The Sabbath Verses Sunday Part 1

INTRODUCTION: In 2004 I began to preach on the doctrine of the Church every Pentecost day I am on scheduled to speak. So this is year six. A while ago I heard Chuck Swindol say about a series he did that took a bit long that a little girl, I think it was, asked her dad, “Was I five or six when pastor Chuck began this series?” Well, if I started when you were five, you would now be eleven. Actually, this is only the sixth message on this very important doctrine.

So to refresh your memory we have discussed what the Church is. We said emphatically that it is not a replacement of Israel, nor is it a political entity. The Church is made up of all believers from Pentecost in the NT until now. It is viewed both in its universal aspect and the local aspect. We also briefly discussed the denominational church. Then we began to look at the history of the Church as given in the Gospels, Acts and now the Epistles.

In the section on the Epistles I felt I should do a message on the Church's relationship to Israel, and in this section I want to address the Sabbath question. Should Church age Christians keep the Sabbath? I have learned since that it will take me at least 2 messages to cover this subject and that means I cannot do this in any amount of detail. But I do want to cover what I believe are the main points.