The Blessing of Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

H. Aldridge Gillespie October 2000 Sunday Afternoon Session

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  1. Doctrine and Covenants 43:8

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    We have been instructed, edified, and spiritually nourished through the five sessions of this magnificent general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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  2. Doctrine and Covenants 43:9

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    We have been instructed, edified, and spiritually nourished through the five sessions of this magnificent general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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  3. Doctrine and Covenants 38:42

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    “Go ye out from among the wicked. Save yourselves. Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.”
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  4. Exodus 20:8

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    “remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
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  5. Doctrine and Covenants 59:9

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    The Sabbath lasts all day!

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  6. Doctrine and Covenants 59:10

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    The Sabbath lasts all day!

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  7. Doctrine and Covenants 59:14

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    The Sabbath lasts all day!

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  8. Doctrine and Covenants 59:12

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    The Sabbath lasts all day!

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  9. Doctrine and Covenants 59:15

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    The Sabbath lasts all day!

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  10. Isaiah 58:13

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    Isaiah promised, “If thou turn away thy foot from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and honour him, not finding thine own pleasure, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord.”
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  11. Mark 2:27

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    Jesus taught, “The sabbath was made for man.” What does that mean?

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  12. Exodus 31:16

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    Jesus taught, “The sabbath was made for man.” What does that mean?

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  13. Matthew 5:20

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    Of all people on the earth, the Latter-day Saints must lead out in sanctifying this appointed day each week.

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  14. Leviticus 26:2

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    “And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.”

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  15. Doctrine and Covenants 71:11

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    I love the Sabbath day!

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  16. Doctrine and Covenants 59:8

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    “offer a sacrifice unto the Lord [our] God in righteousness, even that of a broken heart and a contrite spirit,”
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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 15: Lord of the Sabbath

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    • Exodus 20:8

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      The commandment to celebrate the Sabbath in strictness was made definite and explicit in the decalog, written by the hand of God amidst the awful glory of Sinai; and the injunction was kept before the people through frequent proclamation.c It was unlawful to kindle a fire on that day; and record is made of a man who was put to death for gathering sticks on the seventh day.d Under the administration of later prophets, the holiness of the Sabbath, the blessings promised to those who sanctified ...

    • Isaiah 58:13

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      In Jesus the Christ:
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      The commandment to celebrate the Sabbath in strictness was made definite and explicit in the decalog, written by the hand of God amidst the awful glory of Sinai; and the injunction was kept before the people through frequent proclamation.c It was unlawful to kindle a fire on that day; and record is made of a man who was put to death for gathering sticks on the seventh day.d Under the administration of later prophets, the holiness of the Sabbath, the blessings promised to those who sanctified ...

    • Mark 2:27

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      In Jesus the Christ:
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      Jesus defended the disciples by citing a precedent applicable to the case, and of much greater import.

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