Are you ready for an exciting
change in your life? Well, get
ready for a breath of new life.
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Today, Dr. Byrd speaks on the
topic "The Sabbath." And now,
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here he is, speaker/director of
Breath of Life Ministries, Dr.
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Carlton Byrd. We have seven
days. Now, the Word of God says,
look at Genesis chapter 1, verse
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number 1. If you have it let me
hear you say amen. Aud.: Amen.
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PB: The Word of God says "In
the" what? Aud.: Beginning. PB:
Talk to me. In the what?
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Aud.: Beginning. PB: God created
the heavens and the what? Aud.:
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Earth. PB: "And the earth was
without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of
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the deep. And the Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the
waters. And God said, Let there
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be" what? Aud.: Light. PB:
And there was what? Aud.: Light.
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PB: "And God saw the light, that
it was good: and God divided the
light from the darkness.
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And God called the light Day,
and the darkness he called
Night. And the evening and the
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morning" he called the what
day? Aud.: First. PB: What day,
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everybody? Aud.: First day. PB:
It was the first day. Now
notice, a day is defined as the
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evening and the what? Aud.:
Morning. PB: Evening and the
what? Aud.: Morning.
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PB: That's how a day is defined.
Evening and the morning. So on
day one in creation week,
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God created what, everybody?
Aud.: Light. PB: He created
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what, everybody? Aud.: Light.
PB: Now, the text says in the
beginning God created the
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heavens and the earth, but on
day one, evening and morning,
God created what, everybody?
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Aud.: Light. PB: He created
light. Go to verse 6. "And God
said, Let there be a firmament
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in the midst of the waters, and
let it divide the waters from
the waters. And God made the
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firmament, and divided the
waters which were under the
firmament from the waters which
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were above the firmament: and it
was so. And God called the
firmament Heaven. And the
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evening and the morning where
the" what day? Aud.: Second. PB:
So we recognize on day two God
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created the what? Firmament. He
created the what, everybody?
Aud.: Firmament. PB: Day one He
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created-- Aud.: Light. PB: Day
two He created the what? Aud.:
Firmament. PB: How many days of
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the week? Aud.: Seven. PB: How
many days have we done thus far?
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Aud.: Two. PB: How many days do
we have left? Aud.: Five. PB:
Praise God, we passed the math
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class. What do you say? [Aud.
reaction] PB: Verse number 9,
"And God said, Let the waters
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under the heaven be gathered
together unto one place, and let
the dry land appear: and it was
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so. And God called the dry land
Earth; and the gathering
together of the waters called he
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Seas: and God saw that it was"
what, everybody? Aud.: Good. PB:
"And God said, Let the earth
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bring forth grass, the herb
yielding seed, and the fruit
tree yielding fruit after his
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kind, whose seed is in itself,
upon the earth: and it was so.
And the earth brought forth
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grass, and herb yielding seed
after his kind, and the tree
yielding fruit, whose seed was
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in itself, after his kind: and
God saw that it was good. And
the evening and the morning were
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the" what day? Aud.: Third day.
PB: So on day three, God created
vegetation. He created what,
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everybody? Aud.: Vegetation. PB:
Day one He created light. Day
two He created the--
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Aud.: Firmament. PB: Day three
He created-- Aud.: Vegetation.
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PB: Day two He created--
[Aud. reaction] PB: Day two He
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created-- Aud.: Firmament.
PB: Day one He created-- Aud.:
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Light. PB: All right. Verse 14.
"And God said, Let there be
lights in the firmament of the
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heaven to divide the day from
the night; and let them be for
signs, and for seasons,
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and for days, and years: And let
them be for lights in the
firmament of the heaven to
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give light upon the earth: and
it was so. And God made two
great lights; the greater
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light to rule the" what? Aud.:
Day. PB: "And the lesser light
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to rule the" what? Aud.: Night.
PB: "He made the" what also?
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Aud.: Stars. PB: "And God set
them in the firmament of the
heaven to give light upon the
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earth, And to rule over the day
and over the night, and to
divide the light from the
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darkness: and God saw that it
was good. And the evening and
the morning were the" what day?
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Aud.: Fourth. PB: So on day
four, God created the sun, the
moon and the stars.
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We're very clear on the day
four, He created the sun, the
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moon and the what? Aud.: Stars.
PB: On day three He created
vegetation. On day two He
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created the firmament. Day one
He created-- Aud.: Light. PB:
Day one He created-- Aud.:
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Light. PB: Day two He created--
Aud.: Firmament. PB: Day three
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He created-- Aud.: Vegetation.
PB: Day four He created the sun,
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the moon and the-- Aud.: Stars.
PB: God is all that, then some
and a bag of chips. Because how
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could God create light on day
one but yet the sun, the moon
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and the stars weren't created
until day four? [Aud. reaction]
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PB: That was heavenly light.
Let's move on to verse 20. "And
God said, Let the waters
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bring forth abundantly the
moving creature that hath life,
and fowl that may fly above
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the earth in the open firmament
of heaven. And God created great
whales, and every living
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creature that moveth, which the
waters brought forth abundantly,
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after their kind, and every
winged fowl after his kind: and
God saw that it was" what? Good.
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"And God blessed them,
saying, Be fruitful, and" what,
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everybody? Aud.: Multiply. PB:
"And fill the waters in the
seas, and let fowl multiply in
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the earth. And the evening and
the morning were the" what day?
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Aud.: Fifth day. PB: So on day
five, God created, alliteration,
F F F, day five, fish and fowl.
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Fish and fowl. Day five, God
created fish-- Aud.: And fowl.
PB: And fowl. Day one, God
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created what? Aud.: Light.
PB: Day two, God created-- Aud.:
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Firmament. PB: Day three, God
created-- Aud.: Vegetation. PB:
Day five, God created--
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Aud.: Fish and fowl. PB: Day
one, God created-- Aud.: Light.
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PB: Day two-- Aud.: Firmament.
PB: Day three-- Aud.:
Vegetation. PB: Day four--
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Aud.: Sun, moon and stars. PB:
Everybody's looking around. Day
five, fish and what, everybody?
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Aud.: Fowl. PB: Verse 24. "And
God said, Let the earth bring
forth the living creature
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after his kind, cattle, and
creeping thing, and beast of the
earth after his kind:
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and it was so. And God made the
beast of the earth after his
kind, and cattle after
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their kind, and every thing that
creepeth upon the earth after
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his kind: and God saw that
it was" what, everybody? Aud.:
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Good. PB: Verse 26, "And God
said, Let us make man in our"
own what? Aud.: Image.
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PB: "After our likeness: and let
them have dominion over the fish
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of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth,
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and over every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth. So
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God created man in his own"
what? Aud.: Image. PB: "In the
image of God created he him;
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male and" what? Aud.: Female.
PB: Male and what? Aud.: Female.
PB: Male and what? Aud.: Female.
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PB: Created he them. "And God
blessed them, and God said unto
them, Be fruitful, and" what?
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Aud.: Multiply. PB: "And
replenish the earth, and subdue
it: and have dominion over the
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fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over every
living thing that moveth upon
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the earth. And God said, Behold,
I have given you every herb
bearing seed, which is upon the
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face of all the earth, and every
tree, in the which is the fruit
of a tree yielding seed; to you
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it shall be for" what? ud.:
Meat. PB: "And to every beast of
the earth, and to every fowl of
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the air, and to every thing that
creepeth upon the earth, wherein
there is life, I have given
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every green herb for meat: and
it was so. And God saw every
thing that he had made, and,
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behold, it was very" what,
everybody? Aud.: Good. PB: "And
the evening and the morning were
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the" what day? Aud.: Sixth. PB:
So on day six, God created
mammal and man. Mammal and man.
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Day one, God created-- Aud.:
Light. PB: Day two, God
created-- Aud.: Firmament.
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PB: Day three, God created--
Aud.: Vegetation. PB: Day four,
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God created-- Aud.: Sun, moon
and stars. PB: Day five, God
created-- Aud.: Fish and fowl.
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PB: Day six, God
created-- Aud.: Mammal and man.
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PB: How many days are
there in a week? Aud.: Seven.
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PB: How many days have
we done thus far? Aud.: Six.
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PB: How many days
are left? Aud.: One.
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PB: Genesis 2. Verse number one,
the Word says: "Thus the heavens
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and the earth were finished,
and all the host of them. And on
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the" what day? Aud.: Seventh.
PB: Don't be scared of it. On
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the what day? Aud.: Seventh. PB:
"God ended his work which he had
made; and he" did what on the
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seventh day? Aud.: Rested. PB:
"From all his" what? Aud.: Work.
PB: Which he had what?
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Aud.: Made. PB: "And God blessed
the seventh day, and sanctified
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it: because that in it he had
rested from all his work which
God created and" what,
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everybody? Aud.: Made. PB: So on
day seven, God didn't make
anything, but God rested. He
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blessed it, and He sanctified
the what day? Aud.: Seventh.
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PB: I don't know why He chose
the day, but He's God. God can
do what God wants to do,
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when God wants, where God wants,
how God wants, and God doesn't
have to ask you or me
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for permission to do as He
wants, because He's God. On day
one, God created what,
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everybody? Light. Day two, God
created the firmament. Day
three, He created the what?
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Aud.: Vegetation. PB:
Vegetation. Four, the sun, the
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moon and the-- Aud.: Stars. PB:
Day five, fish and what? Aud.:
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Fowl. PB: Day six, mammal and
what? Aud.: Man. PB: But on the
seventh day He did what?
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Rested. He what else? Blessed
it. And He what else? Sanctified
it. Aud.: Sanctified it.
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PB: Sanctify means set aside.
Set apart. God created this
earth in six literal days,
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but on day seven God rested,
blessed it, and sanctified it.
But let's work our way up in
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the Bible for some more. Go to
the book of Exodus chapter 20,
and go to verse number 3.
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Exodus chapter 20, verse number
3. The Word of God says, in
verse number 3 of Exodus 20,
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from verse 3 all the way to
verse 17, we have what we call
the Ten Commandments.
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Are we clear, everybody? We
have what we call the Ten what,
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everybody? Aud.: Commandments.
PB: All right, now the Word of
God is very clear in Exodus
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chapter 20, verse number 3,
"Thou shalt have no other" what?
Gods before me. Number 4,
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"Thou shalt not make unto thee
any graven" what? Image. Verse
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number 7. "Thou shalt not take
the name of the LORD thy God in"
what? Vain. Verse number 8,
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"Remember the" what day? Aud.:
Sabbath. PB: "To keep it" what?
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Aud.: Holy. PB: "Six days shalt
thou labour, and do all thy
work: But the seventh day is
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the" what? "Sabbath of the LORD
thy" what? Aud.: God. PB: "In it
thou shalt not do any work,
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thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor
thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,
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nor thy stranger that is within
thy" what? Gates. "For in" how
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many days? Aud.: Six. PB:
"The LORD made heaven and" what?
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Aud.: Earth. PB: "The sea, and
all that in them is, and rested
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the" what day? Aud.: Seventh.
PB: Seventh day. "Wherefore the
LORD blessed the" what day?
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Aud.: Sabbath. PB: Sabbath day,
"and hallowed it." Now, in this
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commandment there are a couple
of things going on. Notice, it
simply restates what we read in
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Genesis 2, that on the seventh
day God rested from His work.
God rested, God also blessed it,
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and He sanctified it. That's
what we read in Genesis 2. In
Exodus 20, 8 through 11,
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it says He rested, it says He
blessed it and He hallowed it,
which is a synonym or a word
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like sanctify. So in essence, in
the Fourth Commandment God is
saying the same thing He said
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at creation week, that the
seventh day was special. That on
that day He didn't create or
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make anything but He rested from
His work, He blessed His
seventh-day Sabbath, and then it
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says He hallowed it. Now, notice
also in this text, if you read
Exodus 20, 3 through 17, for all
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ten of the commandments, we
discover that they all begin
with the words "Thou shalt."
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Thou shalt not. But notice the
Fourth Commandment begins with
the word "remember." God is
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all-knowing, so if God said
remember, God must have been all
knowing to the fact that
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somebody was going to try to
forget. [Aud. reaction] PB:
Remember the what day? Aud.:
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Sabbath. PB: To keep it what?
Aud.: Holy. PB: That's the Bible
says. Not Pastor Byrd,
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but the Bible says that, and you
said in the beginning you
believe in the Bible,
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because the Bible is a lamp unto
your feet and a light unto your
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path. Let's get some more. Go to
Exodus 31. Know what you
believe, know why you believe
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it, know where it's found in the
Word of God. Exodus 31, verse
12. I'm going to shout,
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this is something worth shouting
about. It's my baptized brain
that makes me want to shout.
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Come on, say amen. Aud.: Amen.
PB: The Word of God says in
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verse number 12, "And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying," verse
13. "Speak thou also unto the
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children of Israel, saying,
Verily my sabbaths ye shall
keep: for it is a" what,
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everybody? Aud.: Sign. PB: Come
on, it is a what? Aud.: Sign.
PB: "Between me and you
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throughout your generations;
that ye may know that I am the
LORD that doth sanctify you. Ye
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shall keep the sabbath
therefore; for it is" what unto
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you? Aud.: Holy. PB: Holy unto
you." Every one that defileth it
shall surely be put to death:
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for whosoever doeth any work
therein, that soul shall be cut
off from among his people. Six
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days may work be done; but in
the seventh is the sabbath of
rest, holy to the LORD:
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whosoever doeth any work in the
sabbath day, he shall surely be
put to" what, everybody? Aud.:
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Death. PB: "Wherefore the
children of Israel shall keep
the sabbath, to observe the
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sabbath throughout their
generations, for a perpetual
covenant. It is a sign between
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me and the children of Israel
for" how long? Aud.: For ever.
PB: For how long? Aud.: For
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ever. PB: "For in six days the
LORD made heaven and earth, and
on the seventh day he rested,
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and was" what, everybody? Aud.:
Refreshed. PB: Refreshed. The
Sabbath was to be a sign between
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God and His people forever. It
was not something that was
supposed to be done away with.
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It was not something that was
supposed to be changed. We have
evidence of that. We just read
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in Exodus 31 that it was a sign
between God and His people
forever. We also read in Exodus
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chapter 20 that we must remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Now remember, lawkeeping does
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not save us. Lawkeeping does not
save us. Remember that. We are
saved only by Jesus Christ.
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There is no salvation in any
other but Jesus Christ. Buddha
can't do it, Mohammed can't do
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it, Confucius can't do it,
Pastor Byrd can't do it. Only
Jesus can save you. But let's be
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clear. I keep God's law because
I'm in love with Jesus. [Aud.
reaction] PB: Right. So, we
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discover that on day one, God
created light. Day two, God
created the what? Firmament. Day
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three, God created-- Aud.:
Vegetation. PB: Day four, God
created-- Aud.: Sun, moon and
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stars. PB: Day five, fish and
what? Aud.: Fowl. PB: Day six,
mammal and what? Aud.: Man. PB:
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And on the seventh day He did
what? Aud.: Rested. PB: Rested.
He blessed it and He sanctified
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it. We read, Remember the what
day? Aud.: Sabbath. PB: To keep
it what? Aud.: Holy.
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PB: Remember the Sabbath day to
keep it what, everybody? Aud.:
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Holy. PB: We also read that the
Sabbath is to be a sign. It is
to be a what, everybody?
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Aud.: Sign. PB: Between God
and His people. For how long?
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Forever. Aud.: Forever. PB:
Okay, so Pastor Byrd, why do you
go to church on the Sabbath?
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I get you, I feel you that God
rested, He blessed it and He
sanctified. So why do we
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go to church on the Sabbath?
Let's now work our way through
Leviticus. Leviticus chapter 23,
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verse number 3. The Word of God
says. Leviticus 23:3. If you
have it, let me hear you say
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amen. Aud.: Amen. PB: The Word
says, "Six days shall work be
done: but the seventh day is the
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sabbath of rest, an holy
convocation; ye shall do no work
therein: it is the sabbath of
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the LORD in all your dwellings."
So then, if the Sabbath is a
holy convocation, convocation by
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definition is an assembly.
Convocation by definition is a
coming together. So then,
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the Sabbath is a convocation,
the Sabbath then should have an
assembly. There should
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be a coming together, but not
just any kind of convocation.
The Bible says a holy
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convocation, which means a holy
assembly. A holy coming
together. Are you hearing what
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I'm saying, everybody? It was a
day of rest. Yes, God blessed
it, yes, God sanctified it, but
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it was also a holy convocation.
It was a holy coming together,
it was a holy assembly. So
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that's why on God's Sabbath, I
come in and I lift my hands and
bless Him. On God's Sabbath,
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I worship God. On God's Sabbath,
I hear the Word of God. On God's
Sabbath, I sing the
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Word of God. Why? It's a holy
coming together. [Aud. reaction]
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PB: But not only that, let's
work some more now. The holy
coming together. And I
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understand a day is defined as
evening and a morning. And so
because there's a holy coming
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together and it's a 24-hour
period, sunset to sunset,
evening to morning, well, how
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then do I observe it? Because
clearly the holy convocation
does not last 24 hours. Because
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clearly, if I kept you in church
24 hours, you would leave. Do I
have a witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction] PB: So then if
it's a holy convocation but it's
a day of rest, how should
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I observe it? I'm so thankful
you asked. Turn to the book of
Isaiah 58. And we're going to
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go to verse number 13. Isaiah
58, and we're going to verse
number 13. The Word of God says
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to us in Isaiah chapter 58,
verse number 13, "If thou turn
away thy foot from the sabbath,
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from doing thy" what? Pleasure,
"on my holy" what? Aud.: Day.
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PB: "Call the sabbath
a" what? Aud.: Delight.
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PB: "Holy of the LORD,
honourable; and shalt honour
him, not doing thine own ways,
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nor finding thine own pleasure,
nor speaking thine own" what,
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everybody? Aud.: Words. PB:
"Then shalt thou delight thyself
in the LORD; and I will cause
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thee to ride upon the high
places of the earth, and feed
thee with the heritage of Jacob
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thy father: for the mouth of the
LORD hath spoken it."
Hallelujah, somebody. Now,
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that means then, during this
24-hour period, evening to
morning, that means that the
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Sabbath is to be a delight. It's
to be a what, everybody? Aud.:
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Delight. PB: Which means I look
forward to God's holy Sabbath,
because I'm honoring God on
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God's Sabbath. I wish I had a
witness in this place. I'm
honoring God on Sabbath.
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What am I doing? I'm not doing
thine own ways. So March
madness, the NCAA basketball
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tournament's got to wait until
the Sabbath is over, 'cause I'm
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not finding my own pleasure nor
am I doing my own ways nor am I
speaking my own words. Which
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means then, during this 24-hour
period my mind is focused on
Jesus Christ. My mind is focused
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on the One who died for me. I
understand, it's my time with
God. In fact, it's a date with
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God. [Aud. reaction] PB: Well,
what do you mean, a date? Well,
you know, my beautiful wife,
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we've been married 17 years. We
got married right on this
campus, right in this church.
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Come on, say amen. Aud.: Amen.
PB: Seventeen years, hallelujah!
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Praise Him. Don't hate,
celebrate. [Aud. reaction] PB:
But before we got married,
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before I was able to drive like
I now drive--'cause I had a 1972
Volvo. You all don't know about
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that. I had a 1972 Volvo I used
to drive. It didn't have air
conditioning, it had what
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I called 2-40 air. Two windows
down at 40 miles per hour. You
all don't hear what I'm saying.
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[Aud. reaction] PB: My brother
and I got the bright idea, it
was supposed to be a
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blue-colored car, but we got the
bright idea to go to Walmart,
buy some spray paint,
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and we wanted a black Volvo so
we spray-painted our car, the
black Volvo. We grew up
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calling it the blue-black
car. Come on, say amen. [Aud.
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reaction] PB: But I used to take
my wife out on dates. I couldn't
afford Bravo. I couldn't afford
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Olive Garden. PF Changs. So
I had to take her to the Golden
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Arches. [Aud. reaction] PB:
Come on, say amen. Aud.: Amen!
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PB: And my wife, she was,
I won't say a cheap date, an
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inexpensive date. She's always
been vegetarian, so you know we
didn't order any meat, and so we
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would order our food and just
order some water with it. Come
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on, say amen. [Aud. reaction]
PB: And then, you know, I
thought I was a big spender,
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so I would say go on and
super-size that thing. You all,
can I get a witness in this
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place? [Aud. reaction] PB: But I
would go with her on this date,
and when I would go on this
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date my attention was focused in
on her. I was not looking around
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at everybody else. I was not
paying attention to other
people's conversation, but I was
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focused in on her. She looked
good. Her hair ---. I was
focused in on her, because I had
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a date with my wife. And so
because I had a date with my
wife, I wanted to look good. My
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hair was cut, you all don't
hear me in this place. [Aud.
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reaction] PB: I smelled good.
You all don't hear me. You gotta
smell good, brothers. You know,
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you may work all day, but after
you finished working, you take
your wife out, you gotta smell
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good. I looked good, I smelled
good, I dressed my best, because
I was on a date with my baby.
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Come on, say amen. Aud.: Amen.
PB: How much more, on God's
seventh day Sabbath, that I have
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a date with the King of kings. I
have a date with the Lord of
lords. I have a date with the
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One who woke me up and started
me on my way. I have a date with
the One who, 2,000 years ago,
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died for my sins, so through His
blood I can have eternal life.
On God's Sabbath, it's a
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holy convocation, but I have
a date with God, not speaking my
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own words. [Aud. reaction] PB:
Not finding my own pleasure. Not
doing my own ways. Because I
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have a date with God. But you
know what? This date with God,
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it will never end. [Aud.
reaction] PB: What do you mean?
Well, this date with God will
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continue even when I get to
heaven. What do you mean? Look
at Isaiah 66. This date with God
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is going to continue. Isaiah 66.
Isaiah what, everybody? Aud.:
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66. PB: And go to verse number
22. This date with God, the Word
of God is very clear
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in Isaiah chapter 66 and verse
number 22, the Word of God says,
"For as the new" what?
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"Heavens and the new" what?
"Earth, which I will make, shall
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remain before me, saith the
LORD, so shall your seed and
your name remain. And it shall
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come to pass, that from one new
moon to another, and from one
sabbath to another" Sabbath,
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"shall all flesh come to worship
before me, saith the LORD." On
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this earth, I've got a date with
God, and when I get to heaven
I'm going to have a date with
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God. Yes, I want to see Abraham.
Yes, I want to see Isaac; yes, I
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want to see Jacob, Matthew,
Mark, Luke and Timothy. But I
want to see the Man Jesus. I
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want to see the One who died for
me. I have a date with God on
this earth, and when I get
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to glory, I'm going to
have a date with Him, too.
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So there are how many
days in a week? Aud.: Seven.
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PB: Seven. On day one, God
created what? Light. Day two,
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God created the-- Aud.:
Firmament. PB: Day three He
created the-- Aud.: Vegetation.
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PB: Day four, the sun, the
moon and the-- Aud.: Stars.
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PB: Day five, fish and what?
Aud.: Fowl. PB: Day six, mammal
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and- Aud.: Man. PB: On day
seven, He what? Rested. He what
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else? Blessed it. And He what
else? Sanctified it. He said,
Remember the Sabbath day to keep
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it what? Aud.: Holy. PB: Keep
it what, everybody? Aud.: Holy.
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PB: That the Sabbath was a sign
between God and His people, for
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how long? Aud.: Forever. PB:
Forever. The Sabbath is a holy
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what? Convocation, which means a
holy coming--what? Together. On
God's Sabbath, I don't speak
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my own what? Words. Find my own
pleasure, nor do my own ways,
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because I have a date with whom,
everybody? I have a date with
whom, everybody? But not only
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this date is going to be here on
planet earth, but it be a date
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when I get to the kingdom of
God. Can you say amen? Pastor
Byrd, it's so clear. The seventh
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day is God's Sabbath. Why is
there so much confusion about
God's Sabbath? Well,
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we know the devil is a liar. We
know the devil is the author of
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confusion. We know that God knew
the devil, through somebody,
would try and change God's law
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because God said,
Remember! [Aud. reaction]
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PB: So why would God say
remember, and then try to change
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what He said? [Aud. reaction]
PB: So did God change the
Sabbath and His law? We have so
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much confusion, did God change
it? No. He says, For I am the
00:24:15.80\00:24:20.36
what? Lord. Malachi 3:6. I am
the Lord, I change what? Aud.:
00:24:20.36\00:24:24.73
Not. PB: Not. God didn't change
the Sabbath. So you know what
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people say to me? Well, Pastor,
you're a good dude, you're cool
and all that. But Pastor,
00:24:28.33\00:24:31.20
it's an Old Testament thing.
Jesus had to change the law.
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That was done away with in the
New Testament, that's an Old
Testament thing. I get you,
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Pastor, you're right but that's
the Old Testament. So the
question then is asked,
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did Jesus then change God's law?
Go with me to the book of
Matthew, get some Word.
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We worked Old Testament, let's
go to New Testament. Matthew
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chapter 5. Matthew chapter
what, everybody? Aud.: Five.
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PB: And we're going to go to
verse number 17. Did Jesus try
to change God's law
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and God's Sabbath. Matthew
chapter 5. Stay with me tonight,
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stay with me. Matthew chapter 5,
verse number 17, the Word of God
says, Matthew chapter 5,
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verse number 17. If you have it,
let me hear you say amen. Aud.:
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Amen. PB: The Word of God says,
"Think not that I am come to
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destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to
destroy, but to" do what,
00:25:15.40\00:25:18.30
everybody? Aud.: Fulfill. PB:
Fulfill. "For verily I say unto
00:25:18.30\00:25:21.30
you, Till heaven and earth pass,
one jot or one tittle shall in
no wise pass from the law,
00:25:21.30\00:25:23.46
till all be" what,
everybody? Aud.: Fulfilled.
00:25:23.46\00:25:25.73
PB: "Whosoever," verse 19,
"therefore shall break one of
these least commandments,
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and shall teach men so, he
shall be called the least in the
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kingdom of heaven: but whosoever
shall do and teach them, the
same shall be called" what,
00:25:31.46\00:25:34.70
everybody? Aud.: Great. PB:
"Great," in the kingdom of what?
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Aud.: Heaven. PB: So Jesus
didn't change God's law. He
said, I didn't come to change
00:25:37.50\00:25:40.16
anything. I came to fulfill it.
In fact, He said, I can't change
anything because Jesus
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says I'm the same yesterday,
today and forever. So how am I
going to change something
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I was a part of in the first
place. In fact Jesus said I went
to church on the Sabbath.
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You don't beleive me go to the
book of Luke. Get some Word,
know why you believe it,
00:25:54.36\00:25:59.76
know where it is found.Know
the Word of God friends of Mine.
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PB: Luke chapter 4 verse number
16. Luke chapter 4, verse number
16. Luke chapter 4,
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verse number 16. The Word of God
says to us tonight in the Gospel
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according to Luke, chapter 4,
verse number 16. If you have it,
let me hear you say amen.
00:26:15.83\00:26:18.63
Aud.: Amen. PB: The Word says
that He came to where? Nazareth.
"Where he had been brought up:
00:26:18.63\00:26:22.70
and, as his" what was? Aud.:
Custom. PB: Come on, as his what
00:26:22.70\00:26:26.00
was? Aud.: Custom. PB: "He went
into the" what? Aud.: Synagogue.
00:26:26.00\00:26:28.80
PB: Which was the what? Church.
On the what day? Aud.: Sabbath.
00:26:28.80\00:26:31.80
PB: "And stood up for to read.
And there was delivered unto him
00:26:31.80\00:26:34.23
the book of the prophet Esaias.
And when he had opened the book,
he found the place where
00:26:34.23\00:26:36.83
it was written, the Spirit of
the Lord is upon me, because he
00:26:36.83\00:26:40.50
hath anointed me to preach the
gospel to the poor; he hath sent
me to heal the brokenhearted,
00:26:40.50\00:26:43.10
to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of
sight to the blind,
00:26:43.10\00:26:45.60
to set at liberty them that are
bruised, to preach the
acceptable year of the Lord.
00:26:45.60\00:26:49.20
And he closed the book, and he
gave it again to the minister,
00:26:49.20\00:26:52.70
and sat down. And the eyes of
all them that were in the
synagogue were fastened on him."
00:26:52.70\00:26:57.16
The Bible says it was Jesus'
custom. It was Jesus' practice.
00:26:57.16\00:27:04.66
Stay with me. They're going to
the church on the Sabbath day
and read the Scriptures.
00:27:04.66\00:27:10.16
In this case He preached the
Word of God. He was the guest
00:27:10.16\00:27:15.10
preacher that day. Oh, I wish He
could be the guest preacher
tonight. He finished preaching
00:27:15.10\00:27:18.73
then He handed the Word of God,
the Bible, to the minister of
00:27:18.73\00:27:22.30
that church, on God's Sabbath.
It was His custom. It was His
00:27:22.30\00:27:25.80
what, everybody? Aud.: Custom.
PB: Okay, so you're saying, all
right, Jesus didn't change the
00:27:25.80\00:27:29.03
law. The seventh day is the
Sabbath. Pastor, you're clear. I
get you, I feel it. But Pastor,
00:27:29.03\00:27:36.36
after Jesus died, the Sabbath
was done away with and there was
no longer a need to then
00:27:36.36\00:27:45.86
observe God's Sabbath. But then,
why would Jesus still say,
Remember? If the Sabbath were
00:27:45.86\00:27:52.96
changed after Jesus died, why
would He say, Remember? Well,
that means or suggests to
00:27:52.96\00:27:59.60
me that Jesus didn't change the
Sabbath, and neither was the
Sabbath changed after
00:27:59.60\00:28:03.20
His death. The apostles didn't
change the Sabbath. How do I
know? Go to the book of Acts.
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Get some Word in you. Acts
chapter 13, and let's go to Acts
chapter 13. I want you to go
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