Sabbatarian @ MindSay

Okay, now I've read multiple entries regarding the idea that Sunday isn't the proper day to meet as a corporate body and worship God, but rather that it is Saturday.  To be honest, I've given this idea plenty of thought before deciding to refute it.  I'm not jumping the gun on this one.  Much of what I'm using is thanks to Matthew J. Slick a Christian apologist.

"First of all, of the 10 commandments listed in Exodus 20:1-17, only 9 of them were reinstituted by in the New Testament. (Six in Matt. 19:18, , ery, stealing, false witness, honor parents, and worshiping God; Rom. 13:9, coveting. Worshiping God properly covers the first three commandments) The one that was not reaffirmed was the one about the Sabbath. Instead, Jesus said that He is the Lord of the Sabbath (Matt. 12:8).
     In creation God rested on the seventh day. But, since God is all powerful, He doesn’t get tired. He doesn’t need to take a break and rest. So, why did does it say that He rested? The reason is simple: Mark 2:27 says, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." In other words, God established the Sabbath as a rest for His people, not because He needed a break, but because we are mortal and need a time of rest, of focus on God. In this, our spirits and bodies are both renewed."

-Matthew J. Slick

• Rom. 14:5-6, "One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God."

     So, if the Sabbath day were still a requirement in the New Covenant why does it seem that we're given an option?

• Col. 2:16-17, "Therefore let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day— 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ."

     All those things were a foreshadow of Christ, Christ is our rest, our glory, our celebration and our Sabbath.

• Acts 20:7, "And on the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to depart the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight."

     "The first day of the week is Sunday and this is the day the people gathered. This passage can easily be seen as the church meeting on Sunday. It has two important church functions within it: breaking bread (communion) and a message (preaching). Additionally, Luke did not use the Jewish system of counting days: sundown to sundown. He used the Roman system: midnight to midnight. This is a subtle point that shows the Jewish Sabbath system was not the one utilized by Luke."

• 1 Cor. 16:1-2, "Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also. 2 On the first day of every week let each one of you put aside and save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come."

     Seems here that Paul is directing the Church to meet on Sunday and collect tithes...  Sounds like something we do in church as well.

So the fact remains that Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath.  If you want to worship on Saturday, that's fine as you still worship the One True Living Triune God.  But to say that the Church is wrong to worship on Sunday is utterly false.  If you wish to follow the old Judaic dietary laws, or be a strict vegetarian, that's fine with me... although you're missing out on some wonderful seafood, it's your option.  But keep that in mind, it's just that... and option we're given as Christians.  Same thing goes with the date of Christmas... and non-observance of the Jewish festivals... It's an option.  Do what you feel led to do.  As long as you do all unto the glory of our Triune God and the edification of His Church.