johnthebaptist Posted August 2, 2021 Group: Non-Conformist Theology Followers: 6 Topic Count: 118 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,361 Content Per Day: 2.29 Reputation: 2,109 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/25/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/03/1953 Share Posted August 2, 2021 I've seen people argue endlessly about whether the sabbath should be Saturday or Sunday. The sabbath is supposed to be the last day of the week, and if you look at a calendar, that would be Saturday. On the other hand, when I get up on Monday morning, it feels like a new week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who me Posted August 2, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,302 Content Per Day: 1.71 Reputation: 1,686 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted August 2, 2021 27 minutes ago, johnthebaptist said: I've seen people argue endlessly about whether the sabbath should be Saturday or Sunday. The sabbath is supposed to be the last day of the week, and if you look at a calendar, that would be Saturday. On the other hand, when I get up on Monday morning, it feels like a new week. Quite frankly does it matter whether one worships on a Saturday or a Sunday so long as one worships. We are living in a materialistic world where the idea of a day of rest for the purpose of worship is not recognised. Employers are viewing Sunday as just another day of business and are making it difficult for people to specify a set day off each week. We could easily end up in the situation where it is a dismissals offence to attend church or to be identified as Christian. How then would those who demand Saturday worship or Sunday worship fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnthebaptist Posted August 2, 2021 Group: Non-Conformist Theology Followers: 6 Topic Count: 118 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,361 Content Per Day: 2.29 Reputation: 2,109 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/25/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/03/1953 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 19 minutes ago, Who me said: Quite frankly does it matter whether one worships on a Saturday or a Sunday so long as one worships. We are living in a materialistic world where the idea of a day of rest for the purpose of worship is not recognised. Employers are viewing Sunday as just another day of business and are making it difficult for people to specify a set day off each week. We could easily end up in the situation where it is a dismissals offence to attend church or to be identified as Christian. How then would those who demand Saturday worship or Sunday worship fare. I don't personally think it matters if you worship on Saturday or Sunday - or some other day if you have to work on Saturday or Sunday - but some feel very strongly that one should worship on Saturday, as it's the last day of the week. I would challenge their belief that Saturday is the last day of the week. Who says it's the last day of the week? I could rearrange my calendar and make Wednesday the last day of the week. It really sickens me that the employer I had before I retired required their employees to work 15 consecutive days during the busy season, and if you worked in the returns department, you had to do that twice. They would allow exceptions for people who brought a note from their pastor, but I've heard that is no longer allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted August 2, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.22 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted August 2, 2021 We should worship everyday as He blesses us every day. As for a day of rest, that goes according to what He brings your way each day. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SisterWells Posted August 2, 2021 Group: Senior Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 910 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 728 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/05/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 hour ago, johnthebaptist said: It really sickens me that the employer I had before I retired required their employees to work 15 consecutive days during the busy season... A day of rest is important. In Exodus and Deuteronomy a day of rest is commanded for even the animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alive Posted August 2, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 194 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 11,054 Content Per Day: 6.48 Reputation: 9,018 Days Won: 36 Joined: 09/12/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/09/1956 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Paul talks about these things: Rom. 14:1 (NAS20S) Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not to have quarrels over opinions. One person has faith that he may eat all things, but the one who is weak eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. Rom. 14:5 (NAS20S) One person values one day over another, another values every day the same. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and the one who eats, does so with regard to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and the one who does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat, and he gives thanks to God. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnthebaptist Posted August 2, 2021 Group: Non-Conformist Theology Followers: 6 Topic Count: 118 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,361 Content Per Day: 2.29 Reputation: 2,109 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/25/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/03/1953 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 4 hours ago, OneLight said: We should worship everyday as He blesses us every day. As for a day of rest, that goes according to what He brings your way each day. We should be in contant prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17), wouldn't you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnthebaptist Posted August 2, 2021 Group: Non-Conformist Theology Followers: 6 Topic Count: 118 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,361 Content Per Day: 2.29 Reputation: 2,109 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/25/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/03/1953 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 3 hours ago, SisterWells said: A day of rest is important. In Exodus and Deuteronomy a day of rest is commanded for even the animals. Yes, it would seem to me a day of rest is very important each week. The Lord rested on the seventh day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waggles Posted August 2, 2021 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,790 Content Per Day: 0.77 Reputation: 983 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/20/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted August 2, 2021 7 hours ago, johnthebaptist said: The sabbath is supposed to be the last day of the week, and if you look at a calendar, that would be Saturday. Not for Spirit-filled Christians who are set free from the Law of Moses Colossians 2:16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. We enter the Sabbath, that is we rest from our own labours, through the indwelling Holy Spirit Hebrews 4:9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. 11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnthebaptist Posted August 2, 2021 Group: Non-Conformist Theology Followers: 6 Topic Count: 118 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,361 Content Per Day: 2.29 Reputation: 2,109 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/25/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/03/1953 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Waggles said: Not for Spirit-filled Christians who are set free from the Law of Moses Colossians 2:16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. We enter the Sabbath, that is we rest from our own labours, through the indwelling Holy Spirit Hebrews 4:9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. 11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. Are you opposed to sin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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