Subject: When did the day of worship change? |
Bible Note: I have no doubt that Paul worshipped on the Sabbath, but that still does not negate the verse in Acts 20 that has him worshipping on Sunday. Acts 20:7 7 Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. "OH praise the Lord!, the Bible does validate teh adoration on" Sunday. If the Bible has Paul or any other apostle or church meeting on Sunday one time, that is enough for me to believe it is not a sin—Unless they were publicly rebuked for doing so which did not happen. You still have not commented on two very clear passages on this subject. I am not into playing Bible Verse Ping-pong. 1.) Paul and many other Christians did meet on Saturday 2.) They also met on Sundays as well. These two thoughts can be complimentary and not contradictory if you adopt my view on this issue: As long as you choose one day to honor the Lord, you will be right with God. Lets look at three ways you can approach this issue: 1. If I said that you could only worship on Sunday, I could be proven wrong scripturally. Why? Because there are verses that show the apostles attending the Synagogues on Saturday. 2. If I said that you could only worship on Saturday, I could also be proven wrong because in Acts 20, Paul is meeting together with the church in Ephesus breaking bread and holding a church service on Sunday. 3. However, if I told you that you could worship on Sunday or Saturday because in the N.T. you see apostles worshipping on both of those days, I could not be proven wrong. To use verses and completely ignore other verses that don’t coincide with your beliefs is what I call Bible ping-pong. I have my verse and you have your verse and whenever you pull out your verse I am going to pull out my verse. You have got to reconcile these passages. 1 Cor 16:1-3 16:1 Now about the collection for God's people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. It seems like the custom for the Church of Corinth was to meet on Sunday's as well. Paul never told them they were in violation for "not keeping the Sabbath Law" nor did he tell them they were in sin. Acts 17:2. "As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures," What was Paul’s purpose for entering the Synagogue? To try and find converts not worship with them—although he might have joined in on the worship service. The whole purpose of recording this passage here and other places in the book of Acts is not to reinforce Sabbath worship, but to show that although Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles, he still sought to win the lost in his old faith to Jesus Christ. I was kind enough to answer your objections and verses you supplied and am really anxious to hear your response. In His name Schwartzkm |