I've always been
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a New Orleans
Saints football fan
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and had season tickets.
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But I've begin to feel
a real longing in my heart
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for something different and I--
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I started to suspect
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that it was God impressing me
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to get with the
real saints of God.
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I started
visiting different churches
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and the first
church I decided to go to
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was right near my home.
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Big impressive looking facility
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and always a lot of cars there,
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I thought let me check it out.
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So this
particular Sunday morning
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I went to the early service
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because there was a
football game in the afternoon
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and I had the hurry
and get out of there
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to see the other saints.
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So I walked in to the
building and it was stunning.
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There was a band on the platform
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and the music was
loud and vibrating
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and the lights going and
people just raising their arms
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and singing at
the top of their lungs
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and moving around
and it was electric.
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And I thought hmm,
times have changed.
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And then came time
for the Lord Supper
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and they passed out
a little white wafer
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about the size of a quarter
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and picture of
Jesus stamped in it.
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About as thick
as the potato chip.
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And we all got
one of these wafers
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and they told us to hold it.
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I held mine and then the
high point of the service
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that the pastor held
his little wafer up high.
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And then there was a drum
roll and a clash of symbols
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and he snapped his wafer
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and everybody
else snapped theirs
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and I snapped
mine and it just sound
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like electricity all
through the auditorium.
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It was powerful
and the music started
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and people were
singing and praising God
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and waving their Bibles.
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It was the most
exciting meeting I ever been to
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and on the way out I was
walking next to a young fellow
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and he goes phew.
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We worshiped,
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we worshiped.
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I raised home, change clothes,
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got in my car and
dashed down to the stadium
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to the see the saints.
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Opening kickoff, the
Saints receive the kickoff
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and ran it back for a touchdown
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and the whole
stadium was up on their feet
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standing on
their chairs shouting
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and waving their arms in the air
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and I was up shouting
and waving my arms in the air
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and suddenly it donned on me.
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Wow, that's exactly the way
I felt in church this morning.
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Am I worshiping now?
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Revelation the 13 Chapter
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"The dragon" verse 2
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"gave the beast his power and
his throne and great authority."
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And verse 4 "Men
worshiped the dragon
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because he had given
his authority to the beast
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and they also
worshiped the beast,
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all the inhabitance of the
earth will worship the beast.
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And then the
false prophet appears
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and He performs signs
and wonders and miracles.
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And he was given power to
do and because of the miracles
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he caused all who refuse to
worship the image to be killed."
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Revelation 14:9 "The
third angel followed and said,
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If anyone worships
the beast and his image,
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and receives his
mark on the forehead,
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he receive the wine
of the wrath of God."
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In 14:7 "Fear God
and give him glory,
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the hour of his
judgment has come,
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worship him who made
the heavens, the earth,
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the sea and the
fountains of waters."
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You can't read
Revelation 13 and 14
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without coming to the conclusion
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that the real central issue in
those two chapters is worship.
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The whole world is
going to be divided
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between those who
worship the creator
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and those who worship the
creature who is the beast.
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Worship is the issue.
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What is worship?
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We find the answer
to that vital question
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in verse 11 of chapter 14.
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"There is no rest day and night,
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for those who worship
the beast and his image,
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or for anyone who
receives the mark of his name.
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This calls for patient endurance
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on the part of the saints
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who obey God's commandments
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and remain faithful to Jesus."
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Notice the contrast between
those who worship the beast
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and take his mark
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and those who are
faithful saints of God
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who obey the
commandments of God.
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You cannot separate
obedience to God from worship.
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Now I'm gonna show you
in the next five minutes
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what I call the mark
of the beast principle.
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And if you get the
mark of the beast principle
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you will know what
the mark of the beast is.
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It's that obvious.
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I believe that Jesus
laid it out clearly for us
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in Matthew the 15th Chapter
starting with the 2 verse.
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And some of those Pharisees
we talked about the other night
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we're challenging him again.
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They came to
Jesus and they said.
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Verse 2 "Why do your disciples
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break the
traditions of the elders?"
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Now you've got to
notice what their concern is?
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What is their concern?
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It is the
tradition of the elders,
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the tradition of man.
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Tradition is rules or commands
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that were instituted
by man and not by God.
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So they are worried
about Jesus and His disciples
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breaking the
traditions of that church.
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Now watch, Jesus always had
the right answer, didn't He?
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Watch what He does.
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He replied in verse 3
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"And why do you
break the command of God
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for the sake of
your traditions?"
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Wow, did He turn
it around or not?
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What's the matter
to your disciples?
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They are breaking the
traditions of our church.
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Well, why are you
breaking the commandments of God
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for the sake of your traditions.
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And then He
explains, He explains how
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"God said honor
your father and mother
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and that means more
than just lip service."
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That means more
than just hollering
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I love you mom when
you're happen to be on TV.
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He shows that it even means
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that we should honor
them by supporting them
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when they're not longer
able to support themselves.
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But these church
people were taking the money
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that should have gone
to support their parents
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and they were putting it in
the offering plate in church.
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Why were they doing that?
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Because the more they gave
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the more powerful they would
appear in the eyes of others.
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And so their tradition was what
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well, if you give more maybe you
can sit closer up to the front,
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or higher up or wear a
bigger robe but whatever.
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So they were taking
money that should have gone
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to support their parents
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and they were putting it in
the offering plate in church.
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And so Jesus said, verse 6.
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"Thus" verse 6, "Thus
you nullify the word of God
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for the sake of your tradition."
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Do you hear this?
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You nullify the word of God
for he sake of your tradition.
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Nullify means you are just
throwing out the word of God.
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You're putting your
traditions over the Scripture.
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Verse 7 "You
hypocrites!" Jesus said.
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"Isaiah was right when
he prophesied about you,
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'These people
honor me with their lips,
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but their
hearts are far from me.
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They worship me in vain,
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because their
teachings are rules
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taught by men traditions.'"
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Now sometimes we get
so close to the forest
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that we can't see the
forest with the trees.
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And when we read
a verse like this,
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well, the commandment says,
honor your father and mother.
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He is talking
about the 5th Commandment
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and they were putting the money
in the church offering plate.
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But step back let's look at
the forest instead of the trees,
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let's look at the
principle instead of the detail.
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There is always a
principle underneath the detail
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the problem
wasn't so much the money,
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no more than for Eve
when she ate the fruit,
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the problem one
so much the fruit
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it was the fact that
she didn't trust God.
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So what is the principle here?
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The principle is
that when someone puts
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the traditions of man
over the commandments of God
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they are
nullifying the word of God,
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they are making and it's
as oh, it doesn't even exist.
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And that means
that their worship
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is not really
worshiping God at all.
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Their worship is in vain,
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because they put
the traditions of man
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over the Commandments of God.
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Now let's take a look at it
through the 4th Commandment.
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The 4th Commandment
says, remember the seventh day
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that God blessed
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and made holy and keep it holy.
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And the church says
we changed that one.
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And now it's--
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remember the first
day and keep it holy,
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because that's our tradition.
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Be careful now follow me.
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If someone put
the traditions of Rome
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over the Commandments of God
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wouldn't they be
doing the same thing
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that these Pharisees did.
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When Jesus said,
"You worship Me in vain
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because you are
putting the traditions of men
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over the Commandments of God."
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That's the mark of
the beast principle.
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Satan is no dummy.
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He knows if he came up
to you and say worship me,
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bow down and
worship me, I am Satan.
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You are not gonna do that.
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But what if he
manage to deceive someone
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into putting the
traditions of the Roman church
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over the Commandments of God.
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And if I
understand what Jesus said,
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he would be accomplishing
the same event, the same end.
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That's the mark of
the beast principle.
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Well, if that's the
mark of the beast principle
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then what is the
mark of the beast?
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Turn to
Revelation Chapter 7 quickly
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and in the 7th Chapter verse 2.
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"I saw another angel
coming up from the east,
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having the seal
of the living God."
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So God has a
mark, God has a seal.
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Watch this.
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"He called out in a
loud voice to the four angels
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who had been given power
to harm the land and the sea."
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He said, "Do not harm the
land or the sea or the trees
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until we put a seal
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on the foreheads of
the servants of our God."
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So God's people are going
to be marked with God's seal
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before the time of great
tribulation comes on this earth.
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God's people have a
mark, God has a mark.
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But yet in Revelation 14
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we discover practically the
whole world worships the beast
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and has his mark
on their foreheads.
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So John is
looking ahead to the time
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when the world is
divided into two camps.
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Those who have God's
mark on their foreheads
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and worship the creator
of the heavens and the earth
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and on the other side
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those who have the
beast mark on their foreheads
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and worship the
creature who is the beast.
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The mark of the
beast is a counterfeit
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to the seal or the mark of God.
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And the best way to know
what the mark of the beast is,
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is to know what
the mark of God is.
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You see, you can study
the counterfeit all you want
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but that's not gonna help you.
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Everybody wants to
know about the beast
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and there are books and books
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about the beast
and about the mark
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but you can't understand the--
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maybe you got to see,
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maybe you got taken by
a counterfeit $20 bill.
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And you get angry and say
I'll never gonna do that again,
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I am gonna take that $20 bill,
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I'm gonna memorize
every picture, every color,
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every curve, everything on it
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so I'll never be deceive
by a counterfeit $20 bill.
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That won't help you.
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You could be deceived by a
different counterfeit $20 bill.
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Would that make more
sense to study the real thing,
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to study a real $20 bill then
you can spot any counterfeit.
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And so instead of
spending so much time
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as a lot of people want to do on
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what is the
beast, what is the mark.
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I would rather spend my
time studying what is the truth.
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And you'll know
what the mark is.
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Some of you got
it already I saw you,
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not in your heads you got it,
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but let's go on
there's a lot more.
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What is God's mark?
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When you see God's mark
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then you will know for
sure what the beast mark is.
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Turn to Old Testament,
Old Testament Deuteronomy 6:6.
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Moses said, "These commandments
that I give you today
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are to be upon your hearts."
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Well, he had just finished
reviewing the Ten Commandments,
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just finished
reviewing the Ten Commandments.
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Now watch what he says.
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Now you're gonna be surprised,
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I never saw that before.
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Watch this, verse 8 "Tie them."
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Tie what?
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God's Ten Commandments.
00:17:07.27\00:17:09.32
"Tie them as
symbols on your hands
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and bind them
on your foreheads."
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What?
00:17:17.53\00:17:18.69
God's Ten Commandments on
your hands, and on our forehead
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so that to remind you
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that the law of the
Lord is to be on your lips.
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Tie them as
symbols on your hands
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and bind them on your foreheads.
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So God wants
His law on our hands
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and on our
foreheads, the Ten Commandments.
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Now before you start thinking
00:17:41.53\00:17:43.01
that we need to
tattoo these things on.
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He says, He's got lot of things
He wants us on our foreheads,
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the name of God,
the New Jerusalem,
00:17:50.87\00:17:54.23
Mount Zion, the
name of the Lamb.
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The God doesn't
want us walking around
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like a bunch of
NBA basketball players.
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It's not what he's talking.
00:18:05.44\00:18:06.51
He says that to tie
them as symbols on your hand
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and bind them on your forehead.
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Now watch this verse
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in comparing scripture with
scripture, Exodus chapter 13,
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13th chapter the 9th verse.
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This observance, underline that,
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"this observance for you
will be like a sign on your hand
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and like a
reminder on your forehead
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that the law of the
Lord has to be on your lips."
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So observing God's instructions,
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observing God's commands is
like a sign on your forehead,
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like a reminder on your hands.
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It's the observing of the law
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that is like a sign on
the forehead and on the hand.
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So the Bible wasn't saying,
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He wants a mark of his
law tattooed on our heads.
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He wants us to
believe His law, the head.
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But it isn't
enough to just believe it.
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He wants us to do
His law, the hand.
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It's like a mark.
It's not a tattoo.
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It's not a laser beam.
It's not a computer chip.
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The law of God is like a mark.
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When we observe the
law, when you obey the law,
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it's like having a mark on
your forehead and on your hand.
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The issue is worship
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and worship is
intimately bound to obedience.
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Those who worship God obey God.
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Those who worship the
beast put the traditions of Rome
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over the commandments of God.
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As simple as that, folks.
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You know, there
is something else
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exciting in the Book of Exodus.
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God's mark of allegiance is
His law, His Ten Commandments.
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There's something
exciting about the law.
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It's the fourth commandment
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right in the
center of God's law,
00:20:26.84\00:20:31.16
and listen to what it says.
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"Remember the
Sabbath Day to keep it holy"
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because then in verse 11,
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"in six days the
Lord made the heavens,
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the earth, the sea,
and all that in them."
00:20:41.63\00:20:44.18
Now when we were Israel
or in Egypt and in London
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we went to the big
Cairo museum in Egypt
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and the big museum in
London, British Museum,
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we happen to see
collections of ancient seals
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in both of the museums.
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Seal is a stamp
that the King used.
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It is a symbol of his authority.
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Every one of those
seals from way back
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every seal had three components
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- the king's
name, his authority,
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and the territorial
of which he governed.
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Every single one.
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For example even today,
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the seal of the President
00:21:43.84\00:21:45.07
of the United States
of America says his name.
00:21:45.10\00:21:50.09
President, his authority
00:21:50.12\00:21:53.85
of the United States
of America, the territory.
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The same as the
ancient Bible seal.
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Now watch this in the
heart of the Ten Commandments,
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"Remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy" verse 11,
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"For in six days the LORD,
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His name Yahweh
made His authority,
00:22:14.84\00:22:22.12
the creator, the
heavens and the earth,
00:22:22.15\00:22:26.10
the territory
over which He rules."
00:22:26.13\00:22:28.95
Wow!
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Right at the heart of the love,
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God is a stamp of His name, His
authority, and His territory,
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what gives God the right to
issue a Ten Commandment law.
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He has the authority to do it
00:22:43.08\00:22:45.23
because He is the creator
of the heavens and the earth.
00:22:45.26\00:22:49.16
And it stamped right
in the heart of His law
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and it's the only
commandment that deals with time
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because time is the reminder
00:22:55.45\00:22:57.97
of once a week
that God is the creator.
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No wonder then you'll show the
little horn as the antichrist
00:23:00.78\00:23:05.66
who would think to
change God's set times and laws.
00:23:05.69\00:23:09.78
Dragon gave the
beast his authority?
00:23:13.74\00:23:16.86
God's authority is that
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He is the creator of
the heavens and the earth.
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So now the Bible
points to the Sabbath
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as the sign of God's authority,
a seal of His authority.
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And not just here, I
am not just making it up,
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I am not just assuming it.
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Exodus chapter 31,
00:23:40.21\00:23:43.13
God said
through Moses, verse 13,
00:23:43.16\00:23:47.52
"You must observe my Sabbath,
00:23:47.55\00:23:50.94
this will be a
sign between me and you
00:23:50.97\00:23:53.48
for the generations to come
00:23:53.51\00:23:54.99
so that you may know that I
am the Lord who makes you holy."
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The Sabbath God said is
a sign between us and Him,
00:24:00.79\00:24:05.75
so that we can know
that He makes us holy.
00:24:05.78\00:24:09.81
Now folks I am not
interpreting anything here.
00:24:09.84\00:24:13.00
This is not interpretation.
00:24:13.03\00:24:15.10
This is just
reading what God said.
00:24:15.13\00:24:18.29
I didn't say it. God did.
00:24:18.32\00:24:20.27
God said to Moses, "Tell
my people this will be a sign
00:24:20.30\00:24:24.29
between me and you for
the generations to come
00:24:24.32\00:24:27.23
so that you may know that I
am the Lord who makes you holy."
00:24:27.26\00:24:31.70
Why do I need the
Sabbath as the sign
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so that I can
know God sanctifies me,
00:24:34.66\00:24:37.50
saves me, makes me holy.
00:24:37.53\00:24:39.13
Why do I need the Sabbath?
00:24:39.16\00:24:40.87
Because it takes the
same creative power of God
00:24:40.90\00:24:45.21
to recreate us, to
pick up the broken pieces,
00:24:45.24\00:24:49.92
to put them into
something special
00:24:49.95\00:24:52.25
and make it may be a new
creation in Jesus Christ.
00:24:52.28\00:24:55.71
It takes the same creative power
00:24:55.74\00:24:57.83
as it did in the beginning
to create man at first.
00:24:57.86\00:25:01.90
And the Sabbath is a
sign that God is our creator,
00:25:01.93\00:25:06.20
but it's also a sign
that God is our savior,
00:25:06.23\00:25:09.92
our redeemer, He makes us holy
00:25:09.95\00:25:12.15
because only the
creator can save us.
00:25:12.18\00:25:16.78
Do you think it
was a co-incidence
00:25:16.81\00:25:18.52
that Jesus did His work for us
00:25:18.55\00:25:21.07
and on the preparation
day He finished his work
00:25:21.10\00:25:24.68
and He died and He
rested on the Sabbath
00:25:24.71\00:25:28.36
and rose again on the
first day of the week.
00:25:28.39\00:25:30.64
He was finished with his
work of salvation for us.
00:25:30.67\00:25:34.08
He rested on the Sabbath.
00:25:34.11\00:25:35.89
The Sabbath is a
reminder that he is our creator
00:25:35.92\00:25:40.29
and a reminder that
he is our re-creator
00:25:40.32\00:25:43.62
through the
cross of Jesus Christ.
00:25:43.65\00:25:46.46
Oh, no wonder the
devil hates it, and he does.
00:25:46.49\00:25:51.68
We are not saved
because we keep the Sabbath.
00:25:57.12\00:26:01.88
The Sabbath is a sign,
00:26:01.91\00:26:04.54
that we are saved by grace
through faith in Jesus Christ.
00:26:04.57\00:26:11.60
We are not saved
because we obey God.
00:26:11.63\00:26:15.66
We obey God because He takes
His miserable, rebellious sinner
00:26:15.69\00:26:20.58
and turns him
into one who loves Him
00:26:20.61\00:26:24.10
and has his law
written on our hearts
00:26:24.13\00:26:27.07
sealed with the
mark of the creator
00:26:27.10\00:26:30.73
of the heavens and the earth.
00:26:30.76\00:26:32.97
No wonder Revelation 14 says
in the First Angels message,
00:26:33.00\00:26:37.74
"Worship Him who made
the heavens, the earth,
00:26:37.77\00:26:40.90
the sea and all
that is in them."
00:26:40.93\00:26:42.88
It is quoting that part
of the Fourth Commandment
00:26:42.91\00:26:45.64
that contains the
seal of the Living God,
00:26:45.67\00:26:49.68
because the beast is
going around claiming to be God.
00:26:49.71\00:26:55.95
Now you see why we had
to spend the little time,
00:26:55.98\00:26:59.94
studying some of
these other issues.
00:26:59.97\00:27:02.98
And now as it getting clear,
00:27:03.01\00:27:04.84
the seal of God is a
sign of obedience to God
00:27:04.87\00:27:09.18
as our creator and
redeemer and the Bible says.
00:27:09.21\00:27:11.72
Not Colon, the Bible
says that's the Sabbath.
00:27:11.75\00:27:14.46
So it has nothing
to do with church.
00:27:17.11\00:27:20.05
No matter which
church you go to or I go to,
00:27:20.08\00:27:22.80
it doesn't have
anything to do with that.
00:27:22.83\00:27:24.94
It has everything to
do with the word of God.
00:27:24.97\00:27:27.47
We obey God because He saved us.
00:27:30.97\00:27:35.63
The Old Testament's clear,
00:27:35.66\00:27:37.78
but folks the New Testament
is even clearer, stronger.
00:27:37.81\00:27:43.08
Turn to 1 John 2:3.
00:27:43.11\00:27:48.86
John had already
written in his Gospel
00:27:48.89\00:27:50.76
this is life eternal
that we know Jesus Christ.
00:27:50.79\00:27:56.88
Anybody have a
problem with that?
00:27:56.91\00:27:59.58
Are you with me?
00:27:59.61\00:28:01.08
All right.
00:28:01.11\00:28:02.28
This is life eternal
that we know Jesus Christ.
00:28:02.31\00:28:05.28
Amen. Amen.
00:28:05.31\00:28:06.52
Okay, so just so stunned
00:28:06.55\00:28:08.12
I am sure that you
don't know what to say.
00:28:08.15\00:28:12.31
This is life
eternal. We know Jesus Christ.
00:28:12.34\00:28:17.40
But how do we
know if we know Him?
00:28:17.43\00:28:20.82
How do you know
that you know Jesus?
00:28:20.85\00:28:23.14
Listen to what John said.
00:28:23.17\00:28:25.18
We know, verse 3,
00:28:25.21\00:28:26.63
"We know that we
have come to know Him
00:28:26.66\00:28:29.21
if we obey His commands."
00:28:29.24\00:28:33.65
How do we know we know Jesus?
00:28:33.68\00:28:35.35
If we obey His commands.
00:28:35.38\00:28:37.50
But what if we
don't obey His commands?
00:28:37.53\00:28:39.94
Listen I would never
have the courage to say this,
00:28:39.97\00:28:42.41
so I am not gonna say it.
00:28:42.44\00:28:44.75
I am gonna let John say it.
00:28:44.78\00:28:46.32
I'll read his words.
00:28:46.35\00:28:48.21
So if you want to get mad at
somebody get mad at John not me.
00:28:48.24\00:28:52.63
"The man who says I know Him
00:28:52.66\00:28:55.45
but does not do what he commands
00:28:55.48\00:28:58.94
is a liar and the
truth is not in him."
00:28:58.97\00:29:03.49
What if somebody
says I know Jesus
00:29:03.52\00:29:05.11
but they're not
willing to keep his commands?
00:29:05.14\00:29:07.90
John said that person is a liar.
00:29:07.93\00:29:15.44
Doesn't matter how
good they may appear.
00:29:15.47\00:29:17.92
Doesn't matter how
sincere they might seemed.
00:29:17.95\00:29:20.88
If they claim to know Jesus
00:29:20.91\00:29:22.61
and do not do what
He commands is a liar.
00:29:22.64\00:29:27.74
The truth is not in them.
00:29:27.77\00:29:30.36
But if anyone obeys His words,
00:29:30.39\00:29:31.90
God love is truth
and may complete in Him,
00:29:31.93\00:29:33.90
this is how we
know we are in Him.
00:29:33.93\00:29:35.74
"Whoever claims to live in
Him must walk as Jesus walked."
00:29:35.77\00:29:38.47
What does that mean?
00:29:38.50\00:29:39.53
It means follow the Lamb.
00:29:39.56\00:29:43.50
How do you know you are in Him?
00:29:43.53\00:29:44.85
Follow the Lamb.
00:29:44.88\00:29:47.54
It's so simple.
00:29:47.57\00:29:49.97
God's way is always simple.
00:29:50.00\00:29:52.71
John Calvin, one of the
great reformer said that
00:29:52.74\00:29:55.12
obedience to the Sabbath,
00:29:55.15\00:29:57.59
of course he was
thinking of Sunday,
00:29:57.62\00:29:59.67
is a symbol of obedience to God.
00:29:59.70\00:30:03.74
You think about it.
00:30:03.77\00:30:06.40
If you keep the Sabbath,
00:30:06.43\00:30:09.30
you're lot less likely to lie,
00:30:09.33\00:30:11.57
to steal, I am not
saying it's perfect.
00:30:11.60\00:30:14.61
We all make mistakes.
00:30:14.64\00:30:17.03
But if you keep the Sabbath,
00:30:17.06\00:30:19.40
doesn't that lift up the
others in importance too.
00:30:19.43\00:30:23.97
Now sometimes people tell me,
00:30:24.00\00:30:25.62
"Pastor, all you want to
talk about is the Sabbath?"
00:30:25.65\00:30:29.73
That's not true.
00:30:29.76\00:30:31.32
I've talked about a
lot of other things.
00:30:31.35\00:30:34.39
"Pastor, you just
single out the Sabbath
00:30:34.42\00:30:36.98
and you make it more important
00:30:37.01\00:30:38.40
than any of the
other commandments."
00:30:38.43\00:30:39.84
That's not true.
00:30:39.87\00:30:42.45
I do not single out the Sabbath.
00:30:42.48\00:30:46.80
The Sabbath is no more important
00:30:46.83\00:30:49.84
than any other of
the Ten Commandments.
00:30:49.87\00:30:55.31
Those who say that
it is not important
00:30:55.34\00:30:59.82
they are the ones
that are singling it out.
00:30:59.85\00:31:03.51
Not me.
00:31:03.54\00:31:06.30
And they are the ones that
are forcing me to talk about it
00:31:06.33\00:31:08.56
a lot more than I would have to
00:31:08.59\00:31:10.24
if they would teac
what the Bible says.
00:31:10.27\00:31:14.65
So I am not singling it out.
00:31:14.68\00:31:16.50
I am having the
answer questions.
00:31:16.53\00:31:18.57
But we are having
the answer questions
00:31:21.45\00:31:22.84
because we want to
know what God says.
00:31:22.87\00:31:25.50
Sabbath is no more important
00:31:25.53\00:31:26.99
than any of the
other commandments.
00:31:27.02\00:31:28.53
Not less important than
any of the other commandments.
00:31:28.56\00:31:30.96
But in this one sense,
00:31:30.99\00:31:32.26
the Bible singles it out
as a sign of allegiance to God
00:31:32.29\00:31:36.89
and in the last day a
sign of allegiance to God
00:31:36.92\00:31:40.48
contrasted with the sign
of allegiance to the beast.
00:31:40.51\00:31:44.29
What could be a
better distinction?
00:31:44.32\00:31:46.83
What could be a better test as
to whether or not we trust God?
00:31:46.86\00:31:52.90
Look at the Ten Commandments.
00:31:52.93\00:31:54.69
A lot of people don't
even claim to believe in God
00:31:54.72\00:31:57.47
won't lie or steal or kill,
00:31:57.50\00:32:00.52
they are lot of decent
people who won't do this.
00:32:00.55\00:32:03.36
They won't commit adultery.
00:32:03.39\00:32:05.03
They know these
things are wrong.
00:32:05.06\00:32:06.84
If you kill someone you
know that you have done wrong.
00:32:06.87\00:32:09.91
There is something inside you
00:32:09.94\00:32:11.54
that instinctively let you
know these things are wrong.
00:32:11.57\00:32:16.78
Even worshipping idols
and taking God's name in vain.
00:32:16.81\00:32:21.49
I have friends don't
even claim to be believers
00:32:21.52\00:32:25.11
and they get offended when
you take God's name in vain.
00:32:25.14\00:32:28.46
There is
something about these things
00:32:28.49\00:32:30.07
that just don't seem right.
00:32:30.10\00:32:33.89
But you'll never wake
up on a Saturday morning
00:32:33.92\00:32:37.67
and go mow your lawn and be
struck in with pains of guilt
00:32:37.70\00:32:43.34
because it's a Sabbath day.
00:32:43.37\00:32:48.14
The Sabbath day is no
different from the first days.
00:32:48.17\00:32:50.85
It's 24 hours.
00:32:50.88\00:32:53.44
You are not gonna wake
up, smells like Sabbath,
00:32:53.47\00:32:58.26
unless your wife lights candles.
00:32:58.29\00:33:01.04
It smells sweet for Sabbath.
00:33:01.07\00:33:04.95
The air doesn't feel
any different on Sabbath.
00:33:04.98\00:33:08.67
There is only one
way for you to know
00:33:08.70\00:33:11.29
that Saturday, the
seventh day is a Sabbath day
00:33:11.32\00:33:14.36
and that's because God said
I blessed it and made it holy.
00:33:14.39\00:33:17.94
And so in that sense
it becomes the sheer test
00:33:17.97\00:33:21.78
as to whether or
not we believe God.
00:33:21.81\00:33:24.16
It becomes a sheer test in
faith, not works but faith.
00:33:24.19\00:33:27.67
Did God mean it when He said
I blessed it and made it holy?
00:33:27.70\00:33:31.32
Did He mean it when
He said I work six days,
00:33:31.35\00:33:34.40
I rested on the seventh day.
00:33:34.43\00:33:36.29
Come, join with Me and
My rest on the seventh day.
00:33:36.32\00:33:39.89
Did He mean it?
00:33:39.92\00:33:41.02
The only way you can know that
00:33:41.05\00:33:42.62
is by faith and
trust in the word of God.
00:33:42.65\00:33:46.32
In that sense it
becomes the perfect test.
00:33:46.35\00:33:51.00
Do we really trust God?
00:33:51.03\00:33:54.95
It becomes a test.
00:33:54.98\00:33:56.55
Up until now we
talked about the Sabbath.
00:34:03.09\00:34:06.95
A lot of you said,
yeah, perhaps I believe that.
00:34:06.98\00:34:10.07
It's clear. It's in the Bible.
00:34:10.10\00:34:11.74
But then I ask,
00:34:11.77\00:34:12.85
well, have you thought
about keeping the Sabbath yet?
00:34:12.88\00:34:15.85
Well, I don't know
how important that is.
00:34:15.88\00:34:19.36
I mean I always
been taught all my life
00:34:19.39\00:34:22.33
that Sunday is the Lord's day
00:34:22.36\00:34:24.33
and, you know, after
all we set aside a day
00:34:24.36\00:34:27.14
that's what is really important.
00:34:27.17\00:34:31.12
You know, I didn't
argue up until now.
00:34:31.15\00:34:34.85
I haven't said
much about it until now.
00:34:34.88\00:34:37.73
But I am saying it now,
00:34:37.76\00:34:40.12
that I believe it's
important for us to do
00:34:40.15\00:34:42.71
what God says to do.
00:34:42.74\00:34:44.40
No matter who else
says anything different,
00:34:44.43\00:34:47.85
are you with me?
00:34:47.88\00:34:49.85
It's important to
do what God says to do.
00:34:49.88\00:34:53.85
Well, if the Sabbath
then is a sign of allegiance
00:34:53.88\00:34:58.16
to God's authority as a creator
of the heavens and the earth
00:34:58.19\00:35:01.14
and a re-creator
through the cross of Christ,
00:35:01.17\00:35:03.52
if the Sabbath is
God's sign, God's mark,
00:35:03.55\00:35:06.90
then what does Rome point
to as a mark of her authority?
00:35:06.93\00:35:11.73
That's the question.
00:35:11.76\00:35:14.41
And that's a
rhetorical question.
00:35:14.44\00:35:15.86
Don't holler it
out, I will answer it.
00:35:15.89\00:35:19.69
Because I know a lot
of you got it already.
00:35:19.72\00:35:23.92
Martin Luther,
as we have learned
00:35:23.95\00:35:27.05
was a Roman Catholic
priest teaching a class
00:35:27.08\00:35:29.97
on the Book of Romans at
the University of Wittenberg
00:35:30.00\00:35:32.51
and Luther
discovered from Romans
00:35:32.54\00:35:34.90
that we are saved by grace
through faith in Jesus Christ,
00:35:34.93\00:35:38.39
not by works and he
began to teach that.
00:35:38.42\00:35:40.91
And Rome said no Luther, we
are not saved by faith alone,
00:35:40.94\00:35:44.91
we are saved by
faith plus good works.
00:35:44.94\00:35:48.95
And Luther said,
but the Bible says
00:35:48.98\00:35:51.13
we are saved by grace
through faith in Christ alone
00:35:51.16\00:35:54.02
and not by good works.
00:35:54.05\00:35:55.51
And the Church said,
Luther, you don't understand.
00:35:55.54\00:35:59.61
The Bible isn't the
final rule of authority.
00:35:59.64\00:36:03.00
It's the Bible and the
traditions of the Church.
00:36:03.03\00:36:08.11
And Luther said, maybe
for you but not for me.
00:36:08.14\00:36:14.53
For me it's a scripture
and the scripture alone.
00:36:14.56\00:36:19.22
And the scripture
says we are saved by grace
00:36:19.25\00:36:22.06
through faith in the
cross of Jesus Christ, period.
00:36:22.09\00:36:28.48
And the Church said, Luther,
00:36:28.51\00:36:30.31
you must abide by the
traditions of the Church.
00:36:30.34\00:36:33.82
And Luther said...
00:36:33.85\00:36:34.99
now I know who
the antichrist is.
00:36:38.36\00:36:40.46
And the protestant
reformation was born.
00:36:45.71\00:36:49.57
Thousands and
thousands of protestors,
00:36:49.60\00:36:52.76
protesting Rome's stand on
tradition following Luther...
00:36:52.79\00:37:00.29
and the scripture
and the scripture alone.
00:37:00.32\00:37:02.69
So many that Rome
had to do something
00:37:02.72\00:37:05.93
to stop this massive outflow.
00:37:05.96\00:37:08.83
And finally they
called a meeting,
00:37:14.03\00:37:18.47
The Council of Trent.
00:37:18.50\00:37:20.22
Eighteen years the
Church met deliberating
00:37:20.25\00:37:25.24
how are we going to
stop this massive outflow.
00:37:25.27\00:37:28.69
One of very
first things they did,
00:37:28.72\00:37:31.29
"The Roman Church
stood firmly on the basis
00:37:31.32\00:37:34.10
that tradition not scripture
00:37:34.13\00:37:36.46
is the rock upon
which the Church is built.
00:37:36.49\00:37:39.54
Catholic Doctrine is defined by
the Council of Trent, page 157."
00:37:39.57\00:37:45.10
Tradition not
scripture, that's the rock.
00:37:45.13\00:37:50.44
But somehow they had to
show that these protestors,
00:37:50.47\00:37:55.28
these
protestants protesting Rome.
00:37:55.31\00:37:57.80
In spite of all the
noise they were making
00:37:57.83\00:37:59.93
about the Bible
and the Bible alone,
00:37:59.96\00:38:02.53
in spite of all the
fuss "Sola Scriptura"
00:38:02.56\00:38:05.49
in Latin "The scripture
and the scripture alone."
00:38:05.52\00:38:07.45
No matter how
loud they shout it,
00:38:07.48\00:38:09.14
we've got to show them
somehow that they respect
00:38:09.17\00:38:12.71
and honor the traditions
of Rome over the scripture.
00:38:12.74\00:38:16.02
How can we do it?
00:38:16.05\00:38:18.46
And at the very end
00:38:18.49\00:38:19.94
towards the very end
of the Council of Trent,
00:38:19.97\00:38:22.86
the Archbishop of Reggio
made a very powerful speech
00:38:22.89\00:38:27.24
when he said here is the answer.
00:38:27.27\00:38:31.61
"He openly declared
00:38:31.64\00:38:33.47
that traditions
stood above the scripture
00:38:33.50\00:38:36.32
because the Church
has changed the Sabbath
00:38:36.35\00:38:40.15
from the seventh day
of the week to Sunday,
00:38:40.18\00:38:43.50
the first day of the week
not by the command of Christ,
00:38:43.53\00:38:47.12
but by its own authority."
00:38:47.15\00:38:50.89
So Rome points to
the change of the Sabbath
00:38:50.92\00:38:55.10
as a mark of her
authority over the scripture.
00:38:55.13\00:39:00.15
Cardinal Gibbons
wrote in his book,
00:39:06.68\00:39:08.41
Question Box, page 179
00:39:08.44\00:39:10.59
"If the Bible is the
only guide for the Christian,
00:39:10.62\00:39:13.78
then the Seventh-day Adventist
is right in observing Saturday."
00:39:13.81\00:39:18.73
Interesting, huh!
00:39:18.76\00:39:20.43
Isn't that strange
00:39:20.46\00:39:21.49
that those who make the
Bible their only teacher
00:39:21.52\00:39:24.05
should inconsistently
follow in this matter
00:39:24.08\00:39:27.52
which is the tradition
of the Catholic Church?
00:39:27.55\00:39:32.15
I agree with the good Cardinal.
00:39:32.18\00:39:34.83
He is right.
00:39:34.86\00:39:36.22
C.F. Thomas,
chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons,
00:39:36.25\00:39:38.54
"Of course the
Catholic Church claims,"
00:39:38.57\00:39:40.80
listen to the language I don't
believe it's a co-incidence.
00:39:40.83\00:39:44.46
"Of course the Catholic
Church changes--claims that
00:39:44.49\00:39:47.24
the change was her act
00:39:47.27\00:39:48.73
and that act is
the mark of her power
00:39:48.76\00:39:52.71
and authority in
religious matters."
00:39:52.74\00:39:55.57
We changed the Sabbath and
as a mark of our authority.
00:39:55.60\00:40:00.91
But it was the dragon who
gave his authority to the beast.
00:40:00.94\00:40:06.50
And to honor that authority
00:40:06.53\00:40:09.07
is to recognize
and worship the beast.
00:40:09.10\00:40:12.60
No matter how
sincere somebody might seem.
00:40:15.60\00:40:19.61
Real issue, folks,
00:40:19.64\00:40:22.44
is not so much the
day when you go to Church.
00:40:22.47\00:40:28.31
That's not so much the issue.
00:40:28.34\00:40:29.90
Of course we've seen the Sabbath
00:40:29.93\00:40:31.60
as a day of sacred
assembly the Bible says,
00:40:31.63\00:40:34.74
but the issue is
much deeper than that.
00:40:34.77\00:40:38.29
The issue is who do we trust?
00:40:38.32\00:40:44.77
God said I have
blessed the seventh day.
00:40:44.80\00:40:48.18
I made it holy.
00:40:48.21\00:40:49.53
Come and rest with Me.
00:40:49.56\00:40:52.49
And the Church says
no, we have changed it
00:40:52.52\00:40:54.99
to the first day of the
week, not the seventh day.
00:40:55.02\00:40:58.09
Come with us.
00:40:58.12\00:41:02.57
And by our actions
we show who we trust
00:41:02.60\00:41:07.36
because we worship the
one that we choose to obey.
00:41:07.39\00:41:09.95
Cardinal Gibbons goes on to say,
00:41:15.83\00:41:17.56
"Reason and common sense
demand the acceptance of one
00:41:17.59\00:41:19.91
or the other of
these two alternatives:
00:41:19.94\00:41:22.26
either be a Protestant
and the keep holy Saturday
00:41:22.29\00:41:26.36
or be a Catholic
and keep holy Sunday."
00:41:26.39\00:41:29.49
Compromise is
impossible and he is right.
00:41:29.52\00:41:34.46
He is right.
00:41:34.49\00:41:37.44
The issue is clear.
00:41:37.47\00:41:40.18
The Bible says, "Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:41:40.21\00:41:42.64
Six days you will labor
and do all of your work,
00:41:42.67\00:41:44.34
but the seventh
day is a Sabbath,"
00:41:44.37\00:41:46.86
and the Church says no.
00:41:46.89\00:41:48.57
We have changed it to
the first day of the week.
00:41:48.60\00:41:51.11
And lo,
practically entire the world
00:41:51.14\00:41:54.72
follows in
wonder after the beast.
00:41:54.75\00:41:58.76
Look around, folks.
00:41:58.79\00:42:01.24
You have seen that
prophecy fulfilled.
00:42:01.27\00:42:03.58
A lot of people have a couple
of questions at this point.
00:42:10.46\00:42:13.12
What about my mom and dad,
00:42:16.14\00:42:20.93
and grandma and grandpa,
00:42:20.96\00:42:23.05
and great grandma
and great grandpa?
00:42:23.08\00:42:26.24
They have been
sincere Christians.
00:42:26.27\00:42:27.76
They followed Jesus.
They did the best they knew.
00:42:27.79\00:42:30.29
But they kept
Sunday. They are dead now.
00:42:30.32\00:42:32.70
Are they lost?
00:42:32.73\00:42:36.84
God isn't like that.
00:42:36.87\00:42:39.15
We maybe but He isn't.
00:42:39.18\00:42:42.97
James makes that clear.
00:42:43.00\00:42:44.76
He said, he who
knows what is right
00:42:44.79\00:42:47.93
and does it not
for him it is sin.
00:42:47.96\00:42:54.36
God doesn't hold us accountable
for things we don't know.
00:42:54.39\00:43:01.62
Sometimes people
say what about me?
00:43:01.65\00:43:03.18
I went to church this morning.
00:43:03.21\00:43:04.83
I have done it all my life.
00:43:08.85\00:43:10.92
Am I sinner?
00:43:10.95\00:43:13.32
First of all, it's never
wrong to go to church, folks.
00:43:13.35\00:43:18.87
Never wrong.
00:43:18.90\00:43:22.09
When God said work six
days, rest on the seventh day
00:43:22.12\00:43:25.64
and don't work on that day
00:43:25.67\00:43:27.26
and keep it holy for me then
if we don't do it, it's wrong.
00:43:27.29\00:43:31.29
But I haven't been doing that.
00:43:31.32\00:43:32.50
Have I been
sinning all these years,
00:43:32.53\00:43:33.97
he who knows what is
right and does it not.
00:43:34.00\00:43:38.28
And one lady said, you
mean folks don't even go there.
00:43:38.31\00:43:43.31
She said, you mean if I
wouldn't have come tonight
00:43:43.34\00:43:47.50
then I wouldn't have known,
00:43:47.53\00:43:49.28
that I have to
come to revelation.
00:43:49.31\00:43:51.82
Hey, don't be
afraid of the truth.
00:43:51.85\00:43:55.84
If what I am saying is not true
you have nothing to worry about.
00:43:55.87\00:43:59.73
Keep doing what you are doing.
00:43:59.76\00:44:01.30
But if what I am saying
is true from the word of God
00:44:01.33\00:44:04.26
then you still have
nothing to worry about
00:44:04.29\00:44:06.39
because the truth
will set you free.
00:44:06.42\00:44:08.71
You need to be afraid
not to know the truth.
00:44:08.74\00:44:11.77
It's not true because I said.
00:44:11.80\00:44:13.08
It is true because he says it.
00:44:13.11\00:44:14.56
So the question for
you is, did he say it?
00:44:14.59\00:44:16.48
Don't trust
Colon. Don't trust me.
00:44:16.51\00:44:18.82
Don't trust any
man or any church.
00:44:18.85\00:44:20.61
Trust what the Bible says.
00:44:20.64\00:44:22.14
I am not afraid to put my faith
00:44:22.17\00:44:23.78
to the acid test
of the word of God.
00:44:23.81\00:44:25.67
Don't you be afraid.
00:44:25.70\00:44:29.04
Test it out.
00:44:29.07\00:44:30.10
And then people ask me...
00:44:33.81\00:44:35.33
do I have the
mark of the beast now?
00:44:38.48\00:44:41.28
Since I have been keeping
Sunday, do I have the mark?
00:44:41.31\00:44:47.35
No one has the
mark of the beast now.
00:44:47.38\00:44:51.70
Did you hear me?
00:44:51.73\00:44:53.66
Does anybody have the
mark of the beast now?
00:44:53.69\00:44:55.79
Tell me.
00:44:55.82\00:44:57.35
Does anyone have the
mark of the beast now?
00:44:57.38\00:45:00.82
Does anyone at all have
the mark of the beast now?
00:45:00.85\00:45:03.44
No!
00:45:03.47\00:45:06.63
Now why did I do that?
00:45:06.66\00:45:08.53
Because no matter
how many times I do it,
00:45:08.56\00:45:11.08
somebody is going to leave here
00:45:11.11\00:45:12.88
and say that preacher said
everybody who goes on Sunday
00:45:12.91\00:45:16.06
has the mark of the beast.
00:45:16.09\00:45:17.69
If you say that,
you're bearing false witness
00:45:17.72\00:45:22.94
because that's
not what I am saying.
00:45:22.97\00:45:25.84
The time is coming
00:45:25.87\00:45:27.22
when Sunday observants
will be the mark of the beast.
00:45:27.25\00:45:32.00
I want to be
crystal clear about that.
00:45:32.03\00:45:35.13
It will be.
00:45:35.16\00:45:37.65
But not until it is enforced
by boycott and a death decree,
00:45:37.68\00:45:45.18
will anyone take the mark?
00:45:45.21\00:45:47.31
How can that ever happen?
00:45:50.01\00:45:52.04
Here.
00:45:52.07\00:45:53.65
We will live in America.
00:45:53.68\00:45:56.05
We're just sing about it.
00:45:56.08\00:45:58.63
This is the land of the free
00:45:58.66\00:46:00.91
and we are free to
worship God as we choose.
00:46:00.94\00:46:04.55
So how can anybody
force me to worship the beast?
00:46:04.58\00:46:08.08
Back to Revelation 13.
00:46:11.68\00:46:14.16
Revelation 13, 12:17,
00:46:14.19\00:46:18.23
"The dragon was
angry at the woman,
00:46:18.26\00:46:19.81
and went to make war against
the remaining of her offspring,
00:46:19.84\00:46:21.52
those who obey
God's commandments
00:46:21.55\00:46:22.91
and hold the
testimony of Jesus."
00:46:22.94\00:46:24.10
That's it.
That's the issue, folks.
00:46:24.13\00:46:26.64
Is it getting plain now?
00:46:26.67\00:46:28.91
"And the dragon stood
on the shore of the sea
00:46:28.94\00:46:30.44
and saw a beast
coming up out of the sea."
00:46:30.47\00:46:33.04
These we've already identified,
00:46:33.07\00:46:34.83
Medieval Church
at Rome 538 till 1798
00:46:34.86\00:46:38.20
when he received
the deadly wound.
00:46:38.23\00:46:40.34
And then in verse 2,
at the end of the verse
00:46:40.37\00:46:41.97
"The dragon gave
the beast his power
00:46:42.00\00:46:44.28
and his throne
and great authority."
00:46:44.31\00:46:47.39
So the beast gets his
authority from the dragon.
00:46:47.42\00:46:51.21
Verse 4, "Men worship the dragon
00:46:51.24\00:46:53.33
because he had given
his authority to the beast
00:46:53.36\00:46:55.69
and they worship the beast."
00:46:55.72\00:46:58.41
Well, how does this happen?
00:46:58.44\00:46:59.84
Verse 8, "All the inhabitants
here that worship the beast
00:46:59.87\00:47:02.41
except for those whose names
00:47:02.44\00:47:03.60
are written in the book of
life belonging to the Lamb,"
00:47:03.63\00:47:05.55
all the inhabitants of the
earth, how does that happen?
00:47:05.58\00:47:08.62
Chapter 13 verse 11,
00:47:08.65\00:47:10.63
"Then I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth,
00:47:10.66\00:47:13.22
he had two horns like a
lamb but he spoke like a dragon.
00:47:13.25\00:47:16.23
He exercises all the authority
of the first beast on his behalf
00:47:16.26\00:47:19.45
and he made the
earth and its inhabitants
00:47:19.48\00:47:21.39
worship the first beast whose
fatal wound have been healed."
00:47:21.42\00:47:25.29
After the fatal wound
had been inflicted, 1798,
00:47:25.32\00:47:29.14
we should see another nation
rising to power from the earth.
00:47:29.17\00:47:33.74
First beast came
up from the water.
00:47:33.77\00:47:36.32
Revelation 17:15, the waters
represent multitudes of people.
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First beast the Roman power
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ascended in Rome in the
middle of the civilized world
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among the multitude of people,
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but the second beast
comes up out of the earth,
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a relatively quiet
portion of the world
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compared to the one
that came out of the water.
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It was sometime
around the late 1700s
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that it started rising to power.
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And this beast
coming up out of the earth
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late 1700s had
two horns like a lamb.
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It would look like
a Christian nation.
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We haven't put
it all together yet.
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You live there.
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There's only one
major power, rising power,
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the late 1700s there
was a Christian nation
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in a relatively
quiet part of the world.
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The United States of
America, Protestant America,
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with the freedom to
worship God as we choose,
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but she would
speak like the dragon.
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Protestant
America is gonna change.
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I want to say something,
I am not non-American,
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I am not anti-American,
and I am not non-patriotic.
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I love my country.
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I risked my life for
the principles of freedom
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that we hold so dear in
United States of America.
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But I don't like what the
prophet says is gonna happen.
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And I don't like what
I see happening right now
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because in case you
haven't noticed yet,
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gradually and not so gradually
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your rights and freedoms
are being stripped away.
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Just look around.
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The United States of
America is going to change.
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And force the
world to acknowledge
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the authority of the beast,
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change the word of God.
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How is it going to happen?
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Referring back
to the Sunday laws
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and the days of
Constantine, John Paul II said,
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"Only in the 4th century
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Constantine's
time did the civil law,
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the Roman empire recognized
the weekly recurrence,
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determining that
on the day of the sun,
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the judges, and the
people of the cities
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and various trade
corporations would not work.
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When through the centuries,
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the Church has made
laws concerning Sunday rest,
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the Church has had in mind
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above all for everyone
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to keep the Lord's day holy."
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In other words, the Pope
is concerned for legislation
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to enforce everyone to
keep the Lord's day holy.
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And it's exactly
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what is cited in
his Catholic catechism
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that Sunday should be
a matter of legislation
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so that all can keep
holy, the Lord's day.
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What if you don't
want to do it on Sunday?
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What if you want to do it
the way the Bible says to do it?
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When it becomes
the law of the Lamb
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and not just in America.
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But I have an article
that I have just the other day.
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The Pope has
been a strong advocate
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for the revival
of keeping Sunday
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and he's trying to
enforce Sunday observance
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into the constitution
of the European Union.
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And he says "Without
Sunday worship we cannot live."
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That's Benedict XVI.
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He declared during the
mass on September 9 last year,
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"Without Sunday
worship we cannot live."
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He said Sunday observance
is a necessity for all people.
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That's his goal.
That's his dream.
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But what about here in America?
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After 9/11 things have changed
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and people have been looking
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more and more to the
government to protect us.
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But every time they pass a law
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to protect you
from the terrorists,
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they're taking away
some of your rights.
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Remember that.
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And the balance is how much
of our rights can they take away
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and still claim that
we have freedom here.
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In 1961 the Supreme Court
ruled that Sunday blue laws,
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laws enforcing Sunday observance
are now constitutional.
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That's a fact.
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And since a terrorist attack,
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we're witnessing a resurgence
of prominent religious leaders
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saying that the
problem with America
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is that we've gotten away
from the Ten Commandments.
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And we need to get
back to the Ten Commandments
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and protestant
religiously evangelical leaders
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have even instituted Ten
Commandment Day every year.
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Further more, in
emphasizing the Ten Commandments
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noted television
speaker Dr. D. James Kennedy,
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Coral Ridge, who passed
away and I respect him so much
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because I've learned much about
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the gospel of Jesus
Christ from this man.
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And I loved him.
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And it was a great
loss to Christianity,
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but I don't agree
with everything he said.
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And in his sermon the gift
of rest on the Ten Commandments
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when he got to the Sabbath,
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he said, "The
benefit to the human race
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that has come through the
institution of the Sabbath,
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can hardly be overestimated."
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Folks this is the chilling part.
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Remember when he says Sabbath,
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he's thinking Sunday.
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This is the chilling part.
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"There is an old
maxim that states:
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'As goes the Sabbath
so goes the nation.'"
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Are you hearing that?
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"And we might do well
to ponder that thought
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and what it
portends for America.
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As the Sabbath is desecrated,
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church attendance is ignored
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and the nation sinks
deeper into the mire of sin.
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And there are those
today who are now saying
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the low moral
condition of America
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is related to our
breaking the Sabbath."
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So it doesn't
take much imagination
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to see how this
mindset, however true it maybe,
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when coupled with a
desire of the masses
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for the government to protect us
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and the false prophet
begins working miracles,
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gaining
incredibility for his message,
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the reason God
is punishing America
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we're not
keeping the commandments.
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It's time to install Sunday
as a national day of worship.
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It doesn't take much
imagination for us to see
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that those who
refuse to go along
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with a national day of worship
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will be blamed
for the calamities
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that are facing the country.
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Didn't Jesus said?
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He did.
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He said don't be
surprise my brothers
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that the world hates you
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and that in John 16:2,
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he said, a time is
coming when anyone who kills you
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will think he's
offering a service to God.
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Let me say, well, I don't know
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how that can
happen here, just wait.
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I'm gonna show you some
stuff going on right now
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that is gonna
straighten your hair out.
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It's already
straight, it's gonna curl it up.
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And ladies you get a free perm.
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You're not gonna
want to miss that night.
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But I think it's
clear for us to see now
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that the issue is
not so much which day
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that you go to church as
much as who do you serve,
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the Creator and His law of
the creature and His tradition,
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that's the choice.
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Years ago when a Pope had died,
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the bishops met cast
their votes for a new Pope.
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And the high point of
the coronation scene came
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when Cardinal Deacon lifted
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the beautiful triple
tiara placed it on his head
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and said, "I now crown you, Pope
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King of heaven
and earth and hell."
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And practically
every television set
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was tuned in
wondering after the beast.
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But I am thinking of
another carnation scene.
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This king didn't
look like a king.
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He didn't wear a triple tiara.
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He wore a crown of thorns.
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And he hung on the cross.
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He didn't look like a king.
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He died.
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He didn't look like a king.
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He was buried but he rose again.
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Amen.
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Send it to heaven.
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One day soon
he's gonna come again.
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Amen.
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Those of us who
stay faithful to him
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are gonna be caught up
to meet him in the clouds.
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And we're gonna join
that big choir in the sky.
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We're gonna cast
our crowns at his feet
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and sing out, "All hail
the power of Jesus' name."
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Let angels' prostate fall.
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Bring forth the royal diadem
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and crown him, Lord of all.
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Amen.
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Jesus said, he was Lord...
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even of the Sabbath.
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