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>> WHY WON'T BIBLE
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SO MANY CHRISTIAN MOVEMENTS HAVE
COME OUT OF THE DARK AGES BACK
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TO THE BIBLE, BUT THEY STOPPED
WITH ONE OF GOD'S COMMANDMENTS,
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THE ONE THAT DEALS WITH THE
LOVE RELATIONSHIP AND GIVING GOD
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YOUR TIME AND YOUR LIFE.
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>> SO, YOU LOOK IN THE BIBLE AND
COMMONLY, WE THINK OF FRIDAY,
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THEY CALL IT "GOOD FRIDAY"
WAS THE DAY HE WAS CRUCIFIED.
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IT'S THE
PREPARATION DAY, THE BIBLE SAYS.
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HE RESTED IN THE
TOMB ON THE SABBATH.
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THE SABBATH WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN.
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AFTER THE SABBATH WAS
PASSED, THEY CAME TO THE TOMB AS
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THE FIRST DAY BEGAN TO DAWN.
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THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE
COMMONLY CALL "SUNDAY MORNING."
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I HAVE NO DISPUTE THAT
JESUS ROSE SUNDAY MORNING.
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THE QUESTION IS: DOES
THAT MAKE IT A NEW SABBATH DAY?
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JESUS DIED ON FRIDAY.
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DOES THAT MAKE
THAT A NEW SABBATH DAY?
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THE LORD'S SUPPER WAS
CELEBRATED ON A THURSDAY.
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DOES THAT MAKE
THAT A NEW SABBATH DAY?
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JESUS DID WONDERFUL THINGS ON
MANY DIFFERENT DAYS OF THE WEEK,
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BUT THERE IS NOTHING
WRONG WITH THE ORIGINAL SABBATH.
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WHY WOULD HE CHANGE IT?
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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
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SOMEBODY PLEASE SAY AMEN.
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I REALIZE WE'RE NOT IN A
CHURCH, BUT IT'LL HELP ME.
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SO, WE KNOW THE DAY BETWEEN
FRIDAY WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS
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AND SUNDAY WHEN
HE ROSE IS WHAT DAY?
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WHAT'S BETWEEN
FRIDAY AND SUNDAY?
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QUICK.
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SATURDAY, THERE YOU GO.
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IT HASN'T CHANGED.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, MOST
CHRISTIANS THAT GO TO CHURCH ON
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SUNDAY, THEY HAVE NO DISPUTE
THAT SUNDAY'S THE FIRST DAY OF
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THE WEEK.
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THEY JUST ARGUE THEIR
REASONS FOR KEEPING IT THAT DAY,
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BUT THEY STILL FAIL
TO PRODUCE A COMMANDMENT.
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AND THEN, ONE OF THE OTHER,
FOR ME, COMPELLING ARGUMENTS
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ABOUT WHAT DAY IT IS IS YOU'VE
GOT A WHOLE RACE OF PEOPLE
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AROUND THE WORLD,
WHAT DID I SAY LAST NIGHT?
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FIFTEEN MILLION JEWS AROUND
THE WORLD AND THEY KNOW WHAT
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THEIR HOLY DAY IS AND IT HAS
NOT CHANGED EVER SINCE AT LEAST
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THE EXODUS, RIGHT?
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YOU THINK I COULD SEE ONE
OR TWO PEOPLE GOING INTO A COMA
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AND WAKING UP AND
FORGETTING THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
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BUT FOR THE WHOLE NATION
TO FORGET IS NOT VERY LIKELY.
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WE KNOW WHAT DAY
THE SEVENTH DAY IS.
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WE ALSO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN A 108
LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD, THE WORD
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FOR WHAT WE CALL
"SATURDAY" IS "SABBATH."
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ANYONE HERE SPEAK SPANISH?
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"SABADO," SABBATH DAY,
THAT'S SPANISH, SEVENTH DAY OF
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THE WEEK, SATURDAY.
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RUSSIAN, "SUBOTA," AND
MANY MANY OTHER LANGUAGES WHERE
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I'VE BEEN IT'S SABBATH DAY.
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THEY CALL IT THE "SABBATH."
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THE WORD FOR THE SEVENTH DAY
IS THE SABBATH, EVEN THOUGH THEY
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MAY GO TO CHURCH ON
THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
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WHEN DOES THE SABBATH BEGIN?
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DO WE START KEEPING THE SABBATH
MIDNIGHT OR TWO IN THE MORNING
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WHEN THE DAYLIGHT
SAVINGS TIME CHANGES?
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IT TELLS US CLEARLY IN
THE BIBLE, LEVITICUS 23:32,
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"FROM EVENING TO EVENING,
YOU'LL CELEBRATE YOUR SABBATH."
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IT BEGINS AT SUNDOWN.
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AGAIN, MARK 1:32, AND "AT
EVENING, WHEN THE SUN HAD SET,
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THEY BROUGHT TO HIM ALL THOSE
WHO WERE SICK," THEY WAITED 'TIL
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THE SABBATH WAS OVER AT SUNDOWN
"AND HE HEALED THE SICK AND
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THOSE WHO WERE DEMON-POSSESSED."
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NOW, THE BIG QUESTION
IS IF WE'RE CHRISTIANS,
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WE FOLLOW CHRIST.
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WHAT DAY, QUESTION FOUR,
DID JESUS KEEP AS THE SABBATH?
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IT SAYS IN MARK 6:2, "AND
WHEN THE SABBATH DAY WAS COME,
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HE BEGAN TO TEACH
IN THE SYNAGOGUE."
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JESUS HAD A PATTERN OF
TEACHING IN THE SYNAGOGUE.
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HE WENT TO
SYNAGOGUE, MEANS GATHERING.
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HE WENT TO THE
CHURCH ON THE SABBATH DAY.
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IN LUKE 4:16, "SO HE CAME
TO NAZARETH, WHERE HE HAD BEEN
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BROUGHT UP."
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AND AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, HE
WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE ON
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THE SABBATH DAY
AND HE STOOD TO READ.
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JESUS WENT TO
CHURCH ON THE SABBATH DAY.
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HE READ THE
SCRIPTURES ON THE SABBATH DAY.
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IF YOU FOLLOW HIS PATTERN
AND HE NEVER TOLD THE DISCIPLES
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TO DO ANYTHING OTHERWISE.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, CHRIST,
WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE END OF
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THE WORLD, HE SAID THAT WE
SHOULD PRAY, MATTHEW 24:20,
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"PRAY THAT YOUR FLIGHT
MIGHT NOT BE IN THE WINTER OR ON
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THE SABBATH DAY."
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JESUS, LOOKING DOWN IN HISTORY,
PROPHESIED HIS PEOPLE WOULD
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STILL BE KEEPING THE SABBATH
AND THEY WOULD PRAY THEY WOULD
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NOT HAVE TO FLEE ON THAT DAY.
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THAT TELLS US SOMETHING ABOUT
HIS RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT
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IT IS.
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SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT JESUS
CAME TO DO AWAY WITH THE SABBATH
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BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY, HE'D HEAL
PEOPLE OR DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
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HE'D DO DEEDS OF
GOODNESS ON THE SABBATH.
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YES, HE CAME TO HELP TAKE AWAY
SOME OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT
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THE SABBATH.
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HE CLARIFIED THE SABBATH TRUTH
BECAUSE THERE WERE A NUMBER
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OF MAN-MADE LAWS THAT HAD
BEEN ATTACHED TO IT, BUT HE
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DID NOT DO AWAY WITH IT.
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IT'S STILL HOLY.
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HE KEPT IT BY HIS EXAMPLE.
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NUMBER FIVE, DID EARLY
CHRISTIANS KEEP THE SABBATH?
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IT SAYS IN ACTS 17:1, "THEY CAME
TO THESSALONICA, WHERE THERE WAS
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A SYNAGOGUE OF THE JEWS.
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AND THEN PAUL AS HIS CUSTOM
WAS, WENT TO THEM, AND FOR THREE
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SABBATHS HE REASONED WITH
THEM FROM THE SCRIPTURES."
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AND NOT ONLY DID HE DO IT
WITH THE JEWS, IT SAYS THEN,
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"THE GENTILES BEGGED THAT THEY
MIGHT HAVE THESE WORDS PREACHED
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TO THEM THE NEXT SABBATH."
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JEW, GENTILE, THEY
MET ON THE SABBATH DAY IN
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THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, I
UNDERSTAND YOU CAN FIND OVER
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100 EXAMPLES IF YOU ADD
THEM UP OF THE DISCIPLES KEEPING
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THE SEVENTH-DAY
SABBATH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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YOU GO TO ACTS 13:44, "ON THE
NEXT SABBATH ALMOST THE WHOLE
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CITY CAME TOGETHER TO HEAR THE
WORD OF GOD," JEW AND GENTILE.
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ACTS 16:13, OF COURSE AGAIN
WRITTEN BY LUKE, A GENTILE,
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"AND ON THE SABBATH WE," LUKE
COULD'VE SAID, "YOU KNOW, WE
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WERE KEEPING THE JEWISH SABBATH,
THE OLD JEWISH SABBATH, IF
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THERE'S A NEW DAY--" THEY NEVER
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
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THEY ALL
UNDERSTOOD WHAT DAY IT WAS.
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"AND ON THE SABBATH DAY WE WENT
OUT OF THE CITY TO A RIVERSIDE,
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WHERE PRAYER WAS CUSTOMARILY
MADE; AND WE SAT DOWN AND WE
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SPOKE TO THE
WOMEN WHO MET THERE."
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ALL THROUGH THE ROMAN EMPIRE,
THEY KNEW THAT GOD'S PEOPLE KEPT
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THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH.
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ONE OF THE GREATEST ARGUMENTS,
I THINK, ABOUT THE PRACTICE IN
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THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IS
IN LUKE 23:56, WHEN CHRIST DIED
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AND THEY WERE NOT FINISHED
EMBALMING HIS BODY WITH THEIR
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INCREDIBLE LOVE FOR HIM,
THEY STILL WOULD NOT VIOLATE
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THE SACRED HOURS OF THE
SABBATH TO EMBALM HIS BODY.
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SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD
ARGUE TODAY, "WELL, THE OX IS IN
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THE DITCH, WE REALLY OUGHT
TO FINISH UP WHAT WE'RE DOING."
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HIS DISCIPLES, FROM
SPENDING 3 1/2 YEARS WITH JESUS,
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KNEW THAT HE WOULD
NOT BE PLEASED WITH THAT.
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SO, THEY WAITED UNTIL
SUNDAY MORNING TO FINISH, WHY?
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BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT
IT WOULD DISPLEASE THE LORD FOR
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THEM TO VIOLATE IT IN THAT WAY
OR AT LEAST THEY THOUGHT IT WAS
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A VIOLATION.
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THEY NEVER GOT ANY IDEA FROM
JESUS THAT IT HAD BEEN DONE AWAY
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WITH OR WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?
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NUMBER SIX, ARE THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS STILL VALID TODAY?
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I BELIEVE THEY ARE, FRIENDS.
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JESUS SAID, "IT'S
EASIER," LUKE 16:17, "FOR HEAVEN
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AND EARTH TO PASS, THAN FOR
ONE TITTLE OF THE LAW TO FAIL."
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GOD'S LAW'S PERFECT.
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GOD'S LAW DOES NOT
NEED TO BE CHANGED.
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THE PURPOSE OF THE
GOSPEL IS TO TRANSFORM US.
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WE ARE WHAT NEEDS CHANGING,
FRIENDS, YET SO MANY IN
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THE CHURCH ARE TRYING TO
CHANGE THE STANDARDS OF GOD TO
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ACCOMMODATE MAN'S SINFULNESS.
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NO, THE PURPOSE OF THE GOSPEL
IS TO LIFT MAN UP FROM HIS
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SINFULNESS TO GOD'S PURITY.
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AMEN.
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REVELATION 22:14, "BLESSED ARE
THOSE," BLESSING IN THE SABBATH,
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"WHO DO HIS COMMANDMENTS,
THAT THEY MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO
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THE TREE OF LIFE, AND ENTER
THROUGH THE GATES OF THE CITY."
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GOD EXPECTS HIS
PEOPLE TO KEEP THEM.
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AGAIN, HEBREWS 13:8, GOD'S LAW
IS NOT CHANGED, "JESUS CHRIST IS
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THE SAME
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER."
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AND AGAIN IN MALACHI
3:6, HE SAYS, "I AM THE LORD,
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I CHANGE NOT."
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YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE REASON THAT
WE WENT WITH THIS THEME OF ROCK
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FOR THIS SERIES.
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THE WORD OF GOD IS LIKE A ROCK.
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CHRIST IS OUR ROCK, AND
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE
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WRITTEN ON A ROCK.
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IT DOESN'T CHANGE.
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GOD COULD'VE USED PAPER.
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CEREMONIAL LAWS WERE WRITTEN ON
SOME OTHER PARCHMENT OR LETTER,
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BUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS GOD
WROTE HIMSELF, SPOKE WITH HIS
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OWN VOICE, WROTE IT IN STONE.
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IF HE WAS GOING TO CHANGE ONE
OF THEM, I DON'T KNOW THAT HE
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WOULD'VE DONE IT THAT WAY
IF IT WAS TEMPORARY OR PASSING
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IN NATURE.
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BUT IT WAS BECAUSE OF ITS
PERMANENT NATURE THAT HE DID
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IT THAT WAY.
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RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LIVING IN
THE TIME OF THE NEW COVENANT.
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OLD COVENANT WAS THE LAW
OF GOD WRITTEN ON THE STONE.
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THE NEW COVENANT, HE SAYS, "I'LL
WRITE MY LAW ON THEIR HEARTS."
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YOU NOTICE HE
DOESN'T SAY A DIFFERENT LAW.
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IT'S THE SAME LAW, BUT
IT'S WRITTEN IN THE HEART NOW.
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LOVE IS THE
FULFILLING OF THE LAW.
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IF YOU LOVE GOD,
YOU'LL KEEP THE FIRST FOUR.
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IF YOU LOVE YOUR FELLOW
MAN, YOU'LL KEEP THE LAST SIX.
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NUMBER SEVEN, DOES
ONE COMMANDMENT MATTER?
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I MEAN AS LONG AS YOU'RE DOING
90%, THAT'S NOT SO BAD, IS IT?
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YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND YOU GET
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A 90, YOU FEEL PRETTY GOOD.
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IT DOESN'T WORK
THAT WAY WITH GOD'S LAW.
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JAMES 2:10, "FOR WHOSOEVER
SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW,
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AND YET OFFEND IN ONE
POINT, HE IS GUILTY OF ALL."
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THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THAT 90%
IS OKAY, WELL THAT DEPENDS ON
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WHICH LAW IT IS.
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I DON'T THINK THERE'S TOO MANY
HERE THAT WOULD THINK THAT THE
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SEVENTH COMMANDMENT YOU DON'T
MIND AS LONG AS YOUR SPOUSE
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KEEPS THE OTHER NINE,
THEY CAN BREAK THE SEVENTH.
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YOU ALL KNOW
WHAT THE SEVENTH IS?
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THAT'S THE ONE
ABOUT ADULTERY, 90%.
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WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT ARGUMENT?
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"I'M KEEPING 90%, DEAR."
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HOW MANY OF YOU
WOULD ACCEPT THAT ARGUMENT?
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YOU SEE, BECAUSE IF YOU
LOVE SOMEBODY, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN
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THINK OF OFFERING
THAT AS A SUGGESTION.
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GOD IS SAYING, "WHAT
ABOUT YOUR TIME WITH ME?
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YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME
THAT ONE DOESN'T MATTER?"
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IT'S A SERIOUS THING.
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JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 5:19,
"WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL BREAK
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ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE
COMMANDMENTS," SPECIFICALLY OR
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AT LEAST THE TEN, "AND SHALL
TEACH MEN SO, HE WILL BE CALLED
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THE LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN: BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL DO
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AND TEACH THEM, THE SAME SHALL
BE CALLED GREAT IN THE KINGDOM
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OF HEAVEN."
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SEE, WHENEVER YOU'RE IN DOUBT
ABOUT WHAT TO DO, FIRST OF ALL,
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FOLLOW JESUS'
EXAMPLE AND YOU'RE SAFE.
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SECONDLY, DO THE SAFE THING.
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I KNOW THAT I'M NOT IN TROUBLE
COME JUDGMENT DAY BECAUSE I'M
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KEEPING THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
ALONG WITH THE OTHER NINE.
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AND IT ALWAYS
STRIKES ME AS VERY STRANGE.
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I'VE PREACHED IN
MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES.
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I'VE PREACHED IN NAZARENE,
FOURSQUARE, ASSEMBLY OF GOD,
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BAPTIST, CHURCH OF CHRIST,
METHODIST, I'VE LOST COUNT.
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I'VE SPOKEN IN
MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES.
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THAT'S WHY I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
GODLY, SPIRIT-LED, LOVELY PEOPLE
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IN THESE DIFFERENT CHURCHES.
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SOME HAVE JUST
NOT HEARD THE TRUTH.
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JESUS SAID, "I'VE GOT OTHER
SHEEP THAT ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD,
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BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR MY
VOICE AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE
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A STAND IN THE LAST DAYS."
00:11:02.96\00:11:05.36
BUT I ALWAYS THINK IT'S ODD.
00:11:05.36\00:11:07.26
I KNOW THESE CHURCHES.
00:11:07.26\00:11:08.26
I KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
00:11:08.26\00:11:09.03
I COULD GO TO MOST OF THOSE
CHURCHES AND I COULD SAY, "THANK
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YOU FOR INVITING ME TO PREACH.
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TODAY, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT
NOT WORSHIPPING OTHER GODS,"
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AND I'D GET A LOT OF AMENS.
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I COULD TALK ABOUT NOT STEALING.
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I COULD TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE
OTHER NINE COMMANDMENTS, AND I'D
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PROBABLY GET A HEARTY AMEN.
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OF COURSE, THERE IS ONE CHURCH
IF I TALKED ABOUT IDOLATRY,
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THEY'D BE UNCOMFORTABLE.
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BUT THE OTHERS, 90%,
THEY'D BE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH.
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BUT IF I WERE TO START
SAYING, "KEEP THE SABBATH DAY,"
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THEY'D ACTUALLY BE OKAY.
00:11:35.60\00:11:37.70
BUT IF I SAID, "ON THE DAY THAT
GOD BLESSED, THE SEVENTH DAY,"
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THEY WOULD
BE--THEY'D FOLD THEIR ARMS.
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THEY'D SIT BACK IN THEIR CHAIRS.
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THEY'D SAY, "LEGALISM!
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NOT UNDER THE LAW!"
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DOESN'T THAT SOUND STRANGE?
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SOMETHING STRANGE ON THE RANGE,
AS THEY SAY, AMONG CHRISTIANS
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THAT WOULD BE NERVOUS AND SO
RESTLESS ABOUT KEEPING ONE OF
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GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.
00:11:57.93\00:11:59.33
IT'S A SERIOUS SIN.
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ONE TIME, A MAN DURING THE
EXODUS EXPERIENCE WAS CAUGHT
00:12:01.20\00:12:05.03
BREAKING THE SABBATH AND
MOSES WASN'T SURE WHAT TO DO.
00:12:05.03\00:12:07.56
THEY BROUGHT THE
CASE BEFORE THE LORD.
00:12:07.56\00:12:09.83
AND YOU KNOW WHAT GOD SAID?
00:12:09.83\00:12:10.80
"BRING HIM BEFORE THE
PEOPLE AND STONE HIM TO DEATH."
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NOW, WE DON'T LIVE
IN THAT SOCIETY TODAY.
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THEY WOULD STONE WHEN
PEOPLE WOULD BREAK A NUMBER OF
00:12:16.40\00:12:18.60
THE COMMANDMENTS.
00:12:18.60\00:12:19.30
IT WAS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,
ESPECIALLY THE FIRST FOUR
00:12:19.30\00:12:21.70
COMMANDMENTS; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
WHEN GOD WAS RIGHT IN THEIR
00:12:21.70\00:12:24.26
MIDST.
00:12:24.26\00:12:25.66
BUT THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT,
HOW IMPORTANT DOES GOD FEEL
00:12:25.66\00:12:29.90
ABOUT THAT?
00:12:29.90\00:12:31.36
DOES HE FEEL LIKE
IT'S LESS OF A SIN NOW?
00:12:31.36\00:12:34.06
SOME OF US HAVE JUST THOUGHT,
"WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE
00:12:34.06\00:12:37.63
COMMANDMENT."
00:12:37.63\00:12:38.43
WHAT DID JESUS SAY?
00:12:38.43\00:12:39.10
"WHOSOEVER SHALL BREAK
ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE."
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IT'S A NOT A LITTLE
ONE, TRUST ME, FRIENDS.
00:12:41.53\00:12:43.33
IF IT WAS SO LITTLE, THE
DEVIL WOULDN'T HATE IT SO MUCH.
00:12:43.33\00:12:46.13
YOU'RE USUALLY SAFE
LOVING WHAT THE DEVIL HATES.
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DID YOU CATCH THAT?
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WILL WE KEEP THE
SABBATH IN ETERNITY?
00:12:51.56\00:12:53.83
ISAIAH 66:22, IT SAYS, "FOR
AS THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW
00:12:53.83\00:12:58.96
EARTH, THAT I WILL MAKE,
SHALL REMAIN BEFORE ME, SAITH
00:12:58.96\00:13:01.80
THE LORD, SO SHALL YOUR
SEED AND YOUR NAME REMAIN."
00:13:01.80\00:13:05.10
AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE
NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH.
00:13:05.10\00:13:06.60
"AND IT WILL COME TO
PASS, THAT FROM ONE NEW MOON TO
00:13:06.60\00:13:09.90
ANOTHER," AND IT GOES ON TO SAY,
"FROM ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER,
00:13:09.90\00:13:13.20
SHALL ALL FLESH,"
DOES IT SAY ALL JEWS?
00:13:13.20\00:13:16.70
"ALL FLESH COME AND
WORSHIP BEFORE ME," IN HEAVEN.
00:13:16.70\00:13:21.96
AND WHO DO YOU THINK
THE PREACHER WILL BE WHEN WE
00:13:21.96\00:13:23.56
GO TO CHURCH IN HEAVEN?
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JESUS.
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AND WILL ANYBODY SLEEP
DURING THE SERMON AT THAT POINT?
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NO.
00:13:29.90\00:13:31.43
NOW, FOLLOW ME PLEASE.
00:13:31.43\00:13:35.30
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT GOD
CREATED THE SABBATH BACK IN
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THE BEGINNING WITH ADAM.
00:13:37.53\00:13:39.16
WE KNOW THAT THEY KEPT IT, IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT, WHENEVER THEY
00:13:39.16\00:13:42.73
FORGOT ABOUT IT, THE
LORD WOULD REMIND THEM.
00:13:42.73\00:13:45.60
WE KNOW THAT JESUS
AND THE APOSTLES KEPT IT.
00:13:45.60\00:13:48.00
I COULD SHOW YOU FROM HISTORY
THAT THE EARLY CHURCH KEPT IT
00:13:48.00\00:13:51.06
UNTIL 4 OR 500 YEARS.
00:13:51.06\00:13:52.86
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE HAVE
BEEN CHRISTIANS THROUGH THE AGES
00:13:52.86\00:13:54.33
THAT HAVE KEPT THE
SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH.
00:13:54.33\00:13:56.63
WHY WOULD WE NOT KEEP IT NOW?
00:13:56.63\00:13:59.30
WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP IT IN HEAVEN.
00:13:59.30\00:14:00.93
WHY WOULD THERE BE THIS
ONE BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME WHERE
00:14:00.93\00:14:02.80
GOD WAS GOING TO CHANGE
DAYS OR DO AWAY WITH IT?
00:14:02.80\00:14:05.76
IT JUST DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE, FRIENDS.
00:14:05.76\00:14:08.53
PEOPLE OF GOD HAVE BEEN
UNDER ATTACK BECAUSE THE DEVIL'S
00:14:08.53\00:14:11.10
ATTACKING THE RELATIONSHIP.
00:14:11.10\00:14:13.10
IN HEAVEN, WE'LL BE
KEEPING THE SABBATH DAY.
00:14:13.10\00:14:16.03
IT'LL BE A TIME
OF RESTING WITH GOD.
00:14:16.03\00:14:18.96
JESUS SAYS, "COME TO ME
AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST."
00:14:18.96\00:14:21.60
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE ULTIMATE
COMING TO JESUS IS WHEN HE COMES
00:14:21.60\00:14:24.63
TO PICK US UP AND TAKE
US BACK TO GLORY, AMEN?
00:14:24.63\00:14:28.20
AND THAT WILL BE--WE'RE GOING TO
SPEND A MILLENNIUM SABBATH WITH
00:14:28.20\00:14:30.93
HIM; 1ST 1,000 YEARS IS GOING TO
BE LIKE A SABBATH TO RECUPERATE
00:14:30.93\00:14:35.70
FROM THIS WORLD.
00:14:35.70\00:14:37.13
NUMBER NINE, WHY DO RELIGIOUS
LEADERS IGNORE THE SABBATH
00:14:37.13\00:14:41.36
TRUTH?
00:14:41.36\00:14:42.60
WELL, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS A PROPHECY.
00:14:42.60\00:14:44.10
IT'S NOT ORIGINAL,
DID NOT HAPPEN RECENTLY.
00:14:44.10\00:14:46.76
WHY DO THE
RELIGIOUS LEADERS IGNORE IT?
00:14:46.76\00:14:48.53
WELL, YOU CAN READ IN MARK 7:9,
"JESUS SAID TO THEM, 'ALL TOO
00:14:48.53\00:14:52.76
WELL YOU REJECT THE COMMANDMENT
OF GOD, THAT YOU MIGHT KEEP YOUR
00:14:52.76\00:14:56.66
TRADITION.'"
PUTTING ASIDE A CLEAR
00:14:56.66\00:14:59.63
COMMANDMENT OF GOD, IT'S NOT NEW
FOR RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO FAVOR
00:14:59.63\00:15:03.10
TRADITIONS OF THEIR INSTITUTION
RATHER THAN THE CLEAR
00:15:03.10\00:15:06.16
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD'S WORD.
00:15:06.16\00:15:08.40
AND AGAIN, LUKE 6:46, "WHY
DO YOU CALL ME 'LORD, LORD,'
00:15:08.40\00:15:12.16
AND DO NOT THE THINGS I SAY?"
00:15:12.16\00:15:14.66
AGAIN, EZEKIEL 22:26 AND 31, HE
SAYS, "HER PRIESTS HAVE VIOLATED
00:15:14.66\00:15:20.50
MY LAW, AND HAVE PROFANED MY
HOLY THINGS: THEY HAVE PUT NO
00:15:20.50\00:15:24.50
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HOLY
AND THE PROFANE AND THEY'VE HID
00:15:24.50\00:15:27.96
THEIR EYES FROM MY SABBATHS,
AND I AM PROFANED AMONG THEM.
00:15:27.96\00:15:32.43
THEREFORE, I HAVE POURED
OUT MY INDIGNATION UPON THEM."
00:15:32.43\00:15:36.26
WHEN GOD TELLS US THAT THE
SABBATH IS HIS HOLY DAY, IT'S
00:15:36.26\00:15:41.23
THE SABBATH OF THE LORD, AND WE
SAY IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER, HOW
00:15:41.23\00:15:45.83
CAN WE SAY HE HAS OUR HEART
WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE OUR TIME?
00:15:45.83\00:15:49.03
LET'S FACE IT, IT'S EASIER FOR
SOME PEOPLE TO GIVE GOD THEIR
00:15:49.03\00:15:51.26
MONEY THAN THEIR TIME.
00:15:51.26\00:15:53.23
I THINK MANY OF US PROBABLY
HAD FATHERS WHERE YOU COULD GIVE
00:15:53.23\00:15:56.03
YOUR KIDS A TRINKET OR A TOY,
BUT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
00:15:56.03\00:16:00.40
AND LOVE SHOWS THAT
YOU CARE BY INVESTING TIME.
00:16:00.40\00:16:06.40
AND PEOPLE SAY, "LORD, LORD,"
BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE 'EM
00:16:06.40\00:16:08.40
THE SEVENTH DAY.
00:16:08.40\00:16:10.60
NUMBER TEN, WHAT SHOULD I
DO ABOUT THE SABBATH TRUTH?
00:16:10.60\00:16:15.43
WELL, JESUS TELLS US,
JOHN 14:15, "IF YOU LOVE ME,"
00:16:15.43\00:16:21.06
DO WHAT?
00:16:21.06\00:16:22.30
"KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS."
00:16:22.30\00:16:24.60
HE WANTS US TO SHOW OUR
LOVE FOR HIM BY KEEPING IT.
00:16:24.60\00:16:28.40
AND FURTHERMORE, THE LORD
SAYS IN JOHN 13:17, "IF YOU KNOW
00:16:28.40\00:16:32.86
THESE THINGS,
HAPPY--" DOES HE SAY MISERABLE?
00:16:32.86\00:16:37.46
"HAPPY ARE YE IF YOU DO THEM."
00:16:37.46\00:16:41.86
WHY AM I SHARING
THESE THINGS WITH YOU?
00:16:41.86\00:16:43.50
TO MAKE PROBLEMS?
00:16:43.50\00:16:45.16
WELL, IT DOESN'T SAY
THERE AREN'T ANY PROBLEMS IN
00:16:45.16\00:16:46.53
FOLLOWING THE LORD.
00:16:46.53\00:16:47.40
BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU
WILL BE MUCH HAPPIER.
00:16:47.40\00:16:50.73
I HAD A PERSON CAME TO A
PRESENTATION LIKE THIS AND THEY
00:16:50.73\00:16:53.23
TOLD ME AFTERWARD, "PASTOR
DOUG, I WISH I HAD NEVER COME."
00:16:53.23\00:16:56.93
I SAID, "WHY?"
00:16:56.93\00:16:58.00
HE SAID, "BECAUSE WHAT YOU
SAID MAKES SENSE AND NOW I KNOW,
00:16:58.00\00:16:59.66
AND I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE.
00:16:59.66\00:17:01.83
NOW, I'M MISERABLE."
00:17:01.83\00:17:03.13
I SAID, "I'LL PRAY FOR YOU'LL
CONTINUE TO BE MISERABLE UNTIL
00:17:03.13\00:17:06.43
YOU SURRENDER."
00:17:06.43\00:17:08.80
THE LORD DIDN'T SEND IT
TO YOU TO MAKE A PROBLEM.
00:17:08.80\00:17:11.53
HE SENT IT TO YOU BECAUSE
HE'S TRUSTING YOU WITH TRUTH.
00:17:11.53\00:17:14.63
AND WHEN YOU TAKE A STAND FOR
THE TRUTH, THERE'S A BLESSING
00:17:14.63\00:17:16.76
THAT WILL COME FROM THAT.
00:17:16.76\00:17:18.56
WELL, THINK ABOUT IT.
00:17:18.56\00:17:19.80
WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IS
YOU TAKE A STAND FOR THE SABBATH
00:17:19.80\00:17:22.43
TRUTH AND YOU GET KILLED FOR IT.
00:17:22.43\00:17:24.23
AND IF YOU DIE STANDING FOR
JESUS, WHAT'S THE NEXT THING
00:17:24.23\00:17:26.16
YOU'RE AWARE OF?
00:17:26.16\00:17:27.80
YOUR PROBLEMS ARE OVER.
00:17:27.80\00:17:29.96
IT'D BE THE BEST THING THAT
EVER HAPPENED TO YOU, RIGHT?
00:17:29.96\00:17:32.40
I MEAN WE SOMETIMES THINK
THAT THIS LIFE IS WHAT IT'S ALL
00:17:32.40\00:17:35.63
ABOUT, THIS LIFE PREPARING
FOR THE ONE THAT REALLY MATTERS
00:17:35.63\00:17:40.66
AND WE FORGET AND
THINK, "THIS IS IT."
00:17:40.66\00:17:42.30
THIS IS NOT IT.
00:17:42.30\00:17:43.83
IF WE HAVEN'T GOT TIME TO GIVE
JESUS ONE DAY A WEEK IN SEVEN,
00:17:43.83\00:17:50.16
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
ENDURE ETERNITY WITH HIM?
00:17:50.16\00:17:53.03
ISAIAH 58:13, THERE'S PROMISES
THAT GO WITH IT, "IF YOU TURN
00:17:53.03\00:17:58.10
AWAY YOUR FOOT FROM THE SABBATH,
FROM DOING YOUR PLEASURE ON MY
00:17:58.10\00:18:01.63
HOLY DAY," THE FOOT IN THE BIBLE
STEPPING ON SOMETHING MEANT
00:18:01.63\00:18:03.83
DISRESPECT, "AND CALL
THE SABBATH A DELIGHT," IT'S
00:18:03.83\00:18:07.83
A DELIGHT, "HOLY DAY OF THE LORD
AND HONORABLE, AND YOU'LL HONOR
00:18:07.83\00:18:12.06
HIM, NOT DOING THINE OWN WAYS,
NOR FINDING THINE OWN PLEASURE,
00:18:12.06\00:18:18.06
NOR SPEAKING YOUR OWN WORDS,
THEN YOU WILL DELIGHT YOURSELF
00:18:18.06\00:18:22.23
IN THE LORD," WHAT DOES
GOD ASSOCIATE WITH KEEPING
00:18:22.23\00:18:24.10
THE SABBATH?
00:18:24.10\00:18:25.40
DELIGHT.
00:18:25.40\00:18:26.80
"AND I'LL CAUSE YOU TO RIDE UPON
THE HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH,
00:18:26.80\00:18:29.76
AND FEED YOU WITH THE
HERITAGE OF JACOB YOUR FATHER,
00:18:29.76\00:18:32.70
FOR THE MOUTH OF
THE LORD HAS SPOKEN IT."
00:18:32.70\00:18:34.96
WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
WERE GETTING READY TO ENTER INTO
00:18:34.96\00:18:37.63
THE PROMISED LAND, GOD SAID TO
MOSES, "MY PRESENCE WILL GO WITH
00:18:37.63\00:18:43.13
YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST."
00:18:43.13\00:18:46.96
THE VERY PROMISED LAND WAS
A SYMBOL OF THAT REST THAT GOD
00:18:46.96\00:18:50.93
WAS GOING TO GIVE THEM,
BUT THE DEVIL DOESN'T WANT YOU
00:18:50.93\00:18:54.96
TO HAVE THAT REST.
00:18:54.96\00:18:55.90
HE WANTS TO KEEP IT SO BUSY
WITH THE CARES OF THIS LIFE THAT
00:18:55.90\00:18:58.20
THE DAY OF THE LORD
OVERTAKES US AS A THIEF.
00:18:58.20\00:19:01.20
EVERY SABBATH DAY, WE PUT
THE BRAKE ON AND WE RECALIBRATE.
00:19:01.20\00:19:04.06
WE GET OUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT
AND THE DEVIL DOESN'T WANT US
00:19:04.06\00:19:06.83
TO DO THAT.
00:19:06.83\00:19:08.00
AND EVEN IN GOD'S REMNANT
CHURCH, WE'RE GETTING VERY
00:19:08.00\00:19:10.93
SLOPPY ABOUT HOW
WE'RE KEEPING THE SABBATH.
00:19:10.93\00:19:13.13
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M GOING
TO GO SO FAR AS TO SAY I'LL BET
00:19:13.13\00:19:15.13
YOU THAT IF YOU GO 100 YEARS
BACK, MOST SUNDAY KEEPERS WERE
00:19:15.13\00:19:19.10
KEEPING SUNDAY BETTER THAN MANY
SABBATH KEEPERS ARE NOW KEEPING
00:19:19.10\00:19:21.63
THE SABBATH.
00:19:21.63\00:19:23.53
THAT'S TRUE.
00:19:23.53\00:19:25.20
I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF FOLKS
THAT ARE CUT FROM THE OLD CLOTH.
00:19:25.20\00:19:27.66
THEY MAY BE EVEN WITH THE WRONG
DAY, BUT THEY WERE VERY STRICT
00:19:27.66\00:19:31.90
ABOUT KEEPING IT.
00:19:31.90\00:19:34.36
AND THE DEVIL IS NOW DOING TO
GOD'S CHURCH WHAT HE'S DONE TO
00:19:34.36\00:19:36.76
MANY OTHERS AND WE'RE--I MEAN
LET'S FACE IT, A LOT OF FOLKS GO
00:19:36.76\00:19:40.66
TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY, THEN THEY
GO TO THE MALL, THEY GO TO THE
00:19:40.66\00:19:42.90
MOVIES, THEY GO TO THE
FOOTBALL GAME, MOW THEIR LAWN.
00:19:42.90\00:19:45.40
IT'S JUST IT'S NOT EVEN
A SABBATH FOR THOSE WHO SAY
00:19:45.40\00:19:47.10
IT'S A DIFFERENT DAY.
00:19:47.10\00:19:50.76
LET'S GET THE DAY RIGHT,
BUT LET'S NOT STOP THERE.
00:19:50.76\00:19:52.83
LET'S KEEP IT HOLY.
00:19:52.83\00:19:54.56
NUMBER 11, IMPORTANT QUESTION,
HOW DID SO MANY PEOPLE START
00:19:54.56\00:20:00.03
KEEPING SUNDAY?
00:20:00.03\00:20:01.86
THE EARLIEST RECOGNITION, THIS
IS THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
00:20:01.86\00:20:04.93
11TH EDITION ON THE
ARTICLE ON SUNDAY: "THE EARLIEST
00:20:04.93\00:20:08.13
RECOGNITION OF THE OBSERVANCE
OF SUNDAY AS A LEGAL DUTY IS
00:20:08.13\00:20:10.86
A CONSTITUTION OF CONSTANTINE,"
THIS IS CONSTANTINE THE GREAT,
00:20:10.86\00:20:15.46
"ENACTING THAT
ALL COURTS OF JUSTICE,
00:20:15.46\00:20:17.63
INHABITANTS OF TOWNS,
AND WORKSHOPS WERE TO REST ON
00:20:17.63\00:20:20.83
SUNDAY," AND THEY CALLED THAT
THE "VENERABLE DAY OF THE SUN,
00:20:20.83\00:20:24.36
VENERABILI DEI SOLIS."
00:20:24.36\00:20:26.90
IT WASN'T HAVING ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THE SON OF GOD.
00:20:26.90\00:20:29.13
IT HAD TO DO WITH SUN WORSHIP
AND MITHRA, "WITH THE EXCEPTION
00:20:29.13\00:20:32.03
OF THOSE WHO WERE
ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL LABOR."
00:20:32.03\00:20:34.83
HE PUBLISHED
"THE EDICT OF MILAN."
00:20:34.83\00:20:36.60
HE ESTABLISHED
SUNDAY AS A DAY OF WORSHIP.
00:20:36.60\00:20:39.20
AND MANY OF THE CHRISTIANS WHO
WERE TRYING TO GET IN WITH THE
00:20:39.20\00:20:41.13
NEW SUPPOSED CHRISTIAN EMPEROR,
THEY BEGAN TO LITTLE BY LITTLE
00:20:41.13\00:20:45.56
DRIFT AWAY FROM THE SABBATH
OF THE SEVENTH DAY BECAUSE THEY
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WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH
THE JEWS AND THEY WANTED TO
00:20:49.06\00:20:51.13
CREATE A SEPARATION
BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THE JEWS.
00:20:51.13\00:20:54.10
AND SO, THEY SAID, "WELL, WE'RE
GOING TO KEEP THE MORE POPULAR
00:20:54.10\00:20:56.80
ROMAN SABBATH," AND THEY BEGAN
TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM
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THE JEWISH SABBATH, NOT BECAUSE
OF ANY SCRIPTURE BUT BECAUSE
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OF POLITICAL PRESSURE.
00:21:03.83\00:21:05.23
IT WAS POLITICALLY CORRECT TO
DO WHAT THE EMPEROR WAS DOING.
00:21:05.23\00:21:08.66
NOW, YOU CAN GO RIGHT TO
"THE CONVERT'S CATECHISM OF
00:21:08.66\00:21:10.86
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH."
00:21:10.86\00:21:11.83
THEY'RE VERY HONEST ABOUT THIS.
00:21:11.83\00:21:13.36
IT SAYS, "QUESTION,"
THIS IS A CATHOLIC CATECHISM,
00:21:13.36\00:21:17.03
"WHICH DAY IS THE SABBATH DAY?
00:21:17.03\00:21:19.06
ANSWER: SATURDAY
IS THE SABBATH DAY."
00:21:19.06\00:21:23.46
WELL, THE NEXT NATURAL QUESTION
IS, "WHY DO WE OBSERVE SUNDAY
00:21:23.46\00:21:26.90
INSTEAD OF SATURDAY?
00:21:26.90\00:21:29.26
ANSWER: WE OBSERVE SUNDAY
INSTEAD OF SATURDAY BECAUSE
00:21:29.26\00:21:32.90
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TRANSFERRED
THE SOLEMNITY FROM SATURDAY
00:21:32.90\00:21:38.66
TO SUNDAY."
00:21:38.66\00:21:39.96
THEY FREELY ADMITTED THAT.
00:21:39.96\00:21:40.90
IT HAPPENED BACK IN THE
EARLY DAYS OF THE MOVEMENT THERE
00:21:40.90\00:21:43.36
IN ROME WHERE IT ORIGINATED
AND SPREAD THROUGH THE EMPIRE.
00:21:43.36\00:21:46.43
YOU CAN GO RIGHT TO THE
"CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA,"
00:21:46.43\00:21:48.23
VOLUME 4, PAGE 153, "THE CHURCH
AFTER CHANGING THE DAY OF REST
00:21:48.23\00:21:54.13
FROM THE JEWISH SABBATH OR
THE SEVENTH-DAY OF THE WEEK,"
00:21:54.13\00:21:57.03
YOU NOTICE "THE CHURCH," NOT
THE BIBLE, "THEN MADE THE THIRD
00:21:57.03\00:21:59.83
COMMANDMENT REFER TO SUNDAY,"
THEY DID AWAY WITH THE SECOND
00:21:59.83\00:22:02.26
COMMANDMENT THAT
HAS TO DO WITH IDOLATRY.
00:22:02.26\00:22:04.70
"THE THIRD COMMANDMENT REFER
TO SUNDAY AS THE DAY TO BE KEPT
00:22:04.70\00:22:07.73
HOLY AS THE LORD'S DAY."
00:22:07.73\00:22:09.73
IT IS SO CLEAR FROM HISTORY.
00:22:09.73\00:22:11.33
THE BIG QUESTION IS: WHY WON'T
BIBLE CHRISTIANS TAKE A STAND?
00:22:11.33\00:22:15.76
SO MANY CHRISTIAN MOVEMENTS HAVE
COME OUT OF THE DARK AGES BACK
00:22:15.76\00:22:18.70
TO THE BIBLE, BUT THEY STOPPED
WITH ONE OF GOD'S COMMANDMENTS,
00:22:18.70\00:22:21.93
THE ONE THAT DEALS WITH THE LOVE
RELATIONSHIP AND GIVING GOD YOUR
00:22:21.93\00:22:25.86
TIME AND YOUR LIFE.
00:22:25.86\00:22:27.90
THE BIBLE FORETOLD IN PROPHECY
THE BEAST POWER WOULD "THINK TO
00:22:27.90\00:22:31.56
CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS."
00:22:31.56\00:22:34.56
THERE'S ONLY ONE LAW
THAT IS A LAW AND A TIME.
00:22:34.56\00:22:38.13
THAT'S THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT.
00:22:38.13\00:22:39.86
AM I RIGHT?
00:22:39.86\00:22:41.40
YOU'VE HEARD A
LOT TONIGHT, FRIENDS.
00:22:41.40\00:22:43.36
I HAVE NOT TOLD YOU THE
HALF OF WHAT I COULD SAY ON
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.96
THIS SUBJECT.
00:22:45.96\00:22:47.20
THIS IS ONE OF
GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.
00:22:47.20\00:22:49.73
IF I WERE TO TELL YOU THAT
DURING THE WEEKEND, THE MICHIGAN
00:22:49.73\00:22:53.73
GOVERNMENT HAS
CHANGED THE SPEED LIMIT.
00:22:53.73\00:22:55.83
YOU CAN NOW GO 90 MILES
AN HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE.
00:22:55.83\00:22:58.40
DOES ANYONE HERE BELIEVE ME?
00:22:58.40\00:23:01.40
NOBODY?
00:23:01.40\00:23:02.96
YOU CAN TRY IT OUT.
00:23:02.96\00:23:03.60
TRY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
00:23:03.60\00:23:04.93
LET ME KNOW TOMORROW.
00:23:04.93\00:23:07.20
WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME?
00:23:07.20\00:23:09.03
BECAUSE NO RESPONSIBLE
GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE SUCH
00:23:09.03\00:23:11.63
A PROMINENT LAW THAT AFFECTS
SO MANY CITIZENS THAT WOULD NOT
00:23:11.63\00:23:15.60
THOROUGHLY ADVERTISE
A CHANGE IN THAT LAW.
00:23:15.60\00:23:20.46
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN CHRISTIANS
THINK THAT ONE OF GOD'S
00:23:20.46\00:23:22.70
COMMANDMENTS, SPOKEN WITH HIS
AUDIBLE VOICE THUNDERING FROM
00:23:22.70\00:23:26.20
A MOUNTAIN, BURNING
WITH ARK LETTERS INTO STONE?
00:23:26.20\00:23:30.60
MOSES BROKE THE FIRST SET.
00:23:30.60\00:23:31.90
HE CAME BACK.
00:23:31.90\00:23:32.60
HE SAID, "I'M
GIVING IT TO YOU AGAIN!"
00:23:32.60\00:23:34.60
SAME EXACT THING, UNCHANGEABLE.
00:23:34.60\00:23:37.26
GOD'S GOING TO
DELIVER HIS LAW THAT WAY.
00:23:37.26\00:23:39.10
HE'S GOING TO CHANGE THE ONE
COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS "REMEMBER"
00:23:39.10\00:23:41.26
AND SILENCE IN
THE BIBLE ON THAT?
00:23:41.26\00:23:44.43
COME ON, FRIENDS.
00:23:44.43\00:23:48.10
WE MIGHT COME UP WITH ALL THESE
VERY CREATIVE RATIONALIZATIONS
00:23:48.10\00:23:51.73
AND ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHY WE
DON'T WANT TO GIVE GOD OUR TIME,
00:23:51.73\00:23:54.23
BUT LET'S BE HONEST AND
CALL THE TRUTH THE TRUTH.
00:23:54.23\00:23:57.00
IF WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS, SAY,
"LORD, THIS MAKES SENSE BUT I'M
00:23:57.00\00:23:59.80
STRUGGLING" AND PRAY THAT
GOD--DON'T GO BY WHAT YOU FEEL,
00:23:59.80\00:24:03.60
DON'T GO BY WHAT YOUR PASTOR
SAYS, DON'T GO BY WHAT I SAY,
00:24:03.60\00:24:05.90
GO BY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
00:24:05.90\00:24:08.80
AND THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR;
GOD'S LAW HAS NOT CHANGED.
00:24:08.80\00:24:12.60
JESUS WANTS YOU
TO HAVE THAT REST.
00:24:12.60\00:24:15.13
THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO
WORK YOURSELF TO DEATH.
00:24:15.13\00:24:17.63
WHEN MOSES CAME TO LIBERATE
GOD'S PEOPLE FROM THEIR BONDAGE,
00:24:17.63\00:24:21.13
THE PHARAOH WAS MAD.
00:24:21.13\00:24:22.93
HE SAID, "YOU'RE
MAKING THE PEOPLE REST."
00:24:22.93\00:24:25.36
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WORD IS?
00:24:25.36\00:24:27.13
"YOU ARE MAKING
THE PEOPLE SABBATH."
00:24:27.13\00:24:30.23
THAT PHARAOH'S THE
DEVIL, AND THAT'S HOW THE DEVIL
00:24:30.23\00:24:32.60
FEELS TODAY.
00:24:32.60\00:24:33.43
BEFORE THE GREAT DELIVERANCE
IN THE DAYS OF MOSES, THERE WAS
00:24:33.43\00:24:36.76
A REVIVAL OF THE SABBATH TRUTH.
00:24:36.76\00:24:39.26
BEFORE JESUS COMES TO DELIVER US
FROM OUR BONDAGE, THERE'S GOING
00:24:39.26\00:24:42.13
TO BE PLAGUES AGAIN AND A
REVIVAL OF THE SABBATH TRUTH
00:24:42.13\00:24:45.06
AMONG GOD'S PEOPLE.
00:24:45.06\00:24:46.46
AND I THINK IT'S
TIME THAT REVIVAL STARTS.
00:24:46.46\00:24:48.46
AMEN, FRIENDS?
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00:24:59.93\00:25:04.96
>> YET SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE
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00:25:07.40\00:25:11.06
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00:25:11.06\00:25:12.53
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00:25:12.53\00:25:14.20
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>> AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND,
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