Thou shalt have no
other gods before Me.
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Well... before who?
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Thou shalt not
make any graven images.
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Well... says who?
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Thou shalt not take the
name of the Lord in vain.
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What Lord?
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Honor thy father and thy mother.
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Says who?
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Thou shalt not kill.
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Says who?
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Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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Thou shalt not steal.
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Thou shalt not
bear false witness.
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Thou shalt not covet.
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Well who said that stuff?
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If you take out
commandment number four
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we don't even
know who the author
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of the 10 Commandments is.
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God signs His name
and puts His autograph
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in commandment number four.
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That's one of the reasons why
it's so very, very important.
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Because it is commandment
number four that identifies
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clearly the author
of all ten commandments.
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One of the things that I love
about Elder Cox's presentations
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is that he weaves
history with Biblical truth.
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That the Bible is thoroughly and
solidly backed up by history.
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And we've
learned a lot about that
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these last
couple of presentations,
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and I'm sure we're going to hear
more about that even this night.
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But if you would like to
do some additional study,
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you can learn about
the Sabbath in Russia,
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the Sabbotnik
Movement, the Sabbath in Africa,
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the Sabbath in India,
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the Sabbath even among
the American Eskimo Indians.
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Sabbath in Ireland;
Sabbath in England with the
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Seventh-day Men;
Sabbath in France;
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Sabbath in Spain; Sabbath in
the Piedmont Valley of Europe.
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The Albigenses; the Waldenses;
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the Passagini; the Cacciari...
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all of these Sabbath-keeping
groups, and you'll be impressed
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to know that God has kept a
people who have kept the Sabbath
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down through the
ages... even though the church
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and other organizations
tried to stomp them out.
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God has taken
care of the Sabbath
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and God has taken
care of the people
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who have taken
care of the Sabbath.
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My name is C.A. Murray,
and it is my privilege and
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please once again to welcome you
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to sadly what is the last
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sitting for this
particular group of meetings
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as we study the Sabbath...
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Give Me The Bible.
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I think you can agree
with me that God has been very,
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very dear and we have learned
quite a lot from Evangelist Cox
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during these
last several meetings.
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I am excited to hear
what he has to say this night
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as we talk about How
to Keep the Sabbath Holy.
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How we're going
to keep the Sabbath.
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How do you flow
into that blessing
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of keeping the Sabbath?
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And I'm anxious to hear
our evangelist, our friend,
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our teacher Evangelist
Kenneth Cox this night.
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Now before he
comes we get to hear
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Dona Klein minister in music.
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She's going to be
playing an old spiritual
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Joshua Fit the Battle.
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Thank you!
Thank you, Dona Klein.
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Appreciate that. You enjoy that?
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Joshua Fit the
Battle of Jericho.
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Great, great song.
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Well we welcome each of you.
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Happy to have you back
here again this evening as we
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come to the last presentation
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on this question of the Sabbath.
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And we hope that it has helped
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you as we've gone through
what the scripture has to say.
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What says the
Bible, the blessed Bible?
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This should my only question be.
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God gave us the
Sabbath to bless and remind us.
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What says the Book of God to me?
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That's what you and
I need to look for...
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need to find out what God's
Word says to each one of us.
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So we hope you
will continue to follow
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as we study God's Word together.
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Uh, our next series in May...
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in fact the series in
May and the one in June
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will be on prophecy.
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Our first one in May is
entitled Five Have Fallen.
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Five Have Fallen.
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And we're looking at
Revelation the 17th chapter.
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And in the 17th
chapter, verses 10 and 11,
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it says this:
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"There are also seven
kings. Five have fallen.
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One is. The
other has not yet come.
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When he comes he must
continue a short time. "
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So those are the five it's
talking about that have fallen.
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Five Have Fallen.
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We're going to find
out what those five are
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as we look at Bible prophecy.
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Important because it
takes you step by step
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down through time
bringing us down to the time
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in which we live. And
so it's very important
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that you and I know
those five that have fallen.
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But the text goes on
and says in verse 11:
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"The beast that was and is
not is himself also the eighth
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is of the seventh and
is going to perdition. "
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And so that's what
we'll look at in June
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with the title of
Was, Is Not, and Yet Is.
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And we're going to tie
all that prophecy together
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which deals with our present
time in which we are living.
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So we hope you'll be sure
and follow as we go into these
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two series on Bible prophecy.
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We hope it will
bless you in a special way
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as we take a look at it.
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As I mentioned,
tonight we're talking about
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How to Keep the Sabbath.
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What are you looking for?
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What? How should I approach it?
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That's really what
you need to understand
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is how should I
approach keeping the Sabbath?
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Because you'll find two
extremes concerning that.
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You'll find some
people are fanatical.
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And you can... we'll
talk a little bit about that.
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You'll find others
are totally liberal on it.
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And we need to see
what God's Word says
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and how we are
to keep the Sabbath
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and what He tells us about it.
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So we hope you'll be able
to follow as we go through,
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talk about it... it will
bless you in a special way.
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I hope you have enjoyed -
those of you who have been
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watching by television,
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those of you that
are listening by radio,
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and of course to all of
you that have been here -
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I hope you have
enjoyed as much as I have
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having Joe Pearles here.
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Joe has really been a
great, great blessing.
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We've enjoyed
having him here so much,
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and I know that each of you
as you go about your activities
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will be able to
listen to his songs on CDs
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and other ways
that he puts them out.
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We hope they'll bless you.
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Tonight he's going
to do a song entitled
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In His Hands.
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There are times I'm overwhelmed
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by the onset of trials.
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And this burden that I carry
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it seems I've
carried it for miles.
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That's when I realize
that in my faith alone
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I cannot stand.
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And I know the time has come
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when I must put
it in God's hands.
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In His hands
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the mountain looks much smaller.
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In His hands
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the valley's not
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so low.
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When I've carried
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my burden
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as far as I can,
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help me remember, Lord,
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to put it in Your hands.
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I read where God's mighty hand
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had parted the sea.
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And when His
children were safe across
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He turned and
drowned their enemies.
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So when the waters are rising
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and the river
seems too wide to span,
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then I fall down on my knees...
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that's when I
put it in His hands.
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In His hands
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the mountain looks much smaller.
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In His hands
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the valley's not
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so low.
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When I've carried
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my burden
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as far as I can,
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help me remember, Lord,
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to put it in Your hands.
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When I've carried
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my burden
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as far as I can,
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help me remember, Lord,
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to put it in
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Your hands.
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Our Heavenly Father,
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we come to You this evening
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first Lord just to say thank you
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for being willing to
make a way for each of us.
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Being willing to come here and
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to pay a price
that we might be saved.
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Lord, bless us tonight.
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We ask for Your
Spirit to be present.
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Pray that our hearts may be open
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that we may not
take what we hear lightly
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but that we
might take it to heart
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and that we might realize
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that this is Your words,
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Your desire,
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and that we
might bring our lives
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into conformity to
Your will and Your desire.
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For this we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Well, how does one
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keep the Sabbath
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and not be legalistic?
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That is one of the big issues
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is how you go
about keeping the Sabbath
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and not be legalistic.
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And Christ faced this very
much in His day and in His age
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because the Jewish
people in Christ's day
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were very, very legalistic.
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I want you to listen
to the words of Jesus.
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This is what He had to say:
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Now He's speaking to the Jews,
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to the Pharisees and
the scribes and so forth...
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Now He said:
"Unless your righteousness
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exceeds their righteousness,
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you're not going to make it
into the kingdom of heaven. "
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So there was
something here, folks,
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different because you find
that when the Jewish people
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came out of the
captivity in Babylon
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from that day on they
didn't worship idols any more.
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You find that
they kept the Sabbath.
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But yet He said that
their righteousness was not
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what it should be, and
they were extremely legalistic.
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Like if you go over
to Jerusalem today -
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I've gone there several times -
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and the Sabbath comes.
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You'll see
signs like this saying
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You know, I mean, this
type of approach to the Sabbath.
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In fact, you go to the hotel
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and they have what
they call Shabbat elevators.
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And what does that mean?
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It means that the
elevator runs all the time
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and it goes floor to
floor, stops, opens the door,
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and lets people on so you
don't have to push a button.
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That's the purpose.
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To push a button you
would be breaking the Sabbath.
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The legalism that enters into
that many many times, folks,
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and the Lord said that's
not the kind of righteousness
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that He's looking for.
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That's not what He's wanting.
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And so He's asking you and I
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that our righteousness
must exceed that righteousness
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or we won't make it
into the kingdom of heaven.
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The difference lies between
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And until you understand the
difference between principles
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and rules, you can't
understand how it is to be kept
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or what God
expects of you and me.
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So what do we mean?
What are we talking about
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when we're
talking about principles,
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we're talking about rules.
What makes the difference?
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That's a rule.
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A rule is an absolute guideline.
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Has to be carried out
the same way every time;
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doesn't change.
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That's a rule.
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And don't misunderstand
me... there has to be rules.
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There are certain things
that you have to have rules for.
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But you must
understand where they belong
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and how they fit.
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And you have to be
very, very careful with them
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in your own life...
because if you don't,
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you'll wind up being legalistic
and Christ will not accept that.
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Whereas we talk
about principles.
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You see rules allow
for special privileges.
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For instance, if you
and I drive down the highway
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at 90 miles an hour,
we're going to be pulled over
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and we're going
to be given a ticket.
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Whereas a highway patrolman
can drive down the highway
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at 90 miles an hour and
they won't pull him over.
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You see, that is the difference.
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There is a privilege there.
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But with principles
there are no privileges.
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That applies to
everybody; it's universal.
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But it's a more
general guideline...
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it is not like a rule.
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This is where Jesus had all
the trouble with the Pharisees
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and the scribes and so forth
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is because they were always,
always quoting Him rules.
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And they would quote Him a
rule and He would turn around
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and quote them a principle.
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And it would make
them so mad at Him
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that they would
try and kill Him.
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They didn't like Him
quoting principles to them
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when they had had a
rule and He was not living
00:19:40.35\00:19:43.85
according to their rule.
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Let me give you an example.
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Here in Matthew the
12th chapter and verse 10
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it says:
00:19:52.42\00:19:53.80
Rule!
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Put it down. They said: "Is it
lawful to heal on the Sabbath? "
00:20:02.89\00:20:06.39
They believed it was not.
00:20:06.59\00:20:08.32
That was a rule... you
could not heal on the Sabbath.
00:20:08.52\00:20:11.56
Said if you have a
sheep that falls in the ditch
00:20:24.66\00:20:27.25
you'll pull it out.
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Watch! Principle... principle:
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That was the principle.
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Christ said: "It's not wrong
to do good on the Sabbath. "
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They believed it
was... that was their rule.
00:20:45.64\00:20:48.13
He's quoting a
principle to them.
00:20:48.33\00:20:50.07
Now he not only
showed them the principle...
00:21:00.00\00:21:02.89
He demonstrated it
and healed the man.
00:21:03.09\00:21:05.35
Watch what they did:
00:21:05.55\00:21:06.57
He broke their rules
00:21:11.29\00:21:13.02
and they said: "we can't
stand Him breaking the rules. "
00:21:13.22\00:21:16.28
So what you and I must
do is make sure that we
00:21:16.48\00:21:21.90
are operating according
to principle NOT BY RULE
00:21:22.10\00:21:26.60
when it comes to
keeping the Sabbath.
00:21:26.80\00:21:28.97
That is the difference it
makes between being legalistic
00:21:29.17\00:21:34.08
and not being legalistic:
00:21:34.29\00:21:35.80
if I govern my
life by principle.
00:21:36.00\00:21:39.86
Jesus gives you another example
of this. And He said here:
00:21:40.06\00:21:43.36
He... He did a... healed
somebody or did something
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and they all marveled.
00:21:53.04\00:21:54.21
Now He said, you know: "I healed
somebody and you're marveling
00:22:05.75\00:22:11.26
and criticizing Me because
I healed somebody on Sabbath,
00:22:11.46\00:22:14.24
but you will circumcise
somebody on the Sabbath. "
00:22:14.44\00:22:18.37
He said: "Here you
circumcise somebody
00:22:34.92\00:22:38.67
but because I
have made somebody well
00:22:38.87\00:22:41.46
on the Sabbath
you're unhappy with Me. "
00:22:41.66\00:22:43.79
Now watch. He
comes to the point:
00:22:43.99\00:22:46.67
You see, if you
conduct your life by rules,
00:22:54.89\00:23:00.34
then you're going
to judge by appearance.
00:23:01.29\00:23:05.56
Think about it.
00:23:07.98\00:23:09.08
You conduct your life by rules
00:23:09.28\00:23:12.11
you will judge by appearance.
00:23:12.31\00:23:15.01
But if I run my
life by principles,
00:23:15.21\00:23:20.23
then you and I will
judge based on righteous
00:23:20.43\00:23:25.05
decisions, righteous judgment.
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That makes a great, great
difference as to how I approach
00:23:27.62\00:23:32.32
this question and
what I do with it.
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You see, there's two extremes.
00:23:35.11\00:23:38.18
It says that the Christian is
to be in the middle of the road.
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The Bible refers to
that as the narrow path.
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Some people misunderstand that.
00:23:47.54\00:23:49.77
You know, they want...
they want the narrow path to be
00:23:49.97\00:23:52.52
fanaticism.
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No. The narrow path is
in the middle of the road.
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That's where He wants us to
be is in the middle of the road.
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On each side of the
road are two ditches,
00:24:00.49\00:24:04.40
and you don't belong
in either one of them.
00:24:04.60\00:24:08.19
I don't belong in
one ditch or the other.
00:24:08.39\00:24:10.63
One ditch is fanaticism.
00:24:10.83\00:24:13.63
If I'm fanatical about it,
00:24:13.93\00:24:17.29
that's wrong.
00:24:17.49\00:24:18.82
The other ditch is liberalism.
00:24:19.02\00:24:20.79
Those are two different ditches.
00:24:20.99\00:24:23.19
I'm sure you've know
people that are fanatics
00:24:28.11\00:24:31.45
and they set up
all kinds of rules.
00:24:31.65\00:24:35.03
And if you don't
live by those rules,
00:24:35.23\00:24:38.11
then like the Pharisees
of old they're after you.
00:24:38.31\00:24:42.15
You know, they've
got their checklist
00:24:42.36\00:24:44.65
and they're
going to mark it off.
00:24:44.75\00:24:46.56
And you have to do
everything just this way.
00:24:46.77\00:24:49.24
And there's lots... lots
of people that were raised
00:24:49.44\00:24:52.97
in Christian homes that
their parents were fanatical.
00:24:53.17\00:24:57.88
And they drove them away because
their parents were fanatical.
00:24:58.08\00:25:02.81
That's not what
God wants us to be.
00:25:03.01\00:25:05.78
I'm not to be in that
ditch; don't belong there.
00:25:05.98\00:25:10.60
Also then when it
comes to liberalism...
00:25:10.80\00:25:14.54
Now let me explain something.
00:25:20.03\00:25:22.28
Christ did not go by
the rules of the Pharisees
00:25:22.49\00:25:27.96
but He never, never,
NEVER violated principles.
00:25:28.16\00:25:33.75
And you and I must
never disregard principles.
00:25:34.76\00:25:38.98
We must live our life
00:25:39.18\00:25:40.76
by principle or else we
00:25:40.96\00:25:43.51
will be breaking the Sabbath.
00:25:43.71\00:25:45.91
A family - a farmer and his
wife - came home from church
00:25:50.36\00:25:54.54
and had eaten lunch
or dinner that Sabbath.
00:25:54.74\00:26:00.73
And they had just gone into
the living room and sat down
00:26:00.93\00:26:04.13
and picked up a book to read.
00:26:04.34\00:26:07.31
And they were sitting
there in the living room
00:26:07.51\00:26:09.18
reading a book
when this truck drove up
00:26:09.28\00:26:13.50
in the front
yard loaded with feed.
00:26:13.60\00:26:16.19
And the wife looked
at her husband and said:
00:26:16.39\00:26:19.62
"What's that truck doing here? "
00:26:19.82\00:26:22.58
And her husband went out
and to her absolute amazement
00:26:22.78\00:26:27.65
he got in the truck and
they drove down to the barn
00:26:27.86\00:26:31.90
and he helped the driver
unload the truckload of feed.
00:26:32.10\00:26:35.25
And when he came
back in she was livid.
00:26:35.45\00:26:38.84
She said: "You
know better than that.
00:26:39.04\00:26:41.60
You shouldn't be
unloading a truckload of feed
00:26:41.80\00:26:44.38
on the Sabbath. " She said:
"You know better than that.
00:26:44.58\00:26:46.75
That's not right;
you shouldn't do that. "
00:26:46.95\00:26:48.57
Husband said: "I
didn't break the Sabbath
00:26:48.77\00:26:54.37
by unloading that truck of feed.
00:26:54.57\00:26:57.24
I broke the Sabbath the
other day when I ordered it
00:26:57.58\00:27:02.78
and didn't tell them
not to bring it out today. "
00:27:02.98\00:27:05.28
You see, a
great, great principle
00:27:05.48\00:27:09.10
that you and I
need to understand.
00:27:09.30\00:27:12.02
That, you know, we... we
put ourselves in positions
00:27:12.22\00:27:15.41
that we should never be in.
00:27:15.61\00:27:17.33
I don't belong in
either side of the ditch...
00:27:17.53\00:27:20.67
but I need to be
Christian in what I do.
00:27:20.87\00:27:26.08
I need to operate
my life by principles.
00:27:26.22\00:27:29.88
OK, let's take a look...
because as far as I'm concerned
00:27:30.08\00:27:33.41
this text here in Isaiah is
one of the clearest there is
00:27:33.61\00:27:37.93
in God's Word about how you
and I should keep the Sabbath.
00:27:38.13\00:27:42.35
Listen to it:
00:27:42.55\00:27:43.78
You understand what that means?
00:27:46.47\00:27:47.89
That means quit
trodding it underfoot.
00:27:48.09\00:27:50.68
Treating it with disrespect...
that's what it means.
00:27:50.88\00:27:53.66
Fantastic text, folks.
00:28:25.34\00:28:27.32
He just simply says: "If
you will do these things,
00:28:27.52\00:28:30.14
I will bless you abundantly. "
00:28:30.34\00:28:32.79
That's what He's
saying when He said:
00:28:32.99\00:28:34.01
"I'll cause you to ride on
the high places of the earth.
00:28:34.11\00:28:36.45
Feed you with the
heritage of Jacob your father.
00:28:36.65\00:28:39.35
The mouth of the
Lord has spoken. "
00:28:39.55\00:28:42.60
That's a marvelous
promise to you and to me.
00:28:42.80\00:28:45.53
So let's look at
different phases of that
00:28:45.73\00:28:48.04
and see what He's talking about.
00:28:48.24\00:28:49.95
The Sabbath is the Lord's day.
00:28:56.91\00:29:01.86
The holy day of the Lord.
00:29:02.06\00:29:03.91
It belongs to the Lord.
00:29:04.11\00:29:05.99
It's not yours;
it's not mine; it's His.
00:29:06.19\00:29:10.00
It's His day.
00:29:10.21\00:29:11.60
And it says that
I am to honor Him
00:29:15.52\00:29:19.76
in keeping the Sabbath.
00:29:19.86\00:29:22.04
How do I do that?
00:29:22.27\00:29:24.21
Well, the scripture tells
you and I how we are to do that.
00:29:24.42\00:29:28.24
It says "If you
love Me... " what?
00:29:28.44\00:29:32.25
If I'm going to honor Him,
00:29:36.41\00:29:38.47
then I need to
keep His commandments.
00:29:38.67\00:29:40.95
I cannot... I cannot say
00:29:40.98\00:29:45.66
"I love You" and turn around
and disregard His commandments.
00:29:45.86\00:29:50.74
That's not sensible, folks.
00:29:50.94\00:29:53.39
He says: "If you love
Me, keep My commandments. "
00:29:53.59\00:29:56.72
And so when we
look at the Sabbath
00:29:56.92\00:29:59.84
it's one of the
commandments - the fourth one.
00:30:00.04\00:30:02.68
It says this:
00:30:02.88\00:30:03.93
Let's establish something.
00:30:07.50\00:30:08.95
The only day that
you and I can keep holy
00:30:09.15\00:30:14.42
is the one He made holy.
00:30:14.63\00:30:16.66
You cannot keep a day
holy He never made holy.
00:30:16.96\00:30:21.46
You and I have no
ability of ourselves to make
00:30:21.86\00:30:26.59
something holy. We
don't have that ability.
00:30:26.79\00:30:29.32
God is the only
one that has that,
00:30:29.52\00:30:31.91
and He made the Sabbath holy.
00:30:32.01\00:30:33.88
And He just says that you
and I are to keep it holy.
00:30:34.08\00:30:36.87
OK.
00:30:39.89\00:30:41.35
Clear, right?
00:30:44.88\00:30:46.95
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments. "
00:30:50.67\00:30:52.20
This is one of the commandments.
00:30:52.40\00:30:53.50
He says: "If you love Me,
do your work for six days. "
00:30:53.70\00:30:57.04
All right?
00:30:57.24\00:30:58.31
I remember when I
first came across this.
00:31:02.50\00:31:04.83
And I can remember this fellow
that was studying with me.
00:31:05.14\00:31:08.98
And he read
this to me, you know?
00:31:09.18\00:31:11.66
And so the next time he saw
me he said: "What are you going
00:31:11.86\00:31:14.38
to do about the Sabbath? "
00:31:14.48\00:31:15.50
And I said: "Well, " I
said: "I'm going to keep
00:31:16.80\00:31:19.89
every seventh day. "
00:31:20.09\00:31:21.87
He said: "Well good. "
00:31:22.07\00:31:24.57
I said: "I'm going
to keep every Sunday. "
00:31:24.77\00:31:27.24
And he looked at me and he said:
00:31:27.44\00:31:31.25
"What do you mean? " I
said: "That's every seventh day.
00:31:31.45\00:31:34.04
I'm going to keep every
seventh day... every Sunday. "
00:31:34.24\00:31:36.95
And he said: "Excuse me, "
00:31:37.15\00:31:40.36
he said: "that
didn't say A seventh day,
00:31:40.57\00:31:44.60
it said THE seventh day. "
00:31:44.80\00:31:48.29
Great, great difference, folks.
00:31:48.49\00:31:51.35
He says clearly: "But the
seventh day is the Sabbath
00:31:51.58\00:31:55.56
of the Lord your God. "
00:31:55.66\00:31:57.63
It's His Sabbath...
not mine, not yours.
00:31:57.83\00:32:01.42
It's His, OK?
00:32:01.62\00:32:03.24
"In it... " Here He's
telling you what you are to do
00:32:03.44\00:32:06.18
what you're not to do.
00:32:06.38\00:32:07.52
He said: "That day I have set
aside. It's a day that you're
00:32:12.37\00:32:15.94
not to work. " And I'll talk
more about this as we go on.
00:32:16.04\00:32:18.96
Made it holy.
00:32:38.53\00:32:39.81
Now... some people
say: "Well, Brother Cox,
00:32:40.01\00:32:42.86
I can't keep the Sabbath.
00:32:43.06\00:32:45.22
If I keep the Sabbath, you know,
I have to work on the Sabbath. "
00:32:45.42\00:32:50.61
I'm sorry, folks,
but either He's God
00:32:51.71\00:32:57.46
or He's not God.
00:32:57.66\00:32:59.69
Either He's able
of taking care of you
00:32:59.89\00:33:03.01
or He's not able
to take care of you.
00:33:03.21\00:33:05.43
And if He tells you
"don't work on the Sabbath, "
00:33:05.64\00:33:09.22
then that's very simple... He
takes responsibility for that.
00:33:09.25\00:33:13.14
Do you
understand what I'm saying?
00:33:13.35\00:33:15.64
Any time God ever
asks you to do something
00:33:15.85\00:33:20.79
and it costs
you, God will repay.
00:33:22.23\00:33:28.22
Let me say that again.
00:33:28.42\00:33:29.92
Any time God ever
asks you to do something
00:33:30.12\00:33:33.58
and it costs
you, God will repay.
00:33:33.79\00:33:38.55
Won't fail.
00:33:38.75\00:33:40.20
Let me give you an example.
00:33:40.40\00:33:42.14
Says here in Hebrews:
00:33:42.34\00:33:44.10
You remember when Jesus
was speaking to this crowd?
00:33:51.38\00:33:54.01
And He was there
at the Sea of Galilee
00:33:54.21\00:33:57.23
and they had backed Him up
00:33:57.43\00:33:58.98
until He was right
at the water's edge.
00:33:59.18\00:34:02.54
And He couldn't
go back any farther
00:34:02.74\00:34:04.87
and they were so close to Him
00:34:05.07\00:34:07.10
that He couldn't speak to them.
00:34:07.30\00:34:08.82
And so Peter was there,
00:34:09.02\00:34:10.75
and He said: "Peter,
let Me use your boat. "
00:34:10.96\00:34:13.55
Stepped into the boat and
had Peter pull away from shore
00:34:13.75\00:34:17.36
a little ways so
He could see them,
00:34:17.46\00:34:19.60
and He spoke to the people.
00:34:19.80\00:34:21.17
When He finished, He
told Peter... He said:
00:34:21.38\00:34:25.39
"Put down your net. "
00:34:25.59\00:34:27.42
Now you've got to
understand something.
00:34:27.62\00:34:30.11
Peter said: "Lord, we
have just fished all night. "
00:34:30.31\00:34:34.39
Now folks, the Sea
of Galilee is clear.
00:34:34.59\00:34:39.70
You can stand in a boat and look
down and see the bottom of it.
00:34:39.91\00:34:45.09
It's that clear.
00:34:45.29\00:34:47.00
And I can guarantee if you
can stand there and see the fish
00:34:47.20\00:34:50.32
they can see you.
00:34:50.52\00:34:52.14
OK?
00:34:53.37\00:34:54.76
And here he's
fished all night long...
00:34:54.96\00:34:57.20
has caught nothing.
00:34:57.40\00:34:58.84
And here he is
standing in the boat
00:34:59.04\00:35:01.92
looking down and
there's no fish anywhere.
00:35:02.12\00:35:05.00
And he said: "Lord,
nevertheless at Your word
00:35:06.17\00:35:09.78
we'll cast in the net. "
00:35:09.98\00:35:12.24
And they tossed in the net
00:35:12.44\00:35:14.28
and they caught so many fish
their nets wouldn't hold it.
00:35:14.48\00:35:18.62
Now do you know
what Jesus was doing?
00:35:18.82\00:35:21.81
He was just paying
Peter for the use of his boat.
00:35:22.02\00:35:26.64
See? God will repay.
00:35:26.85\00:35:31.05
If it cost you, He will repay.
00:35:31.25\00:35:34.24
Put it down.
00:35:34.44\00:35:35.48
And so God says:
"Don't work on the Sabbath. "
00:35:35.68\00:35:38.23
Dear friend, take
Him at what He says.
00:35:38.43\00:35:41.01
Don't work on the Sabbath.
00:35:41.21\00:35:42.97
And if you don't
work on the Sabbath,
00:35:43.18\00:35:45.19
He'll take care of you.
00:35:45.39\00:35:47.02
And let me tell you something...
00:35:47.22\00:35:48.78
not very many things that I'll
recommend to you about old age.
00:35:49.08\00:35:55.03
But one thing it does...
00:35:55.23\00:35:57.92
it gives you the
ability to look back.
00:35:58.12\00:36:01.11
And I can tell
you over the years
00:36:01.14\00:36:04.07
that I've done
this and I look back
00:36:04.27\00:36:06.24
I have never seen
a person to this day
00:36:06.44\00:36:09.03
who stepped out in faith
00:36:09.23\00:36:11.06
and said "I'll keep the Sabbath"
00:36:11.17\00:36:12.59
that it cost them
00:36:12.79\00:36:13.80
that God didn't repay them.
00:36:14.00\00:36:16.11
Never known of a case.
00:36:16.31\00:36:17.83
God will honor you if you do it.
00:36:18.03\00:36:21.29
Promises that.
00:36:21.32\00:36:22.79
Well, let's go on.
00:36:22.99\00:36:24.01
That just simply means
that the Sabbath is not a day
00:36:29.34\00:36:33.64
in which I go out
and do what I want to do.
00:36:33.84\00:36:36.08
It's not a day... I'm sorry...
00:36:37.51\00:36:39.92
It's not a day
that you go shopping.
00:36:40.12\00:36:44.04
It's not a day in
which you go to church
00:36:44.24\00:36:48.29
and when you get out of
church you go to the mall
00:36:48.49\00:36:51.05
and go shopping. No!
00:36:51.25\00:36:53.15
That's your own ways.
00:36:53.35\00:36:55.07
God gave you six
days to take care of that.
00:36:55.27\00:36:58.19
It's His day.
00:36:58.39\00:37:00.17
Very clear. And He gives you
an illustration in the scripture
00:37:00.37\00:37:03.52
showing how He feels about that.
00:37:03.72\00:37:06.03
Because in Nehemiah's day
they had a problem with this.
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Listen:
00:37:10.31\00:37:11.33
In other words he stood
there and he watched the people
00:37:27.01\00:37:29.75
as they're trading and
shopping and doing all this
00:37:29.95\00:37:35.03
on the Sabbath.
00:37:35.13\00:37:36.62
Nehemiah told them: "Stop this!
00:37:46.06\00:37:48.84
Don't continue
trading on the Sabbath. "
00:37:49.04\00:37:52.21
Let me tell you something.
00:38:02.48\00:38:04.65
There'll always be
people around, folks,
00:38:04.85\00:38:07.54
that are willing to sell
you something on the Sabbath.
00:38:07.74\00:38:11.21
That'll always be
there, I can assure you.
00:38:11.41\00:38:16.10
But God said: "No, it's not
a day in which you are to go
00:38:16.30\00:38:19.69
shopping. It's not a day in
which you are to buy things.
00:38:19.79\00:38:22.87
Those are things that
you need to take care of
00:38:23.07\00:38:25.62
some other time. "
00:38:25.82\00:38:27.87
Said: "Why... why
are you doing this?
00:38:41.78\00:38:44.28
Why are you
breaking the Sabbath? "
00:38:44.48\00:38:45.97
Now watch what he says to them,
folks, because it's important
00:38:46.17\00:38:49.92
because people say: "Oh, it
doesn't make any difference. "
00:38:50.12\00:38:52.76
Let me tell you something...
it DOES make a difference.
00:38:52.96\00:38:57.19
It makes a very,
very strong difference.
00:38:57.39\00:39:01.63
You see what
Nehemiah says to them
00:39:01.73\00:39:04.38
as a result of their
violating the Sabbath:
00:39:04.58\00:39:07.04
He said: "Your
forefathers... they did this.
00:39:26.27\00:39:29.36
They didn't keep the Sabbath
00:39:29.56\00:39:30.73
and we're
suffering from this today
00:39:30.93\00:39:33.33
and now you're going to turn
around and do the same thing? "
00:39:33.53\00:39:37.14
Folks, all you've got
to do is go back and look
00:39:38.84\00:39:44.81
and you can see clearly
those who follow the Lord,
00:39:44.91\00:39:50.23
those who walk with Him,
00:39:50.43\00:39:52.57
those who keep His Sabbath,
00:39:52.60\00:39:54.80
those who obey what He says,
00:39:55.00\00:39:57.57
He blesses.
00:39:57.78\00:39:59.43
Sorry, He does. And when
I'm saying keeping the Sabbath
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I'm talking about not
just being fanatical about it
00:40:03.88\00:40:07.18
but I'm talking about following
what the scripture says.
00:40:07.38\00:40:11.67
This means it was getting
dark on Friday evening...
00:40:17.79\00:40:21.48
Sabbath was beginning.
00:40:21.68\00:40:23.39
He said: "Shut the gates. "
00:40:33.04\00:40:34.83
Why did he have to do that?
00:40:35.03\00:40:37.69
Why did he have
to shut the gates?
00:40:37.90\00:40:41.76
He had to shut the gates
because there's some people
00:40:42.97\00:40:45.79
that will never,
never, never listen.
00:40:45.99\00:40:49.24
I mean, you can tell
them in clear, certain terms
00:40:50.51\00:40:54.99
and they're still going to go
contrary to what scripture says.
00:40:55.19\00:40:59.17
He just didn't
even shut the gates...
00:41:08.34\00:41:10.19
he put some
people there guarding it.
00:41:10.39\00:41:12.18
They came there Friday evening
and they found the gates shut
00:41:22.75\00:41:28.27
and so they stayed all
night hoping they'd get in.
00:41:28.47\00:41:33.29
He said: "Stop it! If you
don't, I'll lay hands on you. "
00:41:47.98\00:41:52.17
So it's clear the
Sabbath is not a day, folks,
00:42:03.28\00:42:08.00
that I go shopping.
00:42:08.20\00:42:12.98
It's not a day that I do
things that I want to do.
00:42:13.19\00:42:17.22
The Sabbath is the Lord's.
00:42:17.42\00:42:20.75
It belongs to Him.
00:42:20.95\00:42:22.61
It's not mine.
00:42:22.81\00:42:24.62
I must give it to Him;
I must honor Him in that.
00:42:24.82\00:42:28.47
But it also says:
00:42:28.70\00:42:30.38
What does that mean?
00:42:37.69\00:42:38.93
That has to do
with entertainment.
00:42:39.13\00:42:41.01
It's not a day in which
I just have entertainment.
00:42:42.06\00:42:48.01
It's not a day that I'm
going to go out and just...
00:42:49.11\00:42:53.41
you know, go somewhere.
00:42:53.61\00:42:57.52
I find people think
that the Sabbath is a day
00:42:57.72\00:43:00.89
that they can just
go out and, you know,
00:43:01.09\00:43:03.40
do their own
pleasure on that day.
00:43:03.60\00:43:05.15
Entertainment... no!
00:43:05.35\00:43:06.90
It's not...
that's not what it is.
00:43:07.10\00:43:09.36
It says: "Not
finding your own pleasure. "
00:43:09.56\00:43:13.22
Now don't misunderstand me.
00:43:13.42\00:43:14.94
I don't mean by
that that it's to be
00:43:15.14\00:43:18.61
a day, particularly
where children are involved,
00:43:18.82\00:43:22.51
where they're told "you sit
down there and you stay there. "
00:43:22.71\00:43:26.66
You know, that's
not what it should be.
00:43:26.87\00:43:30.30
The Sabbath should be a
time that the children enjoy.
00:43:30.51\00:43:34.39
And as parents, by the
way, it is your responsibility
00:43:34.60\00:43:39.11
to see that they do!
00:43:39.32\00:43:41.08
You can't... you can't
just take a child and sit them
00:43:41.29\00:43:44.81
in a chair and
expect them to enjoy it.
00:43:44.91\00:43:47.95
You know? They don't.
00:43:48.15\00:43:50.16
You have to do
something with them.
00:43:50.36\00:43:52.21
But, dear friends, we can
do things with the children
00:43:52.41\00:43:55.04
that they love. I still...
some of the fondest memories
00:43:55.24\00:43:58.84
that I have is Friday night...
Sabbath evening with my children
00:43:59.05\00:44:04.47
because we... if we weren't
in a meeting or something...
00:44:04.60\00:44:07.61
come home and have something
to eat on Friday evening
00:44:07.81\00:44:12.22
and after we'd eaten something
00:44:12.43\00:44:14.57
sitting down on the floor
00:44:14.77\00:44:18.39
with the kids there and just
00:44:18.59\00:44:20.71
reading or
singing songs with them
00:44:20.91\00:44:22.89
and just doing
something as a family.
00:44:23.09\00:44:25.38
Some of the best
memories I have is doing that.
00:44:25.58\00:44:29.50
It's not a day that
I am to do my pleasure.
00:44:29.70\00:44:32.52
It might be Sabbath after church
00:44:32.72\00:44:35.36
it certainly wouldn't be
wrong to take the children
00:44:35.56\00:44:38.41
for a walk, but it doesn't mean
that I am to go play baseball.
00:44:38.61\00:44:42.82
See? And by the
way, dear friend,
00:44:43.02\00:44:46.26
it also isn't a time in which
I turn on the television set
00:44:46.46\00:44:51.78
and watch some movie.
00:44:51.91\00:44:53.91
That's not keeping the Sabbath,
that's doing your own pleasure.
00:44:54.11\00:44:59.28
That's not what it says.
It's His day, it's not my day.
00:44:59.48\00:45:03.58
It's His day,
and I need to keep it
00:45:03.78\00:45:06.37
in a way that will
bless me and my family
00:45:06.57\00:45:11.43
and that God
would be pleased with.
00:45:11.63\00:45:14.16
It's not a time where I
just go do my own thing.
00:45:14.36\00:45:17.97
Then... what's going to happen?
00:45:19.37\00:45:21.22
That's how you
delight yourself in the Lord.
00:45:24.76\00:45:27.28
OK. Let's talk
about resting in Christ.
00:45:27.48\00:45:31.52
In other words,
what it's saying here
00:45:45.70\00:45:47.83
is the Sabbath is a time in
which I am to rest physically.
00:45:48.03\00:45:53.60
They rested the Sabbath day
according to the commandment.
00:45:53.80\00:45:56.73
God set that day aside and
said that it is a day in which
00:45:56.93\00:46:01.50
you and I
should rest physically.
00:46:01.60\00:46:04.42
That is part of Sabbath
keeping is to stop your work
00:46:04.62\00:46:09.78
and rest on the Sabbath.
00:46:09.98\00:46:12.61
OK. Secondly, it has
something else to do.
00:46:12.81\00:46:17.29
You remember the
sisters Mary and Martha?
00:46:17.39\00:46:19.98
It says:
00:46:20.18\00:46:21.20
It means to rest means
that I must also learn to rest
00:46:52.63\00:46:57.72
spiritually.
00:46:57.92\00:46:59.31
I need to learn
to rest spiritually.
00:46:59.51\00:47:03.11
So... how do I do that?
00:47:03.31\00:47:05.78
I'm going to read to
you Hebrews the 4th chapter.
00:47:05.98\00:47:08.96
As far as I'm concerned, it
gives to you a lot of counsel
00:47:11.53\00:47:16.16
about learning
to rest in Christ.
00:47:16.36\00:47:18.53
OK. Didn't profit
them any in faith.
00:47:42.40\00:47:45.04
In other words, it's
talking about you and I
00:47:50.97\00:47:53.30
entering into the
rest with Christ Jesus.
00:47:53.50\00:47:56.66
We believe... we
enter into that rest.
00:47:56.76\00:47:59.25
What does that mean?
00:47:59.46\00:48:00.55
That means that I
rest in confidence in Him.
00:48:01.66\00:48:05.76
That I say "here, "
and I surrender my life
00:48:05.96\00:48:08.85
and say: "Yes,
Lord, I rest in You. "
00:48:09.05\00:48:11.85
All right?
00:48:12.05\00:48:13.06
OK.
00:48:33.77\00:48:34.78
They didn't
enter into God's rest.
00:48:51.57\00:48:53.25
They were legalistic,
00:48:53.45\00:48:54.83
but they didn't enter
in because of disobedience.
00:48:54.86\00:48:57.88
Joshua could not give them rest.
00:49:22.56\00:49:25.24
He took them into
the land of Canaan.
00:49:25.44\00:49:27.50
That's not the kind of rest.
00:49:27.70\00:49:30.09
Now folks, that's the
way it reads in English.
00:49:37.19\00:49:39.24
If you want to read how it
says it actually in Aramaic,
00:49:39.44\00:49:43.42
which is the
language Jesus spoke,
00:49:43.62\00:49:45.98
it says "there remains
a keeping of the Sabbath
00:49:46.18\00:49:49.78
for the people of God. "
00:49:49.98\00:49:51.64
That's what that
text says in Aramaic.
00:49:51.84\00:49:53.82
"There remains a
keeping of the Sabbath
00:49:54.02\00:49:57.44
to the people of God. "
00:49:57.65\00:49:58.86
OK. How do I rest?
00:50:06.63\00:50:09.11
Let me just quickly
tell you how to rest.
00:50:09.31\00:50:12.23
1. Have the right attitude.
00:50:12.47\00:50:14.65
I'm sorry. I have
been in situations in homes
00:50:14.85\00:50:19.26
where women have
worked all day Friday
00:50:19.56\00:50:25.47
getting the house all
cleaned and everything right
00:50:25.67\00:50:28.90
and everything and so that
it was all done for the Sabbath
00:50:29.04\00:50:32.17
and when Friday was
over and the Sabbath begun
00:50:32.37\00:50:35.80
they were so out of sorts that
nobody could live with them.
00:50:36.00\00:50:39.28
That is not Sabbath keeping.
00:50:39.48\00:50:42.42
It's not what God means.
My attitude needs to be right.
00:50:42.62\00:50:45.99
It's more important
that my attitude is right
00:50:46.09\00:50:49.13
rather than something is clean.
00:50:49.33\00:50:51.56
Therefore, make sure
as you go into the Sabbath
00:50:51.77\00:50:56.03
that your attitude is right.
00:50:56.24\00:50:57.47
If you get up Sabbath
morning and you're out of sorts,
00:50:57.57\00:51:00.53
get back in bed and get out
on the other side and get right.
00:51:00.73\00:51:03.84
But you don't need to
be having a bad attitude.
00:51:04.04\00:51:07.09
That's not good Sabbath keeping.
00:51:07.29\00:51:09.78
Secondly, confession.
00:51:09.98\00:51:12.48
Confess your sins.
00:51:12.68\00:51:15.13
Don't go into the Sabbath
carrying a great big load
00:51:15.33\00:51:17.74
of sins on your back.
00:51:17.84\00:51:19.18
God doesn't want you to do that.
00:51:19.38\00:51:21.50
You need to get rid of that.
00:51:21.70\00:51:23.30
Just confess them
and get rid of them.
00:51:23.50\00:51:25.60
Says: "If we
confess our sins, He is...
00:51:25.80\00:51:28.95
faithful and just
to forgive us our sins
00:51:29.15\00:51:31.07
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness. "
00:51:31.17\00:51:33.61
Secondly, rest from sin.
00:51:33.81\00:51:36.46
What do I mean by that?
00:51:36.66\00:51:38.50
When you get up Sabbath morning,
00:51:38.71\00:51:42.06
dedicate your life to
God... give your life to Him.
00:51:42.26\00:51:45.59
Give Him that
day in a special way.
00:51:45.79\00:51:48.72
Let it be His day.
00:51:48.82\00:51:50.36
Let Him have it.
00:51:50.56\00:51:51.77
Don't... you know, don't go
on continuing to disobey God.
00:51:51.97\00:51:57.05
Rest from sin... stop sinning.
00:51:57.26\00:51:59.42
Stop disobeying the Lord.
00:51:59.45\00:52:01.75
Rest from making a living.
00:52:04.31\00:52:05.98
Six days you shall
work and do all your work,
00:52:07.43\00:52:11.14
you don't need to
work on the seventh.
00:52:11.34\00:52:14.44
That is God's day.
00:52:14.64\00:52:16.85
Stop making a living
and rest in the Lord.
00:52:17.00\00:52:20.97
Understand, folks,
why God gave the Sabbath.
00:52:21.17\00:52:24.98
God gave the Sabbath
because you and I need to rest.
00:52:25.18\00:52:29.39
The only way I can be saved
00:52:29.59\00:52:32.98
is I must rest in what
Jesus Christ did for me.
00:52:33.18\00:52:38.64
I can't do anything to be saved.
00:52:39.78\00:52:41.84
All I can do is
accept what Jesus did.
00:52:42.04\00:52:44.68
So the Sabbath is to
teach me that every week.
00:52:44.88\00:52:48.65
That I am to rest in Christ.
00:52:48.86\00:52:51.32
I am to rest in
what He has done for me.
00:52:51.52\00:52:55.19
That is how I'm
to keep the Sabbath.
00:52:55.49\00:52:58.49
So I need to rest
from making a living.
00:52:58.69\00:53:02.37
I need to stop work.
00:53:02.58\00:53:04.88
Also I need to rest
from the bombardment of life.
00:53:05.08\00:53:08.94
Get away... get
away from all the noise,
00:53:11.69\00:53:16.44
all the bombardment. Turn
that TV off and leave it off,
00:53:16.64\00:53:21.61
you know... over the Sabbath.
00:53:22.70\00:53:24.23
You don't need that going on.
00:53:24.44\00:53:26.08
I've never understood...
00:53:26.28\00:53:27.58
I wouldn't let
somebody in my house,
00:53:27.78\00:53:29.75
use some languages and
teach my children things
00:53:29.95\00:53:34.21
and live in my house.
00:53:34.41\00:53:35.83
You know? I wouldn't have
somebody come into my house
00:53:36.98\00:53:39.29
and live in my house
that would teach my kids
00:53:39.49\00:53:41.65
things that were wrong.
But I'll put a TV in there
00:53:41.85\00:53:44.43
and let them
listen to all that junk
00:53:44.63\00:53:46.00
and that's OK.
00:53:46.10\00:53:47.11
No, that's not OK.
00:53:47.31\00:53:49.27
Don't... get away
00:53:50.54\00:53:51.86
from the bombardment of life.
00:53:51.96\00:53:54.95
Learn to rest in Christ.
00:53:55.19\00:53:57.37
As He simply said here:
00:53:57.57\00:53:59.29
God wants you to grow in grace.
00:54:09.23\00:54:14.06
God wants you to day
by day come closer to Him.
00:54:14.36\00:54:20.02
To learn of His love.
00:54:20.22\00:54:22.92
To learn of His goodness.
00:54:23.13\00:54:24.89
To learn all that
He wants to do for you
00:54:25.09\00:54:28.08
and simply for you to rest.
00:54:28.28\00:54:30.63
Rest in what He
has done for you.
00:54:30.83\00:54:33.89
If you will do
that, God will bless you.
00:54:34.10\00:54:37.13
Every day will
grow sweeter and sweeter
00:54:37.34\00:54:42.03
and sweeter as you
walk with the Lord.
00:54:42.24\00:54:45.21
I hope that you will
enjoy all the wonderful things
00:54:45.51\00:54:50.22
that God has for
you on the Sabbath.
00:54:50.25\00:54:52.92
Jesus said in Luke chapter 8
00:54:56.27\00:54:58.01
a sower went
out to sow his seed.
00:54:58.21\00:55:00.90
And as he sowed,
00:55:01.10\00:55:02.40
some fell by the wayside
00:55:02.60\00:55:04.25
and it was trampled down
00:55:04.28\00:55:05.87
and the birds of
the air devoured it.
00:55:06.07\00:55:08.04
Some fell on rock
00:55:08.24\00:55:09.76
and as soon as it
sprang up it withered
00:55:09.96\00:55:12.07
because it lacked moisture.
00:55:12.17\00:55:14.13
And some fell among thorns
00:55:14.33\00:55:15.96
and the thorns sprang
up with it and choked it.
00:55:16.11\00:55:18.98
But others fell on good ground,
00:55:20.73\00:55:22.82
sprang up, and
yielded a crop a hundred-fold.
00:55:23.02\00:55:26.39
Jesus Christ came to
sow the seed of truth
00:55:26.59\00:55:29.38
into this world.
00:55:29.58\00:55:30.92
And just as every
seed has life in it,
00:55:31.12\00:55:33.54
the Word of God is also life.
00:55:33.74\00:55:36.12
Jesus said in John 6:63
00:55:36.32\00:55:38.68
"The words that I
speak to you, they are Spirit
00:55:38.88\00:55:42.10
and they are life. "
00:55:42.30\00:55:43.58
But sadly in this day and age
00:55:44.07\00:55:46.18
many professed
ministers of the gospel
00:55:46.38\00:55:48.46
don't accept the Bible
as God's inspired Word.
00:55:48.66\00:55:51.93
Because its plain teachings
condemn their practices
00:55:52.13\00:55:55.47
they have tried to
make it appear mysterious
00:55:55.67\00:55:58.12
and obscure in order to
excuse their own transgressions
00:55:58.27\00:56:01.34
of God's law.
00:56:01.44\00:56:02.87
There are those who
try to make everything seem
00:56:03.07\00:56:05.21
pleasant and positive.
00:56:05.41\00:56:06.87
They gloss over or
ignore the warnings of God,
00:56:07.07\00:56:09.76
and thus they strip the
Bible of the power to convict
00:56:09.96\00:56:13.28
sinners of their
need of salvation.
00:56:13.48\00:56:15.89
But no matter how brilliant
and how pleasant they sound
00:56:16.09\00:56:19.74
their message cannot
satisfy the spiritual hunger
00:56:19.94\00:56:23.47
of a true seeker.
00:56:23.67\00:56:25.51
The truth is that
ever since the fall of man
00:56:27.00\00:56:30.22
Satan has been busy
sowing the seed of error.
00:56:30.40\00:56:33.53
But friends, when the
Word of God is preached
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in simplicity and sincerity,
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it's powerful.
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Instead of pointing
out the errors of others
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or seeking to combat
the opponents of the gospel,
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we must follow
the example of Christ
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and simply sow
the seeds of truth.
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Oh, yes, there will be seeds
that will fall by the wayside,
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be eaten by the birds.
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Other seeds will
sprout in stony soil
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only to dry up
for the lack of water.
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Still others will
fall among the thorns,
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but many will spring up
to bear an abundant fruit.
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The sower's job is to sow seed.
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And believe me,
there is no greater joy
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than to see the lives
transformed under the influence
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of the Holy Spirit.
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It's an experience
all of us can have,
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and it's the only goal
we have as a ministry team.
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We have a marvelous opportunity
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to sow by broadcasting
these wonderful seeds of life
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to the whole world.
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Jesus gave all of us
the gospel commission.
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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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