Why "Sunday Worship" Isn't in the Bible

Most Christians worship on Sunday, the first day of the week. But the Bible calls the seventh day holy, and commands us to keep the Sabbath. So today, we're going to be answering the question, should Christians keep the Sabbath? Let's separate tradition from truth and discover what the Bible actually teaches. In the last video, we learned that Jesus kept the Sabbath, but many believers still wonder, "Wasn't the Sabbath for the Jews only? Or didn't Jesus change it to Sunday?" These are honest questions and the answers might surprise you because the more you study the scripture, the clearer it becomes. The Sabbath was never changed or abolished. It was simply forgotten. So let's walk through this together. First, we need to understand that the Sabbath didn't start with Moses. The Sabbath was woven into creation itself. And on the seventh day, God ended his work which he had done. And he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because in it he rested from all his work which he God had created and made. That means the Sabbath wasn't given only to the Jews. It was given to all people. It's part of the rhythm God built into the universe. Six days of work and one day of rest. The pattern never changed. So if God set apart the Sabbath at creation, who gave us the authority to change it? The Bible tells us that Jesus kept the Sabbath. So he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up. And as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and he stood up to read. It was his custom. That means it was a regular event. It wasn't out of the norm. Not only did Jesus keep the Sabbath, but he claimed to be the Lord of the Sabbath. Therefore, the son of man is also Lord of the Sabbath. This was a claim of deity. He was telling everyone who he was. He's the Lord who created the Sabbath. So if Jesus is our example and he kept the Sabbath, why do most Christians worship on Sunday? Let's look at what the apostles did. The book of Acts gives us a window into the early church and it shows us that the apostles continued to keep the Sabbath. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Paca and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down. So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God. And on the Sabbath day when they went out of the city to the riverside where prayer was customarily made and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there. Then Paul as his custom was went into them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures. And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. The Sabbath is all over the book of Acts. The apostles continued to keep the Sabbath and they were even teaching Gentiles on the Sabbath. This means the Sabbath wasn't simply a Jewish event. Jews and Greeks were keeping the Sabbath together. That's the early church. Jew and Gentile together as one in Messiah. If the apostles taught Gentiles to keep the Sabbath, when did that change and who [clears throat] changed it? The Bible never records God changing the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day. That shift came later throughout church history, not scripture. During the second and third centuries, the Roman church began separating from its Jewish roots. The Sabbath was viewed as too Jewish and Sunday worship grew from tradition, not scripture. In 321 AD, Emperor Constantine made the first Sunday law, saying, "All judges and city people and craftsmen shall rest upon the venerable day of the sun." This was the day established by the Romans to worship the sun god. And it was never commanded in scripture to do this. If the Bible is our ultimate authority, then we should all be keeping the Sabbath. I find it ironic that the one commandment God specifically told us to remember is the one most Christians have forgotten about. But maybe it's not ironic. Maybe it's prophetic. God knew that people would eventually forget the Sabbath. And he specifically gave us that word remember to call us back to obedience. So here's the real question. Will you obey God's commandments or just continue blindly following the traditions of men? As Christians, our desire is to be more like Christ. Jesus kept the Sabbath and we are expected to follow his example. He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked. Yeshua kept the law perfectly. He never sinned and his disciples were expected to be like him. A disciple [clears throat] is not above his teacher. But everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher. So if Jesus kept the Sabbath and his disciples kept the Sabbath, shouldn't Christians today keep the Sabbath as well? There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. That was written decades after the resurrection, showing us that the Sabbath wasn't done away with. God said, "If you love me, keep my commandments." So do you. Do you love God enough to keep his commandments? So the question was, should Christians keep the Sabbath? It should be a simple question. God established it at creation. God commanded it to be remembered and God gave it as a sign between him and his people. Jesus explained that he is the Lord of the Sabbath and there's not a single verse in the Bible to say it has ever changed. So the answer is yes. Christians should keep the Sabbath. Now that we've learned why Christians should keep the Sabbath, the next question is how do we keep the Sabbath? So if you want to learn how to keep the Sabbath, watch this next video. Unlearn the lies.