It is no longer 1 day in 7 that we worship God (as it was under the law), it's every day. Every day is the day of salvation, every day we should read the Word, every day we should remember the bountiful blessings God has poured out for us in Christ and the good things we enjoy each day. God's mercies are new every morning, not just Saturday. Our entire life is to be a living sacrifice, not just on Sundays. This is the whole problem which people living under the law couldn't understand - not which day of the week you go to church.
2007-11-25 09:04:45 · 5 answers · asked by Gruntled Employee 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Summer Breeze that is exactly my point. there is no Sabbath day. In Christ we enter the Sabbath rest, the rest from all our works and reliance on God's grace for our salvation, and not on which day of the week we go to church. every day is the day for worship. Sunday worship is a subset of worship if we want to be pedantic.
2007-11-25 09:14:44 · update #1
Exodus: Jesus kept the Sabbath because he was Jewish. He hadn't died yet.
To everyone there are some denominations that say worship on Sunday is devil worship.
2007-11-25 09:24:40 · update #2
Cuchlain - law of Moses. Just wanting to make the point that to keep a day a week and say "this is when we ARE to worship" is incorrect, that's legalism, it's law, and a law which finds no such precedent in the New Testament. The apostles only said - keep yourselves from idols, sexual immorality, and foods strangled. They didn't add "oh and only worship on Sunday too, because that's the Lord's day."
That is law - same law, different day. A living sacrifice or worship (in Romans 12:1-2) is a sacrifice for every day of the week, not just sabbath or feast days.
2007-11-25 09:29:12 · update #3
Not exactly sure what the point you are making is. When you saw "living under the law", which law do you mean? The law of Moses or the Law of Christ (Galatians 6:2)? We live under the law of Christ, which is why we gather to worship on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7)
As far as the Law of Moses, they did not gather once a week to worship, the sabbath was not a day of worship but a day of rest. The Days of worship were the feast days.
2007-11-25 09:13:34 · answer #1 · answered by Cuchulain 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What makes the Sabbath special is that it is blessed, sanctified and called holy. That is is the ONLY day that GOD speaks of as holy.
It is true that everyday we are to seek the LORD. However, did JESUS keep the Sabbath? HE certainly did!
When the Bible says that "we are not under the law", does it mean that we are no longer bound to keep the law? OR, does it mean that we are no longer under the penalty of the law? I strongly believe the latter! JESUS did not come to take away the law, HE came to MAGNIFY the law. What I mean, is that HE taught that we are not only bound to keep the letter, but, also the spirit of the law.
What would happen if you taught your children that it doesn't matter if you murder someone or not. They may decide to apply that teaching to some they don't like. Look at todays society. We are living in a godless society! I believe it is because, preachers are teaching EXACTLY what you are presenting in your question!
Please read the Bible VERY carefully!
GOD bless
2007-11-25 17:21:09 · answer #2 · answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember in the beginning when God created the earth, He created it in six days. He rested the seventh day and hallowed it, meaning that Sunday is the day of rest from our labors, just as God rested from His. When Christ died on the cross and was resurrected from the cross, he rose on the first day of the week, which means that the Sabbath is the first day of the week instead of the seventh.
Hebrews 4:8-11 - For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 - There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 - For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 - Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Oh, by the way, Sunday is a day we worship GOD - NOT Satan! Where'd you hear that trash???
2007-11-25 17:10:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
believe not every spirit , but test the spirits whether they are of God , because many false prophets are gone out into the world
2007-11-25 17:09:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sunday worship isn't devil worship. Who told you that?
2007-11-25 17:15:30 · answer #5 · answered by The Curious 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋