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The Sabbath vs . Sunday worship argument is a main point of division for most Christians – and it should be. When most people think of proponents of the Sabbath, they think of Seventh-Day Adventists. But what about other Christian denominations? And for that matter, what about Christians simply going “by the book”? Could they worship on Saturday as an alternative to Sunday too? Have they had it wrong for centuries?

ABSOLUTELY.

Now of course those can be “fightin’ words” in today’s culture. But the answer is in fact easy, although the rationalization can be a bit more hard – specifically for those who have a preference for custom over a restricted comprehension of what scripture truly says. After all, the disciples themselves talked about the dangers of the practices of men and their traps for those not grounded in the Word.

So what about the day of worship, and the proof for it? There are basically about eighteen typical arguments or motives offered for disregarding the seventh-day Sabbath and deciding on Sunday to worship as the modern churches continuen to advocate.

Let’s take a look at just a few:

1) “What difference does it make which day you honor, as long as you bear in mind to honor a day each and every week?”

The Sabbath commandment in Exodus 20:8-11 does not say to remember a day, it says to remember the “seventh day”. The selection was made by God, and he did not ask for man’s thoughts and opinions on the subject. We’re also instructed in Genesis 2:3 and in Exodus 20:11 that God blessed, sanctified and hallowed the seventh day. In other words, He made it holy and clearly only God can make a day holy. Man may try to honor God on a different day as he chooses, but he can never be able to make that day holy.

2) “There are historic records of groups of Christians keeping Sunday alternatively of Saturday (the Sabbath), as early as the late 1st century.”

And…so?

Does it make a difference when the mistake started? Of course not. If an mistake commences earlier, it doesn’t make it any less wrong. In fact there are a good number of examples of disobedience all through the Bible right? The Bible records that Abraham lied, Noah got drunk, and David committed adultery and murder. Does that indicate it’s suitable for Christians to lie, murder, get inebriated and commit adultery? Of course not.

In the end, it doesn’t matter what any other historical publications or well-known theologians say. For a Christian, it only matters what God says in His holy Word. And God says we are to remember and keep the seventh-day Sabbath in Exodus 20:8-11. Yet again, God or men?

3 – “Keeping the Sabbath is legalism.”

If obeying the Sabbath commandment is legalism, then obeying the other nine commandments would also be legalism. Would you call it legalism not to murder? Or legalism not to commit adultery? Is it legalism not to lie or steal? How about worshipping idols or honoring your parents? This is a incredibly poor argument.

Does God call obedience “legalism”?

Not at all. According to the Bible, our obedience is proof that we “know God” and love Him (John 14:15; 1st John 2:3; 1st John 5:3). Obeying God’s Sabbath commandment is not legalism as some would suggest, but rather is a appropriate “love response” to God.