Participants: John Lomacang
Series Code: ASHF
Program Code: ASHF000137A
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00:19 Hello friends,
00:20 welcome to Wednesday night Bible study here 00:22 at the Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist church, 00:25 also known as the 3ABN Worship Center. 00:27 Thank you for taking the time to tune in tonight 00:30 as we open our hearts and open our Bibles together. 00:34 We'd like to welcome you wherever you're tuning in from, 00:36 whether in America or around the world, 00:38 but we know that wherever you are, 00:40 the Holy Spirit will lead out and guide your heart and mind 00:43 as we open the Word of God together. 00:46 In just a few moments, 00:47 I'll tell you how to get a copy of the lesson. 00:49 We're finishing up tonight 00:50 the Truth About the Change of the Sabbath. 00:53 This has been a doozy of a lesson study. 00:55 We've had lesson A, B, C, D, E, F, seven times 00:59 we've gone over this lesson. 01:01 And hopefully tonight, we'll be able to wind it up. 01:04 But before we go to the information 01:06 and our theme song, 01:08 let's begin with a word of prayer. 01:10 Loving Father in heaven, we thank You 01:12 that the opportunity presented to us 01:14 will only prove to be a blessing, 01:17 as we submit our lives 01:18 and commit them to You this evening. 01:20 Be the one that teaches us, 01:22 and may this information from Your Word 01:25 and from history find fertile soil 01:29 that those who receive it, those who hear it, 01:31 those who see it will have willing hearts 01:33 to follow the truth as it is in Jesus. 01:36 And we pray this in Your holy and precious name, amen. 01:41 Now each of you 01:43 has something different tonight. 01:45 Here's the website I like you to go 01:46 to get a copy of the lesson. 01:48 Go to this website ASF.3ABN.org. 01:52 You don't have to put WWW, just ASF.3ABN.org. 01:57 That's A Sharper Focus abbreviated. 01:59 And download, follow carefully, lesson 33. 02:04 And then we have two supplements tonight, 02:07 33A and 33B. 02:11 And you'll find out in a moment what those are. 02:13 But lesson 33, the title of it, 02:15 the Truth About the Change of the Sabbath. 02:17 And then supplement 33A and 33B, 02:22 both of those are about the Ten Commandments. 02:25 And you'll see in just a moment 02:27 how relevant they are to tonight's lesson. 02:29 Matter of fact, Yannick, give me one of those, 02:31 I forgot to get one for myself. 02:33 I made one for everyone except for me. 02:35 And I appreciate that very much, thank you. 02:38 And one more for the next one. Great. 02:41 Thank you very much. 02:43 Yes. It's okay. 02:45 It's on the other side, it's on the other side. 02:49 Okay, it's on the other side. 02:51 So it should be on two sides. Okay. 02:54 Thank you very much. 02:56 Now before we go into the lesson, 03:00 it's time for our theme song. 03:02 And our theme song is entitled, what, together, 03:05 "Victory in Jesus." Let's sing our song together. 03:17 I heard an old, old story 03:21 How the Savior came from glory 03:25 How He gave His life on Calvary 03:28 To save a wretch like me 03:32 I heard about His groaning 03:36 Of His precious blood's atoning 03:40 Then I repented of my sins 03:43 And won the victory 03:47 O victory in Jesus 03:51 My Savior, forever 03:55 He sought me and bought me 03:59 With His redeeming blood 04:02 He loved me ere I knew Him 04:06 And all my love is due Him 04:10 He plunged me to victory 04:14 Beneath the cleansing flood 04:17 I heard about a mansion 04:21 He has built for me in glory 04:25 And I heard about the streets of gold 04:29 Beyond the crystal sea 04:33 About the angels singing 04:36 And the old redemption story 04:40 And some sweet day, 04:42 I'll sing up there The song of victory 04:47 Key change. 04:48 O victory in Jesus 04:51 My Savior, forever 04:55 He sought me and bought me 04:59 With His redeeming blood 05:03 He loved me ere I knew Him 05:07 And all my love is due Him 05:10 He plunged me to victory 05:14 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:18 He plunged me to victory 05:22 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:28 Amen. 05:30 Tonight, we are going to dive into the topic, 05:35 the Truth About the Change of the Sabbath. 05:37 Let's say that together, the what, 05:39 the Truth About the Change of the Sabbath. 05:44 Now I have been laying some foundation 05:46 from program to program, and I want to use 05:49 the very same foundation that I used 05:52 in the introduction of this topic 05:54 every time I talked about it. 05:55 Now not too long ago, there was a law made in America 06:00 where what God ordained in the Garden of Eden 06:03 was changed in America and has now become a law, 06:07 God ordained two things in the Garden of Eden, 06:10 God ordained the Sabbath and He ordained, what else? 06:13 Marriage. Marriage. 06:14 Now recently there was a change made, 06:17 it's a law throughout America now 06:19 that people can legally marry 06:21 the same sex, man can marry man, 06:24 woman can marry woman. 06:26 Now a lot of Christians are upset about that 06:28 because they know that 06:29 that is not in harmony with God's law. 06:31 Amen. 06:33 That's not in harmony with God's plan, 06:34 that's not in harmony with God's will, 06:36 that's not in harmony with God's Word. 06:38 But this change was just made, 06:40 and people are very upset about it. 06:42 But now let's look at this, 06:44 if the world were to last 300 more years, 06:47 in 300 years from now, 06:49 same sex marriage would be a tradition. 06:52 People would say, "Everybody's doing it." 06:55 People would say, 06:57 "It's been happening for hundreds of years." 06:59 It would happen in the newer generations, 07:01 300 or 200 years from now or 150 years from now 07:04 or 100 years from now. 07:05 People will say, "What's the big deal? 07:07 It's a part of the law. 07:08 It's been the law for a long time." 07:11 But Christians who know that it's not 07:13 a part of God's Word 07:14 and know that God did not ordain 07:16 that in the Garden of Eden. 07:18 Now the world is about 6, 000 years old, 07:20 scripturally that's the date, 4004 BC to the present. 07:24 And so people don't say, Christians do not say, 07:28 "That was so long ago, what's the big deal," right? 07:33 We know that even though God ordained marriage 07:35 in the Garden of Eden during creation week, 07:37 it is still valid today. 07:39 What do you say? 07:40 So we don't say, "That was so long ago, 07:43 it doesn't really matter." 07:45 But on the same note, 07:46 there was something else ordained 07:47 in the Garden of Eden, and that was the Sabbath. 07:50 The last day of the week was blessed, sanctified, 07:54 and made holy by the Lord, and He rested on that day 07:57 before sin ever entered the world. 08:01 So if sin never entered the world, 08:02 there would be no reason to tamper with marriage, 08:06 there would be no reason to tamper with the Sabbath. 08:08 But as a result of sin, 08:10 Satan has tampered with the two things 08:12 that God put a stamp 08:14 of approval on and this blessing on. 08:17 And the world today has now violated both. 08:20 The Sabbath has been violated for thousands of years. 08:25 And today, it's a tradition to many people. 08:27 Today, many people believe 08:28 it's in the Bible, but it's not there. 08:31 Given time, if the Lord doesn't come, 08:33 and hundreds of years from now, 08:34 people will think that same sex marriage 08:36 is also in the Bible, and they'll do the same thing, 08:39 they'll try to find verses in Scripture to back it up. 08:42 But thank the Lord, 08:43 we still stand on the Word of God. 08:46 So tonight before we dive into the topic, 08:48 I just want to say, I got a phone call today. 08:51 You know, this program goes 08:52 into the hearts and homes of people 08:54 that are Sabbath keepers, Sunday keepers, 08:55 Adventists, non-Adventists, Christians, non-Christians. 08:58 And I thought, Luis, 09:00 that I knew all the reasons why people couldn't find 09:06 the Bible change of the Sabbath in scripture. 09:09 I thought I've come up with all, 09:11 you know, I know all the arguments 09:13 but I heard a new one today. 09:14 And I thought there's nothing new 09:16 under the sun 09:17 but there's something new under the sun. 09:19 Gentleman called me, 09:20 I called him back, and he said, 09:22 "Well," I don't want to give his name, 09:23 I'm going to be kind about it. 09:24 But he says, 09:26 "A few weeks ago, you said, 09:27 'Well, I'm going to offer $10,000 to anyone 09:29 who can call and give me scripture 09:32 to prove the Sabbath has been changed.'" 09:35 And I said, "Okay." 09:36 He gave me Hebrews 4, 09:37 you know, where the Bible says, "If Jesus had given and... 09:41 If Jesus had changed His Sabbath, 09:42 He would, afterward, had spoken of it another day. 09:44 I said, "That one says, 09:46 'There remains therefore a Sabbath rest 09:47 to the people of God.'" 09:48 He said yes. I said, "So what's problem?" 09:50 He says, "There remains a Sabbath of rest." 09:52 Well, let's go to Hebrew 6," he said. 09:54 Go to Hebrew 6 with me in your Bibles. 09:57 And this is the scripture he gave me. 10:00 And for the life of me, I must be a spaghetti 10:04 because I don't have enough intellect 10:06 to figure out how this scripture 10:09 could possibly be supportive of the change of the Sabbath. 10:13 But let's look at this. 10:16 And I'm going to go to the key verse 10:18 that he brought out, Hebrews 6:20. 10:21 All right, listen to this. 10:24 "Where the forerunner," speaking of the holy place, 10:29 "Where the forerunner has entered for us 10:33 even Jesus having become," what? 10:36 High priest. 10:38 "High Priest for ever 10:40 according to the order of Melchizedek." 10:44 And I said, "Okay, and how does 10:47 that relate to the change of the Sabbath?" 10:49 He said, "Well, we are no longer under God's law, 10:53 we're under Melchizedek's law." 10:57 Let's all lean, if you hear a dog whistle. 11:00 And I thought... 11:03 I was looking for a cloud to descend. 11:06 And I said, "Can I explain that text? 11:08 All that text is saying is Melchizedek 11:12 was not a priest 11:13 according to the Irenic priesthood, 11:15 so he had no beginning and no end. 11:17 His priesthood ended when he died. 11:20 But Jesus, since He will never die, 11:22 is a priest forever, 11:25 meaning He was not appointed by any system, 11:28 He is our eternal High Priest." 11:29 Can you say amen to that? 11:31 I say that's all that's saying, 11:32 it's not talking about a new Melchizedek law. 11:36 Melchizedek didn't have a law 11:38 that now abrogates or violates 11:40 or delineates or deletes the Sabbath. 11:44 And I said, "Can I explain the scripture?" 11:45 And he said, "No." 11:47 I said, "Can I tell you what it meant?" 11:49 "No, you want to argue with me." 11:51 I said, "Sir, you just called me, 11:53 I just want to let you know what this... 11:54 "No, you're a preacher, you're going to argue with me." 11:57 After about 3 minutes or so, 11:59 I felt I had other things to do. 12:01 So the call ended abruptly. 12:05 But tonight, what we're going to do 12:07 is we're going to look at the Bible and history 12:11 to see clearly where the change came from. 12:13 Amazingly enough, 12:17 this is only contended in Christianity 12:20 because Christians that honor 12:22 the first day of the week are trying endlessly 12:25 and without success to find support in the Bible, 12:28 when those who did change it 12:30 are saying it's not in the Bible. 12:32 So we're going to look at those quotations tonight. 12:33 Let's go quickly 12:35 because I want to end this lesson tonight. 12:36 We're going to go to question number 28 12:38 and begin. 12:40 And we're going to also begin with a quotation 12:41 because the authority 12:43 behind the change of the Sabbath 12:46 clearly says to Christians that honor the first day, 12:51 "You won't find it in the Bible 12:54 because we did it." 12:58 Those, the one who changed and rubber stamped 13:03 the observance of the first day of the week 13:06 is saying to all Christians 13:07 that are trying to find support in the Bible 13:09 that it's not in the Bible. 13:11 They're saying, "If you want the authority, 13:13 we are the ones." 13:15 And so tonight, you're going to see. 13:16 If you've just tuned in on the website 13:18 I gave, you can go there and look at the prior videos 13:20 and the prior lessons, 13:22 and go from question 1 all the way to 27, 13:24 and then you can catch up. 13:26 And I've covered the Sabbath, commandments, 13:27 the change of the Sabbath is what we're covering now 13:29 but look at this. 13:31 Let's go ahead and begin with the first quotation. 13:33 Here's the question, question number 28. 13:35 "What authority does the Vatican site 13:39 for changing God's law?" 13:41 Let's look at this, 13:42 and the reference will be on the screen also. 13:44 Here it is. 13:45 Question, "How prove you that the church hath power 13:51 to command feasts and holy days?" 13:54 There's a reference 13:55 at the very bottom of the screen, 13:56 and here is how the Catholic Church 13:58 and their hierarchy answers. 14:00 Here's the answer. The next question, here it is. 14:03 "By the very act of changing, 14:06 of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, 14:10 which Protestants allow of," 14:13 a Protestant is a person claiming 14:15 to follow only the Bible. 14:17 "Which Protestants allow of, and therefore they fondly," 14:21 what's the next word? 14:23 "Contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, 14:28 and breaking most other feasts commanded 14:30 by the same Church." 14:33 So let's pause for a moment. 14:35 So the Catholic Church is saying, 14:36 "Hey, we changed it." 14:38 If you are a Protestant, 14:40 then you should find support for that in the Bible. 14:43 But by the very act, we did the change, 14:45 and you claim to be a Protestant. 14:46 Now if you know anything 14:48 about the Protestant Reformation, 14:49 the Protestant Reformation, was a push back to the Bible 14:52 which meant Protestants, 14:53 their Clarion theme is sola scriptura 14:58 which means, what, the Bible and the Bible only. 15:03 So the Vatican, 15:05 the Catholic Church, and by the way, 15:06 the references I'm going to show you tonight 15:08 when I get down to the Ten Commandments 15:10 are in the most recent catechism, 15:13 the Catholic catechism of converts. 15:16 The 1995 edition edited 15:20 during Pope John Paul the II's reign. 15:23 So when we're not going back 400 years, 15:25 we're not using documents that you might say, 15:27 "It's out of date, 15:28 it's irrelevant, it doesn't matter." 15:30 We're using the most recent. 15:32 And you know what amazes me, if I could continue this topic, 15:36 matter of fact, I may be should do 15:38 one a bridged version, so I could show you 15:39 that it's not just the Catholic Church that says 15:41 it's not in the Bible 15:43 but the Baptists teachers say it's not in the Bible. 15:45 And there's so many other churches say 15:47 it's not in the Bible, it's based on tradition. 15:49 But let's look at the next question, 15:51 question number 29. 15:52 Question number 29, 15:54 "Does the Vatican understand the difference between 15:59 Saturday and Sunday?" 16:01 Okay, let's look at what... 16:03 Let's look at the question put to James Cardinal Gibbons, 16:06 the Archbishop of Baltimore. 16:08 And let's look at the slide. Here is the answer. 16:11 "Is Saturday the seventh day 16:14 according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? 16:17 Together, I answer, what, yes. 16:20 That's James Cardinal Gibbon, 16:21 a cardinal that was Archbishop of Baltimore. 16:24 And that's the date of his life. 16:28 Now let's look at the answer, 16:29 he continues, 16:31 "Is Sunday the first day of the week 16:34 and did the Church change 16:38 the seventh day Saturday, for Sunday, the first day?" 16:43 I answer, what, yes. 16:46 "Did Christ change the day?" 16:49 I answer, what, no. 16:52 Can it get any clearer? It cannot get any clearer. 16:54 Now if you downloaded the supplements 16:57 that I just talked about, 16:58 I'm going to bring up a slide 16:59 in which I'd like you to look at those supplements. 17:01 Bring up the next slides for me. 17:02 Now you can't read this, but you have a copy, 17:05 you should have a copy in your hand. 17:06 On the left is the Ten Commandments. 17:11 I put the commandments, 17:12 the Ten Commandments as outlined and edited 17:17 by the Roman Catholic Church. 17:19 That is the version in the most recent 17:21 convert catechism of Catholic doctrine, 17:24 1995 edition. 17:25 On the right side is the Ten Commandments 17:27 according to the Bible. 17:29 So in your hand, each of you should have a copy. 17:32 Let's go ahead and look 17:33 at that very briefly, very quickly. 17:35 Now I'm on the Ten Commandments side 17:37 that's based in the Bible, let's look at that. 17:39 It says Exodus 20:1 to 17, you all see where I am? 17:43 That is the one on the right side. 17:45 And by the way, 17:46 if you look at the screen very carefully, 17:47 the one on the right side has a green glow around it. 17:50 That means go. 17:52 The one on the left has a red glow around, 17:54 that means stop. 17:56 That's why I put that there. 17:57 Green means yes, red means no, 18:01 'cause the one on the left is edited by man, 18:04 the one on the right is what God's Word reveals. 18:07 What do you say? Now let's... 18:08 You could take the slide down 18:10 because I'm going to go ahead and walk our audience 18:12 through very carefully. 18:14 I want you to notice, 18:15 and I'm going to make some quick comparisons. 18:17 I want you to notice where the changes are. 18:20 Now if you can do this, 18:21 this has to be like a little skill, 18:24 we're going to look at some of these commandments. 18:26 Now I'm going to make a comparison. 18:28 In the Ten Commandments on the left, 18:30 you find them listed as, look at the... 18:32 It says, Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, 18:35 that's the subtitle on the paper 18:37 that you're looking at, that's the edited one. 18:39 Edited in converts catechism 18:41 of Catholic doctrine second edition promulgated 18:44 by Pope John Paul II. 18:46 And here is where you'll find it in the book. 18:48 Part three, section two, articles one to ten, 18:52 that's the actual reference 18:54 that you'll find today in the converts catechism. 18:56 And by the way, 18:58 you can download a PDF copy of the Vatican 19:01 of the catechism free. 19:03 Just put that in the internet, 19:04 converts catechism of Catholic doctrines 19:06 in 1995 edition, you can download it free. 19:09 You could even go to their website 19:10 and download it from there. 19:12 But I want you to notice what happens. 19:13 I'm looking at both. 19:15 The First Commandment is in the Bible, 19:18 "Thou shall have no other gods," 19:19 what, "Before Me." 19:21 Now that is included in article one. 19:24 But it brings the whole picture. 19:27 And God spake these words saying, 19:28 "I am the Lord the God 19:29 which brought me out of land of Egypt, 19:31 out of the house of bondage, 19:32 thou shall have no other gods before Me." 19:34 But now look at the commandments of God. 19:36 Commandment number two, 19:38 it says, "Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image." 19:42 Now what they did in the catechism 19:44 is they put that up to one. 19:46 They moved that up to one. 19:49 The second commandment is included in the first 19:51 in their catechism. 19:53 Now let's go to the third commandment. 19:57 Okay. 19:58 The third commandment in the Bible is 20:01 "You shall not take the name of the Lord thy God," what? 20:05 In vain. "In vain." 20:07 But look at their third commandment, 20:09 and you flipping the pages back and forth, 20:11 look at their third commandment, 20:12 what does it say? 20:14 Remember the Sabbath day to do, what, keep it holy. 20:17 They took the fourth commandment 20:19 and pushed it up to spot number three. 20:23 And all the others are still in line 20:25 where they are supposed to be. 20:26 Honor your father and your mother. 20:28 Now but they're all out of line now. 20:30 Honor your father and your mother 20:32 is the fourth commandment in their book 20:35 but it's what commandment in God's, fifth. 20:38 So they all pushed up one. 20:41 And then let's go all the way to the very end, 20:44 I'm not going to spend a lot of time 20:45 'cause this is in your possession, 20:46 you could look at it in detail. 20:48 Let's go to the tenth commandment. 20:50 All right, the tenth commandment. 20:53 "Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house 20:56 thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife 20:57 nor his manservant nor his maidservant, his ox, 20:59 nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's." 21:01 And it goes on further, it's not printed on the page, 21:03 it's on the other side of the page. 21:05 But the tenth commandment, 21:08 look at their tenth commandment and their ninth commandment. 21:12 What they did was they took 21:14 the tenth commandment in the Bible 21:15 and broke it into two. 21:17 And so they took the tenth commandment 21:19 and made it nine and ten. 21:21 They took the fourth commandment 21:23 and made it the third commandment. 21:25 And what's been taken out? 21:27 It's this is the edited version by the Catholic Church. 21:32 The other one is as it reads in the Word of God. 21:35 Now let me ask you the question 21:37 just not to spend a ton of time on this. 21:39 Which one are we supposed to honor? 21:43 The one written by man or the one written by God? 21:45 The one written by God. 21:47 He says, "If you love me," 21:50 do what, "Keep My commandments." 21:53 Now what I'm going to do for the benefit of those of you 21:56 who downloaded, 21:57 I'm going to upload the rest of this. 21:59 So because on the bottom of the page, 22:01 you got a little cropped a little bit, 22:02 so you can get all of the ten command, 22:04 all of the Ten Commandments as it is in the Bible. 22:08 However if you look at these two, 22:09 you clearly see, one is edited by man, 22:14 one is in its entirety by God. 22:17 And so here's the key. 22:21 Here's the key, the Roman Catholic Church 22:23 doesn't make any qualms about the change. 22:26 They don't have... 22:28 They don't say, 22:29 "Well, you know, it's a problem 22:33 because they believe 22:34 that it is their authority to make the change." 22:38 Now I said I'm going to try to end this tonight. 22:41 Didn't I say that? 22:42 Let's go to question number 30, 22:45 question number 30. 22:49 Okay, question number 30. Here it is. 22:55 "What reason do modern religionists 22:58 give for observing Sunday as a holy day?" 23:02 "What reason do modern religionists give 23:06 for observing Sunday as a holy day?" 23:09 There's got to be some reason. Let's look at the reason. 23:11 Here's the answer. 23:13 And it's under an article entitled 23:15 To Tell the Truth. 23:16 And this was written in 1947, October 3rd, 23:20 the reference to Catholic Virginian page 9, 23:23 and that's the article where you find it. 23:25 Here's the answer. 23:26 "For example, nowhere in the Bible 23:31 do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered 23:38 that the Sabbath be changed 23:40 from Saturday to," what, "Sunday. 23:44 We have the commandment of God 23:48 given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day," 23:53 continuing, 23:54 "That is the seventh day of the week, Saturday. 23:58 Today, most Christians keep Sunday 24:02 because it has been revealed to us 24:06 by the Roman Catholic Church 24:11 outside the Bible." 24:14 Is it in the Bible, yes or no? No. 24:16 Is it outside the Bible, yes or no? 24:17 Yes. 24:19 And this is clearly, the Catholic... 24:20 What I'm bringing out tonight is the Roman Catholic Church 24:22 is saying to Christians, 24:25 "Don't look in the Bible, you won't find it." 24:29 And so here's the simple thinking. 24:30 As we go on tonight, 24:31 you're going to see some more quotations 24:33 that are going to make it so clear, Cynthia, 24:35 that they're going to say, 24:36 "If you really want to follow the Bible, 24:38 here's what I suggest you do." 24:40 And I don't want to unpeel the orange before we get to it. 24:44 But the bottom line is, thus far, 24:46 we're seeing that the very authority 24:49 that made the change is saying, 24:53 "It's in our book, it's not in His book. 24:57 You won't find it anywhere, 24:59 but you will find it in our writings." 25:02 Now one of the reasons why it is not seen today 25:05 as such a big deal in Christianity is because... 25:09 And this is the amazing thing. 25:11 Sunday is not really a holy day, 25:14 you can't make anything holy that God has not made holy, 25:17 Can we? 25:19 How many days of the week are blessed? 25:21 Let me give you... 25:22 How many days of the week are blessed? 25:24 One more time, how many? One. 25:26 Only one. 25:27 So you could say, "Sunday is my holy day." 25:34 That may be your interpretation. 25:36 And that you may be right, but it's not God's holy day. 25:40 So if I say Sunday is my... 25:42 I had a pastor once write me a letter, 25:43 he said, "I have the scriptures 25:45 to back up my day, 25:47 you have scriptures to back up your day." 25:49 And I said, "Pastor, stop, I don't have a day." 25:53 Amen. 25:55 I only simply back up what God's Word says. 25:57 So I don't have a day, 25:58 and I don't recommend that anybody else has a day. 26:00 If we're all God's creation, 26:02 then He's already selected the day, 26:04 hasn't He not? 26:06 Let's go to the next question. 26:07 Now we're going to look at some scriptures here. 26:08 All right, a couple more quotations 26:10 and we'll look at the scriptures. 26:11 Here we go. Question number 31. 26:15 "What does the Vatican say about Christians 26:19 that say Sunday worship is in the Bible?" 26:23 What do they say about Christians 26:24 that say that Sunday worship is in the Bible? 26:26 We didn't get to this one, let's look at what they say. 26:29 Okay. 26:30 I'm trying to be careful but I want to be very factual. 26:33 All right, 26:34 here's what the Roman Catholic Church says 26:36 about Christians that honor Sunday. 26:39 "That Protestants, who accept the Bible 26:41 as the only rule of faith and religion, 26:46 should by all means," listen carefully, 26:49 "Go back to the observance of the Sabbath. 26:54 The fact that they do not, but on the contrary, 27:00 observe the Sunday, 27:02 stultifies them in the eyes of every thinking man." 27:07 So let's see what that means. 27:08 So if somebody says 27:11 two and two is four, is two and two four? 27:13 Yes. Okay. 27:15 But I come along and say two and two is five. 27:18 And no matter what you tell me, I can't change my mind. 27:22 And then I'm going to enter into a research project 27:25 to prove my point. 27:26 I'm going to go through all the math books 27:28 ever written to prove that two and two is five 27:31 but I can't find that in any math book 27:34 because let's do this, 27:36 two plus two is what, four. 27:39 So what, in essence, is being said, 27:41 the word stultifies there is another better word, 27:44 a more modern word is, 27:47 people are bewildered, they're saying, 27:49 "Where do you get your reasoning from? 27:51 If you say the Bible is your only point of reference 27:54 where do you get your reasoning from?" 27:57 And so people are standing there, 27:59 Dan, and saying, "Huh!" 28:03 pretty much, "I don't see it," 28:05 but Christians are in fact. 28:07 And you know what? 28:08 Let's go on to the next question. 28:09 And you know what's amazing about that whole idea is, 28:12 it's so simple, 28:13 if we simply recognize the reason 28:17 why the Lord has said 28:19 that we should honor the Sabbath, 28:20 then it really would not be confusing. 28:23 It really could not get confusing. 28:24 And we'll point the reason out in just a moment here, 28:26 but look at this. 28:28 A few more quotations, 28:29 and I'm putting this on the screen 28:31 so it could be recorded. 28:32 So later on, you can take your friends back 28:34 to the videos on our website, 28:36 you can look at the references, you can say, 28:37 "Well, I remember what he said," 28:39 and but if you don't remember, 28:40 you can go to our website, 28:42 ASF.3ABN.org and the information is there. 28:45 Look at the next question, look at the next question, 28:48 and this is powerful. 28:50 "What reason does the Vatican give 28:54 to justify their observance of Sunday?" 28:57 What reason do they give? 28:59 This is powerful. This is huge. Here it is. 29:04 Peter R Kraemer, 29:06 Catholic Church, Extension Society, 29:08 1975, Chicago, Illinois. 29:11 Look at the reference, here it is, 29:12 here's what they give. 29:14 "We Catholics do not accept the Bible 29:19 as the only rule of faith." 29:22 That's not 1775 or 1675, that's 1975. 29:26 "Besides the Bible we have," what, "The living Church, 29:32 the authority of the Church, as a rule to guide us. 29:37 We say, this Church, instituted by Christ 29:42 to teach and guide man through life, 29:44 has the right to change," get this, 29:49 "The ceremonial laws of the Old Testament 29:53 and hence, we accept her change 29:57 of the Sabbath to," what, 29:59 "To Sunday. 30:01 We frankly say, yes, the church made this change." 30:05 How clear can that get? 30:07 "We say, yes, the church made this change." 30:10 And not only that, "Made this a law, 30:13 as she made many other laws, for instance, 30:17 the Friday abstinence, the unmarried priesthood," 30:21 it keep goes on, "The laws concerning," 30:24 what, "Mixed marriages," 30:26 which by the way has been changing. 30:29 "The regulation of Catholic marriages 30:32 and a thousand other laws. 30:35 It is always somewhat laughable, to see," 30:38 and this is powerful. 30:39 "To see the Protestant churches, 30:42 in pulpit and legislation, 30:44 demand the observance of Sunday, 30:47 of which," together, 30:48 "There is nothing in their Bible." 30:58 I just want that to say, I don't even want to comment 31:02 because this is such a serious topic that 31:03 I don't want people to think 31:05 that we're using this as a hammer, 31:07 but in fact, this is being used as a light. 31:09 Amen to that? Amen. 31:11 There are many people that are saying, 31:13 "Did I hear that right?" 31:15 You may have heard it for the first time, 31:17 that's why we say, 31:19 we put this information on our website 31:20 so you can go back tomorrow 31:22 and look at the video all the way through 31:24 and then follow up the references. 31:27 And as a matter of fact, 31:28 one of the reasons why we call the program, 31:30 thank you, Hun, A Sharper Focus 31:32 because it's blurry to so many people, 31:34 but if you study more and more, 31:36 it'll come into a sharper focus. 31:38 These are things that so many... 31:40 And, you know, I say this carefully 31:41 because I know so much of my family is Catholic, 31:45 majority of my family is Catholic, 31:48 they don't know this stuff, 31:50 they don't read the catechism, barely the Bible. 31:55 And so these things might come as a complete shock. 31:58 But if you want to follow what is in God's word, 32:02 then it's really clear, 32:03 just consult God's word and there will be no mystery, 32:07 there will be nothing to confuse us 32:10 but only to enlighten us. 32:12 Look at what David, the Psalmist says. 32:13 Let's go to question number 33, 32:15 we're going to write some answers in here. 32:18 And I think we're on task to complete this tonight. 32:21 Wow. 32:22 Not in the Bible, nothing, 32:24 there is nothing in their Bible. 32:27 And the reason why they use a phrase of their Bible 32:29 is because when the Protestant Reformation began, 32:32 one of the most notable ones of the Protestant Reformation 32:35 is Martin Luther 32:36 but you have Jerome, Wycliffe, Hus, Zwingli, Calvin, 32:39 the list goes on and on, Melanchthon, 32:41 the list goes on and on of people that 32:43 started the movement back to the Bible 32:45 which Rome tried its best to stamp out 32:47 with the counter-Reformation. 32:49 There was the Protestant Reformation, 32:51 the push back to the Bible 32:53 then there was the counter-reformation, 32:55 culture, and music, and art, and science, 32:58 they tried to counteract it with education. 33:00 And by the way, this is a crazy thing. 33:02 But in some cases, 33:04 people that are intellectual in their own definition think 33:07 that it's oversimplification to simply do what God says. 33:11 They said that's just not 33:12 what an intellectual person does. 33:14 However let's look at what God's Word says. 33:17 Here's question number 33. 33:20 "Why should Bible-believing Christians reject 33:25 Sunday observance?" 33:27 Why should they reject Sunday observance? 33:31 Look at what the Bible says. Okay. 33:35 And this is an amazing scripture. 33:37 But let's go to Psalms 119:133. 33:41 Some of you are already there, I appreciate that. 33:43 Look at what David, the Psalmist says. 33:46 Here it is. 33:47 He says, "Direct my steps," 33:50 together, "By your word. 33:54 And let not iniquity have dominion over me." 33:57 So what directs our steps, together, the Word of God. 34:03 So if it is in the Word of God, do we follow it? 34:06 If it's not in the Word of God, do we follow it? 34:08 No. 34:09 So let me use a classic example today, a comparison. 34:13 We'll say, for example, many people use GPSs nowadays. 34:17 At least, we have them on our phones, iPhone, 34:20 Android phone, 34:22 we have them on our iPads or Kindles, 34:24 we have them on our tablets, we have them on our watches. 34:28 We want to get to where we want to go. 34:30 So today, what we do is we just say, 34:34 we say, speaking like my GPS, 34:36 the portable one has to speak an address. 34:39 And I'll put the address in, it says, okay. 34:42 Follow directions, and left, right, right, left. 34:44 Now if I go the opposite way, 34:46 you know what it says, recalculating. 34:50 In other words, you're going in the wrong direction, 34:52 I've got to find a way to get you 34:53 where you're headed. 34:55 So this topic could be 34:56 best described as recalculating. 34:58 Amen. 35:00 We want to simply get you to the right destination. 35:02 We're saying you've been following 35:04 the wrong directions. 35:06 Let's say that together, recalculating. 35:07 Recalculating. 35:09 That's all we're doing. 35:11 We're not judging, we're not condemning. 35:13 We're simply saying, 35:14 "Oh, you should've made a right turn, 35:16 you made a left." 35:17 And if we follow the GPS... 35:19 Now I once had an argument with my GPS. 35:22 Now they're a lot better than they were 10 years ago 35:25 'cause we've had people, when the GPSs first came out, 35:28 it will guide people right into a lake 35:31 because they were not as accurate as they are today. 35:33 And so I remember just a few years ago 35:36 when I was coming home from the church, 35:38 coming to New Lake Road, 35:40 it says make a left if possible 35:43 because it wasn't confirmed out here in Southern Illinois, 35:47 even the road I lived on wasn't confirmed. 35:49 Now it doesn't say if possible, it says make a left turn 35:51 on New Lake Road, it's confirmed. 35:54 Even on 3ABN's property, 35:55 we knew it was Angel Lane but it was not official. 35:58 Now it actually says make a left on Angel Lane 36:02 because we're on the map. 36:03 Amen somebody. Amen. 36:05 But the Word of God is not like the GPS navigation system, 36:11 it has been accurate for centuries. 36:14 Amen. It hasn't changed. 36:15 So we don't say, 36:16 "Well, it used to be there but it's not now. 36:19 Well, we don't have the right version." 36:21 And I tell you, you got to be very careful 36:22 with the Bible versions today. 36:24 Make sure that it is an authorized 36:26 from the translated Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic 36:30 because many of these, what they call... 36:32 What's the phrase, Brother Dinzey? 36:35 Paraphrased. 36:36 Many of these paraphrased Bibles 36:38 just so watered down with God's Word says 36:40 that you can't really find the forest 36:42 because of the trees. 36:44 The key is God's word directs our steps. 36:46 Amen. 36:47 Let's go to question number 34, question number 34. 36:51 "Why is it dangerous to our salvation 36:56 to observe what is not in God's Word?" 36:59 Why is it dangerous? 37:01 Why is it dangerous to our salvation 37:03 to observe what is not in God's Word? 37:07 Let's go to Matthew 4:10. 37:11 Matthew 4:10. 37:14 Why is it dangerous to observe what is not in the Bible? 37:20 Matter of fact, everything today we buy, 37:22 everything today has instructions, does it not? 37:26 Even a toothbrush has instructions. 37:28 I mean, think about that. 37:30 Everything we buy today has instructions, 37:32 follow the instructions 37:33 and you'll know how the item works, 37:35 whether it is good, 37:36 whether we're using it properly 37:37 because sometimes we are so aware, 37:40 we buy things and we say, 37:42 "Okay, I know how to use that." 37:43 And then we've been using it for so long 37:45 that all of a sudden 37:47 there are so many other features, Luis, 37:48 that we forgot they even can do. 37:50 And so my wife always says to me, 37:52 "Read the instructions." 37:54 And I said, "I got it." 37:55 She said, "Read the instructions." 37:57 Okay, I got it. 37:58 And I discover by reading the instructions 38:00 that the device that I just purchased 38:02 can do a whole lot more than I think it can do. 38:05 And... 38:07 She said, "Exactly," I hope you didn't hear that. 38:10 But read the instructions, let's say this together, 38:12 what, read the instructions. 38:16 Here's what it is. 38:17 Why is it dangerous for to, 38:18 our salvation to observe what is not in God's word? 38:20 Matthew 4:10, look at what the Lord said. 38:22 This is what Jesus said. And this is... 38:25 And Jesus is in great hour of temptation, 38:27 "Then Jesus said to him, 'Away with you, Satan!'" 38:31 Look at these next four words, 38:33 together, "For it is written." 38:39 "For it is written," together, "Written. 38:44 You shall worship the Lord your God, 38:46 and Him only you shall serve." 38:49 A lot of people don't think 38:50 that the Sabbath has to do with worship. 38:52 Let's go to Revelation 14, turn your Bibles there. 38:55 Lot of people don't think 38:57 the Sabbath has to do with worship. 39:00 When you find in the Bible, in the last book of the Bible, 39:03 it is amazing how there's so many mirrors. 39:07 And when I say mirrors, 39:09 if you compare what's in Genesis 39:11 to what is in Revelation, 39:13 you'll find Revelation is this urgent book of a call, 39:16 kind of calling people back 39:18 to what they have forgotten to do. 39:20 It's the book that is a book of reminder. 39:22 It is the period after the end 39:24 of a long sentence of human history, 39:26 and it's saying, "Okay, we're almost at the end." 39:28 If I can use it another way, some people use other examples, 39:33 the show is ending, 39:34 the book is ending, the game is ending. 39:36 Very few people want to see a football game 39:39 and shut it off if it's tied and two minutes left. 39:41 Right, Luis? 39:42 I don't if you play football or not. 39:43 But, you know, it's a dangerous thing 39:45 to turn a football game off 39:47 with two minutes left unless it's blowout. 39:51 Basketball, anything, people want to know 39:54 the end of the story, the end of the story. 39:56 Look at Revelation 14, and look at the call of God. 40:01 We're going to go to Revelation 14, 40:02 and let's look together at verse 6 and 7. 40:06 And I want to point out a few things here 40:08 because the terminology used here indicates 40:10 that there is something that has always been existing, 40:13 it's always been around. 40:15 Revelation 14:6. 40:16 Look, "Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of," what, 40:21 "Heaven having the everlasting gospel." 40:27 That means good news that never ended. 40:29 That means it's been good from the Garden of Eden, 40:32 it's going to be good till Jesus comes, 40:34 the everlasting gospel. 40:36 And the central focus 40:37 of the everlasting gospel is Jesus, 40:39 the everlasting gospel, He's the good news. 40:43 "To preach to those who dwell on the earth." 40:45 How many people need to hear this message? 40:47 "To every nation, every tribe, every tongue, every people, 40:52 saying with a..." whisper. 40:55 What kind of voice? Loud. 40:57 "Loud voice." 40:59 Together, "Fear God and give glory to Him 41:03 for the hour of His judgment has come." 41:07 And here's the key. And what else? 41:10 "Worship Him who made heaven and earth, 41:15 the sea, and the springs of water." 41:19 The first of the three most important messages 41:21 that humanity can ever hear today 41:23 is the first one, "Wait a minute, 41:25 we're living in the judgment hour, 41:27 honor God, worship Him, 41:29 fear Him, give him the glory." 41:32 And, you know, when you think about giving God the glory, 41:34 it just says man wants to rob from God the glory 41:36 that belongs to Him alone. 41:38 The devil said, "I will be like God." 41:40 So what he did in the process now, 41:42 follow me carefully and understand 41:44 what I'm not saying, I'm not saying people, 41:47 Satan decided everything that God had as the truth, 41:50 he decided to create a counterfeit. 41:53 Marriage, man and woman only. 41:55 Satan said, "I want to counterfeit, 41:57 man and man." 41:59 Sabbath, the last day of the week 42:03 was the one that God blessed. 42:04 Satan, first day of the week. 42:08 And by the way, whether you know this and not, 42:10 do your homework. 42:11 And one of the reasons why people are in darkness, 42:13 the Bible says in Hosea 4:6, 42:15 "My people are destroyed for a lack of," 42:16 what, "Knowledge." 42:19 Destroyed for a lack of knowledge. 42:21 In this information age, 42:22 it doesn't make sense to stay ignorant, does it? 42:25 When the information is available, 42:27 it doesn't make sense to be in the dark 42:28 because there's no reason, 42:30 you can Google, you can Wikipedia, 42:31 you can Britannica, you can go Encyclopedia, 42:34 you can go Encarta. 42:36 I mean, all this information is just oozing, 42:38 you could not ever say, "I can't find it," 42:41 except you don't know how to use a computer. 42:43 And for that reason, go to a library, 42:45 the librarian would help you. 42:46 This is not the age of ignorance, 42:48 but God is calling people back to worship. 42:50 Now let's see what He means by worship, 42:51 what kind of worship. 42:53 Go to John chapter 4 quickly. John chapter 4. 42:56 And I'm timing myself 42:58 because we're going to wind this topic up tonight. 43:01 John chapter 4. 43:04 What kind of worship? 43:07 John 4:23 and 24, right? 43:12 Because it says worship Him. Well, how? 43:15 Look at verse 23 and 24. 43:19 Remember, remember this now, 43:21 "The hour of His judgment has come, 43:24 and worship Him," you get that? 43:26 "The hour of His judgment has come, and worship Him." 43:30 You're going to see the same, almost same terminology here. 43:33 Look at verse 23. 43:34 "But the hour is coming and, what, "Now is when the," 43:40 what else, "True worshipper will worship the Father 43:46 in two things, one spirit it 43:48 and," in what, "Truth," why, 43:50 "For the Father is seeking such to worship Him." 43:56 What kind of worship is the God looking for? 43:58 Those who want to worship Him 43:59 in what, Spirit and, in what, truth. 44:02 That is their lives reveal the fruits of the Spirit. 44:05 And they also live in harmony with the truth of God's Word. 44:08 And then look at verse 24. 44:10 For God, God is Spirit 44:11 and those who worship Him should worship. 44:15 Must. 44:17 Was it must? I don't get any choices? 44:19 No. Well, let's try that again. 44:22 God is Spirit and those who worship Him might... 44:25 Must. 44:27 Must, is that what it says? Yes. 44:30 Must, together, "Must worship Him," 44:34 in what, "Spirit" and, what else, "Truth." 44:38 Today, you don't hear the truth. 44:43 Religion nowadays has become nothing more 44:46 than one hour counseling session. 44:48 Listen to the sermons on television. 44:53 One hour counseling session, 44:55 they don't want to say anything that's politically incorrect 44:57 or the church is not called to be politically correct, 44:59 the church is called 45:00 to be scripturally correct, am I right? 45:02 So when we talk about these topics 45:04 and share these topics, 45:06 it's not to offend or to make anybody upset, 45:08 it's to simply get us back to the thing 45:11 that God always wanted us to support. 45:13 And one more thing, 45:14 go to Isaiah now, Isaiah 58. 45:19 Isaiah 58. 45:20 God is simply saying, "Come back. 45:23 You could go so far away." 45:26 You know, if you ever go on a cruise, 45:28 you could be so far in the ocean, 45:29 you don't see land. 45:31 And some people are that way today, 45:33 they're so far in darkness, they can't see the light. 45:36 They have, as I would say, floated away from the shore. 45:41 And they just look around and, 45:43 "Well, it doesn't really matter what direction we go in," 45:46 because they don't have any point of reference. 45:48 The Word of God is our point of reference. 45:49 Praise the Lord for that. 45:51 Isaiah 58. 45:53 Look at this, verse 13. 45:55 Okay, actually verse 12. 45:57 And I'm going to read it in the King James Version. 45:59 Actually I almost know it by heart. 46:02 You have the King James version, right? 46:03 "They that shall be of Thee 46:05 shall build up the old waste places. 46:09 Thou shall raise up 46:11 the foundations of many generations. 46:14 Thou shall be called the repairers of the breach, 46:16 the restorers of paths to dwell in." 46:19 Notice, "They that shall be of Thee shall build up 46:24 the old waste places. 46:27 They shall raise up the foundation of," 46:31 what, "Many generations." 46:33 What is the foundation of many generations? 46:35 Jesus. 46:36 No other foundation can anyone lay than 46:38 that which is laid which is Christ Jesus. 46:40 Raise up the foundation of many generations, 46:43 they shall be called the repairers, 46:46 they're fixing it of the, what, breach. 46:47 You know what a breach is? 46:49 If you ever seen a dam leaking, you know, a big Hoover dam. 46:52 You don't want to be 46:53 on the Hoover dam while it's leaking. 46:56 You want that thing to be repaired, am I right? 46:58 Because a leak becomes a spring... 47:00 It keeps eroding until it just all falls apart. 47:03 What's happened in Christianity is they ignored the leak. 47:07 And now the water of darkness 47:09 and the water of error just pouring through, 47:12 and nobody is even thinking about stopping it, 47:14 they've ignored the leak. 47:16 See, repairers of the breach, and what else, 47:19 restorers of paths, to what, dwelling. 47:22 That's why in the book of Hebrews, it says, 47:23 "Make straight path for your feet," 47:25 so if anybody is following you, they won't... 47:27 the lame won't stumble. 47:29 So the Lord is saying, and notice what He does, 47:33 notice all the points of reference 47:34 brings us down to what is in essence saying. 47:37 Look at the very next verse, verse 13, 47:40 "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, 47:44 from doing your pleasure on My holy day..." 47:50 He defines His holy day. 47:55 And called the Sabbath day, what, delight. 47:58 A what? Delight. 47:59 Say the word one more time. Delight. 48:01 Now the reason I say that because people say, 48:03 "If you keep the Sabbath, you're burdening yourself, 48:06 you're under the old law, you're in bondage." 48:10 No, you're not in bondage. 48:11 You're not trying to be saved by works 48:13 because the Sabbath is a delight. 48:15 Amen? Amen. 48:18 Who does not want 24 hours without working? 48:21 Who wants... Don't we all need rest? 48:24 Isn't it nice to just shut off the world for 24 hours 48:27 and spend it with Jesus uninterrupted? 48:29 Now you spend every day with Jesus 48:31 but there's only this sanctified time 48:33 like an anniversary, like your birthday, 48:34 you don't want to share that with anybody else. 48:36 Jesus has set aside a time that belongs to Him only 48:38 where the world is shut off. 48:40 And He says, when you do that... 48:41 Ezekiel 20:12, 20. 48:43 He says, "That's a sign that you know 48:46 that I'm the Lord that sanctifies you." 48:49 When you step into that time of relationship, 48:51 you say, you know 48:52 that I'm the Lord that sanctifies you. 48:55 The Sabbath is a sign, not just a day, all right? 48:59 So He says, "Call the Sabbath as delight, 49:02 the holy day of the Lord honorable, 49:06 and you shall honor Him not doing your own ways, 49:09 not finding your own pleasures, not speaking your own words." 49:13 Shut down the conversation about computers 49:15 and about what happened in politics 49:17 and about what happens in the world, 49:19 shut the television off, stop reading the newspaper, 49:21 don't even read the mail, shut the world O-F-F, 49:25 what's that spell? 49:26 Off. 49:28 Can you imagine taking the newspaper, 49:30 you're out with your husband celebrating his birthday 49:33 and you're reading a newspaper? 49:35 "Cynthia, it's my birthday." 49:37 "It's okay, I'm just checking out 49:38 what Donald Trump did recently." 49:40 And after that, "Well, let me check the weather." 49:41 "Oh, wait a minute, it's my birthday." 49:43 And I know Cynthia wouldn't do that, 49:44 that's why I'm making this reference. 49:46 But the point of the matter is the Lord is saying, 49:48 "This is My day, it's a delight, it's honorable. 49:51 Remember, it's my holy day, let's spend time together." 49:54 But so many people have gone in different directions. 49:57 And then verse 14, 49:58 "Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord, 50:00 and I will cause you to ride on the high places 50:03 or hills of the earth, 50:05 and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father 50:07 for the mouth of the Lord has," what, "Spoken." 50:10 God is saying that's a tremendous blessing there 50:12 if we will simply honor what God has established. 50:15 Last four questions, number 35, number 35. 50:18 "What choice did the Apostles make about 50:21 man's word verses God's Word?" 50:26 What choice did the Apostles make 50:29 about man's word versus God's Word? 50:32 Look at Acts 5:29, Acts 5:29. It says Matthew 14. 50:38 Write in, mistake, typo, 50:41 write in Acts 5:29. 50:45 Yeah, I made a typo there 50:47 that shows I'm still under construction. 50:52 Write in Acts 5:29 on your syllabus. 50:54 And I'll go online and make that change 50:56 so nobody else will be misdirected by that. 50:58 Thank you. 50:59 All right, look at what they said, 51:02 here on the screen. 51:04 "But Peter and the other apostles answered and said," 51:06 let's read this together, 51:08 "We ought to obey God rather than," 51:11 what, "Than men." 51:13 So when you look at the convert catechism, 51:15 and look at all the new teachings 51:16 in Christianity today, 51:18 when they say, "Well, this day is enough. 51:19 That's enough, let's do this, that's not politically correct, 51:23 let's go ahead and accept same sex marriage, 51:24 let's choose a different day of worship." 51:27 The apostle says, 51:29 "No, no, no, we ought to obey God rather than men." 51:34 That's the only safe choice to make. 51:37 Going right to the very next one, number 36. 51:39 So write that down. 51:41 What choice did the Apostles make? 51:43 They chose God over man. 51:45 We've got to make that choice 51:46 because when the mark of the beast comes which is... 51:49 That's going to be a doozy. 51:51 If you don't make a choice now, 51:52 there's no way that you going to stand for truth 51:53 when your life is on the line, 51:55 unless you become accustomed to making wise choices 51:58 and truthful choices now. 52:00 Number 36, here it is. 52:02 "What statement do we make by observing 52:05 the Sabbath of God's creation?" 52:07 Let's go to Ezekiel 20:20. 52:10 I made reference to that just a moment ago, 52:11 but go ahead and let's look at that together. 52:13 What statement do we make by observing 52:15 the Sabbath of God's creation? 52:18 Here's the statement we make, Ezekiel 20:20. 52:20 Let's look at that together. 52:22 Ezekiel 20:20, 52:24 "Hallow My Sabbaths," 52:27 notice M is capitalized, 52:29 the Lord is saying, "My Sabbath." 52:30 "And they will be a," 52:32 what, "Sign between Me and you, 52:37 that you may know that I am," 52:39 what, "The Lord your God." 52:43 So when you think about the Sabbath, 52:45 Exodus 20:8 to 11 is the Sabbath. 52:49 And let me just go ahead and give you... 52:50 The Bible says in Exodus 20, 52:52 "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 52:56 your God," your God. 53:00 My car has this feature, 53:04 when I walk up to it, it lights up. 53:08 Now I can walk up to every other car in a lot 53:10 and it's not going to that. 53:12 I could take my key and put it into the door 53:14 of every other car, it's not going to open any car. 53:17 I could click the thing 53:18 and no other car door will open but mine. 53:22 Here's the key. 53:23 The Lord has given us... 53:25 The Lord has given us a connecting sign, 53:28 a connecting relationship, a spiritual connection. 53:32 He says, "When you click the Sabbath, 53:38 the Lord your God lights up." 53:40 When you step into that holy time, 53:42 it's an indication that you have a connection 53:44 to the God of creation, to the God of redemption, 53:48 to the soon coming King. 53:49 Can somebody say amen somewhere? 53:51 So it's a sign, it's a relationship sign. 53:54 And so in this age of relationships, 53:56 the Lord is saying, 53:57 "Hey, I need to have a relationship also. 54:00 And as long as the sign 54:02 of our relationship remains intact, 54:04 then I won't have difficulty finding My people when I come." 54:08 But even more important than that, 54:09 we need to know who we're looking for. 54:11 If you're following what man is telling you to follow 54:13 and all of a sudden the Lord shows up, 54:15 and what you see is completely opposite 54:18 to what God has been saying, then the confusion exists. 54:22 And, you know, the sad reality 54:24 is not only other people of God destroyed 54:26 for lack of knowledge 54:28 but because they reject what God has said, 54:30 He said, "I would reject you." 54:32 They reject His law, 54:33 "I reject those who reject My law," 54:36 that's a sign of relationship. 54:37 Let's go to number 37. Number 37. 54:40 "For whom was the Sabbath made at the end of Creation Week?" 54:44 Let's look at this. 54:45 In the New Testament, Mark 2:27. 54:47 For whom was the Sabbath made at the end of creation week? 54:50 Here it is. Mark 2:27, the Bible says. 54:53 "And he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, 54:57 and not man for the Sabbath."' 54:59 What that means is He didn't say made for Jew, 55:02 it says M-A-N because in the Garden of Eden, 55:04 there was man and woman, 55:06 the Jews were 1,500 years in the future. 55:09 So many people connect the Sabbath to the Jews, 55:11 when God connects it to man. 55:14 And those are the words of Jesus 55:16 showing that He affirmed 55:18 what He did in the Garden of Eden. 55:20 The Sabbath was made for man, in other words, 55:21 the Sabbath is a blessing to us. 55:24 We are blessed by honoring the day 55:26 that God has established as a connection 55:28 between Him and us. 55:29 Number 38, number 38. Okay, here it is. 55:34 Number 38. 55:35 "When man changes God's Sabbath, 55:38 how is the Christian affected?" 55:42 When man changes God's Sabbath, how is the Christian affected? 55:47 Ezekiel 20:12. 55:49 Let's look at this. 55:51 Ezekiel 20:12. 55:54 There is an effect, something happens, 55:56 something happens. 55:57 All right, here it is. 55:58 "Moreover I also gave them My," what, "Sabbaths, to be a," 56:04 what, "Sign between Me and them, 56:07 that they might know 56:09 that I am the Lord who," does what, "Sanctifies them." 56:14 How are they affected? The sign is lost. 56:17 How would you like to drive in America 56:19 if we get rid of all the signs? 56:22 Get rid of all the exit signs, all the stop signs, 56:25 all the yield signs. 56:27 Let's get rid of those white lines 56:28 and the yellow lines. 56:30 Let's get rid of those double white lines. 56:33 Let's just be free, let's be free Christians, 56:37 free of any regulations, free of any commandments, 56:41 let's just be free, free gospel fellowship, free. 56:46 That's what they want to be. Free. 56:49 You cannot proclaim liberty, and really be in bondage. 56:54 To be free means to live in harmony with God's will. 56:59 Somebody once said to me 57:01 the red light is not a stop light, it's a go light 57:03 because if it stops working nobody is going anywhere. 57:07 Last question, last question. 57:09 "What does observing the true Sabbath 57:11 reveal about our relationship?" 57:13 Are you ready? Here it is, last one. Together. 57:15 "Sanctify them by Your," what, "Truth." 57:19 Your, what? "Your word is truth." 57:22 If you want to have a relationship with Jesus 57:27 that will not be shaken, that will not be eroded, 57:30 that's based on eternal principles, 57:32 let the Word of God be the very guide of your life. 57:35 Now I know, tonight, 57:36 we unloaded some very powerful quotations, 57:38 and to just tell you 57:40 that's the tip of the iceberg, people might say, 57:42 "Huh? You mean there's more?" Oh, there's a lot more. 57:45 But we chose the ones 57:46 that we felt could be an entering wedge. 57:48 And here's the key, friends. 57:49 We believe in telling the truth as it is in God's Word. 57:51 And you know what? 57:53 Keep studying 57:54 because it doesn't make sense right now. 57:56 And we guarantee you 57:57 if you keep on studying God's word, 57:59 one day, it'll come into A Sharper Focus. 58:03 God bless you. |
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