SRR 122 LBCF: Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
Ryan Denton leads a study on the Sabbath from the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith for the Old Paths Christian Church on 5 November 2018. This is the first of a series of studies based on the 1689 London Baptist Confession and Westminster Larger Catechism.
Chapter 22: Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
6. Neither prayer nor any other part of religious worship, is now under the gospel, tied unto, or made more acceptable by any place in which it is performed, or towards which it is directed; but God is to be worshipped everywhere in spirit and in truth;w as in private familiesx daily,y and in secret each one by himself;z so more solemnly in the public assemblies, which are not carelessly nor wilfully to be neglected or forsaken, when God by His word or providence calleth thereto.a'
(w) John 4:21; Mal 1:11; 1 Tim 2:8
(x) Acts 10:2
(y) Matt 6:11; Ps 55:17
(z) Matt 6:6
(a') Heb 10:25; Acts 2:42
7. As it is the law of nature, that in general a proportion of time, by God's appointment, be set apart for the worship of God, so by His Word, in a positive moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men, in all ages, He hath particularly appointed one day in seven for a sabbath to be kept holy unto Him,b' which from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ was the last day of the week, and from the resurrection of Christ was changed into the first day of the week, which is called the Lord's Day: c' and is to be continued to the end of the world as a Christian Sabbath, the observation of the last day of the week being abolished.
(b') Exod 20:8
(c') 1 Cor 16:1-2; Acts 20:7; Rev 1:10
8. The sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering their common affairs aforehand, do not only observe an holy rest all day, from their own works, words and thoughts, about their worldly employment and recreations,d' but are also taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of His worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy. e'
(d') Isa 58:13; Neh 13:15-22
(e') Matt 12:1-13
Resources
+https://founders.org/library/1689-confession/
+Sam Waldron, The Lord's Day: Its Presuppositions, Proofs, Precedents, and Practice, https://www.chapellibrary.org/book/lday/the-lords-day:-its-presuppositions,-proofs,-precedents,-and-practice
+Richard C. Barcellos, Getting the Garden Right: Adam’s Work and God’s Rest in Light of Christ, https://press.founders.org/shop/getting-the-garden-right/
+http://www.rbap.net/some-thoughts-on-the-remaining-sabbatismos-for-the-people-of-god-heb-49/
+https://cbtseminary.org/response-to-schreiner-on-the-sabbath-1/
+Richard C. Barcellos, “Exodus 16 and the Sabbath,” http://www.rbap.net/1821-2/
+https://reformedarsenal.com/a-call-to-keep-the-sabbath/
+http://www.regularreformed.com/2017/02/13/episode-37-getting-the-garden-right/
