Catechesis

Keach's Catechism

Question 66

How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?

Scripture

  1. Leviticus 23:3 [1]
    The Sabbath “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places. (ESV)
  2. Isaiah 58:13–14 [1]
    “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the LORD honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” (ESV)
  3. Isaiah 66:23 [1]
    From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, declares the LORD. (ESV)
  4. Matthew 12:11–12 [1]
    He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” (ESV)