Which Day Is the Lord’s?

Did you know that every day, around 15 million people celebrate their birthday? More people have birthdays in August than any other month (about nine percent), followed by July and September. The month with the least birthdays is February. More people are born on Tuesday than any other day, and the day of the week with the least birthdays is Sunday.

Each week, everyone is called to celebrate the birthday of the creation of our world. God said, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:8–10). This is God’s day, set apart by Him to remind us that He is our Creator. Yet humans have attempted to change that day.

Many believe that John was speaking of Sunday when he stated that he was “in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day” (Revelation 1:10). But the Sabbath commandment clearly designates “the seventh day” as God’s day, not the first day of the week. The Lord called the Sabbath “My holy day” (Isaiah 58:13) and Jesus spoke of Himself as “Lord of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:28).

The disciples honored the seventh day at Jesus’ death when preparing His body for burial (Luke 23:56). They resumed their work “on the first day of the week” (Luke 24:1).

The apostles worshiped on the seventh day as well. When Paul traveled, he attended the synagogue on Sabbath (Acts 13:14). But what did Paul do if there was no synagogue to attend? “On the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there” (Acts 16:13).

There is not even one Bible verse that commands us to worship on any other day of the week than the seventh day. Only Sabbath is called blessed and holy in Scripture. No teaching in the New Testament indicates that it was ever changed.

Apply It:

What was the largest birthday celebration you ever attended?

Dig Deeper:

Isaiah 66:22, 23; Acts 17:1, 2; Acts 18:4

Key Bible Texts

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, (Revelation 1:10 KJV)