Why do people worship God on Sunday?

Question

Since the last day of the week is Saturday, the 7th day when God rested, the Sabbath Day. Why do people go to church on Sunday instead of Saturday?

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.


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


4HIM and shawnLacey are mistaken
1) "When the church was new, some still met on Saturday because some were Jewish and this was their custom to worship on Saturday."

The Bible says that the Gentiles outside of Israel after Paul witnessed to them kept the Sabbath.
Acts 13:42
Acts 17:1-4
Acts 18

Jesus never said "treat every day as though it was the Sabbath." Jesus kept the Sabbath

Jesus did not work on the Sabbath. Jesus was a carpenter and the Bible never says Jesus was in his shop building a table on the Sabbath. Everytime He healed someone He was either in church, on his way to church or leaving church Jesus was not working He was helping people.

Answer 2

Ever since Jesus came, there are no special days, months or years. Every day is His day. Meeting on Sunday probably became a convenient day for everyone.

The first meeting of the Lord's church is recorded in Acts. They met every day to break bread and praise God. Acts 2:42-47. Notice that there were no denominations present and they had everything in common.

When the church was new, some still met on Saturday because some were Jewish and this was their custom to worship on Saturday.

I agree with Riverkid. The way we live our lives for the Lord, is our worship.

Answer 3

True Sabbath is Friday sundown till Saturday sundown.

Sunday worship is pagan after the Sun Gods and few realize this. They worship on "Sun"day, they praise Jesus. Well "J" didn't come around till the 1500's so that alters the name to Esus or Iesus which is the Son of Zeus which ties to the Sun Gods. Then they say Amen as a statement of praise giving thanks to Amen-Rah, the Sun God. And many crosses or pictures of Jesus have a Sun behind his head as a praise to the Sun Gods. Proper terms are Amein with an i and Yahushua for the savior was born of Hebrew.

This also goes for Easter and Christmas for Yahushua was not born in the winter, the bible tells us so. Easter has to do with the eggs and rabbits due to Isis.

The things we, society, deem as spiritual, religious, are actually pagan items from the past. The same pagan items the bible tells us not to follow nor bring to our land, yet we all have.

Even items such as the menorah, dove, peace symbol are all pagan origin. Bible is clear... have no image of God, heaven nor of hell and have no idol. Meaning, have nothing, period. Yet man has created, stole and borrowed items from the bad days, the days that were before Noah and the reason for wrath to be shown.

Answer 4

I hear where you are coming from. Jesus dealt with that when he was here. He said "treat every day as though it was the Sabbath." He does not want one day, he wants seven.

Jesus worked on the Sabbath, and it made the religious community upset. Jesus reminded them about David who ate corn on the Sabbath plus fed it to his men. He then told them that God made the Sabbath for man and not man for the Sabbath.

This does not take away from remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. Jesus would have not violated His own word by healing and working on the Sabbath. Otherwise, He would have been a hypocrite.

Answer 5

Actually God should be worshiped every day of the week. Worship is not something we do once a week. Worship is a way of life.

Answer 6

Nothing else to do - the stores are closed.

Jews go to services from Friday PM to Saturday AM because the Bible says the day begins after sunset. The Jewish tradition is to consider the day begun when 3 stars are visible in the sky.

Answer 7

Lisa,
The New Testament Christians met on the First Day of the Week to break bread and they gave as they had been prospered. These are found in the New Testament and are examples for the Church that Christ Founded. Have a wonderful weekend.
Thanks,
Eds



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Answer 8

Remember, the beginning of the week is not Monday, is actually Sunday; therefore, the seventh day falls right on Saturday.

Answer 9

Thank the Catholic Church for changing the Sabbath. They did lots of things like that because they had the power. Like making folks eat fish on Friday was started to aid poor fishermen a long, long time ago. Since they don't need help anymore, the church decided that you could eat meet on Friday now....

Answer 10

I worship him everyday and I go to church on Sunday.

Sunday is the seventh day counting from from the beginning of my work week, so going to church on Sunday fits by the "rest on the seventh day," principle.

Monday = WORK "DAY 1"
Tuesday = WORK "DAY 2"
Wednesday = WORK "DAY 3"
Thursday = WORK "DAY 4"
Friday = WORK "DAY 5"
Saturday = CHORES - type of work "DAY 6"
SUNDAY = (REST) "DAY 7"