Why Do Christians Worship Together on Sundays?

Ask Pastor John
Episode: 790

[charlesscott]

I'm saddened when i hear anyone express the belief that the sabbath is part of laws given to the jews or any other group of people. The sabbath was instituted on the 7th day of the creation of the world and as such is meant to be a special day of rest for every race, creed and nationality on earth. Saying that keeping the sabbath is meant only for the jews is like saying that the law not to murder is meant only for the jews

[AnHebrewChild]

For reference, here are the verses Piper quotes in this APJ:

Romans 10:9
Romans 12:27
1 Corinthians 11:18
1 Corinthians 14:23
Ephesians 5:19
1 Corinthians 14:16
2 Timothy 3:16-17
1 Corinthians 11:25-26
Revelation 1:10
Acts 20:7
1 Corinthians 16:2

[rapunzellelonghair]

The pastor didn't lie he knows which is the Sabbath day, he is just giving an explanation as to why some goes to church on Sunday.he did not even suggest that the Sabbath day was changed from Saturday to Sunday.

[KennethNicholson]

Worshiping together on Sunday is not in any way a changing of the Old Testament Law of Sabbath from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. That Law still stands for those who wish to comply with it in their beliefs. However it is a Messianic Law, that was set for Isrealites. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, or Yeshua the Messiah if you prefer, did not do away with any of the Law's. Infact he fullfilled them, All. His glorious completed work on the cross completed and fullfilled all of the earlier prophecy, and also allowed those who were not of the nation of Isreal (Gentiles) to also have their Sins forgiven through repentance in Christs sacrifice, following his in structions on Baptism. As a Gentile and Christian I have no obligation to follow Judaistic Law. Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles makes it very clear that I am not under those Laws, as to be so would mean that I do not believe that Christ fulfilled them. He did. All of them. The Ten Commandments are important to try and live by, but we as fallen sinners can not possibly fullfill them, only Christ can, and did, as only he was/is blameless and pure. As sinners those Laws serve as proof to us that no matter how good our intentions, we fail miserably to uphold them, which is why we are only saved through Faith by the Grace of God, through the New Covenant made in Jesus' Blood. I celebrate and worship, and pray, and read my Bible every day, not just on Sunday, but on Sunday I rejoice, and break bread with, and Worship with my Brothers and Sisters, because Sunday is teh Lords Day. John Macdonald has done a wonderful video on why we worship on Sundays. I will try to post a link in the reply to this. Love and Peace to you. <>< Ken

[PMA]

Acts 20. If you fell out of the window and died would you rather do so on the day Paul is there?

[nogerts]

It is true indeed that all over the scripture, sabbath is on saturday THUS a schedule was set. However, nowhere in the scripture it is commanded to on this specific day only. SABBATH primarily is WORSHIP day/ secondary REST. If we technically follow a time frame, different time zones alter the exact time of sabbath. For me as a Christian, we should, we must, and we desire to spare an exclusive day for GOD considering we work and do all our individual cares six days a week. Again it is not about the exact time, it is about having the time to and knowing to whom your worship is intended to.

As a personal conviction, the day of sabbath in the old testament was primarily commanded for our earlier fathers of humanity (it is symbolic), setting a day for rest and most especially for GOD. If everyone of us will present our preferred biblical passages, it will all somehow entangle our limited reasoning. The time we worhip I believe is not as much as important "TO WHOM" we offer our worship. Worship is intended to God in all the time of our lives.

Unbelievers can have their worship to their gods on mondays and it will not contradict the worship of God's Children on mondays (but ours is practiced on Sundays) as well, and everyday of our lives because our worship is INTENDED FOR JESUS. If we are to encourage unbelievers, the ultimate encouragement is to replace the god they worhip to OUR GOD OF THE BIBLE and not much on changing the time they worhip. For me worhsip is worship. Intended for our CREATOR. However, it is encourage that we have a unified time of worship altogether as we gather in fellowship with our LORD CHRIST.

[Lapompadoure]

I am confused, is the sabbath law was a shadow for the Isralites, then did the Sabbath not excist before Adam? Did Jezus himself not keep the Sabbath? In think the discussion ( if there must be one) is about what does it mean to keep the Sabbath? And the answer like with everything we can find 1 the way Jezus himself kept the Sabbath. 2 How the deciples kept it after Christ resurection. I do not know if this means thats is wrong to worship on sunday. As of now I do not think so, (but who am I) but i do believe saturday is the Sabbath and it should be kept holy in the way Jezus and his followers did, not as the Pharisees ( Sabbath for man and not man for Sabbath ect). If the sabbath was a part of the law just for the Jews then why did it excist before Adam? And why is a part of the 10 commandments, because the other Jewish laws that were created for Israel are not part of the 10 commandments? As you can see I dont hear Pastor John saying the Sabbath has changed from saturday to sunday, or the Sabbath does not excist anymore.

[christopherjones]

So many that suggest Paul changed the sabbath just simply overlook the fact that the disciples kept the Saturday Sabbath 85 times throughout the book of Acts....

Acts 2:44, 17:1, 13:13, 13:15, 13:42, 13:43, 13:44, 16:11-13, 18:1-11, 20:6, the of course Luke 4:16

"But they broke bread on the first day!" According to scripture breaking bread daily was common. Ie, "daily bread".

Jesus himself said until heaven and earth pass that not even one jot or letter shall pass from the law. Its simple there are 10 commandments that are given to all stop conflating this with circumcision.

[dorothyross]

Thank you so much for this word. I have been struggling with understanding why my church meets on Sunday instead of Saturday as I read Exodus 31:13 and 31:16.

[Afro-Capitalist]

All sabbath keepers find their root in seventh day Adventistism. Which divorce themselves from all church history. During the first century the disciples direct disciples has writing on this issue shedding more light on the life and pratice of the church. A sabbath keeper will say that "well that's not the bible" which you do well for recognizing that however, nor is E.G white or the national sunday law book yet you use it to quote most of all your history and interpreetation of the scared text. I would rather listen to men who were approved by the apostles them random ppl

[charlesscott]

In the Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, we read:
Q. Which is the Sabbath day?
A. Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Q. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
A. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic
Church, in the Council of Laodicea, (AD 336) transferred the solemnity
from Saturday to Sunday….
Q. Why did the Catholic Church substitute Sunday for Saturday?
A. The Church substituted Sunday for Saturday, because Christ rose
from the dead on a Sunday, and the Holy Ghost descended upon the
Apostles o n a Sunday.
Q. By what authority did the Church substitute Sunday
for Saturday?
A. The Church substituted Sunday for Saturday by the plenitude of
that divine power which Jesus Christ bestowed upon her!
—Rev. Peter Geiermann, C.SS.R., (1946), p. 50.

[drwn]

Thanks for sharing, good topic.
Which day is the Lord's/Sabbath Day from the bible?

[santanajae]

There was no need to explain “what” Christians are just cuz some people want to know why service is on Sunday. When GODS WORD is the keep the sabbath holy. Meaning SATURDAY when he rested, we should rest as well. Leaving all other days INCLUDING Sunday. To work. Which is why we were out here.. God worked for 6 days and so should we. Some people really just like to feel like they know what they’re talking about. No disrespect intended either, but a simple question does not mean you have to dumb it down for anybody. I’m sure if someone wanted to know what a Christians is they would just look it up. KEPP THE SABBATH Idk bout the rest of yall but I’ll keep my sabbath on Saturday. The day it was meant for. Jesus doesn’t come to abolish any laws.. but Enforce them. So why change the sabbath? Makes no sense.

[macdude]

The Bible is right and true. The Sabbath is on Saturday. God made the seventh day Holy! "The law of the LORD is perfect restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making the wise simple." Psalm 19:7 I know some people will refer to the jewish calendar to defend the Sunday worship, but that is not the Bible. God made days according to His Word which states morning and evening and that is one day.

[jpdejure]

Because they're following the Catholics leaders veneration of the sun god Sol, decree and ignoring the original Ten Commandments given to Moses

[grasonicus]

God said the seventh day is the Sabbath of your God YHWH. Nowhere, Old or New Testament is Sunday elevated to a holy status. Now there are many who say to God that they will choose a day which pleases them regardless of what God said. I'll go with what the creator of the Universe said.

Pastor John lies; doing the accounting on Sunday was not a church service. Acts 20 took place on a Saturday night and the reason is clearly supplied - Paul wanted to travel on Sunday. He then also did walk the about 50Km from Troas to Assos on Sunday. Lying is nothing to theologians. No wonder Jesus was consistently negative about theologians.

[brianmarrian]

And Acts 2:1-3 - The commencement of the powerful Church expansion - Pentecost was on a Sunday!

[mmtoss]

Saturday is the Sabbath. However we as Christians are no longer under the law. The sabbath was a shadow of the rest Christ gives us when we believe in Him.

[ImpalerVlad]

Completely lost my trust in John Piper at the very moment when he said that Jesus rose on Sunday. I’m out.

[ericsgreyhairwisdom]

Plain and simple. Sabbath translates to Saturday. During the 1400's Christiams wanted to separate worship from the Jews and decided on Sunday. Everything else you hear is fantasy.