>> COMING UP NEXT ON
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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>> GOD DOES NOT SEND
THE SABBATH TRUTH TO BE
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A BURDEN FOR YOU.
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HE SENDS IT TO BE A BLESSING.
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HE DOESN'T WANT
IT TO BE A PROBLEM.
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IT'S A PRIVILEGE.
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>> FOR OVER 40 YEARS
"AMAZING FACTS" HAS BEEN
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DEDICATED TO SHARING
GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADC WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK
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AND ENJOY THIS EDITION
OF "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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>> OUR MESSAGE IS GONNA
BE "THE REST OF THE STORY."
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AND THE REASON I TITLED
IT "THE REST OF THE STORY" IS
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BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA
BE TALKING ABOUT REST.
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NORMALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS MOST PEOPLE
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DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM UNTIL
YOU GET TO ONE IN PARTICULAR,
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AND THAT'S THE
FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
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AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN
SOMEONE MENTIONS THE SEVENTH DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH, ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT'S AT
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THE FOREFRONT IS WHAT?
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IT'S THE SABBATH.
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SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL ASK ME,
"WHAT CHURCH DO YOU BELONG TO?"
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I'LL SAY, "I'M A SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN."
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"WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE?"
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"THE BIBLE."
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OH, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, I AM
NOT A MEMBER OF THE SEVENTH DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH BECAUSE
SOMEBODY FAXED ME A CREED ONE
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DAY OR BECAUSE I WAS
RAISED IN THIS CHURCH.
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IT JUST HAPPENED THAT WHEN
I READ THE BIBLE AND BEGAN TO
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SEARCH FOR A CHURCH THAT WAS AS
CLOSE TO THE BIBLE AS IT COULD
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BE--I MEAN THAT'S WHAT
YOU WANT TO SUPPORT, RIGHT?
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I HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
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NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYBODY
WITHIN ANY SPECIFIC CHURCH IS
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PERFECT.
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THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE
IN EVERY DENOMINATION.
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EVERY DENOMINATION HAS SOME
FOLKS THAT THEY WISH WOULD NOT
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GET OUT IN PUBLIC.
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YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
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AND THAT'S NORMAL; YOU
CAN'T REALLY JUDGE 'EM BY THAT.
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BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATIONAL
TEACHINGS ARE THE IMPORTANT
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ISSUE.
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BUT WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS,
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THE FIRST TEACHING THAT
COMES TO MIND IS OF COURSE
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THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH.
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AND IT WAS AMAZING TO ME HOW
PEOPLE WOULD CRINGE WHEN I FIRST
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BEGAN TO LEARN THESE THINGS
AND I WAS A BABY CHRISTIAN,
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WORSHIPPING IN DIFFERENT
FELLOWSHIPS, I KEPT WONDERING
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ABOUT IT.
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AND I'D GO TO A VARIETY OF
PASTORS AND I'D SAY, "WHY DO WE
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GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY?"
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AND THEY ALL GAVE ME
DIFFERENT ANSWERS, WHICH MADE ME
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SUSPICIOUS.
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ONE WOULD SAY, "WELL, WE GO TO
CHURCH ON SUNDAY BECAUSE JESUS
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ROSE ON THE FIRST DAY OF
THE WEEK AND IT'S THE CHRISTIAN
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SABBATH, IT'S THE
NEW TESTAMENT SABBATH."
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I'D SAY, "WELL, THAT
SOUNDS GOOD, BUT WHERE'S
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THE SCRIPTURE?"
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"WELL, THERE REALLY IS NO
SPECIFIC SCRIPTURE, BUT WE HAVE
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A LONGSTANDING TRADITION--WE'VE
BEEN DOING THIS FOR, YOU KNOW,
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1500 YEARS OR MORE."
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WELL, THAT'S NOT A GOOD REASON.
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WHERE'S THE BIBLE REASON?
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I MEAN WHAT'S GONNA BE
THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT WE
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STAND FOR?
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IT'S THE SCRIPTURES.
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HOW ELSE CAN YOU DEFEND IT?
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I GO TO ANOTHER PASTOR, I'D
SAY, "WHY DO WE GO ON SUNDAY?"
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AND THEY'D SAY, "WELL, IT REALLY
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DAY YOU GO,
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JUST DON'T GO ON SATURDAY,
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW
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NOW--WE'RE UNDER GRACE."
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I ACTUALLY WAS DOING A MEETING
LIKE THIS WHEN A MINISTER WHO
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WAS ATTENDING
INTERRUPTED THE MEETING.
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HE SAID, "YOU'RE PUTTING ALL
OF THESE PEOPLE UNDER A YOKE OF
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BONDAGE, YOU'RE PUTTING THEM
UNDER WORKS TELLING THEM THEY'VE
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GOT TO KEEP THE OLD LAWS."
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AND I SAID, "BROTHER," I MEAN
THERE WAS A SMALLER GROUP AND SO
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WE BEGAN TO HAVE A DIALOGUE
RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
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THE MEETING.
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I SAID, "BROTHER, DO YOU
BELIEVE GOD WANTS US TO KEEP
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OR NOT?"
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AND SOME OF HIS PARISHIONERS
WERE THERE AT THE MEETING,
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SO HE WAS SENSITIVE TO THAT.
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AND HE SAID, "NO."
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AND THEN THEY, HE
COULD HEAR THE GASP.
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HIS MEMBERS WERE, "YOU
DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD KEEP
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?"
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AND THEY REALIZED THAT THAT
WOULD INCLUDE THE OTHER NINE
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AND THAT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT.
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AND SO HE SAID, "YES."
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BUT THEN HE THOUGHT,
"WELL, THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE
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THE SABBATH."
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SO THEN HE SAID,
"NINE OF THE THEM."
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AND SO I SAID, "YOU'RE TELLING
ME, IN OTHER WORDS, THE ONE
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COMMANDMENT YOU THINK WE
SHOULD FORGET IS THE ONLY ONE
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THAT BEGINS WITH
THE WORD 'REMEMBER?'"
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AND THEN ONE FELLOW I
TALKED TO WAS VERY CREATIVE.
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I SAID, "WHY DO WE
GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY?"
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HE SAID, "BACK IN THE DAYS
OF JOSHUA, THE SUN STOOD STILL,
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SATURDAY BECAME SUNDAY."
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THEN OF COURSE I SAID,
"WELL, THEN WHY FOR THE NEXT
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THOUSAND YEARS DID THEY STILL
KEEP IT ON THE SEVENTH DAY?"
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AND HE COULDN'T ANSWER THAT.
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AND THERE ARE A HUNDRED
OTHER ANSWERS, BUT ON MANY
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OCCASIONS--I'M NOT AFRAID TO
DO IT NOW--I'VE TURNED A CAMERA
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AROUND IN A BIG AUDIENCE
AND I SAID, "PLEASE SHOW ME ONE
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SCRIPTURE THAT COMMANDS US TO
KEEP THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK
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HOLY AS THE SABBATH."
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I'M NEVER AFRAID
TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
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I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT
SOMEONE MIGHT SAY, BUT THERE IS
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NO SCRIPTURE.
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SO I'M NOT AFRAID OF SOMEONE
GIVING ME A SCRIPTURE--THERE
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ISN'T ANY.
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BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF
SCRIPTURES THAT COMMAND US TO
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KEEP THE SEVENTH
DAY HOLY AS THE SABBATH.
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NOW, I WOULDN'T MAKE SUCH A BIG
DEAL ABOUT THIS, EXCEPT IF THE
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TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE SPOKEN BY
GOD'S VOICE AND WRITTEN BY GOD'S
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FINGER, IF THERE IS SOMETHING
WORTH STANDING FOR, THAT WOULD
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BE AMONG THAT GROUP OF THINGS
FOR WHICH YOU SHOULD BE WILLING
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TO STAND.
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WE ILLUSTRATED LAST NIGHT THAT
THE HEROES OF THE BIBLE, LIKE
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DANIEL AND SHADRACH, MESHACH,
ABEDNEGO, WERE WILLING TO DIE
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RATHER THAN DISOBEY
ONE OF GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.
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IS HE GOING TO WANT LESS FROM
HIS PEOPLE IN THE LAST DAYS?
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"THAT'S FINE AND WELL,
PASTOR DOUG, BUT IS IT NECESSARY
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FOR NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS
TO ACTUALLY KEEP THE SEVENTH DAY
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SABBATH?"
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WELL, LET'S FIND
OUT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
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DO YOU BELIEVE
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS?
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LET'S START WITH A COMMANDMENT,
EXODUS 20:8, THIS IS THE FOURTH
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OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
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IT'S THE LONGEST OF THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS; IT'S THE ONLY
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COMMANDMENT THAT BEGINS WITH THE
WORD, "REMEMBER," IMPLYING GOD
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KNEW, WE MIGHT
BE PRONE TO FORGET.
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"REMEMBER THE
SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY.
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SIX DAYS YOU SHALL LABOR
AND DO ALL OF YOUR WORK, BUT
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THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH
OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, IN IT YOU
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SHALL NOT DO ANY WORK.
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YOU, NOR YOUR SON, NOR YOUR
DAUGHTER, NOR YOUR MALE SERVANT,
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NOR YOUR FEMALE SERVANT, NOR
YOUR CATTLE, NOR THE STRANGER
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WHO IS WITHIN YOUR GATES.
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FOR," HERE'S WHY, "IN SIX
DAYS THE LORD MADE THE HEAVEN
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AND THE EARTH AND THE
SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM.
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AND HE RESTED THE SEVENTH
DAY, THEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED
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THE SABBATH DAY AND HALLED IT."
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REMEMBER, THEY ARE NOT
CALLED "THE TEN SUGGESTIONS" OR
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"THE TEN RECOMMENDATIONS."
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WHEN THE ALMIGHTY
CREATOR OF THE COSMOS SAYS,
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"THIS IS MY WILL, DO THIS,"
THEN HE WANTS US TO DO IT.
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NOT JUST TO BE
HEARERS, BUT DOERS OF THE LAW.
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QUESTION NUMBER ONE:
"WHAT IS THE SABBATH DAY?"
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OF COURSE IT WAS ON THE SABBATH
DAY THAT GOD RESTED FROM HIS
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WORK OF CREATION.
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FOR SIX DAYS GOD CREATED
THE WORLD, AND HE MADE DIFFERENT
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THINGS ON THOSE SIX DAYS.
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WHAT DID HE MAKE
ON THE SEVENTH DAY?
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HE MADE A DAY.
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THE ONLY THING HE MADE ON
THE SEVENTH DAY WAS THE SABBATH.
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DO WE STILL NEED EVERYTHING
ELSE GOD MADE ON THOSE OTHER
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SIX DAYS?
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THEN WHY WOULD WE THINK THE ONLY
THING HE MADE ON THE SEVENTH DAY
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IS NO LONGER NEEDED?
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LET'S READ IT, GENESIS 2.
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SABBATH GOES BACK TO CREATION,
IT'S PART OF GOD'S PERFECT PLAN.
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THERE WAS NO SIN IN
THE WORLD AT THIS TIME.
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"ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD ENDED
HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD DONE,
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HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY
FROM ALL OF HIS WORK WHICH HE
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HAD DONE.
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THEN GOD BLESSED THE
SEVENTH DAY AND SANCTIFIED IT,
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BECAUSE IN IT HE HAD
RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK WHICH
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GOD CREATED AND MADE."
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THE SABBATH IS THIS HOLY SPHERE
OF TIME THAT DATES BACK TO
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THE VERY BEGINNING.
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NOW, YOU NOTICE IN THE
COMMANDMENT IT SAYS THAT ON THE
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SABBATH DAY THAT GOD RESTED, HE
BLESSED IT AND HE SANCTIFIED IT.
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MAN WAS MADE IN
THE IMAGE OF GOD.
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GOD HAS ASKED US
TO FOLLOW HIS PATTERN
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OF EMBRACING THE REST,
"COME TO ME," JESUS SAYS,
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"AND YOU'LL HAVE REST."
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THE BLESSING--HE'S BLESSED
THIS DAY ABOVE EVERY OTHER DAY.
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AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE MISSING
THE BLESSING, BECAUSE YOU MUST
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CAPITALIZE ON THAT BY
FAITH; YOU MUST CLAIM IT.
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IT'S THERE WHETHER
YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
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THE SEVENTH IS THE SABBATH,
WHETHER YOU'VE EVER KNOWN IT
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OR NOT; WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT
OR NOT, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE IT.
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IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THE SEVENTH
DAY IS THE SABBATH, IT'S NOT
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GOING TO AFFECT THAT TRUTH.
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THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH
WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
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AND GOD, AND HE
SANCTIFIED IT, HE MADE IT HOLY.
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AND WHEN GOD TELLS US SOMETHING
IS HOLY, IT'S STILL HOLY.
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TWO INSTITUTIONS
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
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GOD ESTABLISHED MARRIAGE AND HE
ESTABLISHED THE SABBATH TRUTH.
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BECAUSE ALL LOVE RELATIONSHIPS
FLOURISH IN THE DIMENSION OF
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TIME.
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THE REASON THE DEVIL HATES
THE SABBATH TRUTH IS HE KNOWS IF
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HE CAN GET PEOPLE SO BUSY WITH
THE CARES OF LIFE THAT THEY WILL
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NOT BE THINKING ABOUT THAT
QUALITY TIME, THAT APPOINTMENT
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WE'VE GOT WITH GOD WHERE
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM IS TO
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GROW, IT'S TO BE
NURTURED, IT'S TO BE NOURISHED.
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NOT ONLY THAT,
PEOPLE NEED PHYSICAL REST.
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I'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF
REPORTS FROM THE MILITARY.
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THEY'VE TRIED ALL KINDS OF TESTS
ABOUT HOW--WHAT IS THE ENDURANCE
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OF MAN?
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AND THEY EVEN TRIED GOING ON A
10-DAY WORKWEEK FOR THE TROOPS.
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AND THEY SAID THE IDEAL
SCHEDULE IS 6 DAYS OF WORK,
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1 DAY OF REST.
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GOD KNEW WHAT HE
WAS TALKING ABOUT.
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AND THEN YOU CONSIDER,
ESPECIALLY IN OUR AGE NOW,
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ALL OF THE STRESS
THAT PEOPLE GRAPPLE WITH.
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MORE THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, TODAY
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PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH STRESS.
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PEOPLE ARE ALL STRESSED OUT.
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LET ME READ SOME, THERE'S SOME
SCIENTIFIC DATA THAT I THINK IS
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WORTHY OF SHARING WITH YOU.
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A CORNELL UNIVERSITY STUDY
OF WORKING COUPLES CONFIRMS
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THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS
THAT WORK-RELATED STRESS HAS
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ON FAMILIES.
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MARRIED COUPLES WITH CHILDREN
BURDENED BY LONG HOURS OF PAID
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WORK REPORT THE LOWEST QUALITY
OF LIFE AMONG WORKING COUPLES.
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ADDITIONALLY, CATCH THIS--43% OF
ALL ADULTS SUFFER ADVERSE HEALTH
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EFFECTS FROM STRESS.
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I WISH I COULD SAY
I WAS TOTALLY IMMUNE.
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AND 75% TO 90% OF ALL PHYSICIAN
OFFICE VISITS ARE ATTRIBUTED--
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DID YOU CATCH THAT?
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75 TO 90% OF ALL PHYSICIAN
OFFICE VISITS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO
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STRESS-RELATED
AILMENTS OR COMPLAINTS.
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ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION,
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STRESS IS LINKED TO THE
SIX LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
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IN THE UNITED STATES.
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STRESS IS RELATED TO HEART
DISEASE, CANCER, LUNG AILMENTS,
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ACCIDENTS, CIRRHOSIS
OF THE LIVER, SUICIDE.
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THE PHARMACY, SO MANY OF
THE DRUGS THAT ARE SOLD OVER
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THE COUNTER, EVERYTHING FROM
SLEEPING PILLS TO ANTACIDS ARE
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RELATED TO STRESS.
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AND I WONDER IF THERE'S
A CONNECTION BETWEEN MAN
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FORGETTING THAT GOD SAID
REST, AND TO ENJOY THE REST THAT
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HE HAS TOLD US TO
ENJOY IN THE SABBATH TIME.
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EVERY SABBATH DAY IS NOT ONLY A
TIME FOR US TO LET THE PRESSURE
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OF THE STRESS GO AWAY,
JUST TO LAY YOUR BURDENS DOWN.
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JESUS SAYS, "COME TO ME,
I'LL HELP YOU WITH YOUR BURDENS,
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I'LL GIVE YOU REST."
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THE SABBATH IS A RENEWING OF
THAT RELATIONSHIP EVERY WEEK.
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IT'S ALSO A
MEMORIAL OF CREATION.
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YOU SEE, EVERY TIME YOU REMEMBER
THE SABBATH DAY, YOU REMEMBER
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THAT IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED.
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IT IS A CONSTANT MEMORIAL
THAT GOD IS OUR CREATOR.
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YOU CAN ALSO
FIND THAT IN EZEKIEL.
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IT TELLS US THAT HE GAVE US
THE SABBATH DAY AS A SIGN OF
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REDEMPTION.
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NOT ONLY IT REMINDS US THAT
HE IS OUR CREATOR, THAT HE MADE
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US--IT REMINDS US
THAT HE REDEEMED US.
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FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN LOOK
IN EXODUS 31:13, "VERILY MY
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SABBATHS YOU SHALL KEEP, FOR IT
SHALL BE A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND
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YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS,
THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM
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THE LORD THAT
DOES SANCTIFY YOU."
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AND A MOMENT AGO I CITED
EZEKIEL, IT'S 20:20, "HALLOW MY
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SABBATHS AND THEY SHALL BE A
SIGN BETWEEN ME AND YOU THAT YOU
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MIGHT KNOW THAT I
AM THE LORD YOUR GOD."
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DID IT STOP BEING THE SIGN
THAT HE IS OUR REDEEMER AND OUR
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CREATOR AT SOME POINT,
OR IS THAT A PERPETUAL SIGN?
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THAT'S WHY GOD TOLD US IN THE
COMMANDMENT, "REMEMBER TO KEEP
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THE SABBATH DAY,
TO KEEP IT," WHAT?
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"TO KEEP IT HOLY."
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WHY WOULD GOD MAKE SUCH A
BIG DEAL ABOUT THE SABBATH?
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BECAUSE YOU AND I LIVE
IN SOMETHING CALLED TIME.
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IF YOU HAVE NO MORE TIME, THAT'S
BAD NEWS--ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
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WE LIVE IN TIME.
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AND THE SABBATH IS A MEMORIAL
THAT GOD GIVES US LIFE, THAT HE
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REDEEMS US, THAT
RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT IN TIME.
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THE DEVIL HATES IT, BECAUSE
AS WE SPEND TIME WITH GOD,
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WE GET TO KNOW GOD.
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AS WE GET TO
KNOW HIM, WE LOVE HIM.
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AS WE GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER,
WE LOVE HIM BETTER, AND IF YOU
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LOVE HIM THEN YOU OBEY HIM.
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YOU CAN'T OBEY HIM IF YOU DON'T
KNOW HIM AND YOU DON'T LOVE HIM.
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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
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SO THE DEVIL HATES THAT, BECAUSE
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE FIND
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THE POWER TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE--IT'S IN THE RELATIONSHIP
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WITH JESUS.
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AND THE SABBATH IS ALL ABOUT
THAT RELATIONSHIP, THAT LOVE,
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THAT TIME, THAT
QUALITY TIME WITH GOD.
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IT IS NOT A JEWISH LAW.
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NOW, MY MOTHER WAS JEWISH;
GREW UP UNDERSTANDING A LOT
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ABOUT THE RELIGION.
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BUT ONE THING THAT'S REAL CLEAR
TO ME IS THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT
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THE SABBATH IS FOR EVERYBODY.
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WHAT DID JESUS SAY, MARK 2:27?
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"THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR?"
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"FOR MAN."
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THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY
PLACE TO SAY THE SABBATH IS MADE
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FOR JEWS OR FOR
HEBREWS OR ISRAELITES.
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HE DOESN'T SAY THAT.
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HE SAYS THE
SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN.
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BECAUSE--AND YOU KNOW WHAT
ELSE--HE'S TRACING IT BACK TO
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THE GARDEN OF EDEN, WHEN AFTER
GOD MADE MAN ON THE SIXTH DAY,
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THEN HE MADE TIME.
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FOR MAN WITH GOD, THE VERY NEXT
THING HE MADE WAS THE SABBATH.
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EVERY MAN NEEDS IT.
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EVERYBODY IN THE
WORLD IS RELATED TO ADAM.
00:14:27.33\00:14:30.23
AND IF YOU'RE NOT RELATED
TO ADAM, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO
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YOU LATER.
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YOU NEED TO HAVE
YOUR DNA CHECKED.
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YOU KNOW WHAT
ELSE GOD MADE FOR MAN?
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WOMAN.
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GOD SAID, "IT'S NOT GOOD
THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE,"
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SO HE MADE A WOMAN.
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SO HERE'S THE QUESTION:
DO WE STILL NEED WOMEN?
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DO WE STILL NEED THE SABBATH?
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I ALWAYS GET EXTRA
VOTES WHEN I DO IT THAT WAY.
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LET'S READ THIS
VERSE, ISAIAH 56:6.
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THE SABBATH'S NOT JUST
FOR ONE RACE--LISTEN TO THIS.
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"ALSO THE SONS OF THE STRANGER
THAT JOIN THEMSELVES TO THE LORD
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TO SERVE HIM."
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THESE ARE
STRANGERS, ALIENS, NON-JEWS.
00:15:07.56\00:15:10.10
"TO LOVE THE NAME OF THE
LORD, TO BE HIS SERVANTS.
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EVERYONE THAT KEEPS THE SABBATH
FROM POLLUTING IT AND TAKES HOLD
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OF MY COVENANT."
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HE'S NOT EVEN TALKING
ABOUT THE GENERAL SABBATH DAYS;
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HE SAYS THE SABBATH.
00:15:21.43\00:15:22.73
"EVEN THEM I WILL BRING TO
MY HOLY MOUNTAIN AND MAKE THEM
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JOYFUL IN MY HOUSE OF PRAYER."
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IT'S FOR EVERYBODY.
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IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE
CHURCH WHEN PEOPLE CONVERTED TO
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CHRISTIANITY, THEY EMBRACED
THE SABBATH ALONG WITH THE OTHER
00:15:35.06\00:15:37.93
PRINCIPLES OF THE BIBLE.
00:15:37.93\00:15:39.96
IT'S A TIME FOR
CORPORATE WORSHIP.
00:15:39.96\00:15:42.90
WE NEED THAT, WE NEED TO COME
TOGETHER TO FELLOWSHIP, TO EDIFY
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AND BUILD EACH OTHER UP.
00:15:45.66\00:15:47.30
AND THE BIBLE TELLS US IN
EXODUS 23 THAT THE SABBATH IS
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A HOLY CONVOCATION.
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THAT WORD "CONVOCATION" MEANS,
IT'S LIKE WHERE YOU GET THE WORD
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"CONVENTION," IT MEANS,
"AN ASSEMBLY, A CONVENING,
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A COMING TOGETHER."
00:15:58.26\00:15:59.66
AND YET SOMETIMES I MEET PEOPLE,
EVEN SABBATH KEEPERS AND BY
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THE WAY, SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS,
WE DON'T HAVE A PATENT ON THE
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SABBATH TRUTH; MANY DIFFERENT
CHURCHES OUT THERE TODAY THAT
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HAVE LEARNED THE SABBATH TRUTH.
00:16:08.80\00:16:10.46
MATTER OF FACT, I GOT A
CALL, WHAT, 2, 3 WEEKS AGO,
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BONNIE, FROM A PASTOR--I WON'T
SAY HIS NAME, I DON'T WANT TO
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PUT HIM ON THE SPOT.
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HE LIVES IN AUSTIN, TEXAS;
A PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD
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PASTOR, STUDYING OUR MATERIAL,
WATCHING THE PROGRAMS; ACCEPTED
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THE SABBATH TRUTH,
PRESENTED IT TO HIS CHURCH.
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THE MAJORITY OF HIS CHURCH
ACCEPTED IT--THEY SAID IT'S
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IN THE BIBLE.
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THIS IS A TRUTH
THAT'S SPREADING EVERYWHERE.
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I MEAN WE DON'T
HAVE A PATENT ON THIS.
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AND SO IT DOES MATTER,
IT IS IMPORTANT--IT'S ONE OF
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
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IT SAYS HERE IN OF
COURSE EXODUS 20:8 AND ON, TO,
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"REMEMBER THE SABBATH
DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY."
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YOU NOTICE GOD DIDN'T
SAY, "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY
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AND START KEEPING IT HOLY."
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HE SAID, "KEEP IT HOLY."
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THAT MEANS IT IS HOLY, HE'S
ASKING US TO KEEP WHAT HE HAS
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MADE HOLY, HOLY.
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LET ME ILLUSTRATE.
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IF YOU COME TO MY HOME AND I
SAY--I LIVE IN A COLD CLIMATE
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AND IT'S WINTER, AND I SAY,
"COULD YOU JUST, OH, YOU KNOW,
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WATCH THE HOUSE FOR A
FEW MINUTES, GOTTA RUN TO
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THE STORE--CAN YOU
KEEP THE FIRE GOING?"
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"NO PROBLEM, DOUG."
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I SAY, "THERE'S THE WOOD BOX,
CAN YOU KEEP THE FIRE GOING?"
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"NO PROBLEM."
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SO I LEAVE AND YOU THINK,
"WELL, I BETTER CHECK THE FIRE."
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AND YOU GO OVER AND YOU OPEN
UP THE STOVE--THERE'S NO FIRE,
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JUST COLD ASHES.
00:17:25.40\00:17:28.16
AND YOU'RE THINKING TO YOURSELF,
"WHY DID DOUG SAY 'KEEP THE FIRE
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GOING,' IF THERE'S NO FIRE?"
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THE VERY FACT THAT I SAY, "KEEP
THE FIRE GOING," IMPLIES THERE
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IS A FIRE--YOU
JUST KEEP IT GOING.
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GOD IS SAYING
THE SABBATH IS HOLY.
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IT DID NOT START
BEING HOLY WITH MOSES.
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SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT GOD
DREAMED IT UP FOR THE CHILDREN
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OF ISRAEL AT MOUNT SINAI.
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THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THEIR
BIBLES VERY WELL--IT GOES ALL
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THE WAY BACK TO ADAM.
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AND PROOF OF THAT WOULD BE
IF YOU GO TO EXODUS 16 WHEN
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THE LORD BROUGHT THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT BEFORE THEY
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EVER GOT TO MOUNT SINAI,
IT SAYS, "MOSES SAID TO THEM,"
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REMEMBER THEY RAINED
THE BREAD DOWN FROM HEAVEN?
00:18:01.40\00:18:03.76
"MOSES SAID TO THEM, 'EAT TODAY
WHAT THEY'VE GATHERED, FOR TODAY
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IS THE SABBATH TO THE LORD.
00:18:08.76\00:18:11.13
TODAY YOU WILL NOT
FIND IT IN THE FIELD.'"
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THEY WOULD GO OUT, 5 DAYS
A WEEK THEY'D GATHER MANNA.
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ON THE SIXTH DAY THEY'D GATHER
TWICE AS MUCH BECAUSE THERE
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WOULD BE NO MANNA
ON THE SABBATH DAY.
00:18:19.86\00:18:23.30
YET ON THE SABBATH DAY
SOME STILL WENT OUT LOOKING FOR
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MANNA, AND GOD SAID, "HOW
LONG WILL YOU REFUSE TO KEEP MY
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COMMANDMENTS?"
00:18:27.96\00:18:29.33
NOW, NOTICE YOU FIND THE MANNA
STORY IN EXODUS 16, YOU DON'T
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GET TO MOUNT
SINAI UNTIL EXODUS 20.
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GOD WAS SAYING, "THE SABBATH IS
ONE OF MY LAWS" BEFORE THEY EVER
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GOT TO MOUNT SINAI.
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IT GOES ALL THE WAY
BACK TO ADAM AND EVE.
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WE ALL NEED REST,
THAT'S NOT JUST A JEWISH NEED.
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THAT'S ABSURD FOR PEOPLE TO
SAY THAT THIS IS A JEWISH LAW.
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WHAT, DID GOD GET IT WRONG
AT CREATION, HE HAD TO CHANGE
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IT LATER?
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IT WAS PART OF HIS PERFECT PLAN.
00:18:54.86\00:18:56.50
WHAT ABOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT
WOULD MEAN THERE WOULD SOMETHING
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WRONG WITH THE DAY?
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WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT
QUESTION--WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK
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IS THE SABBATH?
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I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU, BUT
LET'S READ IT ONE MORE TIME.
00:19:05.23\00:19:07.93
IT SAYS, GENESIS 2, "ON THE,"
SAY IT WITH ME, "SEVENTH DAY
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GOD ENDED HIS
WORK WHICH HE HAD DONE.
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HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY
FROM ALL HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD
00:19:14.93\00:19:19.16
DONE, AND THEN GOD BLESSED THE
SEVENTH DAY AND SANCTIFIED IT,
00:19:19.16\00:19:23.63
BECAUSE IN IT HE HAD RESTED FROM
ALL HIS WORK WHICH GOD CREATED
00:19:23.63\00:19:26.33
AND HE HAD DONE."
00:19:26.33\00:19:28.10
FIRST TIME IN THE BIBLE ANY
NUMBER IS MENTIONED THREE TIMES
00:19:28.10\00:19:30.16
AS IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SABBATH.
00:19:30.16\00:19:32.20
IT SAYS, "THE SEVENTH DAY, THE
SEVENTH DAY, THE SEVENTH DAY."
00:19:32.20\00:19:36.53
NOW, IF YOU'VE GOT CAVEMAN
THEOLOGY, WHENEVER YOU HEAR A
00:19:36.53\00:19:41.13
NUMBER LIKE THAT, 777, WHAT POPS
INTO MY MIND--WHAT'S THE MARK OF
00:19:41.13\00:19:44.86
THE BEAST?
00:19:44.86\00:19:45.90
SIX-SIX-SIX.
00:19:45.90\00:19:47.86
ONE OF THE IDENTIFYING MARKS, WE
JUST READ ONE OF THE SIGNS, ONE
00:19:47.86\00:19:51.76
OF THE SEALS THAT YOU
BELONG TO GOD IS THE SABBATH.
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THAT NUMBER, SEVEN, IS A
SIGN THAT YOU ARE RESTING IN THE
00:19:55.60\00:19:59.63
LORD; YOU'RE TRUSTING IN HIM.
00:19:59.63\00:20:01.73
NOW, YOU NOTICE GOD
DIDN'T-- HE DIDN'T SAY KEEP
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A SEVENTH DAY.
00:20:04.33\00:20:05.53
AND THIS IS ONE OF
THE MOST COMMON ARGUMENTS.
00:20:05.53\00:20:07.20
AFTER I START STUDYING
WITH PEOPLE, IT'S INTERESTING TO
00:20:07.20\00:20:10.10
WATCH PEOPLE KEEP CHANGING THEIR
POSITIONS TO AVOID THE SABBATH
00:20:10.10\00:20:12.46
TRUTH.
00:20:12.46\00:20:13.20
OKAY, WAIT A SECOND, LET
ME JUST SAY SOMETHING HERE.
00:20:13.20\00:20:16.66
I ALWAYS FORGET THIS.
00:20:16.66\00:20:18.06
I GET SO WORKED
UP OVER THIS SUBJECT.
00:20:18.06\00:20:21.23
I FORGET HOW IT DISTURBED
ME WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT.
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PLEASE FORGIVE ME, FRIENDS,
IF I'M NOT BEING GRACIOUS.
00:20:25.93\00:20:29.13
I KNOW IT CAN BE VERY DISTURBING
WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THIS.
00:20:29.13\00:20:31.60
IT'S SUCH A COMPELLING--FOR ME
IT SEEMS TO BE SUCH COMPELLING
00:20:31.60\00:20:33.83
EVIDENCE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE
BLOWN AWAY AND THEY DON'T KNOW
00:20:33.83\00:20:36.66
WHAT TO DO.
00:20:36.66\00:20:38.06
BECAUSE ACCEPTING THE SABBATH
TRUTH FOR THEM CAN MEAN LOSING
00:20:38.06\00:20:41.33
THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR FELLOWSHIP,
THEY COULD BE PUT OUT OF THEIR
00:20:41.33\00:20:44.40
CHURCH, THEY CAN LOSE THEIR
JOBS; IT CAN MEAN TREMENDOUS
00:20:44.40\00:20:46.53
CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES.
00:20:46.53\00:20:48.83
AND I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT
WHEN PEOPLE DISCOVER THE SABBATH
00:20:48.83\00:20:51.53
TRUTH, THEY START GOING THROUGH
A STRUGGLE, BECAUSE THEY BEGIN
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TO SAY, "CAN I
AFFORD TO BELIEVE THIS?"
00:20:54.53\00:20:58.70
I'D LIKE TO PLEAD WITH YOU
RIGHT NOW--DON'T THINK THAT WAY.
00:20:58.70\00:21:02.03
OPEN YOUR HEART, OPEN YOUR MIND
AND SAY, "LORD, FIRST LET ME
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JUST ASK THE HONEST
QUESTIONS, IS IT TRUE?"
00:21:04.46\00:21:08.53
BE OPEN TO THE
LOGIC OF GOD'S WORD.
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IT SAYS, "COME LET
US REASON TOGETHER."
00:21:12.30\00:21:15.23
USE YOUR HEAD, ASK
YOURSELF IF IT MAKES SENSE.
00:21:15.23\00:21:18.13
IF IT'S TRUE THEN SAY, "LORD,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO
00:21:18.13\00:21:20.13
ABOUT IT, BUT PLEASE
GIVE ME GRACE AND GUIDE ME."
00:21:20.13\00:21:22.30
GOD DOES NOT SEND THE SABBATH
TRUTH TO BE A BURDEN FOR YOU.
00:21:22.30\00:21:25.13
HE SENDS IT TO BE A BLESSING.
00:21:25.13\00:21:27.33
HE DOESN'T WANT IT TO BE
A PROBLEM--IT'S A PRIVILEGE.
00:21:27.33\00:21:31.53
AND SO JUST LOOK AT
THIS HONESTLY, AMEN?
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HE DOESN'T SAY,
"KEEP A SABBATH DAY."
00:21:34.80\00:21:38.60
IT'S LIKE IF I WERE TO
SAY, "CAN YOU BRING ME A CHAIR?"
00:21:38.60\00:21:41.26
WELL, YOU COULD GRAB ANY OLD
CHAIR, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
00:21:41.26\00:21:43.03
COLOR IT IS, AND BRING IT TO ME.
00:21:43.03\00:21:45.50
BUT IF I SAY, "BRING ME
THE CHAIR," WELL, YOU KNOW I'M
00:21:45.50\00:21:48.80
TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC CHAIR.
00:21:48.80\00:21:51.20
IT DOESN'T SAY "A SEVENTH
DAY IS THE SABBATH," GOD SAYS,
00:21:51.20\00:21:53.63
"THE SEVENTH DAY."
00:21:53.63\00:21:55.26
ISN'T THAT WHAT HE SAYS?
00:21:55.26\00:21:56.93
AND HE MEANS WHAT
HE SAYS-- HE'S GOD.
00:21:56.93\00:21:59.50
NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS AND
YOU THINK I'M TEACHING SOMETHING
00:21:59.50\00:22:01.56
BIASED, THERE'S NO QUESTION
ABOUT WHAT THE SEVENTH DAY
00:22:01.56\00:22:03.46
IS--IT'S WHAT WE
COMMONLY CALL SATURDAY.
00:22:03.46\00:22:05.80
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE
PASTOR DOUG, MAYBE YOU'LL
00:22:05.80\00:22:07.30
BELIEVE WEBSTER.
00:22:07.30\00:22:09.53
YOU LOOK AT
WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY, SATURDAY
00:22:09.53\00:22:11.83
THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK.
00:22:11.83\00:22:13.96
IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
00:22:13.96\00:22:15.20
AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING,
"WELL, WHAT IS SUNDAY?
00:22:15.20\00:22:16.96
I THOUGHT SUNDAY
WAS THE SEVENTH DAY?"
00:22:16.96\00:22:18.50
NO--SUNDAY, THE
FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
00:22:18.50\00:22:21.73
YOU CHECK ON ME.
00:22:21.73\00:22:22.83
NOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE
JUGGLE CALENDARS A LITTLE BIT,
00:22:22.83\00:22:25.60
DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNTRY
YOU'RE IN, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE
00:22:25.60\00:22:27.80
THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
00:22:27.80\00:22:29.50
AND I CAN SET UP MY COMPUTER
WHERE IT STARTS ON THE WORKING
00:22:29.50\00:22:32.00
DAYS OF MONDAY, BUT THAT DOESN'T
MAKE MONDAY THE FIRST DAY OF
00:22:32.00\00:22:34.60
THE WEEK.
00:22:34.60\00:22:35.73
PEOPLE DO ALL KINDS OF
THINGS TRYING TO JUGGLE THAT.
00:22:35.73\00:22:38.06
SOME PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, DOUG,
NOBODY REALLY KNOWS ANYMORE WHAT
00:22:38.06\00:22:40.70
WAS THE SEVENTH DAY OF CREATION,
BECAUSE AFTER ALL CALENDARS
00:22:40.70\00:22:43.80
BEEN CHANGED MANY
TIMES AND WHO KNOWS ANYMORE?"
00:22:43.80\00:22:46.66
HAVE YOU HEARD
THAT ARGUMENT BEFORE?
00:22:46.66\00:22:48.16
THAT IS A MYTH.
00:22:48.16\00:22:49.00
THAT IS ABSURD WHEN
YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.
00:22:49.00\00:22:52.20
HAS THE CALENDAR BEEN CHANGED?
00:22:52.20\00:22:54.76
MANY TIMES THE MONTHS AND
DATES ON THE CALENDAR HAVE BEEN
00:22:54.76\00:22:58.46
CHANGED.
00:22:58.46\00:22:59.83
THAT NEVER HAS ANY
EFFECT ON THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
00:22:59.83\00:23:03.33
I'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A
MINUTE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
00:23:03.33\00:23:05.50
SOMEONE WROTE YEARS AGO THE U.S.
00:23:05.50\00:23:06.80
NAVAL OBSERVATORY WITH THIS
QUESTION, ASKING IF THE CHANGES
00:23:06.80\00:23:10.56
IN THE CALENDAR IN RECENT YEARS
HAVE AFFECTED THE WEEKLY CYCLE.
00:23:10.56\00:23:15.20
AND THEY RESPONDED FROM THE U.S.
00:23:15.20\00:23:17.13
NAVAL OBSERVATORY, "THERE HAS
BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE CONTINUITY
00:23:17.13\00:23:21.20
OF THE WEEKLY CYCLE SINCE
LONG BEFORE THE CHRISTIAN ERA."
00:23:21.20\00:23:24.80
THE CONTINUITY OF THE WEEKLY
CYCLE MEANING THE FIRST, SECOND,
00:23:24.80\00:23:28.03
THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH,
SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK, AND IT
00:23:28.03\00:23:30.83
JUST KEEPS CYCLING.
00:23:30.83\00:23:32.36
FOR INSTANCE, THERE WAS A CHANGE
IN THE CALENDAR, WE'RE NOW
00:23:32.36\00:23:34.80
LIVING UNDER THE
GREGORIAN CALENDAR.
00:23:34.80\00:23:36.80
AND I THINK IT WAS 1582,
POPE GREGORY THE XIII CHANGED,
00:23:36.80\00:23:40.23
AND IT WAS LIKE OCTOBER 5TH,
FRIDAY, AND THE NEXT DAY WAS
00:23:40.23\00:23:43.23
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH.
00:23:43.23\00:23:45.56
IT WENT FROM THE 5TH TO
THE 15TH, THEY ADDED TEN DAYS.
00:23:45.56\00:23:48.86
AND IT WAS REALLY AN
ASTRONOMICAL CHANGE THEY
00:23:48.86\00:23:50.50
NEEDED TO MAKE--THERE
WASN'T ANY CONSPIRACY.
00:23:50.50\00:23:53.83
THEY WERE DOING IT FOR
THE SEASONS AND FOR FARMING.
00:23:53.83\00:23:56.80
BUT WHEN HE CHANGED THE 5TH OF
OCTOBER TO THE 15TH, HE CHANGED
00:23:56.80\00:24:00.76
THE CALENDAR, IT DID
NOTHING TO THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
00:24:00.76\00:24:04.06
FRIDAY WAS FOLLOWED BY SATURDAY.
00:24:04.06\00:24:06.10
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:24:06.10\00:24:07.26
THAT'S WHY YOUR BIRTHDAY
MIGHT BE ON A DIFFERENT DAY OF
00:24:07.26\00:24:08.96
THE WEEK EVERY YEAR.
00:24:08.96\00:24:10.63
BECAUSE PEOPLE LOOK AT A
CALENDAR AND THEY SEE THE DAYS
00:24:10.63\00:24:12.76
OF THE WEEK ON A CALENDAR, AND
THEY SEE THE MONTH, THEY THINK
00:24:12.76\00:24:16.46
WHEN YOU CHANGE THE
MONTH IT AFFECTS THE WEEK.
00:24:16.46\00:24:18.30
IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE WEEK.
00:24:18.30\00:24:20.23
SO THAT ARGUMENT
REALLY HOLDS NO WATER AT ALL.
00:24:20.23\00:24:23.23
THEN, YOU KNOW, FOR ME WHAT'S
ONE OF THE VERY COMPELLING
00:24:23.23\00:24:25.73
ARGUMENTS IS IN THE BIBLE IT
TELLS US WHAT DAY THE SEVENTH
00:24:25.73\00:24:29.53
DAY IS.
00:24:29.53\00:24:30.90
IF YOU READ IN LUKE 23:54-24,
WHEN CHRIST DIED, IT SAYS,
00:24:30.90\00:24:36.20
"THEY RETURNED AND PREPARED
SPICES AND OINTMENTS, AND THEY
00:24:36.20\00:24:38.73
RESTED THE SABBATH DAY
ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT."
00:24:38.73\00:24:44.23
BY THE WAY, THIS WAS WRITTEN
BY LUKE, A GENTILE, WRITTEN
00:24:44.23\00:24:46.70
20 YEARS AFTER THE CROSS.
00:24:46.70\00:24:48.50
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD PLACE
FOR HIM TO INTRODUCE THE NEW
00:24:48.50\00:24:50.43
CHRISTIAN SABBATH IF
THERE WAS ONE--BUT HE DOESN'T.
00:24:50.43\00:24:55.30
AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING
THAT JESUS CHOSE FRIDAY
00:24:55.30\00:24:57.56
AFTERNOON AS THE SABBATH
WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN, TO SAY,
00:24:57.56\00:25:01.10
"IT IS FINISHED."
00:25:01.10\00:25:04.13
HE WENT TO SLEEP, HE RESTED
THROUGH THE SABBATH FROM HIS
00:25:04.13\00:25:07.03
WORK OF SAVING MANKIND, AND HE
ROSE SUNDAY TO CONTINUE HIS WORK
00:25:07.03\00:25:11.10
AS OUR HIGH PRIEST, NOT TO
ESTABLISH A NEW DAY OF REST.
00:25:11.10\00:25:14.80
JESUS EVEN KEPT THE
SABBATH IN HIS DEATH!
00:25:14.80\00:25:18.63
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00:25:26.00\00:25:29.13
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00:25:29.13\00:25:32.46
KEEP THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH?
00:25:32.46\00:25:35.30
IF WE HAVEN'T GOT TIME TO GIVE
JESUS ONE DAY A WEEK IN SEVEN,
00:25:35.30\00:25:40.53
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
ENDURE ETERNITY WITH HIM?
00:25:40.53\00:25:44.00
DON'T GO BY WHAT YOU FEEL, DON'T
GO BY WHAT YOUR PASTOR SAYS,
00:25:44.00\00:25:47.13
DON'T GO BY WHAT I SAY.
00:25:47.13\00:25:48.43
GO BY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
00:25:48.43\00:25:50.96
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GOD'S LAW HAS NOT CHANGED.
00:25:50.96\00:25:55.06
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