy 4:40Moses reminds his people to the commandments and statutes.
Joshua 1:7Observe the law; turn not from it to the right nor the left.
Hebrews 10:1The ceremonial law of the old testament prescribed the rites and ceremonies of worship. This law was obligatory only till Christ, of whom these rites were typical, had finished His work (Hebrews 7:9-11, Hebrews 10:1, Ephesians 2:16). It was fulfilled rather than abrogated by the gospel.
Matthew 5:17“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.”
Romans 10:4Christ is the end of the law.
Luke 16:16“The law and the prophets were until John…”
John 1:7John, to bear witness to the Light, was to bear witness to Jesus Christ.
Galatians 2:21“…if righteousness come by the law, then Christ died in vain.”
Galatians 3:24-2524 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
1 Corinthians 4:1515 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Romans 3:19-2119 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Romans 4:1515 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

Answer 8

we should rest everyday as christ has completed his work and there is nothing for us to do .live everyday as it is the sabbath.

Answer 9

the true sabbath is in the heart.

Answer 10

would it still be a requirement ?......colosians 2:16