Working on a Sunday

[wblastyn]

I was at an interview today for a part time job in a store, they told me I would have to work on some Sundays and asked me if my religious beliefs forbid it or anything, I panicked because I wasn't sure and I just said it was fine.

I'm wondering if working on Sundays is against Christian beliefs? I know we're supposed to keep the Sabbath Holy, but the non-working thing was for jews wasn't it? Plus Sunday isn't really the Sabbath, it's Saturday.

 

[sara_lee_cup_cake]

well wblastyn, sunday for my family is, going to church and spending time together. my mother had a Job where they would make her work on sundays. so she was gone for most of the church servises. and she couldn't spend time with us. and i believe sunday is a time for God and the family. God made the earth in 6 day and rested on the 7. which is sunday. and that is the day u r supose to rest and goto church to worship God. i Don't know if i have helped u in any way. but i hope i did. i didn't give u any thing that might have help.

Sara_lee_cup_cake

 

[obediah001]

Actually the seventh day, the day of rest (Sabbath) is Saturday. The Church recognizes (not by a law or required rote- ritual observance) Sunday as it is the day Christ rose.

 

[ceres]

It would be nice if we could go back to the "old days" where everything was closed on Sundays. Unfortunately, can't do that in fast paced America and by asking for Sundays off you will most likely not get hired. At my job, you would not get hired.

 

[wblastyn]

Well what if I can work and still go to church?

 

[obediah001]

We are not under any law as Christians; we have LIBERTY alone up to the point where are liberty causes offence or another (weak) believer to sin. God, He is so great! He does not want us to serve or observe days or anything as He has said it is a form of bondage, and we are not under bondage.

 

[ceres]

If you can work and still go to church, that would be awesome. In my opinion, there is no sin in working on the Sabbath, whether that is Saturday or Sunday to you. The sin is not setting aside time to go to church and focus on God. At my job, we let the Christian under my level come in after church, but at my level I can't get it off. I used to, but someone complained and so now I have to come in early. Sigh. Maybe I am in "sin", or maybe I am just trying to pay my rent and eat.

 

[look]

This beggars the question...

How do we know whether the day we call Saturday is really Saturday? It might be Monday in reality...For that matter, how do we know, that it is the year 2003 from Jesus birth? There have been many calendar changes made...

I treat every day as holy to the Lord and I'm not under bondage to the limitations of the Sabbath rules...

Peace and blessings upon you...

 

[CrossMovement]

well wblastyn, sunday for my family is, going to church and spending time together. my mother had a Job where they would make her work on sundays. so she was gone for most of the church servises. and she couldn't spend time with us. and i believe sunday is a time for God and the family. God made the earth in 6 day and rested on the 7. which is sunday. and that is the day u r supose to rest and goto church to worship God. i Don't know if i have helped u in any way. but i hope i did. i didn't give u any thing that might have help.

Sara_lee_cup_cake

Did you make a mistake ? Because the seventh day is Saturday (And at always been) not Sunday.

 

[FOMWatts<><]

I would venture to say that the point of the Sabbath is not the physical correctness of the day we choose, but the act of taking time out to worship God. It is not getting tooooo caught up in making your money that you forget to honor God with it. Anyway, I have had a job on Sunday's before, but I think my view was to worship God in all I do and say, and THAT to me is keeping the Sabbath Day holy, by spreading the love and grace of Jesus Christ.

FOM<><

 

[New Creation]

When I first got hired at my job back in April, they asked me to work Reserection Sunday (hahahahahhahaha!!!!!! deep breath hahahaha!!)
I told them right off the bat, all my Sundays were for Jesus. I was really happy to make such a public and strong statement about my new faith. I know these people will NEVER even ASK me to work a Sunday now. It's just not even considered.

I don't know about the whole Sunday/Saturday thing but I'll tell you, my dad gave up Sundays and church for overtime back when I was a kid, and the WHOLE FAMILY paid for it.

I also told my boss that Wed. nights were out of the question too. Alpha night!

Now something I have been pondering the last few weeks is I don't really think it is fair for me to go shopping on Sunday, therefore creating the need for employment on this day.

 

[thetruthseeker]

I was at an interview today for a part time job in a store, they told me I would have to work on some Sundays and asked me if my religious beliefs forbid it or anything, I panicked because I wasn't sure and I just said it was fine.

I'm wondering if working on Sundays is against Christian beliefs? I know we're supposed to keep the Sabbath Holy, but the non-working thing was for jews wasn't it? Plus Sunday isn't really the Sabbath, it's Saturday.

Hi wblastyn,

Your right, Sunday is not the Sabbath but the first day. According to the BIble, it is a work day just like Monday or Thursday.

Your brother in Christ,
TheTruthSeeker

 

[Schae7]

I have the blessing of working nights and being able to go to church Sunday morning and work Sunday night. The time between my leaving church and going to work, I spend with my family. Throughout the evening I meditate on the message I learned in the morning and I take the time to read the bible during breaks and share with my coworkers what I have learned. I think that its a matter of keeping Christ in your heart and mind. It is making time for Him. And if having a day of rest is the question, don't you get days off during the week? The bible says on the 7th day He rested. The seventh day for you could be a Wednesday. I think that what God would like is for us to always keep every day for Him. It is possible to work and keep Him in mind at the same time.

 

[thetruthseeker]

I have the blessing of working nights and being able to go to church Sunday morning and work Sunday night. The time between my leaving church and going to work, I spend with my family. Throughout the evening I meditate on the message I learned in the morning and I take the time to read the bible during breaks and share with my coworkers what I have learned. I think that its a matter of keeping Christ in your heart and mind. It is making time for Him. And if having a day of rest is the question, don't you get days off during the week? The bible says on the 7th day He rested. The seventh day for you could be a Wednesday. I think that what God would like is for us to always keep every day for Him. It is possible to work and keep Him in mind at the same time.

Hi Schae7,

The 7th day is the Sabbath, that day is Saturday according to the Bible.

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is , and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
(Exodus 20:8-11, KJV)

On what day did Jesus rise? Sunday, the first day, right?

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first
day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the
sepulchre.
(Matthew 28:1, KJV)

Count from the first day (Sunday) to the seventh and you will find Saturday. (the 7th day). This is no mystery. It is simple and plain because Jesus wanted it to be this way.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the Sabbath (Saturday).

Your brother in Christ,
TheTruthSeeker

 

[Schae7]

Thank you TheTruthSeeker. I was not at all confused about the Sabbath being on Saturday. I was just saying that the purpose of the Sabbath day was to rest after six days of work. Keeping that same idea in mind, the purpose behind the command, maybe he could consider another day his day of rest. I don't mean to pretend that it is the sabbath day but just to set that 7th day aside for our Lord if unable to do it earlier in the week. I do have a question though.....How in the world does everyone get everyone else quoted in those boxes? Probably a silly question considering the amount of people who have apparently figured it out but I haven't yet been able to. Thanks! God Bless you all! Have a hug on me!


Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is , and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
(Exodus 20:8-11, KJV)

 

[thetruthseeker]

Thank you TheTruthSeeker. I was not at all confused about the Sabbath being on Saturday. I was just saying that the purpose of the Sabbath day was to rest after six days of work. Keeping that same idea in mind, the purpose behind the command, maybe he could consider another day his day of rest. I don't mean to pretend that it is the sabbath day but just to set that 7th day aside for our Lord if unable to do it earlier in the week. I do have a question though.....How in the world does everyone get everyone else quoted in those boxes? Probably a silly question considering the amount of people who have apparently figured it out but I haven't yet been able to. Thanks! God Bless you all! Have a hug on me!


Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is , and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
(Exodus 20:8-11, KJV)

Hi Schae7,

The Bible speaks for itself. It interprets itself.

According to the Bible, what day is "set aside for our Lord?" The Bible says the 7th day (Saturday), right? Now if I asked you what day do people say that we should "set aside for our Lord?" You could say Sunday, Friday or Saturday. However, remember that the 4th Commandment is not an open ended request but a command from Jesus. Should we listen to people or Jesus?

Your brother in Christ,
TheTruthSeeker

 

[TheOriginalWhitehorse]

Well what if I can work and still go to church?

It isn't just the church issue. The Sabbath rest symbolizes our rest in Christ, the eternal rest we will have as purchased for us by His blood. By completely resting on the Sabbath as the Lord did, we are testifying that we are partakers in that rest, so working is a very serious offense. You may want to read Hebrews 4:1-13. Here are a couple of verses:

Therefore, since the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. Hebrews 4:1

It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience. Hebrews 4:6

There remains, then, a sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from His own work, just as God did from His. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience. Hebrews 4:9-11

The same would apply to making others work on the Sabbath. My family used to eat out at restautrants until we realized that we were causing others to miss out on that rest.

 

[thetruthseeker]

It isn't just the church issue. The Sabbath rest symbolizes our rest in Christ, the eternal rest we will have as purchased for us by His blood. By completely resting on the Sabbath as the Lord did, we are testifying that we are partakers in that rest, so working is a very serious offense. You may want to read Hebrews 4:1-13. Here are a couple of verses:

Therefore, since the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. Hebrews 4:1

It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience. Hebrews 4:6

There remains, then, a sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from His own work, just as God did from His. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience. Hebrews 4:9-11

The same would apply to making others work on the Sabbath. My family used to eat out at restautrants until we realized that we were causing others to miss out on that rest.

Hi Whitehorse,

What day do you understand to be the Sabbath, Sunday or Saturday?

Don't forget the verse in between:

Hebrews 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

Compare that to:

Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is , and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

and you get:

Old Testament (7th day) + New Testament (7th day) = 7th day (Saturday)

Thank you.

Your brother in Christ,
TheTruthSeeker

 

[Schae7]

Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying that you should listen to people. I agree that it is a command. All that I'm saying is that if you choose to work on the 7th day, you should at least set aside a day for the same purpose. Like I said, I'm not saying "pretend" it is the Sabbath. I am simply saying to at least set aside a day for that same purpose. I am in no way saying to oppose what the bible says. I am saying that if you choose to work on that day to at least set aside another day for God. I believe everyday is for God but sometimes life gets in the way of specific commands. I am not saying that it is right but I am saying that it does. I think that if you can't or won't or don't obey that command it is at least better to set aside somthing for God rather than forget that he deserves a least a day. I understand the Sabbath day and I understand the command. I am just saying to give God at least a day and I don't think there is anything wrong with saying that. God bless all!

 

[CrossMovement]

I have the blessing of working nights and being able to go to church Sunday morning and work Sunday night. The time between my leaving church and going to work, I spend with my family. Throughout the evening I meditate on the message I learned in the morning and I take the time to read the bible during breaks and share with my coworkers what I have learned. I think that its a matter of keeping Christ in your heart and mind. It is making time for Him. And if having a day of rest is the question, don't you get days off during the week? The bible says on the 7th day He rested. The seventh day for you could be a Wednesday. I think that what God would like is for us to always keep every day for Him. It is possible to work and keep Him in mind at the same time.

It could not been wednesday you know why ?? Jesus rested himself on Saturday , so we have another "proof" And in every calendar Saturday is the 7th day of the week