What Day Should I Go to Church? | Sabbath or Sunday?

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What day should I go to church?

Didn't Jesus celebrate the Sabbath on Saturday?

But wait, is the Sabbath the same thing as worship?
If not, what is the difference?

Do I celebrate Sabbath or Sunday?

Why is all of this so confusing? What day is the Sabbath, and what should we really be doing as Christians?

How did we go from Sabbath on Saturday to church on Sunday?

In this video, I'll be answering all of those questions, and more!

I'm going to take you through the history of Sabbath and Sunday, helping you see how things came to be the way they are today, what along the way has caused so much confusion, and how you can figure out what your worship practices should be.

Thanks for watching!

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[jackmommiesg]

The forth commandment still says that God hallowed it made Holy the seventh day . We should follow the laws of God and not man. Sabbath was instituted at creation. To make their traditions more comfortable, the Catholic Church removed the forth commandment and split the tenth. My Catholic friends assure me that the Sabbath is still in force …. That if you are not a Catholic, and you are worshiping on Sunday, you are heretic. I appreciate you Brandon, watch all of your videos . Thank you for addressing this . Powerful . As a Sabbath keeper, I wish more people would address this .

[maricamarica]

Im Serbian orthodox. Most people celebrate Sunday for their rest day. But once i found out that it was a command for us to worship/rest on Saturday. I personally converted back to Saturday rest. Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on Earth.

[edwinwilliams]

Pastor, I agree with you 100% and have been saying the same thing for years. The church today is largely ignorant of what the Bible actually says. Rather they rely on what their denominations tell them. Please people, read the Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to help and guide you. That is why He was sent.

[monte]

I’m glad this topic came up. You are very knowledgeable in so many topics. I do have a comment regarding the Sabbath. I’ve gone too many different denominations in my lifetime but I never really heard about the Sabbath until I got to my present church. I still believe the Sabbath is Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. The Bible says in Matthew 5:18, “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Changing the Sabbath to Sunday is man’s change, not God’s.

[jeanettevandenberg]

I didn't grew up as a Christian. But a few years ago God came into my life. I keep the sabbath 4th commandment. I live every moment of it. We rest in Jesus out savior. We serve one livin God. There for I believe we must be one. If the Bible said it... I believe it

[alexrodriguez]

Hi Brandon, besides all you've said, which I really liked, there are a lot of texts in the bible for the ever-lastingness duration of the Sabbath as a day of worship, just one of them is Isaiah 63:23: "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord."

In my (really poor) opinion, I think we should keep the Sabbath as our worship day as the commandments said, cause this day was created, blessed and sanctified for us, as the Sabbath was made for the man. A day to rejoice, with a marvelous promise:

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Isaiah 58:13, 14

[raptureready]

According to Acts 20:7, it was Saturday evening, not Sunday morning. Paul spoke up to wee hours of Sunday morning. This verse doesn't say shabbat was changed to Sunday. And breaking bread in first century Israel simply means sharing a meal. Today's church has misunderstood both customs of early Christianity's Jewish roots.

[alwaysflushinpublic]

RIP Mr Cathy While I never agreed with all or even 1/2 of what he said, it was what he did that won me over. 👍🏿He came to the have lunch in a middle school cafeteria every 2 weeks. It was in the poorest school system in metro-Atlanta. He did bring security but they were forced to remain outside of the cafeteria. He sat at a table surrounded by young men, eating the same PS cold food. He hugged them and showed up to the graduations. RIP Mr Cathy. Well Done🙏🏿

[The_Prayer_Station]

We can and should worship everyday...but the 7th day is to be kept holy...that is by God's command. The idea of Sunday replacing shabbat is our own tradition, its not scriptural.

[kellyreyburn]

As a Christian, I am now learning to practice the Jewish Feasts also. Not required but I so love to dig deeper into my personal faith journey. MARANATHA ❤️

[jessicaeggleston]

I have been taught there are heavenly appointed times and sabbath, Friday into Saturday is one of those heavenly appointed times. It’s like having dinner with Jesus and his disciples in the unseen realm. We have dinner together, pray together, and take communion in remembrance. The first time we practiced sabbath in this way we prayed over our oldest son the Friday before he started school. He always struggled in school leading up to this point and we prayed for him daily but that year he was on the AB honor roll all year and tested out of all IEP services. It really was a miracle and I believe it was because we were praying in agreement with heaven on sabbath.

[eileenhamilton]

My husband and I started observing Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown out of respect for the true Sabbath.Also, Sunday is a day for the pagan sun goddess, hence the name.However, for many Christians this isn't a known fact.

[cj_harris]

Thank you for the insightful video...

Just wanted to know, if Jesus didn't come to do away with the Law but to establish it, then why out of all the commandments are we told to "Remember" the Sabbath day?

It's as if God knew we were going to forget. And isn't that's what has happened, we have forgotten?

Thank you so much for the work you're doing its truly the work of the Holy Spirit in you. God bless. 🙏🏼

[bobbieleland]

Rest, work 6 days rest. I agree. We rest on Saturday and church on Sunday, love your video

[lampsaltlight]

Thank you so much for sharing. That was very clear and has answered pretty much every one of my questions about this topic. Now, I want to honor God on shabbath on friday evening to saturday evening and rest on sunday. 🙂

[nathanielamiriam]

Recommending El Shaddai Ministries, Taking Torah to the nations for a better understanding on this topic and more on why keep the Torah. It's for Jews and Gentiles.

[DennyF]

You fulfil the craving for a bible study that I have. There’s so much I’m learning from you. I love how slow paced you are and everything you are covering! Please keep going and listening to the Holy Spirit as I’d love to hear what the HS wants me to know. Be blessed Brandon.

[jackiekuffel]

Brandon, really appreciate your in depth look at how culture of the people of the time reflects in our traditions today. Makes me appreciate that my Sabbath may not be Sunday but the imporyance is that I take the time to worship and reflect on what Jesus has done for me.

[desireerose]

The thing God made the Sabbath His fourth commandment. That makes it pretty important! It's very hard though, since I wasn't raised Jewish. And understanding the reasons behind their feasts aren't as mysterious as how they practice them. I'm not a good cook period. I certainly know zip about Jewish food. I want to honor God, but it's confusing and stressful. So far I have been managing to do it Friday night to Saturday, but as for the food I have only managed the 🍞 and 🍷 thing. Well kind of...I don't like wine so I use juice. Paul said not to let anyone judge you on this (what you eat, etc). I try to concentrate on Jesus on Shabbat. But I'm alone, so it's lonely sometimes. Sometimes I wish I had someone like a pastor to talk to, but I don't. I have no one to talk over problems with. I can't go to church, so I don't have community. I can't even get a pastor to call me back. It's just me and Him as it's been for all of my adult life. I just hope that He appreciates me trying. I would like to try some of their food though. Making a tv dinner isn't working....is it?

[kathyharlan]

I appreciate the history lesson on how the weekly Sabbath kept by Jesus and his followers was changed to Sunday. I choose to observe the Sabbath, not a day that some Roman emperor decided based on his pagan background (sun worship). And the reasoning of simply taking any day during the week to rest doesn’t fit with the Bible that Christians base their faith on. After all, it is one of the Ten Commandments and Jesus said he did not come to do away with the law but fulfill it. Maybe we should ask how Jesus fulfilled this command and that would put things in perspective.