More and more, as our society becomes post-Christian, people are asking this.

 

So let me try to answer this question with a little list  of mini-answers:

 

1. Scripture tells us to keep the Sabbath holy, which means, among other things, to gather with other believers to worship, listen to and learn from the Word, fellowship, and receive the sacraments.

 

2. The early church changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday because Jesus rose again on Sunday.  Thus it began to be called "the Lord's Day."

 

3.  Some theologians have concluded that God is more available and closer, as it were, on the Lord's Day.  For Scripture says He inhabits the praises of His people, He speaks through the preaching of His Word, and Jesus' body and blood are present in the Eucharist--all of which events are most commonly celebrated on the Christian sabbath.  Besides, a king will often distribute presents to others on his birthday; so too the King of the cosmos may want to confer special blessings on the birthday of the new creation--his resurrection.

 

4.  I just completed reading Exodus in Hebrew, and have been overwhelmed by the concern God shows for every particular of worship.  God loves worship.  He seeks those who would worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4.24).  Sunday is the premier day for corporate worship.  It would befit a God who loves to give, to give special blessings of His presence on the day when His people gather to worship Him--especially when they show the reverence and care for proper worship that He suggests in Exodus He wants from His people.

 

Pastor Gerry