where in the bible dose it say that the sunday is the Lords day?

Question

In the beginning, most Christians were Jewish converts that still held to the Jewish traditions. As such, they attended the Synagogue on Saturday. Saturday, being the Sabbath, they were refrained from many tasks, including travel beyond a "Sabbath days journey" (about 3000 yards). Therefore, from the beginning the Lord's Church met on Sunday. Also, Sunday is called the "Lord's Day" in Scripture. Paul acknowledged that the church met on the first day of the week. So, if is good enough for Paul and the apostles of Christ, then its good enough for us today.

Answer 1

It is not anything wrong with worshiping the Lord on the first day of the week. I have been to church services everyday of the week, morning and evening.

The commandment was to keep the sabbath on the seventh day. It is a day of rest God created for his people. Remember our bodys are the temple of the Holy Ghost. A tired and wore out body is not very useful to the Lord.

Mark 2:27 & 28
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Exodus 31:15-17
15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord:whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall sureky be put to death.
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

In verse 16 and 17 it is a perpetual covenant forever. Where does forever end?

We know the sabbath day is a commandment.

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my comadments.

Read:
Exudus 20:11
Genesis 2:2&3
Matthew 5:17-19

Matthew 24:20 But pray your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabath day.

Jesus was talking about the sabbath day well into the New Testament. Why would he mention it if it wasn't important?

I'd like to give an Amen to His Way

Answer 2

You are right. Passages of Scripture such as Acts 20:7, 1 Corinthians 16:2, Colossians 2:16-17, and Revelation 1:10 indicate that, even during New Testament times, the Sabbath is no longer binding and that Christians are to worship on the Lord’s day, Sunday, instead.

The Sabbatists who nowadays want to observe the Jewish holiday, forget that Jesus and the apostles had authority to interpret and to reform the laws of Moses.

The early Church Fathers compared the observance of the Sabbath to the observance of the rite of circumcision, and from that they demonstrated that if the apostles abolished circumcision (Gal. 5:1-6), so also the observance of the Sabbath must have been abolished. The following quotations show that the first Christians understood this principle and gathered for worship on Sunday.

The Didache

"But every Lord’s day . . . gather yourselves together and break bread, and give thanksgiving after having confessed your transgressions, that your sacrifice may be pure. But let no one that is at variance with his fellow come together with you, until they be reconciled, that your sacrifice may not be profaned" (Didache 14 [A.D. 70]).

The Letter of Barnabas

"We keep the eighth day [Sunday] with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead" (Letter of Barnabas 15:6–8 [A.D. 74]).

Peace and every blessing!

Answer 3

Isaiah 1:13 - God begins to reveal His displeasure with the Sabbath.

Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:2,9; John 20:1,19- the Gospel writers purposely reveal Jesus' resurrection and appearances were on Sunday. This is because Sunday had now become the most important day in the life of the Church.

Acts 20:7 - this text shows the apostolic tradition of gathering together to celebrate the Eucharist on Sunday, the "first day of the week." Luke documents the principle worship was on Sunday because this was one of the departures from the Jewish form of worship.

1 Cor. 16:2 - Paul instructs the Corinthians to make contributions to the churches "on the first day of the week," which is Sunday. This is because the primary day of Christian worship is Sunday.

Col. 2:16-17 - Paul teaches that the Sabbath was only a shadow of what was fulfilled in Christ, and says "let no one pass judgment any more over a Sabbath."

2 Thess. 2:15 - we are to hold fast to apostolic tradition, whether it is oral or written. The 2,000 year-old tradition of the Church is that the apostles changed the Sabbath day of worship from Saturday to Sunday.

Heb. 4:8-9 - regarding the day of rest, if Joshua had given rest, God would not later speak of "another day," which is Sunday, the new Sabbath. Sunday is the first day of the week and the first day of the new creation brought about by our Lord's resurrection, which was on Sunday.

Heb. 7:12 - when there is a change in the priesthood, there is a change in the law as well. Because we have a new Priest and a new sacrifice, we also have a new day of worship, which is Sunday.

Rev 1:10 - John specifically points out that he witnesses the heavenly Eucharistic liturgy on Sunday, the Lord's day, the new day of rest in Christ.

Matt. 16:19; 18:18 - whatever the Church binds on earth is bound in heaven. Since the resurrection, Mass has been principally celebrated on Sunday.

Answer 4

Hello and GOOD question and NO WHERE does it ever suggest that the first day of the week is the Sabbath, The Seventh Day is The Sabbath of the Lord, and when Jesus Christ was Here it was His custom to go to church on that same day, the first day is a man made thing and it honors the venerable day of the SUN, NOT the Son, it was brought about so SUN worshipers could join the church of Rome and be something to allow them to join, and The Seventh Day it being made Holy By God Himself has never been changed, on the other hand Sunday if you keep it you do NOT keep it Holy cause God never made it holy and you can NOT keep it holy if God didn't make it that way and if you will email me and ask i will tell you more or you can take a free bible set of lessons www.itiswritten.com God bless.

Answer 5

It doesn't. It is the declaration of the Catholic Church that because all of the Christian Sects choose to follow and worship on Sunday that they are the chosen church. Hence the Catholic Church feels that because almost every Christian observes the Sabbath as Sunday instead of the Sabbath of the Bible they are the ultimate authority (Ha, Ha). There are a few Christian Sects who practice worship on the Sabbath (sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday) which is outlined in the Bible. The one I know of is the 7th Day Adventist. There are probably more I just don't know of them.

Answer 6

On the contrary.
Sabbath is Saturday, always has been, always will be. God defined it. But there are many sabbaths in the Old Testament. Sabbath is a designed day of remembrance for the Jews, as a token of the covenants God made with them.

Sundays are a traditional day of worship for Christians. Most incorrectly label it Sabbath, but let's not get bent out of shape about it. The Sunday gathering of a Congregation is more akin to giving God the first-fruits of our week.

Answer 7

It doesn't. In Romans 14, Paul tells the church that we don't need to celebrate one day as more important than another. Jesus talks about how the sabbath was made for man but not meant to control or rule over man. The early church began meeting on the first day of the week.

Acts 20:7,8 states "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. And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together." As I understand it, the early church met on the first day of the week in recognition, celebration even, of the resurrection.

Many meet on other days of the week. I think of Saturday masses or Wednesday night services in many protestant churches. I don't see where it really matters, but it is nice to have a day set aside. It's more important, though, that we don't just set one day aside and go on living like the rest of the world on the other 6 days of the week. Much like a diet needs to be a change in lifestyle to maintain a healthy weight, Christianity needs to be a lifestyle to maintain a healthy soul-- Sunday through Saturday.

Answer 8

Revelations 1:10
Jesus resurrected on Sunday the First Day of the week.
After His Resurrection, each time that He showed Himself to His disciples was on Sunday.
The Holy Ghost was given to the Believers on Sunday, Pentecost is seven Sabbaths plus one day which makes it Sunday, Acts 2:1
Seventh Day Adventist say that this was something that the Catholic church changed. They did not change it, for as you brought out the Apostles did. Its just like the "new ten commandments of driving" that the Catholic church come out with just recently. But to Christians, this is no new doctrine. The Bible is very clear that we are to obey the laws of the land and respect authority and others.

Answer 9

Let's start at the very beginning. God created this world in six days and rested on the seventh. He hollowed the seventh day and said that it was made for man not man for the Sabbath. How many people were here when God created the world? 2 Adam and Eve. Were they Jews? No. Saturday is the seventh day of the week. Look at a calendar for that. Adam and Eve worshiped God on Saturday Sabbath and their were no Jews at that time. Keeping Saturday Sabbath has nothing do to with the Jews, because it was instituted before they were even around.

As for what you say about Paul. Your interpretation of the passage by Paul is incorrect. Let me explain.

First of all there are 112 texts in the entire Bible refering to the Sabbath. 84 of them are found in the New Testament.
There are also 8 text in the New Testament that mentions Sunday or the first day of the week. None of them refer to Sunday being the Sabbath or that the Sabbath was changed to Sunday. That being said let's look at the text that you are specifically refering to about Paul. It's found in Acts 20:7-2.

"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. And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was LONG PREACHING, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked A LONG WHILE, even till break of day, so he parted. And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted."

Here Paul is preaching a farewell, all night meegting on the first day. Noticed he preached till midnight. In the Bible a new day begins at sundown. There are four steps in the 24 hour period. 1. Sunset 2. Midnight 3. Sunrise 4. Noon, and back to sunset. So here it was actually Saturday night, the sun set and it became the first day, Paul preached till midnight, he ate and talked until sunrise and then walked 30 miles with his baggage, caught a ship and went away. This simply confirms a Saturday evening service, which extended into Sunday, and Sunday was a day of common work and travel. The day of worship was very sacred to Paul. If he thought Sunday was the day of worship he would not have traveled the 30 miles with his luggage and then traved on a ship. He preaching was so long because he and his friends were very saddened he was going away, so he stayed and talked with them as long as he could.

This text is so crystal clear I hope that you understand it better now. Not to offend you, but it is so sad that so many people misinterpret the Bible. The Bible is its own interpretor, and if you carefully read all Bible texts in context many misunderstood texts will become clear. Also earnestly pray before reading the Bible. One of the works of the Holy Spirit is to guide us into all truth. So pray and listen.

If you are interested in the other 7 texts mentioning sunday that I mentioned please feel free to email me. Just click on my name and go to my profile, and click on my email connection.

God Bless.

Answer 10

Very good question! I'll even star ya for it! Is God religious? Is He tied to t/ rules set by men? If we go back to t/ 1st week of existence, what "day" did He start His work week? Does it matter to Him what day it was or did He just want us to take some time out of our lives to fellowship/worship Him? Can we worship God on Saturdays? How 'bout Fridays? And where does it say that "Sunday" is called t/ Lord's Day?