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? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes, he's worthy
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? all the praise ? ? (Music) ?
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Pastor Byrd: We're
ready to get right into
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the Word tonight.
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You have your
Bibles, you know what to do.
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Let's hold them up and
knock the devil out of here.
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Every promise in this
book is mine, every chapter,
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every verse, every line.
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I'm saved by his grace divine.
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Every promise in
this book is mine.
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God bless us.
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Speak to us tonight.
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Uphold us with your sweet
Spirit and whatever you do,
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Lord, don't
take the joy from us.
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Make your Word plain.
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Make it clear.
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We are here tonight
because, God, we want your Word
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and we want you.
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Disappoint us not.
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Any questions we might
have, God, through your Word
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answer them, we pray.
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Forgive me of my
sins, in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Last night we spent a good
amount of time in the study
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of God's Word on the Sabbath.
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Come on, say Amen.
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Many of you have shared
with me how clear God spoke
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to you through his Word
last night and I praise God
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for that.
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Today I've gotten
e-mails and Facebook messages
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and a preponderance of
questions that have come in.
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Pastor Byrd, it's so
clear from the Old Testament,
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it's so clear
from the New Testament.
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How did we get off
track with the study,
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understanding and
practice of the Sabbath?
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So, with that I said,
tonight come on out and we
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will continue our study
from the Word of God on the
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Sabbath, but specifically
how things have been changed.
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With that, let us
begin as we began last night
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and let's take our
Bibles and let's go again to
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the Book of Genesis.
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Let's go again to Genesis,
Chapter 1, the Word of God
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says, "In the" what?
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(Aud: Beginning.)
"In the" what, everybody?
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(Aud: Beginning.) "God
created the heaven and the"
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what?
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(Aud: Earth.) Then we go on
throughout the first chapter
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of Genesis and we discovered
that God created this earth
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in six literal days.
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We also discovered that a
day biblically is defined as
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the evening and the morning.
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And so we studied that in
six literal days God created
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this earth.
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But we also understand
that there are how many days
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in a week?
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(Aud: Seven.) There
are seven days in a week,
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so if he created
this earth in six days,
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then on day number
seven he did something else.
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For the sake of
review, on day number one,
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God created what, everybody?
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God created light.
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On day number two,
God created the what?
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(Aud: Firmament.) Day
number three, God created?
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(Aud: Land.) Day
number four, God created the?
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(Aud: Sun, moon and
stars.) Day five, God created?
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(Aud: Fish and fowl.) And
on day six, God created what?
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Mammal and man.
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Then we went to Genesis,
Chapter 2, and we discovered
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from the Word of God
what God did on day seven.
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I read, Genesis 2:1, 2
and3, "Thus the heavens and the
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earth were finished,
and all the host of them.
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And on the" what day?
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(Aud: Seventh.) God did what?
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"Ended his work, which he
had made; and he rested on
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the seventh day from all
his work which he had made.
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And God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it:
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because that in it he
had rested from all his work
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which God created and made."
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So we discover there are seven
days in a week, in six days
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God created this earth,
but on the seventh day God
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did three things, he rested.
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He did what, everybody?
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(Aud: Rested.) Not only
did he rest, he did what?
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Blessed it.
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And then, number
three, he did what?
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Sanctified it.
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So God did something
different on day seven.
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He rested, then he
blessed the seventh day, then he
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sanctified the seventh
day, which means he set aside or
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set apart the seventh day.
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We go on.
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We went to the Book
of Exodus and we read
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in Exodus, Chapter 20,
how in verse 8, 9, 10 and 11
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that the Sabbath is a
part of God's ten commandments.
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We also discover
that in Exodus 20:8,
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the fourth commandment,
the Sabbath commandment,
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begins with the word, remember.
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Begins with the
what word, everybody?
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(Aud: Remember.)
Notice in all of the other
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commandments they
begin with "Thou shalt not."
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Interestingly enough,
commandment number four
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beginning with verse
8, begins with the word
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"Remember." Meaning
that somebody somewhere would
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either try to forget
God's commandment or somebody
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somewhere would try
to change God's law.
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But God said,
"Remember the" what day?
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Sabbath day to keep it what?
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(Aud: Holy.) Six days
shalt thou what, everybody?
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(Aud: Labor.) Which is in
harmony with what we read in
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Genesis 1 and 2, in that
God created this earth in six
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days, which
says, God is not asking
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his people to do anything
he has not done himself.
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"Six days shalt thou
labour and do all thy work,
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but the" what day?
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(Aud: Seventh.) Is the what?
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(Aud: Sabbath.)
"Of the Lord thy God.
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In it thou shalt not
do any work, thou, nor
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thy son, nor thy daughter,
thy manservant, nor thy
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maidservant, nor thy cattle,
nor thy stranger that is within
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thy gates: For in six days
the Lord made heaven and earth,
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the sea, and
all that in them is,
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and rested the seventh
day: wherefore the Lord
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blessed the sabbath
day, and hallowed it."
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We then went on to
Exodus 31:12-18, and we read
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where the Word of
God lets us know that
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the Sabbath was to be a
sign between God and his people
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forever.
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We read that it is a
perpetual, ongoing covenant
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between God and his people.
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We then went on to
Leviticus: 23 and we read
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verse 3 where the Word says,
"Six days shall work be done,
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but the seventh day
is the sabbath of rest,
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an holy
convocation; ye shall do no work
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therein: it is the
sabbath of the Lord in all
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your dwellings."
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So read again in Leviticus,
six days work was done,
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but the seventh day,
the Sabbath, is a holy
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convocation, meaning
a holy coming together,
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a holy
gathering, a holy assembly.
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Which last night I explained
to you why, then, not only
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do I observe the
Sabbath, sunset Friday to sunset
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Saturday, evening and
the morning as the Sabbath,
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but I also find myself in
God's house on God's Sabbath
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because the Sabbath is
to be a holy convocation.
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We then went on further.
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The Book of Isaiah
and we went to Chapter 58
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and to verse 13
and we read in the Word
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of God what
activities we should engage in
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on God's Sabbath.
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And I gave you the
illustration, you will remember,
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about having a
date with my wife.
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And I gave the illustration
how I looked my best, I smelled
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my best, I acted my
best and my attentions were
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focused in on her.
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The same is true
with God's Holy Sabbath.
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It is our date with him.
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So, when I come to his house,
I'm coming to meet my King
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of Kings and Lord of Lords.
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And I talked about how I
looked my best, I act my best,
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I even try to smell my
best, but most importantly,
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I realize it's my time with God.
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The Word goes on and says
that "If thou turn away thy foot
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from the sabbath, from doing
thy pleasure on my holy day;
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and call the sabbath a
delight, the holy of the Lord,
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honourable; and shalt honor
him, not doing thine own" what?
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Ways.
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Nor finding thy own what?
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(Aud: Pleasure.) "Nor
speaking thine own words:
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then shall thou
delight thyself in the Lord;
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and I will cause thee to
ride upon the high places
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of the earth, and
feed ye with the heritage
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of Jacob thy father:
for the mouth of the Lord
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hath spoken it."
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Then we went on into
Isaiah 66:22, and I was reminded
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and we share with you
that when we get to God's great
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heaven the people of
God will still observe and
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worship God on God's Sabbath.
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"For as the new
heavens and the new earth,
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which I will make,
shall remain before me,
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saith the Lord,
so shall your seed
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and your name remain.
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And it shall come
to pass, that from one
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new moon to another and
from one sabbath to another,
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shall all
flesh," how much flesh,
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everybody?
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"All flesh come to worship
before me, saith the Lord."
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So we're clear.
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Seventh-day Sabbath.
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We're clear.
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Somebody says, well,
did God change his law?
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Because it seems so clear,
Pastor Byrd, did God change
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his law?
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No, God didn't change his law.
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God said, I am the
Lord, I change what? Not.
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Did Jesus change his law?
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Well, we read from Matthew,
Chapter 5:17, "Think not that I
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am come to destroy
the law, or the prophets:
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I am not come to
destroy, but to fulfill.
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" So Jesus says, I
didn't come to change God's law,
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I came to fulfill God's law.
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Well, Jesus, can you give
us an example of fulfilling
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God's law.
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Jesus says, yes, I can.
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Go with me to the Book of
Luke, Chapter 4 and let's read
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Luke, Chapter 4 and
let's see how Jesus fulfilled
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God's law.
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The Word of God say in Luke
4:16, "And he came to Nazareth."
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He came where, everybody?
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(Aud: Nazareth.)
"Where he had been brought up:
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and, as his custom was, he went
into the synagogue," the church,
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"on the sabbath day,
and stood up for to read.
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And there was delivered unto him
the book of the prophet Esaias.
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And when he had opened
the book, he found the place
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where it is written," verse
18, "The Spirit of the Lord
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is upon me,
because he hath anointed me
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to preach the
gospel to the poor;
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he hath sent me to
heal the brokenhearted,
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to preach
deliverance to the captives,
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and recovering of
sight to the blind,
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to set at liberty them
that are bruised, to preach
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the acceptable year of the Lord.
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And he closed the
book, and he gave it
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again to the
minister, and sat down."
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Remember, I told you
he was the guest preacher.
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Come on, say Amen.
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"And the eyes of them that were
in the synagogue," or church,
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"were fastend on him."
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Jesus said, I didn't
come to change the law,
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I came to fulfill it.
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I fulfilled it
and here is an example
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of that fulfillment.
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So, then if someone says,
well, Pastor, it's so clear.
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I just don't
understand how could it be?
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How could it be that we're
so mixed up on the Sabbath,
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because it's clear
from Scripture, it's clear
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from the Old
Testament, it's clear from
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the New Testament.
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It must have been,
Pastor Byrd, that after Jesus'
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death the Sabbath
was done away with.
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Go with me to the Book of Acts,
Chapter 13 and let's review
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Acts: 13:42.
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And the Word of God says:
"And when the Jews were gone
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out of the synagogue, the
Gentiles besought that these
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words might be preached
to them the next sabbath."
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Which means the Sabbath
wasn't just for the Jews,
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but the Sabbath was
also for the Gentiles.
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"Now when the
congregation was broken up,
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many of the religious
Jews or religious proselytes
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followed Paul and
Barnabas: who, speaking to them,
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persuaded them to
continue in the grace of"
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whom, everybody?
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(Aud: God.) Number two,
even though we're under grace
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we still have to
keep God's Sabbath.
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"And the next sabbath day
came almost the whole city
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together to hear the word
of God." We recognize that
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the Sabbath was
kept after Jesus' death.
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We recognize the
Sabbath was not just for Jews.
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And we also recognize
that the Sabbath was even kept
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under grace.
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Hebrews, Chapter 4, we went
there and we discovered from
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Hebrews 4 that the
Sabbath had not been changed.
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In fact, the writer of
Hebrews said in Hebrews 4:4,
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"For he spake in a certain
place of the seventh day on
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this wise, and God
did rest the seventh day
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from all his works.
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And in this place
again, if they shall enter
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into my rest.
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Seeing therefore it remaineth
that some must enter therein,
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and they to whom it was
first preached entered not in
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because of unbelief.
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Again, he limiteth a certain
day, saying in David, Today,
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after so long a
time, as it is said,
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today if ye will
hear his voice, harden not
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your hearts.
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For if Jesus
had given them rest,
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then would he not afterward
have spoken of another day.
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There remaineth therefore
a rest to the people of God."
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We learned last night
that it could not have been,
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it could not have been that
the Sabbath was done away with
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at the cross anyway, because
in Genesis 1, God created
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this earth in the six days.
00:15:03.16\00:15:06.33
In Genesis 2, God
instituted the Sabbath.
00:15:06.33\00:15:10.56
In Genesis 3 we have the
fall of man with Adam and Eve
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eating of the fruit.
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Adam and Eve ate of the fruit.
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Adam and Eve sinned.
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As sin entered this
earth from one man, sin passed
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on all men.
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Jesus had to die on
Calvary to save us from sin.
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If we had never sinned
there would have never been
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a need for Calvary.
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But the fact that the Sabbath
was done away with at Calvary
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cannot make sense
because the Sabbath was in place
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before Adam and Eve even sinned.
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Genesis 1, the creation,
Genesis 2, the Sabbath,
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Genesis 3, the fall of man.
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And so we say,
well, how do we know
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which day is the Sabbath?
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And so we then said,
well, according to the calendar,
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the seventh day of
the week is Saturday.
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We then said, any orthodox
Jew will say that Saturday
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is the Sabbath.
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We then even said,
in the Spanish language,
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Sabado is the Spanish for
the English Saturday and Sabado
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comes from the
root word Sabbath.
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But then we said, we can't
go by the calendar, we can't go
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by man or another
Jew, we can't go by
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a language, we have
to go by the Word of God.
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And so Luke 23, verse
50, the Word of God lets us
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know our days.
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"And, behold, there was a
man named Joseph, a counsellor,
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and he was a good man,
and a just: (The same had
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not consented to
the counsel and deed
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of them;) he was of
Arimathaea, a city of the Jews:
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who also himself
waited for the kingdom of God.
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This man went unto Pilate,
and begged the body of Jesus.
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And he took it down,
and wrapped it in linen,
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and laid it in a sepulchre
that was hewn in stone,
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wherein never a
man before was laid.
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And that day
was the preparation,
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and the sabbath drew on.
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And the women
also, which came with him
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from Galileee, followed after,
00:17:07.43\00:17:09.06
and beheld the sepulchre,
and how his body was laid.
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And they returned, and
prepared spices and ointments:
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and rested the
sabbath day according to the"
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what, everybody?
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(Aud: Commandment.)
Now, sixth day, Friday, body
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taken down from
the cross, Good Friday.
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Seventh day, Saturday,
the Sabbath, his body laid
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resting in the grave
according to the commandment.
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Verse 1 of Luke, Chapter
24, "Now upon the first day
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of the week, very
early in the morning,
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they came unto the
sepulchre, bringing the spices
00:17:35.96\00:17:37.53
which they had prepared,
and certain others with them.
00:17:37.53\00:17:39.03
And they found the stone
rolled away from the sepulchre.
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And they entered in,
and found not the body
00:17:41.26\00:17:42.60
of the Lord Jesus.
00:17:42.60\00:17:43.43
And it came to pass, as
they were much perplexed
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thereabout, behold, two
men stood by them in shining
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garments: and as they were
afraid, and bowed down their
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faces to the earth, they
said unto them, Why seek ye
00:17:49.73\00:17:51.76
the living among the dead?
00:17:51.76\00:17:52.76
He is not here, but is risen:
remember how he spake unto you
00:17:52.76\00:17:55.86
when he was yet in
Galilee, saying, The Son of man
00:17:55.86\00:17:58.10
must be delivered into
the hands of sinful men,
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and be crucified, and
the third day rise again.
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And they remembered
his words." Bible's clear.
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Friday, day six, preparation
day, he died on the cross,
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body taken down to the grave.
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Saturday, the Sabbath,
the seventh day, his body laid
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resting in the
grave according to the
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commandment.
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Sunday, the first day
of the week, Easter Sunday
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as the Christian community
recognizes and acknowledges
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that day, he rose.
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The Bible is clear.
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Pastor, what
difference does a day make?
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I can keep every day holy.
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I would hope you
would act holy every day.
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I would hope that each
and every day of the week
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you would act holy and act
like you are a child of God.
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But even with you
acting like a good person
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and a child of God
and a Christian every day,
00:18:52.73\00:18:55.20
the Bible is very
specific that the seventh day
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is the Sabbath. Saturday,
the Bible's clear on that.
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I gave you an illustration,
you say, what difference
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does a day make?
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And I ask you, what
difference does fruit make?
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Adam and Eve ate fruit.
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God told them don't eat it.
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They ate it, they
disobeyed and they died.
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Cain, Abel.
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What difference
does a sacrifice make?
00:19:17.96\00:19:19.96
A whole lot of difference.
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God told them,
give me a sacrifice.
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Abel gave a
sacrifice with an offering
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with a shedding of blood.
00:19:25.66\00:19:27.06
Cain gave a sacrifice
of fruits, nuts, grains,
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vegetables.
00:19:29.33\00:19:30.33
It was his best, but it was
not what God asked for, so God
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couldn't accept it.
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Uzzah, they're
carrying the Ark, God said,
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don't touch the Ark
even if it tips over.
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Don't touch the Ark.
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If you touch the
Ark you shall die.
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What happens?
00:19:44.23\00:19:45.23
The Ark begins to tip
over, Uzzah naturally reaches
00:19:45.23\00:19:48.06
to touch it, he touches it
and drops dead right there.
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God is a God of specifics.
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Now, let's be clear.
00:19:57.56\00:20:00.33
I said last week that if
there was someone who could
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produce a text from the
Bible, not a pamphlet but a text
00:20:10.16\00:20:17.60
from the Bible, that any
other day, and I'm not here
00:20:17.60\00:20:22.93
to bash, I'm here to
give the Word of God,
00:20:22.93\00:20:25.86
any other day, Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
00:20:25.86\00:20:29.43
Thursday,
Friday, is the Sabbath,
00:20:29.43\00:20:31.66
then I'll be more than
happy to give you $5,000.
00:20:31.66\00:20:38.43
Let the record reflect
and let me be clear that
00:20:38.43\00:20:44.50
I still have my money.
00:20:44.50\00:20:45.56
Because you will
not find it in here.
00:20:45.56\00:20:54.26
Now, we are here because
we are thirsting for the Word
00:20:54.26\00:20:59.66
of God.
00:20:59.66\00:21:00.90
We are here to
follow the Word of God.
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And if it ain't in the Word
it doesn't deserve to be heard.
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We are here to
follow the Word of God.
00:21:09.36\00:21:11.46
The Word of God says,
remember the Sabbath day
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to keep it holy.
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So, someone came to me as
I told you earlier, Pastor,
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then how is it that the
first day of the week, how is it
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that many people treat that
as their worship day or the day
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they go to church or the
day they treat as the Sabbath?
00:21:28.33\00:21:31.76
Pastor, is there
any biblical evidence
00:21:31.76\00:21:34.76
to support that?
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As I said tonight, let me
bring the Word and lets read
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it together.
00:21:39.36\00:21:41.10
In the New Testament,
because I have nothing to hide,
00:21:41.10\00:21:45.36
in the New Testament
there are eight, there are what,
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everybody?
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There are eight texts
that speak of the first day
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of the week, in the
New Testament, eight.
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None of these eight
texts speak of the first day
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of the week as
being the Sabbath.
00:22:03.40\00:22:07.16
Now, so you don't take my
word for it, we're going to
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review all eight texts tonight.
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Let's do it.
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Go to the Book of Matthew,
Chapter 28, and I told you
00:22:16.36\00:22:22.40
earlier, you ain't
going to get this everywhere.
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Come on, say Amen.
00:22:24.40\00:22:25.83
I tell you, people be
shouting and sweating in church,
00:22:25.83\00:22:28.50
hallelujah, we had
church, and they get outside
00:22:28.50\00:22:31.26
and say, what did you talk
about that you were shouting
00:22:31.26\00:22:33.30
so much.
00:22:33.30\00:22:34.30
Don't even know what you're
shouting about. Matthew 28:1.
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If you have it let
me hear you say Amen.
00:22:36.70\00:22:44.23
(Aud: Amen.) "In the end
of the sabbath, as it began
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to dawn toward the first
day of the week, came Mary
00:22:50.66\00:22:55.00
Magdalene and the other
Mary to see the sepulchre."
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All this text is telling
us, if you continue to read
00:22:59.43\00:23:01.96
Matthew 28, it
begins to talk about Jesus'
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resurrection from the grave.
00:23:05.36\00:23:07.56
There is nothing in Matthew 28:1
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that says the first
day of the week is holy.
00:23:10.13\00:23:14.03
Let's go to text number two.
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Go to the Book of Mark.
00:23:16.30\00:23:17.30
What book did I say, everybody?
00:23:17.30\00:23:19.66
Mark 16.
00:23:19.66\00:23:21.70
In your notes, write it down,
go read it when you get home.
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Mark 16:1-2, the Word of
God says, "And when the sabbath
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was past." Again, pointing
to the fact that the Sabbath
00:23:32.30\00:23:36.00
comes before Sunday.
00:23:36.00\00:23:37.66
"Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the mother of James,
00:23:37.66\00:23:40.00
and Salome, had
brought sweet spices,
00:23:40.00\00:23:42.96
that they might
come and anoint him.
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And very early in the morning
the first day of the week,
00:23:44.96\00:23:47.80
they came unto the sepulchre
at the rising of the sun."
00:23:47.80\00:23:51.23
Again, this speaks to Jesus'
resurrection, but it never
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says that the first day
of the week is the Sabbath.
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Let's go to text number three.
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Mark, Chapter 16
again, verse 9, the Word says
00:24:00.46\00:24:05.23
in verse 9, "Now
when Jesus was risen early
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the first day of the
week, he appeared first to Mary
00:24:09.23\00:24:12.10
Magdalene, out of
whom he had cast" out,
00:24:12.10\00:24:14.93
how many devils?
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(Aud: Seven.) Again, nothing
in here about Sunday being
00:24:15.93\00:24:20.40
treated as the Sabbath.
00:24:20.40\00:24:22.76
Nothing in here of the
first day of the week being
00:24:22.76\00:24:25.33
treated as the Sabbath.
00:24:25.33\00:24:26.66
Let's go to text number four.
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Go to Luke 24.
00:24:28.43\00:24:29.83
We were just there?
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Well, read it again,
because repetition deepens
00:24:30.93\00:24:33.53
the impression.
00:24:33.53\00:24:34.53
Luke 24:1, "Now
upon the first day
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of the week, every early
in the morning, they came
00:24:38.93\00:24:40.93
unto the
sepulchre, bringing the spices
00:24:40.93\00:24:43.03
which they had prepared,
and certain others with them."
00:24:43.03\00:24:45.66
Of course, this text
again points to Jesus'
00:24:45.66\00:24:49.33
resurrection on the
first day of the week,
00:24:49.33\00:24:51.53
but it says
nothing about keeping
00:24:51.53\00:24:53.70
the first day of
the week as holy.
00:24:53.70\00:24:55.70
Let's go to text number five.
00:24:55.70\00:24:57.36
John, Chapter 20, and
we're going to verse 1.
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John 20:1, the Word
again says, "The first day
00:25:04.46\00:25:08.66
of the week cometh
Mary Magdalene early,
00:25:08.66\00:25:11.40
when it was yet dark,
unto the sepulchre, and seeth
00:25:11.40\00:25:14.06
the stone taken away
from the sepulchre." Again,
00:25:14.06\00:25:17.76
it speaks of
Jesus' resurrection.
00:25:17.76\00:25:20.30
Nothing suggests or says
that the first day of the week
00:25:20.30\00:25:23.93
is holy.
00:25:23.93\00:25:24.93
Let's go to the
sixth New Testament text.
00:25:24.93\00:25:27.46
John, Chapter 20, verse
19, the Word of God says, "Then
00:25:27.46\00:25:33.16
the same day at evening,
being the first day of the
00:25:33.16\00:25:35.90
week, when the doors
were shut where the disciples
00:25:35.90\00:25:38.73
were assembled
for fear of the Jews,
00:25:38.73\00:25:40.80
came Jesus and stood
in the midst, and saith
00:25:40.80\00:25:43.46
unto them, Peace be unto you."
00:25:43.46\00:25:45.90
Again, no
evidence here where it says
00:25:45.90\00:25:48.76
that the first day of the
week is the Sabbath or is holy.
00:25:48.76\00:25:52.20
Let's go to the seventh example.
00:25:52.20\00:25:54.90
Acts, Chapter 20 and
we're going to verse 7.
00:25:54.90\00:25:58.90
Acts 20:7, the Word of
God says to us, "And upon the
00:25:58.90\00:26:08.30
first day of the
week, when the disciples
00:26:08.30\00:26:10.53
came together to break
bread, Paul preached unto them,
00:26:10.53\00:26:13.43
ready to depart on the morrow;
00:26:13.43\00:26:15.43
and continued his
speech until midnight.
00:26:15.43\00:26:17.43
And there were many lights
in the upper chamber, where
00:26:17.43\00:26:19.43
they were gathered together.
00:26:19.43\00:26:20.43
And there sat in a
window a certain young man named
00:26:20.43\00:26:22.73
Eutychus, being fallen
into a deep sleep, and as Paul
00:26:22.73\00:26:26.03
was long preaching, he sunk
down with sleep, and fell down
00:26:26.03\00:26:29.10
from the third loft ,
and was taken up dead.
00:26:29.10\00:26:31.13
Paul went down, and fell
on him, embracing him said,
00:26:31.13\00:26:34.00
Trouble not yourselves,
for his life is in him.
00:26:34.00\00:26:36.83
When he therefore was
come up again, and had broken
00:26:36.83\00:26:39.76
bread and eaten, and
talked a long while, even until
00:26:39.76\00:26:42.50
break of day, so he departed.
00:26:42.50\00:26:44.26
And they brought the
young man alive, and were not
00:26:44.26\00:26:46.56
a little comforted."
00:26:46.56\00:26:47.60
What's taking place here?
00:26:47.60\00:26:49.00
Paul, yes, is preaching
on Sunday, but guess what?
00:26:49.00\00:26:52.23
Pastor Byrd is
preaching here on Sunday night.
00:26:52.23\00:26:54.96
That doesn't mean
Sunday is the Sabbath.
00:26:54.96\00:26:57.30
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"What the Bible Says About
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PB: The solid rock,
the sure foundation,
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on Christ the solid rock
I stand, all other ground
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is sinking sand.
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As it was in Noah's days,
so shall it also be in the
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coming of the son man
be In six literal days,
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God created this earth.
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The Sabbath is
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