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Old 04-17-2010, 05:51 PM
 
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Just curious as to why Bible believing Christians worship on Sunday(1st day of the week) vs Saturday(7th day of the week), and what their biblical perspective is on this topic.
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Old 04-17-2010, 06:57 PM
 
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Because we are not under the law, we are not required to do so.

Romans 6:14
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace

Colossians 2:16
Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.
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Old 04-17-2010, 06:59 PM
 
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wouldn't that also then indicate that we are free the responsibility to refrain from stealing, murdering, and committing adultery?

read Romans 6:15-16 "What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?"
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Old 04-17-2010, 07:21 PM
 
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Just curious as to why Bible believing Christians worship on Sunday(1st day of the week) vs Saturday(7th day of the week), and what their biblical perspective is on this topic.
Christians were Jews originally and all went to synogoge on the 7th day. But it became common for the Christians to meet on the first day of the week to break bread.

See Acts 20:7 "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight."

It is not some mysterious conspiracy, just a practice that has stuck from the time of the early church to today.
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Old 04-17-2010, 07:45 PM
 
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Christians were Jews originally and all went to synogoge on the 7th day. But it became common for the Christians to meet on the first day of the week to break bread.

See Acts 20:7 "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight."

It is not some mysterious conspiracy, just a practice that has stuck from the time of the early church to today.
Yet Acts 17:1-2 makes it clear that as was his custom, he went into the synagogue on three sabbath days. Clearly he was still keeping the Sabbath. He also reiterates in Acts chapter 26 that he is still keeping with that custom.

I guess that I should probably have stated my thread title differently and asked why Christians feel that the 10 commandments were "done away with"
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Old 04-17-2010, 08:20 PM
 
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wouldn't that also then indicate that we are free the responsibility to refrain from stealing, murdering, and committing adultery?

read Romans 6:15-16 "What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?"
No.
Read Ephesians 4:17-32
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Old 04-17-2010, 08:29 PM
 
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Christians were Jews originally and all went to synogoge on the 7th day. But it became common for the Christians to meet on the first day of the week to break bread.

See Acts 20:7 "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight."

It is not some mysterious conspiracy, just a practice that has stuck from the time of the early church to today.
Yes, so many Christians worship on the first day of the week because that was the example set by the apostles and the first century Christians. But, not to be dogmatic about it, we can pick any day to worship God, which should be DAILY. Sunday is just the traditional day that all Christians assemble themselves for worship as shown by Scripture.
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Old 04-17-2010, 08:57 PM
 
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Yes, so many Christians worship on the first day of the week because that was the example set by the apostles and the first century Christians. But, not to be dogmatic about it, we can pick any day to worship God, which should be DAILY. Sunday is just the traditional day that all Christians assemble themselves for worship as shown by Scripture.
So, then what is your thought on the 4h commandment? God was very specific about what day is to be kept holy. I understand that we can truly worship God every day, but as for keeping a day holy, we can't simply pick one that fits us. You see God never said make the day holy, He said keep it holy, which would indicate that it was already holy and had been for some time. What I find interesting is that I don't know a single bible believing Christian who would knowingly break any of the 10 commandments, with the exception of the only one that starts with the word remember. Why is that?
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Old 04-17-2010, 09:21 PM
 
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So, then what is your thought on the 4h commandment? God was very specific about what day is to be kept holy. I understand that we can truly worship God every day, but as for keeping a day holy, we can't simply pick one that fits us. You see God never said make the day holy, He said keep it holy, which would indicate that it was already holy and had been for some time. What I find interesting is that I don't know a single bible believing Christian who would knowingly break any of the 10 commandments, with the exception of the only one that starts with the word remember. Why is that?
Amen.

God Bless you.
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Old 04-17-2010, 10:27 PM
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Just curious as to why Bible believing Christians worship on Sunday(1st day of the week) vs Saturday(7th day of the week), and what their biblical perspective is on this topic.
We celebrate on the day of the resurrection. Easter was on a Sunday and it became the new Sabbath. Of course the SDA's think otherwise.
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