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==== Sabbath ====

The [[Sabbath]] is the commemoration day of the [[Creator]], who made all things for six days and rested on the seventh day. Based on the Bible and historical facts, the Sabbath corresponds to Saturday in today’s seven-day system.

After the [[Creation in Six Days|Creation in six days]], God made the seventh-day Sabbath holy and proclaimed it as the fourth of the [[Ten Commandments]] in the time of [[Moses]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A1-3+&version=NIV|title=Genesis 2:1-3|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20%3A8-11+&version=NIV|title=Exodus 20:8-11|quote=}}</ref> In the New Testament times, Jesus kept the Sabbath (on Saturday) as His custom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+4%3A16+&version=NIV|title=Luke 4:16}}</ref> Even after the Crucifixion, the early Church kept the Sabbath holy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+17%3A2+&version=NIV|title=Acts 17:2}}</ref> Today, most churches worship on Sunday, the first day of the week, but Christ Ahnsahnghong taught the seventh-day Sabbath as the worship day according to the Bible.

==== Baptism ====

[[Baptism]] is a ceremony in which the body of sin is buried under water and reborn into a new life.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+6%3A3-4+&version=NIV|title=Romans 6:3-4}}</ref> The word ''baptism'' is derived from Greek ''βαπτισμα<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://biblehub.com/bz05/matthew/3.htm |title=Matthew 3  |publisher= |website= biblehub  |date= |first= |quote= Bible Hub, Ἰδὼν δὲ πολλοὺς τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων ἐρχομένους ἐπὶ τὸ βάπτισμα αὐτοῦ, ...}}</ref>'' meaning “washing, dipping.” Considering the etymology of the original Greek term, baptism should be conducted by immersion, not just by sprinkling with water. The Church of God conducts baptism as taught by Christ Ahnsahnghong.