The simple answer is that: most Christians recognize that when Jesus Christ came on the scene, he instituted a whole new system, one that was promised in the Old Testament itself (Jeremiah 31). Certain aspects of the Old Testament (e.g., the dietary laws) are laid aside in the New Testament. Others are replaced by other things (e.g., Passover replaced by Communion). Another is the Sabbath. When Jesus died and rose on the third day (Sunday), this became the "Lord's Day" to early Christians. As a key symbolic act to acknowledge the newness of the "new covenant" brought by Jesus, Christians have, from the start, distinguished themselves from their fellow Jewish monotheists by worshipping on "the Lord's day", Sunday. The complex answer is that: this question strikes at the heart of what separates some of the major Protestant denominations theologically. The broader question is, "What is the Christian's relationship to the Old Testament?" or "Are we 'bound' to follow the Old Testament's specific laws and commands?" Those answering "Yes" to the latter question are hard-pressed to answer why certain laws are clearly laid aside (e.g., dietary). Those answering "No" are hard-pressed to answer whether this means the 10 Commandments (and the entire Old Testament) is now irrelevant to Christians. These questions can be answered well but are complex and beyond the scope of this inquiry.

When the earth was created there was no calendar and even what we know about the first calendars from what I've heard is vary sketchy so we don't actually know exactly what day of the week the original Sabbath day was. The way I see it is that the actual day of the week that we celebrate the Sabbath dosn't matter. Jesus said that "The Sabbath was made for man, man was not made for the Sabbath" In other words God made the Sabbath day and told us to keep it because he knows that we need a day off of work to rest and to focus on him and to worship him. As long as we set aside a day of the week to do this I don't think it matters what day it is.

The passage in Exodus 20:8, is clearly giving to the Jewish people, not the gentiles. When Jesus came he established a new covenant, and gave two comandments after he was asked to give the greatest commandment: Matthew 22:37, #1 to "love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." #2 "to love thy neighbour as thyself." Keep in mind that the law did not pertain to the gentiles. Jesus came to establish a new law, the law of grace through faith in Him. I believe that if we observe some of the old testiment laws, then we should then we should observe all of them. So the answer to your question all depends on your level of faith. Some Christians will have a greater love for the Lord, and will study, fast, and prey for for the Lord to show us the path that pleases Him, while others will continue to listen to our preachers, or preist and be just as satisfied. In closing, reasearching the sabbath will lead you resting in the Lord on Saturdays, and going to the temple on Sundays. So all is well. Be Blessed

No. We are not exempted from any commandments of ten commandments. Jesus Christ said to his deciples if you love me keep my commandments. As bible says that Jesus came to world not to destroy the commandments but to fullfil it. Most christians follow sunday as sabbath because the popish authority changed sabbath day from saturday to sunday .They accept this issue and feels that they have supremacy over bible. The word "remember" in the fourth commandment tell us not to forget the seventh day as sabbath So, it's very important to obey all mighty God instead of human authority.

No, but Jesus' death is commonly held to have created a "new and everlasting covenant" with humanity, supplementing and in some aspects -- eating kosher foods and circumsicion -- overriding the Mosaic Law of the Old Testament. As part of this new covenant, Christians hold the Sabbath on Sunday, the day Jesus is held to have risen from the grave. Muslims hold their Sabbath on Friday for similar reasons (the day that Mohammed received the Koran from God, I believe).

When God created the heavens and the earth, he knew no measure of time. there were no hours, or days, or weeks. The beginning of our weeks are sunday.. a new beginning.. a chance to start over.. but it's also a day to rest, a time to take a break of the hectic week before. God doesn't care which days you worship on.. or what time, as long as you take some time to realize the glory of his works and think about how glorious it was that he created us in one day.

The book of Romans is just one of many sections of scripture that speak to the problem of trying to live justified by the Law of the Old Covenant. Christ's law of grace as brought about by his life, teachings, death, and resurrection was a fulfillment and completion of the Old Law (Rom. 7:4-6 and Rom. 10:1-17). With that in mind, there is no New Testament scripture that transfers the obligations of the Jewish Sabbath to New Testament Christians. We know that Christians met on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7 and others) and that this was their day of worship assembly and a time for a common meal. Sabbath rest practice (especially in the Gentile churchrs) is not mentioned anywhere. However, I have to agree with other comments (and with Paul) that to keep one part of the law obligates us to the whole law, and we are now under a different law, the law of grace. One other point from Romans 12:1. Worship is something we do everyday through our lives of service. The assembly is a time of corporate worship.

The statement of this command in Ex. 20 says: "Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God." Many Christians still take this very seriously. In the USA it was only recently that laws enforcing a day of rest were removed from the books - they were called "blue laws" if I remember right, and made it a violation of law to conduct your business on the Lord's Day. Commerce was restricted to six days a week. I disagree with the statement preceeding your first question. The Jews considered holy days as Sabbaths: not just the seventh day of the week on their calendar, but the Passover and other days as well. There is no specification in the Bible as to which calendar day should be observed, only that you should work six and rest one. The nation of Israel all rested on the same day, but I believe that comes from a direction to Moses in Lev 23:3 (and other places) where a sacred assembly is specified on the day of rest and worship. These conventions began when the nation of Israel was wandering and doing everything else together in the desert before settling in the land of Caanan. Obviously not everybody on Earth sets aside the same 24 hour period as a day of rest. Jews start at sundown Friday evening till sundown Saturday evening. It will be a different period of time based on your longitude and latitude, so, even among Jews, they observe Sabbath during about a 48 hour window in a given week. Two devout worshippers living only a short distance on either side of the international date line may not even experience any Sabbath overlap. (I wonder how a Jew would judge the Sabbath if living above the arctic circle when there may be no sunrise or sunset...) I know a minister who begins his day of rest and worship Saturday evening through Sunday. This overlaps with the Sabbath recognized by Jews and Adventists in time zones west of him. We could quibble about Saturday and Sunday being recognized as the "weekend" in US culture and claim that this makes Sunday the last, or seventh day of the week in our culture if not on typical calendars. If I buy a calendar that shows Monday as the first day of the week, does that make Sunday my seventh day? I mention these facts and facets in an effort to point out how insignificant the name of the calendar day really is. I am convinced that God really does not count it sin if you call the beginning if the Sabbath sundown on Friday, 12:00 am on Saturday, sundown on Saturday or sunrise on Sunday or any other time. The Bible does say that men look at outward appearances, but God judges the heart. If your are convinced that you can best honor God by observing the Sabbath on calendar Saturday in your time zone, do so. But take to heart the direction of Col. 2:16 "do not let anyone judge you ... with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day." and Rom 14:4 "Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls... One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind." So, I believe Christians are not exempt from the commandment: observe the Sabbath as commanded by setting aside one day out of every seven for rest and worship and make time on that day to participate in a sacred assembly of like-minded Christians, but don't be shamed by those who disagree with your observance and do not judge another just because his observance is different than yours. As to why we worship on Sunday: because in the Bible, believers met on the first day of the week in remembrance and celebration of Jesus resurrection on the first day of the week. I do not know and am sure it does not matter if that day was a multiple of seven days from Sunday on a modern calendar.

Here's a few bible text to read: Gen 2:1-3 The Sabbath was set apart at creation. Luke 4: 16 Jesus was a faithful Sabbath keeper. He would know what day the "real" Sabbath was on. Matt 24: 20 Jesus predicts the Sabbath wuld be kept in 70 AD at the destruction of Jerusalem, over 35 years after his death. Acts 13: 42-44 Paul kept the Sabbath Rev 1: 10 talks about the Lord's day then go to Matt 12: 8 For if Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath then the Sabbath must be the Lord's day. Don't listen to those who would try to use something other than the bible to sway your thoughts. Stay with the Bible and the narrow path. Your Friend

I myself was a little confused by it until reading John Calvin's Instruction in Faith. As Paul says in Colossians 2:16-17, 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: ======================================================================================================== 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. ======================================================================================================== 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. ======================================================================================================== To Revelator: Read my whole post please, as Calvin said, the whole reason for changing from the 7th day Sabbath was to avoid the superstitious observance of days. Why do you think we go to church on Sundays? However, I did notice I had put Colossians 3:16-17, not 2:16-17, which was it should have been. Interestingly, you didn't catch it either. At any rate, it's changed now, so that post of yours did serve a purpose. But I still stand by my point, for Colossians 2 says to let "NO MAN" judge in respect of sabbath days OR holy days, meaning more then just Jewish holidays. It has more application then that.

I would have to say this is yet another example of man wanting to do it his way. The apostles taught that to be saved you must keep the ten commandments. So the answer is that we (man) wants it his way no matter what god says. I know there are those who will blast that but proof is what we seek if it is a subject of debate then maybe we are wrong not like we as people have ever done things wrong before. I believe that it came from the Catholics and we wanted to stick with what we knew rather than adhere to the truth of god.

I really want people to be aware of some of the bad arguments Adventists and others often use regarding this commandment. You may hear the argument that the 4th Commandment specifically uses the word "Remember" - and thus "It is obvious that God knew we would forget what his original Sabbath was. By using the word 'Remember', God was actually predicting this change of the Sabbath and is imploring us to remember and keep the original Sabbath." The problem with that is that God clearly used the word "Remember" for a completely different reason... When God gave the Ten Commandments to his people, it was years after they had been delivered from Egypt. God was telling that specific people, at that specific time to remember the miracle of the mana and the quail - when God originally established the seventh day sabbath. Throughout the early part of the Bible, we see again and again and again how the people of Israel seemed to keep forgetting all the mercies and miracles the LORD had given them. God was making a point with this commandment for his people to remember these things. It has nothing to do with "remembering the absolute specific day". Furthermore, the specific day was given to a specific people in a specific place in a different time. They didn't know anything about time-zones or even have clocks. They also didn't live anywhere near the poles. If they had, the sundown to sundown method of tracking days wouldn't have been very useful. These time-based rules for determining the Sabbath can in no way be related to modern days - and I certainly don't believe God meant them to be. Those who insist that the Sabbath must be kept sundown-to-sundown starting Friday evening argue that the seventh day Sabbath is an absolute - rules established by God - and is in no way subjective. But that can't be supported. First of all, the sun goes down at different times depending on your longitude and latitude on the earth. Areas nearer the poles don't even have a sundown for up to 6 months! So, firstly, the method of defining when the Sabbath starts is purely subjective - dependent on the observer. To take this a step further: What would an Adventist astronaut do on a trip to the moon or spending months on the space-station? The space-station orbits the earth about once every 90 minutes, and due to the particular orbit, I'm not sure if it is actually ever hidden from the sun. What does this astronaut's Sabbath day look like? He would be forced to pick a start and stop time based on a clock, a calendar, and an arbitrary time-zone. The Bible doesn't say anything about situations like this. Again, this is a perfect illustration that the specific day of sabbath observance is subjective and should not be taught as an absolute. The seventh day Sabbath specifics were absolute for the people of Israel when God gave them the Ten Commandments. But God knew that times would change, Christ would come and make for us a new way, and that humans and Christianity would spread over the globe. When Christ came, most of the specific commandments given by God through the ages were changed, removed or clarified. In light of history, and modern context, I believe it is crystal clear that what was once an absolute for a specific people has been made subjective so that it can apply for all people all over the world and in any situtation. If it is subjective for one and can be determined by choice (like the case of the astronaut), then the specifics of the day to observe must be a choice for ALL. Note, that although I say it is subjective, I am referring only to the day and specific times of observance. I do believe that the commandment still stands.

First off I would like to set aside any bias to anyone who worships on either Sunday(1st day of the week according to the Gregorian calender the more widely used calender today) or Saturday(7th day of the week according to the Gregorian calender, the more widely used calender today). I would secondly like to get a bit historical for a moment here, with much regard to the space allowable on this submission of my believed answer. Please research the following web page, www.geocities.com/calendopaedia/gregory.htm This is my only knowledge of any change in our current calender, in fact only affecting the days numbering, not the days themselves. So with that said onto my belief for an answer. It is my belief that the change from the 7th Day of worship(Saturday) to the 1st Day of worship(Sunday) occurred back during the 1st and 2nd centuries when the Jewish revolted against Rome, therefor making being Jewish very perilous. Because the early Christians kept the Sabbath, (as Glenn Stated in the second part of the responses to next Answer) the Romans misidentified them as Jews. Worshiping with Romans on the "venerable day of the sun" was much safer than worshiping with the Jews on the Sabbath. Then after the Apostles and their followers died, church leaders decided to play God. As the mark of their authority, they substituted a new day for worship. The change took place gradually, beginning with the yearly commemoration of Jesus' resurrection. With the encouragement of the bishop of Rome, Sunday became a weekly celebration. In the 4 century, along came the Roman emperor Constantine, an astute politician who converted to Christianity, decreed that pagans and Christians alike worship on Sunday, and enacted the worlds first civil Sunday law. The emerging Papacy furthered the apostasy, and finally, though alliance with the state, persecuted those followers of Jesus who, in regard to Sabbat keeping and other Biblical practices, insisted on giving their loyalty to the Creator instead of His creatures. Now, this much is conclusive: First, that the seventh day is the Sabbath; second, that worship on Sunday developed slowly as the church slid into apostasy; third, that the Bible nowhere authorizes the change to Sunday. In fact, the issue in the New Testament is never which day is the Sabbath; rather, it is HOW the Sabbath is to be kept.>Reference Source, The Incredible Power of Grace, by Roland R, Hegstad<........I would like to close with this Final Comment.."Those who commemorate the resurrection by Sunday worship are misguided, but one must say two thing in their behalf; They do make more sense than those who argue that Sunday keeping is rooted in the fourth commandment. Furthermore, many Sunday-keeping Christians are trusting fully in Christ for their salvation; they are keeping the wrong day for the right reasons. And what of the seventh-day Sabbath keeping who believe their Sabbathkeeping will save them? They are keeping the right day for the wrong reason" I stand on this answer and belief and follow it solely how it presented, Trusting in Jesus Christ fully and adhering to the Bibles conclusive equation for Salvation. Justification by Faith, Love births Obedience, and Obedience makes way for Sanctification, and finally Sanctification leads to Salvation in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Let's not forget one thing, that God doesn't change. Sure many things that we do in response to God change (especially because of sin) but when God writes it in stone, well can't argue with that!. The most profound thing that God can do is "bless", now the unchangable 10 Commandments of God clearly indicate that He "Blessed the Sabbath Day and made it Holy". WOW once something is blessed by God it is holy and unchangable. We as humans want to reason everything out to make sense of it ourselves, but some things remain a mystery and are unchangable (especially where God is concerned). I for one have found blessing after blessing by keeping His "Holy" day special (set apart for good). Saturday is the holy day of God, always, in the Garden , in the Exodus, in Jesus' family and for all of His Life (What did Jesus Do? Guess - Sabbath worship). If this profound truth was to CHANGE I would expect Jesus Himself to instigate it while He lived, just as when God wrote with His finger the endless truth of the forth commandment, keep the Sabbath holy (or sacred). I think the big interpretational problem is political, we have Muslim worship Friday, Jewish worship Saturday and Christian worship Sunday. More frightening we have the enlightened few who consider any day holy as long as it suits them. You see it's not a choice, it was not designed to be "all things to all people" or argued over, it just IS as God wrote and Jesus observed 100% of the time (note everyone still does in Heaven - see it never changes, yes never.) So why is it hard to digest or accept. Are we scared of being associated with Jews! are we wanting to distance ourselves from Muslims or any other religous school of thought? I feel sad that we have forgotten how to obey God. We each have gone astray, you maybe Sabbath, me maybe jealousy and lust, others maybe racial anger... whatever our sinful disposition, one thing remains the same God's Blessings on you and me. Praise Him for I am His child, not a natural child but an orphan whom He adopts into His family by His grace and endless love. Peace and His rest be yours. In Christ our saviour. Amen.

http://www.biblesabbath.org/confessions.html

Sunday is "the day of the Lord" for the God Mithra who the Jesus story is moddled after. He was God incarnate, born of a virgin called the mother of God, had twelve disciples, was crucified, ascended to heaven after three days and so on.

because Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday, the first day and that we celebrate each Lords Day. His ressurection. It is not a day of res t like the sabbath but a time of celebration, each Sunday is a little easter if you will!