Top 10 Church Traditional Topics and Lies ,# 10
Top 10 Church Tradition Topics and Lies
Number 10
Sunday is the only day to worship / Saturday is the only day to worship
I had a friend of mine try to convert me to the seven day Adventist before he left the church we were in. He was telling me how we worshiped on the wrong day. Oh……He came with plenty of scripture to back it up. As I sat there thinking I was gonna get him to stay , I began to almost be persuaded.(lol) However the spirit of God would not let me go for it. I even wanted to believe him but I trusted the lord’s spirit. I spoke to my Pastor about it later , who by the way taught false doctrine, and he answered “ o, he is just confused.” I didn’t think so. He had at least 30 scriptures to back up his charge against our church. I didn’t leave the church but I still hadn’t gotten an answer. I figured, hey pastor said he was wrong so he must be. I was wrong.
Of course my pastor was on the Sunday side. He said it didn’t matter but never gave scripture to prove it. It didn’t help that he taught a lot of old testament laws like fistfuits for us to observe. So of course at the time it was all confusing. My pastor would always say things to make you feel like you sinned if you missed church. He used the scripture that said they went out from among us because they were never with us. A scare tactic really. If it didn’t matter what was the big deal? Of course I never missed a Sunday unless I was out of town because of this.
Well about two years later after I left the Church, the lord revealed the truth about the topic. I had to get off of one side and get on the lord’s side. Now People fight over the real day of worship but who is right. Those who say Saturday is the only day of worship say this because of the old testament law to obey the sabbath day (Lev 16:31). Those who say it’s on Sunday use scriptures showing the lord supper being observed on the first day of the week ( Acts 20:7), claiming that the day changed. However most believers struggle with the revelation given by Paul in Col 2:16,17. Lets briefly check out the scripture.
Col 2:16,17
16.Don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or what you drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. 17. For these rules are only a shadow of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.
The Answer
Niether day is the only day you can have church and worship the lord. The bible says not to let any one condemn you of what day you choose to worship God. Or even if you don’t observe the sabbath day. For it was only a shadow of the true reality to come, only shadows of Christ. Let me give you a quick example.
Sabbath day , old testament Shadow of Day of rest
Lev 23:3, NLT
You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest an official day for holy assembly. It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.
This is the shadow cast in the old testament
New testament reality to come of Day of rest
Heb:4:9,10 NLT
So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God. 10. for all who have entered his rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after after creating the world.
The reality the lord returning and we entering his rest.(compare Mathew 25:43, Rev 14:13) It shall be the same rest that has been laid up and prepared for us from the very foundation of the world. Remember, Christ is the reality of that shadow so the shadow is the lord himself and what he brings with him. It’s the place every true believer awaits. For both scripture picture both. One it being the lord himself. And the other the place the lord has prepared for us. This means it is of the lord and what is awaiting when he returns, for we cant build a doctrine with one scripture and throw the other out.
So you choose the day you want to worship the lord. Don’t let any body tell you what day you want to acknowledge as holy. The true sabbath day will be the eternal rest. Most people don’t talk about this because of their own pride to get people to work in their churches and get a natural reward. However we have an eternal reward awaiting us and we look froward to the true sabbath. Until then stay alert for this great day and worship him in spirit and in truth any day you choose.
Get ready for number 9 where we are going to deal with another lie dealing with the book of revelations called “Revelations the Scary Book” , of the top 10 Church tradition topics and lies
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