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1 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | shadow_thorn | 119388 | ||
What is "The seventh day" in terms of keeping it as a day of rest? Some say it's saturday because its the seventh day of the week,others say sunday.Does it really make a difference what day it is as long as we pick one day?God rested on the seventh day,what day was that? Surley the seven days of the week did not exist when God created the earth.The seven day a week was thought up by man to keep track of time wasn't it? I hope this question doesn't sound silly. | ||||||
2 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | Fletch | 119389 | ||
The seventh day is Saturday, also called the Sabbath. Some worship on Sunday, also called Lord's Day. Most do not argue what day is the seventh, but what day to worship on. Those that worship on Saturday say that we are to keep the fourth commandment. Those that worship on Sunday do so because it is the day Jesus was resurrected. I hope this helps. Brother in Christ, Rex |
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3 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | tnmom | 120436 | ||
The seventh day is saturday.The first day of the week is sunday.We are to meet and worship on the first day of the week.The sabbath started friday at sun down and lasted until saturday at sun down .The new testment does not require us to worship on the sabbath, we are to meet and worship the first day of the week,sunday. | ||||||
4 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | kalos | 120439 | ||
The Sabbath in Acts 'Among the several references to the Sabbath in Acts (1:12; 13:14-44; 15:21; 17:2; 18:4; 20:7) there is little evidence to suggest that the earliest Christian communities deviated from the traditional Sabbath observed on the seventh day. The lone reference to a gathering "On the first day of the week" (20:7) most likely reflects an emerging Christian consensus that the first day was an appropriate day on which to meet for worship and celebrating the Lord's Supper.' ____________________ (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi) |
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5 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120466 | ||
Just to give this thread some balance, I have to throw in this little tidbit. I understand from several Jewish friends who are also christians, that they still get together on Saturdays and celebrate their Jewish heritage with no religious connotations. They assemble together on Sundays with their whole congregation for worship in accordance with God's Word. But they also enjoy the common Jewish heritage with their Jewish families and I for one don't have a problem with that. This could be compared to any family or national heritage celebrated on any day of the week across the world. As long as this celebration doesn't include violations to God's Word, like eating blood, or some other strange rituals, there's no problem. The only caution is that Sunday is the only day of worship to the one and only God of this universe. Nothing else can get between a christian and His God on that day. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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6 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | Mommapbs | 120468 | ||
Rowdy - I caution you to be careful to support your dogmatic statements with the authority of Scripture. Please provide us with references for this: "Sunday is the only day of worship to the one and only God of this universe. Nothing else can get between a christian and His God on that day." So am I to conclude that I am not to worship God at any other time? In Heaven, worship is continual (Rev 4:8-11) . . . we were taught by the Lord to pray, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven . . . (Mt 6:10) From this it seems that our worship is to be a continual expression . . . as we present our bodies as living sacrifices . . . Romans 12:1-2 Frankly, any time that anything gets between the believer and God, it is idolatry. (Thou shalt have no other gods before Me, comes to mind here Ex 20:3-5) Please honor the requests of this Forum to use Scripture! Blessings, mommapbs |
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7 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120477 | ||
You're right of course. I should have said Sunday is the only day that's commanded by the Lord through his Apostles. There are numerous scriptures throughout the NT. One only has to insert "first day week" into the Search field and come up with several. As for other days of worship, of course it's perfectly OK to worship God 7 days a week, 365 days a year but Sunday is the only day commanded. Thank you for the reminder. God bless. --Rowdy |
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8 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | kalos | 120512 | ||
Sunday commanded--show us the evidence! Rowdy: Please cite the NT book, chapter and verse where Jesus, the Apostles, or anyone else COMMANDS "first day" (Sunday) worship. Meeting on the first day of the week may have been practiced by the early church. But "practiced" does not equal "commanded". My question is very specific. It does not require a thesis paper or dissertation to answer it. All I'm asking for is chapter and verse where Sunday worship is COMMANDED. Show it to me in the NT. The Sabbath in Acts 'Among the several references to the Sabbath in Acts (1:12; 13:14-44; 15:21; 17:2; 18:4; 20:7) there is little evidence to suggest that the earliest Christian communities deviated from the traditional Sabbath observed on the seventh day. The lone reference to a gathering "On the first day of the week" (20:7) most likely reflects an emerging Christian consensus that the first day was an appropriate day on which to meet for worship and celebrating the Lord's Supper.' ____________________ (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi Grace and peace, kalos |
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9 | The Seventh Day | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120535 | ||
Generally throughout the Restoration, it is well recognized by many history books of that Restoration that there are 3 dinstinct categories of commands. I'll reproduce them here as best I can remember as I've studied this subject many times. 1) Imperatives directly from God's Word. I infer from your comment this is only category that you would accept but I'm afraid most christians would insist on a few more if they're forced to think about it logically. Examples here would be anything from the steps of salvation to the elements of modern worship, but there is so much more. 2) Commands by Examples. Here I'm talking about actions performed mostly by Apostles or at least by christians that were clearly endorsed by the Holy Spirit. Items that should be avoided in possible misinterpretation would be those like foot washing, anoiting of oil or exchange of holy kiss. These acts appear obviously as customs of their time and place, like our shaking hands. Examples of commands would be the day of worship and the appointment of elders and deacons. 3) Commands of inference. These are commands necessitated by common sense to carry out the other two above. I would stress these should be held to the minimum and must be considered necessary or the command being supported cannot be executed. An example here would be an accounting report in regular intervals to the elders so they can make wise decisions with the Lord's resources. Apparently, you would encourage me to expand on the 2nd command of example. It is perfectly logical for this kind of command to be inferred from God's Word. As I've been emphasizing in other previous posts, God expects us to grow in our spiritual development as well as our knowledge and handling of His Word. Toward this end, God set up the custom throughout the OT, of setting a pattern (example if you will). He had Noah build His ark to very exacting specifications as He did with Solomon and his building the Temple. Both of these were a foreshadow of things to come in the future. The ark as a perfect model of the church saving its occupants from a world of sin and the Temple as a perfect model of our own bodies as a modern dwelling place for the Holy Spirit. Another endorsement of the practicality of taking commands from the Apostles as examples is our own parenting of our kids. Maybe you're not a parent quite yet but believe me, when and if you become one, you'll appreciate the value of "commands by example." You may even now experience that appreciation from your own relationship with your parents. Neither God or any parent wants to dictate every little detail in the upbringing and training of their child(ren). In the same way, the Lord and His Apostles expect us to use our intellect, our common sense and infer certain commands from their activities, especially when those acts are done repeatedly and with some obvious purpose. In this case with the first day of the week being the day of worship in the abscence of their doing so on the Sabbath in the NT, the command is rather simple and easily inferred. This pattern of worshiping of Sunday is in stark contrast with the thousands of years of worship in the Temple with the OT. So you may begin to see why I issued this initial statement so matter-of-factly with no scripture in support. I thought this was a well recognized and very basic principle of Christianity. You know how we humans err with assumptions. I do hope this helps to clarify the issue and God bless. --Rowdy |
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