Question- Same (Botswana): Hello Pastor, I love and appreciate you. One of my Teevo members asked about the controversy about the Sabbath day being on Saturday and which church must be doing it wrongly, that is the Sunday goers or the Saturday goers. Can you please brief up my knowledge and understanding about this?
Answer: There are no controversies because the Saturday is known to be the Sabbath but as to which church is doing it right, I think he means meeting on Sunday or meeting on Saturday; which is doing it right? The early church started meeting on Sunday because it was the day of resurrection being the first day of the week and the early church did not disregard the Sabbath and are not claiming that Sunday has become the Sabbath.
In Matthew chapter 12 verses 8, Jesus already declared that the son of man is the Lord of the Sabbath. So, the Bible talks about they gathering on the first day of the week. So I think you can put your mind at rest. There’s no dispute about the Sabbath. Sabbath day was appointed to be the seventh day of the week which is the Saturday. But in Christianity, we have been brought into God’s Sabbath, so we are already in the Sabbath according to the scriptures, not the weekly Sabbath. The fulfillment of the real Sabbath has come. The Bible says we are now in his rest, so in the law it was a type of God’s rest when He commanded the people to do nothing but rest.
Now we have entered into His rest and that’s what the Bible tells us; we are in the real Sabbath and the Sabbath is everyday, your whole life is into the Sabbath now. But we meet on Sundays because the early church met on the first day of the week which they called the Lord’s Day because Jesus resurrected on that day. But again remember, it’s a matter of convenience. For example, if you live in the Middle East where many of those nations are predominantly Moslems, the free day is Friday.Sunday is a work day, so, the Christians met on that free day which is Friday not Saturday or Sunday. Why? It’s a matter of convenience. You need to understand that because in Christ we are now in the Sabbath. So which ever day you appoint for your meeting is perfectly in order.
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