HOW TO KEEP THE
SABBATH
HOW TO KEEP THE SABBATH
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The 25th study in the series.
Studies written by William Carey.
Programming by Michael Salzman.
All texts are from the New King James
version.
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Can man make something holy?
Exodus 20:8
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy.
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The essential thing about keeping the
Sabbath is to remember to KEEP IT
HOLY. No matter how strictly anyone
may keep the first day of the week,
Sunday, he really cannot keep it holy,
because God has never hallowed or
made holy the first day of the week.
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The seventh day is the only day of the
week which God has ever hallowed or
made holy (Gen. 2:1-3); SO THE
SEVENTH DAY IS REALLY THE ONLY
DAY ANYONE CAN EVER KEEP HOLY.
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When God makes anything holy-- a day,
a place, or any object -- He expects us
to be particular how we treat it, and to
make a proper distinction in our
actions between the holy and the
common.
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When does the day start?
Genesis 1:23,31
So the evening and the morning were
the fifth day.
31- Then God saw everything that He
had made, and indeed it was very
good: So the evening and the
morning were the sixth day.
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God measures the day of twenty-four
hours from evening to evening, that is,
from sunset to sunset. THIS MEANS
THAT GOD’S HOLY DAY IS FROM
SUNSET FRIDAY EVENING TO SUNSET
SATURDAY EVENING.
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Proper observance of the Lord’s day
means that we recognize and treat this
portion of each week as God’s holy
time, and that we devote that time to
him.
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When does the Day of Atonement
begin?
Leviticus 23:32
It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn
rest, and you shall afflict your souls;
on the ninth day of the month at
evening, from evening to evening, you
shall celebrate your sabbath.”
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The “EVEN” in the King James version
mentioned here means SUNSET (see
Mark 1:32). This rule which the Lord
laid down in reference to the
ceremonial Sabbath of the Day of
Atonement also applies to His weekly
Sabbath of creation. The Sabbath is to
be observed from evening to evening,
that is FROM SUNSET TO SUNSET.
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We should follow the practice of having
special prayer to the Lord at sunset Friday
evening and at sunset Saturday evening,
so as to mark off the Sabbath in our lives
as the Lord’s holy day.
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When is the preparation day?
Mark 15:42
Now when the evening had come,
because it was the Preparation Day,
that is, the day before the Sabbath,
The day before the Sabbath, FRIDAY,
IS THE PREPARATION DAY, WHEN
WE ARE TO PREPARE FOR THE
SABBATH.
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On preparation day, we should take
care of the cleaning, sewing, washing,
ironing, and cooking (Ex. 16:22-23), so
that when the Sabbath begins at sunset
Friday night, we are PREPARED TO
KEEP IT HOLY. A SAFE RULE IS NOT
TO LEAVE ANYTHING TO DO ON THE
SABBATH THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE
OF DURING THE SIX WORKING DAYS.
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Should a person conduct business on
the Sabbath?
Nehemiah 13:15-22
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In those days saw I people in Judah
treading wine presses on the Sabbath,
and bringing in sheaves, and loading
donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all
kinds of burdens, which they brought
into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
And I warned them about the day on
which they were selling provisions.
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16 Men of Tyre dwelt there also, who
brought in fish and all kinds of
goods, and sold them on the Sabbath
to the children of Judah, and
Jerusalem.
17 Then I contended with the nobles of
Judah, and said to them, “What evil
thing is this that ye do, by which you
profane the Sabbath day?
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18 “Did not your fathers do thus, and
did not our God bring all this disaster
on us and on this city? Yet you bring
added wrath on Israel by profaning
the Sabbath.
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19 So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem,
as it began to be dark before the
Sabbath, that I commanded the gates
to be shut, and charged that they
should not be opened till after the
Sabbath. Then I posted some of my
servants at the gates, so that no
burdens would be brought in on the
Sabbath day.
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20 Now the merchants and sellers of
all kind of ware lodged outside
Jerusalem once or twice.
21 Then I warned them, and said to
them, “Why do you spend the night
around the wall? If you do so again, I
will lay hands on you!” From that
time on they came they no more on
the Sabbath.
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22 And I commanded the Levites that
they should cleanse themselves, and
that they should go guard the gates, to
sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember
me, O my God, concerning this also,
and spare me according to the
greatness of thy mercy.
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THERE IS TO BE NO BUYING OR
SELLING ON THE SABBATH DAY.
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What will happen if you keep the
Sabbath?
Isaiah 58:13-14
“If you turn away your foot from the
Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on
My holy day, And call the Sabbath a
delight, The holy of the LORD,
honorable; and shall honor Him,
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not doing your own ways, Nor
finding your own pleasure, Nor
speaking your own words:
14 Then you shall delight yourself in
the LORD; And I will cause you to
ride on the high hills of the earth,
And feed you with the heritage of
Jacob your father. The mouth of the
LORD hath spoken.”
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On the Sabbath day we are not to
pursue our business, and we are not to
find our own pleasure, which means
that we are not to use the Sabbath for
pleasure outings. This text also says
that on the Sabbath we are not to speak
our own words,
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which means that we should not use
the Sabbath for worldly conversation or
business discussion, secular reading,
or worldly writing or business mail.
THE RADIO AND TV SHOULD BE OFF.
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NEWSPAPERS AND SECULAR
MAGAZINES SHOULD BE PUT AWAY.
ALL THOUGHTS SHOULD BE ON GOD
AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HIS
KINGDOM.
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Can you be too busy to keep the
Sabbath?
Exodus 34:21
“Six days you shall work, but on the
seventh day you shall rest; in
plowing time and in harvest you shall
rest.
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No matter how busy we are with our work
or business, we are to devote God’s holy
day to Him. God gives us six days for our
business and pleasure. EACH SEVENTH
DAY IS TO BE DEVOTED TO THE LORD’S
SERVICE.
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• How did Jesus keep the Sabbath?
• Luke 4:16
• So He came to Nazareth, where He had
been brought up. And as His custom was,
He went into the synagogue on the
Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
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Jesus Christ, when He was here on
earth, went to the house of God to
worship the Lord every Sabbath day.
AN ESSENTIAL PART OF KEEPING THE
SABBATH IS TO ATTEND THE
SABBATH SCHOOL AND THE CHURCH
SERVICE ON THE SABBATH.
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• What should be done on the Sabbath?
• Matthew 12:10-12
• And behold, there was a man who had
a withered hand. And they asked Him,
saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the
Sabbath?” -- that they might accuse
Him.
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11 Then He said to them, “What man is
there be among you who has one
sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the
Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift
it out?
12 “Of how much more value then is a
man than a sheep? Therefore it is
lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
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Acts of mercy are lawful on the
Sabbath.
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• What does Sabbath keeping show?
• Ezekiel 20:20
• “hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a
sign between Me and you, that you may
know that I am the LORD your God.
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If we really keep the Sabbath holy,
HALLOW GOD’S SABBATH, IT WILL BE
HIS SIGN UPON US, THAT HE IS OUR
GOD AND THAT WE ARE HIS PEOPLE.
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Is the Sabbath just for life on earth?
Isaiah 66:22-23
“For as the new heavens and the new
earth Which I will make shall remain
before Me,” says the LORD. “So shall
your descendants and your name
remain.
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23 And it shall come to pass That from
one New Moon to another, And from
one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall
come to worship before Me,” says the
LORD.
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Let us make the Sabbaths, as they
come and go each week, lights along
the way which leads to that glorious
eternal home, where all the redeemed
will come to worship the Lord face to
face each Sabbath day throughout the
eternal ages.
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What are you going to do with the
Sabbath of the LORD?
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