Is Sunday Worship Really Worship at All?

Mark 7:6-8
⁶ And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS,
BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. ⁷ ‘BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME,
TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.’

⁸ Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”

I am afraid that too often these words of Yeshua are brushed aside as only applying to the Pharisees of the day.  This would not be a wise thing to do; to miss the overarching message because of times gone by.  How often is that excuse used to introduce something new to the faith.  The idea that what happened back then does not hold relevance to today's culture.  Bottom line:  YHVH is eternal.  What He says transcends time and space and applies throughout all ages.

So my question then becomes, how can we call worshipping on Sunday worship at all?  If it is not found in Scripture or sanctioned by Elohim in the Torah, then how can that not be merely the precepts of men buttressed by some vague hen-pecked Scripture to support a wicked, disobedient trespassing of God's Sabbath example and command to keep the Sabbath?

The keeping of the Sabbath is a command of God and yet millions of so called believers disobey it regularly and instead worship Elohim on a pagan day (Sun-day: the day of the Sun).  I give you God's take on this:

Exodus 34:13-16

¹³ But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim ¹⁴ —for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God— ¹⁵ otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice, ¹⁶ and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods.

Some at this point may be tempted to say that this is Old Testament and does not apply to me.  Do not fret because I figured as much and Yeshua speaks to this appropriately:

John 4:23-24
²³ But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. ²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

You see God is spirit and those who worship Him "MUST" worship in spirit and truth.  The Greek word for "MUST" is "dei" and it means it is necessary or it is right and proper.  So it is necessary for it to be worship of God that it be in spirit and truth.  So what does "spirit" and "truth" mean?

The Greek word used for "spirit" is "pneuma" and it is the soul of a person.  Worshipping in spirit originates from within the deepest recesses of a person.  Nothing superficial about this requirement.  True worship of Elohim always begins at the root of our being.  Now the Greek word used for "truth" is "aletheia" and it means what is objectively true or what is true in any matter under consideration.  Not subjectively depending on the precepts of men, but depending on the decree of the living God and His objective commands.

So again I ask if Sunday is not the truth of when we are to worship God, then is it really worship?  If we say that Sunday worship originated from within and I was led by the spirit's conviction, then we must question which spirit we have inside us.  How can trying to worship YHVH on a pagan day with a liturgy not found in Scripture, all the while disobeying His Torah be worshipping in Spirit and Truth?  It can't.  To use a modern term:  It's Elohim's way or the highway.  We do not dictate how He is worshipped, He does.  He is Lord over all.

I leave you with Yeshua's warning.  Be careful you are not just sitting under a false prophet doing things in the name of the Messiah only to find out you are actually practicing lawlessness.  You are lacking the Torah and having never kept it, are not recognized by the Messiah as His sheep and told to depart.

Matthew 7:15-23

¹⁵ “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. ¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? ¹⁷ So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ So then, you will know them by their fruits.

²¹ “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. ²² Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ ²³DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’