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The 4TH COMMANDMENT: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of YAHWEH your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days YAHWEH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore, YAHWEH blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it."
Your objection to Sabbath: "One man esteemed one day above another: another esteemed every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regards the day, regards it unto the Lord; and he that regarded not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eat, eats to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and giveth God thanks." Romans 14:5 -6 KJV Answer to Objection: The Key is this: All of us must be persuaded in our own minds. If I observe the Sabbath because of my loyalism (not legalism) to Yahweh - I do it for Him and for no one else. For me, it's a love issue: Jesus said: "If you love Me, keep My Commandments" (John 14:15) If I honor Jesus because He is the Maker of the Sabbath, no one should judge me. If a believer observes another day, that is between him and His Maker. No one should judge him. Again, all of us must be convinced one way or another. For some - First Day of the week - Sunday is the day - for some - any day you choose - for some Sabbath is on the Seventh Day. If anyone regards Sunday as the Sabbath - they will give an answer to it someday. Ultimately - God will have the final say-so on it. I am fully persuaded in my own mind that the Sabbath Commandment is Yahweh's Sabbath and that He Made for mankind. Jesus is the One who Made it. Your objection to Sabbath: "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:" Colossians 2:16 KJV Context: "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances (Greek: Certificate of debt) that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled (Greek: Stripped away) principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore JUDGE YOU..." in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon (month), or of the Sabbath days:" Jesus nailed our sins to the cross they were against us But He triumphed over the authorities of Earth as He died for the Sins of the whole world and was raised from the grave. Because of this - with you being on His side - there should be no man that judges you. I am not going to make what you eat a big thing; I am not going to make what you drink a matter of importance. If you celebrate a Holy Day (Easter, Christmas, Lent etc.) I am not going to Judge you. If you disregard Sabbath Days that is on you. "Let no man judge you for it. God is the Judge. Now note: 2:17: "Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." Please note that all which was listed, eat, drink, Holyday, Sabbaths, are a SHADOW of things TO COME. It doesn't do away with them. Shadows are things to come - they are prophetic. The Feast Days (Sabbaths) points to something Jesus represents and will do - or has already accomplished. He is the substance and reason for all of the things mandated. For example - the Feast of Passover (Shadow of things to come) - 1st month 14th day Moses put blood over the doorpost when deliverance came out of Egypt - It was the first month 14th day Yeshua hung on a cross 1500 years later. This was an example of shadow of things to come (fulfilled) In no way does it nullify the 4th Commandment of the Almighty. No man should be judged by what he is convinced of in his own mind. That is all it is trying to say. This topic is of vital importance to believers who still believe God has parameters set for mankind to walk in. I find it very odd that someone should speak negatively about Yahweh's Law. Obviously, it is a clear-cut mandate to love. The Memorial of Yeshua's (Jesus') Creative act has been ridiculed as some ancient relic and considered to be non-relevant to "spiritual believers" today. Actually, those who speak out against keeping the Law usually agree on 9 Commandments still being valid today to walk in. It is just the 4th one most have a problem with. So the Law of God is attacked as something we do not need to keep any longer because Jesus kept it and fulfilled it. So- what does that mean? The prophecies are very clear that one day we will be judged according to whether your faith was strong enough to believe in Jesus' Will to obey. According to our Savior, at the time of reckoning: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' (Matthew 7:21-23) It is here that many will be justifying their faith with what appears to be manifestations of the miraculous. But Jesus calls them "lawbreakers". They played the part - all the while - they are those who do it without obedience. Believers do not abide in obedience because they have to. They keep their honor to the Savior because they want to. There is a big difference between a "legalist", and a loyalist. So why do I bring up this subject? Because it is very important to Yahweh that you understand the importance of how this Commandant (not a request or a suggestion) is set apart as special to your Creator. There are many objections (mainly centered around the Law). In this study, we will examine carefully into whether God's Law is still valid for believers today. Up front, the love that we have for Jesus shouldn't allow questions as to why Jesus Commanded something. We follow it because we know it is for our well-being: The Son of God clearly says: "If you love Me, keep My Commandments." (John 14:15) This is the evidence that we love Him: "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His Commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His Commandments. And His Commandments are not burdensome." (1 John 5:2-3) Commandments are not to be a burden, but evidence of love. Obedience also demonstrates that we know Him: "Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His Commandments. He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." (1 John 2:3-4) You can't get much clearer than this. The Children of Yahweh are marked by certain characteristics in Revelation: "Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the Commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." (Revelation 14:12) The real "church folks" are marked by their Obedience and Faith in the Savior. No mistaking it.. Revelation tells us that the Devil hates the true believers: Who are they identified as? "And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the Commandments of God and have the Testimony of Jesus Christ." (Revelation 12:17) Again, the saints are marked by their loyalty to His Law. Valid Reasons to Honor that which Yahweh Commanded to Remember the Seventh Day Sabbath: "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. (Genesis 2:2-3) The Sabbath is rooted, grounded, and anchored in the Creative act of Yahweh. Nowhere in the scriptures do I find one place where Jesus removed the blessing or the sanctity of it. If He blessed it - then man ought to pay attention to it. Long before the Jewish nation was formed - the Sabbath was implemented in the Creation Story. So - the Sabbath is not exclusively Jewish. Fact # 2: Long before the law of Moses was ever given, the Sabbath was instituted. In fact, the father of faith - Abraham knew about it and kept it: "Abraham obeyed My Voice and kept My charge, My Commandments, My statutes, and My Laws.'' (Genesis 26:5) Long before Moses showed up, the Commandments were in place. If they weren't already known, Cain would have had no sin when he murdered his brother. Fact # 3: After the 400-year bondage in Egypt, Jesus for 40 years in the wilderness (1 Corinthians 10:3) rained bread from heaven and commanded Israel not to go out on the Seventh Day. He specifically told them that it was a test of their faithfulness (Exodus 16:4) This was BEFORE the law was given at Mt. Sinai. Fact# 4: When Israel disregarded the Seventh Day, God was disappointed: "And Moses said, eat that today; for today is a Sabbath unto the Lord: today ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the Seventh Day for to gather, and they found none. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse will you refuse to keep my Commandments and My Laws? (Exodus 16; 27-30) Keep in mind the Ten Commandment tablets had not yet been made. Fact # 5: The 4th Commandment was the only Commandment which identified Jesus as the Creator. Israel already had been keeping it...that's why God said: "REMEMBER". (They already knew about it) To forget the Sabbath - would be to forget the Creator (Exodus 20:8-11) That's why Darwinism is so popular today. Fact #6: Jesus said the Sabbath was Made for Man (Mark 2:27-28) Can you imagine how disappointed Jesus must be to make a special day for man, and mankind doesn't regard it as important? If you made an appointment for the Seventh day, and the person that you made it for doesn't show up until the next day, would you be a little put out? He made it for mankind to enjoy, regenerate, and recharge the physical, mental, and spiritual battery that runs down after 6 days of labor. Fact # 7: Looking down past the time of His Resurrection, Jesus made a command not to flee in the winter neither on the Sabbath: "Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath... for then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. Evidently Jesus still regarded the Sabbath as important. If it is no longer valid or important, why would Jesus look into the future and command for the one who has ears o hear to pay attention to the Sabbath? Jesus looked down to the end and commanded those living in that day not to flee on the Sabbath. Evidently Jesus placed special significance to that day (He reaffirmed its validity - after the cross). Fact # 9: Jesus said that until heaven and earth pass the Sabbath would still be in place: ""For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled."(Matthew 5:18) Not one precept of God's Moral Law will change - ever. Fact # 10: In the new heaven and new earth, the faithful will be coming together to worship on the Sabbath: "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me,'' says the Lord, "So shall your descendants and your name remain. And it shall come to pass that from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me,'' says Yahweh Fact #11: The disciples regarded the Sabbath after the cross as important: "And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next SABBATH. Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. And the next SABBATH day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God." The Sabbath (after the cross) was kept and both Jew and the GENTILE. They went out on the SABBATH (the whole city) to hear God's Word -(reinstated-reaffirmed) Ten Reasons Why the Sabbath is Not Jewish: 1) Adam and Eve were not Jewish. God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it (Genesis 2:3) before sin entered. Sanctified means to be set apart for holy use. The only ones in the Garden of Eden for whom the Sabbath was set apart? were Adam and Eve, who weren't Jewish. 2) The Sabbath was made for man. Mark 2:27. Jesus said this. It was made in the Garden of Eden before it was written down on Mount Sinai. The Sabbath was made for man, not just Jews. 3) The other nine commandments are not just for Jews. Yahweh wrote Ten Commandments on stone, not just nine (See Deut. 4:12, 13; Ex. 20). Does - Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, and Do not bear false witness apply only to Jews? 4) The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.? Exodus 20:10. God calls the Sabbath, My Holy Day.? Isaiah 58:13. The Bible never calls it the Sabbath of the Jews. It isn't their Sabbath, but Yahweh's. 5) The Sabbath commandment is for the stranger too. The fourth commandment itself says the stranger is to rest on the Sabbath. Exodus 20:10. Strangers are non-Jews, or Gentiles. Thus, the Sabbath applies to them too. 6) Isaiah said Gentiles should keep the Sabbath. Also, the sons of the stranger every one that keeps the Sabbath for mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.? Isaiah 56:6, 7. Thus, the Sabbath is for Gentiles and all people, not just for Jews. 7) All mankind will keep the Sabbath in the New Earth. In the new earth from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, says the Lord.? Isaiah 66:22, 23. Here God says that all flesh? we will be keeping the Sabbath in the new earth. If this is the case and it is, we start now? 8) Gentiles kept the Sabbath in the Book of Acts. The Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. Paul and Barnabas persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. Acts 13:42, 43. Here saved-by-grace Gentiles kept the Sabbath (see also verse 44). 9) The law [of Ten Commandments] is for all the world, not just for Jews. Paul wrote these words. Read Romans 2:17-23; 3:19, 23. 10) Luke was a Gentile who kept the Sabbath. Luke was the only Gentile who wrote any New Testament books (he wrote The Gospel According to St. Luke and The Acts of the Apostles). Luke traveled with Paul and wrote; On the Sabbath we went out of the city by a river side. Acts 16:13. It was the seventh-day Sabbath, the memorial of the Creation (see Ex. 20:11). Both Luke and Paul knew it. Fact # 12: Paul was a Sabbath keeper: He continued obeying it "Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three SABBATH days reasoned with them out of the scriptures". (Acts 17:2) "After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth; and he reasoned in the synagogue EVERY SABBATH and persuaded the Jews and the GREEKS. And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them." (Acts 18:1, 4) Paul preached to the Corinth SABBATHKEEPING believers EVERY SABBATH for a year and a half (84 consecutive Sabbaths) long after the resurrection. (The Sabbath confirmed and reinstated by Paul.) Common Objections to the 7th Day Sabbath: # 1: "The first day of the week is Sunday and this is the day the people gathered. This passage can easily be seen as the church meeting on Sunday, though it does not necessitate it. It has two important church functions within it: breaking bread (communion) and a message (preaching/teaching)." Answer to objection: "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers?and they, continuing DAILY with one accord in the temple, and BREAKING BREAD from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,"(Acts 2:42,46) Just because they broke bread on the first day of the week doesn't make it important. In fact, the scripture said they were DAILY together in the temple and breaking bread!!! Another reason for Sunday worship: #2: "Notice here that Paul is directing the churches to meet on the first day of each week and put money aside: ?On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.?( 1 Corinthians 16:2) It would seem that this is tithing. So, the instructed time for the church to meet is Sunday, the first day of the week and it is that day the churches were to set money aside collections. Is this an official worship day set up by the church? You decide." Answer: First of all, this was NOT instruction to all of the churches. This was instruction for CORINTH. Paul is NOT directing the churches, but the individuals to LAY ASIDE some money so that when he came around, he could COLLECT it: "On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up". Secondly, the Corinthian church kept the Sabbath: (Acts 18:1): "After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to CORINTH; "and he reasoned in the synagogue EVERY SABBATH and persuaded the Jews and the GREEKS. And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them." Paul preached to the Corinth SABBATHKEEPING believers EVERY SABBATH for a year and a half (84 consecutive sabbaths). Corinth was not instructed to go to church on Sunday. According to the evidence, this is not an official worship day. #3: Sunday worship reasoning: The Lords Day is Sunday "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet"(Revelation 1:10). The adjectival construction suggests that it was a formal designation of the church?s worship day. As such it certainly appears early in the 2nd century. In many churches today, the term "The Lord's Day" is used to designate Sunday, the same as it was in the second century." Answer: Ex 20:10 " But the Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God" Isaiah 58:13: " "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on MY HOLY DAY, and call the Sabbath a delight, the HOLY DAY OF THE LORD honorable" Biblically the Lord?s Day is the Seventh Day Sabbath Mark 2:28: "the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath." It is very evident that the "Lord's Day" is the Sabbath. #4) Sunday is the day that the Lord Jesus rose from the dead. Answer: Just because Jesus rose from the dead-on Sunday doesn't make the DAY any more special than the DAY of His Birth (not December 25th - by the way), or the DAY of His Crucifixion, or the DAY of His Death. Each event was equally important in the plan of salvation. Jesus never gave a hint while He was alive to change HIS SABBATH to another day. #5: We keep Sunday because Jesus was raised from the dead on the first day (Sunday) Answer: For those who will propagate that Jesus and the disciples changed the Sabbath to Sunday in honor of the Resurrection, please consider how believers celebrate Resurrection: "Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore, we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His Death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His Resurrection,"(Romans 6:3-5) We celebrate and align ourselves with the Resurrection by baptism. #6: There are no New Testament references that re-instate the Sabbath. Answer: Hebrews 4: "Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, as I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. There REMAINS therefore a rest (Sabbatinos - keeping of the sabbath) to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His."(Hebrews 4:1, 3-4, 9-10) The writer of Hebrews says that the Sabbath remains intact, and we should rest on it as God did from His. Again, we liken ourselves with the model Jesus set before us. #7: The Sabbath is Sunday Answer: According to the Scriptures the Sabbath (7th day) is clearly separate (distinct) from Sunday (1st day): "Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the Commandment. Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared."(Luke 23:56-24:1) "Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen."(Mark 15:42, 16:1-2) "Now AFTER the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb."(Matthew 28:1) Note: The first day of the week (Sunday) was never called the Sabbath (7th day). It might also be noted that the testament of these disciples was written at many years after the Resurrection. Never once did they ever hint that the Sabbath had been changed to Sunday (1st day of the week). #8: It doesn't matter what day you keep: "One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it."(Rom 14:5-6) Answer: All of us must be persuaded in our own minds. If I observe the Sabbath because of my loyalism (not legalism) to Yahweh, I do it for Him... for no one else. For me, it's a love issue: "If you love Me, keep My Commandments. (John 14:15) If a believer observes another day, that is between him and His Maker. Again, all of us must be convinced one way or another. For some -Sunday is the day - for some Sabbath. Ultimately - God has the final say-so on it. #9: The Sabbath is a shadow and done away with: "let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. "(Col 2:16) Answer: Jesus overshadows any type or shadow. He is all in all. Shadows point to something. Shadows are prophetic. Jesus doesn?t nullify the Sabbaths. They are prophetic in nature. They all prefigure something. The Passover was prophetic, the Feast of Harvest points forward to the finality of Yahweh?s Harvest at the end. I will not judge you. Yahweh is the Judge! #10: No one knows when the Sabbath is Answer: It is also important to know that in over 100 ancient languages, the Seventh Day is still regarded as Sabbath (ex: "Sabado ? Espanol) applied to Saturday. Just go to the encyclopedia and do some research on it. This may help you. Because Jesus is in it (the Sabbath) - so am I: He made it (Genesis 2:1-3; John 1:3; Col 1:16) It is God's Sabbath (Exodus 20:8-11) - "Sabbath of the Lord (Jesus) thy God" It is His (Jesus') "Holy Day" (Isa 58:13) - "My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord". He calls Himself Lord of it (Mark 2:28) - "the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.'' He made it for Steve (mankind - Mark 2:27) ""The Sabbath was made for man". Now - Let's get the opinion of Bible scholars who have invested their whole lives to the study of Scripture. Here are some shocking statements from those who know better: Catholics who brag on how it started as a tradition of the Catholic Church: "You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify." (James Cardinal Gibbons, Faith of our Fathers, 88th ed., p. 89). "Q: Which is the Sabbath day? "A: Saturday is the Sabbath day. "Q: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? "A: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea, transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." (Peter Geiermann, The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, 1957, p. 50). "Nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the [Roman Catholic] church outside the Bible" ("To Tell You the Truth," The Catholic Virginian, Oct. 3, 1947, p. 9). "But since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible, isn't it curious that non-Catholics who profess to take their religion directly from the Bible, and not the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Yes of course, it is inconsistent; but this change was made about 15 centuries before Protestantism was born, and by that time the custom was universally observed. They have continued the custom, even though it rests upon the authority of the Catholic Church and not upon an explicit text in the Bible" (Dr. John O'Brien, Faith of Millions, pp. 543-544). James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of our Fathers, 88th ed., pp. 89. "But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify." Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism 3rd ed., p. 174. "Question: Have you any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of precept? "Answer: Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her-she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday, the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority." John Laux, A Course in Religion for Catholic High Schools and Academies (1 936), vol. 1, P. 51. "Some theologians have held that God likewise directly determined the Sunday as the day of worship in the New Law, that He Himself has explicitly substituted the Sunday for the Sabbath. But this theory is now entirely abandoned. It is now commonly held that God simply gave His Church the power to set aside whatever day or days she would deem suitable as Holy Days. The Church chose Sunday, the first day of the week, and in the course of time added other days as holy days." Daniel Ferres, ed., Manual of Christian Doctrine (1916), p.67. "Question: How prove you that the Church hath power to command feasts and holy days? "Answer. By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of, and therefore they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feasts commanded by the same Church.' James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore (1877-1921), in a signed letter. "Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? I answer yes. Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day -Saturday - for Sunday, the first day? I answer yes . Did Christ change the day'? I answer no! The Catholic Mirror, official publication of James Cardinal Gibbons, Sept. 23, 1893. "For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the[Roman Catholic] church outside the Bible." Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (1957), p. 50. "Nowhere in the Bible is it stated that worship should be changed from Saturday to Sunday .... Now the Church ... instituted, by God's authority, Sunday as the day of worship. This same Church, by the same divine authority, taught the doctrine of Purgatory long before the Bible was made. We have, therefore, the same authority for Purgatory as we have for Sunday." Peter R. Kraemer, Catholic Church Extension Society (1975),Chicago, Illinois. MUCH MORE ON THIS TO COME!!!!
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