Recent research has showed
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a very alarming
trend among our families.
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Do you know how
long the average father
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spends with his children
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in meaningful one-to-one
relationships in a day?
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I am not talking
about when he says,
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clean your teeth
and wash the dishes,
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not that type of
talk but in meaningful
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one-to-one talk
with his children.
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How long do you
think the average father
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spends with his children
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in that type of
communication on a daily basis?
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I think you're
going to be shocked
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when you see 37 seconds.
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That's what surveys.
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I didn't do the survey
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but those who have been
commissioned to do the survey
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have come up with 37 seconds.
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Now if that
amount of time is true,
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no wonder we have
problems in the families,
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isn't that right?
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No wonder we have children
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who are damaged and angry.
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But this problem
is not only confine
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between father and
mother and the children,
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but also between
husband and wife,
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because the facts are
that if we've got little time
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for our children, the chances
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are that we've got
little time for our spouse.
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And because that is also true,
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no wonder divorce and
families are breaking up.
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Because any family that
is getting less and less time
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for communication is
finally going to break.
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That's the reason
why families break up,
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it's lack of communication.
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Recent Gallup poll shows
that the average Christian
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steals, lies, and
cheats just as much
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or nearly as much as
those who don't go to church.
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Now something has gone wrong
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with their
Christianity if that is true.
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Because the facts are
that if we've got little time
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for our children,
little time for our spouses,
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the next conclusion
that you would have to draw
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is that we have
little time for God too.
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And if that's the case no wonder
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there is very little
difference between Christians
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and those who
don't go to church.
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And so many parents
are spending more time
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getting things to
supply to their children
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when their children don't
want so much of the things
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as they want the parent's time.
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And so because spend,
people are spending less time
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for communication, our
families are breaking down.
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And so we live in a
very, very serious times.
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Now God knew that this
was going to be a problem
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and that's why He gave us
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one of the Ten
Commandments to protect us,
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so that we will have
time for our children,
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for our spouses,
and also for God.
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God gave us one of
the Ten Commandments,
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so that we would have time,
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because God knows the
inclination of these all.
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And most of us
are like workaholics,
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you know, and we want
to spend time getting,
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getting, getting, getting,
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and less time in
meaningful communication.
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So God knew that, and He gave us
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one of the Ten Commandments.
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It's
interesting, a few years ago,
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Christianity today which is
one of America's big leading
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evangelical magazine, sent out
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a survey to many of its readers.
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It wanted to test what
its readers wanted answer.
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So they sent out the survey.
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They thought that the
question that their readers
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would want answered
were questions like,
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what about the heathen,
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that they've never
heard the name of Jesus,
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so they're going to go to hell
or can a person be sure there
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that they're going to
heaven, questions like that.
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But they weren't the questions
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that people wanted
an answer too at all.
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Do you know the questions
that people wanted an answer to?
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These readers at
random, the question was,
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"Should we take
our Sabbath seriously?"
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They got a shock, the
editors of Christianity,
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they got a terrific shock.
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They never expected that to be
the question on people's minds.
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You see not too many
Australians or Americans
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or anybody in the world today
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takes Sabbath
seriously or Sunday seriously.
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Because if the average
person who does go to church
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they may slip along to
church for an hour or two
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on the weekend,
but the rest of the day
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then they spend doing
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what they didn't get
time to do during the week.
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Things like sport, shopping,
gardening, all host of things.
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And what this survey shows
is that people are realizing
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that there is something wrong
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with their
relationship with God,
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something is missing.
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I was interested
in a Baptist preacher
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by the name of Walter Chantry.
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He wrote in his recent book
"Call the Sabbath a Delight"
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this is what he said,
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"Whether or not
people keep the Sabbath holy
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is not an incidental
or insignificant matter.
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When God issued
this fourth commandment,
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He understood humanity
much better than we do.
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Failure to practice this
moral law is a root cause
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of moral
decline, social disorder,
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and widespread human suffering.
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No successful recovery
of mankind can be devised
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without the inclusion
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of the fourth
commandment in its remedy."
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And many others have been
saying very similar things.
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He went on to
say, "It is impossible
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to conceive of any
measure more perfectly designed
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than Sabbath to
bring everlasting blessings
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to individual families,
churches, and communities.
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Spiritual men
bemoan the lack of time
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to pray and to
read and to worship
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and witness, and
teach their children.
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God in His wisdom
and grace has provided
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just such time for
these very wishes of the godly
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by commanding that a day
in each seven be set aside,
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devoted to the Lord."
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Now I happen to agree
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with the Baptist
preacher Walter Chantry?
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I think he has made
a very, very good point
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that the reason
God gave us the Sabbath
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is so that we would
have time for one another,
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time for our
families, time for our children,
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time for one another
and also time for God.
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God knew that,
that's why He gave us
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the Sabbath
Commandment, and of course,
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when the Sabbath
Commandment is thought about,
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people obviously
ask questions like,
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well, which day is the Sabbath.
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That's a good question actually.
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Has the Sabbath being changed?
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Did the apostles
change the Sabbath?
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These are all
legitimate questions.
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And tonight I thought
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that we would have a
look at this very question,
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because if it is so important
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that we have time for
one another and time for God,
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then this is a
question that we need
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to have very clearly
sorted out in our minds,
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and I would like you to
take your Bibles tonight
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and we'll open
into Exodus Chapter 20.
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This is the Ten Commandments
of the beginning of the Bible,
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Exodus Chapter 20,
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and I want you to
notice the Fourth Commandment.
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I'm sure many of you will
remember this as we read it.
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Exodus Chapter 20 and verse 8.
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And you've got the page there
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on your outline
and on the screen.
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Exodus Chapter 20
and verse 8, it says,
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"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
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but the seventh
day is the Sabbath
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of the Lord your God.
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In it you shall do no
work, you, nor your son,
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nor your daughter,
nor your male servant,
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nor your female
servant, nor your cattle,
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nor your stranger
who is within your gates.
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For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
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the sea, and
all that is in them,
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and rested the seventh day.
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Therefore the Lord blessed
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the Sabbath day
and hallowed it."
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So right back in the beginning,
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right there in the very
heart of the Ten Commandments,
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God set aside one day,
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a day that we ought to refrain
from doing all the things
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that we do during the week.
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One day for God, one
day for our families,
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so that we can have
meaningful relationships
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with God and with one another.
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And you remember that when
we were talking about creation,
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you know, God wants us never
ever to forget the creation.
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That's why He has
given to us the Sabbath,
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because the Sabbath
as we have just read,
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reminds us of what
great event? Creation.
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It says, for in
six days the Lord made
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the heavens and the earth
and rested on the seventh,
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and that's the basis for God
asking us to work for six days
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and then rest on the seventh.
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And every Sabbath is
a reminder of creation.
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It's a memorial of creation.
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And when you think
about it that every person
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in the world
had kept the Sabbath
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as God intended to be kept,
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there wouldn't be
an atheist, an infidel,
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or an agnostic in the
world today. Is that right?
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They couldn't be,
because if you celebrate
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the Sabbath week by
week, you are saying
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that you believe
in God as the creator,
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because that's what
the Sabbath stands for,
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the creatorship of Jesus Christ.
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And its because
people have forgotten
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and it's
interesting that the word
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that God uses at the beginning
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of the Fourth Commandment
is the word "Remember"
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and that's the very thing
that people have not done,
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they've forgotten.
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And that's why
there is a dispute today
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about the Sabbath,
because they've forgotten it.
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And you remember last
time that we were together,
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how those three
messages in Revelation,
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the heart of the
Book of Revelation.
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The first message says
that we ought to worship Him
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who made the
heavens and the earth,
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that's part of that
First Angel's Message.
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God wants us never to forget,
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because He knew
that in the last days,
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there was going to be an issue
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over worshipping
God as the creator.
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And I don't have
to remind anybody
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that that is a big issue today,
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because many
Christians no longer believe
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that God actually
made the world in six days
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and rested on the seventh.
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And yet the Sabbath
is there to remind us
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of that
wonderful, wonderful event.
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Let me read you another
verse in the book of Psalms
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in the middle of
the Bible, Psalm 111.
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This is an interesting verse
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where the Psalms
talks about God's works.
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Psalm 111, and verse 3.
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And the Psalms says this,
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"His work is
honorable and glorious,
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and His
righteousness endures forever.
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He has made His
wonderful works to be" what?
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"Remembered" God never wants us
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to forget His wonderful works.
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Now you will remember
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that God made
the world in six days
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and rested on the seventh.
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Do you remember what
God made on the first day?
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Yes, light. The
second day, He made?
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The firmament. The
third day what did God made?
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Yes, He...He
separated the land from the sea.
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The fourth day, He made the...?
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Sun, moon, and stars.
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Also the Bible
says, the fifth day,
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God made? Birds and fish.
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Six day, He made? Man.
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By the way, He
made woman too you know.
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You know, sometimes there're men
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who think that
woman was an afterthought.
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But that's not true, is it?
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In fact, I had a lady
come to me once after meeting
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like this and
she said, you know,
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when God made Adam,
He was very, very pleased
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with what He have
done, very pleased.
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But when He made
Eve, He perfected the art.
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Well, that's the
woman's perspective,
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but nevertheless
probably very true.
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At least we men
think it is anyway.
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Yes, perfected the art.
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So He not only
made the higher animals,
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He also made man and
woman on the sixth day.
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Then on the seventh day, I
want you to notice what God made
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because He did three
things on the seventh day
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that He never did on
any other day of the week.
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Just come back to
Genesis Chapter 2.
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With me Genesis Chapter 2,
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right at the very
beginning, and notice verse 1.
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Genesis Chapter 2 and verse 1.
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This is the end of
creation week, and God says,
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"Thus the heavens and the earth,
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and all the host of
them, were finished.
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And on the seventh
day God ended His work
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which He had done,
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and He rested on the seventh day
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from all His work
which He had done.
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Then God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it,
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because in it He
rested from all His work
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which God had created and made."
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Now the Bible says
that God did three things
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on the seventh day that He never
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did on any
other day of the week.
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The first thing the Bible says
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that God did is that He
rested on the seventh day.
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So let's put a bit of
rest into the seventh day,
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and you can see now altogether
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that the seventh day
is looking a lot different
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to every other day of
the week, isn't that right?
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Because God didn't
rest on the first day,
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second day,
third day, fourth day,
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fifth day, sixth
day or seventh day.
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Oh, oh, oh the sixth day
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but He did rest
on the seventh day.
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But after He rested on the
day, what does the Bible say,
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He did next? He blessed the day.
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So let's put a bit of
blessing into the day,
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it will sweeten it up.
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So now God has done two
things on the seventh day
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that He never did on
any other day of the week.
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He rested, then blessed the day.
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But not only did He
rest and blessed the day,
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what does the
Bible say, He did next?
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Yes, He sanctified it.
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So let's put a bit of
sanctification into the day.
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I must admit it goes better
when you take the top off.
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We will try this time.
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You see God did three
things on the seventh day
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that He never did on
any other day of the week.
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He rested, He blessed,
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and He sanctified
the seventh day. Steve!
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Where is my friend Steve?
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Oh, here he is.
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Steve, the Bible says
that the Sabbath is a delight.
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Tell me is the
Sabbath a delight?
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Ah, come on, don't drink it all.
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Actually we all ought
to be keeping the Sabbath
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because God made the
Sabbath for everybody.
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Thank you, Steve.
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You see God did three
things on the seventh day
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that He never did on
any other day of the week.
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He rested, He blessed,
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and He
sanctified the seventh day.
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In fact, it's
every interesting that,
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that word rest that's translated
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in our Bible as "Rest"
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when God rested
on the seventh day.
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That's where we get our
English word Sabbath from
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because the word
rest simply means Sabbath.
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In other words, Jesus
Sabbath on the seventh day
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or He rested because
that means the same thing.
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And as long as facts are facts,
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you can never
alter the simple fact
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that Jesus rested
on the seventh day.
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You can't change a
fact which is a fact.
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Let me illustrate. I
was born on December 24.
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Now I say to parents,
if you want to inflict
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the terrible affliction
upon any child have them
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born on December 24 or I
guess 25 for that matter too.
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Now those of you who are
not born on December 24 or 25
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don't understand the problem,
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but let me
explain to you what it is.
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You see when I was
growing up as a child,
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my parents and
family would say to me,
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"Well, Geoff, it
is your birthday."
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And I was always
happy that they remembered
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that it was my birthday.
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But then they said,
"But" you know when people say,
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"But" you know
something is going to come out
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to qualify what they just said.
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But they said,
"It's also Christmas,
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and we want you to
understand that this gift
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that we're going to
give you is for both
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your birthday
and for Christmas."
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So I hated being
born at that time
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because I only seem to
get half the number of gifts
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that my brother and sister
got whose birthday were well
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and truly away from Christmas.
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So I make a decision,
and the decision is this
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that I am no longer going
to be born on December 24.
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I am going to
be born on June 24.
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Get us far away from
Christmas as I possibly can.
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Can I change my
birthday to June 24? No.
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Because as long
as facts are facts
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I was born on that day
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and you can't change
the fact which is a fact.
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And I say very reverently
today, very reverently,
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even God himself
can't change the Sabbath,
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because you cannot
change a fact which is a fact.
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Now if God wants to
rest on another day,
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of course, He can, that's
His prerogative, isn't it?
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If He chooses to, that's fine.
00:19:09.57\00:19:13.16
But if He has chosen
to rest on another day,
00:19:13.17\00:19:16.22
obviously He will tell us,
00:19:16.23\00:19:19.35
and then God
would have two days.
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But as long as facts are facts,
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Jesus rested on that day
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and you can't change
something which happened,
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and Jesus rested
on that seventh day.
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But not this Bible say
that Jesus rested on that day.
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What does it say, He did next?
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He blessed the seventh day.
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Now the blessing of God,
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I want to tell you
accounts for something.
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You know as Christians we pray
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that God will bless
us, isn't that right?
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And rightly, that's a
good prayer to pray by the way.
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We need, we crave the
blessing of God upon our lives.
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You might
remember the story of Jacob
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who wrestle with the angle,
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didn't realize, it
was the angle thought,
00:20:04.12\00:20:05.66
it was Jacob but...Esau
00:20:05.67\00:20:07.51
but when finally he realized
it was a heavenly being,
00:20:07.52\00:20:11.13
he said, I won't let
you go unless you bless me,
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because the blessing of
Jesus counts for something.
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And the only day the Jesus ever
blessed was the seventh day.
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You know, everywhere I go,
00:20:26.75\00:20:27.97
I have people come along to me
00:20:27.98\00:20:29.15
and they said, Geoff,
00:20:29.16\00:20:30.19
why you're getting so excited?
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Don't you know that one
day is as good as another?
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You might have
heard people say that.
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Maybe some of you
even said it to yourself,
00:20:37.48\00:20:39.50
one day is as good as another.
00:20:39.51\00:20:40.90
Listen friend, that is
almost bordering on blasphemy,
00:20:40.91\00:20:44.42
because if you say that
one day is as good as another,
00:20:44.43\00:20:48.95
you are making out
that the blessing of God
00:20:48.96\00:20:51.84
is no more
important than the day
00:20:51.85\00:20:53.83
that Jesus doesn't bless.
00:20:53.84\00:20:56.82
Now if you say
that one to six days,
00:20:56.83\00:20:59.82
one day is as good as another,
00:20:59.83\00:21:01.58
that is true because
they are ordinary days.
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One day is as good as another,
00:21:05.18\00:21:06.94
but the seventh day
is altogether different,
00:21:06.95\00:21:09.32
because that has the
very blessing of Jesus in it.
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And that's what makes
the seventh day altogether
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different to every
other day of the week.
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You see in the
early part of my life,
00:21:20.01\00:21:21.92
I was brought up
as a Sunday keeper.
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I never understood what I
am sharing with you tonight.
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But as I began
to study the Bible,
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I found that Jesus only ever
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went to church
on the seventh day.
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It's the day that He
made back in the beginning,
00:21:38.38\00:21:40.93
it's the day that He
kept while He was on earth.
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And as a Christian I thought,
00:21:47.47\00:21:49.24
we ought to pattern our
life on the life of Jesus.
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Because you see I was brought up
00:21:53.48\00:21:55.05
in the Presbyterian
Church and my parents were,
00:21:55.06\00:21:59.75
and their parents all
the way back from Scotland.
00:21:59.76\00:22:04.93
But friends, I don't go
to church on Sunday anymore,
00:22:04.94\00:22:07.83
not because I fell out
00:22:07.84\00:22:08.93
with anyone in the
Presbyterian Church
00:22:08.94\00:22:10.60
because there are
wonderful people in that church,
00:22:10.61\00:22:13.16
the same as there
are wonderful people
00:22:13.17\00:22:15.02
in every church.
Wonderful people.
00:22:15.03\00:22:18.96
Wonderful people who
don't even go to church.
00:22:18.97\00:22:23.31
But as I began
to study the Bible
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and I began to read it
through from cover to cover,
00:22:25.51\00:22:28.28
I found that there was
only one day in the entire week
00:22:28.29\00:22:34.24
that Jesus ever blessed
00:22:34.25\00:22:37.12
and that day
was the seventh day.
00:22:37.13\00:22:39.36
He never blessed day one,
two, three, four, five, or six.
00:22:39.37\00:22:45.40
And that's what makes
the Sabbath altogether
00:22:45.41\00:22:47.70
different to every
other day of the week.
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And since that time
00:22:50.14\00:22:51.19
I have just gone
around in the simple way
00:22:51.20\00:22:53.48
and I have
explained this to people,
00:22:53.49\00:22:55.46
and I have literally
seen thousands and thousands
00:22:55.47\00:22:57.72
of people step out
to follow the Sabbath.
00:22:57.73\00:23:02.69
And when people say to me,
00:23:02.70\00:23:03.76
you know, one day
is as good as another,
00:23:03.77\00:23:05.52
I like to illustrate
with the point that perhaps
00:23:05.53\00:23:08.63
it helps us to understand
this very point very well.
00:23:08.64\00:23:14.09
You see in my
hand I hold two books,
00:23:14.10\00:23:16.44
one is the Bible
that you've in your hands,
00:23:16.45\00:23:19.11
and the other is my diary.
00:23:19.12\00:23:22.44
Now if I was to take my diary
00:23:22.45\00:23:24.16
and to throw it down the ground
00:23:24.17\00:23:25.68
and to walk on it,
probably nobody here
00:23:25.69\00:23:30.21
would be too
upset except to say,
00:23:30.22\00:23:31.62
well, if you don't want it
looks a decent diary to me,
00:23:31.63\00:23:33.73
if you don't want
it, I will have it.
00:23:33.74\00:23:37.10
But what if I
was to take this book
00:23:37.11\00:23:40.43
and throw down the ground
00:23:40.44\00:23:41.83
and treated this as light thing.
00:23:41.84\00:23:43.25
What would you feel about that?
00:23:43.26\00:23:44.92
Would you be happy?
00:23:44.93\00:23:47.08
But I could say to you,
one book is as good as another.
00:23:47.09\00:23:50.71
Both have black covers,
00:23:50.72\00:23:52.49
both have white page
with black print on them.
00:23:52.50\00:23:55.41
One book is as good as another.
00:23:55.42\00:23:57.19
What would you say if I argue
one book is as good as another?
00:23:57.20\00:24:00.43
Would you believe
that, that's true?
00:24:00.44\00:24:02.84
Is one book is as
good as another? Why not?
00:24:02.85\00:24:07.79
Yes, because this
is the Holy Bible,
00:24:07.80\00:24:09.76
this has been blessed by God.
00:24:09.77\00:24:11.46
Get the thought?
00:24:11.47\00:24:12.66
This is what makes the Bible
different to every other book.
00:24:12.67\00:24:15.33
It's not because
it has special paper
00:24:15.34\00:24:18.61
or special ink or special cover,
00:24:18.62\00:24:21.94
nothing like that at all.
00:24:21.95\00:24:23.33
What makes it
different is the fact
00:24:23.34\00:24:24.92
that God blessed this book
00:24:24.93\00:24:26.71
where He hasn't
blessed any other book.
00:24:26.72\00:24:29.91
And of course, that is true,
00:24:29.92\00:24:31.68
that's what makes
the Bible different.
00:24:31.69\00:24:33.90
And friends, that's what
makes the Sabbath different
00:24:33.91\00:24:36.56
to every other
day of the week too.
00:24:36.57\00:24:38.60
It's not that the
bird sing any sweeter
00:24:38.61\00:24:40.68
or the sunshine is any
brighter on the seventh day
00:24:40.69\00:24:42.96
to any other day of the week.
00:24:42.97\00:24:44.37
What makes the
Sabbath different is the fact
00:24:44.38\00:24:46.86
that this is the only day
00:24:46.87\00:24:48.69
in the entire week
that Jesus blessed.
00:24:48.70\00:24:53.59
And it's the
blessing of Jesus in that day
00:24:53.60\00:24:56.80
that makes the day different.
00:24:56.81\00:24:57.97
Can you see the point?
00:24:57.98\00:24:59.57
That's what makes it different.
00:24:59.58\00:25:02.51
That's why I stepped
out to take the Sabbath.
00:25:02.52\00:25:05.86
You know I meet people who think
00:25:05.87\00:25:07.01
that when you keep the
Sabbath, you are legalist.
00:25:07.02\00:25:09.24
I could never understand friend
00:25:09.25\00:25:10.90
because listen if
you're going to set aside
00:25:10.91\00:25:13.16
one day every week so
that you can get to know
00:25:13.17\00:25:15.44
Jesus better and
to share His word
00:25:15.45\00:25:19.05
and to have time for your family
00:25:19.06\00:25:20.65
that doesn't seem to
spell legalism to me.
00:25:20.66\00:25:23.54
That spells grace, and that's
why God gave us the Sabbath
00:25:23.55\00:25:28.23
so that we would
have time to do the things
00:25:28.24\00:25:31.17
that are most important in life.
00:25:31.18\00:25:34.32
To make sure our priorities
are in their right prospective
00:25:34.33\00:25:39.27
because once you
forget the Sabbath,
00:25:39.28\00:25:42.39
priorities get out of kilter
00:25:42.40\00:25:43.92
and that's the
trouble with the world today.
00:25:43.93\00:25:45.46
That's why there are
so many unhappy homes.
00:25:45.47\00:25:49.99
But listen, not only
did Jesus rest on that day,
00:25:50.00\00:25:53.42
not only did he bless the day.
00:25:53.43\00:25:55.29
What does the
Bible say, He did next?
00:25:55.30\00:25:57.82
What did He do? He
sanctified this day.
00:25:57.83\00:26:00.83
What is the word sanctify mean?
00:26:00.84\00:26:05.14
If it's something is sanctified,
00:26:05.15\00:26:07.16
it means it is made holy.
00:26:07.17\00:26:11.04
It's set apart for holy use.
00:26:11.05\00:26:12.79
So after Jesus
rested on that day
00:26:12.80\00:26:15.35
then He blessed the
day, then the Bible says,
00:26:15.36\00:26:18.45
He set this day aside for
our holy use, He sanctified it.
00:26:18.46\00:26:24.79
That's why the
Fourth Commandment says,
00:26:24.80\00:26:27.84
remember the
Sabbath day to make it holy,
00:26:27.85\00:26:32.39
is that what it says?
No, it doesn't say that.
00:26:32.40\00:26:34.86
It says, remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy
00:26:34.87\00:26:38.07
because God made
it holy to begin with
00:26:38.08\00:26:41.23
and He invites us
to continue to make it,
00:26:41.24\00:26:44.36
oh, to keep it
holy, get the thought?
00:26:44.37\00:26:46.64
Because you and I
cannot make anything holy.
00:26:46.65\00:26:50.98
Now some people
think that people can say
00:26:50.99\00:26:53.20
things over
water and make it holy.
00:26:53.21\00:26:55.05
I don't believe
that, that's true
00:26:55.06\00:26:56.76
because the only
person in the world
00:26:56.77\00:26:58.43
that can make
anything holy is God.
00:26:58.44\00:27:01.97
And the only day
as I've read the Bible
00:27:01.98\00:27:04.31
from cover to cover friend
00:27:04.32\00:27:05.35
and I would challenge
anybody to read the Bible
00:27:05.36\00:27:08.47
from cover to cover, you
will find that the only day
00:27:08.48\00:27:10.81
that Jesus has ever set aside
00:27:10.82\00:27:13.60
for our holiest
is the seventh day
00:27:13.61\00:27:17.79
because that's the
day He rested and blessed.
00:27:17.80\00:27:20.62
To illustrate,
In my busy schedule
00:27:20.63\00:27:23.86
I found that Wednesday
is the best day in the week
00:27:23.87\00:27:26.99
because for me
to keep as a Sabbath
00:27:27.00\00:27:28.52
because the
weekend I've got sport
00:27:28.53\00:27:31.63
and shopping and
business and so forth
00:27:31.64\00:27:34.34
but Wednesday is
a bit of a lull day,
00:27:34.35\00:27:36.50
so I decide that I am going
00:27:36.51\00:27:38.42
to keep Wednesday as a holy day.
00:27:38.43\00:27:40.82
I am going to go to
church on Wednesday.
00:27:40.83\00:27:42.79
I'm going to read
the Bible on Wednesday.
00:27:42.80\00:27:44.71
I'm going to go to
church all day Wednesday.
00:27:44.72\00:27:48.47
Does that make
Wednesday a holy day?
00:27:48.48\00:27:51.42
But what if I go
to church all day
00:27:51.43\00:27:53.29
and I read the
Bible all day Wednesday.
00:27:53.30\00:27:55.23
Does that make it holy? Why not?
00:27:55.24\00:28:00.43
Its because Wednesday was
never made holy to begin with.
00:28:00.44\00:28:03.33
Can you see the point?
00:28:03.34\00:28:04.90
I don't care how sincere
00:28:04.91\00:28:07.16
and how earnest the person
is in keeping any of these days
00:28:07.17\00:28:13.11
and going to church
and reading their Bible.
00:28:13.12\00:28:15.36
They cannot make the day holy
00:28:15.37\00:28:17.17
because the day was
never made holy to begin with.
00:28:17.18\00:28:19.82
Can you see the point?
00:28:19.83\00:28:21.44
The only day that can be
kept holy is the seventh day
00:28:21.45\00:28:24.94
because it's the only
day that was made holy.
00:28:24.95\00:28:29.31
And we all admit that we
can't make anything holy.
00:28:29.32\00:28:32.24
Only God can do that.
00:28:32.25\00:28:34.31
And that's why it's impossible
for any of us to ever suggest
00:28:34.32\00:28:37.89
that one day is
as good as another
00:28:37.90\00:28:41.84
because we are treating
that the blessing of God
00:28:41.85\00:28:45.27
and the
sanctification of God is worth
00:28:45.28\00:28:48.10
nothing more than the
day that He doesn't rest
00:28:48.11\00:28:50.70
and bless and sanctified.
00:28:50.71\00:28:53.00
I don't know whether
you've ever thought about this
00:28:56.71\00:28:58.50
but this is an
interesting point you know.
00:28:58.51\00:29:00.20
Have you ever wondered
00:29:00.21\00:29:01.33
where the seventh
day week comes from?
00:29:01.34\00:29:03.91
Why seven days in the week?
00:29:03.92\00:29:06.37
Have you wondered that?
00:29:06.38\00:29:07.99
Because you see we get our day
00:29:08.00\00:29:12.16
by the earth
rotation on its axis.
00:29:12.17\00:29:15.84
Isn't that right
that gives us 24 hours?
00:29:15.85\00:29:18.29
We get our year by the earth's
revolution around the sun.
00:29:18.32\00:29:22.01
Once every 365 and
quarter days give us a year.
00:29:22.02\00:29:25.84
We get our month by the moon.
00:29:25.85\00:29:31.07
But where is the idea
of seven days come from?
00:29:31.08\00:29:34.05
It doesn't divide
evenly into the month,
00:29:34.06\00:29:36.87
it doesn't divide
evenly into the year.
00:29:36.88\00:29:40.79
It's an odd number
of days. Why seven?
00:29:40.80\00:29:43.67
Where did the idea
of seven come from?
00:29:43.68\00:29:48.05
Well, the interesting thing
is, this is the good question
00:29:48.06\00:29:50.54
to ask your atheistic friends,
your revolutionary friends.
00:29:50.55\00:29:55.32
Ask them to explain
00:29:55.33\00:29:56.88
where the seven
day week comes from?
00:29:56.89\00:30:00.61
I have done such a thing.
00:30:00.62\00:30:02.02
I've never got a
satisfactory answer yet.
00:30:02.03\00:30:05.07
Because you take out creation
00:30:05.08\00:30:08.02
and then try to
explain the seven day week
00:30:08.03\00:30:10.58
and see how you get along.
00:30:10.59\00:30:13.43
And the interesting
thing is this that every nation
00:30:13.44\00:30:17.59
under God's heaven
has a seven day week.
00:30:17.60\00:30:22.18
And they all start
the day on the same day
00:30:22.19\00:30:24.64
and they all end the
day-- week on the same day.
00:30:24.65\00:30:28.04
And the interesting thing
is that over 100 languages
00:30:28.05\00:30:32.03
in the world today still call
00:30:32.04\00:30:34.76
what we call in
English Saturday,
00:30:34.77\00:30:37.19
they call the Sabbath.
00:30:37.20\00:30:40.07
And there is over 100 languages.
00:30:40.08\00:30:43.90
Anybody here speak any
other language outside English
00:30:43.91\00:30:46.79
in which Sabbath is
refer to as the Seventh-day.
00:30:46.80\00:30:50.26
Anyone speak in the Italian.
00:30:50.27\00:30:52.04
Nick. Spell it out to us.
00:30:52.05\00:30:54.90
What is it
called? Sabbatho. Sabbath.
00:30:54.91\00:30:57.52
Well, only Italians
can't be wrong, can they?
00:30:57.53\00:31:00.96
Every Italian call Saturday
the Sabbath in Italy today,
00:31:00.97\00:31:06.40
no exceptions for that.
Anyone speak in the Spanish.
00:31:06.41\00:31:13.51
They are millions of Spaniards
00:31:13.52\00:31:16.19
and they all refer to
Saturday as a Sabbath.
00:31:16.20\00:31:20.76
Someone talks
German language, all right.
00:31:24.58\00:31:27.46
The interesting
thing about German language
00:31:27.47\00:31:29.67
is they refer to
Wednesday as Mittwoch.
00:31:29.68\00:31:35.04
What does that
mean? Middle of the week.
00:31:35.05\00:31:36.96
Middle of the week,
you haven't gotta be bright
00:31:36.97\00:31:38.60
to realize what Mittwoch is.
00:31:38.61\00:31:41.18
Three days either
side, middle of the week.
00:31:41.19\00:31:44.17
Every German can't be wrong.
00:31:44.18\00:31:47.81
You can go up to Indonesia.
00:31:47.82\00:31:51.34
In Indonesia,
Malaysia what is that,
00:31:51.35\00:31:53.78
what's the word
out there? Sabato.
00:31:53.79\00:31:59.53
In Malaysia,
Indonesia throughout Asia,
00:31:59.54\00:32:02.63
they're not even a
Christian country Sabato.
00:32:02.64\00:32:06.44
What language have you got?
00:32:06.45\00:32:08.27
French. What's it in French?
00:32:08.28\00:32:12.19
Okay, I won't try
and pronounce the French.
00:32:12.20\00:32:15.72
You got to be a Frenchman to
understand French, haven't you?
00:32:15.73\00:32:18.72
But you see over 100
languages in the world today
00:32:18.73\00:32:25.32
still call Saturday the Sabbath,
00:32:25.33\00:32:29.29
1 over 100 still
after all of these years.
00:32:29.30\00:32:36.05
Now everywhere I
go people say to me,
00:32:36.06\00:32:37.96
"Well, Geoff wasn't the
Sabbath made for the Jew."
00:32:37.97\00:32:40.99
Just come over to
Mark in the New Testament.
00:32:41.00\00:32:43.13
Mark Chapter 2.
00:32:43.14\00:32:44.66
Mark 2 and notice here verse 27.
00:32:44.67\00:32:49.73
Mark the 2nd
Chapter and verse 27 and 28.
00:32:49.74\00:32:55.48
"And Jesus made the statement.
00:32:55.49\00:32:59.57
"And He said to them,
00:32:59.58\00:33:01.10
'The Sabbath was
made for the Jew."
00:33:01.11\00:33:06.54
Doesn't say that all, does it?
00:33:06.55\00:33:07.73
It says "the
Sabbath was made for man
00:33:07.74\00:33:10.50
and not man for the Sabbath.
00:33:10.51\00:33:12.65
Therefore the Son of Man
is also Lord of the Sabbath."
00:33:12.66\00:33:18.20
He's the protector the Lord,
00:33:18.21\00:33:19.65
He is the one who
controls the Sabbath.
00:33:19.66\00:33:22.97
He made the Sabbath,
He's Lord of the Sabbath.
00:33:22.98\00:33:27.42
And the Sabbath
was made for M-A-N.
00:33:27.43\00:33:32.40
You know, it also says
00:33:32.41\00:33:33.46
same Bible says
woman was made for man.
00:33:33.47\00:33:37.26
You know, I know
that doesn't quite sound
00:33:37.27\00:33:40.02
the best to us today at
almost in today's climate.
00:33:40.03\00:33:43.11
But it doesn't mean that woman
was made as a shuttle for man.
00:33:43.12\00:33:47.63
What that means is
when God created woman,
00:33:47.64\00:33:51.43
He made her as blessing for man,
00:33:51.44\00:33:54.17
that's what the
Bible means the same
00:33:54.18\00:33:55.74
as the Sabbath was made for man
00:33:55.75\00:33:57.37
that was made as a blessing for
man to help man, to help man.
00:33:57.38\00:34:04.16
And the Sabbath was
made right back there
00:34:04.17\00:34:06.30
in the beginning as
a blessing for mankind.
00:34:06.31\00:34:10.01
Now it is true that
Jews did keep the Sabbath.
00:34:10.02\00:34:12.33
But listen if we're going
to do away with something,
00:34:12.34\00:34:15.11
because the Jews
touched it friend
00:34:15.12\00:34:17.05
then we will have to
do away with everything
00:34:17.06\00:34:19.33
that we have as Christians.
00:34:19.34\00:34:22.09
For example practically
every Bible writer was a Jew.
00:34:22.10\00:34:29.63
Therefore if we're going
to do away with something
00:34:29.64\00:34:31.74
because the Jews touched it
00:34:31.75\00:34:33.32
we'll have to do away with
the Bible, isn't that right?
00:34:33.33\00:34:36.99
We'll have to do away with Jesus
00:34:37.00\00:34:38.43
because what nationality
was Jesus? He was a Jew.
00:34:38.44\00:34:42.71
We'll even have to
do away with salvation
00:34:42.72\00:34:44.83
because Jesus said
salvation is of the Jews.
00:34:44.84\00:34:50.09
Much of our form in
Christian worship today
00:34:50.10\00:34:54.10
comes to us from the Jews,
00:34:54.11\00:34:55.23
the word Hallelujah
is not a Christian word,
00:34:55.24\00:34:58.28
and it's a Jewish word.
00:34:58.29\00:35:02.03
Everything that we
have is come down to us
00:35:02.04\00:35:04.39
from the Jews God
intended to be so.
00:35:04.40\00:35:07.16
Then ask me why
He choose the Jews?
00:35:07.17\00:35:09.45
We can ask God when
we get home to heaven.
00:35:09.46\00:35:12.10
Because I don't know
but God choose the Jews
00:35:12.11\00:35:15.59
and God choose the Jews to
be the custodian of His truth
00:35:15.60\00:35:20.24
for hundreds and
hundreds of years.
00:35:20.25\00:35:24.44
And the Bible was
written during that period
00:35:24.45\00:35:27.74
when the Jews were
the custodians of truth.
00:35:27.75\00:35:31.77
And so everything that
we have has come down to us
00:35:31.78\00:35:35.28
handle by the Jews.
00:35:35.29\00:35:37.82
But it was never God's intention
00:35:37.83\00:35:39.51
that it only be for the Jews.
00:35:39.52\00:35:42.43
Anymore then it
was God's intention
00:35:42.44\00:35:44.47
that the Bible
only be for the Jews
00:35:44.48\00:35:46.51
or the salvation
only be for the Jews.
00:35:46.52\00:35:50.43
It's intended for all mankind.
00:35:50.44\00:35:54.84
It's not only
Jewish that need time
00:35:54.85\00:35:56.77
to spend with their families
00:35:56.78\00:35:58.80
and with God that is a
requirement of everybody
00:35:58.81\00:36:03.71
and God intended that everybody
would keep the Sabbath.
00:36:03.72\00:36:07.88
In fact, the
Sabbath was made 2,500 years
00:36:07.89\00:36:11.67
before a Jew ever drew a breath.
00:36:11.68\00:36:15.58
I don't think anyone
would whatever suggests
00:36:15.59\00:36:17.18
that Adam and Eve were Jews.
00:36:17.19\00:36:19.45
And God made the Sabbath right
back there in the beginning.
00:36:19.46\00:36:22.16
You know,
sometimes people said to me,
00:36:22.17\00:36:23.47
"Well, Geoff, how
can you be so sure
00:36:23.48\00:36:26.04
that the days of the week
heaven all being mixed up?"
00:36:26.05\00:36:30.57
I've got a good
Bible answer to give you.
00:36:30.58\00:36:33.00
Come over to Luke Chapter 23.
00:36:33.01\00:36:35.58
We must always go to
the Bible for our answers,
00:36:35.59\00:36:37.88
Luke Chapter 23 and verse 52.
00:36:37.89\00:36:42.65
Luke the 23rd
Chapter and verse 52
00:36:42.66\00:36:46.12
and we'll pick up the story
00:36:46.13\00:36:47.62
down at the
Crucifixion of Jesus here.
00:36:47.63\00:36:49.87
And here we find the
days of the week are named.
00:36:49.88\00:36:52.98
Have look at this in verse 52.
00:36:52.99\00:36:55.26
"This man went to Pilate
00:36:55.27\00:36:57.23
and asked for the body of Jesus.
00:36:57.24\00:37:00.10
Then he took it
down, wrapped it in linen,
00:37:00.11\00:37:02.74
and laid it in a tomb
that was hewn out of the rock,
00:37:02.75\00:37:05.99
where no one had
ever lain before.
00:37:06.00\00:37:09.04
That day was the Preparation,
and the Sabbath drew near.
00:37:09.05\00:37:17.22
And the women
who had come with Him
00:37:17.23\00:37:18.88
from Galilee followed after,
00:37:18.89\00:37:21.19
and they observed the
tomb and how His body was laid.
00:37:21.20\00:37:24.66
Then they returned and prepared
spices and fragrant oils.
00:37:24.67\00:37:28.77
And they rested on the Sabbath
00:37:28.78\00:37:31.03
according to the commandment.
00:37:31.04\00:37:33.91
Now on the
first day of the week,
00:37:33.92\00:37:35.74
very early in the morning,
00:37:35.75\00:37:37.18
they, and certain
other women with them,
00:37:37.19\00:37:39.20
came to the tomb
bringing the spices
00:37:39.21\00:37:41.45
which they had prepared."
00:37:41.46\00:37:43.34
Now look here we have three days
00:37:43.35\00:37:45.63
mentioned at
Crucifixion of Jesus.
00:37:45.64\00:37:47.74
We have the day that
Jesus was crucified on,
00:37:47.75\00:37:50.39
what is the Bible
call that day by the way?
00:37:50.40\00:37:53.18
Here it's call the
preparation day, all right.
00:37:53.19\00:37:58.46
Then the day that
Jesus slept in the tomb,
00:37:58.47\00:38:01.86
while he was dead is call what?
00:38:01.87\00:38:04.64
Sabbath day
according to the commandment.
00:38:04.65\00:38:06.51
The day that He rose
from the dead is call?
00:38:06.52\00:38:09.88
The first day of the week.
00:38:09.89\00:38:12.45
So here we have
these three days.
00:38:12.46\00:38:15.58
The preparation day, the
day of Christ Crucifixion.
00:38:15.59\00:38:20.14
We have the day of
Christ resurrection,
00:38:20.15\00:38:23.23
the first day of the week
00:38:23.24\00:38:24.37
and the day in
between is the Sabbath day
00:38:24.38\00:38:26.33
according to the
Ten Commandments.
00:38:26.34\00:38:27.81
Now listen, there's not,
there's not too many things
00:38:27.82\00:38:31.63
that you can say that
the whole world is agreed on.
00:38:31.64\00:38:36.26
But they're
practically, totally agreed
00:38:36.27\00:38:38.88
on what we're
going to share next.
00:38:38.89\00:38:41.82
For example
every Christian agrees
00:38:41.83\00:38:46.12
that when Jesus died
on that preparation day,
00:38:46.13\00:38:50.11
we have a special name
for it here in Australia,
00:38:50.12\00:38:54.31
what do we call it? Good Friday.
00:38:54.32\00:38:56.26
We call it Good
Friday, isn't that right?
00:38:56.27\00:38:59.71
The whole Christian
world has agreed on that.
00:38:59.72\00:39:04.29
We have a
special name for the day
00:39:04.30\00:39:06.29
that Jesus rose from the dead,
00:39:06.30\00:39:08.04
we call that here in Australia,
00:39:08.05\00:39:10.00
what day? Easter Sunday.
00:39:10.01\00:39:16.19
Well, the Bible
says, the Sabbath day
00:39:16.20\00:39:18.29
according to the
Ten Commandments,
00:39:18.30\00:39:20.33
according to Luke is the day
00:39:20.34\00:39:21.68
in between Good
Friday and Easter Sunday,
00:39:21.69\00:39:26.25
that's the day in between.
00:39:26.26\00:39:28.85
I mean, you
can't make a mistake.
00:39:28.86\00:39:31.24
So you've got over a thousand,
00:39:31.25\00:39:33.06
hundred or billion
Christians all agreed
00:39:33.07\00:39:37.87
that Sunday is the
first day of the week.
00:39:37.88\00:39:39.87
In fact, that's the reason
00:39:39.88\00:39:41.27
they give for
going to church on Sunday
00:39:41.28\00:39:44.21
as they say that
Christ rose on that day.
00:39:44.22\00:39:46.23
I mean, there's no
Biblical support for that,
00:39:46.24\00:39:48.20
that's nearly a tradition
but that's what they say,
00:39:48.21\00:39:51.95
the reason that they give.
00:39:51.96\00:39:54.40
So you've got nearly
00:39:54.41\00:39:55.59
a billion Christians
agreed on that point.
00:39:55.60\00:39:59.51
You've got a
billion Muslims agreed
00:39:59.52\00:40:03.49
that the sixth day of the
week Friday is a holy day,
00:40:03.50\00:40:09.75
because what day do they
go to their mosque? Friday.
00:40:09.76\00:40:14.19
So you've got a billion Muslims
00:40:14.20\00:40:16.19
agreed on the
sixth day of the week.
00:40:16.20\00:40:18.19
You've got 13 million Jews
00:40:18.20\00:40:20.30
who agreed that the seventh
day is what we call Saturday.
00:40:20.31\00:40:25.35
So you've got the
Muslims, the Jews,
00:40:25.36\00:40:27.60
and the Christians
all agreed on one point
00:40:27.61\00:40:30.49
and that is the
days of the week,
00:40:30.50\00:40:32.67
because they have
never ever been changed.
00:40:32.68\00:40:37.80
I don't know of
anything else that the Jews,
00:40:37.81\00:40:39.61
the Christians, and
the Muslims all agree on.
00:40:39.62\00:40:42.96
But they do agree on that,
because there is no dispute.
00:40:42.97\00:40:46.79
The only people
that I ever find query
00:40:46.80\00:40:49.84
the fact the days of the
week may have been mixed up
00:40:49.85\00:40:52.79
are those who've
never studied it.
00:40:52.80\00:40:54.63
Because when you
checkup on your encyclopedia
00:40:54.64\00:40:56.96
or checkup on the internet,
checkup wherever you like.
00:40:56.97\00:41:00.47
There is no dispute
about the days of the week,
00:41:00.48\00:41:03.91
because they
have come down to us
00:41:03.92\00:41:05.63
in an unbroken
line since creation.
00:41:05.64\00:41:09.53
And by the way if
they'd been any mix up
00:41:09.54\00:41:11.73
through the Old Testament
Jesus would have corrected it
00:41:11.74\00:41:14.37
when He came onto
the earth, wouldn't He?
00:41:14.38\00:41:16.45
But He didn't correct it,
00:41:16.46\00:41:17.51
because they were still
celebrating the same day
00:41:17.52\00:41:19.92
and since the time
of Jesus, of course,
00:41:19.93\00:41:21.46
is very easy for
us to go back in time.
00:41:21.47\00:41:25.13
No dispute whatsoever,
00:41:25.14\00:41:27.95
that's why we can be
so certain in our hearts
00:41:27.96\00:41:30.25
and in our minds that
there has been no change
00:41:30.26\00:41:33.98
in the cycle of
the days of the week
00:41:33.99\00:41:35.88
down through the years.
00:41:35.89\00:41:37.82
Now, I've done a little summary
00:41:37.83\00:41:39.48
that I'm going to
give to you to now
00:41:39.49\00:41:41.48
and I'm going to ask the ushers,
00:41:41.49\00:41:42.86
if you wouldn't mind just
handing this out to everybody,
00:41:42.87\00:41:45.51
if you wouldn't
mind just giving it
00:41:45.52\00:41:48.08
out as quickly as you can.
00:41:48.09\00:41:49.06
And for those of
you who are watching
00:41:49.07\00:41:50.04
you're going to
see it on the screen
00:41:50.05\00:41:52.16
now as we read it through.
00:41:52.17\00:41:54.68
Because and if anyone
wants any extra copies of these
00:41:54.69\00:41:57.63
then just ask the
ushers as you go out
00:41:57.64\00:42:00.79
and we'll be very happy
to give you some extra ones.
00:42:00.80\00:42:03.11
But at least
we'll give you one now.
00:42:03.12\00:42:05.86
Now when you get it you'll
notice that there are two sides
00:42:05.87\00:42:09.03
there is the Lord's
Day and then Sunday.
00:42:09.04\00:42:10.81
We'll have a look at the
Lord's Day side for a start.
00:42:10.82\00:42:14.33
And we'll just go
through the points
00:42:14.34\00:42:15.90
because this just summarizes
00:42:15.91\00:42:18.13
what we have
been saying thus far.
00:42:18.14\00:42:23.20
Everyone's got one. Let's
have a look at the Lord's Day.
00:42:23.21\00:42:26.65
The first thing that we
noticed about the Lord's Day
00:42:26.66\00:42:28.80
is that God rested
on the seventh day,
00:42:28.81\00:42:32.75
that's what made it
God's rest or His Sabbath.
00:42:32.76\00:42:37.71
God blessed and sanctified,
00:42:37.72\00:42:39.88
that is He made
holy the Sabbath.
00:42:39.89\00:42:43.44
And God commanded, remember
00:42:43.45\00:42:45.36
the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:42:45.37\00:42:49.60
The Sabbath was made before sin,
00:42:49.61\00:42:52.33
hence it is not a type.
00:42:52.34\00:42:54.22
Let me just pause
on that one to explain.
00:42:54.23\00:42:57.52
Some people feel that
when Jesus died on the cross
00:42:57.53\00:43:00.86
that the Sabbath
was done away with.
00:43:00.87\00:43:03.78
But friend listen that is
not true and I'll tell you why.
00:43:03.79\00:43:07.41
The Sabbath was made
in the Garden of Eden
00:43:07.42\00:43:10.61
before Adam and Eve
sinned, is that true?
00:43:10.62\00:43:13.49
Yes. Yes, it is.
00:43:13.50\00:43:15.81
With marriage, both
the Sabbath and marriage
00:43:15.82\00:43:18.90
were made in the Garden of
Eden before Adam and Eve sinned
00:43:18.91\00:43:22.44
and it's
interesting that both are under
00:43:22.45\00:43:24.58
severe attack by the devil.
00:43:24.59\00:43:26.40
Because if the
devil takes marriage away
00:43:26.41\00:43:29.45
he breaks down society,
if he attacks the Sabbath
00:43:29.46\00:43:32.43
he takes away the
memory of creation
00:43:32.44\00:43:35.21
where we've come from
and the blessing of getting
00:43:35.22\00:43:38.74
to know God the
time that is allocated,
00:43:38.75\00:43:40.66
so he, both of these
gifts from the Garden of Eden
00:43:40.67\00:43:43.02
are under severe attack today.
00:43:43.03\00:43:45.38
But the Sabbath was
made in the Garden of Eden
00:43:45.39\00:43:48.05
before Adam and Eve sinned,
00:43:48.06\00:43:50.53
therefore before the death
of Jesus was made necessary.
00:43:50.54\00:43:56.90
Because the Sabbath
doesn't point forward to Jesus,
00:43:56.91\00:44:00.90
we have notice
that the Bible says
00:44:00.91\00:44:02.44
the Sabbath points
backwards to creation,
00:44:02.45\00:44:07.69
it's a memorial of creation.
00:44:07.70\00:44:10.71
Because it was made
before the death of Jesus
00:44:10.72\00:44:14.94
was necessary in
the Garden of Eden.
00:44:14.95\00:44:18.18
That's why we say here that
Sabbath was made before sin,
00:44:18.19\00:44:23.15
hence it's not a type,
00:44:23.16\00:44:24.88
it doesn't point
forward to anything,
00:44:24.89\00:44:26.97
doesn't point forward to Jesus.
00:44:26.98\00:44:29.84
Because Jesus death
at this particular stage
00:44:29.85\00:44:32.87
when the Sabbath was
created wasn't yet necessary,
00:44:32.88\00:44:36.32
because Adam and
Eve hadn't yet sinned.
00:44:36.33\00:44:39.95
The Sabbath was made for man
00:44:39.96\00:44:42.06
and all mankind
according to Mark 2:27.
00:44:42.07\00:44:45.34
It was made 2,500
years before there was a Jew.
00:44:45.35\00:44:51.19
The Bible never calls
it a "Jewish Sabbath."
00:44:51.20\00:44:54.36
And I hope nobody else will.
00:44:54.37\00:44:57.29
God placed it in the centre
of His ten moral commandments.
00:44:57.30\00:45:02.79
The Sabbath was commanded
by the voice of the living God.
00:45:02.80\00:45:07.47
God wrote the Commandments
with His own finger on stone.
00:45:07.48\00:45:13.19
God pronounced a
special blessing on Gentiles
00:45:13.20\00:45:16.20
who keep the Sabbath.
00:45:16.21\00:45:17.39
So even in the Old Testament
00:45:17.40\00:45:18.91
there was a
blessing for the Gentiles
00:45:18.92\00:45:20.91
who keep the Sabbath,
not just for the Jews.
00:45:20.92\00:45:23.48
God promises to bless any person
00:45:23.49\00:45:25.74
who will keep the Sabbath.
00:45:25.75\00:45:28.36
After the Sabbath
has been trodden down
00:45:28.37\00:45:30.40
"many generations," it is to
be restored in the last days.
00:45:30.41\00:45:35.03
That's why you're
hearing it tonight
00:45:35.04\00:45:36.84
because the Bible says
it's going to be restored
00:45:36.85\00:45:39.81
before Jesus comes back.
00:45:39.82\00:45:42.29
The Sabbath is the "Lord's Day."
00:45:42.30\00:45:44.92
We could give
you scores of verses,
00:45:44.93\00:45:46.92
but there are at least three
00:45:46.93\00:45:49.11
that say the
Sabbath is the Lord's Day,
00:45:49.12\00:45:50.80
there's not one text anywhere
00:45:50.81\00:45:52.11
that says Sunday
is the Lord's Day.
00:45:52.12\00:45:54.63
The Gentile converts
called it "the Sabbath."
00:45:54.64\00:45:57.04
Notice this, 14
years after the cross.
00:45:57.05\00:46:02.27
Three decades or
thirty years after the cross,
00:46:02.28\00:46:04.82
the Bible says
the Sabbath remains.
00:46:04.83\00:46:07.14
It hasn't been done away
with according to Hebrews 4:9.
00:46:07.15\00:46:10.18
Christians are to
enter Sabbath rest
00:46:10.19\00:46:12.65
as God did in Hebrews 4:10,
00:46:12.66\00:46:16.06
where they keep it as God did.
00:46:16.07\00:46:18.49
And everyone in the New Earth
00:46:18.50\00:46:19.81
will keep the Sabbath
according to Isaiah 66.
00:46:19.82\00:46:23.31
Just turn over now and we'll
have a look at the Sunday side.
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The first thing that
we notice about Sunday
00:46:27.61\00:46:30.02
is that God worked on Sunday.
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God commanded work on Sunday
and God calls it a working day.
00:46:33.12\00:46:38.15
Tell me could you be a
sinner and work on Sunday.
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Well, no because
God worked on Sunday.
00:46:47.03\00:46:53.95
And if God worked on Sunday
00:46:53.96\00:46:57.08
and He was a sinner
that's preposterous.
00:46:57.09\00:46:59.61
But the first thing that
God did is He worked on Sunday.
00:46:59.62\00:47:03.06
And so working day
it's always referred
00:47:03.07\00:47:05.40
to as a working day
throughout the Bible.
00:47:05.41\00:47:08.24
He never blessed Sunday.
00:47:08.25\00:47:10.80
Christ did not rest upon it.
00:47:10.81\00:47:13.20
Sunday was never sanctified.
00:47:13.21\00:47:16.02
The New Testament
nowhere forbids work on it.
00:47:16.03\00:47:19.40
There was no
penalty for its desecration.
00:47:19.41\00:47:22.47
There is no blessing
promised for its observance.
00:47:22.48\00:47:26.33
No regulation is given as
to how it should be observed.
00:47:26.34\00:47:30.15
It is never called
the "Christian Sabbath."
00:47:30.16\00:47:33.70
It is never
called the "Lord's Day."
00:47:33.71\00:47:36.88
Although some of us
have been brought up
00:47:36.89\00:47:38.66
to call it the Lord's Day,
00:47:38.67\00:47:40.47
but the Bible never
calls it the Lord's Day,
00:47:40.48\00:47:42.64
that's just another tradition
00:47:42.65\00:47:44.30
that we're going to talk
about in future meetings.
00:47:44.31\00:47:46.84
No sacred title is
ever applied to Sunday.
00:47:46.85\00:47:51.06
The word 'Sunday' never
occurs in the Word of God.
00:47:51.07\00:47:55.09
Neither God,
Christ, nor any inspired man
00:47:55.10\00:47:58.57
ever said one word in
favor of Sunday as a holy day.
00:47:58.58\00:48:02.80
There was no requirement
to break bread on Sunday.
00:48:02.81\00:48:06.56
The Bible nowhere says
the first day of the week
00:48:06.57\00:48:09.19
commemorates the
resurrection of Christ.
00:48:09.20\00:48:12.07
This is the
tradition of men which makes
00:48:12.08\00:48:14.61
void the commandment of God.
00:48:14.62\00:48:17.45
So it is thought that you'd
like to have that as a summary,
00:48:17.46\00:48:20.60
to summarize what we've
been saying, but listen.
00:48:20.61\00:48:22.98
I want to take you a
step further come over
00:48:22.99\00:48:24.74
to Revelation
Chapter 14, would you?
00:48:24.75\00:48:27.02
Revelation 14 and verse 12.
00:48:27.03\00:48:30.91
We're down in the last days,
00:48:30.92\00:48:32.36
that wonderful
Book of Revelation
00:48:32.37\00:48:34.10
that we have been
starting to study now
00:48:34.11\00:48:36.31
and we're starting to understand
00:48:36.32\00:48:38.62
its wonderful prophecies.
00:48:38.63\00:48:39.97
Verse 12 and the
conclusion of those
00:48:39.98\00:48:41.92
three messages it says this.
00:48:41.93\00:48:43.94
"Here is the
patience of the saints,
00:48:43.95\00:48:47.44
here are those
who keep." What is it?
00:48:47.45\00:48:50.58
"The commandments of
God and the faith of Jesus."
00:48:50.59\00:48:55.81
Can you see that God points out
00:48:55.82\00:48:58.14
His people in the last days,
00:48:58.15\00:48:59.83
in the Book of Revelation
written for the last days
00:48:59.84\00:49:02.77
are identified with two
outstanding characteristics?
00:49:02.78\00:49:05.93
One is that they will love Jesus
00:49:05.94\00:49:08.59
and they'll be
faithful to Jesus,
00:49:08.60\00:49:10.64
but they'll also be faithful
to His Ten Commandments,
00:49:10.65\00:49:15.01
that's got to
include the Sabbath,
00:49:15.02\00:49:17.07
because the Sabbath is
number four of the ten.
00:49:17.08\00:49:20.87
In fact, it's the
largest of the ten
00:49:20.88\00:49:23.80
as far as space is concern.
00:49:23.81\00:49:26.74
And in the Ten Commandments
God devoted more space
00:49:26.75\00:49:29.80
to the Sabbath commandment
than any other commandment.
00:49:29.81\00:49:34.82
And God's people in the
last days are identified
00:49:34.83\00:49:37.81
as those who are
faithful to Jesus
00:49:37.82\00:49:40.14
and faithful to
His commandments.
00:49:40.15\00:49:44.83
But I want to take
you even a step further
00:49:44.84\00:49:46.86
come into the
middle of the Bible,
00:49:46.87\00:49:48.54
now to the Book of Isaiah.
00:49:48.55\00:49:50.60
Isaiah Chapter 66,
right in the middle.
00:49:50.61\00:49:54.83
The Old Testament,
Isaiah 66 and verse 22.
00:49:54.84\00:50:01.52
Isaiah 66 and verse 22.
00:50:01.53\00:50:04.40
And Isaiah is
writing not about this earth,
00:50:07.41\00:50:09.93
he's writing about the
new earth and the new heaven.
00:50:09.94\00:50:12.98
It's verse 22, "For as the
new heaven and the new earth."
00:50:12.99\00:50:17.54
You see what's it talking about.
00:50:17.55\00:50:18.93
New heaven and the new earth
00:50:18.94\00:50:20.78
which I will make shall remain
before Me," says the Lord,
00:50:20.79\00:50:23.81
"So shall your descendants
and your name remain.
00:50:23.82\00:50:27.02
And it shall come to pass
00:50:27.03\00:50:28.48
that from one
New Moon to another,
00:50:28.49\00:50:30.90
And from one Sabbath to another,
00:50:30.91\00:50:34.09
All flesh shall come to worship
before Me, says the Lord."
00:50:34.10\00:50:39.89
How many people
are going to worship
00:50:39.90\00:50:41.62
God's Sabbath by Sabbath
00:50:41.63\00:50:43.00
in the new heavens
and the new earth? All.
00:50:43.01\00:50:45.31
All it says that
little word "A-L-L.
00:50:45.32\00:50:48.68
You see when we
get home to heaven
00:50:48.69\00:50:49.96
there's going to
be no fence in heaven
00:50:49.97\00:50:51.86
where those on this
side all keep Sunday
00:50:51.87\00:50:54.34
and those on this side
all are Sabbath keepers.
00:50:54.35\00:50:57.64
Nothing like that at all
00:50:57.65\00:50:59.06
because
everybody in the new earth
00:50:59.07\00:51:02.18
is going to be a Sabbath
keeper regardless of the day
00:51:02.19\00:51:04.70
that we've kept down
on this earth friends.
00:51:04.71\00:51:06.82
Get home to the glory land
00:51:06.83\00:51:08.28
and you'll be a Sabbath
keeper throughout all eternity.
00:51:08.29\00:51:12.89
And when I was
studying this as a Presbyterian,
00:51:12.90\00:51:17.30
I thought to myself it
didn't seem logical to my mind
00:51:17.31\00:51:21.06
that for all the
period of the Old Testament,
00:51:21.07\00:51:23.73
everybody was a Sabbath
keeper nobody disputes that.
00:51:23.74\00:51:26.88
Throughout all eternity
00:51:26.89\00:51:28.33
we're going to
be Sabbath keepers,
00:51:28.34\00:51:29.84
why would we change
in the Christian era
00:51:29.85\00:51:33.34
for a little period
change over the Sunday.
00:51:33.35\00:51:37.39
Friend it doesn't make
sense and it's not biblical,
00:51:37.40\00:51:42.24
because all through the Bible
from Genesis to Revelation,
00:51:42.25\00:51:48.90
every person that ever lived
00:51:48.91\00:51:51.47
in the Bible was
a Sabbath keeper.
00:51:51.48\00:51:53.80
Not one of them
ever went to church
00:51:53.81\00:51:55.45
on Sunday, not a single one.
00:51:55.46\00:51:59.37
And throughout all eternity
00:51:59.38\00:52:02.59
we're going to
be Sabbath keepers
00:52:02.60\00:52:06.01
for as the new
heaven and the new earth,
00:52:06.02\00:52:10.90
Sabbath by Sabbath
and month by month,
00:52:10.91\00:52:15.06
new moon by new moon
because the Revelation says,
00:52:15.07\00:52:17.27
we go up to the
city, month by month
00:52:17.28\00:52:19.93
to get the list
from the tree of life.
00:52:19.94\00:52:25.30
Month by month,
Sabbath by Sabbath,
00:52:25.31\00:52:29.20
we go up there to
worship before God.
00:52:29.21\00:52:31.98
You know, someone says to me,
00:52:31.99\00:52:33.17
"Well, Geoff, are
you suggesting today
00:52:33.18\00:52:35.98
that small group of
Sabbath keepers are right
00:52:35.99\00:52:42.15
and everybody else
in the world is wrong
00:52:42.16\00:52:46.96
is that what
you're saying tonight?
00:52:46.97\00:52:49.60
Well, listen I want to line up
00:52:49.61\00:52:51.80
for you some of our most
prominent Sabbath keepers
00:52:51.81\00:52:54.16
over here on the
Sabbath keeping side.
00:52:54.17\00:52:57.46
I see Adam and
Eve, and I see Enoch,
00:52:57.47\00:53:03.44
I see Abraham, I see
Ezekiel, and Jeremiah,
00:53:03.45\00:53:08.40
and Daniel, and
Obadiah, and Malachi.
00:53:08.41\00:53:12.53
I see Jesus, I see
the blessed apostles',
00:53:12.54\00:53:17.08
Saint Paul, the Blessed
Virgin Mary, Saint Peter.
00:53:17.09\00:53:22.03
And I see millions of line,
00:53:22.04\00:53:23.53
men and women
down through the years
00:53:23.54\00:53:25.24
who've been faithful to
Jesus and kept the Sabbath.
00:53:25.25\00:53:28.80
Over here on the
Sunday keeping side,
00:53:28.81\00:53:30.76
I see those who boast
00:53:30.77\00:53:32.23
that they made the
change in the Sunday.
00:53:32.24\00:53:34.43
And I see million of
live folk like ourselves
00:53:34.44\00:53:37.63
who've been brought up
and we have never question
00:53:37.64\00:53:39.67
that until perhaps we get
to a stage of meeting like this
00:53:39.68\00:53:42.84
and for the first time
perhaps we are challenged.
00:53:42.85\00:53:47.13
And as I look at
these two groups of people,
00:53:47.14\00:53:49.30
the Sunday
keeping group over here
00:53:49.31\00:53:50.99
and the Sabbath
keeping group over here,
00:53:51.00\00:53:54.36
I'm trying to makeup
my mind between the two
00:53:54.37\00:53:56.89
and I have a look over
here and I'm a bit tempted
00:53:56.90\00:53:59.84
I must admit to go this way
00:53:59.85\00:54:01.37
because who
wants to be different,
00:54:01.38\00:54:03.05
easy to go with, swim
and go with everybody else.
00:54:03.06\00:54:06.08
The whole society
seems to be get around Sunday
00:54:06.09\00:54:09.13
would be a lot of
easier to stay go with a flow.
00:54:09.14\00:54:13.28
But before I make my decision
00:54:13.29\00:54:15.00
I have one last look over here
on the Sabbath keeping side.
00:54:15.01\00:54:20.17
And who do you
think I see tarrying above
00:54:20.18\00:54:22.22
every Sabbath
keeper is whispering
00:54:22.23\00:54:25.04
to need down
through the centuries.
00:54:25.05\00:54:26.91
Geoff, if you love
Me keep My commandments.
00:54:26.92\00:54:30.49
As He holds those
Neil Scott hands out to me.
00:54:30.50\00:54:34.54
And I tell you
friend if there was no other
00:54:34.55\00:54:38.26
Sabbath keeper
in the entire world
00:54:38.27\00:54:41.27
but Jesus that would
settled the Christian for me,
00:54:41.28\00:54:44.89
because as a
Christian deep down in my heart
00:54:44.90\00:54:48.70
I want to be like Him.
00:54:48.71\00:54:50.65
And I've got a pretty fare idea
that deep down in your heart
00:54:50.66\00:54:56.14
you want to be like Him
to that's why you are here,
00:54:56.15\00:54:58.75
that's why you are listening.
00:54:58.76\00:55:01.04
And in these last days
00:55:01.05\00:55:02.59
God is calling for
us to be faithful to Him
00:55:02.60\00:55:06.36
and faithful to
His commandments.
00:55:06.37\00:55:09.47
Let just bow our
heads together in prayer.
00:55:09.48\00:55:13.32
Our wonderful Father in heave,
00:55:13.33\00:55:14.92
I want to thank You
again tonight for Jesus
00:55:14.93\00:55:17.35
and I want to
thank You for the truth.
00:55:17.36\00:55:18.88
Some of these things tonight
00:55:18.89\00:55:20.59
that we have talked about
maybe very near to some of us
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and it maybe even be
disturbing to others.
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And I pray Lord that you'll
help us to be like the Bereans
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that are in the Book
of Acts, spoken there.
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When I heard new
things, the Bible says,
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I studied the scriptures,
they searched them out
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to find out whether
these things were so.
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And so I pray Lord that
You'll help us to be earnest
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not just to be taken by
tradition and blind prejudice.
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But that You'll help
us to have an open heart
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and an open mind to
study these things to find out
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what You want us to do.
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And bless us Lord as we
come back into our next program
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as we talk about how
Sunday got into the church.
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Because friends
that's the logical Christian
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that we would be asking now
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if the Bible is so clear
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how come the Sunday
came into the church.
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So, Lord, help us to
understand and keep us
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faithful I pray until Jesus
come for Christ's sake. Amen.
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