Today as a practice the New Testament Church meet on Sunday, Did the biblical New Testament Church see Sunday as a replacement for the Jewish Sabbath? The Bible offers the Laws of Moses that command the keeping of the Sabbath, but there no scripture in the New Testament that condemn or punish Sabbath breakers. The New Testament offers the new found Christian Church statements against idolatry, stealing, liars, murderers, covetousness, sexually immorality, but no statements against Sunday worship.
Should we worship on Saturday or Sunday, a question that all Christians have had to answer at one time or another in their Christian Walk, because of their newness and oneness with Christ, they have a new …show more content…
The Laws of Moses or the Ten commands, first teach us that there is but one God, and we ought to worship him only. The second commandment teaches that there should be no image of any living creature to worship. The third commandment teaches no one should swear by God in a false matter, the fifth commandment commands that our parents should be honored. The six teach there should be no murder, and the seventh no one should commit adultery. The eighth commandments forbid us to steal, and the ninth teaches not to bear false witness, while the tenth commandment teaches against covertness. The forth commandment the one we skipped is the commandment of our concern that commanded the Sabbath be remembered and kept. The purpose of the Laws was given because of the transgressions of Israel, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; an it was ordained through angels by the hand of the mediator Gal 3:19. The bible make known the promised Seed was Jesus Christ. (Genesis 3:15, Galatians …show more content…
The bible offers eight different occasions where the first day of week is offered as a special day gathering for fellowship, a day of breaking bread, and a day of gathering collections. First, Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of week (Matt 28:1-7), second Jesus appeared to his disciples on the first day of the week (John 20:19). Third, appeared inside the upper room to the eleven disciples first on the first day of the week (John 20:26). Forth, the Holy Spirit came on Pentecost, the first day of the week (Act 2:1). Fifth, Peter preached the first sermon on the first day of the week (Act 2:41) Sixth there were three thousand converts to join the new church on the first day of week (Act 2:41), seventh those three thousand were baptized on the first day of the week (Act 2:41). Finally the eighth time the bible mentions of the First day of week is when the new founded Church began meeting and breaking bread or communing on the First day of the week.
Some of the problems that many who are Sabbath worshipper suggested against Sunday worship is what they called the weakening of the church by the allowance of rites and ceremonies of pagans. The suggestion included Sunday worship was no less than sun-worship idolatry, a ancient times pagan god. Others suggested that the Roman Empire tried to unite the Christians with paganism attempting to form one untied empire, of which Sunday