Who Said It?
True/False

Holy or Not
Scriptures
Why & How?
100

“The sabbath was made for man.”

Jesus Christ (Mark 2:27)


100

Heavenly Father always blesses us for keeping the sabbath day holy.

True

100

Walking the beach with your family.

Holy

100

What book in the Old Testament teaches us to rest on the seventh day?

Genesis 2:2

100

Why do we keep the Sabbath Day holy?

Jesus Christ took a break on the seventh day of the week while creating our world which is why we must take a break too.

200

Who called the sabbath day a delight?

Russel M. Nelson

200

We should try and spend most of our Sunday with our family.

True

200

Swimming.

Not holy.

200

What scripture teaches us to "remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy"?

Exodus 20:8

200

Why do we not make ourselves or others work on the Sabbath Day?

If we or others are working, we are not taking a break on the Sabbath Day.

300

The Sabbath calls for constructive thoughts and acts, and if one merely lounges about doing nothing on the Sabbath, he is breaking it. To observe it, one will be on his knees in prayer, preparing lessons, studying the gospel, meditating, visiting the ill and distressed, sleeping, reading wholesome material, and attending all the meetings of that day to which he is expected.

Spencer W. Kimball

300

By obeying the sabbath, we are blessed more temporarily than spiritually because we are taking a break from temporal things in our life but not spiritual things.

False

300

Going to a study group for School

Not only. 

300

What scripture talks about the women who anointed Jesus’s body after His Crucifixion and waited until after the Sabbath to do so?

Luke 23:55

300

How do we balance not working and not being idol on the Sabbath Day?

We can do activities such as walking on the beach with our family which does not make anyone work but we still are active.

400

“The pattern of Sabbath day observance must always include worship.”

L. Tom Perry

400

Heavenly Father will punish us for not keeping the Sabbath day holy.

False

400

Hanging out with friends at a park. 

Not holy.

400

What scripture describes, "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath"?

Mark 2: 27

400

How does observing the Sabbath help us stay unspotted from the world?

9 And that thou mayest more fully keep thyself unspotted from the world, thou shalt go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day;

D&C 55:9


500

“If you have any doubt about the wisdom, the divinity of observing the Sabbath Day, … stay home and gather your family about you, teach them the gospel, enjoy yourselves together on the Sabbath Day, come to your meetings, participate. You will know that the principle of the Sabbath is a true principle which brings with it great blessings.”17

Gordon B. Hinckley

500

Heavenly Father wants us to fast every Sunday.

True. Although we fast every month, the scriptures explain how Heavenly Father wants us fasting every Sunday.

500

Taking long naps

Not holy. Heavenly Father says if we are idol it is considered unholy.

500

What scripture commands us to keep the sabbath day holy?

Mosiah 13: 16-19. 

500

Why is the Sabbath Day on Sunday if the scriptures say Jesus Christ took a break on the seventh day which is Saturday?

Jesus Christ stated that we keep the Sabbath Day holy on a Saturday (the seventh day of the week). He died the following Friday and was resurrected on Sunday and we now hold the Sabbath Day on Sunday in commemoration of his resurrection.