Fourth Commandment: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall you labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
LORD’S DAY 38
103. What does God require in the fourth commandment?
In the first place, God wills that the ministry of the gospel and schools be maintained,1Titus 1:5; 1 Timothy 3:14-15; 1 Timothy 4:13-14; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Corinthians 9:11-14 and that I, especially on the day of rest, diligently attend church,22 Timothy 2:2,15; Psalm 40:10-11; Psalm 68:26; Acts 2:42,46 to learn the Word of God,31 Corinthians 14:19,29,31 to use the holy sacraments,41 Corinthians 11:33 to call publicly upon the Lord,51 Timothy 2:1-2; 1 Timothy 2:8-10; 1 Corinthians 14:16 and contribute to the relief of the poor, as becomes a Christian.61 Corinthians 16:2 In the second place, that all the days of my life I rest from my evil works, allow the Lord to work in me by His Spirit, and thus begin in this life the everlasting Sabbath.7Isaiah 66:23; Galatians 6:6; Acts 20:7; Hebrews 4:9-10