Why peope go to church on Sunday ?

Question

the true Sabbath is on the Seventh Day (today known as Saturday- from friday evening to Saturday evening. God doesn't change so why do people change the Sabbath. You can't change your Birthday and God rested on the Seventh Day not the first day and that has never changed too...

it's a question i've never really gotten anwers for... and i thought maybe i would here... and could you add a verse to support you answer if possible...thanks

Love in Christ,God Bless...

i know Jesus rose again on the Sunday but that was because he rested on the Sabbath...

god of the Sun..????? that sounds Pagan to me...

We ,Seventh Day Adventists, still keep the true Sabbath too....

i'm not judging anyone. i'm asking a question that we discussed in Church. please. i'm soor if i offended anyone or seem judgemental...

oops i meant i'm SORRY if i offended anyone.

Answer 1

Why do most people go to church on Sunday? There are about 12 reasons but they are NOT supported by the Bible.

I will explain each of the 12 reasons below it may be a little long, but it will cover all the 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, or petecost etc
Ok and where does the Bible say worship on Sunday because of any of these events? NO WHERE
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.

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.

If you want more information on the Sabbath you can watch this video
http://www.mostamazingprophecies.com/portals/6/mapmedia/map_8.asx

more topics here
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Answer 2

Actually the bottom line is Tee, people interpret the bible in many different ways. It's written that way. One can make a case for Sabbath worship based upon the Hebrew Bible. And, obviously thousands of well meaning, loving Christians have interpreted the bible so that Sunday worship is fine and okay. Those who worship on Sunday no less have God in their hearts than those who worship on Saturday.

One of the replies by Curnac makes some sense. Remember the Bible said "Sabbath", it didn't say "Saturday" or "Sunday" or "Thursday", etc. Today there are countries in the world, i.e parts of Europe, that the first day of the week is Monday. Then Sunday would be the seventh day and based upon the Bible the "Sabbath".

So if you believe in what the Bible says ( I don't) then lets look at a few verses since that's appears to be what you want. (oh, by the way, if you read the Bible, "God does change". But that's for a whole other discussion.

Read Galations. Paul clearly states we are no longer under the Law. Consequently no longer Sabbath worshipping or circumcism or any of the other hundreds of rigid exactions that the Hebrews were required to follow by such a loving God as they happen to define or understand HIm.

Read the other Epistles by Paul or what has been attributed to Paul but probably not written by him. Here I'm not going into that detail. If you are interested then email me.

It is my opinion that Paul actually spews out a different viewpoint than what the Gospels do and in particular what Jesus allegedly said. i.e in Matthew. Remember in Matthew 5 Jesus supposedly said, "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law..." I guess that means the Law is still in force, right? And that may be true but if so then you better discard whatever Paul said because he is in disagreement.'

Then Jesus said in Matthew 5:19, "Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven..."

Hey, I don't mind being the least in heaven. Sure beats frying. Jesus didn't say if you didn't adhere to these Laws you'll be in "hell". In fact, Jesus is quoted saying in Luke 7:28 " I say to you, among those born of women [that's everyone I know], there is no one greater than John [the baptist] yet he who is least in the kingdom of god is greater than he."

So Ellen G. White, the Seventh Day Adventists, Ana Baptists etc, might have it wrong. Too many so called Christians are mean-spirited, judgmental, vindictive, etc. Christians are judged more by their fellow Christians than they are by atheists. Most atheists simply don't care.

If one has been spoon fed a particular belief since the womb and so continued the feeding for years thereafter, it very unlikely they will acknowledge any logic or reason in their understanding of the Bible if that understanding counters what they've been fed.

Go ahead and judge those who worship on Sunday if it makes you feel better.

Answer 3

Scripturally there is justification for worshipping God any day. After all he is the Lord of the Sabath. There are a couple verses that say let no man judge you in repect of a holy day...One man obseves a day and he does it to th Lord so don't judge him another man observes all days unot the Lord and since he is doing to the Lord don't judge him. It also suggests these things a only a shadow. Im not going to look this verse up right now but I assure you there are a few that justify honouring any day to the Lord. As for why the practise orignted I am not sure but it may have to do with the fact that the Jews didn't want christians in their synagogues or that Jesus rose on a different day.

Answer 4

“Remember the Sabbath” was a command of the Old Testament. At that time, the church of the New Testament had not yet been established. Jesus said in Matthew 16:18, “I will build my church.”

To see how we should worship in this New Testament church, we should look to the New Testament.

The Law that commanded, “remember the Sabbath” has been “nailed to the cross”. Now no one is to judge us according to the Sabbath days. (Colossians 2:14-16)

So, why do New Testament Christians meet on Sunday (the first day of the week) instead of Saturday (the 7th day, the Sabbath)? Here are a few of the reasons:

1.Jesus Rose from the dead on the first day of the week. (Mark 16:1-2)

2.The church began (was established) on the day of Pentecost. (Acts 2) Pentecost was always on the first day of the week.

3.The Biblical example is that the early Christians met on the first day of the week for the Lord’s Supper. (Acts 20:7) In this example, they also heard preaching.

4.The early Christians were commanded to give their offering when they met on the first day of the week. (1 Corinthians 16:2)

It can be shown from the New Testament, as well as from history, that the early Christians met on the first day of the week. “Remember the Sabbath day” was addressed to the Israelites who were under the Law of Moses. We are now under the law of Christ.

When we meet on the first day of the week, we are keeping New Testament instructions and examples.

Answer 5

You're right, the seventh day is Saturday, but most of the church decided to worship on a Sunday instead. (If I remember the reasons I've been told, I might come back and add some details, however I think it was just a man-made decision).

Messianic Jews, however, still worship on a Saturday, which I think's great.

I guess the scary thing to question is "How many other traditions do we have which we've invented ourselves?"

Answer 6

I have seen calendars in Australia where Sunday is the seventh day of the week. Besides the days had no names when the world was supposedly made, so noone knows which day was the seventh. When we started naming the days, the first Monday could have been the first, second or any other day of the week. Noone knows. We didn't even have such a thing as a week when the world was supposedly made. The whole scenario is pure imagination.

Answer 7

What makes you think Saturday is the seventh day? Which day is the seventh depends on where you start counting.

In our culture Saturday & Sunday are called the "weekend" and Monday is usually considered the start of the week. That makes Sunday the last day of the week or the seventh day.

Answer 8

when christianity got to rome . the romans were worshiper of many gods including the sun god. so in order for them to get people to follow them they decided to worship on the day Christ resurrected and replaced all the status of their gods with that of mary jesus and the other apostles. so the romans changed it as they spread the gospel.

Answer 9

Cos Jesus rose again on a Sunday

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