Participants: Pr. John Lomacang
Series Code: ASHF
Program Code: ASHF000120A
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00:20 Hello, friends, welcome to Wednesday night Bible study
00:23 here at the 3ABN Worship Center. 00:25 Thank you so much for tuning in this evening. 00:28 We're going to continue 00:29 in our trek through the Word of God, 00:31 and we've been having a wonderful time 00:33 studying God's Word together. 00:35 Can we say amen to that? 00:37 Tonight we're beginning new topic today called 00:38 "The Truth about the First Day," 00:41 The Truth about the First Day, 00:45 and I'll tell you where to get the copy of that lesson 00:47 in just a moment. 00:48 But we often want to just thank you for taken the time, 00:52 inviting your family and friends 00:54 wherever you're tuning in from. 00:55 It could be on the West Coast, 00:57 could be the East Coast, could be around the world. 00:59 That could be, Amman, Jordan, 01:00 as I found out someone watches from there, in China, 01:04 wherever you're tuning it from 01:06 or down under in Australia, or the Caribbean, 01:07 or the Virgin Islands, 01:09 where my family lives there in St. Thomas, 01:10 wherever you're tuning in from, 01:12 thank you for taken the time to study God's Word together. 01:15 This is an eye opening topic, 01:18 "The Truth about the First Day." 01:21 And let me frame it in just a moment here, 01:23 but before we anything, 01:24 we're going to have our opening prayer, 01:26 and then we'll have our theme song. 01:28 And before we slide into this new lesson, 01:30 there are couple of scriptures that I want to give you 01:33 as we capstone the lesson about 01:35 the truth about the body temple. 01:38 There was a one more I wanted to add, 01:40 didn't have enough room on the page, and I said, 01:42 "It wouldn't make sense to put a whole new page 01:45 for one more scripture. 01:46 But let's pray together right now. 01:48 Father in heaven, we thank You Lord 01:50 for Your Word. 01:51 We thank You for the opportunity 01:53 to study together. 01:54 And we do pray that as we open our hearts 01:58 that Your Holy Spirit will come in 02:00 and speak to our need. 02:02 Also, enlighten us as we study Your Word, 02:05 may the information sink in, but also be stored within. 02:09 And may You infuse us with the desire to serve You 02:12 and to know You. 02:14 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 02:17 Now before we go on further, 02:18 if you want to get a copy of the lesson, 02:21 download lesson number 32 at this website, 02:24 asf.3abn.org. 02:28 That's asf.3abn.org. 02:31 Download lesson number 32 called 02:34 "The Truth about the First Day," 02:37 The Truth about the First Day. 02:40 And if you have lesson number 31, 02:43 we have already done that lesson, 02:45 but there are just two scriptures 02:47 that I'm going to include 02:48 after we sing our theme song just to cap it off 02:51 because this was particular, very key verse 02:54 that I did not include that I want to make sure 02:56 that I could tie those ends up 02:57 very nicely with those scriptures. 03:00 But let's sing our theme song first. 03:02 And the theme song is Victory in... 03:04 Victory in Jesus. Let's sing this song together. 03:14 I heard an old, old story 03:17 How the Savior came from glory 03:21 How He gave His life on Calvary 03:25 To save a wretch like me 03:29 I heard about His groaning 03:33 Of His precious blood's atoning 03:36 Then I repented of my sin 03:40 And won the victory 03:44 O victory in Jesus 03:48 My Savior, forever 03:51 He sought me and bought me 03:55 With His redeeming blood 03:59 He loved me ere I knew Him 04:03 And all my love is due Him 04:07 He plunged me to victory 04:10 Beneath the cleansing flood 04:14 I heard about a mansion 04:18 He has built for me in glory 04:22 And I heard about the streets of gold 04:25 Beyond the crystal sea 04:29 About the angels singing 04:33 And the old redemption story 04:37 And some sweet day I'll sing up there 04:41 The song of victory 04:43 Key change. 04:45 O victory in Jesus My Savior, forever 04:52 He sought me and bought me 04:56 With His redeeming blood 05:00 He loved me ere I knew Him 05:03 And all my love is due Him 05:07 He plunged me to victory 05:11 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:15 He plunged me to victory 05:18 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:25 Amen. 05:26 Sounds nice and hearty. 05:30 The Truth about the First Day 05:33 is the title of our lesson tonight. 05:35 But before we go to that lesson, 05:38 we have been studying 05:40 The Truth about the Body Temple, 05:42 which in fact is the topic of adornment. 05:44 Where did this come from? 05:46 How the Lord led the children of Israel out of Egypt, 05:49 gave them all the wealth of the Egyptians, 05:51 and instead of saving it 05:53 for the building of the earthly, 05:55 temporary tabernacle, 05:57 they decided to wear it instead. 05:59 And that's the Old Testament examples 06:00 how God call them from that practice 06:04 to living their lives for the glory of the Lord. 06:08 Now I want to go to Revelation Chapter 12, 06:10 I'm going to show you two examples, 06:13 two particular scriptures. 06:15 Revelation 12:1, and Revelation 17:4. 06:19 When you go down to the very end of the Bible, 06:21 it's amazing how this topic of adornment 06:24 begins to be addressed in Genesis, 06:26 and then is capped off with two symbols in Revelation. 06:30 Revelation 12:1, 06:32 we're going to see two pictures. 06:34 We're going to see the church 06:36 as God has ordained it to be, 06:40 and then we're going to see the church in apostasy. 06:44 We're going to see the church in faithfulness 06:47 and the church in apostasy. 06:48 Now the reason why 06:50 these two pictures are important 06:51 is because you'll find that there's a vast difference 06:53 in the way they look. 06:55 And for the Lord to communicate that message by adorning them, 07:00 the way He does, 07:01 there must be a message about 07:04 who is the Lord of either one or each one, 07:09 who is in charge? 07:10 And what message is being conveyed 07:12 by the outward appearance? 07:14 So let me make a point before we read the verses. 07:17 What's taken place on the inside 07:18 will be reflected on the outside, 07:20 do you believe that? 07:21 How we feel on the inside often plays itself out 07:25 on the outside, 07:26 the things we believe, the things we teach, 07:29 the things we embrace are often communicated 07:32 by the way we present ourselves. 07:34 So Revelation Chapter 12, 07:37 let's look at Revelation Chapter 12. 07:39 And we're going to look at first at the woman 07:42 that is pictured as the faithful picture 07:44 of the church. 07:46 Revelation 12:1, the Bible reads, 07:49 "Now a great sign appeared in heaven, 07:53 a woman closed with the," what? 07:56 "Sun with the moon under her feet, 08:00 and on her head a crown of," how many stars? 08:04 "Twelve stars." 08:06 Notice what she's clothed with. 08:08 Sun, moon, stars, 08:11 and that crown represents those stars. 08:16 What's the natural beauty of the woman? 08:18 What God created? 08:19 The sun, the moon and the stars, 08:21 reflecting the glory of God. 08:22 Now we know the moon has no light of its own, 08:25 it reflects the glory of the sun. 08:27 And the stars are in and of themselves 08:30 reflecting the glory. 08:32 Now many stars we know 08:33 are not other moons but other galaxies. 08:38 So the glory that is presented by this woman 08:41 is the natural beauty, 08:42 the sun, the moon, and the stars. 08:44 Can we say amen to that? 08:45 That's the natural beauty, 08:47 that's the way that God pictures His church. 08:49 That's the church that Satan is upset with. 08:52 Revelation 12:1. 08:53 Now let's go to Revelation 12:17. 08:56 Revelation 17:4, 09:01 Revelation 17:4. 09:03 In my mind when I say that's the faithful woman, 09:06 I was thinking of Revelation 12:17 09:08 because in Revelation 12:17, 09:11 you find there the text 09:13 where Satan is upset with that woman. 09:16 He's not just upset with the fact that she keeps 09:19 the commandments of God, 09:20 but he's upset with everything about her dedication to God. 09:23 All right, let's look at that. 09:25 Revelation 17:4, here it is. 09:28 And this is the other woman. 09:29 And by the way, who is she? 09:31 She, based on Revelation 17:1, 09:34 she's described as the great harlot, 09:36 she's described in Revelation 17:5 09:38 as mystery Babylon the Great, 09:40 the picture of utter rebellion against God. 09:42 But notice how she's pictured. 09:45 Revelation 17:4, 09:47 "And the woman was arrayed in," what color? 09:49 "Purple and scarlet," 09:51 meaning the color blue is missing, 09:53 which represents God's commandments, 09:55 "And adorned together with," what? 09:58 "Gold," and what else? 10:00 "Precious stones," and what else? 10:03 "Pearls having in her hand, 10:05 a golden cup full of abomination 10:09 and the filthiness of her fornication." 10:12 So God uses precious stones, 10:15 pearls, gold, 10:18 as an indication of her external appearance, 10:21 the very same symbols that were used in Babylon, 10:26 the same symbols that were used in Egypt, 10:29 and whenever God's people got involved in wearing 10:32 these articles of gold, 10:34 or precious stones, or pearls, 10:36 the Lord pictured His people in a position of rebellion. 10:39 So look at the different pictures. 10:41 The woman naturally clothed, 10:43 and the woman with external adornment, 10:45 not reflecting the inward character, 10:47 as the Bible says, 10:49 the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit 10:52 in the sight of God is what is precious, 10:54 not the ornaments that are external, 10:56 but the ornaments that are internal, 10:58 the meek and quiet spirit. 10:59 Amen to that. 11:00 One more text before we begin our new lesson. 11:02 Now let's go to Ezekiel, Ezekiel Chapter 28. 11:07 Ezekiel Chapter 28. 11:10 Okay, let's look at that text together. 11:14 Ezekiel 28, 11:16 and we're going to look at Lucifer... 11:19 Thank you very much. 11:21 Lucifer, whose name before his fall 11:24 meant the son of the morning, the son of the morning. 11:28 Now, when the morning sun rises, 11:32 the glory of the heavens are what paints the sky. 11:36 When the sun begins to rise, 11:38 we see that it begins to be just faintly light, 11:42 then maybe you have that purple, 11:44 and the colors begin to come in, 11:46 but when the sun finally clears the horizon, 11:48 you see the glory radiating everywhere, 11:51 but the way that the Lord God clothed Lucifer 11:57 before his rebellion 12:00 was quite different than after his rebellion. 12:04 Now what you're going to see, and here's the context of this. 12:08 This fallen angel that was clothed 12:11 in glorious garments that the Lord clothed him in, 12:15 lost his former state. 12:16 So when you read that, 12:18 you're going to see the word in the past tense. 12:22 Let's look at Ezekiel 28:13, Ezekiel 28:13. 12:27 Okay, here it is. 12:30 "You were in Eden, 12:34 the garden of God. 12:37 Every," what kind of stone? 12:40 "Every precious stone was your covering." 12:43 Now get this. This is amazing. 12:45 This fallen angel having been clothed that way, 12:49 now wants humanity to be clothed the way he was. 12:54 And when he said, "I'll be like the most high." 12:56 What he lost is what he wants to give to us. 12:59 He wants us to be externally covered, 13:01 but the covering comes only on the glorious side. 13:04 The covering comes 13:06 only in the presence of God's glory. 13:07 Adam and Eve lost their covering, 13:09 he lost his covering. 13:11 It is amazing, and I'll go further on in the text 13:13 as I began to read it, as I continue reading it. 13:15 The two things that Lucifer possessed 13:17 that are great issues in the Christian church today 13:20 is music and adornment. 13:24 Those are the two things he was vastly gifted with. 13:28 Those are two of the major issues 13:30 in the Christian church today, music and adornment. 13:33 Let's continue. 13:35 It says, "Every precious stone was your covering, 13:38 the sardius, topaz, and diamond, 13:41 the burl, onyx, and jasper, 13:44 sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold." 13:49 Notice all the precious stones, 13:51 the way he was clothed before he rebelled 13:55 is the way he seeks to clothe us 13:57 after his rebellion. 13:59 And when it says every precious stone, 14:02 these were your covering, 14:04 that means he lost that beauty after his fall. 14:07 But now communicating to humanity, 14:10 to clothe themselves, 14:12 to represent the very one 14:14 that was in rebellion against God, and... 14:17 Say it again. 14:19 And that was the clothing before sin. 14:21 Now, here's something we have to very much keep in mind. 14:24 We talked about this last week, 14:26 and I think I should go ahead and maybe turn there with you. 14:30 Let's go to Revelation one more time. 14:32 Revelation Chapter 1 one more time. 14:35 Now, I'm going to go to a different... 14:37 This is just capping off lesson number 31. 14:39 We're going to go to the screen in just a moment. 14:41 Revelation Chapter... 14:43 And I'll show you why the Lord wants His people 14:46 to overcome this struggle with adornment 14:50 is because when we get to heaven, 14:52 the Lord wants heaven to be a place 14:56 that is going to be a city that remains intact. 15:00 All right, Revelation Chapter 21, 15:03 Revelation Chapter 21. 15:07 Okay, 21. 15:09 I say it slowly, 15:11 it sounds like Revelation 20 and 1, 15:13 but Revelation 21, 15:15 and we're going to look together 15:17 at the biblical picture of the New Jerusalem, 15:22 all right? 15:24 Revelation 21 beginning with verse 19, look at this. 15:30 All right, 15:37 I'm going to go further back. 15:38 I'm going to go 15:40 to Revelation 21:11, 15:45 verse 10, verse 10, okay, thank you, 15:48 I appreciate you're keeping up with me. 15:51 Revelation 21:10, and the Bible says, 15:53 "And he carried me away 15:55 in the spirit to a great and high mountain, 15:57 and showed me the great city," the what city? 16:01 "Holy Jerusalem, 16:04 descending out of heaven from God having the," what? 16:09 "The glory of God, 16:12 and her light was like a most precious stone, 16:17 like a jasper stone clear as," what? 16:21 "Clear as crystals." 16:23 All right? 16:24 Now let's go and look at the description of this city. 16:28 All right? 16:30 We're going to go to verse 19, "And the foundation," 16:33 speaking of the walls, 16:35 "And the foundation of the wall of the city 16:37 were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. 16:42 The first foundation was jasper, 16:44 the second," what? 16:45 "Sapphire, the third chalcedony, 16:47 the fourth, emerald, the fifth, sardonyx, 16:50 the sixth, sardius, the seventh chrysolite, 16:53 the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, 16:55 the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, 16:58 and the twelfth amethyst." 17:00 It says, "And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, 17:03 each individual gate was of one pearl." 17:06 Can you imagine the size of that pearl? 17:09 Huge, but here's the point. 17:15 If we are not delivered from self ordinate, 17:18 self adornment, 17:20 and we go to heaven with that in mind, 17:22 we go to heaven to adorn ourselves 17:24 with precious stones, and pearls, and gold, 17:27 what's going to happen to the New Jerusalem 17:29 when we get there? 17:31 Huh? 17:33 We don't want to live in the city, 17:34 we want to wear the city. 17:36 And what many of us don't understand 17:37 is when you even look at the foundations 17:39 of 12 precious stones, the foundations of the city, 17:42 the walls of the city, the gates of the city, pearls, 17:46 and the streets made of transparent gold, 17:48 that means pure, 17:49 pure than any gold that this earth has ever known. 17:52 If we are not delivered from the self ornamentation 17:57 when we get to the kingdom of God 17:58 rather than reflecting the glory of God, 18:02 we're going to want to reflect the glory of the city, 18:04 chiseling up the streets of gold, 18:07 taken down the gates of pearl to put them on, 18:09 you follow my point? 18:11 God wants His natural glory to be reflected. 18:14 Can you say amen to that? 18:15 And so when you begin to see the comparison, 18:17 and we cover the lesson in great detail, 18:19 if you want a copy of that, 18:21 you can go to the website I mentioned, 18:22 asf.3abn.org and download lesson number 31 18:26 to get all the ones 18:28 that we covered up to this point. 18:30 Hopefully, that will give you a clarity. 18:33 The issue of it is whether we therefore eat or drink, 18:36 or whatever we do, do all to the glory of God. 18:40 That is including how we take care 18:42 of the inside of our bodies, and how we adorn the outside. 18:45 Praise the Lord for that. 18:47 Now, the new title of the lesson is on the screen. 18:50 Can we say that together? 18:51 The Truth about the what day? 18:53 The Truth about the First Day. 18:55 Now this is huge. 18:57 When I was working on this lesson, 18:59 I gave my wife a preview of the lesson 19:00 why it's so vitally important. 19:02 Let me put the context together. 19:05 Recently the Supreme Court made a decision 19:08 that I would say Christians 19:10 nationwide are very upset about. 19:13 The Supreme Court by one particular vote 19:17 passed something called the redefinition of marriage. 19:22 Now let me ask you the question. 19:24 Can man redefine what God has already defined? 19:27 Yes or no? 19:28 Cannot, it's impossible. 19:30 So Christians nationwide are infuriated by the fact 19:36 that this idea of same sex marriage 19:39 has been voted in to replace 19:42 marriage between a man and a woman, 19:44 the way that God ordained it 19:45 in the Garden of Eden before sin. 19:48 You might wonder how does this associate 19:50 with the first day. 19:51 You're going to follow me very carefully. 19:52 Now Christians today are saying, 19:55 how could the Supreme Court have done that? 19:58 It offends us as Christians that they substituted. 20:02 What words did I just use? 20:04 They substituted God's definition of marriage 20:09 with their definition of marriage. 20:13 And then they said, 20:15 "We no longer support traditional marriage." 20:18 So I guess this new marriage will be untraditional. 20:22 Now, the reason why Christians are upset as they are today 20:27 is because this change has been made in our presence. 20:31 We're seeing the change. 20:33 But let's play this out a little bit. 20:36 If the world last this long, which I'm hoping it doesn't, 20:38 let's say 300 years from now. 20:41 Would same sex marriage seem to be traditional? 20:43 Yes or no? 20:47 Yeah, of course, 20:48 because it would have been practiced 20:50 as a tradition for 300 years. 20:53 So in 300 years, this will be the new tradition, 20:58 the new normal replacing the old tradition. 21:01 But let me suggest to you that the marriage, 21:04 the way that God established it is not a tradition, 21:07 it's biblical. 21:09 Say that word again. 21:10 It's a hard word to say, biblical. 21:13 So we never... 21:14 I don't believe in traditional anything. 21:16 I believe in scriptural marriage, 21:18 not traditional marriage. 21:20 Amen? 21:21 Because traditions change, 21:22 that's the reason I began with that story. 21:24 So 300 years from now, 21:25 same sex marriage is going to seem traditional 21:27 to that generation. 21:29 They're going to say, 21:30 "We've been doing this for the last 300 years." 21:32 So it'll be a well established tradition 21:34 if God allows the world to go on that long. 21:38 But the reason why Christians are upset today 21:40 is because they're saying, 21:41 how dare them substitute 21:44 what God blessed way back in Eden. 21:48 Now, brothers and sisters, 21:50 there's a point to that beginning statement. 21:52 Now let me transition to the first day. 21:55 What many Christians don't know, 21:57 they may think that the Supreme Court 21:59 just began its attack on God's Word. 22:02 But a different court, 22:05 more than 2,000 years ago began its attack on God's Word 22:10 by substituting the Sabbath 22:13 for the first day of the week. 22:16 And the reason why Christians today are not upset 22:19 is because it's been a tradition 22:21 for almost 2,000 years. 22:24 So what seemed like a practice supported by the Bible 22:28 is nothing but a 2,000 year old tradition. 22:31 And if you go further back than the Roman Empire, 22:34 you can go back to the time the Babylonians 22:36 and the Phoenicians, 22:38 all served and worship the sun God 22:40 from which we get the word Sunday. 22:43 Now Saturday is man's name. 22:46 Sabbath is God's name for the Seventh-day. 22:49 So we call... 22:51 My wife, somebody said to my wife, 22:52 "You have a hard time saying Saturday." 22:54 She said, "Well, yes, because I've been calling 22:55 the seventh day Sabbath almost all my life." 22:58 That's the name God gave the seventh day of the week, 23:00 the Sabbath. 23:01 Can we say amen to that? 23:02 So when you notice this, 23:04 the reason why this topic is so vitally important. 23:07 I now believe, I'm fully convinced, 23:09 and I think that if you're a Christian you will agree. 23:12 If the change was made today from God's commandments, 23:16 the fourth commandment to a new day of worship, 23:19 Christians today would have said, I am upset, 23:21 they just change God's commandments. 23:24 But because it's been going on, 23:26 but because the change was made almost 2,000 years ago, 23:30 the first law was passed by Roman Emperor Constantine, 23:33 not yet by the Roman pontiff, 23:35 but by Roman Emperor Constantine 23:37 in the year 168 AD. 23:39 That's when the first change. 23:41 It was started as a family day. 23:43 The same language being used today 23:46 by Pope Francis. 23:47 We need to establish a day for family. 23:50 That's the same language that's being used 23:53 by this present pope. 23:55 We need to establish a day for family. 23:58 Satan knows he has been successful for 2,000 years, 24:00 why not bring it back. 24:02 And so here's my point. 24:04 If you believe that tradition is above the Bible, 24:09 then same sex marriage 24:10 should be okay to all Christians. 24:13 But we don't believe that tradition is above the Bible, 24:16 therefore Christians do not accept 24:18 same sex marriage. 24:19 Can I get an amen? 24:21 So since you don't believe that tradition is above the Bible, 24:24 on the very same premise, 24:26 you should not allow the first day of the week 24:29 to substitute what God blessed from the very beginning. 24:33 And by the way, God blessed the Sabbath 24:35 before sin entered the world. 24:37 God blessed the marriage before sin into the world, 24:40 which means if sin never entered the world, 24:44 there would be no need for anything new. 24:47 And by the way, even though sin entered the world, 24:48 there is no need for anything new. 24:51 Did you get that? 24:52 The only reason why things are changing 24:54 is because sin is making the change, 24:57 not God, all right? 25:00 So now let me premise that again. 25:04 If you believe that tradition is more powerful 25:06 than the Bible, 25:08 which in 1565, Pope Reggio said, 25:11 "Tradition is above the Bible." 25:14 They had to do that to be successful 25:17 against the early Protestant reformers 25:19 because the Protestant reformers 25:21 stood on the Bible and the Bible only. 25:24 And the only way to successfully argue 25:27 above the reformers 25:29 is to exalt tradition above the Bible. 25:32 I would submit you today 25:34 that that's exactly what has happened in America. 25:37 This new redefinition of marriage 25:42 has been exalted above God's Word. 25:44 And anybody who says otherwise, any Christian that says, 25:48 I go by the Bible is being ostracized in the society. 25:52 But as a Christian, I am not going to keep silent. 25:55 Can we get an amen? 25:57 I still stand on God's Word, but I don't stand on God's Word 26:00 just for the fact that I believe in marriage 26:04 the way God intended it to be. 26:06 But I stand on God's Word because I believe that 26:08 the seventh day of the week is the only day He blessed, 26:12 and I'm not standing on this tradition of worship, 26:15 I'm standing on the biblical foundation 26:17 of the day God blessed. 26:19 Amen? 26:20 So let's peek at that very quickly. 26:21 Let's peek at that before we go to 26:23 question number one. 26:24 We have time, and as you know here, 26:25 we don't rush, we don't rush. 26:28 Go with me to Genesis Chapter 2. 26:30 We don't rush because whatever we don't cover on this program 26:33 surely will be covered in the next upcoming program. 26:37 Genesis Chapter 2. 26:38 Now the reason I'm taking you to Genesis 26:40 is because right before Genesis 2:1, 26:46 you find that in Genesis 1:31, the Bible says, 26:51 "Then God saw everything that He had made, 26:54 and indeed it was very good." 26:57 Say very good. 26:59 That means His divine stamp of approval. 27:04 And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. 27:07 Now look at Genesis 2:1, 27:10 "Thus the heavens and the earth were..." 27:12 "Thus the heavens and the earth, 27:14 and all the host of them were finished. 27:18 And on the seventh day, 27:21 God ended His work which He had done, 27:25 and He rested on the seventh day 27:28 from," how much? 27:29 "All His work which He had done, 27:33 then God blessed the," together, 27:36 "seventh day, and did," what? 27:38 "Sanctified it because in it He rested from all His work 27:42 which God created and made." 27:44 What day did God sanctify? 27:46 The seventh. 27:48 Did God sanctify marriage? 27:50 Yes, it's sanctified 27:51 when a man and a woman are together. 27:54 And why, why man and woman? 27:55 A lot of people may say, 27:57 "Well, as long as we love each other, 27:58 that's all that matters." 27:59 Well, what happens here 28:01 is when man and man are joined together, 28:02 they don't complete the image of God. 28:03 Now, just as follow that through. 28:06 If God decided that Adam needed another man, 28:11 there'll be no more human race. 28:13 It would have died out when Adam died out, 28:15 and when his partner died out. 28:17 If God said... 28:18 With Eve, with Eve, 28:20 humanity would have had no procreative abilities. 28:24 Satan is seeking to remove the image of God 28:28 from the human race 28:29 because God gave woman the femaleness, 28:33 God gave man, the maleness, 28:35 and when men and women are joined together, 28:37 they complete the image of God and the human race. 28:41 That's why you find all through the Bible, 28:43 the church is referred to as the woman, 28:45 and Jesus is referred to as the husband man. 28:49 That's the image of God on the human race. 28:51 Satan has always been against the image of God 28:54 and the human race. 28:55 And that's the way he is seeking to obliterate it, 28:58 the closer we get to the coming of the Lord. 28:59 Now let's dive into that because once again, 29:01 I preface this by saying, 29:03 if you believe tradition is above the Bible, 29:06 then Christians should accept same sex marriage. 29:10 But if you don't believe that tradition is above the Bible, 29:12 you must embrace marriage the way that God intended. 29:16 And on the very same note, 29:17 if you believe that tradition is above the Bible, 29:20 then you can pick any day to worship. 29:22 But if you believe that God's Word is supreme 29:23 above tradition, 29:25 then God only blessed the Sabbath, 29:27 and only blessed the seventh day. 29:28 Amen to that? 29:29 And the Sabbath and the first day 29:31 are not the same day, 29:32 we'll show you that in just a moment. 29:34 All right, let's go to question number one. 29:35 Lot of foundation but very important. 29:38 Question number one, what event... 29:41 And by the way, we're going to see, 29:43 we're going to see 12 verses in the New Testament. 29:47 Where we're going to see them? 29:49 In the New Testament, 29:50 now here's the reason for this exercise, 29:52 very important exercise. 29:56 Many Christians have been taught 29:58 that the Sabbath was done away with 30:01 and Sunday is now the new day of worship. 30:05 Now once again if that's the case, 30:08 if God got rid of the Sabbath, 30:11 then something was wrong with it. 30:14 And He found a better day. 30:16 But God did not get rid of the Sabbath. 30:20 But if you have been taught that God 30:22 established a new day of worship, 30:24 the only place you can find that establishment 30:26 is in the New Testament, right? 30:29 Because after Jesus died and ascended back to heaven 30:32 after His resurrection, 30:34 what happens after that point 30:36 should give us all the evidence we need 30:39 if it's in the Bible to establish 30:41 that Sunday is now the new day of worship. 30:43 That's why many Christians say in defense of the first day 30:47 to avoid the Sabbath, 30:48 they say we're New Testament Christians. 30:51 Well, you ought to be all testament Christians. 30:53 Amen? 30:54 Because if you're only New Testament Christians, 30:56 then you can't really follow the creation record 31:00 because most of the Bible, 31:02 about 80% of the Bible is Old Testament. 31:05 And it's like the Christians today 31:07 have been taught to pick the old against a new 31:10 or the new against the old. 31:11 They say, "Is it in the New Testament?" 31:14 Do you see how large the Old Testament is? 31:16 You cannot possibly duplicate 31:18 the whole Old Testament in the New Testament. 31:20 The simple way to understand that is the Old Testament 31:23 is the New Testament concealed, 31:26 and the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed, 31:29 all right? 31:30 Clearly covenant, covenant hasn't changed. 31:34 Praise God for that. Now look at the first question. 31:36 Here it is on the screen. 31:38 What event was referred to in the first New Testament text 31:43 about the first day? 31:45 What event was referred to? 31:46 We're going to see the 12 texts. 31:48 There are only 12 verses in the entire New Testament 31:50 about the first day of the week, only 12. 31:53 How many did I say? Twelve. 31:55 We're gonna look at every one of them 31:57 and see which one gives us a new day of worship. 32:01 What event was referred to in the first New Testament text 32:05 about the first day? 32:06 Let's go to Matthew 26:17, 32:09 and we're going to take them all in chronological order. 32:12 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, 32:15 1 Corinthians and Philippians, we're going to see all of them. 32:18 Here it is. 32:20 Here it is. 32:21 Matthew 26:17. 32:23 Here's the first one. 32:25 Okay, it's on the screen. 32:27 "Now on the first day of the Feast of," what? 32:31 "Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, 32:34 saying to Him, 'Where do You want us 32:37 to prepare for You to eat the Passover?'" 32:40 So now, is this talking about a new day of worship? 32:43 No, it's simply talking about 32:44 the Feast of the Unleavened Bread. 32:46 And by the way, that wasn't, 32:48 that wasn't a particular day in the week, 32:51 but it's just simply meant 32:52 the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 32:55 Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat this Passover? 32:59 Do you want us to do it in this section of town, 33:01 that section of town, 33:03 this portion of the temple, in the upper room, 33:05 where would you like us to prepare for that? 33:07 That does not talk about a particular day, 33:08 it simply means the beginning 33:10 of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 33:11 And by the way, 33:13 this was before the crucifixion. 33:15 So right away we looked at very first one, 33:17 and so write that down. 33:18 What event was referred to in the first New Testament text 33:21 about the first day? 33:22 Put there, Feast of the Unleavened Bread. 33:28 And by the way, the Feast of the Unleavened Bread 33:30 is a symbol of the sinless life of Jesus. 33:34 He is the bread that has come down from heaven, 33:38 the living bread. 33:40 The Israelites thought that the bread they had 33:41 in the wilderness was more important 33:43 or more potent, 33:44 but Jesus is the living bread, all right? 33:47 So right away, we have one text down, 33:49 we have 11 more to go 33:50 to see if we could find any one of these texts 33:53 establishing a new day of worship. 33:55 Let's go to the second question. 33:57 In our second reference, 33:59 how does the Bible label 34:03 the day before the first day? 34:05 In our second reference, 34:08 how does the Bible label the day before the first day? 34:13 Let's go now to Matthew 28. 34:16 And we're going to look together at verse 1. 34:19 And some of you are so fast, you're already there. 34:23 Give me a minute. 34:26 Okay? 34:27 Although I have it on the screen, 34:29 I want to go ahead and look at it very quickly. 34:31 Are you ready? Here we go. 34:32 Matthew 28:1. 34:34 Here's the question. 34:36 "Now after the," what? 34:38 "Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, 34:43 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary 34:45 came to see the tomb." 34:47 So the question is, in our second reference, 34:50 how does the Bible label the day before the first day? 34:54 What's the answer? Sabbath. 34:56 Write that down. 34:58 Okay, so we have to establish, it's vitally important. 35:00 The first day therefore cannot be the Sabbath. 35:03 That's the importance of that text. 35:05 The first day comes after the Sabbath. 35:08 Now after the Sabbath, 35:11 as the first day of the week began to dawn, 35:14 so we can never say the Sabbath 35:16 and the first day of the week are the same day, all right? 35:19 That's in scripture, all right? 35:21 So right away, we see the first day mentioned, 35:25 but as we read this text, it's simply speaking about 35:28 when Mary came to the tomb. 35:30 Now as we continue to question number three, 35:33 we're going to see why she came to the tomb, all right? 35:36 Let's go to question number three. 35:38 What is the event described in the second New Testament 35:43 reference of the first day? 35:46 What is the event described in the second New Testament 35:49 reference of the first day? 35:51 Let's go to Matthew 28:6, if you read from verse 1-6, 35:55 you get the whole story. 35:57 But we're going to just take the components out, 35:59 and put the answers in there. 36:01 We know about the verse we just read 36:03 that Mary and the other Mary, 36:06 they came down to the tomb, right? 36:09 And they're coming to the tomb 36:11 because who's supposed to be at the tomb? 36:13 Jesus, all right? 36:14 But when they get there, look at the verse. 36:16 This is the event that's been described, 36:18 verse 6, here it is. 36:21 "The angel said," let's read this together. 36:23 "He is not," what? 36:24 "Here, for He is," what? 36:26 "Risen, as He said. 36:27 Come see the place where the Lord lay." 36:31 So what event is being talked about here? 36:34 The resurrection, Jesus' resurrection. 36:37 So right away, we've seen two references, 36:40 both of them, 36:42 one talking about the Feast of Unleavened Bread, 36:44 the other one talking about the resurrection. 36:46 So, so far out of the 12, we only covered two, 36:49 so far we haven't found any scriptural support 36:51 for new day of worship. 36:53 Now, friends, you may be watching this and say, 36:55 "Well, I go to church on the first day of the week, 36:57 what should I do?" 36:58 As I'm walking through this, let me put this out there, 37:01 so that you don't feel that this is a kind of cutting up 37:05 or beating up what you believe. 37:07 Let me put this in the proper context. 37:11 Following the example of Jesus 37:15 and following His word is what a Christian is. 37:19 Amen? 37:21 If we begin to now say, 37:23 well, this church says that, 37:27 that church says that, that church says that, 37:31 that church says that, 37:33 I'm going to pick the church that best fits 37:35 the way I want to live, 37:38 then we'll have what we have today, 37:40 just exactly what the world is. 37:42 People picking what best fits their schedule, 37:45 their way of life, their style of music, 37:48 the programs that church has, 37:50 that's not the way it was in the beginning. 37:53 In the beginning, you find the Old Testament, 37:56 you'll hear a voice behind you saying, 37:58 "This is the way, walk ye in it." 38:00 And then Matthew 4:4, 38:01 "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by," what? 38:05 "Every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." 38:08 So Jesus, His Word is so important. 38:11 He said, He honors His word above His name. 38:15 So if His Word is important, 38:17 the words of men should never be more important 38:19 than the Word of God, right? 38:23 And you'll find out that if, at the end... 38:26 Now you may get a little upset, 38:27 but I want you to just contain yourself 38:30 'cause I want you to walk through the study. 38:32 All we're giving to you is the Bible. 38:33 We're not telling you what to do, 38:35 but here's what I'm suggesting. 38:37 If after this discussion is over 38:39 or after this study is over, 38:40 you discover that what you have been doing 38:43 is tradition and not scripture, 38:45 I would suggest you follow scripture and not tradition. 38:48 Amen somebody? 38:49 Because to follow a traditional day of worship 38:52 is like accepting the new way of marriage, 38:57 right? 38:59 Men have just redefined marriage, 39:01 but 2,000 years ago, men redefined the Sabbath. 39:05 So if redefining marriage is fine with you, 39:07 then you're tradition, 39:09 men's tradition, not God's Word. 39:11 We don't accept tradition above God's Word. 39:13 Praise God for that. 39:15 Let's go to question number three. 39:16 Question number four, question number four. 39:20 All right, we're going to go through each of these texts. 39:22 In what context... 39:24 Now we're going to Mark now. 39:25 In what context does Mark record the third reference 39:31 to the first day? 39:32 In what context does Mark 39:34 record the third reference to the first day? 39:37 Let's go to Mark Chapter 14, 39:39 and we are going to look together at verse 12. 39:42 Mark Chapter 14, 39:44 and we are going to look together 39:45 at verse 12, all right? 39:51 Thank you for that water. 39:53 I'd tell you, it's refreshing. 39:54 I appreciate it very much. 39:57 The gospel sometimes share the same event. 40:01 But each disciple 40:02 will communicate it differently, all right? 40:05 Let's see now, Mark 14:12. 40:07 Here it is on the screen. 40:09 "Now on the first day of," what? 40:11 "Unleavened Bread, 40:13 when they killed the Passover lamb, 40:17 His disciples said to Him, 40:19 'Where do You want us to go and prepare 40:22 that You may eat the Passover?'" 40:24 So what is this about again? 40:26 The Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Passover. 40:30 So now based on this text in our third reference, 40:35 this simply talks about the beginning 40:37 of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 40:38 That's simply talk about what Matthew talked about 40:40 in Matthew 26:17. 40:42 Matthew talked about it, Mark talked about it. 40:45 Three references down, nine to go. 40:50 So far in New Testament, 40:52 we haven't found anything replacing the Sabbath 40:54 that was ordained from the very beginning, 40:56 all right? 40:58 Now let's go to question number five. 41:02 And in question number five, 41:03 we're going to look at the fourth reference, 41:05 and the fifth New Testament reference. 41:07 Now you might think as, 41:09 "Why is he saying New Testament?" 41:10 It's because the New Testament is the Testament 41:13 that many people cite as the reason 41:15 why they keep a new day of worship. 41:17 And by the way, we're not going to cover that tonight, 41:19 but I'm going to show you 41:21 how this was able to successfully 41:24 be inserted into Christianity. 41:28 But let's go to question number five 41:29 before we go ahead of ourselves. 41:31 Okay, here it is. 41:33 What is the event described in the fourth 41:36 and fifth New Testament reference of the first day? 41:39 What is the event described in the fourth 41:41 and fifth New Testament reference of the first day? 41:45 All right, let's go to Mark 16:2 to begin. 41:49 Mark 16:2 is where we're going to begin. 41:53 All right, and many of you are there already, 41:55 I appreciate that. 41:56 You guys are so quick, you know where I'm going. 41:59 All right, I'm in this... 42:01 I'm in the chapter. 42:03 And if your Bible does it the way mine does, 42:05 it actually titles what going to be talked about 42:07 in that chapter. 42:08 Here it is, Mark 16:2, here's what the Bible says. 42:13 "Very early in the morning on the," what day of the week? 42:16 "First day of the week, 42:19 they came to the tomb when the sun had risen." 42:23 So now they're on their way to the tomb 42:26 on what day of the week? 42:27 The first day of the week 42:29 as we established earlier in Matthew 28:1 42:33 is the first day of the week followed the Sabbath. 42:39 All right, very important. 42:41 So this is one of the references 42:43 about the first day where we can simply, 42:46 they are coming to the tomb. 42:48 You'll find out who they are in the very next reference. 42:51 So write that down, 42:52 what is the event described 42:54 in the fourth reference of the first day? 42:56 Mark 16:2, that is going to the tomb. 42:59 That's what it is, 43:01 they talk about going to the tomb. 43:02 And when did they go? On the first day of the week. 43:04 Now let's go to Mark 16:9, okay? 43:10 Okay, here it is, speaking about what happened, 43:13 speaking about who rose. 43:16 And now the Bible reads, "Now when He rose early," 43:20 on the what day of the week? 43:22 "First day of the week, 43:24 He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, 43:28 out of whom He had cast," how many? 43:30 "Seven demons." 43:32 Who is the He talked about here by the way? 43:34 Who's the He? Say it again? 43:36 Jesus. 43:37 Jesus, when He rose, He appeared to Mary. 43:39 You may remember the dialogue as recorded in Matthew. 43:43 Mary didn't know, she thought He was a gardener. 43:46 She said, "Where have you taken my Lord?" 43:49 Tell me where you... 43:50 That the tomb is empty, where's the... 43:52 Where did you take Him? 43:53 She thought He had been stolen. 43:55 And all He said was, "Mary." 43:58 And she recognized that voice, she said, "Rabini,", 44:02 which is to say teacher. 44:04 And she was about to embrace Him, 44:05 and He said, "Do not touch Me, 44:06 I've not yet ascended to My Father." 44:09 So that He that's talked about here, 44:11 once again these two events 44:14 reference number four and five 44:15 are both referring to what event? 44:17 The resurrection, the resurrection. 44:21 Okay, so we've done four and five, 44:24 and we're on question number five, 44:25 we haven't found the day, the new day of worship yet. 44:29 Okay, let's go to the sixth reference, 44:32 the sixth reference. 44:34 All right, and question number six. 44:39 All right, it's the sixth reference, 44:41 here's the question. 44:43 What event is Luke referring to 44:46 in the sixth New Testament first day text? 44:50 What is he referring to 44:51 in the sixth New Testament first day text? 44:55 Now we've gone to Matthew, who comes after Matthew? 44:58 Mark. 45:00 Who comes after Mark? Luke. 45:01 Okay, so we're in the progression. 45:03 We're beginning with Matthew, the converted tax collector, 45:06 Mark, who's the disciple for the underdog, Luke, 45:09 who's the converted physician, and we're going to go to John, 45:13 next, who is the one whom Jesus loved, 45:15 the youngest of the disciples. 45:17 Let's see if Dr. Luke has given us the ammunition 45:19 we need to establish a new day of worship. 45:22 Luke Chapter 24. 45:23 And by the way, there's only one reference 45:26 in all the book of Luke for the first day. 45:29 We're going to see it right now. 45:31 Luke 24:1, here it is. 45:34 Let me turn there, although it's on the screen. 45:38 Okay, here it is. Here it is. 45:40 Luke 24:1, 45:43 "Now on the first day of the week, 45:46 very early in the morning, 45:48 they, and certain other women with them, 45:52 came to the tomb bringing the spices 45:55 which they had prepared." 45:58 What event is this talking about it? 45:59 If you go to verse 2 in Luke Chapter 24, 46:03 you'll see exactly, but it says in verse 2, 46:05 "But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 46:08 and they went in and did not find 46:10 the body of the Lord. 46:12 Okay, what event is being referred to here, 46:14 somebody tell me? 46:15 The resurrection again. 46:18 The sixth reference. 46:20 What event is Luke referring to? 46:22 In question number six, 46:23 write down that, the resurrection. 46:25 Referring to the resurrection, 46:27 we are going to revisit Luke Chapter 24, 46:31 maybe not today because we're going to see 46:33 the three days in the Bible outlined in sequence. 46:37 We're going to see the Bible names 46:39 not Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 46:41 Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 46:43 We're not going to see it that way. 46:45 We're not going to see, we start on... 46:47 We start with Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 46:49 Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 46:51 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 46:53 we're not going to see those names in the Bible, 46:54 we're going to see other names 46:56 which are the names that God gives them, all right? 46:59 Okay, so let's go to reference number seven. 47:02 Now after Luke, we have Matthew, 47:04 Mark, Luke, and then John. 47:07 We're going to go to John and see what John has to say. 47:10 John... 47:16 Let's see what John has to say. 47:19 And let's look at the question, 47:20 question number seven, here is it. 47:24 What event... 47:25 And the question's pretty forthright. 47:27 What event is John referring to 47:30 in the seventh New Testament first day text? 47:34 I'm going to go to John Chapter 20, 47:36 and most of you are already there. 47:39 You guys, while I'm asking the questions, 47:40 you're turning, and I appreciate that, 47:43 but wait for me. 47:44 Okay, here we are. 47:46 All right, here's the text. 47:48 "Now the first day of the week, 47:51 Mary Magdalene went to the tomb," what time of day? 47:56 "Early, while was still dark, 47:59 and saw that the stone had been taken away 48:02 from the tomb." 48:05 When she saw the stone had been taken away, 48:07 the Bible says in the very next verse, 48:10 "Then she ran and came to Simon, and Peter, 48:12 and the other disciple whom Jesus loved 48:14 and said to them, 48:15 'They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, 48:17 and we do not know where they have laid Him.'" 48:21 He's gone. 48:23 Let me tell you, let me ask you, 48:25 why is He gone? 48:26 Because He rose, He had risen. 48:29 And so now let me ask the question, 48:31 what event is John referring to 48:33 in the seventh New Testament first day text? 48:37 The resurrection. 48:38 It's amazing how many texts 48:40 continue to refer to the resurrection. 48:43 So write that down again. 48:44 We have resurrection. 48:46 So far, we've only seen two events, 48:47 resurrection and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 48:49 Resurrection, 48:50 Feast of Unleavened Bread, that's it. 48:52 One prior to the death of Jesus, 48:54 one after the death of Jesus, 48:58 particularly the resurrection. 49:00 All right, now we've got a question number eight, 49:03 question number eight, all right? 49:06 We're moving at a good pace. 49:08 We're moving at a good pace. 49:11 Okay, now this one, 49:15 I really like this one. 49:18 I really, really like this one 49:21 because let me put the context together. 49:24 Now Jesus had been crucified, 49:30 He was in the tomb. 49:32 This by the way 49:35 is one of the verses in the Bible 49:38 used to support Sunday worship. 49:41 But as you read this text, 49:42 you're going to see that is not about Sunday worship, 49:46 the entire context will be included 49:49 as we look at the verses before that, 49:51 and the verses after that. 49:54 Okay, let's go ahead. 49:55 When I get to verse 19, bring it up on the screen. 49:58 I'm going to start with the verses before that, 50:00 all right? 50:01 Let's start with... 50:03 Actually verse 19 really is the beginning of the context 50:07 because Mary, 50:09 she came and tells the disciples 50:10 everything that's happening. 50:12 So now what kind of assembly does the Bible describe 50:14 in the eighth New Testament reference? 50:16 Go ahead and bring that up on the screen. 50:17 Here it is, John 20:19, "Then the same day at evening," 50:22 here's what the Bible says. 50:24 You'll see it in the text. 50:25 "Then the same day at evening, 50:29 being the," what day of the week? 50:31 "First day of the week, 50:33 when the doors were shut 50:36 where the disciples were assembled," 50:40 for worship service. 50:41 What does it say? 50:43 "For fear of the Jews." 50:46 Let me finish the text, and it says, 50:48 "Jesus came and stood in the midst, 50:51 and said to them," what? 50:53 "Peace be with you.'" 50:55 At that moment, they had anything but peace. 50:57 Why were they there? 50:58 Because they were assembled for what? 51:01 For fear of the Jews. 51:02 This was not a church service, this was a hideout. 51:07 In other words, our Lord has just been killed, 51:10 what are they thinking? 51:11 What are they thinking? 51:12 We're next. 51:14 They are not worshiping, they are praying. 51:20 There's a difference between worshipping and praying. 51:21 They are in fear, they are in trouble. 51:25 If they kill the Lord, 51:26 what's going to happen to us next? 51:28 There was anything but peace in that assembly. 51:31 And by the way, when it says they were assembled together, 51:37 there in Luke, I mean, in John 20:19, 51:41 they were assembled for fear, 51:42 that means they were huddled together, 51:46 that's what that means. 51:47 They were not having song service, 51:49 and let's read this scroll next, 51:51 and let's have this prayer next, 51:52 they were huddled together, 51:54 doors were shut so that nobody could find them. 51:58 Now does Jesus need doors to come in? 52:00 Yes or no? No. 52:02 He came into their presence and said, "Luis, relax," 52:07 He said, "Yannick, it's going to be okay. 52:11 Terry, don't worry about it, I'm risen. 52:15 Peace be with you." 52:17 Amen, church? 52:19 Peace be with you. 52:20 This was not the establishment of a new day of worship, 52:24 He was simply saying, 52:25 "Remember, I told you I was going to rise? 52:27 I'm back." 52:30 Let me wipe my forehead for them. 52:32 Man, man, so what do we do next, Lord? 52:35 And He gave them instructions after that. 52:37 He gave them instructions after that. 52:39 You could continue to go through that, 52:41 and Doubting Thomas needed some confirmation, 52:43 Thomas said, "I'm not sure. 52:46 I'm not sure. 52:48 Is this an apparition?" 52:49 He said, "Go ahead, stick your hand on My side. 52:53 I have flesh and blood. This is not spirit, it's me." 52:56 Doubting Thomas, 52:57 that's where that story came from. 52:59 Jesus made them clear. 53:00 Jesus made it clear to them He had risen. 53:03 Now we find 53:07 what kind of assembly does the Bible describe 53:09 in the eighth New Testament reference? 53:11 They were hiding from the Jews. 53:15 They were hiding from the Jews. 53:17 Why do they have to hide from the Jews? 53:19 'Cause the Jews joined with the Romans to kill Jesus, 53:24 the high priest, the judgment hall, 53:28 Pilate's judgment hall, 53:29 Caiaphas, the list goes on and on. 53:31 They just killed Jesus, and the disciples said, not us. 53:36 And the Lord showed up in the midst and said, "Relax." 53:40 Praise God for that. 53:42 Let's get one more. I think we could do one more. 53:45 This is another text, this is another text 53:49 that's often refer to for a new day of worship. 53:53 But let's look at question number nine. 53:55 Okay, here it is. 53:57 Or the ninth reference I should say, here it is. 54:01 Does the ninth New Testament 54:03 first day establish? 54:07 Does the ninth New Testament first day establish 54:09 a new day of worship? 54:11 Does it? 54:14 Let's go and read it. 54:15 Let's go to Acts 20:7 quickly. 54:18 We got about three and a half minutes. 54:21 Where did the time go? 54:22 I wish that clock would slow down. 54:24 It just keeps moving. 54:26 Let's keep moving since the clock is moving here. 54:28 Acts 20:7, Acts 20:7. 54:31 I was idealistic thinking I could cover all this tonight. 54:34 It's not possible. 54:35 Acts 20:7, here it is. 54:38 "Now on the first day of the week, 54:41 when the disciples came together 54:42 to," do what, church? 54:44 "To break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, 54:50 spoke to them and continued his message 54:53 until midnight." 54:54 You guys should never be upset with me, 54:56 I've never preached till midnight, right, Dee? 54:58 I've never preached till midnight. 55:00 He preached so long that Eutychus fell out the window, 55:03 busted his head, brought him back to life, 55:05 and kept on preaching. 55:08 They got together to break bread, 55:10 many Christians say, "Ha, that's our text." 55:14 They broke bread on the... 55:15 So write it down. 55:17 Does the New Testament establish of... 55:19 The New Testament text establish a new day of worship? 55:22 No, what did it say they did? They broke bread. 55:24 And what day was it? 55:26 The first day of the week. 55:27 This was a meeting that was held by Paul. 55:29 If you read the rest of the text, 55:31 he was saying, "I'm about to take 55:32 a long journey through Asia Minor, 55:35 from one city to the other to the other to the other. 55:38 I need to tell you a lot before I leave." 55:40 This is what that was. 55:42 It was not the establishment of a new day of worship, 55:45 but some Christians were taught. 55:46 But they broke bread on the first day, 55:48 and the pastors have said, 55:49 if they broke bread that means they were worshiping. 55:53 But let's see, let's go to the very next question. 55:55 Before we conclude that, 55:57 anytime they got together and broke bread, 55:59 of course, they prayed, 56:00 of course, they sing songs together, 56:02 of course, they worship the Lord. 56:03 But let's look at the next question. 56:06 This is not a new day of worship. 56:08 They didn't sanctify and change any days, 56:10 and you found nothing to that effect thus far. 56:12 Question number 10, here it is. 56:14 I think we can get this one in. 56:16 Did the breaking of bread happen 56:18 only on the first day of the week? 56:21 You know the answer, but let's go to Acts 2:46,47, 56:24 we're going to get this one in before the program ends. 56:27 I know it, Praise the Lord. 56:28 And since you're already there, 56:30 I'm going to turn there right away, 56:31 and here it is on the screen. 56:32 Okay, about breaking a bread, here's what the Bible says. 56:36 Acts 2:46, "So continuing," how often? 56:40 "Daily." 56:41 "Continuing," how often? 56:42 "Daily with one accord in the temple," and what else? 56:47 "Breaking bread from" what? 56:49 "House to house, they ate their food 56:52 with gladness and simplicity of heart." 56:55 What else did they do? 56:57 "Praising God and having favor with all the people. 57:00 And the Lord added to the church," how often? 57:04 "Daily those who were being saved." 57:06 I want you to notice what they did. 57:08 They broke bread every day. 57:10 How often did they do that? Every day. 57:12 The Lord added to the church, how often? 57:14 Every day. 57:16 Every time they got together to break bread and praise God, 57:20 another soul was added to those who were saved. 57:24 But thus far we have found not a single command 57:28 establishing a new day of worship. 57:31 We have a couple more left, 57:33 we have actually gone through 9 references, 10 references. 57:36 We got two more attempts before we can conclude 57:41 that the Bible is replete with only Sabbath references 57:45 or that the Bible is absent of any first day references. 57:49 You know, friends, what we simply want to do here 57:52 is do what God's Word says. 57:54 What do we say to that? 57:56 We simply want to be honest to God's Word, 57:58 and it doesn't make sense right now to you, 57:59 but keep on studying 58:00 because one day as you continue, 58:02 it will come into A Sharper Focus. 58:05 God bless you. Let us pray. |
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