The Battle for the Lords Day worship...

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Actually for the last 6 years I have worked in jobs that did not require sunday work. Yes they are harder to find, but if it came down to it I'll take the collections calls over compromising the day of worship. Its not that I refuse to work sundays, its that I refuse to work every sunday each month. I also refuse to work a job where I would miss both services.

Did you know the schedule going in.....dont they generally provide both a job description & a work schedule....and if not, then I suggest that from this time forward you request one prior to taking an interview.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Actually for the last 6 years I have worked in jobs that did not require sunday work. Yes they are harder to find, but if it came down to it I'll take the collections calls over compromising the day of worship. Its not that I refuse to work sundays, its that I refuse to work every sunday each month. I also refuse to work a job where I would miss both services.

I personally dont think anyone should have to work Sundays however if you have a mortgage, mouths to feed, etc & your back is against the wall, then that perhaps could be considered an extenuating circumstance. As Mexdeaf stated, he works every Sunday! :laugh:

 

[evangelist6589]

Did you know the schedule going in.....dont they generally provide both a job description & a work schedule....and if not, then I suggest that from this time forward you request one prior to taking an interview.

I mentioned in my application I could not work sundays yet they called me anyways. They did not post a schedule of hours on the website. But yes a good plan. The next employer that calls me for an interview that does not post work hours I will ask for the hours before the interview and if they refuse to give it, I wont go to the interview.

 

[evangelist6589]

I personally dont think anyone should have to work Sundays however if you have a mortgage, mouths to feed, etc & your back is against the wall, then that perhaps could be considered an extenuating circumstance. As Mexdeaf stated, he works every Sunday! :laugh:

Being a pastor or serving in the ministry is a different deal. We are not that desperate as the wife's income pays the bills. Mine will help ease her off a little but we can survive with her income. I will find a job soon though...

 

[Judith]

I am looking for a job and it amazes me how many employers will not accommodate ones religious convictions. I mean some jobs they need sunday workers and thats to be expected. But non vital industries there should be no need to work on a sunday or to not accommodate one to worship. Had a interview monday for a sales job and they wanted someone to work every sunday 9-7pm which means I would miss both services at church. I said I could work everyday but Sunday, and he said they could accommodate but I got the gist of what he meant by that, and usually employers will reluctantly hire someone and then let him go for "performance" issues without a reason as their way around the law. So my goal is to aim for jobs that do not operate on the Lords day, or if I were to work in security or so, to work on sundays but once a month or so, or perhaps after church.

I know that Dr. Kent Hughes wrote a very inspiring chapter on this topic in his book Disciplines of a Godly Man. Yes its a Calvinistic perspective so some of you will take an issue with that. So what say you how do you do your battle for the Lords day worship?

A quote on the topic

While I may not hold to the same principle as you in this area I do find it refreshing that someone would take a stand on the principle they hold when today most live lives of compromise and seek others to follow and or mock them when they don't.
While I am not interested in trying to change your conviction I would say be very sure that it is biblically supported without straining at a gnat. Also I would say be sure that when holding to any conviction we are not falling short in another area and justifyig it as acceptable. Besides that I pray that your job hunting goes well, God bless.

 

[The Biblicist]

Biblical principles to consider for the NT Christian (not Jews) and work:

I will work 6 days, rest 1 day

I will not forsake assembling of believers together

I recognize that there are "contingencies" that might demand ^^ be suspended (ox fall in ditch or pipe burst in basement)

I will give honest work for honest remuneration and be faithful/loyal worker for the one who hired me

I will reflect and witness for God in my work

I will find fulfillment in work in providing for my family, doing a job hired to do, and glorifying God

I will not be employed in a job that impacts my spiritual walk negatively nor stops me from my Divinely-mandated ministry to society

Personal worship is 24/7 but public worship by its very nature involves:

1. Public place of worship
2. Public time of worship
3. Public acts of worship

Satan has been busy attacking all three aspects.

1. He has supplanted the public place (house of God) with High places

2. He has supplanted the public time (The Lord's day) by making every day alike and therefore no SINGULAR "day" regarded as the Lord's "day."

3. He has supplanted the public act (centralization on the sacrificial lamb) with sacramentalism, entertainment, perversion of the gospel and gospel ordinances, etc.

Psalms 118:24 explicitly demands a SINGULAR "day" set forth by God to be observed as a "DAY" (not an hour or two) of rejocing and gladness in commemoration of the resurrection of Christ (Acts 4:10-11) in the spirit of Isaiah 58:13 which regards it as a delight rather than a duty, that honors the Lord rather than using it for "THINE OWN SELF" and thus "THE LORD'S" day.

Psalm 118:24 cannot refer to the Jewish Sabbath as that Sabbath had already been "made" by God previously but this one is prophetic in direct reaction to the Jews killing Christ - Psalm 118:22-23 with Acts 4:10-11. To claim that every day of the week is this day that God hath "made" is oxymorornic as God never reacted to the killing of Christ by making all seven "days" plural the "Lord's day" singular!

 

[Mexdeaf]

Personal worship is 24/7 but public worship by its very nature involves:

1. Public place of worship
2. Public time of worship
3. Public acts of worship

Satan has been busy attacking all three aspects.

1. He has supplanted the public place (house of God) with High places

2. He has supplanted the public time (The Lord's day) by making every day alike and therefore no SINGULAR "day" regarded as the Lord's "day."

3. He has supplanted the public act (centralization on the sacrificial lamb) with sacramentalism, entertainment, perversion of the gospel and gospel ordinances, etc.

Psalms 118:24 explicitly demands a SINGULAR "day" set forth by God to be observed as a "DAY" (not an hour or two) of rejocing and gladness in commemoration of the resurrection of Christ (Acts 4:10-11) in the spirit of Isaiah 58:13 which regards it as a delight rather than a duty, that honors the Lord rather than using it for "THINE OWN SELF" and thus "THE LORD'S" day.

Psalm 118:24 cannot refer to the Jewish Sabbath as that Sabbath had already been "made" by God previously but this one is prophetic in direct reaction to the Jews killing Christ - Psalm 118:22-23 with Acts 4:10-11. To claim that every day of the week is this day that God hath "made" is oxymorornic as God never reacted to the killing of Christ by making all seven "days" plural the "Lord's day" singular!

Thanks for that- Interesting perspective.