Hezekiah Restores Worship
2 Chronicles 29:20-36
Key Verse: 29:31
Date: Apr. 11, 2025
Question
What are the reasons for the fourth commandment?
Answer
The reasons for the fourth commandment are these: God allows us six days of the week to take care of our own affairs; He claims the seventh day as His own; He set the example; and He blesses the Sabbath.
Reference Passages
1
Exodus 20:9
9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,
Exodus 31:15
15 Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.
Leviticus 23:3
2
Genesis 2:2-3
Exodus 20:11
Exodus 31:17