• Mark 2:27-28
    And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath."
     
  • Exodus 20:8
    "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
     
  • Genesis 2:2-3
    And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
     
  • Exodus 20:11
    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

     
  • Luke 4:16
    So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
     
  • Matthew 12:8
    For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
     
  • Luke 6:5
    And He said to them, “The Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
     
For more scripture references, please see Bible verses for Sunday Worship


Resources

Roman Catholic and Protestant Confessions About Sunday

Article by Staff

Sunday observance has no Biblical authority. The early Christians kept the seventh day as the Sabbath, and it was decades after the apostles' death that a politico-religious system, the Roman Church, repudiated the Sabbath of Scripture and substituted the first day of the week. Roman Catholic sources freely admit this. Cardinal …


Did Christ's Resurrection Change the Day of Worship? (Part One)

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

In the Christian era, the majority of professing Christians hold the first day of the week as the proper day of worship. Catholic theologians openly admit that their church made this change, asserting their authority to modify such matters. Protestants, however, justify Sunday worship as a tradition honoring the day on which …


Did Christ's Resurrection Change the Day of Worship? (Part Two)

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

Sunday worship is a tradition of men, not an ordinance of God. Protestant theologians justify it as honoring Christ's resurrection, yet no indication exists that God intended such a change, and no apostle or prophet ever explained one, though it would have ignited a doctrinal firestorm in the first century. The resurrection's …


Rome's Challenge (Part 1)

Article by Staff

Protestants, since their emergence in the sixteenth century, have uniformly observed Sunday as the day of worship, aligning with a practice that spans over 300 years. This widespread custom among the Christian world stands in contrast to the Seventh-day Adventists and Israelites, who adhere to Saturday for the worship of God. …


Was Jesus Resurrected on Easter Sunday?

'Ready Answer' by Staff

Sunday worship rests on the claim that Jesus instituted a new day of worship by rising on Easter Sunday morning, which supposedly frees Christians from the command to keep the seventh-day Sabbath (Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12). The Bible contains no command of God for Easter or for Sunday worship, and the supporting arguments …


The Secular Day of Rest Law

Commentary by Martin G. Collins

There have been many moves initiated by European labor unions and backed by interfaith churches designed to enforce Sunday as the universal day of rest.


Rome's Challenge (Part 2)

Article by Staff

Many Christians hold the assumption that Sunday is the approved day for worship. However, the Roman Catholic Church asserts that it transferred Christian worship from the biblical Sabbath, which is Saturday, to Sunday. The Church argues that attempting to claim this change is supported by the Bible is dishonest and denies …


Rome's Challenge (Part 3)

Article by Staff

The first reference to Sunday after the resurrection of Christ, as found in St. Luke's Gospel and St. John's Gospel, shows the apostles gathered on the day of the resurrection, Easter Sunday. This meeting was not for inaugurating a new departure from the old Sabbath, Saturday, as there is no hint of prayer, exhortation, or …



For more resources, please see the library topic for Sunday Worship