We were there in
meeting in Washington DC
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and on a day off,
I just had to go down
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to see the wall.
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Big stark stone wall
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with thousands
and thousands of names
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of men and women
who lost their lives
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fighting for freedom,
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things that we hold so dear.
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And I walked down that
wall looking at those names
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until finally I saw it.
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Thomas T. Norman,
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my best friend
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and I reached out and
just touched the letters
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and instantly I was flooded
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with memories of the
time that we spent together.
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Hours of target
study, simulator practice
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and then out on
the football field,
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Tommy was the quarterback
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and he could throw
the tightest spiral
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that just
settled into your hands
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like catching an eggshell.
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And then when he met Jeanette
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and they were married
and little Tarah came along.
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All of these good
memories just rushed over me.
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You see that's what a
monument is supposed to do.
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It's supposed to take us
back in to the experience
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that it commemorates.
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That's what a monument is for.
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Now God knew from
the very beginning
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that Satan would
attack His authority
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as the Creator of the
heavens and the earth.
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God knew that this
would be the platform,
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the stage for his final
warfare against God's people.
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And as we
learned in the mid 1800s,
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Charles Darwin
published his book
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"The Origin of Species"
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popularizing the
theory of evolution
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and the church joined
hands with modern science
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infiltrating the
ranks of God's people
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with a new philosophy
that would in fact undermined
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God's authority as the Creator.
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God knew that this would happen.
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And that's why at
the very beginning,
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He created a monument,
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a memorial to remind man
for ever that He is the Creator.
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Now God knew that
if He made His monument
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and carved it
out of stone or wood,
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that man would either destroy it
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or decorate it
with gold and silver
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and worship the monument
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instead of the
God of the monument.
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And so He didn't do
that. God did something else.
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He made His
monument out of something
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that would forever
be out of the reach
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of mankind and the devil.
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Instead of
carving it out of stone,
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He carved His
monument out of time.
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That's why the Bible
tells us in Genesis 2:2.
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"By the seventh day
God had finished the work
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He had been doing,
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so on the seventh day
He rested from His work.
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And God blessed the seventh day
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and He made it holy
because on it He rested
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from all the work of
creating that He had done."
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So God
intentionally worked six days
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and then rested
on the seventh day.
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And when your Bible
says that God rested
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that's the Hebrew word Shabbat,
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He Sabbath on the seventh day.
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So God created the Sabbath
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carving it out of
time as an eternal reminder
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that He is the Creator of
the heavens and the earth.
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In the Book of Revelation
picking up on that very theme,
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in Revelation 14, God knowing
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what would
happen in the last days,
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created a special
package of messages
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to delivered by three
angels and in Chapter 14:6,
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"I saw another angel
flying in the midair,
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and he had the eternal gospel
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to proclaim to those
who live on the earth,
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to every nation,
tribe, language and people."
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Every living being on this earth
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is going to have the
opportunity to hear this package
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God's last message.
Listen to what it says.
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"He said in a loud voice,
'Fear God and give him glory,
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because the hour of
his judgment has come.'
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This is an intense time,
a time of God's judgment,
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it's the end time.
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'Worship him who
made the heavens,
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the earth, the sea
and all that is in them.'"
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God's last call is for
His people to worship Him
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as the Creator of the
heavens and the earth.
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And we learned in
Revelation 13 at this very time,
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practically the whole
world will worship the beast,
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the beast is the
creature, God is the Creator.
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The world will be divided
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between those who
worship the creature
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and those who
worship the Creator
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of the heavens and the earth.
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That's why we
need to take the time
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to understand the issues.
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And when God
said in His message,
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"Worship him who
made the heavens,
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the earth, the sea
and the springs of water."
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He's taking us all the
way back to the Old Testament,
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Exodus 20 when He
gave His Ten Commandments
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to His people
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and embedded in
the heart of the law
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is the message from God
with all of the authority
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of the Creator of the
heavens and the earth.
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After all who has the
right to establish the law
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other than the
Creator who made us?
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And so when the dragon tries to
give his authority to the beast
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is just a
mockery, it's just a sham
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because all
authority is established
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by the Creator of the
heavens and the earth.
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And so in Exodus 20,
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he said in
verse 8 to His people,
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"Remember the Sabbath day."
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These were people that
had been slaves in Egypt
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and He delivered
them out of Egypt
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and now they are free.
They are a redeemed people.
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And to a
redeemed people, He says,
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"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Six days you'll labor
and do all of your work
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but the seventh
day is the Sabbath
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to the Lord your God."
On it you'll not work, why?
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Because, verse 11,
"In six days the Lord
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made the heavens,
the earth, the sea,
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and all that is in them,
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but he rested
on the seventh day.
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Therefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
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and He made it holy."
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So God is saying to
those who want to live
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within that
circle that He created.
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Here's how I made you,
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here are the principles
for peace and joy and happiness
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and one of those
principles is to work six days
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and to rest with
Him on the seventh day.
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You see God
created man in His image.
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And there was
something in the heart of God
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that caused Him to work six days
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and then blessed the seventh day
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and rest on that day.
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I don't know why He did that
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but the fact that He did
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proves that there was
something in His heart
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that made Him want to do it.
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He finished, He
rested on the seventh day
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and then He made
man in His image.
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And says, I want
you to be like me.
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You work six days
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and rest on the seventh day.
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Something in the heart of man.
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Now why did God rest?
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Did God worked so hard six days
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creating the heavens and
the earth and then after,
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man, I'm
pooped, I need a siesta,
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is that what it was for? No.
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Well, why did God rest?
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John Paul II captured
the essence of God's rest
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in a paper that he
published years ago.
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Dies Domini, apostolic
letter of the Holy Father
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John Paul II to the
bishops clergy in faith
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for the Catholic Church on
keeping the Lord's Day holy.
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Listen to what he said,
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he said, "The divine rest
of the seventh day speaks,
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as it were, of God's lingering
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before the 'very good'
work which his hand had wrought,
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in order to cast upon it a
gaze full of joyous delight.
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This is a 'contemplative' gaze
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which does not look
to new accomplishments
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but enjoys the beauty of
what he had just achieved."
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Don't you like that?
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God worked six
days and He rested.
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You know, my wife,
she has so much talent,
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she can do all kinds of things
and she paints pictures too.
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You know, she-- I don't know
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if you've ever
seen an artist paint.
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Dina is up there
painting and painting
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and I'm looking at the
picture, looks done now, right?
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No, not done yet. Oh, why not?
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Watch, and she gets the brush
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and puts a little paint on there
and go, blip, did you see that?
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No, I don't see.
Well, it's not ready yet.
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Blip, there's another one.
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I can't tell the difference.
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But soon, she
puts down the brush,
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steps back
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and rests in the picture
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she had just painted.
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That's what God did,
He created everything.
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The crowning act of
creation was a man and a woman
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and when He had finished that,
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He put down the brush,
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step back and
rested in what He had done.
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What a picture of God?
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John Paul II
captured that beautifully.
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Interestingly,
he goes on to say,
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"God blessed the seventh
day and He made it holy."
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Genesis 2:3 and that's correct.
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It's exactly what we
just read from the Bible.
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But curiously, in
the next paragraph,
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"Sunday then is the day of rest
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because it is the
day blessed by God
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and made holy by Him.
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And set apart
from the other days
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to be among
them the Lord's Day."
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Now how can he say God
blessed the seventh day
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and made it holy,
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therefore Sunday is
the day that God blessed
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because when I look at my handy
little calendar on my desk,
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it says the seventh
day is Saturday not Sunday
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and when I open my encyclopedia,
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it's sitting right here
for me, this is the yes volume
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and I open it up
to the word Sabbath
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and even the world
book encyclopedia says
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Sabbath comes on Saturday,
the seventh day of the week
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but today Christians
observe the Sabbath on Sunday
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because that's
the day they believe
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Jesus rose from the dead
on the first day of the week.
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But the seventh day,
it says is the Sabbath.
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So how can John Paul II say that
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God blessed the seventh day
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and then therefore Sunday
is the day that He made holy?
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Well, maybe he thinks
Sunday is the seventh day.
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Well, how could he say that?
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God rested, He created the man
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and the woman and He rested.
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Sometimes people tell me,
oh, well, if that's so good,
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I want to do every day,
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I want to keep holy every
day, I want to rest every day,
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you can't do
that for two reasons.
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One, God said I worked six days
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and I rested on the seventh day
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and I want you to work six days
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and rest on the seventh day,
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working six days
is just as much a part
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of entering
into the Sabbath rest
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as resting on the seventh
day, no lazy Christians, sorry.
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You can't keep every day,
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can't rest in God every day
like you can on the seventh day
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because that's
the day God rested.
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And secondly, He did
not bless any other day.
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The Bible tells us God
blessed the Sabbath day
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and He made it holy.
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Genesis 2, "God
blessed the seventh day
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and He made it holy."
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He did not bless
the first, second,
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third, fourth, fifth, sixth day,
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He blessed the seventh
day. And He made that day holy.
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So we can't keep any day holy,
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we have to keep the
day God made us holy.
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Now follow me,
some people try to say,
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well, I start my work on Monday
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so my seventh day is Sunday,
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that's why John
Paul II said that, no.
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it's not your
seventh day that He blessed,
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it's God's seventh
day that He blessed.
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It's not your rest that's
holy, it's His rest that's holy.
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God rested on the seventh day.
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In fact, He created
Adam and Eve on the sixth day
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and the very first
full day that Adam and Eve
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had on this earth
was the seventh day
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when God was rested.
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So on their first day,
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they entered into
God's seventh day rest.
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It's not their rest
day and haven't worked yet,
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it's God's rest that
He wants us to enter into,
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on His day not ours.
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Hebrews, okay,
Hebrews makes that clear
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in the fourth Chapter.
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Go back to the old--
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the New Testament,
now Hebrews 4:3 says
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we who have
believed can enter that rest,
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the rest that the Old Testament
saints never did enter into
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because in verse 3,
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he says God's
work has been finished
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since the creation of the world.
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Verse 4, to
someway he had spoken
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about the seventh day which day,
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the seventh day in these
words on the seventh day,
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God rested from all of His work.
00:16:29.94\00:16:33.03
Therefore, verse
6, it still remains
00:16:33.06\00:16:35.15
that some will enter
into that rest, what rest?
00:16:35.18\00:16:38.71
His rest, God's rest.
00:16:38.74\00:16:42.88
Verse 9, "There
remains therefore
00:16:42.91\00:16:45.68
a Sabbath rest
for the people of God.
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Because anyone who
enters into God's rest
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rests from his own work
just like God did from His."
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So how did God
rest from His work?
00:17:03.94\00:17:06.91
Because that's what we want
to do to enter into His rest.
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We work six days
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and rest on the
day that He blessed,
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made holy, set apart and rested.
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God is not gonna
withhold the blessing from you
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just because you
happen to be born
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in the New Testament times.
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Good news for us
today. God's reminder.
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Well, then which
day is the Sabbath day?
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I just read from
the encyclopedia,
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says the seventh
day is the Sabbath day.
00:17:52.37\00:17:57.39
Well, which day is that?
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I just read it
from the encyclopedia,
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it said Saturday.
00:18:02.42\00:18:04.82
So how come John
Paul II said Sunday.
00:18:04.85\00:18:07.77
Well, we're gonna
come to that, just hold on,
00:18:07.80\00:18:10.28
that's on page 12,
I'm still on page 2.
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Which day? How do we know
the seventh day is Saturday?
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Well, you could
look at the encyclopedia,
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but I don't know about you,
00:18:23.71\00:18:24.74
but that's not
good enough for me.
00:18:24.77\00:18:27.37
I rather get it from
God's word, wouldn't you?
00:18:27.40\00:18:31.09
So let's take a look,
what does the Bible tell us
00:18:31.12\00:18:34.17
about which day the
God blessed and made holy.
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The New Testament
makes it clear for us.
00:18:38.83\00:18:41.46
Look at Luke, the
Gospel of Luke 23,
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this one is fun, Luke 23.
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Jesus had just
died and in verse 53,
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they took His body
down from the cross
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and they wrapped
it in linen cloth,
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placed it in a tomb.
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Verse 54, when did Jesus die?
00:19:01.20\00:19:04.69
Verse 54, it was
the preparation day,
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so when did he die? He
died on the preparation day.
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And the Sabbath
was about to begin.
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So when is the preparation day?
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It's the day before the Sabbath,
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that's when Jesus died.
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The preparation day, the
Sabbath was about to begin,
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so what did they do?
00:19:26.20\00:19:27.28
They went home, they prepared
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spices and perfumes
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but they rested on the Sabbath
00:19:30.12\00:19:32.54
in obedience to the commandment.
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So when did he die?
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On the preparation
day, what was the next day?
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The Sabbath. What did they do?
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They rested on the Sabbath.
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And then Chapter 24:1,
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"On the first day of the
week, very early in the morning,
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the women took the spices
00:19:52.00\00:19:53.15
they had prepared
and went to the tomb.
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And they found the stone
rolled away from the tomb,
00:19:54.79\00:19:56.92
when they
entered, they did not find
00:19:56.95\00:19:58.34
the body of the
Lord Jesus." Why not?
00:19:58.37\00:20:01.57
Because He had
risen, He had risen.
00:20:01.60\00:20:04.19
When was this?
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When they went to the
tomb early in the morning,
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first day of the week.
00:20:08.13\00:20:11.07
So now we have
the days of the week
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lined up from the Bible.
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When did He die?
The preparation day.
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What was the
next day? The Sabbath.
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And then the next
day, when He was raised up,
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what does it say? The
first day of the week.
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Now follow me,
00:20:27.15\00:20:29.19
practically, the
whole Christian world
00:20:29.22\00:20:31.29
like John Paul II said,
00:20:31.32\00:20:33.41
practically, the whole
Christian world observes Sunday
00:20:33.44\00:20:37.09
in honor of the
resurrection of Jesus.
00:20:37.12\00:20:40.95
Am I right or not?
00:20:40.98\00:20:43.14
Are we fighting over which
day is the resurrection day?
00:20:43.17\00:20:46.47
Nobody is, maybe a few people,
00:20:46.50\00:20:48.70
nobody is fighting over that.
00:20:48.73\00:20:51.39
Practically, the
whole world observes Sunday,
00:20:51.42\00:20:54.28
Christian world in honor
of the resurrection of Jesus
00:20:54.31\00:20:57.28
but the Bible says it was
on the first day of the week.
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So the resurrection day
is the first day of the week,
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then and the first
day of the week is Sunday
00:21:04.39\00:21:09.11
and it doesn't
take much of a computer
00:21:09.14\00:21:11.98
to figure out that
the day before Sunday,
00:21:12.01\00:21:14.57
it must be the seventh day
of the week and that's Saturday.
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And you know that the Jews
still observe Saturday today.
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They still do.
They know when it is.
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Sunday the
resurrection is the first day,
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seventh day, Saturday.
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That's the day that
God blessed and made holy.
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God didn't create
the Sabbath and then say,
00:21:44.41\00:21:50.11
well, I got a holy day
here what am I gonna do?
00:21:50.14\00:21:53.35
I know what I'll do I
will make a man to keep it.
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He didn't do that.
00:21:57.51\00:22:00.02
He made the man on the sixth day
00:22:00.05\00:22:03.52
and then He created
the Sabbath it says,
00:22:03.55\00:22:06.29
I got a man here and a
woman, what am I gonna do?
00:22:06.32\00:22:10.79
I know what I'll do,
00:22:10.82\00:22:13.00
I'll rest with them
and He created the Sabbath.
00:22:13.03\00:22:19.96
And gave it to us
as an eternal reminder
00:22:19.99\00:22:24.41
that He is the Creator of
the heavens and the earth.
00:22:24.44\00:22:29.59
Oh, what a God?
00:22:29.62\00:22:30.65
No wonder the devil
hates the Sabbath so much
00:22:30.68\00:22:34.64
because it commemorates
the thing that he can't do.
00:22:34.67\00:22:40.56
He can't create and he hates it.
00:22:40.59\00:22:46.35
By the way when the Bible says
00:22:46.38\00:22:50.25
they went to the tomb on
the first day of the week,
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Greek lesson here,
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the Greek word mia ton sabbaton
00:22:56.25\00:22:59.23
is translated
first day of the week
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but the actual
meaning of mia ton sabbaton is
00:23:01.62\00:23:06.13
first day after the Sabbath.
00:23:06.16\00:23:09.63
So the first day
after the Sabbath
00:23:09.66\00:23:12.60
can't be the Sabbath.
00:23:12.63\00:23:18.09
Because it's the
first day after the Sabbath.
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What kind of an example did
Jesus give for us in Luke 4:16,
00:23:23.69\00:23:28.54
"He went to Nazareth,
where he had been brought up,
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and on the Sabbath day
he went into the synagogue,
00:23:30.43\00:23:32.74
as was his custom."
So what did Jesus do?
00:23:32.77\00:23:37.14
He observed the Sabbath.
You'd say, well, He was a Jew.
00:23:37.17\00:23:41.62
Yes, He was,
00:23:41.65\00:23:43.43
but He was also the Creator
of the heavens and the earth.
00:23:43.46\00:23:46.33
He was also a man
00:23:46.36\00:23:48.26
and He's also our
example, isn't He?
00:23:48.29\00:23:52.43
And by the way who is
the true Israel of God today?
00:23:52.46\00:23:57.67
Those who
believe in Jesus Christ,
00:23:57.70\00:24:00.72
it doesn't matter if
you're Jew and Gentile
00:24:00.75\00:24:03.64
that day that
special appointment,
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.99
that's a divine appointment,
00:24:06.02\00:24:07.43
it comes on the
seventh day of the week.
00:24:07.46\00:24:10.56
Time to meet with
God, celebrate who He is,
00:24:10.59\00:24:15.05
forget about all the
problems of the world.
00:24:15.08\00:24:17.50
Wow, He must have been
looking ahead of our time
00:24:17.53\00:24:20.77
and saw how
badly we would need it.
00:24:20.80\00:24:22.59
So Jesus went every Sabbath,
00:24:25.87\00:24:29.27
God would ask me,
Colon, why did you insist
00:24:29.30\00:24:32.55
on observing the seventh day
00:24:32.58\00:24:34.17
instead of the
first like everybody else?
00:24:34.20\00:24:36.26
And I said because Jesus did,
00:24:36.29\00:24:40.78
I think that's a
pretty good answer.
00:24:40.81\00:24:43.77
I think God will accept that.
00:24:43.80\00:24:46.70
Just follow the Lamb, amen.
00:24:46.73\00:24:49.81
May not be, He may go
places we don't want to go
00:24:49.84\00:24:54.58
but follow Him and
you'll always be blessed.
00:24:54.61\00:24:59.26
Well, what did He
teach about it anyway?
00:24:59.29\00:25:04.23
In Matthew 12 He said,
when He went to a synagogue,
00:25:04.26\00:25:08.23
he saw man there
with the shriveled hand,
00:25:08.26\00:25:10.05
verse 9 looking for a
reason to accuse Jesus.
00:25:10.08\00:25:12.41
The Jews asked Him,
00:25:12.44\00:25:13.72
"Is it lawful to
heal on a Sabbath?"
00:25:13.75\00:25:15.98
Oh, they wanted to trap Him.
00:25:16.01\00:25:18.54
And He said to them verse 11,
00:25:18.57\00:25:20.10
"If any of you have a
sheep and he falls into a pit.
00:25:20.13\00:25:23.96
Aren't you gonna take
him out on the Sabbath day?"
00:25:23.99\00:25:28.92
Then how much more valuable
is a man than the sheep,
00:25:28.95\00:25:31.53
therefore it's lawful
to do good on the Sabbath.
00:25:31.56\00:25:35.23
You see if sheep was money
00:25:35.26\00:25:37.61
and one of the
sheep fell in the pit,
00:25:37.64\00:25:38.86
they're gonna take him out
because that's valuable to them.
00:25:38.89\00:25:41.80
But Jesus is saying
you don't understand
00:25:41.83\00:25:43.74
a man is a lot more
valuable than a sheep.
00:25:43.77\00:25:47.57
So it is lawful to
do good on the Sabbath.
00:25:47.60\00:25:49.53
He wasn't saying,
well, you don't have
00:25:49.56\00:25:51.16
to keep Sabbath anymore,
New Testament's coming up.
00:25:51.19\00:25:56.63
No, He taught
them how to observe
00:25:56.66\00:26:00.27
and enjoy a Sabbath blessing.
00:26:00.30\00:26:05.03
They had attached so
many traditions to the Sabbath
00:26:05.06\00:26:08.07
that Jesus had to
strip away their traditions
00:26:08.10\00:26:11.05
and show them the
true beauty of the Sabbath.
00:26:11.08\00:26:13.41
Jesus said the
Sabbath was made for man,
00:26:13.44\00:26:16.95
it was made for
mankind. It was made for you,
00:26:16.98\00:26:20.54
you were not made
to observe the Sabbath.
00:26:20.57\00:26:22.83
It was made for you to
rest with Me from your work,
00:26:22.86\00:26:27.81
like I rested from Mine.
00:26:27.84\00:26:30.35
What better way to rest than
to do good for other people.
00:26:30.38\00:26:35.82
He was showing them
how to observe the Sabbath.
00:26:35.85\00:26:37.63
Well, they were
not happy campers.
00:26:37.66\00:26:40.86
In fact the
Bible says in verse 14,
00:26:40.89\00:26:43.33
they went out and plotted
how they might destroy Jesus.
00:26:43.36\00:26:46.36
People get angry
when you start tampering
00:26:46.39\00:26:50.40
with traditions
that they have attached
00:26:50.43\00:26:53.56
to the Sabbath.
00:26:53.59\00:26:55.99
The Pharisees did it,
00:26:56.02\00:26:57.47
they've done it
through the ages.
00:26:57.50\00:27:00.08
They got angry when we
tamper with man's traditions
00:27:00.11\00:27:03.68
that he attaches to the Sabbath.
00:27:03.71\00:27:05.46
Why did they get so angry?
00:27:05.49\00:27:07.67
What was it that
made them so angry?
00:27:07.70\00:27:09.96
Romans 8:7, "The
sinful mind is hostile to God.
00:27:09.99\00:27:14.45
It does not submit to
God's law, nor can it do so.
00:27:14.48\00:27:19.66
You, however, are not controlled
00:27:19.69\00:27:21.01
by the sinful
nature but by the Spirit."
00:27:21.04\00:27:24.25
You see the
reason they got angry is
00:27:24.28\00:27:25.98
because they were controlled
by this sinful nature.
00:27:26.01\00:27:29.46
The sinful nature rebels
against the things of God.
00:27:29.49\00:27:32.64
It rebels
against the law of God.
00:27:32.67\00:27:35.00
It rebels
against the good things
00:27:35.03\00:27:37.36
that God made for us to enjoy
00:27:37.39\00:27:39.51
within that circle
that He made for us.
00:27:39.54\00:27:41.90
It rebels against that.
00:27:41.93\00:27:43.54
And whenever I
find myself rebelling
00:27:43.57\00:27:45.96
against something that I
discover God made for me,
00:27:45.99\00:27:49.17
I know that's my sinful nature
00:27:49.20\00:27:51.46
trying to stick
up its ugly head.
00:27:51.49\00:27:53.26
And I got to smash it
back down again and say,
00:27:53.29\00:27:55.83
"God, let me be
led by the spirit
00:27:55.86\00:27:58.12
and not by my sinful nature."
00:27:58.15\00:27:59.88
What did Jesus
command about the Sabbath?
00:28:05.95\00:28:11.43
This is one, Matthew
24, this is so powerful.
00:28:11.46\00:28:16.03
Here's the verse
that convinced me
00:28:16.06\00:28:18.62
that God still had a
Sabbath blessing for us,
00:28:18.65\00:28:21.45
even in the New Testament times.
00:28:21.48\00:28:24.20
You want to see it?
I will show you anyway.
00:28:24.23\00:28:28.34
Matthew 24, disciples
were looking at the temple
00:28:28.37\00:28:32.69
and they said, "Oh, look
how beautiful the building."
00:28:32.72\00:28:34.65
They're always
caught up in things,
00:28:34.68\00:28:36.86
oh, beautiful building.
00:28:36.89\00:28:39.80
And Jesus said, "I
tell you the time is coming
00:28:39.83\00:28:41.93
and there will not be one stone
left standing on another here."
00:28:41.96\00:28:45.50
"When is that gonna be,
give us a sign" they asked Him.
00:28:45.53\00:28:48.35
So Jesus gave them some signs
00:28:48.38\00:28:50.63
as to when the end
of the world would be
00:28:50.66\00:28:53.58
and when the
temple would be destroyed.
00:28:53.61\00:28:56.01
And listen to what He
said, "When you see these signs,
00:28:56.04\00:29:00.64
I want you to flee."
00:29:00.67\00:29:02.69
Flee the city,
flee for your lives.
00:29:02.72\00:29:05.75
And when you do, verse 20,
00:29:05.78\00:29:09.61
"Pray that your flight
will not have to take place
00:29:09.64\00:29:12.11
in the winter
or on the Sabbath."
00:29:12.14\00:29:18.75
When you see these signs,
00:29:18.78\00:29:20.02
Jerusalem is
about to be destroyed,
00:29:20.05\00:29:21.47
you better get out of there.
00:29:21.50\00:29:23.71
But I want you to pray that
00:29:23.74\00:29:24.77
it won't have to
be on the Sabbath.
00:29:24.80\00:29:27.57
Now Jerusalem was destroyed,
00:29:27.60\00:29:30.04
Roman General Titus
destroyed that city,
00:29:30.07\00:29:32.07
there wasn't a
stone left on another.
00:29:32.10\00:29:34.70
It's like Jesus said and
it was in the year 70 AD.
00:29:34.73\00:29:41.00
Now Jesus died on
the cross in 31 AD.
00:29:41.03\00:29:45.13
So here He is
before 31 AD looking ahead
00:29:45.16\00:29:48.56
to 70 AD about 40 years
into the future after the cross
00:29:48.59\00:29:54.23
and He is saying on that
day when you have to flee,
00:29:54.26\00:29:56.43
pray you won't have
to flee on the Sabbath.
00:29:56.46\00:29:58.37
So Jesus, this is
what nailed it for me,
00:29:58.40\00:30:01.01
Jesus expected New
Testament Christian
00:30:01.04\00:30:04.03
to still be
enjoying a Sabbath rest
00:30:04.06\00:30:07.56
40 years after He
died on the cross.
00:30:07.59\00:30:10.97
That proves to me
it was not done away
00:30:11.00\00:30:13.37
with that at the cross.
00:30:13.40\00:30:14.49
No way, He still
00:30:14.52\00:30:16.19
or maybe Jesus
didn't know... know.
00:30:16.22\00:30:19.56
Jesus knew, didn't He?
00:30:19.59\00:30:22.64
He made the Sabbath,
00:30:22.67\00:30:24.29
He knew 40
years after the cross.
00:30:24.32\00:30:30.30
In fact what we're talking about
00:30:30.33\00:30:31.99
the command is a neat thought
00:30:32.02\00:30:36.51
and it's in two verses,
00:30:36.54\00:30:37.60
and I don't know if
it's a coincidence or what
00:30:37.63\00:30:39.43
because I know the Bible
didn't have verse numbers
00:30:39.46\00:30:41.65
when it was written originally.
00:30:41.68\00:30:44.26
But in these two verses,
Acts 4:12 and James 4:12.
00:30:44.29\00:30:50.81
In Acts 4:12, "There's
no other name under heaven
00:30:50.84\00:30:54.15
whereby you can be saved."
00:30:54.18\00:30:56.43
What name is that?
That's Jesus, isn't it?
00:30:56.46\00:30:59.78
No other name except
Jesus whereby you can be saved.
00:30:59.81\00:31:02.18
Acts 4:12 and James 4:12,
00:31:02.21\00:31:06.20
in James 4:12 the Bible says,
00:31:06.23\00:31:08.40
"There is one judge,
there is one law giver
00:31:08.43\00:31:10.78
and that is He
who is able to save."
00:31:10.81\00:31:14.62
Now if there's only
one name under heaven
00:31:14.65\00:31:16.34
whereby we can be saved
00:31:16.37\00:31:18.25
and if there's only
one judge and one law giver
00:31:18.28\00:31:20.34
and that's the one
who is able to save,
00:31:20.37\00:31:23.80
then the law giver has to
be the one who is able to save.
00:31:23.83\00:31:28.67
And if the one who is
able to save is Jesus Christ,
00:31:28.70\00:31:32.98
then the law giver
has to be Jesus Christ.
00:31:33.01\00:31:37.69
Who was it that reach down
00:31:37.72\00:31:40.03
from the cloud on
top of Mount Sinai
00:31:40.06\00:31:42.29
and took those tables of
stone out of the hands of Moses
00:31:42.32\00:31:45.86
and wrote on the tables
of stone with His own finger.
00:31:45.89\00:31:49.12
Remember the Sabbath
of the Lord your God,
00:31:49.15\00:31:53.21
it was the Son of
God, Jesus Christ.
00:31:53.24\00:31:56.58
Before He became a
man, no wonder Jesus said,
00:31:56.61\00:32:00.73
"The son of man is
Lord of the Sabbath."
00:32:00.76\00:32:06.21
Remember the Sabbath of
the Lord, your God. Wow.
00:32:06.24\00:32:12.47
Jesus is Lord of the
Sabbath because He made it.
00:32:12.50\00:32:17.46
It was the Son of God
who made all things we learn.
00:32:17.49\00:32:21.61
It was Jesus
before He became a man.
00:32:21.64\00:32:24.52
Jesus who bent
down formed the body
00:32:24.55\00:32:27.27
from the dust of the ground,
00:32:27.30\00:32:28.44
breath into at
the breath of the life
00:32:28.47\00:32:30.20
wants to become a living being.
00:32:30.23\00:32:32.13
It was Jesus who created man,
00:32:32.16\00:32:34.56
it was Jesus who said
with His tables of stone,
00:32:34.59\00:32:37.73
"Look, here is how I made you.
00:32:37.76\00:32:40.17
Here is the circle,
stay inside the circle
00:32:40.20\00:32:43.20
and you will have
peace and joy and happiness.
00:32:43.23\00:32:45.97
Step outside of the circle
00:32:46.00\00:32:47.63
and you will
suffer and be hurt."
00:32:47.66\00:32:50.73
It was Jesus, the Son of God.
00:32:50.76\00:32:56.58
And He wrapped the
Sabbath into one big package
00:32:56.61\00:32:59.52
and says, "Here this is for you,
00:32:59.55\00:33:01.94
I made it for you."
00:33:01.97\00:33:04.22
Sabbath was made for man.
00:33:04.25\00:33:09.09
I'll tell you another something
special about the Sabbath.
00:33:09.12\00:33:12.34
We just learned Jesus
died on the preparation day,
00:33:12.37\00:33:15.49
that's the day
before the Sabbath.
00:33:15.52\00:33:18.68
And then He rested
on the Sabbath day.
00:33:18.71\00:33:23.32
And then He rose up
again on the first day.
00:33:23.35\00:33:27.03
Do you think it
was a coincidence
00:33:27.06\00:33:29.71
that Jesus
finished His work for you
00:33:29.74\00:33:33.33
and me on the preparation day
00:33:33.36\00:33:36.64
and rested on the Sabbath?
00:33:36.67\00:33:39.26
And then rose again on
the first day of the week,
00:33:39.29\00:33:42.06
the Sabbath is the
sign that God is the Creator
00:33:42.09\00:33:45.91
of the heavens and the earth
00:33:45.94\00:33:47.30
but it's also a sign
that He is our redeemer
00:33:47.33\00:33:50.81
and re-creator in Jesus Christ.
00:33:50.84\00:33:54.37
It wasn't a coincidence.
00:33:54.40\00:33:57.88
That's why the
devil hates the Sabbath.
00:33:57.91\00:34:00.51
But why does
almost everybody observe
00:34:05.41\00:34:07.49
the first day
instead of the seventh day?
00:34:07.52\00:34:12.05
Surely the New
Testament must have changed it.
00:34:12.08\00:34:16.24
Well, let's take a look.
00:34:16.27\00:34:17.89
There are eight
verses in the New Testament
00:34:17.92\00:34:20.17
that explicitly mentions
the first day of the week.
00:34:20.20\00:34:25.37
Six of them we've already seen,
00:34:25.40\00:34:27.96
they're all just like
the one we read in Matthew
00:34:27.99\00:34:29.85
that says early in the morning
00:34:29.88\00:34:31.21
they went to the tomb on
the first day of the week
00:34:31.24\00:34:32.98
and they found
the stone rolled away
00:34:33.01\00:34:34.44
and the tomb was empty.
00:34:34.47\00:34:36.85
There's no hint there
that the Sabbath was changed
00:34:36.88\00:34:39.84
from the seventh
day to the first day.
00:34:39.87\00:34:41.85
In fact when it says on
the first day of the week,
00:34:41.88\00:34:44.58
it was on the first
day after the Sabbath,
00:34:44.61\00:34:46.97
they went to the
tomb, so it couldn't be
00:34:47.00\00:34:49.23
changing the
Sabbath in those six verses.
00:34:49.26\00:34:52.88
But there are two others
that are often used today
00:34:52.91\00:34:55.85
to try to show that the
Sabbath has been changed
00:34:55.88\00:34:58.25
from the seventh
day to the first.
00:34:58.28\00:35:00.31
And so I want to
take a look at those
00:35:00.34\00:35:01.98
in 1 Corinthians 16
00:35:02.01\00:35:04.59
is one of them,
1 Corinthians 16:1.
00:35:04.62\00:35:09.30
Paul writes to
the church at Corinth,
00:35:09.33\00:35:11.34
"He says now about the
collection for God's people,
00:35:11.37\00:35:14.08
do it I told the
Galatian churches to do.
00:35:14.11\00:35:16.96
On the first day of every week
00:35:16.99\00:35:18.33
each one of you should
set aside some of money
00:35:18.36\00:35:20.98
in keeping with his income,
00:35:21.01\00:35:22.34
saving it up so that when I come
00:35:22.37\00:35:24.10
no collections will
be have to be made."
00:35:24.13\00:35:25.83
When do they have to do this?
00:35:25.86\00:35:27.08
On the first day of the week.
00:35:27.11\00:35:29.80
And so many will point
to that verse that you see
00:35:29.83\00:35:32.44
they were passing the
collection plate in church
00:35:32.47\00:35:34.24
on the first day of the week.
00:35:34.27\00:35:35.53
So now they're
keeping the first day
00:35:35.56\00:35:37.31
instead of the seventh.
00:35:37.34\00:35:39.82
But I would ask
where does it say anything
00:35:39.85\00:35:43.48
about passing the
collection plate in church.
00:35:43.51\00:35:48.68
Listen to it again, "On
the first day of every week
00:35:48.71\00:35:52.82
each one of you should set aside
00:35:52.85\00:35:55.10
a some of money in keeping
with his income, saving it up.
00:35:55.13\00:35:59.04
So that when I
come no collections
00:35:59.07\00:36:00.44
will have to be made."
00:36:00.47\00:36:02.40
Does it say
anything about passing
00:36:02.43\00:36:03.75
an offering plate in church?
00:36:03.78\00:36:06.59
In fact in the original
Greek meaning of set aside,
00:36:06.62\00:36:09.67
it really means set
aside by himself not in church.
00:36:09.70\00:36:15.48
And furthermore even if
there was a meeting in church.
00:36:15.51\00:36:19.29
Listen, when was that meeting?
00:36:19.32\00:36:20.93
It was on the
first day of the week
00:36:20.96\00:36:23.66
but in the Greek it says
00:36:23.69\00:36:24.98
on the first day
after the Sabbath.
00:36:25.01\00:36:27.03
So how can the first day
00:36:27.06\00:36:28.63
after the Sabbath
now be the Sabbath?
00:36:28.66\00:36:32.49
See, it never fits.
00:36:32.52\00:36:35.17
Now there's one other verse,
00:36:35.20\00:36:37.40
Acts 20, this is the fun one.
00:36:37.43\00:36:40.24
So turn there with
me. Interesting story.
00:36:40.27\00:36:44.50
"On the first day of the week
00:36:44.53\00:36:46.18
we came
together to break bread."
00:36:46.21\00:36:48.47
Now Paul is preaching
00:36:48.50\00:36:51.14
and they're breaking bread
on the first day of the week.
00:36:51.17\00:36:54.42
Now we have a
little worship service,
00:36:54.45\00:36:56.99
church service may be on
the first day of the week.
00:36:57.02\00:37:00.81
But we have to ask a question.
00:37:00.84\00:37:05.88
Just because they worshipped
00:37:05.91\00:37:08.10
and preached and prayed together
00:37:08.13\00:37:09.89
and broke bread together
on the first day of the week,
00:37:09.92\00:37:12.40
does that prove that the
Sabbath has been changed?
00:37:12.43\00:37:16.92
Not really because when it says
00:37:16.95\00:37:19.58
on the first day of the week
00:37:19.61\00:37:20.68
if we're reading
in Greek remember
00:37:20.71\00:37:22.82
on the first day
after the Sabbath.
00:37:22.85\00:37:24.94
We came together to break bread.
00:37:24.97\00:37:27.78
But why would
they be coming together
00:37:27.81\00:37:29.51
on the first day
after the Sabbath?
00:37:29.54\00:37:32.59
Well, that's a good question.
00:37:32.62\00:37:35.04
Let's ask
ourselves another question.
00:37:35.07\00:37:38.16
When was this on the
first day of the week?
00:37:38.19\00:37:41.53
Watch.
00:37:41.56\00:37:42.59
"On the first day of the week
00:37:42.62\00:37:43.65
who came
together to break bread."
00:37:43.68\00:37:45.24
Now breaking
bread can also mean eat.
00:37:45.27\00:37:48.63
Acts 2 says they came together
00:37:48.66\00:37:50.89
and they broke bread every day.
00:37:50.92\00:37:52.89
So that doesn't
mean that it's a Sabbath,
00:37:56.02\00:37:59.31
in fact they were eating.
00:37:59.34\00:38:01.65
Now watch, Paul
intended to leave the next day
00:38:01.68\00:38:06.22
so he kept on
speaking until midnight,
00:38:06.25\00:38:08.22
they were many
lamps in the upstairs room
00:38:08.25\00:38:10.03
where they were meeting.
00:38:10.06\00:38:12.43
Paul preached until midnight
00:38:12.46\00:38:16.61
and only get to go till 8:30?
00:38:16.64\00:38:21.46
I wished I'd been
born in Paul's day.
00:38:21.49\00:38:24.51
I could go till
midnight but don't worry,
00:38:24.54\00:38:26.53
I won't do that to you.
00:38:26.56\00:38:31.29
You didn't have
to say that, amen.
00:38:31.32\00:38:33.30
There were lights
in the upstairs room
00:38:38.47\00:38:40.42
where they were
meeting-- when was this meeting?
00:38:40.45\00:38:42.16
It was in the
evening, wasn't it?
00:38:42.19\00:38:44.54
It was in the evening of
the first day of the week.
00:38:44.57\00:38:48.28
Now we learnt
that there was evening
00:38:48.31\00:38:51.09
and there was
morning the first day.
00:38:51.12\00:38:54.64
So when does the day begin?
00:38:54.67\00:38:56.75
The day in Bible times,
00:38:56.78\00:38:58.61
they didn't have
watches in Bible times.
00:38:58.64\00:39:02.05
God didn't say Adam,
when you see Mickey's
00:39:02.08\00:39:04.95
big hand go around 24 times
00:39:04.98\00:39:06.65
and the little hand two times
00:39:06.68\00:39:07.80
and they both end up on twelve,
00:39:07.83\00:39:09.13
it's a new day there.
00:39:09.16\00:39:12.58
He didn't say
that, He said, Adam,
00:39:12.61\00:39:16.47
when you see the sun
go down in the evening,
00:39:16.50\00:39:19.38
the day is over and
the new day is beginning.
00:39:19.41\00:39:23.89
There was evening and morning,
00:39:23.92\00:39:26.02
the dark part of
the day comes first.
00:39:26.05\00:39:29.33
So if it was the evening
of the first day of the week
00:39:29.36\00:39:32.48
then the seventh day
was just coming to an end.
00:39:32.51\00:39:36.15
Are you following me?
00:39:36.18\00:39:38.76
The seventh day was just ending.
00:39:38.79\00:39:41.55
So as in today's
terms it was Saturday,
00:39:41.58\00:39:45.34
the sunset, it
was Saturday night
00:39:45.37\00:39:48.24
and the first
day of the week began
00:39:48.27\00:39:49.83
because the dark part
of the day comes first.
00:39:49.86\00:39:51.98
This was the
Saturday night meeting.
00:39:52.01\00:39:54.82
It wasn't a Sunday
morning worship service,
00:39:54.85\00:39:57.19
why were they
meeting? Well, you see why.
00:39:57.22\00:40:00.08
Right here, verse 9
and a few more verses.
00:40:00.11\00:40:02.93
"Seated in a window was
a young man named Eutychus,
00:40:02.96\00:40:05.71
who was sinking
into a deep sleep
00:40:05.74\00:40:07.29
as Paul talked on and on."
00:40:07.32\00:40:12.16
That encourages me
00:40:12.19\00:40:13.48
because I sometimes
see people's heads nod
00:40:13.51\00:40:16.68
and they will
come apologize to me,
00:40:16.71\00:40:18.32
pastor I'm so sorry, I
felt, I say don't worry,
00:40:18.35\00:40:21.39
they fell asleep
when Paul preached.
00:40:21.42\00:40:24.57
So who am I to get upset.
00:40:24.60\00:40:28.36
"As he felt into deep sleep,
00:40:28.39\00:40:30.43
Paul talked on and on
00:40:30.46\00:40:32.27
and when he was sound asleep,
he fell out to the ground
00:40:32.30\00:40:34.92
from the third story
and was picked up dead."
00:40:34.95\00:40:37.25
And let that be a warning
00:40:37.28\00:40:38.42
to anyone who
falls asleep in church.
00:40:38.45\00:40:40.26
So what happened? What happened?
00:40:48.09\00:40:51.97
In verse 10, "Paul went down,
00:40:52.00\00:40:55.17
threw himself on the young man
00:40:55.20\00:40:56.56
and put his arms around him.
00:40:56.59\00:40:58.80
And he said 'Don't be alarmed,
00:40:58.83\00:41:03.16
he's alive!'
00:41:03.19\00:41:04.22
Then he went upstairs
and broke bread and he ate."
00:41:07.26\00:41:10.21
Again, see breaking
bread was just eating.
00:41:10.24\00:41:15.41
"Broke bread and they ate.
00:41:15.44\00:41:16.98
And then after talking
until daylight, he left."
00:41:17.01\00:41:20.37
And verse 13 says,
"We went on to the ship
00:41:20.40\00:41:22.98
and sailed for Assos,
00:41:23.01\00:41:24.21
where we were going
to take Paul abroad."
00:41:24.24\00:41:26.08
Paul hiked 14 miles to Assos
00:41:26.11\00:41:28.13
on Sunday
morning to catch a ship.
00:41:28.16\00:41:32.52
So why were they meeting
on the first day of the week
00:41:32.55\00:41:35.62
because he had been
with them all day Sabbath.
00:41:35.65\00:41:38.11
He was getting ready to leave,
00:41:38.14\00:41:39.28
he wants to spend his last
few precious moments with them.
00:41:39.31\00:41:42.68
So he had another
meeting Saturday night
00:41:42.71\00:41:45.70
and then Sunday morning
he hiked to catch a ship,
00:41:45.73\00:41:48.32
that can hardly be understood
as changing the Sabbath
00:41:48.35\00:41:50.98
from the seventh day to
the first day of the week.
00:41:51.01\00:41:54.11
No.
00:41:54.14\00:41:55.17
Paul didn't do it.
00:41:58.32\00:42:00.81
Did the disciples?
00:42:00.84\00:42:02.02
Did any of the
disciples changed the Sabbath?
00:42:02.05\00:42:04.87
Chapter 13 of Acts, in Acts 13,
00:42:04.90\00:42:08.00
let's see if there's
any evidence to that.
00:42:08.03\00:42:10.19
In Acts 13, the Bible says
00:42:10.22\00:42:14.15
that, "Paul went to
Antioch and on the Sabbath day
00:42:14.18\00:42:17.37
they entered the
synagogue sat down
00:42:17.40\00:42:19.04
and after reading from
the law and the prophets,
00:42:19.07\00:42:21.12
synagogue readers
set word to them saying,
00:42:21.15\00:42:22.91
'Brothers, if you have
a message of encouragement
00:42:22.94\00:42:24.43
for the people, please speak.'"
00:42:24.46\00:42:26.45
So here's Paul on the Sabbath
00:42:26.48\00:42:28.55
going in the
synagogue to worship.
00:42:28.58\00:42:31.45
Now I need to
make something clear
00:42:31.48\00:42:32.89
before we go any further
as we talk about the Sabbath.
00:42:32.92\00:42:35.66
I'm not saying that you can
only worship on the Sabbath,
00:42:35.69\00:42:40.32
I'm not saying that it's wrong
00:42:40.35\00:42:42.38
to worship God any
other day of the week.
00:42:42.41\00:42:45.70
We should worship God
every day of the week. Amen.
00:42:45.73\00:42:50.20
This isn't talking
about when you worship God,
00:42:50.23\00:42:52.48
you worship God every day.
00:42:52.51\00:42:54.20
Now the Bible does say
00:42:54.23\00:42:55.40
the Sabbath is the
day of sacred assembly,
00:42:55.43\00:42:57.71
it's a good day to
come together and worship.
00:42:57.74\00:43:00.01
But we should
worship God every day
00:43:00.04\00:43:01.86
and it's never wrong
00:43:01.89\00:43:03.65
to assemble
together to worship God.
00:43:03.68\00:43:07.15
Well, here we are
assembled together
00:43:07.18\00:43:08.98
at Sunday night.
00:43:09.01\00:43:10.92
It's not wrong
00:43:10.95\00:43:13.14
but what we're talking about
00:43:13.17\00:43:14.33
is that God
rested on the seventh day
00:43:14.36\00:43:17.83
and said, "I want
you to rest with Me."
00:43:17.86\00:43:21.00
That's much broader than
just going to church, folks.
00:43:21.03\00:43:25.21
But today and that's what
00:43:25.24\00:43:26.55
John Paul II was
all worried about.
00:43:26.58\00:43:28.66
He said it's not a holy
day anymore, it's a holy hour
00:43:28.69\00:43:34.03
or didn't even that because
Sunday isn't holy at all,
00:43:34.06\00:43:36.68
the seventh day is what's holy.
00:43:36.71\00:43:39.47
And maybe that's why God
condensed to a holy hour.
00:43:39.50\00:43:42.82
So Paul observed the Sabbath
00:43:46.81\00:43:48.31
and then they say,
"Come back next week."
00:43:48.34\00:43:51.14
Paul and Barnabas
were leaving to synagogue
00:43:51.17\00:43:52.83
the people invited them to speak
00:43:52.86\00:43:54.11
further about these
things on the next Sabbath.
00:43:54.14\00:43:58.05
Well, on the next
Sabbath, verse 44,
00:43:58.08\00:44:00.31
almost the whole city gathered
to hear the word of the Lord,
00:44:00.34\00:44:02.91
he didn't say well, now you
have to wait till next Saturday,
00:44:02.94\00:44:05.01
tomorrow morning
we're gonna be meeting now.
00:44:05.04\00:44:08.07
No, he didn't say that
00:44:08.10\00:44:09.18
on the next
Sabbath they assembled.
00:44:09.21\00:44:11.24
14 years after the cross
00:44:11.27\00:44:14.49
and they're
observing the Sabbath still.
00:44:14.52\00:44:16.26
Well, some say that's because
there was a synagogue there
00:44:16.29\00:44:18.88
and it's was
kind of handy to go.
00:44:18.91\00:44:20.43
Well, we
discover in chapter 16:12
00:44:20.46\00:44:23.59
that "Paul went to Philippi,
00:44:23.62\00:44:25.31
a Roman colony and leading city
of the district of Macedonia."
00:44:25.34\00:44:30.03
No synagogue
there so what did he do?
00:44:30.06\00:44:32.06
On the Sabbath we
went outside the city gate
00:44:32.09\00:44:34.12
to the river to
find a place of prayer.
00:44:34.15\00:44:37.86
22 years after the
cross we've already seen
00:44:37.89\00:44:40.00
three examples here of Paul
00:44:40.03\00:44:41.77
observing the Sabbath
on the seventh day still.
00:44:41.80\00:44:45.11
In Thessalonica
17:2, "As his custom was,
00:44:45.14\00:44:49.44
Paul went into the synagogue,
and on three Sabbath days
00:44:49.47\00:44:52.91
he reasoned with
them from the Scripture."
00:44:52.94\00:44:55.13
Six times already,
00:44:55.16\00:44:56.68
we see them
observing the Sabbath.
00:44:56.71\00:44:58.57
Chapter 18:1,
00:44:58.60\00:45:00.17
"Paul left
Athens, went to Corinth.
00:45:00.20\00:45:01.75
He met Aquila and Priscilla.
00:45:01.78\00:45:03.56
He stayed and he
worked with them."
00:45:03.59\00:45:05.75
Verse 4, "Every Sabbath
he reasoned in the synagogue,
00:45:05.78\00:45:08.97
trying to
persuade Jews and Greeks."
00:45:09.00\00:45:10.78
Jews and Gentiles, both together
00:45:10.81\00:45:12.70
worshipping
together in the synagogue.
00:45:12.73\00:45:14.19
Well, what did they do in there?
00:45:14.22\00:45:15.25
We'll come back to that.
00:45:15.28\00:45:16.40
"Every Sabbath--"
how long was he there?
00:45:16.43\00:45:18.47
Verse 11 tells us Paul
stayed for year and half
00:45:18.50\00:45:21.71
teaching them the word of God,
00:45:21.74\00:45:23.06
do the math, a
year and a half times
00:45:23.09\00:45:25.26
52 weeks that's 78 times
00:45:25.29\00:45:28.52
that he observed the
Sabbath there add the other six,
00:45:28.55\00:45:31.25
84 examples of
disciples observing
00:45:31.28\00:45:34.34
the seventh day of the week
00:45:34.37\00:45:35.83
and zero examples of
anybody ever observing
00:45:35.86\00:45:38.89
and making holy the
first day of the week.
00:45:38.92\00:45:43.70
Jesus didn't change it,
the disciples didn't change it.
00:45:43.73\00:45:48.41
Well, who did?
00:45:48.44\00:45:50.44
Well, I want to
show you how it changed
00:45:50.47\00:45:52.77
but in order to do that
I have to close the book
00:45:52.80\00:45:59.34
because it's not in here.
00:45:59.37\00:46:03.10
Where is it?
00:46:03.13\00:46:05.03
The history tells us,
00:46:05.06\00:46:07.37
early in the
history of the church
00:46:07.40\00:46:08.60
we saw the Jews and the Gentiles
00:46:08.63\00:46:11.46
worshiping
together, the church members
00:46:11.49\00:46:13.88
worshipped together.
00:46:13.91\00:46:16.41
They didn't just
immediately split off the church
00:46:16.44\00:46:18.62
and the Jews,
the church were Jews
00:46:18.65\00:46:22.27
that they accepted Jesus Christ.
00:46:22.30\00:46:25.92
And so they were, the
only difference between the two
00:46:25.95\00:46:28.28
was some of the
Jews accepted Jesus,
00:46:28.31\00:46:29.91
they were Christians,
other Jews didn't accept Jesus,
00:46:29.94\00:46:32.45
they weren't Christians,
00:46:32.48\00:46:33.51
but they were still
worshipping together.
00:46:33.54\00:46:37.83
But then it wasn't until
00:46:37.86\00:46:44.54
later when the Jews began
to rebel against the Romans.
00:46:44.57\00:46:49.06
But the Romans came
down hard on the Jews
00:46:49.09\00:46:52.26
and began to persecute them.
00:46:52.29\00:46:55.03
And when the Jews were
being persecuted by the Romans,
00:46:55.06\00:46:58.22
the Christians who
were worshipping there
00:46:58.25\00:46:59.78
with them got persecuted too
00:46:59.81\00:47:01.25
because in the
eyes of the Romans
00:47:01.28\00:47:03.06
the Sabbath was
the sign of a Jew.
00:47:03.09\00:47:06.42
And there were those Christians
00:47:06.45\00:47:07.48
worshipping
together with the Jews
00:47:07.51\00:47:09.24
and they were getting persecuted
00:47:09.27\00:47:10.61
because of what the Jews did.
00:47:10.64\00:47:13.64
Now they were
not happy about that.
00:47:13.67\00:47:16.65
And so they decided,
hey, this isn't any fun,
00:47:16.68\00:47:20.28
we don't want to
worship with those guys anymore,
00:47:20.31\00:47:22.18
we just keep getting beat up.
00:47:22.21\00:47:24.93
So let's worship on our own.
00:47:24.96\00:47:27.03
And they continue
to observe the Sabbath
00:47:27.06\00:47:28.63
but they
separated from the Jews.
00:47:28.66\00:47:31.71
But they continued to
get beat up and persecuted
00:47:31.74\00:47:35.93
because they were
observing the Sabbath
00:47:35.96\00:47:38.04
and the Sabbath
in the eyes of Romans
00:47:38.07\00:47:39.60
was proof that
they were still Jews.
00:47:39.63\00:47:42.19
In fact they turn so
bitterly against the Jews
00:47:42.22\00:47:45.45
in the early church,
this is the beginning
00:47:45.48\00:47:47.31
of the anti-Semitism
that we know today.
00:47:47.34\00:47:50.92
And they turn
bitterly against the Sabbath
00:47:50.95\00:47:53.00
because there was the Sabbath
00:47:53.03\00:47:54.16
that was causing the
church to get persecuted.
00:47:54.19\00:47:57.48
Barnabas, 135 AD,
wretched man those Jews
00:47:57.51\00:48:01.78
who were
deluded by an evil angel
00:48:01.81\00:48:03.87
were abandoned by God.
00:48:03.90\00:48:05.87
They became
anti-Jewish, Justin Martyr 150.
00:48:05.90\00:48:09.97
"It was by reason of yours sins
00:48:10.00\00:48:11.46
you Jews and the
sins of your father,
00:48:11.49\00:48:13.05
the God impose on you
the observance of the Sabbath
00:48:13.08\00:48:15.30
that there's a mark.
00:48:15.33\00:48:16.68
The purpose of this was that you
00:48:16.71\00:48:18.22
and only you might
suffer the afflictions
00:48:18.25\00:48:20.20
that are now justly yours."
00:48:20.23\00:48:21.82
The Bible never says
the Sabbath is a curse,
00:48:21.85\00:48:24.35
the Bible says it's a blessing.
00:48:24.38\00:48:26.17
But the church had become
00:48:26.20\00:48:27.89
so persecuted and
turned so much against the Jews
00:48:27.92\00:48:30.89
that it cause them to
turn against the Sabbath.
00:48:30.92\00:48:34.41
Now in Rome all of
these forces were converging.
00:48:34.44\00:48:39.33
Because in Rome there
weren't that many Jews.
00:48:39.36\00:48:42.41
In Rome the church
was mainly converts
00:48:42.44\00:48:45.05
from the Pagan religions
00:48:45.08\00:48:46.89
where they
worshipped the sun god
00:48:46.92\00:48:50.87
on the day of the sun, Sunday.
00:48:50.90\00:48:58.79
And so they decided,
00:48:58.82\00:49:01.47
they, hey, I'm
tired of getting beat up
00:49:01.50\00:49:02.76
because of these Jews
00:49:02.79\00:49:04.00
and because we keep the Sabbath.
00:49:04.03\00:49:06.20
So let's keep the
Sabbath at home privately
00:49:06.23\00:49:09.61
and have our
worship services on Sunday.
00:49:09.64\00:49:13.46
And we can do it in
honor of the resurrection
00:49:13.49\00:49:17.03
and furthermore it will make it
00:49:17.06\00:49:18.91
a lot easier for us to witness
00:49:18.94\00:49:20.53
to the rest of
the pagans out there
00:49:20.56\00:49:23.41
'cause they
wanted to change a day
00:49:23.44\00:49:24.86
and they won't
have to become Jews
00:49:24.89\00:49:26.57
in their mind
and keep the Sabbath,
00:49:26.60\00:49:28.29
it made a lot of sense to them.
00:49:28.32\00:49:30.72
It didn't make
sense to the Bible
00:49:30.75\00:49:32.25
but it made sense to them.
00:49:32.28\00:49:35.48
So the church
began to observe Sunday
00:49:35.51\00:49:37.18
until Constantine
in the fourth century
00:49:37.21\00:49:39.10
became a nominal Christian
and he passed Sunday laws
00:49:39.13\00:49:43.31
enforcing Sunday worship
and forbidding Sabbath worship.
00:49:43.34\00:49:50.02
And that's how it all began
00:49:50.05\00:49:53.86
but the church finally met
00:49:53.89\00:49:58.04
at the Council of
Laodicea in 364 AD.
00:49:58.07\00:50:03.04
I've been talking about
this for years and years
00:50:03.07\00:50:05.17
and finally when
the internet came out
00:50:05.20\00:50:07.96
I started searching
around on the internet,
00:50:07.99\00:50:10.68
still couldn't find it.
00:50:10.71\00:50:11.84
But one day I
found the Vatican website
00:50:11.87\00:50:15.30
and I started probing around
in the archives of the Vatican
00:50:15.33\00:50:19.08
and I found it right here.
00:50:19.11\00:50:21.89
Council of Laodicea,
canon 29 I printed it out,
00:50:21.92\00:50:25.32
so I could show you right here.
00:50:25.35\00:50:29.14
Christians must not judice,
00:50:29.17\00:50:32.67
be like Jews by
resting on the Sabbath.
00:50:32.70\00:50:37.95
But they must work on that day
00:50:37.98\00:50:40.50
and rather honor
the Lord's day, Sunday.
00:50:40.53\00:50:46.53
It was the church
that officially decreed
00:50:46.56\00:50:50.43
that the
commandment to keep the Sabbath
00:50:50.46\00:50:53.41
would now be
observed by keeping Sunday.
00:50:53.44\00:50:57.60
It was the
church, the Roman church,
00:50:57.63\00:51:01.97
the early church,
the medieval church
00:51:02.00\00:51:05.99
that began to substitute
the tradition of Sunday
00:51:06.02\00:51:11.28
for the
observance of the Sabbath.
00:51:11.31\00:51:15.13
That's why John
Paul II could say
00:51:15.16\00:51:18.31
the Lord blessed the seventh day
00:51:18.34\00:51:20.25
and made it
holy therefore Sunday
00:51:20.28\00:51:22.67
is the Lord's day to keep holy.
00:51:22.70\00:51:26.79
Did he think
that it was Saturday?
00:51:26.82\00:51:28.91
Did he think that Sunday
was the seventh day of the week?
00:51:28.94\00:51:32.17
No, because he tells us
00:51:32.20\00:51:35.79
in catechism that he endorsed.
00:51:35.82\00:51:38.59
He said,
"Sunday worship fulfills
00:51:38.62\00:51:41.90
the moral command
of the Old Testament
00:51:41.93\00:51:44.09
taking up its rhythm and spirit
00:51:44.12\00:51:46.10
in the weekly
celebration of the creator
00:51:46.13\00:51:49.04
and redeemer of his people."
00:51:49.07\00:51:51.86
Well, how can he say that?
00:51:51.89\00:51:53.10
What gives him the
authority to say that?
00:51:53.13\00:51:55.67
Down at the bottom of the page.
00:51:55.70\00:51:57.81
The conference of bishops
can abolish certain holy days
00:51:57.84\00:52:02.61
and transfer them to
Sunday with their own authority.
00:52:02.64\00:52:07.77
The church has the
authority to change the Sabbath
00:52:07.80\00:52:10.64
from the seventh day to
the first day of the week.
00:52:10.67\00:52:13.26
That's how he can do it.
00:52:13.29\00:52:14.66
What makes him
think he can do that?
00:52:14.69\00:52:16.62
The church does not derive
00:52:16.65\00:52:18.15
for certainty
about all revealed truth
00:52:18.18\00:52:20.04
from the scripture alone.
00:52:20.07\00:52:21.60
No, both scripture and tradition
00:52:21.63\00:52:24.12
must be accepted and honored
00:52:24.15\00:52:25.50
with equal
devotion and reverence.
00:52:25.53\00:52:28.05
John Paul II says, we
did it, we change the Sabbath
00:52:28.08\00:52:31.35
from the seventh
day to the first.
00:52:31.38\00:52:33.08
Rev. John O' Brien,
former dean of Notre Dame,
00:52:33.11\00:52:36.99
at the university
of Notre Dame says,
00:52:37.02\00:52:39.08
"The Bible does not contain
00:52:39.11\00:52:40.50
all the teachings of
the Christian religion
00:52:40.53\00:52:42.69
nor does it formulate all
the duties of its members.
00:52:42.72\00:52:45.74
Take for example the
matter of observing Sunday.
00:52:45.77\00:52:48.58
Let me address my
dear non catholic readers."
00:52:48.61\00:52:51.37
So he's talking
to Protestants now,
00:52:51.40\00:52:53.72
"You believe the Bible alone
00:52:53.75\00:52:55.12
is a safe guide
in religious matters.
00:52:55.15\00:52:57.21
You believe that one
of the fundamental duties
00:52:57.24\00:52:59.02
enjoined on you by
your Christian faith
00:52:59.05\00:53:00.89
is out of Sunday observance.
00:53:00.92\00:53:02.66
Where does the Bible
speak of such an obligation?
00:53:02.69\00:53:05.32
I've read it from
Genesis to Revelation,
00:53:05.35\00:53:07.64
I found no reference to the duty
00:53:07.67\00:53:09.31
of sanctifying
Sunday in the Bible.
00:53:09.34\00:53:11.50
No the day mentioned in
the Bible is not Sunday,
00:53:11.53\00:53:13.82
the first day of the week
00:53:13.85\00:53:15.08
but Saturday, the
seventh day of the week.
00:53:15.11\00:53:17.46
It was the church,
00:53:17.49\00:53:19.95
the church which
changed the observance to Sunday
00:53:19.98\00:53:24.20
in honor of the day on which
Christ rose from the dead."
00:53:24.23\00:53:29.26
The church, but does the church,
00:53:29.29\00:53:32.48
does the pastor and preacher
have the authority to change
00:53:32.51\00:53:38.37
one of God's commandments?
00:53:38.40\00:53:42.53
Can the church do that?
00:53:42.56\00:53:46.15
God knew that this
was gonna happen, folks.
00:53:46.18\00:53:50.16
He knew it.
00:53:50.19\00:53:51.67
In case you're wondering about
00:53:51.70\00:53:52.78
what this has to
do with Revelation.
00:53:52.81\00:53:56.16
The beast and the
little horn are the same.
00:53:56.19\00:53:59.25
In Daniel 7:25 looking ahead
00:53:59.28\00:54:01.68
to the work of the
little horn of the beast
00:54:01.71\00:54:03.91
he would think to
change the set times
00:54:03.94\00:54:07.36
and the laws.
00:54:07.39\00:54:10.80
The beast would try to
change God set times and laws
00:54:10.83\00:54:14.85
and now we've seen
exactly how it happened.
00:54:14.88\00:54:18.80
And Rome even boast about
having the authority to do it.
00:54:18.83\00:54:24.25
Well, pastor, why do
all of the Protestants
00:54:24.28\00:54:26.63
still keep Sunday?
00:54:26.66\00:54:28.41
Because they
stand on the scripture
00:54:28.44\00:54:30.38
and the scripture
alone. Good question.
00:54:30.41\00:54:35.27
What do the Protestants think
00:54:35.30\00:54:37.32
about what we have just read?
00:54:37.35\00:54:41.26
I'm gonna read to you
00:54:41.29\00:54:44.32
from the printout
to save time here,
00:54:44.35\00:54:46.17
these are all in your printouts,
00:54:46.20\00:54:47.37
so you will be able
to go back and look.
00:54:47.40\00:54:50.97
Here's one
Methodist scholar, Dr. Benny,
00:54:51.00\00:54:54.84
he wrote to Methodist
Episcopal Theological Compendium
00:54:54.87\00:54:57.35
and you have to
be able to say that
00:54:57.38\00:54:58.41
in order to
graduate from the seminary.
00:54:58.44\00:55:01.35
He said it is true there is
no positive command in the Bible
00:55:01.38\00:55:04.26
for keeping holy the
first day of the week.
00:55:04.29\00:55:06.80
Christian church,
Dr. Alexander Campbell,
00:55:06.83\00:55:09.47
founder of the Christian
church wrote in the report.
00:55:09.50\00:55:12.05
"Now there is no testimony
in all the oracles of heavens,
00:55:12.08\00:55:14.43
Sabbath is changed so,
the Sunday came in its place."
00:55:14.46\00:55:17.44
Now, Baptists, there
wasn't His commandment
00:55:17.47\00:55:21.50
to keep holy the Sabbath day
00:55:21.53\00:55:22.61
but that Sabbath was not Sunday.
00:55:22.64\00:55:25.02
It will however
be readily said that
00:55:25.05\00:55:26.71
was some show of triumph
that the Sabbath was changed
00:55:26.74\00:55:29.03
from the seventh day to
the first day of the week.
00:55:29.06\00:55:31.28
I ask where can the
record of that change we found.
00:55:31.31\00:55:35.06
Not in the New
Testament, absolutely not,
00:55:35.09\00:55:37.83
there is no scriptural evidence
00:55:37.86\00:55:39.02
for the change of
the Sabbath institution
00:55:39.05\00:55:40.88
from the seventh day to
the first day of the week.
00:55:40.91\00:55:42.67
Of course I
know how it happened.
00:55:42.70\00:55:44.77
Early in Christian history
from the Christian fathers
00:55:44.80\00:55:47.67
but what a pity it comes branded
00:55:47.70\00:55:49.10
with the mark of paganism
00:55:49.13\00:55:50.77
and crimsoned by
the name of the sun god
00:55:50.80\00:55:53.01
then adopted and
sanctified by the papal apostasy
00:55:53.04\00:55:56.11
and bequeath as a sacred legacy
00:55:56.14\00:55:57.85
to Protestantism.
00:55:57.88\00:55:59.13
Dr. E. T.
Hiscox, Baptist scholar
00:55:59.16\00:56:01.57
who wrote the Baptist manual.
00:56:01.60\00:56:05.09
They agreed with
what I'm saying tonight.
00:56:05.12\00:56:07.65
No real Bible
scholar will try to argue
00:56:07.68\00:56:10.94
that Saturday is not
the Sabbath day, folks.
00:56:10.97\00:56:13.19
That's a fact, they
won't, they know they can't.
00:56:13.22\00:56:18.15
But why did they keep Sunday?
00:56:18.18\00:56:20.12
I don't-- I can't answer that,
00:56:20.15\00:56:23.79
I just know that I
want to follow the Lamb
00:56:23.82\00:56:27.00
and the word of God.
00:56:27.03\00:56:28.06
In fact I found
this on the internet,
00:56:28.09\00:56:29.76
let me just share this with you,
00:56:29.79\00:56:31.41
it came from world net daily,
this is about 8 years ago.
00:56:31.44\00:56:37.84
There's a pastor in
Illinois who started
00:56:37.87\00:56:39.99
with $50,000 of his own money
00:56:40.02\00:56:42.05
for anyone who
could produce a verse
00:56:42.08\00:56:43.46
in the Holy Bible showing that
00:56:43.49\00:56:44.92
God commands us to keep
holy the first day of the week,
00:56:44.95\00:56:47.33
Sunday instead of the
seventh day, Saturday.
00:56:47.36\00:56:50.71
50,000-- you
want to get rich fast,
00:56:50.74\00:56:53.36
find one verse, 50,000.
00:56:53.39\00:56:56.02
Now watch this it gets better.
00:56:56.05\00:56:58.36
He will increase
in $25,000 increments
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every week capping
it off at a million.
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So you want a million
dollars it's still out there.
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All you need to
do is find one verse
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that shows from the
Bible, Sabbath was changed
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from the seventh day to
the first day of the week.
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Dr. James Orford,
00:57:16.08\00:57:17.48
professor of
biblical interpretation
00:57:17.51\00:57:19.02
at Duke University,
divinity school said,
00:57:19.05\00:57:22.19
"I'm afraid you're
not gonna find the exact
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Bible verse to counter
the good pastor's challenge
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and collect the reward.
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As far I know there is no verse
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which specifies
that Sunday is a day
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for Christians to
observe the Sabbath.
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Now the question to me is
do I want to follow the Lamb
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or follow man's traditions.
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Follow the Lamb.
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