A Particular Day

The “any-day-in-seven” idea cannot be supported in Scripture. Nowhere in the Bible are God’s people given the option of deciding which day to keep.

Some claim that every day is holy. But God blessed a particular day as a memorial of an event that occurred on that day in creation week. We cannot make a day holy. We cannot keep holy a day that God has not first made holy. We cannot receive the Sabbath blessing from a day that God has not especially blessed.

The only place you’ll find special significance attached to Sunday is in the traditions of men.

Jesus asked, “Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?” “Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.” “In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Matthew 15:3, 6, 9.

Exodus 16 records an experience God gave His people in order to determine “whether they will walk in my law, or no.” (verse 4). For forty years the schedule of the fall of the manna distinguished the Sabbath from all other days. But some people tried to treat the Sabbath just like any other day. And some tried to treat other days like the Sabbath. Then the Lord said, “How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?” (verse 28).

The obligation of the fourth commandment cannot be fulfilled by worshipping on a day contrary to that which the commandment specifies.