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01:02 THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU
01:03 BY THE FRIENDS OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:09 IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, 01:12 YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN 01:13 A SHARP-LOOKING SENTINEL 01:15 GUARDING THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. 01:18 EVERY DETAIL OF THIS HONOR GUARD SERVICE 01:21 IS FLAWLESSLY EXECUTED. 01:23 AND IT'S FILLED WITH SYMBOLISM TOO. 01:25 ONLY A FRACTION OF SOLDIERS WHO TRY OUT 01:28 FOR THIS POSITION ARE ACCEPTED. 01:30 CANDIDATES MUST MEET STRICT QUALIFICATIONS 01:34 AND PASS BOTH WRITTEN AND PROFICIENCY TESTS. 01:37 THOSE WHO MAKE THE CUT 01:39 ARE HELD TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD. 01:41 THE GUARDS WHICH ARE CHANGED EVERY 30 MINUTES IN THE SUMMER 01:45 AND EVERY HOUR IN THE WINTER 01:47 HAVE BEEN PATROLLING THE TOMB 24 HOURS A DAY, 01:50 365 DAYS A YEAR, 01:53 CONTINUOUSLY SINCE APRIL 6, 1948, 01:57 IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER INCLUDING HURRICANES. 02:00 FOR THEM, GUARDING THE TOMB IS NOT JUST AN ASSIGNMENT. 02:04 IT'S THE HIGHEST HONOR A SERVICEPERSON CAN RECEIVE. 02:08 DID YOU KNOW THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT GOD HAS A MEMORIAL 02:12 TO BE REMEMBERED IN HIS WORD? 02:14 IT'S FOUND IN THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. 02:16 AND IT MEMORIALIZES GOD'S CREATIVE 02:18 AND SANCTIFYING POWER, 02:20 HONORING HIM AS OUR CREATOR AND REDEEMER. 02:23 LET'S TAKE A FEW MINUTES NOW AND EXPLORE FROM THE BIBLE 02:26 THIS MEMORIAL FOUND IN GOD'S WORD. 02:32 TONIGHT, OUR PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE DEALING 02:34 WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE 144,000 AND THE SEAL OF GOD. 02:39 LET'S START WITH THE 144,000 IN CHAPTER 7 OF REVELATION 02:44 AND YOU CAN BEGIN WITH VERSE 1, CHAPTER 7, VERSE 1, 02:47 "AFTER THESE THINGS I SAW FOUR ANGELS 02:51 HOLDING THE FOUR WINDS OF THE EARTH, 02:53 THAT THE WIND SHOULD NOT BLOW ON THE EARTH, 02:56 OR THE SEA, OR ANY TREE." UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS, 02:59 IT'S GOING TO BLOW EVENTUALLY. 03:01 THOSE WINDS OF STRIFE ARE REALLY... 03:03 THEY'RE KIND OF SUMMARIZED IN THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES. 03:07 "THEN I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL ASCENDING FROM THE EAST, 03:10 HAVING THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD. 03:13 AND HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE... 03:15 SAYING, 'DO NOT HARM THE EARTH, 03:17 OR THE SEA, OR THE TREES 03:20 TILL WE HAVE SEALED THE SERVANTS OF OUR GOD 03:23 ON THEIR FOREHEADS.'" 03:25 AND, SORT OF, WITH THAT AS AN INTRODUCTION, 03:26 LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS NOW 03:29 THAT TALK ABOUT THE 144,000 AND THE SEAL OF GOD. 03:33 FIRST QUESTION, SO WHAT IS THE SEAL OF GOD? 03:37 IT SAYS THERE IN EPHESIANS 4:30, 03:38 "DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, 03:40 WHEREWITH YOU ARE SEALED FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION." 03:45 THERE'S A SEAL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 03:46 THAT HAPPENS INSIDE. 03:48 BUT THERE'S SOMETHING 03:49 THAT IS MORE TANGIBLE THAN THAT 03:51 THAT CAN BE SEEN IN THE LIFE, 03:52 AND YOU'LL FIND THAT IN THIS VERSE, 03:54 ISAIAH 8:16, "BIND UP THE TESTIMONY, 03:58 SEAL THE LAW AMONG MY DISCIPLES." 04:03 CAN THE LAW BE SEALED IN THE HEART? 04:06 SO THE LAW OF GOD, IN A SENSE, IS THE SEAL, 04:08 WHAT'S THE NEW COVENANT? 04:09 "I'LL TAKE MY LAW AND WRITE IT IN THEIR HEARTS." 04:13 BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO A STEP DEEPER 04:15 TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THAT SEAL AND THE LAW. 04:18 "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY. 04:21 SIX DAYS YOU SHALL LABOR AND DO ALL YOUR WORK. 04:25 BUT THE SEVENTH DAY 04:27 IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD YOUR GOD. 04:29 IN IT YOU SHALL NOT DO ANY WORK, 04:31 YOU OR YOUR SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER, 04:33 YOUR MALE SERVANT OR YOUR FEMALE SERVANT, 04:35 NOR YOUR CATTLE OR THE STRANGER WHO IS WITHIN YOUR GATES." 04:38 NOW HEAR, WATCH CAREFULLY, "FOR IN SIX DAYS, THE LORD," 04:43 JEHOVAH HIS NAME, CREATED, "MADE," HIS OFFICE, 04:47 HE'S THE CREATOR AND SUSTAINER 04:49 "THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, AND THE SEA." 04:52 THERE YOU HAVE THE NAME OF GOD, 04:54 THE TITLE OF GOD, THE TERRITORY OF GOD. 04:57 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAW OF GOD IS THIS SEAL. 05:01 AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT NOW 05:04 IS THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT 05:06 AND WHY IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE 05:08 IN THE LAST DAYS 05:09 BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT RESTING IN THE LORD. 05:13 IT TALKS ABOUT HAVING A RELATIONSHIP, 05:15 IT TALKS ABOUT HAVING THE FATHER'S NAME. 05:17 IS THE FATHER'S NAME IN THAT COMMANDMENT? 05:19 JEHOVAH, "THE LORD MADE THE HEAVEN 05:21 AND EARTH AND SEA AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM, 05:23 AND HE RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY. 05:25 THEREFORE, THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY 05:28 AND HE HALLOWED IT," THAT MEANS HE MADE IT HOLY. 05:30 GOD, WHEN HE CREATED THE WORLD, 05:32 HE CREATED AND SANCTIFIED A QUALITY TIME 05:35 TO NURTURE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. 05:37 AND IF YOU LOVE GOD... 05:39 IF YOU KNOW GOD, YOU'LL LOVE HIM. 05:40 IF YOU LOVE HIM, YOU'LL OBEY HIM. 05:41 THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO DESTROY THE QUALITY TIME 05:45 AND THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE AND GOD, 05:48 AND HE IS ESPECIALLY ATTACKING THE SABBATH. 05:51 DID GOD MAKE THE SABBATH ONLY FOR ISRAELITES? 05:54 NO. WELL, LET'S THINK ABOUT IT. 05:56 HOW FAR BACK DOES THE SABBATH GO? 05:59 JESUS SAID, MARK 2:27, "HE SAID UNTO THEM, 06:03 'THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR JEWS.'" 06:06 AND... FOR MAN. 06:07 WELL, YOU CAN SPELL JEWS SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. 06:09 ONE WAY IS M-A-N. 06:11 IS THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS? DOES IT SAY JEWS? 06:14 THAT WORD THERE IS TALKING ABOUT ANTHROPOS, EVERYBODY, 06:17 HUMANITY, THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN, MANKIND. 06:21 QUICK TEST, HOW MANY HERE ARE RELATED TO ADAM AND EVE? 06:24 ALL OF US. 06:26 SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN. WHEN WAS THAT? 06:28 WAY BACK IN THE BEGINNING. JESUS SAID THAT. 06:31 IT'S NOT MADE FOR JEWS. 06:33 THE BIBLE'S REALLY CLEAR, IT'S FOR EVERYBODY. 06:35 "ALSO, THE SONS OF THE STRANGER THAT JOIN THEMSELVES 06:38 TO THE LORD TO SERVE HIM, 06:39 AND TO LOVE THE NAME OF THE LORD, 06:42 TO BE HIS SERVANTS, EVERYONE," THE STRANGER, THE GENTILE, 06:45 "THAT KEEPS THE SABBATH DAY FROM POLLUTING IT, 06:47 AND TAKES HOLD OF MY COVENANT, 06:49 EVEN THEM I WILL BRING TO MY HOLY MOUNTAIN 06:52 AND MAKE THEM JOYFUL IN MY HOUSE OF PRAYER." 06:55 WHAT DOES HE PROMISE TO EVERYBODY 06:56 THAT REMEMBERS HIS COMMANDMENT? 06:58 JOY. IT'S TO BE A BLESSING. 07:01 HE DIDN'T CURSE THE DAY, HE BLESSED THE DAY, RIGHT? 07:04 SO WHEN DID GOD ESTABLISH THE SABBATH TRUTH, 07:06 THE SEAL THAT WE'RE STUDYING? 07:08 WAY BACK IN THE BEGINNING, IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, 07:10 AFTER GOD MADE EVERYTHING IN SIX DAYS... 07:13 HOW MANY DAYS IN THE WEEK? SEVEN. 07:15 DO YOU KNOW THERE'S SEVEN DAYS IN THE WEEK 07:16 WHEN WE WENT TO CHINA? 07:18 AND THEY'RE TECHNICALLY AN ATHEISTIC COUNTRY. 07:19 KAREN AND I WENT TO RUSSIA RIGHT AFTER THE IRON CURTAIN 07:23 FELL SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK IN KOREA, JAPAN, 07:25 EVERYWHERE WE'VE BEEN, AUSTRALIA, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 07:28 WHY? 07:30 IT'S REALLY STRANGE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 07:32 IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHY ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, 07:35 EVEN BEFORE THE SPREAD OF MODERN CIVILIZATION, 07:37 HAD 360 TO 370 DAYS IN THEIR CALENDAR FOR A YEAR 07:43 BECAUSE THAT'S... 07:44 THEY COULD SEE, THEY COULD OBSERVE 07:46 THAT'S HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR THE EARTH TO GO 07:49 ONCE AROUND THE SUN, 07:50 SO IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE US THAT 07:51 ALL THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS HAD A YEAR 07:53 WITH ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF DAYS. 07:55 IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE US 07:57 THAT THEY ALL HAD SOMETHING LIKE A MONTH 07:59 BECAUSE IT'S THE LUNAR CYCLE. 08:01 THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE WORD MONTH, MOON. 08:04 AND WE ALL KNOW IT TAKES 24 HOURS 08:05 FOR THE EARTH TO REVOLVE ONCE ON ITS AXIS, 08:08 BUT WHERE IN THE SUN, MOON, 08:10 AND STARS DO YOU GET A SEVEN-DAY WEEK? 08:13 NOWHERE. 08:14 THE ONLY PLACE THAT THE WORLD CAN TRACE A SEVEN-DAY WEEK 08:17 IS TO "IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS 08:20 AND THE EARTH." 08:21 IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE BIBLE. 08:23 WHY DO WE HAVE SEVEN AND NOT SIX? 08:25 HE FINISHED EVERYTHING IN SIX DAYS, 08:26 WHY DO WE HAVE SEVEN? HE SAID, "I'M NOT DONE YET. 08:29 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ENJOY 08:30 ANYTHING I MADE IN THESE SIX DAYS 08:31 UNLESS YOU REMEMBER THE SEVENTH 08:33 BECAUSE YOU NEED TO REST WITH ME 08:35 AND TO RECHARGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP, 08:38 TO GO FORTH AND DO WHAT I'VE CREATED, 08:40 TO ENJOY YOUR PARADISE." 08:42 IT'S PART OF GOD'S PERFECT PLAN. 08:44 HE MADE A DAY TO NURTURE 08:46 OUR LOVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIM. 08:49 "THUS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE FINISHED, 08:50 AND ALL THE HOST OF THEM... 08:53 AND GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY, 08:55 AND HE SANCTIFIED IT 08:57 BECAUSE IN IT HE HAD RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK 08:59 WHICH GOD CREATED AND MADE." 09:02 NOTICE, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT HE DID THERE. 09:04 WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE SABBATH? 09:06 AND THIS IS WHERE SOME PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED. 09:08 IS IT THE FIRST DAY? THIRD DAY? 09:10 THE BIBLE SAYS, AND, NOTICE BACK IN CREATION, 09:12 I'M REPEATING THAT VERSE HERE IN GENESIS 2 09:14 AND I WANT TO ACCENTUATE SOMETHING, 09:17 "AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY, 09:19 GOD ENDED HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD MADE, 09:21 AND HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY 09:23 FROM ALL OF HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD MADE." 09:25 AND IT SAYS THAT "GOD BLESSED 09:27 THE SEVENTH DAY AND SANCTIFIED IT." 09:28 FIRST TIME IN THE BIBLE GOD SAYS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, 09:31 A NUMBER THREE TIMES. 09:32 WHAT NUMBER IS IT? 09:33 SEVENTH DAY, SEVENTH DAY, SEVENTH DAY. 09:35 NOW YOU MAY THINK THIS IS JUST CAVEMAN THEOLOGY, 09:37 BUT, FOR ME, I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING 09:39 THAT THERE, IN THE BEGINNING, IN GENESIS, GOD SAYS, 09:41 "SEVEN, SEVEN, SEVEN." 09:43 YOU GET TO THE LAST BOOK IN THE BIBLE, IT SAYS, 09:44 "YOU DON'T WANT THE SIX, SIX, SIX." 09:47 IT'S LIKE ONE IS THE NUMBER OF GOD, 09:49 SIX, IN THE BIBLE, IS THE NUMBER OF MAN. 09:52 KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR MAKES A GOLDEN IMAGE 09:54 60 CUBITS BY 6 CUBITS, 09:58 PROBABLY 6 WIDE, 6 DEEP, 60 HIGH, 666. 10:01 HE TELLS EVERYONE, "BOW DOWN." 10:04 HOW HAS GOD DEMONSTRATED 10:05 THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS HOLY SABBATH? 10:09 IT'S NOT PASTOR DOUG'S SABBATH. 10:11 IT'S NOT THE JEWS' SABBATH, IT'S GOD'S SABBATH. 10:15 NOTICE HE SAID, 10:16 "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY. 10:20 THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY 10:21 AND HE HALLOWED IT." 10:23 I WAS DOING A MEETING LIKE THIS ONE TIME, 10:24 AND ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS COMING, 10:26 AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THERE, AND THIS PASTOR WAS THERE, 10:29 AND HE INTERRUPTED THE MEETING. 10:31 HE SAID, "BROTHER DOUG," HE SAID, "THIS IS LEGALISM. 10:35 YOU'RE PUTTING THESE PEOPLE UNDER BONDAGE OF WORKS." 10:38 I SAID, "BROTHER, I'M TELLING THEM 10:39 TO KEEP THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT. 10:41 I'M TELLING THEM TO REST. YOU'RE TELLING THEM NOT TO. 10:42 YOU'RE TELLING THEM TO WORK. 10:44 I'M SAYING REST." AND HE SAID, 10:47 "WE'RE NO LONGER UNDER THE LAW." 10:50 AND SO HE AND I KIND OF GOT INTO AN EXCHANGE 10:52 RIGHT DURING THE MEETING AND, 10:54 YOU KNOW, I HAD TO DEAL WITH IT. 10:55 I SAID, "SO DO YOU THINK 10:58 WE SHOULD KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?" 10:59 HE SAID, "NO." SOME OF HIS MEMBERS WERE THERE. 11:02 THEY KIND OF GASPED AND LOOKED AT HIM 11:03 BECAUSE THEY NEVER HEARD HIM SAY THAT. 11:04 AND THEN HE SAID, "WELL, YES." 11:06 BUT THAT, OF COURSE, WOULD INCLUDE 11:07 THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. 11:09 AND THEN HE SAID, "NINE OF THEM." 11:13 AND SO I SAID, "SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME 11:15 IS THE ONE COMMANDMENT YOU THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED 11:17 TO FORGET IS THE ONLY COMMANDMENT 11:19 THAT BEGINS WITH THE WORD REMEMBER." 11:22 THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. 11:25 DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS, WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT 11:27 WITH THE REST OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 11:29 ARE YOU WEARY OF THE NEVER-ENDING 24/7 SCHEDULE 11:33 IN TODAY'S HECTIC WORLD? 11:35 IS THIS STRESSFUL GRIND REALLY THE WAY 11:37 THAT LIFE WAS MEANT TO BE LIVED? 11:39 OR IS THERE SOMETHING BETTER OUT THERE WAITING FOR YOU? 11:43 WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT GOD HAD ORIGINALLY DESIGNED MANKIND 11:47 TO TAKE REGULAR, REFRESHING WEEKLY BREAK, 11:50 AND THEN IN DOING THIS, 11:52 YOUR LIFE AND EVEN YOUR HEALTH WOULD IMPROVE? 11:55 IT'S A BLESSING CALLED THE SABBATH. 11:57 AND IT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER. 12:00 THAT'S WHY AMAZING FACTS 12:01 WANTS TO SEND YOU A SPECIAL FREE MAGAZINE, 12:04 AND IT'S CALLED THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. 12:06 IT'S FILLED WITH VIVID, COLORED GRAPHICS 12:08 AND FASCINATING FACTS 12:10 THAT REVEAL THE LOST BIBLE TRUTH 12:12 AND COMMANDMENT KNOWN AS THE SABBATH. 12:15 YOU'LL DISCOVER THE INCREDIBLE PHYSICAL 12:17 AND SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS OF EMBRACING THE SABBATH 12:19 AS YOU EXPLORE THE HISTORY 12:21 FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT, 12:23 EVEN TO THE FUTURE. 12:24 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, 12:26 CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN 12:27 AND ASK FOR OFFER NUMBER 813 OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. 12:32 AND AFTER YOU READ THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, 12:34 BE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 12:36 LET'S RETURN NOW TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION 12:38 AND LEARN SOME MORE AMAZING FACTS 12:40 FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 12:43 IT SAYS, "REMEMBER THE SABBATH." 12:44 NOTICE IT SAYS, "HE BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY." 12:47 THERE'S SOME THINGS HE DID TO THAT DAY. 12:49 IN A SPECIAL WAY HE RESTED, 12:51 HE BLESSED AND HE SANCTIFIED IT. 12:53 HE MADE IT HOLY, AND HE SPECIFIED A CERTAIN DAY. 12:56 HE DIDN'T SAY KEEP A SABBATH DAY, 12:58 DID YOU NOTICE THAT? 12:59 IT DOESN'T SAY GOD BLESSED A DAY 13:01 AND YOU JUST PICK WHERE YOU WANT TO PASTE 13:02 THAT BLESSING LIKE A STAMP. 13:04 GOD SAYS, "I BLESSED THE DAY. 13:05 I'M GOING TO MEET WITH YOU." WE DON'T PICK OUR OWN DAY. 13:08 IT'S A COMMANDMENT. 13:09 HE DOESN'T SAY A SEVENTH DAY, THE SEVENTH DAY. 13:13 WHICH DAY DID JESUS KEEP HOLY? 13:15 A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST, RIGHT? 13:18 ARE WE STILL TOGETHER? Yes. 13:20 IT SAYS, "AND HE CAME TO NAZARETH, 13:21 WHERE HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP, AND, AS HIS CUSTOM WAS," 13:26 WENT TO HIS HOMETOWN AND IS CUSTOM 13:27 SOMETHING YOU DO ONCE OR TWICE OR IT'S A WAY OF LIFE? 13:29 WAY OF LIFE. 13:30 "AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, 13:32 HE WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE SABBATH DAY, 13:34 AND HE STOOD UP FOR TO READ THE SCRIPTURES." 13:36 JESUS REGULARLY WENT TO CHURCH... 13:39 SYNAGOGUE OR CHURCH, SAME WORD, GATHERING IT MEANS. 13:42 ON THE SABBATH DAY, READ HIS BIBLE, 13:44 IT'S PROBABLY STILL A GOOD IDEA FOR US 13:46 TO DO WHAT JESUS DID. 13:48 NOW CAN YOU TELL ME 13:49 WHERE JESUS SAID NOT TO DO IT ANYMORE? 13:53 WHAT ABOUT THE APOSTLES? LET'S TAKE PAUL, FOR EXAMPLE. 13:56 HE WROTE NEARLY HALF OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 13:58 WHAT WAS PAUL'S CUSTOM REGARDING THE SABBATH DAY? 14:02 IT SAYS, "PAUL, AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, 14:04 HE WENT IN TO THEM AND THREE SABBATH DAYS 14:07 HE REASONED WITH THEM OUT OF THE SCRIPTURE." 14:09 PAUL HAD A CUSTOM, HE WENT IN, 14:11 NOT JUST WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO THE JEWS, 14:14 HE ALSO DID IT WITH THE GREEKS. 14:15 IT SAYS, IN ACTS 18:4, 14:17 "HE REASONED IN THE SYNAGOGUE EVERY SABBATH 14:20 AND PERSUADED THE JEWS AND THE GREEKS," 14:22 MEANING THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES. 14:24 IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE DID FOR EVERYBODY. 14:27 SO THIS, I BELIEVE, WAS A PATTERN YOU'LL SEE 14:30 ALL THROUGH THE TIME OF CHRIST WITH JESUS, WITH THE APOSTLES. 14:34 DID JESUS INTEND FOR HIS PEOPLE TO BE KEEPING THE SABBATH 14:37 AFTER HE DIED FOR THEIR SINS 14:40 DOWN THROUGH HISTORY IN THE LAST DAYS? 14:43 YOU CAN LOOK IN THAT PROPHECY WHERE JESUS, TALKING 14:45 ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD IN MATTHEW 24, 14:48 AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS TIME OF TROUBLE, 14:49 AND HE SAID, "PRAY THAT YOUR FLIGHT 14:52 BE NOT IN THE WINTER, OR ON THE SABBATH DAY." 14:56 WHY IF HIS PEOPLE WERE NOT KEEPING THE SABBATH ANYMORE, 14:59 THEN WHY WOULD HE SAY THAT? 15:02 EXCEPT MAYBE HE KNEW THEY WOULD BE KEEPING IT. 15:05 IF YOU LOOK IN REVELATION 14, REMEMBER THE 144,000 15:08 ARE IN REVELATION 14, IF YOU LOOK IN VERSE 7, 15:11 THERE THE ANGEL DECLARES, 15:13 "WORSHIP HIM WHO MADE THE HEAVEN 15:16 AND THE EARTH, AND THE SEA 15:18 AND THE SPRINGS OF THE FOUNTAINS OF WATER." 15:20 DO YOU KNOW THAT'S AN EXTRACT 15:23 RIGHT FROM THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT 15:24 ABOUT THE SABBATH? 15:26 "FOR IN SIX DAYS, 15:27 THE LORD MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH 15:29 AND THE SEA." 15:31 AND THEN HE'S... THE ANGEL'S SAYING, 15:32 "WORSHIP HIM." 15:33 WHAT DO WE DO IN A SPECIAL WAY ON THE SABBATH? 15:35 IT IS A SPECIAL TIME OF COLLECTIVE WORSHIP. 15:37 BY THE WAY, I MEET PEOPLE 15:39 AND THEY SAY, "OH, PASTOR DOUG, 15:40 I BELIEVE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT 15:41 AND I KEEP THE SABBATH DAY. 15:43 I DON'T DO ANY WORK ON THE SABBATH DAY." 15:45 YOU'D BE SURPRISED 15:47 HOW MANY PASTORS HAVE COME UP TO ME 15:49 RIGHT HERE IN ORLANDO. 15:51 NEXT WEEK, I'LL BE AT 15:52 WHAT THEY CALL THE NRB CONVENTION, 15:54 NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS CONVENTION, 15:56 A LOT OF DEAR FRIENDS FROM OTHER CHURCHES AND PASTORS, 15:59 WE KNOW EACH OTHER, WE'RE FRIENDS. 16:00 THEY KNOW ME, THEY SEE OUR TV PROGRAMS, 16:02 THEY KNOW WHERE I STAND. 16:05 AND THEY'LL COME TO ME SECRETLY, 16:06 I'M NOT GOING TO BETRAY ANY OF THEM, 16:08 THEY SAY, "BROTHER DOUG, 16:09 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT SABBATH BUSINESS, 16:10 AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW 16:11 I DON'T DO ANY WORK ON SATURDAY." 16:13 I SAY, "YEAH, BUT DO YOU GATHER FOR WORSHIP?" 16:16 "WELL, YOU KNOW, 16:17 MY SUNDAY FRIENDS PROBABLY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND 16:19 IF I DID THAT." 16:21 BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS, IN LEVITICUS 23, 16:23 "THE SABBATH IS A HOLY CONVOCATION." 16:26 YOU KNOW WHAT A CONVENTION IS? 16:28 CONVOCATION, ASSEMBLY, A COMING TOGETHER, 16:31 THE PEOPLE OF GOD WOULD COME TOGETHER 16:33 TO WORSHIP THE LORD. 16:34 IT'S A TIME TO SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH GOD. 16:38 DOES THE BIBLE TEACH THAT GOD'S END-TIME PEOPLE 16:40 WOULD ALSO BE KEEPING THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH HOLY? 16:44 IT SAYS, "THE DRAGON WAS WROTH WITH THE WOMAN," 16:47 THIS IS IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12:17 16:50 "AND HE GOES TO MAKE WAR 16:51 WITH THE REMNANT OF HER SEED" 16:52 AND, HERE, THE TWO OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS, 16:54 "WHICH KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD 16:56 AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST." 16:59 YOU CAN READ, ALSO, IN REVELATION 12:14, 17:02 SIMILAR VERSE. 17:03 "HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS, 17:05 HERE ARE THOSE THAT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD 17:07 AND THE FAITH OF JESUS." 17:09 SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL THROUGH REVELATION. 17:13 NOW EVERYBODY KEEPS SOME OF THE COMMANDMENTS 17:16 SOME OF THE TIME. 17:18 MOST OF YOU KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS 17:19 WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING. 17:22 YOU GO TO PRISON, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET PEOPLE 17:23 THAT KEEP A LOT OF THE COMMANDMENTS. 17:25 GOD IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE 17:26 THAT BELIEVE ALL OF THEM AND ARE, 17:28 BY THE GRACE OF GOD, GOING TO DO THEIR BEST 17:30 TO NOT JUST BE HEARERS BUT DOERS. 17:33 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS, 17:34 "WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL BREAK ONE COMMANDMENT, 17:37 HE IS GUILTY OF ALL." 17:39 SO IF YOU GO TO THE JUDGE AND YOU SAY, 17:41 "I REALIZE THAT I KILLED THAT PERSON, 17:43 BUT I KEEP ALL THE OTHER COMMANDMENTS." 17:45 IS THAT DEFENSE GOING TO WORK VERY WELL? 17:47 NO. 17:48 YOU KNOW, GOD SAYS, "LOOK, YOU SHOULD DO YOUR BEST, 17:51 BY THE GRACE OF GOD, TO KEEP ALL OF THEM." 17:53 THAT'S RIGHT. 17:54 NOW, AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT THE TEN SUGGESTIONS. 17:58 AND IT SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, 18:01 THAT THEY MIGHT EAT FROM THE TREE OF LIFE, 18:03 AND ENTER THROUGH THE GATES TO THE CITY." 18:04 THAT, AGAIN, IS REVELATION 22:14. 18:08 WILL ALL OF THE SAVED 18:09 BE KEEPING THE SABBATH IN HEAVEN? 18:10 YES. WELL, I THINK SO. 18:13 YOU CAN READ HERE, 18:14 IT SAYS IN ISAIAH 66, VERSES 22 AND 23, 18:18 "FOR AS THE NEW HEAVENS 18:20 AND THE NEW EARTH, THAT I WILL MAKE, 18:22 WILL REMAIN BEFORE ME, SAYS THE LORD, 18:24 SO SHALL YOUR NAME AND YOUR SEED REMAIN. 18:27 AND IT WILL COME TO PASS, 18:29 THAT FROM ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER, 18:31 SHALL ALL FLESH COME TO WORSHIP BEFORE ME." 18:35 IS ALL FLESH JEWS? 18:37 OR DOES ALL FLESH MEAN EVERYBODY? 18:38 EVERYBODY. 18:39 HE'S TALKING ABOUT, AS THE NEW HEAVENS 18:40 AND THE NEW EARTH, THAT'S FUTURE, RIGHT? 18:44 SO IF THEY KEPT IT BACK 18:46 IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN IN THE DAYS OF ADAM, RIGHT? 18:50 IF WE KNOW MOSES 18:52 AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL KEPT IT, 18:54 AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT KEPT IT, 18:56 AND JESUS KEPT IT, AND THE APOSTLES KEPT IT, 19:00 AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT IN HEAVEN, 19:02 WHY WOULDN'T WE KEEP IT NOW? 19:06 DO WE NEED REST NOW? 19:08 DO WE NEED QUALITY TIME WITH GOD NOW? 19:11 YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, THIS IS JUST SUCH A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT. 19:15 SOME PEOPLE WOULD BE THINKING, "OH, PASTOR DOUG, 19:16 YOU'RE MAKING A BIG DEAL OUT OF ONE COMMANDMENT." 19:20 IT ALWAYS STRIKES ME AS PECULIAR. 19:22 AND I DIDN'T ALWAYS BELIEVE THESE THINGS. 19:24 I JUST SAID, "LORD, I WANT TO BE IN HEAVEN. 19:26 I WANT TO FOLLOW YOUR WORD. IT'S IN THE BIBLE. 19:28 IT MAY NOT BE POPULAR BUT I WANT TO BE FAITHFUL." 19:32 I KNOW, FROM WORSHIPING WITH MY BRETHREN AND SISTREN, 19:37 IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT CHURCHES, 19:39 THAT I COULD GO TO ALMOST ANY CHURCH IN TOWN 19:42 AND I COULD STAND UP, IF THEY INVITE ME TO PREACH, 19:44 AND I COULD PREACH A SERMON ON "HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER" 19:47 AND YOU'D HEAR "AMEN!" 19:48 "AMEN!" THEY'D NOD, FOLD ARMS, "AMEN!" 19:50 THEY'D LOOK AT THEIR TEENAGERS, "AMEN!" 19:52 I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT. 19:54 I COULD GO AND I COULD PREACH A SERMON 19:56 ON "THOU SHALL NOT STEAL" 19:58 AND THE FOLKS MIGHT SQUIRM A LITTLE BIT, 19:59 THEY GO, "AMEN!" 20:01 I COULD TALK ABOUT 20:03 "THOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," 20:04 IT GETS QUIET. 20:07 BUT YOU'LL HEAR SOME AMENS. 20:10 I COULD TALK ABOUT "DO NOT HAVE OTHER GODS BEFORE ME" 20:13 "THOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD" 20:15 I COULD PREACH ON ALMOST 20:16 ANY OF THE OTHER NINE COMMANDMENTS 20:19 AND EVERYBODY WOULD SAY, "AMEN!" 20:21 BUT IF YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY, 20:23 "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, 20:24 THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH," 20:25 PEOPLE SAY, "OH, NO, NO, 20:26 WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW, WE'RE UNDER GRACE." 20:30 PEOPLE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 20:32 UNTIL YOU PRESENT THE ONE THAT THEY'RE ALL FORGETTING. 20:34 WHY DID GOD SAY REMEMBER? 20:35 BECAUSE HE KNEW WE'D FORGET. 20:37 YEP. YEP. 20:38 THERE'S SOMETHING... 20:40 IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A BIBLICALLY HONEST CHRISTIAN, 20:43 THEN AT LEAST SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, 20:45 YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE SABBATH IS GOING TO BE 20:46 A REAL PROBLEM FOR ME." 20:47 ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S JUST BE HONEST. 20:49 GIVE IT TO GOD, 20:50 BUT DON'T SAY IT DOESN'T MATTER. 20:51 AMEN. 20:52 "NOW THIS IS A REVELATION PROGRAM 20:54 PROPHECY PROGRAM, 20:55 WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS, PASTOR DOUG?" 20:57 FOLLOW MY LOGIC. SEE IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 21:00 DANIEL CHAPTER 3, THE KING MAKES A LAW. 21:04 EVERYBODY'S GOT TO WORSHIP THE IMAGE OR THEY DIE. 21:08 SHADRACH, MESHACH, 21:09 AND ABEDNEGO WILL NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE 21:11 BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS SAYS, 21:13 "DON'T DO IT. 21:14 DO NOT MAKE IMAGES AND BOW DOWN." 21:17 DANIEL CHAPTER 6, KING DARIUS MAKES A LAW, 21:21 "I AM TO BE YOUR GOD FOR 30 DAYS," 21:23 JUST 30 DAYS. 21:25 DANIEL SAYS, "I AM NOT GOING TO CLOSE MY WINDOWS 21:27 AND STOP PRAYING TO JEHOVAH 21:30 BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS SAYS, 21:31 'THOU SHALL NOT HAVE OTHER GODS.'" 21:34 SO HE GOES TO THE LION'S DEN. BUT GOD SAVES HIM. 21:37 GOD SAVES SHADRACH AND MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO 21:40 FROM THE FIERY FURNACE. 21:41 REVELATION 13, 21:43 "WHOEVER DOESN'T WORSHIP THE BEAST 21:44 AND HIS IMAGE CANNOT BUY OR SELL 21:47 AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE KILLED." 21:49 IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THE LAW IS, 21:52 THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE FAITH OF DANIEL, SHADRACH, 21:55 MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO IN THE LAST DAYS? 21:57 WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE ALL THE OTHER COMPROMISING, 21:59 WISHY-WASHY PEOPLE WHO SAY, "LORD, LORD," 22:01 BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY DOING WHAT GOD SAYS. 22:04 SO, YES, IT DOES MATTER, FRIENDS. 22:06 AND THE DEVIL'S VERY CLEVER. 22:08 BACK IN THE DAYS OF SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO, 22:12 HE SAID, "I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN MAKE A LAW 22:13 AND GET THEM TO BREAK THE SECOND COMMANDMENT." 22:16 AND THEN, IN THE DAYS OF DANIEL, 22:18 WITH DARIUS, HE SAID, "I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET THEM 22:19 TO BREAK THE FIRST COMMANDMENT." 22:21 AND HERE WE ARE, AT THE END OF TIME, 22:22 HE'S GOING TO SAY, "I'M GOING TO GET THEM 22:23 TO BREAK THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT, 22:25 BUT I'LL BE VERY CLEVER. 22:26 I'LL SAY, 'YEAH, GO TO CHURCH, 22:27 JUST DON'T GO THE SEVENTH DAY.'" 22:29 SEE, GOD, HE KEEPS TRYING TO... 22:31 IT'S LIKE WITH DANIEL, YEAH, 22:33 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORSHIP OTHER GODS FOREVER, 22:34 JUST FOR 30 DAYS. 22:37 JUST SHUT YOUR WINDOWS 22:39 AND DON'T LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE FOR 30 DAYS. 22:41 SEE, THE DEVIL, HE'S VERY CLEVER, 22:45 BUT A COMMANDMENT'S A COMMANDMENT. 22:47 CAN WE BE CERTAIN THAT MODERN DAY, 22:49 WHAT WE CALL SATURDAY, 22:50 IS THE SAME SABBATH DAY THAT JESUS KEPT? 22:53 PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, PASTOR DOUG, CALENDARS CHANGE 22:54 AND HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH DAY IT WAS?" 22:57 READ IN YOUR BIBLE, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. 22:59 LOOK IN LUKE, FOR INSTANCE, CHAPTER 23, GO TO VERSE 54, 23:04 IT'S NEAR THE END OF LUKE. 23:05 IT SAYS, "THE DAY WHEN CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED 23:07 WAS THE PREPARATION," WHAT WE COMMONLY CALL FRIDAY, 23:10 THEY CALL IT GOOD FRIDAY "AND THE SABBATH DREW ON... 23:13 AND THEY RETURNED, 23:14 AND PREPARED SPICES AND OINTMENTS, 23:16 AND RESTED THE SABBATH DAY ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT." 23:20 NOW LUKE IS A GENTILE. 23:22 WHY WOULD HE SAY THEY RESTED ON THE SABBATH 23:23 ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT 23:24 IF JESUS TAUGHT THE DISCIPLES THE SABBATH DOESN'T MATTER? 23:28 HOW CAN ANYONE THINK THAT THE DISCIPLES DIDN'T THINK 23:30 THE SABBATH WAS IMPORTANT 23:31 BECAUSE IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THEM 23:33 THAT EVEN AFTER JESUS WAS DEAD AND NO LONGER SPEAKING, 23:37 THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND THEY SAY, 23:38 "LOOK, THE SUN IS GOING DOWN. 23:39 WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH EMBALMING HIS BODY 23:42 BEFORE THE SABBATH, 23:43 SO LET'S JUST DO OUR BEST TO KIND OF WRAP HIM UP. 23:45 WE'LL PUT HIM IN THE TOMB. 23:46 WE WILL COME BACK SUNDAY MORNING AND FINISH. 23:48 WE'RE GOING TO GO HOME AND KEEP THE COMMANDMENT." 23:51 SO WHERE DID THE DISCIPLES EVER GET THE NOTION 23:53 THAT IT DIDN'T MATTER TO JESUS? 23:55 IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THEM AND SO IMPORTANT TO JESUS, 23:58 THEY WOULD NOT EVEN FINISH THEIR LABOR OF LOVE 24:01 BECAUSE THE SABBATH WAS APPROACHING. 24:03 AMEN. 24:05 AND THEN ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK 24:06 THEY CAME BACK TO FINISH. 24:07 PRAISE GOD, THE ANGELS HAD ROLLED AWAY THE STONE, 24:09 CHRIST ROSE, 24:11 AND THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY WHICH WAS WHAT? 24:13 EASTER SUNDAY. 24:15 SO, THERE YOU'VE GOT IT, FRIENDS, 24:16 YOU'VE GOT FRIDAY THE PREPARATION DAY, 24:18 SABBATH IS THE DAY. 24:19 DO YOU REALIZE JESUS DIED JUST BEFORE THE SABBATH 24:21 AND HE RESTED FROM HIS WORK OF SAVING MAN? 24:24 HE ROSE SUNDAY MORNING TO CONTINUE HIS WORK 24:26 AS OUR HIGH PRIEST. 24:27 JESUS EVEN KEPT THE SABBATH IN DEATH. 24:30 YEP. 24:33 WHAT BLESSING IS PROMISED BY THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT? 24:38 JESUS SAYS, "COME UNTO ME, 24:39 ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, 24:42 AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST." 24:45 SO EVERY COMMANDMENT OF GOD, 24:47 YOU'VE GOT THE LETTER OF THE LAW 24:49 AND YOU'VE GOT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. 24:50 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, RIGHT? 24:53 LETTER OF THE LAW SAYS, "DON'T COMMIT ADULTERY." 24:55 THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW SAYS, 24:56 "DO NOT BE THINKING IT IN YOUR HEART." 24:59 LETTER OF THE LAW, "DO NOT KILL, DO NOT MURDER," 25:03 IT ACTUALLY SAYS. 25:04 SPIRIT OF THE LAW, 25:05 "DO NOT BE ANGRY WITH YOUR BROTHER 25:06 OR SISTER WITHOUT A CAUSE." 25:08 LETTER OF THE LAW, "DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS." 25:11 SPIRIT OF THE LAW, 25:12 "LET YOUR YES BE YES AND YOUR NO BE NO. 25:14 BE HONEST IN YOUR HEART, IN YOUR COMMUNICATIONS." 25:17 SOME PEOPLE LIE WITH THEIR BODY LANGUAGE. 25:19 JESUS SAID, "BE HONEST." 25:21 LETTER OF THE LAW, 25:23 "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY." 25:25 SPIRIT OF THE LAW, 25:27 "COME UNTO ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST." 25:30 AND, AS PEOPLE GATHER TOGETHER 25:31 TO WORSHIP GOD EVERY SABBATH DAY, 25:35 THERE IS A REST THAT COMES. 25:36 IT REMINDS US THAT HE'S THE GOD WHO CREATED US. 25:40 AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE SALVATION IS ALL ABOUT? 25:42 "I WILL CREATE A NEW HEART WITHIN YOU." 25:45 THE BIBLE SAYS, "WE WILL BE..." 25:47 "OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY, ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW. 25:49 WE ARE A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST." 25:53 DO WE STILL NEED A DAY OF REST TODAY? 25:55 DO WE STILL NEED A DAY OF WORSHIP? 25:58 THEN DID GOD TELL US 25:59 "I HAVE SET ASIDE AND BLESSED A PARTICULAR DAY"? 26:02 SHOULD WE SAY, "GOD, IT'S NOT CONVENIENT 26:04 TO DO IT THE DAY YOU'VE PICKED, I'M GOING TO PICK MY OWN DAY"? 26:07 WELL, THAT DEPENDS. WHO'S YOUR GOD, YOU OR HIM? 26:10 DO WE DO WHAT GOD SAYS? AMEN. 26:13 HE SAYS, "I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOU 26:16 ON THE SEVENTH DAY. 26:17 IF YOU LOVE ME, PROVE IT." 26:20 "KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS." 26:22 NOW, BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER, 26:23 I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE HEARING THIS 26:24 AND YOUR MINDS ARE SPINNING. 26:26 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS 26:27 YOU COULD TEACH IN A REVELATION SEMINAR, 26:29 IT'S INTERESTING TRIVIA. 26:31 PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW, "WELL, YOU KNOW, PASTOR DOUG, 26:34 SO WHEN DOES THIS AGE BEGIN 26:36 AND WHAT DOES THIS SYMBOL IN REVELATION MEAN? 26:38 AND WHAT DOES THAT SYMBOL MEAN? 26:40 OH, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING, VERY INTERESTING." 26:42 BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION? 26:45 WHEN PEOPLE LEARN THE SABBATH TRUTH, THEY GO, 26:48 "WHOA! 26:49 THAT WOULD ACTUALLY AFFECT MY TIME. 26:52 THAT WOULD AFFECT MY LIFE. 26:55 THAT WOULD AFFECT MY SCHEDULE." 26:58 YOU KNOW, MY FATHER, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, 26:59 HE WAS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE, HE HAD A LOT OF MONEY. 27:02 HE WAS ALWAYS BUSY. I WANTED TIME WITH MY FATHER. 27:05 AND HE'D SAY, "DOUG, LOOK, I'M BUSY. 27:07 I'VE GOT A LOT I'VE GOT TO DO. HERE'S $5, GO TO THE MOVIE." 27:10 IT WAS EASIER FOR HIM TO GIVE ME A TIP 27:13 THAN TO GIVE ME HIS TIME. 27:15 WOW. 27:16 AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GO, 27:17 "LORD, YEP, PRAISE THE LORD, PRAISE THE LORD." 27:19 BUT WHEN YOU START GIVING GOD YOUR TIME, 27:21 THAT MEANS HE'S REALLY YOUR GOD. 27:24 AND THAT'S WHY THIS SUBJECT IS SUCH A SERIOUS SUBJECT, 27:27 BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH "IS HE OUR GOD?" 27:30 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS." 27:33 AND HE WANTS TO BLESS YOU, FRIENDS, AMEN? 27:35 AMEN. 27:36 NOW, THIS IS A COMMANDMENT OF GOD. 27:40 HE SAYS, "REMEMBER THE SEVENTH DAY," 27:42 NOT "REMEMBER A SEVENTH DAY." 27:44 THIS IS THE SEAL OF GOD 27:46 BECAUSE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S LAW, 27:48 YOU'VE GOT THE NAME OF GOD, YOU'VE GOT THE WORD HOLY, 27:51 YOU'VE GOT THE CONTEXT OF WORSHIP, YOU'VE GOT TIME. 27:55 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE DIVIDED IN TWO PARTS, 27:58 THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS 27:59 DEAL WITH OUR LOVE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. 28:02 SECOND GROUP, COMMANDMENT CHAPTER, 28:05 NUMBER 5 ON THROUGH 10 DEAL WITH OUR LOVE 28:08 FOR OUR FELLOWMAN. 28:10 IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S LAW, THE LONGEST COMMANDMENT, 28:13 IN THE CENTER OF HIS LAW, THE ONLY COMMANDMENT 28:16 THAT BEGINS WITH THE WORD REMEMBER 28:18 IS VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE IT TELLS US 28:22 THAT HE NOT ONLY HAS OUR MINDS, 28:25 HE'S GOT OUR TIME. 28:27 AND THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS. 28:28 HE IS OUR GOD, WE WORSHIP HIM, 28:30 AND HE IS GOING TO BE FIRST IN OUR LIVES. 28:37 IN SIX DAYS, GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 28:41 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, 28:42 MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK. 28:46 NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 28:48 WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. 28:50 WHAT HAPPENED? 28:51 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST? 28:54 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP? 28:57 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT? 28:59 DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S LAW 29:01 AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED. 29:02 VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM. 29:09 DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S FREE OFFER. 29:11 IT'S SURE TO BE A BLESSING. 29:13 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT 29:15 AS WE TAKE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD. 29:18 WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US NEXT WEEK 29:20 AS WE DELVE DEEP INTO THE WORD OF GOD 29:22 TO EXPLORE MORE AMAZING FACTS. 29:27 THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU 29:28 BY THE FRIENDS OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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