Does God expect us to gather with his people to pray and worship together on Saturday or Sunday? If we break our date with God, do we incur serious sin?
2007-12-09 05:08:40 · 12 answers · asked by Bruce 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus said he came to fulfill the law, not abolish it. Fulfilling the law meant restoring God's original purpose. In the case of the Sabbath commandment, the purpose was to set aside a time so that God's people could worship together.
"The Sabbath is made for man, not man for the Sabbath" (Matt 8). It was an error of Jewish piety to make the Sabbath burdensome. God's people must be free to gather grain, heal a withered hand, or rescue a sheep from a pit.
Christians worship on the Lord's Day, the day of the Resurrection. We have an obligation to come together for a family meal of the Bread of Life.
John 6:53: Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you."
For more on the Commandment to honor the Sabbath, see:
http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a3.htm
CDF
2007-12-09 15:54:24 · answer #1 · answered by christiandefenderfaith 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well before we get sidetracked by "sins of omission" and "sins of commission" let's think about this whole church attendance business.
If your church home doesn't want you there or makes you feel unwelcome then perhaps church shopping is in order. If you find that the only time you worship is during that 1 hour on Sunday your "date with God" is more like a chance encounter. Remember something is a sin only if you deliberately do (or don't do) it as a rejection of God. Nobody sins by accident.
An hour spent by a trout stream early on a Sunday morning can be as sacred as any Eucharistic. And I've been to services where worship wasn't anywhere to be seen.
Besides if you love the Lord your God with your whole heart then everyday is a holy day.
2007-12-10 15:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is 66:23 ...From one sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the Lord. Verse 22 confirms that this is for the The New Earth to come. So since we would be worshipping on the SABBATH, why should we wait until we see Jesus to do it? Do we really need Him to say again- "Remember the Sabbath" (Ex 20:8). He's not going to tell you Remember to keep it, forget about it, and then in Eternity - Remember it again. Durr.
2016-05-22 08:04:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only place that keeping the Sabbath is commanded is in a covenant that the New Testament calls obsolete. True, the New Testament does not explicitly say that the Sabbath is obsolete. Instead, it says much more—that the entire old covenant is obsolete. It says that Christians do not have to keep the law of Moses. It says a large category of law is no longer required, and it never tells Christians to keep the Sabbath. The Lord's day is Sunday, the day of the resurrection. Although the Lord's Day is numerically the first day of the week, it actually represents the eighth day, which is the day of new beginnings.
In Col. 2:16-17, Paul says, "Therefore, do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ."
2007-12-09 05:24:08 · answer #4 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=52&chapter=14&verse=4&end_verse=6&version=49&context=context
and
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=58&chapter=2&verse=15&end_verse=17&version=49&context=context
are the pertinent verses. There is nothing wrong with the doctrine that we are obligated, on a specific day, to worship the Lord. There is also nothing wrong with the doctrine that we are *not* obligated to worship the Lord on any specific day. This is a matter of personal choice/faith and *specifically* made optional by scripture.
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-12-09 08:39:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Jesus and His apostles and early disciples had no "church". They gathered in private homes and also out in public places. The Great "Last Supper" of Jesus and His apostles was in an upper room in the private home of a friend !
Sabbath is only an old Jewish concept and not Christian. Spirit of Truth-led Christians know and practice the truth that each and every Day is the Lord's Day ! and equally Holy !God loves us; and He is Present in Spirit with us the same infinite amount EVERY DAY ! Wonderful. Humans choose if they will let more of God come into their souls and minds !
If the too worldly, and too loose morals, Christian churches don't soon repent and change, they will be replaced with a Living Spiritual Organism of millions and then billions of Home-Family Fellowship Groups meeting each and every day in and with Jesus Christ ! "Priesthood of all believers" is God's and Jesus' One Combined perfect will.
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2007-12-09 05:38:36 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
That is a Jewish concept. Other faiths picked up on the idea but there is no sin incurred. To keep the sabbath means do nothing but keep the day for thanks to the almighty creator. So do not work, make any food, nothing that slightly means work of any kind. It is a day of rest, like the creator did!
2007-12-09 05:17:55 · answer #7 · answered by Tricia R 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
without a valid reason one is in serious sin, there is no reason not to gather, what is one hour of worship, we think it is a sacrifice, look to the cross for true sacrafice and take yourself to mass.
for those who argue over sunday or saturday worship try this link
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/sunday_worship.html
2007-12-09 16:20:48 · answer #8 · answered by fenian1916 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From what I understand Sunday Mass is a holy day of obligation, as we are to keep His day holy. I know that purposefully missing Mass is a mortal sin.
2007-12-09 05:35:34 · answer #9 · answered by Danny H 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The sabbath falls on saturday and as long as it is a day set aside for god your ok. that means no work no buying or selling
2007-12-09 05:12:04 · answer #10 · answered by Thumbs down me now 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋