Previously on Law
of Love & Liberty:
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The first commandment is
really vital. If we don't get
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this commandment right,
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it's downhill from there.
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This is really the foundation
of all the commandments.
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We've no less days
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to sing God's praise
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than when
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we'd first
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begun.
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Here He's actually
saying: "Look, I did not come to
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destroy the law. I
came to magnify the law. "
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I was lost... with loving hands
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He reached for me.
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So tenderly
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He sought to give
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me victory.
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Today I would like to
focus on the third commandment.
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"Thou shalt not
take the name of the Lord
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thy God in vain...
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for the Lord will
not hold him guiltless
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who taketh His name in vain. "
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The glory of God's name
is the most sacred trust
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and He has given
that trust to us.
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Whoo!
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Good morning and welcome
to Spring Camp Meeting 2019.
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Welcome to the
3ABN Worship Center.
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I like that coming from
the Previously On, Pastor
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Wintley Phipps: "Whoo! "
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Isn't that
great? What a blessing!
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Just the open is an inspiration!
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We thank you for
joining us on 3ABN.
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Welcome to our local audience.
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I'm going to ask our
director, our camera crew:
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let's get a wide
shot and then we'll...
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I know you still look
like you're waving at me
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but we'll wave at everyone that
couldn't make it to Camp Meeting
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OK? Here we go.
Good morning. Let's wave.
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All right. Good
morning! Are you blessed?
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AMEN!
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Let's do it one more time
so we can bring that audio up
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for those that are missing this.
All right. Are you blessed?
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Yes!
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OK... so for
those of you at home
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see what you're missing?
Need to come here to 3ABN.
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But we understand.
Sometimes life is just that way
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and you can't make it out.
But we're being blessed here
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at 3ABN Camp Meeting.
And today... this is Friday,
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the Preparation
Day for the Sabbath.
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We're going to be blessed with
wonderful words from the Lord.
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We appreciate the
speakers that have committed
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their hearts and
lives to the ministry of God
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and to the study of His Word.
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And this
morning is no exception.
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We're going to be blessed by
a message: The 4th Commandment:
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a Temple in Time by
Evangelist Ryan Day.
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He's the assistant to Tim Parton
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for our new music channel, so
he wears many hats here at 3ABN.
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But he has a
passion for evangelism.
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You've heard him
speak before, of course.
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God has given him a wonder-
ful gift in music and song.
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Wow! He can break
the Word of God down.
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And so we're blessed to have
him here with us this morning.
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But before he comes,
we're going to have some music
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by Celestine Barry-Dickens
and her daughter Farrah.
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And it's
entitled It's My Desire.
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It's my desire
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to live for Jesus.
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It's my desire
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to live just for Him. Oh yes,
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though oft I failed,
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brought Him my shame
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it's my desire
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to live for Him.
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It's my desire
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to help someone today...
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someone who may have failed
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to see the way.
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I, too, was once so lost
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but I found my way to God.
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It's my desire
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to live for Him.
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If you could see
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where Jesus brought me from
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to where I am today,
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then you would know
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the reason why
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I love Him so!
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You can take the world -
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its wealth and riches -
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and I don't need earth's power.
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It's my desire
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to live for Him.
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If you could see
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where Jesus brought me from
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to where I am today,
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then you would know
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the reason why
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I love Him so!
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You can take the world -
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its wealth and riches -
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and I don't need earth's power.
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It's my desire...
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it's my desire...
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it's my desire
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to live
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just for
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Him!
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Amen! Praise the
Lord! Thank you, Celestine.
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Is it your
desire to serve Jesus?
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Amen! Praise the Lord!
We've got a packed house!
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Nine o'clock in the
morning! Praise God!
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Amen... amen. Hey look, unless
you stayed up late last night
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you have no reason at all
to be all calm and quiet on me
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this morning, so I'm going
to need your help presenting
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this topic because we
have a very exciting topic
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this morning. We're
going to continue our journey
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in the Bible of
the Ten Commandments.
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We're taking on the topic or the
subject of the 4th commandment
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which obviously we're going
to be talking about the Sabbath,
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OK? And you know,
this is going to be
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a new one for me because I
have never presented the topic
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of the Sabbath in 45 minutes.
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So I'm going to need you to
pray for me; pray for that clock
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and we're going to go ahead
and get right into the Word of
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God. It's going to seem
like I'm auctioneering off this
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particular subject. But praise
the Lord it's being recorded
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so you can go back and
watch it over and over and over
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and take notes. But
before we go any further
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what do we need to do? Pray.
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Ah, we need God's presence;
we need God's intelligence...
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we need the Lord
here with us this morning.
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So I'm going to go ahead
in prayer with Him right now.
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Father in heaven,
we praise You so much.
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We thank you for
this blessed day.
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We thank you for
another day of life, Lord.
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And Lord, there's no doubt
in our mind. We don't have to
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question whether
or not You are here.
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We know that
Your Spirit is with us
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because You have told us
that where two or three or more
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are gathered in Your name
there You are in the midst.
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And so Lord, I pray that
You will hide me behind Jesus
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this morning. Every
word, every thought, every idea
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be that from Your
Word... be that from Jesus.
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We praise You, God,
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for this opportunity
to dissect Your Word.
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We ask that You lead and
guide us through this study
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and I You give us
the Holy Spirit so much
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that every word, every
idea that we hear this morning
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that our hearts and
minds will be open to it
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and that we will
receive the blessing from God.
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We praise You and
we thank you so much
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for your never-ending
love, grace, and mercy.
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We ask this in
Jesus' name, Amen!
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Amen! Praise the Lord!
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So we're going to go
right to the book of Revelation
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so if you have your Bibles...
I hope you have your Bibles.
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If you don't, hopefully
the words of the text will be
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up on the screen. But
we're going to go directly
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to the book of
Revelation the 14th chapter.
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I want to make this
topic relevant for today
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because in the world
that we live in today
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as soon as you
say the word Sabbath
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you've lost some people.
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As soon as mention
the word commandments
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you've lost some
people because again
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some people find or feel
that this particular topic
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is irrelevant. That
again "We're not under the law
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we're under grace. " And of
course the word is being twisted
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and manipulated and
taught in such a way
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that God's Word, God's holy
law, and especially His Sabbath
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commandment has been forgotten.
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And we're going to find
out in just a few moments
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that the very commandment
that God said "Remember"
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is the one it seems the world
is forgetting every single day.
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And so we're going to
continue in God's Word.
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Revelation the 14th chapter, and
I'm going to take us directly
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to those famous
three angels' messages
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and you're going to
see why they're relevant,
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why they're important today.
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And I just want to
say as a disclaimer:
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some of you in here today
may say: "You know what, Ryan?
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I've heard this
message 100 times. "
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There may be
those at home watching:
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"I already know this message...
I've heard it a million times. "
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Well I promise you you
probably haven't heard it
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in the way that I'm going
to present it this morning.
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And even if you HAVE heard
it it's good to hear it again,
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right? Amen! It's good to
hear it over and over and over.
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And there may be someone
here with us this morning
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or someone watching at
home that has not heard this
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message, and I praise God
for that because God's truth
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will reach the world
before Jesus comes back. Amen?
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Revelation the 14th
chapter and we're going to begin
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with verse 6. And the Bible
says, speaking of these three
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angels' messages, we're going to
look at the 1st angel's message.
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Notice what the Bible says.
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John is in vision and he says:
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OK, so God is sending
the everlasting gospel.
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So is this a gospel
message? Yes! OK, so far
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what we're talking about
is the everlasting gospel.
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It lasts forever, and
it's going to everyone
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who dwells,
notice, on the earth:
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Does that include
everyone here in Thompsonville?
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Yes! Does that include
everyone here in Illinois?
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Does that include
everyone on the planet?
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Obviously this is a
world-wide driven message.
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We need to be reminded of this
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because the everlasting gospel
we are told is going to go
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to all the world, right?
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Amen. Let's be
reminded of that. Let's go on...
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The Bible
continues to say in verse 7:
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And I just want to highlight
there: "Saying with a loud
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voice. " The original Greek word
here is a word... listen to what
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it sounds like: megalófonos.
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What does that sound like?
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Megaphone. That's where
we get such English words as
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megaphone. And what's
the purpose of a megaphone?
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It's to project
sound... to amplify sound.
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And so does God want everyone
to hear this message? YES!
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OK. We're setting a
foundation; hang with me.
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It goes on to say:
"Saying with a loud voice... "
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So He's saying: "Reverence
Me. Return to honoring Me.
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Return to recognizing who
I am as the All Sovereign God
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that I am. " Why? Because we
are living in a judgment time,
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right? The Bible says the
judgment time has arrived...
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it "is come. " But
notice what it continues to say:
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"And worship... " In other
words, return to worshiping
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the Creator. " OK, are
we all together so far?
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Yes! OK... now this is important
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because if this message
is going to the entire world
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and God is amplifying this
message for the entire world
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to hear and He's saying:
"Hey! In these last days... "
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We know that Revelation is
relevant for the last days.
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It's prior to the
second coming of Jesus. Amen?
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So He says: "Hey, I want
you to return to worshiping Me
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the Creator. "
Now I believe 100%
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as we're about to
highlight in Scripture
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that when it says returning
to worship Him, the Creator,
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it's talking about God. It's
talking about the completeness
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of the Godhead. Amen?
But... I want to make very clear
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something. This is probably
the most vitally important point
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that we're going to make
in this entire presentation.
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In fact, if you miss this point
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you're not going to understand
the significance and importance
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of the rest of this message, OK?
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When it says to
return to worshiping Him
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specifically within
the Godhead who is Him?
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Well I believe 100%, and I
want to make this very clear
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all of the Godhead
in its completeness
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was very much active
in the creative work.
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The Bible tells us
that one specific individual
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within the Godhead
was the active member
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who made the
creative work happen.
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OK? Now I want
to highlight that.
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We're going to turn over
to our Bibles if you have it.
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You'll probably
see it on the screen.
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Let's go to Ephesians
chapter 3, Ephesians chapter 3,
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and I want you to
notice what the Bible says.
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Paul writes here in Ephesians 3
beginning with verse 9. He says:
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So when we read those
famous words right there,
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the very first words in
the Bible: "In the beginning
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God created the
heavens and the earth. "
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Who was the active
individual who was speaking
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this world into existence?
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According to the book of
Ephesians chapter 3 verse 9
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we are told that Jesus Christ
was the active member of the
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Godhead who did
that creative work.
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Now I want to
continue on to John chapter 1.
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We're just highlighting
some very important points here.
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John chapter 1 verse 3
reminds us also... speaking
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of Jesus
Christ... the Bible says:
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Did you catch that?
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So who was it when the Bible
says: "In the beginning God
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created the heavens... "
who was it that spoke this world
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into existence? When we
read that creation account
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over in Genesis... and by
the way, if you have your Bibles
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you can go to Genesis right now.
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Genesis chapter 1 and 2.
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When we go to
Genesis chapter 1 and 2
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and we see God's
amazing powerful creative work
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on display there, who is
it according to Scripture
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was the active agent in
making that creation happening?
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That was a little weak...
let's try that one more time.
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Who was it?
JESUS! It was Jesus, OK?
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Now there's a reason
why I'm emphasizing this.
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Because when you're
studying the fourth commandment,
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when we're considering the
importance and significance
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of the Sabbath commandment,
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you cannot... What
word did I just use?
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You cannot separate the
Creator from the Sabbath.
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You can't separate Jesus
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from the seventh-day Sabbath.
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But yet we have a whole
lot of people in the last days
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as the devil is working
hard to diminish the power,
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the sovereignty, and the
creative, powerful work of God.
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The devil is working
hard to try to separate Jesus
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from His holy day. Amen!
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OK, so let's make
that very very clear:
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Jesus is Creator. So
we're in Genesis chapter 2
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beginning with verse 1. So in
all of the verses in chapter 1
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we see God creating on this day,
the first day, the second day,
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the third day, fourth, fifth.
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Sixth day He
creates man in His image.
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And then we come to
Genesis chapter 2 verse 1.
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Notice what the Bible says:
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And by the way,
who finished them?
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Jesus. Whoo! That
sounds good. I like that name.
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Jesus was the One
who finished the work.
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Now I just want to pause for
a moment and clarify something.
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When it says that day
one came and God created
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the Bible says: "The evening and
the morning was the 1st day. "
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"The evening and the
morning was the second day. "
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"The evening and the morning was
the... " There's a pattern here.
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You know what that communicates?
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I believe with all my heart,
mind, and soul we can take that
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literal to believe
that God created the world
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and all that in them is
in six literal 24-hour days.
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Amen! OK... we don't
have to go into the Bible
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and manipulate and twist
the Word of God into believing
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that somehow it took thousands
and thousands of years.
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God could have created the world
in 1 single day if He wanted to.
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But He did it in 6 days because
He knows His perfect plan.
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He is perfect. Now
we come to the 7th day.
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Notice what the Bible
says beginning in verse 2
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of chapter 2 of
Genesis. The Bible says:
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Are we together so far?
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OK, so I want you to notice
this. This has been highlighted
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many times but I'm going to
re-emphasize it because it's
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vitally important. Notice how
we have 3 things mentioned here.
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First of all, there's the repeat
3 times of "the seventh day, "
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"the seventh day,
" "the seventh day. "
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What day is the Sabbath accord-
ing to the creative chapters
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of Genesis? THE seventh day.
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We're going to come
back to that in just a moment
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but also notice God did
three things on the seventh day
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that He didn't do on
any of the other six days.
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All right. First,
number one, He rested.
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All right. Then He blessed.
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And then the third one -
probably the most important
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one - He sanctified.
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Now what does sanctified mean?
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It means that He set
it apart for holy use.
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That means that God
said: "This day is special. "
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All right, now this day...
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Now the other days were
special in and of themselves.
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We don't want
to ignore that, OK?
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All days are very special.
But when it came to the 7th day
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God said: "Ah, I've
got to set this one aside.
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This one is My
holy, blessed day. "
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So I just want to say
right out front: where was
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the Sabbath instituted?
Before there ever was a Jew.
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Before there ever was a
Jew God had sanctified and made
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holy the
seventh day of the week.
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Now I just want to pause and
really quickly state this. OK?
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You might be saying right now:
"Ryan, it's very easy for you
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to preach such a message be-
cause you're a SDA Christian. "
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And I say: "Praise the Lord
and I'm proud of it! " Amen?
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However, I haven't
always been a SDA Christian.
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For more than 17 years of
my life my family and I were
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Sunday-keeping Christians.
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We believed 100% that
the first day of the week -
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Sunday - was the
Biblical Sabbath.
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That's what we were taught.
That was the tradition we were
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raised in. However,
when the Holy Spirit came
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and we emptied our mind of
man-made ideas and theories
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and we simply said: "Lord, we
want to know what Your Word says
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on this subject. "
When you take the Bible
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for what it actually says
you will see that there is power
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in the Word of God. You
don't need some man to tell you
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what it says. God's Word
tells it to you for sure!
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In fact, if you were
isolated on an island somewhere
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you would not come to the
conclusion that any other day
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of the week other than
the 7th day of the week
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was the Sabbath. Now I tell you:
if you go into any other church
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today other than a
Biblical, Sabbath-keeping church
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you can preach... I could
stand up behind the pulpit
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and preach a sermon
on the first commandment.
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And I could say something like
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"You know, the Lord
tells us that we should
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honor Him and we
should recognize Him ONLY
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as the all-sovereign God for
the first commandment teaches us
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that we shall have "No
other gods before Him. "
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And I guarantee when I
walk out of that church
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I'm going to get a nice pat
on the back. Praise the Lord,
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Amen, Hallelujah!
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I might preach a sermon
on the second commandment
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that says we should not
bow down to any graven images
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or idols because
only God deserves worship
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according to the
second commandment
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and I would get an
"Amen... preach it brother! "
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I might preach a sermon on, I
don't know, the 5th commandment.
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It says: "Honor your father
and mother that your days may be
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long upon the
earth. " And I promise you,
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every parent in that
room is going to be "elbowing"
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their children and
saying: "Brother, sister,
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you'd better
listen to this brother
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because you'd better believe
9 of those 10 commandments
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today... most Christians believe
that 9 of those 10 commandments
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are still in effect today.
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But for some reason the 4th com-
mandment is the one commandment
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that the devil is
attacking most. That's right!
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That is the one commandment
that as I begin to talk to
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ministers, as I begin to talk to
more and more Christians today,
00:22:57.87\00:23:00.28
they come up with all of these
excuses. And my heart breaks
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because I used to be one of 'em!
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You see, when we
take on man-made ideas
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and theories and we
let it cloud out our mind
00:23:09.82\00:23:12.02
and we don't take a "Thus
saith the Lord" for what it says
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my friends, the devil
can... he can creep his way in
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and he can set up camp and
he can cause major confusion.
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One of the most... I just want
to address this one out front...
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when you start talking
about the Biblical Sabbath
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the number one excuse
you're going to get up front
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or the number one remark that
you're going to get up front is
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"Well, Ryan, I hear what you're
saying about that Sabbath.
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That's a great thing and all,
but that's a Jewish thing. "
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"That's a Jewish
thing. The Sabbath was created
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for the Jews. "
Well I want to remind you
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if there was any one
right now in all of Scripture,
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if you could take your
finger and point to one person
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or you could say
one person's name
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in all of Scripture who would
know which day the Sabbath is
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who would that be?
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How about the
Creator? Jesus Christ, right?
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Jesus of all people,
because He created the Sabbath
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He would know which day
of the week the Sabbath is.
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He would know who He
created it for, right?
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Mark chapter 2 verse
27... notice what Jesus says.
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He says: "The Sabbath was made
for the Jews and not the Jews
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for the Sabbath. " Is
that what the Bible says?
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That is not what the Bible says.
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Jesus says: "The
Sabbath was made for? " "for man
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and not man for the Sabbath. "
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And that word for
man in the original Greek
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is the word
pronounced "Anthropos. "
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Anthropos... and it's
where we get our English word
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in the study of anthropology.
What is anthropology?
00:24:41.41\00:24:44.48
It's the study of
mankind. Anthropos
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in the original Greek simply
means human being, mankind.
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So of all people in the Bible
Jesus - the Creator - would
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know whom He
created the Sabbath for.
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And He tells us right
here: "Look, I created it for
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all mankind. "
Does that include me?
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Does that include you?
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Does that include
everyone at home watching
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and everyone around the world?
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My friends, God has provided
us a blessing of the Sabbath.
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Are we going to
partake of that blessing?
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That's the question.
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Nowhere in the Bible... and
I'm making this bold statement
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because it is true: nowhere in
the Bible is the 7th day called
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the Sabbath of the Jews.
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It is not a Jewish
Sabbath, my friend.
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It is the Sabbath of the
Lord and He has created it
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for every single person. It
points to His creative power.
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It's a memorial for the
Creator of the universe.
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And my friends, when we go
out... and this is where my
00:25:35.23\00:25:37.13
heart breaks... because when
we go out and we teach people
00:25:37.33\00:25:39.63
that the Sabbath is
no longer in effect,
00:25:39.83\00:25:42.04
that we don't have
to observe the Sabbath,
00:25:42.24\00:25:43.97
and we're teaching people to
not observe that which God said
00:25:44.17\00:25:47.14
remember to do, what
we're telling people to do
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is to forget about the Creator
00:25:49.98\00:25:52.28
and the creative
power that He has.
00:25:52.48\00:25:54.12
We're telling people
to forget about Jesus.
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And I don't think there is
any Christian in the world,
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genuine Christian in the world,
that would want to promote
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such as message as to
forget about our Savior. Amen?
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Powerful!
Powerful! Exodus chapter 20.
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We're going to go there.
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And why would we go
to Exodus chapter 20?
00:26:12.50\00:26:14.34
Because that is
where we find the record
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of the Ten Commandments
verbally spoken by God.
00:26:17.94\00:26:20.38
And we're going to go
to verses 8 through 11.
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This is where the
Sabbath commandment is recorded.
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And you will see here very
clearly that this is the longest
00:26:26.15\00:26:29.65
of the Ten Commandments.
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And it has a very
interesting nature about it
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'cause it's quite different than
the rest of the commandments.
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Notice what the Bible
says in Exodus chapter 20
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verses 8 through 11.
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The Bible says:
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Wait! Whoa! Whose Sabbath is it?
00:26:59.48\00:27:02.12
Whoo! It's God's Sabbath!
00:27:02.98\00:27:05.55
Guess what? You
don't have a Sabbath.
00:27:06.05\00:27:08.06
You don't have... I get those...
00:27:08.56\00:27:11.79
Again, it's one of those
things as I'm traveling and I'm
00:27:11.99\00:27:14.36
preaching this message
many times I have people that
00:27:14.56\00:27:16.26
come up to me. You
know, very nice sometimes...
00:27:16.46\00:27:18.10
sometimes not so nice...
And they'll say to me: "Ryan,
00:27:18.30\00:27:20.37
you know, I hear what you're
saying. It's great that you
00:27:21.40\00:27:24.07
keep... you're convicted in
keeping the Biblical Sabbath.,,
00:27:24.27\00:27:27.18
the seventh day...
the Jewish Sabbath.
00:27:27.38\00:27:29.84
But your Sabbath is Saturday;
my Sabbath is Sunday. "
00:27:30.05\00:27:34.28
And I get where they're
coming from 'cause these are
00:27:34.48\00:27:36.79
some of the excuses I
used to play with in my mind.
00:27:36.99\00:27:39.85
But I'm quick to
remind them: "No disrespect,
00:27:40.06\00:27:43.43
but you and I... we
don't have a Sabbath. "
00:27:43.63\00:27:46.09
"We don't have a day
we can call our day. "
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Hallelujah! It's HIS
day... it's HIS Sabbath!
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And only He, the
Creator of the universe,
00:27:52.17\00:27:54.14
can determine
which day is His day.
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All right? Let's
continue reading.
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We just said: "It is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God. "
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Do those words sound familiar?
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Where it said: "In six
days the Lord made the heavens
00:28:30.21\00:28:34.28
and the earth and the sea...
" That sounds just like almost
00:28:34.48\00:28:36.85
word for word what
we just read earlier
00:28:37.05\00:28:38.61
in the first angel's message
00:28:38.81\00:28:40.15
where it says return to worship-
ing Him who made the heavens
00:28:40.85\00:28:43.82
and the earth and the sea
and the fountains of waters.
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That almost exact
usage of words and phrases
00:28:45.62\00:28:48.62
taken directly from
the fourth commandment.
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So is the fourth commandment
relevant for Christians
00:28:50.83\00:28:52.66
in the last days? Yes!
You'd better believe it is.
00:28:52.86\00:28:54.76
Right here we just read
it. Notice how God starts with
00:28:54.96\00:28:57.63
"Remember. " Eight of the
Ten Commandments start with
00:28:57.83\00:29:01.10
"Thou shalt" or
"thou shalt not. "
00:29:01.30\00:29:02.90
You know, so God is simply
saying: "Look, I want to set you
00:29:03.10\00:29:05.27
free from this; I want
to set you free from that. "
00:29:05.47\00:29:08.08
"I want to set you
free from this and that. "
00:29:08.28\00:29:09.64
"I want to set you
free; I want to bring you out
00:29:09.84\00:29:11.18
of the house of bondage. "
00:29:11.35\00:29:12.68
When He gets to the
Sabbath commandment He says:
00:29:12.71\00:29:14.18
"You know what? I want to
set you free from having to work
00:29:14.38\00:29:17.35
all the time. I
want to set you...
00:29:17.55\00:29:19.75
I want to give you rest
where you can commune with Me;
00:29:19.95\00:29:22.49
where you can commune with each
other, your brothers & sisters
00:29:22.69\00:29:24.49
in Christ. " And He
says: "Look... remember it. "
00:29:24.69\00:29:27.36
And as I stated earlier
today we live in a world where
00:29:27.56\00:29:30.53
the very commandment
that God said "Remember"
00:29:30.73\00:29:33.17
is the commandment that
more and more Christians today
00:29:33.37\00:29:35.47
are deceived into
believing that we should forget!
00:29:35.67\00:29:38.27
My friends, we are to
stand bold on the Word of God
00:29:38.74\00:29:40.88
and preach this truth.
00:29:41.08\00:29:42.41
God's Sabbath has
not been done away with.
00:29:42.51\00:29:44.05
In fact, we are to remember
it now more today than any
00:29:44.25\00:29:46.58
time before. Amen! And
there is no doubt as to
00:29:46.78\00:29:49.98
which day the Sabbath day is
00:29:50.19\00:29:52.42
because we can take the
Word of God for what it says.
00:29:52.62\00:29:54.92
Right there in the very command-
ment, in verse 11 it says:
00:29:55.12\00:29:57.99
"For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth,
00:29:58.19\00:29:59.66
the sea, and all that in
them is and He rested... "
00:29:59.86\00:30:01.80
Which day?
00:30:02.00\00:30:03.33
"THE seventh day. " And I
just want to highlight this.
00:30:03.37\00:30:05.60
I'm going to take a note from
Pastor Doug Batchelor's book
00:30:05.80\00:30:08.27
here. I like the illustration
he used. He says: "Look,
00:30:08.47\00:30:09.94
if I told you to
go grab me a chair,
00:30:10.14\00:30:12.94
if I told you to
go grab me a chair,
00:30:15.44\00:30:18.18
is that specific? "
00:30:18.68\00:30:20.32
No! You can go in this
room and grab me any old chair
00:30:20.52\00:30:22.78
in the room. But if I
looked at you and said: 'Hey,
00:30:22.98\00:30:24.42
go grab me THE chair, "
00:30:24.62\00:30:26.96
now that's specific, right?
00:30:27.16\00:30:28.62
Was God specific when He told
us which day is His holy day?
00:30:28.82\00:30:32.16
You'd better believe He is.
00:30:32.36\00:30:33.76
And again it goes back to
that... I have many Christians
00:30:33.96\00:30:35.90
today... again, they mean well
but I have many people tell me
00:30:36.10\00:30:39.03
"Hey, it's OK to keep
Sabbath but just pick the day
00:30:39.23\00:30:42.74
that works best for you. "
00:30:42.94\00:30:44.31
"You know. just whatever
day works best for you. "
00:30:44.51\00:30:46.41
I've had people say: "Well,
my work week starts on Monday
00:30:46.61\00:30:49.34
and therefore it's best for me
to go ahead and observe Sabbath
00:30:49.54\00:30:53.11
on Sunday. "
I've had people say:
00:30:53.31\00:30:54.65
"You know, I have a weird
work schedule and sometimes my
00:30:54.72\00:30:56.85
Sabbath might be Tuesday or
my Sabbath might be Thursday.
00:30:57.05\00:31:00.56
Or you know what? I
might keep a Friday Sabbath
00:31:00.76\00:31:03.39
but you know sometimes
it doesn't work out for me
00:31:03.59\00:31:05.03
to keep the Biblical timing.
" My friends, at the end of the
00:31:05.23\00:31:07.30
day again we
don't have a Sabbath.
00:31:07.50\00:31:09.23
It's the Lord's Sabbath,
and He has told us very clearly
00:31:09.43\00:31:12.30
that His day is THE 7th
day. Cam we go changing that?
00:31:12.50\00:31:17.44
NO! Can we uproot it and
move it to some day of the week
00:31:17.64\00:31:20.98
that we think
fits our schedule best?
00:31:21.14\00:31:23.45
No my friends. In
fact, there's no doubt
00:31:23.85\00:31:26.11
which day the Sabbath day is.
It's right there in the Bible.
00:31:26.31\00:31:28.78
It's clearly illustrated.
One good illustration is
00:31:28.98\00:31:32.05
Jesus Christ's death,
burial, and resurrection.
00:31:32.45\00:31:35.12
Jesus, we are told,
died on Preparation Day.
00:31:36.42\00:31:39.86
Preparation Day in the
Bible was always the 6th day.
00:31:40.73\00:31:44.40
And all Christians believe
and call it "Good Friday"
00:31:45.30\00:31:48.44
when it comes to
that Easter weekend.
00:31:48.64\00:31:50.61
And I'm not
promoting the paganistic belief
00:31:50.81\00:31:54.31
or practice of
Easter, but I'm just stating
00:31:54.51\00:31:56.64
that most Christians
today would probably admit
00:31:56.85\00:31:59.25
that they believe Jesus Christ
resurrected on the 1st day
00:31:59.45\00:32:01.82
that they call
Easter? Easter Sunday.
00:32:02.02\00:32:05.42
So if Jesus Christ was
buried on Good Friday -
00:32:05.62\00:32:08.56
which is Preparation Day -
00:32:08.76\00:32:10.09
and He was resurrected on Easter
Sunday, the 1st day of the week.
00:32:10.16\00:32:14.33
guess what that means. And
how ironic and very appropriate
00:32:14.53\00:32:17.37
Jesus rested in the tomb
on the 7th day of the week,
00:32:17.57\00:32:21.50
the Sabbath. Praise the
Lord! The Bible is so clear.
00:32:21.70\00:32:24.37
We don't have to go creating
theologies or ideologies
00:32:24.57\00:32:27.78
on this. God is
very clear in His Word.
00:32:27.98\00:32:31.81
You know, who is our example?
00:32:32.21\00:32:33.95
Isn't Jesus
supposed to be our example?
00:32:35.65\00:32:37.49
You know, at the end of the day
if you are doubting all of this.
00:32:38.29\00:32:41.19
Let's say there's someone
watching at home right now...
00:32:41.59\00:32:43.73
You may be in this room
right here and say: "I hear what
00:32:44.13\00:32:46.13
you're saying, Ryan, but
it's just not computing with me
00:32:46.33\00:32:49.06
as much as I thought it would.
" Well you can be safe on this:
00:32:49.26\00:32:52.30
the Bible tells us
that at the end of the day
00:32:52.50\00:32:54.57
Christ is our example.
00:32:54.77\00:32:57.01
Did Jesus keep
the Sabbath Day holy?
00:32:57.67\00:33:02.04
If He knew that He had plans
00:33:02.54\00:33:05.78
to show up and delete or omit
or get rid of the Sabbath Day,
00:33:05.98\00:33:10.65
would He have kept such a
thing that He was intending
00:33:10.85\00:33:13.72
to get rid of? I don't think
so. In fact, we have evidence
00:33:13.92\00:33:16.89
in the Bible... The Bible
tells us in Luke chapter 4
00:33:17.09\00:33:19.39
verse 16,
speaking of Jesus. It says:
00:33:19.59\00:33:21.96
So Jesus kept
holy the Sabbath Day.
00:33:35.38\00:33:37.35
And you say: "Ryan, He did
that because He was a Jew. "
00:33:37.55\00:33:39.85
We've already established
nowhere in the Bible does
00:33:40.05\00:33:41.98
the Bible call the Sabbath
the Sabbath of the Jews, right?
00:33:42.18\00:33:44.35
So this is not a Jewish Sabbath
but let's just play with that
00:33:44.55\00:33:47.09
for a moment. You say:
"Well Ryan, but Jesus kept it
00:33:47.29\00:33:49.29
because Jesus was a Jew.
And He kept the feast days
00:33:49.49\00:33:52.09
and He did all that but
obviously after He would die
00:33:52.29\00:33:55.50
He Himself in heaven and
nowhere else here on earth
00:33:55.70\00:33:59.47
would He expect His
new Christian followers
00:33:59.67\00:34:02.14
after His death to
continue to keep the Sabbath. "
00:34:02.34\00:34:04.87
Well... well...
00:34:05.07\00:34:08.74
let me show you something.
00:34:09.14\00:34:11.45
If we go over to Matthew 24,
00:34:11.65\00:34:13.82
and I want you to see this.
Turn with me to Matthew 24.
00:34:14.02\00:34:15.88
We're in the gospel of
Matthew the 24th chapter.
00:34:16.08\00:34:18.85
And if you know anything about
the 24th chapter of Matthew
00:34:19.25\00:34:21.72
then you know that this is
the famous "Olivet discourse. "
00:34:22.12\00:34:24.83
This is the message that Jesus
would have given the disciples
00:34:25.03\00:34:28.30
one week prior to
being crucified on a cross.
00:34:28.50\00:34:31.87
And He's laying out
for them the final events
00:34:32.07\00:34:35.30
of earth's history prior
to the second coming of Jesus.
00:34:35.50\00:34:39.07
And He says here in the
20th verse of Matthew 24...
00:34:39.27\00:34:43.78
again, speaking of the last
days, notice what He says here:
00:34:43.98\00:34:46.11
In fact, in this particular
text He was talking about
00:34:46.31\00:34:49.85
the time in which
Jerusalem would be destroyed
00:34:50.05\00:34:52.92
and the temple would be
ransacked and destroyed.
00:34:53.12\00:34:55.72
And we know historically
this happened in 70 AD.
00:34:55.92\00:34:59.13
So the events that Jesus is
talking about in this chapter
00:34:59.53\00:35:02.43
actually is going to occur many
many years after He had died.
00:35:02.63\00:35:06.50
So for those Christians who
believe: "OK, when Jesus died
00:35:06.70\00:35:09.60
the law is made void; the
Sabbath has been done away with"
00:35:09.80\00:35:12.47
well it's quite interesting.
If Jesus was intending to
00:35:12.67\00:35:14.58
do away with the
Sabbath notice what He tells
00:35:14.78\00:35:17.08
His church leaders.
Right here in Matthew 24
00:35:17.28\00:35:20.72
verse 20 speaking of the
time in which they would have to
00:35:20.92\00:35:24.02
prepare for the destruction
of Jerusalem in 70 AD
00:35:24.22\00:35:27.29
notice what He says:
00:35:27.49\00:35:28.82
Now notice this would
have happened around 70 AD
00:35:35.63\00:35:38.80
give or take. So
we know very clearly
00:35:39.00\00:35:41.04
this is some 39 years or
so after Jesus would have died
00:35:41.24\00:35:45.51
He's simply telling them: "Look,
when it comes close to that time
00:35:45.71\00:35:49.24
I'm going to expect that
you're still going to be keeping
00:35:49.44\00:35:51.01
the Sabbath, and you'd better
pray that Titus & his Roman army
00:35:51.21\00:35:54.38
don't show up on the Sabbath. "
00:35:54.58\00:35:56.28
"So pray that you don't
have to flee in the winter
00:35:56.48\00:35:58.85
or on the Sabbath. "
This is proof to the fact that
00:35:59.05\00:36:01.26
the Creator of the universe
still would have been expecting
00:36:01.46\00:36:05.69
His followers, His church, and
especially His church leaders
00:36:05.89\00:36:08.96
to be honoring and
observing the fourth commandment
00:36:09.16\00:36:11.73
that is the
Sabbath commandment. Amen?
00:36:11.93\00:36:13.47
In fact, if you jump over...
This wasn't just His immediate
00:36:13.67\00:36:17.57
twelve disciples but
also all of His disciples,
00:36:17.77\00:36:19.87
all of His apostles including
Paul Acts chapter 17 verse 1
00:36:20.08\00:36:24.25
talking about the
early church history.
00:36:24.45\00:36:26.38
Again, many years
after Christ has died.
00:36:26.58\00:36:28.32
It says in Acts 17:1:
00:36:28.52\00:36:30.79
Who is them? Paul
has been preaching
00:36:47.00\00:36:49.44
and witnessing to non-Jews.
00:36:49.64\00:36:52.07
Whoo! And three Sabbath days.
00:36:53.21\00:36:56.28
You know, he could have
easily said: "Look, this Sabbath
00:36:56.48\00:36:59.15
isn't for you non-Jewish folk.
00:36:59.35\00:37:02.38
This Sabbath is just for
us Jews so we'll meet you guys
00:37:02.78\00:37:05.95
on Sunday, the first day. "
00:37:06.15\00:37:07.99
No, no, no... in
fact, notice also Acts 18:4
00:37:08.19\00:37:11.99
one chapter over. It says:
"And he... " speaking of Paul,
00:37:12.19\00:37:14.46
Again, Paul
understood that when Jesus said
00:37:22.70\00:37:25.87
He made the Sabbath for
man and not man for the Sabbath
00:37:26.07\00:37:28.64
he understood that was a
world-wide thing that included
00:37:28.84\00:37:31.91
everyone. The Sabbath was
for every single person. Amen?
00:37:32.11\00:37:35.05
Praise God! Amen!
00:37:35.55\00:37:37.79
Let's talk about ultimately the
true significance of the Sabbath
00:37:37.99\00:37:40.62
for a moment
because my time is just
00:37:40.82\00:37:42.16
tick tick tick ticking away.
00:37:42.22\00:37:43.56
Am I talking too
fast for you guys?
00:37:44.29\00:37:46.09
No. All right.
00:37:46.29\00:37:49.06
Ezekiel chapter
20. I love this passage
00:37:49.80\00:37:53.34
because now the
Sabbath becomes extra personal.
00:37:54.07\00:38:00.01
Up to this point we've
been just trying to establish
00:38:00.88\00:38:03.61
the validity because
there's a lot of questions,
00:38:03.81\00:38:06.38
there's a lot of excuses
the devil has put out there
00:38:06.58\00:38:10.09
in the hearts and
minds of many people.
00:38:10.29\00:38:11.62
And so far we've just kind of
been quickly building a general
00:38:11.69\00:38:15.02
validity - a Biblical
validity - for Sabbath keeping.
00:38:15.22\00:38:18.19
But now I want to
start making it personal
00:38:18.69\00:38:22.06
because the Bible
is a personal book
00:38:22.86\00:38:26.53
and we serve a
personal God. Amen?
00:38:26.74\00:38:29.40
Ezekiel 20:12.
Again, God Almighty Himself
00:38:29.60\00:38:33.98
speaking to us, and
notice what He says here:
00:38:34.18\00:38:36.51
Whose Sabbath again?
00:38:44.65\00:38:46.19
It's His... He's clear on it.
00:38:46.39\00:38:49.09
Did you catch that?
00:39:06.01\00:39:07.34
Not only did God
bless and make holy
00:39:07.94\00:39:11.28
His seventh-day
Sabbath back at creation
00:39:11.48\00:39:14.98
now He turns to His people
00:39:15.38\00:39:17.62
and He says: "Look, I love you
00:39:17.82\00:39:21.56
and I made this day specifically
to be a special sign. "
00:39:22.06\00:39:27.70
A special... In
fact, it's interesting.
00:39:27.90\00:39:29.66
In the original Hebrew
here it's the Hebrew word oth.
00:39:29.86\00:39:33.94
Oth... O-T-H.
00:39:34.30\00:39:36.94
Very simple: oth.
00:39:37.14\00:39:38.94
And when you look up the
meaning of that Hebrew word
00:39:39.34\00:39:41.84
you know what it can also mean?
00:39:42.04\00:39:43.38
A mark.
00:39:43.68\00:39:45.71
Now that's another message.
00:39:49.02\00:39:50.72
You're stopping now... we're not
here to talk about "no" mark.
00:39:51.12\00:39:54.72
But I want you to get this:
00:39:55.12\00:39:56.83
In the Hebrew He says:
"It's My special mark. "
00:39:57.89\00:40:01.83
"It's My special
sign between you and Me. "
00:40:02.23\00:40:06.33
He says: "That you might know
00:40:06.74\00:40:09.20
that I am your God and that
I might know that you are My
00:40:09.40\00:40:12.01
people who I want to
sanctify. " Get that.
00:40:12.21\00:40:14.64
Sanctify. "I
sanctify My holy day.
00:40:14.84\00:40:17.08
Guess what? When you
accept and keep and observe
00:40:17.28\00:40:20.58
My holy day... " God says...
"I'm going to sanctify you. "
00:40:20.78\00:40:25.12
Whoo! Did anybody
comprehend what I just said?
00:40:25.32\00:40:28.39
Amen! He says: "I
want to make you holy. "
00:40:28.59\00:40:30.93
"I see that when you
observe and keep My holy day
00:40:31.69\00:40:34.63
because you want to commune
with your brothers and sisters
00:40:34.83\00:40:37.20
in Christ and you want to
commune with Me as your God
00:40:37.40\00:40:40.47
I will set you
apart for a holy use. "
00:40:40.67\00:40:43.67
How many want to be set
apart for a holy use today?
00:40:43.87\00:40:45.87
Every hand in the
room should go up!
00:40:46.07\00:40:47.78
Amen. In fact, He
says this a second time.
00:40:47.98\00:40:51.01
Notice what He says in
Ezekiel chapter 20 verse 20.
00:40:51.21\00:40:54.88
He repeats it:
00:40:55.08\00:40:56.42
How do you truly come to know
that He is the true sovereign
00:41:06.16\00:41:09.56
God? He says:
"I've given you a sign. "
00:41:09.76\00:41:11.33
"Lord, how do I know You're the
true all-sovereign Creator? "
00:41:12.57\00:41:15.37
He says: "I've
given you a sign! "
00:41:15.57\00:41:17.64
"I've given you My holy day,
and when you observe and keep
00:41:17.84\00:41:21.21
My holy day
you're recognizing Me
00:41:21.41\00:41:24.15
as the Creator
of the universe. "
00:41:24.35\00:41:26.85
"You're recognizing Me as
the Savior and Lord of your life
00:41:27.05\00:41:30.72
and I'll know
that you are My people
00:41:31.22\00:41:33.15
and I'll know that
you know I'm your God. "
00:41:33.36\00:41:35.09
Whoo! Man, that gets me excited!
00:41:35.59\00:41:37.43
Man, I tell you: every
time I look at this message
00:41:38.06\00:41:40.60
at the end of the day...
Now I'm just going to give you
00:41:41.60\00:41:44.27
a little quick personal
testimony 'cause my time is...
00:41:44.47\00:41:46.23
Pray for that clock now.
"God, slow that clock down. "
00:41:46.43\00:41:48.94
So get this... get this:
00:41:50.64\00:41:52.64
I'm a
non-Sabbath-keeping Christian.
00:41:53.44\00:41:55.78
My dad who is with me
today, he's here in the crowd,
00:41:56.18\00:41:59.11
my dad was a Pentecostal
minister for many years.
00:41:59.31\00:42:01.85
And I watched as my dad
went from church to church
00:42:02.25\00:42:05.25
to church after he
learned this incredible message.
00:42:05.45\00:42:07.56
And he would preach the Sabbath.
00:42:08.49\00:42:10.63
He would preach all
these great pillars of faith
00:42:10.83\00:42:13.29
that he was learning
from the Adventist church
00:42:13.50\00:42:14.83
and every single time... I
don't know... it was crazy.
00:42:15.03\00:42:18.17
We'd go to one church.
He'd preach and they'd say:
00:42:18.37\00:42:19.90
"Get out of here. "
00:42:20.10\00:42:21.47
We'd go to another
church. He'd stand up and preach
00:42:21.87\00:42:23.81
and they'd say: "Get out
of here... we don't want to
00:42:24.01\00:42:25.34
hear that. " He was
going for... He was preaching
00:42:25.41\00:42:27.34
the everlasting gospel
and he was getting the "boot"
00:42:27.54\00:42:30.95
out of church. You know,
so I didn't understand that
00:42:31.15\00:42:34.28
growing up. I studied this
through and I thought: "Man! "
00:42:34.48\00:42:36.79
To me it sounded
weird in the beginning.
00:42:36.99\00:42:38.32
In the beginning I thought:
"Man, dad's just being weird.
00:42:38.49\00:42:40.89
Why can't we go to church on
Sunday like everybody else? "
00:42:41.09\00:42:42.96
"I just want to go to
church; I want to be normal. "
00:42:43.63\00:42:45.96
I remember the first
time I went to a SDA church.
00:42:46.63\00:42:49.00
I stepped foot in the church;
I thought: "These people are
00:42:49.40\00:42:51.17
weird! "
00:42:51.37\00:42:53.34
And what really put it on
top: one of my very first times
00:42:54.30\00:42:58.04
back to the SDA
church after a long stint
00:42:58.24\00:43:00.34
I came back to the church
one day and it was the end of
00:43:00.54\00:43:03.01
the service and they
invited me. They said:
00:43:03.21\00:43:05.65
"Today is special
fellowship dinner. "
00:43:06.05\00:43:09.02
They said: "Would you like
to come down and fellowship
00:43:12.45\00:43:15.86
and eat with us? " I'm
like: "All right, sure...
00:43:16.06\00:43:17.79
what's on the menu? "
00:43:18.09\00:43:19.43
"We're having haystacks! "
00:43:20.33\00:43:22.50
I remember with
a smile on my face
00:43:30.51\00:43:32.74
thinking: "These
people eat hay? "
00:43:32.94\00:43:36.95
But I've come to learn...
00:43:44.82\00:43:47.29
a haystack... for those
at home that may be watching
00:43:47.49\00:43:49.59
and those here today
you say: "What in the world
00:43:49.79\00:43:51.13
is a haystack? " It's basically
a vegetarian taco salad.
00:43:51.16\00:43:53.96
And by the way, it's one
of my favorite meals today.
00:43:54.16\00:43:56.20
Praise God! I love haystacks!
00:43:56.40\00:43:57.87
But I remember... I
remember when I first decided
00:43:59.50\00:44:03.51
"I'm going to
study this message out"
00:44:03.71\00:44:05.51
'cause I had heard
what my father was saying...
00:44:05.71\00:44:07.48
He was pleading with
me: "Son, you need to keep
00:44:07.64\00:44:09.58
the Sabbath. " 'Cause I was
coaching basketball and I was
00:44:09.78\00:44:11.78
having games on Saturday.
00:44:11.98\00:44:14.58
I was attending all
kinds of events and going out.
00:44:14.78\00:44:16.58
I was a DJ. Well I
was doing my DJ thing
00:44:16.79\00:44:20.06
for 4-1/2 years as
a professional DJ on
00:44:20.26\00:44:22.42
Friday nights and Saturdays.
And I remember my dad would
00:44:22.62\00:44:24.43
plead with me: "Son, I wish
you would keep the Sabbath. "
00:44:24.63\00:44:26.90
So one day I decided: "I'm
going to look at this thing.
00:44:27.10\00:44:29.86
I'm going to study this out. "
00:44:30.07\00:44:31.40
So as I began to study it
it kind of turned... In the
00:44:31.43\00:44:33.84
beginning my purpose was
to try to prove to my dad
00:44:34.04\00:44:36.67
that we don't have
to be weird any more.
00:44:36.87\00:44:38.57
We can keep Sunday
like everybody else.
00:44:39.77\00:44:42.81
But as I began to study
the Word of God for myself
00:44:43.21\00:44:46.21
and as I began to really
look at what the Word was saying
00:44:46.41\00:44:48.92
the Lord began to confirm
more and more in my own heart
00:44:49.12\00:44:52.42
and mind, and at the end of the
day I began asking this question
00:44:52.62\00:44:55.56
"If the Bible
says all this stuff
00:44:56.46\00:45:00.03
about the seventh-day Sabbath,
00:45:00.23\00:45:01.66
then why Sunday? "
00:45:03.16\00:45:05.37
"Why do we keep
the first day rather? "
00:45:05.57\00:45:08.30
"Why does everyone out there...
how do they not see this? "
00:45:08.70\00:45:12.27
And I began... God began
to dial in my understanding.
00:45:12.84\00:45:16.31
You see, in
Isaiah 58 verse 13...
00:45:17.28\00:45:20.15
Now this particular passage
is not going to be on the screen
00:45:20.35\00:45:23.22
but I want you to hear this.
I added this at the last moment.
00:45:23.42\00:45:25.92
Isaiah 58:13... this
is God Himself speaking.
00:45:26.12\00:45:29.26
And this is what He says.
He says: "If thou turn away
00:45:29.46\00:45:31.99
thy foot from the Sabbath
00:45:32.19\00:45:33.56
and from doing thy pleasure
on My holy,,, MY holy day... "
00:45:33.76\00:45:36.87
He says... Notice: Jesus
says in Mark chapter 2 verse 26:
00:45:37.07\00:45:40.54
"Therefore the Son of
Man is Lord of the Sabbath. "
00:45:40.74\00:45:42.57
You see, God's holy
day is the Sabbath Day.
00:45:42.77\00:45:45.77
And I remember asking
myself: "Why Sunday? "
00:45:45.97\00:45:47.58
because I had been
taught growing up that Sunday
00:45:47.78\00:45:49.94
was the Lord's Day.
00:45:50.15\00:45:51.48
But when I was readin' the Bible
00:45:52.28\00:45:54.15
I could see God Himself -
00:45:54.55\00:45:56.79
Jesus the Creator... the
all-sovereign God Himself -
00:45:56.99\00:46:00.29
saying: "Hey! the
Sabbath is My holy day. "
00:46:00.49\00:46:04.03
I began to scratch my head
saying: "Where in the world
00:46:04.23\00:46:06.70
do we get this idea that
Sunday is God's holy day? "
00:46:06.90\00:46:10.33
That's what I was
taught growing up.
00:46:10.53\00:46:11.87
I believed it because you
hear other people saying it.
00:46:11.90\00:46:13.84
You know? But when you
really study it through
00:46:14.04\00:46:16.50
Historically you want
to know when Sunday became
00:46:16.71\00:46:20.91
called "the Lord's day? "
00:46:21.11\00:46:22.54
Check this out.
00:46:22.94\00:46:24.28
Historia Ecclesiastica.
00:46:24.31\00:46:26.28
Council of Laodicea page 739.
00:46:26.48\00:46:28.68
"In the year 325...
" I added this in, too.
00:46:29.08\00:46:31.82
"In the year 325...
that's AD... Sylvester,
00:46:32.02\00:46:35.02
bishop of Rome, changed
the title of the first day
00:46:35.22\00:46:38.83
calling it 'the Lord's day. ' "
00:46:39.03\00:46:40.36
Now you've got to understand
the significance of this
00:46:40.40\00:46:41.96
because back in 325 AD
00:46:42.16\00:46:43.97
there was only
one Christian church.
00:46:44.17\00:46:47.44
You know, all these different
thousands of denominations
00:46:48.37\00:46:50.77
that exist today? They
didn't exist back in this time.
00:46:50.97\00:46:53.17
The Protestant Reformation
had not occurred at this time.
00:46:53.38\00:46:56.31
And so there was one Christian
church, and when the leader
00:46:56.51\00:46:59.31
of that church - the Pope
- stood up and said: "Hey!
00:46:59.51\00:47:02.48
Now we're going to call the
Lord's day the first day of the
00:47:02.68\00:47:05.35
week" they had a
little bit of an influence
00:47:05.55\00:47:09.42
to continue to believe
that because back in the day
00:47:09.62\00:47:12.89
if you went against
this you were persecuted.
00:47:13.09\00:47:17.20
If you decided to
stand on what the Bible said
00:47:17.80\00:47:20.24
and you went against the church,
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.74
it was like in their
minds going against God Himself.
00:47:22.94\00:47:25.77
And so they just traditionally
began to switch their thinking
00:47:26.17\00:47:29.81
and their ideas about this.
00:47:30.01\00:47:31.71
And many many many
generations would go by,
00:47:31.91\00:47:34.12
many many different
centuries would go by,
00:47:34.32\00:47:37.75
and more and more people -
your ancestors, my ancestors -
00:47:37.95\00:47:40.82
over a period of time
began to adopt the tradition
00:47:41.02\00:47:44.06
that Sunday was the Lord's
day and that Sunday was the new
00:47:44.26\00:47:47.80
Sabbath day. My question
is: what does the Bible say?
00:47:48.00\00:47:51.40
What does the Bible
say? I want to give you
00:47:52.50\00:47:54.94
a little bit of a
historical background on this
00:47:55.14\00:47:56.50
because we're coming toward
the end of our presentation here
00:47:56.71\00:47:59.81
but I want you
to understand this.
00:48:00.01\00:48:01.48
The Ancient Church by Dr.
W. D. Killen, pages 15-16.
00:48:01.68\00:48:05.98
Notice what this
historian states:
00:48:06.18\00:48:07.68
You say: "Ryan, how in the
world did this whole Sunday
00:48:24.10\00:48:27.34
kind of counterfeit Sabbath idea
00:48:27.54\00:48:29.84
come into effect? " We
just heard by the historian
00:48:30.04\00:48:32.54
over a period of time between
the time in which the early
00:48:32.74\00:48:35.51
apostles had died and
the conversion of Constantine
00:48:35.71\00:48:38.25
the Great, the Roman Emperor,
00:48:38.45\00:48:39.78
around the early 300's AD
00:48:39.81\00:48:42.38
these paganistic
practices and substitution
00:48:42.58\00:48:46.89
began to creep into the church.
00:48:47.09\00:48:48.86
Paul didn't know these;
Peter didn't practice these.
00:48:49.06\00:48:51.53
None of the early apostles and
early Christians practiced this.
00:48:51.73\00:48:54.10
It crept in over time and
as he said claimed the rank
00:48:54.30\00:48:57.47
of divine institution.
00:48:57.67\00:48:59.33
And then we come
to March 7, 321 AD
00:48:59.53\00:49:03.34
where Constantine the
Great, the Roman Emperor,
00:49:03.54\00:49:06.51
decided that he was going
to make a nice political move
00:49:06.71\00:49:10.08
because half of his kingdom
was Christian, half of his
00:49:10.28\00:49:12.45
kingdom was pagan. And so
he decided: "You know what?
00:49:12.65\00:49:15.05
I want to try to bring them
together. I want to try to be
00:49:15.25\00:49:17.92
the man over all the
people. " And so he says:
00:49:18.12\00:49:21.29
"You know what? I'm
going to make a change. "
00:49:21.49\00:49:22.92
And so on March 7, 321 AD
00:49:23.12\00:49:25.39
he passes the
first civil Sunday law.
00:49:25.59\00:49:28.80
You can start to see
this effect in history.
00:49:30.67\00:49:33.27
Slowly but surely it creeps
its way into a solid tradition.
00:49:33.47\00:49:36.77
And then at the Council
of Laodicea around 363-364 AD
00:49:37.87\00:49:43.88
some 49 years after
Constantine the Great
00:49:44.68\00:49:49.48
would make that
first civil Sunday law
00:49:49.68\00:49:51.42
the leadership of
the one Christian church
00:49:51.62\00:49:54.56
which would become known
as the Roman Catholic church
00:49:54.76\00:49:56.96
they put this in their
Council or Synod of Laodicea.
00:49:57.36\00:50:01.70
Canon #29 stated this and
made it law within the church:
00:50:01.90\00:50:05.70
Now is that in
harmony with the Bible?
00:50:24.45\00:50:26.09
No it's not...
but it goes on to say:
00:50:26.29\00:50:27.96
And what that
meant back in the day
00:50:33.36\00:50:34.86
is if you were a Bible Christian
and you went to a priest
00:50:35.06\00:50:37.90
or you went to a Pope
or a cardinal or a bishop
00:50:38.10\00:50:39.97
or whoever in your
church and you said: "Uh,
00:50:40.17\00:50:42.40
hey, pastor, brother, priest,
00:50:42.60\00:50:44.47
I'm reading my Bible and
my Bible says that the 7th day
00:50:45.07\00:50:48.51
is the Sabbath and I want
to be a Bible Christian. "
00:50:48.71\00:50:51.15
You see, when they say
anathema from Christ or shut out
00:50:51.35\00:50:55.65
from Christ, what that means
is you would be excommunicated.
00:50:55.85\00:50:59.02
But in these days
excommunicated meant
00:50:59.22\00:51:01.56
you were a
heretic... you had a demon.
00:51:01.76\00:51:04.06
And so they were going to
exorcise the demon out of you.
00:51:04.26\00:51:07.00
And many times that meant taking
you down into a dark dungeon,
00:51:07.40\00:51:09.83
torturing you until you almost
die and leave just enough life
00:51:10.03\00:51:12.70
in you to take you out
and burn you alive at a stake.
00:51:12.90\00:51:15.27
This tradition would be estab-
lished over many many centuries
00:51:16.64\00:51:19.87
and so you can imagine why
your ancestors, my ancestors
00:51:20.08\00:51:22.71
would eventually
adopt this idea that Sunday
00:51:22.91\00:51:25.31
is the Lord's day.
Until about the mid-1800's
00:51:25.51\00:51:28.32
God woke some people up.
00:51:28.52\00:51:30.75
Whoo! I said: "God
woke some people up
00:51:31.35\00:51:34.49
in the mid-1800's. "
00:51:34.69\00:51:36.02
And He pointed
them back to the Bible
00:51:36.16\00:51:38.26
and they began to preach that
message. And here we are today
00:51:38.46\00:51:41.50
proclaiming it from the
roof- tops. From everywhere else
00:51:41.70\00:51:44.73
we're proclaiming the message.
Notice the Christian Sabbath
00:51:44.93\00:51:47.34
page 16. This is actually coming
from a non-Adventist source
00:51:47.54\00:51:50.61
here.
00:51:50.81\00:51:52.14
Now I know this is a secular
statement, but I want to make
00:52:00.82\00:52:03.15
this very clear. The
Bible says that they would
00:52:03.35\00:52:05.45
"think to
change it... " Whoo-ee!
00:52:05.65\00:52:09.96
You know what the Lord
said? He said they might think
00:52:10.96\00:52:13.96
they're going to
change it... Whoo!
00:52:14.16\00:52:16.77
"They may think to
change My day, but guess what?
00:52:17.93\00:52:20.74
They can't change it because
it's solid. It's in stone! "
00:52:21.74\00:52:26.11
"It's written in
our hearts" He says.
00:52:26.31\00:52:28.34
Oh, I love this
statement! Prepare yourself.
00:52:29.08\00:52:31.31
If you're not sitting down,
sit down because it's going to
00:52:31.51\00:52:33.05
get exciting right
here. I love this quote!
00:52:33.25\00:52:34.92
This is actually
from a Catholic source.
00:52:35.12\00:52:37.19
This comes from the St.
Catherine Catholic Church
00:52:37.39\00:52:39.55
Sentinel May 21, 1995.
00:52:39.75\00:52:42.39
Notice what it says:
00:52:42.59\00:52:43.93
They admit it! Whoo! The staunch
promoter of Sunday-keeping
00:52:57.01\00:53:01.21
is Catholic.
They're probably the #1.
00:53:01.41\00:53:03.28
And even they admit you're not
going to find it in Scripture.
00:53:03.48\00:53:05.91
And they say... notice:
"And from the church's sense
00:53:06.11\00:53:09.82
of its own power... "
00:53:10.02\00:53:11.55
Did God give His people
00:53:12.35\00:53:14.42
or the church power and
authority to change His Word?
00:53:14.62\00:53:18.19
NO! Whoo-ee!
00:53:18.39\00:53:20.43
Oh my goodness. Notice
what he goes on to say:
00:53:20.83\00:53:23.87
Whoo! Praise the Lord!
00:53:38.55\00:53:40.45
Now I want to make it clear
00:53:41.62\00:53:43.65
I believe that the Lord is
at work among all churches.
00:53:44.05\00:53:46.69
OK? God's got good
people, Spirit-filled people,
00:53:46.89\00:53:49.72
that He's leading in all
churches. I don't believe
00:53:49.92\00:53:51.73
that only SDA's will
make it into the kingdom
00:53:51.93\00:53:54.46
'cause I believe right now
there's some demonic people
00:53:54.66\00:53:56.53
in the Seventh-day Adventists.
I'm just going to tell you.
00:53:56.73\00:53:59.23
You know, there's some
tares in the Adventist church.
00:53:59.63\00:54:01.77
I love my church!
00:54:01.97\00:54:03.34
I believe this is the church
that's closest to the Bible.
00:54:03.54\00:54:06.27
But just as there will
be people who will make it
00:54:06.47\00:54:08.58
into the kingdom of
God from other churches
00:54:08.78\00:54:10.51
there will be some
people from the Adventist church
00:54:10.71\00:54:12.15
that won't make it
into the kingdom of God.
00:54:12.35\00:54:13.68
We want to make that clear.
00:54:13.92\00:54:15.25
We are to be a
people of the Bible.
00:54:15.28\00:54:17.19
Notice... Oh, I love
this next quote. Whoo!
00:54:17.92\00:54:19.95
This comes from the Catholic
Universe Bulletin 8-14-42.
00:54:20.16\00:54:24.69
Notice what they say in
their own bulletin. They say:
00:54:24.89\00:54:26.90
Notice what it goes on to say:
00:54:34.47\00:54:35.80
Whoo! Now I had a
couple more quotes
00:54:48.75\00:54:52.75
but I'm going to skip down to
a couple of the last scriptures.
00:54:53.15\00:54:57.83
I want to go to John 14:15.
00:54:58.03\00:54:59.76
John 14:15. In fact,
most of you can quote this.
00:54:59.96\00:55:03.16
Let's get to the heart
of the matter in closing.
00:55:03.57\00:55:05.37
Are we saved by the
keeping of the commandments? No!
00:55:06.94\00:55:09.97
Are we saved because we've
got the Sabbath day right? No!
00:55:10.17\00:55:13.91
Absolutely not. We're saved
00:55:14.11\00:55:15.44
by the grace of Jesus
Christ. Let's make that clear.
00:55:15.64\00:55:18.48
But if you are saved,
you know what Jesus says?
00:55:19.71\00:55:22.72
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments. "
00:55:23.55\00:55:27.99
My friends, is the
Sabbath an issue of legalism?
00:55:28.19\00:55:32.13
NO! Is it an issue
of do this or else?
00:55:32.33\00:55:35.56
No, no, no, no. Our
loving, kind God says:
00:55:35.76\00:55:38.20
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments. "
00:55:38.40\00:55:41.67
Amen! I have people all
the time that say: "Ryan,
00:55:42.07\00:55:44.01
am I going to miss
out on the kingdom of God
00:55:44.21\00:55:45.54
because I didn't get the
day right? Because I didn't
00:55:45.57\00:55:47.44
keep the Sabbath
right on the right day? "
00:55:47.64\00:55:49.51
I say: "No, no, no, no.
You're not going to miss out on
00:55:49.71\00:55:51.05
the kingdom of God because you
broke the Sabbath commandment.
00:55:51.21\00:55:52.78
You're going to miss out
on the kingdom of God because
00:55:52.98\00:55:54.45
you didn't love God
enough to keep the commandments.
00:55:54.65\00:55:56.38
You're going to miss out
on the kingdom of God because
00:55:56.58\00:55:58.62
you didn't love
Him or know Him enough
00:55:58.82\00:56:00.59
to keep the commandments.
00:56:00.99\00:56:02.32
You didn't know the
God of the commandments! "
00:56:02.36\00:56:04.39
Just like Adam and Eve
didn't miss out on the garden
00:56:06.09\00:56:08.23
because of one piece of fruit.
00:56:08.63\00:56:10.13
It was about
love... it was about love.
00:56:10.53\00:56:13.87
I want to say this in closing:
00:56:14.27\00:56:15.60
are we going to keep
the Sabbath in heaven?
00:56:16.54\00:56:18.47
Yes! Whoo! Here we
go... stay with me.
00:56:18.67\00:56:21.14
Isaiah 66:22
00:56:21.34\00:56:23.04
Folks, get this... get this:
00:56:39.09\00:56:41.13
when the disciples came to Jesus
00:56:41.33\00:56:43.50
they said:
"Teach us how to pray. "
00:56:43.70\00:56:45.43
You know what His prayer was?
00:56:45.63\00:56:46.97
"Our Father,
00:56:47.80\00:56:51.14
which art in
heaven... " You know it.
00:56:51.54\00:56:54.34
"Hallowed be Thy name. "
00:56:54.54\00:56:57.08
Notice this next
part: "Thy kingdom come,
00:56:57.28\00:57:00.05
Thy will be done... " Where?
00:57:00.55\00:57:03.92
"on earth as it is... " Where?
00:57:04.12\00:57:08.56
If we're going to be
keeping Sabbath in heaven,
00:57:08.76\00:57:11.16
Jesus said: "Pray that
you'll keep it on earth
00:57:11.36\00:57:13.83
as you will in
heaven. " Praise God!
00:57:14.03\00:57:16.43
Don't we serve a
mighty God? Amen!
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I can't wait till I
get to worship with Jesus
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on the Sabbath in heaven
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every single week. Amen?
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Praise the Lord! Let's
go to the Lord in prayer.
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Praise you, God. Thank you,
Lord, for a wonderful wonderful
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message. Praise you,
God, for Your Sabbath rest.
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You are Lord; You are Sovereign
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and I pray that this message
will reach the whole world.
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I pray that someone has been
blessed and brought to the truth
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because of this
message this morning.
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Prepare our
hearts. Lead us to Jesus.
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Turn our eyes upon
Jesus in these last days.
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We pray and ask this
in Jesus' holy name, Amen.
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