Participants: Pr. John Lomacang
Series Code: ASHF
Program Code: ASHF000121A
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00:21 Hello, friends, welcome to
00:22 another Wednesday night Bible study 00:24 here at the 3ABN Worship Center 00:26 here in Thompsonville, Illinois. 00:28 I know you've heard the phrase, West Frankfort 00:30 or the city West Frankfort, it's just a few feet that way. 00:33 But thank you for tuning in tonight 00:35 as we continue our study 00:36 on the truth about the first day. 00:40 What a dynamic topic this is. 00:42 We're going to let you know in just a moment 00:43 how to get a copy of the lesson and follow along with us. 00:46 But wherever you're tuning in from, 00:48 get your Bible, get your pens. 00:49 Invite your family and your friends 00:51 to sit down for a thoughtful 00:53 and very challenging provoking study 00:56 on what the Bible says about the first day of the week. 01:00 I'll give you some more details in a moment 01:02 and also the website where you can download the lesson 01:05 and get access to all the lessons 01:06 we've done about 32 so far and about 90 videos. 01:11 So we'll give you that information, 01:12 but let's begin as we invite 01:14 the Lord's presence with a word of prayer. 01:16 Let's bow our heads. 01:17 Heavenly Father, we thank You tonight for the fact that 01:20 when we call on Your name, that Lord You are here. 01:24 We call on the name of Jesus. 01:26 Father and we pray that 01:27 Your Holy Spirit will be the active agent and power 01:31 that governs the study, 01:33 reaches out through the airwaves, 01:35 whatever the medium to touch the hearts of those 01:37 that are listening and those that are watching. 01:40 We pray that this topic Father could be clear 01:42 and that not only will information be communicated 01:45 but the challenge to be obedient 01:47 to the Word of the Lord. 01:50 So, Lord, lead us tonight 01:52 as we open our hearts and our ears to You, 01:54 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. 01:58 Now if you want a copy of the lesson, 01:59 go to this website asf.3abn.org 02:04 and download lesson number 32. 02:06 What lesson did I say? 02:09 Number 32, the truth about the first day. 02:13 Lesson number 32. 02:15 This is a very exciting lesson 02:17 and on that very same website you'll see links to Facebook 02:21 as well as I believe to Twitter 02:24 where you can upload questions if you have any 02:26 about the topics that are being covered. 02:28 But we're continuing tonight 02:30 from lesson number 32, question number 10. 02:32 But before we do that we always sing our theme song 02:35 and the title of our theme song, 02:36 can we sing that together is victory in... 02:39 Victory in Jesus. 02:41 Let's sing our theme song together. 02:50 I heard an old, old story 02:54 How the Savior came from glory 02:58 How He gave His life on Calvary 03:02 To save a wretch like me 03:05 I heard about His groaning 03:09 Of His precious blood's atoning 03:13 Then I repented of my sins 03:17 And won the victory 03:20 Oh, victory in Jesus 03:24 My Savior, forever 03:28 He sought me and bought me 03:32 With His redeeming blood 03:36 He loved me 'ere I knew Him 03:39 And all my love is due Him 03:43 He plunged me to victory 03:47 Beneath the cleansing flood 03:51 I heard about a mansion 03:54 He has built for me in glory 03:58 And I heard about the streets of gold 04:02 Beyond the crystal sea 04:06 About the angels singing 04:10 And the old redemption story 04:13 And some sweet day, I'll sing up there 04:17 The song of victory 04:20 Key change. 04:21 Oh, victory in Jesus 04:25 My Savior, forever 04:28 He sought me and bought me 04:32 With His redeeming blood 04:36 He loved me 'ere I knew Him 04:40 And all my love is due Him 04:44 He plunged me to victory 04:47 Beneath the cleansing flood 04:51 He plunged me to victory 04:55 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:01 Amen. 05:03 Wonderful song. 05:04 Plunged us to victory beneath 05:07 the cleansing flood which is the blood of Jesus. 05:12 So good to see those of you are here. 05:13 Some of you are vacationing, 05:15 some of you are coming back to town. 05:18 And we thank you for those who are tuning in, 05:21 whether from the Caribbean, 05:23 from Amman, Jordan, from China, from Australia 05:25 and all the other places around the world 05:28 from my family there in the Virgin Islands, 05:31 appreciate you tuning in tonight. 05:32 This topic is very exciting and very timely. 05:36 Now let me lay the foundation like I did last week. 05:38 And by the way, 05:40 the title of our message tonight, 05:41 let's say this together, the truth about the... 05:44 The truth about the first day. The truth about the first day. 05:49 Now we're going to begin on question 10, 05:51 but I want to lay some foundation tonight 05:52 because the first day of the week 05:56 is solely based on tradition. 05:59 What word did I just use? 06:00 Tradition. 06:02 Many Christians are not upset about the first day of the week 06:05 because this change, Louise, 06:07 took place almost 2000 years ago. 06:10 But what's amazing about that is 06:12 there has been a change recently made in America 06:15 that is based on the tradition, 06:18 tradition of men, not the Word of God. 06:21 Recently the Supreme Court made the decision 06:23 to support same sex marriage. 06:25 Now one of the reasons 06:26 why Christians are so upset about that is, 06:29 they know that almost 6000 years ago, 06:34 so marriage is not too old to 06:36 still referred to it as valid today, can we say amen? 06:38 Amen. 06:39 Although done at the very end of creation week, 06:43 it's still valid today. 06:45 Christians don't say, 06:46 "Well, that was 6000 years ago we should change." 06:50 They say, "God did that at the beginning of creation week, 06:53 He gave Adam to Eve, Eve to Adam 06:56 and it's still valid today." 06:58 They find no reason to change 07:00 what the Lord did during creation, 07:03 but there's something else He did during creation, 07:05 He not only sanctified the marriage, 07:08 He sanctified the seventh day of the week, the Sabbath. 07:12 But that change being made 2000 years ago, 07:16 people today that honor it say, 07:18 "Hey, it's scriptural, it's not scriptural." 07:22 We have covered thus far 07:25 about nine texts out of the 12 verses 07:29 in the New Testament that cover the first day of the week. 07:32 So if we're going to find Bible support 07:34 for the first day of the week, 07:37 we have to find it in the New Testament. 07:39 You cannot find it in the Old Testament. 07:42 Many people say they are New Testament Christians 07:44 because they say, 07:45 in saying that we keep the new day of worship. 07:48 But now let me go ahead and expand this picture. 07:51 In about 300 years from now, 07:53 if the world were to last that long, 07:55 same sex marriage would be a tradition. 07:59 And in that society they'll say, 08:00 "Well, we've been doing this for 300 years, 08:02 it must have some support somewhere in Scripture." 08:05 But people know that anything that's not based on the Bible 08:09 is purely tradition and not scriptural. 08:11 So here's my point. 08:13 If Christians are upset about 08:15 the traditions of men over the Word of God 08:19 in the same sex marriage institution, 08:22 they ought to be just as upset 08:24 about the traditions of men over the Sabbath of the Lord. 08:27 Can I get an amen? Amen. 08:29 You cannot change anything that God has blessed, 08:32 no matter how far back it goes. 08:34 If the Lord never changes Sabbath, 08:36 man has no authority to do it. 08:38 Since the Lord never changed marriage, 08:40 Christians today know that man has no authority to do it. 08:44 Some leaders have said, 08:47 "They may be the Supreme Court 08:49 but they are not the Supreme Being." 08:51 We do it not because men say it, 08:53 but because God's Word says it. 08:55 And so for Christians that had been taught 09:00 that the Bible supports the first day of the week. 09:03 We want to find that if we could support their statement. 09:05 And we're going to look through 09:07 every text in the New Testament, 09:08 so far we've covered nine of them. 09:11 We only have three remaining. 09:12 And so far we've discovered that 09:14 most of the New Testament verses 09:16 support the theme about the resurrection of Jesus, 09:19 being raised on the first day of the week. 09:22 So far we have found no support in the Bible at all 09:26 for a new day of worship. 09:28 We have only found support for those things 09:32 that are already mentioned in Scripture, 09:34 the Bible Sabbath, 09:36 marriage between a man and a woman, 09:38 not traditional, but scriptural, but biblical. 09:42 We ought not do it because it's traditional. 09:44 We do it because it's biblical. 09:47 It's based on the Bible. 09:48 So now what we're going to do tonight, 09:50 we discovered that we went and by the way, 09:52 in that very lesson that you downloaded, 09:55 there should be 27 questions. 09:57 We're going to begin tonight on question number 10 09:59 because this is one of the verses 10:04 Acts 20:7. 10:06 Let's go to Acts 20:7 first 10:08 and then we're going to go to the question. 10:09 Let's go to Acts 20:7 10:11 because I recently read, 10:13 and by the way I'm working on a book, 10:16 but those of you that are watching the program 10:18 or listening, keep your ears open. 10:20 The book is almost done, it's called Sunday Mask, 10:23 it's following the last three pontiffs or popes of Rome 10:27 in their push for the exaltation 10:30 of the first day of the week. 10:32 This recent pope or Pope Francis 10:35 is calling for Sunday to be observed. 10:38 And he's referring to this very text 10:40 as biblical authority why Sunday should be observed. 10:44 Let's go ahead and read the text 10:45 and see if this gives any support, 10:47 any biblical authority for the first day of the week. 10:50 Acts 20:7. 10:52 Here we go. 10:53 And I have, matter of fact, 10:55 I have the article open here on my iPad 10:57 about the very reference that Pope Francis made, 10:59 he said, "Because the disciples did this, 11:02 we now have authority to honor the first day of the week 11:05 as a new day of worship." 11:06 Let's read the text. 11:07 Acts 20:7. 11:09 This is not going to be on the screen, 11:10 but let's go and read it. 11:11 But what I'd like to read is, 11:13 let's go to verse 7 at Acts 20. 11:16 It says, "Now on the..." What day of the week? 11:19 "First day of the week, 11:21 when the disciples came together to..." 11:23 Do what? 11:24 "Break bread, 11:27 Paul, ready to depart the next day, 11:31 spoke to them and continued his message until midnight." 11:36 They say, "Oh, they got together 11:38 and they broke bread on the first day of the week." 11:42 So therefore, what the suggestion is, 11:45 is the breaking of bread, 11:46 having been done on the first day of the week 11:48 must now be scriptural authority 11:50 for a new day of worship. 11:52 What I'd like to point out is you find no reference there 11:54 to a new day of worship at all, 11:56 the day that's actually being referred to 11:58 is in the verse right before that, 12:00 The Feast of Unleavened Bread. 12:02 That's what's being referred to. 12:04 Look at the verse right before that, 12:06 verse 6. 12:07 "But we sailed away from Philippi 12:12 after the Day of Unleavened Bread, 12:14 and in five days joined them at Troas, 12:17 where we stayed seven days." 12:20 Now it goes to the verse 7 on the first day of the week. 12:24 So Paul continuing his journey 12:26 throughout many of the cities in Asia Minor 12:29 was simply gathering together to have a farewell meeting 12:33 that simply all that happened, it was a farewell meeting, 12:36 but somebody may say, 12:37 "Well, it was the first day of the week." 12:39 And he continues speaking until midnight. 12:42 Well, now this is powerful. 12:44 This is huge. 12:46 I want you to put your ears on, 12:47 I got mine on, can you see them? 12:49 This is huge. 12:51 Many people don't understand 12:52 when the first day of the week begins. 12:55 When you read Genesis 12:56 you'll find in Genesis over and over every day, 12:59 the evening and the morning were the what? 13:03 First day. 13:05 So the evening begins the day, 13:08 when you get to 12 o'clock at night. 13:11 What is it called? Somebody tell me. 13:13 Midnight. Midnight. 13:15 It's called midnight. 13:16 When we hit 12 noon, it's called what? 13:18 Midday. 13:19 Why is it called midday? 13:21 Because the day begins at? The sunset... 13:24 The day begins at sunset. 13:27 Thank you very much. The day begins at sunset. 13:31 It does not begin at sunrise, 13:35 the day doesn't begin at midnight 13:37 because at 12 o'clock 13:39 that is 12 o'clock at night is the middle of the night 13:44 which means something happened. 13:45 So let's use this scriptural terms 13:48 sunset is the terms the Bible use. 13:52 Sunset. 13:53 So when the sun sets the day is over, 13:57 from evening to evening. 13:59 Now following that very thought 14:00 when the sun sets tonight wherever you are, 14:03 whatever day it is 14:04 and right now it's Wednesday for us, 14:06 when the sun sets tonight, what starts? 14:09 This is powerful. 14:11 Thursday night starts. 14:13 Then Thursday. Okay. 14:17 But now once you get, if Thursday starts, 14:20 if Thursday starts tonight at when sun sets 14:24 and I preach until midnight. 14:27 What day am I on? 14:29 On Thursday night. 14:32 Thursday midnight. 14:34 In the modern vernacular of timing today 14:37 they'll call tomorrow night at 12 o'clock midnight, 14:41 Thursday night. 14:43 When in fact Friday's already started. 14:45 Follow that carefully. 14:47 So one of the reasons why men are so confused today 14:50 about the order of the days, 14:51 you got to follow the scriptures, 14:52 if you are Bible believing Christians, 14:54 you got to let the Bible be your final authority. 14:56 Ain't that right? 14:57 So Paul simply preached 14:59 until the late part of Saturday night, 15:03 that's what they call it today. 15:05 Today, we call it Saturday night, 15:07 there they call it midnight Sunday, 15:10 the first day of the week 15:12 'cause the first day of the week began 15:14 when the Sabbath ended. 15:17 And the Sabbath ended, 15:19 Saturday evening when the sunset. 15:22 That's what that was. 15:23 But somebody may say, 15:25 "But, Pastor, they broke bread on the first day of the week." 15:28 Well, now let's see if there's any authority in the Bible 15:31 to make the first day of the week 15:33 a new day of worship because they broke bread. 15:35 Now let's go to our first question tonight 15:36 that will appear on the screen, question number 10. 15:39 Here it is. 15:40 Did the breaking of bread happen 15:42 only on the first day of the week? 15:45 Did the breaking of bread happen 15:47 on the first day of the week? 15:48 Let's go to Acts 2:46. 15:51 Acts 2:46. 15:53 I wish I had two hours tonight. 15:54 I honestly do 15:56 because we have an event coming up next week 15:57 that's going to present our, next one's in Idaho 15:59 and we're going to have to begin the week after that. 16:01 I like to serve food while it's hot. 16:04 Okay. Acts 2:46, 47. 16:08 Let's go and look at that. 16:09 And let's look at this breaking of bread to see 16:12 if this only happened on the first day of the week. 16:14 Here we are. 16:17 Acts 2:46, and Bible reads, 16:20 "So continuing..." 16:22 How frequently? Daily. 16:24 "Daily with one accord in the temple..." 16:26 And what else? 16:27 "Breaking bread from..." What? 16:29 "House to house, they ate their food with..." 16:33 What? 16:34 "Gladness and..." What else? 16:36 "Simplicity of heart..." 16:38 And it continues, 16:39 "Praising God and having favor with..." 16:43 How many people? 16:44 "All the people. 16:46 And the Lord added to the church..." 16:47 How often? 16:49 "Daily those who were being saved." 16:51 Something happened on a daily basis. 16:53 They were in the temple daily. 16:54 They continued house to house breaking bread daily 16:57 and people were being saved daily. 16:59 Amen? 17:00 So this breaking of bread 17:02 was simply what people might call today 17:04 small group ministries. 17:07 Cell group ministries is the term 17:09 that's often used nowadays. 17:10 They go from house to house, people pick Tuesday, 17:13 some people pick Thursday to have it at their home. 17:15 But it's simply what the New Testament church did. 17:18 That's where the concept of small groups came from 17:20 right this very example. 17:22 Go from house to house breaking bread 17:25 and the bread that we're breaking 17:26 was not only the bread of food, 17:27 but the bread of the Word of God. 17:29 So we find clearly based on Acts 2:46. 17:34 And here's the answer. Here's the question. 17:35 Did the breaking of bread 17:37 happen only on the first day of the week? 17:38 You only put one word down. What's that word? 17:41 No. 17:42 Absolutely. It happened every day. 17:45 Now what's amazing about the references here. 17:48 Let's go to the very next reference. 17:49 I want you to see this. 17:51 Acts Chapter... Question number 11. 17:54 Question number 11. 17:56 All right? 17:57 So far we've done that's the ninth reference, 18:00 we only have three more references and let's see 18:03 if this next reference will give us any support 18:05 for Sunday being a new day of worship 18:08 because that's what the Christian church today says, 18:11 Sunday is the new day of worship, 18:12 it's the day we honor because of the resurrection. 18:15 We're going to talk about that also. 18:17 And Rome, and Pope Francis, 18:19 and Pope Benedict, and Pope John Paul II 18:22 to be the most recent three popes continue to push 18:26 this observance of the first day of the week 18:28 not just for Catholics but for all the world. 18:31 That's a big part of his encyclical 18:33 which was repeated just recently 18:35 and he's going to be coming to America really soon 18:38 to talk to congressional leaders, 18:40 he had audience with many of the major mayors, 18:42 he's now having closed circuit 18:44 what they call a digital audiences 18:47 with people around the nation, 18:49 but he's talking about the need 18:50 in this broken world, this broken society 18:53 for everybody to honor the first day of the week 18:56 to save the economy and save our resources. 18:59 But he's saying it's based on the Bible. 19:02 God's Word is saying it's not. 19:05 And we're going to find out not only what the Bible says 19:07 about where it came from, 19:08 but we're going to also show you in a following study, 19:10 maybe in a few weeks 19:12 all the historical references 19:15 where Rome openly admits 19:17 that they changed the first day of the week 19:20 from scripture to tradition. 19:23 But Christians nowadays think it's scriptural. 19:27 And so to try to support that 19:28 they eliminate as much of the Bible as they could 19:31 and say, we're only New Testament. 19:34 I don't want to be cynical I'm being very, 19:36 you know, it's kind of crazy. 19:38 It is kind of cynical. 19:39 Let's get rid of most of the Bible 19:40 so we could find reasons 19:42 to honor the thing that we want. 19:44 The issue is not God's Word. The issue is the human heart. 19:47 Let's go to question number 11. 19:49 Question number 11. Here it is. 19:52 What was the 10th New Testament first day reference describing? 19:56 Let's go to Acts 20:8. 19:58 Acts 20:18. 20:00 What was the 10th New Testament first day reference describing? 20:05 Acts 20:18. 20:08 Very small reference, very minimal. 20:10 I'll bring it up to the screen 20:12 because it doesn't really have any great impact at all. 20:14 All right, here it is. 20:16 "And when they had come to him, 20:19 he said to them..." 20:21 And that is to Paul. 20:22 "You know, from the..." 20:23 What day? First day. 20:25 "From the first day that I came to Asia, 20:28 in what manner I always lived among you." 20:30 That's simply saying the day that I arrived. 20:33 So if I arrived in Thompsonville on Tuesday, 20:36 that's the first day I got here. 20:37 If I arrived on Friday, 20:39 that's the first day I got here. 20:40 That's simply saying, I'm just dating my arrival, 20:43 I'm not saying the first day of the week 20:45 but from the first day that I got here, 20:47 you know what kind of person I was 20:48 and how I lived among you, that's all that saying, 20:50 that's not referring to any specific one, two, three, four, 20:53 five, six or seventh day, 20:55 it's simply saying since I've been here, 20:57 that's all that simply saying. 20:58 All right, so there's no authority there. 21:00 Now here's the question. 21:01 Was... 21:03 What was the 10th New Testament first day reference describing? 21:06 Paul's arrival to Asia. 21:08 Write that down. 21:10 It was describing Paul's arrival to Asia. 21:12 That's all. That's all it's simply saying. 21:14 So if you go to the airport and pick up friends 21:17 and they will stay at your house for two weeks. 21:20 They say, ever since I got here, 21:21 the first day I got here, 21:24 I said hello to you at the airport. 21:26 Not any particular day of the week 21:27 but simply the timing of their arrival. 21:29 All right, so that is the 10th one 21:32 which means now it's kind of getting slim pickings, 21:35 means we only have how many left? 21:37 Come on. How many left? 21:38 Two. 21:40 The only 12 references to the first day. 21:41 Now let me just plug this in because it fits right here. 21:45 While you might think that the Sabbath is not talked about 21:48 because many pastors tell their congregation these things. 21:51 They say the Sabbath is not an issue in the New Testament, 21:53 when we take the Sabbath, 21:55 the Sabbath is mentioned 60 times in the New Testament 22:00 which is five times more than the first day. 22:05 So for people to say that the Sabbath 22:07 is not really reiterated in the New Testament, 22:09 it's a statement of deception. 22:12 You know, let me just, let me just say it, 22:13 I'm not trying to be hard, I want to be clear. 22:15 I want people to know what God's Word said. 22:17 Amen? Amen. 22:18 So if I'm going to, if I'm going to be straight, 22:20 you will appreciate me 22:21 not meandering in the maze of mediocrity. 22:23 If you came to the bank and you ask for $35, 22:26 I'm going to give you $35, not going to be 34.95 or 36, 22:30 you're going to get exactly what you asked for. 22:32 If you want the Word of God, 22:33 this is the station you're going to get it. 22:35 Right? 22:37 So here's the point. 22:38 Let's look at the 11th reference. 22:39 This is another reference often used. 22:41 So here's question number 12. 22:43 Question number 12. 22:45 Was the 11th New Testament first day reference 22:49 describing a church service? 22:52 I want that to come up on the screen. 22:54 Was the 11th New Testament day reference 22:57 describing a church service? 23:00 Now the reason I titled it that way 23:03 is because that's exactly what is said 23:06 in the Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrines, 23:08 the 1995 edition. 23:11 That's one of the references used 23:12 to try to establish the authority of the first day. 23:15 Very clever, but very misleading. 23:18 Let's go ahead and read that. 23:19 Let's go to 1 Corinthians Chapter 16 23:22 and we're going to look at verse 2. 23:25 But I'm going to turn there, 23:26 so we could read the verse before that. 23:28 And when I get to 1 Corinthians 16:2, 23:32 then I want you to bring it up on the screen. 23:34 All right. 23:35 Okay, here I am. Okay, great. 23:38 Let's read verse 1 first 23:39 and then our graphics people will bring 23:42 the second verse up on the screen. 23:44 Here it is. First one. 23:45 Now I'm in the Bible, 23:47 "Now concerning the..." What? 23:49 "Collection for the saints, 23:52 as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, 23:57 so you must do also." 24:00 So this is about collection for the saints. 24:02 What we want to find out 24:03 if this collection took place at church, 24:05 where did this collection take place? 24:08 Let's look at the next verse. Now on the screen. 24:11 "On the first day of the week 24:14 let each one of you lay something aside, 24:18 storing up as he may prosper, that there be..." 24:23 Together. 24:24 "No collections when I come." 24:28 Now this is huge. 24:30 You may have seen the Salvation Army come by and hang a bag, 24:34 in New York City this used to happen. 24:36 Or in Florida this used to happen, 24:37 having experiences out here. 24:39 But in many of the towns 24:40 where the Salvation Army is very active, 24:42 they collect clothing at different times of the year. 24:45 And so what they'll do is they'll hang a plastic bag 24:47 someplace during Christmas. 24:49 Some people do it during other holidays, 24:52 but they hang a plastic bag 24:53 and on the plastic bag they said, 24:55 "We will be back next Tuesday, 24:57 please have it ready when we come. 25:01 Now what this is? 25:02 This collection was for the saints 25:05 that were in hardship, and famine, 25:07 and difficulty in Jerusalem. 25:10 There was a hardship for the Christians in Jerusalem. 25:13 And so the churches of Galatia and the other churches said, 25:17 "We're going to help them out." 25:18 So Paul said, "Here's what I want you to do." 25:22 While you're working on your bills, 25:24 and the things that 25:25 many of us take care of our bills on Sunday, 25:28 we get together because Monday takes off like a rocket. 25:30 Many of us get together to find out what's in our house. 25:32 We write our bills, pay our bills, whatever. 25:34 Paul is saying, on the first day of the week, 25:38 let every one of you lay something aside 25:41 so that there's no collection when I come. 25:43 This is not people going to a church. 25:45 This is the apostles and the Christians 25:48 of these various churches of Galatia 25:50 particularly going from house to house collecting goods 25:54 that will be gathered together in a relief effort 25:58 for the Christians in Jerusalem. 26:00 This did not take place in a church. 26:02 This was not a church service. 26:04 This was a collection that was picked up from house to house. 26:08 Amen somebody? Amen. 26:10 So this also, 26:11 if this is used to give authority 26:13 to the first day of the week as a new day of worship, 26:15 you find nothing in this text at all 26:19 referring to a new day of worship. 26:21 The assumption or the huge phantom bridge that was built 26:25 is the word collection meaning it has to be a holy day. 26:29 Now here at 3ABN collections come in all week long. 26:32 And our church collections come in various times. 26:36 But the collection does not make the day holy. 26:38 And breaking bread and having lunch together 26:40 doesn't make the day holy. 26:41 You know what makes the day holy? 26:42 God does. 26:44 When the Lord blesses something, it's blessed. 26:47 And by the way as I go on to the next text, 26:49 this is one of the larger ones. 26:51 The three of those that often are referred to is John 20 26:56 where the disciples were hiding for fear of the Jews. 26:59 They would assemble for fear of the Jews. 27:01 That's the one, we knocked that down last study. 27:04 We discovered that 27:05 they were not assembling to have worship. 27:07 They were hiding behind closed doors 27:09 because Jesus had just been crucified 27:11 and they thought they were next. 27:13 Second one 27:15 is the breaking of bread from house to house. 27:16 It was done every day of the week. 27:19 Small group ministries, 27:20 this is where the New Testament concept came from. 27:23 The other one was 27:25 carefully collection being 27:26 taken for the saints in Jerusalem 27:28 that all the churches including the churches in Galatia 27:31 and others were laying things aside 27:33 so when the collecting truck so to speak, 27:36 in this case the collecting wagon came by, 27:38 they could simply say, "I got it from that house, 27:40 I got it from that house, I got it from the house." 27:43 So there'll be no collections when I come. 27:48 Not when we come. 27:51 but when they come. 27:54 Not when we come to church, 27:55 but when they come to our house. 27:57 Is that clear? 27:59 I thought it was very clear. 28:00 Amen? 28:01 Now let's go to the next one. 28:03 The last reference I want to tell you, 28:05 we shot 11 bullets. 28:07 We've hit nothing. 28:09 We got one left. 28:11 Question number 12. 28:13 Question number 12. Here it is. 28:15 Question number 12. 28:17 Question 13. 28:18 I mean, reference number 12, question number 13. 28:22 All right. 28:23 Our last reference, here's the question. 28:25 Does the 12th and last New Testament reference 28:30 establish a new day of worship? 28:33 Let's go now to Philippines 1:5. 28:38 Philippines 1:5. 28:40 One of my favorite books in the Bible is Philippines. 28:43 If you ever discouraged, read Philippines. 28:45 It's the champion's book, it's the winner's book. 28:48 It's the book that... When you say, "I'm tired." 28:50 It says, "Press toward the mark 28:53 for the prize of the upward call of God." 28:55 When you can't make it, 28:56 it says, "I can do all things through Christ 28:58 who strengthens me." 28:59 When your mind is confused, it says, 29:01 "Let this mind be in you which is also in Christ Jesus." 29:03 Amen? 29:04 It's the champion's book, it's not the book of failure. 29:07 But now let's see if this last reference 29:09 has anything to do with a new day of worship. 29:13 I'm going to go to Philippines. 29:15 I told you to go there, 29:17 but I have it on screen. 29:18 So I'm kind of being lazy. 29:20 I'm almost there. Here I am. 29:22 Okay, here we are. Philippines 1. 29:24 And the other one I like about is the verse right after that. 29:26 All right. 29:27 I want to just read a few verses 29:29 before that just to get the context, 29:30 I want to read verse 3 and we'll go to verse 5 29:32 and have that come up on the screen. 29:34 Here it is. 29:35 Verse 3, "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you." 29:38 Paul and Timothy, 29:39 servants of Jesus Christ in verse 1. 29:41 "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 29:44 always in every prayer of mine 29:47 making request for you all with joy, 29:51 for your fellowship in the gospel from the..." 29:54 What? 29:55 "First day until now." 29:56 Another reference, simply talking about 29:58 ever since we began 30:00 your fellowship from the first day 30:02 we got together in this fellowship until now. 30:05 And here's my next favorite text in Philippines, 30:08 "Being confident of this very thing," verse 6 30:11 "He who has begun a good work in you will..." 30:14 Do what? 30:15 "Complete it, perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." 30:18 So this being the last reference 30:21 in the New Testament, for the first day 30:23 we have swung 12 times, 30:26 we haven't even hit a base hit. 30:29 And the reality of this fellow Christians is this. 30:33 You may be a part of a church 30:34 that observes Sunday as a holy day. 30:36 You may have heard that from week to week, 30:37 you may have even heard the phrase, 30:40 "This is the day the Lord has made, 30:41 let us rejoice and be glad in it," 30:43 like former Robert Schuller used to say 30:45 every Sunday morning. 30:46 And they kind of say, 30:48 "This is the day Lord has made." 30:49 They are right, this is the day He has made, 30:52 but that's not the day He blessed. 30:54 But by saying it almost kind of give some credence to it. 30:58 The Lord has made every day 31:00 but He only blessed one. 31:02 And He blessed the seventh day before sin entered the world. 31:06 He rested on it, He sanctified it, 31:09 He called it the Sabbath and He said, 31:10 "Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy." 31:13 Men came along and changed times and laws, 31:16 Daniel 7:25, 31:18 men changed times and laws. 31:20 We gonna look at that prophecy 31:21 and then going to give you the references, 31:23 so you cannot say, 31:24 you know, those guys on 3ABN said the change was made 31:27 but they gave me no proof. 31:28 You're going to get the proof, 31:30 and you'll be able to follow 31:31 every reference back to the original source. 31:34 The sad reality is this is this. 31:36 Many Christians practice things 31:38 that they have no scriptural support for, 31:40 it's based on tradition. 31:41 And much of what's happening 31:43 in the Christian church today is tradition, it's tradition, 31:46 but as we see with this recent change, 31:50 the Sabbath change almost 2000 years ago, 31:53 the Christians of that day were incensed. 31:56 The Christians of today 31:59 are only incensed about the same sex issue, 32:04 but they have swallowed 32:06 the tradition of the first day of the week. 32:08 Now let's go to question number 14. 32:11 Question number 14. 32:13 Very powerful. 32:16 Because now this is another text that's used 32:19 to try to connect it to the first day. 32:23 This is the text that's often used 32:24 to try to connect it to the first day 32:27 because it has a powerful phrase, 32:29 Lord's day. 32:31 And so, if you could use the phrase Lord's day, Dee, 32:35 then somehow, 32:36 you know, we have two Dees sitting together. 32:39 When you use a phrase, Lord's day, 32:41 somehow people think, oh, that must be the day. 32:44 So some people say, "Sunday is the Lord's day." 32:47 In an article I have on my iPad right now. 32:50 I'll just read you the heading, 32:52 this is from the Catholic News Agency. 32:55 And here's the heading of the article, 32:56 "The Sabbath or the Lord's day" by Pope Francis. 33:00 It's the Sabbath or the Lord's day 33:03 as if they are in opposition to each other. 33:06 That's the way it's being presented today. 33:08 The Sabbath is being connected just to the Jews, 33:10 they're trying to make the Jews seem like 33:11 the worst people on earth. 33:13 And the Sabbath that the Lord gave to them 33:15 to share with the world 33:16 as the worst day on earth 33:18 that makes the Sabbath like this day of stigma, 33:21 the day that you work your way to heaven, 33:23 but that's not the Sabbath. 33:24 So you have to see and understand the Bible 33:26 in its proper context. 33:27 So now let's go to Revelation. 33:29 And here's the question, question number 14. 33:30 What does Revelations reference to the Lord's day mean? 33:34 Once again, 33:35 what does Revelations reference to the Lord's day mean? 33:38 Question number 14. 33:39 Let's go to the question. Let's go to the Scripture. 33:42 Revelation 1:10. 33:43 Revelation 1:10. Here it is. 33:47 And this is in Revelation, the last book of the Bible. 33:50 John the Apostle 33:53 is mushroomed on the Island of Patmos. 33:56 Actually, not mushroomed, 33:57 he is abandoned, he's imprisoned. 34:00 He didn't get stuck there. He got put there. 34:03 All right? 34:04 Revelation 1:10. 34:06 And while he's there, 34:09 the Bible says in verse 10 of John of Revelation 1, 34:13 here it is on the screen. 34:14 "I was in the Spirit on the..." What day? 34:17 "Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, 34:22 as of a..." What? 34:23 "A trumpet." 34:25 When you read the Bible, 34:26 you'll see that the trumpet is often referred to 34:27 as the preaching of the gospel or an instrument used 34:29 to warn the people of difficulty to come. 34:32 Isaiah 58 says, 34:33 "Lift up your voice like a trumpet, 34:35 the proclamation of the gospel." 34:37 So John on the Lord's day, 34:39 he hears this voice behind him 34:41 and the voice is going to give him instruction. 34:44 And when he turns around 34:45 to find out the source of this voice, 34:47 this voice is none other than 34:49 the voice of the Alpha and the Omega, 34:52 the beginning and the end, 34:54 the first and the last Jesus through the Holy Spirit 34:58 meets John on the island 35:01 or this rock, this prison rock called Patmos. 35:05 But many people say, 35:07 "Well, it was on the Lord's day 35:09 and Sunday is the Lord's day." 35:11 That's what they've been taught. 35:13 They've been taught that, 35:15 but let me, let the Bible speak for itself. 35:18 We'll also show you later on 35:20 how traditionally the transition 35:25 was made by men connecting the word 35:28 or the phrase Lord's day to the first day of the week. 35:31 We'll show you that reference. 35:32 But right now let's let the Bible tell us 35:34 what the Lord's day is. 35:35 Go with me to Isaiah Chapter 58 35:37 and we are going to look together at verse 13. 35:41 The answer is does... 35:44 What does Revelation's reference 35:46 to the Lord's Day mean? 35:48 Revelation 1:10, it simply means the Lord's day. 35:51 But, well, we're going to get the answer right now. 35:54 We're going to be able to answer both of them together. 35:55 It simply means the Lord's day. 35:57 Okay, but we're going to find out 36:00 what is the Lord's day. 36:02 Let the Bible tell us what the Lord's day is? 36:04 Wouldn't be safe if we let the Bible say it, 36:07 but I was having a conversation with the pastor once. 36:10 And he actually got upset with me 36:12 because I would not answer him other than by the Bible. 36:15 He says, "Can't you just tell me, 36:16 give me your opinion?" 36:18 I said, "Pastor, I cannot give you any opinions 36:20 because the Bible is my only source of authority." 36:24 Whenever you practice 36:25 what is not supported by the Bible, 36:27 it's an opinion. 36:28 No matter how sincere you may be, 36:31 you could be sincerely wrong. 36:34 Right? 36:36 Amen. That's right. 36:37 You could get up on the wrong floor 36:39 and say, "Oh, I made a mistake." 36:41 But here's what we're talking about. 36:42 We're not talking about perpetuating a mistake. 36:46 We're not talking about perpetuating those things 36:48 that are comfortable to you. 36:49 We're talking about if you are wrong, correct it 36:52 and live in harmony with God's will. 36:54 Amen? Amen. 36:55 You'll find out why it is in harmony with God's will 36:57 in just a moment. 36:58 But let's go ahead and let Isaiah tell us 37:01 what day the Lord identifies as his day. 37:03 Isaiah 58:13, here it is on the screen. 37:06 If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath..." 37:10 If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath..." 37:12 Let's bring that up. 37:14 "From doing your pleasure on..." 37:17 What? 37:18 "My holy day and call the..." What? 37:23 "Sabbath a delight. 37:26 The holy day of the Lord honorable 37:29 and shall honor Him," see that? 37:32 Notice. 37:33 The Sabbath, my holy day, 37:35 call the Sabbath a day of delight, 37:38 the holy day of the Lord. 37:39 So what day is the Lord's day? 37:41 The Sabbath, keep going in the rest of the text. 37:44 And it says, "Not doing your own ways, 37:47 nor finding your own pleasures, 37:49 nor speaking your own..." What? 37:50 "Words." 37:52 Let's break that down again. 37:53 Isaiah 58:13 says, 37:55 "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, 37:59 my holy day, 38:01 the Sabbath, a day of delight, 38:03 the Holy day of the Lord." 38:05 So now let's put the answer down here. 38:07 Revelation 1:10 is referring to what day? 38:10 To Sabbath. 38:12 Based on the authority of God's Word, 38:14 Revelation 1:10 cannot refer to any other day 38:17 but the Sabbath, 38:19 you find no scriptural reference 38:21 connecting the first day to the Lord's day. 38:24 Did God make every day? Yes. 38:26 Should we worship God every day? 38:28 Yes. 38:29 Should we live holy lives every day? 38:31 Yes. 38:32 It's amazing how deceptive preachers are today. 38:36 I'm being straight tonight. 38:37 I don't have time to waste. 38:39 It costs money to put this program on. 38:41 And your salvation 38:42 is depending on your obedience to God's word. 38:45 All right? 38:46 Preachers today, 38:47 I don't want to mention their names. 38:49 It almost came out. I want to be kind. 38:50 Some preachers say, 38:51 "I worship God on the first day 38:53 and I worship God on the second day 38:55 and I worship God." 38:57 One preacher said, "I worship God on the Sabbath, 38:59 and I worship God on Sunday, and I worship God on Monday, 39:01 and I worship God on Tuesday." 39:03 Let me put that in the proper context. 39:04 I'm married on Saturday, I'm married on Sunday. 39:07 I'm married on Tuesday. 39:09 I'm married on Monday, 39:10 come on help me out somebody. 39:12 I'm married every day. 39:13 But every day is not my anniversary. 39:18 I only have a birthday once a year. 39:19 I got an anniversary once a year. 39:21 We have an anniversary once a year. 39:23 There's only one day that identifies 39:24 the sanctity of our relationship. 39:27 So when a pastor says, 39:28 "I worship God on the first day, 39:30 I worship God on Saturday, Sunday, Friday, Wednesday." 39:34 He's muddying God's Word. 39:37 He's deceiving you by clever words, trickery. 39:41 And the Bible says, "The cunning craftiness 39:43 whereby they lie and wait to deceive." 39:47 That's deception. 39:49 If that's what you hear, 39:50 leave and look for the truth. 39:53 Don't sit there and let men 39:54 who may make you feel comfortable 39:56 and give you good music 39:58 and you feel you have great community programs. 40:01 Community programs are not salvation. 40:03 The Lord says, "If you love Me, keep My..." 40:04 What? "Commandments." 40:06 We ought to obey God rather than men. 40:08 Acts 5:29-32, 40:10 "Obey God rather than men." 40:13 The Sabbath is the Lord's day. 40:16 This first day reference to John, 40:18 this reference to Revelation 1:10 40:20 is not referring at all to the first day of the week. 40:23 Now, let's go to question number 15. 40:27 I wish I had another hour, 40:30 that's okay. 40:31 They said, "Sometimes it's better 40:33 to give dessert next week." 40:35 All right. 40:36 I'm going to go as quickly as I could. 40:38 Efficiency is important. 40:40 Question number 15 is a very vitally important question. 40:42 Here it is. 40:44 How do we know that Jesus never intended 40:48 to replace the Sabbath? 40:50 How do we know that? 40:51 Let's go to Matthew 24, 40:53 the book where Jesus outlines 40:57 to this now converted tax collector, 41:00 the signs of the end, 41:02 the destruction of Jerusalem 41:04 and the signs of the end of the world. 41:07 He intermingles them both together. 41:10 How do we know that 41:12 Jesus never intended to replace the Sabbath? 41:15 Now what I want you to find out, 41:16 we're going to look at some of these signs. 41:18 We're going to begin with, 41:19 you know, he talks about there will be false christs 41:21 and false prophets. 41:23 They'll be showing signs and wonders. 41:26 And then he talks about, 41:27 he intermingles in this description something 41:31 that if persecution ever happens, 41:35 let's pray that doesn't happen on this day. 41:38 Now what I want to preface before I read the text, 41:40 this was spoken by Jesus in the year 31 AD. 41:44 What year did I say? 31 AD. 41:47 Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD, 41:50 39 years later. 41:52 Now here's the context. 41:54 If the Sabbath was done away with, 41:57 if Jesus intended to get rid of it, 42:01 Sister Zeta. 42:02 He would never say 42:04 when Jerusalem was destroyed, 42:06 pray that it doesn't happen on the Sabbath. 42:09 Because he would have said, "You know, guys, 42:10 I'm getting rid of the Sabbath. 42:12 Just pray that it doesn't happen on the Lord's day." 42:15 If that's the reference you want to add to the first day, 42:17 but it's not connected. 42:18 He would have said, "Pray that it doesn't happen on Sunday." 42:21 But he didn't say that. 42:22 He said when destruction comes. Look at the text now. 42:24 Matthew 24:20, 42:26 Jesus said this, he ascended to heaven 42:30 and Jerusalem was destroyed 39 years later, 42:33 after the statement was made. 42:34 Here's the Bible. 42:36 Matthew 24:20, here's what it says, 42:37 "And pray 42:39 that your flight may not be in winter." 42:42 Bring it up for me, 42:43 "And Pray that your flight may not be in..." 42:45 What? 42:46 "Winter or on the..." What? 42:48 "Sabbath." 42:49 Clear admittance by the Lord Himself 42:51 by Jesus Himself, 42:54 that if He planned on getting rid of it, 42:56 He would not have said, 42:58 "I pray that when destruction comes, 43:00 it doesn't come on the Sabbath." 43:03 In the very same way 43:04 if I was intending to get rid of my house 43:07 where my old address in New York 15 Madison Street, 43:10 I'll give you that because I don't live there any longer. 43:13 If I made reference to 15 Madison Street, 43:16 pray that 43:17 15 Madison Street doesn't get knocked down when I go home. 43:20 That means I'm planning on going home. 43:22 But it's no longer my home. 43:23 So I no longer make reference to that as my home. 43:25 I have a different address, 43:27 I'm not going to give you that one. 43:29 But the point of the matter is, 43:31 if the Lord planned on getting rid of it, 43:32 He would not have made reference to it. 43:34 Ain't that right? 43:36 He said it because he knew that even after His ascension, 43:39 it will still be there. 43:42 And the reason why it will still be there 43:43 is because I say this calmly, 43:47 He blessed the Sabbath, 43:50 He created the Sabbath 43:51 before sin ever entered the world. 43:56 Therefore it was perfect. 44:00 I would like you to ask your preacher, 44:01 "What was the reason 44:03 why the Sabbath was done away with?" 44:04 And these are some of the excuses you'll hear. 44:06 It was for the Jews only. 44:09 There were no Jews in the Garden of Eden. 44:12 There was just a man and a woman. 44:16 Abraham, Genesis 26:5, kept the commandments. 44:19 Abraham was from Babylon, Babylon. 44:22 He was from Kaldia, a province of Babylon, 44:24 Abraham became, through his seed 44:27 the Jewish nation was born. 44:29 Abraham kept the Sabbath 44:30 before the Jews ever came into existence. 44:33 Abraham kept my commandments, my statutes and my laws. 44:36 Genesis 26:5. 44:38 The Sabbath was made long before 44:40 the Jews were ever in existence. 44:43 But what did the Jews do 44:44 that people find such adversity to the Sabbath? 44:48 Yes, the Jews made it 44:51 their means of salvation and not Jesus. 44:54 Jesus is still our means of salvation. 44:56 Can we all say amen? Amen. 44:58 But because we are in a saving relationship, 45:00 He said the Sabbath is a sign. 45:02 Go with me to Ezekiel Chapter 20. 45:04 Let's look at this very quickly. 45:06 And we're going to go to that too. 45:08 Okay. 45:10 Ezekiel Chapter 20. 45:12 All right. 45:14 Why? 45:15 Why is the Sabbath so important? 45:17 Why is it so important? 45:19 Ezekiel 20. 45:21 Let's look together at verse 12. 45:26 What is it a sign of? 45:28 First of all, if you look at Exodus 20:8-11, 45:31 it's a sign that 45:33 the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord our God. 45:35 If He is your God, the God of creation, 45:37 if He's your God, 45:39 He already picked the day that's holy. 45:40 You cannot make anything else holy 45:41 that He's already made holy. 45:43 You can't remove the holiness 45:44 or substitute it for anything else that's not holy. 45:47 But what is the Sabbath a sign of? 45:49 Look at Exodus, Ezekiel 20:12. 45:52 Here's what the Lord says. 45:54 "Moreover, I also gave them my" What? 45:57 "Sabbath to be a sign between them and Me 46:02 that they might know that I am the Lord who does," what? 46:06 "Sanctifies them." 46:07 The Sabbath is a sign of a sanctified relationship. 46:11 So if you've been justified, 46:12 covered by the blood of the Lamb 46:14 and you're walking in Jesus, 46:16 you are walking in His sanctified relationship. 46:18 How can you walk in a sanctified relationship 46:21 and ignore the very sign of your sanctification? 46:25 How could you say, Lord, 46:26 I understand what the Sabbath is all about 46:27 but I'm picking this one instead? 46:30 I cannot figure that out. 46:32 I cannot figure out why so many preachers, 46:35 and I've shared this with preachers of 46:36 different denominations. 46:38 And I can see the ire and the anger 46:39 that comes up on something that the Lord blessed, 46:42 I wonder what spirit is behind that. 46:46 All right. 46:47 So now let's go to some other quick texts. 46:50 So you see, let's also look at verse 20 46:52 since we're in Exodus, since we're in Ezekiel 20, 46:55 let's look at verse 20 also. 46:57 All right. 46:58 Look at verse 20 also. 47:01 He says, 47:02 He says, "Hallow My Sabbaths, 47:04 and they will be a sign between Me and you, 47:08 that you may know that I am the Lord," together. 47:11 "Your God." 47:12 It all comes down to who is your God? 47:15 You see Sunday was kept in honor of the Sun gods 47:18 and we know it's called Saturday 47:20 because of Saturn's day 47:22 but the Bible calls itself Sabbath. 47:24 Amen somebody? Amen. 47:26 And we'll find out the three names that the by, 47:28 the only three names the Bible gives to the days of the week 47:30 you'll find out what those are. 47:32 You might say well pastor there seven days 47:34 how could they only be three names? 47:37 Because you have, let me I'll give you a preview now 47:38 and we'll cover in detail later, 47:40 first day, second day, third day, 47:42 fourth day, fifth day, preparation day. 47:46 Sabbath, that's what the Bible gives. 47:49 First day, second day, third day, 47:51 fourth day, fifth day, 47:52 sixth day which is preparation day and Sabbath. 47:56 You only have whatever the name of the day is, 47:58 what number it is, then you get the preparation, 48:00 then you get the Sabbath. 48:01 That's how you know. 48:03 But some Christians 48:04 and I can, you know, 48:06 I've been around this for so long 48:07 I could hear the battles going on. 48:09 So let me just show me addresses. 48:10 Some people might say, 48:11 well, you know that Saturday is the seventh day? 48:15 It was amazing how many, 48:17 how many ground hogs pick up their heads? 48:22 How many moles pick up their heads 48:25 during this, this topic? 48:27 Well, how do you know that Saturday is a seventh day? 48:29 You know, how I know. You know. 48:31 Because when Easter comes, 48:33 you go to church on Easter Sunday. 48:35 You know, Easter is the day that Jesus rose. 48:38 You know, He rose on Sunday. 48:40 That's why the almost the entire Christian world 48:42 honors Easter Sunday. 48:45 So, you know, the day before Easter Sunday is the Sabbath. 48:48 We'll clarify that in the moment. 48:49 Question number 16. Question number 16. 48:54 What was the day 48:56 the apostles observed after the crucifixion? 49:00 This is huge 49:02 because if the apostles are followers of Jesus, 49:06 surely you got to find them doing whatever. 49:08 If there's a new day of worship, 49:09 the apostles will be keeping it. 49:12 Ain't that right? 49:14 If there's, if Jesus got rid of it, 49:17 if anybody knows, 49:19 the apostles will know, right, Dan? 49:21 The apostles will know they won't be, as we say, 49:25 they won't be trifling 49:26 trying to do something that Jesus didn't authorize. 49:29 But what they do? 49:31 Let's go to Acts 13. 49:32 We're going to look at one, two, three, four, five, six, 49:34 seven references to see what they did. 49:37 Since we couldn't find 49:38 and surely 49:40 if anybody's going to be following what Jesus did, 49:42 it's His ambassadors, 49:44 it says disciples, now apostles 49:47 carrying the example to the New Testament, 49:50 say that with me, the New Testament church. 49:53 They established such an example 49:56 by the day they honored that's a holy day. 49:58 Acts 13, let's turn there in our Bibles. 50:01 You guys are already there. 50:03 You guys are faster than I am. 50:05 I'm talking and I'm slowing down. 50:07 That's okay, I'm there, 50:08 I'm there, just give me a break. 50:10 Acts 13 50:12 and we're going to start with... 50:16 Okay, verse 14. 50:18 And by the way Paul is preaching on the first Sabbath. 50:21 Here it is, this the first reference Acts 13:14, 50:24 "But when they departed from Perga, they came to..." 50:28 What city? 50:29 "Antioch in Pisidia, 50:31 and went into the synagogue on the..." 50:33 What day? 50:34 "Sabbath day and sat down." 50:36 One day, if you want to find out who they are, 50:39 you go back and you see that they're apostles, 50:41 Paul and Barnabas. 50:43 When they were traveling together, 50:44 Paul and Barnabas were traveling together 50:46 through Asia Minor 50:47 and when they got to Perga, 50:50 when they departed from Perga came to Antioch and Pisidia, 50:52 they went into the synagogue 50:54 on the Sabbath day and sat down. 50:56 Now, somebody may say I'm meandering, 50:59 I'm not meandering, 51:00 I'm just kind of cutting off all the ropes. 51:02 Somebody may say, 51:03 "Well, they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath 51:05 because they were talking to the Jews." 51:07 Bulletin, bulletin, there was no issue 51:10 in the entire New Testament Church about the Sabbath. 51:13 Follow the historians, read it yourself. 51:15 The historians never gave any inkling 51:17 that the New Testament Christians 51:19 started honoring a new day of worship, 51:21 none whatsoever. 51:23 So they, they went where they knew they would be. 51:25 They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day 51:29 and what do they do? 51:30 They sat down. 51:32 And what did they sat down for? 51:33 They sat down to read. 51:34 Let's look at verse 27 at the very same chapter. 51:37 The next reference, Acts 13:27, 51:40 and it says, 51:41 "For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, 51:46 because they did not know Him, 51:49 nor even the voices of the Prophets 51:51 which are read..." 51:53 Together. 51:54 "Every Sabbath, 51:56 have fulfilled them in condemning Him." 52:00 This is simply referring back to the persecution that the, 52:04 that the Jews put the apostles and disciples through. 52:07 They're referring to that. 52:08 In other words, here's what they're saying, 52:10 every Sabbath, we are talking to you about the prophets, 52:13 every Sabbath, 52:14 we're talking to you about the prophets. 52:15 How could you miss the Word of God? 52:18 How often do they speak about that every Sabbath? 52:23 Okay, that's the next one. 52:24 So Acts 13:14, 52:26 I hope you're writing that down. 52:28 What day did they keep in Acts 13:14, together? 52:30 The Sabbath. 52:31 What about verse 27? The what? 52:33 Every Sabbath. 52:35 Let's go now to Acts 13:42. 52:39 Paul and Barnabas were preaching 52:41 and they really... 52:42 They must had a really dynamic sermon. 52:44 They preached extremely well. 52:46 Here it is. 52:47 Verse 42, here it is. 52:49 It says, "So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, 52:53 the Gentiles." 52:54 Oh, what are they doing in there? 52:56 "The Gentiles begged 52:58 that these words might be preached to them..." 53:01 The what? "Next Sabbath." 53:03 The word Gentile simply means 53:04 the ones that were not yet converted. 53:06 Jews and Gentiles. 53:08 You didn't have Baptist and Pentecostal 53:09 or the Methodists and Presbyterian, 53:11 Church of God, you had Jews and Gentiles. 53:13 Those who are following God's Word, 53:15 those who not, were not yet converted. 53:17 Today the devil has confused it. 53:19 That's why we're trying to get you back 53:20 to the original. 53:22 Praise God for that. 53:23 So now Jews and Gentiles, what day were they honoring? 53:26 Sabbath. 53:28 Let's go to the very next reference, verse 44. 53:30 Verse 44 and see what happened. 53:32 See how many people came on this one. 53:34 Next reference, Acts 13:44. Here it is. 53:36 "On the next..." What? 53:38 "Sabbath almost..." How much? 53:41 "Whole city came together to hear the word of God." 53:46 Man, the apostles are setting a tremendous example, 53:49 not just Jews but Gentiles but the whole city, 53:54 the whole city. 53:56 All right, let's go to the next reference, 53:58 Acts 16:13. 54:01 Acts 16:13. 54:03 Here it is on the screen. 54:04 I'm going a little fast because I'm trying to 54:06 keep up with the time. 54:07 I want to end this page before the next broadcast. 54:10 Now here it is. Acts 16:13. 54:12 "And on the..." What? 54:14 "Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, 54:18 where prayer was customarily made, 54:21 and we sat down and spoke to the women 54:23 who..." Did what? 54:25 "Who met there." 54:26 Now why did they meet by the river with the women? 54:28 Because according to the New Testament example, 54:31 the way that they have structured 54:32 these churches to be established, 54:34 they said they had to be at least nine men 54:36 before the church's building was, was constructed. 54:39 So since they were not enough men, 54:41 the women met down by the riverside 54:42 on the Sabbath. 54:43 That's why it says customarily, but what day did they meet on? 54:47 The Sabbath day. 54:48 They went down by the, 54:50 out of the city by the riverside. 54:52 So far, we've seen that the apostles 54:54 had been consistent in keeping and honoring the Sabbath day. 54:58 Let's go to Acts 17:2 now. 55:01 Acts 17:2. 55:04 All right. 55:06 All right, Acts 17:2. 55:09 And here it is. 55:10 Okay, and it says, 55:12 "Then Paul, as his..." What? 55:14 "Custom was, went in to them, and for..." 55:18 How many Sabbaths? 55:19 "Three Sabbaths reasoned 55:22 with them from the..." What? 55:23 "Scriptures." 55:25 Paul was a man that believed in honoring the scriptures. 55:27 He was reading from the scriptures 55:29 so he knew what day to be honored. 55:31 Amen? 55:32 He reasoned three Sabbaths and they were instances 55:34 where Paul when the text read earlier 55:36 where it says, 55:38 he read with them every Sabbath, 55:40 Paul was in that city for a year and a half 55:42 if you add that up 52 plus 26 gives you what? 55:47 78 Sabbaths in a row. 55:49 Seventy eight weeks in a row Paul was in, 55:52 was honoring the Sabbath. 55:54 Seventy eight weeks in row, 55:55 Paul and Barnabas 55:56 spoke to the people on the Sabbath day. 55:58 Here it was, he reasoned three Sabbaths 56:00 and they reasoned from the scriptures. 56:02 So if he's reading the Bible, 56:04 he knows what scriptures and by the way, 56:06 just for the bulletin, 56:08 he didn't have the New Testament. 56:10 All right. 56:11 Last reference, Acts 18:4. 56:13 Acts 18:4. 56:15 Here it is. 56:17 "And he reasoned in the synagogue..." Together. 56:20 "Every Sabbath, and persuaded both..." What? 56:24 "Jews and Greeks." 56:26 Let's get together now. 56:27 Jews, Gentiles, Greeks and the whole city. 56:32 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, perfect number. 56:37 The Sabbath is mentioned seven times 56:39 in the Book of Acts. 56:41 Coincidentally, no, I believe providential seven times. 56:44 The Lord wanted to be very, very clear 56:46 what day He honored as the day of worship. 56:48 Now let's see if we can squeeze this in. 56:50 We may or may not be able to, but if we cannot, 56:52 I'll repeat it next broadcast, question number 17. 56:56 Here it is. 56:57 Well, matter of fact, you know what? 56:59 We only have a minute, 57:00 I'm not going to jump down there 57:01 because there are three texts to read one 57:03 and not read the others 57:04 is really not going to be very just. 57:05 Let me just make a point here. 57:07 So far we've covered every first testament, 57:10 every first day text in the New Testament. 57:13 We've also discovered that the Lord's day reference 57:15 is not to the first day but to the Sabbath 57:17 that God blessed at the creation week 57:19 and you'll discover later on 57:20 that that's the day that Jesus Himself honored. 57:23 Now here's my point. 57:24 There's something many years ago WWJD, 57:27 you remember what that meant? 57:28 What would Jesus do? 57:31 What would Jesus do? 57:33 When you read Luke 4:16 the Bible says, 57:35 "Jesus honored the Sabbath." 57:37 Luke 4:16, "Jesus honored the Sabbath." 57:40 If you want to follow Jesus and be His disciple, 57:44 simply do what He did. 57:45 You will never be lost 57:47 by following Jesus as your example. 57:50 Can we get an amen? Amen. 57:51 If you love the Lord, 57:52 this is why we have this broadcast. 57:54 You already love the Lord 57:55 but the Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments. 57:58 If you love Me, Jesus says, keep My commandments. 58:00 Keep studying, friends, 58:01 one day it will come into A Sharper Focus. 58:04 God bless you. |
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