Hello friends,
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welcome to Wednesday
night Bible study here
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at the Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist church,
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also known as the
3ABN Worship Center.
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Thank you for taking
the time to tune in tonight
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as we open our hearts
and open our Bibles together.
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We'd like to welcome you
wherever you're tuning in from,
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whether in America
or around the world,
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but we know that
wherever you are,
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the Holy Spirit will lead out
and guide your heart and mind
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as we open the
Word of God together.
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In just a few moments,
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I'll tell you how to
get a copy of the lesson.
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We're finishing up tonight
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the Truth About the
Change of the Sabbath.
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This has been a
doozy of a lesson study.
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We've had lesson A, B,
C, D, E, F, seven times
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we've gone over this lesson.
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And hopefully tonight,
we'll be able to wind it up.
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But before we go
to the information
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and our theme song,
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let's begin with
a word of prayer.
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Loving Father in
heaven, we thank You
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that the
opportunity presented to us
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will only prove
to be a blessing,
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as we submit our lives
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and commit them
to You this evening.
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Be the one that teaches us,
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and may this
information from Your Word
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and from history
find fertile soil
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that those who
receive it, those who hear it,
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those who see it
will have willing hearts
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to follow the
truth as it is in Jesus.
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And we pray this in Your
holy and precious name, amen.
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Now each of you
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has something different tonight.
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Here's the
website I like you to go
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to get a copy of the lesson.
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Go to this website ASF.3ABN.org.
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You don't have to put
WWW, just ASF.3ABN.org.
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That's A Sharper
Focus abbreviated.
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And download, follow
carefully, lesson 33.
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And then we have
two supplements tonight,
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33A and 33B.
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And you'll find out in
a moment what those are.
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But lesson 33, the title of it,
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the Truth About the
Change of the Sabbath.
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And then supplement 33A and 33B,
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both of those are
about the Ten Commandments.
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And you'll see in just a moment
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how relevant they
are to tonight's lesson.
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Matter of fact,
Yannick, give me one of those,
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I forgot to get one for myself.
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I made one for
everyone except for me.
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And I appreciate
that very much, thank you.
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And one more for
the next one. Great.
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Thank you very much.
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Yes. It's okay.
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It's on the other
side, it's on the other side.
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Okay, it's on the other side.
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So it should be
on two sides. Okay.
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Thank you very much.
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Now before we
go into the lesson,
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it's time for our theme song.
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And our theme song is
entitled, what, together,
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"Victory in Jesus."
Let's sing our 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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O 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,
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I'll sing up there
The song of victory
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Key change.
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O 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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Tonight, we are going
to dive into the topic,
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the Truth About the
Change of the Sabbath.
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Let's say that
together, the what,
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the Truth About the
Change of the Sabbath.
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Now I have been
laying some foundation
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from program to
program, and I want to use
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the very same
foundation that I used
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in the
introduction of this topic
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every time I talked about it.
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Now not too long ago,
there was a law made in America
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where what God
ordained in the Garden of Eden
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was changed in America
and has now become a law,
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God ordained two
things in the Garden of Eden,
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God ordained the Sabbath
and He ordained, what else?
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Marriage. Marriage.
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Now recently
there was a change made,
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it's a law
throughout America now
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that people can legally marry
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the same sex, man can marry man,
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woman can marry woman.
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Now a lot of
Christians are upset about that
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because they know that
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that is not in
harmony with God's law.
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Amen.
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That's not in
harmony with God's plan,
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that's not in
harmony with God's will,
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that's not in
harmony with God's Word.
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But this change was just made,
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and people are
very upset about it.
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But now let's look at this,
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if the world were
to last 300 more years,
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in 300 years from now,
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same sex marriage
would be a tradition.
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People would say,
"Everybody's doing it."
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People would say,
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"It's been happening
for hundreds of years."
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It would happen in
the newer generations,
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300 or 200 years from
now or 150 years from now
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or 100 years from now.
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People will say,
"What's the big deal?
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It's a part of the law.
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It's been the
law for a long time."
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But Christians
who know that it's not
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a part of God's Word
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and know that God did not ordain
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that in the Garden of Eden.
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Now the world is
about 6, 000 years old,
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scripturally that's the
date, 4004 BC to the present.
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And so people don't
say, Christians do not say,
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"That was so long ago,
what's the big deal," right?
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We know that even
though God ordained marriage
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in the Garden of
Eden during creation week,
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it is still valid today.
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What do you say?
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So we don't say,
"That was so long ago,
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it doesn't really matter."
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But on the same note,
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there was
something else ordained
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in the Garden of Eden,
and that was the Sabbath.
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The last day of the
week was blessed, sanctified,
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and made holy by the
Lord, and He rested on that day
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before sin ever
entered the world.
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So if sin never
entered the world,
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there would be no
reason to tamper with marriage,
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there would be no reason
to tamper with the Sabbath.
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But as a result of sin,
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Satan has tampered
with the two things
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that God put a stamp
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of approval on
and this blessing on.
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And the world today
has now violated both.
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The Sabbath has been
violated for thousands of years.
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And today, it's a
tradition to many people.
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Today, many people believe
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it's in the Bible,
but it's not there.
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Given time, if
the Lord doesn't come,
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and hundreds of years from now,
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people will think
that same sex marriage
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is also in the Bible, and
they'll do the same thing,
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they'll try to find verses
in Scripture to back it up.
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But thank the Lord,
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we still stand
on the Word of God.
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So tonight before
we dive into the topic,
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I just want to say, I
got a phone call today.
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You know, this program goes
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into the hearts
and homes of people
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that are Sabbath
keepers, Sunday keepers,
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Adventists, non-Adventists,
Christians, non-Christians.
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And I thought, Luis,
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that I knew all the
reasons why people couldn't find
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the Bible change of
the Sabbath in scripture.
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I thought I've come up with all,
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you know, I know
all the arguments
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but I heard a new one today.
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And I thought
there's nothing new
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under the sun
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but there's
something new under the sun.
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Gentleman called me,
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I called him back, and he said,
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"Well," I don't
want to give his name,
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I'm going to be kind about it.
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But he says,
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"A few weeks ago, you said,
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'Well, I'm going to
offer $10,000 to anyone
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who can call and
give me scripture
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to prove the
Sabbath has been changed.'"
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And I said, "Okay."
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He gave me Hebrews 4,
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you know, where the Bible
says, "If Jesus had given and...
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If Jesus had
changed His Sabbath,
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He would, afterward, had
spoken of it another day.
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I said, "That one says,
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'There remains
therefore a Sabbath rest
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to the people of God.'"
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He said yes. I
said, "So what's problem?"
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He says, "There
remains a Sabbath of rest."
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Well, let's go to
Hebrew 6," he said.
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Go to Hebrew 6
with me in your Bibles.
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And this is the
scripture he gave me.
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And for the life of
me, I must be a spaghetti
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because I don't
have enough intellect
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to figure out how this scripture
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could possibly be supportive
of the change of the Sabbath.
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But let's look at this.
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And I'm going to
go to the key verse
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that he brought
out, Hebrews 6:20.
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All right, listen to this.
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"Where the forerunner,"
speaking of the holy place,
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"Where the
forerunner has entered for us
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even Jesus having become," what?
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High priest.
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"High Priest for ever
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according to the
order of Melchizedek."
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And I said, "Okay, and how does
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that relate to the
change of the Sabbath?"
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He said, "Well, we are
no longer under God's law,
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we're under Melchizedek's law."
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Let's all lean, if
you hear a dog whistle.
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And I thought...
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I was looking for
a cloud to descend.
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And I said, "Can
I explain that text?
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All that text is
saying is Melchizedek
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was not a priest
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according to the
Irenic priesthood,
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so he had no
beginning and no end.
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His priesthood
ended when he died.
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But Jesus, since
He will never die,
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is a priest forever,
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meaning He was not
appointed by any system,
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He is our eternal High Priest."
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Can you say amen to that?
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I say that's all that's saying,
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it's not talking
about a new Melchizedek law.
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Melchizedek didn't have a law
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that now abrogates or violates
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or delineates or
deletes the Sabbath.
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And I said, "Can I
explain the scripture?"
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And he said, "No."
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I said, "Can I
tell you what it meant?"
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"No, you want to argue with me."
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I said, "Sir,
you just called me,
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I just want to let
you know what this...
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"No, you're a preacher,
you're going to argue with me."
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After about 3 minutes or so,
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I felt I had other things to do.
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So the call ended abruptly.
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But tonight,
what we're going to do
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is we're going to look
at the Bible and history
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to see clearly where
the change came from.
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Amazingly enough,
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this is only
contended in Christianity
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because Christians that honor
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the first day of the
week are trying endlessly
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and without success to
find support in the Bible,
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when those who did change it
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are saying it's
not in the Bible.
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So we're going to look
at those quotations tonight.
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Let's go quickly
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because I want to
end this lesson tonight.
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We're going to go
to question number 28
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and begin.
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And we're going to
also begin with a quotation
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because the authority
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behind the change of the Sabbath
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clearly says to Christians
that honor the first day,
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"You won't find it in the Bible
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because we did it."
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Those, the one who
changed and rubber stamped
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the observance of
the first day of the week
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is saying to all Christians
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that are trying to
find support in the Bible
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that it's not in the Bible.
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They're saying, "If
you want the authority,
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we are the ones."
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And so tonight,
you're going to see.
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If you've just
tuned in on the website
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I gave, you can go there
and look at the prior videos
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and the prior lessons,
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and go from
question 1 all the way to 27,
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and then you can catch up.
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And I've covered the
Sabbath, commandments,
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the change of the Sabbath
is what we're covering now
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but look at this.
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Let's go ahead and begin
with the first quotation.
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Here's the
question, question number 28.
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"What authority
does the Vatican site
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for changing God's law?"
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Let's look at this,
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and the reference
will be on the screen also.
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Here it is.
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Question, "How prove you
that the church hath power
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to command
feasts and holy days?"
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There's a reference
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at the very
bottom of the screen,
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and here is how
the Catholic Church
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and their hierarchy answers.
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Here's the answer. The
next question, here it is.
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"By the very act of changing,
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of changing the
Sabbath into Sunday,
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which Protestants allow of,"
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a Protestant is
a person claiming
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to follow only the Bible.
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"Which Protestants allow
of, and therefore they fondly,"
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what's the next word?
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"Contradict themselves,
by keeping Sunday strictly,
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and breaking most
other feasts commanded
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by the same Church."
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So let's pause for a moment.
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So the Catholic
Church is saying,
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"Hey, we changed it."
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If you are a Protestant,
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then you should find
support for that in the Bible.
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But by the very
act, we did the change,
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and you claim
to be a Protestant.
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Now if you know anything
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about the
Protestant Reformation,
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the Protestant Reformation,
was a push back to the Bible
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which meant Protestants,
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their Clarion
theme is sola scriptura
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which means, what, the
Bible and the Bible only.
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So the Vatican,
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the Catholic
Church, and by the way,
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the references I'm
going to show you tonight
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when I get down to
the Ten Commandments
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are in the most
recent catechism,
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the Catholic
catechism of converts.
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The 1995 edition edited
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during Pope John
Paul the II's reign.
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So when we're not
going back 400 years,
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we're not using
documents that you might say,
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"It's out of date,
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it's irrelevant,
it doesn't matter."
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We're using the most recent.
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And you know what amazes me,
if I could continue this topic,
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matter of fact,
I may be should do
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one a bridged
version, so I could show you
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that it's not just the
Catholic Church that says
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it's not in the Bible
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but the Baptists teachers
say it's not in the Bible.
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And there's so
many other churches say
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it's not in the Bible,
it's based on tradition.
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But let's look at
the next question,
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question number 29.
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Question number 29,
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"Does the Vatican understand
the difference between
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Saturday and Sunday?"
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Okay, let's look at what...
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Let's look at the question
put to James Cardinal Gibbons,
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the Archbishop of Baltimore.
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And let's look at the
slide. Here is the answer.
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"Is Saturday the seventh day
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according to the Bible
and the Ten Commandments?
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Together, I answer, what, yes.
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That's James Cardinal Gibbon,
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a cardinal that was
Archbishop of Baltimore.
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And that's the date of his life.
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Now let's look at the answer,
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he continues,
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"Is Sunday the
first day of the week
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and did the Church change
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the seventh day Saturday,
for Sunday, the first day?"
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I answer, what, yes.
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"Did Christ change the day?"
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I answer, what, no.
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Can it get any clearer?
It cannot get any clearer.
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Now if you
downloaded the supplements
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that I just talked about,
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I'm going to bring up a slide
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in which I'd like you to
look at those supplements.
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Bring up the next slides for me.
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Now you can't read
this, but you have a copy,
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you should have a
copy in your hand.
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On the left is
the Ten Commandments.
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I put the commandments,
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the Ten Commandments
as outlined and edited
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by the Roman Catholic Church.
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That is the
version in the most recent
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convert catechism
of Catholic doctrine,
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1995 edition.
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On the right side
is the Ten Commandments
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according to the Bible.
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So in your hand, each
of you should have a copy.
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Let's go ahead and look
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at that very
briefly, very quickly.
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Now I'm on the
Ten Commandments side
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that's based in the
Bible, let's look at that.
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It says Exodus 20:1 to
17, you all see where I am?
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That is the one
on the right side.
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And by the way,
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if you look at the
screen very carefully,
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the one on the right side
has a green glow around it.
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That means go.
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The one on the left
has a red glow around,
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that means stop.
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That's why I put that there.
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Green means yes, red means no,
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'cause the one on the
left is edited by man,
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the one on the right is
what God's Word reveals.
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What do you say? Now let's...
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You could take the slide down
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because I'm going to go
ahead and walk our audience
00:18:10.19\00:18:12.02
through very carefully.
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I want you to notice,
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and I'm going to make
some quick comparisons.
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I want you to notice
where the changes are.
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Now if you can do this,
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this has to be
like a little skill,
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we're going to look at
some of these commandments.
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Now I'm going to
make a comparison.
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In the Ten
Commandments on the left,
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you find them
listed as, look at the...
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It says, Exodus
20 and Deuteronomy 5,
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that's the subtitle on the paper
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that you're looking
at, that's the edited one.
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Edited in converts catechism
00:18:39.58\00:18:41.55
of Catholic doctrine
second edition promulgated
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by Pope John Paul II.
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And here is where
you'll find it in the book.
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Part three, section
two, articles one to ten,
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that's the actual reference
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that you'll find today
in the converts catechism.
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And by the way,
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you can download a
PDF copy of the Vatican
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of the catechism free.
00:19:01.14\00:19:03.41
Just put that in the internet,
00:19:03.44\00:19:04.77
converts catechism
of Catholic doctrines
00:19:04.81\00:19:06.47
in 1995 edition, you
can download it free.
00:19:06.51\00:19:09.54
You could even
go to their website
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and download it from there.
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But I want you to
notice what happens.
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I'm looking at both.
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The First
Commandment is in the Bible,
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"Thou shall have no other gods,"
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what, "Before Me."
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Now that is
included in article one.
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But it brings the whole picture.
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And God spake
these words saying,
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"I am the Lord the God
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which brought me
out of land of Egypt,
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out of the house of bondage,
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thou shall have no
other gods before Me."
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But now look at the
commandments of God.
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Commandment number two,
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it says, "Thou shall not make
unto thee any graven image."
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Now what they
did in the catechism
00:19:42.44\00:19:44.41
is they put that up to one.
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They moved that up to one.
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The second commandment
is included in the first
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in their catechism.
00:19:51.39\00:19:53.79
Now let's go to
the third commandment.
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Okay.
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The third
commandment in the Bible is
00:19:58.79\00:20:01.80
"You shall not take the
name of the Lord thy God," what?
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In vain. "In vain."
00:20:05.40\00:20:07.00
But look at their
third commandment,
00:20:07.04\00:20:09.30
and you flipping the
pages back and forth,
00:20:09.34\00:20:11.51
look at their third commandment,
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what does it say?
00:20:12.91\00:20:14.24
Remember the Sabbath day
to do, what, keep it holy.
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They took the fourth commandment
00:20:17.08\00:20:19.51
and pushed it up
to spot number three.
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And all the
others are still in line
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where they are supposed to be.
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Honor your
father and your mother.
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Now but they're
all out of line now.
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Honor your
father and your mother
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is the fourth
commandment in their book
00:20:32.56\00:20:35.06
but it's what
commandment in God's, fifth.
00:20:35.10\00:20:38.40
So they all pushed up one.
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And then let's go all
the way to the very end,
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I'm not going to
spend a lot of time
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'cause this is
in your possession,
00:20:45.37\00:20:46.71
you could look at it in detail.
00:20:46.74\00:20:48.18
Let's go to the
tenth commandment.
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All right, the
tenth commandment.
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"Thou shall not
covet thy neighbor's house
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thou shall not
covet thy neighbor's wife
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nor his manservant nor
his maidservant, his ox,
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nor his ass, nor anything
that is thy neighbor's."
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And it goes on further,
it's not printed on the page,
00:21:01.59\00:21:03.93
it's on the
other side of the page.
00:21:03.96\00:21:05.56
But the tenth commandment,
00:21:05.59\00:21:08.53
look at their tenth commandment
and their ninth commandment.
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What they did was they took
00:21:12.23\00:21:14.07
the tenth
commandment in the Bible
00:21:14.10\00:21:15.54
and broke it into two.
00:21:15.57\00:21:17.67
And so they took
the tenth commandment
00:21:17.71\00:21:19.11
and made it nine and ten.
00:21:19.14\00:21:21.91
They took the fourth commandment
00:21:21.94\00:21:23.28
and made it the
third commandment.
00:21:23.31\00:21:25.71
And what's been taken out?
00:21:25.75\00:21:27.15
It's this is the edited
version by the Catholic Church.
00:21:27.18\00:21:32.12
The other one is as it
reads in the Word of God.
00:21:32.15\00:21:35.62
Now let me ask you the question
00:21:35.66\00:21:37.13
just not to spend a
ton of time on this.
00:21:37.16\00:21:39.26
Which one are we
supposed to honor?
00:21:39.29\00:21:42.96
The one written by man
or the one written by God?
00:21:43.00\00:21:45.90
The one written by God.
00:21:45.93\00:21:47.77
He says, "If you love me,"
00:21:47.80\00:21:50.14
do what, "Keep My commandments."
00:21:50.17\00:21:53.91
Now what I'm going to do
for the benefit of those of you
00:21:53.94\00:21:55.98
who downloaded,
00:21:56.01\00:21:57.35
I'm going to
upload the rest of this.
00:21:57.38\00:21:59.18
So because on the
bottom of the page,
00:21:59.21\00:22:01.15
you got a little
cropped a little bit,
00:22:01.18\00:22:02.78
so you can get all
of the ten command,
00:22:02.82\00:22:04.82
all of the Ten Commandments
as it is in the Bible.
00:22:04.85\00:22:08.02
However if you
look at these two,
00:22:08.06\00:22:09.59
you clearly see,
one is edited by man,
00:22:09.62\00:22:14.16
one is in its entirety by God.
00:22:14.20\00:22:17.23
And so here's the key.
00:22:17.27\00:22:21.40
Here's the key, the
Roman Catholic Church
00:22:21.44\00:22:23.74
doesn't make any
qualms about the change.
00:22:23.77\00:22:26.88
They don't have...
00:22:26.91\00:22:28.24
They don't say,
00:22:28.28\00:22:29.61
"Well, you know, it's a problem
00:22:29.64\00:22:33.48
because they believe
00:22:33.52\00:22:34.85
that it is their
authority to make the change."
00:22:34.88\00:22:38.82
Now I said I'm going to
try to end this tonight.
00:22:38.85\00:22:41.02
Didn't I say that?
00:22:41.06\00:22:42.39
Let's go to question number 30,
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question number 30.
00:22:45.53\00:22:49.56
Okay, question
number 30. Here it is.
00:22:49.60\00:22:55.57
"What reason do
modern religionists
00:22:55.60\00:22:58.67
give for observing
Sunday as a holy day?"
00:22:58.71\00:23:02.88
"What reason do
modern religionists give
00:23:02.91\00:23:06.31
for observing
Sunday as a holy day?"
00:23:06.35\00:23:08.98
There's got to be some reason.
Let's look at the reason.
00:23:09.02\00:23:11.75
Here's the answer.
00:23:11.79\00:23:13.46
And it's under
an article entitled
00:23:13.49\00:23:15.16
To Tell the Truth.
00:23:15.19\00:23:16.52
And this was written
in 1947, October 3rd,
00:23:16.56\00:23:19.96
the reference to
Catholic Virginian page 9,
00:23:20.00\00:23:23.60
and that's the
article where you find it.
00:23:23.63\00:23:25.17
Here's the answer.
00:23:25.20\00:23:26.57
"For example,
nowhere in the Bible
00:23:26.60\00:23:31.81
do we find that Christ
or the Apostles ordered
00:23:31.84\00:23:38.05
that the Sabbath be changed
00:23:38.08\00:23:40.38
from Saturday
to," what, "Sunday.
00:23:40.42\00:23:44.35
We have the commandment of God
00:23:44.39\00:23:48.49
given to Moses to
keep holy the Sabbath day,"
00:23:48.52\00:23:53.16
continuing,
00:23:53.19\00:23:54.53
"That is the seventh
day of the week, Saturday.
00:23:54.56\00:23:58.90
Today, most
Christians keep Sunday
00:23:58.93\00:24:02.40
because it has
been revealed to us
00:24:02.44\00:24:06.47
by the Roman Catholic Church
00:24:06.51\00:24:11.01
outside the Bible."
00:24:11.05\00:24:14.75
Is it in the
Bible, yes or no? No.
00:24:14.78\00:24:16.55
Is it outside
the Bible, yes or no?
00:24:16.58\00:24:17.92
Yes.
00:24:17.95\00:24:19.29
And this is
clearly, the Catholic...
00:24:19.32\00:24:20.66
What I'm bringing out tonight
is the Roman Catholic Church
00:24:20.69\00:24:22.96
is saying to Christians,
00:24:22.99\00:24:25.73
"Don't look in the
Bible, you won't find it."
00:24:25.76\00:24:28.96
And so here's
the simple thinking.
00:24:29.00\00:24:30.33
As we go on tonight,
00:24:30.37\00:24:31.70
you're going to see
some more quotations
00:24:31.73\00:24:33.07
that are going to
make it so clear, Cynthia,
00:24:33.10\00:24:35.10
that they're going to say,
00:24:35.14\00:24:36.81
"If you really want
to follow the Bible,
00:24:36.84\00:24:38.84
here's what I suggest you do."
00:24:38.87\00:24:40.41
And I don't want to unpeel
the orange before we get to it.
00:24:40.44\00:24:44.18
But the bottom
line is, thus far,
00:24:44.21\00:24:46.72
we're seeing that
the very authority
00:24:46.75\00:24:49.22
that made the change is saying,
00:24:49.25\00:24:53.52
"It's in our book,
it's not in His book.
00:24:53.56\00:24:57.56
You won't find it anywhere,
00:24:57.59\00:24:59.59
but you will find
it in our writings."
00:24:59.63\00:25:02.03
Now one of the reasons
why it is not seen today
00:25:02.06\00:25:05.90
as such a big deal in
Christianity is because...
00:25:05.93\00:25:09.30
And this is the amazing thing.
00:25:09.34\00:25:11.64
Sunday is not really a holy day,
00:25:11.67\00:25:14.31
you can't make anything
holy that God has not made holy,
00:25:14.34\00:25:17.81
Can we?
00:25:17.85\00:25:19.45
How many days of
the week are blessed?
00:25:19.48\00:25:21.18
Let me give you...
00:25:21.22\00:25:22.55
How many days of
the week are blessed?
00:25:22.58\00:25:24.55
One more time, how many? One.
00:25:24.59\00:25:26.15
Only one.
00:25:26.19\00:25:27.52
So you could say,
"Sunday is my holy day."
00:25:27.56\00:25:34.20
That may be your interpretation.
00:25:34.23\00:25:36.40
And that you may be right,
but it's not God's holy day.
00:25:36.43\00:25:40.74
So if I say Sunday is my...
00:25:40.77\00:25:42.14
I had a pastor
once write me a letter,
00:25:42.17\00:25:43.51
he said, "I have the scriptures
00:25:43.54\00:25:45.47
to back up my day,
00:25:45.51\00:25:47.44
you have scriptures
to back up your day."
00:25:47.48\00:25:49.48
And I said, "Pastor,
stop, I don't have a day."
00:25:49.51\00:25:53.68
Amen.
00:25:53.72\00:25:55.05
I only simply back
up what God's Word says.
00:25:55.08\00:25:57.59
So I don't have a day,
00:25:57.62\00:25:58.95
and I don't recommend
that anybody else has a day.
00:25:58.99\00:26:00.89
If we're all God's creation,
00:26:00.92\00:26:02.72
then He's
already selected the day,
00:26:02.76\00:26:04.76
hasn't He not?
00:26:04.79\00:26:06.13
Let's go to the next question.
00:26:06.16\00:26:07.50
Now we're going to look
at some scriptures here.
00:26:07.53\00:26:08.86
All right, a
couple more quotations
00:26:08.90\00:26:10.57
and we'll look
at the scriptures.
00:26:10.60\00:26:11.93
Here we go. Question number 31.
00:26:11.97\00:26:15.50
"What does the
Vatican say about Christians
00:26:15.54\00:26:19.41
that say Sunday
worship is in the Bible?"
00:26:19.44\00:26:23.14
What do they
say about Christians
00:26:23.18\00:26:24.81
that say that Sunday
worship is in the Bible?
00:26:24.85\00:26:26.65
We didn't get to this one,
let's look at what they say.
00:26:26.68\00:26:29.08
Okay.
00:26:29.12\00:26:30.45
I'm trying to be careful
but I want to be very factual.
00:26:30.49\00:26:33.05
All right,
00:26:33.09\00:26:34.42
here's what the
Roman Catholic Church says
00:26:34.46\00:26:36.06
about Christians
that honor Sunday.
00:26:36.09\00:26:39.69
"That Protestants,
who accept the Bible
00:26:39.73\00:26:41.90
as the only rule
of faith and religion,
00:26:41.93\00:26:46.27
should by all
means," listen carefully,
00:26:46.30\00:26:49.67
"Go back to the
observance of the Sabbath.
00:26:49.70\00:26:54.61
The fact that they do
not, but on the contrary,
00:26:54.64\00:26:59.98
observe the Sunday,
00:27:00.02\00:27:01.98
stultifies them in the
eyes of every thinking man."
00:27:02.02\00:27:07.59
So let's see what that means.
00:27:07.62\00:27:08.96
So if somebody says
00:27:08.99\00:27:11.29
two and two is
four, is two and two four?
00:27:11.33\00:27:13.09
Yes. Okay.
00:27:13.13\00:27:15.20
But I come along and
say two and two is five.
00:27:15.23\00:27:18.73
And no matter what you
tell me, I can't change my mind.
00:27:18.77\00:27:22.40
And then I'm going to
enter into a research project
00:27:22.44\00:27:25.27
to prove my point.
00:27:25.31\00:27:26.68
I'm going to go
through all the math books
00:27:26.71\00:27:28.48
ever written to prove
that two and two is five
00:27:28.51\00:27:31.45
but I can't find
that in any math book
00:27:31.48\00:27:34.62
because let's do this,
00:27:34.65\00:27:36.22
two plus two is what, four.
00:27:36.25\00:27:39.82
So what, in
essence, is being said,
00:27:39.85\00:27:41.49
the word stultifies
there is another better word,
00:27:41.52\00:27:44.66
a more modern word is,
00:27:44.69\00:27:47.66
people are
bewildered, they're saying,
00:27:47.70\00:27:49.73
"Where do you get
your reasoning from?
00:27:49.76\00:27:51.67
If you say the Bible is
your only point of reference
00:27:51.70\00:27:54.80
where do you get
your reasoning from?"
00:27:54.84\00:27:57.54
And so people
are standing there,
00:27:57.57\00:27:59.71
Dan, and saying, "Huh!"
00:27:59.74\00:28:03.11
pretty much, "I don't see it,"
00:28:03.14\00:28:05.85
but Christians are in fact.
00:28:05.88\00:28:07.22
And you know what?
00:28:07.25\00:28:08.58
Let's go on to
the next question.
00:28:08.62\00:28:09.95
And you know what's amazing
about that whole idea is,
00:28:09.98\00:28:12.15
it's so simple,
00:28:12.19\00:28:13.86
if we simply
recognize the reason
00:28:13.89\00:28:17.63
why the Lord has said
00:28:17.66\00:28:18.99
that we should
honor the Sabbath,
00:28:19.03\00:28:20.36
then it really
would not be confusing.
00:28:20.40\00:28:23.00
It really could
not get confusing.
00:28:23.03\00:28:24.93
And we'll point the reason
out in just a moment here,
00:28:24.97\00:28:26.94
but look at this.
00:28:26.97\00:28:28.30
A few more quotations,
00:28:28.34\00:28:29.67
and I'm putting
this on the screen
00:28:29.70\00:28:31.04
so it could be recorded.
00:28:31.07\00:28:32.41
So later on, you can
take your friends back
00:28:32.44\00:28:34.58
to the videos on our website,
00:28:34.61\00:28:36.18
you can look at the
references, you can say,
00:28:36.21\00:28:37.88
"Well, I remember what he said,"
00:28:37.91\00:28:39.58
and but if you don't remember,
00:28:39.61\00:28:40.95
you can go to our website,
00:28:40.98\00:28:42.32
ASF.3ABN.org and the
information is there.
00:28:42.35\00:28:45.42
Look at the next question,
look at the next question,
00:28:45.45\00:28:48.39
and this is powerful.
00:28:48.42\00:28:50.76
"What reason
does the Vatican give
00:28:50.79\00:28:54.46
to justify their
observance of Sunday?"
00:28:54.50\00:28:57.20
What reason do they give?
00:28:57.23\00:28:59.77
This is powerful.
This is huge. Here it is.
00:28:59.80\00:29:04.31
Peter R Kraemer,
00:29:04.34\00:29:06.31
Catholic Church,
Extension Society,
00:29:06.34\00:29:08.64
1975, Chicago, Illinois.
00:29:08.68\00:29:11.48
Look at the
reference, here it is,
00:29:11.51\00:29:12.91
here's what they give.
00:29:12.95\00:29:14.28
"We Catholics do
not accept the Bible
00:29:14.32\00:29:19.09
as the only rule of faith."
00:29:19.12\00:29:22.59
That's not 1775
or 1675, that's 1975.
00:29:22.62\00:29:26.93
"Besides the Bible we
have," what, "The living Church,
00:29:26.96\00:29:32.90
the authority of the
Church, as a rule to guide us.
00:29:32.93\00:29:37.74
We say, this
Church, instituted by Christ
00:29:37.77\00:29:42.08
to teach and
guide man through life,
00:29:42.11\00:29:44.81
has the right to
change," get this,
00:29:44.85\00:29:49.82
"The ceremonial
laws of the Old Testament
00:29:49.85\00:29:53.12
and hence, we accept her change
00:29:53.15\00:29:57.33
of the Sabbath to," what,
00:29:57.36\00:29:59.53
"To Sunday.
00:29:59.56\00:30:01.26
We frankly say, yes, the
church made this change."
00:30:01.30\00:30:05.83
How clear can that get?
00:30:05.87\00:30:07.40
"We say, yes, the
church made this change."
00:30:07.44\00:30:10.07
And not only
that, "Made this a law,
00:30:10.11\00:30:13.51
as she made many
other laws, for instance,
00:30:13.54\00:30:17.31
the Friday abstinence,
the unmarried priesthood,"
00:30:17.35\00:30:21.72
it keep goes on,
"The laws concerning,"
00:30:21.75\00:30:24.35
what, "Mixed marriages,"
00:30:24.39\00:30:26.55
which by the way
has been changing.
00:30:26.59\00:30:29.16
"The regulation
of Catholic marriages
00:30:29.19\00:30:32.16
and a thousand other laws.
00:30:32.19\00:30:35.46
It is always
somewhat laughable, to see,"
00:30:35.50\00:30:38.43
and this is powerful.
00:30:38.47\00:30:39.80
"To see the Protestant churches,
00:30:39.83\00:30:42.20
in pulpit and legislation,
00:30:42.24\00:30:44.81
demand the observance of Sunday,
00:30:44.84\00:30:46.98
of which," together,
00:30:47.01\00:30:48.61
"There is
nothing in their Bible."
00:30:48.64\00:30:51.81
I just want that to say,
I don't even want to comment
00:30:58.42\00:31:02.22
because this is
such a serious topic that
00:31:02.26\00:31:03.96
I don't want people to think
00:31:03.99\00:31:05.33
that we're using
this as a hammer,
00:31:05.36\00:31:07.20
but in fact, this is
being used as a light.
00:31:07.23\00:31:09.56
Amen to that? Amen.
00:31:09.60\00:31:11.33
There are many
people that are saying,
00:31:11.37\00:31:13.23
"Did I hear that right?"
00:31:13.27\00:31:15.27
You may have heard
it for the first time,
00:31:15.30\00:31:17.94
that's why we say,
00:31:17.97\00:31:19.31
we put this
information on our website
00:31:19.34\00:31:20.88
so you can go back tomorrow
00:31:20.91\00:31:22.74
and look at the
video all the way through
00:31:22.78\00:31:24.55
and then follow
up the references.
00:31:24.58\00:31:27.32
And as a matter of fact,
00:31:27.35\00:31:28.95
one of the reasons
why we call the program,
00:31:28.98\00:31:30.65
thank you, Hun, A Sharper Focus
00:31:30.69\00:31:32.25
because it's
blurry to so many people,
00:31:32.29\00:31:34.42
but if you study more and more,
00:31:34.46\00:31:36.06
it'll come into a sharper focus.
00:31:36.09\00:31:38.93
These are things that so many...
00:31:38.96\00:31:40.40
And, you know, I
say this carefully
00:31:40.43\00:31:41.76
because I know so much
of my family is Catholic,
00:31:41.80\00:31:45.53
majority of my
family is Catholic,
00:31:45.57\00:31:48.47
they don't know this stuff,
00:31:48.50\00:31:50.34
they don't read the
catechism, barely the Bible.
00:31:50.37\00:31:55.34
And so these things
might come as a complete shock.
00:31:55.38\00:31:58.91
But if you want to
follow what is in God's word,
00:31:58.95\00:32:02.35
then it's really clear,
00:32:02.38\00:32:03.72
just consult God's word
and there will be no mystery,
00:32:03.75\00:32:06.99
there will be
nothing to confuse us
00:32:07.02\00:32:10.53
but only to enlighten us.
00:32:10.56\00:32:12.29
Look at what
David, the Psalmist says.
00:32:12.33\00:32:13.83
Let's go to question number 33,
00:32:13.86\00:32:15.73
we're going to write
some answers in here.
00:32:15.76\00:32:18.00
And I think we're on
task to complete this tonight.
00:32:18.03\00:32:21.40
Wow.
00:32:21.44\00:32:22.77
Not in the Bible, nothing,
00:32:22.80\00:32:24.77
there is nothing in their Bible.
00:32:24.81\00:32:26.98
And the reason why they
use a phrase of their Bible
00:32:27.01\00:32:29.54
is because when the
Protestant Reformation began,
00:32:29.58\00:32:32.78
one of the most notable ones
of the Protestant Reformation
00:32:32.81\00:32:34.98
is Martin Luther
00:32:35.02\00:32:36.42
but you have Jerome,
Wycliffe, Hus, Zwingli, Calvin,
00:32:36.45\00:32:39.29
the list goes on
and on, Melanchthon,
00:32:39.32\00:32:41.59
the list goes on
and on of people that
00:32:41.62\00:32:43.49
started the
movement back to the Bible
00:32:43.53\00:32:45.63
which Rome tried
its best to stamp out
00:32:45.66\00:32:47.50
with the counter-Reformation.
00:32:47.53\00:32:49.66
There was the
Protestant Reformation,
00:32:49.70\00:32:51.23
the push back to the Bible
00:32:51.27\00:32:53.03
then there was the
counter-reformation,
00:32:53.07\00:32:54.97
culture, and music,
and art, and science,
00:32:55.00\00:32:58.27
they tried to
counteract it with education.
00:32:58.31\00:33:00.68
And by the way,
this is a crazy thing.
00:33:00.71\00:33:02.81
But in some cases,
00:33:02.84\00:33:04.18
people that are intellectual
in their own definition think
00:33:04.21\00:33:07.38
that it's oversimplification
to simply do what God says.
00:33:07.42\00:33:11.49
They said that's just not
00:33:11.52\00:33:12.85
what an
intellectual person does.
00:33:12.89\00:33:14.62
However let's look
at what God's Word says.
00:33:14.66\00:33:17.16
Here's question number 33.
00:33:17.19\00:33:20.56
"Why should Bible-believing
Christians reject
00:33:20.60\00:33:25.83
Sunday observance?"
00:33:25.87\00:33:27.67
Why should they
reject Sunday observance?
00:33:27.70\00:33:31.47
Look at what the
Bible says. Okay.
00:33:31.51\00:33:35.18
And this is an
amazing scripture.
00:33:35.21\00:33:37.45
But let's go to Psalms 119:133.
00:33:37.48\00:33:41.12
Some of you are already
there, I appreciate that.
00:33:41.15\00:33:43.55
Look at what
David, the Psalmist says.
00:33:43.59\00:33:46.45
Here it is.
00:33:46.49\00:33:47.82
He says, "Direct my steps,"
00:33:47.86\00:33:50.43
together, "By your word.
00:33:50.46\00:33:54.00
And let not iniquity
have dominion over me."
00:33:54.03\00:33:57.73
So what directs our steps,
together, the Word of God.
00:33:57.77\00:34:03.14
So if it is in the Word
of God, do we follow it?
00:34:03.17\00:34:06.07
If it's not in the Word
of God, do we follow it?
00:34:06.11\00:34:08.01
No.
00:34:08.04\00:34:09.38
So let me use a classic
example today, a comparison.
00:34:09.41\00:34:13.21
We'll say, for example,
many people use GPSs nowadays.
00:34:13.25\00:34:17.45
At least, we have
them on our phones, iPhone,
00:34:17.49\00:34:20.96
Android phone,
00:34:20.99\00:34:22.32
we have them on
our iPads or Kindles,
00:34:22.36\00:34:24.89
we have them on our tablets,
we have them on our watches.
00:34:24.93\00:34:28.46
We want to get to
where we want to go.
00:34:28.50\00:34:30.63
So today, what we
do is we just say,
00:34:30.67\00:34:34.27
we say, speaking like my GPS,
00:34:34.30\00:34:36.40
the portable one
has to speak an address.
00:34:36.44\00:34:39.17
And I'll put the
address in, it says, okay.
00:34:39.21\00:34:42.31
Follow directions, and
left, right, right, left.
00:34:42.34\00:34:44.88
Now if I go the opposite way,
00:34:44.91\00:34:46.55
you know what it
says, recalculating.
00:34:46.58\00:34:50.19
In other words, you're
going in the wrong direction,
00:34:50.22\00:34:52.49
I've got to
find a way to get you
00:34:52.52\00:34:53.86
where you're headed.
00:34:53.89\00:34:55.22
So this topic could be
00:34:55.26\00:34:56.59
best described as recalculating.
00:34:56.62\00:34:58.73
Amen.
00:34:58.76\00:35:00.26
We want to simply get
you to the right destination.
00:35:00.30\00:35:02.53
We're saying
you've been following
00:35:02.56\00:35:03.97
the wrong directions.
00:35:04.00\00:35:06.23
Let's say that
together, recalculating.
00:35:06.27\00:35:07.94
Recalculating.
00:35:07.97\00:35:09.70
That's all we're doing.
00:35:09.74\00:35:11.07
We're not judging,
we're not condemning.
00:35:11.11\00:35:13.24
We're simply saying,
00:35:13.27\00:35:14.61
"Oh, you
should've made a right turn,
00:35:14.64\00:35:16.08
you made a left."
00:35:16.11\00:35:17.75
And if we follow the GPS...
00:35:17.78\00:35:19.18
Now I once had an
argument with my GPS.
00:35:19.21\00:35:22.65
Now they're a lot better
than they were 10 years ago
00:35:22.68\00:35:25.92
'cause we've had people,
when the GPSs first came out,
00:35:25.95\00:35:28.52
it will guide
people right into a lake
00:35:28.56\00:35:31.19
because they were not as
accurate as they are today.
00:35:31.23\00:35:33.93
And so I remember
just a few years ago
00:35:33.96\00:35:36.50
when I was coming
home from the church,
00:35:36.53\00:35:38.73
coming to New Lake Road,
00:35:38.77\00:35:40.10
it says make a left if possible
00:35:40.14\00:35:43.77
because it wasn't confirmed
out here in Southern Illinois,
00:35:43.81\00:35:47.28
even the road I
lived on wasn't confirmed.
00:35:47.31\00:35:49.54
Now it doesn't say if possible,
it says make a left turn
00:35:49.58\00:35:51.75
on New Lake
Road, it's confirmed.
00:35:51.78\00:35:54.25
Even on 3ABN's property,
00:35:54.28\00:35:55.95
we knew it was Angel
Lane but it was not official.
00:35:55.98\00:35:58.69
Now it actually says
make a left on Angel Lane
00:35:58.72\00:36:02.22
because we're on the map.
00:36:02.26\00:36:03.59
Amen somebody. Amen.
00:36:03.63\00:36:05.36
But the Word of God is not
like the GPS navigation system,
00:36:05.39\00:36:11.17
it has been
accurate for centuries.
00:36:11.20\00:36:14.10
Amen. It hasn't changed.
00:36:14.14\00:36:15.50
So we don't say,
00:36:15.54\00:36:16.87
"Well, it used to be
there but it's not now.
00:36:16.91\00:36:19.07
Well, we don't
have the right version."
00:36:19.11\00:36:21.11
And I tell you, you
got to be very careful
00:36:21.14\00:36:22.71
with the Bible versions today.
00:36:22.74\00:36:24.88
Make sure that
it is an authorized
00:36:24.91\00:36:26.45
from the translated
Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic
00:36:26.48\00:36:29.98
because many of
these, what they call...
00:36:30.02\00:36:32.42
What's the
phrase, Brother Dinzey?
00:36:32.45\00:36:34.99
Paraphrased.
00:36:35.02\00:36:36.49
Many of these paraphrased Bibles
00:36:36.52\00:36:38.19
just so watered
down with God's Word says
00:36:38.23\00:36:40.86
that you can't
really find the forest
00:36:40.90\00:36:42.43
because of the trees.
00:36:42.46\00:36:44.10
The key is God's
word directs our steps.
00:36:44.13\00:36:46.27
Amen.
00:36:46.30\00:36:47.64
Let's go to question
number 34, question number 34.
00:36:47.67\00:36:51.87
"Why is it
dangerous to our salvation
00:36:51.91\00:36:56.11
to observe what is
not in God's Word?"
00:36:56.14\00:36:59.48
Why is it dangerous?
00:36:59.51\00:37:01.02
Why is it
dangerous to our salvation
00:37:01.05\00:37:03.39
to observe what
is not in God's Word?
00:37:03.42\00:37:07.79
Let's go to Matthew 4:10.
00:37:07.82\00:37:11.96
Matthew 4:10.
00:37:11.99\00:37:14.56
Why is it dangerous to observe
what is not in the Bible?
00:37:14.60\00:37:20.17
Matter of fact,
everything today we buy,
00:37:20.20\00:37:22.37
everything today has
instructions, does it not?
00:37:22.40\00:37:26.01
Even a
toothbrush has instructions.
00:37:26.04\00:37:28.84
I mean, think about that.
00:37:28.88\00:37:30.21
Everything we buy
today has instructions,
00:37:30.25\00:37:32.35
follow the instructions
00:37:32.38\00:37:33.72
and you'll know
how the item works,
00:37:33.75\00:37:35.08
whether it is good,
00:37:35.12\00:37:36.45
whether we're using it properly
00:37:36.48\00:37:37.82
because
sometimes we are so aware,
00:37:37.85\00:37:40.76
we buy things and we say,
00:37:40.79\00:37:42.12
"Okay, I know how to use that."
00:37:42.16\00:37:43.49
And then we've been
using it for so long
00:37:43.53\00:37:45.59
that all of a sudden
00:37:45.63\00:37:46.96
there are so many
other features, Luis,
00:37:47.00\00:37:48.33
that we forgot they even can do.
00:37:48.36\00:37:50.13
And so my wife
always says to me,
00:37:50.17\00:37:52.67
"Read the instructions."
00:37:52.70\00:37:54.40
And I said, "I got it."
00:37:54.44\00:37:55.77
She said, "Read
the instructions."
00:37:55.80\00:37:57.37
Okay, I got it.
00:37:57.41\00:37:58.74
And I discover by
reading the instructions
00:37:58.77\00:38:00.68
that the device
that I just purchased
00:38:00.71\00:38:02.14
can do a whole lot
more than I think it can do.
00:38:02.18\00:38:05.08
And...
00:38:05.11\00:38:07.12
She said, "Exactly," I
hope you didn't hear that.
00:38:07.15\00:38:10.39
But read the instructions,
let's say this together,
00:38:10.42\00:38:12.75
what, read the instructions.
00:38:12.79\00:38:16.02
Here's what it is.
00:38:16.06\00:38:17.39
Why is it dangerous for to,
00:38:17.43\00:38:18.76
our salvation to observe
what is not in God's word?
00:38:18.79\00:38:20.70
Matthew 4:10, look
at what the Lord said.
00:38:20.73\00:38:22.80
This is what Jesus
said. And this is...
00:38:22.83\00:38:25.33
And Jesus is in
great hour of temptation,
00:38:25.37\00:38:27.80
"Then Jesus said to
him, 'Away with you, Satan!'"
00:38:27.84\00:38:31.54
Look at these next four words,
00:38:31.57\00:38:33.14
together, "For it is written."
00:38:33.17\00:38:39.25
"For it is
written," together, "Written.
00:38:39.28\00:38:44.22
You shall worship
the Lord your God,
00:38:44.25\00:38:46.82
and Him only you shall serve."
00:38:46.86\00:38:49.52
A lot of people don't think
00:38:49.56\00:38:50.89
that the Sabbath
has to do with worship.
00:38:50.93\00:38:52.46
Let's go to Revelation
14, turn your Bibles there.
00:38:52.49\00:38:55.90
Lot of people don't think
00:38:55.93\00:38:57.27
the Sabbath has
to do with worship.
00:38:57.30\00:38:59.97
When you find in the Bible,
in the last book of the Bible,
00:39:00.00\00:39:03.44
it is amazing how
there's so many mirrors.
00:39:03.47\00:39:07.34
And when I say mirrors,
00:39:07.38\00:39:09.58
if you compare what's in Genesis
00:39:09.61\00:39:11.81
to what is in Revelation,
00:39:11.85\00:39:13.18
you'll find Revelation is
this urgent book of a call,
00:39:13.21\00:39:16.89
kind of calling people back
00:39:16.92\00:39:18.25
to what they
have forgotten to do.
00:39:18.29\00:39:20.62
It's the book that
is a book of reminder.
00:39:20.66\00:39:22.42
It is the period after the end
00:39:22.46\00:39:24.26
of a long
sentence of human history,
00:39:24.29\00:39:26.46
and it's saying, "Okay,
we're almost at the end."
00:39:26.49\00:39:28.86
If I can use it another way,
some people use other examples,
00:39:28.90\00:39:33.03
the show is ending,
00:39:33.07\00:39:34.40
the book is
ending, the game is ending.
00:39:34.44\00:39:36.91
Very few people want
to see a football game
00:39:36.94\00:39:39.14
and shut it off if it's
tied and two minutes left.
00:39:39.17\00:39:41.04
Right, Luis?
00:39:41.08\00:39:42.41
I don't if you
play football or not.
00:39:42.44\00:39:43.78
But, you know,
it's a dangerous thing
00:39:43.81\00:39:45.58
to turn a football game off
00:39:45.61\00:39:47.32
with two minutes
left unless it's blowout.
00:39:47.35\00:39:51.29
Basketball,
anything, people want to know
00:39:51.32\00:39:54.49
the end of the
story, the end of the story.
00:39:54.52\00:39:56.62
Look at Revelation 14,
and look at the call of God.
00:39:56.66\00:40:01.36
We're going to
go to Revelation 14,
00:40:01.40\00:40:02.86
and let's look
together at verse 6 and 7.
00:40:02.90\00:40:06.63
And I want to point
out a few things here
00:40:06.67\00:40:08.17
because the
terminology used here indicates
00:40:08.20\00:40:10.87
that there is something
that has always been existing,
00:40:10.91\00:40:13.94
it's always been around.
00:40:13.98\00:40:15.31
Revelation 14:6.
00:40:15.34\00:40:16.68
Look, "Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of," what,
00:40:16.71\00:40:21.55
"Heaven having the
everlasting gospel."
00:40:21.58\00:40:26.99
That means good
news that never ended.
00:40:27.02\00:40:29.82
That means it's been
good from the Garden of Eden,
00:40:29.86\00:40:32.53
it's going to be
good till Jesus comes,
00:40:32.56\00:40:34.13
the everlasting gospel.
00:40:34.16\00:40:35.96
And the central focus
00:40:36.00\00:40:37.33
of the
everlasting gospel is Jesus,
00:40:37.37\00:40:39.63
the everlasting
gospel, He's the good news.
00:40:39.67\00:40:43.00
"To preach to those
who dwell on the earth."
00:40:43.04\00:40:45.31
How many people need
to hear this message?
00:40:45.34\00:40:47.11
"To every nation, every tribe,
every tongue, every people,
00:40:47.14\00:40:52.28
saying with a..." whisper.
00:40:52.31\00:40:55.85
What kind of voice? Loud.
00:40:55.88\00:40:57.22
"Loud voice."
00:40:57.25\00:40:59.09
Together, "Fear God
and give glory to Him
00:40:59.12\00:41:03.73
for the hour of
His judgment has come."
00:41:03.76\00:41:07.66
And here's the
key. And what else?
00:41:07.70\00:41:10.30
"Worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
00:41:10.33\00:41:15.10
the sea, and the
springs of water."
00:41:15.14\00:41:19.21
The first of the three
most important messages
00:41:19.24\00:41:21.58
that humanity
can ever hear today
00:41:21.61\00:41:23.21
is the first
one, "Wait a minute,
00:41:23.24\00:41:25.41
we're living in
the judgment hour,
00:41:25.45\00:41:27.18
honor God, worship Him,
00:41:27.22\00:41:29.62
fear Him, give him the glory."
00:41:29.65\00:41:32.35
And, you know, when you think
about giving God the glory,
00:41:32.39\00:41:34.52
it just says man wants
to rob from God the glory
00:41:34.56\00:41:36.93
that belongs to Him alone.
00:41:36.96\00:41:38.96
The devil said,
"I will be like God."
00:41:38.99\00:41:40.73
So what he did
in the process now,
00:41:40.76\00:41:42.43
follow me
carefully and understand
00:41:42.46\00:41:44.13
what I'm not saying,
I'm not saying people,
00:41:44.17\00:41:47.14
Satan decided everything
that God had as the truth,
00:41:47.17\00:41:50.37
he decided to
create a counterfeit.
00:41:50.41\00:41:53.41
Marriage, man and woman only.
00:41:53.44\00:41:55.94
Satan said, "I
want to counterfeit,
00:41:55.98\00:41:57.31
man and man."
00:41:57.35\00:41:59.61
Sabbath, the
last day of the week
00:41:59.65\00:42:03.39
was the one that God blessed.
00:42:03.42\00:42:04.82
Satan, first day of the week.
00:42:04.85\00:42:08.82
And by the way,
whether you know this and not,
00:42:08.86\00:42:10.19
do your homework.
00:42:10.23\00:42:11.56
And one of the reasons
why people are in darkness,
00:42:11.59\00:42:13.06
the Bible says in Hosea 4:6,
00:42:13.09\00:42:14.96
"My people are
destroyed for a lack of,"
00:42:15.00\00:42:16.87
what, "Knowledge."
00:42:16.90\00:42:19.07
Destroyed for a
lack of knowledge.
00:42:19.10\00:42:21.47
In this information age,
00:42:21.50\00:42:22.84
it doesn't make sense
to stay ignorant, does it?
00:42:22.87\00:42:25.64
When the
information is available,
00:42:25.67\00:42:27.01
it doesn't make
sense to be in the dark
00:42:27.04\00:42:28.88
because there's no reason,
00:42:28.91\00:42:30.25
you can Google,
you can Wikipedia,
00:42:30.28\00:42:31.68
you can Britannica,
you can go Encyclopedia,
00:42:31.71\00:42:34.18
you can go Encarta.
00:42:34.22\00:42:36.32
I mean, all this
information is just oozing,
00:42:36.35\00:42:38.52
you could not ever
say, "I can't find it,"
00:42:38.55\00:42:41.46
except you don't know
how to use a computer.
00:42:41.49\00:42:43.73
And for that
reason, go to a library,
00:42:43.76\00:42:45.19
the librarian would help you.
00:42:45.23\00:42:46.70
This is not the
age of ignorance,
00:42:46.73\00:42:48.83
but God is calling
people back to worship.
00:42:48.86\00:42:50.50
Now let's see what
He means by worship,
00:42:50.53\00:42:51.87
what kind of worship.
00:42:51.90\00:42:53.23
Go to John chapter 4
quickly. John chapter 4.
00:42:53.27\00:42:56.77
And I'm timing myself
00:42:56.81\00:42:58.14
because we're going to
wind this topic up tonight.
00:42:58.17\00:43:01.14
John chapter 4.
00:43:01.18\00:43:04.81
What kind of worship?
00:43:04.85\00:43:07.12
John 4:23 and 24, right?
00:43:07.15\00:43:12.49
Because it says
worship Him. Well, how?
00:43:12.52\00:43:15.22
Look at verse 23 and 24.
00:43:15.26\00:43:16.83
Remember, remember this now,
00:43:19.76\00:43:21.33
"The hour of His
judgment has come,
00:43:21.36\00:43:24.50
and worship Him," you get that?
00:43:24.53\00:43:26.63
"The hour of His judgment
has come, and worship Him."
00:43:26.67\00:43:30.17
You're going to see the same,
almost same terminology here.
00:43:30.21\00:43:33.11
Look at verse 23.
00:43:33.14\00:43:34.48
"But the hour is coming
and, what, "Now is when the,"
00:43:34.51\00:43:40.62
what else, "True worshipper
will worship the Father
00:43:40.65\00:43:46.29
in two things, one spirit it
00:43:46.32\00:43:48.42
and," in what, "Truth," why,
00:43:48.46\00:43:50.96
"For the Father is
seeking such to worship Him."
00:43:50.99\00:43:56.23
What kind of worship
is the God looking for?
00:43:56.26\00:43:58.57
Those who want to worship Him
00:43:58.60\00:43:59.93
in what, Spirit
and, in what, truth.
00:43:59.97\00:44:02.87
That is their lives
reveal the fruits of the Spirit.
00:44:02.90\00:44:05.51
And they also live in harmony
with the truth of God's Word.
00:44:05.54\00:44:08.11
And then look at verse 24.
00:44:08.14\00:44:10.11
For God, God is Spirit
00:44:10.15\00:44:11.75
and those who
worship Him should worship.
00:44:11.78\00:44:15.32
Must.
00:44:15.35\00:44:17.09
Was it must? I
don't get any choices?
00:44:17.12\00:44:19.82
No. Well, let's try that again.
00:44:19.85\00:44:22.22
God is Spirit and those
who worship Him might...
00:44:22.26\00:44:25.46
Must.
00:44:25.49\00:44:27.80
Must, is that what it says? Yes.
00:44:27.83\00:44:30.53
Must, together,
"Must worship Him,"
00:44:30.57\00:44:34.84
in what, "Spirit"
and, what else, "Truth."
00:44:34.87\00:44:38.27
Today, you don't hear the truth.
00:44:38.31\00:44:43.11
Religion nowadays
has become nothing more
00:44:43.14\00:44:46.01
than one hour
counseling session.
00:44:46.05\00:44:48.88
Listen to the
sermons on television.
00:44:48.92\00:44:53.25
One hour counseling session,
00:44:53.29\00:44:55.02
they don't want to say anything
that's politically incorrect
00:44:55.06\00:44:57.53
or the church is not called
to be politically correct,
00:44:57.56\00:44:59.03
the church is called
00:44:59.06\00:45:00.40
to be scripturally
correct, am I right?
00:45:00.43\00:45:02.60
So when we talk
about these topics
00:45:02.63\00:45:04.73
and share these topics,
00:45:04.77\00:45:06.10
it's not to offend or
to make anybody upset,
00:45:06.13\00:45:08.60
it's to simply get
us back to the thing
00:45:08.64\00:45:11.17
that God always
wanted us to support.
00:45:11.21\00:45:13.07
And one more thing,
00:45:13.11\00:45:14.74
go to Isaiah now, Isaiah 58.
00:45:14.78\00:45:19.58
Isaiah 58.
00:45:19.61\00:45:20.95
God is simply
saying, "Come back.
00:45:20.98\00:45:23.89
You could go so far away."
00:45:23.92\00:45:26.05
You know, if you
ever go on a cruise,
00:45:26.09\00:45:28.46
you could be so
far in the ocean,
00:45:28.49\00:45:29.82
you don't see land.
00:45:29.86\00:45:31.73
And some people
are that way today,
00:45:31.76\00:45:33.09
they're so far in darkness,
they can't see the light.
00:45:33.13\00:45:36.60
They have, as I would say,
floated away from the shore.
00:45:36.63\00:45:41.94
And they just look around and,
00:45:41.97\00:45:43.30
"Well, it doesn't really
matter what direction we go in,"
00:45:43.34\00:45:46.21
because they don't
have any point of reference.
00:45:46.24\00:45:47.98
The Word of God is
our point of reference.
00:45:48.01\00:45:49.64
Praise the Lord for that.
00:45:49.68\00:45:51.25
Isaiah 58.
00:45:51.28\00:45:53.15
Look at this, verse 13.
00:45:53.18\00:45:55.82
Okay, actually verse 12.
00:45:55.85\00:45:57.89
And I'm going to read it
in the King James Version.
00:45:57.92\00:45:59.45
Actually I
almost know it by heart.
00:45:59.49\00:46:02.22
You have the King
James version, right?
00:46:02.26\00:46:03.59
"They that shall be of Thee
00:46:03.63\00:46:05.46
shall build up
the old waste places.
00:46:05.49\00:46:09.60
Thou shall raise up
00:46:09.63\00:46:10.97
the foundations
of many generations.
00:46:11.00\00:46:13.97
Thou shall be called
the repairers of the breach,
00:46:14.00\00:46:16.57
the restorers of
paths to dwell in."
00:46:16.60\00:46:19.57
Notice, "They that shall
be of Thee shall build up
00:46:19.61\00:46:23.98
the old waste places.
00:46:24.01\00:46:27.55
They shall raise
up the foundation of,"
00:46:27.58\00:46:31.32
what, "Many generations."
00:46:31.35\00:46:33.56
What is the
foundation of many generations?
00:46:33.59\00:46:35.16
Jesus.
00:46:35.19\00:46:36.52
No other
foundation can anyone lay than
00:46:36.56\00:46:38.59
that which is laid
which is Christ Jesus.
00:46:38.63\00:46:40.56
Raise up the
foundation of many generations,
00:46:40.60\00:46:43.06
they shall be
called the repairers,
00:46:43.10\00:46:45.97
they're fixing it
of the, what, breach.
00:46:46.00\00:46:47.94
You know what a breach is?
00:46:47.97\00:46:49.30
If you ever seen a dam leaking,
you know, a big Hoover dam.
00:46:49.34\00:46:52.47
You don't want to be
00:46:52.51\00:46:53.84
on the Hoover dam
while it's leaking.
00:46:53.88\00:46:56.24
You want that thing to
be repaired, am I right?
00:46:56.28\00:46:58.08
Because a leak
becomes a spring...
00:46:58.11\00:47:00.42
It keeps eroding until
it just all falls apart.
00:47:00.45\00:47:03.08
What's happened in Christianity
is they ignored the leak.
00:47:03.12\00:47:07.72
And now the water of darkness
00:47:07.76\00:47:09.72
and the water of
error just pouring through,
00:47:09.76\00:47:12.26
and nobody is even
thinking about stopping it,
00:47:12.29\00:47:14.16
they've ignored the leak.
00:47:14.20\00:47:16.40
See, repairers of the
breach, and what else,
00:47:16.43\00:47:19.00
restorers of
paths, to what, dwelling.
00:47:19.03\00:47:22.10
That's why in the
book of Hebrews, it says,
00:47:22.14\00:47:23.47
"Make straight
path for your feet,"
00:47:23.51\00:47:25.27
so if anybody is
following you, they won't...
00:47:25.31\00:47:27.18
the lame won't stumble.
00:47:27.21\00:47:29.84
So the Lord is saying,
and notice what He does,
00:47:29.88\00:47:32.98
notice all the
points of reference
00:47:33.01\00:47:34.85
brings us down to
what is in essence saying.
00:47:34.88\00:47:37.39
Look at the very
next verse, verse 13,
00:47:37.42\00:47:40.59
"If you turn away
your foot from the Sabbath,
00:47:40.62\00:47:44.53
from doing your
pleasure on My holy day..."
00:47:44.56\00:47:50.70
He defines His holy day.
00:47:50.73\00:47:55.70
And called the
Sabbath day, what, delight.
00:47:55.74\00:47:58.27
A what? Delight.
00:47:58.31\00:47:59.64
Say the word one
more time. Delight.
00:47:59.67\00:48:01.38
Now the reason I say
that because people say,
00:48:01.41\00:48:02.98
"If you keep the Sabbath,
you're burdening yourself,
00:48:03.01\00:48:06.11
you're under the old
law, you're in bondage."
00:48:06.15\00:48:10.35
No, you're not in bondage.
00:48:10.39\00:48:11.92
You're not trying
to be saved by works
00:48:11.95\00:48:13.29
because the
Sabbath is a delight.
00:48:13.32\00:48:15.02
Amen? Amen.
00:48:15.06\00:48:18.19
Who does not want 24
hours without working?
00:48:18.23\00:48:21.63
Who wants...
Don't we all need rest?
00:48:21.66\00:48:24.57
Isn't it nice to just
shut off the world for 24 hours
00:48:24.60\00:48:27.44
and spend it with
Jesus uninterrupted?
00:48:27.47\00:48:29.74
Now you spend
every day with Jesus
00:48:29.77\00:48:31.61
but there's only
this sanctified time
00:48:31.64\00:48:33.21
like an
anniversary, like your birthday,
00:48:33.24\00:48:34.68
you don't want to
share that with anybody else.
00:48:34.71\00:48:36.58
Jesus has set aside a
time that belongs to Him only
00:48:36.61\00:48:38.85
where the world is shut off.
00:48:38.88\00:48:40.22
And He says, when you do that...
00:48:40.25\00:48:41.58
Ezekiel 20:12, 20.
00:48:41.62\00:48:43.45
He says, "That's
a sign that you know
00:48:43.49\00:48:46.76
that I'm the Lord
that sanctifies you."
00:48:46.79\00:48:48.99
When you step into
that time of relationship,
00:48:49.02\00:48:51.29
you say, you know
00:48:51.33\00:48:52.66
that I'm the Lord
that sanctifies you.
00:48:52.69\00:48:55.06
The Sabbath is a sign,
not just a day, all right?
00:48:55.10\00:48:59.50
So He says, "Call
the Sabbath as delight,
00:48:59.53\00:49:02.30
the holy day of
the Lord honorable,
00:49:02.34\00:49:06.11
and you shall honor Him
not doing your own ways,
00:49:06.14\00:49:09.18
not finding your own pleasures,
not speaking your own words."
00:49:09.21\00:49:13.11
Shut down the
conversation about computers
00:49:13.15\00:49:15.72
and about what
happened in politics
00:49:15.75\00:49:17.59
and about what
happens in the world,
00:49:17.62\00:49:19.09
shut the television off,
stop reading the newspaper,
00:49:19.12\00:49:21.62
don't even read the
mail, shut the world O-F-F,
00:49:21.66\00:49:25.56
what's that spell?
00:49:25.59\00:49:26.93
Off.
00:49:26.96\00:49:28.30
Can you imagine
taking the newspaper,
00:49:28.33\00:49:30.87
you're out with your
husband celebrating his birthday
00:49:30.90\00:49:33.44
and you're reading a newspaper?
00:49:33.47\00:49:35.60
"Cynthia, it's my birthday."
00:49:35.64\00:49:37.14
"It's okay, I'm
just checking out
00:49:37.17\00:49:38.51
what Donald Trump did recently."
00:49:38.54\00:49:40.18
And after that, "Well,
let me check the weather."
00:49:40.21\00:49:41.84
"Oh, wait a
minute, it's my birthday."
00:49:41.88\00:49:43.48
And I know
Cynthia wouldn't do that,
00:49:43.51\00:49:44.85
that's why I'm
making this reference.
00:49:44.88\00:49:46.78
But the point of the
matter is the Lord is saying,
00:49:46.82\00:49:48.62
"This is My day, it's a
delight, it's honorable.
00:49:48.65\00:49:51.25
Remember, it's my holy
day, let's spend time together."
00:49:51.29\00:49:54.82
But so many people have
gone in different directions.
00:49:54.86\00:49:57.09
And then verse 14,
00:49:57.13\00:49:58.46
"Then you shall
delight yourself in the Lord,
00:49:58.49\00:50:00.30
and I will cause you
to ride on the high places
00:50:00.33\00:50:03.60
or hills of the earth,
00:50:03.63\00:50:04.97
and feed you with the
heritage of Jacob your father
00:50:05.00\00:50:07.67
for the mouth of the
Lord has," what, "Spoken."
00:50:07.70\00:50:10.87
God is saying that's a
tremendous blessing there
00:50:10.91\00:50:12.74
if we will simply honor
what God has established.
00:50:12.77\00:50:15.01
Last four questions,
number 35, number 35.
00:50:15.04\00:50:18.61
"What choice did
the Apostles make about
00:50:18.65\00:50:21.45
man's word verses God's Word?"
00:50:21.48\00:50:26.32
What choice did
the Apostles make
00:50:26.35\00:50:29.66
about man's word
versus God's Word?
00:50:29.69\00:50:32.46
Look at Acts 5:29, Acts
5:29. It says Matthew 14.
00:50:32.49\00:50:38.60
Write in, mistake, typo,
00:50:38.63\00:50:41.50
write in Acts 5:29.
00:50:41.54\00:50:45.47
Yeah, I made a typo there
00:50:45.51\00:50:47.78
that shows I'm
still under construction.
00:50:47.81\00:50:52.11
Write in Acts
5:29 on your syllabus.
00:50:52.15\00:50:54.55
And I'll go online
and make that change
00:50:54.58\00:50:56.55
so nobody else will
be misdirected by that.
00:50:56.58\00:50:58.55
Thank you.
00:50:58.59\00:50:59.92
All right, look
at what they said,
00:50:59.95\00:51:02.69
here on the screen.
00:51:02.72\00:51:04.06
"But Peter and the other
apostles answered and said,"
00:51:04.09\00:51:06.59
let's read this together,
00:51:06.63\00:51:07.96
"We ought to
obey God rather than,"
00:51:08.00\00:51:11.37
what, "Than men."
00:51:11.40\00:51:13.54
So when you look at
the convert catechism,
00:51:13.57\00:51:15.14
and look at all
the new teachings
00:51:15.17\00:51:16.50
in Christianity today,
00:51:16.54\00:51:18.04
when they say,
"Well, this day is enough.
00:51:18.07\00:51:19.87
That's enough, let's do this,
that's not politically correct,
00:51:19.91\00:51:23.35
let's go ahead and
accept same sex marriage,
00:51:23.38\00:51:24.91
let's choose a
different day of worship."
00:51:24.95\00:51:27.88
The apostle says,
00:51:27.92\00:51:29.25
"No, no, no, we ought to
obey God rather than men."
00:51:29.28\00:51:34.82
That's the only
safe choice to make.
00:51:34.86\00:51:37.03
Going right to the
very next one, number 36.
00:51:37.06\00:51:39.59
So write that down.
00:51:39.63\00:51:41.23
What choice did
the Apostles make?
00:51:41.26\00:51:43.06
They chose God over man.
00:51:43.10\00:51:45.40
We've got to make that choice
00:51:45.43\00:51:46.77
because when the mark of
the beast comes which is...
00:51:46.80\00:51:49.60
That's going to be a doozy.
00:51:49.64\00:51:50.97
If you don't make a choice now,
00:51:51.01\00:51:52.34
there's no way that you
going to stand for truth
00:51:52.37\00:51:53.78
when your life is on the line,
00:51:53.81\00:51:55.74
unless you become accustomed
to making wise choices
00:51:55.78\00:51:58.91
and truthful choices now.
00:51:58.95\00:52:00.55
Number 36, here it is.
00:52:00.58\00:52:02.22
"What statement do
we make by observing
00:52:02.25\00:52:05.75
the Sabbath of God's creation?"
00:52:05.79\00:52:07.69
Let's go to Ezekiel 20:20.
00:52:07.72\00:52:10.16
I made reference to
that just a moment ago,
00:52:10.19\00:52:11.83
but go ahead and
let's look at that together.
00:52:11.86\00:52:13.76
What statement do
we make by observing
00:52:13.80\00:52:15.83
the Sabbath of God's creation?
00:52:15.86\00:52:17.97
Here's the statement
we make, Ezekiel 20:20.
00:52:18.00\00:52:20.37
Let's look at that together.
00:52:20.40\00:52:22.14
Ezekiel 20:20,
00:52:22.17\00:52:24.27
"Hallow My Sabbaths,"
00:52:24.31\00:52:27.28
notice M is capitalized,
00:52:27.31\00:52:29.24
the Lord is
saying, "My Sabbath."
00:52:29.28\00:52:30.88
"And they will be a,"
00:52:30.91\00:52:32.25
what, "Sign between Me and you,
00:52:32.28\00:52:37.05
that you may know that I am,"
00:52:37.09\00:52:39.39
what, "The Lord your God."
00:52:39.42\00:52:43.66
So when you think
about the Sabbath,
00:52:43.69\00:52:45.56
Exodus 20:8 to
11 is the Sabbath.
00:52:45.59\00:52:48.96
And let me just go
ahead and give you...
00:52:49.00\00:52:50.33
The Bible says in Exodus 20,
00:52:50.37\00:52:52.23
"The seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord
00:52:52.27\00:52:56.10
your God," your God.
00:52:56.14\00:53:00.58
My car has this feature,
00:53:00.61\00:53:04.78
when I walk up
to it, it lights up.
00:53:04.81\00:53:08.52
Now I can walk up to
every other car in a lot
00:53:08.55\00:53:10.62
and it's not going to that.
00:53:10.65\00:53:12.75
I could take my key
and put it into the door
00:53:12.79\00:53:14.56
of every other car, it's
not going to open any car.
00:53:14.59\00:53:17.59
I could click the thing
00:53:17.63\00:53:18.96
and no other car
door will open but mine.
00:53:18.99\00:53:22.10
Here's the key.
00:53:22.13\00:53:23.90
The Lord has given us...
00:53:23.93\00:53:25.53
The Lord has given
us a connecting sign,
00:53:25.57\00:53:28.67
a connecting relationship,
a spiritual connection.
00:53:28.70\00:53:32.67
He says, "When
you click the Sabbath,
00:53:32.71\00:53:38.11
the Lord your God lights up."
00:53:38.15\00:53:40.38
When you step
into that holy time,
00:53:40.42\00:53:42.68
it's an indication
that you have a connection
00:53:42.72\00:53:44.75
to the God of creation,
to the God of redemption,
00:53:44.79\00:53:48.19
to the soon coming King.
00:53:48.22\00:53:49.56
Can somebody say amen somewhere?
00:53:49.59\00:53:51.49
So it's a sign,
it's a relationship sign.
00:53:51.53\00:53:54.26
And so in this
age of relationships,
00:53:54.30\00:53:56.56
the Lord is saying,
00:53:56.60\00:53:57.93
"Hey, I need to
have a relationship also.
00:53:57.97\00:54:00.77
And as long as the sign
00:54:00.80\00:54:02.14
of our
relationship remains intact,
00:54:02.17\00:54:04.37
then I won't have difficulty
finding My people when I come."
00:54:04.41\00:54:07.98
But even more
important than that,
00:54:08.01\00:54:09.74
we need to know
who we're looking for.
00:54:09.78\00:54:11.75
If you're following what
man is telling you to follow
00:54:11.78\00:54:13.88
and all of a
sudden the Lord shows up,
00:54:13.92\00:54:15.42
and what you see
is completely opposite
00:54:15.45\00:54:18.22
to what God has been saying,
then the confusion exists.
00:54:18.25\00:54:22.12
And, you know, the sad reality
00:54:22.16\00:54:24.69
is not only other
people of God destroyed
00:54:24.73\00:54:26.66
for lack of knowledge
00:54:26.70\00:54:28.03
but because they
reject what God has said,
00:54:28.06\00:54:29.96
He said, "I would reject you."
00:54:30.00\00:54:32.17
They reject His law,
00:54:32.20\00:54:33.87
"I reject those
who reject My law,"
00:54:33.90\00:54:36.30
that's a sign of relationship.
00:54:36.34\00:54:37.87
Let's go to
number 37. Number 37.
00:54:37.91\00:54:40.74
"For whom was the Sabbath made
at the end of Creation Week?"
00:54:40.78\00:54:44.31
Let's look at this.
00:54:44.35\00:54:45.68
In the New Testament, Mark 2:27.
00:54:45.71\00:54:47.88
For whom was the Sabbath made
at the end of creation week?
00:54:47.92\00:54:50.69
Here it is. Mark
2:27, the Bible says.
00:54:50.72\00:54:53.29
"And he said to them,
'The Sabbath was made for man,
00:54:53.32\00:54:57.63
and not man for the Sabbath."'
00:54:57.66\00:54:59.89
What that means is He
didn't say made for Jew,
00:54:59.93\00:55:02.46
it says M-A-N because
in the Garden of Eden,
00:55:02.50\00:55:04.70
there was man and woman,
00:55:04.73\00:55:06.74
the Jews were 1,500
years in the future.
00:55:06.77\00:55:09.37
So many people connect
the Sabbath to the Jews,
00:55:09.40\00:55:11.84
when God connects it to man.
00:55:11.87\00:55:14.11
And those are the words of Jesus
00:55:14.14\00:55:16.14
showing that He affirmed
00:55:16.18\00:55:18.38
what He did in
the Garden of Eden.
00:55:18.41\00:55:20.02
The Sabbath was made
for man, in other words,
00:55:20.05\00:55:21.95
the Sabbath is a blessing to us.
00:55:21.98\00:55:24.72
We are blessed
by honoring the day
00:55:24.75\00:55:26.29
that God has
established as a connection
00:55:26.32\00:55:28.49
between Him and us.
00:55:28.52\00:55:29.86
Number 38, number
38. Okay, here it is.
00:55:29.89\00:55:34.03
Number 38.
00:55:34.06\00:55:35.40
"When man changes God's Sabbath,
00:55:35.43\00:55:38.73
how is the Christian affected?"
00:55:38.77\00:55:42.14
When man changes God's Sabbath,
how is the Christian affected?
00:55:42.17\00:55:47.28
Ezekiel 20:12.
00:55:47.31\00:55:49.88
Let's look at this.
00:55:49.91\00:55:51.25
Ezekiel 20:12.
00:55:51.28\00:55:54.45
There is an
effect, something happens,
00:55:54.48\00:55:56.02
something happens.
00:55:56.05\00:55:57.52
All right, here it is.
00:55:57.55\00:55:58.89
"Moreover I also gave them
My," what, "Sabbaths, to be a,"
00:55:58.92\00:56:04.59
what, "Sign between Me and them,
00:56:04.63\00:56:07.86
that they might know
00:56:07.90\00:56:09.23
that I am the Lord who,"
does what, "Sanctifies them."
00:56:09.26\00:56:14.10
How are they
affected? The sign is lost.
00:56:14.14\00:56:17.54
How would you like
to drive in America
00:56:17.57\00:56:19.17
if we get rid of all the signs?
00:56:19.21\00:56:21.98
Get rid of all the exit
signs, all the stop signs,
00:56:22.01\00:56:25.55
all the yield signs.
00:56:25.58\00:56:27.02
Let's get rid of
those white lines
00:56:27.05\00:56:28.85
and the yellow lines.
00:56:28.88\00:56:30.92
Let's get rid of
those double white lines.
00:56:30.95\00:56:33.25
Let's just be free,
let's be free Christians,
00:56:33.29\00:56:37.76
free of any regulations,
free of any commandments,
00:56:37.79\00:56:41.40
let's just be free,
free gospel fellowship, free.
00:56:41.43\00:56:46.67
That's what they
want to be. Free.
00:56:46.70\00:56:49.24
You cannot proclaim liberty,
and really be in bondage.
00:56:49.27\00:56:54.64
To be free means to live
in harmony with God's will.
00:56:54.68\00:56:58.98
Somebody once said to me
00:56:59.01\00:57:01.45
the red light is not a
stop light, it's a go light
00:57:01.48\00:57:03.79
because if it stops working
nobody is going anywhere.
00:57:03.82\00:57:07.12
Last question, last question.
00:57:07.16\00:57:09.66
"What does
observing the true Sabbath
00:57:09.69\00:57:11.19
reveal about our relationship?"
00:57:11.23\00:57:13.43
Are you ready? Here it
is, last one. Together.
00:57:13.46\00:57:15.90
"Sanctify them by
Your," what, "Truth."
00:57:15.93\00:57:19.23
Your, what?
"Your word is truth."
00:57:19.27\00:57:22.77
If you want to have a
relationship with Jesus
00:57:22.80\00:57:27.58
that will not be
shaken, that will not be eroded,
00:57:27.61\00:57:30.55
that's based on
eternal principles,
00:57:30.58\00:57:32.78
let the Word of God be
the very guide of your life.
00:57:32.81\00:57:35.28
Now I know, tonight,
00:57:35.32\00:57:36.65
we unloaded some
very powerful quotations,
00:57:36.69\00:57:38.72
and to just tell you
00:57:38.75\00:57:40.09
that's the tip of the
iceberg, people might say,
00:57:40.12\00:57:42.56
"Huh? You mean there's
more?" Oh, there's a lot more.
00:57:42.59\00:57:45.06
But we chose the ones
00:57:45.09\00:57:46.43
that we felt could
be an entering wedge.
00:57:46.46\00:57:48.36
And here's the key, friends.
00:57:48.40\00:57:49.73
We believe in telling the
truth as it is in God's Word.
00:57:49.76\00:57:51.93
And you know what?
00:57:51.97\00:57:53.30
Keep studying
00:57:53.34\00:57:54.67
because it doesn't
make sense right now.
00:57:54.70\00:57:56.04
And we guarantee you
00:57:56.07\00:57:57.51
if you keep on
studying God's word,
00:57:57.54\00:57:59.77
one day, it'll come
into A Sharper Focus.
00:57:59.81\00:58:03.48
God bless you.
00:58:03.51\00:58:04.85