What Does God Require in the Fifth Commandment
Published on Facebook, August 8, 2010
By Bud Powell
Let the Peace of God Rule in Your Hearts! -- Phil. 4:7
Q103: What does God require in the fourth
Commandment?
A103: In the first place, God wills that the ministry of the Gospel and schools
be maintained,[1] and that I, especially on the day of rest, diligently attend
church [2] to learn the Word of God,[3] to use the holy sacraments,[4] to call
publicly upon the Lord,[5] and to give Christian alms.[6] 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.[7]
1. Titus. 1:5; I Tim. 3:14-15; 4:13-14; 5:17; I Cor. 9:11, 13-14
2. II Tim. 2:2, 15; Psa. 40:10-11; 68:26; Acts 2:42, 46
3. I Cor. 14:19, 29, 31
4. I Cor. 11:33
5. I Tim. 2:1-2, 8-10; I Cor. 14:16
6. I Cor. 16:2
7. Isa. 66:23; Gal. 6:6; Acts 20:7; Heb. 4:9-10
