I heard the voice
of the Lord saying,
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"Whom shall I send
and who will go for us?"
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Then I said,
"Here am I. Send me."
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Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
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and the South England
Conference present London 2016.
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Good evening
once again, everyone.
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We are so pleased to know that
once again as I look around,
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the Church is full and
not only in this Church
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but we have a wonderful
online audience as well
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and I just want to
share with you two individuals
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who have written in
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and expressed their appreciation
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and send their greetings as well
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and we have someone
from Brooklyn in New York
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and his name is Jeffrey
Wilson and he says that,
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"I've been following this series
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from the very beginning.
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Wonderful singing
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and uplifting
messages from Pastor Lomacang.
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I've invited my neighbors
to watch this evening."
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Also we have
Mary and John Swellow,
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they're listening in
from Edinburgh in Scotland
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and they say,
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"It's a joy to see
the everlasting gospel
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gonna the ends of the world."
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So we are part of something
very big here in Croydon
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and it's a wonderful privilege
for us to just be involved
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in something which I
believe God has predestined,
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should happen and that
we can be a wonderful part
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of that experience to
see souls give their lives
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to Jesus Christ.
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We have been
hearing inspiring messages
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from Pastor Lomacang'
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and we certainly appreciate
his ministry with us here
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and tonight his
message will be entitled,
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'God's blessed day.
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God's blessed day.
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Now we had a blessed
day today, didn't we?
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Now we're gonna hear
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the dynamics of
that from the Word of God
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as to why today
was a blessed day.
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And so as we prepare our
hearts to receive his message,
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we're gonna ask
Reggie and Layde Love to come
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and they're gonna
bless us with a musical item,
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thank you very much.
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Good evening. Good evening.
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We were in Brixton this
morning and we missed you,
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we had a lovely
service hour with Pastor Jamal,
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but it was good to be
back with you here tonight,
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your lovely smiling
faces has been a wonderful,
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wonderful day.
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Can you hear me?
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Yes. Yeah.
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So it's been a wonderful day
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and I got to tell you
something about Pastor Lomacang.
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I can tell you a lot
about Pastor Lomacang
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but the one thing I can tell you
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is this man can
shoot a basketball.
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He's from Brooklyn, right?
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The Bronx?
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Oh, Brooklyn, no, excuse
me, the wrong one, Brooklyn,
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and you just said
Brooklyn really quickly.
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This man can...
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Just don't try to
take him on a basketball,
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he can shoot from 40 feet,
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50 feet, 60 feet,
it doesn't matter.
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He throws them up in just...
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But, you know, it's
an honor to be with him
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because he's a gentleman
and we love to hear him speak,
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we love to hear him preach.
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So you're blessed to have him.
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We're gonna sing a
song that was on a project,
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3ABN project few years
back and some of you might know
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and if you do, please
just sing along with us,
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"Remember the Sabbath."
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Remember the Sabbath
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To keep it holy
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Honor the day
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That our Lord commands us
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To cease our toiling
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And we obey
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That we may know Him
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And lift His patient ways
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Keeping the Sabbath holy,
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In all our days.
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So enter His temple
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With high thanksgiving
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Worship the Lord
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And fill up this house
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With your voices ringing
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Let them be heard.
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For we adore Him
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And lift our hearts in praise
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Keeping the Sabbath holy
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In all our days.
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Remember the
Sabbath to keep it holy
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Honor the day Honor the day
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That our Lord commands us
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To cease our toiling
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And we obey And we obey
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That we may know Him
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And learn His patient ways
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Keeping the Sabbath holy
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In all our days.
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Amen.
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Can we say 'Amen' again? Amen.
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Thank you,
Reggie. Thank you, Layde.
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It's a blessing to know
that we can join together
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and uplift Jesus and
that song is so instrumental
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to the topic tonight,
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even though we know
that the sun has set,
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we are listening to this message
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on different days
from different places
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in different locations
and so wherever you are,
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when you listen to this message,
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we know that the
Lord will find a way
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to make it
relevant to your heart.
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Tonight, I'd like to invite
you to bow your heads with me
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as I ask the Lord
to give me clarity
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that His name could be exalted.
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Father in Heaven,
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another opportunity has
come to a frail human being.
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Lord, I lean on
Your sufficiency.
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May You be glorified.
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I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
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We begin by
focusing on the very message
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where by
sanctification takes place.
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Amen.
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All week long we've been
talking about a relationship
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with the Jesus and this
subject is no different,
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speaking about the Sabbath,
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the importance of this
day is completely centered
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on a relationship with Jesus.
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I say at the very outside which
I'll reiterate during tonight,
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there is nothing
that God can ask you to do
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that does not
require a relationship.
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If you don't
have a relationship,
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you're trying to do
somebody else's work
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and you have no
connection to who He is
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and so the first
and foremost thing
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that we must do is
allow the Lord to sanctify us.
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Amen. Look at John 17:17.
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The Bible says,
"Sanctify them by Your truth.
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Your word is truth."
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The foundation of our growth
in Christ is sanctification.
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Knowing this, Satan
has sought to obliterate
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two sanctification pillars
that have been established
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during creation week,
the Sabbath and the family.
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And if you look
at our world today,
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the reason why our
world is into trouble
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that it is in is
whatever God established
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in the very beginning,
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Satan has made it
his determined focus
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to obliterate
whatever God has blessed.
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Something's
happened most recently,
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you know that there is a
new definition for marriage.
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But I rather God's
definition, what do you say?
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But thousands of years ago,
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the change that we're
going to address tonight,
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the Sabbath,
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was blessed
thousands of years ago
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and the change was made
a very, very long time ago
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and I would suggest if
the change was made today,
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there might be
more of an uprising
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in the hearts and
lives of Christians
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but because the change was made
before we came into existence,
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we look back now at this
change and to some degree,
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it has been
established in our minds
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as though it's just
another thing that has been done
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and we often don't approach
the Sabbath with the intensity
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and the
conviction that we now have
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on the change of
marriage in the world.
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The Sabbath is a
vertical relationship,
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a vertical sanctifying
connection between God and man.
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The marriage is a
horizontal connection
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between man and woman
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and God established
that in the very beginning.
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The reality is if sin
had not entered the world,
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there would be no
thought of changing the Sabbath
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and there would be
no thought of changing
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the marriage
institution but be assured that
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whatever God established
in the very beginning,
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Satan has been
attacking it ever since his...
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What could I use here?
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Ever since he was
expunged from heaven,
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since he'd been kicked out,
since his address has changed,
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since he has lost the rebellion,
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everything that God has blessed,
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Satan has sought
to make it appear
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as though it is a
curse instead of a blessing.
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Now to examine any
of these institutions,
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we just have to see how
they have been distorted
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but let's begin with one of
the sanctifying institutions
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as we visit Genesis
2:1-3 and the Bible says,
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"Thus the heavens and the earth,
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and all the host
of them, were" What?
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"Finished. And on the" What day?
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Seventh day, let's say
that again and on the what day?
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"Seventh day God ended
His work which He had done,
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and He rested on the," What day?
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"Seventh day from all
His work which He had done."
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And then God did something,
God blessed the seventh day.
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What did He do, church?
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He blessed the seventh
day and what else did He do?
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He sanctified it because in
it He rested from all His work
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which God had created and made.
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Now when you
examine, a few nights ago,
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we talked about the veracity
and validity of the Bible
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and I mentioned to you
that we can find the 24 hour day
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as we examine the heavens,
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the rising and
setting of the sun.
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We can find the 30 day month
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as we look at the
four cycles of the moon,
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we can find the year as we look
at the changing of the seasons
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but the only place
that we can find the week
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is in the Bible.
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There is no other
literature on earth
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that can
introduce to you the Bible,
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that can introduce
to you the seventh day
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week of creation
other than God's Word.
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And when you think about
the six day physical process
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including a one
day spiritual insert,
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it finishes what God
did during creation week.
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For the first
six days, God created
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everything
physical, everything what?
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Physical.
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So when you walk
in the world today,
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everywhere around you,
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you can see signs of
God's physical Lordship,
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the sun, the moon, the stars,
the trees, animals, humanity,
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the water, the
seasons, everywhere around us
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there is a physical sign
of God's ability to create.
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So the question is why
did God make a seventh day?
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There's nothing tangible
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that you can put
your hand on to show you
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what God did on the seventh day.
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What God did on that seventh day
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was very much spiritual.
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God blessed the seventh
day. He did what, church?
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Blessed.
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He blessed it and let
me make it very clear,
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I'll reiterate this
later on in the message,
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there is no other
day of the week blessed
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other than the
seventh day of the week.
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Now what God blesses, we
cannot remove the blessing.
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What God has not blessed,
we cannot add a blessing.
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Nothing can be added to
it, nothing can be taken away.
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So the last day of the
week serves no other purpose
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other than to remind us
that God is not only redeemer
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but He is very much
creator, what do you say?
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That's why Jesus said
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what He did in
Mark 2: 27 and 28.
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Listen to the words of Jesus.
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"And He said to them,
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'The Sabbath was made for man,
and not man for the Sabbath.
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Therefore the
Son of Man is also,
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" Together
"Lord of the Sabbath."
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In other words,
God made man first
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and then He made the
Sabbath as a blessing for man.
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There is a physical cadence
that comes, even as a pastor,
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when the sun
begins to set on Friday,
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I get so relaxed, my brother,
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that sometimes I
have to remember,
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I have to finish my sermon.
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I mean, there's a physical
rest that becomes apparent to me
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as my mind says, "Relax."
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The work is behind us.
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Even though we preach our
heart out on Sabbath morning,
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it is not working,
it is exalting Jesus,
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what do you say?
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When the sun sets on Friday,
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a special time of relationship
with God is inserted
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into this canopy of time.
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We step under this
umbrella of blessings.
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God says to the
world around us, "hush."
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He puts into
cadence this 24 hour cadence
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reminding us that
you are where you are
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because I am who I am.
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I have made you to exalt me
and what Satan has sought to do
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is he knew that
he did not want God
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to be remembered
beyond the fall of man
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and so he decided that
whatever God has established,
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he made the utmost
effort in obliterating
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and substituting what God
made for man to be a blessing.
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Now let's revisit the
command what we talked about.
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The Sabbath is
more than just a day.
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Look at Exodus 20:8-11,
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"Remember the
Sabbath day," To do what?
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Keep it holy.
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Now if you remember the night
what I talked about the book
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that briefs, before
we get to verse 8-11,
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we began in Exodus 20:1
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where the Bible
says, "And God said."
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Remember that. Yes.
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When the Bible
says, "And God said."
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Whatever is said beyond
that is a direct quotation
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from the words of God Himself.
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These are not
the words of Moses.
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Moses simply penned
what God told him to write.
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These are not the words
of Paul or any other prophet,
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these are the words of God,
so do you think it is important
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when God says, "Remember."
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He said, "Remember the
Sabbath day," To do what?
00:17:22.20\00:17:23.91
Keep it holy. Keep it.
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In other words,
don't make it holy,
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keep it holy.
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And then He says,
"Six days you shall labor,
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"And do how much of
your work? All your work
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"All your work,
but the seventh day
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is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God.
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In it you shall not do
any work, you, nor your son,
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nor your daughter,
nor your male servant,
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nor your female
servant, nor your cattle,
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nor your stranger who
is within your gates."
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Let me pause and say something,
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when people visit my wife and I,
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whether they are
Christian or not,
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there is no
activity in our homes
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during the Sabbath.
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I say like Joshua,
"As for me and my house,
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we will serve the Lord."
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But some people tend to go on
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vacation and alter
their time with God.
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I know some Christians
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who had gone on
vacation and they...
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When I was a young man,
let me just tell the story.
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When I was a young
man, about 15 years old,
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I never forgot being
invited to go to South Carolina.
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And I went down with
people that were not Christians,
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did not honor the Sabbath
but I never forget my brother,
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when the Sabbath
came, it was Sabbath morning
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and they were going to a
picnic and I was really not,
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I was, kind of, in
and out of the church.
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The lady who raised me
had already passed away,
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so there was no one
to say to go to church.
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But I was so deeply
entrenched, in other words,
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God's word was so
deeply embedded in my heart.
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Amen.
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That Sabbath morning they
said, "Let's go to a picnic."
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And as a 15-year-old
in a stranger's home,
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I said, "No, leave me
home." They said, "Why?
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We're going on a...
You're gonna miss the picnic."
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I said, "No, leave me
home. This is the Sabbath.
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This is a sign
between my God and I,
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I must stay home,
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I'll see you
when you come back."
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Fifteen-years-old.
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When you have a
relationship with Jesus,
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let me just say this,
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you have no reason to be ashamed
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of your connection to God.
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I mean, who?
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What better
connection can you have
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than a connection
with the almighty God?
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So I said, "No, leave me home."
I sat at home, read my Bible.
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The house is fearly quiet,
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just me and God
and God honored that.
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And God said, "If
you can stand for me
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in the midst of a generation
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that does not find a
need to stand for me,
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I can use your life."
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And the Lord began to
chisel away all the things
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that did not reflect Him
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and began to get me
ready for what I'm doing today.
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Praise God for that.
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The Bible continues in verse 11,
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"For in six
days," How many days?
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Six.
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"In six days the LORD
made the heavens and the earth,
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the sea, and all that is
in them, and rested the,"
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What day?
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Seventh day. "Seventh day.
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Therefore the LORD," What?
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"Blessed the Sabbath
day and hallowed it."
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Three very important
points about the Sabbath.
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One, there is no
other day of the week
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that God blessed.
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So to try to find a
blessing where God never put it,
00:20:14.81\00:20:20.18
you are on a return,
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you're not gonna find
where God never puts something.
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You're not gonna
find any evidence
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of the presence of God
00:20:26.65\00:20:27.99
where God never
inserted His blessing.
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Nothing wrong with
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
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Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
nothing wrong with that.
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Nothing wrong with Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
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Thursday, Friday, but
once the Sabbath come,
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God inserted something there
00:20:41.94\00:20:43.87
that is found in no
other day of the week.
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Not only that,
there is no other day
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that connects us with the
God of creation and redemption
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and as I said to you,
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the Sabbath is more
than just another day
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because the Bible says,
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"The seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord, thy God."
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So the question really
is, here's the powerful truth.
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The question really
is, if the God of creation
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and redemption is not
your God, you can pick any day.
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You can say, I want Monday
00:21:17.31\00:21:19.04
or I want Thursday
or I want Wednesday.
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You can pick any day
but when you are connected
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to the God of creation,
He already picked the day.
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My wife and I,
May 22nd married 1983.
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That's a fact, I
can't change that.
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I was born July 30th,
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I can jump up
and down all I want,
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I can't change, that's a fact.
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I can say 'Happy birthday'
any other day of the week
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or 'Happy
Anniversary,' my wife will say,
00:21:45.77\00:21:47.24
"What are you talking about?
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May 22 is our anniversary."
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Now what if a husband year
after year after year would say
00:21:51.57\00:21:55.58
'Happy Anniversary' to
his wife on a wrong day.
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She'll say, "Honey, is there
somebody else in your life?"
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Or more specifically,
00:22:04.22\00:22:05.69
what if a man was
married to a lady for 29 years
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and that
anniversary was July 4th
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and all of a
sudden unfortunately,
00:22:12.26\00:22:13.76
his first wife passed
away and he married a new bride
00:22:13.80\00:22:16.97
and he said, "You know,
00:22:17.00\00:22:18.33
I've been honoring July
4th for the last 29 years.
00:22:18.37\00:22:24.11
And I know our wedding day
is October 2nd, would you mind?
00:22:24.14\00:22:29.01
Would you mind,
00:22:33.18\00:22:34.58
I know we've got
married on the October 2nd
00:22:34.62\00:22:36.48
but would you mind
if we just go ahead
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and observe July 4th?"
00:22:39.09\00:22:41.02
And she will say, "Honey,
that's a different woman."
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Amen.
00:22:44.16\00:22:45.99
It's not about a day alone,
it's about a relationship.
00:22:46.03\00:22:51.17
So when God said, "Remember
the Sabbath, to keep it holy."
00:22:51.20\00:22:53.20
You gotta keep in mind,
00:22:53.23\00:22:54.57
whatever God does
cannot be changed.
00:22:54.60\00:22:57.31
It has the connection
that you cannot find anywhere.
00:22:57.34\00:23:00.78
October 2nd connects
him to the new woman,
00:23:00.81\00:23:03.98
July 4th to the old woman.
00:23:04.01\00:23:05.78
The Sabbath to the true God,
00:23:05.81\00:23:07.52
any other day to the
false God, that's a fact.
00:23:07.55\00:23:12.45
Ecclesiastes 3:14,
notice, how the wise man,
00:23:12.49\00:23:15.76
Solomon conveys
the unchangeable nature
00:23:15.79\00:23:20.10
of whatever God blesses.
00:23:20.13\00:23:22.16
He says, "I know that
whatever God does, it shall be,
00:23:22.20\00:23:25.57
"For how long?
00:23:25.60\00:23:27.20
"Forever. Nothing," How much?
00:23:27.24\00:23:29.40
"Nothing can be added to
it, and nothing taken from it.
00:23:29.44\00:23:34.28
God does it, that men
should fear before God."
00:23:34.31\00:23:39.91
So when God created the Sabbath,
00:23:39.95\00:23:42.58
the bewildering
question that comes to my mind
00:23:42.62\00:23:45.15
whenever I sit down and study
with this topic with someone,
00:23:45.19\00:23:48.26
I've talked to pastors
00:23:48.29\00:23:49.62
of all different
kinds of denominations.
00:23:49.66\00:23:52.56
I've spoken to
the catholic pastor,
00:23:52.59\00:23:55.53
the catholic
priests, a Nazarene pastor
00:23:55.56\00:23:59.87
and a pentecostal pastor.
00:23:59.90\00:24:01.24
When I was a young man
00:24:01.27\00:24:02.60
and I was in the
world of partying,
00:24:02.64\00:24:03.97
gambling and pool hustling,
00:24:04.01\00:24:05.34
I tried to find a
day that I could honor,
00:24:05.37\00:24:10.85
still be saved and
still party anyhow.
00:24:10.88\00:24:14.25
Follow my story.
00:24:14.28\00:24:15.78
So I was so
connected to the club life,
00:24:15.82\00:24:17.69
to the partying
and the gambling,
00:24:17.72\00:24:19.05
the pool hustling,
the disc jockeying,
00:24:19.09\00:24:20.49
that had become the
fiber of my attraction
00:24:20.52\00:24:23.79
and so I
decided, well, you know,
00:24:23.83\00:24:25.19
I was raised to
honor the Sabbath
00:24:25.23\00:24:27.16
but if I could keep
another day and still be saved,
00:24:27.20\00:24:31.07
that'd be just fine.
00:24:31.10\00:24:32.47
So I went to a Nazarene
church on a Sunday morning
00:24:32.50\00:24:36.40
and I went to the youth
group, I was the young man,
00:24:36.44\00:24:38.27
I went to the youth
group and I got invited in
00:24:38.31\00:24:40.78
and as they were
having their Sunday School,
00:24:40.81\00:24:42.34
I asked the
Nazarene youth pastor,
00:24:42.38\00:24:44.38
I said, "Can I ask a question?"
00:24:44.41\00:24:46.78
He said, "Sure, go right ahead."
00:24:46.82\00:24:49.45
"Can you tell me
about the Bible Sabbath?"
00:24:49.48\00:24:53.46
He said, "Young
man, come with me."
00:24:53.49\00:24:55.69
"Sure, no problem."
00:24:55.72\00:24:57.09
He walked me from the class,
00:24:57.13\00:24:59.06
down the hallway, I
thought he was taking me
00:24:59.09\00:25:00.96
to where I could
get the information.
00:25:01.00\00:25:02.73
Across the
hallway, down the steps,
00:25:02.76\00:25:05.27
then we went to
the exit of the church,
00:25:05.30\00:25:06.63
down the church
steps and he said to me,
00:25:06.67\00:25:08.10
"Don't you ever
come back here again."
00:25:08.14\00:25:11.77
That's a fact.
00:25:11.81\00:25:13.41
I tried it again. I
went to a pentecostal pastor.
00:25:13.44\00:25:18.28
Big pentecostal church
right across the street
00:25:18.31\00:25:20.98
from where I lived in Brooklyn.
00:25:21.02\00:25:23.45
Church is packed every Sunday,
triple park, double parked.
00:25:23.49\00:25:26.39
They threw down every Sunday.
00:25:26.42\00:25:28.76
So I've thought, "This
bother ought to know something."
00:25:28.79\00:25:31.69
So I went to his
office as his massive office
00:25:31.73\00:25:33.73
was being remade,
I sat down, I said,
00:25:33.76\00:25:35.96
"Rim Reverend" got to call him,
00:25:36.00\00:25:40.44
only God is
reverend, come on, somebody.
00:25:40.47\00:25:42.97
So I said,
"Pastor, can you tell me?"
00:25:43.00\00:25:44.64
He said, "Come
on in here, my son."
00:25:44.67\00:25:47.94
You know how they sound.
00:25:47.98\00:25:49.31
I don't have no deep voice,
just deal with what I have.
00:25:49.34\00:25:53.75
Gave me all that, you
know, polysyllabic resonance
00:25:53.78\00:25:57.55
and I sat in his
office and I said,
00:25:57.59\00:25:59.19
"Can you tell me
about the Sabbath?"
00:25:59.22\00:26:00.62
And then he said to
me, to my surprise he said,
00:26:00.66\00:26:02.96
"Now I hope you're
not gonna tell me..."
00:26:02.99\00:26:04.69
He said, "That
Roman Emperor Constantine
00:26:04.73\00:26:07.33
began to change in 321 A.D."
00:26:07.36\00:26:10.60
And I leaned back,
I said, "You know?"
00:26:10.63\00:26:14.94
He said, "I'll be right back."
00:26:14.97\00:26:16.30
Forty eight minutes later,
00:26:16.34\00:26:18.37
he did not return
and I got up and left.
00:26:18.41\00:26:22.18
He shouldn't have
left 'cause next Sunday,
00:26:22.21\00:26:23.85
I put Sabbath
flowers on everybody's car.
00:26:23.88\00:26:29.52
Let me tell you something,
00:26:29.55\00:26:30.89
God cannot plant a
Bible study you never gave.
00:26:30.92\00:26:34.56
Whether you like
00:26:34.59\00:26:35.92
my action or
not, somebody gonna be
00:26:35.96\00:26:37.29
in the kingdom because of that.
00:26:37.33\00:26:38.66
Amen, somebody. Amen.
00:26:38.69\00:26:40.03
So I tried one more time.
I went to a catholic priest.
00:26:40.06\00:26:42.70
I knew him very well, he
had taken the young people,
00:26:42.73\00:26:45.03
even when I was young man,
he would take us to ice cream
00:26:45.07\00:26:47.60
every Sunday after their church
and since I knew him I said,
00:26:47.64\00:26:51.74
"Father Lawrence, I mean,
Father John, he was named John,
00:26:51.77\00:26:54.44
could you tell me
about the Sabbath?"
00:26:54.48\00:26:56.54
"Oh," he said,
very, very, very humble.
00:26:56.58\00:27:00.42
"Oh, yes, let me tell
you about the Sabbath."
00:27:00.45\00:27:03.42
He said to me,
00:27:03.45\00:27:04.95
"Well, you know, our
church was instrumental
00:27:04.99\00:27:07.32
in changing the
day and but as of now,
00:27:07.36\00:27:10.39
we're too far gone to go back."
00:27:10.43\00:27:13.53
The only one that
told me the truth.
00:27:13.56\00:27:17.07
So I said, "I got my evidence.
00:27:17.10\00:27:18.77
I got three reference points,
00:27:18.80\00:27:20.20
let me see what
God's words said about it."
00:27:20.24\00:27:22.20
And what I
discovered is the question
00:27:22.24\00:27:24.54
to why would the
Sabbath need to be changed?
00:27:24.57\00:27:27.94
And I discovered the only reason
00:27:27.98\00:27:29.68
the Sabbath was
attacked by Satan
00:27:29.71\00:27:33.18
is the very same reason
00:27:33.21\00:27:34.68
why the family is
also attacked by Satan.
00:27:34.72\00:27:39.25
Whatever God
blesses, Satan despises
00:27:39.29\00:27:42.52
but I want you to notice
how this change took place.
00:27:42.56\00:27:44.93
Go with me to
Genesis 3:1, you see in Eden,
00:27:44.96\00:27:49.16
Satan did not want Adam nor
Eve to listen to God's voice
00:27:49.20\00:27:53.97
and the same
thing is true today.
00:27:54.00\00:27:56.64
Let me say that again,
00:27:56.67\00:27:58.01
the same situation that
existed in the garden of Eden,
00:27:58.04\00:28:00.78
Satan was able to deceive Eve
00:28:00.81\00:28:03.04
because he got her to question
what God had already said.
00:28:03.08\00:28:07.25
Look at the story as it unfolds.
00:28:07.28\00:28:09.55
Genesis 3:1, the Bible says,
00:28:09.58\00:28:11.69
"Now the serpent was
more cunning or more subtle
00:28:11.72\00:28:14.86
than any beast of the field
which the LORD God had made.
00:28:14.89\00:28:19.09
And he said to the
woman, 'Has God indeed said,
00:28:19.13\00:28:22.63
'You shall not eat of
every tree of the garden?'
00:28:22.66\00:28:25.23
"Let me now, let
me break this down.
00:28:25.27\00:28:26.97
He said to the woman, the first
attack continues to this day,
00:28:27.00\00:28:30.44
he said to the
woman, "Has God said."
00:28:30.47\00:28:33.71
Follow this very carefully.
00:28:36.44\00:28:38.61
Today, he's
leading many to believe
00:28:38.65\00:28:41.85
that they can follow
what God hasn't said.
00:28:41.88\00:28:45.79
In other words, he said to Eve,
"I know what you think God said
00:28:45.82\00:28:51.36
but let's talk about
this for a little bit
00:28:51.39\00:28:53.26
because if we could
have this conversation,
00:28:53.29\00:28:55.36
I'm sure I can convince you
00:28:55.40\00:28:56.80
that what you think God
said is not what God said."
00:28:56.83\00:29:00.14
"Has God said."
00:29:00.17\00:29:02.24
And I would suggest you
today that the first attack
00:29:02.27\00:29:04.71
in the garden of Eden
is still going on today.
00:29:04.74\00:29:07.74
So being privy
to this, the Lord,
00:29:07.78\00:29:11.08
understanding that this
conversation was going on,
00:29:11.11\00:29:14.12
He inserted into
this interruptive process
00:29:14.15\00:29:17.59
of man's divinity as it were,
00:29:17.62\00:29:20.49
the perfect
character of God in man.
00:29:20.52\00:29:22.86
He inserted into
this conversation
00:29:22.89\00:29:24.76
something that cause God's
attention to be manifested.
00:29:24.79\00:29:28.63
Genesis 3:11.
00:29:28.66\00:29:31.77
Genesis 3:11 "And He said,"
00:29:31.80\00:29:36.44
That's the Lord
speaking to Adam,
00:29:36.47\00:29:39.07
"Who told you
that you were naked?
00:29:39.11\00:29:41.81
Have you eaten from the tree
00:29:41.84\00:29:43.95
of which I commanded you
that you should not eat?"
00:29:43.98\00:29:45.85
Now let's follow this
very carefully, this is huge.
00:29:45.88\00:29:47.68
Are you ready?
00:29:47.72\00:29:49.08
First of all, the
devil says, "Has God said."
00:29:49.12\00:29:52.45
In other words, "Are you
clear about what God has said."
00:29:52.49\00:29:56.16
Anybody not clear
about what God has said,
00:29:56.19\00:29:59.13
all the devil needs to
do is make a suggestion
00:29:59.16\00:30:02.83
and we swallow it.
00:30:02.86\00:30:04.97
Lord knew that. He
said, "Who told you?"
00:30:05.00\00:30:07.80
In other words, "if you had
not been listening to my word,
00:30:07.84\00:30:11.64
whose word have
you been listening to?
00:30:11.67\00:30:14.18
Who told you? Who told you?
00:30:14.21\00:30:17.31
Who told you that,
that I change what I said,
00:30:17.35\00:30:20.18
who told you that?"
00:30:20.22\00:30:22.88
He said, "Adam,
who told you that?
00:30:22.92\00:30:26.69
If you have not been listening
but even deeper than that,
00:30:26.72\00:30:32.33
who could get you
to ignore what I said?
00:30:32.36\00:30:35.63
But He went a step further that
when I was thinking about this
00:30:35.66\00:30:38.40
and mulling over and
praying over this message,
00:30:38.43\00:30:40.57
I thought to
myself, Lord, have mercy.
00:30:40.60\00:30:42.20
He did not just
ask Adam, who told you?
00:30:42.24\00:30:44.31
But He said to
Adam, "Have you eaten?"
00:30:44.34\00:30:47.91
In other words, have
you swallowed the lie
00:30:47.94\00:30:49.88
that you were just told.
00:30:49.91\00:30:51.45
And I would
suggest to you today that
00:30:51.48\00:30:53.58
so many have swallowed the
lie and there are two reasons,
00:30:53.62\00:30:56.69
one, there are those
that are in honest ignorance.
00:30:56.72\00:30:59.55
Amen, somebody. Amen.
00:30:59.59\00:31:01.12
They are living up
to all they know...
00:31:01.16\00:31:03.02
but times of
ignorance, God winks that.
00:31:06.13\00:31:08.83
But when the
knowledge comes to you
00:31:08.86\00:31:10.20
as it did to a young man,
00:31:10.23\00:31:11.73
I talked about this young man,
00:31:11.77\00:31:13.10
he was 72 years
young when I met him
00:31:13.13\00:31:17.21
and he listened to 3ABN
00:31:17.24\00:31:18.61
and I challenged
him to study the Sabbath
00:31:18.64\00:31:20.91
and go to his pastor
and find out what it taught
00:31:20.94\00:31:23.35
and then ask his pastor
and he showed up in my church
00:31:23.38\00:31:25.81
on Wednesday night and I asked,
00:31:25.85\00:31:27.42
trying to figure
out why he was there
00:31:27.45\00:31:28.98
and he says, "I'm here
because of what I saw on 3ABN."
00:31:29.02\00:31:31.65
And then he asked me
at 77, Sorene, his wife,
00:31:31.69\00:31:34.09
he was 79, his wife was 77.
00:31:34.12\00:31:36.66
He said, "How old is
too old to be baptized?"
00:31:36.69\00:31:40.16
I said, "Are you
breathing?" He said, "Yeah."
00:31:40.20\00:31:41.80
"You could be baptized."
00:31:41.83\00:31:44.13
And the thing that urged
him to come was he examined
00:31:44.17\00:31:47.40
what the Bible
taught about the Sabbath,
00:31:47.44\00:31:49.50
went to his pastor and said,
00:31:49.54\00:31:51.21
"Why is it as a
Nazarene, why is it..."
00:31:51.24\00:31:53.48
sorry, "As a presbyterian,
00:31:53.51\00:31:54.84
why is it that we don't
honor the Bible Sabbath?
00:31:54.88\00:31:57.48
His pastor said, "You've
got the problem, you fix it."
00:31:57.51\00:31:59.88
Amen
00:31:59.91\00:32:01.25
He said, "I'm going
to the Adventist church."
00:32:01.28\00:32:02.65
Amen, somebody. Amen
00:32:02.68\00:32:04.35
And he said to his pastor,
00:32:04.39\00:32:05.72
we had another person
that said that very same thing.
00:32:05.75\00:32:08.12
She said to her pastor,
00:32:08.16\00:32:09.49
"I am not leaving
because I don't love you.
00:32:09.52\00:32:12.93
But I love God's
truth even better."
00:32:12.96\00:32:15.76
And another man
by the name of Bud
00:32:15.80\00:32:20.80
who went to a church
not too far from our house,
00:32:20.84\00:32:22.94
when he left his church he said,
00:32:22.97\00:32:24.41
"I had a nice respectful
meeting with my pastor,"
00:32:24.44\00:32:27.18
and he said,
"Pastor, I want to tell you,
00:32:27.21\00:32:28.88
I have enjoyed all the
years that you have led me
00:32:28.91\00:32:33.28
and I've
strengthened my walk with Jesus.
00:32:33.31\00:32:36.28
But God is now
calling me to honor the truth,
00:32:36.32\00:32:38.62
so I'm leaving and I'm
going to keep God's Sabbath.
00:32:38.65\00:32:43.02
Since we don't do it here,
I want to be truthful to God
00:32:43.06\00:32:45.99
and I'm gonna honor
the Sabbath of God."
00:32:46.03\00:32:47.86
Amen, somebody. Amen.
00:32:47.90\00:32:49.86
The Lord said, "Who
told you? Have you eaten?"
00:32:49.90\00:32:52.73
But now let's look at how
diabolical this deception is.
00:32:52.77\00:32:55.97
I'm just gonna recite
three scriptures in the Bible
00:32:56.00\00:32:58.01
that you've heard before.
00:32:58.04\00:32:59.37
You may remember
Solomon when he said
00:32:59.41\00:33:01.08
in Ecclesiastes 12:1,
it's not on the screen,
00:33:01.11\00:33:03.21
he said,
"Remember now the creator
00:33:03.24\00:33:05.31
in the days of your youth."
00:33:05.35\00:33:07.28
Now let me ask you a question.
00:33:07.32\00:33:08.65
How many young...
00:33:08.68\00:33:10.02
Well, let me not
ask you the question.
00:33:10.05\00:33:11.39
Do you believe that young
people need to know Jesus?
00:33:11.42\00:33:14.66
Yes.
00:33:14.69\00:33:17.36
So nobody would
question that Solomon said,
00:33:17.39\00:33:19.83
"Remember now the
creator in the days of..."
00:33:19.86\00:33:22.33
Nobody's gonna question
that because young folk today,
00:33:22.36\00:33:24.73
the one thing they need,
00:33:24.77\00:33:26.10
the one person they
need in their lives is Jesus.
00:33:26.13\00:33:30.57
Now Dr. Luke comes
along and Luke 17:32
00:33:30.61\00:33:33.94
and he says these three
words, "Remember Lot's wife."
00:33:33.98\00:33:37.25
Now what's the message there?
00:33:37.28\00:33:38.78
In other words, when
God is leaving you out,
00:33:38.81\00:33:40.92
don't look back.
00:33:40.95\00:33:43.85
Is it important to
follow God and not look back
00:33:43.89\00:33:46.72
when He says don't look back.
00:33:46.76\00:33:48.09
Come on, somebody.
00:33:48.12\00:33:49.86
So Dr. Luke is fine,
00:33:49.89\00:33:51.86
everybody no matter
what the denomination
00:33:51.89\00:33:54.90
will quote Dr. Luke and said,
00:33:54.93\00:33:56.36
"Remember Lot's wife."
00:33:56.40\00:33:58.63
Everybody, no matter what
the denomination will say,
00:33:58.67\00:34:00.70
"Remember now the creator
in the days of thy youth."
00:34:00.74\00:34:04.07
Solomon said the first one.
Dr. Luke said the second one.
00:34:04.11\00:34:07.84
It is amazing to me
that everybody would agree
00:34:07.88\00:34:10.75
with Solomon and Dr. Luke
00:34:10.78\00:34:12.11
but not everybody
agrees to what God says.
00:34:12.15\00:34:15.45
You got preachers now
these days that will say,
00:34:15.48\00:34:17.49
"Remember what Solomon said.
00:34:17.52\00:34:19.09
Remember what Lot said
but forget what God said."
00:34:19.12\00:34:23.43
Is that not diabolical?
00:34:23.46\00:34:25.89
Is that not demonic?
00:34:25.93\00:34:29.36
Is that not amazing?
00:34:29.40\00:34:31.20
God is supreme above
everyone and what God has said,
00:34:31.23\00:34:37.07
men have said, "Forget it."
00:34:37.11\00:34:39.31
But many people fail to realize
00:34:44.21\00:34:45.55
what's really behind
the change of the Sabbath.
00:34:45.58\00:34:49.22
Many people fail to realize
and understand the gravity
00:34:49.25\00:34:51.62
behind the
importance of honoring the day
00:34:51.65\00:34:53.66
that connects us
to the living God.
00:34:53.69\00:34:56.29
But if you go back
with me to Isaiah 14:14,
00:34:56.32\00:34:59.03
you'll understand what's
behind this diabolical attack
00:34:59.06\00:35:03.13
on the institution
of God's perfection.
00:35:03.16\00:35:06.94
When Satan lost
that war in heaven,
00:35:06.97\00:35:09.87
he made every attempt to replace
00:35:09.90\00:35:12.31
what God had blessed
but notice the reason
00:35:12.34\00:35:15.08
why he made this push.
00:35:15.11\00:35:17.91
He says in Isaiah
14:14, notice he says,
00:35:17.95\00:35:21.22
"I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds,
00:35:21.25\00:35:24.22
"Together,
together, are you ready?
00:35:24.25\00:35:26.19
"I will be like the Most High."
00:35:26.22\00:35:31.26
So now, how has Satan almost
00:35:31.29\00:35:34.20
successfully
become like the Most High?
00:35:34.23\00:35:38.37
The two institutions
that God blessed before sin
00:35:38.40\00:35:41.07
entered the world have
almost become nigh obliterated.
00:35:41.10\00:35:45.71
Substitute for
marriage, we know what that is.
00:35:50.75\00:35:55.85
Substitute for the
Sabbath, we know what that is.
00:35:55.88\00:36:00.06
Substitute for the
Sabbath, pick any other day.
00:36:00.09\00:36:04.13
Substitute for
marriage, pick any other gender.
00:36:04.16\00:36:07.23
But I got an eternal
question for you tonight,
00:36:10.27\00:36:12.20
have you
accepted the substitutes?
00:36:12.23\00:36:17.04
Because
accepting the substitutes
00:36:17.07\00:36:18.64
is an eternal question.
00:36:18.67\00:36:20.04
Have you fallen
for the substitutes?
00:36:20.08\00:36:24.51
Have you
accepted the substitutes?
00:36:24.55\00:36:27.22
The substitutes
are not sufficient
00:36:27.25\00:36:29.38
and by the way,
00:36:29.42\00:36:31.39
this substitution did not
sneak upon God by accident.
00:36:31.42\00:36:35.12
God predicted that a
change in an attempt to replace
00:36:35.16\00:36:40.03
the Sabbath would be made.
00:36:40.06\00:36:41.40
It's not a shock to God,
00:36:41.43\00:36:42.76
here we are in
2,000 whatever it is,
00:36:42.80\00:36:44.63
I don't wanna date this program
but here we are in modern times
00:36:44.67\00:36:47.90
and the world around us
has embraced the substitutes
00:36:47.94\00:36:52.17
for what God has
the original for.
00:36:52.21\00:36:55.44
They've embraced it,
00:36:55.48\00:36:57.41
there are people
that are unashamed about,
00:36:57.45\00:37:00.78
I don't wanna get
to, I don't want to...
00:37:00.82\00:37:03.92
I wanna try to be kind
but I gotta be straight.
00:37:07.46\00:37:09.42
I want to be
straight and I got to be kind.
00:37:12.66\00:37:15.13
People nowadays don't hesitate,
00:37:18.40\00:37:20.64
I bought a suit
just the other day
00:37:20.67\00:37:23.14
and I was in a nice
clothing store here in London.
00:37:23.17\00:37:29.21
I mean, nice wool tweed
suit for the cooler weather
00:37:29.24\00:37:32.28
that's gonna be waiting for us
00:37:32.31\00:37:34.52
latter part of this year,
00:37:34.55\00:37:35.88
nice English cooked, beautiful.
00:37:35.92\00:37:40.02
Lovely,
00:37:40.06\00:37:43.06
smart
00:37:43.09\00:37:46.16
and the gentleman
that was suiting me up,
00:37:46.19\00:37:49.73
he said, "What's your name?"
00:37:49.76\00:37:51.27
And I told him, "My name is..."
00:37:51.30\00:37:52.63
"My partner's name is John.
We've been together 18 years."
00:37:52.67\00:37:58.17
I didn't need that information,
just help me with my suit.
00:37:58.21\00:38:04.15
But here's my point, no
disrespect, no disrespect.
00:38:04.18\00:38:07.68
You could choose
whatever direction you want,
00:38:07.72\00:38:10.92
that's the choice
God has given to you
00:38:10.95\00:38:12.29
but everybody
that makes a choice
00:38:12.32\00:38:13.66
has to be accountable for
the choice here she makes.
00:38:13.69\00:38:17.96
And I would suggest
to you that the reason
00:38:17.99\00:38:19.59
why he may have
made that choice is
00:38:19.63\00:38:21.30
because he hasn't
gotten all the information
00:38:21.33\00:38:24.27
about the truth
of God's word yet.
00:38:24.30\00:38:26.74
I still believe no
matter where you are,
00:38:26.77\00:38:28.34
as long as you are breathing
00:38:28.37\00:38:29.97
and God's Holy
Spirit is at work,
00:38:30.01\00:38:32.77
God can turn
anything and anybody around
00:38:32.81\00:38:36.91
and still save them.
00:38:36.95\00:38:38.71
Amen, church. Amen.
00:38:38.75\00:38:41.45
But he had no problem
telling me about the substitute.
00:38:41.48\00:38:45.39
Very nice, gentleman.
00:38:45.42\00:38:46.92
Hook me up real well,
00:38:46.96\00:38:48.66
I didn't feel the
need to condemn him
00:38:48.69\00:38:50.03
but I thought about this,
00:38:50.06\00:38:51.39
I need to pray
for this individual
00:38:51.43\00:38:53.83
and I know what
that's all about.
00:38:53.86\00:38:56.50
Got a family member
00:38:56.53\00:38:57.87
that's going down the same path.
00:38:57.90\00:38:59.23
What we have to
realize is there is no path
00:38:59.27\00:39:01.90
you can go down that
God can't save you from.
00:39:01.94\00:39:04.47
Amen.
00:39:04.51\00:39:05.84
There's no special sin,
there is no categorical sin
00:39:05.87\00:39:08.51
that is
different from any other.
00:39:08.54\00:39:10.05
It's just the
world in which we live,
00:39:10.08\00:39:11.58
we have given
preference to certain sins
00:39:11.61\00:39:13.95
and we've looked down on others.
00:39:13.98\00:39:15.38
There is no difference
between that sin and promiscuity
00:39:15.42\00:39:18.42
and pornography, come
on, somebody say, amen.
00:39:18.45\00:39:20.69
No difference but
we've just categorized
00:39:20.72\00:39:22.52
that given one legal standing.
00:39:22.56\00:39:27.10
But just because it's legal,
don't mean it's righteous.
00:39:27.13\00:39:31.63
God did not get
snuck up on by the devil.
00:39:31.67\00:39:33.87
Look at Daniel 7:25, I
gotta move with rapidity.
00:39:33.90\00:39:38.54
The Lord knew
that this would come,
00:39:38.57\00:39:40.11
so the
substitutes that exist today,
00:39:40.14\00:39:42.14
God knew that sinful
man would try to substitute
00:39:42.18\00:39:45.15
everything that's righteous.
00:39:45.18\00:39:46.58
Daniel 7:25,
00:39:46.61\00:39:48.08
speaking about the
fourth kingdom on the earth,
00:39:48.12\00:39:49.78
the Lord said,
00:39:49.82\00:39:51.15
"And he shall speak
great words against the, " Who?
00:39:51.19\00:39:53.56
"Most High."
00:39:53.59\00:39:54.92
Remember Satan said, "I
will be like the most High."
00:39:54.96\00:39:57.26
But this power will
speak against the most High,
00:39:57.29\00:39:59.13
"Shall wear out the
saints of the most High,
00:39:59.16\00:40:01.40
" persecute God's people,
"And think to change," What?
00:40:01.43\00:40:04.47
"Times and laws and they
shall be given into his hands
00:40:04.50\00:40:08.50
until a time and times
and the dividing of time."
00:40:08.54\00:40:10.81
In other words,
00:40:10.84\00:40:12.17
this period of persecution
for the people of God,
00:40:12.21\00:40:14.34
the focal point of
this text is the Sabbath
00:40:14.38\00:40:17.31
is all about times and laws.
00:40:17.35\00:40:21.68
The Lord knew that
this change would come,
00:40:21.72\00:40:23.08
it's no surprise to God,
00:40:23.12\00:40:24.75
so the question is why
is the Sabbath so important?
00:40:24.79\00:40:27.86
Why is this day
so vitally important?
00:40:27.89\00:40:29.82
Some people say,
"What's the big deal?
00:40:29.86\00:40:31.73
I've got this day..."
00:40:31.76\00:40:33.09
Like one preacher
said to me as I remember
00:40:33.13\00:40:35.16
preaching up a
number of years ago
00:40:35.20\00:40:36.67
when I was a
young man, I told you,
00:40:36.70\00:40:38.67
I used to have
black hair at one time.
00:40:38.70\00:40:42.10
Had a whole lot
more energy at one time,
00:40:42.14\00:40:44.67
I want to just say, praise God.
00:40:44.71\00:40:46.21
He has given me energy
that I didn't even know I have
00:40:46.24\00:40:48.91
because this
series has taken me back
00:40:48.94\00:40:52.58
to the thing I love, evangelism.
00:40:52.61\00:40:58.32
Got a letter from a
pastor once who said to me
00:40:58.35\00:41:00.42
when one of his older members,
I preached about the Sabbath,
00:41:00.46\00:41:02.66
this lady was 81-years-old
and we were in a small town
00:41:02.69\00:41:04.99
where everybody
knew everybody's car.
00:41:05.03\00:41:07.83
If you've got a red car...
00:41:07.86\00:41:09.30
If your was parked at
some place it shouldn't be,
00:41:09.33\00:41:11.23
everybody would know about it.
00:41:11.27\00:41:13.44
So one Sabbath,
this older lady's car
00:41:13.47\00:41:15.10
was parked in front of my church
00:41:15.14\00:41:16.47
after she heard
the Sabbath message
00:41:16.50\00:41:18.04
and she came to
the Adventist church
00:41:18.07\00:41:19.41
and we had a
small little church,
00:41:19.44\00:41:20.78
I talked about
that a few nights ago
00:41:20.81\00:41:23.35
and she called me
one evening and she said,
00:41:23.38\00:41:24.75
"Pastor John, I
know the Sabbath is true.
00:41:24.78\00:41:28.88
I want to honor the
Sabbath but my pastor
00:41:28.92\00:41:32.09
and one of the
elders of the church
00:41:32.12\00:41:33.66
have turned up the heat on me
00:41:33.69\00:41:35.56
because I've got the money
00:41:35.59\00:41:37.09
for the new
church they wanna build
00:41:37.13\00:41:38.73
and it is so
difficult I cannot return."
00:41:38.76\00:41:42.53
And then that pastor
proceeded to write me a letter.
00:41:42.56\00:41:45.77
Now I'm from New York.
00:41:45.80\00:41:47.14
I could tell a
threat when I get one.
00:41:47.17\00:41:49.54
So he wrote me a
letter and he says,
00:41:49.57\00:41:51.97
"I have my scriptures
to backup my view points,
00:41:52.01\00:41:55.64
you've got your scriptures
to backup your view points,"
00:41:55.68\00:41:58.88
and then he said to me,
sound like a threat, he said,
00:41:58.91\00:42:00.88
"For the sake of our
community and your church,
00:42:00.92\00:42:03.75
please
reconsider your position."
00:42:03.79\00:42:06.99
So I made an
appointment with him.
00:42:07.02\00:42:08.82
I'm from
Brooklyn. I'm from New York.
00:42:08.86\00:42:12.73
You don't threaten me and
get away with that, uh-huh.
00:42:12.76\00:42:15.43
So I waited till he
came back and he came back
00:42:15.46\00:42:17.07
and I was respectful,
tried to sound like a pastor
00:42:17.10\00:42:19.20
all young and no
wrinkles and jet black hair,
00:42:19.23\00:42:22.30
tried to look ecclesiastical.
00:42:22.34\00:42:24.91
This aged man looked
like a grandfather to me
00:42:24.94\00:42:27.38
and I've met him in
his office and he said,
00:42:27.41\00:42:29.08
"I hear you got my letter."
00:42:29.11\00:42:30.55
I said, "I did get your letter
but let me suggest to you,
00:42:30.58\00:42:33.58
"I was a young zealot.
00:42:33.62\00:42:35.12
"Let me suggest to you, pastor,
why don't we have a discussion?
00:42:35.15\00:42:39.89
Why don't you invite me
to your massive church?"
00:42:39.92\00:42:41.79
I said, "To your church."
00:42:41.82\00:42:43.16
I'm using the word
massive to give you an adjective
00:42:43.19\00:42:44.83
to show you how excited I was as
00:42:44.86\00:42:47.06
"Why don't you
invite me to your church?
00:42:47.10\00:42:48.90
I'll sit on the
rostrum, you sit on the rostrum,
00:42:48.93\00:42:51.10
have your
congregants question us.
00:42:51.13\00:42:53.27
Let us both
answer from God's word
00:42:53.30\00:42:55.17
and let them decide
who's telling the truth."
00:42:55.20\00:42:59.24
He said, "No, there
will be no need for that."
00:42:59.27\00:43:02.58
I've figured and then I
said in a respectful way,
00:43:02.61\00:43:06.72
"So don't ever threaten me again
00:43:06.75\00:43:08.98
'cause I'm gonna tell the truth
00:43:09.02\00:43:10.35
as long as God
gives me the breath."
00:43:10.39\00:43:11.72
Amen
00:43:11.75\00:43:13.29
But why is the
Sabbath is so important?
00:43:13.32\00:43:14.66
Ezekiel 20:12.
00:43:14.69\00:43:16.93
The Bible says, "Moreover
I also gave them My Sabbaths,
00:43:16.96\00:43:19.73
to be a sign
between them and Me,
00:43:19.76\00:43:22.26
that they might know
00:43:22.30\00:43:23.63
that I am the LORD
who sanctifies them."
00:43:23.67\00:43:26.03
The Sabbath is a
sign of sanctification.
00:43:26.07\00:43:28.70
Let me make it clear,
00:43:28.74\00:43:30.07
if you still got
Adam's seed in your life,
00:43:30.11\00:43:31.94
you don't need the
Sabbath, you'd first need Jesus
00:43:31.97\00:43:35.08
'cause you're not gonna
be saved by keeping a day
00:43:35.11\00:43:37.25
unless you have a
connection with Jesus.
00:43:37.28\00:43:38.98
Amen.
00:43:39.01\00:43:40.35
You can come to
church on Sabbath
00:43:40.38\00:43:41.72
or you won't
unless you're born again
00:43:41.75\00:43:43.59
and it ain't
gonna make a difference.
00:43:43.62\00:43:45.62
You can be a vegan.
00:43:45.65\00:43:47.96
If you don't know
Jesus, you better look out
00:43:47.99\00:43:49.89
because they tell
me vegetables go up
00:43:49.92\00:43:51.39
real quickly in the flame.
00:43:51.43\00:43:52.76
My point is this, don't
get the cart before the horse.
00:43:57.03\00:44:00.77
Some people think
that Sabbath is the reason
00:44:00.80\00:44:02.50
you're gonna be saved.
00:44:02.54\00:44:03.87
No, the Sabbath is a
sign of sanctification
00:44:03.91\00:44:05.94
that you
recognize who your God is,
00:44:05.97\00:44:10.18
but the day can't change you,
it's the man that changes you.
00:44:10.21\00:44:13.21
When you are in a
saving relationship,
00:44:13.25\00:44:15.58
you spend time
with the man on his day.
00:44:15.62\00:44:20.86
And that can't
happen any other day
00:44:20.89\00:44:22.22
because there are no other days
blessed except the Sabbath day.
00:44:22.26\00:44:27.30
Not only that, Ezekiel
20:20, notice what it says,
00:44:27.33\00:44:30.37
"Hallow My Sabbaths,
and they will be a sign
00:44:30.40\00:44:32.77
between Me and you,
00:44:32.80\00:44:34.24
that you may know that
I am the LORD your God."
00:44:34.27\00:44:38.04
That you might know, it does
matter what day of the week,
00:44:38.07\00:44:41.68
don't get them mixed up.
00:44:41.71\00:44:44.38
Very quick analogy,
let's go to Luke 23:52-54,
00:44:44.41\00:44:48.38
at this point
people are wondering,
00:44:48.42\00:44:49.75
well, now,
pastor, how do we know
00:44:49.78\00:44:52.42
that the calendar
haven't been changed?
00:44:52.45\00:44:54.92
I mean, how do you know?
00:44:54.96\00:44:56.29
I mean, it's been so
many thousands of years,
00:44:56.32\00:44:58.19
how would we know that
00:44:58.23\00:44:59.56
the calendar
hasn't been changed?
00:44:59.59\00:45:01.66
Well, I made a phone call today,
00:45:01.70\00:45:03.33
down to the front desk
00:45:03.37\00:45:04.87
at the hotel
where we're staying.
00:45:04.90\00:45:06.23
Thank you for the wonderful
Accommodation Cliveden.
00:45:06.27\00:45:07.77
Praise the Lord.
00:45:07.80\00:45:10.34
I heard some of
our other brother
00:45:10.37\00:45:11.71
who are not so
blessed to be at Cliveden.
00:45:11.74\00:45:13.81
Praise God from
whom all blessings flow.
00:45:17.98\00:45:21.45
But I called the front
desk and I asked the question,
00:45:21.48\00:45:23.05
just so I could be in contact,
00:45:23.08\00:45:24.42
so I said to the
lady at the front desk,
00:45:24.45\00:45:25.79
"Can you tell me what
the last day of the week
00:45:25.82\00:45:28.36
is on your calendar in England?"
00:45:28.39\00:45:30.63
She said, "Oh,
that's easy. It's Sunday."
00:45:30.66\00:45:32.66
"No."
00:45:32.69\00:45:34.03
I said, "Now let
me ask you a question.
00:45:34.06\00:45:35.40
What's the first day of
the week on your calendar?"
00:45:35.43\00:45:39.20
She said, "It's Monday."
00:45:39.23\00:45:42.80
She said the first
day on the calendar
00:45:42.84\00:45:45.41
in England is Monday.
00:45:45.44\00:45:47.14
You follow that
through the last day,
00:45:47.18\00:45:48.91
the seventh day
end up being Sunday.
00:45:48.94\00:45:51.65
I said, "Thank you."
00:45:51.68\00:45:53.01
But the Bible
makes it abundantly clear
00:45:56.02\00:45:57.59
how we cannot get
the days mixed up.
00:45:57.62\00:45:59.75
Luke 23:52-54,
00:45:59.79\00:46:01.89
let's go quickly
now, let's go quickly.
00:46:01.92\00:46:05.03
Let's see how the
Bible answers the question.
00:46:05.06\00:46:07.90
Luke 23:52, speaking of
the crucifixion of Jesus,
00:46:07.93\00:46:11.90
the Bible says speaking
about the removal of the body,
00:46:11.93\00:46:14.30
"This man went to Pilate
00:46:14.34\00:46:16.81
and asked for the body of Jesus.
00:46:16.84\00:46:18.51
Then he took it
down, wrapped it in linen,
00:46:18.54\00:46:21.14
and laid it in a tomb
that was hewn out of the rock,
00:46:21.18\00:46:24.01
where no one had
ever lain before."
00:46:24.05\00:46:27.28
That day was the
what? Preparation.
00:46:27.32\00:46:29.65
Preparation and
the Sabbath what?
00:46:29.68\00:46:31.05
Jew near,
00:46:31.09\00:46:32.42
in other words, the
day that Jesus was taken
00:46:32.45\00:46:34.59
from the Cross was the
day before the Sabbath.
00:46:34.62\00:46:38.79
It was called the
preparation, what was it called?
00:46:38.83\00:46:40.86
The preparation. Let's
look at verse 55 and 56.
00:46:40.90\00:46:44.73
"And the women
who had come with Him
00:46:44.77\00:46:46.17
from Galilee followed after,
00:46:46.20\00:46:48.14
and they observed the
tomb and how His body was laid.
00:46:48.17\00:46:51.44
So they returned and prepared
spices and fragrant oils.
00:46:51.47\00:46:54.61
And they rested on the
Sabbath according to the," What?
00:46:54.64\00:46:57.28
Commandment. "Commandment."
00:46:57.31\00:46:58.65
Now here's a few points.
00:46:58.68\00:47:01.12
Preparation day, the day
that Jesus is in the tomb,
00:47:01.15\00:47:04.85
the Sabbath, and
those who followed Him
00:47:04.89\00:47:07.76
after His death
00:47:07.79\00:47:09.82
rested on the Sabbath
00:47:09.86\00:47:11.33
according to the commandment.
00:47:11.36\00:47:13.90
Which commandment?
The fourth commandment.
00:47:13.93\00:47:15.86
'Remember the
Sabbath, to keep it holy.'
00:47:15.90\00:47:18.10
If anybody knew whether or not
00:47:18.13\00:47:19.80
the Sabbath was obliterated,
00:47:19.83\00:47:21.67
His followers would have known.
00:47:21.70\00:47:24.61
Let's finish the
story, Luke 24:1.
00:47:24.64\00:47:28.98
"Now on the
first day of the week,
00:47:29.01\00:47:30.35
very early in the morning, they,
00:47:30.38\00:47:31.71
and certain
other women with them,
00:47:31.75\00:47:33.78
came to the tomb
bringing the spices
00:47:33.82\00:47:36.02
which they had prepared.
00:47:36.05\00:47:37.39
But they found the stone
rolled away from the tomb."
00:47:37.42\00:47:40.46
Now, we've got three days.
00:47:40.49\00:47:43.02
How many days that I say? Three.
00:47:43.06\00:47:45.46
I need three
people, I need my wife.
00:47:45.49\00:47:47.40
Come on, honey.
And I need two men.
00:47:47.43\00:47:49.53
You're one, you could be
the other one, come on up.
00:47:49.56\00:47:52.07
Don't waste my time now,
00:47:52.10\00:47:54.24
quick now, run,
00:47:54.27\00:47:57.91
come here so, yes, me dear.
00:47:57.94\00:48:01.38
All right...
00:48:01.41\00:48:03.78
you know, me sweet... you know.
00:48:03.81\00:48:07.82
Okay,
sweetheart, right over there.
00:48:07.85\00:48:09.78
Wait, no, right now
you're gonna be the Sabbath.
00:48:09.82\00:48:12.95
Make the pretty one the Sabbath,
00:48:12.99\00:48:15.69
no offence, my brother.
00:48:15.72\00:48:18.43
Preparation day,
00:48:18.46\00:48:20.96
Jesus was taken
down on this day,
00:48:21.00\00:48:23.73
this the preparation day
and the Sabbath comes up next.
00:48:23.77\00:48:28.07
Jesus is in the
tomb on this day,
00:48:28.10\00:48:30.77
the women rest on this day,
00:48:30.81\00:48:35.38
according to the commandment
00:48:35.41\00:48:37.05
which is still in
force after He dies.
00:48:37.08\00:48:40.38
His followers knew that,
00:48:40.42\00:48:41.75
that's why they
honored that day.
00:48:41.78\00:48:43.59
Then all of a sudden, they
come to the tomb on this day
00:48:43.62\00:48:48.22
and Jesus is gone.
00:48:48.26\00:48:50.93
Today, this is
called in Christendom,
00:48:50.96\00:48:54.26
Good Friday,
00:48:54.30\00:48:58.07
Holy Sabbath and Easter Sunday.
00:48:58.10\00:49:02.40
Now, brethren,
00:49:02.44\00:49:04.17
I cannot afford to
get these days mixed up
00:49:04.21\00:49:06.94
'cause I can't just take
00:49:06.98\00:49:08.31
any one of these
people home and say,
00:49:08.34\00:49:09.68
"There, that's my wife."
00:49:09.71\00:49:11.05
Amen, somebody.
00:49:15.52\00:49:18.05
I better not get it mixed up,
00:49:18.09\00:49:20.72
the world has made no difference
00:49:20.76\00:49:22.09
between one and the other.
00:49:22.12\00:49:23.46
I better know the difference,
I need five more people.
00:49:23.49\00:49:27.53
I need four more
people, hurry up, four more men.
00:49:27.56\00:49:28.90
Come on.
00:49:28.93\00:49:30.27
Come on, you my
brother, I need four more men.
00:49:30.30\00:49:31.63
Move.
00:49:31.67\00:49:33.00
Come on, elder,
come on, you too, quick.
00:49:33.03\00:49:34.87
Run, brother, run.
00:49:34.90\00:49:36.50
I need one more, come on,
come on, my brother, pianist.
00:49:36.54\00:49:39.34
Honey, go right
down at the edge,
00:49:39.37\00:49:41.21
my wife is right there,
00:49:41.24\00:49:42.58
everybody fill in the middle,
come on, get in there, get in,
00:49:42.61\00:49:45.41
it doesn't matter
what order you're in
00:49:45.45\00:49:46.78
because I know who my wife is.
00:49:46.82\00:49:48.82
No matter...
00:49:48.85\00:49:50.19
All way down here, okay,
okay, great, great, okay, great,
00:49:50.22\00:49:52.75
okay, great.
00:49:52.79\00:49:55.66
First day, say this, first day.
00:49:55.69\00:49:57.03
First Day.
00:49:57.06\00:49:59.39
God separated the
darkness from the light.
00:49:59.43\00:50:01.86
Second day, second
day, right? Second day.
00:50:01.90\00:50:05.33
He created the firmament,
the heavens above the earth.
00:50:05.37\00:50:08.04
Third day, He created the trees,
00:50:08.07\00:50:10.87
the fruits, the grass.
00:50:10.91\00:50:12.67
Fourth day, He
created the sun, moon,
00:50:12.71\00:50:15.84
stars for seasons and times.
00:50:15.88\00:50:18.38
Fifth day, God
created all the sea creatures,
00:50:18.41\00:50:21.68
everything that's
living in the sea.
00:50:21.72\00:50:23.69
Sixth day, God
created all the land animals.
00:50:23.72\00:50:27.56
Seventh day, God did
the most beautiful thing,
00:50:27.59\00:50:30.99
He blessed and sanctified
00:50:31.03\00:50:34.03
and hallowed the
Sabbath, hallelujah.
00:50:34.06\00:50:40.64
I'm not done
yet, I'm not done yet.
00:50:40.67\00:50:44.07
The world makes no difference
between men and women.
00:50:44.11\00:50:49.34
The world makes no
difference between the first day
00:50:49.38\00:50:52.48
and the seventh day,
they are a long way apart.
00:50:52.51\00:50:59.02
We cannot afford to
not know the difference.
00:50:59.05\00:51:04.03
I will say
again, I cannot afford
00:51:04.06\00:51:06.76
to not know the difference.
00:51:06.80\00:51:08.13
Come on, somebody, say amen.
00:51:08.16\00:51:10.17
First day, second day,
00:51:10.20\00:51:11.67
third day,
fourth day, fifth day,
00:51:11.70\00:51:13.50
sixth day, seventh day.
00:51:13.54\00:51:15.60
Brethren, you can
go back to your seats,
00:51:15.64\00:51:16.97
I'm gonna keep
the Sabbath, amen.
00:51:17.01\00:51:19.97
Amen, hallelujah.
00:51:20.01\00:51:22.84
I'm gonna keep the Sabbath.
00:51:22.88\00:51:24.21
I'm gonna keep
the Sabbath no matter
00:51:29.15\00:51:31.15
who tries to get me
to change my mind, amen.
00:51:31.19\00:51:36.29
That's what it is, it's
only one day God blessed.
00:51:36.32\00:51:40.40
Don't get caught
in the substitutes
00:51:40.43\00:51:44.27
and I'm gonna tell you as I...
00:51:44.30\00:51:45.63
I'm gonna invite
Reggie and Layde,
00:51:45.67\00:51:47.00
where are my singers?
00:51:47.04\00:51:48.37
I'm gonna invite
brother Tim to come on down
00:51:48.40\00:51:49.90
because tonight,
00:51:49.94\00:51:51.57
as the people of God,
we are called to go back.
00:51:51.61\00:51:55.51
The Lord says, I'm
gonna bring that text up
00:51:55.54\00:51:57.21
but the Lord is
telling us in these last days,
00:51:57.25\00:51:59.05
go to Revelation,
the very last text,
00:51:59.08\00:52:00.62
the Lord is saying,
00:52:00.65\00:52:01.98
that this is the
day that God is saying,
00:52:02.02\00:52:04.32
"Fear God and give glory to Him
00:52:04.35\00:52:06.86
for the hour of
His judgment is come
00:52:06.89\00:52:10.59
and worship Him that made
the heavens and the earth,
00:52:10.63\00:52:13.29
the sea and the
springs of water."
00:52:13.33\00:52:14.73
God is saying, "They
that shall be of thee
00:52:14.76\00:52:16.90
shall build up
the old waste places."
00:52:16.93\00:52:19.37
We'll raise up the
foundations of many generations,
00:52:19.40\00:52:21.60
we are called, to be
called repairers of the breach,
00:52:21.64\00:52:25.21
restores the
paths to dwell on how.
00:52:25.24\00:52:28.24
We gotta call the
Sabbath a delight,
00:52:28.28\00:52:30.18
except no substitutes.
00:52:30.21\00:52:31.55
Come on,
somebody say, except what?
00:52:31.58\00:52:33.11
No substitutes. No substitutes.
00:52:33.15\00:52:34.82
That Sabbath was
kept in creation.
00:52:34.85\00:52:37.35
It was kept in
the Old Testament,
00:52:37.39\00:52:39.02
the New
Testament by the disciples,
00:52:39.05\00:52:41.66
by the apostles, by Jesus,
00:52:41.69\00:52:45.09
the New Testament church
00:52:45.13\00:52:46.46
but when the
dark ages came around,
00:52:46.49\00:52:48.53
Rome tried to obliterate
it and it almost lost itself
00:52:48.56\00:52:51.77
during the dark
ages but thank God
00:52:51.80\00:52:53.54
for the Protestant reformation.
00:52:53.57\00:52:55.07
Amen.
00:52:55.10\00:52:56.44
During that dark time,
God preserved the Sabbath
00:52:56.47\00:52:59.01
and then
somewhere along the way,
00:52:59.04\00:53:00.48
a group of people came into
existence called Adventists.
00:53:00.51\00:53:02.98
Amen.
00:53:03.01\00:53:04.35
Later be known
Seventh day Adventists
00:53:04.38\00:53:06.45
and their messages are
named, their name is a message.
00:53:06.48\00:53:09.68
Those who are looking forward
to the second coming of Jesus
00:53:09.72\00:53:12.49
and will say to the world,
00:53:12.52\00:53:13.86
we recognize the God of
creation and redemption.
00:53:13.89\00:53:17.13
Reggie and Layde, come and
sing this song for me tonight.
00:53:17.16\00:53:19.66
As they sing, "Remember
the Sabbath to keep it Holy."
00:53:19.69\00:53:24.20
Sorry, "I will serve
thee because I love thee."
00:53:24.23\00:53:26.84
Amen.
00:53:26.87\00:53:28.20
Tonight, as they sing this song,
00:53:28.24\00:53:30.01
if there is
somebody here tonight
00:53:30.04\00:53:31.37
that remembers the only reason
00:53:31.41\00:53:33.68
God is calling you to serve Him
00:53:33.71\00:53:35.74
and honor the Sabbath
is because you love Him.
00:53:35.78\00:53:38.15
Anybody here
tonight that loves the Lord.
00:53:38.18\00:53:40.22
Now I'm gonna get pointed,
00:53:40.25\00:53:41.58
go ahead and
sing some of that song
00:53:41.62\00:53:42.95
and if we go off the
air singing that song,
00:53:42.98\00:53:44.32
that'd be just fine
because we're gonna keep going.
00:53:44.35\00:53:46.55
As this song is
being sung tonight,
00:53:46.59\00:53:47.92
I want your heads to be
bowed, your eyes to be closed
00:53:47.96\00:53:50.06
because tonight God is gonna
break the chains of tradition.
00:53:50.09\00:53:53.76
God wants you to come back
to the honoring of His word,
00:53:53.80\00:53:56.83
the only reason you come
back is because you love Him.
00:53:56.87\00:53:59.67
Sing that song.
00:53:59.70\00:54:01.04
I will serve Thee
00:54:01.07\00:54:04.87
because I love Thee
00:54:04.91\00:54:11.65
You have
00:54:11.68\00:54:13.48
given life
00:54:13.52\00:54:18.82
to me.
00:54:18.85\00:54:21.46
I was nothing
00:54:24.66\00:54:27.60
before You found me,
00:54:30.43\00:54:35.44
You have
00:54:38.87\00:54:40.21
given life
00:54:40.24\00:54:45.81
to me.
00:54:45.85\00:54:47.18
Heartaches,
00:54:50.52\00:54:53.92
broken pieces,
00:54:57.03\00:55:00.50
Ruined lives
00:55:04.23\00:55:07.24
are why
00:55:07.27\00:55:09.04
You died on
00:55:09.07\00:55:13.74
Calvary.
00:55:13.78\00:55:17.15
Your touch
00:55:17.18\00:55:21.85
is what I long for,
00:55:21.88\00:55:26.49
Lord, You've
00:55:29.12\00:55:30.93
given life
00:55:30.96\00:55:37.37
to me.
00:55:37.40\00:55:39.60
I will serve Thee
00:55:43.74\00:55:50.25
because I love Thee
00:55:50.28\00:55:57.02
You have
00:55:57.05\00:55:59.02
given life
00:55:59.05\00:56:03.86
to me.
00:56:03.89\00:56:06.76
I was nothing
00:56:11.30\00:56:16.91
before You found me,
00:56:16.94\00:56:23.61
You have
00:56:23.65\00:56:25.85
given life
00:56:25.88\00:56:30.69
to me.
00:56:30.72\00:56:33.76
Heartaches,
00:56:39.09\00:56:44.00
broken pieces,
00:56:44.03\00:56:50.67
Ruined lives
00:56:50.71\00:56:55.31
are why You died
00:56:55.34\00:57:00.68
on Calvary.
00:57:00.72\00:57:05.42
Your touch
00:57:05.45\00:57:09.62
was what I
00:57:09.66\00:57:13.06
longed for,
00:57:13.09\00:57:17.90
You have
00:57:17.93\00:57:20.14
given life
00:57:20.17\00:57:26.11
to me.
00:57:26.14\00:57:30.15
Let me tell you
friends, you'll never get lost.
00:57:34.55\00:57:37.29
You will never be
lost by following Jesus
00:57:37.32\00:57:40.56
and His example.
00:57:40.59\00:57:41.92