>>THIS PRESEATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>CHRIST HAD A NUMBER OF SABBATH
CONFLICTS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN
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THE GOSPELS, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE
HE NEVER SAID THEY SHOULDN'T
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KEEP IT; HE TOLD
THEM HOW TO KEEP IT.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS .
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>>NOW WE'VE BEEN LEARNING A LOT
ABOUT THE SABBATH TRUTH AND HOW
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THIS VERY PROMINENT SUBJECT,
THROUGH SCRIPTURE, HAS BEEN
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NEGLECTED BY
MUCH OF CHRISTIANITY.
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I KNOW A PASTOR FRIEND WHO SAID,
'BROTHER DOUG, YOU'RE MAKING A
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BIG DEAL ABOUT THE SABBATH DAY'
- AND HE SAID, 'YOU WORSHIP GOD
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ON THE SABBATH DAY' - HE SAID
- 'BUT I WORSHIP GOD EVERY DAY.'
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I SAID, 'NO, I
WORSHIP GOD EVERY DAY ALSO.
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IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WORSHIP.
HE SAID YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
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REST.' - I SAID - 'IF YOU
REST EVERY DAY YOU'RE NOT HOLY,
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YOU'RE LAZY.' (LAUGHTER)
AND SO IT'S A DIFFERENT THING
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE. YES, WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD
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WORSHIP GOD EVERY
DAY, AMEN? >>AMEN.
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>>SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO KEEP THE SABBATH HOLY?
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YOU KNOW SOME OF YOU KNOW
THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE
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MISSIONARY - CHRISTIAN
OLYMPIC ATHLETE ERIC LIDDELL.
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THEY MADE A MOVIE ABOUT
A BIG EVENT IN HIS LIFE.
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HE WAS A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN,
BUT HE WAS ALSO A VERY FAST
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RUNNER. AND HE WAS
CHOSEN BY HIS NATIVE
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COUNTRY TO RUN IN THE
OLYMPICS IN PARIS IN 1924.
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HE WAS SUPPOSED TO RUN THE
100-METER EVENT, BUT THEN AFTER
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HE GOT THERE AND THE TRAINING
BEGAN, HE REALIZED THAT THERE
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WAS GOING TO BE SOME FINAL TIME
TRIALS THAT WOULD BE CONDUCTED
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ON SUNDAY. HE
SAID, 'WELL, I CAN'T
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PARTICIPATE.' THEY
SAID, 'WELL, WHY NOT?'
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HE SAID, 'THAT'S THE SABBATH.'
AND THEY SAID, 'WELL, THIS IS
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JUST ONCE AND IT'S THE
OLYMPICS.' HE SAID, 'I'M SORRY,
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IT'S GOD AND I CAN'T DO IT.' AND
IT SENT THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR
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TEAM INTO GREAT CONSTERNATION
AND OVERDRIVE TO PERSUADE HIM,
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JUST THIS ONE TIME, TO VIOLATE
HIS CONVICTIONS, AND TO RUN ON
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WHAT HE UNDERSTOOD TO
BE THE SABBATH - SUNDAY.
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HE SAID, 'I CAN'T DO IT.' HE
SAID, 'WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF I
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GAIN THE WHOLE
WORLD AND I LOSE MY SOUL?'
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HE SAID, 'IT'S A
COMMANDMENT OF GOD.
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NOT EVEN ONCE - I WON'T DO IT.'
AND THEY EVEN GOT CHURCH LEADERS
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TO GO TO HIM AND SAY, 'OH,
GOD'LL UNDERSTAND.' HE SAID,
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'WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY, BUT
THE BIBLE SAYS IT'S A HOLY DAY
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AND I'M NOT GOING TO
COMPROMISE.' WHAT IF SHADRACH,
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MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO HAD SAID,
'WE'RE JUST GOING TO BOW DOWN
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ONCE FOR POLITICAL PEACE'?
WHAT IF DANIEL SAID, 'I'M JUST
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GOING TO SHUT MY WINDOWS
NOW; I'M NOT GOING TO PRAY WITH
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MY WINDOWS OPEN AND
CREATE A SPECTACLE'?
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GOD'S LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
IN THE LAST DAYS THAT WILL NOT
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COMPROMISE THEIR FAITH. >>AMEN.
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>>WELL, THAT SUNDAY HE WENT TO
CHURCH WHILE THEY WERE DOING THE
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TIME TRIALS AND
SOMEONE GOT AN IDEA.
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THEY SAID, 'WELL, ERIC, WE HATE
TO WASTE YOUR TALENT, MAYBE YOU
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COULD RUN THE 400-METER EVENT.'
HE SAID,' WELL, I'M NOT A
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DISTANCE RUNNER. I'VE -
IT'S A SPRINT - IT'S THE
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100-METER' - AND THEY SAID, 'WE
HAVE AN OPENING AND NONE OF THE
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TRIALS AND THE RACE ARE NOT
ON SUNDAY, WILL YOU TRY IT?'
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HE SAID, 'WELL, PERHAPS GOD'S
OPENING A DOOR.' HE DIDN'T DO
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VERY WELL IN THE TRIALS - IN THE
TIME TRIALS - BUT WHEN THE DAY
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OF THE ACTUAL RACE CAME AND
HE SAID, 'THIS IS ALL IN GOD'S
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HANDS.' THEY FIRED THE GUN AND
HE TOOK OFF AND HE RAN AND IT
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SAID IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS
POSSESSED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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(LAUGHTER) HE WENT FLYING AROUND
THE TRACK - AND HE RAN WITH THIS
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VERY UNIQUE STYLE - WITH
HIS HEAD BACK - AND IT'S LIKE HE
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WASN'T EVEN LOOKING AT THE TRACK
AND HE FINISHED SEVERAL LENGTHS
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AHEAD OF EVERYBODY ELSE
AND HE BROKE THE WORLD RECORD.
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SOMEONE LATER SHOWED HIM THAT
QUOTE, 'THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE
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LORD WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH;
THEY WILL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS
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LIKE EAGLES; THEY'LL RUN AND
THEY'LL NOT BE WEARY AND THEY'LL
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WALK AND NOT FAINT.' ABOUT 20
YEARS LATER HE WAS SERVING AS A
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MISSIONARY IN JAPAN WHEN WORLD
WAR II BROKE OUT AND HE DIED OF
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TYPHOID IN A PRISONER OF WAR
CAMP. I EXPECT TO SEE HIM IN THE
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KINGDOM. >>AMEN.
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>>BECAUSE HE LIVED UP TO HIS
CONVICTIONS - AND GOD NEEDS MORE
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PEOPLE TODAY THAT WILL
STAND UP FOR THAT COMMANDMENT.
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NOW, WHILE I WOULD RESPECTFULLY
DISAGREE WITH ERIC ABOUT WHICH
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DAY IT IS, THE PRINCIPLE ABOUT
KEEPING THE SABBATH HOLY HAS
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BEEN LOST SIGHT OF AND IT'S
JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE OTHER
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COMMANDMENTS
THAT SAY, DO NOT LIE.
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DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
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DO NOT STEAL - IT MUST BE
IMPORTANT TO GOD, HE WROTE IT.
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SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND
HOW DO WE KEEP THE SABBATH HOLY?
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IT'S THE RESTORATION OF
LIFE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
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LET'S LOOK AT THIS STUDY,
FRIENDS, AND I THINK YOU'LL BE
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PLEASED AND WE'LL LEARN
A LOT AS WE STUDY TOGETHER.
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FIRST QUESTION TONIGHT: DID GOD
INTEND FOR ONLY JEWS TO OBSERVE
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THE SABBATH? >>NO.
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>>WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU
ARE RELATED TO ADAM AND EVE?
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NOT ONLY THAT, ALL OF US ARE
RELATED TO NOAH TOO, IF YOU WANT
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TO GET DOWN TO IT. THE
BIBLE SAYS "THE SABBATH WAS
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MADE FOR MAN" -
MARK CHAPTER 2, VERSE 27.
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IT DOESN'T SAY THE SABBATH WAS
MADE FOR JEWS - IT MEANS MADE
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FOR HUMANITY - IS
THE WORD THERE IN GREEK.
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IT'S TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING GOD MADE
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AFTER THE SIX DAYS OF
CREATION, FOR THE HUMAN RACE.
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AND THERE YOU HAVE IT IN
GENESIS CHAPTER 2, RIGHT AT THE
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BEGINNING OF THE BIBLE, "THUS
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND
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ALL THE HOST OF THEM WERE
FINISHED AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY
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GOD ENDED HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD
DONE AND THE LORD BLESSED THE
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SEVENTH DAY. HE
RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY
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FROM ALL HIS
WORK, WHICH HE HAD DONE.
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HE BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY AND
HE SANCTIFIED IT - HE MADE IT
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HOLY - AND WHAT GOD
DID IN CREATINTHAT DAY, IN
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SANCTIFYING THAT DAY, HE DOES
IN US - IN RECREATING US AND
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SANCTIFYING US.
GOD CAN MAKE THINGS
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HOLY, CAN'T HE?
CAN HE MAKE US HOLY?
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HE CAN, BECAUSE 'IN IT HE RESTED
FROM HIS WORK WHICH GOD CREATED
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AND MADE.' AND THE BIBLE SAYS
- ONE MORE VERSE THAT SHOWS THIS
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IS NOT JUST FOR JEWS - IT SAYS,
'AND FROM ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER
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SHALL' - HOW MANY? - >>ALL.
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>>''ALL FLESH COME AND WORSHIP
BEFORE ME' SAYS THE LORD.' IT'S
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A TIME WHEN NOT JUST JEWS - I'VE
HEARD A LOT OF, 'WELL, THAT WAS
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THE SABBATH OF THE JEWS AND
THEN WE HAVE THE SABBATH OF THE
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GENTILES.' YOU DON'T FIND THAT
TEACHING ANYWHERE IN THE BIBLE -
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THAT IT'S JUST FOR ONE PEOPLE.
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WHY WOULD JEWS NEED TO REST
DIFFERENTLY THAN EVERYBODY ELSE?
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OR WHY WOULD IT BE THAT THEY
NEED THE SABBATH REST AND NO ONE
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ELSE DOES? THAT
WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
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YOU KNOW, IN A DOCUMENT FROM
EARLY CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITY IT
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SAYS 'THE ANCIENT CHRISTIANS
WE VERY CAREFUL IN THE
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OBSERVATION OF SATURDAY, OR WHAT
WE CALL THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE
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WEEK. IT IS PLAIN
IN ALL THE ORIENTAL
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CHURCHES AND THE GREATEST PART
OF THE WORLD OBSERVE THE SABBATH
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AS A FESTIVAL.' ATHANASIUS,
LIKEWISE, TELLS US THAT THEY
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HELD RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLIES ON THE
SABBATH, NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE
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INFECTED WITH JUDAISM, BUT
TO WORSHIP JESUS THE LORD OF THE
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SABBATH, ATHANASIUS
SAYS, AT THE SAME TIME.
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THIS IS WRITTEN IN THE
BOOK ANTIQUITY OF THE CHRISTIAN
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CHURCH AND IT GOES WAY BACK
TO THE TIME OF THE EARLY CHURCH
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FATHERS. SO THE
IDEA THAT THE EARLY
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CHRISTIANS WERE NOT
KEEPING THE SABBATH, THAT'S NOT
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SUPPORTED HISTORICALLY.
THEY ALL KEPT THE SAME DAY.
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SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO KEEP SOMETHING HOLY?
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'REMEMBER THE
SABBATH DAY TO' - DO WHAT?
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>>KEEP IT HOLY. >>KEEP IT HOLY.
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YOU KNOW, NOT
EVERYTHING IS HOLY.
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>>RIGHT. >>WE CALL
THIS - WHAT'S IT SAY?
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>>HOLY BIBLE. >>WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN - HOLY?
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HOLY MEANS 'TO HONOR AND TO
DEDICATE TO RIGHTEOUS USE; TO
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KEEP SOMETHING SACRED AND
DESERVING OF REVERENCE' - NOT TO
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PROFANE IT. IT
MEANS IT'S SET ASIDE.
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1 PETER CHAPTER 1, VERSES 15 AND
16 - HERE HE SAYS, "BUT AS HE
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WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY, YOU ALSO
BE HOLY IN ALL OF YOUR CONDUCT"
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- THAT WOULD BE PARTLY
REMEMBERING THAT WHICH IS HOLY -
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"IN ALL OF YOUR CONDUCT BECAUSE
IT IS WRITTEN: BE HOLY FOR I AM
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HOLY." HE'S QUOTING THERE
FROM THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS.
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GOD IS HOLY. HE
MADE US IN HIS IMAGE.
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ALL HAVE SINNED - HE WANTS -
THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN OF
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SALVATION IS TO
RESTORE US TO THAT HOLINESS.
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AND AGAIN, NOW THIS IS - YOU
KNOW, IF YOU FORGET EVERYTHING
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IN THE MESSAGE, THIS IS
IMPORTANT: GOD IS CALLING US TO
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HOLINESS. PEOPLE
THINK THE SUPREME PURPOSE
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OF LIFE IS OUR
HAPPINESS. ACTUALLY, THE PURPOSE
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OF OUR LIFE IS HOLINESS. IN
HOLINESS YOU FIND HAPPINESS.
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>>AMEN. >>IN
SURRENDERING TO GOD'S
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WILL AND LIVING AS YOU ARE
HIS PROPERTY IS WHERE YOU'RE
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GOING TO FIND THE
GREATEST FULFILLMENT.
00:10:02.83\00:10:05.17
HEBREWS 12:14, "PURSUE PEACE
WITH ALL PEOPLE, AND HOLINESS" -
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NOTICE THIS - "WITHOUT WHICH
NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD."
00:10:10.67\00:10:14.91
DO YOU WANT TO
SEE THE LORD? >>YES.
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>>WHO IS GOING TO SEE THE LORD
WITHOUT HOLINESS? JESUS SAID,
00:10:16.71\00:10:20.12
'BLESSED ARE THE' -
WHAT? - 'THE PURE IN HEART.
00:10:20.12\00:10:23.15
THEY WILL SEE GOD.' AND SO,
IS THIS AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT?
00:10:23.15\00:10:28.02
AND SO WHEN GOD
SAYS, 'YOU'RE HOLY PEOPLE.
00:10:28.02\00:10:29.46
I'VE GOT A HOLY DAY.' AND
WE SAY, 'OH, UH' - IF YOU'RE
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SERIOUS ABOUT BEING HOLY
THEN YOU SHOULDN'T KICK ASIDE
00:10:33.63\00:10:36.00
SOMETHING GOD
TELLS US TO REMEMBER.
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>>AMEN. >>AMEN?
00:10:38.10\00:10:39.33
>>AMEN. >>AND
AGAIN, ANOTHER VERSE, 2
00:10:39.33\00:10:41.47
TIMOTHY 1:8 AND 9, "...TO
THE POWER OF GOD, WHO HAS SAVED
00:10:41.47\00:10:45.91
US AND CALLED US
WITH A HOLY CALLING."
00:10:45.91\00:10:48.94
JESUS DOESN'T SAVE US IN OUR
SIN, HE SAVES US FROM OUR SIN.
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>>AMEN. >>NOW, WE
COME TO HIM WITH OUR
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SIN, BUT THEN HE WASHES US
AND HE TEACHES US A NEW WAY
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OF LIVING - IT'S
CALLED SANCTIFICATION.
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NOW THIS IS ONE THAT SOME
PEOPLERE INTERESTED TO KNOW.
00:11:00.42\00:11:04.46
I MEET PEOPLE ALL THE TIME - I
HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT GO TO
00:11:04.46\00:11:07.76
CHURCH SUNDAY EVERY WEEK AND
THEY'VE SEEN MY TV BROADCASTS
00:11:07.76\00:11:11.47
AND THEY COME TO ME AND
THEY SAY, 'BROTHER DOUG,' - IT'S
00:11:11.47\00:11:13.74
ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE AFRAID THEIR
FRIENDS ARE GOING TO FIND OUT -
00:11:13.74\00:11:16.10
'I WANT YOU TO KNOW I
AGREE WITH YOU ON THE SABBATH.
00:11:16.10\00:11:18.31
I KEEP THE SABBATH AT HOME.'
- HE SAID, 'I GO TO CHURCH ON
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SUNDAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
MY FAMILY IS AND THAT'S WHERE I
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GREW UP, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT
AND I KEEP THE SABBATH AT HOME.'
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I SAY, 'WELL, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE PERSUADED.' BUT
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I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, PART
OF SABBATHKEEPING IS CONVENING.
00:11:29.42\00:11:34.82
LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS HERE, 'IS
IT NECESSARY TO GO TO CHURCH ON
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THE SABBATH?' NOW I
USE THE WORD 'CHURCH' -
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THEY DIDN'T USE THAT WORD IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT, BUT YOU CAN READ
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HERE IN LEVITICUS 23:3, IT SAYS,
"SIX DAYS SHALL WORK BE DONE,
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BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS A
SABBATH OF SOLEMN REST, A
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HOLY CONVOCATION."
NOW WHAT'S A CONVOCATION?
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YES, IN THE HEBREW IT MEANS THE
SAME THING AS THE TRANSLATION -
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ITEANS AN ASSEMBLY - A COMING
TOGETHER. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO
00:12:01.12\00:12:04.19
A CONVENTION?
THAT'S A CONVOCATION.
00:12:04.19\00:12:06.59
THAT MEANS PEOPLE
CONVENE. THEY COME TOGETHER.
00:12:06.59\00:12:09.76
I ACTUALLY HEARD A PASTOR POINT,
ONE TIME, TO A VERSE THAT SAID,
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'LET EVERYONE ABIDE IN HIS
TENT ON THE SABBATH.' HE SAID,
00:12:12.69\00:12:15.23
'YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY AT HOME
IN YOUR TENT.' I SAID, 'THAT'S
00:12:15.23\00:12:17.57
NOT WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT.'
MOSES SAID THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE
00:12:17.57\00:12:20.54
WAS GOING OUT GATHERING WOOD ON
THE SABBATH DAY TO BUILD A FIRE.
00:12:20.54\00:12:23.54
HE SAID, 'DO NOT GO OUT OF
THE CAMP LOOKING FOR FIREWOOD.'
00:12:23.54\00:12:27.18
THAT'S ALL HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S CALLED A HOLY CONVOCATION.
00:12:27.18\00:12:30.75
LET ME GIVE YOU
A FEW MORE VERSES.
00:12:30.75\00:12:32.41
HOW ABOUT JESUS, FOR AN EXAMPLE?
THEN THEY WENT TO CAPERNAUM AND
00:12:32.41\00:12:36.32
IMMEDIATELY, ON THE
SABBATH DAY, HE ENTERED THE
00:12:36.32\00:12:38.72
SYNAGOGUE AND HE
TAUGHT. SO THEY USED TO COME
00:12:38.72\00:12:42.66
TOGETHER ON THE
SABBATH. READ THE WORD AND
00:12:42.66\00:12:45.79
STUDY THE SCRIPTURES. AND
THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT
00:12:45.79\00:12:48.40
THOUGHT: WHAT ARE SOME GOOD
THINGS TO DO ON THE SABBATH DAY?
00:12:48.40\00:12:53.74
NOW, PEOPLE SAY, 'PASTOR DOUG,
IT SAYS DON'T DO ANY WORK. WHAT
00:12:53.74\00:12:57.77
AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
JUST SIT ON MY HANDS ALL DAY
00:12:57.77\00:12:59.74
LONG?' AND PEOPLE STRUGGLE.
THE SABBATH IS MEANT TO BE A
00:12:59.74\00:13:02.81
BLESSING AND JESUS
SAID IT'S FOR DOING GOOD.
00:13:02.81\00:13:06.41
WHAT ARE SOME GOOD THINGS?
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WORSHIP GOD.
00:13:06.41\00:13:10.95
WE WORSHIP GOD EVERY DAY,
BUT ESPECIALLY ON THE SABBATH.
00:13:10.95\00:13:14.12
SOME OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN IT
SAYS IN DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6,
00:13:14.12\00:13:17.76
VERSES 6 AND 7. AFTER
DEUTERONOMY 5 HE GIVES THE
00:13:17.76\00:13:21.20
TEN COMMANDMENTS
AGAIN, YOU KNOW THAT?
00:13:21.20\00:13:24.67
MOSES THEN SAYS, IN DEUTERONOMY
6, "AND THESE WORDS WHICH I
00:13:24.67\00:13:28.00
COMMAND YOU TODAY
SHALL BE IN YOUR HEART.
00:13:28.00\00:13:31.21
YOU SHALL TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY
TO YOUR CHILDREN...WHEN YOU LIE
00:13:31.21\00:13:35.74
DOWN, AND WHEN YOU RISE UP."
IT SAYS YOU'LL "...TALK OF THEM
00:13:35.74\00:13:38.18
WHEN YOU SIT IN YOUR HOUSE, WHEN
YOU WALK BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU
00:13:38.18\00:13:41.75
LIE DOWN, AND WHEN YOU RISE UP."
WHEN YOU LIE DOWN IS THE EVENING
00:13:41.75\00:13:45.39
AND WHEN YOU RISE UP IS THE
MORNING AND IN OUR FAMILY NOW
00:13:45.39\00:13:48.12
ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE GONE OFF
TO COLLEGE OR GROWN UP, BUT WE
00:13:48.12\00:13:51.49
ALWAYS HAD MORNING
AND EVENING WORSHIP.
00:13:51.49\00:13:53.96
IF DAD WAS OUT WORKING OR IF
I WAS AT A BOARD MEETING, MOM
00:13:53.96\00:13:57.07
WOULD LEAD. IN THE
MORNING, WE HAVE OUR OWN
00:13:57.07\00:13:59.40
INDIVIDUAL PRAYER TIME, BUT WE
HAVE FAMILY PRAYER - WE'D READ
00:13:59.40\00:14:02.40
A DEVOTIONAL OR SOMETHING,
BUT ESPECIALLY SABBATH,
00:14:02.40\00:14:05.01
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN.
WHAT A GREAT TIME TO PRAY AND
00:14:05.01\00:14:08.04
SING TOGETHER AND
WELCOME THE SABBATH.
00:14:08.04\00:14:10.05
SO IT'S A GOOD
TIME FOR FAMILY WORSHIP.
00:14:10.05\00:14:12.31
WHAT ELSE DO YOU
DO? READ GOOD BOOKS.
00:14:12.31\00:14:15.32
HERE'S A SCRIPTURE - LUKE 4:16
- JESUS WENT TO THE SYNAGOGUE ON
00:14:15.32\00:14:18.79
THE SABBATH AND
HE STOOD UP TO READ.
00:14:18.79\00:14:21.82
AND WHAT DO YOU
THINK HE WAS READING?
00:14:21.82\00:14:23.66
ON THAT DAY HE WAS READING
ISAIAH 61 - IT TELLS US WHAT HE
00:14:23.66\00:14:26.16
WAS READING. HE
WAS READING THE BIBLE.
00:14:26.16\00:14:28.73
AND SO, THAT'S A GREAT TIME TO
GET TOGETHER AND STUDY THE WORD.
00:14:28.73\00:14:32.93
ANOTHER WONDERFUL THING
TO DO ON THE SABBATH - REST.
00:14:32.93\00:14:36.84
IT'S A DAY FOR
SOME PHYSICAL REST.
00:14:36.84\00:14:40.01
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOUR BODY DOES
NOT HEAL UNLESS IT'S RESTING?
00:14:40.01\00:14:46.15
STRENGTH DOESN'T HAPPEN DURING
ACTIVITY, IT HAPPENS DURING
00:14:46.15\00:14:49.52
REST. WHEN YOU EXERCISE, YOU'RE
ACTUALLY WEARING YOUR MUSCLES;
00:14:49.52\00:14:53.79
WHEN YOU STOP AND YOU REST,
THEN THE MUSCLES THEN GROW.
00:14:53.79\00:14:56.86
THEY'RE GROWING
DURING THE REST TIME.
00:14:56.86\00:14:58.89
IT'S DURING THE TIME OF REST
WHEN YOUR BRAIN - HAVE YOU EVER
00:14:58.89\00:15:01.60
NOTICED YOU TAKE A 15-MINUTE
NAP AND YOUR IQ GOES UP?
00:15:01.60\00:15:06.60
YOUR BRAIN IS
SOMETHING LIKE A COMPUTER.
00:15:06.60\00:15:08.60
IT DOES SOMETHING WHEN YOU
FALL ASLEEP WHERE IT REBOOTS AND
00:15:08.60\00:15:11.84
THINGS GET CLEAR. NOW,
OF COURSE, THERE'S SOME OF
00:15:11.84\00:15:14.28
YOU, YOU SAY, 'I TAKE A SHORT
NAP, AND I'M FUZZY THE REST OF
00:15:14.28\00:15:16.41
THE DAY.' I'M NOT THAT - IF I
TAKE MY NAP, I'M A LOT SHARPER.
00:15:16.41\00:15:22.18
IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
EVEN IF YOU JUST LAY DOWN AND
00:15:22.18\00:15:24.15
CLOSE YOUR EYES
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
00:15:24.15\00:15:25.95
HE SAID, 'COME ASIDE' - JESUS
SAID THIS TO THE DISCIPLES -
00:15:25.95\00:15:28.86
'COME ASIDE BY YOURSELVES TO A
DESERTED PLACE - A PLACE IN THE
00:15:28.86\00:15:32.06
WILDERNESS - AND REST
AWHILE.' NOTICE, IT WAS NICE TO
00:15:32.06\00:15:35.93
GET OUT IN NATURE
ON THE SABBATH DAY.
00:15:35.93\00:15:39.33
SO, JUST AS A QUICK SUMMARY -
AND I'M NOT COVERING EVERYTHING
00:15:39.33\00:15:41.64
HERE, VISIT THE SICK
OR ELDERLY OR PRISONERS.
00:15:41.64\00:15:46.07
WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS,
THEY HAVE A PRISON MINISTRY.
00:15:46.07\00:15:47.84
THE ONLY DAY THEY CAN REALLY
GET IN IS ON SATURDAY AND THEY
00:15:47.84\00:15:50.81
TAKE SOME OF THEIR TIME AND THEY
GO VISIT AND THEY GIVE BIBLE
00:15:50.81\00:15:53.21
STUDIES. INVITE
SOME VISITOR OVER TO YOUR
00:15:53.21\00:15:56.05
HOME FOR A MEAL AND GET TO
KNOW PEOPLE. SHARE LITERATURE.
00:15:56.05\00:16:00.22
YOU MIGHT GO OUT IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD AND JT KNOCK ON
00:16:00.22\00:16:01.69
DOORS AND GIVE THEM SOME -
SOME BOOKS OR SOME LITERATURE.
00:16:01.69\00:16:04.93
MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE. YOU
MIGHT PLAY SCRIPTURE GAMES
00:16:04.93\00:16:08.30
WITH THE KIDS BECAUSE YOU
FORTIFY YOUR MIND WITH THE TRUTH
00:16:08.30\00:16:11.70
OF GOD'S WORD, IT'LL
HELP YOU STAND THROUGH THE
00:16:11.70\00:16:13.60
FINAL CONFLICT.
GIVE A BIBLE STUDY.
00:16:13.60\00:16:17.04
TAKE A BIBLE
STUDY. GET OUT IN NATURE.
00:16:17.04\00:16:21.11
TAKE A NAP - BUT YOU DON'T WANT
TO SLEEP THE WHOLE DAY AWAY.
00:16:21.11\00:16:25.61
NOW THERE'S TWO EXTREMES WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT THE SABBATH AND I
00:16:25.61\00:16:28.58
ALWAYS PRAY THAT GOD'LL HELP
ME TO STAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
00:16:28.58\00:16:31.12
ROAD. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TALKS
ABOUT THE BOY THAT WAS BROUGHT
00:16:31.12\00:16:34.99
TO JESUS BY HIS FATHER AND THE
BOY WAS DEMON POSSESSED AND HE
00:16:34.99\00:16:38.39
SAID, 'THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO
DESTROY MY SON BY THROWING HIM
00:16:38.39\00:16:42.10
IN THE FIRE AND IN
THE WATER - TWO OPPOSITES.
00:16:42.10\00:16:45.60
THE DEVIL DOESN'T CARE IF YOU
FALL OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE
00:16:45.60\00:16:48.04
ROAD OR THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
00:16:48.04\00:16:50.04
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE SABBATH
TRUTH YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO YOU
00:16:50.04\00:16:52.97
WOULD CALL LEGALISTIC - THEY HAD
THEM IN JESUS' DAY - AND THEN
00:16:52.97\00:16:56.71
YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WOULD MAYBE
BE ON THE OTHER SIDE - AND I
00:16:56.71\00:16:58.85
DON'T MEAN TO POINT TO THIS
GROUP - AND CALL THEM LIBERALS.
00:16:58.85\00:17:00.98
AND SO Y'VE GOT TWO EXTREMES.
SOME PEOPLE THEY JUST DISREGARD,
00:17:00.98\00:17:04.82
THEY PROFANE THE SABBATH
AND OTHERS ARE SO STRINGENT
00:17:04.82\00:17:07.49
THAT THEY MAKE IT A BURDEN.
AND JESUS HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS.
00:17:07.49\00:17:11.06
CHRIST HAD A NUMBER OF SABBATH
CONFLICTS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN
00:17:11.06\00:17:14.40
THE GOSPELS, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE,
HE NEVER SAID THEY SHOULDN'T
00:17:14.40\00:17:18.50
KEEP IT; HE TOLD
THEM HOW TO KEEP IT.
00:17:18.50\00:17:22.00
THEY HAD PUT A BUNCH OF
MAN-MADE RULES ON THE SABBATH.
00:17:22.00\00:17:25.64
FOR INSTANCE, THE BIBLE TALKS
ABOUT A SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY.
00:17:25.64\00:17:30.41
HOW LONG CAN YOU HIKE BEFORE IT
TURNS FROM A PLEASANT WALK INTO
00:17:30.41\00:17:34.28
WORK? AND SO THE PHARISEES WENT
00:17:34.28\00:17:36.62
THROUGH ALL THEIR CALCULATIONS
AND THEY CAME UP WITH WHAT THEY
00:17:36.62\00:17:40.12
THOUGHT THAT DISTANCE WOULD BE
AND THEY ENDED UP - THEY GOT A
00:17:40.12\00:17:42.56
BALL OF YARN AND THEY SAID, 'IF
YOU'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ON
00:17:42.56\00:17:44.99
SABBATH, YOU'D BETTER MEASURE
IT OFF FIRST.' AND THEY'D UNROLL
00:17:44.99\00:17:46.80
THIS 'KITE
STRING' BETWEEN HOUSES
00:17:46.80\00:17:49.20
AND SAY, 'OH, YOU GET TO -
I'M ONLY TEN FEET AWAY BUT IT'S
00:17:49.20\00:17:51.33
BEYOND A SABBATH'S JOURNEY
SO, SORRY I CAN'T MAKE IT.' AND
00:17:51.33\00:17:53.47
THEY'D GO BACK. OR THEY
SAID, 'WHAT BECOMES A BURDEN?
00:17:53.47\00:17:57.21
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
CARRY A BURDEN. WHAT'S A BURDEN?
00:17:57.21\00:17:59.21
AND SO THEY SAID, 'WELL,
IF YOU CARRY A HANDKERCHIEF,
00:17:59.21\00:18:01.58
TECHNICALLY IT'S A BURDEN; BUT
IF YOU SEW IT TO YOUR COLLAR AND
00:18:01.58\00:18:05.08
YOU JUST BLOW YOUR NOSE IN IT,
THEN IT'S PART OF YOUR CLOTHES.'
00:18:05.08\00:18:08.05
SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND
OF FANATICAL LUNACY - LEGALISTIC
00:18:08.05\00:18:13.22
LUNACY. AND SO
THERE'S THAT SIDE OF IT.
00:18:13.22\00:18:16.19
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T
HAVE SOME GUIDELINES, YOU END UP
00:18:16.19\00:18:19.13
FALLING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE ROAD WHERE NOTHING MATTERS
00:18:19.13\00:18:22.20
ANYMORE AND NO ONE HAS ANY IDEA
HOW TO KEEP IT HOLY BECAUSE AS
00:18:22.20\00:18:25.83
SOON AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE
PARTICULARS ABOUT HOW TO KEEP A
00:18:25.83\00:18:28.50
DAY HOLY, YOU'LL BE ACCUSED OF
LEGALISM, AND YOU CAN JUST COUNT
00:18:28.50\00:18:32.74
ON THAT. SO THERE'S TWO
EXTREMES. I'LL DO MY BEST TO TRY
00:18:32.74\00:18:36.85
AND GIVE YOU SCRIPTURE. AM
I GIVING YOU BIBLE FOR THESE
00:18:36.85\00:18:38.91
DIFFERENT
PRINCIPLES, FRIENDS? >>AMEN.
00:18:38.91\00:18:40.92
>>WHAT ACTIVITIES SHOULD
BE AVOIDED ON THE SABBATH?
00:18:40.92\00:18:45.02
WELL, THERE'S NO PARTICULAR
ORDER HERE, BUT I STARTED WITH
00:18:45.02\00:18:48.36
WHAT YOU'D CALL
UNNECESSARY COOKING.
00:18:48.36\00:18:51.46
NOW THIS COMES FROM WHEN
GOD WOULD RAIN MANNA DOWN FROM
00:18:51.46\00:18:53.93
HEAVEN FOR THEM. SIX DAYS
A WEEK HE GAVE THEM MANNA.
00:18:53.93\00:18:59.60
HE SAID, 'IF YOU TRY TO KEEP THE
MANNA OVERNIGHT, EVERY OTHER DAY
00:18:59.60\00:19:04.24
IT'S GOING TO BREED WORMS AND
STINK - EXCEPT FRIDAY, THE SIXTH
00:19:04.24\00:19:07.61
DAY - GATHER TWICE AS MUCH
BECAUSE I'LL WORK A MIRACLE ON
00:19:07.61\00:19:11.11
YOUR MANNA AND IT WILL BE
FRESH SABBATH MORNING SO YOU
00:19:11.11\00:19:14.92
DON'T HAVE TO GO
OUT AND GATHER IT.
00:19:14.92\00:19:17.39
AND GOD SAID, IN EXODUS 16:23,
"THIS IS WHAT THE LORD HAS SAID:
00:19:17.39\00:19:22.39
'TOMORROW IS A SABBATH
REST...BAKE WHAT YOU WILL BAKE
00:19:22.39\00:19:27.60
TODAY, AND BOIL WHAT YOU WILL
BOIL" - SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T
00:19:27.60\00:19:31.83
HAVE TO DO IT. NOW
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:19:31.83\00:19:33.94
DOES GOD WANT US TO EAT
JUST, YOU KNOW, MICROWAVE FOOD?
00:19:33.94\00:19:38.94
NO, JUST THE IDEA OF THE SABBATH
IS TO GET EVERYTHING DONE THAT
00:19:38.94\00:19:43.38
YOU CAN IN ADVANCE SO THAT
YOU HAVE AS MUCH RELAXED, RESTED
00:19:43.38\00:19:47.18
TIME. YOU MIGHT THINK I'M A
FANATIC, BUT ON SABBATH - ON
00:19:47.18\00:19:50.99
FRIDAY, AS I'M GETTING READY
FOR THE SABBATH, I LOOK IN THE
00:19:50.99\00:19:53.52
CLOSET AND SAY, 'WHAT AM
I GOING TO WEAR TOMORROW?
00:19:53.52\00:19:55.56
DO I HAVE A SHIRT?
ARE MY SHOES SHINED?
00:19:55.56\00:19:58.36
I SHINE MY SHOES - LEARNED IN
MILITARY SCHOOL - AND SO I SHINE
00:19:58.36\00:20:02.06
MY SHOES, I GET THEM ALL READY,
I SAY, 'OKAY, YOU KNOW, GOT IT.'
00:20:02.06\00:20:04.43
SO I DON'T HAVE TO - I'M NOT
SCRAMBLING AROUND BEFORE I GO TO
00:20:04.43\00:20:07.87
CHURCH SAYING, 'OH,
WHAT AM I GOING TO WEAR?'
00:20:07.87\00:20:09.47
- IT JUST CREATES
STRESS. YOU WANT TO HAVE PEACE
00:20:09.47\00:20:11.81
IN THE HOME, AMEN?
AND SO YOU PREPARE.
00:20:11.81\00:20:15.38
AND IF YOU - IF YOU'RE ONLY
GOING TO SEE SOMEONE YOU LOVE IN
00:20:15.38\00:20:19.35
A SPECIAL WAY ONCE A WEEK -
IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE QUALITY
00:20:19.35\00:20:21.38
TIME WITH THEM ONCE A WEEK
AND YOU GET THIS DATE, YOU WOULD
00:20:21.38\00:20:24.59
INVEST SOME TIME IN PLANNING SO
IT'S SPECIAL. TRY IT SOMETIME.
00:20:24.59\00:20:30.23
IF YOU'RE DATING YOUR GIRLFRIEND
AND WHEN YOU GO OUT TO DINNER
00:20:30.23\00:20:33.13
YOU'RE TAKING - OR YOUR WIFE -
COMING FROM THE FRONT GALLERY -
00:20:33.13\00:20:37.57
(LAUGHTER) AND YOU'RE TAKING
PHONE CALLS AND YOU'RE SURFING
00:20:37.57\00:20:41.57
THE INTERNET AND YOU'RE DOING
ALL THESE THINGS WHILE YOU'RE
00:20:41.57\00:20:43.30
OUT AT A NICE RESTAURANT,
HOW IS THAT RECEIVED?
00:20:43.30\00:20:46.51
THAT DOESN'T GO OVER
VERY WELL. 'TALK TO ME.
00:20:46.51\00:20:50.05
COMMUNICATE WITH ME.
QUALITY TIME.' 'OH, BUT I'VE GOT
00:20:50.05\00:20:51.95
THIS WORK TO DO.' YOU SHOULD
HAVE GOTTEN IT DONE FIRST.
00:20:51.95\00:20:55.22
IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:20:55.22\00:20:57.59
THIS IS WHAT THE
LORD'S TELLING US.
00:20:57.59\00:20:59.85
WHAT ABOUT SHOPPING?
WELL, YOU CAN READ IN THE BIBLE,
00:20:59.85\00:21:04.29
NEHEMIAH 10:31, "IF THE PEOPLES
OF THE LAND BROUGHT WARES OR ANY
00:21:04.29\00:21:08.93
GRAIN TO SELL ON THE SABBATH
DAY, WE WOULD NOT BUY IT FROM
00:21:08.93\00:21:12.33
THEM ON THE SABBATH" - IT'S NOT
A DAY FOR BUYING AND SELLING.
00:21:12.33\00:21:16.74
IN OUR FAMILY, WE GET THE
GROCERIES, I FILL THE CARS WITH
00:21:16.74\00:21:19.14
GAS THURSDAY OR FRIDAY -
WE GET IT ALL OUT OF THE WAY.
00:21:19.14\00:21:21.78
WE DON'T GO TO
STORES. YOU KNOW ONE REASON?
00:21:21.78\00:21:23.85
IT SAYS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
REST, YOUR MANSERVANT, AND YOUR
00:21:23.85\00:21:27.18
MAIDSERVANT. I'M
NOT GOING TO HIRE OTHER
00:21:27.18\00:21:29.55
PEOPLE TO WORK FOR ME IN SOME
- NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO SAY,
00:21:29.55\00:21:33.79
'PASTOR DOUG, DO YOU
USE YOUR PHONE ON SABBATH?'
00:21:33.79\00:21:37.73
'YEAH.' 'DO YOU KNOW THERE'S
PEOPLE WORKING IN THE PHONE
00:21:37.73\00:21:39.49
COMPANY?' I SAID,
'I CAN'T CONTROL THAT,
00:21:39.49\00:21:43.37
BUT I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE
GAS STATION, I DON'T HAVE TO GO
00:21:43.37\00:21:45.47
TO A RESTAURANT AND HIRE
SOMEONE TO COOK MY FOOD FOR ME.
00:21:45.47\00:21:49.10
IF I WOULD REMEMBER THE SABBATH
AND PLAN, I'LL COOK MY OWN FOOD
00:21:49.10\00:21:51.91
SO I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE -
THE HOTEL WHERE I'M STAYING, I
00:21:51.91\00:21:55.64
USUALLY PUT OUT THE DO NOT
DISTURB SIGN AND LET THAT MAID
00:21:55.64\00:21:58.48
TAKE MY DAY OFF FOR MY
ROOM. AND I'VE USUALLY GOT
00:21:58.48\00:22:03.35
EVERYTHING I NEED. AND
SO, JUST LET PEOPLE REST.
00:22:03.35\00:22:07.22
PLAN AHEAD. 'NO,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THE
00:22:07.22\00:22:08.89
MALL AND YOU'RE LOOKING
AT ALL THOSE SPECIALS AND
00:22:08.89\00:22:12.06
THINKING ABOUT
JESUS. PROBABLY NOT.
00:22:12.06\00:22:14.00
(LAUGHTER) SO THE IDEA IS, YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE DOING THINGS THAT
00:22:14.00\00:22:17.83
ARE NOT HOLY. WHAT
ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT?
00:22:17.83\00:22:22.64
PEOPLE WATCHING
AMERICAN IDOL ON SABBATH.
00:22:22.64\00:22:26.04
NOW THAT JUST DOESN'T - I
MEAN IDOL AND SABBATH DON'T GO
00:22:26.04\00:22:28.21
TOGETHER, DO THEY? WATCHING THE
BACHELOR - ONLY BATCHELOR YOU
00:22:28.21\00:22:32.71
SHOULD BE WATCHING IS PASTOR
BATCHELOR - ON SABBATH. AMEN?
00:22:32.71\00:22:35.98
(LAUGHTER) NOW WE
HAVE CHRISTIAN TELEVISION.
00:22:35.98\00:22:39.62
WE PRAISE THE LORD, 3ABN IS
WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROGRAM
00:22:39.62\00:22:41.66
24 HOURS A DAY THEY'RE
BROADCASTING. SO IF YOU'VE GOT
00:22:41.66\00:22:45.23
CHRISTIAN PROGRAMMING ON AND
THAT'S LIKE READING THE BIBLE,
00:22:45.23\00:22:47.86
IT'S SPIRITUAL INFORMATION,
THAT'S A GOOD THING.
00:22:47.86\00:22:50.13
YOUR EYES NEED A SALVE AND SOME,
YOU KNOW, EVEN IN WALL STREET
00:22:50.13\00:22:55.04
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING A
TECHNOLOGY SABBATH BECAUSE THEY
00:22:55.04\00:22:58.04
SEE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING
BURNT OUT BEING CONSTANTLY
00:22:58.04\00:23:01.08
ACCEIBLE THROUGH THEIR E-MAIL
AND THEIR LAPTOPS AND IT'S JUST
00:23:01.08\00:23:04.81
DRAINING - AND
IT'S AFFECTING FAMILIES.
00:23:04.81\00:23:07.62
'IF YOU TURN AWAY YOUR FOOT FROM
THE SABBATH' - FROM DOING YOUR
00:23:07.62\00:23:11.32
PLEASURE ON MY HOLY DAY -
'AND IF YOU CALL THE SABBATH A
00:23:11.32\00:23:15.92
DELIGHT' - NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS,
'THE HOLY OF THE LORD HONORABLE
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AND YOU'LL HONOR
HIM.' WHY ARE WE DOING IT?
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HONORING GOD. 'NOT
DOING YOUR OWN WAYS OR
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FINDING YOUR OWN PLEASURE
OR SPEAKING YOUR OWN WORDS' - I
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FIND I - YOU KNOW, I EVEN TRY TO
CONTROL WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT.
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IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY, BECAUSE IF
YOU'RE A WORKAHOLIC LIKE ME, YOU
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KNOW, I WALK AROUND THE HOUSE
AND I'M THINKING, 'OH I'VE GOT
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TO FIX THAT.' AND IT'S SABBATH -
'NO, NO, DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT
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NOW.' AND YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE WILL
BE IN THE CHURCH AND THEY'RE
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SAYING, 'OH, YEAH, I'VE GOT
TO PUT THIS NEW ADDITION ON MY
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GARAGE AND I'VE GOT TO FIX.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT
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THAT KIND OF STUFF ON SABBATH.
TALK ABOUT SPIRITUAL THINGS.
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IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU WISH THE
SABBATH WAS OVER SO YOU COULD
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FIX YOUR GARAGE.
AND SO, THE LORD SAYS
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IT'S A DAY THAT'S
SACRED. AND, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED
TO INVEST TIME IN THINKING OUT
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IT, BUT I
BELIEVE GOD IS WORTH IT.
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>>AMEN. >>I THINK GOD IS WORTH
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HONORING THAT WAY.
"THUS SAYS THE LORD, TAKE HEED
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TO YOURSELVES AND BEAR NO
BURDEN" - JEREMIAH 17:21 - "ON
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THE SABBATH DAY, NOR BRING IT
BY THE GATES OF JERUSALEM; NOR
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CARRY A BURDEN OUT OF YOUR
HOUSES ON THE SABBATH DAY, NOR
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DO ANY WORK, BUT
HALLOW THE SABBATH DAY."
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I HEARD A STORY ABOUT
ONE MAN YEARS AGO THAT HE HAD
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A BANANA PLANTATION IN CENTRAL
AMERICA. HE WAS A SABBATH KEEPER
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AND THEY HAVE SEASONS WHEN THEY
BRING ALL THEIR BANANAS DOWN TO
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THE DOCK AND THEY PUT THEM
ON WHAT WE CALL BANANA BOATS -
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THERE REALLY ARE BANANA BOATS
- BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO GET -
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BANANAS HAVE A SHORT
LIFE-SPAN, YOU KNOW THAT.
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THEY'VE GOT TO GET THEM DIRECTLY
TO PORT AND IT TURNS OUT THAT A
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STORM WAS COMING IN AND ALL THE
SHIPS WERE COMING IN FRIDAY TO
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GET LOADED, BUT IN ORDER FOR
THIS MAN TO DO IT - THEY WERE
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COMING IN SATURDAY - HE WAS
GOING TO HAVE TO WORK NOT ONLY
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FRIDAY, BUT ON THE SABBATH
AND HE SAID, 'I CAN'T DO THAT.'
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HIS NEIGHBORS SAID, 'YOU'RE
GOING TO MISS THE SEASON.
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YOUR CROP IS GOING TO FAIL.
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YOU'RE GOING TO GO BROKE.'
- HE SAYS, 'GOD'LL UNDERSTAND.
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YOU'VE GOT TO WORK.'
HE SAID, 'I CAN'T DO IT.
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I'M NOT GOING TO DO
IT, IT'S THE SABBATH.
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GOD SAID NO HARVESTING, NO
REAPING' - AND SO THEY ALL - ALL
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HIS NEIGHBORS THAT WERE NOT
SABBATH KEEPERS, THEY HARVESTED
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THEIR BANANAS AND THEY TOOK THEM
DOWN TO THE DOCK AND ALL THE
00:25:18.18\00:25:20.12
SHIPS LEFT PORT
TRYING TO BEAT THIS STORM.
00:25:20.12\00:25:22.62
WELL, AFTER THE STORM CAME AND
WENT OUT, THIS OTHER SHIP CAME
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LIMPING IN BECAUSE ITS ENGINE
HAD DIED EN ROUTE AND THEY SAID,
00:25:26.52\00:25:30.69
'WE'RE HERE TO BUY BANANAS.'
AND ALL THE OTHER FARMERS SAID,
00:25:30.69\00:25:33.53
'WELL, WE SOLD - THERE'S NO
BANANAS LEFT.' HE SAID, 'I'LL
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PAY TWENTY PERCENT
MORE. DOES ANYONE HAVE
00:25:35.30\00:25:36.97
ANY BANANAS LEFT?'
DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK EMPTY.
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SO THIS GUY ENDED UP GETTING
DOUBLY BLESSED BY HONORING -
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GOD'LL BLESS YOU -
AND, YOU KNOW WHAT, FRIENDS?
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HE WANTS YOU TO
HAVE THAT BLESSING.
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HE WANT YOU TO
HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
00:25:49.08\00:25:51.18
NOW SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL,
PASTOR DOUG, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT
00:25:51.18\00:25:54.72
THE SABBATH BECAUSE MY SPIRIT
IS TELLING ME THAT IT'S NOT
00:25:54.72\00:25:58.39
IMPORTANT. MY
SPIRIT IS TELLING ME IT'S
00:25:58.39\00:26:01.19
ANOTHER DAY.' THE SPIRIT OF
GOD IS NEVER GOING TO TELL YOU
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT
THAN THE WORD OF GOD.
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YEAH, YOU MIGHT QUESTION
WHAT SPIRIT IS TALKING TO YOU.
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THE WORD OF GOD AND THE SPIRIT
OF GOD GO TOGETHER AND GOD'S
00:26:10.77\00:26:13.60
WORD IS EXTREMELY CLEAR THAT
HE'S BLESSED A DAY FOR YOU TO
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RECEIVE THIS BLESSING, FRIENDS.
HE WANTS YOU TO ENJOY IT.
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HE SAYS, 'YOU KEEP IT HOLY
AND HONOR IT AND HE'LL MAKE YOU
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RIDE UPON THE HIGH PLACES OF
THE EARTH AND HE WILL BLESS YOU.
00:26:25.45\00:26:29.08
WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPERIENCE
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FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS
WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
00:26:42.46\00:26:46.23
OF THE WEEK. NOW,
EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
00:26:46.23\00:26:49.54
PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE
FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED?
00:26:49.54\00:26:53.17
WHY DID GOD
CREATE A DAY OF REST?
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DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
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THING. I MEAN, JUST WHEN THINGS
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SEEM UNDER CONTROL, WHAM!
YOU'RE HIT WITH SOMETHING NEW.
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YOUR MARRIAGE IS GOOD. SUDDENLY
IT'S ON THE BRINK OF DIVORCE.
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THAT JOB'S GREAT
AND THEN IT'S GONE.
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THEN YOUR DOCTOR
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