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Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by bentuzene(m): 2:40pm On Nov 28, 2021
Which Bible do you use please cos mine never said anyone ever went to worship even after the death of Christ on Sunday.

So correct me please.

IPDGP:
Sunday is the first day of the week.
God rested on the 7th day that's why sabbath was observe on Saturday during the Israelites time.
When Jesus came he dine with his disciples the day after sabbath day which is Sunday, Jesus also woke up on Sunday.
Jesus commanded us to gather on the first day of the week
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by bentuzene(m): 2:43pm On Nov 28, 2021
Nope, I disagree.
The precepts were laid down and stated clearly.

Men chose to do their own thing hence creating a counterfeit of What God had instituted and that's why we are where we are.

Also most people do not study. They hate knowledge.

Asorite:
Christianity is a religion of confusion, up to 100 pple make comment on this post and am yet to see 2 pple with the same answer.

My question to u guys is that, where in Bible did Jesus referred to his followers or himself as Christian??
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by bentuzene(m): 2:44pm On Nov 28, 2021
Did Jesus keep Sunday or Saturday?
After his death, did the disciples keep Sunday or Saturday?

What does Revelation say about Gods Commandments?

Read deep and know the word better!

PointZerom:


Stop confusing yourself.
God rested on the seventh day...YES.
Which day did he start the creation?
Answer with Bible reference.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by abbasajao(m): 2:45pm On Nov 28, 2021
And no one has been able to provide a convincing reason.

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Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by bentuzene(m): 2:48pm On Nov 28, 2021
Question 1: What is Christianity?
Question 2: Who started Christianity and what did he practice while on earth?
Question 3: By what standards are Christians to live by? Words of hear say or a Code given to them?
Question 4: Who started the worship of Sunday in history.

Please research these questions. Even use Google trust me, you'll see things no one will teach you in your church.

Reference:
Because that is the Sabbath day in Christianity.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by smile4kenn(m): 2:49pm On Nov 28, 2021
Solofresh2:
Hello Nairaland Christians, have you for once wondered why you christains worship on Sundays and not the Sabbath day.

If you study your Bible well, you will realize that when GOD was done with his creations,he rested on the Seventh day and blessed it saying we should keep it holy.

Now, looking at the days of the week, the seventh day of the week is Saturday and not Sunday.Sunday is the first day of a new week.
So,why do we worship on Sundays and not the seventh day of the week?
Are we really following God's commandments at all or we are just deceiving ourselves?

interesting.

https://gist.am/why-do-christians-worship-on-sundays/a/1812
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by bentuzene(m): 2:50pm On Nov 28, 2021
Yes bro, that's the reality of living a lie, when the truth is known, defending the lie becomes a fools journey or senseless fables!

Most Christians have been living a lie.

abbasajao:
And no one has been able to provide a convincing reason.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by PointZerom: 2:51pm On Nov 28, 2021
bentuzene:
LMAO

Okay, follow history for a minute now can you, Have you noticed that the Jews never stopped keeping the right Sabbath?
Why not learn from that bit of history?


God said honour the Sabbath and keep it Holly. Sabbath here means the day of REST. So any day you chose to worship God is the Sabbath. The Jews chose Saturday as their Sabbath day while the Christians chose Sunday as their Sabbath day. The confusion here is that in the calendar Sunday is written as the first day of the week but it was not so.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Benzemma(m): 2:53pm On Nov 28, 2021
Did God named the day he rested "Saturday" how do you know that God started counting the days of the week on Sunday?

I think there is nothing like Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday during the time. He just counted the days of creation as day 1,2,3,4,5,6 and he rested on seventh day. So any religion can start counting their own from any day of the week. Provided that there is one particular to represent the day God rested.

Even the calendar we are using was not made by God, is man made. God has his own way of counting days. That is why we say God's time is the best.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Itoro67: 2:54pm On Nov 28, 2021
OP, the bible said, for sin shall not have dominion over you:for ye are not under the law, but under grace(Romans 6:14);
So one can actually chose any day to worship and believe and it works.
What you value and honour works and obey you.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by AbdulRazaq88: 2:55pm On Nov 28, 2021
The reference is in the Qur'an chapter 62v9&10. Please do endeavor to check.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by ajl: 2:59pm On Nov 28, 2021
This is one of the reasons I decided to question my Christianity. Tge world iscrun by Satan and most are yielding to its whims and caprice. The story is that one Roman king who converted to Christianity decided to make Sunday the day of worship in order to please and get more converts of Sun worshipers who normally worship the Sun on Sunday. If most of you Christians learn the history of Christianity, your understanding of the religion will change. Look at this image of the fake Jesus.... what image is behind is head?

Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by thinkmoney(m): 3:00pm On Nov 28, 2021
swhiss:

After God brought His people out of Egypt and through the Red Sea, the Sabbath day took on even more significance as a covenant sign that God sanctified His people (Ex. 31:13). On that day, the saints celebrated the reality that God had created them and that their rest was rooted in His rest: "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day" (Ex. 20:8-11). As well, the Sabbath signified that God had redeemed His people (Deut. 5:12-15). Finally, the annual Day of Atonement fell on a Sabbath (Lev. 16:30-31), so the Sabbath also celebrated God's forgiveness of His people.

Under the old covenant with Israel (Ex. 19; Heb. 8:6, 7, 13), the Sabbath day was extremely strict. Not only was no work to be done by the Israelites and their children, they also were to give rest to all in their households—servants, livestock, even sojourners (Ex. 20:10). God even gave regulatory laws over what could and could not be done. For example, if one even went out to gather sticks on the Sabbath in order to kindle a fire (Num. 15:32-36; Ex. 35:1-3), he was to be put to death (Ex. 31:14-15; 35:2). All this strictness was a part of the tutelage of the law, which was meant to lead Israel by the hand to Jesus Christ (Gal. 3:24), who is the final sacrifice ending the old covenant (Heb. 7:11-12, 18-19; 8:7, 13).

When Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week, things changed. Christ, the second Adam, "finished" (John 19:30) the work that the first Adam failed to do (Rom. 5:12-19). Because of that pivotal event, the church determined that for Christians under the new covenant, the day of worship and celebration of the Lord's grace in Jesus Christ was to be the first day of the week, Sunday: "From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, [the Sabbath] was the last day of the week; and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week, which, in Scripture, is called the Lord's day, and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath" (WCF, 21:7). On this day, we are reminded of and participate in the glorious reality that we have already entered God's rest (Matt. 11:28; Heb. 4:10) and that we await the experience of the fullness of this rest in eternity in the new heavens and new earth (Rev. 21-22). We now assemble corporately for worship and enjoy a foretaste of our eternal rest, then go out into the kingdom of this world to work for six days.

So why do we worship on Sunday and not Saturday?

•The first day of the week was the day on which our Lord rose from the dead (John 20:1; cf. Ps. 118:24).

•The first day of the week is called "the Lord's day" (Rev. 1:10; cf. 1 Cor. 16:2).
The first day was the day on which the Holy Spirit was poured out on the church (Acts 2:1-36).

•Just as on the first day of creation God made light and separated it from the darkness, we gather on the first day of the week to celebrate the light of the gospel in Jesus Christ, who has separated us from the world of the darkness of sin (John 1:5, 9; 3:19; 8:12; 2 Cor. 4:1-6).
Sometimes I feel like laying curses on people when I see how lazy people are at researching things that have effect even on them. People just guzzle down things. I said this because of the likes and share I see under your comment.
I have however spent time studying and researching. I will start from your last bible verse, 1Corinthians 4:6. This discouraged adding to the instructions in the bible. You referenced some bible portions that are correct, like Jesus rising on the first day of the week, but u referenced a whole lot others that have nothing to do with the first day of the week, which might be misleading. Examples; the holy spirit wasn't said to have come on the first day. 2, it is misleading and totally heretical to say sunday is what was referred to as the lords day at Revelation 1:10. The lords day is the lasts day and the day of judgement really. The rest of Revelation and other related bible passages explains this.
Why Christians do not make it mandatory to worship on saturdays is because many of the old testament laws that make worship rigid and seems mechanical has been done away with. We don't for example do ablation again or kill animals in worship.
The early Christians in act worship on the first day probably because it was the convenient day. Infact their are indications that they meet atleast twice in a week. But the bible tells us not to make any physical act of worship a do or die affair. The bible enjoins us in romans 14:5, not to rate any day above the other. That's is why Christians in arab world can choose to worship on fridays because Saturdays and sundays are working days and yet their worship is very much acceptable. Christians can choose to worship under a tree even.
Please dear. We should not try to fabricate things or invent things in our passionate bid to support what we think is Christian stuffs. Its dangerous, doesn't at the long run do God a service and it may even be a sin. The bible is a complete book of facts.
It's enough. Don't add don't subtract. If u don't get what u want, study more or seek help like the eunuch asked Phillip for help.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Onitola2: 3:01pm On Nov 28, 2021
nairavsdollars:
Why do Muslims worship on Fridays
Muslims worship 5 times daily

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Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Onitola2: 3:02pm On Nov 28, 2021
nairavsdollars:
Why do Muslims worship on Fridays
Muslims worship 5 times daily, not only on Friday ..... As Jews worship 3 times daily
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by PointZerom: 3:03pm On Nov 28, 2021
bentuzene:
Did Jesus keep Sunday or Saturday?
After his death, did the disciples keep Sunday or Saturday?

What does Revelation say about Gods Commandments?

Read deep and know the word better!

What Jesus kept Holly was the Sabbath day not Saturday. Sabbath day is any day you set aside to worship God. The Jews chose Saturday as their Sabbath day while we chose Sunday as our Sabbath day.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by ajl: 3:06pm On Nov 28, 2021
thinkmoney:

Sometimes I feel like laying curses on people when I see how lazy people are at researching things that have effect even on them. People just guzzle down things. I said this because of the likes and share I see under your comment.
I have however spent time studying and researching. I will start from your last bible verse, 1Corinthians 4:6. This discouraged adding to the instructions in the bible. You referenced some bible portions that are correct, like Jesus rising on the first day of the week, but u referenced a whole lot others that have nothing to do with the first day of the week, which might be misleading. Examples; the holy spirit wasn't said to have come on the first day. 2, it is misleading and totally heretical to say sunday is what was referred to as the lords day at Revelation 1:10. The lords day is the lasts day and the day of judgement really. The rest of Revelation and other related bible passages explains this.
Why Christians do not make it mandatory to worship on saturdays is because many of the old testament laws that make worship rigid and seems mechanical has been done away with. We don't for example do ablation again or kill animals in worship.
The early Christians in act worship on the first day probably because it was the convenient day. Infact their are indications that they meet atleast twice in a week. But the bible tells us not to make any physical act of worship a do or die affair. The bible enjoins us in romans 14:5, not to rate any day above the other. That's is why Christians in arab world can choose to worship on fridays because Saturdays and sundays are working days and yet their worship is very much acceptable. Christians can choose to worship under a tree even.
Please dear. We should not try to fabricate things or invent things in our passionate bid to support what we think is Christian stuffs. Its dangerous, doesn't at the long run do God a service and it may even be a sin. The bible is a complete book of facts.
It's enough. Don't add don't subtract. If u don't get what u want, study more or seek help like the eunuch asked Phillip for help.

You as well as the individual you responded to are under a lot of illusion. Go back and do more research on the history of Christianity. You also didn't answer why Christians worship on Sunday.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by efficiencie(m): 3:08pm On Nov 28, 2021
Solofresh2:
Hello Nairaland Christians, have you for once wondered why you christains worship on Sundays and not the Sabbath day.

If you study your Bible well, you will realize that when GOD was done with his creations,he rested on the Seventh day and blessed it saying we should keep it holy.

Now, looking at the days of the week, the seventh day of the week is Saturday and not Sunday.Sunday is the first day of a new week.
So,why do we worship on Sundays and not the seventh day of the week?
Are we really following God's commandments at all or we are just deceiving ourselves?

Sunday assembly originated from this verse: Act 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. . The choice of Sunday is not necessarily based on any ordinance but this does not invalidate the Sabbath which is to be prophetically observed in remembrance of the day the children of the LORD GOD shall enter into their rest. As for me, I believe in observing the Sabbath on Saturday and worshiping with the brethren on Sunday. What Christians do on Sunday is not rest. We go to church and pray for the attainment of our desires, to feed from the feet of GOD and the benefit our spiritual and physical lives directly and this is contrary to the spirit of the Sabbath...on the Sabbath you are to seek the pleasure of the LORD GOD alone in worship, praise, intercession, giving alms and doing good that does not benefit us directly but benefits others and the LORD GOD. So I believe in observing the Sabbath on Saturday and meeting with the brethren on Sunday. Shikena.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by ajl: 3:09pm On Nov 28, 2021
A lot of lazy Nigerians. They don't read or do any research. They don't question either. They just follow. Follow, follow mentality. See monstrous comments.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Benzemma(m): 3:11pm On Nov 28, 2021
PointZerom:


God said honour the Sabbath and keep it Holly. Sabbath here means the day of REST. So any day you chose to worship God is the Sabbath. The Jews chose Saturday as their Sabbath day while the Christians chose Sunday as their Sabbath day. The confusion here is that in the calendar Sunday is written as the first day of the week but it was not so.


According to the Jews, Sunday is the beginning of the week, but christian start their own is from Monday.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by 1Sharon(f): 3:20pm On Nov 28, 2021
Timekeeper:
Where is 1Sharon.. God's enemy grin

Why can't your god fight for himself?
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Anthony47(m): 3:22pm On Nov 28, 2021
Andyvilly:
Because of the Roman sun God Sarturn. Hail be it's name cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oajzNVUd9bA
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by ajl: 3:24pm On Nov 28, 2021
PointZerom:

What Jesus kept Holly was the Sabbath day not Saturday. Sabbath day is any day you set aside to worship God. The Jews chose Saturday as their Sabbath day while we chose Sunday as our Sabbath day.


Who are the "We". And you all think you are part of the Roman Catholics that set the direction of things. The Romans and their king back in the days choose Sunday as to get converts of Sun worshippers to remain as Christians.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Anthony47(m): 3:24pm On Nov 28, 2021
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by NobleRace: 3:24pm On Nov 28, 2021
OtemAtum:
Hmm. They do so because Paul the Apostle was trying to divert the minds of people on those days from Saturday(Sabbath day, Holy day of Judaism) to Sunday(which should become the holy day of the christians instead).

Anyways, nowadays as Jehovah remain in his SPIRITUAL CAGE, Sunday is gradually becoming a normal day as many people don't go to church anymore.

It's AGE OF AQUARIUS, we are experiencing mind evolution to take us past the lies of religions into the truth of SCIENCE.

Na so so Satan don deceive you sotey?
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Anthony47(m): 3:26pm On Nov 28, 2021
Solofresh2:
Hello Nairaland Christians, have you for once wondered why you christains worship on Sundays and not the Sabbath day.

If you study your Bible well, you will realize that when GOD was done with his creations,he rested on the Seventh day and blessed it saying we should keep it holy.

Now, looking at the days of the week, the seventh day of the week is Saturday and not Sunday.Sunday is the first day of a new week.
So,why do we worship on Sundays and not the seventh day of the week?
Are we really following God's commandments at all or we are just deceiving ourselves?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFsoAJ-ruLk
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Eagleword14(f): 3:32pm On Nov 28, 2021
Because our Lord Jesus Christ resurrected on a Sunday..... Hallelujah!!!
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Christmasdon(m): 3:33pm On Nov 28, 2021
CHRIST JESUS RESURRECTED ON SUNDAY.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by thinkmoney(m): 3:43pm On Nov 28, 2021
ajl:


You as well as the individual you responded to are under a lot of illusion. Go back and do more research on the history of Christianity. You also didn't answer why Christians worship on Sunday.
Like u can't read. The bible doesn't make any day mandatory. I expressly explained this. Its important to meet. But the bible doesn't ( for true Christians) make Sunday mandatory. It's a matter of convenience and the type of country one is in.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by Raymondfayowole(m): 3:52pm On Nov 28, 2021
bentuzene:
Read Revelations very very well then go over your Bible with this theory of yours. If nothing, you'll see a huge flaw in what you just said!


It's not a theory bro grin

I don't want to assume anything about you. That's why I'm asking you to tell me what's wrong in the statement so I can know where you're coming from.
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by tankoagaie: 4:08pm On Nov 28, 2021
no + answer
Re: Why Do Christians Worship On Sundays? by tankoagaie: 4:11pm On Nov 28, 2021
nairavsdollars:
Why do Muslims worship on Fridays
Muslims worship every day not only on friday

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