TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 00:00:01.13\00:00:03.86 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:00:03.86\00:00:11.80 >>WITHOUT TIME WITH G YOU WILL NOT LOVE GOD. 00:00:11.80\00:00:15.16 IF YOU DON'T LOVE GOD YOU CAN'T OBEY HIM - YOU DON'T WANT 00:00:15.16\00:00:16.70 TO SERVE HIM. 00:00:16.70\00:00:17.96 SO THE DEVIL WORKS THE HARDEST TO DESTROY OUR TIME WITH GOD. 00:00:17.96\00:00:26.20 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:00:26.20\00:00:29.16 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:00:29.16\00:00:31.96 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:00:31.96\00:00:35.10 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:00:35.10\00:00:36.86 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION 00:00:36.86\00:00:39.53 OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 00:00:39.53\00:00:46.73 >>NOW AS I SHARE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON, I'M GOING TO 00:00:46.73\00:00:50.50 BE PRAYING AS I TALK. 00:00:50.50\00:00:51.76 I HOPE YOU'LL PRAY WITH ME AS I TALK BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN 00:00:51.76\00:00:54.63 I HEARD THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT STUNNED ME. 00:00:54.63\00:00:58.80 AND I'LL TELL YOU, IT EVEN MADE ME A LITTLE ANGRY. 00:00:58.80\00:01:02.66 DOES ANYONE HERE LIKE TO BE FOOLED? 00:01:02.66\00:01:06.73 DOES ANYONE HERE LIKE TO FIND OUT, 'YOU MEAN I HAVE 00:01:06.73\00:01:09.70 MISUNDERSTOOD THIS ALL MY LIFE?' YOU FEEL LIKE 00:01:09.70\00:01:11.83 'WHY DIDN'T I KNOW? 00:01:11.83\00:01:12.96 HOW COME I DIDN'T SEE THIS?' AND SO I'M HOPING I CAN 00:01:12.96\00:01:15.96 PRESENT THIS WITH GRACE. 00:01:15.96\00:01:17.60 THE REASON THIS SUBJECT TODAY IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT IT 00:01:17.60\00:01:20.36 TIES INTO HISTORY. 00:01:20.36\00:01:22.13 I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY A PASSAGE IN REVELATION 13 - THIS IS THE 00:01:22.13\00:01:26.10 CORE OF THE VERSES THAT TALK ABOUT THE BEAST AND THE IMAGE OF 00:01:26.10\00:01:29.36 THE BEAST - AND IT SAYS, 'HE WAS GIVEN POWER TO GIVE BREATH TO 00:01:29.36\00:01:34.83 THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST THAT THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST SHOULD BOTH 00:01:34.83\00:01:39.63 SPEAK AND CAUSE THAT AS MANY AS WOULD NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF 00:01:39.63\00:01:44.23 THE BEAST SHOULD BE KILLED.' IN THE LAST DAYS UNDERSTANDING 00:01:44.23\00:01:52.60 OR NOT UNDERSTANDING WORSHIP CAN BE FATAL BECAUSE IF WE'RE 00:01:52.60\00:01:58.60 WORSHIPING THE WRONG POWER IN THE LAST DAYS, THAT'S BAD. 00:01:58.60\00:02:04.30 AND REVELATION TELLS US VERY CLEARLY THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER 00:02:04.30\00:02:07.23 GROUP THAT RECEIVED THE SEAL OF GOD THAT WORSHIPED GOD THEN THE 00:02:07.23\00:02:11.60 LOST GROUP - THE MAJORITY - REMEMBERHAT CHRIST SAID, 00:02:11.60\00:02:15.40 'BROAD IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION.' 00:02:15.40\00:02:17.56 THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORSHIPING THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE SO WE 00:02:17.56\00:02:20.76 NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS SUBJECT. 00:02:20.76\00:02:23.10 YOU REMEMBER WE ALREADY REFERRED TO DANIEL CHAPTER 3 WHERE IT 00:02:23.10\00:02:26.40 TALKS ABOUT WHEN THE KING, THE GOVERNMENT, BABYLON, 00:02:26.40\00:02:30.23 NEBUCHADNEZZAR MADE A LAW THAT EVERYONE NEEDED TO BOW DOWN 00:02:30.23\00:02:33.73 AND WORSHIP THE IMAGE THAT HE HAD MADE. 00:02:33.73\00:02:35.80 THOSE WHO DID NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE WOULD BE KILLED. 00:02:35.80\00:02:39.66 WELL, WHEN HE GAVE THE SIGNAL AND THE MUSIC PLAYED, EVERYBODY 00:02:39.66\00:02:42.70 BOWED DOWN EXCEPT THREE THAT HAD THE COURAGE TO STAND UP. 00:02:42.70\00:02:47.03 THOSE THREE, KNOWN AS SHADRACH, MESCHACH AND ABEDNEGO WERE THEN 00:02:47.03\00:02:51.00 COMMANDED BY THE KING THAT THEY SHOULD BE EXECUTED. 00:02:51.00\00:02:53.23 MATTER OF FACT, HE SAID THAT 'I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE. 00:02:53.23\00:02:55.80 MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE MUSIC. 00:02:55.80\00:02:57.46 I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOSE YOUR JOBS AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT 00:02:57.46\00:02:59.60 YOU TO DIE' - THEY WORKED FOR NEBUCHADNEZZAR - SO THEY SAID, 00:02:59.60\00:03:03.63 'YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO GIVE US ANOTHER CHANCE. 00:03:03.63\00:03:06.20 KING, ONE OF GOD'S COMMANDMENTS SAYS TO WORSHIP THE LORD AND 00:03:06.20\00:03:10.76 DON'T WORSHIP IDOLS AND WE CANNOT BOW DOWN TO YOUR IDOL.' 00:03:10.76\00:03:14.86 SO THEY WERE THROWN INTO THE FIERY FURNACE AND WHO 00:03:14.86\00:03:18.63 MET THEM IN THE FURNACE AND DELIVERED THEM? 00:03:18.63\00:03:21.96 THE LORD HIMSELF CAME. 00:03:21.96\00:03:23.63 THE KING GOT UP AND HE SAW 'FOUR IN THE FURNACE, 00:03:23.63\00:03:25.76 ONE LIKE THE SON OF GOD.' AND JESUS CAME AND 00:03:25.76\00:03:28.90 AIR-CONDITIONED THAT FURNACE. 00:03:28.90\00:03:30.23 THE ONLY THING THAT BURNED WERE THE ROPES THAT HAD TIED THEM UP 00:03:30.23\00:03:33.00 AND THE SOLDIERS THAT THREW THEM IN, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED 00:03:33.00\00:03:35.46 TO THEM. 00:03:35.46\00:03:37.10 JESUS WENT INTO THE FURNACE WITH SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO 00:03:37.10\00:03:40.73 DURING A GREAT TESTING TIME BECAUSE THEY STOOD UP FOR 00:03:40.73\00:03:43.23 THE LAW OF GOD. 00:03:43.23\00:03:44.83 JESUS WENT INTO - OR IT SAYS HE SENT HIS ANGEL - INTO THE LION'S 00:03:44.83\00:03:48.20 DEN WITH DANIEL BECAUSE HE SAID WHEN THERE WAS THIS GOVERNMENT 00:03:48.20\00:03:51.46 LAW COMPELLING US TO BREAK THE LAW OF GOD, WE PUT THE LAW 00:03:51.46\00:03:54.73 OF GOD AHEAD OF THE LAW OF MAN. 00:03:54.73\00:03:57.00 AND THEN YOU READ IN REVELATION SOMETHING SIMILAR IS GOING 00:03:57.00\00:03:59.70 TO HAPPEN IN THE LAST DAYS REGARDING WORSHIP. 00:03:59.70\00:04:03.33 THE BIBLE'S GOING TO END THE WAY IT BEGAN. 00:04:03.33\00:04:06.66 YOU'LL REMEMBER, IN THE BEGINNING, ADAM AND EVE HAD 00:04:06.66\00:04:08.23 TWO INITIAL SONS. 00:04:08.23\00:04:10.33 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR NAMES WERE? 00:04:10.33\00:04:13.06 CAIN AND ABEL. 00:04:13.06\00:04:14.83 AND THEY BOTH WORSHIPED GOD, THEY BOTH MADE AN OFFERING TO 00:04:14.83\00:04:18.23 GOD CLAIMING TO WORSHIP THE SAME GOD, BUT CAIN SAID, 'I DON'T 00:04:18.23\00:04:22.46 WANT TO DO IT THE WAY GOD COMMANDS US TO DO IT. 00:04:22.46\00:04:25.36 INSTEAD OF BRINGING A LAMB I'M GOING TO BRING FRUITS AND 00:04:25.36\00:04:28.93 VEGETABLES FROM MY GARDEN OR SOMETHING.' 00:04:28.93\00:04:31.66 AND GOD ACCEPTED ABEL'S OFFERING - HE DID NOT ACCEPT CAIN'S 00:04:31.66\00:04:35.26 OFFERING AND CAIN GOT MAD AND HE PERSECUTED AND ULTIMATELY 00:04:35.26\00:04:39.43 KILLED HIS BROTHER. 00:04:39.43\00:04:40.86 IT WAS OVER THE ISSUE OF WORSHIP. 00:04:40.86\00:04:45.10 FRIENDS, I CAN'T OVERSTATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS GOING TO BE IN 00:04:45.10\00:04:47.70 THE LAST DAYS, BUT YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF WHO DO YOU WORSHIP 00:04:47.70\00:04:52.50 AND DOES IT MATTER HOW? 00:04:52.50\00:04:55.46 DOES IT MATTER IF WE KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD? 00:04:55.46\00:04:58.83 LET ME TELL YOU WHY THE SUBJECT TONIGHT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 00:04:58.83\00:05:02.40 YOU LIVE IN SOMETHING CALLED TIME. 00:05:02.40\00:05:08.33 TIME IS THE STUFF THAT YOUR LIFE IS MADE OF. 00:05:08.33\00:05:11.83 YOU WASTE YOUR TIME, YOU WASTE YOUR LIFE. 00:05:11.83\00:05:14.93 WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR TIME AWAY, YOU'RE GIVING YOUR LIFE AWAY. 00:05:14.93\00:05:19.33 I TRY TO BE ON TIME BECAUSE WHEN I TELL SOMEONE I'M GOING TO BE 00:05:19.33\00:05:21.53 SOMEWHERE AND I'M NOT THERE, I'M SORT OF TAKING A LITTLE BIT 00:05:21.53\00:05:23.60 OF THEIR LIFE. 00:05:23.60\00:05:25.16 DO YOU EVER THINK OF IT THAT WAY? 00:05:25.16\00:05:28.66 A HUNDRED PERCENT OF ALL YOU HAVE BELONGS TO GOD. 00:05:28.66\00:05:32.93 BUT IN THE BIBLE IT TELLS US THAT WE GIVE A PERCENTAGE OF 00:05:32.93\00:05:35.26 THAT TO SHOW OUR FAITH IN GOD. 00:05:35.26\00:05:38.50 A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR TIME BELONGS TO GOD. 00:05:38.50\00:05:42.20 EVERY BREATH IS A GIFT FROM HIM. 00:05:42.20\00:05:43.63 IS THAT RIGHT? 00:05:43.63\00:05:46.20 BUT HE TELLS US IN THE BIBLE TO SHOW OUR FAITH IN HIM BY 00:05:46.20\00:05:50.30 HONORING A PERCENTAGE OF THAT AS HOLY AND THAT IS ONE OF THE 00:05:50.30\00:05:54.63 COMMANDMENTS THAT HAS LARGELY BEEN FORGOTTEN NOT ONLY BY THE 00:05:54.63\00:05:58.80 WORLD BUT EVEN THE CHURCH. 00:05:58.80\00:06:02.80 IT'S AMAZING THAT THE ONE COMMANDMENT THAT BEGINS 00:06:02.80\00:06:05.10 WITH THE WORD 'REMEMBER' HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN. 00:06:05.10\00:06:10.10 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT NOW? ALRIGHT. 00:06:10.10\00:06:13.76 LOOK WITH ME - WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT ABOUT WORSHIP BECAUSE 00:06:13.76\00:06:15.60 IT PLAYS OUT IN PROPHECY IN THE LAST DAYS. 00:06:15.60\00:06:18.50 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE SO FAR? 00:06:18.50\00:06:20.36 ARE YOU WITH ME? 00:06:20.36\00:06:21.93 IN THE COMMANDMENTS YOU'VE GOT ONE COMMANDMENT - THE LONGEST 00:06:21.93\00:06:26.26 COMMANDMENT - BEGINS WITH THE WORD 'REMEMBER' AND THE DEVIL 00:06:26.26\00:06:29.50 HAS BEEN ATTACKING THAT COMMANDMENT. 00:06:29.50\00:06:32.43 AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. 00:06:32.43\00:06:34.60 YOU CANNOT LOVE SOMEBODY WITHOUT TIME. 00:06:34.60\00:06:39.13 HOW MANY OF YOU ARE MARRIED? 00:06:39.13\00:06:42.83 OKAY. 00:06:42.83\00:06:43.96 DID YOU MARRY YOUR SPOUSE THE SAME DAY YOU MET THEM? 00:06:43.96\00:06:48.86 MAYBE IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT - SOME PEOPLE 'OH YES' - IT'S 00:06:48.86\00:06:52.60 USUALLY ATTRACTION AT FIRST SIGHT, IT MAY NOT BE REAL LOVE. 00:06:52.60\00:06:57.73 SOMETIMES 00:06:57.73\00:07:01.36 SIGHT BUT IT'S NOT LOVE. 00:06:57.73\00:07:01.36 LOVE DEVELOPS AS YOU GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY. 00:07:01.36\00:07:03.70 AND YOU KNOW WHY A LOT OF MARRIAGES FALL APART? 00:07:03.70\00:07:06.53 BECAUSE THE COUPLE STOPS HAVING QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. 00:07:06.53\00:07:11.33 THEY STOP COMMUNICATING. 00:07:11.33\00:07:12.46 THEY STOP SPENDING TIME TOGETHER. 00:07:12.46\00:07:15.23 YOU CANNOT OBEY GOD IF YOU DON'T KNOW GOD, IF YOU DON'T LOVE GOD. 00:07:15.23\00:07:19.43 THE DEVIL KNOWS THAT. 00:07:19.43\00:07:21.13 SO THE DEVIL WORKS THE HARDEST TO DESTROY OUR TIME WITH GOD AND 00:07:21.13\00:07:27.66 THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS LESSON IS ABOUT - TIME - 00:07:27.66\00:07:31.16 QUALITY TIME WITH GOD. 00:07:31.16\00:07:33.20 BLESSED TIME WITH GOD TO GROW IN OUR LOVE RELATIONSHIP. 00:07:33.20\00:07:37.20 QUESTION #1 - ON WHAT DAY DID JESUS WORSHIP? 00:07:37.20\00:07:42.63 IT SAYS IN LUKE CHAPTER 4, VERSE 16, "SO HE CAME TO NAZARETH 00:07:42.63\00:07:46.83 WHERE HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP AND AS HIS CUSTOM WAS HE WENT INTO 00:07:46.83\00:07:50.90 THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE SABBATH DAY AND HE STOOD UP TO READ." 00:07:50.90\00:07:55.30 A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF WHO? BUDDHA? KRISHNA? 00:07:55.30\00:08:00.20 MOHAMMAD? OR JESUS? 00:08:00.20\00:08:02.76 JESUS. 00:08:02.76\00:08:04.66 SO WHAT WAS THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST? 00:08:04.66\00:08:08.40 YOU READ IN THE BIBLE HERE AND MANY PLACES HIS CUSTOM WAS - 00:08:08.40\00:08:11.93 IS A CUSTOM SOMETHING YOU DO ONCE OR TWICE OR IS IT 00:08:11.93\00:08:13.83 A REGULAR PRACTICE? 00:08:13.83\00:08:16.13 HIS CUSTOM WAS TO GO TO CHURCH ON THE SABBATH AND HE READ 00:08:16.13\00:08:20.80 THE SCRIPTURES. 00:08:20.80\00:08:22.20 THAT WAS WHEN HE GATHERED TOGETHER FOR WORSHIP. 00:08:22.20\00:08:25.46 #2 - BUT WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE SABBATH? 00:08:25.46\00:08:31.13 WELL, YOU CAN LOOK AT A NUMBER OF PLACES. 00:08:31.13\00:08:32.50 FIRST OF ALL, LOOK AT GENESIS CHAPTER 2, VERSES 2 AND 3. 00:08:32.50\00:08:35.43 THIS GOES PRETTY FAR BACK IN THE BIBLE. 00:08:35.43\00:08:38.56 GENESIS CHAPTER 2, "AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY" - THIS IS THE WEEK 00:08:38.56\00:08:41.20 OF CREATION - "ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD ENDED HIS WORK WHICH HE 00:08:41.20\00:08:44.56 HAD DONE AND HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM HIS WORK THAT 00:08:44.56\00:08:47.83 HE HAD DONE AND GOD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND HALLOWED IT." 00:08:47.83\00:08:53.96 NOW, LET ME JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION. 00:08:53.96\00:08:57.06 HOW MANY DAYS IN THE WEEK? 00:08:57.06\00:09:00.16 IN AUSTRALIA, BUT HOW MANY DAYS IN THE WEEK IN CHINA? SEVEN. 00:09:00.16\00:09:04.63 HOW ABOUT COMMUNIST RUSSIA - WHAT WAS LEFT OF IT? 00:09:04.63\00:09:07.90 SEVEN THERE TOO, HUH? 00:09:07.90\00:09:09.80 DO YOU KNOW THE AMERICAN INDIANS HAD SEVEN DAYS IN THEIR WEEK? 00:09:09.80\00:09:13.66 DO YOU KNOW ALL OVER THE PLANET THERE'S A SEVEN-DAY WEEK? 00:09:13.66\00:09:16.60 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? 00:09:16.60\00:09:19.13 I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY MOST OF THE CULTURES OF THE WORLD HAVE 00:09:19.13\00:09:22.43 A MONTH WITH 30 DAYS, BECAUSE IT'S ROUGHLY THE LUNAR CYCLE. 00:09:22.43\00:09:26.46 THAT'S WHY YOU GET THE WORD 'MONTH' - IT'S FROM MOON. 00:09:26.46\00:09:28.76 AND MOST OF THE CALENDARS OF THE WORLD HAD A YEAR WITH SOMEWHERE 00:09:28.76\00:09:32.06 BETWEEN 360 - 370 DAYS BECAUSE OF THE CYCLE, ASTRONOMICALLY, 00:09:32.06\00:09:38.43 OF THE EARTH AROUND THE SUN. 00:09:38.43\00:09:40.43 AND WE'VE ALL GOT A DAY WITH 24 HOURS BECAUSE IT TAKES THAT LONG 00:09:40.43\00:09:42.96 FOR THE EARTH TO ROTATE ONE TIME ON THE AXIS. 00:09:42.96\00:09:47.50 BUY WHY DOES THE WHOLE WORLD HAVE A SEVEN-DAY WEEK? 00:09:47.50\00:09:50.33 WHAT IN THE SUN, MOON, OR STARS GIVES YOU A SEVEN-DAY WEEK? 00:09:50.33\00:09:55.93 THE ONLY PLACE OUR WORLD CAN TRACE A SEVEN-DAY WEEK TO - 00:09:55.93\00:10:00.60 AND VIRTUALLY EVERY CIVILIZATION HAD IT - IS 'IN THE BEGINNING 00:10:00.60\00:10:04.10 GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.' 00:10:04.10\00:10:06.66 HOW MANY DAYS DID GOD USE TO CREATE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH? 00:10:06.66\00:10:10.40 SIX DAYS. 00:10:10.40\00:10:11.50 BUT HOW MANY DAYS IN THE WEEK? 00:10:11.50\00:10:13.50 YOU MEAN HE ADDED ONE MORE DAY? 00:10:13.50\00:10:16.83 HE ADDED ONE MORE DAY AS A DAY TO SPEND WITH HIM IN QUALITY 00:10:16.83\00:10:22.06 TIME SO WE WOULD GROW IN OUR RELATIONSHIP NOT TO BE 00:10:22.06\00:10:25.93 ENCUMBERED WITH ALL THE WORRIES AND CARE AND WORK OF THIS LIFE. 00:10:25.93\00:10:30.40 AND THAT'S WHAT THE WORD 'SABBATH' IS ALL ABOUT AND 00:10:30.40\00:10:32.63 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. 00:10:32.63\00:10:34.16 SO, HOW DOES THIS PLAY INTO THE LAST DAYS? 00:10:34.16\00:10:37.96 YOU KNOW, I JUST READ THERE IN GENESIS AND I FORGOT TO POINT IT 00:10:37.96\00:10:40.03 OUT BUT YOU CAN LOOK IT UP AGAIN, GENESIS CHAPTER 2 - 00:10:40.03\00:10:42.66 FIRST TIME IN THE BIBLE ANY NUMBER APPEARS THREE TIMES. 00:10:42.66\00:10:45.90 IT SAYS, 'SEVENTH DAY, SEVENTH DAY, SEVENTH DAY' - THREE TIMES 00:10:45.90\00:10:48.86 THERE IN GENESIS CHAPTER 2. 00:10:48.86\00:10:50.56 WHEN YOU GET TO REVELATION YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER NUMBER 00:10:50.56\00:10:52.66 MENTIONED THREE TIMES - WHAT IS IT? SIX SIX SIX. 00:10:52.66\00:10:57.20 SIX IS THE NUMBER FOR MAN IN THE BIBLE. 00:10:57.20\00:11:00.56 ADAM WAS MADE WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK? 00:11:00.56\00:11:03.20 SIXTH DAY. 00:11:03.20\00:11:04.50 WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE MARK OF A MAN - IT IS THE NUMBER OF A 00:11:04.50\00:11:07.26 MAN - IN REVELATION CHAPTER 13, THE QUESTION IS WILL YOU WORSHIP 00:11:07.26\00:11:11.26 GOD OR MAN? 00:11:11.26\00:11:12.33 AND THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS WAR BETWEEN THE TWO 00:11:12.33\00:11:14.30 IN THE LAST DAYS. 00:11:14.30\00:11:15.60 ARE YOU GOING TO OBEY THE LAW OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR OR ARE YOU GOING 00:11:15.60\00:11:17.66 TO OBEY THE LAW OF KING DARIUS? 00:11:17.66\00:11:19.06 ARE YOU GOING TO OBEY THE BEAST IN THE LAST DAYS - MAN? 00:11:19.06\00:11:21.93 OR ARE YOU GOING TO OBEY GOD? 00:11:21.93\00:11:24.13 AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG TEST. 00:11:24.13\00:11:26.03 SO WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE SEVENTH DAY? 00:11:26.03\00:11:27.96 THIS KIND OF SURPRISES PEOPLE. 00:11:27.96\00:11:30.40 IT SAYS, 'SEVENTH DAY, SATURDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK. 00:11:30.40\00:11:34.66 YOU LOOK IN ANY DICTIONARY, YOU LOOK IN ANY ENCYCLOPEDIA, IT'LL 00:11:34.66\00:11:38.06 TELL YOU THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, SUNDAY; SEVENTH DAY OF THE 00:11:38.06\00:11:40.53 WEEK, SATURDAY. 00:11:40.53\00:11:42.26 IT'S THAT WAY - YOU LOOK AT ANY NORMAL CALENDAR AND 00:11:42.26\00:11:44.50 YOU'LL SEE THAT. 00:11:44.50\00:11:45.76 MATTER OF FACT, IN OVER 105 LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD THE WORD 00:11:45.76\00:11:49.83 FOR THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK IS SABBATH. 00:11:49.83\00:11:53.16 ANYONE HERE SPEAK A LITTLE RUSSIAN? SUBBOTA. 00:11:53.16\00:11:57.63 THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK, RIGHT? 00:11:57.63\00:11:59.50 SPANISH? SABBADO. VERDAD? 00:11:59.50\00:12:03.23 YEAH, YO HABLO POCO PALABRA, ESPANOL. 00:12:03.23\00:12:06.80 JA PONIMAJU NEMNOSHKO RUSKI. 00:12:06.80\00:12:10.76 THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY RIGHT NOW. 00:12:10.76\00:12:13.03 BARUCH ATAH ADONAI ELOHEINU MELECH HA-OLAM 00:12:13.03\00:12:15.26 NO, ANYWAY, I KNOW A FEW WORDS IN MANY LANGUAGES. 00:12:15.26\00:12:17.63 BUT IN 105 LANGUAGES THE WORD FOR SABBATH DAY - OR SEVENTH DAY 00:12:17.63\00:12:23.76 OF THE WEEK IS SABBATH DAY - EVEN AMONG THE CULTURES THAT 00:12:23.76\00:12:26.60 KEEP THE FIRST DAY - THEIR WORD FOR THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK 00:12:26.60\00:12:29.43 IS SABBATH DAY. 00:12:29.43\00:12:31.33 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? 00:12:31.33\00:12:33.10 BECAUSE IT TRACES BACK TO THE VERY GENESIS OF CIVILIZATION. 00:12:33.10\00:12:36.73 AND IF YOU LOOK ON A CALENDAR - A NORMAL CALENDAR - SOME PEOPLE 00:12:36.73\00:12:40.03 HAVE GOT THESE MODERNIZED - THEY DO IT IN EUROPE - IT'S THE 00:12:40.03\00:12:43.16 'WORK-WEEK CALENDAR' - THEY START WITH SUNDAY, BUT IF YOU 00:12:43.16\00:12:46.83 LOOK AT ANY - OR THEY START WITH MONDAY - YOU LOOK AT ANY NORMAL 00:12:46.83\00:12:49.46 CALENDAR IT'LL TELL YOU SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK IS SATURDAY. 00:12:49.46\00:12:54.00 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA TELLS US THAT - 00:12:54.00\00:12:57.03 IT'S VERY WELL ESTABLISHED. 00:12:57.03\00:12:58.33 NOW SOME PEOPLE ARE THINKING, 'WELL, PASTOR DOUG, CAN WE EVEN 00:12:58.33\00:13:01.06 REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE WEEKLY CYCLE ANYMORE BECAUSE, AFTER 00:13:01.06\00:13:04.63 ALL, HAVEN'T THEY CHANGED THE CALENDAR SEVERAL TIMES SO THAT 00:13:04.63\00:13:07.33 NOBODY CAN REALLY BE SURE?' THAT'S A MYTH. 00:13:07.33\00:13:11.06 THEY HAVE CHANGED THE CALENDAR SEVERAL TIMES, YES. 00:13:11.06\00:13:14.30 CHANGING THE CALENDAR NEVER HAS ANY EFFECT ON THE WEEKLY CYCLE. 00:13:14.30\00:13:18.26 PEOPLE GET CONFUSED - IT'S AN OPTICAL ILLUSION, IT'S A HOAX. 00:13:18.26\00:13:22.36 BECAUSE WE SEE THE WEEK ON THE CALENDAR, WE THINK THAT CHANGING 00:13:22.36\00:13:26.53 THE CALENDAR CHANGES THE WEEK. 00:13:26.53\00:13:28.83 THE WEEKLY CYCLE IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE CALENDAR, THE WEEKLY 00:13:28.83\00:13:32.03 CYCLE GOES LIKE THIS: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN. 00:13:32.03\00:13:35.40 START OVER. 00:13:35.40\00:13:36.33 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN. 00:13:36.33\00:13:37.26 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN. 00:13:37.26\00:13:39.03 YOUR BIRTHDAY IS ON A DIFFERENT DAY OF THE WEEK EVERY YEAR, 00:13:39.03\00:13:40.93 RIGHT? 00:13:40.93\00:13:42.06 IT GETS ALL MIXED UP. 00:13:42.06\00:13:43.03 IT DOESN'T CHANGE YOUR BIRTHDAY. 00:13:43.03\00:13:45.53 THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN ADJUSTED MANY TIMES THROUGH HISTORY BUT 00:13:45.53\00:13:48.23 IT NEVER TOUCHES THE WEEK. 00:13:48.23\00:13:50.66 DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 00:13:50.66\00:13:52.13 MATTER OF FACT, I'VE GOT A QUOTE HERE FROM THE U.S. 00:13:52.13\00:13:54.66 NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 00:13:54.66\00:13:55.96 SOMEONE ASKED THEM, 'HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES IN THE CALENDAR 00:13:55.96\00:13:59.30 THAT AFFECT THE CONTINUITY OF THE WEEKLY CYCLE?' AND HERE'S A 00:13:59.30\00:14:02.90 QUOTE FROM THEIR ANSWER. 00:14:02.90\00:14:04.16 "THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE CONTINUITY OF THE WEEKLY CYCLE 00:14:04.16\00:14:07.10 SINCE LONG BEFORE THE CHRISTIAN ERA." 00:14:07.10\00:14:10.26 AND THEY COULD EVEN LOOK AT HISTORY WITH THE ASTRONOMICAL 00:14:10.26\00:14:12.80 THINGS THAT THEY HAVE SEEN IN HISTORY AND SEE THAT IT HAS NOT 00:14:12.80\00:14:16.40 BEEN AFFECTED. 00:14:16.40\00:14:17.93 SO, JUST IN CASE SOMEONE SAYS, 'OH, BUT THE CALENDAR, 00:14:17.93\00:14:20.36 WE CAN'T BE SURE.' 00:14:20.36\00:14:21.20 THAT'S A MYTH. 00:14:21.20\00:14:22.23 THAT'S A HOAX. 00:14:22.23\00:14:23.00 DON'T FALL FOR THAT. 00:14:23.00\00:14:24.30 #3 - WHO MADE THE SABBATH AND WHEN? 00:14:24.30\00:14:27.90 WELL, WE ALREADY QUOTED FROM GENESIS CHAPTER 2. 00:14:27.90\00:14:30.43 IT SAYS, 'THUS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND ALL THE HOST OF 00:14:30.43\00:14:32.60 THEM WERE FINISHED AND GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY 00:14:32.60\00:14:36.60 AND HE SANCTIFIED IT. 00:14:36.60\00:14:38.00 NOW, HOW MANY JEWS WERE IN THE WORLD BACK WHEN GOD 00:14:38.00\00:14:41.00 MADE THE SABBATH? 00:14:41.00\00:14:45.10 THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES? 00:14:45.10\00:14:47.53 ADAM AND EVE. 00:14:47.53\00:14:48.80 WHAT WAS THEIR RELIGION? 00:14:48.80\00:14:50.93 WHAT DENOMINATION WERE THEY PART OF? 00:14:50.93\00:14:54.30 IS ANYONE HERE NOT RELATED TO ADAM AND EVE - I'M JUST 00:14:54.30\00:14:56.83 WONDERING? BIBLICALLY? 00:14:56.83\00:15:00.10 EVEN EVOLUTIONISTS AGREE - I REMEMBER SEEING THE COVER OF 00:15:00.10\00:15:02.90 A NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE WHERE THEY SAID WE'VE TRACED THE DNA OF 00:15:02.90\00:15:06.63 EVYBODY IN THE WORLD - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HAS DONE 00:15:06.63\00:15:09.36 A STUDY ABOUT THIS - IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED - ALL BACK 00:15:09.36\00:15:11.56 TO ONE INDIVIDUAL. 00:15:11.56\00:15:14.00 THEY JUST ARGUE ABOUT WHETHER THAT PERSON CAME FROM THE 00:15:14.00\00:15:15.90 MIDDLE EAST OR AFRICA OR NORTH AFRICA. 00:15:15.90\00:15:18.36 BUT NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, WE'RE ALL RELATED. 00:15:18.36\00:15:20.76 SO GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY - GOD BLESSED THIS DAY BECAUSE IN 00:15:20.76\00:15:24.53 IT HE RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD DONE. 00:15:24.53\00:15:27.66 THAT'S WHY JESUS SAYS IN HIS TEACHINGS THE SABBATH WAS 00:15:27.66\00:15:31.23 MADE FOR MAN. 00:15:31.23\00:15:32.73 DOES HE SAY THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR JEWS? 00:15:32.73\00:15:35.56 IT'S AN INTERESTING WAY TO SPELL JEW - M-A-N. 00:15:35.56\00:15:39.23 YET SOME PEOPLE THINK, 'THE SABBATH IS JUST FOR JEWS.' 00:15:39.23\00:15:42.20 BACK IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN - MADE FOR MAN - QUALITY TIME 00:15:42.20\00:15:45.23 WITH GOD. 00:15:45.23\00:15:46.50 IT WAS FOR MAN TO HAVE TIME - REMEMBER GOD CAME LOOKING FOR 00:15:46.50\00:15:51.20 ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN AND HE WAS GOING TO WALK WITH THEM 00:15:51.20\00:15:54.23 AND TALK WITH THEM. 00:15:54.23\00:15:55.36 EVERY SABBATH HE WOULD SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH THEM. 00:15:55.36\00:15:58.10 AND THE DEVIL'S BEEN ATTACKING THAT TIME EVER SINCE. 00:15:58.10\00:16:02.26 #4 - WHY DOES GOD - WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT SABBATH-KEEPING IN 00:16:02.26\00:16:06.93 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WHICH HE WROTE WITH HIS OWN FINGER? 00:16:06.93\00:16:10.43 FIRST OF ALL, THE LORD SAYS, 'REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO 00:16:10.43\00:16:14.33 KEEP IT HOLY AND THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND 00:16:14.33\00:16:19.00 HALLOWED IT.' NOTICE WHAT GOD DID TO THIS DAY 00:16:19.00\00:16:21.96 THAT'S UNIQUE FROM THE OTHER DAYS. 00:16:21.96\00:16:23.60 IT SAYS THAT GOD RESTED ON THE SABBATH DAY - HE WANTS US TO - 00:16:23.60\00:16:27.60 HE BLESSED IT FOR US - HE WANTS US TO GET A BLESSING - 00:16:27.60\00:16:31.13 AND HE SANCTIFIED IT. 00:16:31.13\00:16:32.36 WHAT DOES SANCTIFY MEAN? 00:16:32.36\00:16:34.70 YOU'VE HEARD OF SANTO BIBLIO - THE HOLY BIBLE. 00:16:34.70\00:16:38.86 HOLY MATRIMONY - WHEN TWO PEOPLE GET MARRIED THEY ARE SET ASIDE 00:16:38.86\00:16:43.10 AS SACRED FOR ONE ANOTHER - TO BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY 00:16:43.10\00:16:46.60 FROM OTHER PEOPLE. 00:16:46.60\00:16:48.43 AND THE SABBATH DAY IS CALLED HOLY BECAUSE GOD SAYS THAT TIME 00:16:48.43\00:16:50.90 IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TIME. 00:16:50.90\00:16:52.73 IT'S QUALITY TIME WITH ME AND YET THE WORLD AND THE CHURCH HAS 00:16:52.73\00:16:57.56 BEEN BAMBOOZLED ON THIS ISSUE. 00:16:57.56\00:17:01.66 NOW, SOME ARE SAYING, 'BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST 00:17:01.66\00:17:03.83 FOR THE JEWS. 00:17:03.83\00:17:05.10 AND GOD GAVE IT TO THE JEWS AT MOUNT SINAI - IT'S PART OF THE 00:17:05.10\00:17:07.13 TEN COMMANDMENTS. 00:17:07.13\00:17:07.83 HE MADE IT UP ON MOUNT SINAI. 00:17:07.83\00:17:10.06 OH REALLY? 00:17:10.06\00:17:11.30 LOOK AT YOUR BIBLES. 00:17:11.30\00:17:12.93 WHEN MOSES FIRST BROUGHT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT, 00:17:12.93\00:17:16.26 AS THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS ON THE WAY TO MOUNT 00:17:16.26\00:17:20.30 SINAI THEY GOT HUNGRY - GOD GAVE THEM BREAD FROM HEAVEN. 00:17:20.30\00:17:24.26 DO YOU ALL REMEMBER THIS STORY? 00:17:24.26\00:17:26.30 AND GOD SAID, 'EAT THAT TODAY FOR TODAY IS 00:17:26.30\00:17:28.50 THE SABBATH OF THE LORD. 00:17:28.50\00:17:30.53 TODAY YOU'LL NOT FIND IT IN THE FIELD.' 00:17:30.53\00:17:33.20 GOD RAINED BREAD DOWN FROM HEAVEN SIX DAYS A WEEK BUT ON 00:17:33.20\00:17:37.13 THE SEVENTH DAY THERE WAS NONE. 00:17:37.13\00:17:38.90 HE TOLD THEM TO GATHER TWICE AS MUCH ON FRIDAY BECAUSE HE WOULD 00:17:38.90\00:17:42.00 NOT RAIN BREAD DOWN FROM HEAVEN ON THE SEVENTH DAY - 00:17:42.00\00:17:45.50 THE SABBATH DAY. 00:17:45.50\00:17:46.56 HE DID THAT FOR FORTY YEARS. 00:17:46.56\00:17:48.66 HE SAID, 'THERE WON'T BE ANY ON THE SABBATH DAY SO EAT 00:17:48.66\00:17:50.93 WHAT YOU HAVE GATHERED ON THE PREVIOUS DAY.' 00:17:50.93\00:17:55.63 AND THAT HAPPENS IN EXODUS CHAPTER 16. 00:17:55.63\00:18:00.86 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT GIVEN UNTIL EXODUS CHAPTER 20. 00:18:00.86\00:18:04.90 SO THE SABBATH EXISTED BEFORE THEY EVER GOT TO MOUNT SINAI. 00:18:04.90\00:18:09.50 MATTER OF FACT, MOST SCHOLARS AGREE, WHEN MOSES FIRST CAME TO 00:18:09.50\00:18:12.96 THE PHARAOH, PHARAOH GOT MAD. 00:18:12.96\00:18:15.23 HE SAID, 'YOU'RE MAKING THE PEOPLE REST' AND THE WORD THAT 00:18:15.23\00:18:17.76 THE PHARAOH USED IS SABBATH. 00:18:17.76\00:18:20.43 YOU LOOK IT UP IN THE ORIGINAL. 00:18:20.43\00:18:21.66 PB 00:18:21.66\00:18:23.76 HE SAID, 'YOU'RE MAKING THE 00:18:21.66\00:18:23.76 PEOPLE SABBATH SO I'M GOING TO 00:18:21.66\00:18:23.76 DOUBLE THEIR WORK.' ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT GOD 00:18:23.76\00:18:26.36 DID WHEN HE WENT TO DELIVER THEM FROM THEIR SLAVERY - HE SAID, 00:18:26.36\00:18:29.23 'YOU NEED TO LEARN TO REST IN ME AGAIN. 00:18:29.23\00:18:31.73 YOU NEED TO LEARN TO WORSHIP ME.' 00:18:31.73\00:18:33.70 BECAUSE THEY'D BEEN WORSHIPING THE EGYPTIAN GODS AND THE 00:18:33.70\00:18:35.93 PHARAOH HEARD ABOUT THAT AND HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 00:18:35.93\00:18:38.00 DOUBLE THE WORK AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE YOUR BRICKS 00:18:38.00\00:18:40.36 WITHOUT STRAW NOW.' THIS WAS A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE 00:18:40.36\00:18:43.40 THAN MOST PEOPLE KNOW. 00:18:43.40\00:18:44.63 #5 - BUT HAVEN'T THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BEEN CHANGED? 00:18:44.63\00:18:49.80 OR ALTERED? OR REPEALED? 00:18:49.80\00:18:52.13 DID GOD ISSUE A RETRACTION? 00:18:52.13\00:18:54.56 DANIEL 7:25 - PROPHECY TELLS US THAT THE BEAST POWER IN THE LAST 00:18:54.56\00:18:59.70 DAYS - WELL, LET'S READ IT TO YOU. 00:18:59.70\00:19:02.86 "AND HE WILL SPEAK GREAT WORDS AGAINST THE MOST HIGH" - 00:19:02.86\00:19:06.66 SPEAKING OF THE BEAST POWER - "AND HE WILL WEAR OUT - OR 00:19:06.66\00:19:09.43 PERSECUTE - THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH AND THINK TO CHANGE 00:19:09.43\00:19:13.96 TIMES AND LAWS." 00:19:13.96\00:19:15.96 IT SAYS THIS BEAST POWER WOULD THINK TO CHANGE. 00:19:15.96\00:19:18.73 CAN THE DEVIL CHANGE GOD'S LAW OR CAN HE THINK TO? 00:19:18.73\00:19:22.10 HE CAN ONLY THINK TO - HE CAN'T CHANGE IT. 00:19:22.10\00:19:24.36 THIS IS A PROPHECY. 00:19:24.36\00:19:25.60 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS YOU TELL ME WHICH 00:19:25.60\00:19:28.40 ONE OF THOSE COMMANDMENTS IS A TIME AND A LAW. 00:19:28.40\00:19:31.76 ONLY ONE. 00:19:31.76\00:19:33.93 BEAST POWER IS TRYING TO DO THAT BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO DESTROY 00:19:33.93\00:19:36.60 THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE. 00:19:36.60\00:19:39.56 AND LET'S FACE IT, FRIENDS. 00:19:39.56\00:19:41.60 A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO EVEN CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS, THEY DON'T 00:19:41.60\00:19:46.16 GIVE GOD 24 HOURS ONCE A WEEK, DO THEY? 00:19:46.16\00:19:49.66 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HERE IN AUSTRALIA BUT BACK IN THE STATES 00:19:49.66\00:19:52.46 AND MOST COUNTRIES THAT I TRAVEL TO - IF THEY GO TO CHURCH - AS 00:19:52.46\00:19:57.76 SOON AS THEY RUN OUT OF CHURCH THEN THEY GO TO THE MALL OR THEY 00:19:57.76\00:20:00.23 GO WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO. 00:20:00.23\00:20:02.40 TODAY'S SUNDAY - I WENT TO YOUR STORES, THEY WERE ALL OPEN AND 00:20:02.40\00:20:04.70 IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY FOR MOST PEOPLE. 00:20:04.70\00:20:08.80 THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO DESTROY THAT TIME OF WORSHIP WITH GOD. 00:20:08.80\00:20:12.73 DIDN'T GOD'S COMMANDMENTS CHANGE? 00:20:12.73\00:20:14.93 AGAIN, PROVERBS 30, VERSES 5 AND 6, "EVERY WORD OF GOD IS PURE. 00:20:14.93\00:20:18.26 DO NOT ADD TO HIS WORDS LEST HE REBUKE YOU AND YOU BE FOUND 00:20:18.26\00:20:22.80 A LIAR." 00:20:22.80\00:20:23.93 AND AGAIN IN HEBREWS 4, VERSE 9, IT SAYS, "THERE REMAINS, 00:20:23.93\00:20:27.43 THEREFORE, A REST FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD." 00:20:27.43\00:20:30.43 THAT WORD THERE, REST, IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE - THIS IS THE 00:20:30.43\00:20:32.93 NEW TESTAMENT, BY THE WAY - IT SAYS, "THERE REMAINS, THEREFORE, 00:20:32.93\00:20:36.03 A SABATISMOS" - A KEEPING OF THE SABBATH FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. 00:20:36.03\00:20:40.70 IT'S MENTIONED NOT ONLY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT BUT IN THE NEW. 00:20:40.70\00:20:43.63 I MEET PEOPLE EVERY NOW AND THEN THEY SAY, 'PASTOR DOUG, WE'RE 00:20:43.63\00:20:45.83 SUPPOSED TO KEEP MOST OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BUT WE DON'T 00:20:45.83\00:20:48.26 NEED TO KEEP THE SABBATH BECAUSE IT'S NOT REPEATED 00:20:48.26\00:20:50.96 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.' ANOTHER HOAX, ANOTHER MYTH. 00:20:50.96\00:20:55.10 THERE IS, ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT IS NOT 00:20:55.10\00:20:58.50 REPEATED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 00:20:58.50\00:21:00.53 DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS? 00:21:00.53\00:21:02.63 'YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD IN VAIN FOR 00:21:02.63\00:21:05.66 THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME 00:21:05.66\00:21:07.83 IN VAIN.' ANYONE WANT TO RAISE THEIR HAND 00:21:07.83\00:21:10.66 AND TELL ME WHERE YOU CAN FIND THAT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT? 00:21:10.66\00:21:15.23 IT DOES SAY IN THE LORD'S PRAYER, 'HALLOWED BE THY NAME.' 00:21:15.23\00:21:20.13 AND IT SAYS 'THE NAME OF THE LORD SHOULD NOT BE BLASPHEMED' 00:21:20.13\00:21:22.83 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THAT WORD FOR 00:21:22.83\00:21:26.10 WORD BUT YOU DO FIND THE FOURTH 00:21:26.10\00:21:27.96 COMMANDMENT QUOTED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. SO IT'S ANOTHER MYTH. 00:21:27.96\00:21:31.43 PASTORS SAY THINGS AND PEOPLE SIT THERE AND THEY JUST BELIEVE 00:21:31.43\00:21:33.83 IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T READ THEIR BIBLES FOR THEMSELVES AND YET, 00:21:33.83\00:21:37.83 IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW MANY PEOPLE GET UPSET 00:21:37.83\00:21:40.06 OVER THIS SUBJECT. 00:21:40.06\00:21:41.33 IT'S VERY INTERESTING. 00:21:41.33\00:21:43.30 BY THE WAY, IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS YOU'RE 00:21:43.30\00:21:44.63 GOING TO FIND THAT GOD TYPICALLY COMMANDS US TO DO WHAT 00:21:44.63\00:21:48.46 WE NATURALLY DRIFT AWAY FROM. 00:21:48.46\00:21:52.03 THE REASON THAT HE SAYS, 'DON'T DISHONOR YOUR PARENTS' 00:21:52.03\00:21:55.40 IS BECAUSE KIDS SOMETIMES HAVE A PROPENSITY TO DISHONOR 00:21:55.40\00:21:58.96 THEIR PARENTS. 00:21:58.96\00:22:00.30 THE REASON HE SAYS TO HONOR THE MARRIAGE VOW AND NOT COMMIT 00:22:00.30\00:22:04.06 ADULTERY IS, LET'S FACE IT, PEOPLE HAVE THESE SOMETIMES 00:22:04.06\00:22:08.33 DRIFTING DESIRES TO DO WHAT'S FORBIDDEN. 00:22:08.33\00:22:11.10 THE REASON GOD SAID, 'REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY' IS WHY? 00:22:11.10\00:22:15.56 BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT WE'D KIND OF WANT TO GO OUR OWN WAY AND DO 00:22:15.56\00:22:17.90 OUR OWN THING AND WE'D FORGET ABOUT GOD. 00:22:17.90\00:22:21.10 AND SO THESE COMMANDMENTS ARE THERE TO PROTECT OUR 00:22:21.10\00:22:23.00 RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. 00:22:23.00\00:22:26.56 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? 00:22:26.56\00:22:28.43 MAKES SENSE TO ME. 00:22:28.43\00:22:30.33 DO WE NEED REST? 00:22:30.33\00:22:33.90 THE SABBATH'S ABOUT REST. 00:22:33.90\00:22:35.93 ARE PEOPLE A LITTLE STRESSED OUT IN OUR DAY AND AGE, FRIENDS? 00:22:35.93\00:22:40.30 YEAH. DO YOU KNOW SOME OF THE #1 SELLING MEDICATION TODAY 00:22:40.30\00:22:43.90 IS ANTACID. 00:22:43.90\00:22:45.90 HEART MEDICATION BECAUSE OF STRESS. 00:22:45.90\00:22:48.23 SLEEPING PILLS. 00:22:48.23\00:22:50.13 WE'RE LIVING IN THE MOST STRESSED OUT GENERATION IN 00:22:50.13\00:22:52.60 THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE. 00:22:52.60\00:22:55.50 DO YOU KNOW THAT'S TRUE? 00:22:55.50\00:22:57.33 MORE STRESS THAN EVER BEFORE AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND 00:22:57.33\00:22:58.76 NEW WAYS TO COPE. 00:22:58.76\00:23:00.36 SOME PEOPLE COPE BY VARIOUS ADDICTIONS AND THEY DRINK SO 00:23:00.36\00:23:05.40 THEY CAN RELIEVE THE STRESS OR THEY EAT SO THEY CAN RELIEVE 00:23:05.40\00:23:07.90 THE STRESS. 00:23:07.90\00:23:09.20 JUST - PEOPLE ARE JUST READY TO SNAP AND IF WE WOULD DO WHAT GOD 00:23:09.20\00:23:12.86 TELLS US TO DO EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, WE'D FIND A LOT MORE PEACE 00:23:12.86\00:23:16.30 IN OUR LIVES. 00:23:16.30\00:23:19.10 'BUT WASN'T THE SABBATH CHANGED TO SUNDAY AT CHRIST'S DEATH 00:23:19.10\00:23:23.10 OR RESURRECTION?' HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE? 00:23:23.10\00:23:28.13 THAT'S WHAT MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS WHEN I FIRST CAME 00:23:28.13\00:23:30.10 TO THE LORD. 00:23:30.10\00:23:31.36 I READ THE BIBLE, I ACCEPTED JESUS, I BEGAN TO GO TO SOME OF 00:23:31.36\00:23:34.00 THE REGULAR EVANGELICAL CHURCHES THERE IN PALM SPRINGS AND THEY 00:23:34.00\00:23:37.96 ALL DISAGREED ON DIFFERENT THINGS. 00:23:37.96\00:23:40.93 AND I WENT BACK TO THE CAVE AND I SAID, 'LORD, I KNOW THAT 00:23:40.93\00:23:45.33 THERE'S ONE BIBLE AND THERE'S ONE JESUS.' 00:23:45.33\00:23:48.30 I SAID, 'I BELIEVE THAT YOU TRANSFORMED MY LIFE AND THAT 00:23:48.30\00:23:51.06 YOU'VE CALLED ME. 00:23:51.06\00:23:52.16 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS. 00:23:52.16\00:23:53.63 THERE'S ALL THESE CHURCHES' - GOOD PEOPLE IN MANY DIFFERENT 00:23:53.63\00:23:55.56 CHURCHES. 00:23:55.56\00:23:56.53 YOU HEAR ME FRIENDS? 00:23:56.53\00:23:57.30 I BELIEVE THAT. 00:23:57.30\00:23:58.46 THERE ARE GOOD, SPIRIT-FILLED, LOVING CHRISTIANS IN MANY 00:23:58.46\00:24:01.13 DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS BUT SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN FOOLED. 00:24:01.13\00:24:05.56 SOME OF THEM ARE MIXED UP ABOUT THEOLOGY. 00:24:05.56\00:24:07.96 WE ALL KNOW IF THERE'S 400 DIFFERENT MAJOR DENOMINATIONS 00:24:07.96\00:24:11.43 THAT CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIAN AND THEY ALL DISAGREE ON VARIOUS 00:24:11.43\00:24:13.66 POINTS, THEY CAN'T ALL BE RIGHT. 00:24:13.66\00:24:15.53 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? 00:24:15.53\00:24:17.16 THERE'S ONLY ONE TRUTH AND I SAID, 'LORD, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT 00:24:17.16\00:24:20.33 THE TRUTH IS AND I WANT IT FROM THE BIBLE.' 00:24:20.33\00:24:23.43 I KNOW THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE BIBLE 00:24:23.43\00:24:27.00 BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL NEVER IMPRESS YOU DIFFERENTLY 00:24:27.00\00:24:29.36 FROM THE WORD. 00:24:29.36\00:24:31.50 AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME I PRAYED THAT GOD SHOWED ME THE THINGS 00:24:31.50\00:24:34.63 THAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU IN THIS SEMINAR AND IT HAS MADE 00:24:34.63\00:24:37.30 SENSE TO ME AND I'VE BEEN TEACHING AND PREACHING IT FOR 30 00:24:37.30\00:24:39.66 YEARS NOW AND I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BETTER. 00:24:39.66\00:24:42.76 I'M DOING EVERYTHING AT THIS SEMINAR I KNOW HOW TO DO TO HELP 00:24:42.76\00:24:46.10 YOU FIND OUT WHAT IS THE TRUTH FOR YOURSELF. 00:24:46.10\00:24:49.50 GOT THE BIBLE, PUTTING DOZENS OF VERSES ON THE SCREEN, GIVING YOU 00:24:49.50\00:24:54.63 LESSONS THAT HAVE GOT THE BIBLE REFERENCES IN THEM, INVITING 00:24:54.63\00:24:57.70 YOUR QUESTIONS - WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS BECAUSE 00:24:57.70\00:25:00.36 WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE FOOLED IN THE LAST DAYS. 00:25:00.36\00:25:03.26 THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE AND IT'LL GIVE YOU JOY. 00:25:03.26\00:25:06.26 BY THE WAY, DOES GOD SAY THAT HE CURSED THE SABBATH DAY 00:25:06.26\00:25:09.13 OR BLESSED IT? 00:25:09.13\00:25:11.20 SO WE'RE TELLING YOU SOMETHING, FRIENDS, TO GIVE YOU A BLESSING. 00:25:11.20\00:25:15.40 >>STAY TUNED. 00:25:15.40\00:25:16.46 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER. 00:25:16.46\00:25:24.46 >>HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, 00:25:24.46\00:25:26.20 ON THE LORD'S DAY, SUNDAY.' AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 00:25:26.20\00:25:27.83 SUNDAY? I HAVE. 00:25:27.83\00:25:29.63 WHERE'S THE VERSE THAT CALLS SUNDAY THE LORD'S DAY? 00:25:29.63\00:25:34.63 MATTER OF FACT, IT SAYS THE OPPOSITE IN THE BIBLE. 00:25:34.63\00:25:36.66 IT SAYS THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH IS THE LORD'S DAY. 00:25:36.66\00:25:43.00 YOU LOOK IN ANY DICTIONARY, YOU LOOK IN ANY ENCYCLOPEDIA IT'LL 00:25:43.00\00:25:46.43 TELL YOU THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK - SUNDAY; SEVENTH DAY 00:25:46.43\00:25:48.86 OF THE WEEK - SATURDAY. 00:25:48.86\00:25:57.40 >> HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE DATE 00:25:57.40\00:25:59.46 DECEMBER 21, 2012? 00:25:59.46\00:26:04.43 A FULL TITHE OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE PLANET ARE THINKING 00:26:04.43\00:26:08.96 SOMETHING CATACLYSMIC IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE WORLD - 00:26:08.96\00:26:12.50 NOT SOMEDAY, THIS YEAR! 00:26:12.50\00:26:16.03 >>FOR CENTURIES PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FASCINATED WITH DOOMSDAY 00:26:16.03\00:26:18.76 PREDICTIONS BY FUTURIST HAL LINDSEY, NOSTRADAMUS, 00:26:18.76\00:26:22.16 AND JOSEPH SMITH. 00:26:22.16\00:26:23.66 WITH HEIGHTENED ACTIVITY AROUND THE MAYAN DOOMSDAY PREDICTION 00:26:23.66\00:26:26.33 COMES THE SINGLE SERMON DVD BY PROPHECY EXPERT DOUG BATCHELOR. 00:26:26.33\00:26:31.16 '2012 DOOMSDAY MYTHS, PAGAN PROPHECIES, AND ARMAGEDDON'. 00:26:31.16\00:26:35.10 ONLY $7.95 - NOW AVAILABLE AT 'AFBOOKSTORE.COM' AND OTHER 00:26:35.10\00:26:39.20 LEADING CHRISTIAN RETAIL OUTLETS. 00:26:39.20\00:26:41.30 CALL 1-800-538-7275. 00:26:41.30\00:26:45.10 '2012 DOOMSDAY MYTHS, PAGAN PROPHECIES AND ARMAGEDDON'. 00:26:45.10\00:26:55.33 >>THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD IS LOVE. 00:26:55.33\00:26:58.73 THE ESSENCE OF THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS ARE TO LOVE THE 00:26:58.73\00:27:01.00 LORD AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR BUT REAL LOVE REQUIRES TIME. 00:27:01.00\00:27:05.60 THAT'S WHY AFTER GOD MADE THE WORLD IN SIX DAYS, HE MADE ONE 00:27:05.60\00:27:08.93 MORE DAY FOR A SPECIAL LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD 00:27:08.93\00:27:13.70 THE CREATOR AND HIS CREATURES. 00:27:13.70\00:27:15.63 IT'S CALLED THE SABBATH DAY. 00:27:15.63\00:27:17.50 MANY PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S STILL APPLICABLE 00:27:17.50\00:27:20.43 TODAY FOR CHRISTIANS OR WHICH DAY THE SABBATH IS. 00:27:20.43\00:27:23.56 WOULD YOU LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS MEANT BY 00:27:23.56\00:27:26.60 JESUS WANTING TO GIVE US THAT REST? 00:27:26.60\00:27:29.70 HE SAYS, 'COME UNTO ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU REST.' 00:27:29.70\00:27:31.50 WE HAVE A SPECIAL STUDY GUIDE AND IT'S CALLED 00:27:31.50\00:27:33.73 'THE LOST DAY OF HISTORY.' 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