Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000103
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00:00 ♪ (Theme Song) ♪ ♪ Jesus is worthy ♪
00:07 ♪ oh yes, he's worthy ♪ ♪ worthy of all... ♪ 00:15 ♪ all the praise ♪ ♪ (Music) ♪ 00:20 Pastor Byrd: Satan has an all out assault 00:26 on God's seal. 00:29 And some of us take it or leave it as it relates 00:33 to God's seal. 00:36 Tonight we need to get this word. 00:40 For some it may be the first time you've ever 00:42 heard it before. 00:43 For others, you may be hearing it again, but as my expression 00:49 always says, repetition deepens the impression. 00:55 And it should be as we study God's seal that when we leave 01:00 here tonight everybody in here should be able to go and preach 01:08 and teach this message. 01:11 In case you didn't know, the world is coming 01:14 to an end. 01:15 And over this next weekend, tonight God's seal, 01:20 tomorrow night the mark of the beast, and then Sunday 01:23 night, America in Bible prophecy. 01:28 It is critical that we know the Word of God. 01:35 Now, I'm not here to offend, but I am here to defend 01:41 what does sayeth the Lord. 01:45 And I make no apologies for that. 01:48 I recognize as we come down to the end of time, this whole 01:52 thing of good and evil, what we call a great controversy, 01:57 is going to center on the fact of whom 02:01 we're going to give our worship to. 02:04 I don't know about you, choosing this day whom 02:08 you're going to serve, but as for me and my house, 02:12 I'm going to serve the Lord because I want to hear him 02:17 say, well done. 02:19 If you want to hear him say well done, 02:24 you want to shake the devil out of here and take 02:26 your Bible, hold them up, and repeat after me. 02:28 Say, every promise in this book is mine. 02:31 Come on, say it like you mean it. 02:33 Every promise in this book is mine, every chapter, 02:37 every verse, every line. 02:40 I am saved by his grace divine. 02:43 Every promise in this book is mine. 02:50 Father God now, come in this place, breath in this 02:55 sanctuary your Holy Ghost. 02:58 God, we've prayed, we've sung, but we need a word from you 03:01 right now. 03:02 Give us a teaching word, a word that will grip us tonight. 03:08 But because, God, we love you, because we worship you, 03:11 and, Lord, because we serve you, we already 03:16 in advance accept your word, recognize him, and, God, 03:21 it's sharper than any two-edged sword. 03:24 And then, God, tonight we might be saved through the blood 03:28 of Jesus, the living Word. 03:30 Hide me behind your cross, give me clarity of thought 03:32 and mind as I share your Word with your people. 03:35 It's in the name of Jesus we pray, let everyone say 03:37 Amen, and Amen. 03:38 Now, we're going to talk about a seal. 03:41 We're going to talk about what, everybody? 03:44 Come one, we're going to talk about what, everybody? 03:46 Seal. 03:47 Now if you know any kind of seal. 03:49 S-e-a-l, seal. 03:51 If you know any kind of seal, a seal bears three things. 03:57 Any seal that you see bears three things. 04:02 Name, title and territory. 04:08 If you see the seal of the president of the United States, 04:11 it bears his name, title, and his territory. 04:16 If you see a seal of a notary public, it bears the notary's 04:22 name, title, and territory. 04:27 God has a seal and it bears his name, hititle, 04:37 and his territory. 04:39 Now, as we get into the Word tonight, we're going to start in 04:41 the beginning as we explain and outline God's seal 04:45 from God's Word. 04:46 And so tonight, we're going to begin in the beginning 04:50 in the book of Genesis. 04:51 So, take your Bibles and go with me to the book of Genesis. 04:53 What book did I say, everyone? 04:55 And we're going to go to Genesis, Chapter 1 04:59 and we want to begin reading verse 1. Genesis 1:1. 05:03 Now, as your turning to Genesis 1:1, it shouldn't 05:08 take you too long to turn there, we are reminded 05:12 that there are how many days in a week? 05:14 Come on, how many days in a week? 05:16 Seven. 05:17 We're reminded that there are seven days in a week. 05:21 Now, the Bible says in Genesis, Chapter 1, we're trying to 05:25 discover God's seal, Genesis, Chapter 1, the Bible says 05:28 in the what, everybody? 05:30 Come on, in the what, everybody? 05:31 (Aud: Beginning) God created the heavens 05:33 and the what? 05:34 (Aud: Earth) Verse 2 says, and the earth was 05:36 without form and what? 05:37 (Aud: Void) Darkness was upon the face 05:39 of the what, everybody? 05:40 (Aud: Deep) And the spirit of God moved 05:43 upon the face of the what? 05:45 (Aud: Waters) And God said, verse 3, 05:47 stay with me, let there be what? 05:49 (Aud: Light) And there was what? 05:51 (Aud: Light) And God saw the light 05:53 and saw that it was good and God divided the light 05:55 from the what? 05:56 (Aud: Darkness) And God called the light 05:58 what, everybody? 05:59 (Aud: Day) And the darkness 06:02 he called what? 06:03 (Aud: Night) And the evening 06:05 and the what? 06:06 (Aud: Morning) Were the what day? 06:08 (Aud: First) All right. 06:09 We discover, we read from Scripture 06:11 that on day one God created what, everybody? 06:13 Come on, stay with me. 06:14 God created what, everybody? 06:15 God created light. 06:16 On day one God created light. 06:19 Now, a day is biblically defined in the Word of God, I'm going to 06:22 teach you then preach you, a day is defined in the Word of God 06:26 as the evening and the what? 06:29 The evening and the what, everybody? 06:31 (Aud: Morning) So we are now 06:33 in the evening. 06:34 So biblically we move on to the next day, because the Bible says 06:36 the evening and the what? 06:37 (Aud: Morning) So on day one God created 06:39 what, everybody? 06:41 (Aud: Light) The Word of God 06:43 says in verse number 6, and God says: 06:45 "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, 06:47 and let it divide the waters from the waters. 06:49 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters 06:51 which were under the firmament from the waters which were 06:53 above the firmament: and it was so. 06:55 And God called the firmament Heaven. 06:57 And the evening and the morning were the" what day? 06:59 Second day. 07:00 So on day two God created the firmament. 07:02 He created the what, everybody? 07:03 (Aud: Firmament) Stay with me. 07:05 On day one God created what? 07:06 Light. 07:07 On day two God created the what, everybody? 07:09 (Aud: Firmament) Verse nine: 07:11 "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered 07:13 together unto one place. 07:14 and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 07:16 And God called the dry land Earth and the gathering together 07:19 of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was" 07:22 what, everybody? 07:23 (Aud: Good) "And God said, Let the earth 07:25 bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit 07:27 tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed 07:29 is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 07:32 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed 07:34 after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed 07:37 was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it 07:40 was" what, everybody? 07:41 (Aud: Good) And the evening and the morning 07:43 were the what day? 07:44 (Aud: Third) So on day three, I like to say, God created 07:46 vegetation. 07:47 Everybody say God created what? 07:48 (Aud: Vegetation) On day three God created 07:51 what, everybody? 07:52 (Aud: Vegetation) On day two God 07:54 created what? 07:55 (Aud: Firmament) On day one God 07:57 created what? 07:58 (Aud: Light) God created light. 08:00 Let's keep reading from the word of God. 08:02 Verse 14: And God said, Let there be what? 08:04 "Lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide 08:06 the day from the night; and let them be for signs, 08:08 and for seasons, and for days, and years. 08:10 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven 08:12 to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 08:14 And God made two great" what, everybody? 08:16 (Aud: Lights) The greater light to 08:18 rule the what? 08:19 (Aud: Day) And the lesser light to 08:21 rule the what? 08:22 (Aud: Night) He made the stars also. 08:24 "And God set them in the firmament of the heavens 08:26 to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day 08:28 and over the night, and to divide the light 08:30 from the darkness: and God saw that it was good." 08:32 Verse 19: And the evening and the morning 08:34 were the what day? 08:35 (Aud: Fourth day) So on day four God created 08:37 the sun, the moon and the? 08:38 Come on, God created the sun, the moon and the what? 08:40 (Aud: Stars) Now, God is all that and then 08:42 some and a bag of chips. 08:43 Because then how could God on day four create 08:45 he lesser lights rule the night and the greater lights 08:47 rule the day, sun, moon, and stars, but yet on day one 08:49 he created light? 08:52 How was there light before a sun, moon, and a star? 08:59 But that's the kind of God we serve. 09:01 And who is he that I should question who he is? 09:04 But isn't it interesting, he's all that. 09:06 He created light before he created a sun, a moon, 09:10 and a star. 09:11 On day one he created what, everybody? 09:14 Light. 09:15 Day two he created the firmament. 09:17 Day three he created what? 09:18 (Aud: Vegetation) Day four he created the sun, 09:20 the moon, and the what? 09:21 (Aud: Stars) Verse 20: "And God said, 09:24 Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature 09:26 that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth 09:28 in the open firmament of heaven. 09:30 And God created great whales, and every living creature 09:32 that moveth, which the waters brought forth 09:34 abundantly, after their kind, and after every winged fowl 09:37 after his kind: and God saw that it was" what, everybody? 09:39 (Aud: Good) And God blessed them 09:41 saying, be fruitful and what? 09:44 Fill the waters and the seas and let fowl multiply 09:46 in the what? 09:47 (Aud: Earth) And the evening and the morning 09:49 were the what day? 09:50 So on day five God created what I call fish and fowl. 09:54 Creatures in the sea and creatures in the air. 09:57 Fish and fowl on day five. 09:59 Day five, a little alliteration, F, F, F. Five, fish and fowl. 10:05 On day five God created fish and what, everybody? 10:07 (Aud: Fowl) On day one, God 10:11 created the? 10:12 (Aud: Light) On day two, God created the? 10:14 (Aud: Firmament) On day three, God created what? 10:16 (Aud: Vegetation) On day five, God created? 10:18 (Aud: Sun, Moon, Stars) (Laughter) I do that every time. 10:30 On day five, God created what? 10:32 (Aud: Fish and fowl) On day four, 10:34 God created what? 10:35 (Aud: Sun, moon, and stars) Don't let anybody trip you up. 10:40 All right. 10:41 Day one, God created the? 10:42 (Aud: Light) Day two, God created the? 10:44 (Aud: Firmament) Day three, God created? 10:46 (Aud: Vegetation) Day four? 10:48 (Aud: Sun, moon, stars) Day five? 10:52 (Aud: Fish and fowl) Verse 24: "And God said, 10:55 Let the earth bring forth the living creature 10:57 after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast 11:02 of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 11:04 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, 11:06 and cattle after their kind, and after thing that creepeth 11:08 upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was" 11:10 what, everybody? 11:11 (Aud: Good) Verse 26: "And God said, 11:13 Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." 11:16 Pointing to the fact that the Godhead are three in one. 11:20 The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 11:22 All working to bring about our salvation. 11:24 The text does not say, and God said let me make man. 11:28 The text says and God said, let us make man. 11:32 Father, Son and Holy Ghost. 11:34 After our image. 11:35 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 11:38 "Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, 11:40 and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, 11:42 and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing 11:44 that creepeth upon the earth. 11:45 So God created man in his own image, 11:49 in the image of God created he ; male and female 12:07 created he them." 12:11 Male and female. 12:12 I wish I had time. 12:14 Male and female created he them. 12:17 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, 12:20 and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: 12:22 and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl 12:24 of the air, and over every living thing that moveth 12:26 upon the earth. 12:27 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing 12:29 seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, 12:32 and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree 12:34 yielding seed; to you it shall be for" what, everybody? 12:36 (And: Meat) "And to every beast 12:38 of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, 12:40 and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 12:42 wherein there is life, I have given every green herb 12:44 for meat: and it was so. 12:45 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, 12:48 it was very good. 12:49 And the evening and the morning where the" what day? 12:51 (Aud: Sixth day) All right. Let's stop there. 12:53 On day six God created what I like to say, mammal and man. 12:59 All right. 13:00 So on day six God created what, everybody? 13:02 Mammal and what? 13:03 (Aud: Man) All right. Day one, 13:05 God created? 13:06 (Aud: Light) Day two God created the? 13:08 (Aud: Firmament) Day three God created? 13:10 (Aud: Vegetation) Day four God created? 13:12 (Aud: Sun, moon, stars) Day five God created? 13:14 (Aud: Fish and fowl) Day six God created? 13:16 (Aud: Mammal and man) How many days in a week? 13:19 (Aud: Seven) How many days 13:21 do we have thus far? 13:22 (Aud: Six) Seven minus six is what? 13:24 (Aud: One) All right. 13:27 All right, let's go to Genesis 2. "Thus the heavens 13:36 and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 13:39 And on the" what day? 13:40 (Aud: Seventh) Come on, don't be scared of it. 13:42 On the what day? 13:43 (Aud: Seventh) What day, everybody? 13:46 God ended his what? 13:48 Come on, God ended his what? 13:49 (Aud: Work) Which he had what? 13:50 (Aud: Made) And he rested on the what day? 13:52 (Aud: Seventh) From all his what? 13:54 (Aud: Work) Which he had made. 13:55 And God did what on the seventh day? 13:57 He rested. 13:58 God did what else? 13:59 Sanctified. 14:01 "Because that in it he had rested from all his work 14:03 which God created and" what, everybody? 14:05 (Aud: Made) So on day seven God rested. 14:07 On day seven God blessed it. 14:09 On day seven God sanctified it. 14:13 Day one God created light. 14:15 Day two God created the firmament. 14:17 Day three God created vegetation. 14:19 Day four God created fish and--sun, moon, and stars. 14:22 You all got me messed up now. 14:24 Day five God created fish and what? 14:27 (Aud: Fowl) Day six mammal and what? 14:29 (Aud: Man) But on day seven God did something specific. 14:33 He said, I'm not creating anything, but God said, 14:36 I'm going to rest. 14:37 And not only am I going to rest on the seventh day, 14:40 but I'm going to bless the seventh day. 14:42 Well, Pastor Byrd, why did God bless the seventh day? 14:44 I don't know, he's just God and he can do whatever 14:47 he wants, when he wants, where he wants, how he wants, 14:52 and he doesn't have to ask you and me for permission 14:54 to do as he wants. 14:56 He said, I'm going to rest on the seventh day, I'm going to 14:59 bless the seventh day, and then he said, I'm going to sanctify 15:05 the seventh day. 15:06 Which means, I'm going to set the seventh day apart. 15:09 I'm going to set it aside. 15:13 And I'm God, I can do this. 15:19 So, we're trying to find God's seal. 15:21 So, it's clear from the Word of God, the book of Genesis, 15:23 that God created this earth in six lliteral 24-hour days. 15:27 Okay? It's very clear that God created 15:30 six literal days. 15:31 Day one, God creates light. 15:32 Day two, God creates the firmament. 15:34 Day three, God creates the vegetation. 15:36 Four, sun, moon, and stars. 15:37 Day five, fish and fowl. 15:38 Six, mammal and man. 15:40 Which means, God created man. 15:42 Man didn't come monkeys. 15:49 God created man. 15:51 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 15:52 There was not this big boom or big explosion or big bang. 15:56 God created man. 16:00 On day seven God ends his work. 16:04 He rests, he blesses it, and he sanctifies it. 16:10 But then it goes on a little further. 16:12 Go to Exodus, Chapter 20. 16:13 We're looking for the seal. 16:14 Stay with me. 16:15 A lot of text, but stay with me. 16:17 We're looking for the seal. 16:23 Exodus, Chapter 20, verse 8. 16:26 Exodus 20:8, the Word of God says: Remember the what day? 16:32 Come on, remember the what day? 16:34 (Aud: Sabbath) To keep it what, everybody? 16:36 (Aud: Holy) Six days shall thou labor and do all thy work, 16:38 but the what day? 16:39 (Aud: Seventh) Come on, the what day? 16:41 (Aud: Seventh day) Is the what, everybody? 16:43 (Aud: Sabbath) Now, isn't that interesting. 16:45 That all the other Bible texts in Exodus 20, all the other 16:48 commandments begin with "Thou shalt not." 16:52 But notice in commandment four, Exodus 20:8, it does not begin 16:57 with thou shalt not or thou shalt, but it begins 17:00 with the word "Remember." 17:03 Which means then, to me and suggests that God knew 17:06 somebody was going to try to forget. 17:11 That suggests that God knew somebody was going 17:14 to try to forget or somebody was going to try to change 17:17 God's law. 17:19 Now, when we get into tomorrow night, by the mark of the beast, 17:22 we'll get into all of that. 17:25 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 17:27 Six days shall thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh 17:29 day is the Sabbath. 17:30 Which then does not contradict what God has already done 17:33 in creation week. 17:34 In it thou shalt not do any what? 17:39 Work. 17:40 Thou nor thy what? 17:41 Son. Nor thy daughter, nor thy man servant, 17:44 nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, not thy stranger 17:47 that is within thy gates, for in how many days? 17:49 How many days? 17:50 Six days the Lord made heaven and what? 17:52 (Aud: Earth) The sea and all 17:54 that in them is, and rested the what day? 17:56 (Aud: Seventh) Wherefore the Lord God blessed 17:58 the what day? 17:59 (Aud: Sabbath) And what? 18:01 Hallowed it. 18:02 So the commandments clearly say it as well. Remember 18:04 the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 18:06 Now, we're still looking for God's seal. 18:08 Let's look carefullyn Exodus, Chapter 20, verses 8, 9, 10 18:10 and 11 to find God's seal. 18:11 Now, remember, a seal bears three things. 18:13 It bears one's what? 18:14 Name. 18:15 It bears one's what? 18:16 Title. 18:17 It bears one's what? 18:18 Territory. 18:20 Let's find God's name in the fourth commandment. 18:25 The Lord thy God. 18:31 That's his name. 18:34 His title, he made everything, which makes his title, 18:38 he is Creator. 18:39 His territory. 18:44 The heavens, the earth, the seas and all that in them is. 18:52 Which means God's territory is everywhere. 18:58 The Sabbath then, we cannot have the Sabbath to take it or leave 19:03 it, because God's Sabbath is God's seal. 19:08 His name, Lord thy God, his title, he is Creator, 19:16 he made everything, and his territory, the heavens, 19:20 the earth, the seas, and all that in them is. 19:23 Well, Pastor Byrd, that's a stretch. 19:25 I don't know that about his sign. 19:27 I don't know if the Sabbath is God's sign. 19:29 I don't know if God's Sabbath is God's seal. 19:31 I'm with you, Pastor Byrd, but God created this earth 19:33 in six literal days and he rested, he blessed it, 19:36 and he sanctified the seventh day Sabbath. 19:38 I'm with you on that. 19:39 I understand that a seal bears one's name, title and territory, 19:43 but how do we really know God's seal is God's Sabbath? 19:45 How do we really know that God's seal, God's sign, 19:48 is God's Sabbath? 19:49 I knew you would ask, so now I'm going to 19:51 take you to Exodus 31. 19:55 Know what you believe, know why you believe it, 19:59 and know where it's found. 20:01 Getting quiet in here tonight. 20:06 Some of you all want me to come shout you. 20:08 I told somebody, preaching is not just shouting. 20:10 If you're going to shout, say something worth 20:12 shouting about. 20:13 Exodus 31, verse 12. 20:14 If you have it let me hear you say Amen. 20:16 The Word of God says, "And the Lord spake unto Moses, 20:18 saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, 20:20 saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: 20:24 for it is a sign between me and you." 20:26 s a what, everybody? 20:27 Come on, it is a what, everybody? 20:29 (Aud: Sign) "Between me and you 20:31 throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am 20:33 the Lord that doth sanctify you. 20:35 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is" 20:37 what unto you? 20:38 (Aud: Holy) "Every one that defileth it 20:40 shall surely be put to" what? "Death: 20:42 for whosoever doeth any work therein, 20:44 that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 20:46 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh 20:48 is the sabbath of rest, holy to" whom, everybody? 20:50 (Aud: The Lord) "Whosoever doeth any work 20:52 in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 20:54 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, 20:56 to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, 20:58 for a perpetual covenant. 20:59 It is a" what, everybody? Sign. 21:00 It is a what, everybody? 21:02 (Aud: Sign) It is a what, everybody? 21:04 Between me and the children of Israel for how long? 21:07 Forever. 21:08 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth 21:10 and on the seventh day he rested and was what, 21:12 everybody? 21:13 (Aud: Refreshed) "And he gave unto Moses, 21:15 when he had made an end of communing with him 21:17 upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, 21:20 written with the finger of" whom, everybody? 21:22 God. 21:25 Pastor Byrd didn't write it. 21:28 God wrote it. 21:29 You didn't write it. 21:33 God wrote it. 21:34 The Bible is clear that the sabbath is a sign, 21:39 God's seal, name, title, territory that should 21:41 last between God and his people forever. 21:44 Let's continue to work our way. 21:48 Go to Leviticus, 23. 21:58 All right, Pastor Byrd, I'm with you. 22:00 I'm feeling you. 22:01 I see what you say from the Word of God. 22:03 You're reading the Word of God. 22:04 You didn't bring me or give me any notes or anything else. 22:06 You're coming straight from the Word of God. 22:08 So far I'm with you. 22:09 I'm cool. 22:10 I'm all right. 22:11 Let's get some more. 22:12 Leviticus 23:3. 22:13 The Word of God says: "Six days shall work be done: 22:18 but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, 22:22 an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: 22:25 it is the" what, everybody? 22:26 Sabbath of the Lord in all your what? 22:29 Dwellings. 22:30 All right. 22:31 So we discovered there are how many days of the week? 22:33 Seven. 22:34 God created this earth in how many days? 22:36 Six. 22:37 On the seventh day he what? 22:38 Rested. 22:39 He what else? 22:40 Blessed it. 22:41 He what else? 22:42 He sanctified it. 22:43 The Bible is clear that we'll remember 22:45 the Sabbath Day to keep it what? 22:47 Holy. 22:48 We are clear from the Word of God that God's seal 22:50 is God's Sabbath, which means I can't treat it 22:52 like any other thing. 22:53 I can't treat like any other day, 22:55 because it bears his name, his title, his territory. 22:57 The Lord thy God, his title, he is Creator, his territory, 23:01 the heavens, the earth, the seas and all 23:03 that in them is. 23:04 The Sabbath is God's seal, God's sign, which is to be 23:07 a sign or a mark between God and his people forever. 23:13 The Bible says that the Sabbath is a day of rest, 23:17 a holy convocation. 23:19 Which means, let me confess, I've nothing to hide, 23:24 that on God's seventh-day Sabbath I find myself 23:27 in worship to God in God's church, 23:30 because Leviticus 23:3 says that it is 23:33 a holy convocation. 23:35 When we talk about a convocation, we talk 23:37 about a coming together. 23:39 We talk about an assembly. 23:42 The Bible is saying, this is a holy coming together. 23:45 This is a holy assembly where the people of God, 23:49 because it's God's seal, they come together 23:52 in holy convocation in worship to God. 23:55 Yes, there are some people in this world that get 23:58 a little bit excited perhaps about LeBron James. 24:02 There are some people in this world that get perhaps 24:05 a little excited about Beyonce and Jay-Z. 24:08 But I need you to understand that on God's seventh-day 24:12 Sabbath, for me it ain't about LeBron James, for me it's not 24:16 about the Miami Heat, for me it's not about Jay-Z, Beyonce, 24:20 or anybody else for that matter, but it's all about the King 24:23 of Kings, it's all about the Lord of Lords, 24:26 because it's his seal, it is his Sabbath. 24:34 All right, Pastor Byrd. 24:35 It's a hard word, but it's the right word. 24:41 Get some more. 24:43 Go with me to the book of Isaiah. 24:53 I wish you to go to Chapter 58, verse 13. 24:57 The Word of God says: 25:06 "If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, 25:09 from doing thy" what, everybody? 25:11 Pleasure. 25:12 Come on, doing my what? 25:13 (Aud: Pleasure) A lot of folks need to read 25:15 that again. 25:16 Doing my what? 25:17 Pleasure. 25:18 "On my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, 25:20 the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour 25:23 him, not doing thine own" what? 25:25 (Aud: Way) Nor finding thine own what? 25:27 (Aud: Pleasure) Nor speaking thine own what, everybody? 25:29 (Aud: Words) "Then shalt thou delight 25:31 thyself in the Lord; nd I will cause thee to ride 25:33 upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee 25:35 with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth 25:37 of the Lord hath spoken it." 25:39 Which means, because God's Sabbath bears God's seal, 25:45 and because it's my time with God, 25:48 I'm not doing my own pleasure. 25:51 I'm not finding myself at the football game or 25:53 the basketball game or looking in front 25:55 of the television or playing Xbox because I'm not 25:58 doing my own pleasure. 26:00 I'm not speaking my own words. 26:02 There's a way I talk on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 26:06 Thursday and Friday, but on God's seventh-day Sabbath 26:09 there's a certain way I talk. 26:11 I talk heavenward, I talk upward, 26:13 because it's all about the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. 26:16 I understand that because it's God's Sabbath, 26:19 God's seal, I'm not finding my own pleasure, I'm not 26:22 speaking my own words, nor am I doing my own ways. 26:27 Because I have a date with God. 26:30 PB: In order for Breath of Life to continue ministry, 26:33 we need you. 26:34 We need your prayers, we need your support. 26:37 We want you to know that any and all donations, 26:40 small or great, they are sincerely welcomed 26:42 and appreciated. 26:44 To contact us or to make your donation, 26:47 please feel free to give us a call 26:49 at 877-BOL-OFFER. 26:59 Or you may write to us at Breath of Life, P.O. 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Revised 2015-02-06