A latter-day sage was overheard
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to say that the secret
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of your future is hidden
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in your daily routine.
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The secret of your future
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is hidden in your daily routine.
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My old college
professor used to tell us
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"What you will be
daily you are becoming. "
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And I simply say
"You are what you eat. "
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You are what you feed upon.
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Perhaps
Galatians puts it the best
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when in Galatians
chapter 6 verse 7 Paul says
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"Be not deceived;
God CANNOT be mocked.
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You sow what you reap...
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either good or bad. "
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And I'm hoping that each of
us has developed a daily routine
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to feed upon the Word of God...
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because the results of
that feeding can only be good.
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And if we feed
daily on the Word of God,
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then what we are going to
experienced during these next
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five nights can we say
is actually a vitamin boost.
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A vitamin supplement
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for our walk on the
road that leads to glory.
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I bid you good
evening. My name is C.A. Murray.
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It is my privilege and
pleasure to welcome you to
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volume number
4, session number 1
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of Give Us The Bible...
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this wonderful series
that our friend, our pastor,
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our evangelist Kenneth Cox
has been leading us through.
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This particular session
will deal with a very, very
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crucial subject. That
of course is the subject
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of the Sabbath.
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Tonight's lesson
will be dealing with Jesus
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as Lord of the Sabbath.
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And you want to hold onto
that thought, because it will
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come back again and
again and again for truly
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Christ is Lord of the Sabbath.
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Before Elder Cox
comes and we go much further
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into the program, we
have a wonderful friend
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of this ministry... a music
man whose name is well known.
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He's going to be
singing a really wonderful song.
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I've got to pull it out here
because he threw me a little
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curve. I thought it
was Learning to Lean.
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It's not Learning to Lean,
it's Learning to Just Believe
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in Jesus... our
friend, Joe Pearles.
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Growing in Jesus is never easy
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because there's
a price to be paid.
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We're constantly dying
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to our own nature
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while new foundations are laid.
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While we are building our faith,
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sufficiently He gives His grace.
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I'm learning dependency on Him
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so I can be healed
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as I see His face.
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Over and over I'm learning
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to put my trust in You.
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Over and over I'm learning
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what child-like faith can do.
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Over and over it's easy to see
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just how Your
Spirit is working in me.
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As I grow older,
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I'm learning over
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to just believe.
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Because I am bearing
the name of Christian
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I'm conscious
of what people see.
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The only Bible
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they may ever read
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is what they read through me.
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So Lord do Your
work... here I am.
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Use me, oh God, all You can.
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I'll go where You lead me
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and grow as You feed me
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while holding so
tightly Your hand.
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Over and over I'm learning
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to put my trust in You.
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Over and over I'm learning
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what child-like faith can do.
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Over and over, it's easy to see,
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just how Your
Spirit is living in me.
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As I grow older
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I'm learning over
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to just believe.
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As I grow older
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I'm learning over
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to just believe.
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Joe Pearles! Did you enjoy that?
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Marvelous! Always enjoy Joe!
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Well good evening.
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Happy to welcome you
back to Give Me The Bible.
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This week we're taking a look
at the subject of the Sabbath.
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What says the
Bible, the blessed Bible?
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This my only question be.
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God gave us the Sabbath
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to bless and remind us.
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What says the Book of God to me?
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That's what we want to find out.
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That's what we're
going to look at this week.
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Our subject tonight is:
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Going to take a look
at that in detail tonight,
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so we hope you will
enjoy it as we go through that.
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But this week we're going to
cover a lot of different aspects
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of the Sabbath
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and we're going to see some
of the conflict that took place.
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And tomorrow night our
presentation will be entitled:
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Now folks, this subject is
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so broad and so
much of it in scripture
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that we're going to have
to do it in two sections.
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So tomorrow night
will be Baptized Paganism.
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Sabbath morning - 11:00 AM -
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we'll have
Baptized Paganism part 2.
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So it's going to take
two sections to cover that.
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So we hope you'll follow
it very carefully because
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it's very, very important.
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And then on Saturday night
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our subject will be
The Sabbath Covenant.
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We'll see what the
scripture says about it
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concerning the covenant.
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And then we're going to
close out on Sunday night
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with How to Keep the Sabbath.
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And so those are the subjects
we're going to be covering
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during this series.
We hope it will bless you
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in a special way as we take
a look at what God has to say
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about the Sabbath.
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But tonight we're looking at:
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What gives Him
the right to be Lord?
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Ever thought about it?
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What gives Christ
the right to be Lord?
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What did He mean when He
said He was Lord of the Sabbath?
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So you need to watch as we
go through this presentation...
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What gives Him
the right to be Lord?
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And then you need
to watch carefully
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'cause there's a special
blessing right down at the close
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of the presentation.
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So we hope you'll
follow as we go through it
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and it will bless you as
we continue to take a look
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God's Word and
what He has to say
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particularly about the Sabbath.
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We're always very, very thankful
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to have Joe Pearles
come and be with us.
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Always blesses my
soul in a special way.
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I enjoy his
music very, very much.
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He lives in a place called
Greenbrier just outside of
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Nashville, Tennessee.
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He lives with his wife Cheryl,
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and we've had the
privilege of knowing Joe
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for, oh, a number of years now.
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And he comes and sings for us
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in our meetings
different places we're at.
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And we just appreciate
very much him being here.
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Tonight he's going to sing
a song that goes along with
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a little bit of what
we're talking about tonight.
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It's entitled: The King and I.
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The King and I
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walk down life's road together.
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Where many people
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go passing by.
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The Greatest One
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and I, a lowly beggar,
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walk hand in hand
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the King and I.
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Why He should care for me
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will always be a mystery.
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He holds the whole
world in His hands...
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but who am I?
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And so my heart
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somehow can't help but wonder
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why we're together...
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the King and I.
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The King and I
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not long ago were strangers.
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I walked alone
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not knowing why.
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Until He came
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and put His arms around me.
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Now we're not strangers...
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the King and I.
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Why He should care for me
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will always be a mystery.
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He holds the whole
world in His hands...
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but who am I?
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And so my heart
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somehow can't help but wonder
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why we're together...
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the King and I.
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Now we're together...
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the King and I.
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Heavenly Father,
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tonight we want
to open our hearts
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and invite You in.
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Pray, Lord, that
You will be with us.
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The Holy Spirit may be present
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to teach, to guide,
to give us understanding.
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Pray, Lord,
that You will help us
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that we might clear away
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anything that's standing
in the way of Your blessing.
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That our hearts might be soft,
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open, pliable...
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that the Holy Spirit
may be able to teach us.
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Bless us tonight in
a special way, we pray.
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In Your name, Amen.
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In the 1530's,
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the King of England,
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Henry VIII,
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broke with the Catholic church
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over the fact that
they were not willing
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to give him the
right to divorce his wife,
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Catherine of Aragon,
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and to marry his
mistress, Anne Boleyn.
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And so since they would
not grant him that right,
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he declared something that was
going across Europe at that time
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called the
Divine Right of Kings.
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And the Divine Right
of Kings just simply says
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that a king is
placed there by God
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and not by people.
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And therefore he is
only responsible to God
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and to nobody else.
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And he has the divine right to
do what he thinks he should do.
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And therefore Henry VIII
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declared the
Divine Right of Kings.
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And since the Catholic
church would not give him
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what he wanted, he decided
that since he was the king
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that he was not only responsible
for the temporal need of the
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people but also
their spiritual need.
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And therefore he
set up his own church
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called the Anglican church...
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which was not
Protestant nor Catholic.
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But it was what
he set up in England
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so that he could
do as he pleased.
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And as king of England
under the Divine Right of Kings
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he divorced Catherine.
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Married Anne Boleyn...
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divorced her.
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Married several other women...
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had two of them beheaded.
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And so I really
guess he needed somebody
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to tell him what he should do
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because he didn't seem
to know what he should do.
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But what... what right?
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What right does a
person have to be king?
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How do they become a king?
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What right do they have?
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Well, some people
become kings or queens
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simply like we have it today.
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Like in England today.
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People there - the
monarchs, the royal family -
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they become king
or queen by birth.
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When Queen Elizabeth dies,
well if Charles is still around
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well he'll be the king.
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And if he lives long enough,
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and if his son
William lives long enough,
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he'll be the king.
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So... they become king by birth.
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Some people become kings
or queens, if you please,
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by the choice of the people.
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You have an example
of this in scripture.
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You remember
Solomon's son, Rehoboam,
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didn't treat the
people very good.
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If fact, he was
quite rough with them.
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And because they
didn't like what he did,
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it says this:
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And you remember
they rejected Rehoboam
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and they selected
Jeroboam to be their king.
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So here you have a
person becoming a king
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by the choice of the people.
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There are other
people that have become kings
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of a nation or
so forth by force.
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They just come in
and overtake the country
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and they set
themselves up as the king
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of that particular country.
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Did Jesus?
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Did Jesus become
King or Lord by birth?
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Did He become King or Lord
by the choice of the people?
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Or by force?
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No, I don't think so.
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I really think
that Christ is King
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by right of position.
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By the right of
position He is King,
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Jesus is Lord. In fact,
it says here in Revelation
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that when He comes back
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that He'll have written
on His thigh and on His robe
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And if you pick up the
Bible, the New Testament,
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and begin to read through it,
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you'll find over and
over and over it refers to Him
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as Lord. Refers to Him as King.
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He is Lord and King,
and He is that by position.
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Jesus is Lord, and
tonight we want to look at that
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and see how that
affects our lives
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and how it enters into our lives
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because not only
did that but Jesus said:
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Now why would He say that?
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Why would He say that
He was Lord of the Sabbath?
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Well, He's Lord of the
Sabbath because of this question
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of position is the
reason He's Lord of the Sabbath.
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Because we read clearly here
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that He is Lord by creation.
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Created. If He has
the power to create
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and He could make something,
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then He can
certainly be the Lord of it.
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And so we read
in the Word of God
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where it says:
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So here it says clearly that God
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finished creation and He
rested on the seventh day.
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Now watch what He does here.
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So it says that
He created this world
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and He took that
seventh day, set it aside,
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and blessed and
hallowed it and made it special.
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Now, how does
that relate to Christ?
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Well, I think of many of
the different things when I
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became a
Christian that helped me,
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but this one thing
helped me to understand
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the Word of God I
think more than anything else
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that I have ever read
or found out in God's Word.
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And it was just this simple
little thing that it says here
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in John 1. It says here:
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So it's saying clearly here
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that the Word
was in the beginning.
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It was with God; it was God.
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Watch as it goes on here:
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That means the Word was
in the beginning with God.
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So it says the Word was
the one who created everything.
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And verse 14 of that
very first chapter says:
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"And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us,
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and we beheld His
glory as the glory of the
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only begotten of the Father. "
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Therefore, IF what
God's Word says is true,
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which I believe it is,
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then Jesus is the one
who created the world.
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And therefore, since
He created the world,
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He's the one
that gave the Sabbath.
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Therefore He could say
that He was Lord of the Sabbath.
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Let me give you another
scripture on this same point.
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It's found in
Colossians 1 verses 15 and 16.
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So it makes it
clear that Jesus Christ
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created this world.
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And since He created it,
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He certainly has
the right to be King.
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He has that right, and He says
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that He gave us the Sabbath
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and that He's Lord of it.
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But He's also King by the
fact that He gave the law.
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Now if someone has the power
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to lay down laws
and enforce those laws,
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then certainly they
have right to be King.
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And it says that He's the
one that gave the law. Listen:
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Read that text carefully.
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There is how many lawgivers?
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One lawgiver than can what?
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"Save and destroy. " Now listen:
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Only one way we can be saved.
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Now let me ask you something.
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And I don't want to
sound strange here, but I...
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you need to think about it.
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Can God save you?
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I'm talking about the Father.
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Can the Holy Spirit save you?
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No.
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Neither one of those
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died for you.
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Jesus Christ is the one that
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died for you.
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Now I don't mean to
lessen God's position,
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but Christ is the one that died.
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He's the one that
paid the price for you,
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and therefore He's the
only one that can save you
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just because He's the
only one that died for you!
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And therefore He is the
one there on Mount Sinai
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that gave the law.
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And when He gave the
law, He gave it... and mankind
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all the way down
through the ages have seen that
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and seen in God's
law laws that govern
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and that give men and women
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the rights that
they're supposed to have
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and gives them a
guideline for their lives.
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And so Jesus
said: "If you love Me,
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keep" - what?
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Those were His
commandments that He gave there
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on Mount Sinai.
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Remember the? Now this
is part of the law, folks.
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I'm not reading
something that's not in the law,
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I'm reading
something that IS in the law...
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I've had some people tell me...
they say: "Well... " You know,
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I ask them about
Sabbath and they'll say: "Well,
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I... I keep every day holy. "
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Now, friend,
that's an impossibility.
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You cannot keep every day holy.
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Why can't you
keep every day holy?
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Because YOU
don't make a day holy.
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God is the one
that makes the day holy.
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All you and I can
do is keep it holy.
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And if God didn't
make the day holy,
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I don't care how hard you
try you can't make it holy!
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See? The only day you can keep
holy is the one God MADE holy.
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All right. Goes on and says:
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"Six days you shall
labor and do all your work... "
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And Jesus Christ
there gave the Sabbath
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for you and for me to keep.
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It goes on and
tells us here. It says:
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This is Christ talking.
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So He said not
one jot nor one tittle
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is going to change in the
law. It's not going to happen.
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That means that law is
going to continue right on.
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That will take place.
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So the law is
something that will continue.
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And since He gave the law,
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and He has the
right to... if you please,
00:28:09.16\00:28:13.12
enforce the law,
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He has the right to be King...
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has the right to be Lord.
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Listen. This is what He says:
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OK. In other words,
what God is saying is
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"If you want to
recognize Me as King,
00:28:45.72\00:28:50.61
if you want to
recognize Me as the Lord,
00:28:50.95\00:28:54.09
keep My Sabbaths. "
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It's a sign. It's a sign
between me and Jesus Christ
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that He is Lord.
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Said: "It's a sign between
Me and them that they might
00:29:05.73\00:29:09.20
know that I am
the Lord" who what?
00:29:09.40\00:29:11.38
"sanctifies them. "
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Marvelous promise.
00:29:13.83\00:29:15.78
You understand what
that means when it says that
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He sanctifies you?
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In other words, what He's
saying, folks, is very simple.
00:29:19.97\00:29:23.09
He's saying: "If I
can make a day holy,
00:29:23.19\00:29:26.58
I can make you holy. "
00:29:26.78\00:29:28.99
See? That's what He promises.
00:29:29.20\00:29:31.19
He promises that He
will do that for us.
00:29:31.30\00:29:33.06
But in order for you and for me
00:29:33.26\00:29:36.18
to have that done in our lives,
00:29:36.39\00:29:38.54
you have to
recognize Him as Lord.
00:29:38.74\00:29:43.60
You see, you
can't say: "Oh, yeah.
00:29:43.81\00:29:46.35
I... I accept Christ as Lord.
00:29:46.55\00:29:49.34
I just don't follow Him. "
00:29:49.54\00:29:50.80
You know, it
doesn't work that way.
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If He's Lord, you
have to follow Him.
00:29:54.11\00:29:57.02
That's... that's required
00:29:57.05\00:29:58.81
in order for it to take place.
00:29:59.01\00:30:00.54
Some people get it confused,
but the Bible is crystal clear
00:30:00.74\00:30:03.98
as to how God set up
the days. Listen to this.
00:30:04.18\00:30:06.98
This is found in
Ezekiel 46 verse 1:
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Now this is talking
about a special gate
00:30:23.94\00:30:26.77
in Jerusalem that was
closed the six working days.
00:30:26.97\00:30:32.72
OK? Then it says:
00:30:32.92\00:30:35.15
It says that this special gate
that had... where they went in
00:30:42.40\00:30:45.53
to worship, said that
gate is open on the Sabbath.
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The other six
working days it's closed.
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So God made it very clear
00:30:54.90\00:30:57.70
that all the days of the week
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except the Sabbath are what?
00:30:59.84\00:31:02.49
Working days.
00:31:03.60\00:31:04.97
That's what it
says: "six working days. "
00:31:05.17\00:31:06.66
Those are working days.
00:31:06.86\00:31:08.57
The Sabbath is a special time.
00:31:08.77\00:31:11.02
He says this:
00:31:11.12\00:31:12.21
How many days?
00:31:13.48\00:31:15.24
I highlighted
that word convocation.
00:31:33.09\00:31:36.39
"A holy convocation. "
00:31:36.59\00:31:38.02
And the reason I did
that is because some people
00:31:38.22\00:31:41.43
don't understand some
things about the Sabbath.
00:31:41.63\00:31:44.46
That word "a holy convocation, "
00:31:44.56\00:31:46.85
that word convocation
means to meet together.
00:31:46.95\00:31:49.63
That means to worship together.
00:31:49.83\00:31:51.88
In other words, what
that text is telling you...
00:31:52.08\00:31:54.57
the Sabbath is a
time when you go to church
00:31:54.77\00:31:57.94
and you meet together
and you worship together.
00:31:58.14\00:32:01.31
That's a holy convocation.
00:32:01.51\00:32:03.41
It's not a day in
which I go do my own thing.
00:32:03.61\00:32:07.56
It's a day that
I follow the Lord.
00:32:07.76\00:32:10.50
I worship Him
because He took that day
00:32:10.70\00:32:13.37
and blessed it and
hallowed it and sanctified it...
00:32:13.57\00:32:16.64
and therefore it's special.
00:32:16.85\00:32:18.48
A special time that
the Lord made and gave.
00:32:18.51\00:32:22.49
He's also Lord by example.
00:32:22.69\00:32:27.30
See, He's Lord by creation.
00:32:27.70\00:32:30.98
He's Lord by the
fact that He gave the law.
00:32:31.18\00:32:34.08
But if He's Lord, then
He also is Lord by example.
00:32:34.28\00:32:39.58
Telling us that we
should follow as He followed.
00:32:39.78\00:32:42.77
Listen, this is His words:
00:32:42.97\00:32:44.45
So He says, "If
you're going to follow Me,
00:32:54.93\00:32:57.97
you need to walk
just as I walked. "
00:32:58.08\00:33:01.46
That's how to follow Christ.
00:33:01.67\00:33:03.75
So how did He walk?
00:33:03.96\00:33:05.29
So He said: "Listen,
I've given you the law.
00:33:11.32\00:33:13.16
And this is given to
you that you will walk
00:33:13.36\00:33:17.16
in My commandments.
00:33:17.36\00:33:19.63
That you'll follow Me. "
00:33:19.73\00:33:20.89
This is how you and
I are to follow Him.
00:33:21.09\00:33:24.66
He's our example.
00:33:24.86\00:33:26.81
That's what He's asked us to do.
00:33:27.01\00:33:29.85
And so, what was
Christ's example?
00:33:29.88\00:33:32.38
What did He do?
00:33:32.58\00:33:33.65
Custom is something
that you do over and over.
00:33:44.90\00:33:49.61
It's not
something you do one time.
00:33:49.72\00:33:51.22
It's something you do regularly.
00:33:51.42\00:33:53.05
It's a custom
you do over and over.
00:33:53.25\00:33:55.06
It was His custom to go to
the synagogue on the Sabbath.
00:33:55.27\00:33:58.91
Why?
00:33:59.05\00:34:00.30
Because it's a holy convocation.
00:34:01.37\00:34:03.68
See? It was a time when
they met together to worship.
00:34:03.88\00:34:07.01
It was a holy convocation,
00:34:07.22\00:34:08.92
and so they came and
they worshiped together.
00:34:09.12\00:34:12.30
Something that they did.
00:34:12.54\00:34:13.98
They had some very
strange ideas about the Sabbath
00:34:15.50\00:34:19.54
in Christ's day.
00:34:20.08\00:34:21.37
And He came to try to
help the people to understand
00:34:21.57\00:34:25.21
how the Sabbath was to be kept.
00:34:25.31\00:34:27.03
It says here in Luke 6:6:
00:34:27.23\00:34:29.87
And by the way, Christ
performed more miracles
00:34:32.79\00:34:38.47
on the Sabbath than He
did any other day of the week.
00:34:38.68\00:34:43.25
OK? More miracles on the Sabbath
00:34:43.45\00:34:47.14
than He did any
other day of the week.
00:34:47.34\00:34:49.15
If you just pick up your
Bible and start reading it
00:34:49.35\00:34:51.41
and you'll see...
Sabbath after Sabbath
00:34:51.62\00:34:53.94
He is healing somebody.
Opening somebody's eyes.
00:34:54.14\00:34:58.03
Doing something. So
this is the Sabbath...
00:34:58.23\00:35:00.37
Watch:
00:35:00.57\00:35:01.89
That was His custom, OK?
00:35:06.55\00:35:08.81
Watching Him. Making sure that
He didn't heal on the Sabbath.
00:35:29.24\00:35:33.37
Why?
00:35:33.57\00:35:35.76
Because they
believed it was wrong.
00:35:35.96\00:35:38.13
They believed it was
wrong to heal on the Sabbath.
00:35:38.43\00:35:41.45
They believed
you couldn't do that.
00:35:41.65\00:35:43.59
They didn't believe you
should be healed on the Sabbath.
00:35:43.79\00:35:46.07
So they watched
Him, 'cause they felt
00:35:46.27\00:35:48.68
that was working... that
was breaking the Sabbath -
00:35:48.88\00:35:52.39
as far as they was concerned -
00:35:52.59\00:35:53.87
to heal somebody on the Sabbath.
00:35:53.97\00:35:55.78
So He does this:
00:35:55.98\00:35:57.50
He understood what was
going on in their minds.
00:36:00.72\00:36:02.84
Told the man to come here.
00:36:08.84\00:36:10.11
Stood there with
his withered hand.
00:36:10.31\00:36:12.25
Which is it lawful to do?
00:36:28.14\00:36:30.11
And of course
they didn't answer.
00:36:30.31\00:36:33.79
You see, it's not wrong, folks,
00:36:44.03\00:36:47.04
to do good on the Sabbath.
00:36:47.25\00:36:50.22
That's not wrong.
00:36:50.42\00:36:52.60
What is wrong is
to ignore the Sabbath.
00:36:53.99\00:36:57.88
What is wrong to say is
00:36:59.16\00:37:00.61
"Jesus is my Lord"
and not follow Him.
00:37:00.75\00:37:05.64
That's what's wrong.
00:37:05.84\00:37:07.71
Not to do good on the
Sabbath. That's right.
00:37:07.91\00:37:10.37
That's the way you keep
the Sabbath is by doing good
00:37:10.57\00:37:13.73
on the Sabbath.
00:37:13.83\00:37:14.99
Even in His death,
00:37:16.07\00:37:18.62
we find that
Christ made it very clear
00:37:20.89\00:37:23.97
how the Sabbath fit in here.
00:37:24.17\00:37:26.16
And, you know, at
the time we call Easter
00:37:26.19\00:37:29.62
we remember
specially the death of Christ
00:37:29.82\00:37:33.56
and His resurrection.
00:37:33.66\00:37:34.88
Watch what it says here:
00:37:35.08\00:37:36.44
Now when it says
"this man went to Pilate, "
00:37:38.28\00:37:40.14
it's speaking of
Joseph of Arimathea...
00:37:40.24\00:37:42.21
who was a very wealthy man.
00:37:42.41\00:37:45.22
Very high up in the government.
00:37:45.42\00:37:48.35
He went to Pilate;
asked for the body of Jesus.
00:37:48.55\00:37:52.30
Then he took it down.
00:37:52.50\00:37:53.95
Pilate got confirmation
that Jesus was dead.
00:37:54.15\00:37:57.17
He took His body
down; wrapped it in linen...
00:37:57.37\00:37:59.99
Now when it says "That
day was the Preparation, "
00:38:11.79\00:38:14.31
that was the day
before the Sabbath.
00:38:14.51\00:38:16.53
That's what is simply means.
00:38:16.73\00:38:18.92
That day was the Preparation,
the day before the Sabbath.
00:38:19.12\00:38:21.42
At Easter time we refer
to that day as Good Friday.
00:38:21.62\00:38:26.51
That's the day that Jesus died:
00:38:27.49\00:38:29.93
on the Preparation day.
00:38:31.13\00:38:32.54
"and the Sabbath" what?
00:38:32.74\00:38:34.76
So they got there; they saw
where they had placed Him, OK?
00:38:43.08\00:38:46.29
So they went there. They
saw where Jesus was placed.
00:38:56.39\00:38:59.34
They went back home. They
prepared what was necessary
00:38:59.55\00:39:02.58
to take care of His body,
00:39:02.78\00:39:04.42
and they rested the Sabbath
according to the commandment.
00:39:04.63\00:39:08.41
Very, very clear.
00:39:08.61\00:39:10.99
Now the Bible is
very clear, folks,
00:39:11.19\00:39:14.03
as to when the Sabbath begins.
00:39:14.23\00:39:16.36
I run onto people
who have questions
00:39:16.56\00:39:19.09
as to when the Sabbath begins.
00:39:19.29\00:39:21.06
The Bible is
crystal clear about it.
00:39:21.26\00:39:22.81
It says here in Leviticus 23:32:
00:39:23.02\00:39:25.58
Well some people say
"Well that just means
00:39:30.54\00:39:32.80
from 6 o'clock to 6
o'clock or from... that.
00:39:33.00\00:39:35.94
No, that isn't
really what it means.
00:39:36.15\00:39:37.95
It actually means
from sunset to sunset
00:39:38.15\00:39:43.14
is the time that it means.
00:39:43.35\00:39:45.87
Jesus had gone through the area,
00:39:46.07\00:39:49.49
had healed people,
but the Sabbath came.
00:39:49.69\00:39:51.89
Since the Pharisees
taught that it was wrong
00:39:52.98\00:39:55.97
to heal on the Sabbath,
00:39:56.17\00:39:58.30
the people would not
bring their sick to Christ
00:39:58.50\00:40:02.23
until the Sabbath was over.
00:40:02.43\00:40:04.56
So now the Sabbath is over.
00:40:05.84\00:40:07.67
Watch what the
scripture says here:
00:40:07.87\00:40:10.03
The Sabbath was over.
They brought their sick,
00:40:26.72\00:40:29.80
and Christ healed every one.
00:40:30.01\00:40:31.75
So it made it clear...
when the sun was going down
00:40:31.95\00:40:34.67
that was the end of the Sabbath.
00:40:34.87\00:40:36.65
So the Bible is clear...
It's from sunset to sunset
00:40:36.85\00:40:40.57
is the time of the Sabbath.
00:40:40.77\00:40:42.80
And it says this very
clearly in the scripture.
00:40:43.00\00:40:45.89
Sun had set. It says:
00:40:46.09\00:40:48.97
And they found
the stone rolled away.
00:40:57.67\00:41:00.48
He had come
forth from the grave.
00:41:00.51\00:41:03.61
Had been resurrected.
00:41:03.81\00:41:05.50
And so the Bible lines it up
00:41:05.70\00:41:06.86
so that you and I don't
have any questions to ask
00:41:06.96\00:41:09.15
of when the Sabbath starts
and when it ends and so forth
00:41:09.35\00:41:12.83
because it just simply
tells us the Preparation day
00:41:13.03\00:41:16.19
was the day before the Sabbath,
which was called Friday.
00:41:16.39\00:41:20.01
The Sabbath is
what we call Saturday.
00:41:20.91\00:41:25.15
And then it says that He rose
on the first day of the week
00:41:25.35\00:41:29.40
which is Sunday.
00:41:29.60\00:41:31.07
I don't have any trouble knowing
which day is the Sabbath, do I?
00:41:31.27\00:41:35.98
If I know which day is Friday,
00:41:36.18\00:41:38.10
then if I know which day
is the first day of the week -
00:41:38.30\00:41:41.17
which is Sunday -
00:41:41.27\00:41:42.35
I don't have any trouble knowing
which day is the Sabbath.
00:41:42.45\00:41:44.67
It's clear.
00:41:44.97\00:41:46.20
Sabbath is the
time that in His life
00:41:46.40\00:41:49.82
He observed and kept.
00:41:50.02\00:41:51.30
In fact, He gave the
admonition to His disciples.
00:41:51.40\00:41:54.80
Said to pray...
00:41:55.00\00:41:56.35
Two reasons for that.
00:42:01.30\00:42:02.76
One, if it was winter,
it would be hard on them
00:42:02.96\00:42:04.93
because they had to
flee... leave their homes.
00:42:05.13\00:42:07.12
Secondly, on the Sabbath
00:42:07.32\00:42:09.24
the gates of the city could be
shut and they couldn't get out.
00:42:09.44\00:42:13.55
And so He said: "Pray that your
flight won't be in the winter
00:42:13.75\00:42:16.99
nor on the Sabbath day. "
00:42:17.19\00:42:19.78
That didn't take
place until 39 years
00:42:20.08\00:42:24.84
after the death of Jesus.
00:42:25.04\00:42:27.36
Not only that, His
followers kept the Sabbath.
00:42:28.87\00:42:33.33
I have people say to me
00:42:34.57\00:42:35.61
"Well, why do you
keep the Sabbath? "
00:42:35.71\00:42:38.09
And I have an answer
that I always give them...
00:42:38.29\00:42:41.54
is because I'm a
follower of Jesus Christ.
00:42:41.75\00:42:44.78
That's the reason
I keep the Sabbath:
00:42:45.96\00:42:47.47
because He's
Lord of the Sabbath.
00:42:47.67\00:42:50.15
Therefore since He's
my Lord, I follow Him.
00:42:50.35\00:42:53.44
So, you find the followers
of Jesus kept the Sabbath
00:42:53.64\00:42:56.96
as Paul. Listen here to
what it says about Paul:
00:42:57.16\00:42:59.64
These are not Jews, folks.
00:43:29.68\00:43:31.64
These are Gentiles.
00:43:31.84\00:43:33.71
This is a Gentile city,
00:43:33.91\00:43:35.98
and they have...
whole city has turned out
00:43:36.18\00:43:38.41
the next Sabbath to hear
the Word of God preached.
00:43:38.51\00:43:40.54
How did they react
to what they heard?
00:43:40.74\00:43:42.99
They heard it, they believed it,
00:43:49.98\00:43:52.03
they followed
it, they kept it...
00:43:52.23\00:43:54.19
because they became
followers of Jesus Christ.
00:43:54.39\00:43:59.63
You see, He is
Lord by the example.
00:44:00.70\00:44:04.49
And Paul... Paul's
example. It says here:
00:44:04.69\00:44:07.63
So Jesus said I've
given you an example.
00:44:16.70\00:44:19.33
I want you to listen
to the words of Jesus
00:44:19.53\00:44:22.87
as to what you and I should do.
00:44:23.07\00:44:26.10
So He made it very clear
that He's given us an example.
00:44:49.47\00:44:52.91
We need to follow Him
in the example He gave.
00:44:53.11\00:44:56.76
Also, He's Lord by promise.
00:44:56.96\00:45:00.27
He has the ability
to promise something.
00:45:05.26\00:45:09.31
And history bears out
00:45:10.58\00:45:13.96
that what He promises happens.
00:45:14.17\00:45:17.32
So He gave this promise
that only as Lord could He
00:45:17.53\00:45:22.48
give this kind of a promise.
00:45:22.62\00:45:24.26
Now you see, to
give that kind of promise
00:45:54.50\00:45:57.41
He has to be Lord.
00:45:57.61\00:46:00.45
That He's coming
back; He's going to take us
00:46:00.65\00:46:03.73
to be with Him.
00:46:03.83\00:46:05.58
When He promises to come back
and He promises something to you
00:46:05.78\00:46:09.64
He says this is
what's going to happen.
00:46:09.84\00:46:12.50
So every Sabbath all of
God's people are going to
00:46:39.16\00:46:42.80
come and worship before Him.
00:46:42.90\00:46:45.28
Marvelous promise
00:46:45.48\00:46:47.47
that He gives to you and to me
00:46:47.67\00:46:50.09
that He is
Lord... Lord of our lives.
00:46:50.30\00:46:55.50
That He will guide
and direct and lead us.
00:46:55.70\00:46:59.10
Now I told you that at the
end there's a special blessing.
00:47:01.31\00:47:05.44
And I want you to follow
the special blessing that He
00:47:05.64\00:47:09.67
has for you and for
me in a special way.
00:47:09.88\00:47:13.45
I read this, and it's
such a wonderful promise...
00:47:32.64\00:47:35.97
that He is Lord.
00:47:36.17\00:47:39.61
And then it just
says that He loved us
00:47:39.81\00:47:43.58
and washed us from
our sins in His own blood.
00:47:43.78\00:47:47.84
Oh how thankful I am tonight
00:47:48.04\00:47:50.07
that that's not turned around.
00:47:50.27\00:47:52.06
I'm glad it doesn't say
00:47:52.26\00:47:54.32
that He washed us
and then loved us.
00:47:54.52\00:47:57.30
See, it says He loved
us and then washed us.
00:47:58.49\00:48:02.92
Seem, I'm glad He doesn't
love us like we love babies.
00:48:03.13\00:48:06.39
You know what I mean.
00:48:07.37\00:48:08.69
If the baby, you know, has
been powdered and everything,
00:48:08.89\00:48:13.83
anybody will pick
it up and love it.
00:48:14.04\00:48:15.65
But you let it get a
dirty diaper and a snotty nose,
00:48:15.86\00:48:19.06
and watch how many
people go the other way.
00:48:19.26\00:48:20.65
See, God loves us
just exactly like we are.
00:48:20.85\00:48:24.85
That's the way He
loves us and cares for us.
00:48:25.05\00:48:27.72
And then... He washes
us and makes us clean.
00:48:27.92\00:48:33.18
See? That's the marvelous
thing that He does in our lives.
00:48:33.38\00:48:37.92
But oh, dear friend,
He does more than that.
00:48:38.12\00:48:41.16
He does more than that.
00:48:41.36\00:48:43.20
Much, much more than just that.
00:48:43.40\00:48:46.39
Listen:
00:48:46.59\00:48:48.10
Takes... turns right around
00:49:00.08\00:49:02.28
and takes you and
me and makes us kings
00:49:02.48\00:49:06.75
and priests to His God.
00:49:06.95\00:49:08.78
Not... you're
not a king by birth.
00:49:08.98\00:49:13.66
You're not a king by
the choice of the people.
00:49:15.33\00:49:20.13
You're not that by force.
00:49:21.31\00:49:23.20
You become a king or a priest
00:49:25.01\00:49:27.67
because He makes you so.
00:49:27.70\00:49:31.00
Because He is the King of
Kings and the Lord of Lords.
00:49:31.20\00:49:34.97
He's over everything.
00:49:35.17\00:49:36.93
He is the God of the universe
00:49:37.13\00:49:41.09
and all and so it's no wonder
00:49:41.19\00:49:43.85
that when all the people
00:49:43.95\00:49:45.43
are gathered there
00:49:45.53\00:49:46.72
they're going to sing.
00:49:46.92\00:49:49.34
And they're going to say:
00:49:49.54\00:49:51.30
He reigns as King of
Kings and Lord of Lords!
00:50:05.19\00:50:08.98
I want to ask you tonight,
00:50:09.18\00:50:11.35
is Jesus Christ your Lord?
00:50:11.55\00:50:15.41
Is He the King of your life?
00:50:15.61\00:50:18.68
Are you willing to let Him
00:50:18.88\00:50:22.53
guide and lead
you and direct you?
00:50:22.73\00:50:25.93
I want you to
listen as Joe sings.
00:50:26.13\00:50:29.25
I will follow Thee,
00:50:32.40\00:50:35.83
my Savior,
00:50:35.93\00:50:38.58
wheresoe'er my lot may be.
00:50:39.12\00:50:44.50
Where Thou goest
00:50:45.24\00:50:48.66
I will follow;
00:50:48.86\00:50:51.93
Yes, my Lord,
00:50:52.53\00:50:55.11
I'll follow Thee.
00:50:55.31\00:50:59.75
I will follow Thee,
00:51:00.69\00:51:04.50
my Savior,
00:51:04.60\00:51:07.19
Thou didst shed Thy blood
00:51:07.69\00:51:11.87
for me;
00:51:11.97\00:51:15.56
And though all my friends
00:51:15.76\00:51:20.37
forsake me,
00:51:20.58\00:51:22.85
By Thy grace
00:51:23.15\00:51:27.04
I'll follow Thee.
00:51:27.34\00:51:33.32
What about you, friend?
00:51:36.82\00:51:38.34
Are you willing
tonight to follow Jesus Christ?
00:51:39.49\00:51:42.29
Are you willing to let Him
00:51:43.41\00:51:45.69
call the shots in your life?
00:51:45.90\00:51:48.82
Are you willing to let
Him tell you "this is the way,
00:51:49.12\00:51:52.63
walk ye in it. "
00:51:52.83\00:51:55.06
You see, this is simply
what He asks of you and of me.
00:51:55.26\00:51:59.86
That we are to
give Him the right
00:52:00.06\00:52:02.80
to be the King of
Kings and the Lord of Lords
00:52:03.00\00:52:07.25
in our lives.
00:52:07.45\00:52:08.77
That we accept Him
as that; we follow Him;
00:52:08.97\00:52:11.22
we do what His Word says.
00:52:11.42\00:52:13.97
And so He says "If
you want to do that,
00:52:14.17\00:52:18.03
then honor Me.
00:52:18.23\00:52:20.18
For My Sabbath is a
sign between Me and you
00:52:20.38\00:52:25.64
that I am Lord. "
00:52:25.84\00:52:28.70
Let us pray.
00:52:28.90\00:52:30.22
Heavenly Father, tonight
00:52:31.18\00:52:32.76
we thank you. Thank you that You
00:52:32.96\00:52:37.85
are the Lord, that You are King.
00:52:38.05\00:52:42.96
That You created us.
00:52:44.28\00:52:45.86
That You made the Sabbath.
00:52:46.82\00:52:48.88
That You set it
aside as a special time.
00:52:49.08\00:52:51.56
That You gave us Your law
00:52:52.56\00:52:54.54
to give us
guidance and direction,
00:52:54.57\00:52:57.55
and that You gave an
example that we should follow.
00:52:58.30\00:53:01.12
And so, Lord, tonight
00:53:01.97\00:53:04.38
we want to
surrender our lives to You.
00:53:04.58\00:53:07.20
Place our lives in Your hands
00:53:07.40\00:53:09.80
and let You guide
and lead and direct us
00:53:10.00\00:53:12.96
to walk as You walked.
00:53:13.16\00:53:16.18
Bless each one here...
00:53:16.39\00:53:17.70
those that are
listening by radio,
00:53:17.90\00:53:20.27
those that are
watching by television...
00:53:20.47\00:53:22.15
Lord, may they tonight
surrender their hearts to You.
00:53:22.35\00:53:27.50
Accept You as the
Lord of their life.
00:53:27.71\00:53:31.49
Be willing to follow
You and to walk with You.
00:53:31.69\00:53:35.95
We are thankful that You
promise that You will be with us
00:53:36.55\00:53:41.17
to care for us and
that it will be well with us
00:53:41.37\00:53:46.34
because we have let
You guide our lives.
00:53:46.54\00:53:48.52
We pray in Christ's name, Amen.
00:53:48.62\00:53:51.70
Remember our next
presentation is entitled
00:53:54.35\00:53:57.95
Baptized Paganism.
00:53:58.15\00:54:00.32
Baptized Paganism.
00:54:00.52\00:54:01.73
We're going to take a look
00:54:01.83\00:54:02.91
at some of the conflicts
00:54:03.01\00:54:05.01
that takes place between
00:54:05.21\00:54:06.88
paganism and the scripture,
00:54:07.08\00:54:09.17
and how it
influences our life today.
00:54:09.37\00:54:11.88
Some of the things that goes on
00:54:12.08\00:54:14.45
in our own lives that really
the background and all that
00:54:14.65\00:54:18.74
came from paganism...
00:54:18.84\00:54:20.54
not from Christianity.
00:54:20.75\00:54:22.36
So we hope you'll be here
00:54:22.56\00:54:24.32
as we go into our
next presentation:
00:54:24.52\00:54:26.26
Baptized
Paganism. May God bless you.
00:54:26.47\00:54:29.29
Have a good night.
00:54:29.49\00:54:30.62
Stay close to the Lord, and
remember that God loves you.
00:54:30.82\00:54:33.94
Jesus said in Luke chapter 8
00:54:37.21\00:54:39.11
a sower went
out to sow his seed.
00:54:39.31\00:54:41.66
And as he sowed,
00:54:41.87\00:54:43.25
some fell by the wayside
00:54:43.45\00:54:45.25
and it was trampled down
00:54:45.45\00:54:46.88
and the birds of
the air devoured it.
00:54:47.08\00:54:48.90
Some fell on rock
00:54:49.10\00:54:50.89
and as soon as it
sprang up it withered
00:54:51.09\00:54:53.00
because it lacked moisture.
00:54:53.10\00:54:55.13
And some fell among thorns
00:54:55.33\00:54:56.99
and the thorns sprang
up with it and choked it.
00:54:57.19\00:54:59.69
But others fell on good ground,
00:55:01.84\00:55:03.76
sprang up, and
yielded a crop a hundred-fold.
00:55:03.96\00:55:07.11
Jesus Christ came to
sow the seed of truth
00:55:07.65\00:55:10.39
into this world.
00:55:10.59\00:55:11.88
And just as every
seed has life in it,
00:55:12.08\00:55:14.51
the Word of God is also life.
00:55:14.71\00:55:17.07
Jesus said in John 6:63
00:55:17.27\00:55:19.64
"The words that I
speak to you, they are Spirit
00:55:19.84\00:55:22.90
and they are life. "
00:55:23.10\00:55:24.73
But sadly in this day and age
00:55:24.93\00:55:27.04
many professed
ministers of the gospel
00:55:27.24\00:55:29.61
don't accept the Bible
as God's inspired Word.
00:55:29.81\00:55:32.74
Because its plain teachings
condemn their practices
00:55:32.95\00:55:36.24
they have tried to
make it appear mysterious
00:55:36.27\00:55:39.03
and obscure in order to
excuse their own transgressions
00:55:39.13\00:55:42.31
of God's law.
00:55:42.41\00:55:43.49
There are those who
try to make everything seem
00:55:43.69\00:55:46.08
pleasant and positive.
00:55:46.18\00:55:47.70
They gloss over or
ignore the warnings of God,
00:55:47.90\00:55:50.75
and thus they strip the
Bible of the power to convict
00:55:50.96\00:55:54.21
sinners of their
need of salvation.
00:55:54.31\00:55:56.67
But no matter how brilliant
and how pleasant they sound
00:55:56.87\00:56:00.52
their message cannot
satisfy the spiritual hunger
00:56:00.73\00:56:04.49
of a true seeker.
00:56:04.69\00:56:06.41
The truth is that
ever since the fall of man
00:56:08.06\00:56:11.03
Satan has been busy
sowing the seed of error.
00:56:11.23\00:56:14.38
But friends, when the
Word of God is preached
00:56:14.58\00:56:17.36
in simplicity and sincerity,
00:56:17.57\00:56:19.30
it's powerful.
00:56:19.50\00:56:20.70
Instead of pointing
out the errors of others
00:56:20.90\00:56:23.25
or seeking to combat
the opponents of the gospel,
00:56:23.46\00:56:26.29
we must follow
the example of Christ
00:56:26.49\00:56:28.71
and simply sow
the seeds of truth.
00:56:28.91\00:56:31.32
Oh, yes, there will be seeds
that will fall by the wayside,
00:56:31.63\00:56:36.63
be eaten by the birds.
00:56:36.84\00:56:38.76
Other seeds will
sprout in stony soil
00:56:38.97\00:56:41.47
only to dry up
for the lack of water.
00:56:41.67\00:56:43.86
Still others will
fall among the thorns,
00:56:44.06\00:56:46.38
but many will spring up
to bear an abundant fruit.
00:56:46.58\00:56:50.91
The sower's job is to sow seed.
00:56:51.78\00:56:54.41
And believe me,
there is no greater joy
00:56:54.61\00:56:57.76
than to see the lives
transformed under the influence
00:56:57.96\00:57:01.17
of the Holy Spirit.
00:57:01.27\00:57:02.64
It's an experience
all of us can have,
00:57:02.84\00:57:05.14
and it's the only goal
we have as a ministry team.
00:57:05.34\00:57:09.33
We have a marvelous opportunity
00:57:09.93\00:57:11.99
to sow by broadcasting
these wonderful seeds of life
00:57:12.19\00:57:15.40
to the whole world.
00:57:15.60\00:57:16.85
Jesus gave all of us
the gospel commission.
00:57:17.05\00:57:20.01
Won't you join
us in this effort?
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Please consider what you can do
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for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
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As the Holy Spirit impresses,
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you may send your
tax-deductible gifts to:
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Thank you for helping us
to bring the Blessed Hope
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to millions all
around the world.
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