As portrayed in the 1981 movie "Chariots of Fire", Scottish runner Eric Liddell was racing for God's glory (and his country) in the 1924 Olympic Games. He found out at the last minute that his race would be on Sunday...the Sabath. Instead of violating God's law, he refused to race. Instead of crumbling from pressure from his peers and his Country's sponsors, he put God first. He put aside all the effort he had made and submitted himself to the Lord...to honor the one who gave him his speed.

He ended up running a different race, NOT on the Sabath. And because of his convictions, God chose to honor him with a victory.

Eric's story is a story of spiritual maturity. Instead of taking the easy route, he chose the better path. He gave us a great example of how when we honor God, God honors us. Let us all honor God by submitting ourselves and our own desires to God.

Here is something that you would like to know Dr. Ron Rhodes responded. I know it is very long but this is very interesting. He was the "Bible Answer Man" for some of the National Radio and Broadcast Networks, see about himself at http://www.ronrhodes.org/RonRhodes.html. He also wrote 35 books. He is an excellent teacher who taught us one of the Saddleback classes called "Life Perspective" which is now called "Foundation" (written by Kay Warren and Tom Holladay).

See his Q/A below or go to http://www.ronrhodes.org/answerquestions.html
Why do Christians worship on Sunday when the Old Testament commandment sets apart Saturday as the day of worship?

The commandment in Exodus 20:8-11 states that the seventh day of the week, Saturday, is the day which the Lord selected as the day of rest and worship. However, in the New Testament the Christian church began to worship and rest on the first day of the week, Sunday. Are Christians violating the Sabbath commandment by worshipping on the first day of the week rather than the seventh day? I do not think so.

First, the basis for the command to observe the Sabbath, as stated in Exodus 20:11, is that God rested on the seventh day after six days of work, and that God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. The Sabbath day was instituted as a day of rest and worship. The people of God were to follow God's example in His pattern of work and rest. However, as Jesus said in correcting the distorted view of the Pharisees, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27). The point Jesus made is that the Sabbath was not instituted to enslave people, but to benefit them. The spirit of Sabbath observance is continued in the New Testament observance of rest and worship on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2).

Second, it must be remembered that, according to Colossians 2:17, the Sabbath was "a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ." The Sabbath observance was associated with redemption in Deuteronomy 5:15 where Moses stated, "Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day." The Sabbath was a shadow of the redemption that would be provided in Christ. It symbolized the rest from our works and an entrance into the rest of God provided by His finished work.

Finally, although the moral principles expressed in the commandments are reaffirmed in the New Testament, the command to set Saturday apart as a day of rest and worship is the only commandment not repeated. There are very good reasons for this. New Testament believers are not under the Old Testament Law (Rom. 6:14; Gal. 3:2425; 2 Cor. 3:7, 11, 13; Heb. 7:12). By His resurrection on the first day of the week (Matt. 28:1), His continued appearances on succeeding Sundays (John 20:26), and the descent of the Holy Spirit on Sunday (Acts 2:1), the early church was given the pattern of Sunday worship. This they did regularly (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2). Sunday worship was further hallowed by our Lord who appeared to John in that last great vision on "the Lord's day" (Rev. 1:10). It is for these reasons that Christians worship on Sunday, rather than on the Jewish Sabbath.