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by liz m on December 14th, 2005

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Why do most Christian churches worship on Sunday and not on the original Sabbath (Saturday)?

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  • by autumn leaves on January 23rd, 2010

    autumn leaves

    true worshippers of Jehovah God worship every day, in different ways. worshipping God is not just about going to a physical building, sitting and listening to a sermon. worshipping God involves every aspect of our lives. meeting together is very important.(hebrews 10:24,25)our meetings are occasions when we are going to be helped to reason with the scriptures, and not so much indoctrinated to believe a certain way. we are persuaded through the scriptures to accept bible truths. for more information go to www.watchtower.org

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  • by alreadydead on December 16th, 2006

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    Because the great emperors of Roman Empire changed the face of true (lost) Christianity. Sunday was the day of worshiping the Sun-god. Pagan rituals, gods, festivals, and… what were popular and beloved for the folk, became a part of the new Empire religion Roman Catholicism.

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  • by onemilesouth on December 16th, 2006

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    Sabbath-keeping was part of Israelite/Jewish obligations under the Law of Moses. In the New Testament, Christians met on Sunday, which is the first day of the week. See Acts 20:7 and 1 Corinthians 16:1-2. It is noteworthy that the first day of the week was the time when the resurrection of Christ occurred (Matthew 28:1ff).

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  • by Joshua Zambrano on February 4th, 2006

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    This is basically the same thing as this question:

    http://www.answerbag.com/a_view.php/42382

    So this is just a repost of what's there:

    I myself was a little confused by it until reading John Calvin's Instruction in Faith. As Paul says in Colossians 3:16-17, let none judge us in respect of the sabbath days or holy days. However, I think the best explanation comes from the John Calvin book, written in 1537 A.D. From pages 30-32:

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    4. Remember the day of rest in order to sanctify it. Six days thou shalt work and in them do all thy work; the seventh, however, is the rest of the Lord thy God. On it thou shalt not do any work, neither thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maid, nor thy animals, nor the foreigner who is within thy doors. For, in six days God made the heavens, the earth, and all the things which are in them, and on the seventh day he rested, hence he has blessed the day of rest and has sanctified it.

    We see that there were three reasons for giving this commandment: First, with the seventh day of rest the Lord wished to give to the people of Israel an image of spiritual rest, whereby believers must cease from their own works in order to let the Lord work in them. Secondly, he wished that there be an established day in which believers might assemble in order to hear his Law and worship him. Thirdly, he willed that one day of rest be granted to servants and to those who live under the power of others so that they might have a relaxation from their labor. The latter, however, is rather an inferred than a principal reason.

    As to the first reason, there is no doubt that it ceased in Christ; because he is the truth by the presence of which all images vanish. he is the reality at whose advent all shadows are abandoned. Hence St. Paul (Col. 2:17) affirms that the sabbath has been a shadow of a reality yet to be. And he declares elsewhere its truth when in the letter to the Romans, ch. 6:8, he teaches us that we are buried with Christ in order that by his death we may die to the corruption of our flesh. And this is not done in one day, but during all the course of our life, until altogether dead in our own selves, we may be filled with the life of God. Hence, superstitious observance of days must remain far from Christians.

    The two last reasons, however, must not be numbered among the shadows of old. Rather, they are equally valid for all ages. Hence, though the sabbath is abrogated, it so happens among us that we still convene on certain days in order to hear the word of God, to break the bread of the Supper, and to offer public prayers; and, moreover, in order that some relaxation from their toil be given to servants and workingmen. As our human weakness does not allow such assemblies to meet every day, the day observed by the Jews has been taken away (as a good device for eliminating superstition) and another day has been destined to this use. This was necessary for securing and maintain order and peace in the Church.

    As the truth therefore was given to the Jews under a figure, so to us on the contrary truth is shown without shadows in order, first of all, that we mediate all our life on a perpetual sabbath from our works so that the Lord may operate in us by his spirit; secondly, in order that we observe the legitimate order of the Church for listening to the public prayers; thirdly, in order that we do not oppress in humanly with work those who are subject to us.
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    Reading this the first time was a real wake-up call to me you might say. The reason for using Sunday instead of Saturday was TO AVOID SUPERSTITIOUS OBSERVANCE OF DAYS. Ironically, Sunday is now being superstitously observed just as Saturday once was, so if it were possible to be done, it might almost be better to use another day like Monday or Tuesday instead of Sunday as the day of rest for the week.

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  • by hemiman on September 24th, 2006

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    We believe that Sunday is the Sabbath. Others believe it is Saturday. I dont think it really matters.

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