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144,000 & The Seal of God, Part 2

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01:00 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
01:11 >>GOD, WHEN HE CREATED THE WORLD, HE CREATED AND SANCTIFIED
01:14 A QUALITY TIME TO NURTURE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
01:18 AND, IF YOU KNOW GOD, YOU LOVE HIM; IF YOU LOVE HIM, YOU'LL
01:20 OBEY HIM. THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO DESTROY
01:22 THE QUALITY TIME AND THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE
01:26 AND GOD, AND HE IS ESPECIALLY ATTACKING THE SABBATH.
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01:54 >>TONIGHT OUR PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THE
01:56 SUBJECT OF THE 144,000 AND THE SEAL OF GOD.
02:01 LET'S START WITH THE 144,000 IN CHAPTER 7 OF REVELATION AND YOU
02:05 CAN BEGIN WITH VERSE 1 - CHAPTER 7, VERSE 1, "AFTER THESE THINGS
02:10 I SAW FOUR ANGELS HOLDING THE FOUR WINDS OF THE EARTH, THAT
02:15 THE WIND SHOULD NOT BLOW ON THE EARTH, ON THE SEA, OR ON ANY
02:19 TREE." - UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS - IT'S GOING TO BLOW EVENTUALLY.
02:23 THOSE WINDS OF STRIFE ARE REALLY - THEY'RE KIND OF SUMMARIZED IN
02:26 THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES. "THEN I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL
02:30 ASCENDING FROM THE EAST, HAVING THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD.
02:35 AND HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE...SAYING, 'DO NOT HARM THE
02:38 EARTH, THE SEA, OR THE TREES TILL WE HAVE SEALED THE SERVANTS
02:43 OF OUR GOD ON THEIR FOREHEADS.'" - AND, SORT OF, WITH THAT AS AN
02:47 INTRODUCTION, LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS, NOW, THAT
02:50 TALK ABOUT THE 144,000 AND THE SEAL OF GOD.
02:54 FIRST QUESTION, SO WHAT IS THE SEAL OF GOD? IT SAYS THERE IN
02:59 EPHESIANS 4:30, "DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD,
03:02 WHEREWITH YOU WERE SEALED FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION."
03:06 THERE'S A SEAL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT HAPPENS INSIDE.
03:09 BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS MORE TANGIBLE THAN THAT, THAT
03:13 CAN BE SEEN IN THE LIFE, AND YOU'LL FIND THAT IN THIS VERSE -
03:15 ISAIAH 8:16, "BIND UP THE TESTIMONY, SEAL THE LAW AMONG MY
03:23 DISCIPLES." CAN THE LAW BE SEALED IN THE HEART?
03:28 SO THE LAW OF GOD, IN A SENSE, IS THE SEAL; WHAT'S THE NEW
03:30 COVENANT? 'I'LL TAKE MY LAW AND WRITE IT
03:32 IN THEIR HEARTS.' BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO A STEP DEEPER TO
03:36 FIND OUT 'WHAT IS THAT SEAL IN THE LAW?'
03:39 "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY.
03:42 SIX DAYS YOU SHALL LABOR AND DO ALL YOUR WORK.
03:46 BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD YOUR GOD.
03:50 IN IT YOU SHALL DO NO WORK: YOU, NOR YOUR SON, NOR YOUR DAUGHTER,
03:54 NOR YOUR MALE SERVANT, NOR YOUR FEMALE SERVANT, NOR YOUR CATTLE
03:58 NOR YOUR STRANGER WHO IS WITH YOUR GATES."
04:00 - NOW HEAR - WATCH CAREFULLY - "FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD" -
04:04 JEHOVAH - HIS NAME - CREATED - "MADE" - HIS OFFICE - HE'S THE
04:09 CREATOR AND SUSTAINER - "THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, THE SEA"
04:13 - THERE YOU HAVE THE NAME OF GOD, THE TITLE OF GOD, THE
04:17 TERRITORY OF GOD. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAW OF GOD IS HIS SEAL.
04:23 AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS THE SABBATH
04:27 COMMANDMENT AND WHY IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE LAST
04:30 DAYS, BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT RESTING IN THE LORD.
04:34 IT TALKS ABOUT HAVING A RELATIONSHIP - IT TALKS ABOUT
04:37 HAVING THE FATHER'S NAME - IS THE FATHER'S NAME IN THAT
04:39 COMMANDMENT? JEHOVAH - THE LORD - MADE THE
04:43 HEAVEN AND EARTH AND THE SEA AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM AND HE
04:45 RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY. THEREFORE, THE LORD BLESSED THE
04:48 SABBATH DAY AND HE HALLOWED IT - THAT MEANS HE MADE IT HOLY.
04:52 GOD, WHEN HE CREATED THE WORLD, HE CREATED AND SANCTIFIED A
04:55 QUALITY TIME TO NURTURE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
04:59 AND, IF YOU LOVE GOD - IF YOU KNOW GOD YOU'LL LOVE HIM; IF YOU
05:02 LOVE HIM YOU'LL OBEY HIM. THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO DESTROY
05:04 THE QUALITY TIME AND THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE
05:08 AND GOD, AND HE IS ESPECIALLY ATTACKING THE SABBATH.
05:13 DID GOD MAKE THE SABBATH ONLY FOR ISRAELITES?
05:15 >>NO. >>WELL, LET'S THINK ABOUT IT.
05:18 HOW FAR BACK DOES THE SABBATH GO?
05:20 JESUS SAID - MARK 2:27 - "AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, 'THE SABBATH WAS
05:25 MADE FOR JEWS'" - AND - >>FOR MAN.
05:29 >>WELL, YOU CAN SPELL 'JEWS' SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.
05:31 ONE WAY IS 'M-A-N'. IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS?
05:34 DOES IT SAY 'JEWS'? THAT WORD THERE IS TALKING
05:36 ABOUT 'ANTHROPOS' - EVERYBODY - HUMANITY - THE SABBATH WAS
05:39 MADE FOR MAN - MANKIND. QUICK TEST: HOW MANY HERE
05:44 ARE RELATED TO ADAM AND EVE. >>ALL OF US.
05:48 >>SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN. WHEN WAS THAT? WAY BACK IN THE
05:50 BEGINNING. JESUS SAID THAT - IT'S NOT MADE FOR JEWS.
05:54 THE BIBLE'S REALLY CLEAR, IT'S FOR EVERYBODY.
05:57 "ALSO, THE SONS OF THE STRANGER THAT JOIN THEMSELVES TO THE LORD
06:00 TO SERVE HIM, AND TO LOVE THE NAME OF THE LORD.
06:03 TO BE HIS SERVANTS, EVERY ONE" - THE STRANGER - THE GENTILE -
06:06 "THAT KEEPETH THE SABBATH FROM POLLUTING IT, AND TAKETH HOLD OF
06:10 MY COVENANT: EVEN THEM WILL I BRING TO MY HOLY MOUNTAIN AND
06:13 MAKE THEM JOYFUL IN MY HOUSE OF PRAYER."
06:17 WHAT DOES HE PROMISE TO EVERYBODY THAT REMEMBERS HIS
06:19 COMMANDMENT? JOY. IT'S TO BE A BLESSING.
06:22 HE DIDN'T CURSE THE DAY, HE BLESSED THE DAY, RIGHT?
06:25 SO WHEN DID GOD ESTABLISH THE SABBATH TRUTH?
06:28 THE SEAL THAT WE'RE STUDYING? WAY BACK IN THE BEGINNING, IN
06:31 THE GARDEN OF EDEN, AFTER GOD MADE EVERYTHING IN SIX DAYS
06:34 - HOW MANY DAYS OF THE WEEK? >>SEVEN.
06:36 >>DO YOU KNOW THERE'S SEVEN DAYS IN THE WEEK WHEN WE WENT TO
06:38 CHINA - AND THEY'RE TECHNICALLY AN ATHEISTIC COUNTRY?
06:41 KAREN AND I WENT TO RUSSIA RIGHT AFTER THE IRON CURTAIN FELL -
06:44 SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK IN KOREA, JAPAN - EVERY WHERE WE'VE BEEN -
06:47 AUSTRALIA - SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WHY?
06:51 IT'S REALLY STRANGE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
06:53 IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHY ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, EVEN
06:56 BEFORE THE SPREAD OF MODERN CIVILIZATION, HAD 360 TO 370
07:03 DAYS IN THEIR CALENDAR FOR A YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S - THEY COULD
07:06 SEE - THEY COULD OBSERVE THAT'S HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR THE EARTH
07:10 TO GO ONCE AROUND THE SUN, SO IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE US THAT ALL
07:13 THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS HAD A YEAR WITH ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER
07:16 OF DAYS. IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE US THAT
07:18 THEY ALL HAD SOMETHING LIKE A MONTH BECAUSE IT'S THE LUNAR
07:22 CYCLE - THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE WORD 'MONTH' - MOON.
07:24 AND WE ALL KNOW IT TAKES 24 HOURS FOR THE EARTH TO REVOLVE
07:28 ONCE ON ITS AXIS, BUT WHERE IN THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS DO YOU
07:32 GET A SEVEN-DAY WEEK? NOWHERE.
07:36 THE ONLY PLACE THAT THE WORLD CAN TRACE A SEVEN-DAY WEEK IS TO
07:39 'IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH'.
07:43 IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE BIBLE. WHY DO WE HAVE
07:45 SEVEN AND NOT SIX? HE FINISHED EVERYTHING IN SIX
07:47 DAYS, WHY DO WE HAVE SEVEN? HE SAID, 'I'M NOT DONE YET.
07:50 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ENJOY ANYTHING I MADE IN THESE SIX
07:53 DAYS UNLESS YOU REMEMBER THE SEVENTH, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO
07:56 REST WITH ME AND TO RECHARGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP - TO GO FORTH
08:00 AND DO WHAT I'VE CREATED - TO ENJOY YOUR PARADISE - IT'S PART
08:04 OF GOD'S PERFECT PLAN. HE MADE A DAY TO NURTURE OUR
08:08 LOVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIM. "THUS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
08:12 WERE FINISHED, AND ALL THE HOST OF THEM...AND GOD BLESSED THE
08:15 SEVENTH DAY, AND HE SANCTIFIED IT: BECAUSE THAT IN IT HE HAD
08:19 RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK WHICH GOD CREATED AND MADE."
08:23 NOTICE, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT HE DID THERE.
08:26 WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE SABBATH?
08:27 AND THIS IS WHERE SOME PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED.
08:29 IS IT THE FIRST DAY? THIRD DAY?
08:31 THE BIBLE SAYS - AND, NOTICE, BACK IN CREATION - I'M REPEATING
08:34 THAT VERSE HERE IN GENESIS 2 AND I WANT TO ACCENTUATE SOMETHING:
08:38 "AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD ENDED HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD
08:41 MADE, AND HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL OF HIS WORK
08:46 WHICH HE HAD MADE." - AND IT SAYS THAT "GOD BLESSED
08:48 THE SEVENTH DAY AND SANCTIFIED IT." FIRST TIME IN THE BIBLE GOD
08:51 SAYS SOMETHING LIKE THIS - A NUMBER THREE TIMES -
08:53 WHAT NUMBER IS IT? SEVENTH DAY, SEVENTH DAY, SEVENTH DAY.
08:56 NOW, YOU MAY THINK THIS IS JUST CAVEMAN THEOLOGY, BUT, FOR ME, I
08:59 THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT THERE, IN THE BEGINNING IN
09:02 GENESIS, GOD SAYS 'SEVEN, SEVEN, SEVEN'.
09:04 YOU GET TO THE LAST BOOK IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS, 'YOU DON'T WANT
09:06 THE SIX, SIX, SIX.' IT'S LIKE ONE IS THE NUMBER OF GOD - SIX,
09:11 IN THE BIBLE, IS THE NUMBER OF MAN.
09:14 KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR MAKES A GOLDEN IMAGE 60 CUBITS BY SIX
09:18 CUBITS - PROBABLY SIX WIDE, SIX DEEP, SIXTY HIGH - SIX, SIX, SIX
09:23 - HE TELLS EVERYONE, 'BOW DOWN.' HOW HAS GOD DEMONSTRATED THE
09:27 IMPORTANCE OF HIS HOLY SABBATH? IT'S NOT PASTOR DOUG'S SABBATH.
09:32 IT'S NOT THE JEWS' SABBATH, IT'S GOD'S SABBATH.
09:37 NOTICE HE SAID, 'REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY.
09:41 THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND HALLOWED IT."
09:44 I WAS DOING A MEETING LIKE THIS, ONE TIME, AND ONE OF THE
09:47 INDIVIDUALS COMING, AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THERE, AND THIS
09:49 PASTOR WAS THERE AND HE INTERRUPTED THE MEETING.
09:52 HE SAID, 'BROTHER DOUG,' - HE SAID - 'THIS IS LEGALISM.
09:56 YOU'RE PUTTING THESE PEOPLE UNDER BONDAGE OF WORKS.' I SAID,
10:00 'BROTHER, I'M TELLING THEM TO KEEP THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT.
10:02 I'M TELLING THEM TO REST. YOU'RE TELLING THEM NOT TO.
10:04 YOU'RE TELLING THEM TO WORK. I'M SAYING REST.'
10:08 AND HE SAID, 'WE'RE NO LONGER UNDER THE LAW.' AND SO HE AND I
10:12 KIND OF GOT INTO AN EXCHANGE RIGHT DURING THE MEETING AND,
10:15 YOU KNOW, I HAD TO DEAL WITH IT. I SAID, 'SO, DO YOU THINK
10:19 WE SHOULD KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?'
10:21 HE SAID, 'NO.' SOME OF HIS MEMBERS WERE THERE.
10:23 THEY KIND OF GASPED AND LOOKED AT HIM BECAUSE THEY NEVER HEARD
10:25 HIM SAY THAT. AND THEN HE SAID, 'WELL, YES.'
10:27 BUT THAT, OF COURSE, WOULD INCLUDE THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
10:30 AND THEN HE SAID, 'NINE OF THEM.' (LAUGHTER) AND SO I SAID,
10:35 'SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS THE ONE COMMANDMENT YOU THINK
10:37 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FORGET IS THE ONLY COMMANDMENT THAT BEGINS
10:40 WITH THE WORD 'REMEMBER.' >>THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD IS
10:45 LOVE. THE ESSENCE OF THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS ARE TO LOVE THE
10:48 LORD AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. BUT REAL LOVE REQUIRES TIME.
10:53 THAT'S WHY, AFTER GOD MADE THE WORLD IN SIX DAYS, HE MADE ONE
10:56 MORE DAY FOR A SPECIAL LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD THE
11:01 CREATOR AND HIS CREATURES. IT'S CALLED THE SABBATH DAY.
11:04 MANY PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S STILL APPLICABLE
11:08 TODAY FOR CHRISTIANS OR WHICH DAY THE SABBATH IS.
11:11 WOULD YOU LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS MEANT BY
11:14 JESUS WANTING TO GIVE US THAT REST?
11:17 HE SAYS, 'COME UNTO ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU REST.
11:19 WE HAVE A SPECIAL STUDY GUIDE AND IT'S CALLED THE LOST DAY OF
11:23 HISTORY . IN THIS LESSON WE EXPLAIN HOW
11:25 YOU CAN ENJOY THAT REST THAT JESUS PROMISES TO THOSE THAT
11:29 COME UNTO HIM WHO ARE WEARY AND HEAVY LADEN. YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR
11:33 FREE COPY BY GOING TO THE WEB ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN OR CALL
11:36 THE PHONE NUMBER THERE AND, WHEN YOU DO, ASK FOR OFFER #113.
11:41 I CAN PROMISE YOU, YOU'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AND YOU WILL BE
11:44 ENCOURAGED AND COMFORTED BY THIS STUDY. AND THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT
11:47 WE DO HERE AT AMAZING FACTS. BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR
11:51 MISSION. >>IT SAYS, 'REMEMBER THE
11:53 SABBATH' - NOTICE IT SAYS, 'HE BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY' -
11:56 THERE'S SOME THINGS HE DID TO THAT DAY.
11:58 IN A SPECIAL WAY HE RESTED, HE BLESSED AND HE SANCTIFIED IT.
12:03 HE MADE IT HOLY AND HE SPECIFIED A CERTAIN DAY.
12:06 HE DIDN'T SAY KEEP A SABBATH DAY - DID YOU NOTICE THAT?
12:09 IT DOESN'T SAY GOD BLESSED A DAY AND YOU JUST PICK WHERE YOU WANT
12:11 TO PASTE THAT BLESSING - LIKE A STAMP.
12:13 GOD SAYS, 'I BLESSED A DAY. I'M GOING TO MEET WITH YOU.'
12:16 WE DON'T PICK OUR OWN DAY. IT'S A COMMANDMENT.
12:18 HE DOESN'T SAY 'A SEVENTH DAY' - THE SEVENTH DAY.
12:22 WHICH DAY DID JESUS KEEP HOLY? A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER
12:25 OF CHRIST, RIGHT? ARE WE STILL TOGETHER?
12:29 >>AMEN. >>IT SAYS, "AND HE CAME TO
12:30 NAZARETH, WHERE HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP: AND, AS HIS CUSTOM
12:34 WAS," - WENT TO HIS HOME TOWN AND - IS CUSTOM YOU DO SOMETHING
12:37 ONCE OR TWICE OR IT'S A WAY OF LIFE?
12:39 >>WAY OF LIFE. >>"AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, HE WENT
12:41 INTO THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE SABBATH DAY, AND STOOD UP
12:44 FOR TO READ" THE SCRIPTURES. JESUS REGULARLY WENT TO CHURCH -
12:49 SYNAGOGUE/CHURCH - SAME WORD - GATHERING, IT MEANS - ON THE
12:51 SABBATH DAY, READ HIS BIBLE - IT'S PROBABLY STILL A GOOD IDEA
12:55 FOR US TO DO WHAT JESUS DID. NOW CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE JESUS
12:59 SAID NOT TO DO IT ANYMORE? WHAT ABOUT THE APOSTLES?
13:04 LET'S TAKE PAUL, FOR EXAMPLE. HE WROTE NEARLY HALF OF THE NEW
13:07 TESTAMENT. WHAT WAS PAUL'S CUSTOM REGARDING THE SABBATH
13:10 DAY? IT SAYS, "PAUL, AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, WENT IN UNTO THEM
13:15 AND THREE SABBATH DAYS REASONED WITH THEM OUT OF THE SCRIPTURE."
13:18 PAUL HAD A CUSTOM - HE WENT IN, NOT JUST WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO
13:22 THE JEWS, HE ALSO DID IT WITH THE GREEKS. IT SAYS, IN ACTS
13:26 18:4, "HE REASONED IN THE SYNAGOGUE EVERY SABBATH AND
13:30 PERSUADED THE JEWS AND THE GREEKS" - MEANING THE JEWS AND
13:33 THE GENTILES. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE DID FOR EVERYBODY.
13:36 SO THIS, I BELIEVE, WAS A PATTERN YOU'LL SEE ALL THROUGH
13:39 THE TIME OF CHRIST - WITH JESUS, WITH THE APOSTLES.
13:43 DID JESUS INTEND FOR HIS PEOPLE TO BE KEEPING THE SABBATH AFTER
13:47 HE DIED FOR THEIR SINS DOWN THROUGH HISTORY IN THE LAST
13:51 DAYS? YOU CAN LOOK IN THAT PROPHECY
13:55 WHERE JESUS, TALKING ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD IN MATTHEW 24,
13:57 AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS TIME OF TROUBLE, AND HE SAID, "BUT
14:00 PRAY THAT YOUR FLIGHT BE NOT IN THE WINTER, NEITHER
14:04 ON THE SABBATH DAY." WHY, IF HIS PEOPLE WERE NOT
14:08 KEEPING THE SABBATH ANYMORE, THEN WHY WOULD HE SAY THAT?
14:11 EXCEPT MAYBE HE KNEW THEY WOULD BE KEEPING IT.
14:14 IF YOU LOOK IN REVELATION 14 - REMEMBER, THE 144,000 ARE IN
14:18 REVELATION 14 - IF YOU LOOK IN VERSE 7, THERE THE ANGEL
14:22 DECLARES, "WORSHIP HIM WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH, THE
14:26 SEA AND SPRINGS OF WATER." DO YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN
14:30 EXTRACT RIGHT FROM THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT ABOUT THE SABBATH?
14:35 'FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE
14:39 SEA.' AND THEN HE'S - THE ANGEL'S SAYING, 'WORSHIP HIM.'
14:42 WHAT DO WE DO IN A SPECIAL WAY ON THE SABBATH?
14:44 IT IS A SPECIAL TIME OF COLLECTIVE WORSHIP.
14:47 BY THE WAY, I MEET PEOPLE AND THEY SAY, 'OH PASTOR DOUG, I
14:49 BELIEVE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND I KEEP THE SABBATH DAY.
14:53 I DON'T DO ANY WORK ON THE SABBATH DAY.' YOU'D BE SURPRISED
14:55 HOW MANY PASTORS HAVE COME UP TO ME, RIGHT HERE IN ORLANDO.
15:00 NEXT WEEK, I'LL BE AT WHAT THEY CALL THE NRB CONVENTION -
15:04 NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS CONVENTION - A LOT OF DEAR
15:06 FRIENDS FROM OTHER CHURCHES - AND PASTORS, WE KNOW EACH OTHER
15:09 - WE'RE FRIENDS. THEY KNOW ME, THEY SEE OUR TV
15:11 PROGRAMS, THEY KNOW WHERE I STAND.
15:14 AND THEY'LL COME TO ME SECRETLY - I'M NOT GOING TO BETRAY ANY OF
15:17 THEM - THEY SAY, 'BROTHER DOUG, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT
15:19 SABBATH BUSINESS AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW I DON'T DO ANY WORK ON
15:21 SATURDAY.' I SAY, 'YEAH, BUT DO YOU GATHER FOR WORSHIP?'
15:26 'WELL, YOU KNOW, MY SUNDAY FRIENDS PROBABLY WOULDN'T
15:28 UNDERSTAND IF I DID THAT.' BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS, IN
15:32 LEVITICUS 23, 'THE SABBATH IS A HOLY CONVOCATION.' YOU KNOW WHAT
15:36 A CONVENTION IS? CONVOCATION - ASSEMBLY - A COMING TOGETHER.
15:41 THE PEOPLE OF GOD WOULD COME TOGETHER TO WORSHIP THE LORD.
15:44 IT'S A TIME TO SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH GOD.
15:47 DOES THE BIBLE TEACH THAT GOD'S END-TIME PEOPLE WOULD ALSO BE
15:51 KEEPING THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH HOLY?
15:54 IT SAYS, "AND THE DRAGON WAS WROTH WITH THE WOMAN" - THIS IS
15:57 IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12:17 - "AND WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE
16:00 REMNANT OF HER SEED" - AND, HERE, THE TWO OUTSTANDING
16:03 CHARACTERISTICS: "WHICH KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE
16:06 TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST." YOU CAN READ, ALSO, IN
16:10 REVELATION 12:14 - SIMILAR VERSE.
16:13 "HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS: HERE ARE THEY THAT KEEP
16:16 THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, AND THE FAITH OF JESUS."
16:19 SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL THROUGH REVELATION - NOW, EVERYBODY
16:24 KEEPS SOME OF THE COMMANDMENTS SOME OF THE TIME.
16:27 MOST OF YOU KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS WHEN YOU'RE
16:29 SLEEPING. (LAUGHTER) YOU GO TO PRISON, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET
16:33 PEOPLE THAT KEEP A LOT OF THE COMMANDMENTS. GOD IS LOOKING FOR
16:36 PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE ALL OF THEM AND ARE, BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
16:39 GOING TO DO THEIR BEST TO NOT JUST BE HEARERS, BUT DOERS.
16:43 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL BREAK ONE
16:46 COMMANDMENT, HE IS GUILTY OF ALL.' SO, IF YOU GO TO THE JUDGE
16:50 AND YOU SAY, 'I REALIZE THAT I KILLED THAT PERSON, BUT I KEEP
16:53 ALL THE OTHER COMMANDMENTS.' IS THAT DEFENSE GOING TO WORK VERY
16:56 WELL? >>NO.
16:57 >>YOU KNOW, GOD SAYS, 'LOOK, YOU SHOULD DO YOUR BEST, BY THE
17:01 GRACE OF GOD, TO KEEP ALL OF THEM.'
17:03 >>THAT'S RIGHT. >>NOW, AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT THE
17:04 TEN SUGGESTIONS. AND IT SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS
17:09 COMMANDMENTS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE, AND
17:12 MAY ENTER IN THROUGH THE GATES INTO THE CITY."
17:14 THAT, AGAIN, IS REVELATION 22:14.
17:17 WILL ALL OF THE SAVED BE KEEPING THE SABBATH IN HEAVEN?
17:20 >>YES. >>WELL, I THINK SO.
17:23 YOU CAN READ HERE, IT SAYS IN ISAIAH 66, VERSES 22 AND 23,
17:28 "FOR AS THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH, WHICH I WILL MAKE,
17:31 SHALL REMAIN BEFORE ME, SAITH THE LORD, SO SHALL YOUR SEED AND
17:35 YOUR NAME REMAIN. AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS,
17:38 THAT...FROM ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER, SHALL ALL FLESH
17:42 COME TO WORSHIP BEFORE ME..." IS ALL FLESH JEWS?
17:46 OR DOES ALL FLESH MEAN EVERYBODY?
17:48 >>EVERYBODY. >>HE'S TALKING ABOUT, AS THE
17:50 NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH - THAT'S FUTURE, RIGHT?
17:53 SO, IF THEY KEPT IT BACK IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN - IN THE DAYS OF
17:59 ADAM, RIGHT? IF WE KNOW MOSES AND THE
18:01 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL KEPT IT, AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THE OLD
18:04 TESTAMENT KEPT IT, AND JESUS KEPT IT, AND THE APOSTLES KEPT
18:08 IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT IN HEAVEN, WHY WOULDN'T
18:12 WE KEEP IT NOW? DO WE NEED REST NOW? DO WE NEED QUALITY TIME
18:19 WITH GOD NOW? YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, THIS IS
18:22 JUST SUCH A - A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
18:24 SOME PEOPLE WOULD BE THINKING, 'OH, PASTOR DOUG, YOU'RE MAKING
18:26 A BIG DEAL OUT OF ONE COMMANDMENT.' IT ALWAYS STRIKES
18:30 ME AS PECULIAR - AND I DIDN'T ALWAYS BELIEVE THESE THINGS.
18:34 I JUST SAID, 'LORD, I WANT TO BE IN HEAVEN.
18:36 I WANT TO FOLLOW YOUR WORD. IT'S IN THE BIBLE.
18:38 IT MAY NOT BE POPULAR, BUT I WANT TO BE FAITHFUL.' I KNOW,
18:42 FROM WORSHIPING WITH MY BRETHREN AND SISTREN IN ALL THESE
18:47 DIFFERENT CHURCHES, THAT I COULD GO TO ALMOST ANY CHURCH IN TOWN
18:51 AND I COULD STAND UP, IF THEY INVITE ME TO PREACH, AND I COULD
18:53 PREACH A SERMON ON 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER' AND YOU'D
18:57 HEAR 'AMEN!' 'AMEN!'
18:58 - THEY'D NOD, FOLD ARMS - 'AMEN!'
19:00 - THEY'D LOOK AT THEIR TEENAGERS - 'AMEN!'
19:01 (LAUGHTER) I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT.
19:03 I COULD GO AND I COULD PREACH A SERMON ON 'THOU SHALL NOT STEAL'
19:07 AND FOLKS MIGHT SQUIRM A LITTLE BIT BUT - 'AMEN!' I COULD TALK
19:11 ABOUT 'THOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY' - IT GETS QUIET -
19:15 (LAUGHTER) - BUT YOU'LL HEAR SOME AMENS. I COULD TALK ABOUT
19:21 'DO NOT HAVE OTHER GODS BEFORE ME' - 'THOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE
19:23 NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD' - I COULD PREACH ON ALMOST ANY OF
19:25 THE OTHER NINE COMMANDMENTS AND EVERYBODY'D SAY, 'AMEN!'
19:30 BUT IF YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY, 'REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY -
19:34 THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH' - PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, NO, NO -
19:36 WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW, WE'RE UNDER GRACE.' (LAUGHTER) PEOPLE
19:40 HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS UNTIL YOU PRESENT
19:42 THE ONE THAT THEY'RE ALL FORGETTING.
19:44 WHY DID GOD SAY, 'REMEMBER'? BECAUSE HE KNEW WE'D FORGET.
19:46 >>YEP. YEP.
19:48 >>THERE'S SOMETHING INCON - IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A BIBLICALLY
19:51 HONEST CHRISTIAN, THEN AT LEAST SAY, 'PASTOR DOUG, YOU KNOW,
19:55 KEEPING THE SABBATH IS GOING TO BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR ME.'
19:57 ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S JUST BE HONEST.
19:58 GIVE IT TO GOD. BUT DON'T SAY IT DOESN'T MATTER.
20:01 >>AMEN. >>NOW THIS IS A REVELATION
20:03 PROGRAM - PROPHECY PROGRAM - WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
20:05 THIS, PASTOR DOUG? FOLLOW MY LOGIC.
20:07 SEE IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. DANIEL CHAPTER 3,
20:12 THE KING MAKES A LAW. EVERYBODY'S GOT TO WORSHIP
20:15 THE IMAGE OR THEY DIE. SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO
20:19 WILL NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS
20:22 SAYS 'DON'T DO IT.' DO NOT MAKE IMAGES AND BOW DOWN.
20:26 DANIEL CHAPTER 6 - KING DARIUS MAKES A LAW - 'I AM TO BE YOUR
20:31 GOD FOR THIRTY DAYS' - JUST THIRTY DAYS.
20:34 DANIEL SAYS, 'I AM NOT GOING TO CLOSE MY WINDOWS AND STOP
20:37 PRAYING TO JEHOVAH. BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS
20:40 SAYS, 'THOU SHALL NOT HAVE OTHER GODS.' SO HE GOES
20:44 TO THE LION'S DEN. BUT GOD SAVES HIM. GOD SAVES SHADRACH AND
20:48 MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO FROM THE FIERY FURNACE.
20:50 REVELATION 13, 'WHOEVER DOESN'T WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE
20:55 CANNOT BUY OR SELL AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE KILLED.' IF WE
20:59 DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THE LAW IS, THEN HOW ARE WE
21:02 GOING TO HAVE THE FAITH OF DANIEL, SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND
21:05 ABEDNEGO IN THE LAST DAYS? WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE ALL THE
21:08 OTHER COMPROMISING, WISHY-WASHY PEOPLE WHO SAY, 'LORD, LORD' BUT
21:11 THEY'RE NOT REALLY DOING WHAT GOD SAYS.
21:14 SO, YES IT DOES MATTER, FRIENDS. AND THE DEVIL'S VERY CLEVER.
21:18 BACK IN THE DAYS OF SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO, HE SAID,
21:21 'I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN MAKE A LAW AND GET THEM TO BREAK THE
21:23 SECOND COMMANDMENT.' AND THEN, IN THE DAYS OF DANIEL, WITH
21:27 DARIUS, HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET THEM TO BREAK THE
21:29 FIRST COMMANDMENT.' AND HERE WE ARE, AT THE END OF TIME, HE'S
21:32 GOING TO SAY, 'I'M GOING TO GET THEM TO BREAK THE FOURTH
21:34 COMMANDMENT, BUT I'LL BE VERY CLEVER - I'LL SAY, 'YEAH, GO TO
21:36 CHURCH, JUST DON'T GO THE SEVENTH DAY.'' SEE, GOD - HE
21:40 KEEPS TRYING TO - IT'S LIKE WITH DANIEL - YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
21:43 WORSHIP OTHER GODS FOREVER, JUST FOR THIRTY DAYS.
21:46 JUST SHUT YOUR WINDOWS AND DON'T LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE FOR THIRTY
21:50 DAYS. SEE, THE DEVIL, HE'S VERY
21:52 CLEVER, BUT A COMMANDMENT'S A COMMANDMENT. CAN WE BE CERTAIN
21:57 THAT MODERN DAY, WHAT WE CALL SATURDAY, IS THE SAME SABBATH
22:00 DAY THAT JESUS KEPT? PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, PASTOR DOUG,
22:03 CALENDARS CHANGE AND HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH DAY IT WAS?'
22:07 READ IN YOUR BIBLE - IT'S PRETTY CLEAR - LOOK IN LUKE, FOR
22:09 INSTANCE, CHAPTER 23 - GO TO VERSE 54 - IT'S NEAR THE END OF
22:14 LUKE - IT SAYS THE DAY WHEN CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED WAS THE
22:17 PREPARATION - WHAT WE COMMONLY CALL FRIDAY - THEY CALL IT GOOD
22:20 FRIDAY - "...AND THE SABBATH DREW ON...AND THEY RETURNED, AND
22:24 PREPARED SPICES AND OINTMENTS: AND RESTED THE SABBATH DAY
22:27 ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT." NOW, LUKE IS A GENTILE.
22:31 WHY WOULD HE SAY THEY RESTED ON THE SABBATH ACCORDING TO THE
22:33 COMMANDMENT, IF JESUS TAUGHT THE DISCIPLES THE SABBATH DOESN'T
22:36 MATTER? HOW CAN ANYONE THINK THAT THE
22:39 DISCIPLES DIDN'T THINK THE SABBATH WAS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE
22:41 IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT EVEN AFTER JESUS WAS DEAD AND NO
22:45 LONGER SPEAKING, THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND THEY SAY,
22:47 'LOOK, THE SUN IS GOING DOWN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
22:50 FINISH EMBALMING HIS BODY BEFORE THE SABBATH, SO LET'S JUST DO
22:53 OUR BEST TO KIND OF WRAP HIM UP. WE'LL PUT HIM IN THE TOMB.
22:55 WE WILL COME BACK SUNDAY MORNING AND FINISH.
22:58 WE'RE GOING TO GO HOME AND KEEP THE COMMANDMENT.' SO WHERE DID
23:01 THE DISCIPLES EVER GET THE NOTION THAT IT DIDN'T MATTER TO
23:04 JESUS? IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THEM AND
23:06 SO IMPORTANT TO JESUS THEY WOULD NOT EVEN FINISH THEIR LABOR OF
23:10 LOVE BECAUSE THE SABBATH WAS APPROACHING.
23:12 >>AMEN. >>AND THEN ON THE FIRST DAY
23:15 OF THE WEEK THEY CAME BACK TO FINISH.
23:17 PRAISE GOD, THE ANGELS HAD ROLLED AWAY THE STONE, CHRIST
23:19 ROSE, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY WHICH WAS WHAT?
23:22 EASTER SUNDAY. SO, THERE YOU'VE GOT IT,
23:25 FRIENDS, YOU'VE GOT FRIDAY THE PREPARATION DAY, SABBATH IS THE
23:28 DAY - DO YOU REALIZE JESUS DIED JUST BEFORE THE SABBATH AND HE
23:31 RESTED FROM HIS WORK OF SAVING MAN?
23:33 HE ROSE SUNDAY MORNING TO CONTINUE HIS WORK AS OUR HIGH
23:36 PRIEST. JESUS EVEN KEPT THE
23:38 SABBATH IN DEATH. >>YEP.
23:42 >>WHAT BLESSING IS PROMISED BY THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT?
23:47 JESUS SAYS, 'COME UNTO ME, ALL YE THAT LABOR AND ARE HEAVY
23:51 LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.' SO EVERY COMMANDMENT OF
23:56 GOD - YOU'VE GOT THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND YOU'VE GOT THE
23:59 SPIRIT OF THE LAW. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, RIGHT?
24:02 LETTER OF THE LAW SAYS 'DON'T COMMIT ADULTERY.' THE SPIRIT OF
24:05 THE LAW SAYS, 'DO NOT BE THINKING IT IN YOUR HEART.'
24:09 LETTER OF THE LAW: DO NOT KILL - DO NOT MURDER, IT ACTUALLY SAYS
24:13 - SPIRIT OF THE LAW: DO NOT BE ANGRY WITH YOUR BROTHER OR
24:16 SISTER WITHOUT A CAUSE. LETTER OF THE LAW: DO NOT BEAR
24:19 FALSE WITNESS - SPIRIT OF THE LAW: LET YOUR YES BE
24:22 YES AND YOUR NO BE NO. BE HONEST IN YOUR HEART
24:25 - IN YOUR COMMUNICATIONS. SOME PEOPLE LIE WITH THEIR BODY
24:28 LANGUAGE - JESUS SAID, 'BE HONEST.' LETTER OF THE LAW:
24:32 REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY - SPIRIT OF THE LAW:
24:36 COME UNTO ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
24:39 AND, AS PEOPLE GATHER TOGETHER TO WORSHIP GOD EVERY SABBATH
24:42 DAY, THERE IS A REST THAT COMES. IT REMINDS US THAT HE'S
24:47 THE GOD WHO CREATED US. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE SALVATION
24:51 IS ALL ABOUT 'I WILL CREATE A NEW HEART WITHIN YOU.' THE BIBLE
24:55 SAYS, 'WE WILL BE' - 'OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY, ALL THINGS ARE
24:58 MADE NEW.' WE ARE A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST.
25:02 DO WE STILL NEED A DAY OF REST TODAY?
25:05 DO WE STILL NEED A DAY OF WORSHIP?
25:08 THEN DID GOD TELL US, 'I HAVE SET ASIDE AND BLESSED A
25:10 PARTICULAR DAY.' SHOULD WE SAY, 'GOD, IT'S NOT CONVENIENT TO DO
25:14 IT THE DAY YOU'VE PICKED, I'M GOING TO DO IT MY OWN DAY'?
25:16 WELL, THAT DEPENDS. WHO'S YOUR GOD, YOU OR HIM?
25:19 DO WE DO WHAT GOD SAYS? >>AMEN.
25:23 >>HE SAYS, 'I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOU ON THE
25:26 SEVENTH DAY. IF YOU LOVE ME, PROVE IT.'
25:29 >>PROVE IT. >>'KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' NOW,
25:31 BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER - I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE HEARING THIS
25:34 AND YOUR MINDS ARE SPINNING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF
25:36 THINGS YOU COULD TEACH IN A REVELATION SEMINAR.
25:38 IT'S INTERESTING TRIVIA. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW, 'WELL, YOU
25:42 KNOW, PASTOR DOUG, SO WHEN DOES THIS AGE BEGIN AND WHAT DOES
25:46 THIS SYMBOL IN REVELATION MEAN? AND WHAT DOES THAT SYMBOL MEAN?
25:50 OH, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING - VERY INTERESTING.' BUT, YOU KNOW
25:52 WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION?
25:55 WHEN PEOPLE LEARN THE SABBATH TRUTH, THEY GO, 'WHOA!
25:58 THAT WOULD ACTUALLY AFFECT MY TIME.
26:01 THAT WOULD AFFECT MY LIFE. THAT WOULD AFFECT MY SCHEDULE.'
26:07 YOU KNOW, MY FATHER, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, HE WAS A
26:09 MULTI-MILLIONAIRE - HE HAD A LOT OF MONEY.
26:12 HE WAS ALWAYS BUSY. I WANTED TIME WITH MY FATHER.
26:14 AND HE'D SAY, 'DOUG, LOOK, I'M BUSY.
26:17 I'VE GOT A LOT I'VE GOT TO DO. HERE'S FIVE DOLLARS, GO TO THE
26:19 MOVIE.' IT WAS EASIER FOR HIM TO GIVE ME A TIP THAN
26:23 TO GIVE ME HIS TIME. >>WOW.
26:26 >>AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GO, 'LORD, YEP - PRAISE THE LORD
26:28 - PRAISE THE LORD.' BUT WHEN YOU START GIVING GOD YOUR TIME, THAT
26:31 MEANS HE'S REALLY YOUR GOD. AND THAT'S WHY THIS SUBJECT IS
26:34 SUCH A SERIOUS SUBJECT, BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS TO DO
26:37 WITH 'IS HE OUR GOD?' JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE ME,
26:41 KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' AND HE WANTS TO BLESS
26:43 YOU, FRIENDS, AMEN? >>AMEN.
26:45 >>NOW, THIS IS A COMMANDMENT OF GOD.
26:49 HE SAYS, 'REMEMBER THE SEVENTH DAY' - NOT 'REMEMBER A SEVENTH
26:52 DAY.' THIS IS THE SEAL OF GOD BECAUSE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
26:56 GOD'S LAW YOU'VE GOT THE NAME OF GOD, YOU'VE GOT THE WORD 'HOLY',
27:01 YOU'VE GOT THE CONTEXT OF WORSHIP, YOU'VE GOT TIME.
27:04 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE DIVIDED IN TWO PARTS: THE FIRST
27:08 COMMANDMENTS DEAL WITH OUR LOVE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD; SECOND
27:12 GROUP - COMMANDMENT CHAPTER - NUMBER 5 ON THROUGH 10 DEAL WITH
27:17 OUR LOVE FOR OUR FELLOW MAN. IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S LAW, THE
27:21 LONGEST COMMANDMENT - IN THE CENTER OF HIS LAW - THE ONLY
27:25 COMMANDMENT THAT BEGINS WITH THE WORD 'REMEMBER' IS VERY UNIQUE
27:30 BECAUSE IT TELLS US THAT HE NOT ONLY HAS OUR MINDS,
27:34 HE'S GOT OUR TIME. AND THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS.
27:38 HE IS OUR GOD - WE WORSHIP HIM AND HE IS GOING TO BE FIRST IN
27:41 OUR LIVES. >>AMEN.
27:43 >>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING
27:46 YOU READ IN THE BIBLE. WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS
27:50 CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
27:54 TO GET BIBLICAL STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS CALL IN TO
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28:01 WHERE YOU CAN TALK TO PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR AND ASK
28:04 HIM YOUR MOST DIFFICULT BIBLE QUESTIONS.
28:06 FOR TIMES AND STATIONS IN YOUR AREA, OR TO LISTEN TO ANSWERS
28:09 ONLINE, VISIT BAL.AMAZINGFACTS.ORG .
28:15 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
28:19 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
28:22 OF THE WEEK. NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
28:26 PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED?
28:29 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST?
28:32 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
28:35 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT? DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S
28:38 LAW AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED. VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM.
28:46 >>TOGETHER WE HAVE SPREAD THE GOSPEL MUCH FARTHER THAN EVER
28:49 BEFORE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
28:55 (MUSIC)
29:25 >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF
29:28 THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.


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