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,[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]Tit. 1:5; I Tim. 3:14-15; 4:13-14; 5:17; I Cor. 9:11, 13-14. [2]II Tim. 2:2, 15; Ps. 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.
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