What do the mysterious images of
Daniel and Revelation mean? When
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will the Anti-Christ appear and
make his final move? How can I
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be ready for the final events
of earth's history? You'll be
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amazed and encouraged by what
the Bible reveals. Join us as
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Pastor Brian McMahon
leads out in Prophecy Unsealed.
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Welcome to another study in our
Prophecy Unsealed series. Our
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topic is entitled God's Test of
Loyalty. Let's start here in the
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scriptures: Acts 17 and
verse 10 says: And the brethren
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immediately sent away Paul and
Silas by night unto Berea: who
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coming thither went into
the synagogue of the Jews. These
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were more noble than those
in Thessalonica, in that they
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received the word with all
readiness of mind, and searched
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the scriptures daily, whether
those things were so. Therefore
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many of them believed; also
of honorable women which were
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Greeks, and of men, not a few.
And why were they called noble?
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Because they were open to study.
They were open to see whether
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those things were so. And how
did they do it? Did they go to
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their pastor or their priest
or rabbi and ask them for their
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opinion? Did they go to their
neighbor and see what they had
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to say. No, they didn't, did
they It says they searched the
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scriptures for themselves. They
didn't take other opinions. They
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wanted to know what did the
scripture really have to say.
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It wasn't with the opinion that
some have or the method that
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some have today of
predetermining what they want to
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believe and they try to read
into the Bible what they want it
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to say. Not the Bereans. In
Revelation chapter 13 and verse
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3 we read these words: And I
saw one of his heads as it were
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wounded to death; and his deadly
wound was healed: and...how much
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of the world friends...all the
world wondered after the beast.
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Now notice this is not something
to take lightly. Here we see
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down at the end of time, there
is a majority of people that are
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going to be following a false
way. We haven't identified the
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beast in the seminar yet, but
we can see right away that there
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is going to be a mass movement
of error before Jesus comes back
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Here is another verse just next
to it in verse 8: And all that
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dwell upon the earth shall
worship him, whose names are not
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written in the book of
life of the Lamb slain from the
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foundation of the world. Now
this is startling isn't it folks
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Here we're seeing that the world
will worship and follow after a
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beast power. They're captivated
by it. They're mesmerized by it.
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It says in Revelation 18 that
they're drunken by the wine of
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this power which means it's
false teachings. If we study the
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Bible and we see in the Bible
that the vast majority of people
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are going a false way it
shouldn't surprise us should it?
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It shouldn't startle us because
we've already been told in
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prophecy that this is going to
happen before Jesus comes back.
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So God is going to open our mind
in such a marvelous way that the
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world can have a witness of
truth before Jesus comes. We see
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this in Daniel chapter 12 and
verse 4. It says: But thou, O
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Daniel shut up the words, and
seal the book, even to the time
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of the end: many shall run to
and fro, and knowledge shall be
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increased. So before Jesus comes
it says knowledge in his word
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is going to increase. God
is going to shed a spotlight of
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scripture upon this generation
such as he has never done before
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And before Jesus comes back God
has a message for this world.
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Just as Noah had a message for
the world before the coming of
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the flood. Just as John the
Baptist had a message before the
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first coming of Jesus, so the
message of Revelation 14 goes to
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all the world before the
second coming of Jesus. God is
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preparing a world, preparing
the society for the great event
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called the second coming. And it
says, and notice now, we're to
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worship him that made heaven
and earth and the sea and the
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fountains of waters. So
Revelation 14 verse 7 is a call
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toward true worship. Revelation
14 verse 9 is a warning against
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false worship. So there's two
worships talked about in this
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book of the Bible that we call
Revelation. In the last days of
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earth's history every human
being is going to find themself
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on one of those two sides. We're
going to be worshipping God as
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the way he asks us to or going
to be worshipping a false way
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and being on a beast's side.
And the central issue is loyalty
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friends. The central issue is
faithfulness. The central issue
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is obedience to God. Let's now
think about it. We're called to
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worship God who made heaven
and earth, the sea, and the
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fountains of waters. In other
words, we're called to worship
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God as the Creator. We live in
an age of terrible heresy when
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it comes to how we arrive at
the foundations of this world.
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In an age when they think
we're nothing more than a highly
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developed biological organism
God is calling us back to our
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roots here. We are the result of
the Creator's handy work, Amen?
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Have you ever asked yourself the
question why do we worship God
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any way. What is the basis
of worship? There's an answer to
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that in scripture found in
Revelation chapter 4 and verse
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11. Thou art worthy, O Lord,
to receive glory and honor and
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power: for...that means because
...thou hast...done what...
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created all things and for
thy pleasure they are and were
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created. So the very basis of
worship is that God created us.
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God is certainly wiser than that
He's going to give us a symbol
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something to remember the fact
that he is the Creator and we
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are his handiwork. And what
happens when people forget that
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there's a Creator? What happens
when people forget that there's
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a higher authority than
ourselves? When that happens
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then they get into well if
there's no higher authority than
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myself, then I'll just do
whatever I want to do and then
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you get crime and you get
violence and you get basically a
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breakdown of society. In John 4
and verse 24, it says: God is a
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Spirit and they that worship him
must worship him in spirit and
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in...what? Truth.
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You see the devil has introduced
into the Christian churches of
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today the idea that how you
worship really doesn't matter
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to God. And that idea has
circulated so much that people
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have believed it. Well, deep in
the heart of God's law God left
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us something very special there
as a symbol of his creative
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authority. The devil is
deceiving mankind over the
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central issue of worship, friend
Let's go take a look at what
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they had to say in the book of
Exodus. Now before we go there
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I just want you to remember what
we've covered the last couple
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nights. In the last
couple nights of the seminar we
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studied about God's law. We've
studied about how law and grace
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go together. We studied that
we're not saved by the law but
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we're saved by God's marvelous
grace through faith is a gift of
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God, not of works lest any man
should boast. Amen. But Jesus
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balanced that by saying
if you love me what...Keep my
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commandments. So obedience is
the response of faith. Jesus did
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not die so we can continue being
disobedient. Jesus died because
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we were disobedient and he
desired through his tremendous
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gift of salvation to
bring us back into an obedient
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relationship with him. And
the law of God reveals to us how
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loving respond to their Creator
and how they respond to their
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fellowman. The popular theology
that's circulating today is this
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They'll say that Jesus did
everything for our salvation
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and therefore there's nothing
left to do. Now again that's one
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of those half-truths I was
telling you about. It is true
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that Jesus did everything
necessary for our salvation,
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that's true, but it is also true
that there is something that we
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must do about that which Jesus
provided. Because if there was
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no response on behalf of human
beings then I suppose that would
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mean everyone would go to heaven
and we know that's not the truth
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So yes there is something that
we must do. Let's go take a look
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Exodus chapter 20 starting in
verse 8. What does it say here?
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Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy. Six days shalt
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thou labor, and do all thy
work: But the seventh day is the
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Sabbath of the Lord thy God: In
it thou shalt not do any work,
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thou nor thy son nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor
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thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,
not thy stranger that is within
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thy gates: For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth, the
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sea and all that in them
is, and rested the seventh day:
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wherefore the Lord blessed
the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
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God wrote his will on stone for
human beings. Not on sand to be
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washed away, not on parchment
paper to burn up or fade. He
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wrote it on stone so it
would never fade throughout all
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of the ages. When God wrote it
down there did he call them the
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10 suggestions? No, he
didn't call them the 10 what?
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commandments. So we're
looking tonight at one of those
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immovable commandments that
God wrote down. And he wrote
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Remember but the world forgot.
Why don't we go to the Bible and
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why don't we see exactly?
what the Bible teaches on this
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subject. Is that okay with you?
And yet it starts with the word
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remember. Now perhaps you've
heard people say this. They'll
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say, Oh but the Sabbath, that's
that old Jewish commandment
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isn't it? Now we read the fourth
commandment together. Notice it
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didn't say the Sabbath of the
Jew. It says the Sabbath of the
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who? It said the Sabbath of the
Lord thy God. Right? And so when
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God made man there on the sixth
day of creation after he had
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finished that sixth day, how
many human beings were alive on
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planet earth? Two right? And
what were their names? Adam and
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Eve. Were they Jews? No they
were not Jews. There were no
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Jews for hundreds and hundreds
and hundreds and hundreds of
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years after Adam and Eve.
God made the Sabbath for man and
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that's the generic term for all
of mankind. And God commanded
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us to keep that day holy. Some
people think that God created
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the Sabbath in the time of Moses
but the Sabbath friends goes all
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the way back to Genesis, right
there in the Garden of Eden.
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In fact, if we go back to
Genesis let's do that right now.
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Let's see what it has to say.
Genesis chapter 2 and verse 1.
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It says: Thus the heavens and
the earth were finished, and all
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the host of them. And on the
seventh day God ended his work
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which he had made, and he rested
on the seventh day. He rested on
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the what day? Seventh day from
all his work which he had made.
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And it says: And God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it
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So notice, God was busy creating
on day one it says he separated
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the light from the darkness. On
day two he made the firmament.
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From the water above he
separated from the water beneath
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On day three he made the grass
and the trees. On day four it's
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the sun, the moon, the stars.
On day five he made the birds of
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the air and the creatures of
the sea. On day six he made the
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land animals and he made human
kind and then on day seven he
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didn't create no more. He rested
and gave us an example of what
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we should do. God did not ask us
to do anything except He first
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gave us an example by doing it
himself. So God rested on that
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day. He blessed that day and he
sanctified the seventh day and
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the Bible is clear friends that
the only two human beings that
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were there when God did all of
that were Adam and Eve. Right?
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And so the seventh day or
the Sabbath is not a Jewish day.
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It's God's day. It's the
day that God gave for all of
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mankind. But this argument comes
up over and over and over. Did
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he just make it for the
Israelites. Let's let the New
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Testament tell us. Mark chapter
2 and verse 27. It says: The
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Sabbath was made for...here it
is folks...M-A-N. What does that
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spell. Man. That's a funny way
to spell Jew, isn't it? No it
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doesn't say that. It was made
for man. That's the generic term
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for all of mankind irrespective
of sex or nationality. Nothing
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here about any Jew. Only Adam
and Eve were there at that time.
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It is never called the Jewish
Sabbath. You hear that from
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preachers sometimes but the
Bible never says it. The reason
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God gave the Sabbath folks
was to be a blessing for all of
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mankind. God desired both Jews
and Gentiles, everybody else
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that has lived in this world
to have a break from their labor
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and to rest. Is the commandment
that says Thou shalt not kill
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Jewish in nature? No. Is the one
that says thou shalt not take
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the name of the Lord thy God in
vain, is that only for the Jews
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to carry out. Of course not.
None of the other nine are only
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for the Jews. Why would the
fourth one be only for the Jews?
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You can search the Bible from
Genesis to Revelation and back
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again. You will never find the
phrase Sabbath of the Jews. In
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the commandment itself it says:
In it thou shalt not do any work
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thou nor thy son, not thy
daughter, thy manservant nor
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thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,
get this now, nor thy who?
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stranger that is within
thy gates. So right in the
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commandment itself, it tells us
it's for the non-Jew as well as
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for the Jew. And so God
says I want you to remember the
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Sabbath: For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth, the
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sea and all that in them
is, and rested the seventh day:
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wherefore the Lord blessed
the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
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Now what is God quoting from
here? He's quoting from Genesis
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chapter 2 which we just read,
right? Do you know that this is
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what distinguishes God from
all of the false things that are
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called God. No people who call
themself God can create anything
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can they? Nothing made of metal
or stone or rock or any other
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kind of material can create
anything. God has always been
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dishonored friends by people
worshipping falsely, calling
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things God that are not God.
God here is saying if you want
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for all time to remember that
he is the creator then keep the
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Sabbath day holy. Let's go take
a look at Exodus 31 verse 17.
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Speaking of the Sabbath it says
it's a sign between me and the
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children of Israel forever: for
in six days the Lord made heaven
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and earth. This is why the devil
friends works so hard to get
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people to disregard the Sabbath
to neglect it or reject it or
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spiritualize it away so somehow
it doesn't have any meaning in
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their life. And that's why many
Christians today are accepting
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Darwinian evolution as a valid
explanation for how we got here.
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Folks, that idea goes directly
against the Bible. Throughout
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the Old Testament the Sabbath
was a sign between God and his
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people. Let's take a look at it
here in Ezekiel 20 and verse 12.
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It says: Moreover also I gave
them my Sabbaths, to be a what,
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a sign between me and them, that
they might know that I am the
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Lord that sanctify them. So that
Sabbath was to be throughout
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time that special symbol of a
connection between God and his
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people. We can come apart, spend
some time with him and we need
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this friends. The world is
running on stress today. US News
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and World Report: Working harder
than ever. Stress is worldwide
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wherever you go. People are
having temporal problems and
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they're getting caught up on
all kinds of things. They get
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heart attacks and nervous break
downs and road rage and all
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of these kind of things. The
devil has this world under the
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hammer seven days a week. Right
And God is saying you need a day
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apart to recoup and regroup and
to get to know that there is a
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Creator God that wants to have
a relationship with us. Don't
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you need a day every week when
you're not worried about paying
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the bills, and just acknowledge
that we have a wonderful Creator
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and he wants to know us. And
the devil knew that the perfect
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seventh day Sabbath honored the
perfect God. So what did he do?
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He said, if God has a day that
honors him then I've got to put
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that day under attack. And folks
is it not true that everything
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God gives us to be a blessing
the devil somehow tries to mess
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it up? Jesus said: If you love
me, keep my commandments. Now
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notice Jesus put obedience in
the context of a relationship.
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And by the way that relationship
is going to determine how you
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look at this subject tonight.
Because have you ever been to
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someone's house that you really
don't have a great relationship
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with and you're kind of looking
at your watch. How much time do
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we have left before I have a
right to go. The problem is you
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don't really...you're not really
close to that person. But when
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you are close to them we say
boy time flies. We always had a
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great time. Time went by and you
hardly even noticed it. How you
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love the Lord is to determine
how much time you want to spend
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with the Lord. And as God has
said, I want to spend time with
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you every single week and
we don't love the Lord then we
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probably wouldn't look upon the
Sabbath as a tremendous blessing
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But when you do love God it is
not a legalistic thing to want
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to be able to spend time
with him. Isn't that why we're
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looking forward to heaven
because we want to spend time
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with God. Amen? Sure. So God
is saying we don't have to wait
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till then. Every single week
I put aside a period of time to
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come apart and we can have that
special time together. God wants
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not just a quality of time. Got
wants a quantity of time. Have
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you ever had a really good
friend and you had a very close
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relationship with but then
that friend moved away? And you
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didn't get to spend time with
that friend anymore and it just
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wasn't the same as it used to
be because you just didn't spend
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that time that you once did with
that person. God knows that.
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And so he says you know we need
to spend that time regularly
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together. We have it on those
other days, true, but life is
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busy. But on the Sabbath
come apart, rest, and we'll just
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spend some time together.
And the devil seeks to nullify
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everything that honors the true
God. And so that is why sincere
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Christian people today, they are
missing this commandment, they
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are breaking it every single
week and a lot of them don't
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even know it. Do you know the
whole theory that has come into
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Christian churches today that
the 10 commandments are nailed
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to the cross and done away with.
You know the churches that say
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that folks, they don't really
mean it. The churches that say
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the 10 commandments are
done away with, every single
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Christian church in this city
believe thou shalt have no other
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gods before me, they
all believe that, the first
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commandment. Every single
Christian except one big one
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believes thou shall not make any
graven image or bow down before
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those things. Every single
Christian church in this city
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believes thou shalt not take the
name of the Lord thy God in vain
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honor thy father and thy mother,
thou shalt not kill, commit
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adultery, bear false witness,
steal or covet. They all believe
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in those folks. But there's one
that gives them a problem and
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that's the fourth commandment.
because they're not doing it.
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So because they're not doing it
and they know they're not doing
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it, they're not keeping the
seventh day Sabbath, they're
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willing to say that the whole
law is done away but then they
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turn right around and they say
oh but in the New Testament we
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bring back in nine of
them, right? Now for thinking,
00:19:07.51\00:19:12.48
perceptive people that just
doesn't' make sense. Not all,
00:19:12.51\00:19:16.72
folks. But in order to
justify their breaking of that
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commandment they go to all kinds
of theological leaps and crazy
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conclusions all saying the law
is nailed to the cross, we've
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got grace so we don't need the
commandments any more. It's all
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to try to get away from the
fourth commandment. There's one
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commandment that God
specifically told us to remember
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and it's the one commandment
that churches today are telling
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us it's okay to forget Right Now
that again would make me wake up
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right? Absolutely. Does it make
any sense to throw out all 10
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commandments as if they were
bad and then by some kind of
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theological magic bring back in
nine of them. If I went to the
00:19:54.96\00:19:59.69
doctor and let's say that I had
a really mangled fourth finger
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representing the fourth
commandment right? And the
00:20:03.87\00:20:07.04
doctor looked at my finger
and says you know I wish I could
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save it but I just can't. I'm
going to have to amputate that
00:20:09.84\00:20:13.38
fourth finger. I say oh
boy that's sad news, but okay.
00:20:13.41\00:20:15.34
So the doctor says here's what
I'm going to do. I'm going to
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cut off all 10 of your fingers
and I'll sew back on the nine
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good ones but I'll just leave
that bad one-off. Would you hang
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around that office very long.
Chuckles. I'm sure you'd get out
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of there as fast as you could,
right? That's nonsense isn't it?
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And yet churches today are
saying the same thing. They're
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saying the commandments are
bad. They're burdensome, they're
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legalistic. We got to cut
them off. Right? Oh but all of a
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sudden we need nine of
them. Jesus said in Matthew 5:19
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Whosoever therefore shall break
one of these least commandments,
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and shall teach men so, he
shall be called the least in the
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kingdom of heaven.
Jesus made it clear didn't he?
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In James chapter 2 we read this:
For whosoever shall keep the
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whole law, and yet offend
in how many? One point, he is
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guilty of how much? All.
Yes. That's the 10 commandments
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friends. They are like 10 golden
links of a chain. Think of it as
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one chain with 10 links. It
doesn't matter where that chain
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is broken meaning it doesn't
matter which commandment they
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might put themself against the
chain was broken. God thinks of
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the 10 commandments as one
law and that golden chain of
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obedience is to be kept as one
and that's why in 1 John 2 and
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verse 3 and 4 and we looked
at this the other night, it says
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If we say we love God
and we don't want to keep his
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commandments we're a liar, right
That's what the Bible says. So
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when you honor the Sabbath
you're honoring the whole law,
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not just the fourth commandment
but the entire law. It's all or
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nothing. In fact God sees
the law the same way. Now let's
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establish what day of the week
we're talking about here. Now
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that we've established the
permanency of the Sabbath, let's
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see which day we're actually
talking about. Is it Tuesday,
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is it Wednesday, is it Friday?
Because friends to be honest I
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don't care what day it is, I
want to do what God says to do.
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Amen? Whatever it is I
want to do what God says it is.
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And so we find here in Genesis
2 and verse 3: And God blessed
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the what day? Seventh-day
and he sanctified it. Here's the
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question. Can we really be sure
what day the seventh day is. If
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you were to go to a dictionary
or an encyclopedia it's very
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clear from those secular sources
that it says the seventh day is
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what we would call in our
English, Saturday. Right? But if
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we want to find the true Sabbath
in the New Testament, we've got
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to do a little more study here.
If you go on a calendar you
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start you know reading
across, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
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Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, one two, three, four,
00:22:45.89\00:22:48.36
five, six, seven
there's no question.
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Any school child can
see that the seventh day
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is what we would call
Saturday. But let's go to
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the Bible as our
ultimate authority
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and see what it says. In
Revelation chapter 1 and verse
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10 it says: I was in the Spirit
on the Lord's day. Now notice
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John says he had a vision, he
had it on the Lord's day. That
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means it belongs to the Lord.
That means it's different than
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other days. Right? Different.
Now unfortunately John doesn't
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tell us here what day he's
talking about. Just said he had
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a vision. He had it on
the Lord's day. But here is
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something very important. We are
well into the New Testament time
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now. The other disciples have
died off, John is still alive.
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He's saying he had a vision and
it was on the Lord's day. That
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means there still was a special
day called the Lord's day. Would
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you agree friends? This does
away with the idea that some
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come up with that all days are
the same in the New Testament.
00:23:44.65\00:23:46.55
They go to Romans chapter 14,
they misinterpret one of Paul's
00:23:46.59\00:23:51.33
verses there and they read into
it what they want it to say and
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they say will Paul said all days
are the same now. Paul didn't
00:23:56.46\00:23:59.17
say that at all. We're going
to see both tonight and tomorrow
00:23:59.20\00:24:01.00
night exactly what Paul believed
But he didn't say all days are
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the same. They're imposing their
belief upon those texts. But
00:24:04.47\00:24:09.11
John, after Paul had already
died, He says I was in the
00:24:09.14\00:24:10.85
spirit and it was the Lord's day
it still was in existence friend
00:24:10.88\00:24:16.02
But to be sure what day the Lord
is, excuse me to be sure what
00:24:16.05\00:24:19.19
day the Lord's day is let's ask
Jesus. That's the safety isn't
00:24:19.22\00:24:23.43
it, asking Jesus. So let's go
here. We could discuss this for
00:24:23.46\00:24:27.30
a long time, each person having
you're own opinion what day the
00:24:27.33\00:24:29.83
Lord's day is. But we do know
that the Lord still has a day.
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But Jesus said this in Matthew
12 and verse 8, he said: For the
00:24:32.67\00:24:36.20
Son of man...speaking of
himself...is Lord even of the...
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what day?...Sabbath day. Now if
Jesus is Lord and he is Lord of
00:24:41.08\00:24:45.75
the Sabbath then that must mean
that the Sabbath is the Lord's
00:24:45.78\00:24:48.58
day. Right. And if the English
language is to make any sense
00:24:48.62\00:24:50.89
that's exactly what Jesus is
saying. In fact, if you go back
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to the commandment itself, it
says that the seventh day is the
00:24:54.22\00:24:57.63
Sabbath and it's the Sabbath of
the Lord thy God. It couldn't be
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any plainer really. That means
it belongs to the Lord. So let's
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go to Mark chapter 2 now, verse
28. And here it says: Therefore
00:25:06.20\00:25:10.21
the Son of man...now again
the Son of man is Jesus favorite
00:25:10.24\00:25:14.14
expression for himself. The Son
of man is Lord also of the what?
00:25:14.18\00:25:17.61
Sabbath. The only day of the
week that Jesus ever said he was
00:25:17.65\00:25:22.42
Lord of. Because he's Lord of
the Sabbath. So what do we find
00:25:22.45\00:25:25.39
out? John said: I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's day. Jesus
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in both the gospel of Matthew
and the gospel of Mark said that
00:25:29.19\00:25:31.69
he is the Lord of the Sabbath.
Let me just say this plainly
00:25:31.73\00:25:34.86
folks. The idea of the Lord's
day being any other day than the
00:25:34.90\00:25:39.43
seventh day Sabbath is an
idea that has been repeated
00:25:39.47\00:25:43.10
often enough
00:25:43.14\00:25:44.87
and by people influential enough
that innocent sincere Christians
00:25:44.91\00:25:49.04
have got caught up in that and
they started to believe it. And
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I know this is new for some
of you. I recognize that many of
00:25:52.58\00:25:56.08
you have been faithfully
observing the first day of the
00:25:56.12\00:25:59.09
week, Sunday, as your day of
rest, your day of worship, but I
00:25:59.12\00:26:02.96
challenge you as we go through
this study tonight and our next
00:26:02.99\00:26:06.13
topic together to search the
scriptures for yourself. Be like
00:26:06.16\00:26:10.23
that noble Berean and rather
than ask what is popular out
00:26:10.27\00:26:14.80
there say what does the Bible
really have to say? But we're
00:26:14.84\00:26:19.94
going to establish the Sabbath
very clearly here in the New
00:26:19.97\00:26:23.75
Testament. Because people come
along to you and they will say
00:26:23.78\00:26:26.18
that in the New Testament they
will say that the Sabbath was
00:26:26.21\00:26:29.68
changed. That it became a
different day of the week. Well
00:26:29.72\00:26:31.82
let's go find out. So go to Luke
chapter 23 verse 54. It says:
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And that day was the preparation
and the Sabbath drew on, that
00:26:36.09\00:26:38.89
means the Sabbath was coming.
Verse 56: And they returned, and
00:26:38.93\00:26:42.36
prepared spices and ointments;
and rested the Sabbath day
00:26:42.40\00:26:44.73
according to the commandment.
Luke 24 verse 1: Now upon the
00:26:44.77\00:26:48.64
first day of the week, very
early in the morning, they came
00:26:48.67\00:26:51.27
unto the sepulcher, bringing the
spices which they had prepared,
00:26:51.31\00:26:54.38
and certain others with them. So
what do we have here? We've got
00:26:54.41\00:26:58.95
three days mentioned in quick
but orderly succession. We've
00:26:58.98\00:27:03.75
got the day that Jesus died,
we've got the day that Jesus
00:27:03.79\00:27:06.55
laid in the tomb and then
the day that Jesus rose from the
00:27:06.59\00:27:09.32
tomb. One was called the
preparation day, one was called
00:27:09.36\00:27:13.70
the Sabbath according to the
commandment and then we've got
00:27:13.73\00:27:15.30
of course the first day of the
week. So let's establish these,
00:27:15.33\00:27:17.57
shall we. Mark 15 verse 42. It
says: And now when the even was
00:27:17.60\00:27:22.97
come...that means the evening...
because it was the preparation,
00:27:23.00\00:27:25.71
that is...he's defining it for
us...the day before the Sabbath,
00:27:25.74\00:27:29.94
So the preparation day according
to scripture is the day before
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the what? The Sabbath. That's
right. So it says on that day
00:27:33.25\00:27:37.15
Joseph of Arimathea...went in
boldly unto Pilate, and begged
00:27:37.19\00:27:40.79
or the King James says
craved the body of Jesus. So the
00:27:40.82\00:27:44.63
preparation day in many of the
Christian churches of today they
00:27:44.66\00:27:47.10
call it good what? Good Friday,
right? Sure, the day that Jesus
00:27:47.13\00:27:50.47
died. So that's Friday. Now Mark
16 verse 9 says: Now when Jesus
00:27:50.50\00:27:54.94
was risen early the first day of
the week, he appeared first to
00:27:54.97\00:27:58.27
Mary Magdalene, out of whom
he had cast seven devils. So now
00:27:58.31\00:28:01.64
we've got the first day of the
week as the day that Jesus rose
00:28:01.68\00:28:05.05
from the tomb and in many
Christian churches again they'll
00:28:05.08\00:28:08.45
refer to that as Easter
what? Sunday. Sure. So we've got
00:28:08.48\00:28:12.45
Sunday the day that Jesus rose
from the tomb. And here it is as
00:28:12.49\00:28:15.62
plain as plain can make it folks
You've got the day that Jesus
00:28:15.66\00:28:19.73
died, Friday. You got the day
that Jesus rose, Sunday. There's
00:28:19.76\00:28:25.07
only one day in the middle. That
according to a seven-day week
00:28:25.10\00:28:26.43
and that's a week and that's
the day we call in our English
00:28:26.47\00:28:28.04
Saturday, what the Bible calls
00:28:28.07\00:28:30.84
the Sabbath according to
the commandment. The series of
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events involving the crucifixion
the entombment and the
00:28:37.41\00:28:41.75
resurrection of Jesus pinpoints
for us what day the Sabbath is.
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It nails it right down here
friends. If Jesus rose on the
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first day
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then the day that came before
that is the day the Bible calls
00:28:52.46\00:28:54.90
the Sabbath had to be the 7th
day. So when does the Sabbath
00:28:54.93\00:28:59.43
begin and when does the Sabbath
end? Let's go to Leviticus 23
00:28:59.47\00:29:03.91
and verse 32. And here it says:
From even unto even...which in
00:29:03.94\00:29:07.61
the King James it means from
evening to evening, shall you
00:29:07.64\00:29:11.41
celebrate your Sabbath. Now
if you weren't sure what the
00:29:11.45\00:29:15.25
evening was Mark 1 verse 32
says: and at even when the sun
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did what? Set. So when the sun
00:29:19.95\00:29:21.36
set the next day of the week
begins. So the sun has set now
00:29:21.39\00:29:25.73
that we have been here so
biblically speaking what day has
00:29:25.76\00:29:29.90
now begun? Tuesday right. We're
meeting here on a Monday. So
00:29:29.93\00:29:32.87
here we find that in the Bible
the dark part of the day came
00:29:32.90\00:29:37.37
before the light part of the day
When the sun sets the next day
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begins. So we find now that when
the sun sets on Friday evening
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that means the Sabbath has
come and when the sun sets on
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Saturday night that means the
Sabbath is over. So from Friday
00:29:47.15\00:29:50.72
sundown to Saturday sundown is
the biblical Sabbath. Now what
00:29:50.75\00:29:53.59
day did Jesus keep. Again we
want to...Sometimes folks you
00:29:53.62\00:29:56.93
just have to say the obvious.
Christianity is following Jesus.
00:29:56.96\00:30:01.93
Would you agree? Now that wasn't
very loud. Christianity is
00:30:01.96\00:30:06.74
following Jesus. Would you agree
All right. So let's get that out
00:30:06.77\00:30:10.31
Luke 4 verse 16 says: And he
came to Nazareth where he had
00:30:10.34\00:30:13.41
been brought up; and as his
custom was...Now what is his
00:30:13.44\00:30:16.88
custom? Something Jesus always
did. Now what was something
00:30:16.91\00:30:21.12
Jesus always did? It goes on...
And it says he went into the
00:30:21.15\00:30:25.25
synagogue on the Sabbath day and
stood up for to read. So Jesus
00:30:25.29\00:30:29.76
had a custom friends of going
to worship on the Sabbath day
00:30:29.79\00:30:34.56
and we want to be walking in
the footsteps of Jesus don't we?
00:30:34.60\00:30:36.73
Absolutely we do. So let's now
to on and ask this question. Did
00:30:36.77\00:30:42.50
Jesus intend for his followers
to also keep the Sabbath after
00:30:42.54\00:30:48.04
he died and rose from the
grave. What about those who are
00:30:48.08\00:30:50.88
following him. He gave us that
example. Let's go to Matthew
00:30:50.91\00:30:55.18
chapter 24. He was speaking to
his disciples. They were asking
00:30:55.22\00:30:58.19
him questions about the end
of the world and his coming. And
00:30:58.22\00:31:01.19
very interesting Jesus blended
the event of the destruction of
00:31:01.22\00:31:04.63
Jerusalem with the end of
the world. And Jerusalem was
00:31:04.66\00:31:11.43
destroyed in 70 A.D. by the
General Titus of the Romans.
00:31:11.47\00:31:16.10
So he says of this event as
they look forward in the future
00:31:16.14\00:31:22.91
because...But pray that your
flight...that is the flight from
00:31:22.94\00:31:25.78
Jerusalem and Judea...be not
in the winter, neither on the
00:31:25.81\00:31:29.58
what day? Sabbath day. He said
pray that your flight is not in
00:31:29.62\00:31:32.92
the winter...winter because of
the harsh conditions that would
00:31:32.95\00:31:35.56
be there, neither on the Sabbath
day because the Sabbath day was
00:31:35.59\00:31:37.79
to be sacredly held. So he's
telling his followers folks to
00:31:37.83\00:31:41.96
still be respecting the Sabbath
day some 40 years into the
00:31:42.00\00:31:47.20
future. Now just think about
this with me. If Jerusalem was
00:31:47.24\00:31:50.97
destroyed by the Roman army
in 70 A.D., why would Jesus be
00:31:51.01\00:31:55.24
encouraging his disciples to
be honoring the Sabbath day 40
00:31:55.28\00:31:59.05
years into the future if at that
time there was no meaning for it
00:31:59.08\00:32:02.58
any more? And at that time the
commandments are done away with
00:32:02.62\00:32:05.05
and at that time the Sabbath
is no longer relevant. It would
00:32:05.09\00:32:07.59
make no sense. Those Christians
did flee from Jerusalem before
00:32:07.62\00:32:12.16
it was destroyed. Not
one Christian died in the
00:32:12.19\00:32:14.30
destruction of Jerusalem. God
did answer their prayer. But if
00:32:14.33\00:32:18.33
Jesus thought the Sabbath was
going to be changed he wouldn't
00:32:18.37\00:32:20.97
be telling them to honor it
40 years after his death and
00:32:21.00\00:32:22.77
resurrection. Now that alone
should settle the issue of the
00:32:22.80\00:32:27.68
fourth commandment right there.
Just that one passage. But let's
00:32:27.71\00:32:31.75
go in the New Testament because
you will hear people tell you
00:32:31.78\00:32:33.95
that the disciples kept a
different day. They will tell
00:32:33.98\00:32:37.09
you the disciples kept Sunday.
Well folks people say a lot of
00:32:37.12\00:32:40.66
things that they can't back
up from the Bible. Let's go find
00:32:40.69\00:32:43.56
out what the disciples did do.
Acts 13 and verse 14: And when
00:32:43.59\00:32:47.96
they departed from Perga, they
came to Antioch in Pisidia, and
00:32:48.00\00:32:50.30
went into the synagogue on the
Sabbath day, and sat down. Now
00:32:50.33\00:32:54.24
notice Luke doesn't say they
went into the synagogue on the
00:32:54.27\00:32:57.87
day that used to be the Sabbath.
Right? He didn't say that. Luke
00:32:57.91\00:33:01.71
did not say they went into the
synagogue on that the Jews still
00:33:01.74\00:33:05.41
called the Sabbath. He didn't
say that. He just said they went
00:33:05.45\00:33:09.18
in there on the Sabbath. Very,
very casual because it was the
00:33:09.22\00:33:12.89
Sabbath. Sometime people say oh
but the only reason they went in
00:33:12.92\00:33:16.76
there because that's where
the Jews were, right? And they
00:33:16.79\00:33:19.09
wanted to witness to the Jews.
Did the gentiles also worship on
00:33:19.13\00:33:23.60
the Sabbath? Let's go take a
look here. It says in verse 42:
00:33:23.63\00:33:27.47
And when the Jews were gone out
of the synagogue, the Gentiles
00:33:27.50\00:33:30.71
besought that these words might
be preached to them the next
00:33:30.74\00:33:34.28
what? Sabbath. They didn't
say to the Gentiles hey the Jews
00:33:34.31\00:33:38.05
have their day of worship,
you come on back the next day
00:33:38.08\00:33:40.78
because we've established that
it's a different day for you.
00:33:40.82\00:33:42.15
He didn't say that did he?
No, they were worshipping on the
00:33:42.18\00:33:45.95
exact same Sabbath day. Verse
43 Now when the congregation
00:33:45.99\00:33:51.13
was broken up, many of the
Jews and religious proselytes
00:33:51.16\00:33:52.83
followed Paul and Barnabas: who
speaking to them persuaded them
00:33:52.86\00:33:57.43
to continue in the what
folks? The grace of God. Now
00:33:57.47\00:34:01.10
folks, these were Christians
and they were to continue in the
00:34:01.14\00:34:05.37
grace of God but they weren't
just Christians, they were
00:34:05.41\00:34:08.68
Sabbath-keeping Christians.
And they were continuing in the
00:34:08.71\00:34:11.21
grace of God. Don't let
anyone tell you that grace-saved
00:34:11.25\00:34:16.02
Christians don't keep the
Sabbath. Right? Or let me put it
00:34:16.05\00:34:19.29
the other way. Don't let anyone
tell you that Sabbath-keeping
00:34:19.32\00:34:22.42
Christians aren't in God's grace
Because these people were to
00:34:22.46\00:34:26.26
continue in the grace of God.
The only way you can continue
00:34:26.29\00:34:29.20
in the grace of God is if you
are in the grace of God. Amen?
00:34:29.23\00:34:33.54
Very clearly here. so when the
gentiles wanted hear Paul preach
00:34:33.57\00:34:37.54
they weren't told to come back
tomorrow. and Then verse 44:
00:34:37.57\00:34:41.18
and the next Sabbath day came
almost the whole city together
00:34:41.21\00:34:45.58
to hear the word of God. Now
folks this is years after Jesus
00:34:45.61\00:34:49.98
ascended back to heaven.
Why were they still keeping the
00:34:50.02\00:34:52.72
Sabbath? Because you don't
change what God writes with his
00:34:52.75\00:34:56.62
finger in stone. Do you agree?
They don't change it. So they
00:34:56.66\00:35:01.13
kept on doing it. Acts 18
verse 4? And he reasoned in the
00:35:01.16\00:35:05.73
synagogue...how often...every
Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews
00:35:05.77\00:35:09.07
only? No the Jews
00:35:09.10\00:35:10.74
and the Greeks. Here's Paul.
He's in the city of Corinth a
00:35:10.77\00:35:14.31
Gentile city. He
raises up a church
00:35:14.34\00:35:15.94
here they are honoring the
Sabbath. And here's another one
00:35:15.98\00:35:19.41
from Acts 16 and verse 13. This
one is really special because
00:35:19.45\00:35:24.02
this is not a meeting in a
Jewish synagogue. This is out in
00:35:24.05\00:35:27.46
nature. And it says here: And on
the Sabbath we went out of the
00:35:27.49\00:35:30.19
city by a riverside, where
prayer was wont to be made; and
00:35:30.23\00:35:35.73
we sat down and spake unto the
unto the women which resorted
00:35:35.76\00:35:38.30
thither. So we're in a Gentile
city Philippi, no meeting in a
00:35:38.33\00:35:42.57
Jewish synagogue. It's out in
nature which is a nice place to
00:35:42.60\00:35:45.77
spend a Sabbath, by the way.
And here Luke again makes the
00:35:45.81\00:35:50.95
comment. He says and on the
Sabbath. See how casually Luke
00:35:50.98\00:35:57.52
says on the Sabbath we did this
on the Sabbath, we went here, on
00:35:57.55\00:36:01.16
the Sabbath this happened.
Why would Luke just refer to the
00:36:01.19\00:36:04.63
Sabbath as natural as can be?
Because it still was the Sabbath
00:36:04.66\00:36:08.60
It hadn't gone anywhere.
It hadn't changed. It was a
00:36:08.63\00:36:14.00
specific day. All right. That
takes care of that objection I
00:36:14.04\00:36:17.34
hope. Do you know that in
fact every...think about it with
00:36:17.37\00:36:21.84
me...every single book of
the Bible, 66 books, they come
00:36:21.88\00:36:26.28
together to make one book. Every
single book of the Bible from
00:36:26.31\00:36:30.25
Genesis to Revelation was
written by a Sabbath-keeping
00:36:30.29\00:36:35.52
person. Have you ever thought
about that? Every single one of
00:36:35.56\00:36:38.99
them. Now put Jesus in
the mix there who honored
00:36:39.03\00:36:42.20
the Sabbath throughout his life,
00:36:42.23\00:36:43.57
that's pretty good company
to keep wouldn't you say?
00:36:43.60\00:36:46.20
Absolutely. That's where I would
want to be. Some people are
00:36:46.23\00:36:48.94
quite certain that it doesn't
matter which day you keep.
00:36:48.97\00:36:51.91
They'll say oh as long as
you keep a day then you're all
00:36:51.94\00:36:56.24
right. You don't need to keep
the seventh day Sabbath. Just
00:36:56.28\00:36:58.71
keep one day a week. Just keep
a day. Now remember John 17:17
00:36:58.75\00:37:02.35
Jesus said Sanctify them through
thy truth: thy what? Word is
00:37:02.38\00:37:06.12
truth. The Bible says there is
a way that seemeth right unto a
00:37:06.15\00:37:09.02
man, but the end thereof are the
ways of death. So we can't do
00:37:09.06\00:37:12.53
what seems right to us. We have
to do what is right to God. John
00:37:12.56\00:37:17.80
4:24. It says: God is a Spirit:
and they that worship him must
00:37:17.83\00:37:20.24
worship him in spirit and
in truth. It doesn't say they
00:37:20.27\00:37:24.21
should worship him. It doesn't
say it's a good idea to worship
00:37:24.24\00:37:27.41
him in spirit and truth. It says
they must. Our only safety is
00:37:27.44\00:37:31.75
that which is done through the
Holy Spirit and in truth. Now
00:37:31.78\00:37:36.52
suppose I was a single man and
suppose that you had seven
lovely daughters. And
00:37:36.55\00:37:40.06
I came to you and I said I
would like to marry one of your
00:37:40.09\00:37:43.49
daughters. And if I found favor
in your sight, you might say to
00:37:43.53\00:37:47.66
me all right Brian, which one
of the seven would you like to
00:37:47.70\00:37:51.03
marry? And if I responded to
you and said it doesn't matter
00:37:51.07\00:37:55.50
really., A woman is a woman,
just give me any one of them.
00:37:55.54\00:37:56.87
Um, how long would I last in
your house? Right? I mean you'd
00:37:56.91\00:38:02.24
throw me out and rightfully so.
Of course, there's a difference,
00:38:02.28\00:38:05.25
right? A major difference. When
people say that the day of the
00:38:05.28\00:38:08.15
week to God, ah there's no
difference in the days of the
00:38:08.18\00:38:10.49
week. Give me any one of them.
I'll keep any day I want as the
00:38:10.52\00:38:12.99
Sabbath. God didn't say that
all days are the same. In fact,
00:38:13.02\00:38:16.26
in Ezekiel 46 verse 1, he called
the other days of the week the
00:38:16.29\00:38:19.89
six working days. He made
them separate. He called them
00:38:19.93\00:38:24.20
separate from the Sabbath. But
he didn't say all days are the
00:38:24.23\00:38:27.27
same. It said, he rested
and blessed and sanctified a
00:38:27.30\00:38:30.97
specific day. Now if I said to
you, bring me a book, you could
00:38:31.01\00:38:35.88
bring me any book. But if I said
to you bring me the book you'd
00:38:35.91\00:38:39.81
know I meant a specific book.
Right? And we've learned from
00:38:39.85\00:38:43.72
elementary school the article
the or the is a specific article
00:38:43.75\00:38:46.45
It specifies a certain person,
place or thing. So God didn't
00:38:46.49\00:38:50.09
say just keep a Sabbath. He said
the seventh day is the Sabbath
00:38:50.13\00:38:55.03
of the Lord thy God. He didn't
leave it up to us to choose.
00:38:55.06\00:38:57.73
God made it very clearly. The
Jews have a saying folks that
00:38:57.77\00:39:02.00
goes like this. Israel is in the
heart of the world and Jerusalem
00:39:02.04\00:39:08.18
is in the heart of Israel. And
the temple was in the heart of
00:39:08.21\00:39:13.38
Jerusalem. And the Most Holy
place was in the heart of the
00:39:13.42\00:39:17.15
temple. And the ark of the
covenant was in the heart of the
00:39:17.19\00:39:20.79
Most Holy place and the 10
Commandments were in the heart
00:39:20.82\00:39:25.36
of the ark and the fourth
Commandment was in the heart of
00:39:25.39\00:39:29.23
of the commandments. And
in the heart of the fourth
00:39:29.26\00:39:34.10
Commandment are the words the
Seventh Day is the Sabbath. Now
00:39:34.14\00:39:40.31
what significance does that have
It's telling us that all true
00:39:40.34\00:39:45.55
worship has to center around
the true God. Amen? If it isn't
00:39:45.58\00:39:50.55
around the true God, it is not
true worship. And so the Sabbath
00:39:50.59\00:39:54.19
is the memorial, it is
that which constantly directs us
00:39:54.22\00:39:57.33
toward who is the true God. The
Sabbath is a memorial of God's
00:39:57.36\00:40:01.56
creation. Can you change a
memorial just because you wish
00:40:01.60\00:40:05.10
to change it? In other words,
the United States gained its
00:40:05.13\00:40:09.57
independence on July the
4th 1776. If I want to light off
00:40:09.60\00:40:13.24
fireworks on July the 3rd does
that make it the independence
00:40:13.27\00:40:16.34
day because I light off
fireworks then. Because if I
00:40:16.38\00:40:19.58
want to take the day off on
July the 5th, right, and have a
00:40:19.61\00:40:22.52
holiday, does that make it
July 5th because I want it to be
00:40:22.55\00:40:25.02
July the 5th. No. In the same
way a person can say well I'm
00:40:25.05\00:40:27.82
going to take Wednesday off
from work. I'll make that the
00:40:27.86\00:40:29.66
Sabbath. Oh, I got Monday, I'll
make it... No friend, you can't
00:40:29.69\00:40:32.43
do that. Because God didn't make
those days holy. Amen. In fact,
00:40:32.46\00:40:39.43
while I'm on that let's just
address one other very common
00:40:39.47\00:40:42.47
misconception. Have you heard
some very honest and sincere
00:40:42.50\00:40:45.34
people say: I keep every day
holy. I'm just going to keep the
00:40:45.37\00:40:49.14
Sabbath every day because I'm
going to keep every day holy.
00:40:49.18\00:40:51.21
Now let's be very careful with
this and very candid. We can't
00:40:51.25\00:40:56.99
keep every day holy. Why?
Because God didn't make every
00:40:57.02\00:41:02.19
day holy and we can't keep
something holy that God did not
00:41:02.22\00:41:05.99
make holy. We can't make
something holy any more than we
00:41:06.03\00:41:10.93
can change the rotation of the
planets because we don't have
00:41:10.97\00:41:14.27
that power. God makes something
holy. When Moses came before God
00:41:14.30\00:41:17.31
he said, Moses take off your
shoes because the ground that
00:41:17.34\00:41:20.04
you're on holy ground. What
made that ground holy? God's
00:41:20.08\00:41:23.51
presence was there. Amen. When
someone says well I'm going to
00:41:23.55\00:41:28.78
keep all days as Sabbath. I'm
going to rest every day. Folks
00:41:28.82\00:41:31.32
if they're going to rest every
day they're not more sanctified
00:41:31.35\00:41:33.46
they're lazy, amen? We ought to
live for God every day, correct?
00:41:33.49\00:41:37.56
Right. We ought to live for the
principles of scripture and for
00:41:37.59\00:41:42.40
the Lord. We ought to live that
every day. But that's different
00:41:42.43\00:41:45.73
than saying that every day
is holy. God asks us not to do
00:41:45.77\00:41:50.14
secular labor on the Sabbath.
That which we would do for our
00:41:50.17\00:41:54.98
regular secular work he says
no, put that aside and rest and
00:41:55.01\00:41:59.18
spend it with me. There
are what we call occupations of
00:41:59.21\00:42:03.28
necessity. Certain occupations
where Jesus said it's lawful to
00:42:03.32\00:42:06.19
do well on the Sabbath and
so you're ministering to other
00:42:06.22\00:42:09.79
people for their sake and
not your sake. In other words,
00:42:09.82\00:42:13.46
firemen and police and
paramedics and hospital nurses
00:42:13.50\00:42:15.76
and doctors. These are life
saving ministry that can go on
00:42:15.80\00:42:19.47
on the Sabbath. They relieve
human suffering, they can save
00:42:19.50\00:42:23.51
human lives. They help others
that don't help themself. There
00:42:23.54\00:42:26.57
are certain things that...
emergency services, care for
00:42:26.61\00:42:28.98
the sick or care for the elderly
these things continue to operate
00:42:29.01\00:42:32.75
on the Sabbath because it's
important with ministry. So if
00:42:32.78\00:42:37.55
it's important to ministry Jesus
said that's all right. Acts 20
00:42:37.59\00:42:39.85
verse 27 Paul says: For I have
not shunned to declare unto you
00:42:39.89\00:42:43.73
how much? All of the counsel
of God. Now Paul I'm going to
00:42:43.76\00:42:47.43
ask you a question here. If you
had not shunned to declare unto
00:42:47.46\00:42:51.47
us all the counsel of God,
and if somehow the Sabbath has
00:42:51.50\00:42:55.84
gotten changed from the seventh
to the first day of the week
00:42:55.87\00:42:58.61
then Paul why didn't you tell us
In all of your books of the New
00:42:58.64\00:43:01.68
Testament Paul why didn't
you somewhere tell us that God
00:43:01.71\00:43:05.25
switched. It doesn't say that
though. There are more than 140
00:43:05.28\00:43:10.02
references in the Bible to the
Seventh-day Sabbath. More than
00:43:11.35\00:43:14.19
140. There is not one text
in all of the Bible that says
00:43:14.22\00:43:21.23
Sunday is sacred or the Sabbath
has been changed from Saturday
00:43:21.26\00:43:24.27
to Sunday or anything like that.
There is not one single text in
00:43:24.30\00:43:30.47
the Bible. Does the Bible say
to keep Sunday in honor of the
00:43:30.51\00:43:34.24
resurrection. And they'll say
well are we to forget that Jesus
00:43:34.28\00:43:37.48
rose from the grave. No not at
all. We remember that Jesus died
00:43:37.51\00:43:42.72
for our sins when he gave
us the ordinance of the Lord's
00:43:42.75\00:43:45.42
supper. We remember that he rose
from the grave when you have the
00:43:45.45\00:43:48.32
ordinance of baptism. Romans
chapter 6 says just as Jesus
00:43:48.36\00:43:52.13
died and was buried and
rose again so we also through
00:43:52.16\00:43:54.53
baptism figuratively do the
same So we aren't to forget that
00:43:54.56\00:44:00.20
Jesus did any of that folks? Now
if you were to go to...if you
00:44:00.24\00:44:04.24
were to leave here tonight
and you were to go to almost all
00:44:04.27\00:44:08.41
Sunday ministers and you very
politely, very sincerely, you
00:44:08.44\00:44:14.62
say can you please tell me why
we go to church on Sunday when
00:44:14.65\00:44:19.39
the Bible says in, Old
Testament, New Testament, Jesus,
00:44:19.42\00:44:22.82
the disciples, it's clear
that they went to church on the
00:44:22.86\00:44:26.06
seventh day Sabbath. Why are
we going on Sunday? They'll give
00:44:26.09\00:44:29.53
you one of three answers. Number
one: They'll say oh well the law
00:44:29.56\00:44:32.87
was nailed to the cross. Now we
studied in the seminar, we know
00:44:32.90\00:44:36.20
that the moral law of God, the
10 commandments, were not nailed
00:44:36.24\00:44:39.04
to the cross. There are
voluminous scriptures that tell
00:44:39.07\00:44:43.95
us that. And it makes no sense
to believe that. It was the
00:44:43.98\00:44:48.75
ceremonial system of sacrifices
that was nailed to the cross
00:44:48.78\00:44:51.19
and done away with when Jesus
died. That was to pass away.
00:44:51.22\00:44:56.02
Jesus is our Passover. We've
covered that. If they can't fool
00:44:56.06\00:45:01.56
you with that they'll give
you answer number two. Answer
00:45:01.60\00:45:04.70
Answer number two is Well um
we keep Sunday in honor of the
00:45:04.73\00:45:10.11
resurrection. Now again we know
the Bible never says to keep
00:45:10.14\00:45:13.98
Sunday in honor of the
resurrection. Not at all there's
00:45:14.01\00:45:16.64
no scripture at all that tells
us that. So you simply say well
00:45:16.68\00:45:19.21
can you show me one verse that
says we should keep Sunday in
00:45:19.25\00:45:22.82
honor of the resurrection. They
can't. So if they can't fool you
00:45:22.85\00:45:25.29
with answer number one, and
they can't fool you with answer
00:45:25.32\00:45:28.49
number two. They'll give you
answer number three. And answer
00:45:28.52\00:45:32.03
number three goes like this.
They go ah-ahmm-mm mm ahum Where
00:45:32.06\00:45:36.50
did you learn this? And you say
well I was going to the Prophecy
00:45:36.53\00:45:40.37
Unsealed seminar going on right
now and I learned it right from
00:45:40.40\00:45:43.51
the Bible. There's verse after
verse after verse. Ohh. Well
00:45:43.54\00:45:48.88
don't go back there. Now
folks we said opening night here
00:45:48.91\00:45:53.62
something very important. And I
said either we are going to show
00:45:53.65\00:45:56.08
you that which we present from
the Bible or you don't have to
00:45:56.12\00:46:00.49
believe it at all, Amen? And
folks again this is verse after
00:46:00.52\00:46:04.76
verse. There's no question
about it. When people don't like
00:46:04.79\00:46:09.93
someone else's position and they
can't defend their own position
00:46:09.96\00:46:14.77
from the Bible, you know what
they do, they ridicule it. They
00:46:14.80\00:46:17.34
put scorn upon it. And that's
what they mean when they say
00:46:17.37\00:46:19.71
Oh that's just the Sabbath of
the Jews. Right. You don't need
00:46:19.74\00:46:22.24
to keep that. That's only for
them. We don't keep that. Right?
00:46:22.28\00:46:25.61
You know folks it's a shame
but they did that to Jesus. When
00:46:25.65\00:46:31.32
they could not gainsay the
positions that Jesus put forth
00:46:31.35\00:46:34.82
they said to Jesus in John
chapter 8. Oh, we be not born of
00:46:34.86\00:46:39.43
fornication. How terrible. How
unfair. Right? But that's what
00:46:39.46\00:46:46.40
they said. But you see
when people say things like that
00:46:46.43\00:46:48.50
it can have an effect. So
they'll throw out things like
00:46:48.54\00:46:52.64
that to try to persuade you to
you know forget about it, leave
00:46:52.67\00:46:58.38
it alone, don't go down that
path. Folks we are not here to
00:46:58.41\00:47:03.59
follow popularity, we are not
here to follow traditions, we
00:47:03.62\00:47:07.29
are here to follow Jesus and the
word of God. Amen? Keep in mind,
00:47:07.32\00:47:11.49
when the devil doesn't
have scripture he uses argument.
00:47:11.53\00:47:15.90
Carefully crafted argument that
sounds good at the beginning
00:47:15.93\00:47:21.04
when you put it by the
Bible they fall pretty fast. The
00:47:21.07\00:47:24.14
Convert's Catechism
of Catholic Doctrine,
00:47:24.17\00:47:25.67
that which I grew up reading
00:47:25.74\00:47:27.78
it says this: Which is the
Sabbath day? Answer: Saturday is
00:47:27.81\00:47:31.88
is the Sabbath day. I commend
them for their honesty here.
00:47:31.91\00:47:34.48
There's no question in their
mind. They know. Question: Why
00:47:34.52\00:47:38.59
do we observe Sunday instead
of Sabbath? Answer from the
00:47:38.62\00:47:42.26
Catholic Catechism: Because the
Catholic church transferred the
00:47:42.29\00:47:44.49
solemnity...which means the
sacredness...from Saturday to
00:47:44.53\00:47:47.03
Sunday. Have you any other was
of proving that the church has
00:47:47.06\00:47:51.17
the power to institute festivals
of precept? The answer: Had she
00:47:51.20\00:47:55.37
not such power she could not
have done that which all modern
00:47:55.40\00:47:57.97
religionists agree with her-
could not have substituted the
00:47:58.01\00:48:01.14
observance of Sunday the
first day of the week, for the
00:48:01.18\00:48:03.91
observance of Saturday the
seventh day, a change for which
00:48:03.95\00:48:07.15
there is no scriptural authority
That means that change isn't in
00:48:07.18\00:48:13.12
the Bible. In the Catholic
Encyclopedia it says this: The
00:48:13.15\00:48:20.20
church, after changing the day
of rest from the Jewish Sabbath
00:48:20.23\00:48:23.16
They call it the Jewish Sabbath.
The Bible never calls it
00:48:23.20\00:48:27.04
that...Of the seventh day of the
week to the first made the Third
00:48:27.07\00:48:29.30
Commandment refer to Sunday as
the day to be kept holy as the
00:48:29.34\00:48:33.21
Lord's Day. Here they're calling
the fourth one the third because
00:48:33.24\00:48:36.31
they removed the second one
from their catechism. So they're
00:48:36.38\00:48:40.55
saying, yeah we made that change
we simply call that the Lord's
00:48:40.58\00:48:45.39
Day now. From the book
Catholicism and Fundamentalism
00:48:45.42\00:48:48.79
which was written by a
Catholic apologist he said:
00:48:48.82\00:48:52.16
fundamentalists meet for worship
on Sunday, yet there is no
00:48:52.19\00:48:54.60
evidence in the Bible that
corporate worship was to be made
00:48:54.63\00:48:56.73
on Sundays. The Jewish Sabbath,
or day of rest, was, of course,
00:48:56.77\00:49:00.44
Saturday. It was the Catholic
Church that decided Sunday
00:49:00.47\00:49:04.21
should be the day of worship
for Christians, in honor of the
00:49:04.24\00:49:06.37
resurrection. Mmmm. Again
nothing in the Bible that says
00:49:06.41\00:49:13.08
that. They're simply putting
a meaning upon it that the Bible
00:49:13.11\00:49:14.75
doesn't give. From Faith of Our
Fathers the very famous Cardinal
00:49:14.78\00:49:18.82
James Gibbons said: You
may read from Genesis to
00:49:18.85\00:49:22.69
Revelation...which means from
cover to cover...and you will
not find a single-line
00:49:22.72\00:49:25.49
authorizing the sanctification
of Sunday. The scriptures
00:49:25.53\00:49:29.63
enforce the religious observance
of what folks? Saturday. He's
00:49:29.66\00:49:33.80
saying if you want to go by
the Bible it says Saturday. All
00:49:33.84\00:49:39.11
right? One of the former popes,
Pope Benedict, look what he had
00:49:39.14\00:49:42.84
to say here. He said: If one
considers the importance that
00:49:42.88\00:49:47.32
Saturday has in the Old
Testament tradition based on the
00:49:47.35\00:49:50.89
account of the creation and on
the Decalogue...the Decalogue is
00:49:50.92\00:49:53.72
the 10 Commandments...it is
evident that only an event of
00:49:53.76\00:49:57.43
overwhelming force could cause
giving up Saturday and replacing
00:49:57.46\00:50:00.36
it by the first day of the week.
He said the creation day was
00:50:00.40\00:50:05.30
Saturday and he said the Sabbath
of the 10 commandments was
00:50:05.33\00:50:08.74
Saturday. He admitted it right
there. Jesus kept holy. In other
00:50:08.77\00:50:12.47
words when they can't gainsay
any other argument they'll
00:50:12.51\00:50:15.24
always come up with this one.
Well probably the calendar's
00:50:15.28\00:50:18.61
been changed. Right? Have you
heard that one? How do we know
00:50:18.65\00:50:21.38
that this week we have now
is the same week you had back in
00:50:21.42\00:50:24.55
Jesus' day? And they throw that
out there hoping that you'll
00:50:24.59\00:50:27.99
just say, yeah well they
probably have them mixed up so
00:50:28.02\00:50:30.03
that's good enough for me.
They're hoping you'll just grab
00:50:30.06\00:50:33.26
onto it. They can't prove that.
There's no evidence of it but
00:50:33.29\00:50:37.23
they throw it out there as
a last ditch effort to try to
00:50:37.27\00:50:40.97
confuse people. Well the simple
truth is this folks. Time has
00:50:41.00\00:50:44.41
never been mixed up. The weekly
cycle, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
00:50:44.44\00:50:49.24
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday. That has never been
00:50:49.28\00:50:52.05
broken. Jesus walked on this
earth less than 2000 years ago.
00:50:52.08\00:50:56.82
Jesus was God on the earth, Amen
Called the Son of God because
00:50:56.85\00:51:00.49
of his relation to the Father
but he was never less fully
00:51:00.52\00:51:04.53
divine. In Jesus' day, they
had what they called the Julian
00:51:04.56\00:51:07.86
calendar named after Julius
Caesar. And they knew what the
00:51:07.90\00:51:11.47
calendars were in that day. They
knew what the days of the week
00:51:11.50\00:51:15.87
were and Jesus obviously had no
problem knowing what day was the
00:51:15.90\00:51:19.37
Sabbath. It says in Luke 4:16
he went into the synagogue on
00:51:19.41\00:51:22.11
the Sabbath. They knew what
day the Sabbath was. We have the
00:51:22.14\00:51:24.85
calendars from then, we have the
calendars from now. We have the
00:51:24.88\00:51:28.38
seven-day week, it's never been
broken and there's literally
00:51:28.42\00:51:34.66
thousands of these calendars.
Now Rome was ruling the world
00:51:34.69\00:51:37.06
There was one major calendar
change in the year 1582. So I
00:51:37.09\00:51:42.73
can bring that to your attention
The Julian calendar was 360 days
00:51:42.76\00:51:47.87
and six hours. Not too bad. But
it's 11 minutes off. So those 11
00:51:48.74\00:51:53.11
minutes accumulated and
accumulated and accumulated
00:51:53.14\00:51:54.48
till finally the calendar
was out of sync with the season.
00:51:54.51\00:51:56.85
So in order to bring the
calendar back into sync with the
00:51:56.88\00:51:59.91
season, they decided to make
a change in the year 1582. And
00:51:59.95\00:52:04.12
what they did was in the time
of Pope Gregory, they dropped 10
00:52:04.15\00:52:10.13
days out of the calendar system.
00:52:10.16\00:52:11.56
So October of 1582 started
Monday the first, Tuesday the
00:52:11.59\00:52:15.56
second, Wednesday the third,
Thursday the fourth, but instead
00:52:15.60\00:52:17.50
of making Friday the fifth, they
made Friday the 15th. And time
00:52:17.53\00:52:22.94
continued as it always had but
did that change the order of the
00:52:22.97\00:52:26.07
days of the week? Sunday, Monday
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
00:52:26.11\00:52:27.84
Friday. No in fact all of
the ways that they considered to
00:52:27.88\00:52:33.08
change the calendar, they never
ever considered changing the
00:52:33.11\00:52:37.15
order of the days of the week.
Not at all. So some people in
00:52:37.19\00:52:43.09
that day accepted that calendar
right away. Other countries
00:52:43.12\00:52:46.53
waited for a while but today we
have what we call the Gregorian
00:52:46.56\00:52:48.63
calendar because Pope Gregory
was ruling during that time.
00:52:48.66\00:52:52.07
Nevertheless the astronomers
today, those that track time,
00:52:52.10\00:52:58.01
and they can track time down to
the most minute part of a second
00:52:58.04\00:53:01.78
But do you know that in over
105 languages in the world the
00:53:01.81\00:53:07.38
word for the seventh day of the
week is Sabbath. Right? Russian
00:53:07.42\00:53:10.05
and Bulgarian and Spanish and
on and on and on and on. But we
00:53:10.09\00:53:15.02
unfortunately in our English
call it Saturday what they call
00:53:15.06\00:53:18.26
Sabbath. Is that just a
coincidence? You think 105
00:53:18.29\00:53:21.96
languages and more just got
together and said hey, let's
00:53:22.00\00:53:23.57
just call the seventh day of the
week Sabbath. No, no. They knew
00:53:23.60\00:53:25.90
the weekly cycle, they knew
of the Sabbath from antiquity
00:53:25.93\00:53:31.54
friends. And when those
languages developed they simply
00:53:31.57\00:53:34.78
brought that word for rest right
into their very language. Isn't
00:53:34.81\00:53:41.12
it obvious that if Satan is
going to attack the government
00:53:41.15\00:53:44.09
of God, he's going to attack
the law of God. Isn't it logical
00:53:44.12\00:53:48.36
that if he's going to attach the
Creator he's going to attack the
00:53:48.39\00:53:51.86
sign of the Creator. You see
folks when you look up in the
00:53:51.89\00:53:55.26
sky we have a reason why we have
a 365-day year, right? The earth
00:53:55.30\00:54:00.90
is going around the sun. We have
a reason why we have a roughly
00:54:00.94\00:54:05.01
30-day month of the lunar cycle.
We have a reason why we have a
00:54:05.04\00:54:07.84
24-hour day. The earth is
turning on its axis. Why do we
00:54:07.88\00:54:10.05
have a 7-day week. We can't look
up at the stars and see a 7-day
00:54:10.08\00:54:14.15
week. We have it from an
arbitrary arrangement from God
00:54:14.18\00:54:17.22
that he established in the
Garden of Eden and it has come
00:54:17.25\00:54:20.82
all the way down through history
to this very time. The 7-day
00:54:20.86\00:54:25.43
cycle is as ancient as
time itself. You can prove the
00:54:25.46\00:54:30.67
Sabbath biblically, you
can prove it linguistically in
00:54:30.70\00:54:36.07
regard to language, you can
prove it historically. There's
00:54:36.10\00:54:40.94
no mistaking it then. In
every area the evidence is
00:54:40.98\00:54:45.58
overwhelming what day is the
true Sabbath. In almost all of
00:54:45.61\00:54:50.02
the Christian churches today
somewhere in their writings
00:54:50.05\00:54:52.15
they agree with exactly
what we've studied here tonight.
00:54:52.19\00:54:55.99
You're going to get this
when you go out. It's called the
00:54:56.02\00:54:59.09
Churches' Comments and there's
a quote here from the Baptist
00:54:59.13\00:55:01.66
Church, the Catholic Church, the
Christian Church, the Church of
00:55:01.70\00:55:05.10
Christ, Congregational Church,
the Episcopal Church, the
00:55:05.13\00:55:08.30
Methodist Church, the Lutheran
Church, the Presbyterian Church,
00:55:08.34\00:55:10.97
the dictionary and the
encyclopedia all agreeing
00:55:11.01\00:55:15.48
exactly what we've studied here
tonight, the seventh day's the
00:55:15.51\00:55:18.98
Sabbath. You say well if they
all agree on it then why aren't
00:55:19.01\00:55:22.25
they doing it. I can't answer
that because I don't want to in
00:55:22.28\00:55:24.75
any way judge their motives, but
I can tell you something. Once
00:55:24.79\00:55:28.02
something has become
institutionalized it almost
00:55:28.06\00:55:31.19
never changes folks. God calls
people to change. He doesn't
00:55:31.23\00:55:34.86
call institutions to change but
it's there; it'll be there when
00:55:34.90\00:55:40.87
you go out tonight because
I want you to think. Why don't
00:55:40.90\00:55:45.81
those churches change if
they know the truth? Because God
00:55:45.84\00:55:49.34
calls people to follow truth.
Faith is simply taking God at
00:55:49.38\00:55:54.45
his word isn't it? We don't want
to go beyond what God says and
00:55:54.48\00:55:57.75
to fanaticism. We don't want to
fall short of what God says for
00:55:57.79\00:56:03.79
a lukewarm Christian experience
but rather we want to do what is
00:56:03.83\00:56:06.49
right according to the Bible.
Do you know? Why is this called
00:56:06.53\00:56:13.17
God's test of loyalty? The
Sabbath is the perfect test
00:56:13.20\00:56:16.20
because part of it does not
appeal to reason. It's true that
00:56:16.24\00:56:21.18
rest appeals to reason but a
specific day of rest does not
00:56:21.21\00:56:26.65
appeal to reason. In the Garden
of Eden when God said to Adam
00:56:26.68\00:56:30.32
and Eve you can eat of all the
trees of the garden but of that
00:56:30.35\00:56:32.92
tree you cannot eat. That tree.
Did God explain it anymore to
00:56:32.95\00:56:40.66
them. He just said you can
eat of everything, not that one.
00:56:40.70\00:56:43.23
And Eve must have wondered wow
you know. I'm not really sure
00:56:43.26\00:56:47.77
why God said that. I
don't really understand it and
00:56:47.80\00:56:51.07
because I don't understand it
I think I'll just do it. Right?
00:56:51.11\00:56:54.24
And look at the problems
we've inherited. In other words,
00:56:54.28\00:56:59.21
basically Eve took the position
I will follow God when it makes
00:56:59.25\00:57:02.52
sense to me and I will not
follow God if it doesn't make
00:57:02.55\00:57:04.72
sense to me. And that is what
we call a religion of your own
00:57:04.75\00:57:07.46
choosing. And many people do the
same thing today in regards to
00:57:07.49\00:57:09.79
the commandments. They say well
I don't really understand why
00:57:09.82\00:57:12.66
God would have to have
the seventh day when I want it
00:57:12.69\00:57:15.30
another day. Right? Well God
says it's this day. And that's
00:57:15.33\00:57:19.83
why it's a perfect test. Will
we follow God because it's what
00:57:19.87\00:57:23.74
he says or will we do what we
want to do. That's why it makes
00:57:23.77\00:57:29.64
it a test day. What's going to
be our guide. Is it going to be
00:57:29.68\00:57:34.12
tradition or is it going to be
the word of God. If you're not
00:57:34.15\00:57:38.55
Sure, do the safe thing. Follow
Jesus. Follow what Jesus said
00:57:38.59\00:57:45.79
Follow what Jesus did. Follow
the example that Jesus set for
00:57:45.83\00:57:51.47
his church. In the judgment
we will not get in trouble by
00:57:51.50\00:57:56.57
following Jesus. Would you agree
You may have a question still
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about the Sabbath and I
understand that. This is brand
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new for some of you. But how
many of you tonight would like
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to say with me This much I
do know. I want to do God's will
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by God's grace. Can we all agree
on that tonight. You want to
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do God's will by God's grace.
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