Hello, friends, welcome to
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another
Wednesday night Bible study
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here at the 3ABN Worship Center
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here in Thompsonville, Illinois.
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I know you've heard
the phrase, West Frankfort
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or the city West Frankfort,
it's just a few feet that way.
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But thank you
for tuning in tonight
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as we continue our study
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on the truth
about the first day.
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What a dynamic topic this is.
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We're going to let
you know in just a moment
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how to get a copy of the
lesson and follow along with us.
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But wherever
you're tuning in from,
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get your Bible, get your pens.
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Invite your
family and your friends
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to sit down for a thoughtful
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and very
challenging provoking study
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on what the Bible says
about the first day of the week.
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I'll give you some
more details in a moment
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and also the website where
you can download the lesson
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and get access
to all the lessons
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we've done about 32 so
far and about 90 videos.
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So we'll give
you that information,
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but let's begin as we invite
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the Lord's presence
with a word of prayer.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Heavenly Father, we thank
You tonight for the fact that
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when we call on Your
name, that Lord You are here.
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We call on the name of Jesus.
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Father and we pray that
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Your Holy Spirit will be
the active agent and power
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that governs the study,
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reaches out
through the airwaves,
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whatever the medium to
touch the hearts of those
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that are listening and
those that are watching.
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We pray that this
topic Father could be clear
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and that not only will
information be communicated
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but the challenge to be obedient
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to the Word of the Lord.
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So, Lord, lead us tonight
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as we open our
hearts and our ears to You,
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Now if you want a
copy of the lesson,
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go to this website asf.3abn.org
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and download lesson number 32.
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What lesson did I say?
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Number 32, the
truth about the first day.
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Lesson number 32.
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This is a very exciting lesson
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and on that very same website
you'll see links to Facebook
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as well as I believe to Twitter
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where you can upload
questions if you have any
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about the topics
that are being covered.
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But we're continuing tonight
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from lesson number
32, question number 10.
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But before we do that we
always sing our theme song
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and the title of our theme song,
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can we sing that
together is victory in...
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Victory in Jesus.
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Let's sing our
theme song together.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sins
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And won the victory
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Oh, victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me 'ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day, I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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Oh, victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me 'ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen.
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Wonderful song.
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Plunged us to victory beneath
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the cleansing flood
which is the blood of Jesus.
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So good to see
those of you are here.
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Some of you are vacationing,
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some of you are
coming back to town.
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And we thank you for
those who are tuning in,
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whether from the Caribbean,
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from Amman, Jordan,
from China, from Australia
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and all the other
places around the world
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from my family there
in the Virgin Islands,
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appreciate you
tuning in tonight.
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This topic is very
exciting and very timely.
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Now let me lay the
foundation like I did last week.
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And by the way,
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the title of
our message tonight,
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let's say this
together, the truth about the...
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The truth about the first day.
The truth about the first day.
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Now we're going to
begin on question 10,
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but I want to lay
some foundation tonight
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because the
first day of the week
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is solely based on tradition.
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What word did I just use?
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Tradition.
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Many Christians are not upset
about the first day of the week
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because this change, Louise,
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took place
almost 2000 years ago.
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But what's amazing about that is
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there has been a change
recently made in America
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that is based on the tradition,
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tradition of men,
not the Word of God.
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Recently the Supreme
Court made the decision
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to support same sex marriage.
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Now one of the reasons
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why Christians are
so upset about that is,
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they know that
almost 6000 years ago,
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so marriage is not too old to
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still referred to it as
valid today, can we say amen?
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Amen.
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Although done at the
very end of creation week,
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it's still valid today.
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Christians don't say,
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"Well, that was 6000
years ago we should change."
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They say, "God did that at
the beginning of creation week,
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He gave Adam to Eve, Eve to Adam
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and it's still valid today."
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They find no reason to change
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what the Lord
did during creation,
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but there's something
else He did during creation,
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He not only
sanctified the marriage,
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He sanctified the seventh
day of the week, the Sabbath.
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But that change
being made 2000 years ago,
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people today that honor it say,
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"Hey, it's scriptural,
it's not scriptural."
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We have covered thus far
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about nine texts
out of the 12 verses
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in the New Testament that
cover the first day of the week.
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So if we're going
to find Bible support
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for the first day of the week,
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we have to find it
in the New Testament.
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You cannot find it
in the Old Testament.
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Many people say they
are New Testament Christians
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because they say,
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in saying that we keep
the new day of worship.
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But now let me go ahead
and expand this picture.
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In about 300 years from now,
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if the world were
to last that long,
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same sex marriage
would be a tradition.
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And in that society they'll say,
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"Well, we've been
doing this for 300 years,
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it must have some
support somewhere in Scripture."
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But people know that anything
that's not based on the Bible
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is purely
tradition and not scriptural.
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So here's my point.
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If Christians are upset about
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the traditions of
men over the Word of God
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in the same sex
marriage institution,
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they ought to be just as upset
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about the traditions of men
over the Sabbath of the Lord.
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Can I get an amen? Amen.
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You cannot change
anything that God has blessed,
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no matter how far back it goes.
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If the Lord
never changes Sabbath,
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man has no authority to do it.
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Since the Lord
never changed marriage,
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Christians today know that
man has no authority to do it.
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Some leaders have said,
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"They may be the Supreme Court
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but they are not
the Supreme Being."
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We do it not because men say it,
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but because God's Word says it.
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And so for
Christians that had been taught
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that the Bible supports
the first day of the week.
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We want to find that if we
could support their statement.
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And we're going to look through
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every text in the New Testament,
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so far we've
covered nine of them.
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We only have three remaining.
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And so far we've discovered that
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most of the New Testament verses
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support the theme about
the resurrection of Jesus,
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being raised on the
first day of the week.
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So far we have found no
support in the Bible at all
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for a new day of worship.
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We have only found
support for those things
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that are already
mentioned in Scripture,
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the Bible Sabbath,
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marriage between
a man and a woman,
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not traditional, but
scriptural, but biblical.
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We ought not do it
because it's traditional.
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We do it because it's biblical.
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It's based on the Bible.
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So now what we're
going to do tonight,
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we discovered that
we went and by the way,
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in that very lesson
that you downloaded,
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there should be 27 questions.
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We're going to begin
tonight on question number 10
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because this is
one of the verses
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Acts 20:7.
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Let's go to Acts 20:7 first
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and then we're going
to go to the question.
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Let's go to Acts 20:7
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because I recently read,
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and by the way
I'm working on a book,
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but those of you that
are watching the program
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or listening,
keep your ears open.
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The book is almost
done, it's called Sunday Mask,
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it's following the last
three pontiffs or popes of Rome
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in their push for the exaltation
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of the first day of the week.
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This recent pope or Pope Francis
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is calling for
Sunday to be observed.
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And he's
referring to this very text
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as biblical authority why
Sunday should be observed.
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Let's go ahead and read the text
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and see if this
gives any support,
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any biblical authority
for the first day of the week.
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Acts 20:7.
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Here we go.
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And I have, matter of fact,
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I have the article
open here on my iPad
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about the very reference
that Pope Francis made,
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he said, "Because
the disciples did this,
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we now have authority to
honor the first day of the week
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as a new day of worship."
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Let's read the text.
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Acts 20:7.
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This is not going
to be on the screen,
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but let's go and read it.
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But what I'd like to read is,
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let's go to verse 7 at Acts 20.
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It says, "Now on
the..." What day of the week?
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"First day of the week,
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when the disciples
came together to..."
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Do what?
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"Break bread,
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Paul, ready to
depart the next day,
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spoke to them and continued
his message until midnight."
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They say, "Oh, they got together
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and they broke bread on
the first day of the week."
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So therefore,
what the suggestion is,
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is the breaking of bread,
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having been done on
the first day of the week
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must now be scriptural authority
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for a new day of worship.
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What I'd like to point out
is you find no reference there
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to a new day of worship at all,
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the day that's
actually being referred to
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is in the verse
right before that,
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The Feast of Unleavened Bread.
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That's what's being referred to.
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Look at the verse
right before that,
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verse 6.
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"But we sailed
away from Philippi
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after the Day of
Unleavened Bread,
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and in five days
joined them at Troas,
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where we stayed seven days."
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Now it goes to the verse 7
on the first day of the week.
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So Paul continuing his journey
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throughout many of
the cities in Asia Minor
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was simply gathering together
to have a farewell meeting
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that simply all that happened,
it was a farewell meeting,
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but somebody may say,
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"Well, it was the
first day of the week."
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And he continues
speaking until midnight.
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Well, now this is powerful.
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This is huge.
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I want you to put your ears on,
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I got mine on, can you see them?
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This is huge.
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Many people don't understand
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when the first day
of the week begins.
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When you read Genesis
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you'll find in Genesis
over and over every day,
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the evening and the
morning were the what?
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First day.
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So the evening begins the day,
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when you get to
12 o'clock at night.
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What is it
called? Somebody tell me.
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Midnight. Midnight.
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It's called midnight.
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When we hit 12
noon, it's called what?
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Midday.
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Why is it called midday?
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Because the day
begins at? The sunset...
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The day begins at sunset.
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Thank you very much.
The day begins at sunset.
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It does not begin at sunrise,
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the day doesn't
begin at midnight
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because at 12 o'clock
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that is 12 o'clock at
night is the middle of the night
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which means something happened.
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So let's use
this scriptural terms
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sunset is the
terms the Bible use.
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Sunset.
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So when the sun
sets the day is over,
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from evening to evening.
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Now following that very thought
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when the sun sets
tonight wherever you are,
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whatever day it is
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and right now
it's Wednesday for us,
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when the sun sets
tonight, what starts?
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This is powerful.
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Thursday night starts.
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Then Thursday. Okay.
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But now once you
get, if Thursday starts,
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if Thursday starts
tonight at when sun sets
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and I preach until midnight.
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What day am I on?
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On Thursday night.
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Thursday midnight.
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In the modern
vernacular of timing today
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they'll call tomorrow
night at 12 o'clock midnight,
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Thursday night.
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When in fact
Friday's already started.
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Follow that carefully.
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So one of the reasons
why men are so confused today
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about the order of the days,
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you got to
follow the scriptures,
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if you are Bible
believing Christians,
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you got to let the
Bible be your final authority.
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Ain't that right?
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So Paul simply preached
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until the late
part of Saturday night,
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that's what they call it today.
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Today, we call
it Saturday night,
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there they call
it midnight Sunday,
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the first day of the week
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'cause the first
day of the week began
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when the Sabbath ended.
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And the Sabbath ended,
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Saturday
evening when the sunset.
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That's what that was.
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But somebody may say,
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"But, Pastor, they broke bread
on the first day of the week."
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Well, now let's see if there's
any authority in the Bible
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to make the
first day of the week
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a new day of worship
because they broke bread.
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Now let's go to our
first question tonight
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that will appear on the
screen, question number 10.
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Here it is.
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Did the breaking of bread happen
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only on the
first day of the week?
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Did the breaking of bread happen
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on the first day of the week?
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Let's go to Acts 2:46.
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Acts 2:46.
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I wish I had two hours tonight.
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I honestly do
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because we have an
event coming up next week
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that's going to present
our, next one's in Idaho
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and we're going to have
to begin the week after that.
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I like to serve
food while it's hot.
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Okay. Acts 2:46, 47.
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Let's go and look at that.
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And let's look at this
breaking of bread to see
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if this only happened on
the first day of the week.
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Here we are.
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Acts 2:46, and Bible reads,
00:16:17.27\00:16:20.91
"So continuing..."
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How frequently? Daily.
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"Daily with one
accord in the temple..."
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And what else?
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"Breaking bread from..." What?
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"House to house, they
ate their food with..."
00:16:29.55\00:16:33.36
What?
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"Gladness and..." What else?
00:16:34.76\00:16:36.36
"Simplicity of heart..."
00:16:36.39\00:16:38.03
And it continues,
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"Praising God and
having favor with..."
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How many people?
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"All the people.
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And the Lord
added to the church..."
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How often?
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"Daily those who
were being saved."
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Something
happened on a daily basis.
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They were in the temple daily.
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They continued house to
house breaking bread daily
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and people were
being saved daily.
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Amen?
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So this breaking of bread
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was simply what
people might call today
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small group ministries.
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Cell group
ministries is the term
00:17:07.52\00:17:09.12
that's often used nowadays.
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They go from house to
house, people pick Tuesday,
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some people pick Thursday
to have it at their home.
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But it's simply what the
New Testament church did.
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That's where the concept
of small groups came from
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right this very example.
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Go from house to
house breaking bread
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and the bread
that we're breaking
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was not only the bread of food,
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but the bread
of the Word of God.
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So we find clearly
based on Acts 2:46.
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And here's the
answer. Here's the question.
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Did the breaking of bread
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happen only on the
first day of the week?
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You only put one word
down. What's that word?
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No.
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Absolutely. It
happened every day.
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Now what's amazing
about the references here.
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Let's go to the
very next reference.
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I want you to see this.
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Acts Chapter...
Question number 11.
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Question number 11.
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All right?
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So far we've done
that's the ninth reference,
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we only have three more
references and let's see
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if this next reference
will give us any support
00:18:03.14\00:18:05.75
for Sunday being
a new day of worship
00:18:05.78\00:18:08.08
because that's what the
Christian church today says,
00:18:08.12\00:18:10.99
Sunday is the
new day of worship,
00:18:11.02\00:18:12.75
it's the day we honor
because of the resurrection.
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We're going to
talk about that also.
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And Rome, and Pope Francis,
00:18:17.56\00:18:19.79
and Pope Benedict,
and Pope John Paul II
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to be the most recent
three popes continue to push
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this observance of
the first day of the week
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not just for
Catholics but for all the world.
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That's a big
part of his encyclical
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which was repeated just recently
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and he's going to be
coming to America really soon
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to talk to
congressional leaders,
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he had audience with
many of the major mayors,
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he's now having closed circuit
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what they call a
digital audiences
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with people around the nation,
00:18:47.26\00:18:49.22
but he's talking about the need
00:18:49.26\00:18:50.96
in this broken
world, this broken society
00:18:50.99\00:18:53.56
for everybody to honor
the first day of the week
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to save the economy
and save our resources.
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But he's saying
it's based on the Bible.
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God's Word is saying it's not.
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And we're going to find out
not only what the Bible says
00:19:05.21\00:19:07.08
about where it came from,
00:19:07.11\00:19:08.48
but we're going to also
show you in a following study,
00:19:08.51\00:19:10.81
maybe in a few weeks
00:19:10.85\00:19:12.18
all the historical references
00:19:12.21\00:19:15.05
where Rome openly admits
00:19:15.08\00:19:17.69
that they changed
the first day of the week
00:19:17.72\00:19:20.96
from scripture to tradition.
00:19:20.99\00:19:23.76
But Christians
nowadays think it's scriptural.
00:19:23.79\00:19:27.03
And so to try to support that
00:19:27.06\00:19:28.46
they eliminate as much
of the Bible as they could
00:19:28.50\00:19:30.97
and say, we're
only New Testament.
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I don't want to be
cynical I'm being very,
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you know, it's kind of crazy.
00:19:36.87\00:19:38.21
It is kind of cynical.
00:19:38.24\00:19:39.57
Let's get rid of
most of the Bible
00:19:39.61\00:19:40.94
so we could find reasons
00:19:40.98\00:19:42.31
to honor the thing that we want.
00:19:42.34\00:19:44.81
The issue is not God's Word.
The issue is the human heart.
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Let's go to question number 11.
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Question number 11. Here it is.
00:19:49.78\00:19:52.05
What was the 10th New Testament
first day reference describing?
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Let's go to Acts 20:8.
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Acts 20:18.
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What was the 10th New Testament
first day reference describing?
00:20:00.53\00:20:05.63
Acts 20:18.
00:20:05.67\00:20:08.17
Very small
reference, very minimal.
00:20:08.20\00:20:10.77
I'll bring it up to the screen
00:20:10.81\00:20:12.14
because it doesn't really
have any great impact at all.
00:20:12.17\00:20:14.34
All right, here it is.
00:20:14.38\00:20:16.01
"And when they had come to him,
00:20:16.04\00:20:19.38
he said to them..."
00:20:19.41\00:20:21.08
And that is to Paul.
00:20:21.12\00:20:22.45
"You know, from the..."
00:20:22.48\00:20:23.95
What day? First day.
00:20:23.99\00:20:25.32
"From the first day
that I came to Asia,
00:20:25.35\00:20:28.16
in what manner I
always lived among you."
00:20:28.19\00:20:30.73
That's simply saying
the day that I arrived.
00:20:30.76\00:20:33.60
So if I arrived in
Thompsonville on Tuesday,
00:20:33.63\00:20:36.06
that's the first day I got here.
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If I arrived on Friday,
00:20:37.63\00:20:38.97
that's the first day I got here.
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That's simply saying,
I'm just dating my arrival,
00:20:40.37\00:20:43.27
I'm not saying the
first day of the week
00:20:43.30\00:20:45.07
but from the first
day that I got here,
00:20:45.11\00:20:47.24
you know what
kind of person I was
00:20:47.28\00:20:48.64
and how I lived among
you, that's all that saying,
00:20:48.68\00:20:50.58
that's not referring to any
specific one, two, three, four,
00:20:50.61\00:20:53.62
five, six or seventh day,
00:20:53.65\00:20:55.32
it's simply saying
since I've been here,
00:20:55.35\00:20:57.55
that's all that simply saying.
00:20:57.59\00:20:58.92
All right, so
there's no authority there.
00:20:58.95\00:21:00.46
Now here's the question.
00:21:00.49\00:21:01.82
Was...
00:21:01.86\00:21:03.19
What was the 10th New Testament
first day reference describing?
00:21:03.22\00:21:06.70
Paul's arrival to Asia.
00:21:06.73\00:21:08.93
Write that down.
00:21:08.96\00:21:10.30
It was describing
Paul's arrival to Asia.
00:21:10.33\00:21:12.90
That's all. That's
all it's simply saying.
00:21:12.93\00:21:14.90
So if you go to the
airport and pick up friends
00:21:14.94\00:21:17.21
and they will stay at
your house for two weeks.
00:21:17.24\00:21:20.51
They say, ever since I got here,
00:21:20.54\00:21:21.91
the first day I got here,
00:21:21.94\00:21:24.15
I said hello to
you at the airport.
00:21:24.18\00:21:26.01
Not any
particular day of the week
00:21:26.05\00:21:27.62
but simply the
timing of their arrival.
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All right, so
that is the 10th one
00:21:29.85\00:21:31.99
which means now it's
kind of getting slim pickings,
00:21:32.02\00:21:35.42
means we only
have how many left?
00:21:35.46\00:21:37.39
Come on. How many left?
00:21:37.43\00:21:38.89
Two.
00:21:38.93\00:21:40.26
The only 12
references to the first day.
00:21:40.30\00:21:41.83
Now let me just plug this
in because it fits right here.
00:21:41.86\00:21:45.90
While you might think that
the Sabbath is not talked about
00:21:45.93\00:21:48.50
because many pastors tell
their congregation these things.
00:21:48.54\00:21:51.51
They say the Sabbath is not
an issue in the New Testament,
00:21:51.54\00:21:53.81
when we take the Sabbath,
00:21:53.84\00:21:55.18
the Sabbath is mentioned
60 times in the New Testament
00:21:55.21\00:22:00.15
which is five times
more than the first day.
00:22:00.18\00:22:05.05
So for people to
say that the Sabbath
00:22:05.09\00:22:07.42
is not really
reiterated in the New Testament,
00:22:07.46\00:22:09.86
it's a statement of deception.
00:22:09.89\00:22:11.99
You know, let me
just, let me just say it,
00:22:12.03\00:22:13.53
I'm not trying to be
hard, I want to be clear.
00:22:13.56\00:22:15.73
I want people to
know what God's Word said.
00:22:15.76\00:22:17.50
Amen? Amen.
00:22:17.53\00:22:18.87
So if I'm going to, if
I'm going to be straight,
00:22:18.90\00:22:20.27
you will appreciate me
00:22:20.30\00:22:21.64
not meandering in
the maze of mediocrity.
00:22:21.67\00:22:23.91
If you came to the
bank and you ask for $35,
00:22:23.94\00:22:26.24
I'm going to give you $35,
not going to be 34.95 or 36,
00:22:26.27\00:22:30.45
you're going to get
exactly what you asked for.
00:22:30.48\00:22:32.41
If you want the Word of God,
00:22:32.45\00:22:33.78
this is the station
you're going to get it.
00:22:33.82\00:22:35.82
Right?
00:22:35.85\00:22:37.19
So here's the point.
00:22:37.22\00:22:38.55
Let's look at
the 11th reference.
00:22:38.59\00:22:39.92
This is another
reference often used.
00:22:39.95\00:22:41.89
So here's question number 12.
00:22:41.92\00:22:43.76
Question number 12.
00:22:43.79\00:22:45.53
Was the 11th New
Testament first day reference
00:22:45.56\00:22:49.53
describing a church service?
00:22:49.56\00:22:52.47
I want that to
come up on the screen.
00:22:52.50\00:22:54.07
Was the 11th New
Testament day reference
00:22:54.10\00:22:57.17
describing a church service?
00:22:57.21\00:23:00.14
Now the reason I
titled it that way
00:23:00.18\00:23:03.08
is because that's
exactly what is said
00:23:03.11\00:23:06.01
in the Convert's
Catechism of Catholic Doctrines,
00:23:06.05\00:23:08.28
the 1995 edition.
00:23:08.32\00:23:11.15
That's one of
the references used
00:23:11.19\00:23:12.65
to try to establish the
authority of the first day.
00:23:12.69\00:23:15.32
Very clever,
but very misleading.
00:23:15.36\00:23:18.06
Let's go ahead and read that.
00:23:18.09\00:23:19.46
Let's go to 1
Corinthians Chapter 16
00:23:19.49\00:23:22.53
and we're going
to look at verse 2.
00:23:22.56\00:23:25.33
But I'm going to turn there,
00:23:25.37\00:23:26.70
so we could read
the verse before that.
00:23:26.74\00:23:28.07
And when I get to
1 Corinthians 16:2,
00:23:28.10\00:23:32.41
then I want you to
bring it up on the screen.
00:23:32.44\00:23:34.34
All right.
00:23:34.38\00:23:35.84
Okay, here I am. Okay, great.
00:23:35.88\00:23:38.18
Let's read verse 1 first
00:23:38.21\00:23:39.55
and then our
graphics people will bring
00:23:39.58\00:23:42.75
the second verse
up on the screen.
00:23:42.78\00:23:44.35
Here it is. First one.
00:23:44.39\00:23:45.92
Now I'm in the Bible,
00:23:45.95\00:23:47.29
"Now concerning the..." What?
00:23:47.32\00:23:49.42
"Collection for the saints,
00:23:49.46\00:23:52.79
as I have given orders
to the churches of Galatia,
00:23:52.83\00:23:57.53
so you must do also."
00:23:57.57\00:24:00.04
So this is about
collection for the saints.
00:24:00.07\00:24:02.57
What we want to find out
00:24:02.60\00:24:03.94
if this collection
took place at church,
00:24:03.97\00:24:05.77
where did this
collection take place?
00:24:05.81\00:24:08.54
Let's look at the next
verse. Now on the screen.
00:24:08.58\00:24:11.11
"On the first day of the week
00:24:11.15\00:24:14.22
let each one of you
lay something aside,
00:24:14.25\00:24:18.75
storing up as he may
prosper, that there be..."
00:24:18.79\00:24:23.26
Together.
00:24:23.29\00:24:24.63
"No collections when I come."
00:24:24.66\00:24:28.00
Now this is huge.
00:24:28.03\00:24:30.50
You may have seen the Salvation
Army come by and hang a bag,
00:24:30.53\00:24:34.00
in New York City
this used to happen.
00:24:34.04\00:24:36.40
Or in Florida
this used to happen,
00:24:36.44\00:24:37.84
having experiences out here.
00:24:37.87\00:24:39.41
But in many of the towns
00:24:39.44\00:24:40.78
where the Salvation
Army is very active,
00:24:40.81\00:24:42.28
they collect clothing at
different times of the year.
00:24:42.31\00:24:45.38
And so what they'll do is
they'll hang a plastic bag
00:24:45.41\00:24:47.68
someplace during Christmas.
00:24:47.72\00:24:49.82
Some people do it
during other holidays,
00:24:49.85\00:24:52.35
but they hang a plastic bag
00:24:52.39\00:24:53.72
and on the
plastic bag they said,
00:24:53.76\00:24:55.39
"We will be back next Tuesday,
00:24:55.42\00:24:57.96
please have it
ready when we come.
00:24:57.99\00:25:01.50
Now what this is?
00:25:01.53\00:25:02.86
This collection
was for the saints
00:25:02.90\00:25:05.57
that were in
hardship, and famine,
00:25:05.60\00:25:07.64
and difficulty in Jerusalem.
00:25:07.67\00:25:10.04
There was a hardship for
the Christians in Jerusalem.
00:25:10.07\00:25:13.17
And so the churches of Galatia
and the other churches said,
00:25:13.21\00:25:17.05
"We're going to help them out."
00:25:17.08\00:25:18.41
So Paul said, "Here's
what I want you to do."
00:25:18.45\00:25:22.18
While you're
working on your bills,
00:25:22.22\00:25:24.02
and the things that
00:25:24.05\00:25:25.42
many of us take care
of our bills on Sunday,
00:25:25.45\00:25:28.02
we get together because
Monday takes off like a rocket.
00:25:28.06\00:25:30.53
Many of us get together to
find out what's in our house.
00:25:30.56\00:25:32.76
We write our bills,
pay our bills, whatever.
00:25:32.79\00:25:34.86
Paul is saying, on
the first day of the week,
00:25:34.90\00:25:38.03
let every one of
you lay something aside
00:25:38.07\00:25:41.10
so that there's no
collection when I come.
00:25:41.14\00:25:43.14
This is not
people going to a church.
00:25:43.17\00:25:45.67
This is the
apostles and the Christians
00:25:45.71\00:25:48.61
of these various
churches of Galatia
00:25:48.64\00:25:50.71
particularly going from
house to house collecting goods
00:25:50.75\00:25:54.82
that will be gathered
together in a relief effort
00:25:54.85\00:25:58.09
for the Christians in Jerusalem.
00:25:58.12\00:26:00.06
This did not take
place in a church.
00:26:00.09\00:26:02.72
This was not a church service.
00:26:02.76\00:26:04.89
This was a collection that was
picked up from house to house.
00:26:04.93\00:26:08.26
Amen somebody? Amen.
00:26:08.30\00:26:10.07
So this also,
00:26:10.10\00:26:11.80
if this is used
to give authority
00:26:11.83\00:26:13.54
to the first day of the
week as a new day of worship,
00:26:13.57\00:26:15.94
you find nothing
in this text at all
00:26:15.97\00:26:19.01
referring to a
new day of worship.
00:26:19.04\00:26:21.78
The assumption or the huge
phantom bridge that was built
00:26:21.81\00:26:25.81
is the word collection
meaning it has to be a holy day.
00:26:25.85\00:26:29.18
Now here at 3ABN collections
come in all week long.
00:26:29.22\00:26:32.95
And our church collections
come in various times.
00:26:32.99\00:26:36.09
But the collection
does not make the day holy.
00:26:36.12\00:26:38.36
And breaking bread
and having lunch together
00:26:38.39\00:26:40.16
doesn't make the day holy.
00:26:40.20\00:26:41.53
You know what
makes the day holy?
00:26:41.56\00:26:42.93
God does.
00:26:42.96\00:26:44.53
When the Lord blesses
something, it's blessed.
00:26:44.57\00:26:47.54
And by the way as I
go on to the next text,
00:26:47.57\00:26:49.64
this is one of the larger ones.
00:26:49.67\00:26:51.77
The three of those that
often are referred to is John 20
00:26:51.81\00:26:56.28
where the disciples were
hiding for fear of the Jews.
00:26:56.31\00:26:59.08
They would assemble
for fear of the Jews.
00:26:59.11\00:27:01.52
That's the one, we
knocked that down last study.
00:27:01.55\00:27:04.45
We discovered that
00:27:04.49\00:27:05.82
they were not
assembling to have worship.
00:27:05.85\00:27:07.29
They were hiding
behind closed doors
00:27:07.32\00:27:09.69
because Jesus had
just been crucified
00:27:09.72\00:27:11.89
and they thought they were next.
00:27:11.93\00:27:13.86
Second one
00:27:13.90\00:27:15.23
is the breaking of
bread from house to house.
00:27:15.26\00:27:16.93
It was done
every day of the week.
00:27:16.97\00:27:19.00
Small group ministries,
00:27:19.03\00:27:20.44
this is where the New
Testament concept came from.
00:27:20.47\00:27:23.34
The other one was
00:27:23.37\00:27:25.17
carefully collection being
00:27:25.21\00:27:26.88
taken for the
saints in Jerusalem
00:27:26.91\00:27:28.84
that all the churches including
the churches in Galatia
00:27:28.88\00:27:31.35
and others were
laying things aside
00:27:31.38\00:27:33.42
so when the
collecting truck so to speak,
00:27:33.45\00:27:36.08
in this case the
collecting wagon came by,
00:27:36.12\00:27:38.95
they could simply say,
"I got it from that house,
00:27:38.99\00:27:40.79
I got it from that
house, I got it from the house."
00:27:40.82\00:27:43.16
So there'll be no
collections when I come.
00:27:43.19\00:27:48.40
Not when we come.
00:27:48.43\00:27:51.07
but when they come.
00:27:51.10\00:27:54.04
Not when we come to church,
00:27:54.07\00:27:55.84
but when they come to our house.
00:27:55.87\00:27:57.61
Is that clear?
00:27:57.64\00:27:58.97
I thought it was very clear.
00:27:59.01\00:28:00.34
Amen?
00:28:00.38\00:28:01.71
Now let's go to the next one.
00:28:01.74\00:28:03.08
The last reference
I want to tell you,
00:28:03.11\00:28:05.28
we shot 11 bullets.
00:28:05.31\00:28:07.72
We've hit nothing.
00:28:07.75\00:28:09.28
We got one left.
00:28:09.32\00:28:11.62
Question number 12.
00:28:11.65\00:28:13.39
Question number 12. Here it is.
00:28:13.42\00:28:15.76
Question number 12.
00:28:15.79\00:28:17.13
Question 13.
00:28:17.16\00:28:18.49
I mean, reference
number 12, question number 13.
00:28:18.53\00:28:22.33
All right.
00:28:22.36\00:28:23.70
Our last reference,
here's the question.
00:28:23.73\00:28:25.60
Does the 12th and last
New Testament reference
00:28:25.63\00:28:30.74
establish a new day of worship?
00:28:30.77\00:28:33.81
Let's go now to Philippines 1:5.
00:28:33.84\00:28:38.61
Philippines 1:5.
00:28:38.65\00:28:40.55
One of my favorite books
in the Bible is Philippines.
00:28:40.58\00:28:43.02
If you ever
discouraged, read Philippines.
00:28:43.05\00:28:45.89
It's the champion's
book, it's the winner's book.
00:28:45.92\00:28:48.19
It's the book that...
When you say, "I'm tired."
00:28:48.22\00:28:50.86
It says, "Press toward the mark
00:28:50.89\00:28:53.19
for the prize of
the upward call of God."
00:28:53.23\00:28:55.16
When you can't make it,
00:28:55.20\00:28:56.56
it says, "I can do
all things through Christ
00:28:56.60\00:28:58.47
who strengthens me."
00:28:58.50\00:28:59.83
When your mind is
confused, it says,
00:28:59.87\00:29:01.20
"Let this mind be in you
which is also in Christ Jesus."
00:29:01.24\00:29:03.34
Amen?
00:29:03.37\00:29:04.71
It's the champion's book,
it's not the book of failure.
00:29:04.74\00:29:07.64
But now let's see
if this last reference
00:29:07.68\00:29:09.28
has anything to do
with a new day of worship.
00:29:09.31\00:29:13.31
I'm going to go to Philippines.
00:29:13.35\00:29:15.25
I told you to go there,
00:29:15.28\00:29:17.15
but I have it on screen.
00:29:17.19\00:29:18.52
So I'm kind of being lazy.
00:29:18.55\00:29:20.39
I'm almost there. Here I am.
00:29:20.42\00:29:22.19
Okay, here we
are. Philippines 1.
00:29:22.22\00:29:24.43
And the other one I like about
is the verse right after that.
00:29:24.46\00:29:26.39
All right.
00:29:26.43\00:29:27.76
I want to just read a few verses
00:29:27.80\00:29:29.13
before that just
to get the context,
00:29:29.16\00:29:30.63
I want to read verse 3
and we'll go to verse 5
00:29:30.67\00:29:32.77
and have that
come up on the screen.
00:29:32.80\00:29:34.14
Here it is.
00:29:34.17\00:29:35.50
Verse 3, "I thank my God
upon every remembrance of you."
00:29:35.54\00:29:38.37
Paul and Timothy,
00:29:38.41\00:29:39.74
servants of Jesus
Christ in verse 1.
00:29:39.77\00:29:41.28
"I thank my God upon
every remembrance of you,
00:29:41.31\00:29:44.45
always in every prayer of mine
00:29:44.48\00:29:47.45
making request
for you all with joy,
00:29:47.48\00:29:51.22
for your fellowship in
the gospel from the..."
00:29:51.25\00:29:53.99
What?
00:29:54.02\00:29:55.36
"First day until now."
00:29:55.39\00:29:56.73
Another reference,
simply talking about
00:29:56.76\00:29:58.36
ever since we began
00:29:58.39\00:30:00.36
your fellowship
from the first day
00:30:00.40\00:30:02.33
we got together in
this fellowship until now.
00:30:02.36\00:30:05.13
And here's my next
favorite text in Philippines,
00:30:05.17\00:30:08.60
"Being confident of
this very thing," verse 6
00:30:08.64\00:30:11.41
"He who has begun a
good work in you will..."
00:30:11.44\00:30:14.24
Do what?
00:30:14.28\00:30:15.61
"Complete it, perform it
until the day of Jesus Christ."
00:30:15.64\00:30:18.45
So this being the last reference
00:30:18.48\00:30:21.35
in the New
Testament, for the first day
00:30:21.38\00:30:23.59
we have swung 12 times,
00:30:23.62\00:30:26.19
we haven't even hit a base hit.
00:30:26.22\00:30:29.79
And the reality of this
fellow Christians is this.
00:30:29.82\00:30:33.19
You may be a part of a church
00:30:33.23\00:30:34.56
that observes
Sunday as a holy day.
00:30:34.60\00:30:36.30
You may have heard
that from week to week,
00:30:36.33\00:30:37.67
you may have
even heard the phrase,
00:30:37.70\00:30:40.04
"This is the day
the Lord has made,
00:30:40.07\00:30:41.70
let us rejoice
and be glad in it,"
00:30:41.74\00:30:43.54
like former Robert
Schuller used to say
00:30:43.57\00:30:45.37
every Sunday morning.
00:30:45.41\00:30:46.78
And they kind of say,
00:30:46.81\00:30:48.14
"This is the day Lord has made."
00:30:48.18\00:30:49.51
They are right, this
is the day He has made,
00:30:49.54\00:30:52.31
but that's not
the day He blessed.
00:30:52.35\00:30:54.75
But by saying it almost kind
of give some credence to it.
00:30:54.78\00:30:58.19
The Lord has made every day
00:30:58.22\00:31:00.46
but He only blessed one.
00:31:00.49\00:31:02.32
And He blessed the seventh day
before sin entered the world.
00:31:02.36\00:31:06.80
He rested on it,
He sanctified it,
00:31:06.83\00:31:09.33
He called it the
Sabbath and He said,
00:31:09.36\00:31:10.90
"Remember the
Sabbath to keep it holy."
00:31:10.93\00:31:13.44
Men came along and
changed times and laws,
00:31:13.47\00:31:16.84
Daniel 7:25,
00:31:16.87\00:31:18.57
men changed times and laws.
00:31:18.61\00:31:20.08
We gonna look at that prophecy
00:31:20.11\00:31:21.51
and then going to
give you the references,
00:31:21.54\00:31:23.21
so you cannot say,
00:31:23.24\00:31:24.71
you know, those guys on
3ABN said the change was made
00:31:24.75\00:31:27.15
but they gave me no proof.
00:31:27.18\00:31:28.95
You're going to get the proof,
00:31:28.98\00:31:30.32
and you'll be able to follow
00:31:30.35\00:31:31.69
every reference back
to the original source.
00:31:31.72\00:31:34.09
The sad reality is this is this.
00:31:34.12\00:31:36.49
Many Christians practice things
00:31:36.52\00:31:38.09
that they have no
scriptural support for,
00:31:38.13\00:31:40.40
it's based on tradition.
00:31:40.43\00:31:41.76
And much of what's happening
00:31:41.80\00:31:43.13
in the Christian church today
is tradition, it's tradition,
00:31:43.16\00:31:46.94
but as we see with
this recent change,
00:31:46.97\00:31:50.17
the Sabbath change
almost 2000 years ago,
00:31:50.21\00:31:53.74
the Christians of
that day were incensed.
00:31:53.78\00:31:56.91
The Christians of today
00:31:56.95\00:31:59.55
are only incensed
about the same sex issue,
00:31:59.58\00:32:04.22
but they have swallowed
00:32:04.25\00:32:06.19
the tradition of the
first day of the week.
00:32:06.22\00:32:08.62
Now let's go to
question number 14.
00:32:08.66\00:32:11.79
Question number 14.
00:32:11.83\00:32:13.16
Very powerful.
00:32:13.19\00:32:16.46
Because now this is
another text that's used
00:32:16.50\00:32:19.47
to try to connect
it to the first day.
00:32:19.50\00:32:23.27
This is the text
that's often used
00:32:23.30\00:32:24.94
to try to connect
it to the first day
00:32:24.97\00:32:27.48
because it has
a powerful phrase,
00:32:27.51\00:32:29.88
Lord's day.
00:32:29.91\00:32:31.51
And so, if you could use
the phrase Lord's day, Dee,
00:32:31.55\00:32:35.52
then somehow,
00:32:35.55\00:32:36.89
you know, we have two
Dees sitting together.
00:32:36.92\00:32:39.12
When you use a
phrase, Lord's day,
00:32:39.15\00:32:41.39
somehow people think,
oh, that must be the day.
00:32:41.42\00:32:44.46
So some people say,
"Sunday is the Lord's day."
00:32:44.49\00:32:47.66
In an article I have
on my iPad right now.
00:32:47.70\00:32:50.63
I'll just read you the heading,
00:32:50.67\00:32:52.03
this is from the
Catholic News Agency.
00:32:52.07\00:32:55.14
And here's the
heading of the article,
00:32:55.17\00:32:56.67
"The Sabbath or the
Lord's day" by Pope Francis.
00:32:56.71\00:33:00.51
It's the Sabbath
or the Lord's day
00:33:00.54\00:33:03.35
as if they are in
opposition to each other.
00:33:03.38\00:33:06.11
That's the way it's
being presented today.
00:33:06.15\00:33:08.02
The Sabbath is being
connected just to the Jews,
00:33:08.05\00:33:10.25
they're trying to
make the Jews seem like
00:33:10.29\00:33:11.62
the worst people on earth.
00:33:11.65\00:33:13.36
And the Sabbath that
the Lord gave to them
00:33:13.39\00:33:15.16
to share with the world
00:33:15.19\00:33:16.52
as the worst day on earth
00:33:16.56\00:33:18.19
that makes the Sabbath
like this day of stigma,
00:33:18.23\00:33:21.00
the day that you
work your way to heaven,
00:33:21.03\00:33:23.33
but that's not the Sabbath.
00:33:23.37\00:33:24.87
So you have to see
and understand the Bible
00:33:24.90\00:33:26.33
in its proper context.
00:33:26.37\00:33:27.70
So now let's go to Revelation.
00:33:27.74\00:33:29.07
And here's the
question, question number 14.
00:33:29.10\00:33:30.94
What does Revelations reference
to the Lord's day mean?
00:33:30.97\00:33:34.11
Once again,
00:33:34.14\00:33:35.48
what does Revelations reference
to the Lord's day mean?
00:33:35.51\00:33:38.05
Question number 14.
00:33:38.08\00:33:39.58
Let's go to the question.
Let's go to the Scripture.
00:33:39.61\00:33:42.02
Revelation 1:10.
00:33:42.05\00:33:43.65
Revelation 1:10. Here it is.
00:33:43.69\00:33:47.49
And this is in Revelation,
the last book of the Bible.
00:33:47.52\00:33:50.66
John the Apostle
00:33:50.69\00:33:53.50
is mushroomed on
the Island of Patmos.
00:33:53.53\00:33:56.26
Actually, not mushroomed,
00:33:56.30\00:33:57.63
he is
abandoned, he's imprisoned.
00:33:57.67\00:34:00.74
He didn't get stuck
there. He got put there.
00:34:00.77\00:34:03.07
All right?
00:34:03.10\00:34:04.44
Revelation 1:10.
00:34:04.47\00:34:06.68
And while he's there,
00:34:06.71\00:34:09.51
the Bible says in verse
10 of John of Revelation 1,
00:34:09.54\00:34:13.05
here it is on the screen.
00:34:13.08\00:34:14.42
"I was in the
Spirit on the..." What day?
00:34:14.45\00:34:17.59
"Lord's day, and I
heard behind me a loud voice,
00:34:17.62\00:34:22.26
as of a..." What?
00:34:22.29\00:34:23.63
"A trumpet."
00:34:23.66\00:34:24.99
When you read the Bible,
00:34:25.03\00:34:26.36
you'll see that the
trumpet is often referred to
00:34:26.39\00:34:27.73
as the preaching of the
gospel or an instrument used
00:34:27.76\00:34:29.66
to warn the people
of difficulty to come.
00:34:29.70\00:34:31.97
Isaiah 58 says,
00:34:32.00\00:34:33.34
"Lift up your
voice like a trumpet,
00:34:33.37\00:34:35.87
the proclamation of the gospel."
00:34:35.90\00:34:37.41
So John on the Lord's day,
00:34:37.44\00:34:39.67
he hears this voice behind him
00:34:39.71\00:34:41.84
and the voice is going
to give him instruction.
00:34:41.88\00:34:44.18
And when he turns around
00:34:44.21\00:34:45.81
to find out the
source of this voice,
00:34:45.85\00:34:47.85
this voice is none other than
00:34:47.88\00:34:49.82
the voice of the
Alpha and the Omega,
00:34:49.85\00:34:52.69
the beginning and the end,
00:34:52.72\00:34:54.76
the first and the last
Jesus through the Holy Spirit
00:34:54.79\00:34:58.53
meets John on the island
00:34:58.56\00:35:01.03
or this rock, this
prison rock called Patmos.
00:35:01.06\00:35:05.37
But many people say,
00:35:05.40\00:35:07.10
"Well, it was on the Lord's day
00:35:07.14\00:35:09.07
and Sunday is the Lord's day."
00:35:09.10\00:35:11.91
That's what they've been taught.
00:35:11.94\00:35:13.74
They've been taught that,
00:35:13.78\00:35:15.11
but let me, let the
Bible speak for itself.
00:35:15.14\00:35:18.05
We'll also show you later on
00:35:18.08\00:35:20.32
how traditionally the transition
00:35:20.35\00:35:25.05
was made by men
connecting the word
00:35:25.09\00:35:28.26
or the phrase Lord's day
to the first day of the week.
00:35:28.29\00:35:31.03
We'll show you that reference.
00:35:31.06\00:35:32.39
But right now let's
let the Bible tell us
00:35:32.43\00:35:34.36
what the Lord's day is.
00:35:34.40\00:35:35.73
Go with me to Isaiah Chapter 58
00:35:35.76\00:35:37.60
and we are going to
look together at verse 13.
00:35:37.63\00:35:41.87
The answer is does...
00:35:41.90\00:35:44.31
What does Revelation's reference
00:35:44.34\00:35:46.04
to the Lord's Day mean?
00:35:46.07\00:35:48.48
Revelation 1:10, it
simply means the Lord's day.
00:35:48.51\00:35:51.95
But, well, we're going
to get the answer right now.
00:35:51.98\00:35:53.98
We're going to be able to
answer both of them together.
00:35:54.02\00:35:55.92
It simply means the Lord's day.
00:35:55.95\00:35:57.72
Okay, but we're
going to find out
00:35:57.75\00:36:00.29
what is the Lord's day.
00:36:00.32\00:36:02.12
Let the Bible tell us
what the Lord's day is?
00:36:02.16\00:36:04.39
Wouldn't be safe if
we let the Bible say it,
00:36:04.43\00:36:07.66
but I was having a conversation
with the pastor once.
00:36:07.70\00:36:10.37
And he actually
got upset with me
00:36:10.40\00:36:11.97
because I would not answer
him other than by the Bible.
00:36:12.00\00:36:15.30
He says, "Can't
you just tell me,
00:36:15.34\00:36:16.67
give me your opinion?"
00:36:16.71\00:36:18.04
I said, "Pastor, I
cannot give you any opinions
00:36:18.07\00:36:20.38
because the Bible is my
only source of authority."
00:36:20.41\00:36:24.45
Whenever you practice
00:36:24.48\00:36:25.81
what is not
supported by the Bible,
00:36:25.85\00:36:27.18
it's an opinion.
00:36:27.22\00:36:28.55
No matter how
sincere you may be,
00:36:28.58\00:36:31.65
you could be sincerely wrong.
00:36:31.69\00:36:34.96
Right?
00:36:34.99\00:36:36.32
Amen. That's right.
00:36:36.36\00:36:37.69
You could get up
on the wrong floor
00:36:37.73\00:36:39.06
and say, "Oh, I made a mistake."
00:36:39.09\00:36:41.06
But here's what
we're talking about.
00:36:41.10\00:36:42.46
We're not talking
about perpetuating a mistake.
00:36:42.50\00:36:46.27
We're not talking about
perpetuating those things
00:36:46.30\00:36:48.50
that are comfortable to you.
00:36:48.54\00:36:49.87
We're talking about if
you are wrong, correct it
00:36:49.90\00:36:52.94
and live in
harmony with God's will.
00:36:52.97\00:36:54.41
Amen? Amen.
00:36:54.44\00:36:55.78
You'll find out why it is
in harmony with God's will
00:36:55.81\00:36:57.35
in just a moment.
00:36:57.38\00:36:58.71
But let's go ahead
and let Isaiah tell us
00:36:58.75\00:37:01.58
what day the Lord
identifies as his day.
00:37:01.62\00:37:03.95
Isaiah 58:13, here
it is on the screen.
00:37:03.99\00:37:06.76
If you turn away your
foot from the Sabbath..."
00:37:06.79\00:37:10.39
If you turn away your
foot from the Sabbath..."
00:37:10.43\00:37:12.79
Let's bring that up.
00:37:12.83\00:37:14.16
"From doing your pleasure on..."
00:37:14.20\00:37:17.07
What?
00:37:17.10\00:37:18.43
"My holy day and
call the..." What?
00:37:18.47\00:37:23.20
"Sabbath a delight.
00:37:23.24\00:37:26.57
The holy day of
the Lord honorable
00:37:26.61\00:37:29.64
and shall honor Him," see that?
00:37:29.68\00:37:32.31
Notice.
00:37:32.35\00:37:33.68
The Sabbath, my holy day,
00:37:33.72\00:37:35.42
call the Sabbath
a day of delight,
00:37:35.45\00:37:38.02
the holy day of the Lord.
00:37:38.05\00:37:39.75
So what day is the Lord's day?
00:37:39.79\00:37:41.82
The Sabbath, keep going
in the rest of the text.
00:37:41.86\00:37:44.13
And it says, "Not
doing your own ways,
00:37:44.16\00:37:47.03
nor finding your own pleasures,
00:37:47.06\00:37:49.20
nor speaking your own..." What?
00:37:49.23\00:37:50.63
"Words."
00:37:50.67\00:37:52.00
Let's break that down again.
00:37:52.03\00:37:53.67
Isaiah 58:13 says,
00:37:53.70\00:37:55.60
"If you turn away
your foot from the Sabbath,
00:37:55.64\00:37:59.27
my holy day,
00:37:59.31\00:38:01.64
the Sabbath, a day of delight,
00:38:01.68\00:38:03.85
the Holy day of the Lord."
00:38:03.88\00:38:05.85
So now let's put
the answer down here.
00:38:05.88\00:38:07.95
Revelation 1:10 is
referring to what day?
00:38:07.98\00:38:10.95
To Sabbath.
00:38:10.99\00:38:12.32
Based on the
authority of God's Word,
00:38:12.35\00:38:14.39
Revelation 1:10
cannot refer to any other day
00:38:14.42\00:38:17.76
but the Sabbath,
00:38:17.79\00:38:19.13
you find no scriptural reference
00:38:19.16\00:38:21.26
connecting the first
day to the Lord's day.
00:38:21.30\00:38:24.13
Did God make every day? Yes.
00:38:24.17\00:38:26.43
Should we worship God every day?
00:38:26.47\00:38:28.20
Yes.
00:38:28.24\00:38:29.57
Should we live
holy lives every day?
00:38:29.60\00:38:31.27
Yes.
00:38:31.31\00:38:32.71
It's amazing how
deceptive preachers are today.
00:38:32.74\00:38:36.08
I'm being straight tonight.
00:38:36.11\00:38:37.65
I don't have time to waste.
00:38:37.68\00:38:39.01
It costs money to
put this program on.
00:38:39.05\00:38:41.38
And your salvation
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.78
is depending on your
obedience to God's word.
00:38:42.82\00:38:44.99
All right?
00:38:45.02\00:38:46.35
Preachers today,
00:38:46.39\00:38:47.72
I don't want to
mention their names.
00:38:47.76\00:38:49.09
It almost came
out. I want to be kind.
00:38:49.12\00:38:50.46
Some preachers say,
00:38:50.49\00:38:51.83
"I worship God on the first day
00:38:51.86\00:38:53.86
and I worship
God on the second day
00:38:53.90\00:38:55.60
and I worship God."
00:38:55.63\00:38:57.10
One preacher said, "I
worship God on the Sabbath,
00:38:57.13\00:38:59.23
and I worship God on Sunday,
and I worship God on Monday,
00:38:59.27\00:39:01.74
and I worship God on Tuesday."
00:39:01.77\00:39:03.10
Let me put that in
the proper context.
00:39:03.14\00:39:04.91
I'm married on
Saturday, I'm married on Sunday.
00:39:04.94\00:39:07.94
I'm married on Tuesday.
00:39:07.98\00:39:09.54
I'm married on Monday,
00:39:09.58\00:39:10.91
come on help me out somebody.
00:39:10.95\00:39:12.28
I'm married every day.
00:39:12.31\00:39:13.65
But every day is
not my anniversary.
00:39:13.68\00:39:15.02
I only have a
birthday once a year.
00:39:18.15\00:39:19.65
I got an
anniversary once a year.
00:39:19.69\00:39:21.06
We have an
anniversary once a year.
00:39:21.09\00:39:23.06
There's only one
day that identifies
00:39:23.09\00:39:24.69
the sanctity of
our relationship.
00:39:24.73\00:39:27.53
So when a pastor says,
00:39:27.56\00:39:28.93
"I worship God on the first day,
00:39:28.96\00:39:30.60
I worship God on Saturday,
Sunday, Friday, Wednesday."
00:39:30.63\00:39:34.77
He's muddying God's Word.
00:39:34.80\00:39:37.34
He's deceiving you by
clever words, trickery.
00:39:37.37\00:39:41.04
And the Bible says,
"The cunning craftiness
00:39:41.08\00:39:43.65
whereby they lie
and wait to deceive."
00:39:43.68\00:39:47.72
That's deception.
00:39:47.75\00:39:49.15
If that's what you hear,
00:39:49.18\00:39:50.65
leave and look for the truth.
00:39:50.69\00:39:53.02
Don't sit there and let men
00:39:53.05\00:39:54.86
who may make
you feel comfortable
00:39:54.89\00:39:56.93
and give you good music
00:39:56.96\00:39:58.29
and you feel you have
great community programs.
00:39:58.33\00:40:01.20
Community
programs are not salvation.
00:40:01.23\00:40:03.30
The Lord says, "If
you love Me, keep My..."
00:40:03.33\00:40:04.73
What? "Commandments."
00:40:04.77\00:40:06.10
We ought to obey
God rather than men.
00:40:06.13\00:40:08.24
Acts 5:29-32,
00:40:08.27\00:40:10.34
"Obey God rather than men."
00:40:10.37\00:40:13.27
The Sabbath is the Lord's day.
00:40:13.31\00:40:16.38
This first day
reference to John,
00:40:16.41\00:40:18.38
this reference
to Revelation 1:10
00:40:18.41\00:40:20.18
is not referring at all
to the first day of the week.
00:40:20.22\00:40:23.15
Now, let's go to
question number 15.
00:40:23.18\00:40:27.62
I wish I had another hour,
00:40:27.66\00:40:30.59
that's okay.
00:40:30.63\00:40:31.96
They said,
"Sometimes it's better
00:40:31.99\00:40:33.33
to give dessert next week."
00:40:33.36\00:40:35.53
All right.
00:40:35.56\00:40:36.90
I'm going to go as
quickly as I could.
00:40:36.93\00:40:38.83
Efficiency is important.
00:40:38.87\00:40:40.34
Question number 15 is a
very vitally important question.
00:40:40.37\00:40:42.77
Here it is.
00:40:42.80\00:40:44.47
How do we know that
Jesus never intended
00:40:44.51\00:40:48.31
to replace the Sabbath?
00:40:48.34\00:40:50.01
How do we know that?
00:40:50.05\00:40:51.38
Let's go to Matthew 24,
00:40:51.41\00:40:53.58
the book where Jesus outlines
00:40:53.62\00:40:57.15
to this now
converted tax collector,
00:40:57.19\00:41:00.52
the signs of the end,
00:41:00.56\00:41:02.46
the destruction of Jerusalem
00:41:02.49\00:41:04.26
and the signs of
the end of the world.
00:41:04.29\00:41:07.50
He intermingles
them both together.
00:41:07.53\00:41:10.93
How do we know that
00:41:10.97\00:41:12.30
Jesus never intended
to replace the Sabbath?
00:41:12.33\00:41:15.27
Now what I want you to find out,
00:41:15.30\00:41:16.64
we're going to look
at some of these signs.
00:41:16.67\00:41:18.17
We're going to begin with,
00:41:18.21\00:41:19.54
you know, he talks about
there will be false christs
00:41:19.57\00:41:21.91
and false prophets.
00:41:21.94\00:41:23.28
They'll be
showing signs and wonders.
00:41:23.31\00:41:26.25
And then he talks about,
00:41:26.28\00:41:27.85
he intermingles in
this description something
00:41:27.88\00:41:31.39
that if
persecution ever happens,
00:41:31.42\00:41:35.32
let's pray that
doesn't happen on this day.
00:41:35.36\00:41:38.09
Now what I want to
preface before I read the text,
00:41:38.13\00:41:40.33
this was spoken by
Jesus in the year 31 AD.
00:41:40.36\00:41:44.07
What year did I say? 31 AD.
00:41:44.10\00:41:47.20
Jerusalem was
destroyed in 70 AD,
00:41:47.24\00:41:50.27
39 years later.
00:41:50.31\00:41:52.81
Now here's the context.
00:41:52.84\00:41:54.48
If the Sabbath
was done away with,
00:41:54.51\00:41:57.88
if Jesus
intended to get rid of it,
00:41:57.91\00:42:01.25
Sister Zeta.
00:42:01.28\00:42:02.62
He would never say
00:42:02.65\00:42:04.72
when Jerusalem was destroyed,
00:42:04.75\00:42:06.65
pray that it doesn't
happen on the Sabbath.
00:42:06.69\00:42:09.32
Because he would have
said, "You know, guys,
00:42:09.36\00:42:10.69
I'm getting rid of the Sabbath.
00:42:10.73\00:42:12.69
Just pray that it doesn't
happen on the Lord's day."
00:42:12.73\00:42:15.13
If that's the reference you
want to add to the first day,
00:42:15.16\00:42:17.53
but it's not connected.
00:42:17.57\00:42:18.90
He would have said, "Pray that
it doesn't happen on Sunday."
00:42:18.93\00:42:21.27
But he didn't say that.
00:42:21.30\00:42:22.64
He said when destruction
comes. Look at the text now.
00:42:22.67\00:42:24.77
Matthew 24:20,
00:42:24.81\00:42:26.84
Jesus said this,
he ascended to heaven
00:42:26.88\00:42:30.28
and Jerusalem was
destroyed 39 years later,
00:42:30.31\00:42:33.31
after the statement was made.
00:42:33.35\00:42:34.68
Here's the Bible.
00:42:34.72\00:42:36.05
Matthew 24:20,
here's what it says,
00:42:36.08\00:42:37.45
"And pray
00:42:37.49\00:42:39.49
that your flight
may not be in winter."
00:42:39.52\00:42:42.06
Bring it up for me,
00:42:42.09\00:42:43.43
"And Pray that your
flight may not be in..."
00:42:43.46\00:42:45.29
What?
00:42:45.33\00:42:46.66
"Winter or on the..." What?
00:42:46.70\00:42:48.13
"Sabbath."
00:42:48.16\00:42:49.50
Clear admittance
by the Lord Himself
00:42:49.53\00:42:51.43
by Jesus Himself,
00:42:51.47\00:42:54.27
that if He planned
on getting rid of it,
00:42:54.30\00:42:56.27
He would not have said,
00:42:56.30\00:42:57.97
"I pray that when
destruction comes,
00:42:58.01\00:42:59.97
it doesn't come on the Sabbath."
00:43:00.01\00:43:03.31
In the very same way
00:43:03.35\00:43:04.78
if I was intending
to get rid of my house
00:43:04.81\00:43:07.75
where my old address in
New York 15 Madison Street,
00:43:07.78\00:43:10.19
I'll give you that because
I don't live there any longer.
00:43:10.22\00:43:13.46
If I made reference
to 15 Madison Street,
00:43:13.49\00:43:16.49
pray that
00:43:16.52\00:43:17.86
15 Madison Street doesn't
get knocked down when I go home.
00:43:17.89\00:43:20.40
That means I'm
planning on going home.
00:43:20.43\00:43:22.36
But it's no longer my home.
00:43:22.40\00:43:23.73
So I no longer make
reference to that as my home.
00:43:23.77\00:43:25.73
I have a different address,
00:43:25.77\00:43:27.10
I'm not going to
give you that one.
00:43:27.14\00:43:29.67
But the point of the matter is,
00:43:29.70\00:43:31.04
if the Lord planned
on getting rid of it,
00:43:31.07\00:43:32.77
He would not have
made reference to it.
00:43:32.81\00:43:34.31
Ain't that right?
00:43:34.34\00:43:36.14
He said it because he knew
that even after His ascension,
00:43:36.18\00:43:39.45
it will still be there.
00:43:39.48\00:43:42.15
And the reason why
it will still be there
00:43:42.18\00:43:43.79
is because I say this calmly,
00:43:43.82\00:43:47.79
He blessed the Sabbath,
00:43:47.82\00:43:50.09
He created the Sabbath
00:43:50.13\00:43:51.69
before sin ever
entered the world.
00:43:51.73\00:43:56.87
Therefore it was perfect.
00:43:56.90\00:44:00.30
I would like you
to ask your preacher,
00:44:00.34\00:44:01.67
"What was the reason
00:44:01.70\00:44:03.04
why the Sabbath
was done away with?"
00:44:03.07\00:44:04.41
And these are some of
the excuses you'll hear.
00:44:04.44\00:44:06.88
It was for the Jews only.
00:44:06.91\00:44:09.78
There were no Jews
in the Garden of Eden.
00:44:09.81\00:44:12.25
There was just
a man and a woman.
00:44:12.28\00:44:16.38
Abraham, Genesis
26:5, kept the commandments.
00:44:16.42\00:44:19.95
Abraham was from
Babylon, Babylon.
00:44:19.99\00:44:22.12
He was from Kaldia,
a province of Babylon,
00:44:22.16\00:44:24.43
Abraham became, through his seed
00:44:24.46\00:44:27.56
the Jewish nation was born.
00:44:27.60\00:44:29.36
Abraham kept the Sabbath
00:44:29.40\00:44:30.90
before the Jews
ever came into existence.
00:44:30.93\00:44:33.84
Abraham kept my commandments,
my statutes and my laws.
00:44:33.87\00:44:36.60
Genesis 26:5.
00:44:36.64\00:44:38.67
The Sabbath was made long before
00:44:38.71\00:44:40.28
the Jews were ever in existence.
00:44:40.31\00:44:43.08
But what did the Jews do
00:44:43.11\00:44:44.45
that people find such
adversity to the Sabbath?
00:44:44.48\00:44:48.82
Yes, the Jews made it
00:44:48.85\00:44:51.19
their means of
salvation and not Jesus.
00:44:51.22\00:44:54.86
Jesus is still our
means of salvation.
00:44:54.89\00:44:56.42
Can we all say amen? Amen.
00:44:56.46\00:44:58.06
But because we are in
a saving relationship,
00:44:58.09\00:45:00.76
He said the Sabbath is a sign.
00:45:00.80\00:45:02.63
Go with me to
Ezekiel Chapter 20.
00:45:02.66\00:45:04.17
Let's look at this very quickly.
00:45:04.20\00:45:06.47
And we're going
to go to that too.
00:45:06.50\00:45:08.50
Okay.
00:45:08.54\00:45:10.01
Ezekiel Chapter 20.
00:45:10.04\00:45:12.87
All right.
00:45:12.91\00:45:14.44
Why?
00:45:14.48\00:45:15.81
Why is the Sabbath so important?
00:45:15.84\00:45:17.91
Why is it so important?
00:45:17.95\00:45:19.41
Ezekiel 20.
00:45:19.45\00:45:21.52
Let's look together at verse 12.
00:45:21.55\00:45:26.15
What is it a sign of?
00:45:26.19\00:45:28.06
First of all, if you
look at Exodus 20:8-11,
00:45:28.09\00:45:31.73
it's a sign that
00:45:31.76\00:45:33.09
the seventh day is a
Sabbath of the Lord our God.
00:45:33.13\00:45:35.86
If He is your God,
the God of creation,
00:45:35.90\00:45:37.67
if He's your God,
00:45:37.70\00:45:39.03
He already picked
the day that's holy.
00:45:39.07\00:45:40.54
You cannot make
anything else holy
00:45:40.57\00:45:41.90
that He's already made holy.
00:45:41.94\00:45:43.27
You can't remove the holiness
00:45:43.30\00:45:44.64
or substitute it for
anything else that's not holy.
00:45:44.67\00:45:47.68
But what is the
Sabbath a sign of?
00:45:47.71\00:45:49.58
Look at Exodus, Ezekiel 20:12.
00:45:49.61\00:45:52.31
Here's what the Lord says.
00:45:52.35\00:45:54.55
"Moreover, I also
gave them my" What?
00:45:54.58\00:45:57.45
"Sabbath to be a
sign between them and Me
00:45:57.49\00:46:02.49
that they might know that I
am the Lord who does," what?
00:46:02.52\00:46:06.16
"Sanctifies them."
00:46:06.19\00:46:07.63
The Sabbath is a sign of
a sanctified relationship.
00:46:07.66\00:46:11.03
So if you've been justified,
00:46:11.07\00:46:12.43
covered by the blood of the Lamb
00:46:12.47\00:46:14.80
and you're walking in Jesus,
00:46:14.84\00:46:16.27
you are walking in His
sanctified relationship.
00:46:16.30\00:46:18.54
How can you walk in a
sanctified relationship
00:46:18.57\00:46:21.18
and ignore the very
sign of your sanctification?
00:46:21.21\00:46:25.08
How could you say, Lord,
00:46:25.11\00:46:26.45
I understand what
the Sabbath is all about
00:46:26.48\00:46:27.82
but I'm picking
this one instead?
00:46:27.85\00:46:30.29
I cannot figure that out.
00:46:30.32\00:46:32.09
I cannot figure out
why so many preachers,
00:46:32.12\00:46:35.29
and I've shared
this with preachers of
00:46:35.32\00:46:36.66
different denominations.
00:46:36.69\00:46:38.03
And I can see
the ire and the anger
00:46:38.06\00:46:39.49
that comes up on
something that the Lord blessed,
00:46:39.53\00:46:42.70
I wonder what
spirit is behind that.
00:46:42.73\00:46:46.37
All right.
00:46:46.40\00:46:47.87
So now let's go to
some other quick texts.
00:46:47.90\00:46:50.81
So you see, let's
also look at verse 20
00:46:50.84\00:46:52.74
since we're in Exodus,
since we're in Ezekiel 20,
00:46:52.77\00:46:55.41
let's look at verse 20 also.
00:46:55.44\00:46:57.11
All right.
00:46:57.15\00:46:58.48
Look at verse 20 also.
00:46:58.51\00:47:01.12
He says,
00:47:01.15\00:47:02.48
He says, "Hallow My Sabbaths,
00:47:02.52\00:47:04.95
and they will be a
sign between Me and you,
00:47:04.99\00:47:08.06
that you may know that
I am the Lord," together.
00:47:08.09\00:47:11.09
"Your God."
00:47:11.13\00:47:12.46
It all comes down
to who is your God?
00:47:12.49\00:47:15.46
You see Sunday was kept
in honor of the Sun gods
00:47:15.50\00:47:18.73
and we know it's called Saturday
00:47:18.77\00:47:20.37
because of Saturn's day
00:47:20.40\00:47:22.17
but the Bible
calls itself Sabbath.
00:47:22.20\00:47:24.57
Amen somebody? Amen.
00:47:24.61\00:47:26.27
And we'll find out the
three names that the by,
00:47:26.31\00:47:28.08
the only three names the Bible
gives to the days of the week
00:47:28.11\00:47:30.58
you'll find out what those are.
00:47:30.61\00:47:32.18
You might say well
pastor there seven days
00:47:32.21\00:47:34.12
how could they
only be three names?
00:47:34.15\00:47:37.09
Because you have, let me
I'll give you a preview now
00:47:37.12\00:47:38.95
and we'll cover in detail later,
00:47:38.99\00:47:40.66
first day,
second day, third day,
00:47:40.69\00:47:42.92
fourth day, fifth
day, preparation day.
00:47:42.96\00:47:46.29
Sabbath, that's
what the Bible gives.
00:47:46.33\00:47:49.26
First day,
second day, third day,
00:47:49.30\00:47:51.00
fourth day, fifth day,
00:47:51.03\00:47:52.43
sixth day which is
preparation day and Sabbath.
00:47:52.47\00:47:56.04
You only have whatever
the name of the day is,
00:47:56.07\00:47:58.41
what number it is, then
you get the preparation,
00:47:58.44\00:48:00.38
then you get the Sabbath.
00:48:00.41\00:48:01.74
That's how you know.
00:48:01.78\00:48:03.51
But some Christians
00:48:03.55\00:48:04.88
and I can, you know,
00:48:04.91\00:48:06.25
I've been
around this for so long
00:48:06.28\00:48:07.72
I could hear the
battles going on.
00:48:07.75\00:48:09.08
So let me just
show me addresses.
00:48:09.12\00:48:10.45
Some people might say,
00:48:10.49\00:48:11.82
well, you know that
Saturday is the seventh day?
00:48:11.85\00:48:15.36
It was amazing how many,
00:48:15.39\00:48:17.09
how many ground
hogs pick up their heads?
00:48:17.13\00:48:22.76
How many moles
pick up their heads
00:48:22.80\00:48:25.33
during this, this topic?
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.04
Well, how do you know
that Saturday is a seventh day?
00:48:27.07\00:48:29.64
You know, how I know. You know.
00:48:29.67\00:48:31.81
Because when Easter comes,
00:48:31.84\00:48:33.17
you go to church
on Easter Sunday.
00:48:33.21\00:48:35.04
You know, Easter is
the day that Jesus rose.
00:48:35.08\00:48:38.41
You know, He rose on Sunday.
00:48:38.45\00:48:40.28
That's why the almost
the entire Christian world
00:48:40.32\00:48:42.85
honors Easter Sunday.
00:48:42.88\00:48:45.05
So, you know, the day before
Easter Sunday is the Sabbath.
00:48:45.09\00:48:48.12
We'll clarify
that in the moment.
00:48:48.16\00:48:49.89
Question number
16. Question number 16.
00:48:49.92\00:48:54.23
What was the day
00:48:54.26\00:48:56.20
the apostles observed
after the crucifixion?
00:48:56.23\00:49:00.47
This is huge
00:49:00.50\00:49:02.00
because if the
apostles are followers of Jesus,
00:49:02.04\00:49:05.97
surely you got to
find them doing whatever.
00:49:06.01\00:49:08.58
If there's a new day of worship,
00:49:08.61\00:49:09.94
the apostles will be keeping it.
00:49:09.98\00:49:12.15
Ain't that right?
00:49:12.18\00:49:14.18
If there's, if
Jesus got rid of it,
00:49:14.22\00:49:17.42
if anybody knows,
00:49:17.45\00:49:19.75
the apostles
will know, right, Dan?
00:49:19.79\00:49:21.92
The apostles will know
they won't be, as we say,
00:49:21.96\00:49:25.39
they won't be trifling
00:49:25.43\00:49:26.90
trying to do something
that Jesus didn't authorize.
00:49:26.93\00:49:29.63
But what they do?
00:49:29.66\00:49:31.00
Let's go to Acts 13.
00:49:31.03\00:49:32.37
We're going to look at one,
two, three, four, five, six,
00:49:32.40\00:49:34.67
seven references
to see what they did.
00:49:34.70\00:49:37.27
Since we couldn't find
00:49:37.31\00:49:38.64
and surely
00:49:38.67\00:49:40.31
if anybody's going to be
following what Jesus did,
00:49:40.34\00:49:42.94
it's His ambassadors,
00:49:42.98\00:49:44.91
it says disciples, now apostles
00:49:44.95\00:49:47.22
carrying the example
to the New Testament,
00:49:47.25\00:49:50.69
say that with me,
the New Testament church.
00:49:50.72\00:49:53.62
They established such an example
00:49:53.66\00:49:55.99
by the day they
honored that's a holy day.
00:49:56.02\00:49:58.09
Acts 13, let's turn
there in our Bibles.
00:49:58.13\00:50:01.66
You guys are already there.
00:50:01.70\00:50:03.30
You guys are faster than I am.
00:50:03.33\00:50:05.00
I'm talking and
I'm slowing down.
00:50:05.03\00:50:07.04
That's okay, I'm there,
00:50:07.07\00:50:08.40
I'm there, just give me a break.
00:50:08.44\00:50:10.64
Acts 13
00:50:10.67\00:50:12.47
and we're going to start with...
00:50:12.51\00:50:13.84
Okay, verse 14.
00:50:16.85\00:50:18.55
And by the way Paul is
preaching on the first Sabbath.
00:50:18.58\00:50:21.12
Here it is, this the
first reference Acts 13:14,
00:50:21.15\00:50:24.85
"But when they departed
from Perga, they came to..."
00:50:24.89\00:50:28.16
What city?
00:50:28.19\00:50:29.52
"Antioch in Pisidia,
00:50:29.56\00:50:31.43
and went into the
synagogue on the..."
00:50:31.46\00:50:33.29
What day?
00:50:33.33\00:50:34.66
"Sabbath day and sat down."
00:50:34.70\00:50:36.73
One day, if you want
to find out who they are,
00:50:36.77\00:50:39.17
you go back and you
see that they're apostles,
00:50:39.20\00:50:41.30
Paul and Barnabas.
00:50:41.34\00:50:42.97
When they were
traveling together,
00:50:43.00\00:50:44.34
Paul and Barnabas
were traveling together
00:50:44.37\00:50:46.21
through Asia Minor
00:50:46.24\00:50:47.58
and when they got to Perga,
00:50:47.61\00:50:50.11
when they departed from Perga
came to Antioch and Pisidia,
00:50:50.15\00:50:52.91
they went into the synagogue
00:50:52.95\00:50:54.65
on the Sabbath day and sat down.
00:50:54.68\00:50:56.28
Now, somebody may
say I'm meandering,
00:50:56.32\00:50:59.35
I'm not meandering,
00:50:59.39\00:51:00.72
I'm just kind of
cutting off all the ropes.
00:51:00.76\00:51:02.49
Somebody may say,
00:51:02.52\00:51:03.86
"Well, they went into
the synagogue on the Sabbath
00:51:03.89\00:51:05.29
because they were
talking to the Jews."
00:51:05.33\00:51:07.23
Bulletin,
bulletin, there was no issue
00:51:07.26\00:51:10.67
in the entire New Testament
Church about the Sabbath.
00:51:10.70\00:51:13.37
Follow the
historians, read it yourself.
00:51:13.40\00:51:15.57
The historians
never gave any inkling
00:51:15.60\00:51:17.67
that the New
Testament Christians
00:51:17.71\00:51:19.74
started honoring a
new day of worship,
00:51:19.77\00:51:21.78
none whatsoever.
00:51:21.81\00:51:23.14
So they, they went
where they knew they would be.
00:51:23.18\00:51:25.55
They went into the
synagogue on the Sabbath day
00:51:25.58\00:51:29.02
and what do they do?
00:51:29.05\00:51:30.75
They sat down.
00:51:30.79\00:51:32.12
And what did they sat down for?
00:51:32.15\00:51:33.49
They sat down to read.
00:51:33.52\00:51:34.86
Let's look at verse 27
at the very same chapter.
00:51:34.89\00:51:37.23
The next reference, Acts 13:27,
00:51:37.26\00:51:40.20
and it says,
00:51:40.23\00:51:41.56
"For those who dwell in
Jerusalem, and their rulers,
00:51:41.60\00:51:46.47
because they did not know Him,
00:51:46.50\00:51:49.24
nor even the
voices of the Prophets
00:51:49.27\00:51:51.94
which are read..."
00:51:51.97\00:51:53.31
Together.
00:51:53.34\00:51:54.68
"Every Sabbath,
00:51:54.71\00:51:56.54
have fulfilled
them in condemning Him."
00:51:56.58\00:52:00.12
This is simply referring back
to the persecution that the,
00:52:00.15\00:52:04.09
that the Jews put the
apostles and disciples through.
00:52:04.12\00:52:07.49
They're referring to that.
00:52:07.52\00:52:08.86
In other words,
here's what they're saying,
00:52:08.89\00:52:10.23
every Sabbath, we are talking
to you about the prophets,
00:52:10.26\00:52:13.09
every Sabbath,
00:52:13.13\00:52:14.46
we're talking to
you about the prophets.
00:52:14.50\00:52:15.86
How could you
miss the Word of God?
00:52:15.90\00:52:18.60
How often do they speak
about that every Sabbath?
00:52:18.63\00:52:23.54
Okay, that's the next one.
00:52:23.57\00:52:24.91
So Acts 13:14,
00:52:24.94\00:52:26.91
I hope you're writing that down.
00:52:26.94\00:52:28.34
What day did they keep
in Acts 13:14, together?
00:52:28.38\00:52:30.58
The Sabbath.
00:52:30.61\00:52:31.95
What about verse 27? The what?
00:52:31.98\00:52:33.72
Every Sabbath.
00:52:33.75\00:52:35.28
Let's go now to Acts 13:42.
00:52:35.32\00:52:39.95
Paul and Barnabas were preaching
00:52:39.99\00:52:41.32
and they really...
00:52:41.36\00:52:42.69
They must had a
really dynamic sermon.
00:52:42.72\00:52:44.13
They preached extremely well.
00:52:44.16\00:52:46.13
Here it is.
00:52:46.16\00:52:47.50
Verse 42, here it is.
00:52:47.53\00:52:49.90
It says, "So when the
Jews went out of the synagogue,
00:52:49.93\00:52:53.23
the Gentiles."
00:52:53.27\00:52:54.64
Oh, what are
they doing in there?
00:52:54.67\00:52:56.74
"The Gentiles begged
00:52:56.77\00:52:58.51
that these words might
be preached to them..."
00:52:58.54\00:53:01.04
The what? "Next Sabbath."
00:53:01.08\00:53:03.08
The word Gentile simply means
00:53:03.11\00:53:04.65
the ones that
were not yet converted.
00:53:04.68\00:53:06.88
Jews and Gentiles.
00:53:06.92\00:53:08.25
You didn't have
Baptist and Pentecostal
00:53:08.28\00:53:09.72
or the
Methodists and Presbyterian,
00:53:09.75\00:53:11.19
Church of God, you
had Jews and Gentiles.
00:53:11.22\00:53:13.46
Those who are
following God's Word,
00:53:13.49\00:53:15.22
those who not,
were not yet converted.
00:53:15.26\00:53:17.16
Today the devil has confused it.
00:53:17.19\00:53:19.49
That's why we're
trying to get you back
00:53:19.53\00:53:20.86
to the original.
00:53:20.90\00:53:22.23
Praise God for that.
00:53:22.26\00:53:23.60
So now Jews and Gentiles,
what day were they honoring?
00:53:23.63\00:53:26.80
Sabbath.
00:53:26.84\00:53:28.17
Let's go to the very
next reference, verse 44.
00:53:28.20\00:53:30.17
Verse 44 and see what happened.
00:53:30.21\00:53:32.51
See how many
people came on this one.
00:53:32.54\00:53:34.01
Next reference,
Acts 13:44. Here it is.
00:53:34.04\00:53:36.85
"On the next..." What?
00:53:36.88\00:53:38.38
"Sabbath almost..." How much?
00:53:38.41\00:53:41.08
"Whole city came together
to hear the word of God."
00:53:41.12\00:53:46.15
Man, the apostles are
setting a tremendous example,
00:53:46.19\00:53:49.52
not just Jews but
Gentiles but the whole city,
00:53:49.56\00:53:53.96
the whole city.
00:53:54.00\00:53:56.26
All right, let's go
to the next reference,
00:53:56.30\00:53:58.57
Acts 16:13.
00:53:58.60\00:54:01.77
Acts 16:13.
00:54:01.80\00:54:03.24
Here it is on the screen.
00:54:03.27\00:54:04.61
I'm going a little
fast because I'm trying to
00:54:04.64\00:54:06.14
keep up with the time.
00:54:06.17\00:54:07.51
I want to end this page
before the next broadcast.
00:54:07.54\00:54:10.11
Now here it is. Acts 16:13.
00:54:10.15\00:54:12.45
"And on the..." What?
00:54:12.48\00:54:14.58
"Sabbath day we went out
of the city to the riverside,
00:54:14.62\00:54:18.72
where prayer was
customarily made,
00:54:18.75\00:54:21.72
and we sat down
and spoke to the women
00:54:21.76\00:54:23.79
who..." Did what?
00:54:23.83\00:54:25.16
"Who met there."
00:54:25.19\00:54:26.53
Now why did they meet by
the river with the women?
00:54:26.56\00:54:28.23
Because according to
the New Testament example,
00:54:28.26\00:54:31.03
the way that
they have structured
00:54:31.07\00:54:32.40
these churches
to be established,
00:54:32.43\00:54:34.04
they said they had
to be at least nine men
00:54:34.07\00:54:36.57
before the church's
building was, was constructed.
00:54:36.60\00:54:39.24
So since they
were not enough men,
00:54:39.27\00:54:40.98
the women met
down by the riverside
00:54:41.01\00:54:42.51
on the Sabbath.
00:54:42.54\00:54:43.88
That's why it says customarily,
but what day did they meet on?
00:54:43.91\00:54:47.02
The Sabbath day.
00:54:47.05\00:54:48.68
They went down by the,
00:54:48.72\00:54:50.05
out of the city
by the riverside.
00:54:50.09\00:54:52.05
So far, we've
seen that the apostles
00:54:52.09\00:54:54.69
had been consistent in keeping
and honoring the Sabbath day.
00:54:54.72\00:54:58.63
Let's go to Acts 17:2 now.
00:54:58.66\00:55:00.96
Acts 17:2.
00:55:01.00\00:55:04.03
All right.
00:55:04.07\00:55:06.13
All right, Acts 17:2.
00:55:06.17\00:55:09.17
And here it is.
00:55:09.20\00:55:10.64
Okay, and it says,
00:55:10.67\00:55:12.04
"Then Paul, as his..." What?
00:55:12.07\00:55:14.91
"Custom was, went
in to them, and for..."
00:55:14.94\00:55:18.08
How many Sabbaths?
00:55:18.11\00:55:19.45
"Three Sabbaths reasoned
00:55:19.48\00:55:22.45
with them from the..." What?
00:55:22.48\00:55:23.95
"Scriptures."
00:55:23.99\00:55:25.32
Paul was a man that believed
in honoring the scriptures.
00:55:25.35\00:55:27.82
He was reading
from the scriptures
00:55:27.86\00:55:29.19
so he knew what
day to be honored.
00:55:29.22\00:55:30.99
Amen?
00:55:31.03\00:55:32.46
He reasoned three
Sabbaths and they were instances
00:55:32.49\00:55:34.83
where Paul when
the text read earlier
00:55:34.86\00:55:36.77
where it says,
00:55:36.80\00:55:38.13
he read with them every Sabbath,
00:55:38.17\00:55:40.10
Paul was in that
city for a year and a half
00:55:40.14\00:55:42.24
if you add that up 52
plus 26 gives you what?
00:55:42.27\00:55:47.28
78 Sabbaths in a row.
00:55:47.31\00:55:49.04
Seventy eight weeks
in a row Paul was in,
00:55:49.08\00:55:52.81
was honoring the Sabbath.
00:55:52.85\00:55:54.18
Seventy eight weeks in row,
00:55:54.22\00:55:55.55
Paul and Barnabas
00:55:55.58\00:55:56.92
spoke to the
people on the Sabbath day.
00:55:56.95\00:55:58.55
Here it was, he
reasoned three Sabbaths
00:55:58.59\00:56:00.82
and they reasoned
from the scriptures.
00:56:00.86\00:56:02.82
So if he's reading the Bible,
00:56:02.86\00:56:04.19
he knows what
scriptures and by the way,
00:56:04.23\00:56:06.80
just for the bulletin,
00:56:06.83\00:56:08.16
he didn't have
the New Testament.
00:56:08.20\00:56:10.23
All right.
00:56:10.27\00:56:11.60
Last reference, Acts 18:4.
00:56:11.63\00:56:13.44
Acts 18:4.
00:56:13.47\00:56:15.04
Here it is.
00:56:15.07\00:56:17.37
"And he reasoned in
the synagogue..." Together.
00:56:17.41\00:56:20.88
"Every Sabbath, and
persuaded both..." What?
00:56:20.91\00:56:24.08
"Jews and Greeks."
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Let's get together now.
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Jews, Gentiles,
Greeks and the whole city.
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One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, perfect number.
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The Sabbath is
mentioned seven times
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in the Book of Acts.
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Coincidentally, no, I believe
providential seven times.
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The Lord wanted to
be very, very clear
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what day He honored
as the day of worship.
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Now let's see if we
can squeeze this in.
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We may or may not be
able to, but if we cannot,
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I'll repeat it next
broadcast, question number 17.
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Here it is.
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Well, matter of
fact, you know what?
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We only have a minute,
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I'm not going to jump down there
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because there are
three texts to read one
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and not read the others
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is really not
going to be very just.
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Let me just make a point here.
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So far we've covered
every first testament,
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every first day text
in the New Testament.
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We've also discovered
that the Lord's day reference
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is not to the first
day but to the Sabbath
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that God blessed
at the creation week
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and you'll discover later on
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that that's the day
that Jesus Himself honored.
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Now here's my point.
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There's something
many years ago WWJD,
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you remember what that meant?
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What would Jesus do?
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What would Jesus do?
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When you read Luke
4:16 the Bible says,
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"Jesus honored the Sabbath."
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Luke 4:16, "Jesus
honored the Sabbath."
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If you want to follow
Jesus and be His disciple,
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simply do what He did.
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You will never be lost
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by following
Jesus as your example.
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Can we get an amen? Amen.
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If you love the Lord,
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this is why we
have this broadcast.
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You already love the Lord
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but the Sabbath is one
of the Ten Commandments.
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If you love Me, Jesus
says, keep My commandments.
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Keep studying, friends,
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one day it will come
into A Sharper Focus.
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God bless you.
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