Shall we bow our heads?
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Our Father, what a
wonderful day You have given us.
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What a privilege
it is to be alive
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in these last days of
the history of the world.
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We believe that the
coming of Jesus is very close,
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very near. And we ask that
as we study this very important
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subject today that Your Holy
Spirit will help us understand
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so that we might
choose to be on Your side
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when Christ's time comes.
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We thank you for
hearing our prayer
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for we ask it in
Jesus' name, Amen.
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I'd like to begin by mentioning
something which I have
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underlined
previously in our studies.
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And that is that when Jesus
or God, because Jesus is God,
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created this world
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Adam and Eve were not eye-
witness of the work of Jesus.
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In other words, Adam and
Eve saw Jesus create absolutely
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nothing. The only way in which
Adam and Eve could be certain
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that God was the Creator
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was not because they had
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scientific evidence,
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historical evidence,
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or empirical evidence.
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The only way that they
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could be absolutely certain
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was because they
believed God's story
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when He told them:
"I was the Creator. "
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They had to accept it by faith.
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Now God put a test
in the Garden of Eden
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to see if they actually were
willing to believe in His story,
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whether they would
show their loyalty to God
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as their Creator and
as the only true God.
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And that test, of
course, was a tree:
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the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil.
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Now go with me to Genesis
chapter 2 and let's examine
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several important details
about this specific tree.
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And we're going to
go very quickly because
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we're then going to make an
application of what we study
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from primarily
Genesis chapter 2.
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Now go with me to
Genesis chapter 2 and verse 16.
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Did God first
give a positive command
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about what they could do? Yes.
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He said: "All of the trees of
the garden are for your personal
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consumption and for your
personal, everyday use. "
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But then I want you to
notice that the positive command
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is followed by a
negative command.
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It says in verse 17:
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So God in this commandment
begins with the positive.
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He says: "You can
partake and enjoy of any tree
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of the garden BUT I
have reserved one tree
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which is off limits which
you are not to partake of.
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This is My tree...
you are not to use it
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for your own personal use. "
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Positive
command... negative command.
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"All the trees you can
use except for this one. "
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Now I want you to notice
where this tree was located
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in the garden.
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Go with me to Genesis chapter 3
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and let's read verses 2 and 3.
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Genesis 3 and
verses 2 and 3. It says:
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Where was the tree which
tested the faith of Adam and Eve
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in God as their Creator?
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It was in the
center of the garden.
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And so you have
a positive command,
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a negative command, and you
have the test in the middle.
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Now let me ask you: who
chose the tree from which
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Adam and Eve were
not supposed to eat?
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Did God tell Adam and
Eve: "Now Adam and Eve,
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I'm going to allow you to
eat from all of the trees of the
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garden but I want
you to reserve one tree
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especially for Me.
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Now you choose which one
you don't want to eat from. "
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Is that the way it worked?
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No! Who chose the tree?
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God chose the tree.
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Was God serious
about that particular tree?
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Or did God really care?
Would He accept Adam saying:
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"Well, Lord, you know I
chose not to eat from that tree
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over there instead of
the one that You specified. "
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No... God was dead serious.
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God chose the tree and
God is the One who said
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"From this tree
you will not eat. "
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Now as you read the story about
this tree in the book of Genesis
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you get absolutely no impression
that this tree was any different
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than any other tree.
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We're not told that
the tree was taller;
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that it was
surrounded by a glorious light;
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or that the fruit of this tree
was different from the fruit
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of any other tree.
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In its outward appearance,
we get the impression from the
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story that it looked
just like every other tree.
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But what set this tree apart
from all of the other trees
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was not its external appearance.
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What set it apart is the
fact that God had specified
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that Adam and Eve
were not supposed to use
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this particular tree.
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Now let me ask you: to
whom did this tree belong?
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It belonged to God.
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How many of the trees
of the garden incidentally
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belonged to God?
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Do you believe that all
of the trees belonged to God?
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You notice for example
Psalm 24 and verse 1. It says:
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"The earth is the Lord's
and the fullness thereof. "
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In other words,
everything on planet earth
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belonged to the Lord.
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ALL of the trees of the
garden belonged to the Lord.
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But let me ask you:
did this particular tree
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belong to the
Lord in a special sense
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over and above all
of the other trees?
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Obviously yes.
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All of the trees were God's,
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but this tree was
God's in a special sense.
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It was not to be
used by Adam and Eve.
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Now what was the
purpose of this tree?
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As we read Genesis 3 we
discover that the purpose
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was to give Adam and Eve
the opportunity to recognize
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by not eating from the tree
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that the
Creator was the true God
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and that they were
creatures. How do we know that?
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Go with me to Genesis
chapter 3 and verse 5.
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Genesis chapter 3 and verse 5.
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Here we find the
devil speaking to Eve.
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And he says this:
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What is the devil
trying to get Eve to think?
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That she doesn't have to be
creature. That she can be what?
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God. And when it says "like God"
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you know the King James version
says "you shall be like gods"
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in plural. The
Hebrew word is Elohim...
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the same words that's
used in Genesis 1 verse 1
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where it says: "In the beginning
God created the heavens and
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the earth. " The word should
be translated in the singular.
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The devil is saying:
"You will be like God. "
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In other words:
"You will be God. "
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In other words,
the purpose of the tree
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was to test Adam and Eve
to see if they recognized that
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they were creatures and that
there was only one true God.
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The tree was a sign, a
test that God gave them,
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to prove that they believed
that He was the true God
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and that they were creatures.
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Of course, Genesis
chapter 3 and verse 13
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after Eve ate from the tree
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she complains to
God and she says:
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Now we talked about deception
in one of our previous lectures.
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Let me ask you:
what do you have to do
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in order to deceive someone?
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You have to lie.
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But what kind of lie do you
have to tell in order for that
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lie to deceive?
It has to be a lie
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which is very close
to what? To the truth.
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And by the way, the counterfeit
always comes after the genuine
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in time. I want
you to remember this
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because we're
going to come back to it.
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Eve complains:
"He deceived me. "
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Deception is very
close to the truth
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and deception always
comes after the truth in time.
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And then I want you to
notice what the consequence was
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for them eating from this tree
which gave them the opportunity
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to show that they believed
that God was the true God
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and the only Creator.
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In Genesis chapter
3 we find these words
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about the
consequence of their actions.
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Genesis chapter 2 actually
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and let's read verse 17.
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What would be the consequence
of disrespecting the tree
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of the Creator? Death.
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Now let's review
what we've studied.
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One: God gives a
positive command.
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"You can eat of all
the trees of the garden. "
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Second: He gives
a negative command.
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"Of this specific
tree you shall not eat. "
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The tree which tested Adam
and Eve was in the very middle
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of the garden.
God chose the tree
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from which they
were not supposed to eat.
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And God was serious about that
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particular specific tree.
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Furthermore, that tree
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showed no evidence of being
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different from any other tree
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in its outward appearance.
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The only thing that made it
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different is that God had set it
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apart from all of the
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other trees.
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Furthermore, we notice that God
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owned all of the trees of the
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garden, but He owned this tree
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in a special sense.
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The purpose of the tree
was to test Adam and Eve
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to see if they recognized
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the Lord as their only
God and as their Creator.
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And we notice that
the devil deceived Eve
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and as a
consequence the Bible tells us
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that because they broke
God's commandments they were
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sentenced... sentenced to die.
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Now why have I gone
through all of this...
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all of this material as
we begin our study today?
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Because we're going to find
that God has given another test
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to the world today and
particularly to Christians.
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Now before we go and
speak about that test
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let me ask you: do we
have any more proof today
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that God was the
Creator than Adam and Eve had
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in the Garden of Eden?
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Do we have any empirical
proof that God was the Creator?
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Do we have any scientific
proof that God was the Creator?
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Do we have any historical
proof that God was the Creator?
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No!
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In fact, in Hebrews
chapter 11 and verse 3
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it says: "By faith we understand
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that the worlds were
formed by the word of God.
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The things which are seen
were formed from that which
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does not appear or from
that which cannot be seen. "
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So in Hebrews 11 we are
told that the only reason
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we can know that God
was the Creator today
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is because God says that He was
the Creator in His holy Word.
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We did not see it. We
were not eyewitnesses to it.
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We must accept it by faith.
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Now let me ask you:
has God given a test
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for us to show whether we
believe that He is the Creator
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or not? Yes He has.
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Now go with me to Exodus
chapter 20 and let's notice
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some very
interesting things here.
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Exodus chapter 20, and I would
like to read verses 8 and 9
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first of all. Exodus
chapter 20 and verses 8 and 9.
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It says here:
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Now notice that we have
a positive command first.
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Did you catch that?
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What is God saying? He's
giving a positive command
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He's saying: "Every
weekday is... " What?
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"For your own personal use. "
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But now notice that that is
followed by a negative command.
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Notice Exodus
chapter 20 and verse 10.
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"But... " Do you remember
that little word in Genesis 2?
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So God has given a
command which is positive:
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"Every day of the week
is for your own personal use
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but there is one particular
day that is off limits to you. "
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And so the fourth commandment
has a positive command
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and it has a negative command.
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Now let me ask you this:
where is the fourth commandment
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found in the law of God?
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Do you know that somebody once
counted the number of syllables
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that are found in the Ten
Commandments in the Hebrew.
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And that person discovered
that the Sabbath commandment
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is in the exact
center of the law of God.
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It comes with the same
number of syllables before
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and after the 4th commandment.
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In other words, the
Sabbath commandment is found
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in the heart of the law of God
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just like the tree was found in
the heart of the Garden of Eden.
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Now allow me to amplify
this point just a little bit.
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Archaeologists
several years ago were digging
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in... in a place
called Ugarit in Canaan.
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And in Ugarit they
unearthed some tablets...
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some very
interesting tablets of clay.
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Now I want to tell you a
few things about these tablets.
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They were actually
covenants between a great king
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and a lesser king.
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I want you to remember
that: they were covenants
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that a greater king was
making with a lesser king.
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The covenant was on
tablets as I mentioned.
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The tablets were
written on both sides.
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Now in the PowerPoint
presentation we have pictures
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of several of these interesting
tablets that were discovered.
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They were written on both sides.
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And interestingly enough,
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on one side of the tablet
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right in the middle of
the tablet was the seal
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of the king who was
actually writing this covenant
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for the lesser king.
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Now it's interesting,
of course, that this tablet
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was made of clay.
And when the clay was wet
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the king would take his seal
and he would impress the seal
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right in the middle - right
square center - of the tablet.
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And of course, when the
seal was impressed on the tablet
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the writing where the seal
was impressed was obliterated.
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People could not read
what was underneath the seal.
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And that's the reason
why they wrote the covenant
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on the obverse side
or on the back side.
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You see the front side
had the seal which showed
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that this was an
authentic covenant
00:18:17.28\00:18:19.79
and then the other
side allowed people to read
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the contents of this
covenant specifically.
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Now the interesting
thing is that these covenants
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in the middle in this seal
contained 3 items of information
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about the king who was
actually giving this covenant
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or forming this
covenant with the lesser king.
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Three items of
information in the seal.
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Number one: the name of the king
who was making the covenant.
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Number two: the
territory over which
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that king ruled.
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And number three:
the title or the office
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that that king held...
which in this case would be
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king of such
and such a location.
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The name, the title, and the
territory over which that king
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rules or governs.
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Now somebody might say:
"Why are you bringing this up? "
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There's a very specific reason,
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and I want you to
go with me to study it.
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Go with me to Deuteronomy
chapter 4 and verse 13.
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Deuteronomy
chapter 4 and verse 13.
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This is going to
get very interesting.
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Do you know that these
covenants were found in the
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same general geographical area?
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They were found
in the Middle East
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by the way where the
Ten Commandments were given.
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And I want you to notice
the characteristics of the
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Ten Commandments.
Notice Deuteronomy 4:13.
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It says:
00:19:52.31\00:19:53.41
Were the Ten Commandments a
covenant between a great king
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and His followers? Absolutely.
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Were they written
on tablets? Absolutely.
00:20:26.14\00:20:28.73
Now there's a detail
which very few people know
00:20:29.03\00:20:32.00
and that is that the Ten
Commandments were written
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on both sides of the tablets.
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Did you know that?
00:20:36.83\00:20:38.27
Go with me to
Exodus 32. Some of you did.
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Exodus 32 and verses 15 and 16.
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Exodus chapter 32
and verses 15 and 16.
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Notice what we're told here.
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It says in verse 15:
00:20:52.07\00:20:54.73
Now the tablets
were the work of Moses...
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Thank you very much.
"The tablets were the work
00:21:19.24\00:21:22.21
of God and the
writing was the writing of God
00:21:22.31\00:21:27.12
engraved on the tablets. "
00:21:27.32\00:21:29.47
On how many places were the
00:21:29.78\00:21:31.11
tablets written?
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On the front side and where?
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And on the back side.
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The reason why the Bible says
00:21:36.70\00:21:39.37
that the Ten Commandments
were given in this way
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is because that's the way
in which covenants were given
00:21:41.32\00:21:43.80
at that time... which has been
discovered by archaeologists
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who have unearthed
dozens of tablets that follow
00:21:47.62\00:21:51.10
this same pattern.
Now my question is:
00:21:51.20\00:21:53.65
where would you expect
to find the seal of God
00:21:53.85\00:21:58.14
in the Ten Commandments?
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You would expect to find
the seal of the great God
00:22:00.08\00:22:03.65
in the middle of the tablet.
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Is it in the
middle of the tablet?
00:22:06.32\00:22:08.19
Would you expect that
seal to have the name of God,
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to have the
title, and His territory?
00:22:13.21\00:22:16.98
Absolutely. Go with me to
Exodus chapter 20 and verse 11.
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Exodus chapter 20 and verse 11.
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See, God uses archaeology
to show things to us.
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Even the stones
speak out if we don't.
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Notice Exodus 20
and verse 11. It says:
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By the way, this is the
only one of the Ten Commandments
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that has all three
necessary elements of a seal.
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The name of the lawgiver,
His function or His office,
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and the territory
over which He rules.
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Isn't this interesting.
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Now allow me to say
something about the Sabbath
00:23:30.33\00:23:35.72
and the reason why
God gave the Sabbath.
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Did God give the Sabbath
to establish the distinction
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between Himself
and His creatures?
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Is that what the
commandment says?
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"Remember the
Sabbath Day to keep it holy"
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and at the end He said
"The reason why is because
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I made the world
in... " What? "in six days
00:23:52.44\00:23:55.37
and rested the seventh
therefore I commanded you
00:23:55.47\00:23:58.99
to... " What? "to
rest on the seventh day
00:23:59.19\00:24:02.76
in recognition
that I was... " What?
00:24:03.07\00:24:05.59
"that I was your Creator
and you are the creature. "
00:24:05.79\00:24:10.55
By the way, go with me
to Ezekiel 20 and verse 20
00:24:10.95\00:24:14.09
where we find this same idea.
Ezekiel chapter 20 and verse 20.
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Here we find some
very interesting words.
00:24:19.94\00:24:22.21
You see, Israel had
apostatized from God
00:24:22.31\00:24:24.66
consistently time and
again. And in Ezekiel chapter 20
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God is telling them
about their history.
00:24:29.99\00:24:32.40
And He's going to explain
the reason why He gave them
00:24:32.70\00:24:35.02
the Sabbath. Notice
Ezekiel chapter 20 and verse 20.
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God says:
00:24:40.32\00:24:41.76
Hallow Moses'
Sabbaths... Oh, thank you.
00:24:41.97\00:24:46.53
What was the
purpose of the Sabbath?
00:25:04.08\00:25:05.91
To show the distinction between
the Creator and the creature.
00:25:06.11\00:25:09.43
To show that man believed
that God was the Creator.
00:25:09.63\00:25:13.85
Is this the same with the
tree in the Garden of Eden?
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Absolutely. The tree
and the day are parallel.
00:25:18.19\00:25:23.08
Now let me ask you something:
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Do you suppose the
devil loves the Sabbath?
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Go with me to
Isaiah 14 and verse 14.
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I want to explain to you why the
devil doesn't like the Sabbath.
00:25:32.03\00:25:34.18
Isaiah 14 and verse 14.
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There's a very specific reason.
00:25:37.41\00:25:39.45
You see, the devil was not
satisfied with being a creature.
00:25:39.76\00:25:43.73
What did he want to be?
00:25:45.28\00:25:46.75
He wanted to occupy
the position of whom?
00:25:47.25\00:25:50.36
Of the Creator... of God.
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Now what do we find in
chapter 14 and verse 14?
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Here Lucifer in heaven says:
00:25:59.05\00:26:01.74
"I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds.
00:26:01.94\00:26:06.70
I will be like the Most High. "
00:26:07.00\00:26:11.30
He's saying: "I will
be... " What? "God. "
00:26:12.35\00:26:15.54
It's no coincidence that
he says to Adam and Eve -
00:26:15.74\00:26:17.66
to Eve specifically -
00:26:17.86\00:26:19.62
"You will be like God. "
00:26:19.82\00:26:23.09
Because he had
already done it where?
00:26:23.39\00:26:24.97
He had already
done it in heaven.
00:26:25.65\00:26:27.42
He said: "I will ascend
and I will be like God. "
00:26:27.82\00:26:30.00
Let me ask you: "Can the
devil love the Sabbath? "
00:26:30.30\00:26:33.04
Why can't he love the Sabbath?
00:26:34.26\00:26:35.96
Because the Sabbath points
to the fact that there is only
00:26:36.26\00:26:39.64
one true God,
and that is the God
00:26:39.74\00:26:44.03
that created the
heavens and the earth.
00:26:44.13\00:26:45.90
The Sabbath denies
Satan's right to claim to be God
00:26:46.00\00:26:50.01
because the Sabbath is a
sign that God is the Creator,
00:26:50.31\00:26:54.32
that God is the only
true God of the universe.
00:26:54.52\00:26:58.29
And if the devil promoted
the Sabbath he would definitely
00:26:58.49\00:27:01.40
be promoting God.
00:27:01.50\00:27:03.24
And so the devil
said: "I have to find a sign
00:27:03.54\00:27:06.78
that points not to God
but points to... " Whom?
00:27:06.98\00:27:09.78
"that points to
me and my kingdom. "
00:27:10.18\00:27:13.79
Now let me ask you: who chose
the Sabbath as the day of rest?
00:27:15.18\00:27:18.72
Did God say:
"Folks, here's seven days.
00:27:19.22\00:27:21.64
I'm a generous God. I
want you to dedicate one day
00:27:23.21\00:27:26.92
in seven to Me.
You choose which. "
00:27:26.95\00:27:29.13
Lots of Christians
would like to believe that.
00:27:30.76\00:27:32.54
That God said:
"Any day in seven.
00:27:32.74\00:27:34.41
As long as we take one day
to rest that's all right. "
00:27:34.61\00:27:36.98
Who chose the specific day
that we're supposed to rest?
00:27:37.29\00:27:40.28
Notice Genesis
chapter 2 and verses 2 and 3.
00:27:40.58\00:27:43.57
Genesis chapter 2 and
verses 2 and 3. It says here
00:27:43.97\00:27:48.24
in Genesis 2 and
verses 2 and 3 the following:
00:27:48.34\00:27:53.22
"And on the... " Notice
the number of times seventh day
00:27:53.52\00:27:56.79
is used... "And on the
seventh day God ended His work
00:27:56.89\00:28:00.01
which He had done. And
He rested on the seventh day
00:28:00.11\00:28:03.65
from all His work
which He had done.
00:28:03.85\00:28:05.48
Then God blessed
the seventh day... "
00:28:05.79\00:28:07.92
I think He's trying to tell us
that the Sabbath is the 7th day.
00:28:08.02\00:28:10.18
"And on the
seventh day He rested
00:28:12.11\00:28:14.65
from all His works
which He had done and made. "
00:28:14.95\00:28:18.64
And then it says: "He
sanctified the Sabbath
00:28:18.84\00:28:20.89
and He rested on the Sabbath. "
00:28:21.09\00:28:22.58
In other words, who chose
the day that He expected human
00:28:22.88\00:28:25.77
beings to keep? God
chose the day just like
00:28:25.87\00:28:29.29
God chose the what?
Just like God chose the tree.
00:28:29.39\00:28:34.12
Now how did the devil
00:28:35.38\00:28:39.95
try and change the
Sabbath on this earth?
00:28:40.15\00:28:46.14
He needed a human
instrument or a human system
00:28:47.07\00:28:50.91
in order to do it.
00:28:50.94\00:28:52.44
And that system we
talked about last night.
00:28:53.57\00:28:56.48
I want to read you a
few statements now...
00:28:57.50\00:28:59.77
I'm going to read you
particularly one right now
00:28:59.97\00:29:02.07
but we'll be
reading several of them.
00:29:02.17\00:29:03.62
This statement is
from a Roman Catholic,
00:29:04.02\00:29:07.31
very reputable Roman
Catholic encyclopedia
00:29:07.51\00:29:11.07
called Prompta Bibliotheca.
00:29:11.27\00:29:13.58
It's speaking about
the authority of the pope
00:29:14.08\00:29:16.31
and this is what it says.
00:29:17.65\00:29:19.07
This is a Roman
Catholic scholar writing:
00:29:19.38\00:29:21.55
"The pope is of so
great authority and power
00:29:21.86\00:29:24.89
that he can modify, explain,
00:29:25.29\00:29:28.83
or even
interpret even divine laws.
00:29:29.03\00:29:33.38
The pope can modify divine law
since his power is not of man
00:29:34.46\00:29:40.40
but of God
00:29:40.50\00:29:41.88
and he acts as
vice-regent of God upon earth
00:29:42.18\00:29:46.29
with most ample power of
binding and loosing his sheep. "
00:29:46.49\00:29:51.88
What does the pope
have the power to do?
00:29:52.28\00:29:55.41
To modify, explain,
or interpret divine laws.
00:29:55.71\00:30:01.41
And then he says: "The pope can
00:30:02.34\00:30:04.04
modify divine laws. "
00:30:04.14\00:30:05.78
Do you remember what
the little horn was going to
00:30:05.88\00:30:07.40
attempt to do?
00:30:07.50\00:30:08.55
He thought that he could what?
00:30:08.75\00:30:10.01
That he could change the law.
00:30:10.67\00:30:12.61
And he did it by eliminating
the second commandment.
00:30:12.91\00:30:16.43
It's not in the
Catechisms... you can look.
00:30:16.63\00:30:19.54
And by changing the rest
day from Sabbath to Sunday.
00:30:19.74\00:30:23.17
You can check the website that
I mentioned in our last lecture.
00:30:23.47\00:30:26.21
There are 16 pages of
quotations from Roman Catholic
00:30:26.62\00:30:30.11
books where they openly admit
that it was the Roman Catholic
00:30:30.31\00:30:34.95
church which changed the
day - at least in their mind -
00:30:35.05\00:30:38.70
changed the day
from Sabbath to Sunday.
00:30:38.90\00:30:40.44
Allow me to read you just
one of them from a Catechism.
00:30:40.64\00:30:43.09
This is Life in Christ,
instructions in the Catholic
00:30:43.29\00:30:46.46
Faith page 243.
00:30:46.56\00:30:48.73
It says this: "Why did the
church change the Lord's Day
00:30:49.65\00:30:53.45
from the Sabbath to Sunday? "
00:30:53.65\00:30:54.92
Answer: "The church, using
the power of binding and loosing
00:30:56.39\00:31:02.35
which Christ gave to the pope,
00:31:02.45\00:31:04.86
changed the
Lord's Day to Sunday. "
00:31:05.16\00:31:09.49
And you can look in history.
00:31:10.44\00:31:12.00
Sunday was kept long before
Protestants came on the scene.
00:31:12.60\00:31:16.31
Sunday was kept all the
way back to the 3rd century
00:31:16.64\00:31:20.50
actually, and it did not
come as a result of the study
00:31:20.70\00:31:25.19
of scripture. It came
as the result of several
00:31:25.29\00:31:28.56
pressures within
the Roman Empire,
00:31:28.66\00:31:30.55
anti-Judaism and other factors.
00:31:30.65\00:31:33.65
It did not come as a result
of a direct command of God.
00:31:33.95\00:31:37.68
Now let me ask you this:
00:31:37.98\00:31:40.03
does the pope or
does the papacy claim
00:31:40.99\00:31:44.41
that the pope is God's
representative on earth?
00:31:44.51\00:31:47.87
There are statements that even
say that he is God on earth.
00:31:48.17\00:31:50.93
Let me ask you: who could
only be the one who could change
00:31:51.23\00:31:53.45
the law of God?
00:31:53.65\00:31:54.79
It would have to be
whom? It would have to be God.
00:31:55.09\00:31:58.01
Would the devil want
to use an earthly system
00:31:58.58\00:32:01.59
that claims to have God on earth
to attempt to change God's law,
00:32:01.79\00:32:06.83
particularly the commandment
that identified the true God?
00:32:07.13\00:32:10.97
You see, how could people
ever believe that the pope
00:32:11.59\00:32:14.10
is God on earth if the pope
kept the Sabbath as his sign?
00:32:14.30\00:32:17.77
What does the sign
of the Sabbath point to?
00:32:18.53\00:32:21.44
It point to the fact that
there is only one true God
00:32:21.84\00:32:25.75
in heaven... the Creator
of the heavens and the earth.
00:32:25.95\00:32:28.71
You see, if the Roman Catholic
papacy claims that the pope is
00:32:29.52\00:32:32.83
God on earth, the pope
could not keep the Sabbath
00:32:32.93\00:32:36.12
because then people
would say: "Now wait a minute.
00:32:36.22\00:32:38.34
You say that you have
the power of God on earth
00:32:38.54\00:32:40.71
but look, the Bible says that
the Sabbath points to only one
00:32:40.91\00:32:45.01
true God in heaven. "
00:32:45.11\00:32:46.65
And so did the papacy need
to establish a different day
00:32:47.16\00:32:51.32
that would
distract sight from God
00:32:51.52\00:32:54.26
and would attract
sight to this system?
00:32:54.46\00:32:57.15
Absolutely.
00:32:57.55\00:32:58.61
Now allow me to mention
something which is very very
00:32:59.48\00:33:01.94
interesting. And some people
might not like what I'm going to
00:33:02.04\00:33:06.02
say now, but it's the truth.
00:33:06.12\00:33:07.40
Do you know that the observance
of Sunday as the day of rest
00:33:08.04\00:33:12.54
is really idolatry?
00:33:13.76\00:33:15.97
Now you say: "Well
I've been keeping Sunday.
00:33:16.72\00:33:18.79
Have I been an idolator? "
00:33:18.89\00:33:20.56
Well, perhaps not knowingly.
00:33:20.76\00:33:22.45
Let me show you what I mean.
00:33:24.26\00:33:25.71
Let me ask you:
who created the sun?
00:33:26.11\00:33:28.83
Who created the sun?
00:33:30.21\00:33:31.49
God created the sun.
00:33:31.89\00:33:33.17
Did He create
the sun for worship?
00:33:33.47\00:33:35.23
No. So what happens
if you convert the sun
00:33:36.25\00:33:39.32
into an object of
worship? What is that called?
00:33:39.52\00:33:41.20
That's called idolatry.
00:33:41.50\00:33:43.07
Now let me ask you: who
made the first day of the week?
00:33:43.37\00:33:45.36
God. Did He make it for worship?
00:33:46.18\00:33:48.49
Which day did He
make for worship?
00:33:49.54\00:33:51.20
The Sabbath. Did He make
the first day for worship?
00:33:51.60\00:33:53.69
No. So what happens if man con-
verts it into a day of worship?
00:33:54.09\00:33:57.11
What is that called? Idolatry.
00:33:58.23\00:34:00.44
It doesn't make any difference
whether it's an object -
00:34:00.64\00:34:03.40
the sun - or whether it's a day.
00:34:03.50\00:34:05.43
Anything that man makes
as a substitute for worship
00:34:06.03\00:34:10.40
in place of what God
has established for worship
00:34:10.70\00:34:13.29
is what? It is
practicing idolatry.
00:34:13.49\00:34:16.91
Now, allow me to read you
some interesting statements.
00:34:17.70\00:34:21.75
See, the statements
get even more interesting.
00:34:21.95\00:34:24.22
You know, Protestants believe
that they are keeping Sunday
00:34:25.09\00:34:27.52
in honor of the resurrection
of Jesus because the Bible
00:34:27.72\00:34:30.64
says that we're
supposed to keep Sunday.
00:34:30.84\00:34:32.53
But what they don't realize is
that they're really continuing
00:34:33.48\00:34:36.45
the tradition of the
Roman Catholic church.
00:34:36.65\00:34:38.59
Of course, they try to
find arguments from scripture.
00:34:39.43\00:34:41.78
"Yeah, Jesus
resurrected the first day. "
00:34:41.88\00:34:43.59
I'm not going
to argue with that.
00:34:43.89\00:34:45.25
But where does the Bible say
we're supposed to keep Sunday
00:34:45.45\00:34:47.37
in honor of the resurrection?
00:34:47.58\00:34:48.61
They say: "Yes, but you know
Sunday's the day that's been
00:34:49.51\00:34:52.51
kept for centuries. "
Yes, but where does the Bible
00:34:52.61\00:34:55.73
say that we're
supposed to keep Sunday?
00:34:55.84\00:34:57.31
The fact is that Protestants
in the Protestant Reformation
00:34:57.62\00:35:00.59
did not go all the way
in establishing the true day
00:35:00.69\00:35:03.92
of worship which
the Bible enjoins
00:35:04.03\00:35:06.29
and which Jesus
and the apostles kept.
00:35:06.59\00:35:08.50
They simply took the tradition
00:35:08.90\00:35:11.02
that came through
the Roman Catholic church
00:35:11.12\00:35:13.02
and continued this
as the day of worship.
00:35:13.32\00:35:15.71
Now do you want to hear
what Catholics say about this?
00:35:16.01\00:35:18.38
This is what one
Catholic scholar says.
00:35:19.22\00:35:21.65
Actually there's
two: Reverend Leo J. Trese
00:35:22.05\00:35:24.83
and John J. Castletot.
00:35:24.93\00:35:26.33
"Nothing is said in the Bible
about the change of the Lord's
00:35:28.48\00:35:31.78
Day from Saturday to Sunday.
00:35:31.88\00:35:33.30
We know the change only from
the tradition of the church.
00:35:34.58\00:35:38.57
A fact handed down to
us from the earliest times
00:35:39.81\00:35:43.19
by the living
voice of the church.
00:35:43.40\00:35:45.68
That is why we find so illogical
00:35:46.67\00:35:49.63
the attitude of many
non-Catholics who say that they
00:35:49.83\00:35:53.27
will believe nothing unless
they can find it in the Bible
00:35:53.47\00:35:56.41
and yet will continue to
keep Sunday as the Lord's Day
00:35:56.71\00:36:00.68
on the say-so of
the Catholic church. "
00:36:00.88\00:36:04.04
Here's another one.
00:36:05.23\00:36:06.61
This one is
even more meaningful.
00:36:06.91\00:36:08.90
This one is by
H. Canon Cafferata.
00:36:09.20\00:36:12.73
"A word about Sunday.
00:36:13.13\00:36:15.02
God said 'Remember that
thou keep the Sabbath day
00:36:15.22\00:36:18.70
holy. ' The Sabbath
was Saturday not Sunday.
00:36:18.73\00:36:21.76
Why then do we keep Sunday
holy instead of Saturday? "
00:36:21.97\00:36:25.22
He says: "The church altered
00:36:26.21\00:36:29.36
the observance of the Sabbath
to the observance of Sunday.
00:36:29.56\00:36:32.50
Protestants who say that they go
by the Bible and the Bible only
00:36:32.81\00:36:37.79
and that they do not believe
anything that is not in the
00:36:38.61\00:36:41.75
Bible must be rather
puzzled by keeping of Sunday
00:36:41.86\00:36:46.37
when God distinctly said
'Keep holy the Sabbath Day. '
00:36:46.57\00:36:50.17
The word Sunday does not
come anywhere in the Bible
00:36:50.47\00:36:55.67
so without knowing it
they are obeying the authority
00:36:55.87\00:37:00.10
of the Catholic church. "
00:37:00.31\00:37:01.92
Here's another
one. I'll read one more.
00:37:02.22\00:37:03.96
This one is from Father
Enright who for many years was
00:37:04.74\00:37:10.11
teacher at the
Redemptress College of America.
00:37:10.31\00:37:13.20
He's actually president of the
Redemptress College of America.
00:37:13.30\00:37:16.14
He says this: "It was
the holy Catholic church
00:37:16.34\00:37:19.19
that changed the day. "
See, notice... "changed the day
00:37:19.39\00:37:22.27
of rest from
Saturday to Sunday. "
00:37:22.47\00:37:24.15
By the way, does the
prophecy of the little horn
00:37:24.26\00:37:26.32
say that the little horn
would think that he could change
00:37:26.52\00:37:28.50
the law of God?
00:37:28.60\00:37:29.63
Yes! And so he says: "It
was the holy Catholic church
00:37:30.58\00:37:34.81
that changed the day of
rest from Saturday to Sunday,
00:37:35.01\00:37:37.40
the first day of the week.
00:37:37.70\00:37:38.87
And it not only
compelled all to keep Sunday
00:37:39.37\00:37:42.93
but urged all persons
to labor on the seventh day
00:37:43.13\00:37:46.35
under pain of anathema. "
00:37:46.45\00:37:48.28
That's being accursed.
00:37:48.48\00:37:49.51
"Protestants profess
great reverence for the Bible
00:37:49.81\00:37:53.20
and yet by their
solemn act of keeping Sunday
00:37:53.50\00:37:56.86
they acknowledge the
power of the Catholic church.
00:37:57.16\00:38:00.33
The Bible says:
'Remember the Sabbath Day
00:38:00.53\00:38:03.76
to keep it holy' but
the Catholic church says
00:38:03.86\00:38:06.75
'No. Keep the first
day of the week. ' "
00:38:06.96\00:38:09.65
And now notice this:
00:38:09.85\00:38:11.11
"And lo, the
entire civilized world
00:38:11.41\00:38:15.22
bows down in reverent obedience
00:38:15.42\00:38:19.91
to the command of the
holy Catholic church. "
00:38:20.21\00:38:24.35
Is this an important issue?
00:38:26.12\00:38:27.60
This is a very important issue.
00:38:28.54\00:38:30.63
You say: "Why is it important? "
00:38:31.61\00:38:33.18
Let me ask you: does the Sabbath
look just like any other day?
00:38:34.01\00:38:38.07
Does the Sabbath have 24 hours?
00:38:39.24\00:38:41.38
Does the sun rise
and set on the Sabbath?
00:38:41.68\00:38:44.50
Do you get up and
go to bed on Sabbath?
00:38:45.39\00:38:47.32
Is Sabbath one of the
numbers on the calendar?
00:38:48.13\00:38:50.35
You look at the Sabbath,
the Sabbath looks just like
00:38:50.65\00:38:52.60
any other day. What makes
00:38:52.70\00:38:54.69
the Sabbath different?
00:38:54.79\00:38:56.06
Not its outward appearance
00:38:56.37\00:38:57.90
like the outward appearance
of the tree was not different.
00:38:58.10\00:39:00.03
What makes the Sabbath
00:39:00.34\00:39:01.75
different is the fact that God
00:39:01.86\00:39:04.09
what? God set it apart.
00:39:04.19\00:39:06.87
Now I want you to imagine
that in your pocket you have
00:39:07.78\00:39:09.65
two dollars. One dollar is
for you to go to the market.
00:39:09.75\00:39:13.21
And you can't buy much
with one dollar I realize.
00:39:13.31\00:39:15.35
One dollar to buy
things at the market
00:39:15.56\00:39:17.44
and the other dollar
you've set aside for tithe.
00:39:17.64\00:39:19.65
Let me ask you: do those
two dollars look exactly alike?
00:39:19.95\00:39:22.95
Yes. Are they printed on paper?
00:39:24.30\00:39:26.72
Are they worth the same amount?
00:39:27.02\00:39:28.55
So they're
exactly the same, right?
00:39:28.75\00:39:30.35
There's no difference
between the two dollar bills.
00:39:30.55\00:39:32.75
Are they
different? Sure they are.
00:39:33.63\00:39:35.82
What makes them different?
00:39:36.13\00:39:37.20
The fact that one is
set apart for a holy use
00:39:37.50\00:39:40.86
and the other one
is for secular use.
00:39:41.27\00:39:43.77
The Sabbath was set apart by God
00:39:44.18\00:39:46.86
not because it is
different than any other day
00:39:47.26\00:39:50.44
but because God simply
wanted to set it apart to test
00:39:50.64\00:39:55.99
the faithfulness of
man in recognizing Him
00:39:56.19\00:39:59.72
as their Creator
and as their God.
00:39:59.92\00:40:03.27
Now you say: "Pastor, does
it really make any difference
00:40:04.79\00:40:07.01
which day we keep? "
00:40:07.31\00:40:08.36
If God didn't change
the day and the papacy did,
00:40:09.15\00:40:11.72
whose authority
are you accepting?
00:40:11.93\00:40:13.50
You know, obedience is
the highest form of worship.
00:40:14.38\00:40:17.02
If you say you worship
God and you disobey God
00:40:17.53\00:40:20.66
knowing that you're supposed to
keep the Sabbath and you don't,
00:40:20.87\00:40:24.18
whose authority
are you accepting?
00:40:24.49\00:40:26.12
You're accepting the authority
of the individual who changed
00:40:26.42\00:40:28.77
the day. So the final
conflict has nothing to do with
00:40:28.88\00:40:32.48
just one day vs. another day.
00:40:32.68\00:40:34.59
The issue is: whose
authority do you accept?
00:40:34.79\00:40:38.08
Do you accept the authority
of the true God, the Creator
00:40:38.75\00:40:41.85
who made the Sabbath and
you keep the Sabbath as a sign
00:40:42.05\00:40:45.19
that you are loyal to Him
00:40:45.39\00:40:46.88
or do you keep the first
day of the week, thus accepting
00:40:46.91\00:40:50.04
the authority of the
power that changed the day
00:40:50.14\00:40:52.59
from Saturday to Sunday?
The issue is whose authority
00:40:52.79\00:40:56.30
do you accept not which
day specifically you keep.
00:40:56.50\00:41:01.13
By the way, we have a
story in the Bible that shows
00:41:01.81\00:41:04.13
how serious in
the mind of God it is
00:41:04.23\00:41:06.29
when we do not
respect what He has made holy.
00:41:07.25\00:41:11.15
When we offer God something
secular as if it was holy.
00:41:11.55\00:41:15.42
We have in Leviticus chapter
10 the story of Nadab and Abihu.
00:41:15.82\00:41:18.86
I'll tell you
very quickly the story.
00:41:19.06\00:41:20.41
In Leviticus 9 it says
that God rained fire from heaven
00:41:20.71\00:41:23.35
down on the altar.
That was holy fire.
00:41:23.45\00:41:26.40
And God said to Israel: "I
want you when you take fire -
00:41:26.70\00:41:29.70
when the priest takes
fire into the sanctuary -
00:41:29.90\00:41:31.74
make sure that they use
holy fire from this altar.
00:41:31.94\00:41:36.02
Not any kind of fire. This fire
because this fire is holy. "
00:41:36.22\00:41:39.71
But the Bible says that Nadab
and Abihu - the sons of Aaron -
00:41:40.57\00:41:43.48
they were under
the influence of wine.
00:41:43.58\00:41:45.21
By the way, Babylon at the end
of time is under the influence
00:41:45.31\00:41:47.47
of spiritual
wine... false doctrines...
00:41:47.57\00:41:50.72
that does not allow
them to think straight.
00:41:51.12\00:41:53.84
And so under the influence
of wine, they actually took
00:41:54.52\00:41:57.13
common fire and they
took it into the sanctuary.
00:41:57.23\00:41:59.82
Now let me ask you: if you
had looked at the two fires
00:42:00.02\00:42:01.95
would they look alike?
00:42:02.15\00:42:03.25
Sure. If you analyzed the
chemical properties of both,
00:42:04.02\00:42:07.43
would the chemical
properties be alike?
00:42:07.53\00:42:09.26
If you put your finger in
both fires, would the fire
00:42:09.56\00:42:12.18
burn your finger? Of course!
00:42:12.28\00:42:14.42
So the fires were just alike.
00:42:14.72\00:42:17.18
So what distinguished
one fire from the other?
00:42:17.38\00:42:20.10
It was not its
external appearance.
00:42:20.40\00:42:22.76
What distinguished the two
fires was that God had said
00:42:22.96\00:42:25.83
"This fire is holy
and this fire is common.
00:42:26.03\00:42:30.22
And you will
present to Me holy fire. "
00:42:30.52\00:42:33.26
Of course, God
isn't as particular today.
00:42:33.56\00:42:35.47
God today doesn't
really mind; He doesn't care.
00:42:36.47\00:42:38.62
"Just bring Me anything. "
00:42:38.82\00:42:40.46
Did God change?
The cross changed God.
00:42:41.41\00:42:44.75
He was particular before
and now He's really lenient.
00:42:44.95\00:42:47.51
Come on, folks. Does
God change His character?
00:42:48.33\00:42:51.27
Does God still expect us to
offer Him as holy that which is
00:42:51.57\00:42:54.95
holy? Absolutely!
00:42:55.05\00:42:57.38
The Bible says that
Nadab and Abihu brought in
00:42:57.59\00:43:00.13
"strange fire" the Bible says.
00:43:00.33\00:43:02.98
That means
common, everyday fire.
00:43:03.28\00:43:05.48
And God said: "Oh,
well thank you very much.
00:43:06.41\00:43:08.95
Fire is fire. I don't mind... "
00:43:09.06\00:43:10.54
No. The Bible says that
the glory of God came up
00:43:10.64\00:43:12.83
and consumed
Nadab and Abihu there
00:43:13.03\00:43:16.57
because they took common
fire and they offered it to God
00:43:16.88\00:43:20.75
as if it was holy.
00:43:20.95\00:43:22.56
How do you suppose God
feels when we take a common
00:43:22.76\00:43:24.96
working day and present
it to God as if it were holy?
00:43:25.06\00:43:28.13
Now most
Christians don't realize this.
00:43:30.18\00:43:32.40
The ministers - I might say -
to a great degree are to blame
00:43:32.80\00:43:36.64
because God has
given them a Bible to study
00:43:36.74\00:43:39.08
and a Bible to preach, to
share with their congregations
00:43:39.29\00:43:42.29
the truth... even
if it's unpopular.
00:43:42.49\00:43:45.49
Even if everybody
leaves the church.
00:43:45.72\00:43:47.81
Ministers should be faithful
to God and preach the truth
00:43:48.11\00:43:51.54
though the heavens fall.
00:43:51.74\00:43:53.10
Do you agree with that?
00:43:53.51\00:43:55.00
I'll tell you folks: the blood
of many people are going to be
00:43:55.20\00:43:57.82
on me if I don't
tell you the truth.
00:43:57.92\00:43:59.35
I might say some
things that appear to be hard
00:43:59.56\00:44:01.86
and harsh... but
they're the truth.
00:44:01.96\00:44:03.98
And God wants us to
know them and to obey them
00:44:04.18\00:44:08.06
because the destiny
of souls depends upon it.
00:44:08.26\00:44:10.59
And by the way, we find
in Exodus 31 verse 15 that
00:44:10.89\00:44:13.74
God says that whoever
tramples upon the Sabbath
00:44:13.95\00:44:16.98
is to be put to death.
00:44:17.18\00:44:18.44
You say: "Well, we don't put
people to death anymore today. "
00:44:18.64\00:44:20.79
That's true, because
Israel lived in a theocracy.
00:44:20.99\00:44:23.32
But reckoning day will come.
00:44:23.63\00:44:25.68
If we trample upon God's
Sabbath knowingly and say
00:44:26.08\00:44:29.58
"I know that the Sabbath is
the day I'm supposed to keep
00:44:29.78\00:44:31.80
but I'm going to go ahead
and keep on keeping Sunday
00:44:32.00\00:44:34.82
because that's what my church
says, that's what my minister
00:44:34.92\00:44:37.40
says, that's why my friends do,
that's what my relatives do. "
00:44:37.50\00:44:40.21
If we insist on doing that,
00:44:40.52\00:44:42.35
we might not be destroyed now
00:44:42.65\00:44:46.29
but when Jesus
comes it will happen.
00:44:46.59\00:44:49.62
By the way, folks, do you
know what the final controversy
00:44:50.12\00:44:52.96
and the final
conflict is all about?
00:44:53.16\00:44:54.70
It's not about the
oil of the Middle East.
00:44:55.74\00:44:58.70
It is not the
Arabs against the Jews.
00:45:00.43\00:45:03.53
It is not a war
of East against West.
00:45:04.62\00:45:07.86
It is a war that has
to do with two things.
00:45:09.04\00:45:11.82
Number one: worship
00:45:12.02\00:45:14.84
and number two: obedience.
00:45:15.04\00:45:17.32
You say: "How do we know that? "
00:45:17.72\00:45:19.15
Well, let's go to
Revelation chapter 13.
00:45:19.55\00:45:22.10
Revelation chapter 13.
By the way, do you know that
00:45:23.14\00:45:25.76
worship has to do with the
first table of the law, right?
00:45:25.96\00:45:28.21
First table of the law is
the one that has to do with
00:45:29.61\00:45:31.51
our relationship with God.
00:45:31.54\00:45:33.12
That deals with the issue
of worship. So which table
00:45:34.35\00:45:37.82
is involved especially
in the final controversy?
00:45:37.92\00:45:40.11
It's the first table of the law.
00:45:40.41\00:45:42.05
Now notice
Revelation chapter 13.
00:45:42.35\00:45:45.17
Revelation chapter 13
and let's read verse 15.
00:45:45.37\00:45:49.43
It says here: "He
was granted power to give
00:45:49.73\00:45:53.16
breath to the image of the beast
that the image of the beast
00:45:53.26\00:45:55.66
should both speak and cause
as many as would not... " What?
00:45:55.77\00:45:59.18
"worship the image of
the beast to be killed. "
00:45:59.38\00:46:04.14
What is going to be
imposed? False what?
00:46:04.44\00:46:07.04
False worship according to this.
00:46:07.74\00:46:11.30
Now the question
is: does the devil hate
00:46:11.80\00:46:14.49
the commandments of God?
00:46:14.60\00:46:15.90
Is the final conflict going to
have to do with the commandments
00:46:16.10\00:46:18.57
of God? Absolutely!
00:46:18.67\00:46:20.69
Go with me to Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 17.
00:46:20.99\00:46:23.52
We've read this verse before.
00:46:23.72\00:46:25.02
Time and again in
Revelation we find this idea.
00:46:25.23\00:46:27.44
Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 17.
00:46:27.64\00:46:29.71
It says here: "And
the dragon was enraged
00:46:30.01\00:46:33.09
with the woman... "
That is, with the church.
00:46:33.19\00:46:35.36
"and he went to make war with
the rest of her offspring... "
00:46:35.66\00:46:38.91
Or as the King James says:
"With the remnant of her seed. "
00:46:39.11\00:46:41.77
Who what? "Who
keep the commandments
00:46:42.75\00:46:46.43
of God and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ. "
00:46:46.53\00:46:51.03
Notice Revelation
chapter 14 and verse 12.
00:46:51.33\00:46:54.00
This is the conclusion of
the third angel's message,
00:46:54.30\00:46:56.82
God's final
message to the world.
00:46:57.03\00:46:58.80
It says there in
Revelation 14 verse 12:
00:46:59.10\00:47:01.18
And by the way, if you
read the previous verses -
00:47:14.14\00:47:16.89
verses 9 through 11-
00:47:17.09\00:47:18.50
you're going to find that
there's a contrasting group.
00:47:18.70\00:47:20.76
That group worships
the beast and his image
00:47:20.96\00:47:23.92
and receives the
mark of the beast.
00:47:24.12\00:47:25.73
So there's a contrast
between those who worship
00:47:26.03\00:47:28.72
the beast and
receive the mark of the beast
00:47:28.82\00:47:31.13
and those
individuals who keep what?
00:47:31.33\00:47:34.31
Who keep the
commandments of God.
00:47:34.51\00:47:37.42
Now the question is:
what is the mark of the beast?
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Well perhaps we should let the
Catholic church itself explain.
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By the way, what is the
beast? Did we study the beast?
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Who is the beast?
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It is the Roman Catholic papacy.
Was that clear in your mind?
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Very clearly, scripturally,
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it's the Roman Catholic papacy.
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So must the Roman Catholic
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papacy have a mark or a sign
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of its power? Obviously.
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Now I'm going to read you
a couple of statements here.
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This is from
The Catholic Record,
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a Roman Catholic journal.
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The date is September 1, 1923.
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It's an old publication.
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Here's what it says:
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"Sunday is our
mark of authority. "
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Did you catch that?
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Why would it be a
mark of authority?
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Listen, if the papacy claims
to be the power that changed
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the law of God, then the
papacy must have God on earth.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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By the way, every
single prophecy that refers
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to the papacy, there's
something concerning the law.
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I'll give you some examples.
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In Daniel chapter 7 it says
that he thinks he can change
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the law. In II Thessalonians 2
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it says he's called
"the man of lawlessness. "
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"The man of sin. "
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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With respect to other places
that speak about the antichrist
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you have this same
idea coming through
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that there's something
happening with the commandments.
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In Revelation chapter 13
you have him imposing what?
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The mark of the beast.
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See, it all has to
do with the law of God.
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So it says: "Sunday is
our mark of authority. "
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And then comes this comment:
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"The church is above the Bible
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and this transference
of Sabbath observance
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is proof of that fact.
" That is powerful stuff.
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There was an
individual who in 1895 wrote to
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James Cardinal Gibbons.
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I don't know if you've
heard of James Cardinal Gibbons.
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Very famous cardinal in
the Roman Catholic church.
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This individual wrote to him
asking him if the Roman Catholic
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church considered Sunday
- the change of the Sabbath
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to Sunday - as a mark
of her authority and power.
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And I'm going to
read that statement.
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This is the answer
from Chancellor H. F. Thomas
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given to this question.
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Does the Roman Catholic
church claim the act of changing
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the observance of the Sabbath
from the 7th to the 1st day
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of the week as a
mark of her power?
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Here's the answer:
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Of course the Catholic church
claims that the change was
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her act. It could
not have been otherwise
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as none in those days
would have dreamed of doing
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anything in matters
spiritual and ecclesiastical
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and religious without her.
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And now comes this:
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And the act... that is,
the act of changing the day...
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the act is a mark of
her ecclesiastical power
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and authority in
religious matters.
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The beast itself identifies
what is the sign or the mark
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of it's power. It's the
change in the holy law of God.
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The change of the
Sabbath to Sunday.
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And let me ask you:
what happens when individuals
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observe the
Sunday as the rest day
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knowing who
changed the rest day?
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Whose authority
are they accepting?
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They are not accepting
the authority of God...
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they are accepting
the authority of whom?
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The authority of the
power that changed the day.
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Once again, the issue is not
is Sabbath better than Sunday.
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The issue is: who are you
confessing as your authority
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by keeping the Sabbath?
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And who are you
confessing as your authority
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by keeping Sunday?
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The issue is: who do you obey
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and who do you worship?
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Do you worship the
Creator and the day that He gave
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at the beginning on that day?
Or do you worship on the day
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that has been changed?
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By the way, do you remember
that in the Garden of Eden
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the devil deceived Eve?
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Is it possible that the
devil is deceiving the majority
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of the Christian world?
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You say: "Ah, Pastor,
that can't be possible. "
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You don't think so?
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You look at the whole
history of the church from the
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Old Testament and New Testament
you'll find that the vast
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majority were always wrong.
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How many in the days
of Christ were right?
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A handful... and you know it.
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The rest were in apostasy.
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In fact, it was a union
of church and state that
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crucified Jesus.
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The church using the power
of Rome to crucify Jesus Christ.
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Do you think it's going to
be any different at the end of
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time? Do you think that
the majority of those who claim
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to be followers of
Jesus are really going to be
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followers of Jesus?
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That would totally go
against the grain of everything
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that has ever happened in
human history incidentally.
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Now allow me to end by
mentioning several details here.
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I'm going to
have to do it quickly.
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We won't be able
to read the verses.
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Do you know in the Bible
what it is that God constantly
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writes upon our foreheads?
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By the way, Revelation makes
a contrast between the mark
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of the beast which is given
on the right hand and on the
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forehead and the seal of
God which is given where?
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On the forehead.
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The seal of God and the
mark of the beast are opposites.
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Is that clear?
Revelation 14:1 speaks of a
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group that has the seal
of God on their foreheads.
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The immediately-preceding verse
speaks about those who have
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the seal of the
beast on their foreheads.
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So the mark of the beast is
opposite to the seal of God.
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Now let me ask you: the
seal of God is placed where?
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In the forehead.
What is it that you have
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behind your forehead?
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Your mind.
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What does God
write on our minds?
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Go with me to the book of
Hebrews chapter 8 and verse 10.
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Hebrews chapter 8 and verse 10.
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I want you to see that
the seal of God has to do with
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His law. With His commandments
written on our hearts
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and on our minds. By the
way, the only other place that
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something is written on
the hand or on the forehead
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is in Deuteronomy
chapter 6 where God says:
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"I will write My laws
and My statutes and My words
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upon... You should
write them on your right hand
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and on your forehead. "
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Which means that your actions
should reflect the law of God
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and your thoughts should reflect
the contents of the law of God.
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Notice Hebrews
chapter 8 and verse 10.
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Hebrews 8 and verse 10.
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"For this is the covenant
that I will make with the
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house of Israel after
those days says the Lord:
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'I will put My
laws in their minds
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and write them on their hearts.
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And I will be their God
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and they shall be... ' What?
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'and they shall be
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My people. ' "
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One final point before we
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draw this to a close.
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I mentioned that in
Revelation 14 God gives
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a message to the world
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to counteract the
errors of Babylon.
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This message is known as
The Three Angels' Messages.
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I want you to notice what
the first angel's message says
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in calling the world to
renounce the errors of Babylon.
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Chapter 14 of
Revelation and verses 6 and 7.
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Verse 6 says:
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"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven
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having the everlasting gospel
to preach to those who dwell
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on the earth. To every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people
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saying with a loud voice:
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'Fear God and give
glory to Him. ' " By the way,
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this is in the very end
time. God is warning the world
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because He's going to
say that Babylon is fallen
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because Babylon did
not accept this message.
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And so it says:
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"Saying with a loud voice:
'Fear God and give glory to Him
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for the hour of His judgment
has come. ' And now notice:
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'And worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
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the sea, and the
springs of water. ' "
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Where does that
quotation come from:
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"Worship Him who made the
heavens, the earth, the seas,
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and the fountains of waters? "
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It comes from the fourth
commandment of the holy law
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of God. The first
angel brings attention to the
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fourth commandment to the
Creator to worship the Creator.
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And by the way, we have read
from Isaiah 66 and verses 22-23
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where when we get to the kingdom
when God makes a new heavens
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and a new earth the
Bible says that all flesh
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will go from Sabbath to Sabbath
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to worship before the Lord.
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You see, the Sabbath was
God's plan at the beginning.
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The Sabbath will be God's
plan in the earth made new.
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And the Sabbath has
been God's plan in between.
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It is man who
has changed the day.
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The papacy has adopted
Sunday as its mark of authority
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but we must choose the
mark of authority of God,
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the sign between
God and His people.
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