The Baptist Faith and Message
VIII. The Lord's Day
The first day of the week is the Lord's Day. It is a
Christian institution for regular observance. It
commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and
should be employed in exercises of worship and spiritual
devotion, both public and private, and by refraining from
worldly amusements, and resting from secular employments,
work of necessity and mercy only being excepted.
Ex. 20:8-11; Matt.
12:1-12; 28:1 ff.;
Mark 2:27-28; 16:1-
7; Luke 24:1-3,
33-36; John
4:21-24; 20:1, 19-28;
Acts 20:7; 1
Cor. 16:1-2; Col. 2:16;
3:16; Rev.
1:10.
Reprinted from the Baptist Faith and Message Tract (Stock
Number 11-051). Published by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention, Nashville, Tennessee:
Tract Editor
Baptist Sunday School Board
127 Ninth Avenue, North
Nashville, Tennessee 37203