A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part II: Questions about The Ten Commandments

52. Q. How should the Sabbath be kept?
      A. In prayer and praise, in hearing and reading God’s Word, and in doing good to our fellow men.

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• Isaiah 58:13-14

If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,

from doing your pleasure on my holy day,

and call the Sabbath a delight

and the holy day of the Lord honorable;

if you honor it, not going your own ways,

or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;

14 then you shall take delight in the Lord,

and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;

I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,

for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

• Acts 20:7

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.

• I Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper,so that there will be no collecting when I come.

• Luke 4:16

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.

• Matthew 12:10-13

And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, i“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 lOf how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.

Scripture quoted from the English Standard Version.

Taken from A Catechism for Girls and Boys found here.

Previously posted questions and answers.

Comments

[Becky @ Daily On My Way to Heaven]

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving day, Rebecca.

Thanks for the love you have for the Word of God and for the desire that is in you to bless the body of Christ. You are indeed a blessing to all of us!

Hugs to you today!