Matthew, I trust that this will assist as you seach the Scriptures for what God’s Word says. Your friend, Joshua in South Carolina.
BTW, your “required field rule” is killing me.
The Sabbath
“The First or Last Day of the Week?â€
WCF 21.7 As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in His Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment binding all men in all ages, He hath particularly appointed one day in seven, for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto Him:(1) which, from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week; and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week,(2) which, in Scripture, is called the Lord’s Day,(3) and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath.(4)
WCF 21.8 This Sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering of their common affairs beforehand, do not only observe an holy rest, all the day, from their own works, words, and thoughts about their worldly employments and recreations;(1) but also are taken up, the whole time, in the public and private exercises of His worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy.(2)
WLC 116 What is required in the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment requireth of all men the sanctifying or keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his word, expressly one whole day in seven; which was the seventh from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, and the first day of the week ever since, and so to continue to the end of the world; which is the Christian Sabbath,(1) and in the New Testament called The Lord’s day.(2)
(1)Deut. 5:12-14; Gen. 2:2,3; 1 Cor. 16:1,2; Acts 20:7; Matt. 5:17,18; Isa. 56:2,4,6,7
(2)Rev. 1:10
WLC 117 How is the Sabbath or the Lord’s Day to be sanctified? A. The Sabbath or Lord’s day is to be sanctified by an holy resting all the day,(1) not only from such works as are at all times sinful, but even from such worldly employments and recreations as are on other days lawful;(2) and making it our delight to spend the whole time (except so much of it as is to be taken up in works of necessity and mercy(3)) in the public and private exercises of God’s worship:(4) and, to that end, we are to prepare our hearts, and with such foresight, diligence, and moderation, to dispose and seasonably dispatch our worldly business, that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that day.(5)
(1)Exod. 20:8,10
(2)Exod. 16:25-28; Neh. 13:15-22; Jer. 17:21,22
(3)Matt. 12:1-13
(4)Isa. 58:13; Luke 4:16; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1,2; Ps. 92:(title); Isa. 66:23; Lev. 23:3
(5)Exod. 20:8; Luke 23:54,56; Exod. 16:22,25,26,29; Neh. 13:19
WLC 118 Why is the charge of keeping the Sabbath more specially directed to governors of families, and other superiors? A. The charge of keeping the Sabbath is more specially directed to governors of families, and other superiors, because they are bound not only to keep it themselves but to see that it is observed by all those that are under their charge; and because they are prone ofttimes to hinder them by employments of their own.(1)
WLC 119 What are the sins forbidden in the fourth commandment? A. The sins forbidden in the fourth commandment are, all omissions of the duties required,(1) all careless, negligent, and unprofitable performing of them, and being weary of them;(2) all profaning the day by idleness, and doing that which is in itself sinful;(3) and by all needless works, words, and thoughts, about our worldly employments and recreations.(4)
WLC 120 What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it? A. The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it, are taken from the equity of it, God allowing us six days of seven for our own affairs, and reserving but one for himself, in these words, Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:(1) from God’s challenging a special propriety in that day, The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God:(2) from the example of God, who in six days made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: and from that blessing which God put upon that day, not only in sanctifying it to be a day for his service, but in ordaining it to be a means of blessing to use in our sanctifying it, Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day, and hallowed it.(3)
(1)Exod. 20:9
(2)Exod. 20:10
(3)Exod. 20:11
WSC 59 Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?
A. From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath; and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath.(1)
Bearfruit
Matthew, I trust that this
Matthew, I trust that this will assist as you seach the Scriptures for what God’s Word says. Your friend, Joshua in South Carolina.
BTW, your “required field rule” is killing me.
The Sabbath
“The First or Last Day of the Week?â€
WCF 21.7 As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in His Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment binding all men in all ages, He hath particularly appointed one day in seven, for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto Him:(1) which, from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week; and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week,(2) which, in Scripture, is called the Lord’s Day,(3) and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath.(4)
(1)Exod. 20:8,10,11; Isa. 56:2,4,6,7.
(2)Gen. 2:2,3; 1 Cor. 16:1,2; Acts 20:7.
(3)Rev. 1:10.
(4)Exod. 20:8,10; Matt. 5:17,18.
WCF 21.8 This Sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering of their common affairs beforehand, do not only observe an holy rest, all the day, from their own works, words, and thoughts about their worldly employments and recreations;(1) but also are taken up, the whole time, in the public and private exercises of His worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy.(2)
(1)Exod. 20:8; Exod. 16:23,25,26,29,30; Exod. 31:15; Neh. 13:15-19,21,And 22.
(2)Isa. 58:13; Matt. 12:1-13.
WLC 116 What is required in the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment requireth of all men the sanctifying or keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his word, expressly one whole day in seven; which was the seventh from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, and the first day of the week ever since, and so to continue to the end of the world; which is the Christian Sabbath,(1) and in the New Testament called The Lord’s day.(2)
(1)Deut. 5:12-14; Gen. 2:2,3; 1 Cor. 16:1,2; Acts 20:7; Matt. 5:17,18; Isa. 56:2,4,6,7
(2)Rev. 1:10
WLC 117 How is the Sabbath or the Lord’s Day to be sanctified? A. The Sabbath or Lord’s day is to be sanctified by an holy resting all the day,(1) not only from such works as are at all times sinful, but even from such worldly employments and recreations as are on other days lawful;(2) and making it our delight to spend the whole time (except so much of it as is to be taken up in works of necessity and mercy(3)) in the public and private exercises of God’s worship:(4) and, to that end, we are to prepare our hearts, and with such foresight, diligence, and moderation, to dispose and seasonably dispatch our worldly business, that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that day.(5)
(1)Exod. 20:8,10
(2)Exod. 16:25-28; Neh. 13:15-22; Jer. 17:21,22
(3)Matt. 12:1-13
(4)Isa. 58:13; Luke 4:16; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1,2; Ps. 92:(title); Isa. 66:23; Lev. 23:3
(5)Exod. 20:8; Luke 23:54,56; Exod. 16:22,25,26,29; Neh. 13:19
WLC 118 Why is the charge of keeping the Sabbath more specially directed to governors of families, and other superiors? A. The charge of keeping the Sabbath is more specially directed to governors of families, and other superiors, because they are bound not only to keep it themselves but to see that it is observed by all those that are under their charge; and because they are prone ofttimes to hinder them by employments of their own.(1)
(1)Exod. 20:10; Josh. 24:15; Neh. 13:15,17; Jer. 17:20,21,22; Exod. 23:12
WLC 119 What are the sins forbidden in the fourth commandment? A. The sins forbidden in the fourth commandment are, all omissions of the duties required,(1) all careless, negligent, and unprofitable performing of them, and being weary of them;(2) all profaning the day by idleness, and doing that which is in itself sinful;(3) and by all needless works, words, and thoughts, about our worldly employments and recreations.(4)
(1)Ezek. 22:26
(2)Acts 20:7,9; Ezek. 33:30-32; Amos 8:5; Mal. 1:13
(3)Ezek. 23:38
(4)Jer. 17:24,27; Isa. 58:13
WLC 120 What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it? A. The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it, are taken from the equity of it, God allowing us six days of seven for our own affairs, and reserving but one for himself, in these words, Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:(1) from God’s challenging a special propriety in that day, The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God:(2) from the example of God, who in six days made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: and from that blessing which God put upon that day, not only in sanctifying it to be a day for his service, but in ordaining it to be a means of blessing to use in our sanctifying it, Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day, and hallowed it.(3)
(1)Exod. 20:9
(2)Exod. 20:10
(3)Exod. 20:11
WSC 59 Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?
A. From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath; and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath.(1)
(1)Gen. 2:2,3; 1 Cor. 16:1,2; Acts 20:7