OK call me dense. Post it AGAIN .
Damo I have read EVERY verse in the Bible that references the 1st day of the week (there aren't that many) and in none of them is it called the Lord's day.
No. I am done with this subject. I am a Buddhist, it isn't my job for me to make sure you understand your religion correctly. Talk to your pastor, you are wrong. I posted why, gave you Bible verses specific to it. Told you exactly what to ask to get the correct information and whom to ask it from. I am not your pastor, you need to hear it from someone that you understand to be an authority on the subject because you are too stupid to read and find out for yourself.
Please, talk to your pastor. Have him explain the New Covenant to you. Here is a copy/paste of one of my previous posts explaining the differences between the Old and New Covenants... You should read it, then talk to your pastor, have him explain these things. If your pastor is worthy of the title you will be enlightened, if he is not you will believe you must go to church on Saturday. I do not particularly care. It means nothing to me when you go to church.
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The Sabbath is a command of the Old Covenant, one of the "cleansing" commandments. Christ fulfilled the law, therefore you are saved by Grace and not by Action. Christ covered this in many ways, one of them were when he stated that it is what comes out of the mouth of man that defiles him and not what goes into their mouth (Mark 7:14–23).
Each of the commandments, except the Sabbath, are reiterated in the New Testament and apply to the Christians. Here is a list of where to find them, how it is restated, you will notice that one is missing, we've been talking about it in this thread:
| Commandment | New Testament passage that reaffirms it for Christians |
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| 1. No other gods | Acts 14:15; 1 Cor 8:6; 1 Thess 1:9; 1 John 5:21 – “turn from idols to serve the living God” |
| 2. No idols / images | Acts 15:20, 29 (Jerusalem Council decision for Gentile Christians); 1 Cor 10:14; 1 John 5:21 |
| 3. Do not take God’s name in vain | James 5:12 – “Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear… Let your ‘Yes’ be yes…” (direct echo of the commandment) |
| 5. Honor father and mother | Ephesians 6:1–3 – “Children, obey your parents in the Lord… ‘Honor your father and mother’ (this is the first commandment with a promise)…” Paul quotes Exodus 20:12 directly and applies it to Gentile Christians in Ephesus. |
| 6. You shall not murder | Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:21; James 2:11; 1 Peter 4:15; Revelation 21:8 |
| 7. You shall not commit adultery | Romans 13:9; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Hebrews 13:4; James 2:11 |
| 8. You shall not steal | Romans 13:9; Ephesians 4:28; 1 Corinthians 6:10 |
| 9. You shall not bear false witness | Romans 13:9; Ephesians 4:25; Colossians 3:9 |
| 10. You shall not covet | Romans 7:7 (Paul: “I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, ‘You shall not covet’”); Romans 13:9; Ephesians 5:3 |
The one you find missing is the Sabbath, that one was counted as fulfilled. Christ stated he came to fulfill the law, not to replace it... this became the "New Covenant", Christ teaches that the ones that "cleanse" you so you can earn your way to paradise no longer apply, you have been saved through grace, so it is now what comes out of your mouth rather than what goes in that matters (why Christians are not forced to eat kosher), for instance...
So, The Sabbath Day commandment is like eating Kosher (Christ talks about how it is what comes out of your mouth, meaning what you say or think, that defiles you, not what you put into your mouth) and is fulfilled in what becomes the New Covenant.
So when Christians say “Jesus fulfilled the Law, He did not abolish it,” they mean:
- The moral demands of the Law (including nine of the Ten Commandments) are still in force and are now obeyed out of love and by the power of the Holy Spirit, but not to earn salvation.
- The ceremonial and civil parts (including the literal seventh-day Sabbath regulation) are fulfilled in Christ and no longer bind Christians in the same way.
That is why the New Testament can quote the Ten Commandments as still authoritative for believers, yet also say we are “not under law but under grace” (Romans 6:14–15) and that the Sabbath regulation was “only a shadow of what was to come; the reality is found in Christ” (Colossians 2:16–17).
Colossians 2:16-17, referenced in the paragraph above, states that: believers should not be judged for their observance or non-observance of food laws, religious festivals,
or the Sabbath, as these are merely shadows pointing to the reality found in Jesus Christ. The core message is that the "substance" or "reality" is Christ, and those practices were a shadow of what was to come, but their fulfillment is now in Him.
And Christ rising on the 1st Day of the week became "the lord's day" (
referenced in Revelations 1:10, I verified, it is also referenced in English... not just the Greek original texts) as well as coming back among the Apostles on the 1st day, began a new day of worship, the Christians began meeting on Sunday.
I still maintain my belief that the Sabbath Day was never marked by Adam and they didn't magically know which day is the actual 7th... it was followed by the remembrance and that they took their "7th day" off.
However, Christians began meeting on Sundays when Jesus was still among the faithful before he was "taken up"... I think you need to read that book of yours a bit better.
