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ARTICLES OF FAITH Article 15 – The Christian Sabbath National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

Articles of Faith • The Scriptures • The True God • The Fall of Man • The Way of Salvation • Justification • The Freeness of Salvation • Regeneration • Repentance and Faith • God’s Purpose of Grace Article 15 - The Christian Sabbath

Articles of Faith • Sanctification • Perseverance of Saints • The Law and Gospel • A Gospel Church • Baptism and The Lord’s Supper • The Christian Sabbath • Civil Government • Righteous and Wicked • The World to Come Article 15 - The Christian Sabbath

Article XVThe Christian Sabbath We believe the Scriptures teach that the first day of the week is the Lord's Day, or Christian Sabbath, and is to be kept sacred to religious purposes, by abstaining from all secular labor and sinful recreations, by the devout observance of all the means of grace, both private and public, and by preparation for that rest that remaineth for the people of God. Article 15 - The Christian Sabbath

Article XVThe Christian Sabbath Acts 20:7 “Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.” Genesis 2:3 “Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.” Colossians 2:16-17 “16So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.” Mark 2:27 “And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” John 20:19 “Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you." 1 Corinthians 16:2 “On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.” Article 15 - The Christian Sabbath

Article XVThe Christian Sabbath Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Revelation 1:10 “I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet” Psalm 118:24 “This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.” Article 15 - The Christian Sabbath

Article XVThe Christian Sabbath Isaiah 58:13-14 13"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 day of the LORD honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words, 14Then 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 has spoken." Isaiah 56:2,4-7 “2Blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who lays hold on it; Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil." 4For thus says the LORD: "To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant, 5 Even to them I will give in My house And within My walls a place and a name Better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name That shall not be cut off. 6"Also the sons of the foreigner Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, And to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants --Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And holds fast My covenant -- 7 Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations." Article 15 - The Christian Sabbath

Article XVThe Christian Sabbath Psalm 119:15 “I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways.” Psalm 26:8 “LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.” Article 15 - The Christian Sabbath

Article XVThe Christian Sabbath Hebrews 10:24-25 “24And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” Acts 11:26 “And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” Acts 13:44 “On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.” 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.” Acts 17:2 “Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures.” Article 15 - The Christian Sabbath

Article XVThe Christian Sabbath Hebrews 4:3-11 “3For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: "So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest,'“ although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works"; 5and again in this place: "They shall not enter My rest." 6Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, 7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, "Today,“ after such a long time, as it has been said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts." 8For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.” Article 15 - The Christian Sabbath

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