Why we keep Sunday

September 22, 2008, 4:40 am
This is a question that was e-mailed to me:

Hi I am curious and am searching on why should we keep the Sunday worship. That is the only question I want to know can you please tell me the answer. I'm not good with the computer So please can you explain.

My reply:

There is no need to keep the 7th day Sabbath any longer, because there is no biblical command to do so that applies to Christians1,2,3, the Apostles never set an example of doing so4,5,6,7,8,9,10, and we're told that the Sabbath is only a shadow of a greater reality we have experienced11,12,13.

So, if Christians wanted to keep a weekly day special, the natural day would be Sunday, the weekly anniversary of Jesus' resurrection.  The Bible indicates that this took place14,15, and other Christian writings from the first and second century are explicit about this16.

Jesus told the Apostles that whatever they bind or loose on earth will be bound or loosed in heaven.  The Christian community has chosen to celebrate Jesus' resurrection as a weekly event, and this has taken place from the beginning of Christianity.  To avoid sharing in this weekly celebration is to separate oneself from the united will of Christians from the time of the Apostles.

I've stuck in footnotes to articles on my website, and one from Catholic Answers.  At this time of night I don't feel like tracking down the others I could reference.

References:
1. Matt 5 - will the law never pass away?
2. Mark 2/Matt 12/Luke 6 - was the Sabbath made for all mankind to keep?
3. Matt 24 - pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day?
4. Luke 4 - did Jesus set an example of Sabbath keeping for us?
5. Acts 1 - do Christians keep the Sabbath in Acts?
6. Acts 13 - do Christians keep the Sabbath in Acts?
7. Acts 15 - do Christians keep the Sabbath in Acts?
8. Acts 16 - do Christians keep the Sabbath in Acts?
9. Acts 17 - do Christians keep the Sabbath in Acts?
10. Acts 18 - do Christians keep the Sabbath in Acts?
11. Col 2:14-17 - does this refer to the 7th day Sabbath?
12. Rom 14:5-6 - do we need to keep the Sabbath?
13. Gal 4:10-11 - do we need to keep the Sabbath?
14. 1 Cor 16:2 - regular first day services?
15. Acts 20:7 - a service on the first day of the week?
16. The Fathers know best - Sabbath or Sunday?



by stephen in General       ( Edit )      ( Delete )     
Page :  1