THE SABBATH REST DAY GIVEN BY GOD 1 What is the Sabbath according to the law of God? Exodus 20: 8-11Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR 1960) 8 Remember the sabbath [a] holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work; 10 but the seventh day is the sabbath [b] the Lord thy God; you shall not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day [c] and hallowed it. Footnotes: Exodus 20: 8 This is equivalent to Saturday. Exodus 20:10 This is equivalent to Saturday. Exodus 20:11 This is equivalent to Saturday. 2 For whose benefit was given Saturday? Mark 2: 27Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR 1960) 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath [a] was made for man, not man for the Sabbath [b]. Footnotes: Mark 2:27 This is equivalent to Saturday. Mark 2:27 This is equivalent to Saturday. HISTORY OF THE HOLY SATURDAY 3 Who instituted the Sabbath, and when? Genesis 2: 1-3Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR 1960) 2 were therefore the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them. 2 And God finished on the seventh day the work he did; and he rested on the seventh day from all the work he did. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation. 4 What day respected our Lord Jesus Christ? (Luke 4:16) Luke 4: 16Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR 1960) 16 And he came to Nazareth, where He had been brought; and the Sabbath [a] he went into the synagogue, as his custom was, and stood up to read. Footnotes: Luke 4:16 This is equivalent to Saturday. 5 What day kept the Virgin Mary? Luke 23: 56Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR 1960) 56 Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and ung: uentos; and rested the sabbath, [a] according to the commandment. Footnotes: Luke 23:56 This is equivalent to Saturday. 6 What day respected the apostles? Acts 17: 2-3Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR 1960) 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days [a] reasoned with them, 3 Opening and alleging the Scriptures, it was necessary that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I proclaim, he said, is the Christ. Footnotes: Acts 17: 2 This equates to Saturday. 7 What day is saved in the sky? Isaiah 66: 22-23Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR 1960) 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name. 23 From month to month, and sabbath [a] on the Sabbath, [b] all come to worship before me, saith the Lord. Footnotes: Isaiah 66:23 This is equivalent to Saturday. Isaiah 66:23 This is equivalent to Saturday. WHAT SHOULD I DO? Be careful not to desecrate the Sabbath (Isaiah 56: 2) Worshipping on Saturday, doing the will of God (Isaiah 58: 13-14) Obey God rather than men (Acts 5:29) MY RESOLUTION: I believe Saturday is the day of the Lord. I promise faithfully to respect it.
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