Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host,
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I want to thank
you for joining us.
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Today's message is
an important message.
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It is entitled "The Lord's Day."
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And it is lesson 19
out of 25 Bible studies
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that correspond
with this study guide
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that is entitled
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"Sharing God's
Love Makes You Happier,
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What the Bible Says."
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This study guide was
compiled by our dear friend,
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Brother Richard Bland of
United Prison Ministries.
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Our lesson today is important
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because we truly
need to understand
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what the Lord's
Day is all about,
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and when the
Lord's Day really is.
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Some feel that it is any day
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that we choose to hold
it sacred unto the Lord.
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But is that really
what the Bible teaches?
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Today, we have the privilege
to look into our Bibles
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to see which day God has chosen
and blessed for us to rest upon
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and just how we are to
observe that special day.
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We will examine scripture
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to view the example of
Jesus in keeping the Lord's Day
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for whom the Lord's Day was made
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and its purpose, and finally,
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how we are to express
our love for our Creator God
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on His blessed and
sanctified Lord's Day.
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I'm sure that you
will not want to miss
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any part of this message.
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But before we join
Pastor Kenny Shelton,
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let's visit 3ABN for a song
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that I believe will
truly bless your heart.
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It is entitled "You Raise Me Up"
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and it's sung by
Scott Michael Bennett.
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When I am down
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And, oh, my soul, so weary
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When troubles come
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And my heart burdened be
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Then, I am still
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And wait herein the silence
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Until you come
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And sit awhile with me
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You raise me up
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So I can stand on mountains
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You raise me up
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To walk on stormy seas
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Oh, I am strong
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When I am on your shoulders
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You raise me up
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To more than I can be
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There is no life
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No life without its hunger
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Each restless heart
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Beats so imperfectly
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But I look up
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And I am filled with wonder
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Sometimes, I think I think
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I glimpse eternity
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You raise me up
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So I can stand on mountains
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You raise me up
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To walk on stormy seas
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I am strong
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When I am on your shoulders
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You raise me up
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To more than I can be
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You raise me up
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So I can stand on mountains
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You raise me up
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To walk on stormy seas
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I am strong
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When I am on your shoulders
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You raise me up
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To more than I can be
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You raise me up
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To more than I can be
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Thank you for
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It's just a repeat.
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And so here we're
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We appreciate you
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Today we're gonna be looking
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at the subject that I
think is very, very...
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It's encouraging
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that we can
speak on this subject,
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talking about the Lord's Day.
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What about the Lord's Day?
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Heard an awful lot
of things about it.
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So we need to go from
the end of the Word of God,
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find out really
what the Bible has to say
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about the Lord's Day.
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First, let's pray
together, will you kneel with me
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as we pray where's possible?
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Merciful Father in
heaven, thank You for Your love.
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We now invite Thy Holy Spirit
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take possession of our
hearts, our minds, our souls.
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Lord, may we just
bask in Your righteousness,
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and Your holiness,
and in Your Spirit today,
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help our minds to be
what they need to be,
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help our ears to be and to hear
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what we need to hear.
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And may we be revived and ready
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for Your coming,
in Jesus' name, amen.
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We're thankful
you have your Bibles,
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I know you do in
pencil and paper,
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and jot down these passages
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because I know if we take time
to look every one of them up,
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it's gonna take so much time.
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But again, I want you to go back
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and I want you to, you
know, bask in every word
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because you're gonna
find out what truth is.
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I went to Wikipedia,
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I thought it
was very interesting
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to get some information
about the Lord's Day,
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think about this
with me, you know.
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And here's what one
the thing had to say here,
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it's kind of interesting to me.
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It says often,
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now notice this,
the first day worship
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Sunday morning or Saturday night
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was practiced
alongside the observance
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of the seventh day Sabbath rest.
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And was wide
spread in Christianity
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but notice what it said.
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It said, tradition
by the second century,
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overtime Sunday then
became known as the Lord's Day.
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So the question
simply was put in
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which day is the Lord's Day?
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I'd like to know too
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because I wanna
observe the right day,
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don't you?
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Surely we would want to,
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if not, somebody has
stolen the meaning of that word.
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That's what's involved here.
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So Wikipedia just said,
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you know, it
started out what is,
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you know, little worship here.
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And pretty soon before long,
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it was beside the
seventh day Sabbath
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it was close by.
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And then pretty
soon it took over
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and the seventh day
Sabbath went behind.
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Another point
here, this is called,
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some of you may
have looked it up
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there on Wikipedia,
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but it's called
the Blue Letter Bible.
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These are people put out
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what they call a lot
of truths in God's Word.
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But I want you to listen
to what they have to say here,
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it's interesting.
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It said, "The original Sabbath
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is based in the seven
days of old creation."
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All of a sudden, I
get little defensive,
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I'm trying my best
not to say anything
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about what I'm reading here
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so as we move forward,
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but it's based
on the old creation.
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God worked six days
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and then rested on the last day.
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So I insert the last
day is the seventh day
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if that's all right with you
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because that's what it is.
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"Whereas the Sabbath" notice
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"falling on the last
day, the seventh of the week,
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was indicative
of the old creation.
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The first day of the
week is God's new creation.
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He rose on the first day.
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So he began his Sabbath rest."
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How many of you like to begin
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your first work
day with the rest day?
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Did you get that?
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God worked six days, didn't He?
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And then He
rested on the Sabbath.
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Here, they said, the first day,
the Sabbath is the rest day.
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You start out resting.
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Usually, you need to
work first and then you rest,
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I think you get that.
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It goes on and says,
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"The notion that Sunday
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has taken the
place of the Sabbath
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is notably absent
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from early
Christian literature."
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When you really get down to it,
you can't really find anything
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that backs up
about the Lord's Day.
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And I want you to say quickly,
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right up front,
we're not gonna be on.
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In this study, it's not so much
about, you know, the Sabbath,
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when it was given,
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it's not gonna be really
about Christ and the Sabbath.
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It's not gonna be the
Sabbath in the New Testament,
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the Sabbath in
the Old Testament,
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it's not gonna be
about the seal of God
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or the mark of apostasy.
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It's not gonna be
about the Sabbath in history.
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And, you know, it's
gonna be about our subject
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is which day's the Lord Day?
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What about the Lord's Day.
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But certainly we'll touch
on every one of these subjects.
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But if we do, if we look at,
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it would take an
awful lot of time
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to go through each subject.
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We'll use some
passages and text,
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I'm sure from that.
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And Matthew 15:13
quickly as we look at this.
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I think this is a
good way to start.
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We may start
different than maybe we ever had
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because we're not doing what?
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The Sabbath thing as it
were, we're doing the Lord's Day
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because many
people misunderstand
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when they apply the Lord's
Day and what they mean by it.
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And when they say the Sabbath,
what do they mean by it?
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It may be different
than what you think.
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Matthew 15:13, the Bible says,
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Jesus talking, said,
"He answered and He said,
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every plant,
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which my heavenly
Father hath not planted,
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shall be," what?
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"Rooted up." Uprooted.
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Now notice, Jesus speaking here,
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every plant that my
Father hath not planted
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is gonna be rooted up.
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There's gonna come a
time, there's gonna, something,
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if it's false, it's
going to be exposed.
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And I see that in this
hour that we are living in.
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The hour that we're living in,
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there's a lot of
people that's getting what?
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They're getting exposed
for things that they've done
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that maybe years
ago, but all of a sudden,
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it's out there for
the public to view.
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Would it not be in this thing
called maybe the Lord's Day,
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that God's going to make
it very clear to the people?
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Now remember, the
scribes had done something,
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they came to Jesus
with the complaint.
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You remember
that in Matthew 15:2,
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we'll read a
couple of verses there.
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But notice what it says.
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It says, "Why do Thy disciples,"
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asking Jesus,
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"transgress the
traditions of the elders?"
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Did you get that?
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"Why did the
disciples transgress
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the traditions of the elder?"
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Not what the Word
of God says, but why?
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Jesus comes right back.
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And that's the way we
need to do as Christians,
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we need to be able to come
back with a thus saith, what?
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The Lord with an
answer from scripture,
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not I think, or
whoever it might be.
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You know, Jesus answered them.
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And in Matthew 15:3,
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Jesus answered that
question with another question.
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Sometimes they say,
you're not supposed to do that.
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But I think he was
right on when he did this.
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I've done it myself,
I don't know about you.
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But another question, he said,
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oh, really then,
"Why do you transgress
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the commandments of
God by your tradition?"
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They were saying, why do you...
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Tradition is above.
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God said, "Why
are you transgressing
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the commandments of
God by your tradition?"
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And then he goes on
in Matthew 15:9, He said,
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"In vain do they worship
me teaching for doctrines
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the commandments of men."
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Jesus laid it out plain.
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We know the Sabbath
or the fourth commandment
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is a test for this time.
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We know that.
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It's not your position,
it's not your education,
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it's not gonna be your money,
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it's not gonna be
the color of your skin.
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But perfect obedience to
all the commandments of God
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will open the gates
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of that new city and let you in,
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certainly by the
blood of Jesus Christ.
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So I think that
it's very, very important
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that we understand
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which day is
really the Lord's Day
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because the majority of
the world has got it wrong.
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Majority of the world of
approximately getting close
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to 7 billion
people on this earth,
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there's approximately only what?
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Twenty million or
so that's got it right.
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Are you still with me?
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That's 6 billion
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and somebody's
doing on a computer.
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Okay, lesson
number 19. Lesson 19.
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It's about the Lord's Day.
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What about the Lord's Day?
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Remember,
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the Sunday has been called
the Sabbath, Brother Mark.
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Sunday is called the
Sabbath by many people.
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Sunday is called the
Lord's Day by many people.
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Many people calls the
Sunday the rest day of the Lord.
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Many call it the
Christian Sabbath.
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So how can we apply the Sabbath,
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the Lord's Day, you know,
with this thing called Sunday?
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Can we really do
that from scripture
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or its man maybe
putting something in
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that should not be put in?
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There's a lot of confusion
in the religious world today,
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there's no doubt about it.
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When I asked the question,
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what day is
really the Lord's Day?
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Is it Saturday or is it
Sunday? It's interesting.
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It's almost always
boils down to these two days.
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Did you notice that?
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Not really some other day
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but is it really
Saturday or is it really Sunday?
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Which day is the Sabbath?
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Does the Old Testament
or does the New Testament
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establish Saturday or
Sunday as the Lord's Day?
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Which is it?
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Is the Sabbath still in effect?
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These are legitimate questions
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that we should be
asking ourselves and people do
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because they're
told that maybe it's not.
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We need to see
what the Word of God
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has to say about that.
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Does it make
really any difference?
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Does it make any difference
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what we really
believe about which day?
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I've told, I've been told
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that as long as
you just keep one,
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one in seven is fine.
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Is that really the
way the Bible reads?
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They say, it really
doesn't make any difference.
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Is that the kind
of God that we serve?
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We need to look
at realistically.
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You know, I'm
thinking this debate
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and I wanna call
it that, if you will.
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This debate over
Saturday, you know, or Sunday,
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which day is the Lord's Day
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is probably one of the
longest running debates
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in the history of the world.
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Are you still there?
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Because it can begin
to be debated as it were,
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in the very beginning,
the enemy certainly did that.
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It's interesting,
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if people go back
to the Book of Genesis,
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if you do that, you know,
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if a person goes
all the way back there
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in Genesis to me means what?
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It's merely the
beginnings, isn't it?
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After the creation of the world,
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after creation, the
next subject that's really,
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you know, that we
can get into is what?
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The Sabbath, or the
seventh day of the week,
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think about that.
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So it's put in, and importance
is put very much right up there
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with God created the world.
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And then there's something
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that at the end of
creation is a rest day,
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there's something
that God had intentions
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for us to have.
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Genesis Chapter 2,
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everybody we say has read this,
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but you realize,
millions in the world
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have never read
Genesis Chapter 2,
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the one that you have memorized,
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I'm sure and you say,
I know this very well.
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Genesis 2:1-3.
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Notice what the Bible says.
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Genesis Chapter what?
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Two, we're
gonna read verses 1-3,
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"Thus the heavens and
the earth were," what?
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"Finished," did you
get what we said while ago.
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The next subject tackle
after creation was what?
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God was giving us the
Sabbath issue to look at.
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And now noticed here,
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"Heaven and earth were
finished and the host of them."
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And notice what the
Bible says, and the Bible says,
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"On the," on
the, somebody help me.
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"On the seventh day
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God ended His
work which He had made,
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and He rested on the seventh day
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from all of His
work which He had made.
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And God blessed the
seventh day, sanctified it,
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because in it He
had rested," what?
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"From all of His
work which God created,"
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notice this, "and He made."
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Notice there in
those three verses,
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you have at least three
times God mentions the day what?
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The seventh day, there
must be something to it.
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How can we somehow
just overlook that?
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It seems to be so
simple, does it not?
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This passage is
clear as clear can be.
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Maybe it's too clear,
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to the point that our
minds just pass over and say
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it's got, there must
be something else to it
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because that is really clear.
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Does the Lord's Day matter?
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You better believe
the Lord's Day matters.
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But the subject we're looking at
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must be based on much more
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than I've looked at
and studied this week.
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But there's just a traditions
and the thoughts of men
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separated from the Word of God.
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We cannot live on those things
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and believe what truth
is and we can't find truth,
00:18:06.31\00:18:08.58
unless established
on the Word of God.
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Evidence, it has to be
based upon textual proof
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and it has to be
based on historical proof.
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Remember, the
phrase, the Lord's Day,
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which people have
made big issues over
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and we should in
a certain extent,
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but it's only used
one time in Scripture.
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If used one time,
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we have to look
at the Lord's Day.
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I've heard some people say
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and we'll hopefully
get chance to do that.
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They said in there
and this is an author
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of several books
of other denomination.
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He said, "There's
nothing in the Bible
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Old or New Testament at all,
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that ever says which
day is the Lord's Day."
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Now there's
something that's right.
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Something you have to
squeal a little bit about
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because I know better
based on the Word of God,
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but he was trying to
get around it, you see,
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and using other things.
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We're not going to do that.
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We're going to hit it head on
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because that's
how God would have us
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to do it here in these days,
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which is the test of this day
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that we are
living in as a Sabbath,
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for sure the Lord's Day.
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And that was found in
Revelation 1:10, isn't it?
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John said, "I was in the," what?
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"I was in the Spirit,"
having a vision on what?
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The Sabbath day
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and they used that
passage and put it in concrete
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and they say,
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see that Sabbath
day, that's Sunday.
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It doesn't say Sabbath
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and it doesn't say Sunday,
Saturday or Sunday, does it?
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It doesn't say
which day is which
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at that point in time.
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But yet people take
like they do scripture
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and they put it out of context.
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You know, in itself,
00:19:37.67\00:19:39.01
it doesn't tell us
which day's the Lord Day
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so we're going to have to search
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for more weight of
evidence to prove it.
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It's never, never,
never I think that it is,
00:19:45.38\00:19:49.68
it seems like it
is, they say that it is.
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Have you been around people
where they say, pastor told me,
00:19:54.32\00:19:58.26
the evangelist said,
00:19:58.29\00:20:00.43
well, we thought and
you'll bless your hearts,
00:20:00.46\00:20:03.70
I'm not getting on to that.
00:20:03.73\00:20:05.07
I'm just simply saying
00:20:05.10\00:20:06.43
is that what we're
going to base our beliefs on
00:20:06.47\00:20:08.10
in the Word of God
is I think he said,
00:20:08.14\00:20:10.41
I wanna based on a
thus saith the Lord.
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Let's establish,
shall we, quickly as we can
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which day heaven
recognizes as the Lord's Day?
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It's really not say,
00:20:19.95\00:20:21.28
well, this denomination
says this is the Lord Day.
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This group says
this is the Lord Day.
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We're going to look at it what?
00:20:25.65\00:20:27.02
Which day does heaven
recognize as the Lord's Day?
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I think that's the way
we should do it, don't you?
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At least that's where
I'm at in my thinking?
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Let's do it maybe
a little different,
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maybe then, maybe you had before
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and maybe, maybe not.
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Let's go as, to New
Testament to the Book of John.
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John Chapter 1. John Chapter 1.
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And we're going to
read several verses there.
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John 1:1.
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Are we there? Are you there?
00:20:52.25\00:20:53.58
John 1:1, the Bible says,
00:20:53.62\00:20:55.95
I love it when I
can say, the Bible says,
00:20:55.98\00:20:58.19
it never gets old to me.
00:20:58.22\00:21:00.46
That kind of gives me a chill
00:21:00.49\00:21:01.82
just a little bit
when I can say, am I right?
00:21:01.86\00:21:04.06
The Word of God
says, the Bible says.
00:21:04.09\00:21:07.86
Bible says in John 1:1, it says,
00:21:07.90\00:21:10.30
"In the beginning was the," who?
00:21:10.33\00:21:12.77
Come on, "In the
beginning was the Word,
00:21:12.80\00:21:14.80
and the Word was with
God, and the Word," what?
00:21:14.84\00:21:17.97
Was God."
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Verse 2,
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"The same was in
the beginning with God."
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If we would read it
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and just believe it,
the way that it's written,
00:21:24.45\00:21:25.81
we wouldn't have
all these controversies
00:21:25.85\00:21:27.65
that's going on,
00:21:27.68\00:21:29.02
even among our own people today.
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Well, there was a time and
place He came into being...
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In the beginning,
He says right here,
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in the beginning as same
was in the beginning with God.
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That kind of
established or something,
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pretty heavy duty, don't we?
00:21:39.73\00:21:41.06
Verse 14, turnover page,
00:21:41.10\00:21:42.43
or at least I will, in my Bible,
00:21:42.46\00:21:44.03
to verse 14.
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Now notice about the word
00:21:45.43\00:21:46.77
some people believe
it, believe it or not
00:21:46.80\00:21:48.27
because they haven't studied,
00:21:48.30\00:21:49.64
they don't know who the Word is.
00:21:49.67\00:21:51.91
Here the Bible establishes
does it not, the Word.
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John 1:14, "And
the Word was made..."
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Flesh.
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Good, "the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us,
00:21:59.48\00:22:01.98
we beheld His glory," right?
00:22:02.02\00:22:03.42
"As of the only
begotten of the Father,
00:22:03.45\00:22:05.82
full of grace and truth."
00:22:05.85\00:22:07.19
The Word was made what?
00:22:07.22\00:22:09.49
The Word was made
flesh and dwelt among us.
00:22:09.52\00:22:11.89
It had to be who?
00:22:11.93\00:22:13.50
It had to be Jesus.
Praise God for that.
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I mean, think about this.
00:22:17.07\00:22:18.60
What does this mean?
00:22:18.63\00:22:19.97
What do these
verses say to us quickly?
00:22:20.00\00:22:21.40
We're trying to
establish something here,
00:22:21.44\00:22:23.20
stay with us.
00:22:23.24\00:22:24.67
What does this text teach
us, these verses we just read?
00:22:24.71\00:22:28.71
Let's condense it down.
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Number one, that Jesus was what?
00:22:30.11\00:22:32.78
He was with God
from eternity past.
00:22:32.81\00:22:36.08
Are we still there?
00:22:36.12\00:22:37.45
He was always with God.
00:22:37.49\00:22:38.82
Jesus was always with God.
00:22:38.85\00:22:40.76
Two, now we think about it.
00:22:40.79\00:22:42.62
And when you think
about eternity past,
00:22:42.66\00:22:44.66
I have to think about it.
00:22:44.69\00:22:46.03
When you look at it,
it's talking continuously.
00:22:46.06\00:22:48.43
That's what the word means.
00:22:48.46\00:22:49.80
He was continuously with God.
00:22:49.83\00:22:51.97
That means it was timeless,
something we're talking about,
00:22:52.00\00:22:54.87
you can't go back
and count the years.
00:22:54.90\00:22:56.74
You can't comprehend it.
00:22:56.77\00:22:58.11
It's unlimited space of
time, it's the existence.
00:22:58.14\00:23:02.44
It's way beyond
our heart, our mind,
00:23:02.48\00:23:03.95
but we read it and
we believe it by faith
00:23:03.98\00:23:05.95
and say thank you, Lord.
00:23:05.98\00:23:08.58
Think about that,
00:23:08.62\00:23:09.95
prior to the
coming of this world,
00:23:09.98\00:23:11.65
God and Christ
were always together.
00:23:11.69\00:23:14.49
Now, here's our point,
who created all things?
00:23:14.52\00:23:17.06
Now this is important
00:23:17.09\00:23:18.43
because we want to
worship our Creator,
00:23:18.46\00:23:19.79
don't we?
00:23:19.83\00:23:21.16
It's important if God,
the Creator creates something.
00:23:21.20\00:23:23.93
And so the Bible
starts out with Ephesians 3:9,
00:23:23.97\00:23:27.90
who created all things?
00:23:27.94\00:23:30.31
What does the Bible say?
00:23:30.34\00:23:31.74
"Which from the
beginning of the world
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hath been hid in God,"
00:23:33.34\00:23:35.08
here's the key,
"who created," what?
00:23:35.11\00:23:37.71
"All things by Jesus Christ."
00:23:37.75\00:23:40.52
Ephesians 3:9.
00:23:40.55\00:23:42.05
So now I ask you
a question quickly,
00:23:42.08\00:23:43.55
who created what?
00:23:43.59\00:23:44.92
All things? Jesus...
00:23:44.95\00:23:46.65
Now, what does the Bible say?
00:23:46.69\00:23:48.32
Jesus Christ created all things.
00:23:48.36\00:23:50.99
Now, we're gonna go
over this several passage.
00:23:51.03\00:23:52.59
So we know...
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We won't have it confused.
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We're gonna have a
square right on top,
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we're gonna have
it the right way.
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Now notice, does
all, it says all things,
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now does all things
include heaven, and earth,
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and other worlds.
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It must, doesn't it,
because you know why?
00:24:08.08\00:24:10.25
Because the Bible says so,
00:24:10.28\00:24:12.18
I wouldn't have known that,
I couldn't come up with that.
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I just say, boy, He says
He created this and that.
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Bible said, Hebrews 1:1-2,
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Hebrews 1:1-2, the Bible said
00:24:21.19\00:24:25.19
here and I'm
gonna condense it down,
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simply start out and say God.
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Hebrews 1:1-2,
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"God hath in these last
days spoken unto us by," who?
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"By His son,
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by whom also He
made the worlds."
00:24:36.14\00:24:40.94
Can we know He made the what?
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He made the worlds,
00:24:42.68\00:24:44.01
other worlds
that are in existence,
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praise God.
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Quickly, what three
things then have we learned
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from the passage we just read.
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God and Christ have
always been together
00:24:51.55\00:24:53.82
from eternity past,
00:24:53.86\00:24:55.19
you know, so okay,
we got that together.
00:24:55.22\00:24:57.23
We got it now that
Christ created what?
00:24:57.26\00:25:00.90
All things, three talk
about, He created other worlds,
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or He created the
things in the heavens
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and in the earth.
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So we get that He created.
00:25:09.27\00:25:11.07
So there's something
about this word created.
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So he said,
well, I don't have it
00:25:13.91\00:25:15.24
quite squared away yet.
00:25:15.28\00:25:16.61
Well, Paul makes it
00:25:16.64\00:25:17.98
a little bit clear for us maybe.
00:25:18.01\00:25:19.88
So we don't miss this point.
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Please don't miss it.
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Colossians
Chapter 1. Colossians...
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We're doing an old
fashioned Bible study
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but rather quickly,
00:25:26.35\00:25:27.69
we wanna study
the Word, don't we?
00:25:27.72\00:25:29.16
We wanna open these pages,
we wanna wrestle these pages.
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This is where truth is found.
00:25:31.99\00:25:33.33
Notice, Colossians 1:16-17.
00:25:33.36\00:25:36.40
Very familiar.
00:25:36.43\00:25:37.77
It says, "For by Him
were all things," what?
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"All things
were created by Him,"
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notice this,
"that are in heaven,
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and that are in the earth."
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Notice this, it
says, "visible and," what?
00:25:46.84\00:25:49.18
"Invisible things," I
will go on and skip on,
00:25:49.21\00:25:51.78
"all things were
created by Him and for Him.
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And He is before all things,
and by Him all things," what?
00:25:55.08\00:25:59.22
"Consist."
00:25:59.25\00:26:00.59
I'm a little bit
excited about this.
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I don't know if
you're excited or not,
00:26:02.39\00:26:03.73
but I'm gonna be excited.
00:26:03.76\00:26:05.09
If I'm the only one
that's excited, it's okay to me
00:26:05.13\00:26:06.80
because I love
what it says here.
00:26:06.83\00:26:08.40
It makes us so clear
00:26:08.43\00:26:10.07
things visible
and things invisible,
00:26:10.10\00:26:12.63
He created these things.
00:26:12.67\00:26:14.64
They were created
by Him and for Him.
00:26:14.67\00:26:17.37
Did you get it?
00:26:17.41\00:26:19.17
And He's before all things.
00:26:19.21\00:26:22.44
And by Him all things consist.
00:26:22.48\00:26:24.85
That's a powerful word consist.
00:26:24.88\00:26:27.98
I mean, you talk
about powerful here,
00:26:28.02\00:26:30.12
it means it consists, oh!
00:26:30.15\00:26:31.99
All things were
put together by Him.
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That's what the
word means in the Greek,
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all things were
put together who?
00:26:36.36\00:26:38.33
By Him, I like that.
00:26:38.36\00:26:40.13
All things, in other word,
00:26:40.16\00:26:41.50
it's all things
stand because of Him.
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In other words,
He puts them in place
00:26:44.43\00:26:45.77
and He tells them to stay there.
00:26:45.80\00:26:47.14
They stand there
00:26:47.17\00:26:48.60
because He's the
Creator and He put them there.
00:26:48.64\00:26:51.41
And another I really
liked this in the Hebrew,
00:26:51.44\00:26:53.54
it talks about when
they consist, it says,
00:26:53.58\00:26:55.51
all things were introduced
by Him, isn't that good?
00:26:55.54\00:26:59.45
That just gives you
chill bumps to think about it.
00:26:59.48\00:27:01.42
How to establish this
scripture is wonderful.
00:27:01.45\00:27:04.15
Now, some people say,
well, it's still kind of messy.
00:27:04.19\00:27:06.86
Let's tidy it
up a bit, shall we?
00:27:06.89\00:27:08.92
Uh-huh. Come on.
00:27:08.96\00:27:10.29
It may not be
messy to some of you
00:27:10.33\00:27:11.66
but there'll be other
people say, oh, it's too much.
00:27:11.69\00:27:14.13
And so we're trying to do it
00:27:14.16\00:27:15.50
for the one who says, you know,
00:27:15.53\00:27:16.87
I need to tidy it
up just a little bit.
00:27:16.90\00:27:18.93
So we could tidy
it up in John 1:3.
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John 1:3.
00:27:22.80\00:27:24.84
Notice this, bottom
line, I love bottom lines
00:27:24.87\00:27:27.71
and I wanna get
to the bottom of it.
00:27:27.74\00:27:29.08
Notice this, it says,
00:27:29.11\00:27:30.45
"All things were made by," what?
00:27:30.48\00:27:32.61
"All things were
made by Him," notice now,
00:27:32.65\00:27:34.78
"without Him was
not anything made
00:27:34.82\00:27:38.69
that was made."
00:27:38.72\00:27:40.19
Now, we can have
any question, can we?
00:27:40.22\00:27:43.89
Yeah, praise God.
00:27:43.93\00:27:45.26
Somebody is getting,
00:27:45.29\00:27:46.63
catching the
vision on right here.
00:27:46.66\00:27:48.00
There's not anything made
that was made without Him.
00:27:48.03\00:27:50.63
So let's ask the question,
00:27:50.67\00:27:52.00
notice this, then
who made the Sabbath,
00:27:52.03\00:27:57.67
if He's the
Creator of all things?
00:27:57.71\00:28:00.64
We've got to get to the point
then, how about the Sabbath,
00:28:00.68\00:28:03.21
was the Sabbath made?
00:28:03.24\00:28:05.11
You say, well, okay,
it wasn't really made.
00:28:05.15\00:28:06.72
What does Mark 2:27 tell you?
00:28:06.75\00:28:09.98
"And the Sabbath
was made for man,
00:28:10.02\00:28:14.92
and not man for the Sabbath."
00:28:14.96\00:28:16.36
Notice that, "The
Sabbath then was made."
00:28:16.39\00:28:20.23
Signifying He's still what?
00:28:20.26\00:28:21.60
The Creator.
00:28:21.63\00:28:23.10
He's created all
things, including the Sabbath.
00:28:23.13\00:28:26.40
So we have to
recognize that point
00:28:26.43\00:28:28.24
and grasp that point.
00:28:28.27\00:28:29.80
Thank God for that point.
00:28:29.84\00:28:31.67
Now, are you wanna look at that,
00:28:31.71\00:28:33.21
you'll say it was made by Him?
00:28:33.24\00:28:34.84
And He said, then the
Sabbath was made for man.
00:28:34.88\00:28:37.28
I looked at that
word I said, made for man.
00:28:37.31\00:28:39.28
What could that possibly mean
00:28:39.31\00:28:40.65
to help us to
understand it better?
00:28:40.68\00:28:42.35
And again, you look it up
00:28:42.38\00:28:43.72
in the original
language, it said,
00:28:43.75\00:28:45.09
notice this, the
Sabbath, notice this, made,
00:28:45.12\00:28:48.16
he said made for man,
the Sabbath came into being.
00:28:48.19\00:28:52.16
Did you get it? Made
means came into being.
00:28:52.19\00:28:55.53
The Sabbath came
into being because of Him.
00:28:55.56\00:28:58.13
And it says what?
00:28:58.17\00:28:59.50
Oh, this is, to me
it's really exciting.
00:28:59.53\00:29:02.04
The Sabbath then made
means the Sabbath continues
00:29:02.07\00:29:05.57
because of Him.
00:29:05.61\00:29:07.78
Not an end put to it,
the Sabbath does what?
00:29:07.81\00:29:09.98
It continues
because of Jesus Christ.
00:29:10.01\00:29:13.15
It should be that
way, shouldn't it?
00:29:13.18\00:29:14.82
Praise God for
that as we look at it.
00:29:14.85\00:29:17.42
And then you
look at another word
00:29:17.45\00:29:18.79
I thought was so interesting.
00:29:18.82\00:29:20.16
The Sabbath was ordained by God.
00:29:20.19\00:29:22.89
Man, that's beautiful.
00:29:22.92\00:29:24.49
See, that's given us
some concrete to walk on.
00:29:24.53\00:29:27.30
That's given us something
to reach out and grab a hold.
00:29:27.33\00:29:29.96
That's something we
could present to the world
00:29:30.00\00:29:31.83
because they're presenting who?
00:29:31.87\00:29:34.24
Be careful, they're
presenting fake news.
00:29:34.27\00:29:36.64
Somebody's not with me.
00:29:36.67\00:29:38.71
They're robbing and stealing.
00:29:38.74\00:29:40.64
When it talks about this,
00:29:40.68\00:29:42.08
you know, Sunday
being the Sabbath,
00:29:42.11\00:29:43.98
no such thing.
00:29:44.01\00:29:45.35
Sunday is not a rest day.
00:29:45.38\00:29:46.92
It's the first
day. It's a work day.
00:29:46.95\00:29:48.82
So we need to get
back to the reality
00:29:48.85\00:29:50.95
because people
are, why do we say this?
00:29:50.99\00:29:52.99
Because people are confused.
00:29:53.02\00:29:55.42
When you say, I go
to church on Sabbath,
00:29:55.46\00:29:56.83
they raise their
hands, oh, I do too.
00:29:56.86\00:29:58.26
But they're going every
Sunday, something's not right.
00:29:58.29\00:30:01.16
It needs to be brought home.
00:30:01.20\00:30:03.06
Sabbath made for man,
that's what the Bible said.
00:30:03.10\00:30:07.87
So once again, who
created the Sabbath?
00:30:07.90\00:30:10.71
Jesus created the Sabbath.
00:30:10.74\00:30:13.31
This means that God and Jesus
00:30:13.34\00:30:15.74
rested on the very first Sabbath
00:30:15.78\00:30:18.21
after They created this
world together, They rested.
00:30:18.25\00:30:21.38
That's beautiful.
00:30:21.42\00:30:22.82
And what's the proof? Oh!
00:30:22.85\00:30:24.39
You say, well, proof it,
00:30:24.42\00:30:25.75
back to Genesis 2:2
is the proof, is it not?
00:30:25.79\00:30:29.22
And it says what?
00:30:29.26\00:30:30.59
"And on the seventh
day He ended His work"
00:30:30.63\00:30:33.09
and what did He do?
00:30:33.13\00:30:34.46
"which He had
made" and what did He do?
00:30:34.50\00:30:36.63
"And He rested on the" come on
00:30:36.67\00:30:39.33
"the seventh day of
the week He rested."
00:30:39.37\00:30:42.60
How is it that we
can become confused
00:30:42.64\00:30:44.97
between the seventh
day and the first day.
00:30:45.01\00:30:47.31
No other confusion,
00:30:47.34\00:30:48.88
we can't even figure
out, lot of people say,
00:30:48.91\00:30:50.81
we can't even figure out
which day is the seventh day.
00:30:50.85\00:30:53.58
They can always
figure out Sunday,
00:30:53.62\00:30:55.18
and Monday, and
Tuesday, and Wednesday,
00:30:55.22\00:30:56.55
and Thursday, and
Friday, every day,
00:30:56.58\00:30:58.02
but they can't
figure out the Sabbath
00:30:58.05\00:31:00.12
and it's so simple, right?
00:31:00.16\00:31:01.49
It falls in
between the Friday, right?
00:31:01.52\00:31:03.63
They call Good Friday,
everybody knows when that is.
00:31:03.66\00:31:05.39
And the first day of
the week is resurrection,
00:31:05.43\00:31:08.60
Sabbath's right at there.
00:31:08.63\00:31:10.97
Very simple, if we
were looking for truth.
00:31:11.00\00:31:14.54
In Genesis 2:3 not
gonna go into all of it,
00:31:14.57\00:31:16.94
but I just want
you to think with me,
00:31:16.97\00:31:18.34
in Genesis 2:3
it just simply say,
00:31:18.37\00:31:21.31
when we go over many times
00:31:21.34\00:31:22.68
when you're studying
about the Sabbath, it said,
00:31:22.71\00:31:24.45
"And God bless the" what?
00:31:24.48\00:31:26.08
"The Sabbath and
He sanctified it."
00:31:26.11\00:31:27.98
Think about it.
00:31:28.02\00:31:29.55
Point I want you to
keep in mind is that
00:31:29.58\00:31:31.29
when you says that God
blessed the seventh day.
00:31:31.32\00:31:34.42
What does the Bible say about
when God blesses something?
00:31:34.46\00:31:37.99
You remember that
in 1 Chronicles 17:27,
00:31:38.03\00:31:42.93
it says, "If God
blesses anything,
00:31:42.96\00:31:45.27
it shall be blessed forever."
00:31:45.30\00:31:47.60
Did you get it?
00:31:47.64\00:31:48.97
If God blesses
something, it shall be what?
00:31:49.00\00:31:51.74
It's gonna be blessed forever.
00:31:51.77\00:31:53.11
You see how important that is.
00:31:53.14\00:31:54.84
It's not, it was
temporary blessing,
00:31:54.88\00:31:56.64
it was done away
with after He died.
00:31:56.68\00:31:58.18
You know...
00:31:58.21\00:31:59.55
It didn't say, it's said
when God blesses something
00:31:59.58\00:32:01.42
like He did the Sabbath
day, it's blessed forever.
00:32:01.45\00:32:04.52
I have to believe that,
00:32:04.55\00:32:06.55
I have to follow
what Scripture says,
00:32:06.59\00:32:07.96
how about you?
00:32:07.99\00:32:09.32
The seventh day then
is meant to be a, what?
00:32:09.36\00:32:11.73
A blessing.
00:32:11.76\00:32:13.60
It's to rest on, it's to
enjoy, it's to worship on.
00:32:13.63\00:32:19.43
Man, go to church
on if I might say that
00:32:19.47\00:32:22.20
but notice it, in that day
is the day of sanctification.
00:32:22.24\00:32:26.51
There's something about,
00:32:26.54\00:32:27.88
He said, "Well,
keep the Sabbath holy."
00:32:27.91\00:32:29.24
You know, only holy
people can keep a day holy.
00:32:29.28\00:32:32.28
We've got to have
a right relationship,
00:32:32.31\00:32:34.25
you see, in
order to keep it holy,
00:32:34.28\00:32:35.75
but it talks
about sanctified here.
00:32:35.78\00:32:38.02
I think it's
very, very interesting.
00:32:38.05\00:32:39.89
So sanctification
must be part of the process
00:32:39.92\00:32:43.26
of making that day
because God wants to do, what?
00:32:43.29\00:32:47.03
Sanctify us.
00:32:47.06\00:32:49.00
Make us holy, set us
apart, ready for heaven.
00:32:49.03\00:32:51.67
Isn't that beautiful
when you think about it?
00:32:51.70\00:32:53.60
This is what the
Sabbath is all about.
00:32:53.64\00:32:55.27
That's why the
devil has attacked it,
00:32:55.30\00:32:57.24
tooth and nail.
00:32:57.27\00:32:58.91
And practically the whole world
00:32:58.94\00:33:00.64
wonders after the
enemy in this teaching.
00:33:00.68\00:33:03.41
Let's be honest about it.
00:33:03.45\00:33:04.91
Somebody gets little upset,
00:33:04.95\00:33:06.28
bless you,
still love you anyway.
00:33:06.31\00:33:07.65
But you know what?
00:33:07.68\00:33:09.02
You need to get
back into Word of God
00:33:09.05\00:33:10.39
instead of throwing all
these farfetched things out
00:33:10.42\00:33:12.35
with no scriptural background.
00:33:12.39\00:33:13.89
And the ones they give
00:33:13.92\00:33:15.26
almost every time,
every passage they give,
00:33:15.29\00:33:17.09
I'm just gonna
challenge you with it.
00:33:17.13\00:33:19.93
Every passage they give
00:33:19.96\00:33:21.36
has no bearing on
the subject matter.
00:33:21.40\00:33:24.47
Are you with me?
00:33:24.50\00:33:25.83
Just as we gave you
Revelation 1:10 while ago,
00:33:25.87\00:33:28.60
I was in the spirit.
00:33:28.64\00:33:29.97
And I keep Sunday
because of the resurrection.
00:33:30.01\00:33:32.21
There's not a lick
of truth into that.
00:33:32.24\00:33:35.38
Fake news again.
00:33:35.41\00:33:38.35
Romans tells you exactly
00:33:38.38\00:33:39.71
what it's all about, doesn't it?
00:33:39.75\00:33:41.42
In commemoration
00:33:41.45\00:33:42.98
of the seventh day
Sabbath is baptism,
00:33:43.02\00:33:45.75
not a change of
the worship or a day,
00:33:45.79\00:33:47.56
we need to study.
00:33:47.59\00:33:48.92
God, help us, I'm not trying
to make little or light of it.
00:33:48.96\00:33:51.53
But man, I want you to think.
00:33:51.56\00:33:53.26
I just think we
just haven't done...
00:33:53.29\00:33:54.96
I don't think
I've done my job right.
00:33:55.00\00:33:57.07
You know, there's much more
that should be done right now,
00:33:57.10\00:34:00.07
because of the closeness
of the coming of Jesus.
00:34:00.10\00:34:03.77
That we need to
make these points
00:34:03.81\00:34:05.41
because this is the
point most controverted,
00:34:05.44\00:34:08.08
we know in the world is
on the fourth commandment,
00:34:08.11\00:34:10.75
not about to say nine of them,
it's just about this one...
00:34:10.78\00:34:14.32
Remember, that recognizes what?
00:34:14.35\00:34:16.55
Him as our
Creator, our Redeemer,
00:34:16.58\00:34:19.12
and we just said that
00:34:19.15\00:34:20.49
Jesus created the
seventh day Sabbath,
00:34:20.52\00:34:23.02
so he's attacking.
00:34:23.06\00:34:26.63
Oh, man, Jesus kept the Sabbath.
00:34:26.66\00:34:30.03
Jesus kept the
Lord's Day, now His day.
00:34:30.07\00:34:32.83
Absolutely.
00:34:32.87\00:34:34.20
We know, Luke
4:16, "As His custom was,
00:34:34.24\00:34:36.77
He went into
synagogue on the Sabbath day,
00:34:36.81\00:34:38.61
and He stood up for to read."
00:34:38.64\00:34:39.97
Did He not?
00:34:40.01\00:34:41.98
And somebody will say to me,
00:34:42.01\00:34:43.35
and there's no
use of saying to me,
00:34:43.38\00:34:44.71
because I'll come back on you.
00:34:44.75\00:34:46.08
You know, well, He was
a Jew. That's why He did.
00:34:46.11\00:34:47.78
Let me tell you, my friends.
00:34:47.82\00:34:49.15
He was more than a
Jew. Yes, He was a Jew.
00:34:49.18\00:34:51.62
I say, well, He was
born in the lineage,
00:34:51.65\00:34:53.36
but He was more,
He's the King of kings
00:34:53.39\00:34:55.76
and He's the Lord of lords.
00:34:55.79\00:34:57.19
We know that, He's
King of the universe,
00:34:57.23\00:34:59.69
the Bible tells it.
00:34:59.73\00:35:01.06
We know that for sure,
00:35:01.10\00:35:02.43
He's my Savior,
and He's my Redeemer,
00:35:02.46\00:35:04.10
He's my friend.
00:35:04.13\00:35:06.23
You see, to me, this is
what it's all about here
00:35:06.27\00:35:09.04
is who is it we
pledge our allegiance to?
00:35:09.07\00:35:12.07
Is it to man and
traditions or to the God
00:35:12.11\00:35:14.28
the Lord God, Jesus,
who created the Sabbath?
00:35:14.31\00:35:17.91
Who is it we're worshiping here?
00:35:17.95\00:35:19.28
What are we doing here?
00:35:19.31\00:35:20.88
Jesus proclaimed
Himself in John 15:10, He said,
00:35:20.92\00:35:24.59
"I have kept my
Father's commandments."
00:35:24.62\00:35:27.59
Notice this.
00:35:27.62\00:35:30.43
Somebody asked a quick question,
00:35:30.46\00:35:31.79
I'll say, yeah,
but you know, Christ,
00:35:31.83\00:35:33.29
does Christ's
followers keep the Sabbath,
00:35:33.33\00:35:35.60
you know, after His death?
00:35:35.63\00:35:37.80
Bible is very clear, right?
00:35:37.83\00:35:39.37
Luke Chapter 23,
moving on quickly, 56.
00:35:39.40\00:35:42.50
Notice it says,
after His death, it says,
00:35:42.54\00:35:44.44
"They went and they returned
and prepared spices and," what?
00:35:44.47\00:35:47.84
"And ointments, and
they rested the Sabbath,
00:35:47.88\00:35:50.15
according to the commandment."
00:35:50.18\00:35:51.65
They didn't
know about any change
00:35:51.68\00:35:53.01
the day after
death of Jesus Christ.
00:35:53.05\00:35:54.68
See, that's a
subject within itself
00:35:54.72\00:35:56.12
and a lot more
could be given on.
00:35:56.15\00:35:57.69
Let me just ask
another question.
00:35:57.72\00:35:59.45
Did His followers,
00:35:59.49\00:36:00.82
Jesus' followers
observe the seventh day Sabbath
00:36:00.86\00:36:03.79
after the resurrection?
00:36:03.83\00:36:05.79
No, Acts 17:2,
absolutely, talking about Paul.
00:36:05.83\00:36:09.46
Acts Chapter, what?
00:36:09.50\00:36:10.83
Acts 17:2 just to
give you a couple here,
00:36:10.87\00:36:13.54
notice, it says,
00:36:13.57\00:36:14.90
"And Paul as his
custom or as his manner
00:36:14.94\00:36:18.41
was, he went into
them, three Sabbath days
00:36:18.44\00:36:21.28
reasoned with him
out of scripture."
00:36:21.31\00:36:24.68
And I love to
agitate people sometime
00:36:24.71\00:36:27.15
in a nice way to say,
00:36:27.18\00:36:28.52
Paul was a
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:36:28.55\00:36:30.95
because he believed in
the second coming of Jesus,
00:36:30.99\00:36:33.36
that's what Adventist mean.
00:36:33.39\00:36:35.76
Every Christian
should believe in the Advent,
00:36:35.79\00:36:38.03
the coming of Jesus Christ,
00:36:38.06\00:36:39.39
the imminent
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:36:39.43\00:36:41.76
And Paul was a Sabbath keeper.
00:36:41.80\00:36:44.97
What's wrong with that?
00:36:45.00\00:36:46.60
If I felt like some people do,
00:36:46.63\00:36:47.97
I just throw all
the Paul's writings out,
00:36:48.00\00:36:49.70
if you do, you pull almost
all the New Testament out,
00:36:49.74\00:36:53.88
but yet you pick and choose,
00:36:53.91\00:36:55.24
well, I believe
Paul said, that's good.
00:36:55.28\00:36:58.78
But shouldn't we say,
Paul, also this is what he did.
00:36:58.81\00:37:02.25
He either a man of God
or he wasn't a man of God.
00:37:02.28\00:37:05.62
Look a little bit
farther into that.
00:37:05.65\00:37:07.16
I mean, the scriptures, I
wish we could read them all,
00:37:07.19\00:37:10.13
just jot down Acts
Chapter 13, if you will,
00:37:10.16\00:37:14.13
verses 14, 42 and 44.
00:37:14.16\00:37:17.20
Jot those down,
because it just simply says,
00:37:17.23\00:37:19.73
you know, "They went
to church on the Sabbath,"
00:37:19.77\00:37:21.77
you notice that,
00:37:21.80\00:37:24.11
and that was Jew
and Gentile alike.
00:37:24.14\00:37:26.78
They were going
together on that.
00:37:26.81\00:37:28.71
Acts 16:13,
00:37:28.74\00:37:31.18
"On the Sabbath, they
had service by the river."
00:37:31.21\00:37:33.18
You remember,
00:37:33.21\00:37:34.55
it was on the
seventh day Sabbath.
00:37:34.58\00:37:35.92
I wish we could
talk more about that.
00:37:35.95\00:37:37.32
In fact, in the
Acts 13:44, it said, ooh,
00:37:37.35\00:37:41.56
"Almost the whole city
came out the next Sabbath,
00:37:41.59\00:37:44.23
you intend Paul alike.
00:37:44.26\00:37:45.99
Would that'd be wonderful
to have meetings like that,
00:37:46.03\00:37:48.30
when everybody came out.
00:37:48.33\00:37:51.40
That's the way
that is supposed to be,
00:37:51.43\00:37:52.93
what's wrong with us.
00:37:52.97\00:37:55.30
God, help us.
00:37:55.34\00:37:56.67
That's the way
it's supposed to be.
00:37:56.71\00:37:59.11
We're not looking
for reasons to stay home,
00:37:59.14\00:38:00.84
we're looking at
reasons to go, we want to go,
00:38:00.88\00:38:03.08
we want to be in the
presence of the Lord.
00:38:03.11\00:38:04.98
We want to be in
presence of the Holy Spirit.
00:38:05.01\00:38:06.88
This is where God's
gonna pour out that latter rain
00:38:06.92\00:38:09.05
and the Holy Spirit,
we're talking camp meeting,
00:38:09.08\00:38:10.95
we're talking about
gatherings like this
00:38:10.99\00:38:12.72
is where the Spirit of
God is going to be poured out.
00:38:12.75\00:38:15.22
Surely we want to party.
00:38:15.26\00:38:16.59
It's not going to
be when you're hiding
00:38:16.62\00:38:17.96
around at home doing nothing.
00:38:17.99\00:38:19.93
Maybe I said enough on that.
00:38:19.96\00:38:22.06
You know, what
I'm talking about?
00:38:22.10\00:38:24.07
Remember, Paul, if we go...
00:38:24.10\00:38:25.73
Acts 18, jot another one down,
00:38:25.77\00:38:27.20
so you can look at
John 18:1-4 and also 11.
00:38:27.24\00:38:33.44
What did Paul do?
00:38:33.48\00:38:34.81
Paul went to church,
he had church services,
00:38:34.84\00:38:36.75
and it said he
was there straight,
00:38:36.78\00:38:38.18
a year and a half,
for a year and a half.
00:38:38.21\00:38:41.72
So you see why he's
still keeping the Sabbath
00:38:41.75\00:38:43.89
and it was Jews
and Gentiles alike,
00:38:43.92\00:38:45.45
that were coming together
to learn these beautiful truth.
00:38:45.49\00:38:48.16
Would we all agree
that Paul was an educator?
00:38:48.19\00:38:50.83
Yeah, man of
intelligence, absolutely,
00:38:50.86\00:38:52.46
man that love Jesus Christ.
00:38:52.49\00:38:54.30
But remember, he
taught Jews and the Gentiles,
00:38:54.33\00:38:57.90
and I guarantee
he made a difference.
00:38:57.93\00:38:59.50
But you know, as
his point in time,
00:38:59.53\00:39:01.10
we'll look as we read earlier on
00:39:01.14\00:39:02.90
in here about some people's
what they're talking about.
00:39:02.94\00:39:05.04
They're saying, well, you know,
the Lord's day came in about,
00:39:05.07\00:39:08.14
started calling the Sabbath,
the Lord's Day and, you know,
00:39:08.18\00:39:11.21
200 years, 150
years after Christ.
00:39:11.25\00:39:13.55
Well, why was
something just start to develop?
00:39:13.58\00:39:15.98
The truth that we have,
00:39:16.02\00:39:17.35
we go back to
the very beginning.
00:39:17.39\00:39:19.12
It's got a solid foundation,
00:39:19.15\00:39:20.49
and it continues to
grow and build overtime,
00:39:20.52\00:39:22.72
until the end of time
00:39:22.76\00:39:24.09
and then through
all eternity, Isaiah 66.
00:39:24.13\00:39:27.06
This is what's beautiful
00:39:27.10\00:39:28.43
about what you have,
what God has given you,
00:39:28.46\00:39:30.67
why he's called
your attention too.
00:39:30.70\00:39:33.10
We know Paul's an
educator, we talked about it.
00:39:33.13\00:39:34.94
He taught Jews and Gentiles,
but you know what he taught?
00:39:34.97\00:39:37.91
One thing he taught them
00:39:37.94\00:39:39.27
was that supreme
honor is to be given to God.
00:39:39.31\00:39:43.14
Supreme, what? Honor.
00:39:43.18\00:39:45.91
This is scriptural as it can be,
00:39:45.95\00:39:47.72
John 5:23, the Bible said,
00:39:47.75\00:39:50.69
"All men should honor
the Son," notice this,
00:39:50.72\00:39:53.39
"even as they honor the" what?
00:39:53.42\00:39:54.99
"The father."
00:39:55.02\00:39:56.39
So honors do, why?
00:39:56.42\00:39:57.76
Because Jesus
created all things,
00:39:57.79\00:39:59.79
Jesus created the Sabbath.
00:39:59.83\00:40:02.13
Mark 2:27, "The
Sabbath was made for man
00:40:02.16\00:40:04.50
and not man for the Sabbath."
00:40:04.53\00:40:05.87
God made it for us especially,
00:40:05.90\00:40:07.74
and most people are throwing it
00:40:07.77\00:40:09.10
back in His face.
00:40:09.14\00:40:10.74
God have mercy on our soul.
00:40:10.77\00:40:14.11
Certainly these passages
are in harmony with John 10:30,
00:40:14.14\00:40:18.31
when Jesus
simply made a statement,
00:40:18.35\00:40:19.78
I and My Father are one."
00:40:23.08\00:40:26.29
So in keeping the Lord's Day,
00:40:26.32\00:40:28.76
remember Paul was teaching,
to honor Jesus, to honor God.
00:40:28.79\00:40:32.33
How do we honor God?
00:40:32.36\00:40:33.93
How do we honor Jesus?
00:40:33.96\00:40:35.93
In keeping the Lord's
Day on the seventh days,
00:40:35.96\00:40:39.83
you know, the
seventh day Sabbath.
00:40:39.87\00:40:41.54
We honor God and Jesus,
Jesus and God, by keeping
00:40:41.57\00:40:46.41
the seventh day
Sabbath we, what?
00:40:46.44\00:40:48.34
We honor Him.
00:40:48.38\00:40:49.74
Paul talked in
that you do honor.
00:40:49.78\00:40:53.11
So that's one
way we can honor Him.
00:40:53.15\00:40:55.02
So if we're not
doing it, could it be...
00:40:55.05\00:40:57.15
Maybe we're dishonoring Him.
00:40:57.19\00:40:59.79
You have to look at
one side and then the other
00:40:59.82\00:41:01.39
and weigh it
out, isn't that right?
00:41:01.42\00:41:04.56
Honor or dishonor?
00:41:04.59\00:41:07.33
We started out
with Revelation 1:10,
00:41:07.36\00:41:10.47
"I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's Day."
00:41:10.50\00:41:12.83
Let's just go over
it again here quickly,
00:41:12.87\00:41:14.50
I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's Day.
00:41:14.54\00:41:17.11
Now remember, the
Lord's Day, how do we get it?
00:41:17.14\00:41:19.07
Naturally we go
to the commandment,
00:41:19.11\00:41:20.44
we could have read
that the very first passage
00:41:20.48\00:41:22.01
of scripture in Exodus 20:10,
00:41:22.04\00:41:25.21
we could have read it
right quick and say, okay,
00:41:25.25\00:41:27.02
we're cutting it, but
I want to just read it...
00:41:27.05\00:41:29.65
I read a couple of clips
in there that people say,
00:41:29.68\00:41:32.45
this is why we call
Sunday, the Lord's Day.
00:41:32.49\00:41:35.52
But see, we don't
find that in Scripture
00:41:35.56\00:41:37.16
we're looking
for, we're gonna find
00:41:37.19\00:41:39.16
something this is
simple in the commandments.
00:41:39.19\00:41:41.46
Exodus 20:10, it
says, "But the seventh day
00:41:41.50\00:41:45.10
is the Sabbath of" what?
00:41:45.13\00:41:47.37
"The Lord thy God."
00:41:47.40\00:41:48.74
The seventh day is, what?
00:41:48.77\00:41:50.11
Is the Sabbath
of the Lord thy God,
00:41:50.14\00:41:52.01
that means the seventh
day Sabbath is the Lord's Day.
00:41:52.04\00:41:55.44
You see, they need something
that clear in order to get
00:41:55.48\00:41:58.38
maybe even
think about the issue.
00:41:58.41\00:42:00.52
And they had
nothing, absolutely nothing.
00:42:00.55\00:42:03.55
Again, I'm not trying to
criticize or condemn that,
00:42:03.59\00:42:05.49
but I'm letting it out
that they do not have anything
00:42:05.52\00:42:08.72
to stand on when
they're talking about,
00:42:08.76\00:42:10.69
well, Sunday is the Lord's
Day, Sunday is the Sabbath.
00:42:10.73\00:42:14.33
That's sad.
00:42:14.36\00:42:15.83
You should think about it.
00:42:15.86\00:42:17.20
We've stolen it from
the hand of the Creator.
00:42:17.23\00:42:19.40
That meant that the Sabbath
is a seventh day, the rest day.
00:42:19.43\00:42:23.10
Sunday is not a
rest day, you know that.
00:42:23.14\00:42:26.47
Seventh day is a Sabbath.
00:42:26.51\00:42:27.84
What does Isaiah 58 says?
00:42:27.88\00:42:30.11
He calls the seventh
day Sabbath, my holy day.
00:42:30.15\00:42:33.55
Do you remember that?
00:42:33.58\00:42:35.25
He didn't say
Sunday, He didn't say Monday,
00:42:35.28\00:42:37.55
he said the seventh
day Sabbath is my holy day.
00:42:37.59\00:42:41.29
Who's gonna
challenge God Almighty?
00:42:41.32\00:42:43.32
Basically the
majority of the world
00:42:43.36\00:42:45.39
is challenging God Almighty.
00:42:45.43\00:42:48.63
They're trying to
take Him off of the throne,
00:42:48.66\00:42:50.43
and they're putting
their self on the throne.
00:42:50.47\00:42:52.40
They say, well, that's
the pope is supposed to do
00:42:52.43\00:42:54.30
that or it's another minister
or somebody else is doing...
00:42:54.34\00:42:57.14
It's not, you
doing or I'm doing it
00:42:57.17\00:42:59.51
when I want
change the Word of God.
00:42:59.54\00:43:02.44
I know more than God knows.
00:43:02.48\00:43:03.81
No, the Bible said, the
seventh day is a Sabbath.
00:43:03.85\00:43:06.01
He calls it My
holy day, Isaiah 58:13.
00:43:06.05\00:43:10.55
Boy, we look at that,
00:43:10.59\00:43:11.92
and we say,
that's got to be clear.
00:43:11.95\00:43:14.49
So the Lord's Day is
simply the seventh day Sabbath,
00:43:14.52\00:43:17.43
is it not?
00:43:17.46\00:43:19.39
We read Mark 2:27,
but how about Mark 2:28,
00:43:19.43\00:43:24.47
it says, "The Son of
Man is Lord of the..."
00:43:24.50\00:43:29.20
Come on, now "The Son of Man
is Lord also of the Sabbath."
00:43:29.24\00:43:33.04
Does that make it very clear,
which day is the Lord's Day.
00:43:33.07\00:43:35.38
Now, the Bible says
right, the Son of Man,
00:43:35.41\00:43:37.65
Jesus Christ is Lord
also of the Sabbath, why?
00:43:37.68\00:43:40.25
He created that day,
and He created for man
00:43:40.28\00:43:42.98
and for us to rest
in Him, absolutely.
00:43:43.02\00:43:47.09
How do we
express our love to God?
00:43:47.12\00:43:49.62
You know, how do we do this?
00:43:49.66\00:43:51.99
Well, 1 John 5:1-3,
00:43:52.03\00:43:55.60
because we must
express our love to God.
00:43:55.63\00:43:59.50
It said, whosoever,
00:43:59.53\00:44:00.87
1 John 5:1-3,
00:44:03.87\00:44:05.97
"Whosoever believeth that Jesus
00:44:06.01\00:44:07.41
is the Christ is born of, what?
00:44:07.44\00:44:09.71
"Is born of God:
every one that loveth Him
00:44:09.74\00:44:12.41
that begat loveth Him
also that is begotten of Him."
00:44:12.45\00:44:15.62
Come on, it's gonna get thicker.
00:44:15.65\00:44:17.02
Let's go verse 2,
00:44:17.05\00:44:18.39
"By this we know that we
love the children of God,
00:44:18.42\00:44:22.02
when we love God and we," what?
00:44:22.06\00:44:24.19
"We keep His commandments."
00:44:24.23\00:44:26.66
"For this is the
love of God," verse 3,
00:44:26.70\00:44:29.56
"that we keep His
commandments," notice this,
00:44:29.60\00:44:31.93
"and His
commandments are not grievous."
00:44:31.97\00:44:34.64
But we're under bondage,
00:44:34.67\00:44:36.71
keep the old law
we're under bondage, man,
00:44:36.74\00:44:38.47
we're in
handcuffs, we're in prison.
00:44:38.51\00:44:40.68
You know, somebody
needs to wake up out there.
00:44:40.71\00:44:42.48
Perfect
freedom, perfect freedom.
00:44:42.51\00:44:44.58
No, you can go to bed at night
00:44:44.61\00:44:45.95
and you haven't willfully broken
00:44:45.98\00:44:47.32
any of God's commandment,
00:44:47.35\00:44:48.68
you can lay your head
down sleep like a baby.
00:44:48.72\00:44:51.99
Think about it.
00:44:52.02\00:44:53.36
They're not burdensome,
that's what the Bible said,
00:44:53.39\00:44:55.76
and that's me I've send him.
00:44:55.79\00:44:57.13
It's not
grievous is what it says.
00:44:57.16\00:44:58.63
You know, what
that word really means?
00:44:58.66\00:45:00.50
It means they're not weighty.
00:45:00.53\00:45:02.90
God's commandments are
not gonna weight you down.
00:45:02.93\00:45:05.97
They're gonna give you a
perfect freedom to move about
00:45:06.00\00:45:07.80
the way you want to move about.
00:45:07.84\00:45:09.17
Do the things you want to do,
everything that you want to do,
00:45:09.20\00:45:11.34
you can do it, because
you have the law of God
00:45:11.37\00:45:14.34
in your mind, you have the
love of Jesus in your mind.
00:45:14.38\00:45:17.65
They're not burdensome,
00:45:17.68\00:45:19.28
they're not heavy
is what the Bible said.
00:45:19.31\00:45:21.85
1 John 4:17 says, "Here
in is our love made perfect,
00:45:21.88\00:45:25.32
that we may have boldness
in the day of Judgment."
00:45:25.35\00:45:28.32
I believe we're living in
the day of God's judgment,
00:45:28.36\00:45:29.96
right now.
00:45:29.99\00:45:31.33
We've been in it
for an awful long time
00:45:31.36\00:45:32.69
in the judgment hour message.
00:45:32.73\00:45:34.06
Giving three angels' message,
00:45:34.10\00:45:35.53
giving the truth
out for right now.
00:45:35.56\00:45:37.30
And God says, I
want you to have boldness
00:45:37.33\00:45:39.07
in the hour of judgment.
00:45:39.10\00:45:40.57
We need holy boldness right now.
00:45:40.60\00:45:42.47
We need to know
00:45:42.50\00:45:43.84
what we believe in Jesus Christ.
00:45:43.87\00:45:45.31
You know, you think about
00:45:45.34\00:45:46.68
that boldness in the
Day of Judgment, why?
00:45:46.71\00:45:48.28
Because here, ooh, here's
where it boils down right here,
00:45:48.31\00:45:51.51
it goes on and
says, because as he is
00:45:51.55\00:45:54.92
so are we in this world.
00:45:54.95\00:45:57.32
Did you get it?
As Jesus is, right?
00:45:57.35\00:45:59.89
So we must be in this world.
00:45:59.92\00:46:02.46
And I mean, 1 John
2:6 that we need to do,
00:46:02.49\00:46:07.03
"He that saith he abideth
00:46:07.06\00:46:08.40
in him ought to
also walk as he" what?
00:46:08.43\00:46:11.50
"As he walked."
00:46:11.53\00:46:12.87
As he is so we ought
to be, walk as He walked
00:46:12.90\00:46:15.20
is exactly what it says.
00:46:15.24\00:46:16.84
I look at that word, I
thought there's something
00:46:16.87\00:46:18.44
funny about ought.
00:46:18.47\00:46:21.54
You know, often you read along,
00:46:21.58\00:46:22.91
it says that, in him ought
00:46:22.94\00:46:27.08
himself to walk as he walk.
00:46:27.12\00:46:28.92
Ought, here
means he must himself
00:46:28.95\00:46:32.65
walk as Jesus walked.
00:46:32.69\00:46:34.02
Did you get it?
00:46:34.06\00:46:35.46
He's bound to walk
the way that Jesus walked.
00:46:35.49\00:46:39.13
He's under obligation
to walk as Jesus walked.
00:46:39.16\00:46:42.46
You see, this gets
down to the nitty-gritty,
00:46:42.50\00:46:44.43
at least there's no wiggle
room to try to get out of it.
00:46:44.47\00:46:47.34
Jesus wants us to know
00:46:47.37\00:46:48.70
because He loves
you and He loves me.
00:46:48.74\00:46:51.17
He wants us to
know what truth is.
00:46:51.21\00:46:54.24
He want to present
in such a clear way
00:46:54.28\00:46:55.98
that there can be no mistake.
00:46:56.01\00:46:58.21
If you decide you
want to go a different way,
00:46:58.25\00:46:59.98
you've known better,
00:47:00.02\00:47:01.35
but you decided you
were gonna do it anyway.
00:47:01.38\00:47:03.85
And you end up getting your way.
00:47:03.89\00:47:06.89
We know why the
Sabbath was given.
00:47:06.92\00:47:08.29
What was the purpose
of giving the Sabbath?
00:47:08.32\00:47:09.96
You remember Ezekiel
20:12 and, of course, 20.
00:47:09.99\00:47:13.29
Jesus said,
"Moreover I gave them my" what?
00:47:13.33\00:47:15.86
"My Sabbath."
00:47:15.90\00:47:17.23
Not a counterfeit Sabbath,
00:47:17.27\00:47:19.53
not a first day Sabbath,
00:47:19.57\00:47:21.00
the seventh day Sabbath.
00:47:21.04\00:47:23.17
"Moreover I gave
them my Sabbaths,
00:47:23.20\00:47:24.87
to be a sign
between me and them,
00:47:24.91\00:47:27.74
they might know, why?
00:47:27.78\00:47:29.11
That they might
know that," what?
00:47:29.14\00:47:30.98
"I am the Lord,"
God, that's right.
00:47:31.01\00:47:33.68
"That sanctifies them."
00:47:33.72\00:47:35.45
There again, all He's wanting
is recognition for whom He is.
00:47:35.48\00:47:38.55
He's the creator of it.
00:47:38.59\00:47:41.12
He says, I'll give
you strength, and ability,
00:47:41.16\00:47:42.66
and power to be
able to keep My sayings.
00:47:42.69\00:47:45.89
Praise God for that.
00:47:45.93\00:47:47.60
Verse 20 says,
"And hallow my Sabbath,"
00:47:47.63\00:47:50.13
that means
keeping holy, doesn't it?
00:47:50.17\00:47:52.17
"And they shall be a
sign" he's looking for a sign
00:47:52.20\00:47:55.20
"between me and you," right?
00:47:55.24\00:47:57.64
"That you may know that
I am the Lord your God."
00:47:57.67\00:48:00.48
This is a sign
that you recognize
00:48:00.51\00:48:02.71
who God is that
you keep His day.
00:48:02.74\00:48:05.95
That's what the
Sabbath is about.
00:48:05.98\00:48:07.38
So those who are
not doing it, if you...
00:48:07.42\00:48:09.55
I say it nicely,
ignorance means not knowing,
00:48:09.58\00:48:11.42
if you're doing it
in ignorance, God knows.
00:48:11.45\00:48:13.25
But those of
you who know better,
00:48:13.29\00:48:15.09
you are held accountable for,
00:48:15.12\00:48:16.56
you are not
recognizing God, right?
00:48:16.59\00:48:19.19
The Lord our God
because we won't keep
00:48:19.23\00:48:21.20
that sign or that
little seal or that evidence
00:48:21.23\00:48:24.27
that we know who He is.
00:48:24.30\00:48:27.80
How sad?
00:48:27.84\00:48:29.17
He is our Creator, our
Redeemer, our Sustainer.
00:48:29.20\00:48:33.71
God says, "I gave
them My commandments."
00:48:33.74\00:48:37.31
Now I ask them to
remember My commandments.
00:48:37.35\00:48:43.49
Those little Ten Commandments,
00:48:43.52\00:48:44.85
you realize it gives the history
00:48:44.89\00:48:46.86
of creation
based on the Sabbath.
00:48:46.89\00:48:50.63
Interesting, what does it say?
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.69
God created the heavens
00:48:52.73\00:48:54.06
and the earth and sea and so on,
00:48:54.10\00:48:55.43
so in six literal days,
when we start the first one
00:48:55.46\00:48:58.67
in Genesis 1:5, so we
can go through that process,
00:48:58.70\00:49:03.71
but He said on the seventh day,
00:49:03.74\00:49:05.07
He rested all
mankind I set it apart.
00:49:05.11\00:49:08.64
So when someone says,
00:49:08.68\00:49:10.01
well, you mean you keep
that old Jewish Sabbath.
00:49:10.05\00:49:11.95
Shame on you,
dirty double shame.
00:49:11.98\00:49:16.65
Can I say that?
00:49:16.69\00:49:18.72
Yes, I already did.
00:49:18.75\00:49:20.76
But it is, it's a shame.
00:49:20.79\00:49:22.22
We're talking about centuries.
00:49:25.99\00:49:28.56
Sabbath was made centuries
before there ever was a Jew.
00:49:28.60\00:49:31.57
I'm talking about how...
00:49:31.60\00:49:32.93
And again, I'm doing
perfect, I won't challenge you.
00:49:32.97\00:49:36.84
Not an ugly way but to
stir the pot a little bit
00:49:36.87\00:49:39.11
and say how can
we make a statement,
00:49:39.14\00:49:40.61
oh, the old Jewish.
00:49:40.64\00:49:41.98
Don't discredit God.
00:49:42.01\00:49:43.95
Don't discredit Jesus.
00:49:43.98\00:49:45.75
Well, that's an old Jewish.
00:49:45.78\00:49:47.32
It's not a Jewish thing.
00:49:47.35\00:49:49.28
Hundreds of years
it was in operation
00:49:49.32\00:49:52.22
before there ever was a Jew,
00:49:52.25\00:49:53.59
so how can we say
it's a Jewish thing?
00:49:53.62\00:49:56.46
See, it just shows our...
00:49:56.49\00:49:58.29
I better leave it there.
00:49:58.33\00:49:59.66
I was gonna say
stupidity, I ain't gonna do it.
00:49:59.69\00:50:01.33
He said, He set it apart.
00:50:05.60\00:50:06.94
Listen, for all mankind.
00:50:06.97\00:50:09.10
We read it in Mark 2:27,
Sabbath was made for man,
00:50:09.14\00:50:12.67
all mankind, not just
the Jew, for everybody.
00:50:12.71\00:50:17.28
So the Sabbath then simply,
00:50:17.31\00:50:18.65
come on, we're
bringing it down to the end.
00:50:18.68\00:50:20.02
Come on, observers
of the Sabbath is a mark
00:50:20.05\00:50:21.98
then, isn't it?
00:50:22.02\00:50:23.35
It is a sign that honors
the day that God has set aside.
00:50:23.39\00:50:28.72
How wonderful that is?
00:50:28.76\00:50:30.83
We are to keep it
holy the Bible says.
00:50:30.86\00:50:34.23
That means free
from worldly pursuits.
00:50:34.26\00:50:37.53
Quit monkeying
around on God's day,
00:50:37.57\00:50:40.34
out diddling around buying,
and selling, and carrying on.
00:50:40.37\00:50:43.00
Are you still with me?
00:50:43.04\00:50:44.37
Any worldly or our
personal pleasures,
00:50:44.41\00:50:46.54
that's not what the
seventh day is all about.
00:50:46.57\00:50:48.68
It gives you six
days to do all of that.
00:50:48.71\00:50:52.18
Oh, no, no Sabbath another day.
00:50:52.21\00:50:54.32
Isaiah Chapter 58, we
read while ago verse 13,
00:50:54.35\00:50:57.35
he says, "Call the
Sabbath a delight."
00:50:57.39\00:51:00.16
Honorable, and
that was supposed to be,
00:51:00.19\00:51:02.49
should be the happiest
day of the week for all of us.
00:51:02.52\00:51:04.26
Thank you God that
You've seen us through.
00:51:04.29\00:51:06.49
Thank You that we can
have another day with You.
00:51:06.53\00:51:08.63
Thank You, we have the
opportunity to honor You,
00:51:08.66\00:51:10.60
to say I know
who's my creator is,
00:51:10.63\00:51:13.27
I know who's
created the heavens,
00:51:13.30\00:51:15.07
I know who created the earth,
00:51:15.10\00:51:16.44
I know who
created the other worlds,
00:51:16.47\00:51:18.31
I know who my creator
is, and ends with what?
00:51:18.34\00:51:20.48
Identify with it.
00:51:20.51\00:51:21.84
I keep the day
that you set aside.
00:51:21.88\00:51:24.45
Man, this is heavy duty.
00:51:24.48\00:51:27.25
Again, John said,
I was in the Spirit
00:51:27.28\00:51:28.62
on the Lord's Day.
00:51:28.65\00:51:29.98
First of all, remember this,
00:51:30.02\00:51:31.45
first of all
nowhere in Scripture
00:51:31.49\00:51:33.76
ever identifies Sunday as having
00:51:33.79\00:51:36.26
any religious
connection to Jesus.
00:51:36.29\00:51:39.16
Can I put it down that clear?
00:51:39.19\00:51:40.66
Never Sunday has any connection
00:51:40.70\00:51:42.16
with Jesus other
than He rose on that day.
00:51:42.20\00:51:43.70
Do you follow me?
00:51:43.73\00:51:45.23
Over and over in Scripture,
the Sabbath's seventh day
00:51:45.27\00:51:47.17
of the week is
God's special day,
00:51:47.20\00:51:49.14
and I call the Lord's Day
00:51:49.17\00:51:50.51
what we're trying
to figure out here.
00:51:50.54\00:51:53.74
And the Lord's Day
can only have meaning
00:51:53.78\00:51:55.48
when we're talking about
here using prior evidence.
00:51:55.51\00:51:59.01
And then certainly of
scripture and evidence
00:51:59.05\00:52:01.38
in John's day and
when you read this passage,
00:52:01.42\00:52:05.09
it can only refer
to the seventh day.
00:52:05.12\00:52:07.96
You put it all
together in a package,
00:52:07.99\00:52:09.32
it's all it can mean.
00:52:09.36\00:52:10.86
John Wesley wrote
this, listen carefully,
00:52:10.89\00:52:13.33
"I cannot spare
the law one moment,
00:52:13.36\00:52:15.83
no more than I can spare Christ.
00:52:15.86\00:52:18.23
This is perfect
freedom does to keep his law
00:52:18.27\00:52:21.94
and to walk in all
of His commandments."
00:52:21.97\00:52:25.24
Man, what did...
You realize all there?
00:52:25.27\00:52:26.74
We can go into
grace. What about grace?
00:52:26.78\00:52:29.14
You know, you
think about grace is not
00:52:29.18\00:52:31.15
free us from the
law, but it free us
00:52:31.18\00:52:33.11
from the
condemnation of the law.
00:52:33.15\00:52:35.92
Think about that
with me. Dwight L.
00:52:35.95\00:52:39.95
Moody says this, last
couple minutes we have,
00:52:39.99\00:52:41.66
he said, Dwight L.
00:52:41.69\00:52:43.02
Moody, I'm reading these because
00:52:43.06\00:52:44.39
these men most people know.
00:52:44.43\00:52:46.49
It says, men may
cavil as much as they like
00:52:46.53\00:52:48.93
about other parts of the
Bible, but I have never met...
00:52:48.96\00:52:52.30
Notice, I never
met an honest man
00:52:52.33\00:52:54.60
that found fault
with the Ten Commandments.
00:52:54.64\00:52:56.91
Jesus never condemned
the law, the prophets.
00:52:56.94\00:53:00.01
But He did condemn
those who did not obey them.
00:53:00.04\00:53:03.35
Are you listening?
00:53:03.38\00:53:04.85
The Ten
Commandments are still binding
00:53:04.88\00:53:07.32
and a penalty
attached to the violation.
00:53:07.35\00:53:11.05
Wow!
00:53:11.09\00:53:13.62
Interesting, isn't it?
00:53:13.66\00:53:15.72
Maybe we should be
that plain, and that open,
00:53:15.76\00:53:18.09
and that honest,
since God has handed
00:53:18.13\00:53:20.50
the torch over from Israel
00:53:20.53\00:53:22.40
to the Jews to
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:53:22.43\00:53:24.60
may I be so bold?
00:53:24.63\00:53:27.50
A minister
visit a prison quarry.
00:53:27.54\00:53:31.57
One of the prisons,
when the prisoner said,
00:53:31.61\00:53:34.44
do you see those
stones, you see them,
00:53:34.48\00:53:36.14
stones over
there, they're just like
00:53:36.18\00:53:39.01
the Ten Commandments, he said.
00:53:39.05\00:53:42.18
You can continue to keep
breaking them all you want,
00:53:42.22\00:53:44.95
but you can't get rid of them.
00:53:44.99\00:53:49.46
Without question, Lord's Day,
evidence of Scripture, right?
00:53:49.49\00:53:54.96
Is a seventh day Sabbath,
Sabbath of the Lord thy God.
00:53:55.00\00:53:58.77
Let's not do some impersonation,
00:53:58.80\00:54:00.30
let's not give out fake
news, let's not be lying
00:54:00.34\00:54:02.74
about things,
let's get it right.
00:54:02.77\00:54:04.81
Be careful what we attached
to the seventh day Sabbath.
00:54:04.84\00:54:08.14
It's a Sabbath
of the Lord thy God.
00:54:08.18\00:54:10.28
Don't have time
with one minute left
00:54:10.31\00:54:11.88
to have a closing prayer.
00:54:11.91\00:54:13.25
And I invite
you to pray with me.
00:54:13.28\00:54:14.72
Lot of information covered.
00:54:14.75\00:54:16.32
We love you,
that's why we're covering
00:54:16.35\00:54:17.69
this information.
00:54:17.72\00:54:19.05
Let's pray together, shall we?
00:54:19.09\00:54:21.99
Merciful Father in heaven,
00:54:22.02\00:54:23.36
we thank You for
Your precious Word.
00:54:23.39\00:54:24.73
Thank You that it's bold.
00:54:24.76\00:54:26.33
Thank You that You
said we need boldness
00:54:26.36\00:54:27.70
especially in this
hour, the judgment hour
00:54:27.73\00:54:29.43
that we're living in.
00:54:29.46\00:54:30.90
Praise Your Holy Spirit
will accompany every word,
00:54:30.93\00:54:32.77
every message I made
and may people only hear
00:54:32.80\00:54:34.97
that which they need to hear.
00:54:35.00\00:54:36.47
May there be conviction
00:54:36.50\00:54:37.84
and conversion and we thank You,
00:54:37.87\00:54:39.21
Lord, for hearing
and answering prayer.
00:54:39.24\00:54:40.58
Thank You so much for Your love.
00:54:40.61\00:54:41.94
Thank You, You made it so clear.
00:54:41.98\00:54:43.31
Even someone like
me can understand,
00:54:43.35\00:54:44.68
in Jesus; name, amen.
00:54:44.71\00:54:48.25
Again, we want to
just say in closing
00:54:48.28\00:54:49.68
how much we appreciate
each and every one of you
00:54:49.72\00:54:52.25
and we just thank you for
support of Behold the Lamb.
00:54:52.29\00:54:54.62
And you know, we'd be in mess
if we didn't even talk about
00:54:54.66\00:54:56.83
you know, the people say, oh,
well, everything's going fine.
00:54:56.86\00:54:58.76
Absolutely, it is
00:54:58.79\00:55:00.13
'cause the
blessings of the Lord.
00:55:00.16\00:55:01.50
But when you tell the
truth as it is in Jesus,
00:55:01.53\00:55:03.23
there's going to be
some battles raging on.
00:55:03.26\00:55:05.93
We need you to shoulder
up with us forth the message
00:55:05.97\00:55:08.30
so we can go forward.
00:55:08.34\00:55:09.67
We love you.
We'll see you next time.
00:55:09.70\00:55:12.41
Hello, welcome back, friends.
00:55:12.44\00:55:14.38
Isn't finding clarity in God's
Word exciting and wonderful.
00:55:14.41\00:55:18.81
The Word of God is
truly a lamp into our feet
00:55:18.85\00:55:22.12
and a light unto our path.
00:55:22.15\00:55:24.09
The Lord's Day or
Sabbath may be new to you.
00:55:24.12\00:55:27.66
But I want to encourage
you to embrace this truth
00:55:27.69\00:55:30.63
of God's Word and
begin to experience
00:55:30.66\00:55:33.29
the joy of fellowshipping
00:55:33.33\00:55:35.33
with all of heaven
00:55:35.36\00:55:36.80
and like
believers on this earth.
00:55:36.83\00:55:39.03
Strive through prayer
to make it a special day,
00:55:39.07\00:55:42.37
a special day of communion
with God by putting away
00:55:42.40\00:55:45.97
the work and the
worries of this life
00:55:46.01\00:55:48.44
and placing your love
00:55:48.48\00:55:50.35
and your focus upon
your Lord and Savior.
00:55:50.38\00:55:53.55
The Prophet Isaiah
tells us in Isaiah 66:23,
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that from one
new moon to another,
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and from one Sabbath to another,
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all mankind will come
and bow down before Me,
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says the Lord.
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So just think about it.
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Our Heavenly Father is
giving us the Lord's Day,
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simply to prepare
us here on this earth,
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to live as citizens in
heaven and to do just as they do
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keeping the Sabbath holy.
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And we pray that today's message
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has helped you in your decision
to observe God's Sabbath,
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either better than
ever before or by beginning
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for the first time this week.
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Just allow us to
help you, won't you?
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00:56:54.74\00:56:57.55
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What the Bible Says,
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by Brother Richard Bland
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Dear friends, until next
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continue to richly
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