Hello friends, grab
your Bible and a friend,
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and sit back as
we explore God's word
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together on this December 13,
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2004 edition of House Calls.
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Well, good morning
friends, and welcome to
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another program of
House Calls here in
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nice, cool Southern
Illinois, Thompsonville,
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where it's in the 20s
and 30s and it's good to
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have you here John.
It's good to be here,
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but I'm freezing like you are.
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I tell you. We're trying to keep
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our hands warm here as
we start off the program.
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That's right.
But you know what the
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Holy Spirit will warm us up.
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That's right, and
it's so good that you
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chosen to tune in
this morning with us and
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join us as we
continue our subject on the law
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of God, and then the Sabbath.
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And as you've
known we have advertised
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about the Sabbath
being our topic and we're
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gonna get into that today.
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But the law of God,
the subject is so vitally
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important that many
of you have responded
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wonderfully, and we
would like to encourage
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you continue to send
your questions if you
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do, send them to
housecalls@3abn.org
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or you can.
That's the email and you
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can call them if you
are in the United States
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1-800-7523-226,
and outside of the
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United States 618-627-4651.
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I think I'm
correct on that. Yes.
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If I am
incorrect we will correct
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that little later
on. But we have some
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questions John that we
want to jump right into
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because we want
to get to our topic,
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you know we are
in December already.
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December 2004
and I will go ahead,
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let you begin
with reading our first
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question and responding
to our viewers and listeners.
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Yeah, John, we got
a question from Steve,
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and he is writing
from Pennsylvania.
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And he has got a
question about faith.
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Oh, here is his
question, he says my question is
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in regard to the
references of the
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Bible about having
a child like faith,
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just as having the
faith of a mustard seed.
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Is having these faiths
enough to get into heaven?
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Please elaborate on
this a little, thank you.
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You know it's a
very good question,
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because we often as
you try to follow Christ
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and do the best you
can. You know we have
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failures John, we all fail
a little bit, that's right.
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And so we tend
to wonder, are those
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failures keeping
us out of heaven.
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And I think one thing
we fail to realize is that
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it's what our, it's
what keeps us in heaven that
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we need focus on.
We shouldn't focus
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on our failures, but
we should focus on our
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faith in the one we believe in,
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which is Jesus Christ.
And so I want to turn to
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a verse in the
Bible, Matthew 17:20.
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Okay, Matthew 17:20.
Matthew 17:20 and this
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talks a little bit about faith.
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And will help us with
answering this question,
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Matthew 17 verse 20. It
says, Jesus said to them,
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because of your
unbelief, for surely
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I say to you, if you
have faith as a mustard seed,
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you will say to
this mountain, move from
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here to there and it will move;
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and nothing will
be impossible for you.
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Now, the mustard
seed John, is a very,
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very small seed. That's right.
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And so what it's
saying that even with a little
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faith that a mountain can move,
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if you command a
mountain to move.
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Well, what was
the application here?
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You know, one
thing we need to remember
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I think is that faith
links us to divine power.
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That's right. We
have no power within
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ourselves to do
anything. That's right.
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But you know
God's power it surpasse
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anything we can
possibly imagine.
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So, having just a
little faith links us with
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divinity with God's, excuse me,
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God's divine
power. That's right.
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And that he
provides the salvation.
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He provides the
strength. He provides everything
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that we need. In this
case, the question is,
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are we saved, everything
that we need to be saved.
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So, even just a little
faith, exercise puts us
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on the platform of
salvation, and from that
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point on we
have something called
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sanctification, John,
that's right, which is a
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day-by-day walk with
him. At any point of the day
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in our faith relationship
with God and in Christ
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Jesus we are perfect
in him, not because we are
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perfect, but perfect
in Christ and that little
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faith puts us on that
level of perfection in Christ.
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So therefore he
gives us salvation,
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but then we have our failures.
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We have the things
that we go through,
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we have
troubles, we have trials.
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It's just the
growth of the Christian,
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and we grows as a Christian.
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So, let's not
equate our little fears,
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our growth as
Christians equate with
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losing our
salvation, because they are two
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separate things;
saving faith and living faith.
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That's right. As a
matter fact, Hebrews 11:6,
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a verse that comes to my mind.
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It says, but without
faith it is impossible
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to please God, for
He who comes to God
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must first believe
that He is, and that He is a
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rewarder of those
who diligently seek Him.
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Romans 10:17
another one; faith cometh by
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hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
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That's right.
Ephesians 2 verse 8;
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For by grace are
you saved through faith;
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and so as Pastor
Stanton just made a comment a
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moment ago, we are
saved by grace through
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faith, not in ourselves
or in what we do but in...
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In what he does, and
what he has done for us.
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You know, one of the
little thing I would like
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to do is, John, the
closer we get to Christ.
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That's right. The
closer that we observe
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him in the way, he is
like, and we try to be like him.
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Do you think that we
are feeling any cleaner?
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What do you think maybe
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we even feel a
little more inadequate?
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Well, the closer
we get to the mirror,
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I don't know how many
of you have that mirror.
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My wife has
this, my wife has this
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magnification mirror
that really when you get
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real close to it, you
can see every imperfection,
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every flaw from the
distance, I look not bad.
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When I get a
close I see oh, my...
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Well, the closer we get
to the Lord Jesus Christ
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the clearer we
see our imperfections,
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and the more we
see our need of Christ,
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and so that's what
faith does. That's right.
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It allows us to come
to him but when we see
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ourselves, we
can know that we need
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him more and more everyday.
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Absolutely, so
it's actually the growth
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process, it might
causes to wonder, boy,
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are we adequate, are we worth,
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but we know that we see Jesus.
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That's right. And
he is our adequacy.
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And so let's keep
our faith in Him because
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even the littlest
faith in Him is enough.
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By grace through
faith, we are saved.
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And His grace friends
and His faith, our faith
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in Him is grace
is sufficient for us.
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We have question
from someone I don't know
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if it's a man or
woman, but I would assume that
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the person knows who they are.
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The name is simply
Manny, and I like the question.
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He says, thank you for
your marvelous program.
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God's Immutable
Law correct, yes.
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I can't think of a
time that God would allow
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for infidelity in a
marriage, yet Abraham
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and others had several wives.
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Was this at a time
consented by God or
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were they breaking God's law.
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Well, friends God
never consented to more than
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one wife, and this was a
practice that was started
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by a man by the
name of Lamech, LAMECH.
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If you go with me
to Genesis chapter 4
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you will read in verse 19,
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Genesis chapter 4 verse 19,
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before we read
that think of this.
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When God created Adam and Eve;
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there was Adam, there was Eve.
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There was not
Adam, and Eve, and Mary,
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and Martha.
There was not a whole
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group of women that
God married Adam to.
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One man, one
woman and the command is
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that the two became one flesh.
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Ephesians 5 and verse
31. The two became one flesh,
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not the three became
or the one became but
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Lamech was one of the
first to introduce the
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evil practice of
polygamy, which took off and was
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practiced by many in scripture.
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Now because it's
recorded in the Bible,
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doesn't mean
that God ordained it.
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You have many things
recorded in scripture as
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historical practices as
elements of practices in
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the life of those
that God chose and led them
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to a stronger
relationship with Him.
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But nonetheless it was a
practice, not supporting,
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not supported by the
law of God, and not by
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any means moving the
law of God out of the way.
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Genesis 4:19 the
Bible says, then Lamech took
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for himself two
wives. The name of one was
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Adah and the name of
the second was Zillah.
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And if you look at
their names, their very
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names, the meaning of
their names meant they
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were seductive and beautiful.
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And so he was
attracted to them and he decided
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to go ahead and
add more than one,
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which was what
God's law and God's word
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always prescribes.
As a matter of fact
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that's God's
command; one man, one woman.
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And you know what
amazed me John is.
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I don't know how
these guys could have done
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that because I've been
married going on 22 years.
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Now my wife always
say it's 21 going on 22.
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But it takes all of
our energy just to keep
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one wife happy. That's right.
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You know, and what
if we have to devote our
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attention and
divide it up between many
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wives, you could see
the strife and contention
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which Abraham...
Oh, Abraham experienced
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in his relationship
with the women in his life
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so, that's right, you
know that's one of the
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reasons why we are
in this mess in the
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Middle East. You
know and so really
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God's prescription
is always the best one,
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and that is for one
wife, a helpmate for the man.
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That's right, not a helpmates.
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Not helpmates, exactly.
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Okay, what do we have John?
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We have a question from Carlton.
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He says it's in regard
to the offering of Cain and
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what he gave to the
Lord. He says, from what I've
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heard all my life is
that Cain was a farmer,
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and he brought some
of his crops to the Lord
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as an offering,
right. As the Lord was not
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happy about it,
my question is why?
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From what I've learned
there is no set offering
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that was
required. When did the Lord
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require a blood
sacrifice? This has bothered me
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for years. Okay. Well, you know,
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God does have a requirement,
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as we have been
talking about the ten
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requirements or
commandments of God,
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and from the
beginning God has had a
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prescription for the
salvation of mankind.
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And that
salvation is the Lamb of God
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who taketh away
what? The sin of the world,
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and so the altars that
were built from the very
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beginning, there was a
prescribe sacrifice to go
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on that altar. That's right.
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And these altars
were always to point to,
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point the person who
is erecting that to the
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person in whom they
put their faith and trust,
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and that was into God
himself, and Jesus who
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would come, the Messiah.
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And so as a foreshadowing
of Messiah who would
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come they were to
offer a lamb without blemish
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as you see the story
of Abraham and Isaac.
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So when Abel brought
an offering to the Lord,
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he brought the
right offering, the lamb.
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But Cain brought, Cain
brought the food of his
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own labors, the
things that he brought to the
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table, which is a
representation of what
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the wicked would bring
to the table at the end
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of time with the judgment.
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They are judged
by their own works.
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And Cain's works
were the fruit of his own
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labor, what he toiled for,
what he strived to achieve.
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And so this was a
picture from the very
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outset in the Bible
of the two ways in which
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man would be called to
stand at the end of time
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in judgment. One
with his own works,
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the other one covered
by the blood of Christ,
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and so Cain did
not have the acceptable
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sacrifice, John but Abel did.
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And you know why
friends, that sacrifice
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was a
representation, one of the first
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evidences that one
day the Messiah would
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come and shed his
blood where there is no
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shedding of blood,
there is no remission of sin.
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The wages of sin is
dead, Romans 6 verse
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23, and Hebrews 9
verse 22 says it this way.
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According to the law
almost all things were
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purged with blood,
and without shedding of
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blood there is no remission.
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In other words, remission mean
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removing, turning
back. That's right.
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And so a fruit,
when you cut a fruit
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what does it shed?
Juice, fruit juice.
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That's right. Well,
Jesus I want to be very
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respectful on this
point, but Jesus was not the
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foreshadowing. The foreshadowing
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of the coming of Jesus
was not through a fruit,
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but through the
life that would be taken.
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See the fruit
continue reproducing itself,
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when the lamb died
it could not reproduce
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anything more. That's right.
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It brought our sin,
he brought our sin to the
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cross and die for
that. So that's exactly what
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the Lord required,
the burnt offering,
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the sin offerings to
prefigure Him coming.
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Exactly, and you
know, Hebrews 11:4 speaks
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about Abel. Okay.
And it says, by faith
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and it says notice
that, by faith, that's right,
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Abel offered to God
more excellent sacrifice
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than Cain though which
he obtained witness that
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he was righteous.
So, it was by faith
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that Abel offered a sacrifice.
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But Cain did not offer
his sacrifice by faith.
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He offered his
sacrifice by a trusting
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in his own work. That's right.
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In his own fruit
of his own labor,
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and so we see that
Abel was offering out of a
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faith relationship with
God where as Cain was not.
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Out of the works.
That's right, faith and works,
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that is the only two options.
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We have a question
from a lady name Liz,
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and I like this
question, matter of fact,
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I like almost all the questions.
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Sometimes you send us
books but that's okay,
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we have to take
our time and respond to
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those on email.
We couldn't respond
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to the books on the
air. But the question is how
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much damage Satan
is allowed to cause?
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To our friends, if you
would take time and sit
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down and look through
just the history books
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that we have record of,
you will see that there is
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quite a bit of
damage, and the word damage,
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the word damage
is an understatement.
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It can't even emphasize
all the evil that Satan
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has caused,
damage. You know, I damaged
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my bicycle, well,
Satan has caused damage this
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isn't even matched.
Yeah, and you heard the
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term damage control
that can belittles the
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word damage,
but... I tell you, yeah.
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Now it continues to go
on. Does it depend in part
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in what we do or
don't do, sometimes always,
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can witchcraft
steal the peace of mind.
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I've heard of people
that suffer from depression
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as a consequence of
something having done,
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sometimes having done
witchcraft against them,
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or someone having
done witchcraft against
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him, is this
possible? Well, first of all,
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the question I had
earlier, in response to
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that earlier
part how much damage
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is Satan allowed to cause?
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There was also an
additional question to
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that is, can I pray
for Satan to receive all of
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the results of
what he has done wrong.
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Well, friends, let
me share this text,
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Hebrews chapter 2
in verse 14, Hebrews
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chapter 2 and verse
14. And the Bible says,
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in as much then as
the children have partaken
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of flesh and blood
that is the sinful nature,
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the nature that Satan
has caused to come into
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the world through
Adam chosen to sin.
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He himself, that is
Christ likewise shared
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in the same, that
through death He might
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destroy him,
who had the power of
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death that is the
devil. So all that Satan has
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caused he is going to
be repaid for one day.
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Amen, John. That's right, amen.
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So the day is coming
Malachi 4:1 says that
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burns as an oven,
and all the proud and the
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wicked will be
stubble. They will like be ashes
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under the souls of our feet.
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And so Satan will also
be destroyed in the lake
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of fire for all
that he has caused.
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But the answer is
yes, there are those who
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suffer from what many
diagnose as depression,
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but also can be a person being
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possessed by an evil spirit.
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Sometimes people
say well someone has
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multiple personalities.
Well, the Bible would
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say there were
possessed of seven demons.
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And so, it's hard to
tell where the clinical
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aspect ends, and the
spiritual aspect begins,
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but I tend to think
that when a person's mind is
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not balanced, the mind of the
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Christ really
can't be in control.
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You know, and I
think that's a key point to
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make here is that a
person cannot just place
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a spell on a Christian.
Right, you just can't do.
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And that
Christian become possessed.
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When you trust and you
put your faith in Christ,
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He is stronger than
the devil is by far.
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That's right.
There is no context here,
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but the issue is, can
that Christian all of a
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sudden become possessed?
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Well, no, is the
answer. But the reason is that
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we should be careful
as Christians as not to
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open up the door.
You should not open
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up the door to allow
Satan to come into our
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life somehow
because although someone can
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put a spell or
maybe even wish for harm
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against a Christian.
Unless that Christian,
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lets go of his
faith against with God and
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opens the door for
Satan to get in, there is
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no, there is no way
that Satan can break
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through that
barrier. That's right.
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And so that's why
when I pray, I pray Lord
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please put a
hedge around my family.
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That's right. Please put a hedge
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around me, so
that Satan cannot get
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through and gain
access, and continue to
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keep that hedge and that
wall between me and Satan.
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So it's very
important not to open that door.
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We can do that through movies,
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through entertainment,
through things that
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we shouldn't be
doing as Christians.
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That's right. And we
just need to be careful.
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That's right, very good point,
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I think he said it very well.
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Don't let the devil
come in, if he knocks on your
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door, send Jesus to answer it.
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Now, one of the
question you had was,
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is it okay to pray
that the devil gets what's
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coming to him? Yeah.
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You know, it's okay
to pray it, but you know
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it's kind of in vain
because his judgment is fixed.
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That's right.
Satan already knows
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what's coming to
him even himself,
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He knows what's happening,
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what's going to come?
Matter of fact the Bible
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says he knows, he knows
that he has a short time.
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He knows it that
he has a short time.
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That's right.
So there is nothing
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you can do to
accelerate that or to even,
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you know, wish more harm than
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he is already going to get.
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It's already fixed,
his judgment is secure.
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You know I think it's
time for us maybe to go
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to our questions, I
mean our topic today because
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we have really been
enjoying answering that
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law of God
questions. We have been
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comparing each
week the Law of Moses.
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John has been sharing
with you and the law of
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God that I have
been sharing with you.
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And so John and John
have been sharing about
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the law of Moses and law of God.
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And we're gonna
wind up on that today and
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segue over into the
one of the laws of God that
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is so vitally important,
and that is the topic of
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the Sabbath. And we encourage
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you once again if
you would like to send
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questions and
comments, send them to
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housecalls@3abn.org,
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and that's accessible
from anywhere in the world.
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If you have a
computer you can send your
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questions and we
do appreciate them
00:18:39.13\00:18:40.69
continuing to be
sent to us, and we enjoy
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sharing the Bible with you.
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Now John, take us in.
Yeah, one of the things
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that the Law of
Moses John as we're
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contrasting, we're
comparing contrast in
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these two
things. One of the things
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the Law of Moses
could not do was make
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anything perfect. That's right.
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In fact, it clearly
reveals that the Law of Moses
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revealed the
imperfect. It was something that
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showed how sinful we
were and the need for
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us as a Savior, to
point is to Christ.
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But if you look at
Hebrews 7:19 it says
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that the law
made nothing perfect,
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on the other hand
there is the bringing of it a
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better hope through
which we draw near to God.
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So the law was not,
the Law of Moses didn't
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show any perfection.
There was no perfection
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there, but it pointed us
to the need for a Savior,
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the one who was
perfect, who would
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come and deliver us.
That's right, so the law,
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one of the reasons
why the Law of Moses that
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is the ceremonial
aspects of it were
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discontinued after the
cross because it pointed
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to the perfect
sacrifice, Jesus Christ.
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If the law was perfect
or if the law could make
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anyone perfect that
participated in it then it
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would need to be
removed out of the way,
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but when that which
was in part was done
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away with, that
which is perfect came,
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Paul the Apostle
said. That's right.
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Now what does the Bible
say about the Law of God?
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Notice the
difference friends the Law of
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Moses or the Law of God.
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The Psalms chapter 19 verse 7,
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Psalms chapter 19
verse 7. Now the reason why
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this text is so
vitally important is because if
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something is
perfect. Now there are those,
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I kind of have this
aspect where I like to,
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if something is
crooked I straighten it out,
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if something is out
of whack, I try to find a
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way to make it
look more perfect,
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that's just my
nature, my character.
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And but when
something is perfect
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you don't want to do
anything to it because it
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does not need any
altering, any fixing,
00:20:39.43\00:20:42.81
any modification
and the Law of the Lord
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according to David
in the Psalms, David,
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Psalms chapter 19 in
verse 7, listen to what
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he says, and I'm
gonna read also verse,
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it was verse 7
actually and verse 8.
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The law of the Lord is
perfect, is what friends?
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Perfect, Psalms 19
verse 7 write that down.
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The testimony of
the Lord is sure,
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making wise the simple.
Verse 8, the statutes of
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the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart:
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the commandment
of the LORD is pure,
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enlightening the
eye. So when you look
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at the law of God
that's perfect what it says to
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us is if the law is perfect
then I must be imperfect.
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So when we look at the law,
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we see our need of Christ.
It drives us to Christ so
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that in Him we find
by grace through faith in
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his righteousness, we
can live a perfect life
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everyday in his righteousness.
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That's right, in
fact, the four points that
00:21:47.56\00:21:49.64
we made was the Law
of the Lord is perfect,
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sure, right and
pure. That's right.
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And what it does to us
is it converts the soul,
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it makes us wise, it
makes our heart rejoice,
00:22:00.29\00:22:03.60
and it opens our
eyes. Isn't that wonderful?
00:22:04.17\00:22:06.18
Just the comparison
of what the Law of Moses
00:22:06.19\00:22:08.74
was intended to do and
what the Law of God here,
00:22:08.75\00:22:10.98
that's right, says it will do
00:22:10.99\00:22:12.30
is drastically
different. And so that's why
00:22:12.56\00:22:15.07
the Law of God
stands forever friends,
00:22:15.08\00:22:17.13
that it's part of
our conversion process.
00:22:17.64\00:22:19.61
It's part of our
eye opening process,
00:22:19.62\00:22:21.45
it's part of our getting wise.
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We should look to the Law of God
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and heed what it
says. In fact, doesn't David
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say that, he says I rejoice
00:22:28.95\00:22:30.61
in the Law of God.
According to the yeah.
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According to the yeah so.
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Well, David does
rejoice but I was
00:22:34.91\00:22:36.61
thinking of Paul the Apostle
00:22:36.62\00:22:37.59
when he says I
delight. Delight in the law yes.
00:22:37.60\00:22:39.62
And Law of God got
acquainted with man.
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He just enjoyed it. He says but
00:22:41.21\00:22:43.00
man on the
outside. I am having these
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difficulties in many
of you who are watching
00:22:44.35\00:22:46.62
this program may say, hey I have
00:22:46.63\00:22:48.32
no problems with the Law of God.
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The problem I have is with me.
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And that's why we
need the strength of God
00:22:52.21\00:22:54.15
everyday and the faith,
that word faith is going
00:22:54.16\00:22:55.82
to be a part of our
whole program today think.
00:22:55.83\00:22:57.50
Amen, amen. By
grace through faith
00:22:57.51\00:22:59.25
we are saved. Now John, what
00:22:59.26\00:23:01.48
are the aspects
of the Law of Moses?
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The Law of Moses
is something that,
00:23:05.07\00:23:06.76
is something that
we don't see keeping.
00:23:07.51\00:23:09.20
In fact, one person
asked the interesting
00:23:09.44\00:23:10.77
question the other
day. He said, why is it in
00:23:10.78\00:23:13.05
Israel there is no
sacrifices in the temples
00:23:13.06\00:23:15.66
as an operation and
the ceremonies aren't
00:23:15.67\00:23:17.81
continuing now, and so
if that's a requirement,
00:23:17.82\00:23:21.58
why is it still going
on? Well, the Bible says,
00:23:22.26\00:23:24.90
it doesn't need to
continue because Jesus
00:23:24.91\00:23:27.44
himself came and
replaced those things.
00:23:27.45\00:23:29.41
He took the
place of those things.
00:23:29.62\00:23:30.94
Turn to Acts 15 verse 24.
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In Acts 15:24 says
this; since we have heard,
00:23:35.78\00:23:38.48
that some who went
out from us have troubled
00:23:38.49\00:23:40.58
you with words,
unsettling your souls,
00:23:40.59\00:23:43.03
saying you must be
circumcised, and keep
00:23:43.04\00:23:44.94
the law: to whom we
gave no such commandment.
00:23:44.95\00:23:48.29
It seemed good to
us, being assembled with
00:23:49.67\00:23:51.24
one accord, to send
chosen men to you with
00:23:51.25\00:23:53.34
your beloved Barnabas and Paul.
00:23:53.35\00:23:54.88
Anyway he is saying
that we need to correct
00:23:55.71\00:23:57.56
this issue of having
to be circumcised because
00:23:57.57\00:24:00.99
that is of the Law
of Moses. That's right.
00:24:01.00\00:24:03.61
And Paul says in other
places in his letters that
00:24:04.17\00:24:09.70
circumcision or an
uncircumcision avails
00:24:10.95\00:24:13.56
nothing anymore.
Matter of fact, we're
00:24:13.57\00:24:14.80
gonna get to
that in just a minute.
00:24:14.81\00:24:15.87
Okay, we will, alright, so
I won't jump too far ahead.
00:24:15.88\00:24:18.01
That's right. But
this here it says,
00:24:18.02\00:24:19.77
the people were
making an issue out of
00:24:19.78\00:24:21.81
circumcision found
in the Law of Moses,
00:24:21.82\00:24:24.12
and they were
putting emphasis on the
00:24:24.13\00:24:25.36
Law of Moses.
When Jesus had already
00:24:25.37\00:24:27.34
come and replace
that law that Moses had
00:24:27.35\00:24:30.51
originally
given to point to him.
00:24:30.52\00:24:32.41
That's right.
And so that's the one
00:24:32.76\00:24:34.48
aspect of the
Law of Moses that is
00:24:34.49\00:24:36.61
contrasting to the Law
of God, it stands forever.
00:24:36.62\00:24:39.10
And just to build on
that, the law that Moses
00:24:39.48\00:24:42.34
wrote down in the book I
want it to be very clear.
00:24:42.35\00:24:44.71
God dictated those
laws to him and Moses wrote
00:24:45.14\00:24:48.72
them down, but they had
a timeframe added to them.
00:24:48.73\00:24:51.56
I think it was
Galatians 3:19; they were added
00:24:51.57\00:24:53.70
because of sin,
till the seed should come
00:24:53.71\00:24:56.25
which is Christ. But when Jesus
00:24:56.26\00:24:58.42
came there was those
who were not accepting
00:24:58.43\00:25:00.55
Jesus Christ continued
in these laws and try to
00:25:00.56\00:25:03.25
enforce them on
the New Testament
00:25:03.26\00:25:04.68
believers and that's
what Dr. Luke was just
00:25:04.69\00:25:06.80
addressing here in
Acts 15 verse 24 he says,
00:25:06.81\00:25:09.62
you've heard that
you had to be circumcised
00:25:09.95\00:25:11.82
to keep the law, and
then he says, we gave
00:25:11.83\00:25:14.08
no such command.
So, today you know as
00:25:14.09\00:25:17.78
a Christian, you're
not being circumcised to
00:25:17.79\00:25:21.44
keep the
commandments of God because you
00:25:21.45\00:25:23.80
will discover in just
a moment here that the
00:25:23.81\00:25:25.53
commandments of God
gave no such command.
00:25:25.54\00:25:27.78
In fact, that verse
24 says, you must be
00:25:28.25\00:25:31.15
circumcised to keep the law.
00:25:31.16\00:25:32.29
Right. So that would
00:25:32.30\00:25:33.50
exclude people, wouldn't it?
00:25:33.51\00:25:34.48
That would
exclude a lot of people.
00:25:34.65\00:25:35.71
And we know that the
gospel excludes no one.
00:25:35.72\00:25:37.91
That's right.
And so the Law of God
00:25:38.16\00:25:39.70
and the Law of Moses
is something that is not
00:25:40.21\00:25:42.73
binding right now on Christians.
00:25:42.96\00:25:45.14
That's right,
that ceremonial law,
00:25:45.15\00:25:46.70
but now what
about the Law of God,
00:25:47.14\00:25:48.39
the commandments of
God. Matthew 5 and verse 19,
00:25:48.40\00:25:52.76
Matthew 5 and verse
19, we read verse 17
00:25:53.29\00:25:55.79
and 18 on previous
programs but verse 19
00:25:55.80\00:25:58.87
says, the Law of
God must be kept.
00:25:58.88\00:26:00.73
Law of Moses not kept,
Law of God must be kept.
00:26:01.22\00:26:04.93
Whoever therefore,
verse 19 breaks one of
00:26:05.66\00:26:09.10
the least of these commandments,
00:26:09.11\00:26:10.29
and teaches men so,
shall be called least in
00:26:10.30\00:26:13.30
the kingdom of
heaven: but whoever teaches
00:26:13.31\00:26:15.53
and does them,
he shall be called
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.67
great in the kingdom of heaven.
00:26:17.68\00:26:20.13
What do you want
to be least or great?
00:26:20.14\00:26:21.52
I like to be
great. And you know what
00:26:21.91\00:26:23.50
it means by being called least?
00:26:23.51\00:26:24.92
Friends what it means
is the Bible says if we
00:26:25.48\00:26:28.37
confess Jesus before
men, He will confess us
00:26:28.38\00:26:31.99
before His Heavenly Father.
00:26:32.00\00:26:33.32
That's how we
come before the Father.
00:26:33.75\00:26:35.49
No man comes to the
Father except through
00:26:35.89\00:26:37.57
Jesus Christ.
But now just imagine,
00:26:37.58\00:26:39.28
you says Lord I want
you to confess my sin
00:26:39.65\00:26:41.73
before the Father,
but I am not going to do
00:26:41.74\00:26:43.41
what you want us. I
am not going to follow
00:26:43.42\00:26:45.27
your commands. I
am not going to do
00:26:45.28\00:26:47.07
what you want me
to do, and Jesus says
00:26:47.08\00:26:49.21
and I am saying
this in a human way.
00:26:49.89\00:26:51.14
You see if I
mention your name to the
00:26:51.15\00:26:52.60
Father, that's kind of
the context here, you will
00:26:52.61\00:26:55.13
be called least.
And these are the
00:26:55.14\00:26:56.63
accolades from
heaven. These aren't self
00:26:56.64\00:26:58.24
proclaimed, so we can
say I would like to be
00:26:58.25\00:26:59.99
great, but we are not saying
00:27:00.00\00:27:00.97
I want to be great,
right. This scripture says,
00:27:00.98\00:27:03.16
we will be called
great. That's right.
00:27:03.17\00:27:04.76
So, it's God who
is calling them great
00:27:04.77\00:27:06.58
because they
keep His commandments
00:27:06.59\00:27:08.30
and they love Him. That's right.
00:27:08.31\00:27:09.62
And the greatness
is because we love the
00:27:10.24\00:27:11.65
Lord, not because
we've done something that
00:27:11.66\00:27:13.44
needs to be commendable,
00:27:13.45\00:27:15.40
or that is commendable,
or needs to be recognized.
00:27:16.12\00:27:18.23
And I would bring one
other issue up in that
00:27:18.44\00:27:20.11
verse because we're
gonna talk about the
00:27:20.12\00:27:21.43
Sabbath today.
It says here whoever
00:27:21.44\00:27:23.45
breaks therefore one
of these commandments,
00:27:23.46\00:27:27.14
so how many does it take John?
00:27:27.53\00:27:28.66
It just takes one to break.
00:27:29.62\00:27:30.59
It just takes one
to break and James says
00:27:30.60\00:27:32.83
you have broken
them all. Be careful.
00:27:32.84\00:27:34.23
So, that's why I
wanted to bring that out
00:27:34.24\00:27:36.68
because we're gonna
go to one that is in.
00:27:36.69\00:27:38.79
It's probably the
only commandment that is in
00:27:39.33\00:27:41.37
contention here
at this day and age.
00:27:41.74\00:27:43.88
And it only takes one,
at least that's what the
00:27:44.65\00:27:47.07
scripture says, so
we're gonna get into that a
00:27:47.08\00:27:48.72
little bit here but we go ahead
00:27:48.73\00:27:49.89
and finish this up for now.
00:27:49.90\00:27:51.69
John I mentioned
that the Law of Moses were
00:27:52.41\00:27:54.18
just for the circumcised.
And we just read that text.
00:27:54.19\00:27:56.31
And we were read that text,
00:27:56.32\00:27:57.29
but what about the Law of God?
00:27:57.30\00:27:58.36
That's right.
Matter of fact friends,
00:27:58.46\00:28:00.20
First Corinthians
7:19. This is a powerful
00:28:00.21\00:28:04.83
scripture and I
want to point out it's in
00:28:04.84\00:28:07.40
New Testament,
it's post crucifixion,
00:28:07.41\00:28:10.84
post resurrection,
post ascension, meaning
00:28:11.02\00:28:13.86
it's after the crucifixion,
after the resurrection,
00:28:13.87\00:28:16.40
after the
ascension of Jesus Christ.
00:28:16.72\00:28:18.38
Notice what Paul
the Apostle writes
00:28:18.71\00:28:20.22
concerning the Law of
God, the commandments of God.
00:28:20.23\00:28:23.04
First Corinthians
7 verse 19, he says,
00:28:24.32\00:28:28.33
circumcision is
nothing, is what?
00:28:28.64\00:28:31.47
Nothing, and uncircumcision is
00:28:31.85\00:28:34.16
nothing, but the
keeping of the commandments
00:28:34.17\00:28:38.46
of God is what
matters, is that amazing or not?
00:28:38.47\00:28:42.50
The keeping of the
commandments of God
00:28:43.38\00:28:47.08
is what matters? Somebody maybe
00:28:47.09\00:28:49.36
saying if you're
watching for the first
00:28:49.37\00:28:50.53
time we're not
saved by keeping the
00:28:50.54\00:28:52.33
commandments of
God. You are absolutely
00:28:52.34\00:28:54.68
correct, but we will not
be saved by violating them.
00:28:54.69\00:28:58.45
So why keep them.
Jesus said, if you love
00:28:58.82\00:29:01.67
me finish with me
John. Keep my commandments.
00:29:01.68\00:29:04.47
Keep my
commandments, John 14 verse 15,
00:29:04.48\00:29:08.07
so we keep them
because we love the
00:29:08.08\00:29:09.99
Lord, He did for us.
He gave His life because
00:29:10.00\00:29:13.01
He loved us. Now
He asks us by faith
00:29:13.02\00:29:15.70
to be law abiding Christians.
00:29:16.08\00:29:18.61
Now somebody may
say law and faith really
00:29:19.23\00:29:22.68
doesn't mix a whole up.
But you will discover in
00:29:22.69\00:29:24.40
just a moment that
you cannot be a person of
00:29:24.41\00:29:26.14
faith, if you are a
violator of the very law
00:29:26.15\00:29:29.51
of the one that
you said you love.
00:29:29.52\00:29:31.21
You know John and
I feel impressed to
00:29:31.62\00:29:33.37
mention something
here because, sure,
00:29:33.38\00:29:34.44
I heard this
come up several times
00:29:34.45\00:29:36.23
from Christians, where
we had this discussion with.
00:29:37.25\00:29:40.23
And they said,
well you know what?
00:29:40.57\00:29:42.00
The commandments of
God, the Law of God in
00:29:42.46\00:29:44.77
the Old Testament is
not the same as Jesus'
00:29:44.78\00:29:47.18
commandments. You know the Jesus
00:29:47.19\00:29:50.29
repeated eight or so
of those commandments
00:29:50.30\00:29:54.05
verbatim and so he establish His
00:29:54.06\00:29:56.48
commandments, in
fact His commandments
00:29:56.49\00:29:57.71
are love for God, love for man.
00:29:57.72\00:29:59.62
That's right.
But He is not really
00:29:59.63\00:30:00.94
referring to the
Ten Commandments.
00:30:00.95\00:30:03.31
Well, friends, over
and over again as Jesus
00:30:04.48\00:30:06.85
spoke about the commandments,
00:30:06.86\00:30:08.62
and when He gave a
command he referred to
00:30:08.63\00:30:11.59
the Ten
Commandments. That's right.
00:30:11.60\00:30:13.35
In context you
cannot separate the
00:30:13.36\00:30:15.27
Ten Commandments
from the commands that
00:30:15.28\00:30:17.78
Jesus gave while
He was on this earth
00:30:17.79\00:30:20.35
recorded in the New Testament.
00:30:20.36\00:30:22.05
In context that a
very good point, John,
00:30:23.08\00:30:24.80
lot of people say
well, why don't we just
00:30:24.81\00:30:27.02
summarize them as Jesus did;
00:30:27.03\00:30:28.73
love the Lord, your
God with all your heart,
00:30:29.52\00:30:31.17
mind, soul, strength,
love your neighbor as yourself.
00:30:31.18\00:30:33.79
Those are the two
principles on which the
00:30:34.40\00:30:36.97
Ten Commandments
are based, follow this.
00:30:36.98\00:30:39.30
You will also notice
that if you look at the
00:30:39.82\00:30:41.90
cross, we don't do
the sign of the cross,
00:30:41.91\00:30:43.78
but if you look at
the cross as a symbol.
00:30:43.79\00:30:45.42
You will find that the
vertical part of the cross
00:30:46.05\00:30:47.80
is bigger than
the horizontal part
00:30:47.81\00:30:50.30
which means God does
more for us than He is
00:30:50.58\00:30:53.18
asking us to do.
He does much more
00:30:53.19\00:30:55.57
but notice the relationship,
00:30:55.58\00:30:56.78
the vertical part of
the relationship of the
00:30:56.79\00:30:59.14
Ten Commandments
is the first four.
00:30:59.15\00:31:00.47
The first Four
Commandments have to
00:31:00.74\00:31:03.05
do with our love relationship
00:31:03.06\00:31:05.12
between us and
God. So if in fact,
00:31:05.13\00:31:08.52
we love the
Lord, those first Four
00:31:08.53\00:31:11.74
Commandments will
be kept in our lives.
00:31:11.75\00:31:14.60
We will honor Him,
we will not, we will not
00:31:15.03\00:31:17.38
take His name in
vain. We will not worship
00:31:17.39\00:31:19.03
strange images. And
we will keep the Sabbath,
00:31:19.04\00:31:21.79
we will honor the Sabbath.
And the last six will be
00:31:21.80\00:31:25.67
our relationship
to our fellowmen,
00:31:25.68\00:31:27.05
the horizontal relationships
00:31:27.06\00:31:28.43
one to another.
And we know what those
00:31:28.44\00:31:30.91
are in the
scriptures, beginning with the
00:31:30.92\00:31:33.13
wonderful command,
honor your father and
00:31:33.14\00:31:34.54
your mother, and
so we all way down not
00:31:34.55\00:31:36.73
covering, not
stealing, not killing,
00:31:36.74\00:31:38.01
not committing
adultery, not bearing
00:31:38.02\00:31:40.28
false witness. All
those commands are there,
00:31:40.29\00:31:43.35
so that we can
assess our relationship.
00:31:43.36\00:31:46.85
Look at our
relationship and say well,
00:31:46.86\00:31:48.34
where am I faltering
00:31:48.35\00:31:49.54
in my
relationship to my fellowman?
00:31:50.23\00:31:51.85
Where am I faltering
in my relationship to God
00:31:52.35\00:31:54.54
and that's why
the Ten Commandments
00:31:54.70\00:31:55.94
are there to
summarize those two principles;
00:31:55.95\00:31:58.32
loving God with all of
our heart and loving our
00:31:58.33\00:32:00.52
neighbor as
ourselves. That's right.
00:32:00.53\00:32:02.12
Now just two more
points before we segue
00:32:02.13\00:32:03.72
as a matter of
fact one more actually.
00:32:03.73\00:32:05.34
Go right ahead, what
about the Law of Moses now?
00:32:06.27\00:32:08.54
Well, let's look
at it the reference
00:32:09.22\00:32:11.03
to the Law of
Moses. Let's go back to
00:32:11.04\00:32:12.60
Acts chapter 15,
starting in verse 10.
00:32:12.61\00:32:15.93
Acts 15 verse 10.
It says now therefore,
00:32:16.45\00:32:20.16
why do you test God
by putting a yoke on the
00:32:20.17\00:32:23.28
neck of the
disciples which neither our
00:32:23.29\00:32:25.61
fathers nor we
were able to bear?
00:32:25.62\00:32:28.39
Now if you look at
verse 5 it will tell you
00:32:28.79\00:32:30.31
what yoke he is talking about.
00:32:30.32\00:32:32.13
It's where you
point. Here's the yoke but
00:32:32.14\00:32:34.50
some of the sector
the Pharisees who believed
00:32:34.51\00:32:37.21
rose up saying it is
necessary to circumcise
00:32:37.22\00:32:40.45
them and to command them
to keep the Law of Moses.
00:32:40.46\00:32:43.06
So here was they
were commanding the people
00:32:43.62\00:32:45.46
to keep the Law of
Moses, and what is it
00:32:45.47\00:32:48.40
referred to in verse
10. It says, it refers to at
00:32:48.41\00:32:52.27
putting the yoke on
the neck of the disciples,
00:32:52.28\00:32:54.81
that's a burden,
John. That's right.
00:32:55.11\00:32:56.34
And so why when
after faith had come,
00:32:56.78\00:32:59.69
Jesus said, come why
would you put a burden,
00:32:59.70\00:33:01.90
a yoke back on
those who were now at
00:33:02.39\00:33:05.59
freedom and liberty
to serve Christ by faith.
00:33:05.60\00:33:08.74
That's right, and
so that's what's he
00:33:08.75\00:33:10.37
referring to, so the
Law of Moses was a Law of
00:33:10.38\00:33:14.16
works continually
doing, continuing to observe
00:33:14.17\00:33:18.72
what would come,
but it says after the
00:33:18.73\00:33:20.42
faith had come no
longer we needed to be
00:33:20.43\00:33:23.66
kept under a school
master or school teacher.
00:33:23.67\00:33:26.13
So In reference to
this, it is a burden.
00:33:26.65\00:33:29.84
The Law of Moses is
burden, but the Law of
00:33:29.85\00:33:31.72
God is far different
as it's spoken off in the
00:33:31.73\00:33:35.13
text that you're
gonna bring up here.
00:33:35.14\00:33:36.33
That's right.
Why go back to that
00:33:36.34\00:33:38.23
which is imperfect,
when the perfect has come.
00:33:38.24\00:33:41.55
Why go back to
trusting a lamb look around for
00:33:41.99\00:33:45.59
a lamb to take his
life when Jesus says,
00:33:45.60\00:33:48.07
"Here I am, I have
already done for you
00:33:48.48\00:33:51.31
what I was showing
you for centuries I would
00:33:51.44\00:33:53.57
do, and I gave
this symbols through the
00:33:53.58\00:33:56.25
ceremonial system of
Law of Moses to let you
00:33:56.26\00:33:58.56
know that I was
coming. I am here now let the
00:33:58.57\00:34:00.73
lamb go and that's
exactly what happened
00:34:00.74\00:34:02.99
on the day that
Jesus was crucified.
00:34:03.00\00:34:04.85
The Lamb of God
Jesus Christ was slain,
00:34:04.86\00:34:07.56
and the lamb in the
temple was let loose.
00:34:08.21\00:34:10.99
Now, look at First
John chapter 3, First John
00:34:11.39\00:34:15.48
chapter 5 my
mistake, 1 John Chapter 5
00:34:15.49\00:34:19.29
and verse 3. Now
just a moment ago John,
00:34:20.22\00:34:23.57
mentioned that
the Law of Moses which
00:34:23.58\00:34:26.40
the Pharisees were
commanding people to ckeep.
00:34:26.41\00:34:28.61
Paul the apostle or
Dr. Luke said this is a
00:34:29.48\00:34:31.85
burden, there is no
such, we are going back
00:34:31.86\00:34:34.34
to that burdensome
system. That's right.
00:34:34.35\00:34:35.76
But what does it say about the
00:34:36.03\00:34:38.08
commandments of God.
Notice the difference
00:34:38.09\00:34:40.25
and friends, there is
no way where you could
00:34:40.26\00:34:41.74
listen to this topic and
say that both are same thing.
00:34:41.75\00:34:43.88
It's not
possible, listen to this one
00:34:43.89\00:34:45.84
powerful text.
First John 5 in verse 3,
00:34:45.85\00:34:49.34
for this is the love
of God that we keep His
00:34:49.81\00:34:54.63
commandments, and
His commandments are
00:34:55.26\00:34:59.21
not burdensome,
isn't that a wonderful?
00:34:59.22\00:35:02.05
They're not burdensome.
They are not a burden.
00:35:02.06\00:35:04.07
The Law of the Lord
is perfect converting the
00:35:04.87\00:35:07.39
soul, opening our
eyes and lighting our eyes,
00:35:07.40\00:35:09.75
giving us reasons to
rejoice as John said a
00:35:09.76\00:35:12.17
moment ago. And now
go with us to Psalms.
00:35:12.18\00:35:15.76
Well, let's not
finish that, one second here.
00:35:15.77\00:35:17.74
Okay, you get inside
it. We talked about faith
00:35:17.75\00:35:20.38
and I want to
mention here some people as
00:35:20.39\00:35:22.24
you are looking at
this program you haven't
00:35:22.25\00:35:24.32
accepted Christ as your Savior.
00:35:24.33\00:35:25.67
You are looking at
this and you are saying boy,
00:35:25.68\00:35:27.96
the Ten Commandments
how can I keep them,
00:35:27.97\00:35:29.35
you know I like
all these other things,
00:35:29.36\00:35:31.31
I like to do this and
that. How can I possibly stop
00:35:31.32\00:35:33.85
those things and come to Christ.
00:35:33.86\00:35:35.40
Friends, you cannot
stop doing bad things
00:35:36.04\00:35:39.42
and come to
Christ because the carnal
00:35:39.43\00:35:42.45
body, your mortal
body cannot keep the
00:35:43.28\00:35:46.07
commandments of
God. That's right.
00:35:46.08\00:35:47.36
It is an issue of
faith. You've got to give your
00:35:47.81\00:35:50.87
heart to the Lord first and
00:35:50.88\00:35:52.65
then your heart will change.
00:35:52.66\00:35:54.69
That's right.
You become converted.
00:35:54.89\00:35:56.23
You will not want
to do those things.
00:35:56.24\00:35:57.98
You desires are gonna
be completely different
00:35:57.99\00:35:59.70
and that's where
we get to verse 4.
00:36:00.35\00:36:02.89
For whoever or
whatever is burn of God
00:36:03.74\00:36:06.02
overcomes the world
and this is the victory
00:36:06.03\00:36:09.22
that overcome the
world even our faith.
00:36:09.23\00:36:13.18
There it is? It's our
faith that overcomes the world.
00:36:13.19\00:36:16.16
Not looking at the
law and saying, okay I got
00:36:16.47\00:36:17.98
to do these
things, and I am okay.
00:36:17.99\00:36:19.26
By faith in Christ,
the law is implanted in our
00:36:19.73\00:36:22.45
minds, that's
right, our desires change,
00:36:22.46\00:36:24.47
we want to keep the
Law of God, and then
00:36:24.48\00:36:26.86
it's not burdensome
for us, because we are in
00:36:26.87\00:36:28.83
complete harmony with His law.
00:36:28.84\00:36:30.93
As a matter of fact,
I want to go and add one
00:36:31.33\00:36:32.88
more verse to that,
verse 2 because I read
00:36:32.89\00:36:35.30
verse 3, John read verse
4. Let's look at verse 2,
00:36:35.31\00:36:38.39
it pulls the
whole picture together.
00:36:38.40\00:36:39.86
By this, notice, the
entrance word, by this,
00:36:40.55\00:36:44.20
next two words we
know, that we do what?
00:36:44.21\00:36:47.42
Love the children of
God. Notice the second
00:36:47.74\00:36:50.73
aspect of the
commandments, when we love God,
00:36:50.74\00:36:53.27
the first aspect now
notice how it ties it all
00:36:53.53\00:36:56.09
together, and
keep his commandments.
00:36:56.10\00:36:59.03
We love the children
of God, and we love God.
00:36:59.48\00:37:01.85
How do we know that?
00:37:02.20\00:37:04.04
When we keep His commandments.
00:37:04.70\00:37:06.60
That's right,
amen. How many times
00:37:06.61\00:37:09.82
have we read that
keep His commandments?
00:37:09.83\00:37:11.43
One, are you gonna let
me preach on the subject.
00:37:11.44\00:37:13.17
It's powerful, it's powerful,
00:37:15.36\00:37:16.41
praise God for
that. Psalm 119 verse 35,
00:37:16.42\00:37:19.21
let's just speed up here, John.
00:37:20.20\00:37:21.49
Psalms 119 verse 35
is the last point we want
00:37:21.99\00:37:25.47
to make about the
Ten Commandments of God.
00:37:25.48\00:37:27.43
And I am on my
way there friends,
00:37:28.31\00:37:29.29
if you can't get
there quicker than I am,
00:37:29.30\00:37:30.91
on my way there
write it down, Psalms 119
00:37:31.64\00:37:34.87
verse 35 and John help me.
00:37:35.59\00:37:36.91
I will go to Psalm.
I'll go ahead and do it.
00:37:36.92\00:37:37.89
This is where I
mention that David delighted.
00:37:38.07\00:37:41.43
Okay, you want to read that.
00:37:41.52\00:37:42.49
This is the verse. Go ahead.
00:37:42.50\00:37:43.54
Make me walk in the path of your
00:37:44.10\00:37:45.63
commandments
for I delight in it.
00:37:45.64\00:37:48.55
David delighted in keeping the
00:37:49.84\00:37:52.26
commandments of God.
It was a delight to him
00:37:52.27\00:37:54.06
and so if it's
burdensome for you
00:37:54.60\00:37:55.99
now, the perspective
on the Ten Commandments,
00:37:56.00\00:37:58.59
it needs to be
altered, it needs to be
00:37:58.60\00:37:59.65
changed a little
bit. Pray about that.
00:37:59.66\00:38:01.29
Ask for a renewed
spirit within your heart
00:38:01.96\00:38:06.78
to keep the Law of God.
00:38:07.05\00:38:08.02
In fact, David asked for that.
00:38:08.03\00:38:09.15
Oh, Lord creates
a clean heart in me.
00:38:09.49\00:38:12.45
Right spirit. And renew a
right spirit within me, so...
00:38:12.63\00:38:15.18
Read verse 47
also, it fits right
00:38:15.82\00:38:17.44
into that might as
well. Okay. Verse 47,
00:38:17.45\00:38:22.48
And I will
delight myself in your
00:38:23.04\00:38:24.41
commandments which I love.
00:38:24.42\00:38:26.60
Isn't that
wonderful? Exactly thing, yeah.
00:38:26.90\00:38:28.37
So friends, we are
simply saying as we
00:38:28.54\00:38:30.20
segue now to the topic of
the Sabbath in particular.
00:38:30.21\00:38:32.75
The Ten Commandments
of God are summed up in
00:38:33.99\00:38:36.19
these wonderful phrase,
in this wonderful phrase
00:38:36.20\00:38:39.05
which is God's, which
is the words of Jesus in
00:38:39.06\00:38:41.46
God's word. John 14 verse 15.
00:38:41.47\00:38:45.12
You may want to say it as
I am rolling it off my lips.
00:38:45.56\00:38:47.70
If you love me Jesus said keep
00:38:47.87\00:38:51.44
My commandments.
So if you say you love
00:38:52.02\00:38:55.42
Him but you say Lord
I love You, but I am not
00:38:55.43\00:38:58.06
keeping your
commandments because
00:38:58.07\00:38:59.40
my pastor said not to,
or my church doesn't teach
00:38:59.41\00:39:02.51
that, or I come
from a different body of
00:39:02.52\00:39:04.66
believers, or you
know, we believe its
00:39:04.67\00:39:06.76
nailed to the cross.
All those beliefs that
00:39:07.20\00:39:08.75
are inhibiting your
praise of Jesus Christ.
00:39:08.76\00:39:11.76
All those things
you have been taught
00:39:12.29\00:39:13.84
to hinder your
undiluted love for Jesus Christ
00:39:14.62\00:39:19.50
throw them out the
window and begin to
00:39:19.91\00:39:21.74
follow what Jesus
says. Can you say, amen
00:39:21.75\00:39:23.91
John, you may nod
it here. Amen, amen and
00:39:23.92\00:39:25.97
you know we have
been spending how many
00:39:25.98\00:39:27.89
weeks, several
weeks on this subject.
00:39:27.90\00:39:29.41
There is many.
Friends, if you are just
00:39:29.42\00:39:30.72
joining us now you
can request maybe even
00:39:30.73\00:39:33.33
back programs in the
past, if you like to get a
00:39:33.34\00:39:36.64
perspective, a
better perspective on the
00:39:36.65\00:39:38.13
Law of God as it
differentiates between
00:39:38.14\00:39:40.18
the Law of Moses and
also just what is it mean
00:39:40.19\00:39:44.13
to keep the commandments of God,
00:39:44.14\00:39:45.42
and also the issue of
the Sabbath that we're
00:39:45.43\00:39:46.87
gonna get into now.
Go ahead and request
00:39:46.88\00:39:48.88
those, you can call
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00:39:48.89\00:39:50.87
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00:39:51.26\00:39:53.76
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00:39:53.77\00:39:55.07
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00:39:55.08\00:39:57.72
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00:39:57.73\00:39:59.28
sure that you know that
if you are just catching
00:39:59.29\00:40:01.17
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00:40:01.18\00:40:02.54
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00:40:13.71\00:40:15.70
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00:40:26.61\00:40:29.88
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00:40:29.89\00:40:32.40
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00:40:32.76\00:40:35.12
going to focus in on the
greatest gift, one of the
00:40:35.13\00:40:37.55
greatest gifts outside
of Jesus Christ Himself
00:40:37.56\00:40:39.82
that was given to
us. You know the world
00:40:40.67\00:40:43.38
was created in how many days?
00:40:43.39\00:40:44.94
It was created
actually in seven days.
00:40:45.77\00:40:47.97
And there was
something done each day.
00:40:48.79\00:40:50.89
That's right. I want to make the
00:40:51.26\00:40:53.02
statement very
clear when you look
00:40:53.03\00:40:54.72
at our solar
system. We have the rising
00:40:54.73\00:40:58.29
and the setting of the
sun. That gives us our 24
00:40:58.30\00:41:03.11
hour a day or 23
hours and 56 minutes,
00:41:03.12\00:41:05.85
you know those of you
who want to be very specific.
00:41:06.02\00:41:07.86
We have the lunar
cycle you know from full
00:41:09.26\00:41:12.07
moon to full moon
which is our 30 days
00:41:12.08\00:41:14.34
which gives our 30 day
month, that's in the stars.
00:41:14.35\00:41:17.51
We have our one year
timeframe, we have our
00:41:17.96\00:41:20.38
four seasons
that takes us through
00:41:20.39\00:41:21.81
the entire calendar
year. Once again you're
00:41:21.82\00:41:24.50
gonna see those in the
heavens, the working of
00:41:24.51\00:41:27.58
the constellations,
the bodies, the stars that
00:41:27.59\00:41:29.76
God created. But
nowhere in scientific
00:41:29.77\00:41:33.44
research that is in the
stars, the sun, the moon,
00:41:34.38\00:41:37.18
the clock, can you
find a seven day week?
00:41:37.19\00:41:40.79
The only place that
you can find a seven day
00:41:41.20\00:41:43.72
week is in the
word of God. Amen.
00:41:43.73\00:41:47.54
Thereby saying
that without the word of
00:41:48.30\00:41:51.25
God which points us
to the creation record,
00:41:51.26\00:41:54.67
there is no evidence
in man's archives that
00:41:55.12\00:41:59.59
there is a seven day week.
00:41:59.60\00:42:01.36
It's not provable by
the twenty four hour a day,
00:42:01.56\00:42:03.69
the seven day
week, I mean sorry the,
00:42:04.28\00:42:06.19
the twelve months of
the year or the lunar
00:42:06.92\00:42:10.70
cycle which is every
30 days when the moon
00:42:10.71\00:42:14.01
goes from full to quarter
to half and back to full.
00:42:14.02\00:42:16.69
The only place
that you find a seven
00:42:17.19\00:42:18.30
day a week is in
the creation record.
00:42:18.31\00:42:20.05
And let's start John
by going to the Sabbath
00:42:20.54\00:42:23.96
command, Exodus
chapter 20, I want to
00:42:23.97\00:42:27.37
stop by going to
the Sabbath Command
00:42:27.38\00:42:29.09
before we go into the specifics.
00:42:29.10\00:42:30.97
And by the way friends
I also want to add that
00:42:31.34\00:42:34.41
we are not only going
to talk about the making
00:42:34.42\00:42:36.41
of the Sabbath and
what the Sabbath command
00:42:36.42\00:42:38.80
is all about,
there's some questions that
00:42:38.81\00:42:40.66
came and asking
questions about the Sabbath.
00:42:40.67\00:42:42.46
We'll try to
respond to those too.
00:42:42.47\00:42:43.86
But we are also going
to share with you a very
00:42:44.56\00:42:46.52
powerful eye
opening aspect of how the
00:42:46.86\00:42:50.19
Sabbath has been
modified and altered
00:42:50.20\00:42:52.54
throughout the
centuries. That you noticed when
00:42:52.55\00:42:55.09
you asked me how
many days did it take
00:42:55.10\00:42:58.34
for God to create the
world, I said seven not six.
00:42:58.35\00:43:00.65
That's right.
Because without the seventh
00:43:00.66\00:43:02.50
day the creation would
not have been complete.
00:43:02.51\00:43:05.17
And so let's look at
why God put the Sabbath
00:43:06.10\00:43:09.89
Commandment into
the Ten Commandments.
00:43:09.90\00:43:12.76
And then we'd look
back at where it was
00:43:13.60\00:43:15.51
originally set up.
Okay. Exodus chapter 20
00:43:15.52\00:43:19.59
beginning with verse
eight the Bible says,
00:43:19.60\00:43:21.49
remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy,
00:43:21.50\00:43:23.32
six day shall thou
labor and do all thy work,
00:43:24.07\00:43:27.74
but the
Seventh-day is the Sabbath
00:43:28.32\00:43:29.54
of the Lord thy God.
In it thou shall not do
00:43:29.93\00:43:34.58
any work, you nor
your son nor your daughter,
00:43:34.59\00:43:37.04
nor your maid
servant, nor your man servant,
00:43:37.63\00:43:40.03
nor your cattle,
nor your stranger
00:43:40.51\00:43:42.06
who is within your
gates. For in six days the Lord
00:43:42.07\00:43:44.38
made the heavenly
earth, the sea and all
00:43:44.39\00:43:46.52
that in them is. And
rested the seventh day
00:43:46.53\00:43:49.72
wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
00:43:50.50\00:43:53.03
and hollowed it.
A number of things
00:43:53.04\00:43:55.05
we want to point
out at the very outset.
00:43:55.06\00:43:56.81
First of all,
what's the very first
00:43:57.44\00:43:59.62
word in the
Sabbath command John?
00:43:59.63\00:44:01.28
Let's say together, remember.
00:44:01.29\00:44:04.30
Say with me friends remember.
00:44:04.98\00:44:07.68
If I said to you
remember my name and
00:44:07.90\00:44:10.58
you say, no. Well,
you haven't lost anything,
00:44:10.59\00:44:13.46
but if God
says, remember and you
00:44:14.53\00:44:16.76
forget, you've lost everything.
00:44:16.77\00:44:18.49
Couple of examples,
you may have heard the
00:44:18.60\00:44:20.38
phrase in the Book
Of Luke, remember Lot's
00:44:20.39\00:44:22.67
wife, remember Lot's
wife. Now what's so important
00:44:22.68\00:44:27.35
about remembering Lot's wife?
00:44:27.36\00:44:28.59
Lot was a man who
hesitated when God
00:44:28.60\00:44:30.85
said leave Sodom,
he hesitated, and the
00:44:30.86\00:44:33.62
record shows his
wife was effected by his
00:44:33.63\00:44:36.37
hesitation and she
turned to the pillar of
00:44:36.38\00:44:38.46
f salt when she
turned back to look at Sodom
00:44:38.47\00:44:40.75
when she was leaving
it. Remember Lot's wife.
00:44:41.16\00:44:43.52
Secondly, Ecclesiastes
12 and verse 1 says,
00:44:43.68\00:44:46.64
remember now the
Creator in the day of
00:44:46.65\00:44:48.48
your youth. One of
the problems in our world
00:44:48.49\00:44:50.64
today John is that
the young people are
00:44:50.65\00:44:53.01
choosing to forget
God. They are choosing to
00:44:53.02\00:44:55.36
forget God. Our
society is squeezing God out.
00:44:55.37\00:44:57.69
And we see why
the world as way it is
00:44:58.20\00:44:59.74
because they are choosing not to
00:44:59.75\00:45:00.92
remember God
while they are young.
00:45:00.93\00:45:02.42
That's right. So we see
the impact of forgetting
00:45:02.43\00:45:04.92
Lot's wife. Many
are looking back,
00:45:04.93\00:45:07.43
forgetting the
Creator while you are young,
00:45:07.81\00:45:09.33
many are becoming
polluted by the world.
00:45:09.34\00:45:10.99
But notice the third
one, remember the Sabbath
00:45:11.38\00:45:14.60
day to keep it
holy. If the world never
00:45:14.61\00:45:17.97
forgot to keep the Sabbath holy,
00:45:17.98\00:45:20.14
they would be no room
for people theories like
00:45:20.54\00:45:23.18
Charles Darwin, who
came along thousands
00:45:23.19\00:45:26.68
of years after God
blessed the Sabbath,
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.53
and said that the
world evolved by some
00:45:28.96\00:45:31.21
unusual scientific accidents,
00:45:31.22\00:45:33.79
some biological
incidents rather than by
00:45:34.05\00:45:36.97
a divine plan.
And how you can say
00:45:36.98\00:45:39.66
that and why you
can say that because the
00:45:39.67\00:45:42.35
Sabbath was the
christening element of creation.
00:45:42.36\00:45:45.89
The crowning act. It
was the crowning act,
00:45:45.90\00:45:47.79
it was the memorial
that God used to show that
00:45:47.80\00:45:50.77
His creation was perfect,
00:45:50.78\00:45:52.61
and that He was the Creator.
00:45:53.62\00:45:55.19
And so I believe as
well as you believe as you've
00:45:55.76\00:45:58.50
referenced that
evolution has gotten
00:45:58.51\00:46:00.55
such a strong hold in
the world today because
00:46:00.56\00:46:03.43
the Sabbath
Commandment has been forgotten.
00:46:03.44\00:46:05.64
You know science also
says, one of the things
00:46:06.04\00:46:07.80
of being a
scientist is we say okay,
00:46:07.81\00:46:09.91
there's theory,
then there's proof.
00:46:09.92\00:46:12.67
Now a moment ago
we mentioned this some
00:46:13.05\00:46:15.29
scientists say well
I don't believe that
00:46:15.30\00:46:16.71
if I can't see it that if
I, if I cannot prove it on
00:46:16.72\00:46:19.17
paper like DNA or
like blood type so whatever
00:46:19.18\00:46:22.84
scientific element is
necessary to come to a
00:46:22.85\00:46:24.85
scientific conclusion,
then it really doesn't
00:46:24.86\00:46:27.85
impact the way that I think.
00:46:28.31\00:46:30.02
I was encouraged just
last week I heard about
00:46:30.46\00:46:32.32
a scientist who had
for many years taught
00:46:32.33\00:46:33.98
about evolution
who had supported
00:46:33.99\00:46:37.36
a theoretical
creation. And he had supported
00:46:37.37\00:46:40.73
the fact that there
was no divine origin or no
00:46:40.74\00:46:43.40
divine person, but
he said when he studied,
00:46:43.41\00:46:46.58
this is just last week
in the news and I'll try to
00:46:46.59\00:46:48.90
find that and share
with our audience next.
00:46:48.91\00:46:51.77
But he said,
after he studied DNA,
00:46:52.24\00:46:56.11
I don't know
exactly what DNA means,
00:46:57.18\00:46:58.49
the exact long words
but he said, it is so
00:46:58.50\00:47:01.22
intricate that he
had to come up with the
00:47:01.23\00:47:03.32
conclusion that
there could be no such
00:47:03.33\00:47:06.16
intricate design
without a divine designer.
00:47:06.17\00:47:12.66
There's no way, he
said that there could be so
00:47:12.94\00:47:14.69
intricate the code,
our genetic code, right,
00:47:14.70\00:47:18.02
that says, this who
John is, this is who John is?
00:47:18.21\00:47:21.07
Unless somebody with
divine skill and ability
00:47:21.84\00:47:25.83
put that together. That's right.
00:47:25.84\00:47:27.34
He says, so I must
say to my colleagues who
00:47:27.54\00:47:30.51
are upset with me I
am sure, and my students
00:47:30.52\00:47:32.45
whom I've taught
differently for many,
00:47:32.46\00:47:33.72
many years I have
now come to accept that
00:47:33.73\00:47:35.84
there has to be a
divine origin behind the
00:47:35.85\00:47:38.53
existence of man,
praise the Lord for that.
00:47:38.54\00:47:40.22
Amen. Genesis chapter
2, Genesis chapter 1 by
00:47:40.23\00:47:44.43
the way and then
we're gonna go to Genesis
00:47:44.44\00:47:46.01
chapter 2 and verse
1. John read Genesis
00:47:46.02\00:47:48.73
chapter 1 verse 31,
and then I'll go and read
00:47:48.74\00:47:52.00
Genesis chapter 2 verse 1 to 3.
00:47:52.01\00:47:54.40
Once again we are
going to look now,
00:47:55.18\00:47:56.41
we just read the
Sabbath command in
00:47:56.66\00:47:58.41
Exodus Chapter 20 verse 8 to 11.
00:47:58.42\00:48:00.25
Now we are going
to see, remember the
00:48:00.55\00:48:02.44
Sabbath command says,
for in six days the Lord
00:48:02.45\00:48:05.11
made the heavens and the earth.
00:48:05.12\00:48:06.48
Now let's go back to see
when that first was done?
00:48:07.75\00:48:10.72
That's right.
Genesis 1 verse 31 says,
00:48:11.17\00:48:14.40
then God saw
everything that He had
00:48:14.81\00:48:17.07
made and,
indeed, it was very good.
00:48:17.08\00:48:19.85
So the evening and the
morning were the sixth day.
00:48:20.38\00:48:23.06
Now I want to point
this out, the Lord just
00:48:23.32\00:48:25.14
impressed me to say
this as I look at that
00:48:25.15\00:48:26.92
phrase, they are
even those that say,
00:48:26.93\00:48:29.38
one of the reason
why they don't believe in
00:48:29.39\00:48:30.92
creation because it
could have been 6000
00:48:30.93\00:48:32.72
years long. But friends you look
00:48:32.73\00:48:34.72
at the Bible, and the
Bible dispels that myth,
00:48:34.73\00:48:37.16
the Bible crushes
that myth because every
00:48:37.65\00:48:39.81
time the Lord finished
creating, He didn't say,
00:48:39.82\00:48:42.44
well, I finished,
He used the word day,
00:48:42.98\00:48:45.37
but He also used the two
phrase evening and morning.
00:48:45.87\00:48:49.75
Now evening is the
light part, evening is the
00:48:50.53\00:48:53.70
dark part of the
day. One evening, and its
00:48:53.71\00:48:55.71
one evening too, not
evenings, exactly, evening.
00:48:55.72\00:48:58.26
There you go singular,
very important point John.
00:48:58.85\00:49:01.61
Evening, the
evening and the morning were
00:49:02.07\00:49:05.81
the sixth day, were
the fifth day, fourth,
00:49:05.82\00:49:09.26
third and so on and so forth.
00:49:09.27\00:49:10.61
That's right. He
doesn't pluralize that,
00:49:10.62\00:49:12.18
and so the words
there in Hebrew indicates
00:49:12.19\00:49:14.34
singular, not
multiplicity, not evenings and
00:49:14.35\00:49:17.98
mornings, not 500
years of light, 500 years of
00:49:17.99\00:49:22.80
darkness as some
people tend to try to
00:49:22.81\00:49:25.57
explain in a way
the creation story.
00:49:25.58\00:49:27.08
And it's amazing to
me John that even some
00:49:27.44\00:49:29.46
clergy are coming
up with the idea and
00:49:29.47\00:49:32.28
beginning to proliferate
this thought or teach
00:49:32.29\00:49:34.62
this idea that the world
was created in 6000 years.
00:49:34.63\00:49:37.38
Yeah. This is scary
because Satan is now
00:49:37.64\00:49:39.61
beginning to use
religion to fight against
00:49:39.62\00:49:42.18
the creation
record. That's right.
00:49:42.19\00:49:43.83
And what we see here
clearly is that in six
00:49:44.55\00:49:46.38
days God created the
heavens and the earth,
00:49:46.52\00:49:49.70
and you know God is powerful.
00:49:50.14\00:49:52.60
He could have done in one.
00:49:53.68\00:49:54.65
He could have done in
one, but he chose to do it in
00:49:54.79\00:49:57.23
six days and seven
days because now we are
00:49:57.24\00:50:00.34
going to go to chapter
2 verse 1 of Genesis to
00:50:00.35\00:50:04.40
see the Sabbath. You know why He
00:50:04.41\00:50:05.70
did it in seven,
because He knew that we
00:50:05.71\00:50:07.88
couldn't do
everything in one day because we
00:50:07.89\00:50:09.57
are not God. That's right.
00:50:09.58\00:50:11.49
I think we have
this phrase nowadays,
00:50:11.66\00:50:13.14
oh what's been
around wide about Rome
00:50:13.37\00:50:15.04
wasn't built in a
day. Now we can't do
00:50:15.32\00:50:17.92
everything in a day
because we are not God.
00:50:17.93\00:50:20.12
And so God didn't
created the world for
00:50:20.13\00:50:21.60
Himself, He created for
us to inhabit the world.
00:50:21.61\00:50:25.05
Notice what He reminds
us of in Genesis chapter
00:50:25.45\00:50:27.40
2, Genesis chapter 2
beginning with verse 1.
00:50:27.41\00:50:30.31
Thus the heavens and
the earths and all the
00:50:31.12\00:50:33.95
host of them were finished.
00:50:34.34\00:50:36.50
When the seventh day
came, He finished His work.
00:50:37.43\00:50:40.32
And on the singular
seventh day God ended
00:50:41.79\00:50:46.25
His work which He had done.
00:50:46.26\00:50:48.02
And He rested
on the seventh day,
00:50:49.34\00:50:51.61
no He wasn't
tired, from all His works
00:50:51.62\00:50:55.50
which He had
done. Then God blessed,
00:50:55.72\00:51:01.02
the word blessed
means made it special,
00:51:01.23\00:51:03.73
blessed the seventh
day. Now John how many
00:51:04.99\00:51:08.08
days did God
blessed? Say blessed one.
00:51:08.09\00:51:10.33
And what day is
that? The seventh day.
00:51:10.55\00:51:12.12
Okay, somebody
maybe saying, well,
00:51:12.26\00:51:13.57
how do you know
what's that, we're gonna
00:51:13.58\00:51:15.09
talk about this in
just a moment, how do you
00:51:15.10\00:51:16.92
know which day
is the seventh day?
00:51:16.93\00:51:18.29
Just a moment,
let's finish the text.
00:51:18.67\00:51:19.78
God blessed the
seventh day singular
00:51:21.26\00:51:24.17
and sanctified it. He set
it aside from all the rest,
00:51:24.44\00:51:28.23
meaning it wasn't like
the rest, it was different.
00:51:28.61\00:51:31.21
Sanctified means set aside,
00:51:31.91\00:51:33.42
also means to be made holy.
00:51:33.73\00:51:35.86
He made only one day holy,
00:51:36.37\00:51:37.44
He blessed only one
day. And here's the reason
00:51:37.45\00:51:39.66
because in it he
rested from all His work
00:51:39.98\00:51:43.70
which God created and made.
00:51:44.14\00:51:46.36
Now, John, let's
go to the question,
00:51:46.82\00:51:48.55
how do we know what
day is the seventh day?
00:51:48.98\00:51:51.46
What very
popular observance that
00:51:51.90\00:51:55.24
happens every
year around April that
00:51:55.25\00:51:57.88
Christians observe
to remind us incessantly
00:51:57.89\00:52:02.06
of what the seventh day is?
00:52:03.16\00:52:04.67
Easter. Okay, just
walk me through that.
00:52:04.99\00:52:07.23
Well, yes, Easter is
what day of the week,
00:52:07.24\00:52:11.23
it's always
observed on what day?
00:52:11.24\00:52:12.68
The resurrection
day. The resurrection
00:52:12.87\00:52:14.20
morning of Sunday,
the first day of the week,
00:52:14.21\00:52:16.86
that's right. And
so, let's go to the,
00:52:16.87\00:52:19.14
John you want to
go to that reference.
00:52:19.15\00:52:20.12
Let's go to Luke
chapter 23 verse 54 to 56.
00:52:20.13\00:52:23.15
We need to establish
before we talk about the
00:52:23.16\00:52:25.23
Sabbath, we need to establish
00:52:25.24\00:52:27.13
what day the Sabbath
is? How do we know that
00:52:27.14\00:52:29.95
this seventh day
that the Bible talks
00:52:29.96\00:52:31.54
about is the
Sabbath. And by the way,
00:52:31.55\00:52:32.70
I want you to
discover, in the Bible you don't
00:52:32.71\00:52:34.80
find the word
Saturday. In some of the new
00:52:34.81\00:52:36.73
paraphrased Bible you
will find them putting
00:52:36.74\00:52:39.18
the word Saturday,
Sunday. But the Bible uses
00:52:39.19\00:52:41.43
different phrases,
it uses the Sabbath day,
00:52:41.44\00:52:43.17
it uses the first day
and it uses another word to
00:52:43.98\00:52:46.75
describe today
before the Sabbath.
00:52:46.76\00:52:48.30
Luke chapter 23 verse 54 to 56.
00:52:48.71\00:52:52.60
And we're going now
to the creation record,
00:52:52.61\00:52:54.41
and if we don't
finish it in this program,
00:52:54.83\00:52:56.78
we'll catch up on the
next one or some down the road.
00:52:56.79\00:52:59.34
Luke 23 verse 54.
Jesus is now on the
00:53:00.17\00:53:02.94
cross and an
event is going to occur.
00:53:02.95\00:53:05.48
Now starting with verse
50 I'll read very quickly.
00:53:06.29\00:53:11.91
And behold there was a man named
00:53:12.56\00:53:14.12
Joseph, a council
member, a good and just man.
00:53:14.13\00:53:16.67
And he had not consented to the
00:53:17.21\00:53:18.96
counsel indeed he
was from Arimathea,
00:53:18.97\00:53:21.77
a city of the Jew:
who himself was also
00:53:21.78\00:53:24.18
waiting for the kingdom of God.
00:53:24.19\00:53:25.89
This man went to
Pilate, and asked for the body
00:53:27.04\00:53:29.19
of Jesus that is off the cross.
00:53:29.20\00:53:30.78
Then he took it down,
and wrapped it in linen,
00:53:31.20\00:53:33.97
and laid it in a
tomb that was hewn out of
00:53:34.16\00:53:36.62
the rock, where no
one had ever lain before.
00:53:37.01\00:53:40.42
Now notice what day he took the
00:53:40.94\00:53:42.10
body off the cross friends.
00:53:42.11\00:53:43.44
Here it is in verse 54,
John read verse 54 for us.
00:53:43.45\00:53:46.48
Since that day
was the preparation,
00:53:46.56\00:53:48.61
and the Sabbath
drew near. That's right,
00:53:49.21\00:53:50.77
the preparation
day is always the day
00:53:51.08\00:53:52.49
before the
Sabbath. Let's keep on going
00:53:52.50\00:53:54.35
because we haven't
established the order of
00:53:54.36\00:53:55.98
the day yet, first the
preparation and it says
00:53:55.99\00:53:58.06
in verse 55. And the women who
00:53:58.07\00:53:59.88
had come with him
from Galilee that has
00:53:59.89\00:54:01.73
followed Jesus,
they followed after,
00:54:01.74\00:54:03.87
they followed Joseph
of Arimathea, and they
00:54:03.88\00:54:06.65
observed the tomb,
and how his body was laid.
00:54:06.66\00:54:08.94
Then they returned
and prepared spices and
00:54:09.68\00:54:11.74
fragrant oils and
they rested on the Sabbath
00:54:11.75\00:54:14.03
according to the commandment.
00:54:14.04\00:54:15.47
What Commandment John?
The Fourth Commandment.
00:54:16.02\00:54:18.54
They still were
keeping the Sabbath after the
00:54:19.18\00:54:22.83
death of Jesus.
And if anyone knew
00:54:22.84\00:54:25.41
that it was changed,
it would definitely be
00:54:25.42\00:54:27.88
His followers
because they followed Jesus.
00:54:27.89\00:54:30.55
They followed the
woman that followed Him.
00:54:30.56\00:54:32.65
They would have known that Jesus
00:54:33.21\00:54:34.26
changed it and there
was no need to keep it
00:54:34.27\00:54:36.62
any longer. But
they still kept it
00:54:36.63\00:54:38.21
after His resurrection.
And if He had nailed
00:54:38.36\00:54:41.30
that to the cross or if
it was nailed to the cross.
00:54:41.31\00:54:43.46
That's right.
Would His disciples be
00:54:43.47\00:54:45.55
resting on the Sabbath day.
00:54:45.56\00:54:47.08
According to the Commandment?
00:54:47.12\00:54:48.13
According to the Commandment?
00:54:48.14\00:54:49.11
No. Now look at
the Luke 24 verse 1.
00:54:49.18\00:54:52.43
And then we're gonna
go ahead and segue and
00:54:52.44\00:54:53.64
prepare for the
next program that we are
00:54:53.95\00:54:55.40
going to do on
this wonderful topic.
00:54:55.41\00:54:57.14
Now, on the first day
of the week very early in
00:54:57.67\00:55:01.88
the morning, they
and certain other women
00:55:01.89\00:55:04.51
with them came to
the tomb, bringing the
00:55:04.52\00:55:06.49
spices which they have prepared.
00:55:06.50\00:55:07.89
And they found the
stone rolled away from
00:55:08.31\00:55:09.81
the tomb and they went
in and did not find the
00:55:09.82\00:55:12.88
body of the Lord Jesus.
Jesus rose on the first day.
00:55:12.89\00:55:17.52
Here are the three
days. What days He used to
00:55:17.97\00:55:19.59
observe on Sunday?
First day of the week.
00:55:19.60\00:55:22.19
Look at your
dictionary, look at your
00:55:22.53\00:55:24.29
encyclopedia, not your pastor.
00:55:24.30\00:55:26.59
Look at your
dictionary, your encyclopedia,
00:55:27.20\00:55:29.12
look at the Bible,
and look at the largest
00:55:29.13\00:55:31.52
reference in human
history the entire Jewish
00:55:31.53\00:55:34.36
nation still to this
day observes the Sabbath.
00:55:34.37\00:55:37.74
It's all in scripture,
here are five words friends,
00:55:38.21\00:55:40.19
I am going to say
this very quickly.
00:55:40.20\00:55:41.27
Five words that
you should research and
00:55:41.75\00:55:43.75
you'll discover the
validity of the Sabbath.
00:55:43.76\00:55:45.86
Here they are, seventh
day, first day, Sabbath,
00:55:45.87\00:55:51.86
Sunday and Saturday,
seventh day, first day,
00:55:52.77\00:55:57.79
Sabbath, Sunday and Saturday.
00:55:57.80\00:56:01.42
Look up those five
words in the Bible.
00:56:01.67\00:56:03.18
I mean in the dictionary
as well as in the Bible,
00:56:03.56\00:56:05.47
you'll find some of them there.
00:56:05.48\00:56:06.61
And you'll discover
unequivocally what the
00:56:07.49\00:56:09.59
history teaches about
what day the Sabbath is.
00:56:09.60\00:56:11.54
And so friends, here
it is the preparation day
00:56:11.55\00:56:13.57
Friday, Sabbath in the
middle, and the first day
00:56:13.58\00:56:16.64
of the week the day
Jesus rose is called the
00:56:16.65\00:56:18.51
first day of the
week in scripture.
00:56:18.52\00:56:19.59
And today we have
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
00:56:19.91\00:56:22.86
So the day
between Good Friday, and
00:56:23.16\00:56:25.97
Easter Sunday is
the Sabbath, the seventh
00:56:26.31\00:56:29.06
day of the week,
that's the order in the Bible.
00:56:29.07\00:56:31.23
Yes, and so we're
seeing that the calendar
00:56:31.87\00:56:33.78
that exists today
beginning on Sunday
00:56:33.79\00:56:35.90
still is
correct. That's right, and
00:56:36.61\00:56:38.53
remember if you look
in the Bible the Lord says
00:56:38.54\00:56:40.31
six days you shall labor,
so Sunday is the work day.
00:56:40.32\00:56:42.97
That's right. And
we'll find out how
00:56:43.87\00:56:45.23
it became the day
of worship friends.
00:56:45.24\00:56:46.60
Our time is coming
and going so quickly,
00:56:46.61\00:56:48.82
but if you want
send questions once again
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remember tonight at
7:00 PM the program is
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going to be aired
again. Still send your
00:56:52.51\00:56:54.32
questions and comments to
00:56:54.33\00:56:55.56
housecalls@3abn.org
and we are just getting
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into the subject on
the Sabbath, we have so
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much to still cover.
But remember this friends,
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there is no substitute
for studying the word of God.
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There is no
substitute for knowing the truth
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for yourself. One
day, when the Lord
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comes to make a
house call on your life,
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we pray that by faith
and studying His word,
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and by love for
Him you'll be ready.
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So take that Bible
out dust it off, sit down
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with your friends, get
another friend like John
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and when the Lord
comes, He's going to
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find you faithful, look
forward to seeing you again.
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God bless you and
have a great day in Him.
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