Hello, my friends at home today.
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I wanna welcome you
to 3ABN in Faith Chapel.
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Today it's a, it's a
very awesome privilege for
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me to come here today
and share with you a little
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bit about a special
situation in my life.
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And the topic today is
remember the Sabbath day.
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And there is a
controversy going on in our
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world today. Well,
we got the Lord's Day,
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we got the old
Jewish Sabbath day, and we,
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we got all kinds of issues
and we actually got confuse
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people out there.
And my dear friend,
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I'm one of those people
that were terribly confused.
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I had heard about the
Sabbath and all through
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the Bible speaks about
remember the Sabbath day.
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And then some people wanna say,
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Oh! No the Ten Commandments
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they were nailed
to the cross and we;
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we don't have to
keep that anymore,
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that's the old law.
Well, I'll tell you what
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God's law? The Ten
Commandments thou shalt
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not kill, thou
shalt not commit adultery,
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thou shalt not
steal, thou shalt not bear,
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thou shalt not lie,
thou shalt not covet,
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all these things are very
principles in our societies,
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in our kingdoms, in our
lands, wherever you come from
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that these are things
that you want honest labors,
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you don't want
someone coveting your wife
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or your husband.
So, the Bible says,
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in the middle of it. It
says, remember the Sabbath day.
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Let us bow and have
prayer and has God's blessings
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upon our, our
opportunity to be here together.
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Oh, dear heavenly
Father, I want to say thank you
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for what you have
done in our lives,
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we thank you for
what you have done in our
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world to calm the
storm of the turmoil in
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which we live. And yes,
you have set a special day
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aside. It's not just
any day that we can pick
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any day out of week
and say, well we are gonna
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keep that one
holy. Because my Bible
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and the walk through
life that you've led me,
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I now have an understanding
that the special day
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that you set aside
from the beginning of time.
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And at the end of
time when earth is no more,
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there will be a
special time in heaven from one
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Sabbath to another that
we will come before thee
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and worship you.
So, may we know Lord,
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help us to follow what
is right your will in our
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lives in Jesus
name we pray, Amen.
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I would like to turn
to the very first book of
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the Bible. And the
very first chapter and the
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very first, the very first
verse in Genesis chapter 1.
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Please grab your
Bible; it's easy to find out.
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I didn't use to grab my
Bible because I couldn't
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follow along with
the, with the person that
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was sharing. He went
so fast, in the beginning.
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"God created the
heaven and the earth."
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God created in the beginning.
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Let's go just a
little further to Genesis 1,
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verse 31. "And God
saw that everything that
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he had made, and
behold, it was very good.
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And the evening and the
morning were the sixth day."
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So, God had created all
this in the weekly cycle
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and the first
six days God created.
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The evening by the
way, pay attention to this.
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The evening and the
morning were the first
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day in the
beginning of creation.
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In our world, we want to
say 12 o' clock midnight.
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Now, starts the next
day in God's time it says
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the evening and the
morning were the first day.
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Chapter 2, "Thus the
heavens and the earth
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were finished and
all the host of them.
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And on the seventh
day God ended his work
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which he had made;
and he rested on the
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Seventh-day from all
his work which he had made."
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And here it is my
friend, you won't find it
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anywhere else in the
Bible on Monday, Tuesday,
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Wednesday or
Sunday. And God blessed the
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Seventh-day, and sanctified it.
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He did something
special at the end of creation
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and sanctified it.
Because that in it,
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he had rested from all
his work which God created
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and made. God was tired
from creating this universe.
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God was tired from
creating the elephants
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and the animals and
a little baby lambs,
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and the chickens,
and the puppy dogs.
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And then he created
man in his own image.
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God was not physically
drained, where he needed
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a day of rest. He
wanted to be with you my friend
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and to be with me on a
special day that he set
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aside. And on
the Seventh-day God
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ended his work,
which he had made
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and he rested on
the Seventh-day from
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all his work which he had made.
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And God blessed, I'm
gonna tell you word is in
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Genesis chapter 2 verse 3.
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Genesis chapter 2
verse 3, "And God blessed the
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Seventh Day and sanctified it,
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because in it He
rested from all His work which
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God created and
made." So, I want to tell you
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my friend that this
is, if he had nothing more
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to go on, but let's
continue all in our,
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in our journey
here. Let's look and see,
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this year was before
the. Let's go to Exodus,
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Exodus chapter 16.
This was before the
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Ten Commandments on
Sinai. This was not a
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Jewish Sabbath day.
This is from the beginning
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the creation
for all of humanity,
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he started with Adam and Eve.
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So, I don't care
what nationality you are,
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what country you come
from, what color you are?
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It's for all of humanity
because we all trace our
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heritage back to Adam
and Eve ultimately to God,
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our creator of the universe.
So, this Sabbath day is
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for you and for I.
Let's go to Exodus 16,
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verse 4 and 5. Then
said the LORD unto Moses,
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the children of
Israel when bondage in Egypt,
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they have been taken slaves,
they have been made slaves
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to work for these
people, and they had idolatry
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all around, idol
worship and all kinds of things
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and so they were
enslaved into this country,
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where they didn't have
the, the freedom to serve God
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and carry down the heritage.
And they were taken out by
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God through Moses
and they were taken out,
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and the king
said to let them go.
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And they cross the
red sea on dry land.
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Then now they are in
the, in the wilderness God had
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taken them out to
free them from bondage from
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physical slavery and
bring them into a relationship
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to re-establish a relationship
to have been from the
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beginning of time. "Then
said the LORD unto Moses,
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Behold, I will rain
bread from heaven for you;
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and for the people,
and the people shall go out
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and gather a
certain rate every day."
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That I He says, may prove them,
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prove the people of that time.
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Prove the people
of this 21st century.
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That I may prove them
whether they will walk
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in my law or no, God's
law the Ten Commandments,
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where do you stay in my friend?
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Does it really matter?
You just believe in God,
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and that's
gonna take us through,
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believe in God and his
Ten Commandment is not enough.
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The Ten Commandments
keeping the law all perfect
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is not enough to
get us to heaven.
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It is a hard rendering;
it is a transformation of the
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character. And then
these things are applicable to
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our lives. They are
in enjoyment not to steal
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from my neighbor, it's
a blessing to help them
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instead just steal from
him. It's a blessing to be
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a truth to him
instead of a lie to him,
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it's a blessing and God
makes our lives blessings.
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And these Ten
Commandments are not grievous.
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And it shall come to
pass it on the six day,
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they shall prepare
that which they bring in,
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and it shall be twice
as much as they gather.
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So, here we read
about, about the Manna,
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God rained Manna
down bread from heaven,
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and he wanted to
prove his people.
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So, he said everyday you
are gonna get your bread,
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go out and gather
it everyday and then at
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that time on the six
day, there is gonna be twice
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as much on the six day.
And so, that's a nice deal.
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We work six days
and on the seventh day
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you get the rest, you
don't even have to go out
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and gather your
bread for the day
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because it's already been
laid up from the day before.
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Let's go to Exodus 16,
Exodus 16:22 through 30.
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And it came to pass,
that on the sixth day they
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gathered twice as much bread,
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two omers for one
man: and all the rulers of
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the congregation
came and told Moses.
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And he said unto them,
This is that which the LORD
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hath said, Tomorrow
is the rest of the holy
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Sabbath unto the
LORD: and bake that which
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you will bake today,
and see they are boiled
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or cooked that
which you will cook,
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see they are boil and
that which remain it over lay
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it up for you to be
kept until the morning."
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And so God provided
that they could have extra
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and they lay it up till
the morning, as Moses bade:
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and it did not
stink, neither was there
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any worm therein. And
Moses said, Eat it today;
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for today is a
Sabbath unto the LORD:
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today ye shall not
find it in the field.
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Six days ye shall gather
it; but on the seventh day,
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which is the Sabbath,
in it there shall be none."
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Verse 27, this is
our humanity trust God.
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And it came to pass,
that there went out some of
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the people on the
seventh day for to gather,
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and they found none. And
the LORD said unto Moses,
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How long refuse ye
to keep my commandments
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and my laws?" This
was God's chosen people;
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this weary are
God's chosen people.
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Humanity came to the
cross of Calvary to die for you
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and I that we could
be reinstated into the
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rightful hands, into
the position that we have
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for us in the kingdom of heaven.
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It's not for the
Jews, it's not an old law,
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was it for just the Israelites.
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This is for you and for
me. Exodus 20 verse 8 to 11.
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Let's read that
together, "Remember the Sabbath
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day to keep it
holy. Six days shall labor
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and do all thy work.
But the seventh day is a
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Sabbath to the Lord
thy God; in it thou shalt
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not do any work, thou nor
thy son, nor thy daughter,
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thy man servant,
nor thy male servant,
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nor thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is with him
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thy gates. For in six
days the Lord made heaven
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and earth, we already
read about that in the very
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beginning of the
Bible and the sea,
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and all then that is and
rested on the seventh day;
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where for the Lord blessed
the Sabbath day an holiday."
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So, now how is that the
man's tradition has crept
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in to our society
through secularism and we say,
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we can pick any day.
My friend I don't know,
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what day you were born,
what year you were born,
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but the day July 18th,
1842. Whatever day you have born
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1942, it doesn't matter,
that is the day you were born,
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that's the day that,
that is your day that's the
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beginning of time for
you and in God's time in the
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very beginning, He
set aside the Seventh-day.
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We say, well we should
live everyday holy is unto
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the Lord, Amen. We
should live our heart everyday
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for Jesus Christ,
but we cannot breathe
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and sanctify a
day and make it holy.
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He is already done that for us,
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he is already
showed us, which day it is.
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And it's the Sabbath
day. You call it the Jewish
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Sabbath, if you want
too. I choose to call it the
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Sabbath or the living
God, and it says in the Bible
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that from one
new moon to another,
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and from one Sabbath to another.
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All fresh shall come
and worship before the
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Lord God, Amen.
Let's go to Isaiah 58,
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Isaiah 58 and I would
like to look at verse 13.
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Isaiah 58 verse 13,
still the old, still the
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Old Testament now.
Lot of people say the
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Old Testament is not
relevant, but I say the
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Bible from the
beginning to the end is all one.
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And God is coming back
and we are going to be judged
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according to how
we've lived our life.
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And I pray that by His
will, we are willing to
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surrender everything unto him,
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whether it would be the
Sabbath, whether it would
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be drugs, whether
it would be alcohol,
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we have to have
a starting point.
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The Sabbath itself is
not going to save anybody
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because the rich
young ruler come to Jesus,
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and he said for my
youth up, I have kept all of
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these things, all of
the laws to honor God.
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He said, sell all that
you have and give it to
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the poor. So, the,
the commandment themselves
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are not enough, it's a
shed blood of Jesus Christ
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been applied to our
lives in a daily relationship
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with him. Verse 13 of Isaiah 58,
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"If thou turn away
thy foot from the Sabbath,
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from doing thy pleasure
on my holy day; God says,
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and call the Sabbath a
delight, the holy day of
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the LORD honorable,
and shall honor him,
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not doing thy own ways,
nor finding thy own pleasures,
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nor speaking thine
own words. Then shalt thou
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delight thyself in the
Lord I will cause thee you
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and I friend to
ride upon the high places
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of the earth." I tell
you my dear friend perhaps
00:14:20.43\00:14:24.41
you are a, perhaps you
are a good Sabbath keeper.
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Every morning you
get up on the Sabbath
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and you go to
church, how is your heart on
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the way to church,
what are you thinking about
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on the way to church? Do
you go like lots of people,
00:14:35.49\00:14:39.72
get your big old cup
of coffee and your donut,
00:14:39.75\00:14:42.01
and then you go and your
fellowship and you yip yap,
00:14:42.04\00:14:44.34
and then you go in and you
praise the Lord little bit,
00:14:44.37\00:14:46.66
you clap your hands,
and you have a fellowship
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that's not the
fellowship the Jesus Christ is
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looking for. As Moses
came to the burning bush,
00:14:52.07\00:14:56.69
God asked him to
take his shoes off
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because it's holy
ground. And as we come into
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our sanctuary,
even if you got a home,
00:15:02.34\00:15:04.60
church or a home dwelling,
you have a room set aside
00:15:04.63\00:15:08.02
special, we need to
come as if it's holy ground.
00:15:08.05\00:15:13.72
Because it is, and
the presence of God would
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literally destroy us,
we come into a sanctuary
00:15:17.40\00:15:22.44
in humility. Cell
phones ringing in the back
00:15:22.47\00:15:27.28
of the church,
what's up with that?
00:15:27.31\00:15:30.00
You shouldn't even
have to, you are not that
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important. The
creator of the universe,
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He knows your
number and he could come
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and talk to your heart
without having the ring,
00:15:36.51\00:15:38.60
ring, ring, ding. God
wants to spend time with you
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and with I. May we
set aside and prepare on
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Friday to come and be
with him on the Sabbath.
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I share that for my
own heart that I wanted
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to be a quite
time in holy ground.
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And God's working on
that in my life, I'm not,
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I'm not speaking to
condemn, I'm speaking
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to say, people of
the world we go out water
00:16:04.14\00:16:08.56
ski before church and
then after church we go
00:16:08.59\00:16:10.51
out to eat, and then we
do this, and we do that.
00:16:10.54\00:16:12.96
The Bible says that
thy man servant, thy son,
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nor the daughter, or
thy stranger that is within
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your gates, but it's
okay to go down to the
00:16:17.66\00:16:19.66
ponderosa or it's okay
to go down to the big club
00:16:19.69\00:16:22.52
after church
and have fellowship.
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You are making
somebody else work,
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what's up with that,
tell me. I would like to
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look at Mark 15. Let's
go to Mark, we are going to
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the New Testament
now. New Testament,
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let's go to Mark and
see what Mark has to say,
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Matthew, Mark,
Luke, John. Matthew, Mark,
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Mark 15 verse 42.
"And now when the even
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was come, because
it was the preparation,
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here it is, what's
the preparation, that is,
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the day before the Sabbath.
It says and writes here,
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that now even was
come, remember the creation
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the evening and the
morning were the first day.
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And now God's timeframe,
the evening and the morning
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was still in the
context, here now in the
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New Testament. Praise
God, Joseph of Arimathea,
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an honorable counselor,
who also waited for the
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kingdom of God, came, and
went in boldly into Pilate,
00:17:25.55\00:17:28.92
and craved the body of
Jesus. And Pilate marveled
00:17:28.95\00:17:32.04
if it were already
dead: and calling unto him the
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centurion, he
asked whether he had been
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any while dead. And when
he knew of other centurion,
00:17:36.47\00:17:40.69
he gave the body to Joseph.
And he bought fine linen,
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and took him down,
from the cross of Calvary."
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The plan of redemption
was completed at that moment,
00:17:47.94\00:17:51.86
when he died and shed
his blood for you and for I.
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And he bought fine
linen, and took him down,
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from the cross of
Calvary and wrapped him in the
00:18:04.00\00:18:06.96
linen, and laid him
in a sepulchre which was
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hewn out of a rock,
and rolled a stone unto the
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door of the sepulchre."
So, here was somebody
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to take God's
body off the cross.
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And put it in a new
hewn out tomb. Chapter 16
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of Mark verse 1. "And
when the Sabbath was passed,
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when the Sabbath was
passed listen to this on Friday
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however this took place,
Jesus Christ was crucified,
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hang upon the cross and
died preparation the day
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before the Sabbath. And
now God rested in the tomb
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as his custom was he
went into the synagogue on
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the Sabbath day.
He created the heaven
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and the earth in six
days, and He rested on the
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Sabbath day, the seventh day.
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"And when the Sabbath
was passed Mary Magdalene,
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and Mary the mother
of James, and Salome,
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had bought sweet
spices that they might come
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anoint him." And
very early in the morning,
00:19:04.44\00:19:08.22
the first day of the
week. They came unto the
00:19:08.25\00:19:12.12
sepulchre at the
rising of the sun.
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And they said among themselves,
00:19:18.35\00:19:20.32
Who shall roll us away
the stone from the door of the
00:19:20.35\00:19:23.05
sepulchre? And when
they looked they saw that
00:19:23.08\00:19:25.85
the stone was rolled
away for it was very great
00:19:25.88\00:19:28.79
and entering into
the sepulchre, they saw a
00:19:28.82\00:19:31.14
young man sitting
on the right side,
00:19:31.17\00:19:32.96
clothed in a long white garment;
00:19:32.99\00:19:34.72
and they were affrighted.
And he Saith unto them,
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Be not affrighted: Ye
seek Jesus of Nazareth,
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which was crucified: he
is risen; he is not here:
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behold look and see the
place where they laid him."
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My friend, Jesus Christ
rested on the Sabbath day;
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he arose on the
first day of the week.
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What day is the
Sabbath day, I appeal to you?
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We know Easter
Sunday in our world,
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worldwide is the Sunday,
the first day of the week.
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Now, that tells us
specifically which day
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is the Sabbath. Friday
is the end of the week,
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six days at on the
Sabbath, the Saturday,
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the seventh day he also rested.
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In the New
Testament my friend, Amen.
00:20:23.41\00:20:28.25
God rested even
after the plan of creation,
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God rested even after
the plan of redeeming you
00:20:32.70\00:20:37.04
and I unto himself
through his shed blood upon
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the cross of Calvary.
Finish the work for that moment
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and lay down to rest.
You may say, well let's keep
00:20:43.98\00:20:47.79
Sunday, the resurrection
that is so powerful,
00:20:47.82\00:20:50.55
let's worship him
today on the Sunday instead
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of the Saturday, I
say to you my friend,
00:20:53.49\00:20:56.12
I challenge you, the
resurrection would have
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never happen, if the
crucifixion wouldn't happen,
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so why don't you
choose Friday to worship God.
00:21:01.96\00:21:05.27
Because he was willing
to die for you and for me
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on the Friday. So,
why don't we pick Friday?
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I say that there is
peace and hope and love and joy
00:21:11.77\00:21:16.34
and beauty in the Sabbath day.
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We can't pick a day,
we can't bless a day,
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we can't sanctify
or make a day holy.
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God has already done
that for us at the very
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beginning of
creation. I would like to go to
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Revelations 14, this
is still the New Testament
00:21:30.55\00:21:34.56
my friend. Revelations
14, I'm not sharing this
00:21:34.59\00:21:37.97
to condemn, I'm
sharing this because I have had
00:21:38.00\00:21:40.01
some major issues
regarding this in my life.
00:21:40.04\00:21:42.98
Revelations 14:12,
"Here is the patience of
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the saints: here
are they that keep the
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commandments of God,
and the faith of Jesus."
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The commandments in
the last book of the Bible
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are still relevant. They
haven't been done away with;
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they haven't been
nail to the cross.
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Let's go to Revelations
22, before I go there
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I want to read Revelations 14:6.
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"And I saw another
angel flying in the midst
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of heaven, having
the everlasting gospel,
00:22:21.86\00:22:24.83
to preach unto them
that dwell on the earth,
00:22:24.86\00:22:27.92
and to every nation,
and kindred, and tongue,
00:22:27.95\00:22:30.90
and people,
saying with a loud voice,
00:22:30.93\00:22:33.68
Fear God, and give
glory to him; for the hour
00:22:33.71\00:22:36.56
of his judgment is
come: and worship Him who made
00:22:36.59\00:22:41.07
heaven and the
earth and the sea,
00:22:41.10\00:22:43.59
and the fountains of
waters. He is looking
00:22:43.62\00:22:46.69
for our worship, and
so the day that we worship
00:22:46.72\00:22:50.04
I would say is absolutely
to the utmost importance
00:22:50.07\00:22:53.60
because we can't
pick a day, sanctified it,
00:22:53.63\00:22:56.11
bless it, or make it
holy." Revelations 22:12,
00:22:56.14\00:23:03.29
in red letters in my
Bible. It says, "And Behold,
00:23:05.72\00:23:10.22
I come quickly, and
my reward is with me,
00:23:10.25\00:23:13.62
to give every man
according as his work shall be.
00:23:13.65\00:23:16.88
I am the Alpha, the Omega,
the beginning and the end,
00:23:16.91\00:23:19.89
the first and the last.
In verse 14 of chapter 22,
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"Blessed are they
that do his commandments
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that they may have the
right to the tree of life,
00:23:27.80\00:23:31.19
and may enter in through
the gates into that city."
00:23:31.22\00:23:34.16
You my friend and I want
to hear, well done thou good
00:23:34.19\00:23:38.12
in faithful servant.
Enter into the joy of the Lord,
00:23:38.15\00:23:41.64
if still speaking
about the commandments in the
00:23:41.67\00:23:43.92
beginning of the Bible,
the middle of the Bible in the
00:23:43.95\00:23:46.62
last book of the Bible,
in the last chapter of the
00:23:46.65\00:23:49.41
Bible, and I tell
you that there is no way.
00:23:49.44\00:23:52.15
There is no way that
the special Sabbath day
00:23:53.80\00:23:57.01
has been done away
with. Revelations 22 verse 21,
00:23:57.04\00:24:03.82
"And the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ be
00:24:03.85\00:24:07.90
with you all, Amen.
Until the end of the world
00:24:07.93\00:24:12.05
Jesus Christ is looking
for those who are willing
00:24:12.08\00:24:15.93
to stand up, true and
faithful be to follow him.
00:24:15.96\00:24:20.17
Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego, the three
00:24:20.20\00:24:23.56
young Hebrews, they
choose not to follow the,
00:24:23.59\00:24:27.09
the, the wide way,
the way of the world at
00:24:27.12\00:24:29.52
the time in their life.
And do you know, they were
00:24:29.55\00:24:32.48
thrown into the fiery
furnace, and you know,
00:24:32.51\00:24:34.35
the God was with
them in the fiery furnace?
00:24:34.38\00:24:36.45
And do you know, when
they were called out to
00:24:36.48\00:24:38.05
the fiery furnace,
King Nebuchadnezzar made a
00:24:38.08\00:24:40.22
decree that everybody
would worship the true
00:24:40.25\00:24:43.13
and the living God,
so because three were
00:24:43.16\00:24:45.75
willing to stand up for
a righteousness and truth,
00:24:45.78\00:24:48.28
the whole kingdom, a
decree was made in honor
00:24:48.31\00:24:51.35
of the true, in the
living God. I wanna share with
00:24:51.38\00:24:54.10
you something in
closing. My mother was very sick
00:24:54.13\00:24:57.86
with cancer and she
was soon going to die.
00:24:57.89\00:24:59.75
I had all these
issues, I have been down to the
00:24:59.78\00:25:02.29
big churches of the
land, and asked them about
00:25:02.32\00:25:04.64
the Sabbath. They
said, don't worry about it,
00:25:04.67\00:25:06.27
just keep a day
holy, it doesn't matter.
00:25:06.30\00:25:08.62
And I struggled
with all these issues,
00:25:08.65\00:25:11.23
it drove me into deeper,
and deeper drug addiction
00:25:11.26\00:25:13.61
because I was searching,
but I put it out of my mind.
00:25:13.64\00:25:16.14
My mother was sick
with cancer for years
00:25:16.17\00:25:19.09
and she was ready to
die. A year I prayed perhaps,
00:25:19.12\00:25:23.14
I said Lord, if the
Sabbath day is Saturday
00:25:23.17\00:25:27.56
and it's really special
to you, I said please let my
00:25:27.59\00:25:31.49
mother die on the Sabbath day.
00:25:31.52\00:25:33.69
And I prayed this
prayer, and I meant it with all
00:25:35.52\00:25:38.87
my heart because it
didn't really matter,
00:25:38.90\00:25:40.59
what day I went to church
and was really no big deal.
00:25:40.62\00:25:42.82
And for me, I was seeking
in all truth and sincerity,
00:25:42.85\00:25:46.73
and that's what
you need to do for you,
00:25:46.76\00:25:48.50
don't worry about your preacher,
00:25:48.53\00:25:49.96
don't worry about your
bishop, seek God's will for
00:25:49.99\00:25:52.73
your life and
you will be blessed.
00:25:52.76\00:25:54.86
It was the Sunday
afternoon. Because when we go to
00:25:56.13\00:25:58.32
church then we can go
out do other things too
00:25:58.35\00:26:00.28
you know, because it
really doesn't matters,
00:26:00.31\00:26:01.59
not really at special of
the day. And I had borrowed a
00:26:01.62\00:26:03.73
pick up truck and I was,
I was getting some stones
00:26:03.76\00:26:06.09
out of my grandmother's
property because they
00:26:06.12\00:26:07.89
had sold and they said
I could have these stones,
00:26:07.92\00:26:09.90
and my aunty
came looking for me.
00:26:09.93\00:26:12.25
She said I have been
looking all over for you.
00:26:12.28\00:26:14.83
She said your mother
died. My first question was
00:26:15.46\00:26:19.84
when did she die?
She said, yesterday.
00:26:19.87\00:26:23.39
I said, what time did
she die? I believe that was
00:26:23.42\00:26:27.29
in the early afternoon.
And I broke down and I wept
00:26:27.32\00:26:31.27
because I was taken
into context of the evening
00:26:31.30\00:26:34.25
and the morning
were the first day,
00:26:34.28\00:26:35.70
the Sabbath
begins on Friday evening,
00:26:35.73\00:26:37.72
it in Saturday evening,
a sun down and I believe,
00:26:37.75\00:26:40.69
if it would have
been after the sun down,
00:26:40.72\00:26:42.97
I would have believed
that really didn't matter.
00:26:43.00\00:26:45.65
And I cried, and I
cried, I racked with tears,
00:26:45.68\00:26:49.17
I sobbed, and my wife
come over to comfort me
00:26:49.20\00:26:52.42
and she said, it will be
okay. I said, honey you don't
00:26:52.45\00:26:55.43
understand. And God
had answered my prayer
00:26:55.46\00:26:59.52
to let me know, where
I stood? And I tell you,
00:26:59.55\00:27:02.98
it's been almost
twelve years now that have
00:27:03.01\00:27:05.56
been going to
church on the Sabbath.
00:27:05.59\00:27:07.63
It's been a
blessing, he has pulled me from
00:27:07.66\00:27:09.53
drug addiction, from
the spare, from the ways
00:27:09.56\00:27:12.16
of the world, and it is
a blessing to serve Jesus,
00:27:12.19\00:27:15.79
wholeheartedly not
just a day with the heart,
00:27:15.82\00:27:20.36
with the love and
then it becomes a joy,
00:27:20.39\00:27:23.36
a joy to hear. Here is
the patience of the saints
00:27:23.39\00:27:28.68
here are they; they
keep the commandments of God
00:27:28.71\00:27:30.88
and the faith of Jesus
Christ. So, my friend that
00:27:30.91\00:27:35.19
I hope that in, in a
mighty way this will encourage
00:27:35.22\00:27:38.30
you as you are
willing to surrender all
00:27:38.33\00:27:40.30
and say that I too, and
willing to follow Jesus.
00:27:40.33\00:27:44.24
Give him an opportunity
with your life in all
00:27:44.27\00:27:47.35
sincerity and I look
forward on that great day
00:27:47.38\00:27:50.23
to seeing you in
the kingdom of heaven.
00:27:50.26\00:27:52.30
God bless you, and we love you
00:27:52.33\00:27:54.04
until we meet
again, God bless you.
00:27:54.07\00:27:56.42