Spot on! Good one! I just wish the world would accept the true day of rest...the real Sabbath...which is Saturday.

Only when we truly obey God's commandments are men blessed.

Unfortunately, there are no more miraculous wars won in Israel since 'Christian' Carter stepped into the picture.

Israel ended trusting in the Arm of Man, Carter and the infamous terrorist of all time, Arafat, rather than the Arm of the God of miracles, and look where they are now. They messed it up big time. WAKE UP ISRAEL! God help us.

Saturday is the Jewish sabbath but we observe Sunday because that is the day that Christ arose.

Who gave you the right to change the day that God said to rest on. How do you know that Jesus arose on Sunday? Next you will try to tell me that Jesus was born on december the 25th.

Do you know who really instituted worshipping on Sunday. I don't think that one day all of Christianity said hey lets start worshipping on Sunday. God said seventh day, look at our calendar, they forgot to change it. Sunday is the first day on every calendar I've seen

Mike - who cares what day it was? What a rediculous thing to argue about. Christian Sabbath is on Sunday because that is the day Christ raised himself. If you'd like to rest on Saturday, have at it, but don't tell me that is a Biblically based decision - unless you want to follow all the Old Testiment laws. You know, the laws under the Old Covenant.

Gentlemen, I think Genesis came before MAN created the days of the week.
Do you guys know what the days of the week, the months of the year were named after?

Mike, I didn't say that for argument sake, I only said that because it is the reason that the "Christian believers" observe Sunday as our sabbath. Common sense should have told you that I did not change it. If you are looking to impress anyone you flat didn't do that with your comment. The Jews still observe saturday as their sabbath, as does the Seventh Day Adventists. That doesn't bother me in the least. I choose to observe sunday. If that bothers you well then instead of blasting me, just pray for me. As for the day of the birth of my Saviour, well I know enough of Jewish history as well as their manners and customs to know it was some time around Spring or early Summer. And no I don't believe a fat man in a red suit will come down my chimney Dec 24th to leave me lots of toys if I'm a good little boy either. I am sorry for being rude but nobody asked to be jumped on for making a comment.

It's clear from history that the early believers began worshiping on Sundays, and if you believe the bible, then it is clear he rose on Sunday: "When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. Mark 16:9. "On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb." Luke 24:1.

Missinformed public worship in Sunday. Christ rose on a Saturday, and anyone with access to a Hebrew Calendar can learn for himself that He was crucified on a Wednesday, 31AD was also the Passover, when the Jews would sacrifice their "unspotted" lamb. The Pope changed it to Sunday. The audacity of it all!

Gimme a break. Misinformed people make statements they cannot back up. They took him off the cross on Friday, because it was right before the beginning of the Sabbath (Mark 15:42). He was not on the cross from Wednesday to Saturday. The women came to the tomb the first chance they could after the Sabbath, which was Sunday (John 20:1).

Show me a reference to the Jewish calendar you refer to, or where the Pope *changed* the day when Christians were worshiping. One of the remarkable things about the change in Jesus disciples, who were Jewish men, is that they started gathering and worshiping on Sunday (John 20:19, Acts 20:7).

Rick Y,
God Bless you for writing that. Amen, Amen, Amen

Your missinformation is showing Ricki. Read John 19:31...he states it was a high holy preparation day...NOT your usual sabbath day. Why not just look up in the Hebrew Calendar before you make your missinformed remarks about the truth that Jesus was crucified on the Jewish PASSOVER on 31A.D., which turns out to be a WEDNESDAY, not your POPE'S Dream FRIDAY. Again, the POPE had the audacity to change GOD'S Holy Sabbath...now look at the mess Christianity is in. What a shame...but then again, the Lord did say there would be MANY FALSE PROPHETS. All of today's mistaken Christianity is falsely worshiping on Sunday, and it's not making God very pleased for sure!

The bible states Jesus was crucified on the Day of Preparation, and that the women came to the tomb on the first day of the week (Sunday). This has nothing to do with the pope. Just from this alone, it should be clear that Jesus was crucified on Friday and rose on Sunday, unless you presuppose 31 AD as the year for some reason. But, there is good historical and astronomical evidence that coincides with the biblical account that points to April 4, 33 AD, which was a Friday, and also the passover. Go to http://www.bethlehemstar.net/day/day.htm. It's long, but worth the read.

Actually, I believe the person who changed to day of worship to Sunday was Constantine. He had declared himself as head of the Church and made the day of worship to Sunday, because there were so many pagan Sun worshippers in the Byzantine Empire. It was an effort of the early church of unifying everyone under Christianity by incorporating pagan traditions into Christianity. And if you look at the book of revelations, you can see that third of the letters that Jesus wanted John to write to the Churches of Asia Minor talks about this "unholy marriage" of the church.

So you guys really think God would be mad at me if I worshipped on a Thursday or a Tuesday? Cause I think it's the idea of taking a day of rest and focusing on God. Not what arbitrary day-of-the-week it falls on.

I'm not sure if you're including me in your comment, David, but I agree with you. I do not think that God would be mad if you worship or rest on another day. My pastor and most of the staff at my church certainly do not rest on Sunday.

I am simply countering the assertion that Christians are misinformed or doing something wrong by worshiping on Sunday, and the other fallacy presented that Jesus was crucified on a day other than Friday.

Hey David, I do not think that God cares which day you take your rests, as long as you take a rest every seven days. Meaning you can take your rest on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday...etc. However, because of the fact that Sunday was selected due to pagan Sun worshipping traditions. It becomes this unholy marriage of our church traditions and pagan traditions. Again if you read the letter to Thyatira it says
"Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols."

Which refers to the story of Jezebel in the old testament, where the King of Isreal of that time marries this Babylonian Prophetess which allowed this coming together of Jewish and Babylonian tradition and worship. And as you can see, God refers to this church of Thyatira as "Notwithstanding."

But at the same time Paul does say in Romans 14 that "You should each be fully convinced that whichever day you choose is acceptable. Those who worship the Lord on a special day do it to honor him."

So...I gues it really depends on what is in your heart. If you decide in your hear to honor Him on Sunday because you want to that's okay. But if you just picked Sunday, because it is merely tradition (passed down by Pagans), the it would be accepting the unholy marriage of the Church.

In the past a friend and I were in discussion about the issue of the Sabbath. She seemed to be using church worship on Sunday as a point on which to criticize the Christian church. To me it seems if someone has a problem with it they can have their day of rest on Saturday, a day set apart from their normal work routine, and keep that time holy by not engaging in unrighteous acts and by Bible study, etc. They can consider Sunday to be a worship time if they need to not regard it as the Sabbath (if it bothers them that much). I think God appreciates our worship every day of the week and Sunday is a good day to gather for corporate worship. I hate to see people make such an issue of which day to call the Sabbath because it could be a stumbling block to salvation. Some people will look for any excuse to reject Jesus.

Most of the comments about this devotion is to me correct. As long as you put aside a time of rest and spend it communing with God that is what counts. As Rick said most Pastors and staff's at church's do not rest on Sunday and most people will complain if they are not available the other six days also.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men - Colossians 3:23

pray continually; -1 Thessalonians 5: 17

I don't believe God would be angry or disappointed with me for choosing to worship HIM on a day other than Saturday or Sunday. Because, EVERYTHING I do should be done to honor HIM.