THE SUNDAY WORSHIP QUESTION2

CHRIST REACTION TO IT “And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath”. Luke 6:5.

Christ was accused of not keeping the Sabbath and He paid dearly for it for its one of the reasons the plot for His death was instigated (John 9:16, Mark 3:3-6) because he healed, plugged fruit, doing the very things He does on other days on the Sabbath (if you think Christ did something special on Saturday that He never did on other days, am waiting to hear it).

Few people says Christ worshipped on Sabbath, yes He did because He was operating on the old covenant but Glory to God, He also fellowsipped with the disciples on the first and second time they fellowshipped on a Sunday (See John 20:19, 26).

What does it mean to be ‘lord of sabbath’ as Christ said. He said the ‘son of man’ (son of man is us, the created; Son of God is the creator), to be Lord of Sabbath means the determiner of Sabbath (like saying, Sabbath is what day you say it is), God hallowed Saturday and used it to seal His covenant with the Jewish Christians (the country Israel operates on the different covenant than that of the rest of the Christian in the world, this covenant was sealed with the Saturday Sabbath(Ex. 31:17)), this shouldn’t tie the rest of the Christians to Saturday, that’s why Christ has to mention to us that we are the lord of Sabbath i.e. Sabbath is what day we call it to be.

Those that called Saturday Holy days have called other days unholy and God rebuked peter for similar act (acts. 10:15).

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 1 Tim. 4:4-5. If you say Saturday is the only day that belongs to the Lord, who owns or created the other days. (Ps. 118:24) We should receive each day with thanksgiving and sanctify it for our use. If I want to be worshipping on Sundays or other days, then I should sanctify such day and that day becomes my Sabbath. Everyday created by God is good enough to worship God.

The only special thing about Saturday, and every 7 years and every 49 years is that God used these days as a covenant to the Jewish nation (ex. 31:13) (Saturday is not the only Sabbath, the seventh year, and the 7*7 years are all Sabbaths to be counted from the day of the Jewish deliverance from bondage).

Don’t limit yourself to Saturday worship when God has given us all days for worship.

God bless you.

Pastor Promise Ikpe