QUESTION:
"I don’t feel it matters what
day you have your church services. There have been so
many calendars, who’s to say what day is truly the
Sabbath? We should worship God every day not just one."
Regarding
the Sabbath, the only calendar that matters is the
Hebrew Calendar which God gave to Israel. This Calendar
is almost 5800 years old and is still in use. It has
been updated from time to time to ensure the seasons
fall correctly, ( a 13th month
is added 7 times in each 19 year cycle) but the 1st day
of each month is always the slight crescent, the 15th is
always a full moon, and the weekdays have never been
altered. The Hebrew Calendar of today is the same
unchanged one that Jesus and the Apostles used. God is
not a God of confusion, and if He commanded people to
keep the Seventh day holy He would never allow its
identity to be hidden. The Bible says that God never
asks us to do something we cannot do. The Calendar was
one of the sacred "oracles" which God has entrusted to
the Jews. (Romans 3:2) Jesus kept the Sabbath. (Luke
4:16) One need not attempt to return to creation week to
find the correct day, Jesus declared Himself "Lord of
the Sabbath" (Matt.12:8) -He knew which day the Sabbath
was and it is the same day the Jews keep today -
Saturday.
Because a person keeps the Sabbath day doesn’t mean
he does not worship God everyday. That line of reasoning
would mean people who attend Sunday services only
worship day one day a week too. But the Bible clearly
says that God sanctified ("set apart") and made holy the
Seventh day. God made that distinction not me, I simply
obey His Commandment to honor it and keep it holy. God
also Commanded that His servants work the first six days
of the week. Jesus warned that those who attempt to
worship God according to the traditions of man rather
than the Commandments of God worship in vain. (Matt.
15:9) Jesus also said that God must be worshiped in
spirit and in truth. (John 4:24) It is on the Sabbath
alone that God commands a holy assembly. Would it be
wrong to have assemblies on other days? No, but it is
wrong to exclude the Sabbath in the process. You may
have your own philosophy Jared regarding whether the
Sabbath matters or not, but God has not asked for it,
nor will He be impressed with it. God is looking for
those who will obey Him.
Jesus made a distinction between the weekdays
when he instructed end-time believers to pray that their
flight from Anti-Christ would not fall in the winter or
on the SABBATH. (Matt.24:20) Obviously, any other day
would be fine because they are not holy. Did you know
that all mankind will keep the Sabbath when Jesus
establishes the Kingdom of God upon the earth? "And it
shall be from new moon to new moon and from Sabbath to
Sabbath, all mankind will come to bow down before Me,
says the Lord." (Isaiah 66:23)
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