• 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

The vast majority of Christian churches today observe Sunday, the first day of the week, as a time for rest and worship. History reveals that it was decades after the death of the apostles that a politico-religious system substituted the observance of the first day of the week for the seventh day. Roman Catholic sources …


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

Protestant theologians justify their breaking of the fourth commandment and their worship on the first day of the week by claiming to honor the day of Christ's resurrection, despite no indication that God intended such a change. There is no explanation from any apostle, prophet, or messenger to support this doctrinal deviation. …


Rome's Challenge (Part 1)

Article by Staff

The Catholic Church admits to changing the day of worship from Sabbath to Sunday. Protestants who keep Sunday are bowing to presumed Catholic authority.


Was Jesus Resurrected on Easter Sunday?

'Ready Answer' by Staff

When did Jesus rise from the tomb? The world - because of tradition - says Sunday, but the Bible reveals the only possible timing of His resurrection.


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

Protestantism recognizes no rule of faith except the Bible, yet the Bible nowhere gives Protestantism the authority to change the day of worship to Sunday.


Rome's Challenge (Part 3)

Article by Staff

Jesus never deviated from observing the 7th-day Sabbath, nor ever hinted at moving its holiness or sanctification to the first day of the week.



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