Hello, friends, grab your
Bible and a friend and sit back
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as we explore
God's word together
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on this edition of House Calls.
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Hello, friends,
welcome to House Calls,
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a very special edition.
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We call this
the sharing edition.
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My name is John Lomacang
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and to my right is my
good friend John Stanton.
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Good to have you here, John.
It's good to be here, John,
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looking forward
to the program today.
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I tell you this
is a special edition
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that we want to
call to the attention
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of our viewers and our listeners
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because so much has
been said about the Sabbath
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and about the
condition of man in death.
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What happens when a person dies?
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And we're gonna
dedicate this program,
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another program, two
programs one hour each,
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on describing every
thing as much as we can cover
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about what the Bible
says about the Bible Sabbath,
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from creation to
our very day today.
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And we wanna
encourage those of you listening
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and watching this
program to get a copy of this.
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We call this
the sharing edition.
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And if we can give
another title to it,
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we would call it the two
great errors, e-r-r-o-r-s.
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And so this would be like
the error number one explained.
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Which is the two parts.
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Part one and two an
hour each. That's right.
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And then in the
next two programs
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after that what
are we gonna cover?
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We're gonna cover what the Bible
teaches about the nature of man.
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Man is not naturally immortal.
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Man doesn't depart to heaven
or hell immediately at death.
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There is no existing
soul that survives the body.
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These two great
errors are the two teachings
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that have taken hold
and so much of Christianity
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that the Bible
is almost left out
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as to what it
has to say about it.
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So we want to
dedicate this program,
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the next program
and two special programs
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on the two great errors
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and we encourage
you to get a copy of it
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and also share
with your friends.
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So we're not gonna be
doing questions today.
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We want to make this
time is proficiently used,
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efficiently used
as we possibly can.
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And so, John, why don't you open
with a word of prayer for us?
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Let's do that.
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Our Father in
Heaven, we are so thankful
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for an opportunity
here to come together
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and to study your word.
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And, Lord, especially
on a couple of topics here
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beginning with the Sabbath,
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on something we know
that is very important
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and very
confusing to many today.
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And so we just ask for Your
blessing for Your Holy Spirit
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for his leading and his
guiding as we open Your word,
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as we cruise through its
pages as we seek Your truth,
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Lord, may your will be
done and may You be glorified.
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We pray in Jesus
name, amen. Amen.
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Well, John, there is a--
there is a particular text
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and I encourage our
viewers to get their Bibles
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because we want you
to walk through the Bible
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with us as we unfold this topic.
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I want to begin with a verse
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that I believe is what
I call the clarion call.
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If God would ever
say to His people,
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I need you to
restore, to rebuild, to return,
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this text would be
the text Isaiah 58.
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We are going to look
at verse 12 very quickly
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and we have
various translations.
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I'm gonna read this
in the King James Version
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and I have a
New King James Bible
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but the way that this says
it, is so clear and so concise.
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I want to begin with
that text, Isaiah 58, verse 12
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and the Lord speaks
about His people this way
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"And they that shall be of thee
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shall build up--shall
build the old waste places,
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thou shall raise
up the foundations
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of many generations,
and thou shall be called
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the repairers of the breach,
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the restorers of
paths to dwell in."
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And so when we you
talk about--when we talk
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about the Sabbath
truth and the Bible Sabbath,
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and I want to say the Bible
Sabbath because it's been given,
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you know, the Christian
Sabbath, the Jewish Sabbath,
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but I want to say
the Bible Sabbath.
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Because the Lord
didn't assign the Sabbath
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to any one
particular race on the earth,
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that's the thing
that's often taught.
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And so as we speak about this,
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we're gonna
begin at the beginning.
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And the place to
begin at the beginning
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would be in the Book of Genesis.
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So let's go to the Book of
Genesis today and obviously--
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I like the text, John
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Not to speak
over you there-- Sure.
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But I like the
text you're bringing up.
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Just to clarify, this building
up of the old waste places,
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clearly the truth of God
has been torn down to a degree.
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We find in especially Daniel
Chapter 8 as the prophecies
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from just after Daniel's
day down to the end of time
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clearly spell out that the truth
will be cast down to the ground.
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That is right.
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That this is the
antithesis prophecy.
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This is the repairing prophecy.
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This is
restoring of what is being
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broken down in the last days.
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So if we say we are
living in the last days
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and most of us, it's hard
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to deny that we
are. That's right.
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Although we, you know, somehow
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that we're gonna go on
for hundreds of more years,
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the world just won't
last that much longer.
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And if we don't deny that
we are in the time of repair.
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The repairs of old teachings
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that God
established from long ago,
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that have been
distorted through time,
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the enemy has done his number on
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and this message therefore
is very pertinent to today
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as we believe that the Sabbath
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is part of the
repairing of those truths
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that were established from
long ago way back in Genesis.
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That's right and I'm
glad you brought that out
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because so often, people think,
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well, what
difference does it make?
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Well, if you took
6,000 years to bend something
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and you did it gradually,
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then it wouldn't appear
to be that big of a deal
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because people
that are living today
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would have only seen it bent.
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They would not have
seen it when it was straight.
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And there was a point in time
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when the message about
the Sabbath was very straight.
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It was very, very clear.
There were no bending points.
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There was no distortion in that
but over the course of time,
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the enemy of God, Satan himself,
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he took that truth and
bent it so much so until today,
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when you mention
the word Sabbath,
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it is seen from so many
angles that God never intended
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for it to be seen from, that
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is just explained
over as it's just a day.
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And it's far greater
than just another day.
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And if we look at the
other nine commandments,
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we would not just say, well,
it's just about God's name,
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what's the big deal?
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Well, it's just about
idols, what's the big deal?
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Well, it's just
about our parents,
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I mean, honor them, not
honor them, what's the big deal?
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We will never say that
about any of the commandments.
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However, the only one that
begins with the word remember,
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is the one that religious
leaders today are saying
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forget about it. I'm using my--
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It doesn't matter
It doesn't matter.
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You just pick a day,
really doesn't matter
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what day it is as
long as you love the Lord.
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Well, I've been
married 29 years.
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I can't just say to my wife,
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forget about May 22nd, as
long as we pick a day. Right.
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You know, it doesn't matter--
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it matters when your
bills are paid on time.
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The people that we owe
don't say just pick a day,
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they schedule these days.
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We don't say what day
is Washington's Birthday?
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Just pick a day.
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Well, let's change Christmas,
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we'll just pick a day.
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It doesn't fit in any
other vernacular of life.
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Especially when we're talking
about the Ten Commandments--
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Right. They almost are
becoming suggestions. Right.
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You know,
someone-- I've been asked
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several times in regard to this.
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"Well, what are you
saying? Are you saying
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you have to keep the
Sabbath to be saved?"
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I mean, they want
to cut to the chase.
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Is that what you're saying? Yes.
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My response though is
whatever answer you give
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to any of the other nine,
give to the fourth. Right.
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I respond with a question
of sorts, consider this,
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whatever you say in
regard of the other nine,
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do I have to start murdering?
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Do I have to start stealing?
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Do I have to start
bowing down the idols?
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Do I have to
stop-- can I stop honoring
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my father and my mother?
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Can I start
coveting? Does that matter?
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Well, they would say repeatedly,
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no, you shouldn't that,
no, no, you shouldn't that,
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I mean, God won't let murderers
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and those that continue to
steal and all these things,
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let in to the Kingdom or what
about those that continue to
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dishonor His Holy day? Right.
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Well, it doesn't matter.
That's what the world is saying.
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That's what
preachers are saying today
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which we believe constitutes
a great error. That's right.
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And that's why
we're talking about it
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as the first great error.
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And also as we read this
text in Genesis Chapter 2,
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the context of this text
is the end of creation week.
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And what we want also be
as sensitive in this sense,
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we know, that many of
you watching the program
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and listening and I must
even expand that many preachers
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whether they are just
beginning in the ministry
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and I have heard
preachers with doctorate degrees
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and PhDs, and many letters
before and after their name,
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say the very same
thing in reference
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to the change of the Sabbath.
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To the Jews, it's
no longer important to
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pick a day. It's now
the first day of the week
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most of the Christians say.
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They've said so many things
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that are not
supported by the scriptures,
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that it really amazes me
that with all this learning
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that there's a great
big hole of ignorance
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as it relates to the truth
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about what God setup
from the very beginning.
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And they are not
answering the biblical reasoning
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and questioning in
regard to the Sabbath. Right.
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They're not answering that.
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They are spending
time rationalizing
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as to why it
doesn't matter. Right.
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But we've not
heard specific responses.
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And, John, you and I
have been doing this program
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for 7 years, going on 8. Right.
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We've not heard a
direct response from anybody
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in regard to the questions
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the Bible raises in regard
to the Sabbath. That's right.
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We keep hearing the same
thing over and over again.
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The use of Romans 14,
the use of Colossians 2.
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Acts 20 verse 7 Acts 20--
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all these--
First Corinthians 16.
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It's like a tape recorder.
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No one's
responding to the questions
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we're raising
and the Bible raises
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elsewhere in
regard to the Sabbath.
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Right. And the
other thing, John,
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as you'll
discover that people say,
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well, the New Testament now,
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the New Testament
Christian doesn't have to honor
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the Bible Sabbath because
it was just for the Jews.
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And they say,
well, the New Testament
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doesn't talk very
much about the Sabbath.
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Well, I beg to differ.
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If you put the word
Sabbath in the Bible,
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if you just did a
search in the New Testament,
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it's mentioned 60 times.
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If you put the phrase
first day it's only mentioned 12
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and 8 of those
references have to do
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with the resurrection
and the crucifixion.
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Not a day of worship.
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You have only four attempts
and these same four attempts,
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Revelation 1:10, "In the
Spirit on the Lord's day,"
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they say, well,
that's the new day
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of worship that
is not the truth.
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Acts 20:7, "Breaking bread
on the first day of the week."
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They broke bread every
day, that's not the change.
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1 Corinthians 16:1,
"The collection of offering,"
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it was not a collection
of offering in a church.
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It was like Salvation Army.
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We're gonna talk about
that, what that actually meant.
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Was the setting
aside for future giving.
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Right, and then the
last one simply meant
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from the first day until now,
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so that had no reference at all
to Sabbath or a church meeting.
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Simply Paul saying
since I got to this city
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from the first day until now.
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So you only have
three actual examples
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in the New Testament
that could be possibly a twist
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to give a new day of worship
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but none of those
give any viable evidence
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that man by his actions
or lack thereof could change
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what God has established.
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You know, even if
they were to establish
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that Sunday was a day
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that there was a congregation
and a meeting--right.
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They're missing the most
glaring and obvious argument
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for the Sabbath in
the Book of Acts. Right.
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The simple fact the
Sabbath is called the Sabbath
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and the first day
of the week is called
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the first day
of the week. Right.
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By the fact you can't call
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the first day of
the week the Sabbath
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because elsewhere in
Acts it's called the Sabbath.
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That's right. They are two
different days. That's right.
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So you cannot
argue that in Acts,
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they worshipped on
the first day of the week.
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They did not
because that was called
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the first day of the week where
other things were happening,
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the Sabbath was
when they got together.
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They are two different days.
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That's right and it's
mentioned over and over
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in the Book of Acts.
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Acts talks about the
Sabbath many, many, many times
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in reference to the Jews,
the Gentiles and the Greeks,
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honoring that particular day.
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If you're wondering why we
are a bit passionate about this
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and we're gonna be passionate
about this throughout.
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It is that we
have come to a point
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where we are tired not of people
opposing something we believe,
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we're tired of people being
deceived about the Sabbath.
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This is the issue
and so we are hoping
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even these programs get into
enhances some pastors. Right.
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You want to hear it from
other-- from Sunday pastors,
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we would like to get together
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from some Sunday
pastors and-- Discuss it.
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Talk about these
things because this study
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is not been done justice
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throughout the
Christian community,
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which is why it remains,
we believe, a great error.
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That's right, exactly.
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So let's go and
begin at the beginning.
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Let's begin when
everything else was made.
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Genesis Chapter 2
caps off the creation week
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and we do believe
we are creationists.
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In other words, we believe
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that God created the
heavens and the earth.
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We believe that in the
beginning Christ was there,
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the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit were there.
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And you read
Genesis Chapter 1:1,
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"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth."
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And the Bible reason
Genesis Chapter 1 and verse 2,
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read that for us, you
have that there very quickly.
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Genesis 1, verse 2.
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Look at Genesis 1 verse
1 and 2, just very quickly.
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"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth.
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The earth was
without form and void
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and darkness was on
the face of the deep
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and the spirit
of God was hovering
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over the face of the water."
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So you find there in
the beginning God created,
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Genesis 1 verse 1 and
2, the Spirit was there,
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John Chapter
1:2, in the beginning
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was the word. Jesus was there,
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the Godhead was there at
the very inception of creation
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and it took only 6 literal days.
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The evening and the
morning were the first day.
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We have to establish that
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because there're some
communities that say--
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some faith communities say
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that the creation
was 6,000 years long.
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There are some
faiths that believe that,
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well, it couldn't
have been a literal day
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because how can you do
all this in a literal day?
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Well, we're not talking
about a construction company,
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we're talking about God,
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okay, that's the
difference here. So God--
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He planted the
stars in the heavens
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and they stood
fast. They appeared
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and they were fixed in place.
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He spake and it was done.
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He commanded and it stood fast.
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Let there be and there was.
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So now Genesis 2 verse 1 comes
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to the end of creation week
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and what I want you to
get as we read this text,
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it took 6 days
to create the world.
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It took 6 days
to create the world.
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How many days do
we have in a week?
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We have 7 days in a week.
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But it only took 6
to create the world.
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So the natural
question we have to ask
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at the very beginning why then 7
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when it only took 6 to create?
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Why 7 when it
only took 6? All right?
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John, do that backward,
you look in the camera.
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Six creation
days, we've got seven.
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So what's this
extra one all about?
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Why give a seventh
one when nothing physical
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was created on that day.
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You cannot look around and
point to anything on this earth
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created on the
seventh day of the week
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but something was created.
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Genesis Chapter 2 verse 1 to 3.
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You read that since
I've been talking a lot.
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"Thus the heavens and the earth
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and all the host
of them were finished.
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And on the seventh
day, God ended His work
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which He had done and He
rested on the seventh day
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from all His work
which He had done,
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then God blessed the seventh day
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and sanctified it because
in it He rested from His work
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which God had created and made."
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Right, He rested
from all His work.
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So look at the three
things, first of all, it says
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the heavens and the
earth were finished.
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So there was need
to do anything more
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because it was finished
and all the host of them,
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they were
finished. So by the time
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Genesis 2 starts to be written,
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the heavens and
the earth were done.
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There's no more work to be done
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and you find at
the end of creation,
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He said indeed it was very good,
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everything He had
created was very good,
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good job, no sin, no sorrow,
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no fall of man, a
perfect environment.
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Then He does
something in verse 2,
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and on the seventh
day God ended His work
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which He had done and He
rested on the seventh day
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from all His work
which He had done.
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So now let's go--we're
talking about God here.
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Was God tired?
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Because when we
rest we usually do that
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because we're what? Tired.
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He was not
tired. He was not tired.
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When the Bible
used the word rest here,
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this word rest as it's
used in the Book of Exodus,
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as it's used throughout
the Old and New Testament
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is the word
synonymous with rest day.
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This is a rest
that is synonymous
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with not being tired but
this is a spiritual rest.
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You find in Hebrews Chapter 3,
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one of the
reasons why the Israelites
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were in the wilderness so long
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because they refused
to enter into God's rest.
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And one of the first
things that He tested among,
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we'll look at that in
a moment was the Sabbath
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when they came out of Egypt.
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He tested them by
feeding them every day
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and He said on the sixth day,
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get twice as much
food. And when they chose
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not to rest on the Sabbath,
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He said to them how long do you
refuse to keep my commandments,
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my statues and my laws?
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So this is not a
physical rest alone
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but this is a spiritual
rest but something else He did.
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Break it down, John,
three things he did in verse 3.
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It says He blessed the seventh
day. That's the first thing.
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Are any other days blessed?
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No other days are blessed. Okay.
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God specifically
blessed this day.
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He created the other 6 days
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and then He stopped and
then He blessed this day.
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So let me ask you the question,
can man bless another day? No.
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So who is the only one
that can bless the day?
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God blessed. In
fact, the Bible is clear
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what God blesses is
blessed forever. Exactly.
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We cannot bless
and let something
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remain blessed forever. Right.
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When God blesses, it's fixed.
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That's right. So we can't
reverse God's blessing? No.
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What if I chose to do something
on a different day and say,
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"Well, I'd like
this day instead."
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Am I changing the blessing? No.
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Okay. I just want
to make that was clear.
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What else did He do?
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It says next
that He sanctified it.
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Okay. What does sanctifed mean?
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He set it apart. That's right.
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For specific purpose, for--to
be used for resting in Him.
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Okay and sanctified means some
thing is set us aside as holy.
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That's what sanctification is.
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The marriage is sanctified, so
therefore the marriage is holy.
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The Sabbath is sanctified,
therefore the Sabbath is holy.
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Can we sanctify another day? No.
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So what if I said I
worship God every day.
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Is that a good thing? Sure.
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But is every day sanctified? No.
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Okay. Is every day blessed? No.
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So should we
worship God every day?
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Yes or no. Absolutely.
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Okay, that's the point I
want to make very carefully
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because lot of people
say I worship God every day.
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If you are a Christian,
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you should
worship God every day.
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But let me use this in marriage.
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Do you honor your
anniversary every day?
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No, but are you
married every day? Yes.
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You honor your wife
every day. I hope so.
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Yes. We honor our
spouse, our wives,
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we honor our wives every day.
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But is every
day our wedding day?
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No. Is every day
our anniversary? No.
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But now here's the issue. Yeah.
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On the day that is our
anniversary, it's a special day.
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We continue to honor each other
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but we're coming
together as a memorial
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of what has
happened in the past.
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That's exactly correct.
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And I think this is one
of the points we want to make
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is that the Sabbath
was established by God
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as a memorial of
creation, of His creative power,
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of the fact that He is
God, there is no other.
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When we worship,
when we rest on that day,
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we are saying
Lord, we choose Your day
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because we honor You as
our creator. That's right.
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When we worship on
another day or we say,
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you know, well, it
doesn't matter that day,
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every day we should worship God.
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There is no
acknowledgement of creation,
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of Him as the creator
and what He is in our lives.
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Now that doesn't mean
that we don't love Him
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and care for Him and worship Him
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and seek to desire the
blessings that He gives.
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We should do
that every day. Right.
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But acknowledging who He
is as our creator is something
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that is infused within
the meaning of the Sabbath.
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Right, and you have a
hard time convincing your wife
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if you forget her
anniversary every year,
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if you forget your anniversary.
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And the reason I
say your anniversary,
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the Sabbath is a
weekly anniversary.
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We know annum means yearly.
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But the Sabbath
is a weekly reminder
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that the God of
creation is our God,
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that we acknowledge
Him as the God of creation,
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the God of sanctification,
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the God of blessing,
the God of redemption.
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When we honor the Sabbath,
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we're acknowledging the one
that is connecting us to Him
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and the day
connects us together.
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How we honor what He's honored,
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how we keep the blessing
intact as He's blessed it,
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how we
recognize He sanctifies us
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through the
sanctification of that day,
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then the connection is unbroken.
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So the three
things He did there was
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He blessed the day,
can't bless any other day.
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He sanctified it.
That's the only blessed day,
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the only sanctified day.
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And then He
rested from all His work
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which we also
cease from our labor.
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The things we do Monday,
sorry, from Sunday to Friday
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is not to be done
when the Sabbath comes in
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because as God
rested, we ought to rest.
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Now let's break that
down for just a minute,
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as there's a deeper meaning,
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a deeper
understanding of that resting
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because when we rest
and what God has done,
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we are not resting and what
we have done. Very good point.
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So when we acknowledge
the Sabbath as God's day,
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the seventh day as God's day,
we're saying that we're resting
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in what He has done for
us not only in our creation
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but in our
redemption. That is correct.
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Our salvation.
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When we are
choosing another day,
00:21:42.87\00:21:45.04
that is a
man-made acknowledgement,
00:21:45.07\00:21:48.14
that is a man-made set
apart, attempted blessing
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for--used by man. That's right.
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It's not what God has set aside.
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So where some might say,
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well, you know,
keeping the Sabbath,
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I mean that's legalism.
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You know, that's
something the Jews did
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and it's very, very works based.
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I would suggest
exactly the opposite.
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The Sabbath on the seventh day
is acknowledging God's rest day.
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It is rest based.
It is based on faith
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and trust in what He has
done. Resting on another day
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such as the first day of
the week is acknowledging
00:22:19.84\00:22:23.07
what man has
setup, what he has done.
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Let me give you a
simple example, John.
00:22:25.74\00:22:27.33
Right after sin,
Adam and Eve obviously
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were really torn up
about what had happened.
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I mean, can you imagine what's
resting on their shoulders,
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the remorse? That's right.
00:22:36.14\00:22:37.83
Well, they
began to have children
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and they had two first
children Cain and Abel.
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Cain and Abel had two altars
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and it's the first real worship
scene we find in the Bible.
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On those two altars, one
of them was brought a lamb
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which God said to bring.
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And the other
one was brought what?
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The fruit of the
ground, what Cain had,
00:22:55.46\00:22:58.40
worked by his own hands
00:22:58.43\00:23:00.51
to bring as fruit
given to God. That is true.
00:23:00.54\00:23:03.31
Two different
altars, what's represented
00:23:03.34\00:23:05.23
there are two different
forms of worship. That is right.
00:23:05.26\00:23:08.76
One is resting
what God asked for,
00:23:08.79\00:23:11.85
Abel said you ask for a
lamb, I'm bringing you a lamb.
00:23:11.88\00:23:14.95
I don't understand all of what
it means but you asked for that,
00:23:14.98\00:23:18.03
I acknowledge that it means,
00:23:18.06\00:23:19.87
it points to
something in the future
00:23:19.90\00:23:21.36
that you will do on my behalf.
I will sacrifice this lamb.
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Cain said,
"Well, you know, what?
00:23:25.07\00:23:26.47
I've got a better idea."
00:23:26.50\00:23:27.87
I'm gonna choose something else
and it was what he established,
00:23:27.90\00:23:30.38
what He had made from the
ground and he brought that.
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You've got two
forms of worship there
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and we see that throughout time,
00:23:34.47\00:23:36.36
either it's faith based
00:23:36.39\00:23:37.96
or it's works
based. That's right.
00:23:37.99\00:23:39.66
And acknowledging and
doing what God says is always
00:23:39.69\00:23:42.65
the faith based option.
00:23:42.68\00:23:44.05
And that's what
we're seeing here.
00:23:44.08\00:23:45.53
You know, I'm amazed,
John, that the Sabbath
00:23:45.56\00:23:46.93
is often referred to as works,
00:23:46.96\00:23:48.63
when the Sabbath
is when work ended,
00:23:48.66\00:23:50.58
when work ended. And I want
to go to Exodus 20 right now
00:23:50.61\00:23:55.76
because this is
about the Ten Commandments.
00:23:55.79\00:23:57.43
And we're gonna try to
cover as much as we could,
00:23:57.46\00:24:00.08
our time goes so
quickly that's why this is just,
00:24:00.11\00:24:04.16
not just one program but
we're gonna cover this in two.
00:24:04.19\00:24:06.04
And then we're
gonna also include
00:24:06.07\00:24:07.44
as we possibly can
a detailed explanation
00:24:07.47\00:24:10.72
in a booklet that
we hope to put together
00:24:10.75\00:24:12.69
to make this very concise
and cover all the basics.
00:24:12.72\00:24:16.01
But we're going to
Exodus 20 verse 8 to 11,
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Exodus Chapter 20 verses 8 to 11
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and we're going to see now
when we repeat this commandment,
00:24:22.43\00:24:25.96
when we read this commandment
00:24:25.99\00:24:27.36
we're gonna see
something that's really amazing,
00:24:27.39\00:24:29.84
is gonna connect us indelibly
to what we just read in Genesis.
00:24:29.87\00:24:34.18
But it's gonna begin
with a word that seems strange
00:24:34.21\00:24:39.37
when that word was not used
00:24:39.40\00:24:40.77
in any of the
other commandments.
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And I know, you know
exactly what word I'm gonna use.
00:24:43.68\00:24:46.68
Let's look what the Bible says
00:24:46.71\00:24:48.21
and I'm not gonna use my word
00:24:48.24\00:24:49.61
but I'm gonna use
what the Bible says,
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the very first word in
Exodus 20 verse 8 to verse 11,
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the very first word
is, what's that word, John?
00:24:55.90\00:24:57.88
Remember. Remember.
00:24:57.91\00:24:59.90
Now why would God say remember?
00:24:59.93\00:25:02.17
Is He sovereign? Yes.
00:25:02.20\00:25:04.72
He knew as well as the great
controversy began on earth,
00:25:04.75\00:25:07.84
the battle between
light and darkness.
00:25:07.87\00:25:09.86
He knew after the fall of men
00:25:09.89\00:25:11.91
that somebody is going to
forget what I did at creation.
00:25:11.94\00:25:17.13
As a matter of
fact, somebody once said
00:25:17.16\00:25:19.42
"If the Sabbath
were honored the way
00:25:19.45\00:25:20.97
that God intended, there would
be no atheist today." Yeah.
00:25:21.00\00:25:24.70
There would be no people
00:25:24.73\00:25:26.10
that are fighting
against the creation story,
00:25:26.13\00:25:28.10
as so much of the public
schools are trying to do.
00:25:28.13\00:25:30.53
They're trying to
bring an evolution.
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Well, they had
brought an evolution.
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And Christians are fighting
to tell the creation story
00:25:34.51\00:25:37.33
and it's almost laughed at.
00:25:37.36\00:25:39.35
Well, that's the
reason why because
00:25:39.38\00:25:40.75
they've chosen to forget.
00:25:40.78\00:25:42.43
And the other thing too
about that word remember,
00:25:42.46\00:25:44.20
you can only remember something
that's already been established.
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Exactly. So when
He says remember,
00:25:47.28\00:25:49.66
it means there's something
that is already been done
00:25:49.69\00:25:51.87
that they need to recall
in their mind. That's right.
00:25:51.90\00:25:54.18
So when someone says,
00:25:54.21\00:25:55.58
if someone tries
to tell you, well,
00:25:55.61\00:25:57.28
the Sabbath is about the Jews
00:25:57.31\00:25:58.68
and the commandments
given to them at Mount Sinai,
00:25:58.71\00:26:00.59
it's not because the Sabbath
tells them to recall something
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that happened way back
when, what was that event?
00:26:03.98\00:26:06.38
Creation.
Creation. That's right.
00:26:06.41\00:26:07.96
Remember, remember.
00:26:07.99\00:26:09.36
Even an event
prior to sin itself.
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You know what, you made a
point. I have to read this.
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The Sabbath and the
marriage were both established
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before sin entered the world.
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What two institutions are
being attacked the most today?
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I believe the Sabbath
and the Ten Commandments
00:26:25.20\00:26:26.99
in general but the Sabbath
00:26:27.02\00:26:28.39
specifically and
marriage. That's right.
00:26:28.42\00:26:30.92
It's amazing that
in the Christian church
00:26:30.95\00:26:33.62
most Christian
pulpits attack the Sabbath.
00:26:33.65\00:26:38.48
And the world is
attacking marriage.
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The redefinition of marriage
00:26:41.89\00:26:43.75
and the
redefinition of the Sabbath.
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The two things
that God established
00:26:46.41\00:26:47.81
before sin entered the world.
00:26:47.84\00:26:49.55
Now let's look at this.
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Let's go through this.
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And now we're
gonna see in this passage
00:26:52.38\00:26:53.75
what the really issue
is, the issue is not the day.
00:26:53.78\00:26:56.30
That's what people think it is.
00:26:56.33\00:26:57.70
They think the issue is
the day. That's not the issue.
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Listen to what the text says.
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Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
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Six days you shall
labor and do all your work.
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Here's the issue.
00:27:10.12\00:27:11.58
But the seventh
day is the Sabbath
00:27:11.61\00:27:14.76
of the Lord your God.
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Let me stop before I
finish rest of the verse 10.
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The question is not what day
00:27:20.39\00:27:23.04
but the question
is who is your God?
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That's the key.
00:27:25.86\00:27:27.23
May 22nd defines if they
were two women in the room
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one was May 22nd and
one was September 1st,
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May 22nd is the--connects me
to the woman that is my wife.
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When you look at this,
00:27:39.57\00:27:40.94
it is saying if
you pick the God,
00:27:40.97\00:27:44.38
then you already have
the day. That's right.
00:27:44.41\00:27:46.91
You don't pick the day and
try to connect it to the God.
00:27:46.94\00:27:50.41
He's not gonna
accept the day you pick
00:27:50.44\00:27:52.48
because He's already done that.
00:27:52.51\00:27:54.11
He's already picked the day.
00:27:54.14\00:27:55.51
And notice what He says,
00:27:55.54\00:27:56.91
remember the
Sabbath day to do what?
00:27:56.94\00:27:58.70
Keep. Once again, John,
if you remember something,
00:27:58.73\00:28:02.18
if you keep
something, what does keep mean?
00:28:02.21\00:28:04.57
Keep means it's
already holding in this case.
00:28:04.60\00:28:07.14
Well, my mom used
to clean the house
00:28:07.17\00:28:08.54
and she said, "Keep
it clean. Don't mess it.
00:28:08.57\00:28:10.75
Keep the table set.
Keep the floor clean.
00:28:10.78\00:28:13.33
Keep your room clean."
It's already been cleaned.
00:28:13.36\00:28:16.22
The day had
already been blessed,
00:28:16.25\00:28:17.62
already been sanctified, already
had been set aside as holy.
00:28:17.65\00:28:19.52
Remember to keep it the way
00:28:19.55\00:28:21.02
I made it. That's
what God is saying.
00:28:21.05\00:28:23.06
And then He says,
here's the issue, friends,
00:28:23.09\00:28:25.07
but the seventh
day, verse 10 again,
00:28:25.10\00:28:27.74
but the seventh day
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is the Sabbath of
the lord Your God.
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So the question before we go
any further is who is your God?
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If it is the God of creation,
00:28:34.67\00:28:36.64
the seventh day Sabbath
is the day He established
00:28:36.67\00:28:39.66
as a sign between Him and us.
00:28:39.69\00:28:42.37
He did not
establish another one.
00:28:42.40\00:28:43.77
They'd honor and keep
holy. And let's finish this out.
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The interesting
thing too though,
00:28:46.69\00:28:48.06
'cause I know you
already touched on this.
00:28:48.09\00:28:49.46
If you just
start the seventh day
00:28:49.49\00:28:50.86
is the Sabbath of the Lord.
00:28:50.89\00:28:52.26
That's right.
That's another point.
00:28:52.29\00:28:53.83
So then what's
the Lord's Day? Okay.
00:28:53.86\00:28:58.56
We're gonna
answer this straight up.
00:28:58.59\00:28:59.96
The Lord's Day
is the seventh day.
00:28:59.99\00:29:01.54
It's not the
first day of the week.
00:29:01.57\00:29:02.94
It cannot be. That's right.
00:29:02.97\00:29:04.34
No scriptural
evidence for the Lord's Day
00:29:04.37\00:29:06.67
being the first
day. That's right.
00:29:06.70\00:29:08.75
He made that clear at
the end of creation week
00:29:08.78\00:29:10.67
where there was
only m-a-n and wo-man.
00:29:10.70\00:29:14.66
And we'll see and
we're going to Mark
00:29:14.69\00:29:16.53
Chapter 2 verse 27
and 28 in just a moment.
00:29:16.56\00:29:18.47
And the other point
too that I'm making though
00:29:18.50\00:29:19.92
is that it belongs to Him
00:29:19.95\00:29:22.02
which is where you're connecting
00:29:22.05\00:29:23.42
if He's our God
then this is His day.
00:29:23.45\00:29:25.56
It belongs to
Him but in every case
00:29:25.59\00:29:27.44
where the seventh
day is being spoken off,
00:29:27.47\00:29:29.27
the Sabbath-- Right.
00:29:29.30\00:29:30.74
It's spoken off as
being as belonging to Him.
00:29:30.77\00:29:33.85
Right. It's His day.
00:29:33.88\00:29:35.47
So if someone
comes to you and says,
00:29:35.50\00:29:38.15
well, or if
someone's suggesting,
00:29:38.18\00:29:41.26
well, you can just pick
a day to honor and worship.
00:29:41.29\00:29:43.08
I remember one pastor I was
talking to about this subject
00:29:43.11\00:29:45.32
and he says, he said,
00:29:45.35\00:29:47.31
"John, I understand
where you're coming from.
00:29:47.34\00:29:48.96
Our denomination
doesn't believe this.
00:29:48.99\00:29:50.74
Frankly, my day is Wednesday."
00:29:50.77\00:29:53.46
And I said, "Really?" I said
"Why did you pick Wednesday?"
00:29:53.49\00:29:56.96
"Well, I just picked a day.
00:29:56.99\00:29:58.54
Wednesday is the
day I have downtime.
00:29:58.57\00:30:00.08
I spend with my
family. I spend with the Lord.
00:30:00.11\00:30:01.94
It's my special day
between me and Him."
00:30:01.97\00:30:04.59
Well, my response there
is "Why did you pick a day?
00:30:04.62\00:30:08.58
It's already been
picked by God Himself." Right.
00:30:08.61\00:30:12.17
Well, there is no
real answer for it
00:30:12.20\00:30:14.43
because the
rationalizing continues on.
00:30:14.46\00:30:16.92
We want validation.
00:30:16.95\00:30:19.04
People want--
always want validation
00:30:19.07\00:30:20.65
for what they already do.
00:30:20.68\00:30:22.30
They don't want to change. No.
00:30:22.33\00:30:24.51
But in this case if we're gonna
find what the Bible Sabbath is,
00:30:24.54\00:30:27.64
what the Lord's
Sabbath is, His day is,
00:30:27.67\00:30:30.12
it is the seventh
day. It always will.
00:30:30.15\00:30:32.32
It is throughout the
scriptures. It always will be.
00:30:32.35\00:30:35.10
Right. And people are saying
Lord, I know what you said
00:30:35.13\00:30:37.01
but this is what I prefer.
00:30:37.04\00:30:38.70
So you need to modify and
take on what I have chosen
00:30:38.73\00:30:43.45
rather than me taking
on what you have chosen.
00:30:43.48\00:30:46.01
That's what's being told
to Christian people today.
00:30:46.04\00:30:48.45
That's what leaders are saying.
00:30:48.48\00:30:49.86
I know the Seventh day,
Sabbath is Saturday but--
00:30:49.89\00:30:55.58
It doesn't matter--
And, you know, that--
00:30:55.61\00:30:57.39
And everything else
that come with that.
00:30:57.42\00:30:58.79
And it's ridiculous, it's an
offense to God. It really is.
00:30:58.82\00:31:02.29
And it's a deception
to those who love Him.
00:31:02.32\00:31:04.55
Because we're
saying we love the Lord.
00:31:04.58\00:31:06.01
We're talking to
people that love the Lord.
00:31:06.04\00:31:07.41
We're not talking to
people that hate the Lord.
00:31:07.44\00:31:09.46
This is about a Christian
who says, I love the Lord.
00:31:09.49\00:31:12.06
I love Jesus.
I've given him my life.
00:31:12.09\00:31:14.23
But you've been
told by your pastor
00:31:14.26\00:31:15.63
something completely opposite
that it doesn't really matter.
00:31:15.66\00:31:18.11
Just pick a day
God is happy with that.
00:31:18.14\00:31:19.69
It's not what God has said.
00:31:19.72\00:31:21.64
That's not what the
word of God has said.
00:31:21.67\00:31:23.22
And that's not what the
Lord has said in His word.
00:31:23.25\00:31:26.42
The rest of this text
is very simple. He says,
00:31:26.45\00:31:30.11
and the reason I
want to go through it
00:31:30.14\00:31:31.51
because verse 10
makes it very clear
00:31:31.54\00:31:34.62
who these parameters apply to.
00:31:34.65\00:31:37.63
But the Seventh day is a
Sabbath of the Lord your God.
00:31:37.66\00:31:39.80
In it you shall do no work.
00:31:39.83\00:31:42.30
You nor your son,
nor your daughter,
00:31:42.33\00:31:43.91
nor your manservant,
nor your maidservant,
00:31:43.94\00:31:46.70
nor your cattle,
nor your stranger
00:31:46.73\00:31:49.07
who is within your gates.
00:31:49.10\00:31:50.47
When people come and
visit us, we let them know,
00:31:50.50\00:31:53.71
in our home this is what
we avoid on the Sabbath day.
00:31:53.74\00:31:57.91
This is special time
as is our anniversary.
00:31:57.94\00:32:01.25
I tell people don't
plan that event on May 22nd.
00:32:01.28\00:32:04.29
I'm not gonna be there.
00:32:04.32\00:32:05.69
And my wife and I have
been true to that as long as
00:32:05.72\00:32:08.14
we've been
married. This is our day.
00:32:08.17\00:32:10.42
We're gonna reserve
this for our special time,
00:32:10.45\00:32:12.85
although we love
each other every day,
00:32:12.88\00:32:14.54
although we spend
time together every day.
00:32:14.57\00:32:17.31
But notice what it says
00:32:17.34\00:32:18.71
and here's the key
I was talking about.
00:32:18.74\00:32:20.45
Verse 11 is gonna
connect you back to creation,
00:32:20.48\00:32:23.82
not to the Jewish
nation but to creation.
00:32:23.85\00:32:26.88
Creation itself. Okay.
00:32:26.91\00:32:28.52
For--here is the reason why
the Sabbath should kept Holy.
00:32:28.55\00:32:31.62
"For in 6 days, the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:32:31.65\00:32:36.75
the sea and all that is in
them and rested the Seventh day.
00:32:36.78\00:32:42.48
Therefore, the Lord blessed
the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
00:32:42.51\00:32:48.50
He rested, he blessed,
he sanctified, he hallowed.
00:32:48.53\00:32:53.05
And that's what he is saying.
00:32:53.08\00:32:54.45
This day points you back to what
I did at creation in 6 days.
00:32:54.48\00:33:00.63
Please keep it the way
that I've established it to be.
00:33:00.66\00:33:02.95
And I want to go
very, very quickly, John,
00:33:02.98\00:33:05.64
which text are you turning
to I was gonna go to Mark.
00:33:05.67\00:33:07.62
I was just gonna
read very quickly
00:33:07.65\00:33:09.10
'cause you're talking
about a day of worship
00:33:09.13\00:33:10.78
and you're
talking about resting.
00:33:10.81\00:33:12.22
You're right. You're
talking about creation.
00:33:12.25\00:33:14.09
I'm just gonna
throw this in there
00:33:14.12\00:33:15.49
not to cover all
the details. Revelation?
00:33:15.52\00:33:16.89
Revelation 14. Very good
point. Very, very good point.
00:33:16.92\00:33:19.50
Revelation 14
verses 6 and 7. Okay.
00:33:19.53\00:33:22.52
This is the beginning of
the Three Angels' messages
00:33:22.55\00:33:25.02
angels--which angel
means messenger. That's right.
00:33:25.05\00:33:30.34
It is the message
that they're proclaiming
00:33:30.37\00:33:32.21
at the end of time in prophecy
just before Christ's return
00:33:32.24\00:33:36.41
and notice what it
contains, this message
00:33:36.44\00:33:39.05
what it incorporates here
as important for the last days.
00:33:39.08\00:33:43.91
Verse 6, then I
saw another angel
00:33:43.94\00:33:45.67
flying in the midst of heaven,
having the everlasting gospel.
00:33:45.70\00:33:48.36
Notice, this is
the gospel to preach
00:33:48.40\00:33:50.94
to those who dwell on
the face of the earth,
00:33:50.97\00:33:53.01
to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people.
00:33:53.04\00:33:55.05
Saying with a loud
voice and here's what He said,
00:33:55.08\00:33:57.77
"Fear God, and
give glory to Him,
00:33:57.80\00:33:59.76
for the hour of
His judgment has come."
00:33:59.79\00:34:02.51
And notice what
all that hinges upon.
00:34:02.54\00:34:04.94
"And worship
Him who made heaven,
00:34:04.97\00:34:07.29
and earth, the sea,
and springs of water."
00:34:07.32\00:34:11.12
That's right. Go back
to worshipping the creator.
00:34:11.15\00:34:13.73
And how do you do that?
00:34:13.76\00:34:15.45
You honor his Holy day,
that has been lost sight of,
00:34:15.48\00:34:18.63
there's been a breach,
00:34:18.66\00:34:20.03
as we already
brought up in Isaiah 58.
00:34:20.06\00:34:22.76
There's been a breach
in truth. That's right.
00:34:22.79\00:34:24.16
Now come back to worshipping
and honoring the creator
00:34:24.19\00:34:26.47
which is keeping
his Sabbath day Holy.
00:34:26.50\00:34:29.03
That's right. And, you know,
what when you look at that,
00:34:29.06\00:34:31.33
this message in Revelation 14,
00:34:31.36\00:34:32.91
is going to every nation,
every kindred, every tribe,
00:34:32.94\00:34:37.21
every tongue, every language.
This is a universal message.
00:34:37.24\00:34:40.94
This is not a Jewish
message. That's right.
00:34:40.97\00:34:44.51
So even the
misunderstanding of Revelation
00:34:44.54\00:34:47.04
has almost narrowed
this down to the Jews.
00:34:47.07\00:34:49.93
This is not a Jewish message.
00:34:49.96\00:34:51.56
This is to every
nation, every kindred,
00:34:51.59\00:34:54.08
every tongue, every
people, saying to the world
00:34:54.11\00:34:57.15
it is time to get back
to worshipping the creator
00:34:57.18\00:34:59.68
the way He needs
to be worshipped.
00:34:59.71\00:35:01.66
The way He has established,
00:35:01.69\00:35:03.99
worship that is
acceptable to Him.
00:35:04.02\00:35:06.12
So the Sabbath was made
00:35:06.15\00:35:07.52
at the very
beginning of the creation week.
00:35:07.55\00:35:08.92
Now let's go to
Mark Chapter 2 verse 27.
00:35:08.95\00:35:11.34
And then we're gonna go to
00:35:11.37\00:35:12.74
Ezekiel Chapter
20. But first of all,
00:35:12.77\00:35:15.69
the sign of allegiance,
Mark Chapter 2 verse 27 and 28.
00:35:15.72\00:35:19.40
to show you clearly
when the Sabbath was made.
00:35:19.43\00:35:21.15
Even Jesus when He came,
Jesus made it very clear,
00:35:21.18\00:35:26.33
the purpose and for
whom the Sabbath was made.
00:35:26.36\00:35:29.38
Read that for us, Mark
Chapter 2 verse 27 and 28, John.
00:35:29.41\00:35:33.01
"And he said to them the
Sabbath was made for man,
00:35:33.04\00:35:36.18
and not man for the Sabbath.
00:35:36.21\00:35:37.91
Therefore the Son of man
is also Lord of the Sabbath."
00:35:37.94\00:35:41.99
There it is again.
What day is he Lord of?
00:35:42.02\00:35:44.05
He's Lord of the Sabbath
00:35:44.08\00:35:45.45
and the Sabbath we
know is the seventh day.
00:35:45.48\00:35:47.02
And he says the
Sabbath is made for who?
00:35:47.05\00:35:49.69
M-A-N, was it-- was it J-E-W?
00:35:49.72\00:35:52.95
No. So is the Sabbath--
00:35:52.98\00:35:54.51
And that word is
mankind by the way.
00:35:54.54\00:35:56.50
Exactly. That's
exactly the point.
00:35:56.53\00:35:59.12
The Sabbath was not
made for a particular nation.
00:35:59.15\00:36:01.83
So the question lot
of people may ask so,
00:36:01.86\00:36:03.84
so why is the
Sabbath spoken of so much
00:36:03.87\00:36:06.11
among the Jewish community?
00:36:06.14\00:36:07.70
Because the Lord chose
them as He chose the post office
00:36:07.73\00:36:10.09
to get a message to
the world. That's right.
00:36:10.12\00:36:12.58
The post office, the
people that work there,
00:36:12.61\00:36:14.32
I know guys that work
there. Matter of fact, there're
00:36:14.35\00:36:16.20
two guys in town that
work at the post office.
00:36:16.23\00:36:17.60
Both of them share
the same name I have.
00:36:17.63\00:36:19.65
After work, they are
no different than us.
00:36:19.68\00:36:21.31
At work, they are no different
than us. They have the same,
00:36:21.34\00:36:23.63
you know, they
function like every human does.
00:36:23.66\00:36:26.23
There's nothing
different about them
00:36:26.26\00:36:27.63
expect for their
position of responsibility.
00:36:27.66\00:36:30.67
They've got to
get the message out.
00:36:30.70\00:36:32.10
God chose the Jewish nation
to get the message to the world.
00:36:32.13\00:36:35.22
He told them that in
the Book of Acts Chapter 14,
00:36:35.25\00:36:37.22
Paul said, Paul
and Barnabas said,
00:36:37.25\00:36:39.33
it was necessary that the
gospel first be spoken to you,
00:36:39.36\00:36:43.45
and that you be a
light to the Gentiles,
00:36:43.48\00:36:46.45
to the ends of the earth.
00:36:46.48\00:36:47.85
But seeing that
you judge yourselves
00:36:47.88\00:36:49.25
unworthy of everlasting life,
00:36:49.28\00:36:50.65
lo we turn to the Gentiles.
00:36:50.68\00:36:52.23
God simply called
them to be the messengers
00:36:52.26\00:36:55.04
to carry the
message to the world,
00:36:55.07\00:36:56.58
not to be the only
ones to honor the Sabbath.
00:36:56.61\00:36:59.17
Yeah, and this may
buck a little bit of a--
00:36:59.20\00:37:01.93
or create a little
bit of confusion in some,
00:37:01.96\00:37:03.38
but I'm not meaning to confuse,
00:37:03.41\00:37:04.78
I'm meaning to clarify. Okay.
00:37:04.81\00:37:06.35
There would have been no
church as we know it today,
00:37:06.38\00:37:10.67
had the nation of Israel,
00:37:10.70\00:37:13.11
the Jews accepted
the messaihship of Christ
00:37:13.14\00:37:16.97
and had performed the work
that He desired that they do
00:37:17.00\00:37:19.72
which was to
evangelize the world. Right.
00:37:19.75\00:37:21.96
That job as Acts Chapter
14 verses 45 and 46 says,
00:37:21.99\00:37:26.97
was given to the church
because they did not do it.
00:37:27.00\00:37:29.96
They rejected that.
Read those passages.
00:37:29.99\00:37:33.89
All right, notice
this, so as verse 44,
00:37:33.92\00:37:36.08
"On the next
Sabbath-- That's right.
00:37:36.11\00:37:38.79
Almost the whole city came
together to hear the word of God
00:37:38.82\00:37:41.60
but when the Jews
saw the multitudes
00:37:41.63\00:37:43.30
they were filled with
envy and contradicting
00:37:43.33\00:37:45.54
and blaspheming they opposed
the things spoken by Paul."
00:37:45.57\00:37:48.76
Who where opposing
it? The Jewish leaders.
00:37:48.79\00:37:52.04
"Then Paul and
Barnabas grew bold and said
00:37:52.07\00:37:54.03
it was necessary
that the word of God
00:37:54.06\00:37:55.73
should be spoken to you first."
00:37:55.76\00:37:57.77
Why? Because you were the
ones that God designed to take
00:37:57.80\00:38:00.70
the everlasting gospel
to the world. That's right.
00:38:00.73\00:38:03.23
But he says, "Since you rejected
00:38:03.26\00:38:07.88
and judge yourselves
unworthy of everlasting life,
00:38:07.91\00:38:10.55
behold we turn to the Gentiles.
00:38:10.58\00:38:12.37
That is directly
to the establishment
00:38:12.40\00:38:13.88
of the church
including all the Gentiles.
00:38:13.91\00:38:16.36
That's right. And
that's what God always intended
00:38:16.39\00:38:18.83
for everyone else
to get this message
00:38:18.86\00:38:20.42
but the Jews wouldn't
do it. So he said, "Okay.
00:38:20.45\00:38:23.55
We got to go to
somebody that's gonna do it,
00:38:23.58\00:38:25.31
now that the door is
open to the Gentiles.
00:38:25.34\00:38:27.56
They are coming in
and there would have been
00:38:27.59\00:38:30.31
no controversy. There
would've been no separation
00:38:30.34\00:38:32.63
because there
would've simply been
00:38:32.66\00:38:34.03
God's people doing God's will,
00:38:34.06\00:38:35.53
carrying God's message to
00:38:35.56\00:38:37.68
God's people around the world.
00:38:37.71\00:38:39.29
It would've been
very, very simple.
00:38:39.32\00:38:40.80
But now I wanna also point out,
00:38:40.83\00:38:42.20
we talked about the
creation of the Sabbath.
00:38:42.23\00:38:44.23
We talked about the
Sabbath as an established sign
00:38:44.26\00:38:49.16
of the memorial of creation,
00:38:49.19\00:38:50.90
sanctified by
God, blessed by God,
00:38:50.93\00:38:53.94
honored by God,
hallowed by God, made for man.
00:38:53.97\00:38:57.92
Mark 2 verse 27
and 28, not for the Jew
00:38:57.95\00:39:01.19
and the only command
with the word remember
00:39:01.22\00:39:03.40
meaning we
should've never forgotten it.
00:39:03.43\00:39:05.49
But people are
being taught to forget.
00:39:05.52\00:39:07.52
Now let's go to Ezekiel
Chapter 20 verse 12 and 20.
00:39:07.55\00:39:10.98
And I want you to read
this because first of all
00:39:11.01\00:39:13.47
the creation of the
Sabbath is a sign of memorial
00:39:13.50\00:39:15.99
but the purpose of the Sabbath
is a sign of something else.
00:39:16.02\00:39:18.80
Is the sign--there
is an additional reason
00:39:18.83\00:39:20.79
behind the Sabbath.
00:39:20.82\00:39:22.19
Read that for us,
verse 12 and verse 20.
00:39:22.22\00:39:24.22
Verse 12, "Moreover I
gave them my Sabbaths,
00:39:24.25\00:39:27.77
again he says my Sabbaths,
00:39:27.80\00:39:29.61
to be a sign between them
and me that they might know
00:39:29.64\00:39:33.61
that I am the Lord
who sanctifies them."
00:39:33.64\00:39:36.71
Okay, now get this.
The day was sanctified.
00:39:36.74\00:39:40.49
That's right. He says,
00:39:40.52\00:39:41.89
when you honor my
Sabbath, you are sanctified.
00:39:41.92\00:39:45.51
In fact, that
Sabbath becomes a memorial
00:39:45.54\00:39:47.53
of my
sanctification of you as well.
00:39:47.56\00:39:49.98
Right. So you step into--
00:39:50.01\00:39:52.16
let's go back down to the
marriage relationship again.
00:39:52.19\00:39:54.49
When my wife and I
honor the May 22nd,
00:39:54.52\00:39:57.27
we are acknowledging
that we were both sanctified,
00:39:57.30\00:40:01.18
set aside for
each other on that day.
00:40:01.21\00:40:04.78
We were not sanctified
on the 21st or the 23rd
00:40:04.81\00:40:06.75
but the 22nd of
May in the year 1983.
00:40:06.78\00:40:10.96
Just in case you want
to know what year it was.
00:40:10.99\00:40:12.69
And so clearly when
we honor the Sabbath,
00:40:12.72\00:40:14.30
the Lord said it's a
sign of sanctification
00:40:14.33\00:40:16.27
and then verse 20
also, Ezekiel 20 verse 12
00:40:16.30\00:40:19.67
was what you just read. And
I'll go ahead and read verse 20
00:40:19.70\00:40:22.48
since you're
looking for another passage.
00:40:22.51\00:40:24.15
All right. It
says, "Halo my Sabbaths,
00:40:24.18\00:40:27.91
and they will be a
sign between me and you,
00:40:27.94\00:40:31.16
and this is
powerful that you may know,
00:40:31.19\00:40:34.68
that you may know that
I am the Lord, your God,
00:40:34.71\00:40:37.90
I told you it is
about who is your God.
00:40:37.93\00:40:40.20
This text reiterates--
00:40:40.23\00:40:41.60
the Sabbath is
about who is your God.
00:40:41.63\00:40:43.69
If you honor this,
you'll know that I'm your God.
00:40:43.72\00:40:46.98
Let's reverse that.
If you don't honor this,
00:40:47.01\00:40:49.23
I'm not your God. That's
what he's in essence saying.
00:40:49.26\00:40:51.85
If you honor the Sabbath,
you'll know I'm your God.
00:40:51.88\00:40:54.25
But if you don't honor
the Sabbath, I'm not your God.
00:40:54.28\00:40:57.08
Because I'm not
connecting myself to any other--
00:40:57.11\00:40:59.11
I haven't blessed any other day.
00:40:59.14\00:41:01.83
So you honor this, I'm your God.
00:41:01.86\00:41:04.18
You'll know it
that I'm your God.
00:41:04.21\00:41:06.06
That's right.
This all points down
00:41:06.09\00:41:07.77
to in the language
Ezekiel is using here,
00:41:07.80\00:41:10.17
or the Lord is using
here is a direct connection
00:41:10.20\00:41:12.59
to Exodus
Chapter 31. That's right.
00:41:12.62\00:41:15.71
Where he says,
almost the same words.
00:41:15.74\00:41:17.19
It's a sign between me and
you throughout your generation
00:41:17.22\00:41:20.05
that you may know that I'm
the Lord who sanctifies you.
00:41:20.08\00:41:23.40
But notice this if
you go a little further
00:41:23.43\00:41:24.85
down in verse 16, this
is verse 16 of 31 now. Okay.
00:41:24.88\00:41:29.16
It says, "That it is a
sign to observe the Sabbath
00:41:29.19\00:41:33.38
throughout their generations
as a perpetual covenant."
00:41:33.41\00:41:36.85
Right. Now it's
very interesting the use
00:41:36.88\00:41:38.68
of that word perpetual covenant.
00:41:38.71\00:41:40.38
And you read two verses just
for our viewers and listeners.
00:41:40.41\00:41:42.54
I did. I read verse 13
and then I read verse 16.
00:41:42.57\00:41:45.45
Of Exodus? Of Exodus 31.
00:41:45.48\00:41:47.36
Okay. But that verse 31,
00:41:47.39\00:41:51.16
where it says perpetual
covenant in very interesting
00:41:51.19\00:41:53.07
because God originally
covenanted with mankind
00:41:53.10\00:41:57.55
to save Him to redeem Him.
00:41:57.58\00:41:59.22
That's right. That covenant
is often spoken of as having
00:41:59.25\00:42:02.77
two different parts or two
different aspects or phases.
00:42:02.80\00:42:07.05
The old covenant
and the new covenant
00:42:07.08\00:42:10.22
but the old covenant is
less about Old Testament
00:42:10.25\00:42:13.75
than it is about the mentality
00:42:13.78\00:42:15.69
that the Old Testament
believers that the Israelites
00:42:15.72\00:42:18.33
many of them had with regard
00:42:18.36\00:42:20.05
to what God was
doing to sanctify them.
00:42:20.08\00:42:23.98
The new covenant is part
of the perpetual covenant.
00:42:24.01\00:42:26.90
So when the Lord is saying here
00:42:26.93\00:42:28.99
that it's a
perpetual covenant for you
00:42:29.02\00:42:31.21
and your generations forever.
00:42:31.24\00:42:33.46
He's saying that, that Sabbath
00:42:33.49\00:42:34.86
is gonna last
throughout eternity.
00:42:34.89\00:42:36.56
Right. And we know
that because of Isaiah 66,
00:42:36.59\00:42:39.20
we'll be
worshipping on the Sabbath day,
00:42:39.23\00:42:42.01
even in the new
earth. That is true.
00:42:42.04\00:42:44.15
I'm so glad you brought
that word out perpetual.
00:42:44.18\00:42:47.14
When something is perpetuated,
00:42:47.17\00:42:48.98
you know, when a
person perpetuates a habit
00:42:49.01\00:42:50.92
it's something that you go
over and over, a perpetual liar.
00:42:50.95\00:42:53.24
We've called people perpetual
liars or habitual liars.
00:42:53.27\00:42:56.46
Perpetual that means they
are doing the same thing over
00:42:56.49\00:42:58.36
and it's perpetual
that's means it never ceases.
00:42:58.39\00:43:01.03
So this-- the
Sabbath is a perpetual sign
00:43:01.06\00:43:05.08
meaning you can't get rid of it.
00:43:05.11\00:43:06.73
If you see a sign on a
highway, I remember somebody,
00:43:06.76\00:43:10.12
I'm using this is
an imaginary point
00:43:10.15\00:43:11.83
but this is true in so
many different peoples lives.
00:43:11.86\00:43:14.41
Some young man will grow up
00:43:14.44\00:43:15.81
and he's like 15-years-old now
00:43:15.84\00:43:17.40
but his dad reminds
him, he says, you know, son,
00:43:17.43\00:43:20.75
from the time I
used to drive you around
00:43:20.78\00:43:22.25
when you were 2-years-old,
00:43:22.28\00:43:23.65
I used to always
point you to that sign.
00:43:23.68\00:43:25.05
Remember that sign, you know,
whatever the sign is in town.
00:43:25.08\00:43:28.38
That sign has been there
since you were 2-years-old
00:43:28.41\00:43:31.57
and it's probably gonna be there
00:43:31.60\00:43:33.29
long enough for you to
show your grandchildren
00:43:33.32\00:43:35.25
and for your grandchildren
to show their grandchildren.
00:43:35.28\00:43:37.72
It's a perpetual sign.
00:43:37.75\00:43:39.78
It's a sign that the city
has been keeping up to date.
00:43:39.81\00:43:43.34
It's been
refurbished. It's been kept up.
00:43:43.37\00:43:45.35
And that sign is
a never ending sign.
00:43:45.38\00:43:47.95
So in the very same way
creation get this perpetuality
00:43:47.98\00:43:51.94
from the end of creation week
throughout the Old Testament,
00:43:51.97\00:43:56.09
the people of God
into the life of Jesus
00:43:56.12\00:44:00.70
and this is one thing
that I want to bring up next.
00:44:00.73\00:44:03.62
Because this
perpetual sign was not a sign
00:44:03.65\00:44:06.62
that was just established
by Christ in the very beginning
00:44:06.65\00:44:11.31
and kept by God's people
through the Old Testament
00:44:11.34\00:44:14.96
but it's the day
that Jesus Himself kept.
00:44:14.99\00:44:17.50
Now, John, this blows me
away, this blows me away.
00:44:17.53\00:44:21.07
This is like an
atomic blast in my head.
00:44:21.10\00:44:24.65
Why are Christians afraid?
Why are Christians taught
00:44:24.68\00:44:29.85
to not follow
Jesus on this point?
00:44:29.88\00:44:35.02
Look for verse
16, let's go there.
00:44:35.05\00:44:38.17
Do you think you're gonna be
lost by doing what Jesus did?
00:44:38.20\00:44:42.18
That's how much
Satan has gripped
00:44:42.21\00:44:44.03
the mind of many Christians.
00:44:44.06\00:44:45.71
They're somehow
convinced that if I do this,
00:44:45.74\00:44:48.37
I'm bound like Jesus,
Jesus must have been bound
00:44:48.40\00:44:52.83
then if He's
honoring the Sabbath.
00:44:52.86\00:44:55.12
Because the
statements today are,
00:44:55.15\00:44:56.94
well, if you keep the Sabbath
00:44:56.97\00:44:58.34
you're bound, you're
saving yourself by works.
00:44:58.37\00:45:01.61
When the commandment says
00:45:01.64\00:45:03.01
thou shall not do any
work. Ain't that a funny thing?
00:45:03.04\00:45:05.19
And Jesus is the
ultimate example of our faith.
00:45:05.22\00:45:07.53
If you're ever gonna look as
to what we should do in our life
00:45:07.56\00:45:10.76
as Christians,
look to what Jesus did.
00:45:10.79\00:45:12.92
The whole thing of
what would Jesus do? Yeah.
00:45:12.95\00:45:15.28
What day would Jesus worship on?
00:45:15.31\00:45:17.44
What day would He keep holy?
00:45:17.47\00:45:19.16
What day would He
honor His father on?
00:45:19.19\00:45:23.15
Instead-- The
answer's right here.
00:45:23.18\00:45:24.55
And instead of trying-- exactly,
00:45:24.58\00:45:25.95
instead of trying
to find the answer,
00:45:25.98\00:45:27.35
the Bible gives us the
answer. Read it for us.
00:45:27.38\00:45:28.84
Luke 4:16, "So
He came to Nazareth,
00:45:28.87\00:45:32.00
where He had been brought up.
00:45:32.03\00:45:33.91
And as His custom was,
He went into the synagogue
00:45:33.94\00:45:36.95
on the Sabbath day,
and stood up to read.
00:45:36.98\00:45:39.95
Now somebody may say,
well, well, well, wait, wait,
00:45:39.98\00:45:41.82
he went to a
synagogue, it wasn't a church.
00:45:41.85\00:45:44.79
He went into a synagogue so,
00:45:44.82\00:45:46.42
because he went
into a synagogue,
00:45:46.45\00:45:48.51
he was Jewish and
that's the reason He did it.
00:45:48.54\00:45:51.40
Well, you know,
friend, what's so offensive
00:45:51.43\00:45:52.80
about that idea and
the reason I'm saying
00:45:52.83\00:45:54.87
that is because I've
been told that before.
00:45:54.90\00:45:56.63
People say the only reason
why Jesus kept the Sabbath
00:45:56.66\00:45:58.77
is because He was Jewish,
came in through a Jewish family.
00:45:58.80\00:46:03.04
You know, the
offense about that would be,
00:46:03.07\00:46:05.66
well, the Sabbath
was made only for Jews
00:46:05.69\00:46:08.14
and Jesus is only
obedient because He's a Jew.
00:46:08.17\00:46:11.29
Well, all the Bible writers,
00:46:11.32\00:46:14.47
we must not read the Bible
00:46:14.50\00:46:15.89
because the Bible writers
are based on Hebrew writers
00:46:15.92\00:46:19.11
all throughout scripture, Jewish
writers from beginning to end,
00:46:19.14\00:46:22.28
people that God
shows in various times
00:46:22.31\00:46:24.15
in various ways to
compile the scriptures.
00:46:24.18\00:46:27.01
So is it because
it's done by the Jews
00:46:27.04\00:46:30.16
that we shouldn't do it?
Is that what's being taught?
00:46:30.19\00:46:32.92
The reason why the Lord
kept that here is very simple.
00:46:32.95\00:46:36.52
He's honoring
what He established
00:46:36.55\00:46:39.72
and the very same way
that Jesus was baptized,
00:46:39.75\00:46:43.21
He's honoring what
He has established.
00:46:43.24\00:46:46.63
Jesus was not baptized
just because it was arbitrary.
00:46:46.66\00:46:50.84
He left it as an
example for us to follow.
00:46:50.87\00:46:53.42
Jesus, son of the Sabbath
as an example for us to follow
00:46:53.45\00:46:57.08
and that's why Mark,
that's why Jesus said
00:46:57.11\00:46:59.36
and Mark recorded that
Sabbath was made for man.
00:46:59.39\00:47:03.24
You know that
men-- actually, John,
00:47:03.27\00:47:04.64
the Sabbath was
made for the good of man.
00:47:04.67\00:47:06.98
If you honor the
Sabbath, you are the benefactor.
00:47:07.01\00:47:09.66
The day doesn't
know you're doing this
00:47:09.69\00:47:11.26
but you become a benefactor.
00:47:11.29\00:47:12.67
And today, John, the whole day,
00:47:12.70\00:47:15.32
even if you say it's
the first day of the week
00:47:15.35\00:47:16.79
which it's not, people
don't keep the whole day,
00:47:16.82\00:47:20.17
church, mall, football game,
superbowl Sunday, shopping,
00:47:20.20\00:47:25.46
baseball, little
league, picnics, barbecues,
00:47:25.49\00:47:29.51
the whole day is
not kept as a Holy.
00:47:29.54\00:47:31.87
It's a sad attempt that
is short hour and a half
00:47:31.90\00:47:34.59
or maybe 2 hours at the
most. It's not a whole day.
00:47:34.62\00:47:37.96
And many churches sometimes
come back in the evening
00:47:37.99\00:47:40.28
to do another service.
But it's not a holy day,
00:47:40.31\00:47:42.23
it's not even
honored as a holy day
00:47:42.26\00:47:43.96
and there's another push, John,
00:47:43.99\00:47:45.44
the new push now is to
make the whole day holy,
00:47:45.47\00:47:47.88
in many nations around
the world are fighting to push
00:47:47.91\00:47:52.20
and make Sunday a Holy day.
00:47:52.23\00:47:54.74
It's happening
all over the world.
00:47:54.77\00:47:56.25
Right. You know,
anyway, but go ahead.
00:47:56.28\00:47:58.36
I was gonna say that, you
know, as Jesus set this example,
00:47:58.39\00:48:01.95
going into the
synagogue on the Sabbath,
00:48:01.98\00:48:04.16
you know, you
commented that people say,
00:48:04.19\00:48:05.73
well, he did that
because he was Jewish.
00:48:05.76\00:48:07.64
What's interesting because
the disciples didn't think so.
00:48:07.67\00:48:10.28
Right. Because if we go to Acts,
and I'm not jumping ahead here
00:48:10.31\00:48:12.99
but if you go to
Acts 13 verse 42,
00:48:13.02\00:48:15.09
it says clearly
that, that the Jews
00:48:15.12\00:48:18.49
as they met in the synagogue
and Paul was preaching to them.
00:48:18.52\00:48:23.48
That it says that the Gentiles
then beg that those words
00:48:23.51\00:48:26.77
might be preached to
them on the next Sabbath.
00:48:26.80\00:48:29.60
That's verse 42 of Acts 13.
00:48:29.63\00:48:32.69
And then it says, in
verse 44 on that next Sabbath,
00:48:32.72\00:48:35.52
almost the whole
city came together
00:48:35.55\00:48:37.34
to hear the word of God.
00:48:37.37\00:48:38.74
So you have--
rather than the Gentiles
00:48:38.77\00:48:42.34
establishing another day
in honor of the resurrection,
00:48:42.37\00:48:45.58
you have the
Gentiles joining with the Jews
00:48:45.61\00:48:48.29
on the Holy day
already established
00:48:48.32\00:48:50.28
to worship with them
as the church. Right.
00:48:50.31\00:48:53.33
You have the exact
opposite thing happening
00:48:53.36\00:48:55.53
that many church
leaders today tell you happened.
00:48:55.56\00:48:58.48
It's a complete
fabrication what we find as,
00:48:58.51\00:49:02.74
well, they did it in
honor of the resurrection
00:49:02.77\00:49:05.51
and we see that
in the early church.
00:49:05.54\00:49:07.16
It did not happen. That
is a lie. Thank you, John.
00:49:07.19\00:49:10.44
And that's all it could
be, that's all it could be,
00:49:10.47\00:49:12.77
a false representation
of what the Bible says.
00:49:12.80\00:49:16.84
The Jews and Gentiles
gathered on the Sabbath day.
00:49:16.87\00:49:21.17
So therefore if the
disciples Paul and Barnabas
00:49:21.20\00:49:24.60
are in Antioch
preaching on the Sabbath day,
00:49:24.63\00:49:29.48
is Paul and Barnabas victims
of legalism or are they doing,
00:49:29.51\00:49:35.16
what they know is
right? Which one would it be?
00:49:35.19\00:49:39.43
They're doing
what Jesus did. Right.
00:49:39.46\00:49:42.20
They're following
the example of Jesus.
00:49:42.23\00:49:44.32
They are honoring a day
that they know is right.
00:49:44.35\00:49:46.75
They are not
legalists. Are they legalists?
00:49:46.78\00:49:48.24
No, they're not legalists.
I'm amazed, that terminology.
00:49:48.27\00:49:50.90
Whenever I hear
that, my hair stands up
00:49:50.93\00:49:54.20
on the back of my neck.
00:49:54.23\00:49:55.60
You know, I heard a
very famous preacher say,
00:49:55.63\00:49:57.00
"Well, you know, they
transferred the legalism
00:49:57.03\00:50:00.99
of the Old Testament
Sabbath to the New Testament
00:50:01.02\00:50:04.52
and established 1021 laws.
00:50:04.55\00:50:07.91
You know what, the
Jews who rejected Jesus,
00:50:07.94\00:50:12.14
made the Sabbath a burden.
00:50:12.17\00:50:15.38
You couldn't spit on the ground.
00:50:15.41\00:50:16.90
You couldn't travel
more than a half a mile.
00:50:16.93\00:50:19.24
You couldn't pluck out
your hair that was work,
00:50:19.27\00:50:21.15
You couldn't take a
donkey out of a pit.
00:50:21.18\00:50:24.07
That's why Jesus
everything He did,
00:50:24.10\00:50:26.34
when He freed a person,
00:50:26.37\00:50:27.74
when He healed
them on the Sabbath,
00:50:27.77\00:50:29.92
He made it very clear,
00:50:29.95\00:50:31.99
it is lawful to do
good on the Sabbath.
00:50:32.02\00:50:35.14
He relieved the
suffering of the poor.
00:50:35.17\00:50:38.08
He fed the hungry.
He clothed the naked.
00:50:38.11\00:50:40.47
He restored the
sight to the blind.
00:50:40.50\00:50:42.19
He raised the dead.
He did all these things--
00:50:42.22\00:50:45.73
He restored mobility to
those who could not walk.
00:50:45.76\00:50:49.27
He did this all
on the Sabbath day
00:50:49.30\00:50:50.71
to remind the Jews
that rejected Jesus,
00:50:50.74\00:50:55.17
that the Sabbath is a blessing.
00:50:55.20\00:50:56.92
Here's the amazing thing. Do you
know that some actually teach
00:50:56.95\00:50:59.25
that He did that to
deliberately break it?
00:50:59.28\00:51:01.62
I know that, I was going
to say what you're gonna say--
00:51:01.65\00:51:04.38
Some say that actually Jesus
deliberately broke the Sabbath
00:51:04.41\00:51:07.32
to show a clean break
to a resurrection day.
00:51:07.35\00:51:10.16
You know that the-- And that is,
00:51:10.19\00:51:11.82
you know, what
that does effectively?
00:51:11.85\00:51:14.20
It makes Jesus a sinner
00:51:14.23\00:51:16.10
and makes Him an
unworthy and unable Savior.
00:51:16.13\00:51:19.48
He would not have
been a Savior of the world
00:51:19.51\00:51:20.94
had He broken the law
of God. Very good point.
00:51:20.97\00:51:24.16
So now did Jesus intentionally
disobey to break a tradition
00:51:24.19\00:51:29.43
or did He not disobey to
reestablish to proper place--
00:51:29.46\00:51:34.07
True meaning of the Sabbath.
00:51:34.10\00:51:35.47
The true meaning of the
Sabbath. It had been distorted.
00:51:35.50\00:51:38.30
That's why by the time
Jesus came, a lot of people--
00:51:38.33\00:51:41.33
and this is a
very important point.
00:51:41.36\00:51:43.68
One of the reasons why
many people look at the Sabbath
00:51:43.71\00:51:48.26
as something
that was solely Jewish
00:51:48.29\00:51:51.03
is because how they distorted
00:51:51.06\00:51:53.38
and how they made
the Sabbath a burden.
00:51:53.41\00:51:56.68
But the Sabbath is not a burden.
00:51:56.71\00:51:58.45
The Sabbath is one of
the commandments of God.
00:51:58.48\00:52:01.07
And none of the
commandments are a burden.
00:52:01.10\00:52:02.47
Matter of fact go with
me first quickly to 1 John.
00:52:02.50\00:52:05.02
We're gonna-- that's
why we've dedicated more
00:52:05.05\00:52:06.55
than one program to--
And as you read this text,
00:52:06.58\00:52:08.31
as you're going there,
let me read Revelation 14:12.
00:52:08.34\00:52:12.51
Because Revelation
14:12 talks about the saints
00:52:12.54\00:52:15.44
who keep the commandments
of God in the faith of Jesus.
00:52:15.47\00:52:17.63
That's right. So if you say
00:52:17.66\00:52:19.22
keeping the commandments
of God are legalism.
00:52:19.25\00:52:21.99
You're in
contradiction to verses that say
00:52:22.02\00:52:24.33
that keeping the
commandments of God
00:52:24.36\00:52:25.73
and the faith of
Jesus are harmonious.
00:52:25.76\00:52:28.83
This passage clearly
says they belong together.
00:52:28.86\00:52:31.36
That is right. It's almost
reiterating James contention
00:52:31.39\00:52:33.92
that faith and
works go together.
00:52:33.95\00:52:37.73
And here we're finding
the commandments of God,
00:52:37.76\00:52:39.64
keeping those commandments
and the faith of Jesus
00:52:39.67\00:52:42.20
are two things that are
inseparable. That's right.
00:52:42.23\00:52:45.89
So when you keep
the commandments,
00:52:45.92\00:52:47.36
when you keep the Sabbath,
00:52:47.39\00:52:48.76
you're actually living in
harmony with Christ faith,
00:52:48.79\00:52:53.46
His practice and what He
set as an example for us to do.
00:52:53.49\00:52:57.51
Somebody may say, why make
such a big deal about something.
00:52:57.54\00:53:00.53
We're not making
a big deal about it.
00:53:00.56\00:53:02.23
We are in fact
hoping that people remember
00:53:02.26\00:53:06.49
what God made a big deal about.
00:53:06.52\00:53:09.26
You know, if we said
00:53:09.29\00:53:10.66
if the issue is over
the commandment of murder,
00:53:10.69\00:53:14.37
say why are they
talking about the fact
00:53:14.40\00:53:16.12
that we should not murder?
00:53:16.15\00:53:17.66
Why are they making
such a big deal about it?
00:53:17.69\00:53:19.78
Remember the text that
we began this program with,
00:53:19.81\00:53:22.14
we are building up
the old waste places.
00:53:22.17\00:53:24.11
We are raising
up the foundations
00:53:24.14\00:53:25.73
of many generations.
00:53:25.76\00:53:27.13
We are repairing the breach.
00:53:27.16\00:53:30.23
We are restoring
paths to dwell in.
00:53:30.26\00:53:33.34
Before we end the program,
00:53:33.37\00:53:34.84
we're winding down the hour
00:53:34.87\00:53:36.24
but I want you
to go to Isaiah 58
00:53:36.27\00:53:37.72
after I read this
because I mentioned a moment ago
00:53:37.75\00:53:39.77
that Isaiah 58
became with verse 12 to 14.
00:53:39.80\00:53:42.79
I mentioned a moment ago
00:53:42.82\00:53:44.19
that the Sabbath is
not a burden anymore
00:53:44.22\00:53:46.25
than any of the other
commandments as a burden.
00:53:46.28\00:53:48.38
None of them is a burden.
00:53:48.41\00:53:49.78
Matter of fact, Jesus said this
in 1 John Chapter 5 and verse 3.
00:53:49.81\00:53:54.21
And this is beautiful here,
"For this is the love of God,
00:53:54.24\00:53:58.30
that we keep His commandments.
00:53:58.33\00:54:00.45
And His commandments
are not burdensome."
00:54:00.48\00:54:04.54
It's not a
burden. It's a delight.
00:54:04.57\00:54:06.63
So now would you
read that for us?
00:54:06.66\00:54:08.78
Because it fits
perfectly into it.
00:54:08.81\00:54:10.48
Yes, right and following
that verse from Isaiah 58:12
00:54:10.51\00:54:13.56
about building
the old waste places.
00:54:13.59\00:54:15.74
We find this very next--
these very next two verses,
00:54:15.77\00:54:18.18
verse 13, "If you turn
away your foot from the Sabbath,
00:54:18.21\00:54:22.31
from doing your
pleasure on my Holy day,
00:54:22.34\00:54:25.58
and call the Sabbath a delight,
00:54:25.61\00:54:27.53
the Holy day of the Lord,
honorable, and shall honor Him,
00:54:27.56\00:54:30.75
not doing your own ways,
00:54:30.78\00:54:32.15
nor finding your own pleasure,
nor speaking your own words,
00:54:32.18\00:54:34.95
then you shall
delight yourself in the Lord.
00:54:34.98\00:54:37.17
And I will cause you to ride
on the high hills of the earth,
00:54:37.20\00:54:40.58
and feed you with the
heritage of Jacob your father
00:54:40.61\00:54:43.19
for the mouth of
the Lord has spoken."
00:54:43.22\00:54:45.64
Notice what it says,
"Call the Sabbath a delight."
00:54:45.67\00:54:49.86
It's not a
burden. It's a delight,
00:54:49.89\00:54:52.57
but Satan has
cleverly taken 6,000 years
00:54:52.60\00:54:57.45
to inject like a
tiny little syringe--
00:54:57.48\00:55:01.73
like a tiny little needle
00:55:01.76\00:55:03.32
on the end of a
syringe filled with deception.
00:55:03.35\00:55:06.23
He's injected this into
the vein of teachers today
00:55:06.26\00:55:10.29
that say it was a burden.
00:55:10.32\00:55:12.54
But now the new
Christian Sabbath is a delight.
00:55:12.57\00:55:17.36
And in the next program,
what we're gonna point out
00:55:17.39\00:55:19.27
is where this
transition came in.
00:55:19.30\00:55:22.44
We're gonna show some of
the New Testament passages
00:55:22.47\00:55:24.68
that continue to
support the reiteration
00:55:24.71\00:55:26.64
of the
importance of the Sabbath.
00:55:26.67\00:55:28.68
We're gonna show what Jesus did,
00:55:28.71\00:55:30.52
what the disciples did,
what the Christian Church did.
00:55:30.55\00:55:33.88
And then we're gonna show
00:55:33.91\00:55:35.28
the eternal
nature of the Sabbath.
00:55:35.31\00:55:36.68
We'll even answer
some of the common
00:55:36.71\00:55:38.08
misconceptions right out there.
00:55:38.11\00:55:40.51
About the fact that it
was nailed to the cross,
00:55:40.54\00:55:41.91
or it's legalism, or it was
changed at the resurrection,
00:55:41.94\00:55:43.81
or it's the Lord's day,
it doesn't really matter.
00:55:43.84\00:55:45.96
These are vitally
important salvation issues.
00:55:45.99\00:55:48.76
Now you mentioned something.
00:55:48.79\00:55:50.39
You said while
you-- John and John.
00:55:50.42\00:55:53.18
Making such a big deal.
Making such a big deal. Okay.
00:55:53.21\00:55:55.90
Let me ask-- let
me answer it this way.
00:55:55.93\00:55:58.73
Why would Satan make
such a big deal about going
00:55:58.76\00:56:03.38
after this
commandment over the others?
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Uh, that's a very good point.
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I'm gonna change
the question here.
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The question is why are we
making a big deal out of it?
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Why does Satan
consider it such a big deal
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as to change the
day? That's right.
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He is the one
that's making the deal.
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He brought the fight to God.
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That's very good point.
All right, so this isn't us.
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We're not making
a big deal about it.
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We're defending what
is clearly in scripture,
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what Satan is doing here
by attacking the Sabbath?
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He is attacking the creator.
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He's attacking the
Lordship of Christ.
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The salvation,
the Savior of Christ.
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He's attacking
everything that gives Christ
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that gives God authority
in this earth. That's right.
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And it's clearly laid
out by observing his Sabbath
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or the one that is
set up to counterfeit it
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on the first day of the week.
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That's very good point.
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So the fight was brought to God,
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not God making a
big deal out of it.
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Satan's making the
big deal out of it.
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And if you want to get
completely as far as you can
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from what satan
is doing to attack,
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then move toward where God says,
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"Keep my commandments
in honor of my Holy day."
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And it comes to
down into this text
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which we'll
reiterate in another program.
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He simply says to the Christian,
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"If you love me,
keep my commandments.
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If you love me, keep my
commandments." John 14:15.
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We're gonna cover more
of this in the next program.
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But as you know one day
God's gonna make a house call.
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We pray that you'll
love Him and you'll be ready
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when He comes. God bless you.
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