Breath Of Life
Ministries Presents
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Sermom 538 "Three Days Left"
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[Breath of Life theme music]
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PB:  Luke chapter
24 and verse number 1.
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The Word says to us, "Now
upon the first day of the week,
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very early in the morning,
they came unto the sepulchre,
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bringing the spices
which they had prepared,
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and certain others
with them. And they found
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the stone rolled
away from the sepulchre.
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And they entered in,
and found not the body
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of the Lord Jesus.
And it came to pass,
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as they were much
perplexed thereabout,
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behold, two men stood by
them in shining garments:
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And as they were
afraid, and bowed down their
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faces to the earth,
they said unto them,
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Why seek ye the
living among the dead?
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He is not here,
but is risen: remember
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how he spake unto you
when he was yet in Galilee,
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saying, The Son of
man must be delivered into
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the hands of sinful
men, and be crucified,
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and the third day rise again."
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The title of our
message for today,
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"Three Days
Left." Three days left.
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Father, in the name of Jesus,
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through the
intercession of the Holy Ghost,
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remove all
distraction right now that Lord,
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we might be ready
to receive Your word
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for us this day. We
praise You in advance
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for what You're
going to do. May Your
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Holy Spirit reign
and rule in me today
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that this word
might reach and penetrate
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the hearts of
Your people. In Jesus'
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name we pray, begging You to
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forgive us of our sins. Amen.
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Three days left.
We are now entering
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what I call
"voter fatigue" in this
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presidential
election. Anybody know
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what I'm talking
about?    [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Is there anybody
today who's just tired?
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[Aud. reaction]  
PB:  Is there anyone else
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outside of me who is
saying enough already?
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For the past year
and a half, we've endured
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primaries,
debates, speeches, promises,
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name calling,
insults, accusations,
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what you think
somebody said, what you think
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somebody meant when
they said what they said,
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and what somebody
actually said. And so today-
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-and those who are
watching by television may
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be watching after
the election is complete-
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-but we're three
days before the election.
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Today all I've got to
say is thank You, Jesus.
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[Aud. reaction]  
PB:  Three days left.
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We've heard about
emails; we've heard about
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tax returns; we've
heard about border walls;
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just three days
left. We've heard about
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Russian hackers;
we've heard about the FBI;
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we've heard
about sexual assaults;
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we've heard about
everything, but now thank You,
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Jesus, we have three
days left. One candidate is
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referred to as a car
wreck; the other candidate
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is referred to as a
drunk driver. We have three
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days left. We've heard it
all during this election year,
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because an election
year is when a lot of
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politicians get
free speech mixed up with
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cheap talk. But praise
God, we have three days left.
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Now, it's interesting
because literally today
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we actually have three
days left to the election,
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but three is an
important number. Three is the
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number of times--past,
present, future; birth, life,
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death; beginning, middle, end.
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Three is an important number.
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Three is in the
Bible. Noah had three sons,
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Shem, Ham, Japheth.
There were three patriarchs:
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Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob. Balaam beat his
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donkey three times.
Jonah was in the belly
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of the great fish
three days and three nights.
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Pastor Byrd has three
girls. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Christyn,
Caileigh and Carissa.
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That's not in the Bible;
let me get back to the Bible.
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[Aud. reaction]   PB:  There
is the number of the Divine:
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the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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The threefold office
of Christ is a Christian
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doctrine that Christ
performs the function
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of a prophet,
priest, and king. Three gifts
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were given to Jesus at
His birth: frankincense,
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gold, and myrrh.
The ministry of Jesus
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lasted three
years. The devil tempted
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Jesus three times.
Three is an important number.
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We have three days
left.  Many have said that in
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three days this
election will have the greatest
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impact ever on our
lives, as history will be
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made with either the
first woman being elected
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to the highest office
in the free world or the
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first person being
elected to this same office
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will be somebody
who's never been elected to
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any public office.
Three days. But the number
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is deeper than this
election. The number
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three is deeper than
who will lead this country
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in three days. The
number three is deeper
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than who will
occupy the oval office.
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The number three is
deeper than patriotic
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democracy because
arguably the greatest
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event that took
place in Earth's history
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was when Jesus rose
from the dead on the
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third day after
His death. I wish I had
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a church in this
place today. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Day one, He
died on Friday. Day two,
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He lay resting in
the grave according to
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the Sabbath and
according to the commandment,
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which means even in
death He was obedient
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to His laws. But my
Bible tells me that on
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the third appointed
day, one Sunday morning,
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Jesus got up with
all power in His hands.
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Power over
death, power over hell,
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power over the
grave, power over Satan,
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power over sin,
power over trouble,
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power over triumph,
power over tribulation,
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power over temptation,
power over Carlton Byrd,
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power over Edmond
Julius, power over Oakwood.
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Jesus got up with
power!   [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  I preach this
sermon not because it's
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Eastertime, because
it's not. I preach this
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sermon not solely
because we have three days
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left before the
presidential election,
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but I preach this
sermon number one because
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I need people to
know that the greatest act
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for the number
three was when Jesus rose
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on the third
day.   [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  The Bible says it
clearly in Luke 24, verse 5.
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"And as they were
afraid, and bowed down their
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faces to the earth,
they said unto them,
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Why seek ye the
living among the dead?
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He is not here, but is
risen." He is what, everybody?
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Aud.:  Risen.   PB: 
"Remember how he spake
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unto you when he
was yet in Galilee,"
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look at it,
"saying, The Son of man must
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be delivered into
the hands of sinful men,
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and be" what,
everybody?   Aud.: Crucified.
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PB:  He must be what,
everybody? Aud.:  Crucified.
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PB:  "And the third
day rise" what? “Again.”
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The prophecy of Genesis
3:15 is now being fulfilled.
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Satan will bruise
Jesus' heel. But Jesus would
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crush Satan's head.
Let me remind you today
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that the warfare
between Satan and us lies not
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in the struggle to
win but rather in striving
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to avoid defeat. We
think we've got to fight in
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order to win. But no Christian
is able to fight and win.
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We fight because we've
already won.  [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Jesus has
already defeated Satan.
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Satan has
totally lost his ground.
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Satan's job and
battle today is to recover.
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Our battle is to
retain. We don't fight in
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order to occupy, we
fight to protect what we've
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already got. Our goal
is not wrestling victory
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from Satan but
rather to keep victory
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from being robbed.
Satan is a defeated foe.
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Satan was done at
the cross. Satan did all
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he could at the
cross, but he was defeated
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and put to shame
by our Jesus. Satan's
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attack on us will
never be greater than his
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attack on Jesus on
the cross, and the same
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power which raised
Jesus from the dead,
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after He was
crucified, the same power that
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defeated Satan at the
cross is the same power
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available to you and
me to defeat Satan today.
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So the moment you
receive Christ, the moment
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you accept Christ as
your personal Savior,
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you take possession
of what Jesus did for you
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2,000 years ago. Your
identity as a child of
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God and your
authority over spiritual powers
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are not things you are
receiving or will receive
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at some time in the
future, but you have
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them right now. So
don't wait till the
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battle is over. Shout
now. You possess authority.
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You possess power.
You possess all of this
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over the kingdom
of darkness right now.
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You've got power
to defeat demons now.
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You've got power to
tread over serpents now.
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Satan was defeated
2,000 years ago. His defeat
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is not pending, his
defeat is not future,
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his defeat already
happened. You don't fight
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for Calvary, you
fight from Calvary.
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Victory is
mine. Victory is mind.
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Victory today is
mine. I told Satan,
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get thee behind.
Victory today is mine.
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Satan thought he
had defeated Jesus,
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but after His
crucifixion there was
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a resurrection.
That's good news for me,
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because when
people try to put me on a
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cross and crucify
me, I always remember
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after every crucifixion
there is a resurrection,
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which means I'm
coming back. I wish I
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had a witness in this
place. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  I used to say it
when I was a little boy
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in school. If
you're going to fight me,
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you'd better beat
me up and beat me down,
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'cause I will get
up.   [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Jesus died
on Friday. Jesus lay
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resting in the
grave on the Sabbath.
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But on the third
day Jesus got up.
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The text says the
Son of Man must be
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delivered into the
hands of sinful men
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and be
crucified, and the third day
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rise again. But many
people try to incorrectly
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assign these three
days. The test doesn't
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say--listen to me--or
imply that the process
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began on the
first day of the week.
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It says that the
crucifixion and the
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resurrection process
would last three days.
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In this chronological
sequence, day one is Friday,
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the sixth day of
the week. Day two is
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Sabbath Saturday, the
seventh day of the week.
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Day three is Sunday,
the first day of the week.
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And this is when I got
my spiritual democracy.
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This is when I became liberated.
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This is when I
became emancipated.
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This is when I became free.
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I praise God for the three days.
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But not only that, I
also preach this sermon
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today because the
understanding of a day,
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and the proper
sequencing of days, is critical
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to our theology and
understanding of the Bible.
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More
specifically, our understanding-
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-listen to me good--and
our belief in the Sabbath,
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God's seal rests in
our understanding and
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belief of what a day is.
A day is a 24-hour period.
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Hours: 24 hours as a
unit of time, going from
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one midnight to the
next midnight, corresponding
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to a rotation of
the earth on its axis.
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That's one day. The
word for day in Genesis
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chapter one is
the Hebrew word "yom."
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Everybody say
"yom."   Aud.: Yom.
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PB:  In Genesis
1:4, we read that God
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separated light from darkness.
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Then in Genesis 1:5 we read,
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"God called the
light day and the
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darkness He
called"--what, everybody?
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Aud.:  Night.  PB:
 So then, the first
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time the word "day"
is used, it is defined
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as the light to
distinguish it from the darkness
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we call night. Genesis
1:5 then finishes with this:
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"And the evening and the
morning were the"--what day?
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Aud.:  First day.  PB: 
Come on, the evening and
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the morning were the
what day? Aud.:  First day.
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PB:  Wait a minute.
The light is called day,
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the darkness is called
night, but then both the
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evening and the morning
in this example are called
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the first day. This then
is the same phrase used for
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each of the subsequent
five days and shows that
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there was a clearly
established cycle of days
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and nights, periods of
light and darkness which
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constitute a complete
day. So somebody says then,
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well, Pastor Byrd--'cause
you know we have eager
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beavers that write an
email and ask me all these
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questions--I gotcha.
I understand, Pastor,
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the meaning of a
complete day, twenty-four
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hour period. But
Pastor, how could there be a
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day and a night if the
sun weren't even in existence?
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How could there be light
but yet there was no sun.
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Because it is clear
from Genesis 1:14 that the
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sun was not created
until the fourth day.
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Genesis 1:3 says
that God created light on
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the first day. But
yet the sun didn't come
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until the fourth
day. The phrase "evening
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and morning" shows
there was already alternating
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periods of light
and darkness; therefore,
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light was in existence
being directed from one
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stationary source
upon a rotating earth,
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resulting in the
day and night cycle.
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But we are not told exactly
where this light came from.
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The word "light" in
Genesis 1:3 means then that
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the substance of
light was created.
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Then, in Genesis 1:14
through 19 we are told
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of the creation of
the fourth day, in which
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the sun was created
and to be the source of
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light from that
time forward. The sun was
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created to rule the
day that already existed.
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The day then stayed
the same. It merely had a
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new light source.
The first three days of
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creation before the
sun was created were the
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same type of days as the
remaining days in creation
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week with the sun. Why
did God do this? Why did
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God create light
before He created the sun?
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How did we have light
before we had the sun?
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Well, maybe God
deliberately left the creation
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of the sun until the
fourth day because He
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knew that down through
the ages cultures would
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try to worship the
sun as the source of life.
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And we know that the sun
is not the source of life,
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because God is the
source of life. Jesus,
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the Son of God, an
active agent in creation,
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said I am the way, I am
the truth, and I am the life.
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So then we can't worships
the sun, because the sun
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is not the source of
life. Only God the Father,
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God the Son, God the Holy
Spirit are the source of life.
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In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth,
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and the earth was without
form and void, darkness was
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upon the face of the
deep, and the Spirit of God
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moved upon the face
of the waters. Verse 26,
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"And God said, let us
make man." The text never
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said God said let Me
make man; pointing to the
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plurality of the
Godhead, the Father,
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Son and the Holy
Ghost. But not only that,
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maybe God did what
He did because God knew
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modern-day theories
would tell us that the sun
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came before the earth.
But we know that's not true,
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because the Word
says in the beginning God
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created the heavens
and the--what, everybody?
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Aud.:  Earth.   PB:  So
then before there was a sun,
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the Bible says there
was an earth, which means
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there was light from
God before God even created
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the sun. With the
sequence of when light was
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created by God on day
one, and the subsequent
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creation of the
sun by God on day four,
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God is saying to
us, God is showing us,
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that He made the earth
and light to start with,
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and that He can
sustain it with its day and
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night cycle, and
that the sun was created
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on the fourth day as
a tool of His to be the
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bearer of light
from that time onward.
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But let's go a little
deeper. Scientific research
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reveals that the sun is
actually a star. But I've
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come to tell you
that Jesus is also a star,
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for He testifies of Himself
in Revelation 22:16, saying,
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"I am the root and
the offspring of David.
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I am the bright and the
morning"--what, everybody?
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Star. So then the
sun--the s-u-n--is estimated to
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be some 90+ million
miles from the earth,
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but the Son--S-o-n--is
also far from those
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who pursue
wickedness and disobedience.
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But the
Son--S-o-n--is nearer than near
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for those who are
born again, because
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He says in Matthew
28:20, "Lo, I am with
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you always, even unto
the end of the world."
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The bright surface of
the sun, s-u-n, is called
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the photosphere. The
bright surface of the Son,
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S-o-n, is called
Shekinah glory. Acts tells us,
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as Saul made his
journey near Damascus that he
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was blinded by a light,
a light that was brighter
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than the natural sun,
s-u-n. Why? Because it was
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the glory of the
supernatural Son, S-o-n.
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Without the heat and
the light of the sun, s-u-n,
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life as we know it
could not exist on earth.
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Photosynthesis is an
active work of the sun,
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s-u-n, in sustaining
life and plants. Well,
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however, without the
Son, S-o-n, there would
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be no life at all. The
sun, s-u-n, dries up the rain,
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but the Son, S-o-n,
dries up the pain. The Son,
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S-o-n, gives life,
but the Son, S-o-n, is the
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light of the world.
There are many people who
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wear sunblock to
prevent them from burning,
00:21:31.05\00:21:33.89
but if you put on
your Sonblock, S-o-nblock,
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of unrepentance and
die without knowing Jesus,
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burn is just what you
will do. The sun, s-u-n,
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can be eclipsed, but
I'm so glad that there's
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no power on earth,
that there is no event in
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the universe that
can overpower or eclipse
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Jesus Christ, the
Son, S-o-n,. Don't equate
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the power of the
sun, s-u-n, with the power
00:22:09.39\00:22:12.73
of the Son, S-o-n,
because the sun, s-u-n,
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exists because
of the Son, S-o-n,.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction]  PB: 
God is an infinite being.
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God has infinite power.
God has infinite knowledge.
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God has infinite
wisdom. God is sovereign.
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God can do what He
wants, when He wants,
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where He wants, how He
wants. God is omnipotent,
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which means God is all
powerful. There if nothing
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God cannot do. God can
make anything He wanted
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in no time at all. God
could have created this whole
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universe, the entire
earth, and all it would take
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would be the blink of an
eye or the snap of a finger.
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So somebody's asking, well,
Pastor, if God could do that,
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why did God take as long
as six days anyway to create
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this earth? After all,
six days is a long time for an
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infinite sovereign, omnipotent
being to make anything.
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Well, the answer is found
in God's seal. God's Sabbath.
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Exodus 20, verse 11,
"For in six days the Lord made
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heaven and earth, the
sea and all that in them is,
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and rested the seventh
day: wherefore the LORD
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blessed the Sabbath
day, and hallowed it."
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Exodus 20 contains
the Ten Commandments,
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and don't you forget,
these commandments were
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written on stone with
the very finger of God,
00:23:34.74\00:23:37.11
according to Exodus 31.
Exodus chapter 20, verse 9,
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says "Six days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work."
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So then the
justification for verse 9 of
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Exodus chapter 20 is
given in verse 11 of chapter 20,
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"For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth,
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the sea and all that
in them is, and rested the
00:23:53.80\00:23:55.33
seventh day:
wherefore the Lord blessed the
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Sabbath day
and"--did what, everybody?
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Aud.:  Hallowed it. 
PB:  So this verse then is a
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direct reference to God's
created week in Genesis 1.
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So then to be consistent,
whatever is used as the
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meaning of the word
"day" in Genesis chapter 1 must
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also be used in Exodus
chapter 20. By accepting one
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day as a 24-hour period,
we understand that God is
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telling us that He
worked for six 24-hour days.
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But He rested on one
24-hour day to set a pattern
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for us: the pattern
of our seven-day week,
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which we still have
today. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Somebody's
still not getting this.
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In other words, in
Exodus 20 we learn the reason
00:24:42.84\00:24:46.58
why God took as long as
six days to make everything.
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He didn't have to take
six days, but he took six days
00:24:51.15\00:24:53.86
because He was setting a
pattern for us to follow;
00:24:53.89\00:24:57.53
a pattern we're following
right now, that we work
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six 24-hour periods or
days. But we rest on the
00:25:01.03\00:25:06.43
one 24-hour period,
the Sabbath. Remember the
00:25:06.47\00:25:10.24
Sabbath day to keep
it--what, everybody?
00:25:10.27\00:25:12.97
Aud.:  Holy.   PB:  But
Satan through his trickery,
00:25:13.01\00:25:18.71
Satan through his deception,
Satan through deceit is
00:25:18.75\00:25:26.89
trying to destroy the
sacredness of God's day.
00:25:26.92\00:25:30.49
He's trying to destroy the
sacredness of God's Sabbath.
00:25:30.53\00:25:34.23
As we move--listen to
me--closer to the end of time,
00:25:34.30\00:25:37.90
we're seeing the
desecration of God's Sabbath
00:25:37.93\00:25:40.74
in great proportion.
The Sabbath for many is
00:25:40.77\00:25:44.34
now just any ordinary
day. We do anything on
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the Sabbath. We go
anywhere on the Sabbath.
00:25:47.71\00:25:51.55
We don't go to God's
house on God's Sabbath.
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The Word clearly says
in Leviticus 23:3 that
00:25:54.75\00:25:58.49
the Sabbath is to
be a holy convocation.
00:25:58.52\00:26:01.02
The Word clearly says
in Luke 4:16 and 20 that
00:26:01.06\00:26:04.29
it was Jesus' custom to go
to church on God's Sabbath.
00:26:04.33\00:26:07.23
Hebrews 10:25 says "Let
us not forsake the assembling
00:26:07.23\00:26:10.77
of ourselves together
in God's house," but we
00:26:10.80\00:26:13.67
have made the
Sabbath an ordinary day.
00:26:13.70\00:26:15.70
We have justified our
treatment of the Sabbath
00:26:15.74\00:26:18.17
day and not going to
God's house with "I'm tired."
00:26:18.21\00:26:20.94
"I need a break."
"I'll watch on the Internet."
00:26:20.98\00:26:27.68
And then one Sabbath
missed becomes two Sabbaths.
00:26:27.72\00:26:32.39
Two Sabbaths becomes
three Sabbaths missed.
00:26:32.42\00:26:35.86
One month of Sabbaths
becomes six months of Sabbaths.
00:26:35.89\00:26:41.13
And then you wake up and
you realize you've become
00:26:41.16\00:26:43.00
a CME Christian. A CME
attendee. What is that?
00:26:43.03\00:26:50.64
Well, that's where
you attend on Christmas,
00:26:50.67\00:26:52.01
Mother's Day, and Easter.
00:26:52.04\00:26:57.15
Do I have a
witness in this place?
00:26:57.18\00:26:59.75
[Aud. reaction]   PB: 
And this is all a part-
00:26:59.78\00:27:01.42
-listen to me
good--of Satan's plan.
00:27:01.45\00:27:04.75
In the end, this is
what the great controversy
00:27:04.79\00:27:08.69
is all about. Who are
you going to give your
00:27:08.72\00:27:11.96
worship to? God or Satan.
That's why the three angels'
00:27:11.99\00:27:17.17
messages of
Revelation 14 are so important.
00:27:17.20\00:27:19.77
Revelation 14:6 and
7, the first message,
00:27:19.80\00:27:22.07
"And I saw another angel
fly in the midst of heaven,
00:27:22.10\00:27:25.37
having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto
00:27:25.41\00:27:27.34
them that dwell on the
earth, and to every nation,
00:27:27.38\00:27:29.01
and kindred, and
tongue, and people, saying
00:27:29.04\00:27:31.08
with a loud voice, Fear
God, and give glory to him;
00:27:31.11\00:27:34.38
for the hour of his
judgment is come: and worship
00:27:34.42\00:27:36.89
him that made heaven,
and earth, and the sea,
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.65
and the fountains of
waters." God defined a day
00:27:38.69\00:27:41.22
as the evening and the
morning. God, specifically,
00:27:41.26\00:27:45.43
systematically, methodically
set aside six 24-hour
00:27:45.46\00:27:50.80
periods of work so He
could set aside one 24-hour
00:27:50.83\00:27:56.20
day as an example to
us. He could have created
00:27:56.24\00:27:59.64
everything with
the snap of His finger,
00:27:59.67\00:28:01.71
but He did what He
did as an example to us.
00:28:01.74\00:28:04.71
God hasn't changed
the sequence of days.
00:28:04.75\00:28:09.05
God has not changed
this day. God has not
00:28:09.08\00:28:14.66
changed the
sacredness of this day.
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>:  Thank you for
joining us for another
00:28:15.66\00:28:17.66
exciting Breath of
Life television broadcast.
00:28:17.69\00:28:20.36
Tune in next
week at the same time,
00:28:20.40\00:28:22.63
as Dr. Byrd will
deliver another dynamic message
00:28:22.66\00:28:25.50
from the Lord, just
for you. Until next time,
00:28:25.53\00:28:28.70
may God bless you.
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