Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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Program Code: AFP000146A
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01:02 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:09 >>'THE SABBATH,' JESUS SAID, 'WAS MADE FOR HUMANITY.' 01:14 HE DOESN'T SAY THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR JEWS. 01:16 HE DOESN'T SAY IT WAS MADE FOR MOSES. 01:18 DOESN'T EVERYBODY NEED TIME OFF? 01:21 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:26 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:29 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 01:33 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 01:35 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:44 >>NOW TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT LESSON THAT IS DEALING 01:47 WITH A SUBJECT THAT IS OF GREAT INTEREST AMONG CHRISTIANS THESE 01:50 DAYS AND IT DOES HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT BEARING ON THE ISSUES 01:55 OF PROPHECY. THE TITLE OF THE LESSON IS 01:58 CALLED THE REST OF OUR WORK - THE REST OF OUR WORK . 02:03 NOW WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH A STORY IN YOUR BIBLE THAT'S DRAWN 02:06 FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS. 02:08 IN EXODUS WE KNOW THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, FOR A LONG 02:13 TIME - HUNDREDS OF YEARS - WERE SLAVES THERE AND IT TELLS US 02:18 ABOUT THE TERRIBLE HARDSHIP - THEY WEREN'T JUST SLAVES, IT 02:22 SAYS THEY WERE SUFFERING - THEY WERE SERVING WITH CRUEL BONDAGE 02:25 AND HARD LABOR. THEIR LIVES WERE MISERABLE. 02:28 ALL IT WAS WAS WORK, WORK, WORK AND THEY WERE WORKING SO MUCH 02:33 THAT THEY WERE NEGLECTING THE DAY OF REST THAT GOD HAD GIVEN 02:36 MAN ALL THE WAY BACK FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN. AND DURING THAT 02:39 TIME, OF COURSE, MOSES HAD BEEN BORN, HE WAS IN THE WILDERNESS, 02:42 HE HAD FLED FROM EGYPT, AND 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS TAKING 02:45 CARE OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW'S SHEEP, ENJOYING A QUIET LIFE, 02:49 AND THE LORD APPEARED TO HIM AT THE BURNING BUSH. 02:52 AND THERE AT THE BURNING BUSH GOD SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO GO AND 02:56 YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH I AM GOING TO 03:00 LIBERATE MY PEOPLE AND BRING THEM BACK INTO THEROMISED LAND 03:03 THAT THEY MIGHT ENJOY THE REST I HAVE FOR THEM. 03:07 NOTICE THAT THERE'S A TOTAL OPPOSITE BETWEEN THE HARD WORK 03:13 OF THE SLAVERY IN EGYPT AND THE REST THE NEW TESTAMENT CALLS THE 03:19 PROMISED LAND. MOSES, WHO'S LIKE CHRIST, THAT 03:23 LEADS US OUT OF SLAVERY INTO THE PROMISED LAND, HE WAS TOLD 03:27 'FIRST, BEFORE YOU GO TO PHARAOH, YOU NEED TO GO MEET 03:30 WITH THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL.' YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS IN EXODUS 4, 03:33 VERSE 29. 'AND MOSES AND AARON WENT AND 03:36 GATHERED TOGETHER ALL THE ELDERS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. 03:40 AND, DURING THAT TIME, PHARAOH HAD ALREADY HEARD THAT MOSES AND 03:44 AARON WERE STIRRING UP PROBLEMS - THAT THEY HAD MET WITH THE 03:48 ELDERS OF ISRAEL AND THE PHARAOH RESPONDS - NOTICE - HE SAID TO 03:52 THEM, IN EXODUS 5:5, "BEHOLD, THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND ARE NOW 03:56 MANY AND YOU MAKE THEM REST FROM THEIR BURDENS." 04:01 WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT? 04:02 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WORD 'REST' IS THERE? 04:04 'SHABAT' - PHARAOH SAID, 'EVER SINCE YOU CAME AROUND YOU'RE 04:08 CAUSING THEM TO TAKE A DAY OFF.' AND JUST TO MAKE THINGS MORE 04:13 DIFFICULT THE PHARAOH SAID, 'I'LL FIX THAT.' EXODUS 5, VERSE 04:18 10, "THUS SAID THE PHARAOH, 'I WILL NOT GIVE YOU STRAW. 04:21 GO GET YOU STRAW WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT." - AND IT GOES ON, 04:26 VERSE 18, "THEREFORE NOW AND WORK FOR THERE SHALL NO STRAW BE 04:31 GIVEN YOU. I WILL INCREASE YOUR BURDEN." 04:34 THE PEOPLE WERE THINKING ABOUT FREEDOM - NOW IF MOSES 04:38 REPRESENTS JESUS, WHO DOES THE PHARAOH REPRESENT? 04:40 >>THE DEVIL. >>THE DEVIL, RIGHT? 04:43 MOSES WANTS TO LEAD THEM INTO THE PROMISED LAND OF REST. 04:46 THE PHARAOH SAID, 'WORK, WORK, WORK UNTIL YOUR LIVES ARE OVER.' 04:48 AND WHEN THEY STARTED THINKING ABOUT WORSHIPING GOD, THE 04:53 PHARAOH TRIED TO ECLIPSE AND DISPLACE THAT IDEA FROM THEIR 04:58 MIND BY INCREASING WHAT? THEIR WORK LOAD. 05:02 WELL, EVERY TIME PHARAOH TRIED TO STOP, GOD SENT A PLAGUE AND 05:06 EVENTUALLY TEN PLAGUES FELL ON EGYPT. THE FINAL PLAGUE WAS 05:11 THE PASSOVER, THE DEATH OF THE FIRST BORN. 05:14 AND BEFORE THEY BEGAN THEIR JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND, 05:19 WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO DO? SACRIFICE A LAMB. WHAT IS THE 05:23 FIRST STEP IN OUR JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND? A LAMB. 05:28 YOU NOTICE, GOD DID NOT COME TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND SAY, 05:31 'HERE'S THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.' FIRST HE CAME AND HE SAID, 'WE 05:33 NEED TO GET A LAMB.' THE JOURNEY BEGINS WITH A LAMB. 05:36 AFTER THE LAMB, THEN THEY WENT TO MOUNT SINAI AND HE SAID, 'IF 05:40 YOU LOVE ME, HERE'S MY LAW.' BUT THE LAMB AND THE BLOOD OF 05:42 THE LAMB AND SALVATION COMES FIRST. 05:44 DON'T EVER FORGET THIS, FRIENDS: YOU DO NOT KEEP THE LAW TO BE 05:48 SAVED, YOU KEEP THE LAW BECAUSE YOU ARE SAVED. 05:52 >>AMEN. >>AND SO, FIRST THE LAMB CAME. 05:54 NOW, GOD IS LOVE, ARE WE RIGHT? CAN YOU HAVE LOVE WITHOUT TIME? 06:02 WHAT HAPPENS TO A RELATIONSHIP IF PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE QUALITY 06:07 TIME TOGETHER? YOU EVER HAVE ANY FRIENDS, YOU 06:12 START DRIFTING APART OVER THE YEARS AND YOU SAY, 'OH, WE DON'T 06:16 HAVE MUCH IN COMMON. WE JUST DIDN'T SPEND ANY TIME 06:18 TOGETHER'? IT HAPPENS IN MARRIAGES. 06:20 IT HAPPENS IN FAMILIES. IT HAPPENS WITH FRIENDS. 06:22 IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE LOVE RELATIONSHIPS, THERE MUST BE 06:26 QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. NOT ONLY IS THAT TRUE WITH EACH 06:29 OTHER ON THE HORIZONTAL, IT IS DEFINITELY TRUE ON THE VERTICAL. 06:35 IF YOU WANT A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD YOU MUST LEARN TO WALK WITH 06:38 GOD. NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, PRAYING 06:42 EVERY NOW AND THEN, WE NEED QUALITY TIME WITH GOD. 06:44 IS THERE A DIFFERENT BETWEEN JUST BEING IN THE SAME ROOM AND 06:49 HAVING QUALITY TIME? DID GOD MAKE A DIFFERENT DAY FOR 06:54 QUALITY TIME WITH HIM? IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE. 06:58 GOD MADE ANOTHER WHOLE DAY OF THE WEEK TO NURTURE OUR 07:02 RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIM. NOW, IF YOU WERE THE DEVIL AND 07:05 YOU WANTED TO DESTROY THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD'S 07:08 PEOPLE AND THE LORD, WOULDN'T YOU ATTACK THE TIME? 07:11 GET THEM SO BUSY WORKING THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR GOD. 07:15 WELL, THAT'S MY INTRODUCTION AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE 07:18 LESSON. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO QUESTION #1 07:19 IN YOUR STUDY. DID GOD MAKE THE SABBATH REST 07:22 ONLY FOR ISRAELITES OR FOR JEWS? HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE? 07:27 'OH, HE MADE THE SABBATH FOR JEWS.' LET'S FIND OUT FROM THE 07:30 BIBLE. WHEN DOES IT FIRST APPEAR? 07:32 MARK CHAPTER 2, VERSE 27 - MARK 2, VERSE 27 AND IT SAYS, "HE 07:36 SAID UNTO THEM, 'THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN AND NOT MAN FOR THE 07:43 SABBATH.' NOW WHO'S SPEAKING HERE? JESUS. 07:45 THE WORD JESUS USES HERE - M-A-N - THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SPELL 07:51 'JEW.' THAT WORD IS 'MANKIND' - IT'S TALKING ABOUT ANTHROPOS - 07:57 HUMANITY. 'THE SABBATH,' JESUS SAID, 'WAS 08:01 MADE FOR HUMANITY.' HE DOESN'T SAY THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR 08:04 JEWS. HE DOESN'T SAY IT WAS MADE FOR MOSES. 08:06 DOESN'T EVERYBODY NEED TIME OFF? DOESN'T EVERYBODY WHO WORSHIPS 08:10 GOD NEED QUALITY TIME WITH GOD? OF COURSE. 08:14 AND FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THIS IS FOUND IN ISAIAH 56. 08:17 I GAVE YOU ONE FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT, HERE'S ONE FROM THE 08:19 OLD. ISAIAH 56, VERSE 6, "ALSO THE 08:22 SONS OF THE STRANGER THAT JOIN THEMSELVES TO THE LORD TO SERVE 08:25 HIM, TO LOVE THE NAME OF THE LORD." - NOTICE, IT'S LOVE - 08:29 "TO BE HIS SERVANTS. EVERYONE THAT KEEPS THE SABBATH FROM 08:33 POLLUTING IT AND TAKES HOLD OF MY COVENANT." THE SONS OF THE 08:37 STRANGER - NON-JEWS - HE SAYS, "EVEN THEM I WILL BRING TO MY 08:41 HOLY MOUNTAIN AND MAKE THEM JOYFUL IN MY HOUSE OF PRAYER. 08:45 NOW, VERY IMPORTANT POINT BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER, I WANT YOU TO 08:49 CATCH: PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR AGE, ARE WE SAVED BASED ON THE TERMS 08:54 OF THE OLD COVENANT OR THE NEW COVENANT? 08:57 >>NEW COVENANT. >>HOW MANY BELIEVE NEW COVENANT? 09:00 I BELIEVE NEW COVENANT. YONE HERE BELIEVE OLD 09:03 COVENANT? I BELIEVE IT'S THE NEW COVENANT. 09:06 LET ME RECITE THE NEW COVENANT TO YOU: "'I WILL MAKE A NEW 09:09 COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS,' 09:14 SAYETH THE LORD. 'I'LL WRITE MY LAW ON THEIR HEARTS.'" - 09:17 SO FORTH. 'I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH' - WHO? 09:19 DO YOU KNOW, NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE, NEW OR OLD TESTAMENT - I 09:23 SHOULD MENTION YOU FIND THE NEW COVENANT FIRST IN THE OLD 09:27 TESTAMENT, JEREMIAH 31:31, THEN IT'S REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES IN 09:31 THE NEW TESTAMENT. NOWHERE DOES GOD MAKE THE NEW 09:33 COVENANT WITH GENTILES. LIKE THIS VERSE, THE GENTILES 09:37 WERE GRAFTED INTO THE STOCK OF ISRAEL. 09:41 THEY THEN BECOME - THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU'RE CHRIST'S, YOU'RE 09:43 ABRAHAM'S SEED AND YOU'RE HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE. 09:46 AND SO EVERYBODY - THE SABBATH WAS FOR EVERYBODY. 09:49 #2 - WHEN DID GOD ESTABLISH THE SABBATH? 09:54 WAS IT MOUNT SINAI? WAS IT THE BOOK OF EXODUS? 09:56 OR WAS IT GENESIS? >>GENESIS. 10:00 >>IF YOU READ IN GENESIS CHAPTER 2, VERSES 1 AND 3, IT SAYS, 10:04 "THUS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE FINISHED AND ALL THE HOST 10:08 OF THEM AND GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY AND SANCTIFIED IT 10:12 BECAUSE THAT IN IT HE HAD RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK WHICH GOD 10:16 CREATED AND MADE." HE MADE THIS DAY AND HE DID 10:20 SOMETHING UNIQUE WITH IT BECAUSE HE WANTED TO PRESERVE A LOVE 10:23 RELATIONSHIP WITH US. 10:25 QUESTION #3 - SOME VERY PRACTICAL THINGS - WHAT DAY OF 10:30 THE WEEK IS THE SABBATH - THE BIBLICAL SABBATH? 10:34 HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN GENESIS 2, VERSES 2 AND 3, "AND 10:38 ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD ENDED HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD MADE AND HE 10:44 RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD MADE 10:48 AND GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY." 10:51 THIS IS GENESIS 2. THIS IS ABOUT AS FAR BACK AS YOU 10:54 CAN GO IN THE BEGINNING OF YOUR BIBLE. 10:56 SO DOES GOD SAY THAT HE MADE THE SABBATH FOR JEWS? 11:00 HOW MAN OPLE WERE IN THE WORLD WHEN GOD DID THIS? 11:03 >>TWO. >>TWO. WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES? 11:05 >>ADAM AND EVE. >>ADAM AND EVE. 11:07 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN. 11:10 WHAT ELSE DID GOD MAKE FOR MAN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN? 11:13 >>A WIFE. >>WOMAN. 11:15 IT SAYS, "IT'S NOT GOOD THAT A MAN SHOULD BE ALONE. 11:18 NOW HERE'S A QUESTION: DO WE STILL NEED WOMEN? 11:20 >>WE DO. >>DO WE ALSO STILL NEED THAT DAY OF REST? 11:25 >>YES. >>THEY'RE EQUALLY IMPORTANT. 11:28 ALRIGHT, NOW YOU NOTICE SOMETHING ELSE HERE? 11:32 IT DOESN'T SAY 'AND ON A SEVENTH DAY.' IT SAYS 'THE SEVENTH DAY.' 11:38 IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAYING 'A' AND 'THE'? 11:42 IF I WERE TO JUST CALL OUT TO THE AUDIENCE NOW AND SAY 'COULD 11:45 YOU PLEASE BRING ME 'THE' PEN?' YOU'D LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND 11:48 SAY, 'I WONDER WHO HAS 'THE' PEN?' RIGHT? THE SPECIAL PEN. 11:52 BUT IF I SAY 'BRING ME A PEN.' HALF OF YOU MIGHT JUMP OUT OF 11:57 YOUR SEATS AND GIVE ME A PEN BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT 11:59 PEN - IT'S ANY PEN. SO GOD DOESN'T SAY 'REMEMBER A 12:01 SEVENTH DAY' HE SAYS 'REMEMBER 'THE' SEVENTH DAY.' 12:04 IT'S A DEFINITE ARTICLE. IT'S VERY SPECIFIC. 12:06 HOW HAS GOD DEMONSTRATED THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS HOLY SABBATH? 12:10 EXODUS CHAPTER 20, VERSE 8 - MADE IT ONE OF THE TEN 12:14 COMMANDMENTS. IT SAYS, "REMEMBER" - WHY DO YOU 12:18 THINK GOD BEGINS THAT COMMANDMENT WITH THE WORD 12:20 'REMEMBER'? HE KNEW WE MIGHT FORGET. 12:22 "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY...THE LORD BLESSED 12:26 THE SABBATH DAY AND HALLOWED IT." THE BIBLE TELLS US. 12:30 NOW YOU NOTICE THAT GOD DIDN'T SAY, 'I WANT YOU TO MAKE IT 12:35 HOLY' OR 'PICK A DAY AND MAKE IT HOLY.' GOD SAYS, 'I HAVE PICKED 12:38 THE DAY AND I MADE IT HOLY AND I SANCTIFIED IT, AND I BLESSED IT. 12:42 I WANT YOU TO ENJOY THOSE BLESSINGS THAT I PUT INTO THAT 12:45 DAY. DOES HE SAY 'EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF PICK YOUR DAY?' 12:48 OR DOES HE SAY 'THERE IS A DAY WHERE WE WORSHIP CORPORATELY'? 12:52 IT SAYS IN LEVITICUS 23, 'THE SABBATH IS A HOLY CONVOCATION.' 12:57 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD 'CONVOCATION' MEANS? 12:59 A CONVENING. THEY WERE TO COME TOGETHER AND WORSHIP GOD. 13:02 HE HAD BLESSED THE TIME FOR THEM. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. 13:05 GOD DID SOMETHING SPECIAL ON THIS DAY. 13:08 IT SAYS THREE, IN PARTICULAR, THINGS. 13:11 IT SAYS GOD RESTED THAT DAY, GOD BLESSED THAT DAY, GOD SANCTIFIED 13:17 THE SEVENTH DAY. HE'S GOD. 13:20 YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT HE GETS TO MAKE THE RULES. AND ANYTHING 13:23 THAT HE TELLS US TO DO, IS IT FOR OUR BAD OR FOR OUR GOOD? 13:27 >>GOOD. >>IT'S FOR BLESSING. 13:29 HE DOESN'T WANT IT TO BE A BURDEN. 13:31 MATTHEW 5:19 - THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS - IF YOU'RE A 13:34 CHRISTIAN - THIS IS WHAT JESUS SAID, "WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL 13:37 BREAK ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE COMMANDMENTS AND TEACH MEN SO, 13:41 HE WILL BE CALLED LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, BUT WHOEVER 13:44 SHALL DO AND TEACH THEM, HE WILL BE CALLED GREAT IN THE KINGDOM 13:50 OF HEAVEN." SO THE LORD NOT ONLY WANTS US TO 13:53 HEAR IT, HE WANTS US TO DO IT AND HE WANTS US TO TEACH IT. 13:56 AND HE SAYS THAT'S - THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BLESSED. 14:00 #5 - OF WHAT TWO PRECIOUS THINGS DOES GOD SAYHE SABBATH IS A 14:05 SIGN? THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS 14:09 BECOMING, I THINK, REALLY TO THE HEART OF THE ISSUE. 14:11 EXODUS 31, VERSE 17 - IT SAYS, "IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN 14:16 ME AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FOREVER. 14:19 FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH." 14:26 NOW GOD MADE - THAT MEANS GOD CREATED. ARE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 14:31 HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CONCEPT THAT GOD CREATED? 14:34 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OPTIONS: ONE IS THAT EVERYTHING 14:38 EVOLVED AND LIFE IS AN ACCIDENT, OR THERE'S AN INTELLIGENT 14:40 CREATOR WHO COULD SPEAK THE WORLD INTO EXISTENCE. 14:43 IF PEOPLE WERE KEEPING THE SABBATH THE WAY GOD HAD 14:46 DESIGNED, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH FOLKS 14:49 THINKING THAT THEY JUST EVOLVED FROM LOWER FORMS OF LIFE AND I 14:52 SUSPECT THERE'D BE LESS SUICIDE BECAUSE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE 14:55 COMMIT SUICIDE BECAUSE THEY JUST THINK THERE'S NO PURPOSE TO LIFE 14:58 - THAT THEY JUST EVOLVED FROM PRIMITIVE CREATURES AND 15:01 THAT THEY'RE AN ACCIDENT OF BIOLOGY. 15:03 EVERY SABBATH THEY WERE REMEMBERING THAT THERE IS A 15:06 DIVINE PURPOSE. HE IS OUR CREATOR. 15:08 AND THEN ANOTHER SIGN, EXODUS - I'M SORRY, EZEKIEL 20, VERSE 12. 15:13 IN EZEKIEL 20, VERSE 12 HE SAYS, "I GAVE THEM MY SABBATHS TO BE A 15:17 SIGN" - NOTICE THAT WORD 'SIGN' - "A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND THEM 15:21 THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD THAT SANCTIFIES." 15:25 NOW YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD 'SANCTIFY' MEANS? 15:28 TO MAKE SOMETHING HOLY. ARE ONLY JEWS SUPPOSED TO BE 15:32 MADE HOLY BY THE POWER OF CHRIST? OR IS EVERYBODY 15:36 SUPPOSED TO BE MADE HOLY? IS IT ONLY JEWS THAT ARE 15:39 SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER THAT GOD CAN RECREATE OUR HEARTS? 15:42 HE'S THE CREATOR, WE WANT HIM TO MAKE US HOLY. 15:44 WE WANT HIM TO CREATE WITHIN US A NEW HEART. 15:47 EVERY SABBATH WE REMEMBER HE CAN CREATE AND HE CAN SANCTIFY 15:49 BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE DAY WAS ALL ABOUT FROM THE 15:54 VERY BEGINNING. #6 - WHICH DAY DID JESUS KEEP HOLY? 15:59 ALRIGHT, YOU READ HERE IN LUKE CHAPTER 4, VERSE 16 - THIS IS IN 16:04 THE NEW TESTAMENT - "AND HE CAME TO NAZARETH WHERE HE HAD BEEN 16:08 BROUGHT UP AND AS HIS CUSTOM WAS" - WHAT'S A CUSTOM? 16:12 SOMETHING YOU DO ONCE OR SOMETHING THAT'S A PATTERN? 16:15 >>PATTERN. >>IT WAS CUSTOMARY - SOMETHING 16:18 HE ALWAYS DID - "AS HIS CUSTOM WAS HE WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE 16:21 ON THE SABBATH DAY AND HE STOOD UP TO READ." 16:24 JESUS WENT TO THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE SABBATH AND HE READ THE 16:26 SCRIPTURES. IT WAS A CUSTOM OF HIS LIFE - A HABIT - A PRACTICE. 16:29 NOT ONLY WAS IT THE PRACTICE OF JESUS, AND HE'S OUR EXAMPLE, IT 16:34 WAS A PRACTICE OF THE APOSTLES AS WELL. 16:37 #7 - WHAT WAS PAUL'S CUSTOM REGARDING THE SABBATH DAY? 16:42 PAUL, ONE OF THE GREAT - ABOUT HALF THE NEW TESTAMENT YOU'RE 16:46 HOLDING WAS WRITTEN BY PAUL. WHAT WAS HIS PATTERN? 16:49 ACTS 17, VERSE 2, "AND PAUL, AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, HE WENT IN UNTO 16:55 THEM AND THREE SABBATH DAYS HE REASONED WITH THEM OUT OF THE 16:59 SCRIPTURE." YOU CAN JUMP TO ACTS 18, VERSE 4 17:02 AND IT SAYS, "HE REASONED IN THE SYNAGOGUE EVERY SABBATH AND HE 17:07 PERSUADED JEWS AND GREEKS" - JEWS AND GENTILES. 17:11 SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, PAUL WENT THERE BECAUSE, OH, YOU 17:13 KNOW, HE WAS JUST TRYING TO REACH THE JEWS.' BUT IT SAYS 17:16 EVEN WHEN THE JEWS DIDN'T COME, HE'D GO AND HE'D SPEAK TO THE 17:18 GENTILES. IN FACT, BEFORE PAUL WAS PAUL HE HAD ANOTHER NAME. 17:22 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS? >>SAUL. 17:24 >>SAUL - BEFORE HE WAS CONVERTED HE WENT BY THE NAME SAUL AND HE 17:26 WAS OUT GATHERING AND PERSECUTING, ARRESTING, AND 17:32 KILLING CHRISTIANS. RIGHT? 17:33 YOU KNOW WHERE THE BIBLE SAYS HE WENT TO LOOK FOR THEM? 17:36 IT SAYS HE WENT TO THE SYNAGOGUES TO FIND THE 17:39 CHRISTIANS. WHY? 17:41 BECAUSE THEY WERE MEETING THE SAME DAYS THAT THE JEWS WERE 17:43 MEETING. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH ALL 17:46 WERE KEEPING THE SABBATH. BUT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AT 17:50 LARGE, HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS TRUTH. 17:53 MORE AND MORE ARE DISCOVERING IT NOW BECAUSE IT IS SO CLEARLY - 17:57 FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION - IN THE BIBLE. 17:59 DID JESUS INTEND FOR HIS PEOPLE TO KEEP THE SABBATH AFTER 18:02 HE DIED FOR THEIR SINS? LISTEN TO THE PROPHECY NOW THAT 18:07 JESUS GIVES IN MATTHEW 24, SPEAKING OF THE SECOND COMING, 18:10 HE SAID - AND THE TIME OF TROUBLE AT THE END - HE SAID, 18:14 'PRAY THAT YOUR FLIGHT BE NOT IN THE WINTER.' 18:17 HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT CATCHING A PLANE OUT OF DENVER. 18:19 HE SAYS, 'PRAY THAT YOUR FLIGHT BE NOT IN THE WINTER' - HE'S 18:22 TALKING ABOUT FLEEING FOR YOUR LIVES BECAUSE IT SAYS 'THOSE 18:24 THAT BE IN JUDEA FLEE INTO THE MOUNTAINS.' 18:26 IN THE LAST DAYS WHEN THERE'S THIS GREAT TRIBULATION, 18:29 GOD'S PEOPLE WILL AGAIN HAVE TO FLEE. 18:31 THOSE - HE SAID, 'PRAY YOUR FLIGHT IS NOT IN THE WINTER OR 18:34 ON THE SABBATH DAY.' WHY WOULD JESUS SAY THAT EXCEPT JESUS 18:37 EXPECTED HIS PEOPLE WOULD STILL KNOW ABOUT THE SABBATH IN THE 18:41 LAST DAYS - EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN FOR AWHILE, 18:45 BEFORE HE COMES BACK THERE'S GOING TO BE A REVIVAL OF 18:48 BIBLICAL TRUTH. NOW JUST THINK ABOUT THIS, 18:51 FRIENDS, THAT MEANS THAT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN GOD CREATED FOR 18:55 ADAM AND EVE, RIGHT? YOU STILL WITH ME? 18:58 SABBATH IS MADE FOR MAN. WE KNOW THAT GOD'S PEOPLE THAT 19:01 HE CALLED OUT OF EGYPT, THEY KEPT IT. 19:03 WE KNOW THAT JESUS AND THE APOSTLES KEPT IT. 19:07 WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT IN HEAVEN. 19:10 WHY WOULD IT SUDDENLY NOT BE IMPORTANT IN THE LAST GENERATION 19:14 BEFORE THE LORD COMES? CAN WE BE CERTAIN THAT THE 19:19 PRESENT SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK - SATURDAY - IS THE SAME SABBATH 19:23 DAY THAT JESUS KEPT HOLY? HOW DO WE KNOW? 19:28 MAYBE, YOU KNOW, TIMES CHANGE AND CALENDARS CHANGE. 19:30 WELL, DOES EVERYONE KNOW WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK JESUS ROSE? 19:34 >>SUNDAY. >>SUNDAY - EASTER SUNDAY - 19:37 NO QUESTION. LOOK IN THE BIBLE, IT TELLS YOU. 19:39 LUKE 23, VERSE 54 ON THROUGH LUKE 24, VERSE 1, "AND THAT DAY" 19:44 - FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED - "WAS THE 19:48 PREPARATION AND THE SABBATH DREW ON" - CLEAR ENOUGH. 19:53 THEY WANTED TO TAKE THE BODIES DOWN BEFORE THE SABBATH, YOU 19:55 REMEMBER? AND THEY RETURNED AND PREPARED 19:58 SPICES AND OINTMENTS AND THEY RESTED THE SABBATH DAY ACCORDING 20:02 TO THE COMMANDMENT." YOU NOTICE LUKE WROTE THIS. 20:04 LUKE WAS A GENTILE. LUKE DOESN'T SAY 'ACCORDING TO 20:08 THE JEWISH LAW.' LUKE TALKS ABOUT THE SABBATH AS THOUGH IT 20:11 WAS JUST A SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH. THEY RESTED. 20:15 THINK ABOUT THIS, FRIENDS, JESUS WALKED WITH THE DISCIPLES THREE 20:18 AND A HALF YEARS. THEY HEARD AND SAW EVERYTHING 20:22 THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN ABOUT WHETHER THE SABBATH WAS TRUE. 20:24 WHEN HE DIED AND THEY COULD NOT FINISH EMBALMING HIS BODY BEFORE 20:29 THE SUN WENT DOWN, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT THE LORD AND 20:33 THEY SAID, 'JESUS WOULDN'T WANT US TO DO THIS, IT'S THE 20:36 SABBATH.' THEY STOPPED EMBALMING HIS BODY. 20:39 THEY SAID, 'WE WILL COME BACK SUNDAY MORNING.' YOU'RE GOING TO 20:42 TELL ME THE DISCIPLES DIDN'T THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT? 20:44 THEY WOULD NOT EVEN FINISH THAT LABOR OF LOVE? 20:47 THEN YOU KEEP READING: "NOW, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK THEY 20:51 CAME TO THE SEPULCHER" AND PRAISE GOD, HE AWOKE. 20:54 DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT JESUS EVEN KEPT THE SABBATH IN 20:57 HIS DEATH? FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SUN 21:01 WENT DOWN HE STRETCHED OUT HIS ARMS, HE DIED FOR OUR SINS, HE 21:05 SAID, 'IT IS FINISHED.' HE FINISHED HIS WORK OF SAVING MAN. 21:09 HE RESTED IN THE TOMB THROUGH THE SABBATH. 21:13 WHEN IT WAS OVER HE WOKE AND CONTINUES HIS WORK AS OUR HIGH 21:16 PRIEST NOW IN HEAVEN. HE EVEN KEPT IT IN HIS DEATH. 21:19 NOW, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT DAY THAT WAS? 21:22 WELL, JUST - YOU CAN ADD IT UP. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR: PREPARATION 21:25 DAYS ARE GETTING READY FOR THE SABBATH - IT'S CALLED FRIDAY. 21:28 SOME PEOPLE, DURING EASTER, THEY CALL IT 'GOOD FRIDAY' - RIGHT? 21:31 DAY AFTER FRIDAY IS WHAT? >>SATURDAY. 21:34 >>SATURDAY. THAT'S THE SABBATH DAY. 21:36 NEXT DAY - SUNDAY - FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. 21:39 GO TO A DICTIONARY, LOOK UP SABBATH AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS. 21:42 IT'LL SAY 'SATURDAY, SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK.' OR IF YOU LOOK UP 21:46 SATURDAY, RATHER, IT'LL SAY 'SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK.' MOST 21:49 NORMAL CALENDARS - PRINTERS SOMETIMES CHANGE CALENDARS FOR 21:52 WORK WEEKS, BUT MOST NORMAL CALENDARS WILL HAVE SUNDAY IS 21:55 THE FIRST DAY, SATURDAY IS THE SEVENTH DAY. 21:58 IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. IN FACT, I KNOW WE HAVE A 22:01 SPANISH GROUP HERE AND IN - THE WAY YOU SAY SATURDAY IN SPANISH 22:07 - SABADO. I WAS IN RUSSIA A FEW YEARS AGO 22:11 WITH KAREN - TWENTY YEARS AGO NOW - AND THE WAY YOU SAY IT 22:15 THERE IS 'SUBOTA.' IN 105 LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD, THE WORD 22:20 FOR SATURDAY IS THE SABBATH DAY - EVEN IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY 22:24 DON'T RECOGNIZE THE SABBATH, THE WORD CALLS IT THE SABBATH. 22:28 NOW SOMEONE MIGHT SAY, 'WELL, THE CALENDAR'S CHANGED PASTOR 22:31 DOUG AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS ANYMORE SO 22:34 AS LONG AS IT'S A SEVENTH DAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER.' NO FRIENDS, 22:37 I'M SORRY, THE SABBATH HAS NOT CHANGED. 22:39 THE SEVENTH DAY HAS NOT CHANGED. 22:41 YOU CAN LOOK - SOMEONE ACTUALLY WROTE THE U.S. 22:44 NAVAL OBSERVATORY AND THEY ASKED A QUESTION: 'HAVE ANY CHANGES OF 22:49 THE CALENDAR AFFECTED THE WEEKLY CYCLE?' 22:52 AND THE RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY'VE HAD AN OCCASION TO STUDY 22:56 THE CHANGES OF THE CALENDAR AND THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THE 22:59 SLIGHTEST EVIDENCE THAT ANY CHANGE IN THE CALENDAR AFFECTED 23:02 THE CONTINUITY OF THE WEEKLY CYCLE. IT FOOLS PEOPLE. 23:06 MATTER OF FACT, IN YOUR LESSON, IN THE BACK OF THE LESSON 23:10 YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LITTLE EXHIBIT. 23:11 IT'S GOT A VERY SIMPLE PICTURE OF A CALENDAR BECAUSE IT'LL SHOW 23:14 YOU WHEN THE JULIAN CALENDAR WAS CHANGED TO THE GREGORIAN 23:17 CALENDAR AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY WENT FROM THURSDAY, THE 4TH 23:20 OF OCTOBER, 1582 - THEY NEEDED TO MAKE THIS TO ADJUST FOR 23:24 DISCREPANCIES - NOW WE HAVE LEAP YEAR TO COMPENSATE - THEY DIDN'T 23:28 HAVE THAT BACK THEN. FOR EVERY FEW YEARS THE WHOLE 23:30 FARMING CYCLE GOT OFF SO THEY SAID, 'WE NEED TO GO TO THE 23:33 GREGORIAN CALENDAR', WHICH IS WHAT WE USE NOW. 23:36 THEY MADE AN ADJUSTMENT - THURSDAY OCTOBER 1582 - THE 4TH 23:41 - WAS FOLLOWED BY FRIDAY - THURSDAY WAS FOLLOWED BY FRIDAY, 23:45 EXCEPT THE 4TH JUMPED TO THE 15TH. 23:47 CALENDAR CHANGED - THE WEEKLY CYCLE IS NOT AFFECTED. 23:50 WE GET FOOLED BECAUSE WE SEE THE WEEK AND THE CALENDAR ON THE 23:54 SAME PAGE, WE THINK CHANGING THE CALENDAR CHANGES THE WEEK. 23:56 THEY NEVER TOUCH EACH OTHER. THEY'RE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 24:00 CYCLES OF TIME. SO WHEN DOES THE SABBA BEGIN 24:04 AND END. THE BIBLE TELLS US FROM - IN 24:06 LEVITICUS 23, VERSE 32 - "FROM EVEN UNTO EVEN SHALL YOU 24:13 CELEBRATE YOUR SABBATH." SO WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN. 24:17 I KNOW THE ROMANS, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THE CLOCKS - THEY 24:20 DIDN'T HAVE THAT BACK THEN, SUNDOWN IS WHEN THE SABBATH 24:22 BEGAN. MOST OF YOU KNEW THAT. 24:23 HERE'S ANOTHER VERSE - NEW TESTAMENT EXAMPLE - MARK 1:32, 24:25 "AND AT EVEN WHEN THE SUN DID SET." 24:29 THEN THEY BROUGHT ALL THESE PEOPLE TO JESUS FOR HEALING. 24:32 WHAT BLESSING IS PROMISED BY THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT? 24:36 GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE A BLESSING. 24:38 NOW THIS IS WHY I THINK IT'S SO CRUCIAL, FRIENDS, JESUS SAYS, IN 24:41 MATTHEW 11, THIS GREAT INVITATION - VERSE 28 - "COME 24:44 UNTO ME ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN AND I WILL GIVE 24:50 YOU REST." THE WHOLE SABBATH POINTS TO JESUS. 24:54 IT'S ALL ABOUT COMING TO HIM FOR REST. 24:56 HEAVEN IS THAT PROMISED LAND OF REST. 24:59 EXODUS CHAPTER 33, VERSE 14, GOD SAID, "MY PRESENCE WILL GO 25:06 WITH THEE AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST." 25:09 IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD THERE IS PEACE AND REST. 25:11 MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN MISSING THAT PEACE AND REST, FRIENDS. 25:14 HEBREWS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 5, IT SAYS, "IF THEY WILL ENTER INTO 25:18 MY REST." FROM COVER TO COVER IN THE BIBLE 25:23 WE CAN SEE THAT THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO DO ALL HE CAN TO KEEP 25:26 US SO PREOCCUPIED WITH WORK AND WORRY AND STRESS AND CARES THAT 25:32 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO REALLY REST IN JESUS. 25:35 AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS LAW, GOD SAID, 'I WANT TO 25:38 PRESERVE A TIME FOR US TO DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP. 25:41 AFTER HE MAKES THE WORLD IN SIX DAYS, GOD SAYS, 'I'M NOT DONE. 25:44 I'M MAKING ONE MORE DAY FOR QUALITY TIME WITH YOU BECAUSE I 25:48 LOVE YOU. I WANT TO WALK WITH YOU AND TALK WITH YOU. 25:51 I WANT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU." 25:53 WHAT SHOULD WE LOVE MORE, THE CREATION OR THE CREATOR? 25:57 >>CREATOR. >>HE WANTS TO HAVE A 26:00 RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, BUT WE GET TOO BUSY WITH THE HOZONTAL 26:03 - THE WORRIES - AND WE FORGET ABOUT OUR TIME WITH GOD. 26:06 WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE YOUR 26:08 SOUL? IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOD, YOU DON'T 26:10 HAVE ANYTHING. IF YOU'VE GOT GOD, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING. 26:12 IF YOU'VE GOT JESUS, YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE WORLD, FRIENDS. 26:16 AND CHRIST SAID WHAT? HE SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP 26:20 MY COMMANDMENTS. >>STAY TUNED. PASTOR DOUG 26:24 WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 26:29 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 26:33 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY 26:37 OF THE WEEK. NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF 26:40 PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED? 26:43 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST? 26:46 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP? 26:49 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT? DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S 26:52 LAW AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED. VISIT 'SABBATHTRUTH.COM'. 27:00 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) WRITTEN BY THE HAND OF GOD AND 27:05 SPOKEN WITH HIS VOICE - SOME WORDS WILL NEVER FADE. 27:21 >>GET PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR'S 12-PART SERMON SERIES ON THE TEN 27:24 COMMANDMENTS BY CALLING 800-538-7275 OR VISIT 27:29 AFBOOKSTORE.COM . 27:36 >>THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD IS LOVE. 27:39 THE ESSENCE OF THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS ARE 'LOVE THE LORD 27:41 AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR' BUT REAL LOVE REQUIRES TIME. 27:45 THAT'S WHY, AFTER GOD MADE THE WORLD IN SIX DAYS, HE MADE ONE 27:49 MORE DAY FOR A SPECIAL LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD THE 27:54 CREATOR AND HIS CREATURES. IT'S CALLED THE SABBATH DAY. 27:57 MANY PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S STILL APPLICABLE 28:00 TODAY FOR CHRISTIANS OR WHICH DATHE SABBATH IS. 28:04 WOULD YOU LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS MEANT BY 28:06 JESUS WANTING TO GIVE US THAT REST? IT SAYS, 'COME UNTO ME AND 28:11 I'LL GIVE YOU REST.' WE HAVE A SPECIAL STUDY GUIDE AND IT'S 28:14 CALLED THE LOST DAY OF HISTORY . IN THIS LESSON WE EXPLAIN HOW 28:18 YOU CAN ENJOY THAT REST THAT JESUS PROMISES TO THOSE THAT 28:22 COME UNTO HIM WHO ARE WEARY AND HEAVY LADEN. 28:25 YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR FREE COPY BY GOING TO THE WEB ADDRESS ON YOUR 28:28 SCREEN, AMAZINGFACTS.ORG OR CALL THE PHONE NUMBER THERE. 28:33 AND WHEN YOU DO, ASK FOR OFFER #113. IF YOU'D LIKE TO RECEIVE 28:38 THIS OFFER IMMEDIATELY AS AN E-BOOK, YOU CAN SIMPLY USE YOUR 28:41 SMART PHONE AND TEXT THE WORD 'SABBATH' TO 99000. 28:46 I CAN PROMISE YOU YOU'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AND YOU WILL BE 28:49 ENCOURAGED AND COMFORTED BY THIS STUDY. 28:52 AND THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO HERE AT AMAZING FACTS, 28:55 BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 29:01 >>THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S 29:05 SPECIAL FREE OFFER. THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION. 29:09 JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO 29:12 NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR REQUEST. 29:22 >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 29:24 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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