The Substance of the Fourth Commandment – A Kingdom Catechism

The Substance of the Fourth Commandment

A Kingdom Catechism

We are called regularly to rest in and worship the Lord.

Q 75: What is the substance of the fourth commandment?

A 75: The substance of the fourth commandment is that God’s people are to preserve special days and seasons of rest and worship before Him. (Exod. 31:12-14; Acts 20:7; Rev. 1:10)

The Sabbath provides the template for all other seasons of rest and worship that God might require of, prescribe, or permit for His people. By devoting ourselves to the purposes of the Sabbath, and participating faithfully in it, we draw closer to the Lord and realize more of His purpose and promise for our lives, and we thus prepare ourselves, soul and body, for other seasons of rest and worship, as the Lord leads.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.