The Sabbath was never a day of worship it is a day of rest.
The Law by Dr. Arnold G Fruchtenbaum. including teaching on the Sabbath. 26:30 time mark
The claim that the Sabbath is not a day of worship is not supported in the scriptures and is not biblical. Here let's show why from the scriptures.
According to the very Words of Jesus, no one is
worships God by following man-made teachings and traditions of men that leads us away from God and his Word to break the commandments of God (see
Matthew 15:2-9). We
worship God by believing and following what Gods' Word says. God is a Spirit and those who
worship Him must
worship Him in Spirit and in
truth *
John 4:23-24.
According to the scriptures, all of God's people all through time including Jesus and the Apostles
worshiped God on the Sabbath according to the scriptures and according to the scriptures we will continue to do so in the new earth *
Isaiah 66:22-23; see also
Ezekiel 46:1-3;
Luke 4:16;
Acts of the Apostles 16:13;
Matthew 28:1;
Mark 2:27-28;
Acts of the Apostles 17:2. According to the scriptures we are free to
worship God every day of the week as the early disciples did in
Acts of the Apostles 2:47. That does not however make everyday of the week a holy day of rest where
no work is to be done now does it *
Exodus 20:8?
God's 4th commandment is one of Gods 10 commandments (
Exodus 20:1-17) that give us the knowledge of good (moral right doing) and evil (moral wrong doing); sin (moral wrong doing) and righteousness (moral right doing) *
Romans 3:20;
Romans 7:7;
1 John 3:4;
Psalms 119:172 and if we knowingly break any one of them according to James we stand guilty before God of sin according to
James 2:8-11. According to the scriptures if God gives us a knowledge of the truth of His Word and we harden our heart to believing what God's Word says there remains no more sacrifice for sin but a fearful looking forward to of the judgement to come which will devour the adversaries *
Hebrews 10:26-31.
This is why it is written in the scriptures; "
Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." -
Revelation 14:7. No one
worships God according to the scriptures by following man-made teachings and traditions that break the commandments of God. Our God is a Spirit and those who
worship Him must
worship Him in Spirit and in truth (
John 4:23-24). God is calling us out from following man-made teachings and traditions that lead us away from His Word to break the commandments of God back to the pure Word of God *
Revelation 18:1-5. God's sheep hear His voice (the Word) and follow him. Those who do not hear and follow are not His sheep according to
John 10:26-27.
I did not only post examples of Jesus and the Apostles worshiping God on the Sabbath in the new testament, I also posted scripture references directly applying God's Sabbath as a day of worship! Perhaps you missed them. Here let me post them in full so they are easier to read so you can see what I was referring to.
Ezekiel 46:1-3 [1],
THUS SAID THE LORD GOD; The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days;
BUT ON THE SABBATH IT SHALL BE OPENED, AND IN THE DAY OF THE NEW MOON IT SHALL BE OPENED. [2], And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and HE SHALL
WORSHIP AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE GATE: THEN HE SHALL GO FORTH; BUT THE GATE SHALL NOT BE SHUT UNTIL THE EVENING. [3], Likewise
THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND SHALL WORSHIP AT THE DOOR OF THIS GATE BEFORE THE LORD IN THE SABBATHS and in the new moons.
and again here....
Isaiah 66:22-23 [22], For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,
SAID THE LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. [23], And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and
FROM ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER, SHALL ALL FLESH COME TO WORSHIP BEFORE ME, said the LORD.
Note: the scriptures above is God saying that the Sabbath is a day of worship.
So please do not make claims that God's 4th commandment is not about worship when the scriptures clearly show that God's 4th commandment is all about who we worship.
Take Care.