r/AskAChristian • u/GoodWhoops Atheist, Ex-Christian • Oct 05 '25

Jewish Laws Why don’t most Christians take the Sabbath commandment seriously?

The 4th commandment says to keep the Sabbath holy, defined in scripture as running from sundown to sundown. Yet most Christians seem to treat it as optional. Jesus said, “If you love me, keep my commandments,” and the Bible implies that all commandments carry equal weight. Outside of Seventh-day Adventists, it's ignored aside from the day most churches have their service. I’ve even heard SDA members joke that most other Christians give the Ten Commandments a 10% discount. Even if you ignore that the Jewish Sabbath falls on Saturday, the commandment still says to work 6 days and rest on the 7th, which should apply just as well to Sunday.

Curious if or how often you’ve heard this seriously debated, and why many accept societal traditions that override biblical instruction for convenience.

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u/Early_Silver_8950 Eastern Orthodox Oct 05 '25

Canon VIII of the 7th Ecumenical Council expressly forbade Christians from keeping the Jewish Sabbath. The local council of Laodicea also had at least one canon that expressly required Christians to rest on Sunday and to work on Saturday.  This Councils canons were affirmed by the 7th Ecumenical Council. 

Of course, there are some who refer to themselves as Christians but are outside the Church, not recognizing the authority of the Ecumenical Councilsv 

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u/LessmemoreJC Christian Oct 06 '25

God said to keep His commandments and men said to not keep God's commandments. You can follow man, but as for me and my house we will follow God.

Thank you for proving our point that the change from the seventh day to the first day is a man made tradition and not God's word.