Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000528A
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00:01 BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES
00:06 PRESENTS 528 God's True Church 00:10 [music] BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES THEME SONG 00:19 PB: God, we thank You for Your Holy Spirit. 00:22 We thank You for Jesus Christ and His shed blood. 00:25 As the choir has just sung tonight about Jesus' 00:29 blood and the power of the Holy Spirit, 00:31 we praise You tonight for both. Now, God, 00:33 as we go into the study of Your Word we pray 00:35 for the power of Your Spirit to remain here. 00:38 Enlighten our minds, open our hearts. 00:40 May we be receptive to what You have for us, 00:43 because God, what You have for me tonight is for me. 00:46 May that be all of our prayer. And God, hide me 00:48 behind Your cross; forgive me of my sins; 00:51 and in the end, we want You to get all the glory, 00:55 all the honor, and all the praise. 00:59 In Jesus' name we pray. Let everyone say amen. 01:02 Aud.: Amen. PB: And amen. Thank you so very much. 01:05 God's true church. God's true church. 01:08 With so many churches today, the question must be asked, 01:12 What is God's true church for these last days? 01:17 Everybody has revivals; everybody is talking 01:22 about studying the 10 Commandments; 01:25 everybody has church services. I don't know 01:29 how it is in your city, but here in Huntsville, 01:32 on every street corner it seems as if 01:35 we have a church. Big church, small church. 01:40 City church, rural church. Baptist, Catholic, 01:46 Methodist, Presbyterian, COGIC- 01:49 -Church of God in Christ. Seventh-day Adventist; 01:53 we have nondenominational churches; 01:56 we have churches everywhere. People are preaching this; 02:00 people are preaching that. Everybody preaches love; 02:04 everybody preaches Jesus; everybody preaches forgiveness; 02:07 everybody preaches salvation. There are so 02:11 many different churches, so many different teachings, 02:14 so much confusion. How can we tell which is God's true church? 02:18 And many people claim that there are many roads 02:23 that lead to heaven, but the Bible is very clear: 02:26 from the book of Matthew, chapter 7, verses 13 and 14, 02:29 that there is only one road. There is a straight 02:33 and there is a narrow road. It doesn't mean that 02:36 everybody follows that road, but it's still the 02:38 one road that's the right road. I told the saints 02:41 over these couple of weeks that you cannot be popular 02:43 and prophetic at the same time. If you're going to 02:47 call like it is, call it like it is. You've got to 02:50 understand the Bible says that God's true church 02:54 will not be a majority church, but there will be 02:57 few that find it. But I'm a witness tonight that 02:59 me and the Lord, that's always a majority. 03:02 Do I have a witness in this place? 03:04 [Aud. reaction] PB: But God has not left 03:05 us in ignorance about His true church. 03:08 When we find it, He wants us to join it. 03:11 He says, Ask and it shall be given; 03:14 seek and ye shall find; knock and the door 03:19 shall be opened unto you. Let me throw this 03:22 disclaimer out there. There are good people 03:25 in all churches. Let me say that one more time. 03:29 There are good people in all churches. 03:32 There are good people in all denominations. 03:36 I need to be very clear tonight. Pastor Byrd doesn't 03:38 have time to bash other people in other churches. 03:42 I don't maximize myself by minimizing somebody else. 03:45 Are you hearing what I'm saying? There are good 03:47 people in all churches. I am not here to bash, 03:51 but I am here to preach what doth saith the Lord. 03:54 Understand, God's true church is not about who has 03:57 the nicest building. It's not about how many 04:00 church buses you might have; how good your choir sounds; 04:04 how many members you have. Because the Bible says 04:07 where there are two or three gathered in God's name, 04:09 He shall be in the midst. I'm a TV evangelist, 04:13 but understand: it's not about how many television 04:15 ministries you have; how many choirs you have; 04:18 how popular you are. Some of these things are good, 04:22 but that's not how God defines His true church. 04:25 At the end of the day, the bottom line: 04:29 who's preaching, teaching, and seeking to 04:34 live God's truth. Jesus said He's coming back 04:38 for a church without spot or wrinkle. 04:43 He said He's coming back for a church that 04:46 shall be holy and without blemish. He says but 04:50 ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, 04:54 a holy nation, a peculiar people whom God has 04:58 called out of darkness into His marvelous light. 05:02 I'm sorry to say it, but in 2016 in too many churches, 05:05 it's anything goes. We sow wild oats during the 05:11 week and pray for a crop failure on the Sabbath. 05:14 [Aud. reaction] PB: It's too much anything goes; 05:17 do whatever you want; say what you want; 05:19 sleep around like you want; eat what you want; 05:23 do what you want. And then you come and say, well, 05:26 God is love. Let me be clear tonight: 05:30 one might be a good Christian, doing the will of God, 05:33 but if he or she is not doing the complete will of God, 05:36 he or she is not going back with God. 05:39 [Aud. reaction] PB: In Matthew chapter 7, 05:41 verse number 21, the Word says in Matthew 7:21, 05:45 "Not everyone that saith unto me Lord, Lord, 05:49 shall enter into the kingdom of heave. 05:51 But he that doeth." He that whatever, everybody? 05:53 Aud.: Doeth. PB: He that what, everybody? 05:55 Aud.: Doeth. PB: "Doeth the will of my"--what? 05:56 Aud.: Father. PB: "Which is in heaven. 05:58 Many will say to me in that day Lord, Lord, 06:00 have we not prophesied in thy name?" 06:03 Have we not cast out devils in Thy name? 06:06 Have we not done many wonderful works in Thy name? 06:09 Have we not ushered in thy name? Have we not 06:11 sung in the choir in Thy name? Have we not 06:13 cooked dinner in Thy name? And then He will 06:16 say unto them, "I never knew you. Depart me 06:22 ye that work iniquity." Are you hearing what I'm saying? 06:26 [Aud. reaction] 06:27 PB: So tonight, what's God's true church? 06:29 What is God's true church? Well, 06:31 rather than identify that true church name right now, 06:34 let's identify the characteristics of that church. 06:37 Is that all right, everybody? 06:39 Let's identify the characteristics of that church. 06:40 Characteristic number one, let's go to the Word. 06:42 Isaiah. What book did I say, everybody? 06:44 Aud.: Isaiah. PB: Go with me to the book of Isaiah, 06:45 chapter 8. Isaiah chapter what, everybody? 06:47 Aud.: Eight. PB: Isaiah chapter 8, and we're 06:49 going to verse number 20. Isaiah, chapter 8, 06:52 verse number 20. The first characteristic of 06:54 God's true church, Isaiah chapter 8, verse number 20. 06:59 If you have it let me hear you say amen. 07:00 Aud.: Amen. PB: The Word of God says, 07:02 "To the law and to the"--what? 07:03 [Aud. reaction] PB: Talk to me, 07:05 to the law and to the what, everybody? 07:06 Aud.: Testimony. PB: "If they speak not 07:07 according to this"--what? Aud.: Word. 07:09 PB: "It is because there is no"--what in them? 07:11 Aud.: Light. PB: There is no what in them? 07:12 Aud.: Light. PB: There is no light. 07:14 Characteristic number one of God's true church, 07:16 God's true church, its teachings will be 07:18 in harmony with the Word of God. 07:20 [Aud. reaction] PB: Its teachings will be 07:22 in harmony with the Word of God, 07:24 because if it ain't in the Word, 07:25 it doesn't deserve to be heard. 07:27 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 07:28 The teachings of God's true church 07:30 will line up and be in harmony with 07:32 the Word of God. I'm not talking about 07:34 preaching preferences. I'm not talking about 07:36 preaching opinions. I'm talking about 07:38 preaching what doth saith the Lord. 07:41 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 07:43 [Aud. reaction] 07:43 PB: God's true church will teach and 07:45 preach in harmony with the Word of God. 07:48 Mark or characteristic number two: 07:52 Let's go to Revelation. Folk don't 07:55 like to preach Revelation anymore, 07:57 but I love preaching Revelation. 07:59 Let's preach what doeth saith the Lord. 08:01 We'll go to Revelation chapter 12. 08:03 Revelation chapter what, everybody? 08:04 Aud.: Twelve. PB: All right, 08:05 so God's true church. Identifying 08:08 mark number one, they will teach and 08:10 preach in harmony with the Word of God. 08:12 Go to Revelation chapter 12. 08:14 Go to Revelation chapter 12, 08:16 and I want you to go to verse number 1. 08:18 Revelation chapter 12, verse number one. 08:19 We're looking for characteristic number two. 08:22 Revelation chapter 12, verse 1. 08:23 If you have it let me hear you say amen. 08:25 Aud.: Amen. PB: The Word of God says, 08:26 "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven. 08:28 A woman." A what, everybody? 08:30 Aud.: Woman. PB: "Clothed with"--the what? 08:32 Aud.: Sun. PB: "And the moon under her"--what? 08:34 Aud.: Feet. PB: "And upon her head a crown of twelve"- 08:36 -what, everybody? Aud.: Stars. 08:38 PB: All right, let's stop there. 08:39 Let's understand what we have just read. 08:40 Now, in Bible prophecy, when we study the 08:41 prophetic books of Daniel and the Revelation, 08:43 we understand that when we talk about a woman 08:46 we are actually talking about a church. 08:48 We're talking about a what, everybody? 08:50 Aud.: Church. PB: Come on, we're talking 08:51 about a what, everybody? Aud.: Church. 08:53 PB: We're talking about a church. 08:54 "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven. 08:56 A woman." A what, everybody? Aud.: Woman. 08:57 PB: Which is the church. Which is the what, everybody? 08:59 Aud.: Church. PB: "Was clothed with the sun." 09:00 The sun here is Jesus, the Son of Righteousness. 09:03 This woman, this church, is clothed with Jesus Christ. 09:06 And the moon. The what, everybody? Aud.: The moon. 09:08 PB: The moon is under her feet. 09:10 The moon is representative of the Old 09:12 Testament sacrificial system. It receives no 09:14 light except it's reflected from Jesus Christ, 09:17 the sun. The Bible then goes on and says, 09:19 and lets us know, that upon her head is a 09:22 crown of twelve--what, everybody? 09:23 Aud.: Stars. PB: Twelve what, everybody? 09:25 Aud.: Stars. PB: When we talk about twelve stars, 09:26 it's talking about the twelve apostles. 09:28 The twelve disciples. This woman is clothed with sun, 09:32 the Son of Righteousness, Jesus Christ. The moon, 09:35 the Old Testament sacrificial system is under her feet. 09:37 No more need for that; that system is thrown away, 09:40 'cause behold the Lamb of God which taketh away 09:42 the sins of the world. And then we understand, 09:45 upon her head is a crown of twelve stars, 09:47 which is the twelve apostles. Verse number 2. 09:51 "And she, being with child, cried travailing in birth, 09:54 and pained to be delivered." Verse number 3. 09:56 "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; 09:58 and behold a great red"--what, everybody? 10:00 Aud.: Dragon. PB: Come on, talk to me. 10:01 A great red what? Aud.: Dragon. 10:03 PB: "Having seven heads and ten horns, 10:04 and seven crowns upon his heads." 10:05 That's Satan, the dragon. Are you hearing 10:07 what I'm saying? "His tail drew the third 10:09 part of the stars of heaven, and did cast 10:11 them to the earth: and the dragon stood 10:12 before the woman which was ready to be delivered, 10:14 for to devour her child as soon as it was born." 10:17 Satan wanted to devour the child of the woman. 10:22 The woman, symbolic of God's church, 10:24 but from this woman, this seed, 10:26 would come a baby. This baby is better 10:29 known to us as baby Jesus. 10:31 Matthew chapter 1, verse 21, 10:32 "And she shall bring forth a son. 10:34 Thou shalt call its name Jesus, 10:36 for he shall save his people from their sins." 10:39 We recognize the devil wanted to destroy Jesus. 10:42 And this happened symbolically through King Herod. 10:45 King Herod hears about this little baby 10:48 that's being born. This baby is supposed to be a king, 10:50 and so King Herod says, We've got to kill this baby. 10:54 We've got to destroy this baby, because this 10:56 baby can't take my throne. Well, 10:58 Jesus is the King of kings. 11:00 Jesus is the Lord of lords. 11:02 What does He want with Herod's little 11:03 old throne when he has worlds and worlds 11:06 and worlds under His control. 11:08 But understand. The Bible is very clear 11:11 that the devil wants this little baby 11:13 to be killed. Go to verse number 4. 11:14 "And his tail drew the third part of 11:16 the stars of heaven, and did cast them 11:18 to the earth: and the dragon stood before 11:20 the woman which was ready to be delivered, 11:22 for to devour her child as soon as it was born." 11:24 A third of the angels followed Satan out 11:26 of heaven and they were cast into the earth. 11:28 Verse 5, "And she brought forth a man"--what, everybody? 11:31 Aud.: Child. PB: Come on, she brought forth a man what? 11:33 Aud.: Child. PB: "Who was to rule all nations 11:35 [Jesus Christ] with a rod of iron: 11:36 and her child was caught up unto God, and to his"--what? 11:39 Aud.: Throne. PB: Verse 6. And "the woman." 11:41 The what, everybody? Aud.: Woman. 11:43 PB: And the woman is representative of the what? 11:44 "Fled into the"--where? Aud.: Wilderness. 11:48 PB: "Where she hath a place prepared of"- 11:49 -whom, everybody? Aud.: God. 11:50 PB: "That they should feed her there"--a what? 11:52 "A thousand two hundred and threescore days." 11:54 Stop. This woman would have to go in hiding 11:59 for a thousand, two hundred, and threescore days. 12:04 Now let's understand what we just read. 12:06 Go with me if you will to the book of Ezekiel. 12:08 Go with me to the book of Ezekiel--put a pin 12:10 right there in Revelation 12--but go to Ezekiel. 12:13 And I want you to go to Ezekiel chapter 4, 12:14 verse number 6. Ezekiel chapter 4 and we're 12:20 going to verse number 6. Ezekiel chapter 4, 12:24 verse number 6. Understand what we're reading. 12:27 The Word of God says, "And when thou hast 12:29 accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, 12:31 and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the 12:33 house of Judah forty days: I have appointed 12:35 thee each day for a"--what? For a what, everybody? 12:37 Aud.: Year. PB: All right, so we understand, 12:40 when we study Bible prophecy, we recognize 12:42 that one day is equivalent to one what? 12:44 Aud.: Year. PB: Come on, talk to me. 12:46 One day is equivalent to one what, everybody? 12:47 Aud.: Year. PB: Now, the Bible just says 12:49 that the woman, the church, has to go in 12:51 hiding for fear of persecution for one thousand, 12:54 two hundred and threescore days. But we 12:57 recognize from prophecy that one 12:59 day equals one what, everybody? Aud.: Year. 13:01 PB: So in essence, it's one thousand, 13:03 two hundred threescore years. Are we together, 13:07 everybody? All right, so when we say threescore, 13:10 a score is twenty. A score is what, everybody? 13:12 Aud.: Twenty. PB: Come on, a score is what, everybody? 13:14 Aud.: Twenty. PB: So when we say threescore, 13:16 we're saying three times what? Twenty. 13:18 Three times twenty is what? Sixty. 13:20 One thousand, two hundred and threescore, 13:23 sixty, which is one thousand two hundred 13:25 and sixty days, which is one thousand, 13:27 two hundred and sixty what? Aud.: Years. 13:29 PB: God's true church had to go in hiding 13:35 for one thousand, two hundred and sixty years 13:39 for fear of persecution. But it gets gooder 13:42 and gooder, as the old folks say. 13:45 Go to Revelation 12, and I want you to read 13:47 now verses 13 and 14. The Word of God says 13:51 to us in Revelation chapter 12, verses 13 and 14: 13:55 "And when the dragon saw that he was cast 13:58 unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which 14:00 brought forth the man child. And to the 14:02 woman were given two wings of a great eagle, 14:04 that she might fly into the"--where, everybody? 14:06 Aud.: Wilderness. PB: Into her what? 14:08 Aud.: Place. PB: "Where she is nourished for a"--what? 14:10 Aud.: Time. PB: And a what? Aud.: Times. 14:12 PB: And a half a what? Aud.: Time. 14:13 PB: "From the face of the"--what, everybody? 14:15 Aud.: Serpent. PB: The serpent and dragon, 14:17 same person--Satan. The woman had to go in 14:19 hiding for fear of the dragon and for fear of Satan, 14:22 the serpent. The Bible says in verses 1 through 6, 14:25 one thousand two hundred sixty days, which is years. 14:29 The Bible says in verses 13 and 14 that she had to 14:33 go in hiding for a time, times, and dividing of time. 14:36 Where is my help? Here's my help. Come on, help. 14:39 When we say a time, times, and a half of time, 14:49 what are we talking about? One time is one year. 14:55 One time is one what, everybody? Aud.: Year. 14:58 PB: How many months are there in a year? 14:59 Aud.: Twelve. PB: Talk to me, don't be scared. 15:01 How many months in a year? Aud.: Twelve. 15:02 PB: Twelve. On average, in the Roman calendar 15:04 there were 30 days in a month. How many days in a month? 15:07 Aud.: Thirty. PB: Twelve times 30 days is 15:13 equal to 360-what? Days. Are you hearing 15:19 what I'm saying. Stay with the days. 15:22 Twelve months, 30 days, 360 days. 15:26 The text says a time, times--which means, 15:30 if one time is one year, a times must 15:34 be two years. So if one time is 360, 15:40 then two times must be another 360. 15:43 360 plus 360 is 7--what? 720. 15:46 The text continues. It says a dividing 15:53 of time. Time, times, dividing of time. 15:56 So, if one time is one year, a times is two years, 16:00 a dividing of time must be a half a year. 16:02 Are we together, everybody? So a half a 16:06 year would then be half of 360, 16:10 which is 1--what? 180. When we add the time, 16:12 times, and dividing of time, we add: 16:14 0, 0, 0 is what? 0. 6 plus 2 is what? 8. 16:25 8 plus 8 is what? 16. Carry over your 1. 16:28 1 plus 3 is what? 4. 4 plus 7 is what? 16:31 11 plus 1 is what? You didn't know you 16:34 were coming to church and to get a math lesson. 16:35 Come on, say amen. [Aud. reaction] 16:38 PB: A time, times, and dividing of time, 16:41 that is 1260 days. When we apply our day 16:45 for a year prophecy, we're saying 1260 16:48 days is 1260 what, everybody? Aud.: Years. 16:51 PB: It gets gooder and gooder. 16:54 Go to Revelation 13. See, we don't know 16:57 this stuff like we used to. We need to know this stuff. 16:59 Know what you believe. know why you believe it, 17:01 know where it's found. Are you hearing what I'm saying, 17:03 everybody? Revelation chapter 13. 17:05 Revelation chapter what, everybody? Aud.: Thirteen. 17:08 PB: Now, go to Revelation chapter 13, 17:09 go to verse number 1. The Word of God says, 17:11 "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, 17:12 and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, 17:13 having seven heads and ten horns, 17:15 and upon his horns ten crowns, 17:17 and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 17:18 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, 17:20 and his feet were as the feet of a bear, 17:22 and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: 17:24 and the dragon gave him his power, 17:25 and his seat, and great authority. 17:27 And I saw one of his heads as it were 17:28 wounded to death; and his deadly wound 17:31 was healed: and all the world wondered 17:32 after the beast. And they worshipped 17:33 the dragon which gave power unto the beast: 17:35 and they worshipped the beast, saying, 17:36 Who is like unto the beast? who is able 17:38 to make war with him?" Verse 5. 17:39 "And there was given unto him a mouth 17:40 speaking great things and blasphemies; 17:42 and power was given unto him to continue 17:43 forty and two months." So, we've already 17:48 said one thousand, two hundred and threescore days, 17:51 and a time, times and dividing of time is 17:52 the same thing. But now the text says 17:54 in verse 5 in chapter 13, power was 17:56 given to this beast for 42 months. 17:59 If we use our same equation, 42 months. 18:02 How many days are there in a month? 18:04 Aud.: Thirty. PB: 42 months. 18:12 And you multiply by 30 days. It's 1260 days, 18:17 which is 1260 years, which means one thousand, 18:21 two hundred and threescore days, time, 18:24 times and dividing of time, and 42 months 18:28 are all the same thing. God's true church 18:32 would have to go in hiding 1260 years for 18:38 fear of persecution. But the devil doesn't 18:40 want you to read Revelation, because the 18:42 devil doesn't want to be exposed. Because 18:44 at the end of the day what is going to 18:47 transpire just before Jesus comes is, 18:49 who are we going to give our worship to? 18:51 Are we going to give our worship to the God 18:53 of heaven and earth? Or are we going to 18:55 give our worship to the devil who's loose 18:57 in the land? I just believe if we 18:58 don't worship God, let's worship Him 18:59 in spirit and in truth. Which means, then, 19:06 for 1260 years God's true church would have 19:09 to go in hiding. Write this down, 19:12 go look it up on the Internet tonight. 19:13 The year 538 AD, the Roman emperor by 19:17 the name of Justinian declared that the papacy, 19:20 the pope--Pastor Byrd's not trying to 19:23 dog our Catholics. I don't bash that. 19:24 I'm talking about the institution of 19:26 the Roman Catholic Church--the emperor Justinian, 19:29 Roman emperor, made the papacy the head of 19:32 all Christian churches. Which means 19:34 that in 538, we discover that the papacy, 19:38 the Roman Catholic Church, its institution 19:40 was in charge of everything and everybody. 19:43 If you go down 1260 years exactly from 538, 19:48 you will come to the year 1798. When you 19:51 come to the year 1798, you will discover 19:54 that the leadership and the headship of 19:56 a papacy came to an end. Why did it 20:00 come to an end? Because in 1798 there was a general, 20:03 Berthier, who took the papacy captive. 20:06 The papacy was taken captive in 1798, 20:10 and then the papacy then died in exile. 20:13 The Bible was true. 538, 1260 years later, 1798. 20:18 The papacy was done away with. In 538, 20:22 he restores the power; 1798, he's taken out of power. 20:25 Which means, God's true church could not exist 20:28 between 538 and 1798, because it had to be in 20:32 hiding for fear of persecution, because the 20:34 papacy was in charge. [Aud. reaction] 20:38 PB: I'm doing the best I can, but it gets better. 20:43 Can you put a hold--I've got some time. 20:45 Choir ended early, I've got some time. 20:47 Is that all right? You come to revival, 20:49 you come to camp meeting to hear the 20:50 Word of God. Let me take my time. 20:52 Is that all right, everybody? All right. 20:53 Now, understand, you've got to recognize 20:55 that you're not going to hear this everywhere. 20:57 We've got to hear it while we can hear it. 20:59 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 21:00 Now, understand, put a bookmark in 21:01 Revelation 12 and 13, and take your Bibles, 21:03 and if you will please go with me to the 21:04 book of Daniel. Daniel chapter 7, 21:09 and verse number 25. We recognize 21:20 from the Word of God, there's some 21:22 more that God wants to show and give us. 21:23 Daniel chapter 7, and verse number 25. 21:26 If you have it let me hear you say amen. 21:28 Aud.: Amen. PB: The Word of God, 21:30 please understand, the beast in Daniel 7 21:31 is synonymous with the beast there in 21:33 Revelation chapter 12 and 13. 21:34 The Word of God says in Daniel chapter 7, 21:36 verse number 25, and I'm reading: " 21:38 And he shall speak great words 21:39 against the"--what, everybody? 21:41 Aud.: Most High. PB: "And shall wear 21:43 out the saints of the"--what, everybody? 21:44 Aud.: Most High. PB: "And think to change 21:46 times and"--what? Aud.: Laws. 21:47 PB: "And they shall be given into his 21:48 hand until a"--what? Time, and a what? 21:51 Aud.: Times. PB: And a what? 21:52 Aud.: Dividing of time. 21:54 PB: Which is 1260 what, everybody? Aud.: Years. 21:56 PB: So the Bible is very clear that there 21:57 will be some force that will seek to oppose God. 22:05 And we know all origins of forces that exist to 22:10 oppose God are rooted in the devil. 22:13 That this power would seek to change 22:15 times and laws. Power will be given 22:19 into his hand for 1260 years. 538--1798. 22:24 Why do you think the Sabbath is so important? 22:28 [Aud. reaction] PB: You see, a lot of people 22:31 want to talk about well it's just a day. 22:33 What you need to understand, as I shared 22:35 in the revival, God is a God of specifics. 22:38 There are people that want to say it doesn't 22:39 matter what day I worship God on, 22:41 as long as I worship Him. No. 22:43 God is a God of specifics. If you don't believe me, 22:46 let's ask Adam and Eve. Somebody said, 22:52 what difference does the Sabbath make? 22:54 Well, Adam and Eve, let's ask them. 22:55 What difference does fruit make? 22:59 [Aud. reaction] PB: God said don't touch it. 23:01 God said don't go near it. God said, if you do, 23:05 you will--what, everybody? Die. 23:06 And just like Adam and Eve were deceived then, 23:10 the people of God are being deceived now. 23:13 [Aud. reaction] PB: But to the law and to 23:17 the testimony, if they speak not according 23:19 to this Word, it is because there is 23:22 no light in them. If it ain't in the Word, 23:25 it doesn't deserve to be heard. 23:26 If God said it, that settles it. [Aud. reaction] 23:31 PB: So we understand, the mark number 23:36 one of God's true church: its teaching 23:39 must be in harmony with the Word of God. 23:41 Mark number two, God's true church could 23:45 not exist until after 1798, because between 23:50 the 1260-year period, God's true church had 23:53 to go into hiding. Let's get mark number three. 23:58 Go with me to Revelation chapter 12, 24:01 and go now back to verse number 17. Revelation 12, 24:07 verse number 17. Let's go back there. 24:12 The Word of God says to us in Revelation chapter 12, 24:16 verse 17--if you have it let me hear you say amen. 24:18 All right, the Word says, "And the dragon was wroth." 24:21 That means, the dragon, Satan, was mad with the woman. 24:27 Now, we already know the woman represents the what, 24:30 everybody? Church. So if Satan is mad with the woman, 24:33 Satan must be mad with God's true church. 24:36 Satan is mad, wroth, with the woman, 24:39 God's true church. The Bible says, 24:41 "And he went to make war with the remnant 24:45 of her seed." War with the remnant of God's church. 24:50 How are the remnant defined? The remnant are 24:53 defined as those that keep the commandments of 24:56 God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ, 25:00 which means, God's true church will keep God's 25:04 commandments including the fourth. 25:08 If the fourth weren't important, 25:10 God would have said Thou shalt keep the Sabbath. 25:13 But God said remember the Sabbath day to 25:16 keep it holy, which means God had to use the word 25:19 "remember," lest somebody should forget. 25:22 [Aud. reaction] PB: So God's true church, 25:29 mark number three, is going to keep the what? 25:32 Commandments, including the fourth to remember 25:35 the Sabbath day to keep it what, everybody? 25:36 Aud.: Holy. PB: But it doesn't just stop 25:38 with the fourth. It's one, two, three, four, 25:41 five, six seven, eight, nine and ten. 25:44 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 25:46 The first four deal with our love for God. 25:50 The final six deal with our love for each other. 25:55 Somebody says, Well, no, no, no, 25:57 the Sabbath had to be done away with at the cross. 25:59 Ooo. Clearly Jesus said "I'm the same yesterday, 26:04 today and forever. I come not to destroy, 26:07 but I come to fulfill." So Jesus said, 26:10 no I didn't try to change it. Somebody said, 26:11 Well it had to be changed after Jesus' death, 26:13 because the apostles must have changed it. 26:15 No, no, no. Paul in Acts 13, teaches. 26:17 Paul and Barnabas, they preached on God's Sabbath, 26:20 it was their custom, and the Sabbath was not 26:21 just for the Jews but also for the Gentiles 26:23 because the people said, Please, preach to us. 26:25 Can we come the next Sabbath, too? But then 26:28 this is my biggest argument. I said this on last Wednesday, 26:31 but let me share it tonight just in case you weren't here. 26:34 God's Sabbath could not have been done away 26:39 with at the cross. In Genesis 1, creation week. 26:44 In the beginning, God created the heavens and 26:46 the what, everybody? Aud.: Earth. 26:48 PB: In Genesis 2, God instituted the Sabbath. 26:52 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, 26:54 and all the host of them. And God rested, 26:56 blessed it, and sanctified it. In Genesis 3, 27:00 we have the fall of man, where Adam and 27:03 Eve ate of the fruit. Genesis 1, creation. Genesis 2, 27:08 the institution of the Sabbath. Genesis 3, 27:10 the fall of man. Now understand, the only reason 27:14 Jesus went to Calvary is because man sinned. 27:17 If man had never sinned, there would have been 27:21 no need to go to the cross. But because man sinned, 27:24 Jesus had to go to the cross. Are you hearing what 27:27 I'm saying? Had there been no sin, there would have 27:30 been no need for Jesus to die. But the fact is, 27:33 the Sabbath couldn't have been done away with 27:35 at the cross because the Sabbath was in place 27:37 before man sinned. Genesis 1, creation. 27:43 Genesis 2, the Sabbath. So whether man 27:47 sinned or not, it had no bearing on the Sabbath, 27:50 because the Sabbath was in place before 27:52 man even sinned. So how then can the cross do 27:56 away with the Sabbath, when the Sabbath was 27:58 in place before man sinned and the only 28:00 reason why we have the cross is because we sinned. 28:03 [Aud. reaction] PB: I'm doing the best I can. 28:11 [Aud. reaction] >: 28:13 Thank you for joining us for another exciting 28:16 Breath of Life television broadcast. 28:18 Tune in next week at the same time, 28:21 as Dr. Byrd will deliver another dynamic 28:23 message from the Lord, just for you. 28:26 Until next time, may God bless you. 28:28 [END] |
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