A young Russian Czara
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was taking a walk in
the royal garden one day
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And as he was walking around
in the royal gardens he was
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admiring all the flowers and all
the shrubbery that was there.
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But eventually he looked beyond
the wall into a vacant field
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that was far in the distance.
And he noticed there was a lone
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soldier standing
there, all by himself. He
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appeared to be guarding
something. Well the Russian
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Czara was curious so he walked
out to the empty field and he
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asked the soldier what he was
doing. The soldier looked at the
Russian Czara and he said,
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"I'm just
guarding this spot, sir."
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And the Russian Czara
said, "What do you mean? There's
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nothing here to guard, you're
in an empty field. What are you
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doing here?" "I'm just guarding
this spot, sir." "But there's
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nothing here to guard!
Why are you doing this?" "I'm
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just following orders,
sir." So the Russian Czara went
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and foudn the commanding officer
and he said, "Did you send that
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soldier out there?" "Yes, sir. I
did." "Well what's he suppose to
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be doing?" "He's
guarding that spot, sir!"
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And the Czara said, "I know
that! That's what he told me,
but there is nothing there!"
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-It's an empty field what's
he suppose to be guarding?"
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"I don't know, sir.
I'm just following orders."
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Well the Russian Czara is going
crazy, trying to figure out why
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in an intellegent empire such as
his is sending a soldier out to
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an empty field to
guard absolutely nothing.
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Adn so the Czara decided
to research this in the royal
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archive. And what he
discovered..shocked him.
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Indeed there was a decreet
or an order to send a soldier
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out to this empty field.
And it went all the way back
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hundreds of years to the
time of Cathrine the great.
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See at the time of Cathrine
the great, she had a beautiful
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rose garden that she opened up
tot he subjects of her kingdom.
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And in that rose garden,
which was in that vacant field
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she had a very
rare and special rose.
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bush. And she had positioned
a soldier to stand guard
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over that rose bush to make
sure that nobody destroyed it.
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But long after Cathrine
the great died and centuries
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had passed, no one ever bothered
to change the order and so
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for years after, a soldier
was sent out to guard that
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spot, even though
nothing was there.
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That is a true
story. Now we tend to
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chuckle at something like that,
saying, "How could someone do
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such a thing?" But the truth is,
you and I are endanger of doing
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the same thing even in
our spiritual lives. Because
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so often we are so content
to follow something that someone
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said simply because its a
tradition, its been handed down
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for generations, but we
never bothered to check where
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it comes from or if
it is even founded in the
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word of God. In this seminar
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I have made a promise that this
would be a Bible Base Seminar
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That we would only follow
the Bible and the Bible alone. I
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hope that you feel that promise
has been kept. As last night
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as we started to take a look
at what the Bible teaches of the
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Seventh day Sabbath.
This special time that helps
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us to remember God is
the creator. Time set aside
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to specifically grow in
our relationship with Jesus
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Christ. So tonight lets
just take a few minutes and
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review some of the verses
we looked at last night before
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we move into part 2
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So I'm going to put it in high
gear now, so we really need to
focus and pay attention.
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It began in Revelation 14:6
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The Bible said,
"Then I saw another angel
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flying in the midst of
heaven. Having the everlasting
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gospel to preach to those
who dwell on the earth. To every
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nation and tribe
and tongue and people
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Saying with a loud vice,
Fear God and give glory to him."
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For the hour of
his judgement has come.
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And worship him who made
the heavens and the earth
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and the sea and
the springs of water.
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And we noticed that here
in Revelation in this first
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angel's message that is suppose
to go to every living person on
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the face of the earth.
It specifically quotes the
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fourth
commandment about the Sabbath.
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Its directing us to go
back to creation and remember
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he who made the heavens, the
earth, the sea and the springs
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of water. And so we
spring boarded back to Genesis
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where we read this. Gensis 2:1.
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The Bible says, "Thus
the heavens and the earth
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and all the host of them were
finished and on the seventh day
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God ended his
work which he had done.
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And he rested on
the seventh day from all
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his work which he had done.
Then God blessed the seventh day
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and sanctified
it. Because in it he
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rested from all his
work which God had created
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and made. And we noticed
that all the way back in the
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beginning of time the week
of creation, God sets aside this
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seventh day and he
specifically says its blessed
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and its sanctified
that he would set it apart
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for special use to
where Adam and Eve and all of
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creation could set
their work aside and grow
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in their relationship with their
creator. It's about knowing
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God in a personal way
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And one of the things we noticed
is this was long before there
was ever a Jewish nation on the
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face of earth. Long before there
were different nartionalites,
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long before there different
denominations and we realized
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God meant the Sabbath to be
a blessing to all man kind for
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all of time! And he
considered it so important
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that he included it in
his ten commandment holy law
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so then we jumped to Exodus 20:8
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The Bible says,
"Remember the Sabbath Day
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to keep it holy. Six days
you labor and do all thy work.
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but the seventh day is the
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sabbath of the lord your
God. In it you shall do no
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work. For in six
days the Lord made the
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heavens and the
earth and the sea and all
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that is in them and
rested the seventh day, therefor
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the Lord blessed the
Sabbath day and he hallowed it.
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Now notice God repeated
himself. It says he blessed
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and made holy this special day.
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And one of the things we
noticed, is what word this
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commandment begin with.
Remember, what did most of the
other commandments begin with?
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Thou shall not.
Is it interesting
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that the very commandment
that begins with the word
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forever is the one that most of
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the world has forgotten.
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It's the one that even most of
the religious world says, "isn't
important anymore."
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The other nine are
o.k., but not the one about
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the Sabbath. Is it
by coincidence that God
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said remember?And something
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that really caught our
attention last night is when we
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read Revelation 14:7, you can
see that it is a direct quote
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of that fourth commandment,
that God is pointing His people
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in the end of time
back to rediscovering the
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blessings of the Sabbath
that has been lost sight of.
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Well we didn't want to stop in
the Old Testament last night, so
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we journeyed in to the New
Testament and we looked at the
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example of Jesus. In Luke
4:16 the bible said, "so He came
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to Nazzareth where He had
been brought up, and as His
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custom was He went
in to the synagogue
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on the Sabbath day
and He stood up to read."
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Now remember we mentioned if
it's your custom how often to
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you do it? On a
regular basis. It was Jesus'
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regular habit to be honoring
the Sabbath day because He knew
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it honored His
Father as the Creator.
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And we thought well if Jesus
didn't do away with the Sabbath,
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then we should be able to find
it in the early New Testament
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church. And we took a journey
into Acts and one of the verses
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we looked at was Acts
13:42 where the bible said,
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"The Gentiles begged that these
words might be preached to them
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them next
Sabbath. And on the next
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Sabbath almost
the whole city came
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together to hear the
word of God." So here you have
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New Testament Christians
honoring the Sabbath, using
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it as an opportunity to
preach the gospel of Jesus
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to other people, can
you say amen? And so after
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looking up all these verses we
started to ask the question last
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night, and we wondered, if
the bible is so clear about
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the Sabbath,
where in the world and
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how did we lose site of
it through the centuries?
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And this is where we
came to a dynamic prophecy in
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Daniel chapter 7 that we've
read quite a few times now.
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Daniel 7 describes the
work of Antichrist in thi
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world and Daniel
speaks these words. The bible
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says, "and he
shall speak great words
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against the Most
High, shall persecute
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the saints of the Most
High and shall think to change
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times and laws." In other
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words the spiriti of Antichrist
will be working even in
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the last days to do away
with God's times and God's
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laws. Cause he works against
the Most High. And we've already
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seen how Antichrist has been
working to the point where this
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world has rejected God's
ten commandments and said it's
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archaich, it's irrelevant,
we don't need it anymore.
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But what about
God's times? Isn't it
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interesting that the
Sabbath is found in the heart
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of God's law. It's
God's special time,
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that is meant to
honor Him as the creator
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and it's about worship.
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And the devil would like
nothing more than to cover up
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the symbol that
points to God as our
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creator. That's
what we studied last
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night and we just did it in
about ten minutes. We're not
going to go that fast again.
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Now we are going to
shift into slow gear. And if
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you're a member I gave you
a loving challenge last night
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that you were to go home
and do what? Do you remember?
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Search the scriptures
for yourself and find one
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verse anywhere from
Genesis to Revelation
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that says the Sabbath is done
away with and changed to the
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first day of the week. And if
you decided to do that you
probably discovered
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that verse does
not exist. But for
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those who didn't get a chance to
do it what we are going to do
tonight, we're going to
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look up every single
verse in the New Testament that
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mentions the first day of the
week. Now there is only eight of
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them. How many did I say? Eight.
You say now why are we doing
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this? Because we gotta be fair.
When you study a subject in the
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bible, it's not right to just
study one side of the subject
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and ignore the other. You got
to look at both sides put all
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of the versed of the
bible together and then the Holy
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Spirit will lead us into
truth. So if the Sabbath was
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ever changed to the first day
of the week we should be able to
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find it in one of those eight
texts. If it's not in one of
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those eight texts, that
means it's not in the bible.
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So let's go ahead and begin this
journey, so you might as well
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get out your bibles because I'm
gonna have you look up each one
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with me. Because it's
not important what I say.
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It's not important what Pastor
Mark says. It's not even
important what a church says.
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What's most important is
what does the word of God say.
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That's where we're gonna
go tonight. So let's go to the
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first text, which
is in Matthew Chapter
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28 and verse 1.
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Now many of these have to do
with both the crucifixion and
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and resurrection of
Jesus Christ. Matthew 28: 1
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and many of these verses will
also be in your handout when you
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leave. love to see people take
notes. In a seminar, many times
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the people who take notes tend
sit in the front and I can see
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them better and they got their
blank pieces of paper and
they're just writing down
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everything. I love to see
that! Because it tells me'
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this is a mind that is
open to God's word and is
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searching for truth
and for life. Matthew
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28:1. The Bible
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says, "Now after the Sabbath
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as the first day of
the week began to dawn
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Mary Magdaline and
the other Mary came to see
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the tomb." Now in the first text
it mentions the first day of
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the week in the New Testimate.
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Is there anything in that
verse that say God's special
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Sabbath was changed to the first
day of the week. Is there
anything inthat verse?
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Nothing. In fact, it actually
gives us a clue as to which day
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is the Sabbath! We don't
even need the calender for that.
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Notice, it says "After the
Sabbath," What day came next?
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The first day of the
week! When Jesus rose! So the
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Sabbath is the day before
the first day of the week!
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The day before the
resurrection. We would call it
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what? Saturday!
Because everyone knows
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Easter, Jesus rose on a
Sunday! Well that's the first
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one. There's nothing there
so let's go to the second text.
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This one is in Mark 16: and
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verse 1. In fact, we're
gonna have to go to all four so
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gospels. Mark 16
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:and we're going to
go to verse 1. Mark 16
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:and verse 1, the Bible says
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"Now when the
Sabbath was," What?
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"Passed, Mary
Magdaline and Mary the mother of
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James and
Solomee, bought spices.
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That they might come and anoint
him. Very early in the morning
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on the first day of
the week, they came to the
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tomb when the
sun had risen." Now,
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in that reference did it
say anything in there about
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the Sabbath being changed to the
first day of the week, yes or
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no? -No. Nothing! Did it say
anything about honoring Sunday
because the resurrection
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in that verse.
Nothing! Again it says that
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after the Sabbath
was passed, then came the
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first day of the week. So
the Sabbath was the day before
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Sunday, that's what
we would call Saturday.
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So far, we've looked up
two texts, honestly. We haven't
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found anything yet. But don't
lose heart, there's six more
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texts to go to. So let's go to
the third one. Which is actually
in the same chapter
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just go to verse 9. Mark chapter
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16 and verse 9. The Bible says,
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"Now when he rose early on the
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first day of the week, he
appeared first to Mary Magdaline
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out of whom he he
had cast seven demons.
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Now does it say anything
in there about a change in the
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sabbath? Nothing!
However I cant help but notice,
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Mary Magdaline seems to be quite
involved in the resurrection in
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these verses, doesn't she?
Because, you see, Mary Magdaline
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understood what it meant to be
changed. I mean, Mary Magdaline
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life was basically in
the gutter. I mean, she
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was seperated from God,
she was on a path where she
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was making wrong choices, the
pharisees wanted nothing to do
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with her. They considered
her to be a lost and a condemned
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soul. But Jesus
Christ spent time with
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Mary Magdaline. Because
Jesus Christ ministered to those
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that other people
considered to be worthless.
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And you know the love and the
mercy and the acceptance that
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she experienced from Jesus,
changed her life. Can you say
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amen? You see,
people don't change until
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they know that we love
them. That's a good lessons for
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famalies that's a good lesson
for churches. And you notice
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Mary Magdaline is one of the
first ones who was at that tomb.
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And she's one of the first ones,
actually the first one, besides
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the angels who proclaimed a
living savior, can you say amen?
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Alright, let's go the the
fourth text, on the first day
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of the week, that
would be in Luke chapter
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23: and we're actually
going to start in vers 52.
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Luke, chapter 23: 52
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Now, I'm purposely
looking up these texts
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even though many of them say
the same thing! Because I want
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us to feel like we have
done a thurl study of the Bible
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on this subject, because let's
be honest. Popular theology
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says Sabbath is an
important. But I don't wanna go
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with popular theology, I
want to go with God's theology.
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Can you say amen? So I'm
purposely going through these
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texts. Luke 23:52...
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Now this is describing
when Joseph, of Aremethia
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asked if he could take down
the body of Jesus from the cross
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on Friday afternoon when Jesus
was crucified. So let's take a
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look In verse
52, the Bible says,
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"And this man went to Pilot
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and asked for the body of Jesus.
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Then he took it down,
wrapped it in linen, and
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laid it in a tomb that
was hued out of the rock
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where no one had
ever laid before.
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That day, speaking of the day
he was crucified and put in the
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tomb, "That day was the
preparation." Now the words,
'The preparation day
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was the preparation." Now
the words,"The preparation day
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and the Sabbath drew
near. And the woman who
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had come with him to Galalee
followed after and they observed
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the tomb and how
his body was laid.
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Then they returned and prepared
spices and frequent oils
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and they rested on the
Sabbath according to the
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commandment." And
then verse 1, "Now on the
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first day of the
week, early in the morning,
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they and certain other
woman with them came to the tomb
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bringing the spices
which they had prepared."
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That was quite a few verses, but
it's actually quite important.
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It actually gives us the order
of events and the order of days
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here! It says, the preparation
day, which was always Friday,
that's when you prepared for the
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Sabbath. That's when
Jesus wascrucified on the cross,
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that's when Joseph asked to take
the body of Jesus down and to
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put it in the tomb.
It says the next day was
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the Sabbath when they rested
according to the commandment
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And then after Sabbath was
over, came the first day of
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the week, Sunday. When
he resurrected. See, really
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the ladies were going down
to that tomb, not because they
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expected to see him resurrected,
they were going down to the tomb
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because they didn't have enough
time before the Sabbath to buy
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these spices and ointments. They
were going to finish anointing
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him for burial. But whent hey
got there, they foudn it wasn't
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necessary can you say
amen? Because Jesus was risen.
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And its hard to notice, and I
don't know if it says much for
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my gender, but it seems like all
the people that are down there,
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and the good news is the women!
And they had to go back to the
men and alter on we're going to
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find out the men didn't believe
them to begin with! So I don't
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know I guess there's a lesson
even in the resurrection that
husbands should listen to their
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wives more. You ladies
can say amen! Let's go t the
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fifth text! It's John chapter 20
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:and verse 1. John
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chapter 20:1, this also
describes the resurrection.
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John 20:1
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the Bible
describes it in this way,
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"On the first day of the
week, Mary Magdaline went
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to the tomb early while it
was still dark and saw that the
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stone had been
taken away from the tomb.
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Is there anything in there
that says that the Sabbath was
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changed to Sunday and God's holy
law was done away with? Anything
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in that verse? Nothing! Now so
far we've went through five! But
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now we're going to go to text
number six. And this is one we
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need to slow
down on. Because if we
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read it on the surface
level, it's quite possible to
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understand something. So the
sixth text that we want to go
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to, about the first day of the
week, is John 20: same chapter
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but verse 19. John chapter 20
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:and verse 19. He
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here the Bible says, "Then
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the same day at
evening, being the first
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day of the week, when the doors
were shut, where the deciples
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were assembled for
fear of the the jews
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Jesus came and stood in
the midst and said to them,
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'Peace be with you.'" Now
let's stop here for a second.
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We got to be honest with
scripture, what day is this
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happening on? First day
of the week. It does say
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that they were
assembled together in a place.
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Now I cant act like
thats not there. Thats not fair
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but before I jump to
conclusions, as some may do, and
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say "Oh! Well see they were
assembled together, they were
having a formal worship
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service, so that shows the
Sabbath was changed and God's
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Holy law was done away
with. Thats really reading a lot
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into that verse that
it doesn't actually say.
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See, we have to be careful
that we don't come to the Bible
00:24:11.38\00:24:15.38
with our preconceived
ideas, now thats a hard
00:24:15.38\00:24:19.39
thing to do. Thats why we need
to ask the holy spirit to guide
00:24:19.39\00:24:23.39
our study. Because depending on
things we've heard in our life
00:24:23.39\00:24:27.40
or have been taught, sometimes
even I go to the Bible and
00:24:27.40\00:24:31.37
expecting it to say certain
things and without realizing
00:24:31.37\00:24:35.37
it may be even unconsciously
I make the Bible say what it
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actually doesn't say. Now
it doesnt say anything in here
00:24:39.37\00:24:43.38
about it being a formal
worship service or that npw
00:24:43.38\00:24:47.42
one of God's commandments
is changed and done away with.
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In fact, when you read a little
closer, the verse actually
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tells you, why they were
assembled together! And it had
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nothing to do with
worship. There's one phrase
00:24:59.43\00:25:03.40
in verse 19 that is
absolutely key. It says,
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"When the doors
were shut where deciples
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were assembled," What
does the next phrase say?
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"For fear of the jews!"
They weren't assembling to
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worship a risen savior,
they didn't even believe he was
00:25:19.45\00:25:23.45
risen! At that point! Mary
Magdaline and the women had come
00:25:23.45\00:25:27.46
back to try and tell them and
they said, "You're crazy! You're
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emotional!" You're imagining
things!" Thats why Jesus had to
00:25:31.46\00:25:35.46
appear and say, "Peace be
with you." because they didn't
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believe it . The reason they
were meeting together is because
00:25:39.47\00:25:43.47
they were shut behind closed
doors, for fear of the jews.
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They were scared to death!
They had just seen their savior
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Cruely cricified on Friday
and they figured the athoriites
00:25:51.48\00:25:55.48
were going to come after them
next! So they are assembling
00:25:55.48\00:25:59.49
behind closed doors,
for fear of the jews!
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It had nothing to do with
the Sabbath being changed.
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See, this is an
example of why its important
00:26:07.50\00:26:11.47
to not just read the things on
a surface level, I cant take one
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text in the Bible and build
a doctrine around it, while
00:26:15.50\00:26:19.51
ignoring many other clear texts
that are in the word of God.
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You have to put everything
together! Does that make sense?
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Can you say amen? Lets
go to the seventh text.
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And this is another one to
slow down on just a little bit.
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This says Acts chapter 20 verse
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7 Acts chapter 20 verse 7
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Now if you were here
last night and we did a
00:26:43.53\00:26:47.54
study of the early Christian
church there in the book of
00:26:47.54\00:26:51.54
Acts, do you remember how
many verses we looked up that
00:26:51.54\00:26:55.54
mentioned the Sabbath
over and over and over again?
00:26:55.54\00:26:59.55
now I don't exactly haw many
verse it was ,but you remember
00:26:59.55\00:27:03.55
there was so many that clean the
Sabbath was still an important
00:27:03.55\00:27:07.56
part of Christian walk , I mean
why not in the New Testament is
00:27:07.56\00:27:11.59
God still creator, is
Jesus Christ still our savior
00:27:11.59\00:27:15.90
absolutely so
Sabbath time would still be
00:27:15.90\00:27:19.93
important even
then, but now lets go
00:27:19.93\00:27:23.94
to Acts chapter 20
and take honest look at
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what sometimes seen
as a difficult passage
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actual I love this passage,
because there is something in it
00:27:31.98\00:27:35.98
that I find quite humors you'll
see in a second Act 20 verse
00:27:35.98\00:27:39.99
7 lets read through
first , I want you to
00:27:39.99\00:27:44.03
picture this in your
mind, use your imagination
00:27:44.03\00:27:48.00
as this describe by
Luke the author of Acts
00:27:48.00\00:27:52.00
The Bible says.
00:27:52.00\00:27:56.00
Now on the first day of
the week, when the disciples
00:27:56.00\00:28:00.11
came together to
break bread, Paul,
00:28:00.11\00:28:04.05
ready to depart the
next day, spoke to them and
00:28:04.05\00:28:08.05
continued his message
until (when?) midnight.
00:28:08.05\00:28:12.05
There were many lamps
in the upper room where
00:28:12.05\00:28:16.09
they were gathered together. now
there are two things I want you
00:28:16.09\00:28:20.10
to remember so far I want
to remember the word midnight
00:28:20.10\00:28:24.07
and what was burning
in the upper room? Lamps
00:28:24.07\00:28:28.07
midnight and lamps
remember those two words
00:28:28.07\00:28:32.11
It's going to become
important in just a few minutes
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verse 9 And in a
window sat a certain
00:28:36.11\00:28:40.12
young man named Eutychus, who
was sinking into a deep sleep.
00:28:40.12\00:28:44.15
He was overcome
by sleep; and as Paul
00:28:44.15\00:28:48.16
continued speaking, he
fell down from the third story
00:28:48.16\00:28:52.19
and was taken up dead. The
that to ruin a time together
00:28:52.19\00:28:56.16
Verse 10 But Paul went down,
00:28:56.16\00:29:00.24
fell on him, and
embracing him said, "Do not
00:29:00.24\00:29:04.17
trouble yourselves,
for his life is in him."
00:29:04.17\00:29:08.21
Now when he had come up, had
broken bread and eaten, and
talked a long while,
00:29:08.21\00:29:12.21
even till daybreak,
he departed. Lets pause
00:29:12.21\00:29:16.25
here. If I read
this on the surface
00:29:16.25\00:29:20.26
I might misunderstand,
because. Lets be honest
00:29:20.26\00:29:24.29
What day is this
happen on? first of the week
00:29:24.29\00:29:28.26
The disciples or
together and what's Paul doing?
00:29:28.26\00:29:32.27
he preaching a
message so on the surface
00:29:32.27\00:29:36.30
I kinda see were a person
might look at this and assume
00:29:36.30\00:29:40.31
with out further
study, I guess they just
00:29:40.31\00:29:44.35
they start Sunday
holly now, but is that
00:29:44.35\00:29:48.35
what the verse says or am I
reading reading something into
00:29:48.35\00:29:52.35
with preconceived ideas,
does the verse specifically say
00:29:52.35\00:29:56.39
that God's Sabbath is
change to the first of week
00:29:56.39\00:30:00.43
and HIs Holly Law
is done away with,
00:30:00.43\00:30:04.40
it doesn't in fact if God
was going to change eternal
00:30:04.40\00:30:08.40
ten commandments, don't
you think He would make it
00:30:08.40\00:30:12.41
appsolutely clear that it would
scream out to us from Bible
00:30:12.41\00:30:16.44
He wouldn't make it
something hidden that we have to
00:30:16.44\00:30:20.45
indirectly find but see
as you read this verse you
00:30:20.45\00:30:24.49
out very quickly, this
is not a Sunday morming
00:30:24.49\00:30:28.49
worship service,
it is a Saturday night
00:30:28.49\00:30:32.49
You say how do you know
that? Two reason, number one
00:30:32.49\00:30:36.46
many modern
translation translate actual
00:30:36.46\00:30:40.50
it as Saturday night
we know it was evening for
00:30:40.50\00:30:44.51
two reason. What were the
words I told you to remember?
00:30:44.51\00:30:48.54
Midnight and Lamp
00:30:48.54\00:30:52.58
If this was Sunday morning
gathering and Paul preached
00:30:52.58\00:30:56.58
till midnight;
Paul preached a long
00:30:56.58\00:31:00.62
long , long time
00:31:00.62\00:31:04.63
He would have been the most long
winded preacher ever, you think
00:31:04.63\00:31:08.63
I'm long going for an hour,
imagine him, It said what was
00:31:08.63\00:31:12.63
burning? Lamps, why to do
burn lamps in the upper room
00:31:12.63\00:31:16.67
because it is dark
outside it's Saturday
00:31:16.67\00:31:20.68
evening that's why the
poor guy Eutychus fell asleep
00:31:20.68\00:31:24.71
I don't know why he was
sitting in the window, I don't
00:31:24.71\00:31:28.72
understand that but sitting in
the window, Paul is going on and
00:31:28.72\00:31:32.75
on, lamps are burning it's
closed to midnight poor falls
00:31:32.75\00:31:38.96
asleep fall out the window and
dies, you know I think there
another lesson in there
00:31:38.96\00:31:40.76
you should never fall asleep
when the preacher is preaching,
00:31:40.76\00:31:44.73
you never know what
could happen. I'm sorry
00:31:44.73\00:31:48.74
I couldn't resist that, but know
it says, that could have put a
00:31:48.74\00:31:52.77
damper things but Paul
and God in mercy when down
00:31:52.77\00:31:56.81
and he prayed and this man life
was brought back to him. Can you
00:31:56.81\00:32:00.82
say amen? And you know that is
really a lesson for us preacher
I guess, I kinda learn
00:32:00.82\00:32:04.75
sometimes the hard way, somebody
might look like there sleeping
00:32:04.75\00:32:08.79
in church somebody may look like
not listening whith there head
down and they could care
00:32:08.79\00:32:12.79
listening what being said,
you know sometime what I have
00:32:12.79\00:32:16.80
discovered I was wrong on
in what I judged on the outside
00:32:16.80\00:32:20.84
they heard every word, they
just didn't want other people
00:32:20.84\00:32:24.84
to know that they were listening
00:32:24.84\00:32:28.88
so there is a lesson there to,
but see that why the man fell
00:32:28.88\00:32:32.88
asleep this was Saturday
evening, Paul was getting ready
00:32:32.88\00:32:36.89
to leave the next day, because
it said he left at day breake,
Sunday morning, he paid
00:32:36.89\00:32:40.89
fair got on a ship and continued
his missionary journey he
00:32:40.89\00:32:44.89
treated Sunday like an ordinary
day of the week the reason he
preached till midnight
00:32:44.89\00:32:48.86
he knows that he is probably not
going to see this people agian
00:32:48.86\00:32:52.87
and he had a hard saying good
bye, that's why the poor guy
00:32:52.87\00:32:56.87
fell asleep so see when
put the verse of the bible
00:32:56.87\00:33:00.94
together and don't just read it
on the surface the bible becomes
00:33:00.94\00:33:04.88
very, very clear so far
00:33:04.88\00:33:08.88
we have lookup seven of
the eight text, we got one more
00:33:08.88\00:33:12.92
if it is not in
next text, that means
00:33:12.92\00:33:16.93
it not in the bible, so
let's to the the eighth test
00:33:16.93\00:33:21.96
1 Corinthians chapter 16
00:33:21.96\00:33:26.00
1 Corinthians just a
few books forward chapter 16
00:33:26.00\00:33:30.01
and verse one and this
another one we must careful
00:33:30.01\00:33:34.01
not to a quick
cursory reading of
00:33:34.01\00:33:38.01
1 Corinthians 16
verse 1 The bible says
00:33:38.01\00:33:42.02
and Paul writing, I
still hear some pages turn
00:33:42.02\00:33:46.02
I want to give time to get
there. 1 Corinthians 16 verse 1
00:33:46.02\00:33:50.06
Now concerning the
collection for the saints,
00:33:50.06\00:33:54.03
as I have given orders
to the churches of Galatia,
00:33:54.03\00:33:58.03
so you must do also: On
the first day of the week
00:33:58.03\00:34:02.04
let each one of you lay
something aside, storing up
00:34:02.04\00:34:06.04
let each one of you lay
something aside, storing up
00:34:06.04\00:34:10.05
I come. Sometime I have
read in books or commentaries
00:34:10.05\00:34:14.08
where they jump on this
aw see like a Sunday school
00:34:14.08\00:34:18.09
offering so it shows that
Sabbath was to the first day,
00:34:18.09\00:34:22.09
God's holy law was changed and
done away with, that's really
00:34:22.09\00:34:26.09
reading in to the text a
lot does it actually says that?
00:34:26.09\00:34:30.07
Paul is saying listen,
on the first day of the week
00:34:30.07\00:34:34.07
the begin of your work
week I want you to lay something
00:34:34.07\00:34:38.11
aside at home lay something
00:34:38.11\00:34:42.08
aside so when I or the
other Apostle's come, we can
00:34:42.08\00:34:46.11
collect it. What were
they collecting for? The poorer
00:34:46.11\00:34:50.12
christians in Jerusalem, this
is not first time the collected
00:34:50.12\00:34:54.12
funds like this what the
Apostle's did because christain
00:34:54.12\00:34:58.13
Jerusalem were being
persecuted,the Jews nation
00:34:58.13\00:35:02.10
totally rejected Christ and his
message, the were losing house
00:35:02.10\00:35:06.10
and home and basic necessity
of live, some of these Christian
00:35:06.10\00:35:10.11
who came paganism would
actually give of their funds
00:35:10.11\00:35:14.11
that the Apostle's could take
back to Jerusalem and support
00:35:14.11\00:35:18.11
their bother and sister
they never met or laid eyes
00:35:18.11\00:35:22.15
on before that tells you
something about the ultimate
00:35:22.15\00:35:26.15
love and compassion that
early christian church had
00:35:26.15\00:35:30.16
and why that
church changed the world
00:35:30.16\00:35:34.13
it doesn't God's
holly law or Sabbath
00:35:34.13\00:35:38.13
being done away with. So
now we have taken the time
00:35:38.13\00:35:42.14
to lookup all eight
test we found nothing
00:35:42.14\00:35:46.14
so we can come to the
conclusion that are over
00:35:46.14\00:35:50.18
hundred verse in the bible
about the seventh-day Sabbath
00:35:50.18\00:35:54.18
But there is not one
verse saying the Sabbath changed
00:35:54.18\00:35:58.19
to Sunday, that
would make Sabbath one of
00:35:58.19\00:36:02.19
the clearest most indisputable
teaching that are based
00:36:02.19\00:36:06.19
on the Bible and Bible alone
00:36:06.19\00:36:10.17
now that we done a
thorough study of the bible
00:36:10.17\00:36:14.20
let's address
some practical question
00:36:14.20\00:36:18.17
that will no doubt will
cross our mind, and one question
00:36:18.17\00:36:22.21
you maybe be ask
right now is this,
00:36:22.21\00:36:26.21
what is the
difference? Does it really
00:36:26.21\00:36:30.22
matter which day
Sabbath or Sunday
00:36:30.22\00:36:34.22
on the surface, it may not seem
00:36:34.22\00:36:38.23
like it matter very
much, but you have to go to
00:36:38.23\00:36:42.20
deeper issue
behind it, see Sabbath
00:36:42.20\00:36:46.20
is about the truth of bible
00:36:46.20\00:36:50.24
Sabbath is about
the commandments of God
00:36:50.24\00:36:54.24
Sabbath is about
authority of God being above
00:36:54.24\00:36:58.25
everything else Sunday
00:36:58.25\00:37:02.25
Sunday is a
traduction of a church
00:37:02.25\00:37:06.25
Sunday is the
commandments of men
00:37:06.25\00:37:10.26
Sunday is the authority of men
00:37:10.26\00:37:14.23
So the real issue
is this. Do I go with
00:37:14.23\00:37:18.27
the truth of the Bible
or do I go with tradition?
00:37:18.27\00:37:22.24
Do I believe that commandments
of men are above the
commandments of God?
00:37:22.24\00:37:26.27
Whose authority
will I choose to follow?
00:37:26.27\00:37:30.25
That's the real
and deeper issue.
00:37:30.25\00:37:34.25
because, now I'm just going to
be plain, I hops you still love
00:37:34.25\00:37:38.25
me, if I look at the
word of God and I say Lord
00:37:38.25\00:37:42.29
I know what the
Bible says, but I
00:37:42.29\00:37:46.29
don't think it matters,
Lord I know what the Bible says
00:37:46.29\00:37:50.27
but this church over here
doesn't think is important
00:37:50.27\00:37:54.27
Lord I know what
your word teaches, but
00:37:54.27\00:37:58.27
this pastor says I don't worry
about it, what really doing
00:37:58.27\00:38:02.58
is I'm putting the
authority of someone above
00:38:02.58\00:38:06.61
what the word of God says
or if I say it doesn't matter
00:38:06.61\00:38:10.62
really I'm braking the
first commandment in a sence
00:38:10.62\00:38:14.62
I'm making myself a
god above God that what
00:38:14.62\00:38:18.66
I say and think, my opinion
is more important than what
00:38:18.66\00:38:22.63
God says, that more than just
00:38:22.63\00:38:26.63
Sabbath we can do that any
issue in the word God, can't we?
00:38:26.63\00:38:30.64
That the part were have
to learn how surrender the
00:38:30.64\00:38:34.64
heart and that not ease for this
human heart and it's not ease
00:38:34.64\00:38:38.68
for me I could come the
word of God were it says, I'm
00:38:38.68\00:38:42.68
to be faithful to
my wife and I oh Lord
00:38:42.68\00:38:46.72
can't I have little fun on
the side, what really matter?
00:38:46.72\00:38:50.73
I may come with all sorts
of what I think are good reason
00:38:50.73\00:38:54.73
but it doesn't
change that fact that I'm
00:38:54.73\00:38:58.73
trying put what I
think above God says.
00:38:58.73\00:39:02.74
See the most
foundational princple
00:39:02.74\00:39:06.74
for christianity, this the most
basic question we would have to
00:39:06.74\00:39:10.78
answer well the most I
follow Jesus as my savior
00:39:10.78\00:39:14.78
the next most basic question
this, do I believe that this
00:39:14.78\00:39:18.45
is word of God or not, do I
00:39:18.45\00:39:22.46
believe that is
highest is authority
00:39:22.46\00:39:26.46
on the the earth or am
I will to say that church
00:39:26.46\00:39:30.43
tradition can be placed above
the Bible, do you understand
00:39:30.43\00:39:34.44
where deeper issue comes in?
It's far more than just about
00:39:34.44\00:39:38.44
today. The same thing is really
in the garden of eden when you
00:39:38.44\00:39:42.44
What was Eve sin? On
the surface what was her
00:39:42.44\00:39:46.45
and Adaw sin on the
surface, they took what?
00:39:46.45\00:39:50.49
A peace of fruit,
now on the surface
00:39:50.49\00:39:54.49
without going deep, is there
any sinful about eating fruit
00:39:54.49\00:39:58.49
in of it self? No,
or I have sined today,
00:39:58.49\00:40:02.46
because I ate some
peaches, it's deeper issue
00:40:02.46\00:40:06.47
they choose to
ignore what God said
00:40:06.47\00:40:10.51
and they believe
someone else, I.E the serpent or
00:40:10.51\00:40:14.51
themselves, the
deeper issue was, they ignore
00:40:14.51\00:40:18.51
commands that God had given
them, and so when I do that
00:40:18.51\00:40:22.52
I begin to
compromise God's word so if I
00:40:22.52\00:40:26.55
compromise in the area
of Sabbath or any other the
00:40:26.55\00:40:30.56
principle in the Bible,
see I'm in danger get on a
00:40:30.56\00:40:34.20
slippery slope of comprise,
because then when I come to
00:40:34.20\00:40:38.23
something else in the word
God where I say well Lord I know
00:40:38.23\00:40:42.24
what it says But
that's inconvenient for me
00:40:42.24\00:40:46.27
Lord I know says but that's
not what I believed all my live
00:40:46.27\00:40:50.28
Lord I know what your
saying but I really think it
00:40:50.28\00:40:54.32
matters. We start to
pick and choose and compromise
00:40:54.32\00:40:58.35
things in the word God
and God says He wants all
00:40:58.35\00:41:02.36
of our hearts,
all of our souls, and
00:41:02.36\00:41:06.39
all of our mind,
because Jesus did not do any
00:41:06.39\00:41:10.37
less for us on the
Cross of Calvary. When He
00:41:10.37\00:41:14.37
went the Cross
He gave everything
00:41:14.37\00:41:18.37
He gave all He had
00:41:18.37\00:41:22.38
and He tell me
take up cross follow me
00:41:22.38\00:41:26.38
and though there may
be challenges, there will
00:41:26.38\00:41:30.42
blessing in store. Can you say
amen? You say well pastor Dave,
00:41:30.42\00:41:34.42
you know the majority
don't believe or understand
00:41:34.42\00:41:38.43
it. I know if I
did not talk about
00:41:38.43\00:41:42.40
Sabbath, I my
seminar would be bigger
00:41:42.40\00:41:46.40
if I did not talk about Sabbath,
I know might be on television
00:41:46.40\00:41:50.44
and radio but see it's not
about what the majority thinks
00:41:50.44\00:41:54.44
I'm not willing to compromise
for what the Bible say for
00:41:54.44\00:41:58.45
popularity That certainly is a
temptation for all of us, see if
00:41:58.45\00:42:02.45
I go with the majority, I would
have been in trouble Noah days,
00:42:02.45\00:42:06.45
would I? because the
majority were mistaken
00:42:06.45\00:42:10.46
I would be with Lot and
Sodom and Gomorrah, because
00:42:10.46\00:42:14.46
the majority were wrong,
I would have been trouble
00:42:14.46\00:42:18.43
in Jesus day,
because the majority
00:42:18.43\00:42:22.47
which included
religious leader with many
00:42:22.47\00:42:26.47
degree and
education, did not except
00:42:26.47\00:42:30.48
the Savior when He
came. That why Jesus
00:42:30.48\00:42:34.48
always tells me to got
the word of God, because
00:42:34.48\00:42:38.49
this is where we
find truth. Amen?
00:42:38.49\00:42:42.49
But now we have to get to
a couple of other question
00:42:42.49\00:42:46.49
people ask, then we have
talk about how the change happen
00:42:46.49\00:42:50.47
history because if it didn't
from the bible, then happen
00:42:50.47\00:42:54.47
somewhere else but sometimes
people have a sincere question
00:42:54.47\00:42:58.47
and they say how do we
know that Saturday is still the
00:42:58.47\00:43:02.48
seventh-day wasn't the calendar
changed through the ages, and
00:43:02.48\00:43:06.48
that's actual very good
question,know I got to be
honest, the only time
00:43:06.48\00:43:10.52
I ever hear that question,
is when I talk about the sabbath
00:43:10.52\00:43:14.52
if I were to stand up, you
know what it doesn't matter
00:43:14.52\00:43:18.53
Sunday is good enough that's
first day of week, no body would
ever ask me would do know
00:43:18.53\00:43:22.50
Sunday is the first day of the
week, no body would ever ask me
that. It is always when it come
00:43:22.50\00:43:26.50
to the Sabbath. The
only major Calendar change
00:43:26.50\00:43:30.51
in the gregorian
calendar came in October of 1582
00:43:30.51\00:43:34.51
on October 4 (you
see that there) they
00:43:34.51\00:43:38.51
discovered they 10 days out
of harmony with the solar system
00:43:38.51\00:43:42.52
so they had to add
ten days, so next which
00:43:42.52\00:43:46.52
should have been
October 5 became whar?
00:43:46.52\00:43:50.53
October 15, notice
the number date change
00:43:50.53\00:43:54.56
but weekly cycle
never chaged, thurday
00:43:54.56\00:43:58.53
become what? Friday
and even astronomers
00:43:58.53\00:44:02.54
will tell you and even NASA,
somebody wrote a letter one day
00:44:02.54\00:44:06.54
asking this question the
seventh-day we had in Jesus day
00:44:06.54\00:44:10.55
is the same seventh-day
that we have today the weekly
00:44:10.55\00:44:14.55
cycle has never changed
00:44:14.55\00:44:18.55
well how about
I keep any sabbath
00:44:18.55\00:44:22.56
Well I agree with that except
for one thing, God said the
00:44:22.56\00:44:26.59
Seventh-day is the Sabbath
it is way He test our loyalty
00:44:26.59\00:44:30.57
Well I keep every
day holly that's rather
00:44:30.57\00:44:34.57
impossible, you can
live a holy life every day
00:44:34.57\00:44:38.61
but keeping day holy means
setting aside secular labors
00:44:38.61\00:44:42.61
to be close to God, at some
point you're going to have go to
00:44:42.61\00:44:46.58
work and you are going have
to make income food, you can't
00:44:46.58\00:44:50.62
every day holy, Jesus
said six days we have to labor
00:44:50.62\00:44:54.62
He wants us to on those
six days the seventh-day is the
00:44:54.62\00:44:58.63
Sabbath of the Lord thy
God. So now the question
00:44:58.63\00:45:02.60
comes. How did the change
00:45:02.60\00:45:06.60
from Sabbath to Sunday
actually happen? if it didn't
00:45:06.60\00:45:10.61
come from God,
what in this world
00:45:10.61\00:45:14.61
to constitute the
shift? And this what we
00:45:14.61\00:45:18.61
touched on last night, lets
see if can go into a more detail
00:45:18.61\00:45:22.62
with time that
remains, what happen was this
00:45:22.62\00:45:26.62
Paul wrote something 2nd Timothy
4, he made this statement
00:45:26.62\00:45:30.63
see Paul understanded
00:45:42.64\00:45:46.64
He knew that when the original
apostles died false teaching
00:45:46.64\00:45:50.65
would come into the church, he
knew they would turn away sound
00:45:50.65\00:45:54.52
doctrine and you see that middle
ages, it is what christian
history called the great
00:45:54.52\00:45:58.05
apostasy, we'll talk
about that a little bit later
00:45:58.05\00:46:02.06
and slowly but surely the
church fall away from the pure
00:46:02.06\00:46:06.09
truth of God's word and Christ
teaching and began to follow
00:46:06.09\00:46:10.10
some of tradition
of men and eventually
00:46:10.10\00:46:14.10
this affected the
Sabbath, the was shift
00:46:14.10\00:46:18.14
towards Sunday, which
basically happen like this
00:46:18.14\00:46:22.14
remember who ruled the word in
those couple centuries of early
00:46:22.14\00:46:27.62
church history Who was it? Come
on a little louder who was it?
00:46:27.62\00:46:32.05
Rome, did Rome like the Jews?
Did Rome like christians? Not in
00:46:33.49\00:46:36.12
the beginning they hated them
because many christians they
00:46:36.12\00:46:40.13
were viewed as a sect of
judaism because they shared the
00:46:40.13\00:46:44.13
Seventh-day Sabbath
christian were persecuted and so
00:46:44.13\00:46:48.17
some christian and leader came
up with the idea you know what
00:46:48.17\00:46:52.24
maybe if shift towards Sunday we
can accomplish a couple of thing
00:46:52.24\00:46:57.21
number one we will differentiate
our self from Jewish nation and
00:46:57.21\00:47:01.22
mabe Rome will realize we're
different were are not Jews
00:47:01.22\00:47:05.25
the other thing hoped to
accomplish is the christian
church is trying to win all
00:47:05.25\00:47:09.29
these pagan to Christ,
the pagan worshiped the
00:47:09.29\00:47:13.29
sun god, and of course you can
imagine what day they did that
00:47:13.29\00:47:17.30
the Sunday, they
said you know if switched
00:47:17.30\00:47:21.30
Sunday as holy, pagan
don't have to change much then.
00:47:21.30\00:47:25.37
instead of worshiping the
sun god well get them to worship
00:47:25.37\00:47:29.41
the Son of God and on the
00:47:29.41\00:47:33.45
surface that may seem
innocent, but it started
00:47:33.45\00:47:37.89
a slope of
falling away pure truth of
00:47:37.89\00:47:41.92
God's word and when
Constantine came on he seen
00:47:41.92\00:47:45.93
in 321, he became
a christian few years
00:47:45.93\00:47:49.90
before that, I mean imagine if
you think that is a good thing
00:47:49.90\00:47:55.00
christianity goes from
being illegal to being the state
00:47:55.00\00:47:59.01
religion, persecution stops
00:47:59.01\00:48:03.01
now at first we think
Hallelujah that's a great thing
00:48:03.01\00:48:07.82
not necessarily
because what Constantine did
00:48:07.82\00:48:11.82
he was a force
in bring many pagan
00:48:11.82\00:48:15.82
teaching into
the church and Sunday
00:48:15.82\00:48:19.83
Sunday became one of them
in 321 he made one of the first
00:48:19.83\00:48:23.80
and earliest Sunday laws and
it's actually record word for
00:48:23.80\00:48:27.80
word here it says
00:48:27.80\00:48:31.84
now when the emperor of the
world says that, how many people
00:48:39.85\00:48:43.85
do you think listen? The
majority kind like today,
00:48:43.85\00:48:47.86
remember that commercial,
when E.F. Hatton speaks what
00:48:47.86\00:48:51.86
happened? people listen, same
with the Roman emperor, and this
00:48:51.86\00:48:55.83
just added momentum to the
Sabbath being lost site of, and
00:48:55.83\00:48:59.83
then what accrued through
history, well talk about it
later on in the seminar
00:48:59.83\00:49:03.87
church came
together, and out of Rome came
00:49:03.87\00:49:07.88
a religious system
known as the Papacy
00:49:07.88\00:49:11.88
and when the Papacy was
form Sunday was included in the
00:49:11.88\00:49:15.88
catechism please understand
this not to be derogatory
00:49:15.88\00:49:19.89
towards any particular faith
group, God is not honored when
we speak negatively
00:49:19.89\00:49:23.89
of others. Can you say
amen? but we have to show
00:49:23.89\00:49:27.86
how this happen in history,
because the very important way
00:49:27.86\00:49:31.87
understanding how did we
lose sight of the Sabbath
00:49:31.87\00:49:35.87
in Papal Rome there is
something called the catechism
00:49:35.87\00:49:39.91
and if ever grown up catholic
you go through catechism
00:49:39.91\00:49:43.91
and in the catechism it teaches
basically the doctrine the
00:49:43.91\00:49:47.92
church one of them has this
question in it, this word for
00:49:47.92\00:49:51.92
word from the catechism.
Question which is the Sabbath
00:49:51.92\00:49:55.96
day? Saturday is the
sabbath day. Why do observe
00:49:55.96\00:49:59.93
Sunday instead of Sabbath?
Because the Catholic Church
00:49:59.93\00:50:03.93
transferred the solemnity
from Saturday to Sunday
00:50:03.93\00:50:07.94
Now that puts a spin on it
00:50:07.94\00:50:11.94
because now it tells me
00:50:11.94\00:50:15.94
Sunday is not about the Bible
00:50:15.94\00:50:19.98
it not about
God says, it's about
00:50:19.98\00:50:23.99
tradition being
put above God's word
00:50:23.99\00:50:27.99
and the underlying issue is who
00:50:27.99\00:50:31.99
has the most
authority God's word
00:50:31.99\00:50:36.00
or the tradition of men
00:50:36.00\00:50:40.04
there is other historical quotes
from this time, I'm going to put
a few on the screen
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these quotes are straight
forward, but only showing
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this to show how this
happen history. In his book
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called Faith of are Fathers by
Cardinal James Gibbons, he make
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this statement. and he writs.
"You may read the Bible from
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Genesis to Revelation and
you will not find a single line
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authorizing the sanctification
of Sunday. The Scriptures
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enforce the religious observance
of Saturady....(Now he right
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ther so far he goes to on to
say) If want to go by the Bible
worship on Saturday
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But the church says
tradition is ahead of the Bible
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and we've established
Sunday. We've change it by
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(By what is the
word?) tradition"
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Now why are they saying that?
because there're being honest
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on of doctrines that come
from Papal Rome, is that church
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is equal to or above the
Bible, that they have the power
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to change what the Bible says,
and put their authority above it
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You and I have to ask ourselves
am I willing to alone with that
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even with the
issue of the Sabbath
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who has the highest
authority, and really
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I'm going to blatantly honest
with you this what Papal Rome
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throws into protestants faces
because protestants say you what
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we go Bible and the Bible
alone, the Bible it's God's
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highest authority not the
church,church can not change
what the Bible says
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and so Rome comes
really that's what believe
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but you follow our
Sunday, Sunday now where
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taught in the Bible, but you
honor it and ignore the direct
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command of scripture and they
use that as way to say see you
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are you the lost little who
should come back to the mother
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church and I have
admit they make a good point
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If I follow the
Bible and the Bible alone
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that doesn't mean
eight out of ten commandments
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that doesn't mean 9 out
of 10 that means that God
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wants me to follow Him
with all my heart and all
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my soul. Lastly one more
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quote come a book called
Canon and Tradition, where says
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so you see when you understand
how this changed occurred
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now I begin to realize
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it is not me saying difference
between days don't matter
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It's about much deeper issue
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I'm choosing what he Bible
says and what tradition says
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I'm choosing
between and Jesus and
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religious leaders I'm
choosing between God's law
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and man's law and
whenever we have to make choice
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no matter what the
teaching may be, no matter issue
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may be it matters
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and it is important.
That's why Revelation
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describes God's church
at the end of in this way
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see in these last days God
is looking for people for all
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religious backgrounds people
who would say Heavenly Father
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I want you to write
Your law upon my heart, Lord
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I want to follow you all the way
I want hold nothing back Lord I
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keep your commandments
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As we close tonight I recognize
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that when you hear this first
time it can rather be a jolt
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to your christian walk, because
you start wonder in your mind
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this is so clear from the
Bible, why didn't see it before
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and then you start to wonder
what else haven't I notice
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from the Bible,
see my wife when this
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when she first learned about
the Sabbath it was new to her
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She determined she would go home
and study the word of God and
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she found it to be true and you
study this, you may be thinking
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boy this might
require a change in my life
00:55:15.74\00:55:19.81
this might effect my job, it
could effect my family, it could
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effect choices that I make each
day, it could effect my daily
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life but you know that God give
us a promise, because when we
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choose the follow the
will God with it comes
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peace, comes
confidence and comes the
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assurance that we right
with Jesus, that we have put
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His word his above everything
else and that we are trusting
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in Him, Jesus and He says
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Am I willing to
put Jsus first? Am I
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willing to surrender
my to Him in any subject
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Am I willing to put
Jesus and his word above
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everything else may our payer
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be that of Joshua when he said
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I pray that we
would always make that
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choice that we not
serve man but me and my house
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will serve the Lord
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Would you pray with me
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Heavenly Father it's
powerful to see what Your
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word says to
understand what a blessing You
00:56:50.94\00:56:55.01
give us in the Sabbath. Lord
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it is scary how
throughout history
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it could be lost sight of
that man could cover it up
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Lord we're searching for
Your light and truth so just now
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Father we give ourselves
to You, we ask you Lord
00:57:11.23\00:57:15.26
to be with us as we open Your
word, and we continue a journey
00:57:15.26\00:57:19.37
that is searching for
truth, if there is someone
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here wanting to know what Your
light is, bless them as they
00:57:23.37\00:57:27.38
open your word bless them as
they go home tonight. In fact
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every head bowed and
ervery eye closed maybe
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there is someone here says
Lord I just want you to know
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I am willing to honestly
search this out from bible
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I'm just simply asking You
to lead, if that is your desire
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I would like invite you to raise
your hand just now every head
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bowed every eye is closed your
simply saying Lord I want to
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search this out from the bible
I want to know your will, Lord
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please to guide me to Your truth
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Father you see any hands that
are raised, we know that You
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would answer that pray, and that
you will fill their heart with
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In Jesus Name. Amen
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