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Which Day Is The Sabbath Day Of The Lord? Is It Really Sunday Or Saturday?

Is Sunday Or Saturday The Sabbath Of the Lord?

God promises us if we seek the truth, we will find it. He also asks us once we find it or if we hear his voice, to not harden our hearts or refuse to hear it (Psalm 95:7,8). Please read everything to get wisdom and understanding.

If you are getting that feeling like this guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about, read Hebrews 4. Pray to God for wisdom and understanding.

Recently I got into an intense text and email debate with a man that studies the bible and knows the bible like the back of his hand. At one point, this amazed me how he could quote scripture at the blink of an eye.

We were talking about a few things. The 10 commandments (exodes 20) and who were they for; What was nailed to the cross (Colossians 2:14); are Jews subject to different LAWS than us who are considered Gentiles and the main concern was are we suppose to or required to keep the Sabbath.

Now I’m not running around telling people “oh your wrong for going to church on Sunday” or “your going to hell for not keeping the Sabbath”. I would dead wrong and not doing the will of God if I did this. One close friend, even though we don’t see eye to eye on this exact matter, told me to tell the truth but at the same time, do it out of love.

This may plant a seed in some eventually opening their eyes to the truth in which God will show them if they continue to seek it.

Most preachers will say it doesn’t matter what day we praise the Lord. As long as we praise him he’s happy.

Do you ever wonder why most of us go to church or praise the Lord on Sunday rather than the seventh day which he specifically told us to do with the 4th commandment?

Sad thing is, most followers of Christ don’t; most of us just do what were taught from youth.

Even I’m guilty of this. I grew up not celebrating pagan holidays (christmas, halloween, valentines day, easter) and keeping the Sabbath; after 18 years of doing so, why start celebrating them now?

It wasn’t until I started doing bible studies and deep study about these subjects that I was able to understand why my mom forbade these holidays from being celebrated and the keeping of the sabbath or the seventh day of rest.

Now we believe diligently in keeping the 10 commandments. Were not perfect so sin is expected but as followers  of Christ, we are expected to be (Matthew 5:48).

Lets just say I’m glad Jesus died for my sins and I hope you are too. I’ll touch more on that later because Christ dying for our sins plays a HUGE role in the Laws that God gave us.

Whats are Laws?

The definition of law is “a rule or order that it is advisable or obligatory to observe“. A better definition is “the revelation of the will of God set forth in the Old Testament”

In the old testament in Exodes 20, Moses was given the 10 commandments on Mt. Sinai. These were:

These were written on a tablet of stone. They were Laws that were put in place to distinguish what was sin and what was not.

If you killed a man, you sinned by breaking the 6th commandment. If you did work on the Sabbath, you broke the 4th commandment and so on; According to God, not me.

How Could They Be Forgiven If Without Christ?

Now as you should know, those times were before Christ died on the cross to grant us forgiveness for our sins.

After all God had done for the children of Israel, they still refused to keep his commandments (Nehemiah 9:16). Bible says they hardened their necks to his commandments.

Israel just wouldn’t stop sinning. In the beginning, God made it clear that sins could be forgiven through the shedding of blood or sacrificing of an animal.

In saying that, God commanded Moses to write his own Laws.

Here’s Where The Confusion Takes Place

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