Why do so many Christians work on the sabbath day if they're not supposed to?

Question

The Bible clearly states this should not be done, but most Christians ignore this rule why?

Answer 1

Because they need a job and most employers do not hire people who say they are not available to work when needed. Most of the retail establishments, grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations, etc. are open on Sunday. If applicants say they can't work Sunday, they will probably not get the job. When I worked at a bookstore, people would always ask "Why are you open on the sabbath?" I would reply "why are you shopping on the sabbath?" The bottom line is businesses would close on the sabbath if no one shopped then.
Police, firemen, doctors, nurses, etc. also work on the sabbath- would you rather they didn't?

Answer 2

The Bible is a series of historical texts that at one point became grouped together and taken as the word of God. The Bible was written by humans; many of the laws and edicts in the Bible are merely human laws from thousands of years ago. People work on the Sabbath because the rule is no longer applicable today.

Answer 3

That is an Old Testament requirement.
Jesus changed all that and preached the "
Good News" continually.
When the Pharisees criticised Jesus for this, he put it to them about whether or not it was lawful to pick heads of grain.
(Matthew 12:1-8) At that season Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath. His disciples got hungry and started to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 At seeing this the Pharisees said to him: “Look! Your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.” 3 He said to them: “Have YOU not read what David did when he and the men with him got hungry? 4 How he entered into the house of God and they ate the loaves of presentation, something that it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only? 5 Or, have YOU not read in the Law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple treat the sabbath as not sacred and continue guiltless? 6 But I tell YOU that something greater than the temple is here. 7 However, if YOU had understood what this means, ‘I want mercy, and not sacrifice,’ YOU would not have condemned the guiltless ones. 8 For Lord of the sabbath is what the Son of man is.”

Answer 4

Why do most people go to church on Sunday there are about 13 reasons but they are NOT supported by the Bible.

I will explain each of the 13 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 13 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
The people who killed Jesus said this, and now many christians are echoing the lies of His enemies. Jesus healed people on the Sabbath, but where in the Sabbath command does it say don't help people on the Sabbath? Jesus said IT IS lawful to do good on the Sabbath, to help people.

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 have to work or else we will be fired.
The King of Babylon said worship the golden statue or you wil not only lose your job... you will lose your life. Shadrach Meshach and Abednigo chose to follow God rather than keep their jobs.
The king of Persia said worship me or you will lose your job... oh and then I will throw you into a lion's den. Daniel decided following God was more important than keeping his boss happy.


12.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.

13.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

Answer 5

The Sabbath is to be a rest day. The Christian's rest is having faith to rest in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ and not just rest on any particular day of tyhe week (Hebrews 4:1-11). But physically speaking, it is good for everyone not just Christians to have a rest day for each week.

Answer 6

Yeah, but the Sabbath is Saturday, the last day of the week.

Christian's used to do the Sabbath and then have meetings on Sundays. Then the Jews totally severed and they went to Sunday's only.

It is applicaple in modern times, it would do many people good, but it would suck to wait untill Monday if you were bleeding to death.

PLUS, For that Reason, Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan. Read it and then you have your answer.

Answer 7

because when Jesus healed a man on the sabbath the sanhedrin tried to say he commited a crime. He told them He did not commit a crime because He was doing His Father's work. Noadays when mmost people have to work on the sabbath it is because they have a family to support. Or like me when I worked in the hospital. Sometimes I had to work on sunday because people get sick on sunday or whatever day you think the sabbath is on. That is also doing the Lord's work.

Answer 8

This is a rule that you respect from what you have been taught.
Others have learned different values and don't understand the way that you have been taught.
Can you understand another view?

Answer 9

You mean Saturday?

Well, most christians don't even know.

Answer 10

The real question is...
If female basketball players wore skirts...
would their balls show?

Provocative!