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"Where in the Bible was Sunday ever called the 'Christian Sabbath'?"

We hear a great deal of talk today about the Christian sabbath. Preachers, in their church announcements in the papers, often refer to their services on Sunday as their sabbath services. And many times we hear men pray on Sunday and "thank God for this sabbath day."

Has your preacher been doing these things? Have you heard him call Sunday the sabbath, or the Christian sabbath? When men so often speak of matters of this kind they ought to have some authority in the Bible for it; and they ought to be more than glad to give you the information about it. So don't hesitate to go to your preacher and ask him about it.

I have often read about the sabbath in the Bible. I remember that in
Ex. 20:10 God said: "The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God." We all know that the seventh day of the week is Saturday, not Sunday. Sunday is the first day of the week. But the seventh day was the sabbath. I recall also that the sabbath was given to the Jews as a sign between them and God to be kept throughout their generations. Ex. 31:16,17.

But Paul, writing to Christians at Colosse, said: "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days." Co1. 2:14-16.
According to this statement the handwriting of ordinances that concerned meat and drink, holy days, the feast of new moons and the sabbath days was blotted out at the cross of Christ, and Christians are not now required to keep the sabbath. It ended with other Jewish requirements found in the law of Moses.

And since Jesus died on the cross no man has ever been required to keep the sabbath day holy. Those who are trying to keep Saturday, have the right day in mind, but they are trying to keep it without any divine authority.

Perhaps your preacher will tell you that the sabbath has been changed from the seventh day to the first day of the week, and that Sunday is now the Christian sabbath.

But if he tells you this, ask him where the Bible says so. If such a change as this has been made, surely the Bible will say something about it. But the reference just given - Col. 2:14-16 - shows the sabbath was abolished, that it was blotted out, nailed to the cross. When a thing is abolished it is not changed.

The sabbath simply was taken out of the way, not changed to another day.

So if your preacher says it has been changed, insist that he tell you where you can find something in the Bible about the change.

And let me make another suggestion to you. Ask him where he can read in the Bible -ANYTHING - about a Christian sabbath, whether it is Sunday or any other day. Preachers should not constantly talk about a Christian sabbath unless the Bible says something about it.

This is an important thing, for all people should want to follow the teaching of the Bible. If the Bible mentions a Christian sabbath, we should want to talk about it and observe it, but let us be sure it is in the Bible. So ask your preacher about it.

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