Sunday Worship Fails the Linear and the Circular Test

In this last generation, the seventh day Sabbath will be an eternal question. Many will need to choose between Sunday and the Bible’s Sabbath.

Let me explain.

Since the year 321AD, and maybe even before, millions of people have and continue to worship God on Sunday solely upon the basis of tradition.

History will verify that in that year, Constantine made a degree to make Sunday, the first day of the week, the official day of worship. The Catholic church then further admits that it authorized the transfer of the solemnity of the day from Saturday to Sunday, in other words, they made Sunday holy.

Since then, people have worshipped on Sunday and some has even called Sunday, “The Lord’s Day.”

None of these changes, transference and officiality are Biblical. None of this supports the linearity and the circularity of the Bible. The line of truth from Genesis to Revelation states that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord, and no matter how many doctrinal laps we may want to take in Bible study, we can never verify that God accepts Sunday as His day of worship.

Let me be quick to expand and say that God accepts worship seven (7) days a week; however, scripture never once confirmed that God changed or accepts Sunday as His day.  

God is so faithful and merciful, He winks at our ignorance. Many Sunday worshippers pass the tradition down to their children and many are sincere and ignorant, not knowing that Sunday is not “The Lord’s Day.” Even so God has blessed his people. Great and mighty preachers of God worshipped on Sundays, and some of my favorite pastors’ worship(ed) on Sunday. There will be many people in heaven who worshipped on a Sunday.

Where does that leave us today? What do we do with this pagan tradition that family has passed on to family?

Do we continue with the tradition, or do we get rid of tradition and obey thus saith the Lord “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy”, the true seventh day Sabbath of creation?

The true and final remnant church just before Jesus comes, cannot be Sunday worshippers. John the revelator tells us that the remnant church will be a commandment keeping church (Rev 14:12). If we and our children are to be part of this remnant, we need to get rid of tradition and keep all of the commandments, including honoring the seventh day Sabbath, God appointed day of rest.

Everyone needs to make their individual decision for Sunday or the seventh day Sabbath.

So, let’s test this Sunday Worship.

First, Sunday fails the line of truth about the Sabbath, and it is not the Lord’s Day. We can follow the line of truth, which begins in the very first book and first chapter of the Bible. In Genesis, God rested on the Seventh day. He commanded Sabbath rest in the book of Exodus (20), Isaiah told us that we will worship God from one Sabbath to another (Isaiah 66:23), Jesus worshipped as His custom was on the Sabbath (Luke 4:16), and Paul worshipped as his custom was on the Sabbath (Acts 17:2).  Worship on the seventh day Sabbath has been part of scripture from Genesis to Revelation.

Do the math and we will realize that in this 21^st century, most of the churches have been following a tradition for over 1500 years. This is disobedience, even though it may not be willful, but it is still disobedience.

Secondly, Sunday fails the circular truth of the doctrine. Some will quickly use Acts 20:7 and 1 Cor 16: 2 “first day of the week’’ to validate that the early church began worshipping on the Sunday.  If we took some time to examine, research, dig deeper into the original word for “day” in those texts, we will see that that first “day” in Acts 20:7 and 1 Cor 16:2 is the word “sabbaton” which is the seventh day of the week. We can circle back to the Genesis and find that Paul was referring to what we would call Saturday evening, which is the beginning of Sunday, “for the evening and the morning” (Genesis 1).  Therefore, sunset on Saturday evening is Biblically, the beginning of Sunday.  Paul was worshipping on Sabbath evening. Besides, the Bible is a book based on context. Would Paul preach from Sunday morning until midnight? Instead, Paul kept the seventh day Sabbath, then he also preached Sabbath evening (beginning of Sunday, the first day) until midnight. Eutychus overwhelmed with sleep fell out of the window (Acts 20:9).

Don’t take my word for it, do some research.

Think! If Paul was indicating to worship on the Sunday, He would not be following the line of truth.  The line of truth says that God rested on the Seventh day and that God’s ten commandments, the law of God, commands rest on this seventh day, not the first. Paul would be in outright disobedience.

Thirdly, Jesus who was with the Father from before the beginning (John 1, 1 John 1, and Col 1) and who kept the Sabbath in heaven and while on earth, would not betray His character and His truth. The apostles empowered with the Holy Spirit would not change the Sabbath to the first day of the week. Many people will ask what about Col 2:16 where Paul says, let no man judge you with regards to the sabbath days.  Do some deeper study and you will find that Paul was not referring to the Seventh Day Sabbath. Once again, follow the line of truth, if Paul was telling Bible readers, “hey I’m changing the Lords Day to Sunday, do whatever you want to do, and let no man judge which day you worship,” would he be in line with God’s Sabbath truth?

No! He would be out of step. God has given a clear command, and every interpretation of scripture must follow the line of truth for that given topic from Genesis down to Revelation and Sunday worship is a stark deviation from the doctrine of the true 7th day Sabbath.

Since the Bible never once affirmed Sunday worship, we do not have much to disprove, especially that the Catholic Church already took responsibility for the change. The seventh day Sabbath pervades scripture and no, the Sabbath is not for the Jews. Adam and Eve were not Jews and they kept the Sabbath. Also, the fourth commandment says that “strangers” in our homes are to keep the Sabbath. Jesus said God made the Sabbath for humans, that means all of us (Mark 2:27).

Why is the Seventh day Sabbath important now?

In the last days, which are upon us, the Sabbath will become an eternal question? God has been winking at our ignorance and traditions for a long time, but for the last day church, we have to get our lives in strict obedience to all scripture, by not twisting things to suit our lifestyles and traditions. God, based on His character, will not redeem a people who are following a tradition that clearly contradicts scripture. Traditions are not divine commands; they are human design.  Traditions in general are ok, as long as they honor Christ and do not contradict the Bible in any way.

Soon we will need to decide if we want the mark of the beast who will command all to worship him (Rev 13) and command all to worship on the Sunday, or if we want to be part of the commandment keeping people of God (Rev 14:12) who has the seal of God.

God said, the seventh day Sabbath is a “sign between me and you through your generations” (Exodus 31:13), Ezekiel 20:12).  The fourth commandment is the only commandment that declares God as the Creator and the Sanctifier, the Seventh day sabbath is the seal of God, in which He sanctifies us.

Parents need to redirect children to the Seventh day Sabbath so that they can have this seal. Break this old tradition and get on the line of truth. Yes, it will mess up many lives and even disturb families. Yes, it will take sacrifice. Yes, it will bring huge shifts in family routines and priorities. However, most importantly, it will also get many lives on the line of truth which leads to heaven. Eternity is worth the sacrifice.

Thank you for reading this, and know that after you read this, you have no more excuses.

Do your research, get into prayer and God will lead you to the Sabbath truth, especially for these end times. If you seek truth, He must lead to the Sabbath. He cannot break the circle of His doctrine with traditional gaps, and He is obligated to follow His own line of truth.

Will you obey? That is the question.

Isaiah ends his wonderful book with the promise that “from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me saith the Lord” (Isaiah 66:23).

By God’s grace, I want to be there and hope you and your family will too.