You wont go to heaven if you go to church on SUNDAYS?

Question

My friend said you must go Saturdays and NOT SUNDAYS to go to Heaven. She gave me the below script in writing. What do I say? By the way, she is 7 day adventist.

"Sunday is a Catholic institution.... From beginning to end of
Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly
public worship from the last day of the week to the first." Catholic
Press, August 1900
"For, since we [Catholics] deny that the Bible is the sole truth, we
can fall back upon the constant practice and tradition of the Church."
Francis Lentz, Catholic priest, 1900
"If Protestants would follow the Bible, they should worship God on the
Sabbath day. In keeping Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic
Church." Albert Smith, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 1920
Even the Protestants themselves admit that Sunday observance is not
biblical:
"There was never any formal or authoritative change from the Jewish
[sic] seventh day Sabbath to the Christian first day observance.... The
[Gentiles] brought over the consciousness of various observances in the
pagan religions, preeminently the worship of the sun - a sort of Sunday
consciousness." W. Carver, professor at Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1940

Answer 1

I went to Sunday school all my childhood years. I consider myself to have been a Christian. I firmly believe I was "saved" while attending SUNDAY SCHOOL AND SUNDAY CHURCH. But, I hadn't heard anything about the significance of a Saturday Sabbath.

There are literally millions of people who took Jesus as their saviour and died without knowing about the sabbath issue. they accepted the Sunday sabbath they were taught and I am certain God will accept that. Think of all the people who lived in desolate, remote places of the world and never heard of Jesus. I would think God will judge them according to how they obeyed the rules of their society.

Here's how I see it. The Sabbath was created by God. He sanctified it and even included the word REMEMBER in the commandment regarding the sabbath. That was established for Adam and Eve. There weren't any Jews yet just Adam and Eve. So the sabbath was not created for just the Jews and Israel.

There is not one text in the bible that tells us Jesus changed the day. He did not utter those words and anyone who tries to change the words of the bible is taking a serious risk. I researched this one time with a Seventh Day Adventist and a Seventh Day Baptist and they have a valid point. There is NO biblical authority for man to change the sabbath. Don't even use the lame argument about the calendar changing. The Jewish people have kept careful track of the seventh day and they KNOW which one it is. It corresponds to Saturday on the present version of the Roman Calendar.

Now my real point. Now that I know the difference I have to make a decision.
Jesus told his disciples, "I have sheep (followers) in many folds. And He knew that in time there would be many forms of Christian worshippers so that includes the Sunday going Christians who haven't heard about the seventh day sabbath just like I was. They are in that church because that is where God has led them for now. If ever God calls them out of that Sunday church by revealing the sabbath truth (or for any reason), they had better listen or they are going to go down in history as a modern day version of Jonah. If God doesn't call a Christian to make a change, then He is happy to have them right where they are. If their conscience never prods them about the sabbath then they have nothing to worry about.

But, if you study the sabbath issue and can't find the evidence that Jesus wanted it changed then YOU will have to make a decision as well. Be forewarned, you will not find evidence that Jesus wanted the day changed.

Answer 2

Let me see if I can help you here. First, going to church will not get you into heaven. More people go to church because it's something they've been told they must do. That if they don't go, they won't get into heaven. Well from personal experience, I know of some preachers who will definitely NOT be going to the great beyond. Second, it says in the Bible that Deity will come back for the church first. That isn't a building, that's your soul. If your soul is right you have nothing to worry about. But, what's right? That's something you must decide for yourself. Third, Man says that living with someone without marriage is a sin, not Deity. Take a moment to read the very first page of the Bible. If it's KJV, then it's King James' Version of the Bible. The king was only a man, and men were the ones who wrote it. We only have their word that it's from the Deity. Fourth, there are many versions today. But there was a little meeting with Constantine where the boys got together and decided what went in and what didn't. There were a few books written by women that juussst didn't get in. Surprise! The mother in your question is from another time. A time when the Bible was believed literally. But only under the interpretation of her pastor or deacons, and her parents and family. She can't be faulted in her belief, it's ingrained. The daughter, if she chooses, can still be christian. If you believe in Christ and give him your soul, you are. No one can take that from you, it's what you believe not someone else. Living honest within yourself if the key. Diva

Answer 3

"Modern Christianity" was compacted at the Council of Nicea in the year 325. One major component there was eliminating anything within Christianity that echoed of Jewish practice.

There were many differing Christian sects until that time.
At Nicea, the bishops voted on many questions in order to make a unified version of Christianity, also including:

- "is Jesus part God, part man, or what?"
- "what's the deal with the trinity?"
- Which Gospels (there were 100s floating around) should be included in the official Christian cannon?
- what's the best way to slaughter the opposition?
- and so on.

The official Christian worship day was made Sunday. If you don't believe the vote at Nicea was infused with the holy spirit, you're not part of the main body of the church (all Christian denominations today believe in the decisions made at Nicea).

Answer 4

I think there is more to salvation than whether one chooses to attend church on a particular day of the week. The followers of Jesus commemorated the first day of the week (Sunday) as a day of worship and thanks. Now, each of the 41,998 Protestant denominations (which includes the Adventists) worships on a different day of the week - Monday through Sunday. Again, going to church on a particular day of the week does not guarantee salvation - there's more to salvation and that cross is difficult to bear for many people....

Answer 5

We celebrate on Sunday the resurrection of Christ, that is why the early church gathered on sundays to celebrate it. remember that the first christians were jewss, right, well, they were still bound to observe the mosaic law. But when st. paul obtained at the council of jerusalem, permission to preach to the gentiles and not to imposese on us the observances of the mosaic law, the gentiles: greek, roman, egyptian, syrian, etc obviously celebrated sunday as Christ;s resurrection! And is still biblical in the sense that we observe the seventh day.

But the strict obesrvance on sabath as part of the mosaic law, binds absolutely only Israel, not us, who are justified and saved by grace and faith, and who with Christ were created a new creation in his resurrection.

And this is common all throughout the ancient churches: maronite, coptic, orthodox, syriac, roman, etc...who is the universal church in practice and creed. That is what catholic means: Universal. see, my man?

Answer 6

Going to church on certain days hasn't got anything to do with getting into heaven. Saturday is the last day of the week, but christians believe that the Sabbath is sunday.

Answer 7

Though I'm not Christian and therefore not an expert on days, I believe it's supposed to be Sunday because you aren't supposed to work or do anything on Saturday, the sabbath day.

Answer 8

What "script" did she give you?

Anytime you want to know the Truth, seek it in the Bible.

First of all, you do not have to go to church to be saved. If that were true, what about all the elders in a nursing home that can't go to church? Or little children that can't drive themselves to church?

"Church" is a relationship with Him, not attendance in a building. Yes, church is important for us to fellowship with other believers, but it is not essential for salvation.

Answer 9

A person does not have to go to church on Sunday/Saturday in order to go to heaven.What that has to do with is one's personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Goig to church,be it Sunday or Saturday should be a "want to,"not a "got to."Acts 16:31 says;"Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved."Ephesians 2:8-9 says;"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of youselves; it is the gift of God,not of works, lest anyone should boast."To say one has to go to church on a particular day in order to go to heaven mwkes it salvation by works.
True,most of us who are evangelical,protestant do rely heavily on man-made traditions.You quoate does make a lot of good points.

Answer 10

The idea that certain days are saved for a god only belittles that god. A day is only relevant on Earth. It is the time that it takes for a miniscule little planet in a galaxy of billions of stars to merely rotate once.