Is Sunday worship a violation of Sabbath? Lets take a look at scripture to see what the bible says about Sabbath. I will apologize ahead of time as this one I had a hard time condensing ;)
If we refer to the 10 commandments, the word Sabbath is mentioned in the fourth Commandment. "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" It deliberately starts with the word REMEMBER. The 10 commandments were never done away with so that alone should help to clear up any confusion regarding the sabbath day and whether we are to honour it still. The words "remember" and "keep it holy" help to stress this point but let's look further.
New Testament mentions sabbath over 50 times. The word sabbath is always used with respect bearing the same title as in the Old Testament as "THE" Sabbath day This also confirms something else. The commandment is referring to the weekly Sabbath not the Holy Days as some often confuse but make no mistake we are to honour the holy days as well. That my friends is going to have to be a different blog altogether :)The deliberate use of the word The sabbath is meant to clear up any confusion and make the distinction between the two.
The Sabbath is mentioned as part of Gods law before Sinai. Exodus 16:4-5 "I will rain bread from heaven for you : and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they walk in my law or no. And it shall come to pass that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in: and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily"
Ezekiel 20:20 "And hallow my sabbaths ; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God"
In Exodus 31:13 "Say to the Israelites you must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for generations to come so you may know that I am the Lord who makes you holy"
There are currently pastors incorrectly teaching that the Law was done away with and that it is simply by grace that we are saved without also following Gods laws. Some still claim it is just for the Jewish to continue the Sabbath but be aware to the fact that the bible never calls it a Jewish holiday but rather a Sabbath of the Lord. In Matthew 12:1-13 Jesus speaks of the sabbath. Instead of abolishing the law, he carefully taught the people how it should be observed. If it wasnt meant for Gentiles as well as Jews he wouldn't have taught as such. He refers again to keeping the commandments which include keeping the sabbath in John 15:12 "If ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Fathers commandments, and abide in his love" and in Luke 4:16"And he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up; and as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read." The Jews never accused Paul of not holding to the sabbath so he must have observed sabbath on the correct day as well.In Acts 25:8 "While he answered for himself, neither against the laws of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended anything at all"
It is made very clear that the law was not done away with and is not only for the Jewish people Isaiah 56:6-7 Also the sons of the stranger,that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants everyone that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for ALL people" The use of the word ALL is usually ignored by false teachers.
and lastly in Romans 2:13-15 "For when the Gentiles which have not the law do by nature the things contained in the law these having not the law are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts their conscience also bearing witness and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another." That is great news!!!!
Ok so now that we cleared up that its not just for the Jewish and that Sabbath should still to be observed.....What is the correct day to honour sabbath and to keep it holy?
If we refer to biblical scripture again for the answers Matthew 28:1 says "In the end of the sabbath as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week." By looking at any Roman calendar one can plainly see that every week starts with Sunday therefore one would have to reasonable conclude that the end of the week beginning to dawn toward the 1st day would confirm that Sabbath is in fact Saturday. Luke 23:54 "And that day was the preparation and the Sabbath drew on" and then starts Chapter 24 with "Now on the 1st day of the week they came upon the sepulchre"
It is also important to notice the word Sabbath is used to mean Saturday in over 105 languages around the world
Ezekiel 22:26 talks about the changing of the laws and profaning the Sabbaths " Her priests have violated my law; and have profaned mine holy things:they have put no difference between the holy and profane ,neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean,and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths and I am profaned among them.
History shows that the controlling empire was the Roman empire and Constantine in 321 AD. They followed many gods. He changed the day of worship to Sunday and then it followed into Papal Rome.
Christianity was legalized and a mix of both started. We still follow the Roman Calendar today.
But what does the Lord say? The Lord commands the 7th day as the day of worship. Genesis 2:2-3 "And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it:because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
God promised Jerusalem would stay forever if they would keep the sabbaths Jeremiah 17:24-25.
Some claim it doesnt matter when you worship as long as you worship. A direct way to answer that is the story of Cain and Abel. One worshiped the way he wanted and one worshiped the way God wanted him to. It is the first murder in the bible where evil took the life of the obedient! This was the first example of what transpires when we choose to do things our own way. He is very clear in many many areas in scripture that we are to keep the sabbath day on the day HE CHOSE. Being deceived in areas of true teachings is scarily easy. Revelation 14:9 is a warning about worshiping the way the beast or false teachers wants you to worship" "If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand" but what most dont realize is by incorrectly keeping the 4th commandment forces you to also break the 1st commandment. "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" You are unknowingly worshipping on an incorrect day.
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Worshiping on Sunday is actually the law of the Catholic Church. The mark of their authority directly refutes Gods and Jesus' teachings. It is NOT biblical scripture and has us deceptively following incorrect teachings
Do you worship on the true Sabbath or have been deceived until now? xoxoxoxox
Please again research all these things yourself. This is your salvation you are dealing with xoxoxoxo
Do you keep only the sabbath law or ALL the old testament laws? Since the law was not done away with according to you then you must keep a kosher kitchen? Do you eat pork, shellfish or any unclean animal? Do you count 7 days from the end of your menstrual cycle (1st 14 days od the month) before resuming sexual relations with your husband? Do you ever mix cheese/dairy with meat aka cheeseburger?
ReplyDeleteIf not then you are violating the law!