We're in a Revelation
Now meeting in Washington DC.
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Our boys were still with us at
the time, they were little and
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we always tried to do
something fun on our day off.
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This particular Thursday we
were going to take them down
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to the Smithsonian Museum at
the Smithsonian Institute, the
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flight museum. They were all
excited about that and on our
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way downtown I just, I said
to my wife, look I have never
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been to see the wall. Let's
just stop by there on the way
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and so we did you know what
I'm talking about, the big stark
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granite wall and we
walked down there and I began to
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look. Looking through the
hundreds, thousands of names
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inscribed on the
wall and finally I saw it.
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Captain Thomas T. Norman,
one of my best friends he had
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been shot down in Vietnam
and I just put my hand out and
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touched it. And you know
instantly it brought back all of
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the feelings, all of the
experiences, all of the good
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times that we had together.
Instantly I could remember the
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work, the hard work, flight
planning, mission planning.
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I could remember the fun,
playing football, nobody could
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throw a tighter spiral
than Tommy and it would just
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settle into hands like catching
an egg. I remember when he
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and Janet were married
and when little Tara was born.
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It seems as though that
monument just brought back
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all of those experiences
and made him so real you could
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just relive it over-and-over
again you see that's what a
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monument is supposed to do,
it's suppose to bring us back to
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the original experience, so that
we can relive it over-and-over
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again. We've learned in
the Book of Revelation that the
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world is going to be divided
into two groups. Those who
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worship God the creator and
those who worship the beast,
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the dragon craves worship.
The Bible tells us that the
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whole earth, all the
inhabitants of the earth will
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worship the beast except
for those whose names have been
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written in the book of life
belonging to the lamb that was
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slain from the creation of
the world so they worship either
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the lamb or the creator,
the lamb who is the creator or
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the beast who is the creature.
In Revelation chapter 14
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Verse 1, I looked and there
before me was a lamb standing
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on Mount Zion and with
him 144,000 who had his name
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and his Father's name written
on their forehead. Everybody
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wonders about the number
144,000 we are not going to
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talk about that tonight.
That's coming up in another
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lesson for tonight, it's
enough for us to recognize
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this that those were the
ones in Verse 4, who follow the
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lamb where ever he goes.
The only safe course, the only
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safe path that Revelation
points out for us is one and
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that is to follow the lamb
and those who follow the lamb,
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worship the lamb. The creator
of the Heavens and the Earth.
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Those who don't follow
the lamb worship the creature
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who is the beast. We learned
last night that the dragon knew
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if anyone would ever worship
him some how he would have
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to obscure and remove the
reminder of the significance
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that God is the creator.
As long as we acknowledge
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God as our creator no one
would ever worship the beast
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or the creature. And we
learned last night that in the
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mid 1800's he managed to
seduce the church into joining
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forces with modern science
and infiltrate the ranks of
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God's people with the theory
of evolution, but at the very
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same time God began his last
thrust, his counter movement
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and the first angel's message
said worship God the creator
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of the Heavens and the Earth.
You see God knew that in the
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last days his authority as
the creator would come under
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attack. God knew in the last
days that the devil would try
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to change men from
worshiping him as the creator
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to believing and accepting
the theory of evolution.
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So in order to try to prevent
that, in order to give us
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every opportunity to remind
us that he is the creator God
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said, I'm going to give you
a monument, a memorial so that
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you can never forget. He knew
that it's he carved it out of
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stone that the devil could
remove it, he could erase it,
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he could eradicate it or worse
yet even get us to worship it
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instead of the creator.
He knew that if he made a
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pyramid that could be
destroyed. But God did
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something better than this
instead of carving it out of
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stone he carved it out of time
and took it out of the reach
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the devil forever. Genesis
Chapter II, Verse 6, by the
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seventh day God had finished
the work that he had been
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doing. So on the seventh day
he rested from all of his work
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and God blessed the
seventh day and he made it holy
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because on it he rested from
the work of creating that he
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had done. Exodus,
Chapter 20, in the heart of
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10 commandments number
4, remember the Sabbath day,
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God says to his people by
keeping it holy, six days you
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will labor and do all of your
work, but the seventh day is
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the Sabbath to the Lord your
God on it you will not do any
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work because in Verse 11,
in six days the Lord made the
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Heavens, the Earth and the
sea and all that is in them,
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but he rested on the
seventh day. Therefore the Lord
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blessed the Sabbath day
and he made it holy. In other
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words instead of carving
a monument out of stone that
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the devil could destroy
or remove he carved it out of
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time. He gave us a week,
he worked six days and rested
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on the seventh day and he
said I want you to work six days
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and rest on the seventh day
as a reminder to remember that
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I am the creator of the
Heavens and the Earth. Amen.
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And I want to suggest to
you this evening that if men and
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women would have continued
to observe the Sabbath as a
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reminder that God is the
creator, there would be no
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theory of evolution today.
The Sabbath, Jesus said was
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made for men it was made
for us, God didn't create this
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world in six days, rest on
the seventh day to say I have
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got a sabbath here what I'm
going to do. Oh! I'm going to
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create a man to keep it.
No, God created man on the sixth
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day and then the very first
day in the life of the man and
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the women was the day
that God rested and they rested
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with God, they were with
God and they were forever to
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remember that God was
their creator. He made it
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for them. You see there was
something in the heart of God
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that caused him to decide
to work six days in creating
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the Earth and then to rest
on the seventh day and God made
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man in his own image and
he wants us to follow the same
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pattern, the same rhythm of
working six days like he did
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and resting on the seventh
day. The creator we learned
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last night was the Lamb,
the Son of God and it was
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Jesus who worked and made
this world in six days and it is
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Jesus who rested on the
seventh day and it is Jesus
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who said remember the
Sabbath day to keep it Holy,
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because I'm the creator
of the Heavens and the Earth.
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It's a gift that God has
given us because he wants to
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spend time with us. Well some
say, well if it's so good to
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keep the Sabbath and to rest
and to make it Holy then I'm
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going to do that everyday.
Wow, you can't do it everyday.
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The Bible says God worked
six days, I want you to work
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six days and rest on the
seventh day. Working six days
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is just as much a part of the
commandment as resting on the
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seventh day, no such thing
as lazy Christians. Then there
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are others that say well
then, I start my work week on
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Wednesday, so I'll do Tuesday
as my Sabbath, or I start my
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work week on Monday so I
will keep Sunday as my seventh
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day, but I would ask you
where in the Bible does it
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ever say to pick a day to
be your Sabbath day. The Bible
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says God worked on the
first day, second day, third
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day, fourth day, fifth day,
sixth day and then he rested
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on the seventh day and he
blessed it and he made it Holy
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and he did not bless any
other day, you can't make
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a day holy. All you can do
is keep holy a day that God
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makes holy. Only the
creator can make something holy,
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but we don't need a Sabbath
in the New Testament because
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we can rest in Jesus.
And that's true that there is
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a sense in which we rest in
Jesus, but did you notice that
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the Bible says God rested
on the seventh day. God rested,
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if God rested on the
seventh day how can we say we
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don't need to rest. Now
what does it mean, does it mean
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that God worked so hard
six days, making this world
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and putting everything
in place and then by the
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seventh day, whew! Man am
I pooped, I'm going to take
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a siesta. Is that what it
means, no that's not what it
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means when it says God
rested. I want to share with you
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a paper that I found and
I think that he has caught,
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he has captured the essence
of what it meant. In the Bible
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when it says God rested on
the Sabbath this is a paper
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called Dies Domini,
the apostolic letter of the
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holy father John Paul II
to the bishops and clergy and
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faithful of the Catholic
Church on keeping the Lord's
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day holy. And I think he
hit the bull's eye. Watch this,
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the Sabbath rest speaks as
it were of God lingering before
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the very good work which
his hand had wrought. In order
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to cast upon it a gaze
full of joyous delight. This is
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a contemplative gaze in
which God enjoys the beauty of
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what he had already created,
don't you like that. That's
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the essence of God's rest
and that's what he wants us to
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enter into with him each
week resting and enjoying the
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beauty of what he had
already made. Can't you see God
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enjoying his creation,
you know when we were in
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school, in the seminary
after we got married. One of the
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things you need to know is
seminary students don't have
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very much money. It goes
all to their school bill and so
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Christmas came around and
we didn't have a lot of money
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to buy gifts for our
family and friends, then my wife
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got a good idea she said
why don't you buy me some
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canvases and I can paint oil
paintings and that way we can
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give them as gifts and they
will appreciate it and it won't
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cost us very much. Well if
it didn't cost much sounded
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like a great idea to me.
So we went shopping and bought
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some paints and some
canvases and she set it up
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there in our little apartment
and began to paint. Now,
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I thought she was finished.
Long before she thought she
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was finished, I'd look at
that picture, oh! That's pretty,
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now go do the next one,
time is running out, we don't
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want to have to go
shopping for Christmas presents.
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Oh! No, no it's not done
yet. I said well, why not?
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She said look, put a little
dab of blue paint on her brush
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and she did that I couldn't
even see the difference,
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said you see and then she
says no a little more here
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and always more and more
to do, but finally she put
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down the brush and stepped
back and rested enjoying the
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painting that she had
just made. That's what God did
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on the seventh day he
put down the brush, he rested
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and he enjoyed the work he
had just done and the crowning
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act of that work was when
he made the man and the woman.
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Imagine the first day Adam
and Eve spent on this Earth
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was entering into
that Sabbath rest with God
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enjoying the beautiful
creation that came from
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his hands. Can't you look
forward to that kind of an
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experience with God?
That's what the Sabbath is
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all about. Well then, how
can I have it, how can I know
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creation was so long
ago, how can I know which day
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God blessed good news,
God doesn't bless something
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and make it holy and then
let it get so confused and
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mixed up we can't figure
out how to get it. Now God
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isn't that way. In fact Jesus
made sure in his death that
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we would know when to receive
that special blessing that he
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wanted to give us. Look
at Luke the 23rd Chapter, the
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gospel of Luke, Chapter
23. Time, where Luke describes
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the crucifixion of Jesus
and after he had died, they took
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his body down he said and
they laid it in the tomb and
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then in Verse 54 it
was preparation day and the
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Sabbath was about to
begin. So when did Jesus die
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according to the Bible.
The Bible says he died on
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the preparation day. When is
the preparation day? It's the
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day before the Sabbath. He
died on the preparation day,
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the Sabbath was about
to begin and Verse 56 says
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they went home and prepared
spices and perfume but they
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rested on the Sabbath
according to the commandment,
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so he died on the preparation
day and they rested on the
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Sabbath which was the next
day after the preparation day.
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Then in chapter 24 verse
one on the first day of the week
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early in the morning the
women took the spices they
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prepared and they went to
the tomb and they found the
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stone rolled away but
when they entered the tomb they
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did not find the body of
the Lord Jesus there. Why not
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because he had risen when
on the first day of the week,
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so line him up with me. He
died on the preparation day.
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They rested on the next
day, the Sabbath day and on the
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first day of the week he
was resurrected. Now practically
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the whole Christian
world observes Easter Sunday in
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honor of the resurrection
and no one except a very few
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people no one will challenge
Sunday is not the resurrection
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day, everybody observes Sunday
and honor the resurrection.
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They know that Sunday is
the resurrection day, no one
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questions it, they
don't doubt it. We know Sunday
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is the resurrection day
in fact most folks observe
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Sunday every week in honor
of the resurrection, but the
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Bible says that the
resurrection occurred on the
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first day of the week.
Now if the resurrection day is
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Sunday and Sunday is a
resurrection day then it has
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to be the first day of
the week then it doesn't take
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a computer to figure out that
the seventh day has to be the
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day before Sunday and that's
Saturday, the seventh day of
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the week it has always
been on Saturday. The Jews have
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kept the seventh day on
Saturday since way back in
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the beginning, Jesus died
on the day before Good Friday
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the day before
Saturday which the Bible says is
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preparation day, they observe
the Sabbath on Saturday and
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Sunday morning, the
resurrection day, they went
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to the tomb and it was
empty. We can know which day
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is the Sabbath, it's
the seventh day Saturday.
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According to the scripture,
now here is the point that
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I promised you. In Greek,
every time you read the word
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the first day of the
week it actually in Greek says
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"mia ton sabbaton",
which means the first day after
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the Sabbath. That's the
way they numbered the days of
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the week, they didn't call
them Saturday, Sunday, Monday,
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Tuesday in Bible times,
the Pagan Romans did that
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after the Bible was written,
that's why it doesn't say
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Friday he died,
Saturday in the tomb and Sunday
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resurrection, because
they weren't named by then.
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They were first day
after the Sabbath, second day
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after the Sabbath, third day
after the Sabbath, fourth day
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after, fifth day after,
preparation day. That's the day
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before the Sabbath and then
the Sabbath. So you see it's
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impossible for the first day
of the week to be the Sabbath
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because the first day is
the first day after the Sabbath.
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It can't be the Sabbath and
that means it's impossible to
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pick a day to observe as
the Sabbath because the days are
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numbered in the Bible by the
day after the Sabbath. And it
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become so simple, the
seventh day is the Sabbath, it's
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Saturday, the day that
has been kept all the way back
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from ancient times. We have
calendars that go back to the
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time of Abraham, 2500
some years before Christ and it
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shows the weekly cycle has
never been changed. God is not
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going to let it get so
confusing and messed up that
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you can't take that blessing
from the Sabbath that he wants
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to give you even now in the
21 century. Praise God, Amen.
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Amen. Well, what did Jesus
do? What did Jesus do on the
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Sabbath, in Luke, in Luke
Chapter 4, look with me in
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Luke the 4th Chapter Verse
16, he went to Nazareth where
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he had been brought up
and on the Sabbath day he went
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into the synagogue as was
his custom, when did Jesus
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go to church he went on
the Sabbath day and it was his
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custom to do. Isn't Jesus
our example, isn't he, nod your
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head, raise your hand say
amen to something, so I'll
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know you're out there. He
is our example, don't we follow
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the lamb. Amen. I got a hunch,
I got a hunch, if God would
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ask me Colon, why did you
keep the seventh day instead
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of the first day like
everybody else, I would say
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because Jesus did, I think
he'd say that's good enough.
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You're safe when you follow
the Lamb. Now I want to make
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something very, very
clear here when we talk about
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the Sabbath. Jesus
didn't worship on the Sabbath,
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the Bible does say the
Sabbath is the day of holy
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congregation, Leviticus 23,
it's a day of worship. But one
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thing I want to make
crystal clear we should worship
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God everyday. It is
never a sin to worship God.
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The question about the
Sabbath is not so much when
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you go to Church, the
question is working six days and
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setting aside the seventh day
fully and completely for God.
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We can go to Church everyday
any day folks, it's never
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wrong to go to Church, Amen.
Amen. Did everybody understand
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that. Is it ever wrong to
go to Church? So, don't leave
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here saying that preacher
said that it's a sin to worship
00:23:48.39\00:23:51.25
on Sunday or Monday or
any other day, that's not what
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I'm saying, you're bearing
false witness against me.
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It's never a sin to worship,
we can worship God any day,
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we should worship God
everyday, but there is only
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one day that God blessed
and set aside and made Holy and
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that's the seventh-day
Sabbath, which is on Saturday,
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that's what we're talking
about here tonight. And then
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what did Jesus teach about
the Sabbath. In Matthew the
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12th Chapter, in Verse
9, he went to the Synagogue,
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in Verse 10, there was a
man there with a shriveled hand,
00:24:25.76\00:24:28.25
he was crippled. Now,
the Jews were looking for
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a reason to accuse Jesus,
so they asked him is it lawful
00:24:30.90\00:24:33.96
to heal on the Sabbath
because they thought that if
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he healed on the Sabbath
that's work. Oh! And he would
00:24:37.08\00:24:40.62
be breaking the
Sabbath, not true because Jesus
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immediately, you know, I
love the way Jesus works, I mean
00:24:44.63\00:24:47.54
they would ask him questions
and they would just really
00:24:47.57\00:24:50.61
look like they had him nailed
to the wall and he could just
00:24:50.64\00:24:53.95
defuse and disarm it with
one little question. That's
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what he does here. They're
trying to pin him to the wall,
00:24:57.40\00:25:00.13
they're trying to show
he was breaking the Sabbath,
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watch what he does, he said,
if any of you has a sheep and
00:25:02.48\00:25:05.67
it falls into a pit on the
Sabbath won't you take hold
00:25:05.70\00:25:09.43
of it and lift it out,
of course they would because
00:25:09.46\00:25:12.51
that's money for them. Oh!
Yeah, that's okay for us to do
00:25:12.54\00:25:18.39
they would say because of the
poor sheep. Well, Jesus said,
00:25:18.42\00:25:21.77
how much more valuable is
a man than a sheep, he knew
00:25:21.80\00:25:26.35
how to deal with their
questions didn't he, therefore
00:25:26.38\00:25:29.93
it is lawful to do good on
the Sabbath. You see they had
00:25:29.96\00:25:36.60
a list of hundreds of
traditions saying what you
00:25:36.63\00:25:40.30
can do and what you can't
do on the Sabbath and it was so
00:25:40.33\00:25:43.65
confusing that they were
scared to get out of bed on
00:25:43.68\00:25:46.17
Sabbath morning because they
might break one of those rules
00:25:46.20\00:25:49.29
or traditions, not
scripture, but traditions of man
00:25:49.32\00:25:53.16
and Jesus was stripping
away the traditions and showing
00:25:54.50\00:26:01.11
them that it is lawful
to do good, in fact to think
00:26:01.14\00:26:04.99
about it, he is teaching
them how to observe the Sabbath
00:26:05.02\00:26:09.54
properly. Now, you may think
that Matthew was written as
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the First Book in the New
Testament, you might think
00:26:14.45\00:26:17.00
it was written first, but
Matthew wasn't. Matthew is one
00:26:17.03\00:26:20.22
of the latest books, the
last books written in the Old
00:26:20.25\00:26:21.22
Testament. Some think it
was his latest 60-65 or 70 A.D.,
00:26:23.17\00:26:27.83
which would be 40 years
after the Cross when Matthew was
00:26:27.86\00:26:31.18
written. So, here is Jesus,
40 years after the Cross and
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he is teaching them how to
observe the Sabbath. By doing
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good for other people, watch
what they, how they responded
00:26:41.72\00:26:45.21
to this, when the Pharisees
went out and they went out,
00:26:45.24\00:26:48.84
they plotted how they might
kill Jesus. The Devil hates
00:26:48.87\00:26:55.21
the Sabbath folks, he hates
it because it's the memorial,
00:26:55.24\00:27:00.43
the reminder of something
he can't do, he can't create.
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He hates the Sabbath and
you're going to discover,
00:27:05.45\00:27:09.08
you find precious truth here
in the Bible and you get all
00:27:09.86\00:27:12.91
excited about it and you go
run and tell somebody, but they
00:27:12.94\00:27:15.53
might not be as excited
as you are, because the Devil
00:27:15.56\00:27:19.82
hates the Sabbath. Every
once in a while somebody comes
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not often, but once in a
while, you're here I think
00:27:24.60\00:27:27.05
'cause you wanna know
the truth, am I right? Yeah.
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But every once in a while
somebody comes and they say
00:27:30.19\00:27:33.62
pastor, I've been enjoying
Revelation Now, but I didn't
00:27:33.65\00:27:37.27
like what you said tonight.
The question is not whether
00:27:37.30\00:27:43.88
or not you liked it,
wrong question. The question is,
00:27:43.91\00:27:49.99
is it true, whether we
like it or not isn't important,
00:27:50.42\00:27:58.10
is it true. Jesus said,
you'll know the truth and
00:27:58.53\00:28:03.65
the truth will set you free,
we do not have to be afraid
00:28:03.68\00:28:08.23
of truth. Amen. Amen. We
had better be afraid of not
00:28:08.26\00:28:12.07
knowing the truth, so the
question isn't. As you see
00:28:12.10\00:28:15.45
here tonight. Do I like
what I'm hearing? We're not here
00:28:15.48\00:28:19.44
to tickle the itching ear.
We're here to learn the truth
00:28:19.47\00:28:24.15
and the truth will set
you free. By the way, I wanna
00:28:25.31\00:28:33.30
show you what I think is
the clearest evidence that God
00:28:33.33\00:28:37.08
still intended for
New Testament believers,
00:28:37.11\00:28:39.94
Christians, to be receiving
a Sabbath blessing, long after
00:28:39.97\00:28:46.56
Jesus died on the Cross.
Don't let anybody tell you
00:28:46.59\00:28:49.67
that ended at the Cross,
does that make sense, that God
00:28:49.70\00:28:53.61
gives us a blessing, he
says this is a blessing for you,
00:28:53.64\00:28:56.68
I want to meet with you, I
want to spend time with you,
00:28:56.71\00:28:59.11
I wanna enter into a
relationship with you that only
00:28:59.14\00:29:01.95
friends can have, this is
special day for you and then,
00:29:01.98\00:29:04.85
whoa, I can't give
that to you anymore, your
00:29:04.88\00:29:06.90
New Testament. That doesn't
make sense to me, don't let
00:29:06.93\00:29:10.89
anybody tell you that.
Here is the clearest evidence
00:29:10.92\00:29:13.64
that extends way beyond the
Cross in Matthew, Chapter 24,
00:29:13.67\00:29:17.19
Jesus left the temple and
he was walking away in Verse 1
00:29:17.22\00:29:20.57
with his disciples, they
came up to him, they call his
00:29:20.60\00:29:23.23
attention to the building
you know, it seems like we're
00:29:23.26\00:29:25.29
always looking at material
things. Now look how the
00:29:25.32\00:29:28.74
beautiful buildings here,
Jesus said, yeah I see that,
00:29:28.77\00:29:32.17
but I tell you the truth
not one stone here will be left
00:29:33.60\00:29:36.56
on another everyone will
be thrown down. Wow! When will
00:29:36.59\00:29:40.85
this be they asked tell
us, when will this happen and
00:29:40.88\00:29:43.94
what will be a sign of your
coming and the end of the age.
00:29:43.97\00:29:46.83
So, Jesus gave him some
signs, they would know when that
00:29:46.86\00:29:50.33
was about to happen that
the temple was going to be
00:29:50.36\00:29:52.27
destroyed and then he
said, when you see these signs
00:29:52.30\00:29:56.06
unfolding you need
to flee from the City,
00:29:56.09\00:29:58.62
don't hang around
Jerusalem, get out of there.
00:29:58.65\00:30:01.03
Watch this, Verse 20
and when that time comes
00:30:02.10\00:30:05.58
when you flee from the City,
when that time comes pray that
00:30:05.61\00:30:10.40
your flight will not
take place in the winter or on
00:30:10.43\00:30:14.44
the Sabbath. You know
that's dynamite to me, why?
00:30:14.47\00:30:19.84
Because Jerusalem was
destroyed in the year 70 A.D.
00:30:19.87\00:30:25.54
we learned that on the fourth
night, in the year 70 A.D.
00:30:25.57\00:30:26.54
Titus the Roman
general marched into Jerusalem,
00:30:27.65\00:30:29.98
destroyed the temple, not
one stone was left standing on
00:30:30.01\00:30:32.87
another, exactly the way
Jesus said it would be, when was
00:30:32.90\00:30:35.74
that 70 A.D. Well,
here's Jesus in the year 30,
00:30:35.77\00:30:40.07
before 31 A.D. because
that's when he died on the cross
00:30:40.10\00:30:44.04
in 31 A.D. So, sometime
before he died, sometime
00:30:44.07\00:30:47.42
before 31 A.D. Jesus is
looking ahead, he is looking
00:30:47.45\00:30:51.70
into the future to 70 A.D.
40 years ahead and he is saying
00:30:51.73\00:30:56.39
when that time comes you
pray you'll not have to flee on
00:30:56.42\00:30:59.74
the Sabbath day, Jesus it
proves without a shadow of
00:30:59.77\00:31:03.45
a doubt expected New
Testament Christians to still be
00:31:03.48\00:31:07.80
observing the Sabbath 40 years
after he died on the Cross,
00:31:07.83\00:31:11.17
don't let anybody tell you
that the Sabbath isn't for you.
00:31:11.20\00:31:14.51
Bible says, God withholds
no good thing from those
00:31:15.65\00:31:18.81
who walk uprightly and
the Sabbath is a good thing,
00:31:18.84\00:31:21.40
because God made
it, Jesus made it.
00:31:22.89\00:31:25.57
Somebody gave our little boys
one time when they were little
00:31:25.60\00:31:27.96
gave them new T-shirts and
it said, I know I'm somebody
00:31:27.99\00:31:31.68
because God don't make no
junk. The Sabbath is not junk
00:31:31.71\00:31:37.56
folks. God made it good.
Everything he made was good
00:31:37.59\00:31:41.95
and he is not gonna hold
it back from you, he is not
00:31:42.86\00:31:44.81
gonna let you not have
anything good. He said,
00:31:44.84\00:31:49.21
I've come that you can have
life and have it abundantly.
00:31:49.24\00:31:51.75
By the way, who wrote
that commandment, remember
00:31:53.59\00:31:59.04
the Sabbath day you
should already know, but let's
00:31:59.07\00:32:01.33
just make it crystal
clear to make sure there's not
00:32:01.36\00:32:04.16
a shadow of a doubt
in our minds, to texts.
00:32:04.19\00:32:06.38
In the book of
Acts, Chapter 4, Verse 12
00:32:06.41\00:32:09.08
and James 4:12, isn't
that interesting Acts 4:12,
00:32:09.11\00:32:13.99
James 4:12, maybe God did
it that way so we can remember
00:32:14.02\00:32:16.35
it easier. Only have a few
numbers to remember instead of
00:32:16.38\00:32:19.90
a bunch. In Act 4:12, it says
there is no other name under
00:32:19.93\00:32:25.89
Heaven whereby you can
be saved. What name is that?
00:32:25.92\00:32:30.50
That's Jesus, that's the
Lamb, Amen. Is there any other
00:32:31.43\00:32:34.53
name besides Jesus whereby
you can be saved? No other
00:32:34.56\00:32:38.07
name, only Jesus, but
then when you go to James 4:12,
00:32:38.10\00:32:41.91
it says there is only
one judge, there is only one
00:32:41.94\00:32:44.57
lawgiver and that's he,
who is able to save, who is
00:32:44.60\00:32:48.73
able to save? Only Jesus,
there is only one lawgiver,
00:32:48.76\00:32:52.44
who is the lawgiver?
The one that's able to save.
00:32:52.47\00:32:55.05
Who is able to save? Jesus,
there is only one lawgiver,
00:32:55.08\00:32:58.28
the one able to save,
the lawgiver has to be,
00:32:58.31\00:33:00.11
say it, Jesus, what does
it mean? It means that when
00:33:00.14\00:33:08.89
Moses went up on that mountain
ascended into the dark cloud,
00:33:08.92\00:33:14.72
carrying the two tables
of stone in his arms and then
00:33:15.96\00:33:20.96
he raised those tablets of
stone up into the dark cloud,
00:33:20.99\00:33:25.46
he felt the hand of God
reach down, take them out
00:33:25.49\00:33:31.38
of his hand. And, God
wrote on those tables of stone
00:33:31.41\00:33:36.25
the Ten Commandments
and the fourth one, remember
00:33:37.67\00:33:41.23
the Sabbath day to keep it
holy. The lawgiver that wrote
00:33:41.26\00:33:45.94
that law was the Son of God,
Jesus Christ. Notice it says,
00:33:45.97\00:33:53.65
remember the
Sabbath to keep it holy,
00:33:53.68\00:33:57.14
six days you'll labor
and do all of your work,
00:33:58.14\00:34:00.71
but the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord your God,
00:34:00.74\00:34:06.66
is it any wonder Jesus
said in Matthew Chapter 12,
00:34:06.69\00:34:09.57
Verse 8, the son of
man is Lord of the Sabbath,
00:34:09.60\00:34:13.07
because he made the
Sabbath, he created the Sabbath,
00:34:13.87\00:34:16.77
he rested on the
Sabbath, he blessed the Sabbath,
00:34:16.80\00:34:19.65
he made the Sabbath holy
and he wrapped it in paper
00:34:19.68\00:34:22.79
and gives it to you as a
gift. Remember the Sabbath of
00:34:22.82\00:34:27.21
the Lord your God,
the son of man is Lord
00:34:27.24\00:34:30.60
even of the Sabbath. But
almost everybody observes
00:34:30.63\00:34:39.91
the first day of the week
today, so surely there must be
00:34:39.94\00:34:43.34
some place in the Bible
that changes the Sabbath from
00:34:43.37\00:34:46.54
the seventh day to the
first day. We're told there
00:34:46.57\00:34:50.91
are only eight texts in
the Bible that mention the
00:34:50.94\00:34:53.91
first day of the week,
just eight places. Six of them
00:34:53.94\00:34:57.61
six of them are just
like that one that we already
00:34:58.84\00:35:01.61
read early in the morning
on the first day of the week,
00:35:01.64\00:35:04.19
they went to the tomb
and found that it was empty,
00:35:04.22\00:35:06.64
six of them, six of the
eight. No hint there of changing
00:35:06.67\00:35:11.14
the Sabbath, in fact when
it says first day of the week
00:35:11.17\00:35:13.49
it is first day after
the Sabbath, so it could not
00:35:13.52\00:35:16.03
have been the Sabbath.
No hint the Sabbath has
00:35:16.06\00:35:19.46
changed there. They just
went to the tomb. Jesus was
00:35:19.49\00:35:22.30
raised up on the first day
of the week that's all it says
00:35:22.33\00:35:25.02
no hint that the old seventh
day is finished, new seventh
00:35:25.05\00:35:28.00
day is now the first of
the week, new Sabbath day.
00:35:28.03\00:35:30.75
Not a hint in those 6,
but there are two. There are
00:35:30.78\00:35:35.06
often pointed to two texts
that mention the first day of
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the week. They're often
pointed to prove that Saturday
00:35:37.88\00:35:39.64
is not the Sabbath anymore.
It's changed to the first day
00:35:39.67\00:35:43.58
of the week. The first
one is in First Corinthians,
00:35:43.61\00:35:46.61
First Corinthians Chapter
16, Verse 1. Now about the
00:35:47.59\00:35:50.90
collection for God's people,
do what I told the Galatians
00:35:50.93\00:35:54.10
churches to do. On the
first day of every week,
00:35:54.13\00:36:01.60
each of one you should
set aside a sum of money
00:36:02.07\00:36:05.97
in keeping with his income,
saving it up, so that when
00:36:06.00\00:36:09.15
I come no collection
will have to be made.
00:36:09.18\00:36:11.42
Now many will be quick
to point out that see they
00:36:14.00\00:36:19.49
had a religious Church service
they were worshiping on the
00:36:19.52\00:36:21.98
first day of the week because
they pass the offering plate.
00:36:22.01\00:36:23.92
I'll confess that when we
have Church services we often
00:36:25.04\00:36:29.14
pass the offering plate,
we do, but nothing in this
00:36:29.17\00:36:35.57
text says anything about
passing the offering plate
00:36:35.60\00:36:39.54
in Church. It doesn't
even say anything about going
00:36:39.57\00:36:43.07
to the Church? All it says
is on the first day of every
00:36:43.10\00:36:47.38
week, each one of you
should set aside a sum of money
00:36:47.41\00:36:50.52
in keeping with this income,
saving enough, so that when
00:36:50.55\00:36:54.44
I come no collection
have to made, in fact if you
00:36:54.47\00:36:56.79
can understand this, in
original Greek it means set
00:36:56.82\00:36:59.57
aside by himself on the first
day of the week and Dr. Carson
00:36:59.60\00:37:04.70
who wrote the book from
the Sabbath to the Lord's day
00:37:04.73\00:37:06.95
trying to prove that the
Lord's day is now Sunday and
00:37:06.98\00:37:10.27
not Saturday anymore, he said
to putting aside of fund for
00:37:10.30\00:37:13.96
the collection for Jerusalem
Church with probably required
00:37:13.99\00:37:16.27
on the first day of the week
is not directly connected with
00:37:16.30\00:37:19.81
public worship. This was
to be done privately, so he's
00:37:19.84\00:37:23.53
saying don't use that
first to try to show that the
00:37:23.56\00:37:26.23
Sabbath is changed from the
seventh day to the first day
00:37:26.26\00:37:29.02
of the week. Don't use
that one. All he is saying is on
00:37:29.05\00:37:35.04
the first day of the week
before you do anything else
00:37:35.07\00:37:38.19
you set aside your
funds for God. Don't wait till
00:37:38.22\00:37:42.23
the end of week and
give him what's left over,
00:37:42.26\00:37:43.99
but you set it aside for
God first. That's all he's
00:37:44.94\00:37:48.40
saying, nothing here
about changing the Sabbath,
00:37:48.43\00:37:50.79
in fact it says on the first
day after the Sabbath of every
00:37:50.82\00:37:54.81
week because
remember ''mia ton sabbaton''
00:37:54.84\00:37:56.88
means first day after
the Sabbath, so how can he
00:37:56.91\00:37:59.23
be saying now, the
first day of the week is the
00:37:59.26\00:38:01.27
Sabbath because here it
says on the first day after the
00:38:01.30\00:38:03.77
Sabbath set aside a
certain sum. That's one text.
00:38:03.80\00:38:10.37
Suppose there was a meeting
there on the first day of
00:38:11.11\00:38:13.58
the week would that prove
that Saturday is now changed,
00:38:13.61\00:38:16.74
the Sabbath now changed
from Saturday to Sunday.
00:38:16.77\00:38:19.17
We can have Church meetings
everyday. We do here almost
00:38:19.79\00:38:22.63
every night of the
week, five nights a week.
00:38:22.66\00:38:24.49
That doesn't mean that
every night is now the Sabbath,
00:38:24.52\00:38:26.82
in fact they worshiped
everyday in the New Testament.
00:38:27.55\00:38:30.69
They gathered together
everyday studying the word
00:38:30.72\00:38:33.25
of God, but there is a
place. There is a place in
00:38:33.28\00:38:37.63
the book of Acts the
20th Chapter, Verse 7, where
00:38:37.66\00:38:40.43
there was a Church service
and may be it would be better
00:38:40.46\00:38:43.19
to say a worship service
on the first day of the week
00:38:43.22\00:38:45.71
and there it was in
Chapter 20, Verse 7 in the book
00:38:45.74\00:38:49.49
of Acts, on the first day
of the week, we came together
00:38:49.52\00:38:52.80
to break bread. Now
when was this? First day of
00:38:52.83\00:38:57.19
the week is ''mia ton
sabbaton,'' first day after
00:38:57.22\00:39:00.05
the Sabbath, so were they
celebrating the Sabbath on
00:39:00.08\00:39:02.66
that day, absolutely
not. Sabbath was already done.
00:39:02.69\00:39:05.71
It was the first day
after the Sabbath. Now when was
00:39:05.74\00:39:08.85
this meeting? Paul spoke
to, by the way the book of Acts
00:39:08.88\00:39:13.41
Chapter 2 says they met in
their homes daily and broke
00:39:13.44\00:39:16.12
bread together daily. So
we can't say just because they
00:39:16.15\00:39:20.48
broke bread together it
means that it's now the Lord's
00:39:20.51\00:39:22.73
day the holy day. Paul spoke
to the people and because he
00:39:22.76\00:39:25.84
intent to believe the
next day he kept talking until
00:39:25.87\00:39:28.00
midnight. Oh! Man, you know,
I have often thought why did
00:39:28.03\00:39:33.38
I have to born now? I like
to have been born back then.
00:39:33.41\00:39:36.13
They get to preach till
midnight and I got stop at
00:39:36.16\00:39:38.03
quarter to nine. It
doesn't seem fair to me.
00:39:38.06\00:39:41.82
Paul preached until midnight
but when was this meeting?
00:39:41.85\00:39:49.28
It's on the first day of
the week, first day after
00:39:49.31\00:39:53.35
the Sabbath. And it was
at midnight, at night time.
00:39:53.38\00:39:56.92
Now follow me closely,
'cause it's going to take
00:39:58.17\00:40:01.92
some thinking, because
see the Bible was written not
00:40:01.95\00:40:04.58
in modern times
but in ancient times.
00:40:04.61\00:40:06.61
And incidentally in case
you did know it Adam and Eve
00:40:07.71\00:40:10.19
did not have clocks or
wrist watches on their arms.
00:40:10.22\00:40:13.31
They didn't have
clocks back then, the sun was
00:40:14.27\00:40:17.30
their clock and so when
the sun set the day came to
00:40:17.33\00:40:21.38
an end, that's kind of
neat, you get to see the day end
00:40:21.41\00:40:23.99
that way. At midnight,
the middle of the night you
00:40:24.02\00:40:26.54
don't see anything. When
the sun sets the day came to
00:40:26.57\00:40:29.80
an end. Evening and morning
were the first day. The dark
00:40:29.83\00:40:33.63
part of the day comes
first, so when the sun sets,
00:40:33.66\00:40:37.74
a day comes to an end and
it gets dark and now we are
00:40:38.65\00:40:43.48
in the next day. And so
if it was the first day of
00:40:43.51\00:40:48.89
the week in the evening time
they were together on Sabbath
00:40:48.92\00:40:53.04
and then the sun set and
now it's what we would think
00:40:54.08\00:40:58.65
of as Saturday night, but
actually it's the first day
00:40:58.68\00:41:02.23
after the Sabbath. So in
actuality they were not having
00:41:02.26\00:41:08.56
a Sunday morning worship
service on the first day of
00:41:08.59\00:41:10.98
the week. There were
meeting on Saturday night.
00:41:11.01\00:41:13.24
The day after the Sabbath
because he had been together
00:41:14.47\00:41:17.04
with him all day Sabbath
and he was about to leave
00:41:17.07\00:41:19.83
the next day, so that's
why he preached and preached
00:41:19.86\00:41:23.08
until midnight. There was
nothing here about changing
00:41:23.11\00:41:27.99
the Sabbath, because
the first day of the week is
00:41:28.02\00:41:30.30
after the Sabbath. He had
been with them all Sabbath
00:41:30.33\00:41:33.01
and now he preaches until
midnight. Watch what happens
00:41:33.04\00:41:36.72
there? In verse 8,
there were many lamps in the
00:41:36.75\00:41:39.47
upstairs room where we were
meeting and seated in a window
00:41:39.50\00:41:41.80
was a young man named
Eutychus who was sinking into
00:41:41.83\00:41:47.80
a deep sleep as Paul
talked on and on till midnight.
00:41:47.83\00:41:53.99
I don't feel so bad now when
I see some of you heads nod,
00:41:56.78\00:42:01.93
sometimes people come
and apologize, I am so sorry,
00:42:02.52\00:42:05.18
I was just tired today I
couldn't keep my eyes open.
00:42:05.21\00:42:07.57
Don't apologize, they
felt asleep when Paul was
00:42:07.60\00:42:10.26
preaching. And when he was
sound asleep, Eutychus, when
00:42:10.29\00:42:18.17
he was sound asleep, he fell
to the ground from the third
00:42:18.20\00:42:22.41
storey and was picked
up dead. Now let that be
00:42:22.44\00:42:27.65
a warning for anyone
who falls asleep in Church.
00:42:27.68\00:42:30.34
Paul went down, he threw
himself on the young man,
00:42:32.75\00:42:35.00
he put his hands around
him and said don't be alarmed,
00:42:35.03\00:42:36.44
he's alive and then he
went upstairs broke bread again
00:42:36.47\00:42:39.40
and ate and this time
after talking until daylight
00:42:39.43\00:42:43.64
oh my Lord, I bet
nobody felt asleep after that,
00:42:43.76\00:42:46.98
what do you think? After
talking until daylight he left
00:42:47.01\00:42:50.56
and the people took the
young man home alive greatly
00:42:50.59\00:42:53.45
comforted. Verse 13,
the next verse we went
00:42:53.48\00:42:56.35
on ahead to the ship and
sailed for Assos where we are
00:42:56.38\00:42:59.80
going to take Paul abroad.
Paul hiked fourteen miles
00:42:59.83\00:43:03.89
on Sunday morning to go
catch a ship. Hardly to be
00:43:03.92\00:43:08.73
understood as
keeping the Sabbath. No the
00:43:08.76\00:43:12.63
seventh day, Saturday is
the Sabbath, that's the day
00:43:12.66\00:43:15.75
that Paul kept, well did
the disciples ever change it
00:43:15.78\00:43:21.29
to Sunday, the first day
of the week. Let's take a look
00:43:21.32\00:43:24.19
in the book of Acts
starting with the 13th chapter
00:43:24.22\00:43:27.85
I am just going to go
quickly a little survey
00:43:27.88\00:43:30.05
of what the disciples
did in Acts the 13th Chapter.
00:43:30.08\00:43:33.43
Okay, look at it with me,
in verse. In verse 14, they
00:43:34.58\00:43:38.46
went on to Antioch, and
on the Sabbath they enter
00:43:38.49\00:43:42.22
the synagogue and sat down
and reading from the, after
00:43:42.25\00:43:44.79
reading from the Laws and
the Prophets, so synagogue
00:43:44.82\00:43:46.51
rulers send word to them
saying brothers if you have
00:43:46.54\00:43:48.75
a message of encouragement
for the people please speak,
00:43:48.78\00:43:51.60
so there was Paul sitting
in the synagogue worshiping
00:43:51.63\00:43:56.63
on the Sabbath day and
this was after Jesus had been
00:43:56.66\00:44:01.98
crucified on the cross and
it says on the Sabbath that
00:44:02.01\00:44:05.50
can't be Sunday, because
Sunday is the first day of
00:44:05.53\00:44:07.62
the week, is the
first day after the Sabbath.
00:44:07.65\00:44:09.45
So there he was celebrating
the Sabbath worshiping on
00:44:10.13\00:44:14.12
the Sabbath day in
the synagogue, now some
00:44:15.54\00:44:18.08
people say well, yeah,
that was only because the
00:44:18.11\00:44:20.38
synagogue was there, well
hang on for just a minute.
00:44:20.41\00:44:23.15
In verse 44, it says on the
next Sabbath, actually 43, 42
00:44:23.18\00:44:27.78
and they were leaving the
synagogue. Paul and Barnabas
00:44:27.81\00:44:30.53
were leaving, the people
invited him to speak further
00:44:30.56\00:44:32.72
about these things on
the next Sabbath, he preached
00:44:32.75\00:44:34.76
a gospel sermon, he
said oh man, we want to hear
00:44:34.79\00:44:36.98
more about that,
tell us more. In verse 44,
00:44:37.01\00:44:40.24
on the next Sabbath,
almost the whole city
00:44:40.27\00:44:42.29
gathered to hear. Now
he didn't say Oh! You don't
00:44:42.32\00:44:44.76
worry about that because
we do it on Sunday, you can
00:44:44.79\00:44:46.77
come tomorrow morning and
hear it now, no, on the next
00:44:46.80\00:44:50.19
Sabbath, they met
together again to hear the word
00:44:50.22\00:44:53.15
of God. Fourteen years after
the cross and there they are
00:44:53.18\00:45:01.15
observing two Sabbaths.
Was it only because there was
00:45:01.18\00:45:04.99
a synagogue there and
it was handy? No, because
00:45:05.02\00:45:08.27
we can read in another
place in Chapter 16 Verse 12,
00:45:08.30\00:45:14.94
we went on to a Roman colony
the Philippi, the leading city
00:45:15.94\00:45:20.64
in the district of
Macedonia There was no synagogue
00:45:20.67\00:45:23.80
there, a pagan place.
Verse 13, on the Sabbath
00:45:23.83\00:45:28.22
we went outside the city
gate to the river where we
00:45:28.25\00:45:31.76
would find the place
for prayer. Twenty two years
00:45:31.79\00:45:35.03
after the cross, couldn't
find a synagogue they worship
00:45:35.06\00:45:38.45
in, couldn't find a Church,
but they knew a place out
00:45:38.48\00:45:41.04
there in nature that's
where they went to worship God
00:45:41.07\00:45:43.74
on the Sabbath day, not a
bad idea once in the while to
00:45:43.77\00:45:47.17
enjoy nature on the
Sabbath day because it points us
00:45:47.20\00:45:49.61
to God as a creator.
Chapter 17 in Verse 2,
00:45:49.64\00:45:53.07
as his custom was Paul
went into the synagogue and on
00:45:53.10\00:45:56.49
three Sabbath days he
reasoned with them from
00:45:56.52\00:45:59.30
scripture. Now here is three
more times that's six times
00:45:59.33\00:46:02.56
that Paul is shown as
observing the Sabbath.
00:46:02.59\00:46:04.86
Chapter 18, Verse 1, then
he left Athens. He went to
00:46:04.89\00:46:08.47
Corinth, he met Aquila
and Priscilla, he stayed with
00:46:08.50\00:46:11.43
them and he worked with
them every Sabbath. Verse 4
00:46:11.46\00:46:15.27
he reasoned in the synagogue
trying to persuade Jews
00:46:15.30\00:46:18.16
and Greeks every Sabbath,
well how long was he there.
00:46:18.19\00:46:22.04
Paul stayed there a year
and a half, teaching them
00:46:22.73\00:46:25.24
the word of God, let's see
a year and half every Sabbath
00:46:25.27\00:46:28.17
year and half, that 78 times
that Paul observed the Sabbath
00:46:28.20\00:46:32.85
six other times we
have already seen, that's 84
00:46:32.88\00:46:36.39
examples of Paul and
the disciples observing
00:46:36.42\00:46:40.07
the Sabbath in the
New Testament and zero
00:46:40.10\00:46:42.83
example of anyone ever
observing the first day
00:46:42.86\00:46:45.92
of the week, not a one.
No, Jesus didn't change it,
00:46:45.95\00:46:52.09
the disciples didn't
change it, who did. The answer's
00:46:52.12\00:46:56.90
found in the Old Testament
and the prophecy we have
00:46:56.93\00:47:01.13
already looked at in
Daniel, prophecy of Daniel
00:47:01.16\00:47:04.21
the 7th Chapter, the little
horn came up among the ten,
00:47:04.24\00:47:07.93
we've identified the
little horn as the beast
00:47:07.96\00:47:09.73
of Revelation Chapter
13, the Antichrist and one of
00:47:09.76\00:47:12.96
the identifying marks of
the little horn in the 25th
00:47:12.99\00:47:15.69
verse of the same chapter
is that he would try to change
00:47:15.72\00:47:19.89
the set times and the laws.
And it has to be God's laws
00:47:19.92\00:47:26.17
because man's laws change
all the time, so the little
00:47:26.20\00:47:29.66
horn, the Antichrist,
the false system of worship
00:47:29.69\00:47:32.82
developed in the
medieval Church at Rome between
00:47:32.85\00:47:35.77
538 and 1798. The
little horn, the Antichrist,
00:47:35.80\00:47:39.97
the counterfeit system
of worship would somehow
00:47:40.00\00:47:42.64
try to change the set times
and the laws. There is only
00:47:42.67\00:47:49.40
one law in God's commandments
in the Ten Commandments
00:47:49.43\00:47:52.87
that deals with time and
that's the fourth commandment
00:47:52.90\00:47:55.00
remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy and he would
00:47:55.03\00:47:59.04
try to change it.
Notice try he can't change it.
00:47:59.07\00:48:02.10
No man can change
what God says, Amen.
00:48:02.13\00:48:04.79
So in Rome especially
there where the early Church
00:48:05.56\00:48:10.06
Christians were converts
not from the Jewish religion,
00:48:10.09\00:48:13.24
but from the Pagan Roman
cults where they worshiped
00:48:13.27\00:48:16.69
the Sun. There they decided
hey, we're being persecuted
00:48:16.72\00:48:20.92
because we keep the Sabbath,
so let's keep the Sabbath
00:48:20.95\00:48:24.24
privately at home and
worship together on Sunday.
00:48:24.27\00:48:28.69
There were accustomed to
that and besides that there
00:48:28.72\00:48:31.71
was incredible peer pressure
from their friends, you know
00:48:31.74\00:48:34.53
why do you want to
go against the trend.
00:48:34.56\00:48:36.59
Everybody observes Sunday,
so why don't you just make
00:48:36.62\00:48:39.69
it easier on yourself
and you won't get persecuted.
00:48:39.72\00:48:42.70
So they began to observe
Sabbath at home and Sunday,
00:48:42.73\00:48:46.36
not in honor of the Sun,
but in honor of the Son of God
00:48:47.58\00:48:50.94
because they were Christians
even though the Bible didn't
00:48:51.57\00:48:53.86
say to do it. Then in the
fourth century Constantine,
00:48:53.89\00:48:57.99
the emperor of Rome remember
became a nominal Christian
00:48:58.02\00:49:00.58
and he passed a law
forbidding anyone from
00:49:00.61\00:49:04.05
the observing the
Sabbath and forcing everyone to
00:49:04.08\00:49:08.03
observe Sunday and
then by the year 364 AD at
00:49:08.06\00:49:13.05
the Council of Laodicea
I have been reading this
00:49:13.08\00:49:15.33
for 30 years and just I am
sure while I go I found it on
00:49:15.36\00:49:18.30
the Internet. In the
Vatican archives I found it.
00:49:18.33\00:49:21.37
The Council of Laodicea
at 364 A.D. I reproduced
00:49:21.40\00:49:24.81
it right here and we
will give you a copy of that.
00:49:24.84\00:49:27.16
I will tell you more
later. Canon 29 Christians must
00:49:27.19\00:49:30.52
not Judaiz by resting on
the Sabbath, but must work
00:49:30.55\00:49:34.40
on that day rather honoring
the Lord's day, Sunday and
00:49:34.43\00:49:38.41
if they can resting then
as Christians, but if any
00:49:38.44\00:49:41.43
of found to be Judaizers,
let them be a curse from
00:49:41.46\00:49:45.54
Christ and the Church
at the Council of Laodicea
00:49:45.57\00:49:50.49
officially decreed that
Saturday is not the Sabbath
00:49:50.52\00:49:54.62
anymore. It is Sunday
the first day of the week.
00:49:54.65\00:49:57.67
The question is does
the Church has the authority
00:49:57.70\00:50:01.43
to change one of God's
commandments. Can the church
00:50:01.46\00:50:05.45
change the set
times and the laws. "No."
00:50:05.48\00:50:09.51
John Paul II said, even
though he got it right folks,
00:50:11.26\00:50:15.49
he got it right on
the meaning of God's rest.
00:50:15.52\00:50:17.78
He goes on to say, God
blessed the seventh day and
00:50:17.81\00:50:21.31
he made it holy, he is
quoting the Bible Genesis 2:3
00:50:21.34\00:50:24.34
and then in the next
paragraph, Sunday is the day
00:50:24.37\00:50:28.75
of rest because it's the
day blessed by God and made
00:50:28.78\00:50:32.00
holy by him. Now how can
he say this? How can he say
00:50:32.03\00:50:36.52
that God blessed the seventh
day and then say Sunday is
00:50:36.55\00:50:40.25
the day that God
blessed and made holy.
00:50:40.28\00:50:41.86
Well, maybe he thinks
Sunday is the seventh day,
00:50:41.89\00:50:44.64
no, because in his Catechism
right here, the Catechism of
00:50:44.67\00:50:48.50
the Catholic Church endorsed
by John Paul II, Sunday is
00:50:48.53\00:50:51.81
expressly distinguished from
the Sabbath, which it follows
00:50:51.84\00:50:55.36
chronologically every week,
for Christians its ceremony
00:50:55.39\00:50:58.47
observers replaces that
of the Sabbath well, how can
00:50:58.50\00:51:01.36
they do that? Sunday worship
fulfills the moral command of
00:51:01.39\00:51:04.92
the Old Testament.
Well, how can he say that?
00:51:04.95\00:51:07.28
Because in the foot note
it says, the conference of
00:51:07.31\00:51:10.62
bishops can abolish certain
holy days and transfer them
00:51:10.65\00:51:15.22
to Sunday. In other words,
the church has the authority
00:51:15.25\00:51:20.07
to do that, well who
gives the church that authority,
00:51:20.10\00:51:22.84
I read it to you
before, let me read it again,
00:51:22.87\00:51:24.90
section 82, the church
does not derive her certainty
00:51:24.93\00:51:29.71
about all revealed truth
from the scripture alone, both
00:51:29.74\00:51:32.43
scripture and tradition must
be accepted and honored with
00:51:32.46\00:51:35.57
equal sentiments of
devotion and reverence and there
00:51:35.60\00:51:40.93
you have it, we changed
the Sabbath from Saturday
00:51:40.96\00:51:44.05
to seventh day to the
first day of the week. We have
00:51:44.08\00:51:45.92
power to do that,
because tradition is equal
00:51:45.95\00:51:49.54
to the scripture. She would
think to change the set times
00:51:49.93\00:51:55.15
and the laws. But God's laws
God's word can never change,
00:51:55.72\00:52:01.23
so what do the Protestants
have to say about that,
00:52:01.85\00:52:03.86
just a few quickly, there
is a lot more in your printed
00:52:03.89\00:52:05.80
copy. This is Dr.
Alexander Campbell,
00:52:05.83\00:52:08.09
founder of the Christian
church, there is no testimony
00:52:08.12\00:52:11.07
in all of the oracles
of heaven that the Sabbath
00:52:11.10\00:52:13.60
is changed or the Sunday
came in its place, none he says.
00:52:13.63\00:52:17.16
This one Dr. Binney, a
Methodist of the Methodist
00:52:17.19\00:52:19.70
church, he was a
Methodist scholar who wrote
00:52:19.73\00:52:21.40
the Methodist Theological,
the Methodist Episcopal
00:52:21.43\00:52:24.11
Theological Compendium, text
book in the seminar yet to be
00:52:24.14\00:52:27.89
able to say that to graduate
from the seminar. He says
00:52:27.92\00:52:32.03
that his book, he says it
is true there is no positive
00:52:32.06\00:52:34.77
command in the Bible for
keeping holy the first day
00:52:34.80\00:52:36.93
of the week,
Methodist scholar not a command.
00:52:36.96\00:52:39.45
Dr. E.T. Hiscox, a Baptist
scholar who wrote there was
00:52:39.48\00:52:43.68
and is a commandment to
keep Holy the Sabbath day,
00:52:43.71\00:52:45.80
but that Sabbath was not
Sunday. There is no scriptural
00:52:45.83\00:52:49.71
evidence of the change of
the Sabbath institution from
00:52:49.74\00:52:52.23
the seventh day to the
first day of the week, none,
00:52:52.26\00:52:54.90
Baptist scholar. In fact,
I'll show how you to get rich,
00:52:54.93\00:52:58.76
I found this on the Internet
world net daily by Joe Kovacs
00:53:00.96\00:53:05.15
he said, there is a pastor
in Illinois who is taunting
00:53:05.67\00:53:08.76
with 50000 dollars of
his own money if anyone can
00:53:08.79\00:53:12.17
produce a verse from
the Holy Bible showing that
00:53:12.20\00:53:14.76
God commands us to keep
holy the first day of the week
00:53:14.79\00:53:17.50
Sunday, instead of the
seventh day is Saturday,
00:53:17.53\00:53:19.76
you want 50000 just find
a text, but don't waste your
00:53:20.06\00:53:23.50
time it's not there, then
you get even more, because he
00:53:23.53\00:53:27.42
says he is going to increase
it in 25000 dollar increments
00:53:27.45\00:53:30.70
each week for 40 consecutive
weeks, if no one sends him
00:53:30.73\00:53:34.23
a text and cap it at
a million dollars, now
00:53:34.26\00:53:36.69
you can become a millionaire
just find that one text,
00:53:36.72\00:53:39.26
don't waste your time.
In fact, Dr. James Efird,
00:53:42.37\00:53:46.99
professor of
Biblical interpretation at
00:53:47.02\00:53:48.43
Duke University the Divinity
School in North Carolina said,
00:53:48.46\00:53:50.85
I'm afraid you're not going
to find an exact Bible verse
00:53:50.88\00:53:53.57
to counter the good pastor's
challenge and collect, as far
00:53:53.60\00:53:56.52
as I know there is no
verse which specifies Sunday is
00:53:56.55\00:53:58.98
a day for Christians
to observe, isn't that
00:53:59.01\00:54:01.50
interesting. Ever
heard of Jerry Falwell,
00:54:01.53\00:54:04.05
Dr. Jerry Falwell said
Saturday is clearly the
00:54:05.15\00:54:09.20
Sabbath as recorded many
times in the old testament,
00:54:09.23\00:54:11.73
in Christian church tradition
Sunday became the Lord's day
00:54:11.76\00:54:16.96
when Jesus rose from
the grave, but what about
00:54:16.99\00:54:22.52
my grandma and grandpa,
because they were such good
00:54:22.55\00:54:24.70
Christians and they always
said that Sunday was the Lord's
00:54:24.73\00:54:27.52
day does that mean they're
lost, Bible says, he who knows
00:54:27.55\00:54:33.01
what is right and does
it not for him it is sin.
00:54:33.04\00:54:38.90
God doesn't hold you
accountable for things that
00:54:39.81\00:54:42.40
you don't know. God isn't
like that, he doesn't say well
00:54:42.43\00:54:46.75
I'm gonna punish you and
you're like oh! God I didn't
00:54:46.78\00:54:50.28
know about that, too
bad you should have known,
00:54:50.31\00:54:51.72
it's not the way God
is. He said look, I want you
00:54:53.34\00:54:55.40
to have this
blessing, if we rejected that's
00:54:55.43\00:54:59.61
something else. But once
we know the truth then I think
00:54:59.64\00:55:08.26
God expects us to
follow the lamb, Amen.
00:55:08.29\00:55:11.84
Now, don't even think
it, I know some of you out
00:55:13.25\00:55:16.32
there are saying, you mean
to say that if I didn't come
00:55:16.35\00:55:18.98
tonight, I would have known
about it and then I wouldn't
00:55:19.01\00:55:21.08
have to worry about all
this. Jesus said you will know
00:55:21.11\00:55:25.36
the truth and the truth
will set you free. You do not
00:55:25.39\00:55:29.80
have to be afraid of the
truth folks, we need to be
00:55:29.83\00:55:33.35
afraid of not
knowing the truth, Amen.
00:55:33.38\00:55:35.42
"Amen." Well, if
what you're saying
00:55:35.45\00:55:37.57
is true, why doesn't
everybody else see it.
00:55:37.60\00:55:39.61
How do you judge truth by
Gallup polls, now they change
00:55:39.64\00:55:44.52
everyday. Jesus said
broad is the way that enters to
00:55:44.55\00:55:48.43
the destruction and many
are going to go there, straight
00:55:48.46\00:55:50.26
and narrow the way that
goes to life and only a few
00:55:50.29\00:55:52.15
are going to find it.
Everybody believes one thing
00:55:52.18\00:55:55.37
and that not tells me,
watch out, because the truth
00:55:55.40\00:55:59.78
only a few are going to
find. You can't judge truth by
00:56:00.46\00:56:03.89
popularity, ask Noah about
that, preached for a 120 years
00:56:03.92\00:56:09.81
and only got seven and they
were his own family members.
00:56:09.84\00:56:12.72
We judge truth by the
word of God, not by the size of
00:56:16.72\00:56:20.90
the crowd. In the Old Testament,
00:56:20.93\00:56:25.78
they were giants and the
Lord who kept the Sabbath,
00:56:26.35\00:56:29.23
Adam his first
Sabbath, Moses, Abraham, Isaiah,
00:56:29.89\00:56:36.10
giants in Lord, Daniel,
faithful to God's commands.
00:56:36.76\00:56:39.86
In New Testament Paul, Peter,
Mark the giants in the Lord
00:56:39.89\00:56:48.06
were all faithful to
Jesus oh! There were others
00:56:48.09\00:56:51.61
around saying hey, don't
pay attention, do what everybody
00:56:51.64\00:56:55.13
else does, don't make
it any harder on yourself,
00:56:55.16\00:56:57.43
do what everybody
does. But look at that group
00:56:57.46\00:57:01.63
again, it's not as big as
those who follow traditions,
00:57:01.66\00:57:07.42
it's a small group, it's
always been small. But there
00:57:08.07\00:57:12.70
is one standing head and
shoulders above all the others
00:57:12.73\00:57:16.51
and that's Jesus and
Jesus said, if you love me you
00:57:18.48\00:57:27.37
you will keep my commandments.
00:57:27.40\00:57:28.37