Sabbath

The phrase the “Lord’s day” appears only once in Rev. 1:9, 10. In this passage it refers to the time when John saw the vision. John gives his location, “the…

The phrase “Damascus Road experience” is a phrase used to describe a dramatic conversion like the one Paul had (Acts 9:1–9; Acts 22:6–11 and Acts 26:9–20). Some people receive Christ…

Both the Bible and history show that the Sabbath is the seventh day (Saturday) and Sunday is the first day of the week. Let’s look at the facts: 1- From…

Of about 20 specific cases of healing recorded in the Gospels, a third took place on the Sabbath. Here is the list: The healing of the demoniac in the synagogue…

The word “Sunday” is not mentioned in the Bible, but the phrase “first day” is mentioned only eight times. If the day of worship was changed from the seventh day…

Luke wrote, “So He (Christ) 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…

Changing the Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday was a slow process that began before A.D. 150 and continued for three centuries. Prior to the Jewish revolt under Bar Cocheba,…

The purpose of the Sabbath was to set time for moral and spiritual growth. Man needed time to study the character and will of God as revealed in nature, and…

Christ was in constant conflict with the Jewish rabbis over the legitimacy of their man-made laws and traditions (Mark 7:2, 3, 8). He rejected that salvation was to be obtained…