Working on Sunday

[LoricaLady]

Hello!,

I need some help on a topic that has been making me go back and forth. Can Christians work on sunday? Please do provide scripture for either answer. I really do appreciate it! I also put up a poll too!

The Bible clearly tells us to rest on the Sabbath, that even our servants and animals are to rest. In Isaiah we learn that we are not to buy or sell on the Sabbath. Perhaps the most important question is, is Sunday even the Sabbath? Here is some Scripture, and some history to consider. (If anyone wants to debate this, sorry, this is not a debate forum and the OP can make up his own mind.)

Yes, we are saved solely by faith in the Isaiah 53 Savior. However, He said "If you love Me, keep My Commandments." His Commandments are the same as His Father's as They are One. The Bible says that the Almighty "will not alter what goes out of His mouth." If that is not true, the Bible is not reliable. At Mt. Sinai, to the ears of the terrified Israelites below, He audibly spoke the 10 Commandments. This included a Fri. nightfall to Sat. nightfall Sabbath. NOTHING in the Bible says the Sabbath was changed to Sunday..

People say "Paul said....Paul said..." But Paul said to follow the Savior, not him, and anyway Paul never said the Sabbath was changed and certainly had no authority to change what was audibly spoken by our Creator and written on stone with His very finger. When he said "Let no man judge you" he was talking to new converts and encouraging them in their observance, not NON observance, of the Biblical holy days, i.e. to not give into pagan peer pressures.

. Throughout the New Testament you can see that the apostles, including Paul, actually kept the Mosaic Law. In Acts 15, for example, "even" the food laws are upheld and yes, for NON Jewish converts. We see there that blood is still forbidden and that the new converts are expected to be, as was the tradition, in Synagogues, on the Sabbath, to learn the rest of the Law of Moses. In Acts 21 we see that Paul, and all those in the Jerusalem Council, upheld the Law of Moses and Paul took an oath to demonstrate that.

Read the false accusations spoken against Stephen. He was falsely accused of saying that our Savior came to do away with the Law of Moses. Acts 6:11-14. Further, our Savior affirmed the Sabbath by telling his followers, about the time when the Temple would be destroyed - after His Ascension - "Pray that your flight will not be in the winter or on the Sabbath." He wanted them to be able to rest on the Sabbath in the future, as always in the past. . You can see some RCC leaders online admitting to the fact that the Bible does not sanction a Sunday Sabbath, but that Protestants keep it anyway since - guess who changed it? ROME, under the pagan sun worshipper Constantine, changed it over a millenium ago. Constantine said that Christians were to be executed if they kept the true Sabbath and said they needed to rest "on the venerable day of the sun." Check it out.

Sun...day. It's not the Sabbath. However, the Father of Mercies knows we are all confused children. We need not to turn on others about it, therefore, but to show love. If we do not, no matter what we do it's all a waste, certainly not the path to Heaven. Yet, if you want to move away from "traditions of men" to the real truths of the real Bible, I recommend 119 Ministries' vids, starting with The Pauline Paradox. . And yes, you can worship on any day of the week, but you are not supposed to...work...or cook...on the Sabbath - neither you nor those in your home, nor any servants (think waitresses and sales clerks etc.). Not even animals are to work then, or be penned up then. In fact, in Isaiah we are told to keep the Sabbath holy unto the Lord and also not to buy or sell on that day.

The Sabbath is the longest Commandment and is stated in the Bible to be the very sign given to Israel of their Covenant with Him. (The New Testament tells us to be grafted into what? Israel.) Other nations had laws against murder and theft for example. Only those who wanted to Covenant with YHWH, aka God, were asked to keep the Sabbath. The 4th Commandment is not a suggestion. You don't need a "religion". You just need the Bible, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and fellowship.

 

[LoricaLady]

And P.S. Nothing in the Bible tells us to go to Church, on Sundays or any other days. Now Churches, where they have conformed to the Word, have done incalculable good for the world. However, it is still true that we are not commanded to go to Church. The apostles gathered in homes or in Synagogues on the Sabbath. They gathered at other times, too. But they never heard of a big building with a cross on top where people go to worship on Sundays.

 

[Dave L]

The Bible clearly tells us to rest on the Sabbath, that even our servants (think waitresses and sales clerks) and animals are to rest. In Isaiah we learn that we are not to buy or sell on the Sabbath. Perhaps the most important question is, is Sunday even the Sabbath? Here is some Scripture, and some history to consider. (If anyone wants to debate this, sorry, this is not a debate forum and the OP can make up his own mind.)

Yes, we are saved solely by faith in the Isaiah 53 Savior. However, He said "If you love Me, keep My Commandments." His Commandments are the same as His Father's as They are One. The Bible says that the Almighty "will not alter what goes out of His mouth." If that is not true, the Bible is not reliable. At Mt. Sinai, to the ears of the terrified Israelites below, He audibly spoke the 10 Commandments. This included a Fri. nightfall to Sat. nightfall Sabbath. NOTHING in the Bible says the Sabbath was changed to Sunday..

People say "Paul said....Paul said..." But Paul said to follow the Savior, not him, and anyway Paul never said the Sabbath was changed and certainly had no authority to change what was audibly spoken by our Creator and written on stone with His very finger. When he said "Let no man judge you" he was talking to new converts and encouraging them in their observance, not NON observance, of the Biblical holy days, i.e. to not give into pagan peer pressures.

. Throughout the New Testament you can see that the apostles, including Paul, actually kept the Mosaic Law. In Acts 15, for example, "even" the food laws are upheld and yes, for NON Jewish converts. We see there that blood is still forbidden and that the new converts are expected to be, as was the tradition, in Synagogues, on the Sabbath, to learn the rest of the Law of Moses. In Acts 21 we see that Paul, and all those in the Jerusalem Council, upheld the Law of Moses and Paul took an oath to demonstrate that.

Read the false accusations spoken against Stephen. He was falsely accused of saying that our Savior came to do away with the Law of Moses. Acts 6:11-14. Further, our Savior affirmed the Sabbath by telling his followers, about the time when the Temple would be destroyed - after His Ascension - "Pray that your flight will not be in the winter or on the Sabbath." He wanted them to be able to rest on the Sabbath in the future, as always in the past. . You can see some RCC leaders online admitting to the fact that the Bible does not sanction a Sunday Sabbath, but that Protestants keep it anyway since - guess who changed it? ROME, under the pagan sun worshipper Constantine, changed it over a millenium ago. Constantine said that Christians were to be executed if they kept the true Sabbath and said they needed to rest "on the venerable day of the sun." Check it out.

Sun...day. It's not the Sabbath. However, the Father of Mercies knows we are all confused children. We need not to turn on others about it, therefore, but to show love. If we do not, no matter what we do it's all a waste, certainly not the path to Heaven. Yet, if you want to move away from "traditions of men" to the real truths of the real Bible, I recommend 119 Ministries' vids, starting with The Pauline Paradox. . And yes, you can worship on any day of the week, but you are not supposed to...work...or cook...on the Sabbath - neither you nor those in your home, nor any servants (think waitresses and sales clerks etc.). Not even animals are to work then, or be penned up then. In fact, in Isaiah we are told to keep the Sabbath holy unto the Lord and also not to buy or sell on that day.

The Sabbath is the longest Commandment and is stated in the Bible to be the very sign given to Israel of their Covenant with Him. (The New Testament tells us to be grafted into what? Israel.) Other nations had laws against murder and theft for example. Only those who wanted to Covenant with YHWH, aka God, were asked to keep the Sabbath. The 4th Commandment is not a suggestion. You don't need a "religion". You just need the Bible, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and fellowship.

But this also means you cannot heat your house on Saturday when it's 20-. Or cook. Many other things to....

 

[LoricaLady]

But this also means you cannot heat your house on Saturday when it's 20-. Or cook. Many other things to....

You don't have to cook on the Sabbath. I prepare on Fridays to go picnic style. We are told not to build a fire. In today's homes you don't build a fire. That involved an incredible amount of labor. Now we just flick a switch and leave the heater going. Back then you did not freeze either, though. You simply prepared, and stocked up, ahead. Simple.

The Word says what the Word says. And the Word says "YHWH" aka God, "never changes."

 

[LoricaLady]

P.S. If you have more questions about the Sabbath, I think Psalm 119 Ministries answers them with great scholarship, both Biblically and historically. There is The Sabbath, No Fire On The Sabbath? and other vids on their channel on You Tube.

 

[Bible Highlighter]

I also want to add: We are New Covenant believers. There is actually no command to keep the Sabbath, or Sunday as a day of rest. I challenge anyone to see if there is a clear command to keep the Sabbath or Sunday as a day of rest in the pages of the New Testament (After the cross). They won't find any such command.

In fact, Paul actually says we are not to judge according to Sabbaths in Colossians 2:16. Paul was worried that the Galatians were going back to the weak and beggarly elements of the Torah or the Old Law by keeping days, months, times, and years.

9 "But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain."
(Galatians 4:9-11).

16 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."
(Colossians 2:16-17).​

Paul talks about sabbath days and he says that these things were a shadow of things to come, but the body that casts that shadow is Jesus Christ. The real reality of our rest is Jesus Christ and not an external ordinance from the Old Law. The Old Law is no more. It was a part of the Old Covenant given to Israel. It's why the temple veil was torn from top to bottom when Christ died upon the cross. The animal sacrifices and the priesthood had ended with Christ's death. Jesus is our Passover sacrifice, and Jesus is our High Priest. Jesus is our rest.

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
(Matthew 11:28).

 

[Ken Rank]

Hello!,

I need some help on a topic that has been making me go back and forth. Can Christians work on sunday? Please do provide scripture for either answer. I really do appreciate it! I also put up a poll too!

Personally I believe the day of rest if the 7th day and not the 1st. But if you believe it to be the day of rest, it should be treated as one. God didn't get tired after working for 6 days... you understand, He is eternal and all powerful... He didn't need a rest. He took it as an example for His creation, for us.

 

[Ken Rank]

The first Christians held their services early Sunday morning, or late Saturday evening (at that time Saturday evening was considered Sunday). Since Sunday is the first day of the week, everyone had to go to work. The Liturgy was celebrated before work. They woul have rested the day before on Saturday.

That actually isn't true... the disciples in Acts 20 gathered for an end of Sabbath meal called Havdallah and when the sun set and said their prayers, Paul taught. That was a Saturday night and not a mandate that changes the 7th day of rest. There is no verse in the bible that moves the Sabbath. You can claim it's for Jews, not for Christians, whatever. But there is nothing in the bible that moves the Sabbath.

 

[LoricaLady]

I also want to add: We are New Covenant believers. There is actually no command to keep the Sabbath, or Sunday as a day of rest. I challenge anyone to see if there is a clear command to keep the Sabbath or Sunday as a day of rest in the pages of the New Testament (After the cross). They won't find any such command.

In fact, Paul actually says we are not to judge according to Sabbaths in Colossians 2:16. Paul was worried that the Galatians were going back to the weak and beggarly elements of the Torah or the Old Law by keeping days, months, times, and years.

9 "But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain."
(Galatians 4:9-11).

16 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."
(Colossians 2:16-17).​

Paul talks about sabbath days and he says that these things were a shadow of things to come, but the body that casts that shadow is Jesus Christ. The real reality of our rest is Jesus Christ and not an external ordinance from the Old Law. The Old Law is no more. It was a part of the Old Covenant given to Israel. It's why the temple veil was torn from top to bottom when Christ died upon the cross. The animal sacrifices and the priesthood had ended with Christ's death. Jesus is our Passover sacrifice, and Jesus is our High Priest. Jesus is our rest.

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
(Matthew 11:28).

As already mentioned, in Colossians Paul was speaking to new converts. He was not telling them to abandon the true holy days, but to keep from letting pagan peer pressure make them want to do so.

Guess what? In the Old Testament we see that animal sacrifices will continue in the Millenium, when the Temple is restored. Check it out! This fits in with the verse you quoted about the Holy days being "a shadow of things to come."

It is not "kosher" to have animal sacrifices now as the Temple has been destroyed and the Levitical priesthood was scattered to the winds when that happened. In fact, there are other things we are commanded not to do, or to do, which are now impossible to obey, since the Temple and true Rabbis are gone. But when the Jews were dispersed in Babylon the true believers still did the best they could to keep the Law, as should we now in the dispersal.

So, we can now kill and covet and steal and bear false witness and bow down to other gods and that's all done away with under the New Covenant? if not, then why is the 4th Commandment done away with?

As I also said, above, people quote Paul, never the Messiah or the Father, to justify a Sunday Sabbath. Did Paul have the authority to change anything whatsoever that the Father ordained? If so, where do the Scriptures say that? Let's look at what Paul, and others in the New Testament, had to say about the Mosaic Law....

1 John: 3-4 For sin is the breaking of the Law.
Romans 2:12 - For as many as have sinned without Law will also perish without Law, and as many as have sinned in the Law will be judged by the Law 13 (for not the hearers of the Law [are] just in the sight of YHWH, but the doers of the Law will be justified;
Romans 3:31 - Do we then make void the Law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
Romans 6:16 - Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slave whom you obey, whether of sin [leading] to death, or of obedience [leading] to righteousness? [This is clearly saying that sin leads to death, i.e. eternal death. Yes, there is mercy, and there are so many opportunities to turn around, couontless "2nd chanes", but sin still leads to eternal death if we don't take it seriously and take it to the Lord. Not my opinion. It's what the Word says over and over.
HThese quotes are mostly from Paul whom we are often taught said the law was no longer in effect. Here is another quote from him.
Acts 25:8 Paul denied the charges. “I am not guilty of any crime against the Jewish laws or the Temple or the Roman government,” he said.

Oh, and we can't say there is one law for Jews like Paul and one law for the rest of us. The Bible never even hints at any such divide. In fact in the Torah we are told that aliens/foreigners are to obey the same Law in Israel as the Israelites, and in the New Testament we are told "There is neither Greek nor Jew."

Now I will not be checking back in on this string as that would tempt me to debate and this is not a debate forum.

Blessings and bye.

 

[Michael Vichiola]

Jesus said that the Sabbath was made for man, to give the proper work/rest balance. When I worked shift work which included work on Sunday, my days off were at other times in the week. This prevented me from being an "exempt employee" - exempt from having a life!

Hello!,

I need some help on a topic that has been making me go back and forth. Can Christians work on sunday? Please do provide scripture for either answer. I really do appreciate it! I also put up a poll too!

is there any scripture verses I could look at?

 

[Knee V]

That actually isn't true... the disciples in Acts 20 gathered for an end of Sabbath meal called Havdallah and when the sun set and said their prayers, Paul taught. That was a Saturday night and not a mandate that changes the 7th day of rest. There is no verse in the bible that moves the Sabbath. You can claim it's for Jews, not for Christians, whatever. But there is nothing in the bible that moves the Sabbath.

I was careful not to refer to Sunday as the Sabbath. Apostolic Christianity has always understood the seventh day to be the Sabbath, as it has always been. However, the first Christians and subsequent generations have met on the first/eighth day in commemoration of Christ rising from the dead on that day. Saturday is the Sabbath, and Sunday is the Lord's Day.

 

[dqhall]

The Second Temple Jews offered the daily sacrifice on the Sabbath. If Rosh Hoshana (New Year) is on a Sabbath, they do not blow the Shofar in celebration that year, as it is work. Some Haredim Jews will not drive, push an elevator button or flip a light switch on the Sabbath. They have 29 types of activities they describe as work. Jesus and his disciples gleaned grain on the Sabbath. Jesus healed and taught in synagogues on the Sabbath. His father worked seven days a week. It is important for a laborer to have a day or two of rest each week, if needed, but some of the Jews became too legalistic about it.

 

[DamianWarS]

Hello!,

I need some help on a topic that has been making me go back and forth. Can Christians work on sunday? Please do provide scripture for either answer. I really do appreciate it! I also put up a poll too!

There is no scripture prohibiting work on Sunday so why come to these conclusion?

 

[Michael Vichiola]

Hello!,

I need some help on a topic that has been making me go back and forth. Can Christians work on sunday? Please do provide scripture for either answer. I really do appreciate it! I also put up a poll too!

so i would like to make sure I understand what im hearing/seeing. That working on sunday is an ok thing but if the job itself requires me to work at a point where it interferes with worship/going to church, then I should turn the job down. But otherwise its good? (am I getting the right idea?)

 

[Bible Highlighter]

is there any scripture verses I could look at?

The Saturday Sabbath has ended:

Colossians 2:14-17 (with a special focus on verse 16).

14 "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;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."

We are to be convinced in our own mind on what day we are to esteem.

Romans 14:5

"One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind."

Paul was worried that the Galatians returned to the weak and beggarly elements such as observing days, months, times, and years, etc.

Galatians 4:9-11

9 "But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain."

The Old Covenant (or Old Testament) was the only Covenant that commanded the Saturday Sabbath. However, Scripture says that the Old Covenant has ended and has now become obsolete.

"By calling this covenant "new," he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear." (Hebrews 8:13).

Hebrews 7:12 says the Law has changed.

"For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law." (Hebrews 7:12).

 

[Maria Billingsley]

Hello!,

I need some help on a topic that has been making me go back and forth. Can Christians work on sunday? Please do provide scripture for either answer. I really do appreciate it! I also put up a poll too!

The Sabbath is on Saturday and is typically a Jewish observance. Christians should observe each day alike.
Here is scripture.

Romans 14

Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

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. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living. But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written:

“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”

So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.

 

[Bible Highlighter]

is there any scripture verses I could look at?

The only command in the New Testament that appears at first glance to suggest that we should gather on Sunday is 1 Corinthians 16:1-2. But is this a universal command for all churches (even for the church today)?

1 Corinthians 16:1-2 says,

1 "Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come."
(1 Corinthians 16:1-2).​

Notice that Paul does not say that you have to rest on Sunday, but merely that you have to gather the collection for the saints on the first day of the week. Paul was giving this command to the church of Galatia and the church of Corinth. Is it a command for all churches today? Well, Paul wanted these churches to gather the collections for the saints on the first day of the week so that there would be no gatherings when he came to visit them. That was the purpose of the gathering of the collection of the saints on Sunday. Paul does not say this is the official day of worship because they are to gather their collections on this day. Yes, they broke bread on this day (Which suggests that Sunday was a day the church fellowshipped on); But Paul also says in Romans 14:5 that we are to be convinced in our own mind in regards to esteeming one day over another or in regarding all days as being the same. Paul also criticized the Galatians in Galatians 4:10 that they observed days, months, and years. He was afraid for them in their doing this.

The command given to Galatia and Corinth to collect money so as to give to the saints on Sunday was for a purpose that would help Paul.

We have to also think that sometimes the early church believers went on missionary journeys. How could they make a collection for the saints on the first day of the week if they were in a territory that was hostile with no believers around? As believers, are we to wait at our church for Paul to arrive so as to give him the collection of the saints? No. Paul is not alive on the Earth today.

 

[zoidar]

Hello!,

I need some help on a topic that has been making me go back and forth. Can Christians work on sunday? Please do provide scripture for either answer. I really do appreciate it! I also put up a poll too!

No problem from my perspective. Of course we need people, also Christians who work on sundays. Two passages come to mind.

Col 2
16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day--17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

Matt 12
11 And He said to them, “What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

 

[miamited]

Of course he did but he had a valid reason to break it.

Hi ewq,

I disagree that Jesus ever broke the law of Sabbath. However, I'm going with the law of Sabbath that his Father established and not the law of Sabbath that the Jews had configured it to be.

What God instituted and what the Jews had created Sabbath to be are two wholly different things. God's Sabbath was just to rest from whatever your work was. Just as some christians get into this issue of what constitutes 'works', the Jews made up a whole list of provisions that 'they' said needed to be done to keep the Sabbath.

You could only walk so far on the Sabbath. There's nothing in the law of the Sabbath concerning walking at all. Here's the law of the Sabbath: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns."

That's it. It was repeated again in Deuteronomy: "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do."

Pretty much the same thing.

Many christians try to do the same thing that the Jews did in 'defining' works. I've been in discussions on these boards where good intentioned christians will say that if we have to believe in Jesus, then that's a work. If it is up to us to maintain our faith, then that's a work. Similarly, the Jews did the same thing with 'work'. If one walks more than 20 paces then that's work. If one reaches out their hand and picks a head of grain to eat, then that's work.

So, I'm pretty confident that Jesus never broke his Father's Sabbath, but yes, he did break the laws of the Sabbath that the Jews had grown to believe was 'keeping the Sabbath'.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

 

[AlexDTX]

Hello!,

I need some help on a topic that has been making me go back and forth. Can Christians work on sunday? Please do provide scripture for either answer. I really do appreciate it! I also put up a poll too!

Yes you can. We have never been under the Mosaic covenant. The Sabbath as a religious observance never applied to non-Israelis. The Sabbath is a picture of entering the Lord's rest, in that it means we trust Christ everyday, not our own efforts, to live. As a practical point, physical, emotional and spiritual rest is beneficial once a week at a minimum. So take a day off and rest. Trust God, worship God however you see fit, whether in a congregation or on your own.