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KEEPING THE SABBATH (III)
FRIDAY, MAY 29
Deuteronomy 5:12–15
John 4:21-24
 
“True worshippers
shall worship the Father
in spirit and in truth.”
 
KEEPING THE SABBATH (III)
 
How do we keep the Christian Sabbath, which is the Lord’s Day, holy?
Here are instructions from the Westminster Larger Catechism:
 
Q 116: What is required in the fourth commandment?
 
A: The fourth commandment requires of all men the sanctifying or keeping holy to God such set times as he has 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, and in the New Testament called the Lord’s day.
 
Q 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, 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; 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) in the public and private exercises of God’s worship: and, to that end, we are to prepare our hearts, and with such foresight, diligence, and moderation, to dispose and seasonably to despatch our worldly business, that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that day.
 
(As Christians, we should not be working on the Lord’s Day unless they are works of necessity, eg. doctor, nurse, policeman, fireman, soldier. A gynaecologist cannot tell his patient: “Please do not go into labour on Sunday!”)
 
THOUGHT: In certain countries, their “Sabbath” is on a Friday. Is God angry at His people if they were to worship on a Friday?
PRAYER: Lord, grant me a worshipful spirit every day of the week.

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