What Baptists Believe About Sunday.

Prayer: That God will show us from His Word how we should observe Sunday.
 

XV. OF THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH

We believe that the first day of the week is the Lord's Day, or Christian Sabbath; (1) and is to be kept sacred to religious purposes, (2) by abstaining from all secular labor and sinful recreations, (3) by the devout observance of all the means of grace, both private (4) and public; (5) and by preparation for that rest that remaineth for the people of God!(6)
 

Places in the Bible where taught.

1. Acts 20:7. On the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them. Gen. 2:3; Col. 2:16, 17; Mark 2:27;
John 20:19;  1 Cor. 16:1,2.

2. Exod. 20:8. Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. Rev. 1:10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day. Ps. 118:24. This is the day which the Lord bath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it.

3. Isa. 58:13, 14. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord, and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob. Isa. 56:2 - 8.

4. Ps. 118:15. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous.

5. Heb. 10:24, 25. Not forsaking the assembling of yourselves together, as the manner of some is. Acts 11:26. A whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. Acts 13:44. The next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to bear the word of God. Lev. 19:30; Exod. 46:3; Luke 4:16;
Acts 17:2, 3; Ps. 26:8; 87:3.

6. Heb. 4:3-11. Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest.
 

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Discussion by Leader:

1. The principle of the one day in seven.

2. The principle of the one seventh of our time in this day of grace.

3. The relationship of the tithe to the weekly day of rest.
 

Parts for Assignment:

1. What we believe about the first day of the week.

2. How is the day to be kept by Christians?

3. What should we abstain from on this day?

4. What should we do on this day?

5. The first day of the week, a type of the rest that remaineth for the people of God.





Discussion Questions:

1. When we use the word sabbath what do we really mean? The Lord's Day? The Sabbath was the last day of the week, the Lord's Day is the first day of the week. The Sabbath began at sunset Friday and ended sunset Saturday. It celebrated creation and deliverance from Egypt. The Lord's Day celebrates Christ's resurrection from the grave. No Gentile was ever required to keep the Sabbath. Ex. 31:12-17

2. Why the first day of the week and not the seventh? The seventh indicates completion or fulfillment. The first indicates a beginning. Through the resurrection of Christ we have a new beginning.

3. What is the difference between the Lord's Day and the Day of the Lord? The Lord's day is a weekly event; the Day of the Lord is a day of judgment yet future. 1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Pet. 3:10 - The Day of the Lord. Rev. 1: 10 - The Lord's Day.

4. How ought Christians to observe the Lord's Day? Fishing? Hunting? Sleeping? Playing? Theaters? How were the Jews required to observe their Sabbath? Then should we not spend the day serving the Lord? If we want to hunt, fish, play, visit, why not do it during the week and not take the Lord's day for it?


 

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