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Jean Ross: Hello, friends,
welcome to "Sabbath School Study
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Hour" here at the Granite
Bay Seventh Day Adventist Church
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in Sacramento, California.
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I'd like to welcome our friends
who are joining us across the
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country and
around the world, part of
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our extended
Sabbath School class.
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And also our regular Sabbath
School members right here,
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and we have some visitors
who are joining us today.
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I'd like to welcome all
of you to our study time.
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Now, we're on the third
lesson of a 13-part series,
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which is our new lesson
quarterly dealing with the
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subject of "The Least of These."
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Today, we have a
very important lesson,
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it's lesson number three.
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And the title for
today's lesson is "The Sabbath:
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A Day of Freedom."
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And that'll be our
study for this morning,
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"The Sabbath: A Day of Freedom."
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But before we get to our study,
just like to remind our friends
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who are watching online and
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We'll be happy to send
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Well, before we
get to our study,
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I'd like to invite our
song leaders to come forward,
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and they'll be
leading us in a song together,
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and then we'll get
ready for our study time.
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male: Good morning and
happy Sabbath, everybody.
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Please open your
hymnals and joining us in
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singing 338, "Redeemed."
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¤ Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it. ¤
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¤ Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb. ¤
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¤ Redeemed through
His infinite mercy, ¤
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¤ His child,
and forever, I am. ¤
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¤ Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed ¤
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¤ by the blood of the Lamb. ¤
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¤ Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it, ¤
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¤ His child and forever I am. ¤
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¤ I think of my
blessed Redeemer, I think ¤
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¤ of Him all the day long. ¤
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¤ I sing, for I cannot
be silent, His love is ¤
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¤ the theme of my song. ¤
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¤ Redeemed,
redeemed, redeemed, redeemed ¤
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¤ by the blood of the Lamb. ¤
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¤ Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it, ¤
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¤ His child and forever I am. ¤
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¤ I know I shall see
in his beauty the King ¤
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¤ in whose law I delight. ¤
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¤ Who lovingly
guardeth my footsteps, ¤
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¤ and giveth me
song in the night. ¤
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¤ Redeemed,
redeemed, redeemed by the ¤
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¤ blood of the Lamb. ¤
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¤ Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it, ¤
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¤ His child and forever I am. ¤¤
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male: Thank you
for singing with us.
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Jean: Let's bow our heads.
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Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
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Dear Father in heaven, we thank
You once again that we're able
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to gather together and open
up Your Word and study a very
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important subject.
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Matter of fact, we're going
to be talking about this special
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day today,
talking about the Sabbath.
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And so we do pray that Your
Holy Spirit to come and guide
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our hearts and minds.
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And we ask this all
in Jesus's name, amen.
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Now, as mentioned, we're going
to be studying an important
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subject dealing
with the Sabbath today,
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it's lesson number
three in our lesson quarterly.
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I'd like to invite
Pastor Doug to come forward,
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it's a great
subject, and we thought,
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well, let's share teach on our
subject of the Sabbath today.
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So, Pastor Doug?
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Doug Batchelor: Amen,
thank you, Pastor Ross.
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And welcome, everybody.
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We're glad that
you're joining us here.
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Pastor Ross and I have been gone
a couple of weeks in Michigan
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taping a new series
of programs for kids.
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And we had a great
experience while we were there,
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but it's good to be back home.
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Want to welcome those who
might be watching on satellite,
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3ABN, Hope
Channel, Roku, Facebook,
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and of course our friends here.
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We have an extended
church family out there,
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and we're getting into this
study of "The Least of These."
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And in particular, our
study today is really about some
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different
aspects of the Sabbath.
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And if you look in the lesson,
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we have a memory verse, the
memory verse comes to us from
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Mark chapter 2, verse 27.
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And you can say this
with me, most of us know this,
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Mark chapter 2
verse 27, "The Sabbath--"
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All right, well I mean,
let's start all over again.
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We can try to do that together.
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"And He said to them, 'The
Sabbath was made for man and not
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man for the Sabbath."
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That's a very important verse,
and you'll see a little later on
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in our lesson why
that's so important.
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You know, Pastor Ross, I thought
it might be a good idea to
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establish before we
dive into the lesson,
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many people think that the
Sabbath is something that God
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created at Mount Sinai and
gave to the children of Israel.
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But the Bible tells us the
Sabbath appears when first?
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Right, creation.
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But you'd be
surprised, people argue,
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they say, "Well, God created
the Sabbath back there on the
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seventh day, but he didn't
really ask anyone to keep it
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until you get to Genesis."
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Or rather until you
get to Exodus chapter 20,
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is that true?
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So, what are the Scriptures
that you use to reinforce that?
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Well, got a few here,
I don't know if you want
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to dive in with any of them.
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Jean: Sure, absolutely.
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I think one of the key ones is
Genesis chapter 2 and verse 3,
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and there we find
three very important words
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talking about the Sabbath.
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It says, "Then God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it,
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because in it He
rested from all the work which
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God had created made."
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So, here we find
God blessing a day,
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God sanctifying a day,
and God resting on that day,
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setting this day apart from the
rest of the days of the week.
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Doug: Now, it's hard to
imagine that God has made
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man on what day of the week?
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Sixth day.
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And then after man is made,
He makes something for man.
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Now, what was our memory verse?
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The Sabbath was
made for the Jews.
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No, see, God makes
man, mankind, Adam and Eve.
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And then the next
day, He makes a day,
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and he sanctifies
that day, makes it holy,
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and God rests that day.
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Wouldn't it be hard to
believe that God rests that day,
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He sanctified that
day, and He didn't expect
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Adam and Eve to
do that with Him?
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Say, 'You guys do whatever
you want, I'm resting today.
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I'm going to keep this day
holy, but you don't have to."
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But that's actually
what some people argue.
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Jean: You know, something
else that's interesting,
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if you compare the two
institutions that we are first
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introduced to in Genesis chapter
1 verse--chapter 1 and chapter
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2, not only is the Sabbath
introduced in the first few
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verses of Genesis chapter
2, but in Genesis chapter 1,
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verse 28, you have
marriage that's introduced.
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And it's interesting to note
that God blessed not only the
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Sabbath, but he
also blessed marriage.
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Same word in
the original Hebrew,
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blessed for marriage
and blessed for the Sabbath.
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And I don't think anyone would
argue that marriage is just,
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you know, for the Jew or that
somehow marriage blessing came
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to an end when sin entered.
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Thus the Sabbath is not just for
a particular group of people,
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it is really for mankind.
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Same blessing, same
word used is used for both
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the Sabbath and marriage.
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Doug: Amen.
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So, we read that the
Sabbath was made for man
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way back in the Garden of Eden.
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Can someone think of something
else that was made for man?
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Woman, it is not good
that a man should be alone.
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So, if you think we no
longer need the Sabbath,
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we probably also
no longer need women.
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They were both part
of God's original plan,
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isn't that right?
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For man.
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And you know, while
we're on that subject,
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as Pastor Ross
mentioned, these are two
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sacred institutions from Eden.
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Is God working to destroy
those sacred institutions
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in the last days?
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Is God attacking marriage?
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No, no, no, it's Satan.
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It's Satan attacking marriage.
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Yeah, so Satan is attacking
the institutions of God,
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marriage and what else?
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The Sabbath in the last days.
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And so that--it shouldn't
surprise us that you're
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going to see that.
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And one other thing is when
you say the Sabbath was made
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for man, the word
"man" there is the word
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"Anthropos," and it
means humanity, mankind.
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That's why the Bible says, "Even
the sons of the stranger that
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join themselves to the Lord that
keep the Sabbath from polluting
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it, I'll make them
joyful in my house of prayer."
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And so, this is something that's
for all people and all time.
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You want to read
Genesis 26, Pastor Ross?
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Jean: Yes, Genesis chapter--are
you referring to Genesis--
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Doug: Twenty-six, verse
five. It's the second verse in--
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Jean: Oh, there it is. I
see it right in my notes.
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Talking about Abraham, it
says, "Because Abraham obeyed My
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voice and kept My
charge, My commandments,
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My Statutes, and My laws."
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So, we're going from
creation with Adam and Eve,
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moving forward in history,
and now we're coming to Abraham.
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And here it tells us
specifically that Abraham obeyed
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God and kept His commandments.
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Well, the commandments must've
been known to Abraham in order
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for him to obey them.
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Doug: Yeah, people think that
the commandments and the laws
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and the statutes
all came from Moses.
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Who lived first,
Abraham or Moses?
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So, God evidently had
statutes, commandments,
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and laws that predated.
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Now what--we know
what the commandments are,
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Ten Commandments.
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Was it--was murder a
sin before Mount Sinai,
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before the Ten
Commandments were given?
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Where do we see that?
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Cain and Abel, God
said, "Sin is at your door."
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Was adultery a sin before
the Ten Commandments were given?
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Where do we see that?
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Joseph, remember he
said, "How can I sin,
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take my master's wife?"
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Adultery, they
knew adultery was a sin.
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And the Sabbath
was also still there,
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but we've got to look
at some other verses that
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I think help illustrate that.
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If you go for
instance to Exodus 5.
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Well, I'm going to
start with Exodus 4.
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So, this is after the call
of Moses to bring the children
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of Israel out of
Egypt, and God says,
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"Then Moses and Aaron went and
gathered--" This is Exodus 4:29,
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"Then Moses and Aaron went and
gathered together all the elders
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of the children of Israel, and
Aaron spoke all the words that
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the Lord had spoken to Moses."
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Now, why does Aaron
speak and not Moses?
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Moses has been away.
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What language are the
Israelites speaking in Egypt?
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Probably Egyptian and Hebrew.
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And so, what's happened to
Moses's Egyptian after 40 years
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of not speaking it?
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Probably a little rusty.
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And so, that's why he
said, "I'm slow of tongue."
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God said, "Well,
don't worry, your brother,
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he'll speak for you."
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And so, this is why
Aaron is being the spokesman
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now to the people.
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He's saying, "All the words
the Lord had spoken to Moses.
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Then he did the signs in
the sight of all the people."
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What else do you think
they probably did there?
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They said, "God is
going to move in your behalf.
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He's going to act for you.
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You need to humble
yourself, return to the Lord,
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stop worshipping the
gods of the Egyptians,
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worship Jehovah."
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And part of that
would've included the Sabbath.
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Now, how do we know that?
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Pastor Ross, why don't
you share with them what
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happens in Exodus 5?
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Jean: Reading from Exodus
chapter 5 beginning verse 4,
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it says, "Then the
king of Egypt said to them,
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'Moses and Aaron, why do you
take the people from their work?
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Get back to your labor.'
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And Pharaoh said, 'Look,
the people of the land are many
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now, and you make them
rest from their labors.'"
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So, that's of course Pharaoh
now complaining because Moses
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and Aaron, they've
spoken to the people,
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and evidently the
people are choosing to rest.
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Well, that kind of
ties in with the Sabbath.
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Doug: Yeah, matter of fact,
the word there--I don't know if
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any of you have interlinear
Bibles or you might be reading
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your Bible on iPad or phone, you
click on that word "rest" there
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and it is the word "Shabbat."
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So, specifically what the
Pharaoh said to Moses and Aaron,
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"You are making
the people Sabbath.
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And tell them to
get back to work."
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And so, it's pretty clear
that they had returned to this.
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Now, if that's
not enough for you,
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get your credit cards
out 'cause we're going
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to double your offer.
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If you go to Exodus chapter 16,
and this is under the section
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where it says manna enough.
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What chapter are the
Ten Commandments given?
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Exodus 20.
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So, before you
ever get to Exodus 20,
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you read this in
Exodus 16, verse 18.
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It says that God told
them, "Look, they're hungry.
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I'll rain bread
down from heaven for you.
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I will do it six days a week.
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You can get twice as
much on the Sabbath."
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And he says in verse 18,
"So when they measured it by--"
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Exodus 16, verse 18.
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So yeah, they got twice as
much on the preparation day.
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"So when they
measured it by omers,
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he who had gathered
much had nothing left over,
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and he who had
gathered a little had no lack.
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Every man had gathered
according to each one's need."
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So, before we get
into the manna in detail,
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just notice the placement
of this, it's Exodus 16.
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And when they continued
going out and looking for food,
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God said, "How long will
you break My commandments?"
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And so, it was a commandment of
God before they got to--and he
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didn't say, "How long will
you break your commandments?"
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It's not a Jewish law,
it says, "My commandments."
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Notice it's not called
the Sabbath of the Jews,
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it's called the
Sabbath of the Lord.
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And then further evidence that
the Sabbath existed before Mount
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Sinai, what's the
first few words of the
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Sabbath
commandment, Exodus 20, verse 8?
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Remember.
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Why would God tell them
to remember something that
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had never existed prior?
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Why would God tell
them to keep something that
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had never existed prior?
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He said, "Look, I made
it holy, keep it holy."
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And he's pointing back to when
he made it holy right in the
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commandment, he goes
back to Genesis, creation.
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Jean: Now, talking
about the manna situation,
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every day manna
rained down, they would
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gather it in the morning.
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But then God of course told them
they wouldn't get manna on the
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Sabbath, they'd have to
get a double portion Friday.
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And you read in Exodus chapter
16 that there was some in the
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camp of Israel that for
some reason thought that God was
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joking and they didn't
get double supply on Friday,
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and they wandered out of
the camp on Sabbath to try and
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gather up manna, and
there was no manna available.
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And then God said some
rather interesting things
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to the children of
Israel through Moses.
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This is of
course before Exodus 20,
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before those Ten Commandments,
before the fourth commandment
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is actually mentioned.
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It talks about how God is saying
that they do not keep My laws.
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So, they were aware of the
Sabbath even before Mount Sinai.
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Doug: Mm-hmm, absolutely.
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Now, I don't want to rush
past the manna section without
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reminding you, what time
of day did the manna fall?
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Early in the morning.
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And what happened if they
failed to go out and get it?
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The sun came up
and it sort of melted.
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What does that manna represent?
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Jesus said that "Moses
gave you not that bread,
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but I am the bread
that came down from heaven."
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The Word of God is that bread.
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"Man doesn't live by
bread alone, but by every word."
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What about morning devotions?
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What happens if we
wait until the troubles of
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the day crowd in on us?
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Can we lose that time to
feed our souls in the morning?
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There's a precious time I
think early in the day to commit
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yourself to the
Lord and eat that manna.
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A great while before
it was day, Jesus rose up
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and he went out to pray.
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I think it's important to
take--to gather the manna.
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And something else that's in the
lesson I think is interesting,
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we briefly mentioned 'cause
it's talking about manna enough.
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He told them how much to gather.
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Some of them, they thought,
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"Well, we don't know
if it's going to go away.
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We better gather more."
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It seemed like no
matter what God said,
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there was always
somebody that didn't really
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believe what Moses said.
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And so they said, "Oh,
we're not going to have enough,"
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so they gathered extra.
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The Bible says but when
they finally meted it out,
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they didn't have any extra.
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Some thought, "Well, I'll leave
more for others because I don't
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want to take too much."
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They had the same amount.
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That's where it said, "He who
gathered less had nothing over.
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He who had
gathered little had no lack.
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Every man had gathered
according to one's need."
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Paul refers to this in
2 Corinthians 8, verse 13.
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He's talking about sharing.
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And he says, "For I do not
mean that others should be eased
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and you burdened."
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I'm not saying you should work
real hard and others just are
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taken care of by the church.
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"But there be an
equality, that now at this time,
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your abundance
might supply their lack,
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that their abundance
may also supply your lack,
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that there might be an equality.
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As it is written, he who
gathered much had nothing left
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over, and he who
gathered little had no gains."
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So, here Paul is quoting
from Exodus 16 in this passage.
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But on Friday, what happened?
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They were supposed to gather
what we call the preparation
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date, twice as much.
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Every other day of the
week if they hoarded it,
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what happened the next day?
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It stunk.
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Now, you notice first of all
God told them not to gather too
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much, they didn't
listen, some gathered too much.
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Then God said, "Now,
don't keep it overly, nothing--"
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They didn't listen, some
kept it over and it stunk.
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Then God said, "Don't go
out Sabbath looking for it," but
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some went out looking for it.
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And he said, "How long will you
refuse to keep My commandments?"
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One more thing, Pastor Ross,
about the people who went out.
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Now, I just
mention this because,
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you know, there are a few
doctrines of devils out there.
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And I've even heard some
Sabbath-keeping ministers tell
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people, they quote this phrase
if you look in Exodus chapter 16
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and in verse 29, he says,
"See, the Lord has given you the
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Sabbath, therefore he
gives you on the sixth
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day bread for two days.
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Let every man
remain in his place,
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let no one go out of his
place on the seventh day."
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I've heard pastors take
that verse and say you're not
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supposed to go to church.
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It says, "No man is
supposed to go out of his place
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on the seventh day."
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That's not at all
what it's talking about.
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They were going out and
gathering wood and they were
00:20:05.23\00:20:08.37
going out looking for manna.
00:20:08.40\00:20:10.07
He said, "Don't go out foraging
on the Sabbath looking for manna
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or looking for
wood to build a fire.
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You're supposed to have kindled
your fire before sundown."
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You notice it was not a
sin for them to have a fire.
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You could have a fire.
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They were not to kindle a fire
'cause there was a lot of work
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involved back then
in kindling a fire.
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Well, now you turn a knob.
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He said get your fire
going, don't kindle a fire.
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They weren't told that they
had to shiver all through the
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Sabbath those cold
winters in the desert.
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They weren't to be kindling it.
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And so, in our
house in the wintertime,
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we get the fire
going before Sabbath.
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We keep it going through
the Sabbath, you understand?
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That's very important.
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So, you're going
to hear people say,
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I've actually heard it, you're
not supposed to go out of your
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home on the Sabbath,
you just keep it at home.
00:20:51.61\00:20:53.52
Now, most of our
Sabbath-keepers know better,
00:20:53.55\00:20:55.85
but I've actually
heard that twisted.
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And I've heard people say it's a
sin to have a fire on a Sabbath.
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And I remember
hearing Jimmy Swaggart saying,
00:21:04.43\00:21:05.73
"Everybody who tries to keep
the Sabbath when they drive to
00:21:05.76\00:21:08.66
church, they're hypocrites
'cause every time your spark
00:21:08.70\00:21:11.00
plug fires in your
engine, you're kindling a
00:21:11.03\00:21:12.83
fire on the Sabbath day.
00:21:12.87\00:21:14.44
You are breaking the Sabbath
when you drive to church."
00:21:14.47\00:21:17.07
So, you hear some really strange
things on the range out there.
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Jean: And of course, there's
all kinds of traditions that
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came with time, and Jesus
addressed these when he was on
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the earth because the Pharisees
added all of these manmade
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traditions and regulations
to the Sabbath where it really
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became a burden to the people.
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That's not what
the Sabbath is about.
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It's not manmade
traditions or regulations,
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it's simply taking
the Word of God as it is.
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It's interesting to note
at the end of that experience,
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where God speaks to Moses about
the children of Israel going out
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to gather manna on
the Sabbath, finally it
00:21:45.77\00:21:47.84
says they learnt their lesson.
00:21:47.87\00:21:49.84
This is verse 30
of Exodus chapter 16,
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it says, "So the people
rested on the seventh day."
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They have learned
sort of the hard way.
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First of all, they went out
to gather manna or some of them
00:21:57.35\00:21:59.85
went out to try
and get, you know,
00:21:59.88\00:22:02.12
twice as much during
the week and not on Friday,
00:22:02.15\00:22:05.52
and finally they
learnt the lesson.
00:22:05.55\00:22:07.62
"All right, God
means what He says.
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Sabbath is indeed a blessing."
00:22:09.32\00:22:11.46
Now, there's a number of
miracles associated with the
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Sabbath and manna.
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What happened if they got manna
twice as much during the other
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days of the week
other than Friday morning?
00:22:18.90\00:22:21.27
It spoiled.
00:22:21.30\00:22:22.64
Whereas on Friday, a miracle
occurred that the food not only
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lasted on Friday, but it
also lasted through the Sabbath.
00:22:26.17\00:22:28.88
And then another
miracle on Sabbath,
00:22:28.91\00:22:30.81
there was no manna.
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So, God made it pretty clear to
the children of Israel which day
00:22:32.21\00:22:35.08
of the week was his day, and
that day was a day of worship,
00:22:35.12\00:22:38.42
a day of rest,
a day of blessing.
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Doug: Amen.
00:22:40.59\00:22:41.92
While we're diffusing
some of the misconceptions,
00:22:41.96\00:22:44.36
the idea that you're just
supposed to stay in your tent.
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Now, someone's going to read for
me a verse in Leviticus 23:3,
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is that you, Vicky?
00:22:50.83\00:22:52.37
All right, why don't
you get ready for that?
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I'm going to read
to you Ezekiel 44:24,
00:22:54.17\00:22:57.44
"And they shall keep
My laws, My statutes,
00:22:57.47\00:23:00.94
and all My
appointed meetings, and they
00:23:00.98\00:23:04.98
shall hallow My Sabbaths."
00:23:05.01\00:23:06.95
So, is staying home on
the Sabbath day keeping
00:23:06.98\00:23:10.59
the Sabbath day?
00:23:10.62\00:23:12.15
What does he call it? A meeting.
00:23:12.19\00:23:15.32
And you go
ahead read your verse,
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this I think will
help nail that truth down.
00:23:16.83\00:23:18.46
Vicky: Leviticus 23:3, "Six
days shall your work be done,
00:23:18.49\00:23:23.87
but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of solemn rest,
00:23:23.90\00:23:27.00
a holy convocation.
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You shall do no work on it.
00:23:28.74\00:23:30.47
It is the Sabbath of the
Lord in all your dwellings."
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Doug: That word
"convocation" means assembly.
00:23:32.84\00:23:37.71
It was a time
for them to convene.
00:23:37.75\00:23:40.05
It's where we get convention.
00:23:40.08\00:23:41.85
They were to come
together and worship.
00:23:41.88\00:23:43.82
And I just read to you Ezekiel.
00:23:43.85\00:23:45.32
He said, "My
appointed meetings."
00:23:45.35\00:23:46.65
They were to meet
together before the Lord.
00:23:46.69\00:23:48.99
Of course, Jesus
went to the synagogue.
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You know what
the synagogue means?
00:23:51.03\00:23:52.36
The gathering.
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They would gather together.
00:23:53.73\00:23:55.00
He stood up to
read the Scriptures.
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So, I say that because
Sabbath is a day for recreation,
00:23:56.36\00:24:01.27
some rest, but I know
a lot of people that say,
00:24:01.30\00:24:04.01
"Instead of going to church and
gathering together in worship,"
00:24:04.04\00:24:06.47
they say, "I'm
going to spend it,
00:24:06.51\00:24:08.28
you know, in my
RV up by the lake."
00:24:08.31\00:24:10.45
And they say, "I'm
going to spend it--you know,
00:24:10.48\00:24:13.65
I'm just going to camp by
myself and be one with God."
00:24:13.68\00:24:15.92
And you know, I'm not trying
to condemn people that do that,
00:24:15.95\00:24:18.32
but technically part of
the Sabbath command is a holy
00:24:18.35\00:24:20.96
convocation, it
is a time for us,
00:24:20.99\00:24:24.53
yes, to go to
church, to come together,
00:24:24.56\00:24:26.90
to worship him.
00:24:26.93\00:24:28.20
There's something
that happens when we
00:24:28.23\00:24:29.53
corporately come together.
00:24:29.56\00:24:31.07
Jean: And even in
the New Testament,
00:24:31.10\00:24:32.40
we find that same principle
where Paul writes the believers
00:24:32.43\00:24:34.77
and says, "Let us not
forsake the assembling
00:24:34.80\00:24:37.11
of ourselves together."
00:24:37.14\00:24:38.81
And says, "Especially as
we see that day approaching."
00:24:38.84\00:24:41.24
So, it's pretty clear that there
was a gathering of believers
00:24:41.28\00:24:44.48
and that would be on
the Sabbath to worship,
00:24:44.51\00:24:46.68
even in the New Testament.
00:24:46.72\00:24:48.08
That Paul is
encouraging believers together
00:24:48.12\00:24:49.92
to gather to worship.
00:24:49.95\00:24:51.29
Doug: Now, they
didn't have to gather.
00:24:51.32\00:24:52.65
I mean, you could gather
days other than the Sabbath,
00:24:52.69\00:24:54.52
but certainly if
there was an appointed day,
00:24:54.56\00:24:56.56
it would've been the holy day.
00:24:56.59\00:24:58.16
Thank you very much.
00:24:58.19\00:24:59.56
And I think--why don't we
move on to the second here,
00:24:59.59\00:25:02.06
where it talks about
two reasons for the Sabbath.
00:25:02.10\00:25:04.80
And Pastor Ross, you
want to read the verses
00:25:04.83\00:25:07.64
there in Ezekiel?
00:25:07.67\00:25:09.00
Jean: Yes, Ezekiel chapter 20,
00:25:09.04\00:25:10.41
beginning in verse 12.
00:25:10.44\00:25:11.81
We're looking for
reasons for keeping the Sabbath.
00:25:11.84\00:25:13.91
It says, "Moreover, so I gave
them My Sabbaths to be a sign
00:25:13.94\00:25:17.01
between them and Me, that they
might know that I am the Lord
00:25:17.05\00:25:20.88
that sanctifies them."
00:25:20.92\00:25:22.62
Now, it seems to note
that the word used here
00:25:22.65\00:25:24.95
in Ezekiel 20:12 is sanctify.
00:25:24.99\00:25:27.52
The word used in Genesis chapter
2 with referencing the Sabbath
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also is sanctified, means
to set apart for a holy use.
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So, the Sabbath is set
apart from the rest of the week
00:25:35.70\00:25:39.37
for a special holy use.
00:25:39.40\00:25:41.34
Likewise the believer in Christ
is to be set apart from the rest
00:25:41.37\00:25:45.37
of the world,
those who don't believe.
00:25:45.41\00:25:48.44
We are set apart for a holy use.
00:25:48.48\00:25:50.75
Thus the Sabbath becomes a sign
that we are set apart for God.
00:25:50.78\00:25:54.92
We are
Christians, we believe the
00:25:54.95\00:25:56.75
Bible; we are following Christ.
00:25:56.79\00:25:58.82
Doug: Amen, now,
someone is going to read
00:25:58.85\00:26:00.46
for us in just a
moment Exodus 31:17.
00:26:00.49\00:26:03.63
Here's where we're talking about
what does it mean about a sign?
00:26:03.66\00:26:08.16
I'm going to read
first Deuteronomy 6,
00:26:08.20\00:26:11.27
verse 8, speaking
of the commandments.
00:26:11.30\00:26:14.40
Now, God gives
the Ten Commandments,
00:26:14.44\00:26:16.17
two chapters they're
given in their entirety.
00:26:16.20\00:26:17.94
You know where they are?
00:26:17.97\00:26:21.08
Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5.
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In the New Testament,
Jesus gives half of the
00:26:25.48\00:26:28.15
Ten Commandments in
one utterance when the
00:26:28.18\00:26:30.82
rich young ruler comes to Him.
00:26:30.85\00:26:32.59
But you don't have anywhere in
the New Testament where they're
00:26:32.62\00:26:34.59
given all ten in sequence.
00:26:34.62\00:26:36.42
Here it says, "You shall bind
them for a sign on your hand.
00:26:36.46\00:26:40.96
They will be
frontlets between your eyes."
00:26:40.96\00:26:43.50
Where does the mark of
a beast--the beast appear?
00:26:43.53\00:26:47.94
The hand and in the forehead.
00:26:47.97\00:26:49.30
Well, here it makes it
sound that is the law of God
00:26:49.34\00:26:52.51
the mark of the beast?
00:26:52.54\00:26:54.68
Where's the seal of
God appear? Forehead.
00:26:54.71\00:26:59.51
In Ezekiel 9, it talks about God
will put a mark in the foreheads
00:26:59.55\00:27:04.05
of those who sigh
and cry for all the sins,
00:27:04.09\00:27:06.42
and they're the saved.
00:27:06.45\00:27:07.76
In Ezekiel 9, the ones
with the mark are the saved.
00:27:07.79\00:27:10.63
Just keep in mind in the
forehead and in the hand means
00:27:10.66\00:27:12.79
in your thoughts
and in your actions.
00:27:12.83\00:27:16.20
In the Hebrew mind, it--and the
people who do not have the law
00:27:16.23\00:27:19.90
of God in their hands and in
their head in the last days will
00:27:19.93\00:27:22.30
have the mark of the beast
in their hands and their head.
00:27:22.34\00:27:24.34
But it was a sign.
00:27:24.37\00:27:26.24
And so, one of those signs
in the middle of God's law,
00:27:26.27\00:27:28.41
I always like to
illustrate this point,
00:27:28.44\00:27:32.91
I think it's very valid.
00:27:32.95\00:27:34.95
Sabbath is unique from
the other Ten Commandments.
00:27:34.98\00:27:37.99
It is unique in that it is the
longest of the Ten Commandments.
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It's unique in that it
is in the middle of the law.
00:27:42.16\00:27:45.16
It's unique in that
it is dealing with the
00:27:45.19\00:27:48.63
dimension of time.
00:27:48.66\00:27:50.60
It is a commandment
that says what you are to do
00:27:50.63\00:27:53.70
and you're not to do.
00:27:53.74\00:27:55.07
Some commandments
simply say, "Thou shalt not."
00:27:55.10\00:27:57.07
The Sabbath
says, "Thou shalt work.
00:27:57.11\00:27:59.71
Thou shalt not
work on this day."
00:27:59.74\00:28:04.38
It's also unique in that it's
the only commandment where you
00:28:04.41\00:28:07.72
find the word "holy."
00:28:07.75\00:28:09.52
And I think that's interesting
because the temple in the Holy
00:28:09.55\00:28:13.62
Land, in the holy
city, on the holy mount,
00:28:13.66\00:28:16.32
in the Holy of Holies, in the
holy ark has the word "holy" one
00:28:16.36\00:28:19.93
time and it's
the Sabbath command.
00:28:19.96\00:28:22.16
In the Sabbath command,
you've got the seal of God.
00:28:22.20\00:28:24.90
A seal had the name,
the title, the territory.
00:28:24.93\00:28:27.67
In this command, it says, "The
Lord created heavens and earth."
00:28:27.70\00:28:32.54
His name, His title,
creator, His territory,
00:28:32.57\00:28:35.68
heaven and earth.
00:28:35.71\00:28:37.18
It's a unique command that
the devil especially hates.
00:28:37.21\00:28:40.52
And it's a sign.
00:28:40.55\00:28:42.22
Jean: Just to add to that sign,
00:28:42.25\00:28:43.55
not only is it a sign that it is
the Lord that sanctifies us as
00:28:43.59\00:28:46.39
we're reading
Ezekiel chapter 20,
00:28:46.42\00:28:48.36
verse 12, in Ezekiel 20:20
it tells us that not only is the
00:28:48.39\00:28:52.09
Sabbath a sign that
the Lord sanctifies us,
00:28:52.13\00:28:54.60
but it's also a
sign that God created us.
00:28:54.63\00:28:57.57
So, the Sabbath serves as a
sign not only that we are God's,
00:28:57.60\00:29:00.94
but it also reminds
us that God made us.
00:29:00.97\00:29:03.47
We are made in His image.
00:29:03.51\00:29:04.81
The true joy and happiness that
a person can have is when we
00:29:04.84\00:29:07.21
recognize that
God is our creator and
00:29:07.24\00:29:09.68
we worship Him as such.
00:29:09.71\00:29:11.15
The big issue in the
last days if you read the book
00:29:11.18\00:29:13.82
of Revelation
revolves around worship.
00:29:13.85\00:29:15.75
Who do we worship?
00:29:15.78\00:29:17.25
Do we worship the
beast power of the last days,
00:29:17.29\00:29:19.15
or do we worship the creator?
00:29:19.19\00:29:21.29
Depending upon
who we worship, well,
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.22
that depends whether
we get the seal of God
00:29:23.26\00:29:25.49
or the mark of the beast.
00:29:25.53\00:29:27.13
So, worship is
an important thing,
00:29:27.13\00:29:29.06
and the Sabbath is
connected to worship.
00:29:29.10\00:29:32.17
Doug: Yeah, amen.
00:29:32.20\00:29:33.50
So, it's a sign of him
creating us or recreating
00:29:33.54\00:29:36.81
us and sanctifying.
00:29:36.84\00:29:39.51
All of us need to be
recreated, that's the new heart.
00:29:39.54\00:29:42.81
Old things are passed
away, all things are made new.
00:29:42.84\00:29:45.28
And it's a sign
that He can sanctify us.
00:29:45.31\00:29:49.35
He takes what is once
sinful and He makes us holy.
00:29:49.38\00:29:52.92
Every Sabbath, we remember that.
00:29:52.95\00:29:54.82
Would we have the same problems
we have in our culture today
00:29:54.86\00:29:57.59
with people believing that we've
all evolved with no purpose if
00:29:57.63\00:30:00.56
we had been keeping the Sabbath?
00:30:00.60\00:30:04.90
I think the neglect of the
Sabbath has made people forget
00:30:04.93\00:30:11.07
that He's the creator.
00:30:11.11\00:30:12.57
Says, "Keep the Sabbath, for
in six days the Lord created."
00:30:12.61\00:30:17.25
He wants us to remember that.
00:30:17.28\00:30:18.75
All right, we're going to
go on now with the day--Sabbath
00:30:18.78\00:30:22.28
is a day of equality.
00:30:22.32\00:30:25.09
And it starts out
here, Pastor Ross,
00:30:25.12\00:30:27.99
I don't know if you
want to read Deuteronomy 5,
00:30:28.02\00:30:29.82
verse 12 and 15 and--
00:30:29.86\00:30:31.46
Jean: Yes, Deuteronomy chapter
5, beginning in verse 12,
00:30:31.49\00:30:34.83
it says, "Observe the Sabbath
day to keep it holy as the Lord
00:30:34.86\00:30:38.47
God commanded you.
00:30:38.50\00:30:39.87
Six days you should
labor and do all your work,
00:30:39.90\00:30:42.27
but the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord your God.
00:30:42.30\00:30:45.11
In it, you
should do no work, you,
00:30:45.14\00:30:47.51
nor your son, nor your
daughter, nor your male servant,
00:30:47.54\00:30:51.05
nor your female
servant, nor your ox,
00:30:51.08\00:30:53.21
nor your
donkey, nor your cattle,
00:30:53.25\00:30:55.98
nor the stranger who
is within your gates,
00:30:56.02\00:30:58.19
that your male servant
and your female servant
00:30:58.22\00:31:00.86
may rest as well as you.
00:31:00.89\00:31:03.12
And remember that you were
a slave in the land of Egypt,
00:31:03.16\00:31:05.99
and the Lord Your God brought
you out from there by a mighty
00:31:06.03\00:31:09.66
hand and by an outstretched arm.
00:31:09.70\00:31:12.07
Therefore the Lord Your
God commanded you to keep
00:31:12.10\00:31:14.14
the Sabbath day."
00:31:14.17\00:31:16.24
Doug: Now, some read
the Sabbath commandment
00:31:16.27\00:31:19.11
in Deuteronomy 5
and they say, "See,
00:31:19.14\00:31:21.01
this proves the
Sabbath was only for the Jews."
00:31:21.04\00:31:23.58
He said, "See, I'm commanding
you to keep it because
00:31:23.61\00:31:25.75
you were a slave."
00:31:25.78\00:31:27.25
Do you notice there's a
difference between the rendering
00:31:27.28\00:31:29.75
of the Sabbath
commandment in Deuteronomy from
00:31:29.78\00:31:32.45
what you find in Exodus?
00:31:32.49\00:31:34.56
In Deuteronomy, Moses is--the
whole book of Deuteronomy is
00:31:34.59\00:31:37.96
Moses's closing sermon before
he dies to the people of Israel.
00:31:37.99\00:31:41.53
It's sort of his last appeal.
00:31:41.56\00:31:43.80
He's paraphrasing and
expounding on their experience.
00:31:43.83\00:31:47.00
So, here he stops and
he expounds on the Sabbath.
00:31:47.04\00:31:49.74
He's not adding to it, he's
telling them why it's especially
00:31:49.77\00:31:54.08
important for them to
let their servants rest.
00:31:54.11\00:31:57.91
He said, "Don't
forget you were a slave.
00:31:57.95\00:32:01.52
You need to let
your servants rest."
00:32:01.55\00:32:03.92
And not only was it a day
for equality for the servants,
00:32:03.95\00:32:07.59
he said, "Your
children shall rest."
00:32:07.62\00:32:11.19
You know, one thing before I
leave the idea of the servants,
00:32:11.23\00:32:15.90
any of you been to Israel?
00:32:15.93\00:32:18.33
Some of you have.
00:32:18.37\00:32:19.67
Did you notice that
some of the elevators are
00:32:19.70\00:32:21.47
called Shabbat elevators?
00:32:21.50\00:32:23.41
In some of the
hotels and places you stay,
00:32:23.44\00:32:25.64
they got what they call
an elevator and then they
00:32:25.67\00:32:27.38
got a Shabbat elevator.
00:32:27.41\00:32:28.74
You know why?
00:32:28.78\00:32:30.21
Because for the Orthodox Jews,
it was so important to them,
00:32:30.25\00:32:33.15
they don't want to
even push a button.
00:32:33.18\00:32:35.98
They've got automated
lights on the Sabbath.
00:32:36.02\00:32:38.72
If they go into an elevator
and it's not a Sabbath elevator,
00:32:38.75\00:32:44.73
they will stand there and
wait for a Gentile to come in
00:32:44.76\00:32:47.86
and push a floor.
00:32:47.93\00:32:49.36
Sabbath elevators,
as soon as you go in,
00:32:49.40\00:32:51.20
it stops on every floor.
00:32:51.23\00:32:53.07
How many of you know
what I'm saying is true?
00:32:53.10\00:32:55.34
When I first
heard that, I thought,
00:32:55.37\00:32:56.81
"You're kidding me."
00:32:56.84\00:32:58.41
So they thought, "Push
the button, that's work."
00:32:58.44\00:33:01.94
That to me was--
00:33:01.98\00:33:03.31
Jean: But the irony
in that, Pastor Doug,
00:33:03.35\00:33:04.95
is you could wait for a Gentile
to come and press the button,
00:33:04.98\00:33:07.38
you'd be okay, but you're not
supposed to press the button.
00:33:07.42\00:33:10.25
Whereas the Sabbath commandment
says not only are you to rest on
00:33:10.29\00:33:13.05
the Sabbath, but your servants
are to rest and even the
00:33:13.09\00:33:16.02
stranger that is
within your gates.
00:33:16.06\00:33:18.56
So, that would be the Gentiles.
00:33:18.59\00:33:20.03
So, in their manmade traditions,
even today they still to some
00:33:20.06\00:33:23.26
degree set aside the
commandments given by God.
00:33:23.30\00:33:26.33
Doug: Yeah, and if your
servant is supposed to rest,
00:33:26.37\00:33:28.64
with that in mind, what does
that say about Sabbath-keepers
00:33:28.67\00:33:32.64
that decide, "We're not going
to prepare our food in advance,
00:33:32.67\00:33:35.24
we're just going to
all go out to dinner"?
00:33:35.28\00:33:38.68
Aren't you kind of
like hiring someone to cook
00:33:38.71\00:33:40.38
for you and serve you?
00:33:40.42\00:33:42.55
Because you didn't for
whatever reason want to make
00:33:42.58\00:33:45.05
preparations in advance.
00:33:45.09\00:33:46.92
So, I'd have a
problem with that.
00:33:46.96\00:33:48.59
But it's not only servants
that are protected in this
00:33:48.62\00:33:50.26
commandment, what else?
00:33:50.29\00:33:52.83
Your animals.
00:33:52.86\00:33:54.46
It says that your
ox and your donkey,
00:33:54.46\00:33:57.40
and now is an ox a clean animal?
00:33:57.43\00:34:01.20
Yes, is a donkey a clean animal?
00:34:01.24\00:34:03.30
So, it's basically
saying male, female,
00:34:03.34\00:34:06.01
son, daughter, male
servant, female servant,
00:34:06.04\00:34:08.81
animals, clean
animals, unclean animal,
00:34:08.84\00:34:12.61
any beast of burden.
00:34:12.65\00:34:13.98
Now, keep in mind
back in Bible times,
00:34:14.02\00:34:15.85
some of those animals, they
were--they were burdened down
00:34:15.88\00:34:20.72
with loads, they
were pulling plows.
00:34:20.76\00:34:22.66
And God said
they even must rest.
00:34:22.69\00:34:26.29
Now, there's some exceptions.
00:34:26.33\00:34:28.46
You know, in the
early days of our church,
00:34:28.50\00:34:32.00
if you wanted to get to church,
you had to either walk 20 miles
00:34:32.03\00:34:35.47
or you had to hook up the
buggy to the horse and ride.
00:34:35.50\00:34:39.97
And so, you know,
there--sometimes there
00:34:40.01\00:34:42.24
was the practicality of it.
00:34:42.28\00:34:43.88
But as far as possible, the
regular beasts of burden were
00:34:43.91\00:34:45.98
being told that they
should rest on the Sabbath day.
00:34:46.01\00:34:50.22
And someone's going to
read a verse for us about that.
00:34:50.25\00:34:53.89
Proverbs 12:10, and just reminds
us that--and it's not only
00:34:53.92\00:35:01.20
the--your son and your
daughter and your servants
00:35:01.23\00:35:04.23
and your animals.
00:35:04.27\00:35:05.60
It says, "And the
stranger within your gates."
00:35:05.63\00:35:08.20
Now, within your gates
means within your home,
00:35:08.24\00:35:11.34
within your
whatever your dominion is,
00:35:11.37\00:35:13.74
they should be
resting and keeping it.
00:35:13.78\00:35:15.08
But go ahead, read
Proverbs for us please.
00:35:15.11\00:35:17.25
female: Proverbs 12:10, "A
righteous man regards the life
00:35:17.28\00:35:20.42
of his animal, but
the tender mercies of
00:35:20.45\00:35:23.15
the wicked are cruel."
00:35:23.18\00:35:24.89
Doug: I'll tell
you a quick story.
00:35:24.92\00:35:29.59
Years ago, a pastor was
riding through Scotland,
00:35:29.62\00:35:32.59
this is in the 1800s, and he
was doing some work in the area
00:35:32.63\00:35:36.43
for a few months.
00:35:36.46\00:35:37.77
And he noticed
that every Sunday,
00:35:37.80\00:35:39.10
he saw all these
donkeys in this field,
00:35:39.13\00:35:41.87
but they were disappearing
the rest of the week,
00:35:41.90\00:35:43.51
he never saw them.
00:35:43.54\00:35:44.84
But Sunday, they
were in the field.
00:35:44.87\00:35:46.21
And he finally stopped when he
saw a man was there feeding the
00:35:46.24\00:35:49.14
donkey, he says,
"I'm just curious," says,
00:35:49.18\00:35:50.81
"These donkeys
are here every Sunday,
00:35:50.85\00:35:53.88
but they're gone
the rest of the week.
00:35:53.92\00:35:55.22
What's with that?"
00:35:55.25\00:35:56.55
He said, "Well, these donkeys
work down in the coal mines,
00:35:56.58\00:35:59.29
and of course
Sunday we don't work,
00:35:59.32\00:36:02.76
but we have to bring them up.
00:36:02.79\00:36:04.43
Because," he says, "if they're
in the dark of the mine all week
00:36:04.46\00:36:07.00
long, they go blind
from never using their eyes."
00:36:07.03\00:36:11.50
Said, "They need to come up in
the light at least once a week
00:36:11.53\00:36:14.04
or they go blind."
00:36:14.07\00:36:16.30
I think it's important that
we also are exposed to the light
00:36:16.34\00:36:20.64
every Sabbath day.
00:36:20.68\00:36:22.18
And so it's a
sign--when he says,
00:36:22.21\00:36:24.58
"It's a sign between Me and the
children of Israel forever," is
00:36:24.61\00:36:27.35
it just the sign for
the children of Israel?
00:36:27.38\00:36:29.92
Or does the Bible
say, "If you are Christ's,"
00:36:29.95\00:36:32.72
what's the rest of that?
00:36:32.75\00:36:35.26
"Then you are Abraham's seed.
00:36:35.29\00:36:37.36
He is not a Jew
which is one outwardly,
00:36:37.39\00:36:39.83
but he is a Jew
which is one inwardly."
00:36:39.86\00:36:42.40
And so, every Christian is
grafted into these promises
00:36:42.43\00:36:45.47
where it's a sign between
God and spiritual Israel as well
00:36:45.50\00:36:50.07
as literal Israel forever.
00:36:50.11\00:36:53.68
Jean: I'd also like to
mention there where it says,
00:36:53.71\00:36:55.18
"And rest and be refreshed."
00:36:55.21\00:36:58.55
We need spiritually to
be refreshed once a week.
00:36:58.58\00:37:01.75
We do it every day when
we have our own worships,
00:37:01.78\00:37:04.29
but there's something special,
there's a double portion of a
00:37:04.32\00:37:07.46
blessing that we find on the
Sabbath spiritually speaking,
00:37:07.49\00:37:10.53
where we can be refreshed.
00:37:10.56\00:37:12.19
You know, Pastor Doug,
I don't know what I'd do
00:37:12.23\00:37:14.13
if it wasn't for the Sabbath.
00:37:14.20\00:37:15.60
It seems like our whole lives
revolve around getting ready for
00:37:15.63\00:37:18.37
the Sabbath, and then we look
forward to the Sabbath during
00:37:18.40\00:37:21.17
the busyness of the week.
00:37:21.20\00:37:22.74
And not to have the
Sabbath would just be a,
00:37:22.77\00:37:24.64
you know, when do you rest?
00:37:24.67\00:37:26.24
When do you take a break?
00:37:26.27\00:37:27.58
When do you walk away from
all of the busyness that seems
00:37:27.61\00:37:30.21
to crowd you all week
long and just spend time
00:37:30.25\00:37:32.38
meditating with
God and worshipping?
00:37:32.41\00:37:35.22
It's so important
for every Christian to
00:37:35.25\00:37:37.32
have that special time.
00:37:37.35\00:37:39.79
Doug: You know, it's
almost like reading "Moby Dick"
00:37:39.82\00:37:41.86
where you don't have
chapters frequently enough.
00:37:41.89\00:37:44.83
You know what I'm talking about?
00:37:44.86\00:37:46.93
We need chapters where you
say, "I'm going to pause here."
00:37:46.96\00:37:50.40
And every week, God
says, "Okay, closing the
00:37:50.43\00:37:52.17
chapter of that week.
00:37:52.20\00:37:53.50
You can rest before you
delve into another chapter."
00:37:53.54\00:37:55.44
Some of you I can hear
laughing, you read "Moby Dick."
00:37:55.47\00:37:57.61
All right, why don't you
read, now we're going to go into
00:37:57.64\00:38:00.18
days of healing.
00:38:00.21\00:38:01.51
And there is some
disputes about this,
00:38:01.54\00:38:02.94
but the Sabbath is
a time for healing.
00:38:02.98\00:38:04.61
You want to read
Matthew, Pastor Ross?
00:38:04.65\00:38:06.31
Jean: Yes, so in
Matthew chapter 12,
00:38:06.35\00:38:07.65
beginning in verse 9, we have
an incident that occurred on
00:38:07.68\00:38:09.88
the Sabbath with Jesus.
00:38:09.92\00:38:11.32
It says starting verse 9, "Now,
when He had departed from there,
00:38:11.35\00:38:14.69
He went to their
synagogue, and behold,
00:38:14.72\00:38:16.89
there was a man who
had a withered hand.
00:38:16.93\00:38:18.89
And they asked Him
saying, 'Is it lawful
00:38:18.93\00:38:21.10
to heal on the Sabbath?'
00:38:21.13\00:38:22.56
that they might accuse Him.
00:38:22.60\00:38:24.10
Then He said to them, 'What man
is there among you who has one
00:38:24.13\00:38:27.94
sheep and if it falls into a
pit on the Sabbath will not lay
00:38:27.97\00:38:32.84
hold of it and lift it out?
00:38:32.87\00:38:34.84
Of how much more value
then is a man than a sheep?
00:38:34.88\00:38:38.45
Therefore, it is lawful
to do good on the Sabbath.'
00:38:38.48\00:38:41.95
Then He said to the
man, 'Stretch out your hand.'
00:38:41.98\00:38:44.12
And he stretched it out
00:38:44.15\00:38:45.55
and it was restored
as whole as the other."
00:38:45.59\00:38:49.59
Doug: Now, some people say,
00:38:49.62\00:38:50.93
"Well, you know,
Jesus healed on the Sabbath,
00:38:50.96\00:38:52.56
and so He said, 'As long as
you're doing good, that's okay.
00:38:52.59\00:38:57.90
You can do whatever
you think is good.'"
00:38:57.93\00:39:00.04
Now, some people
have taken the ox in the
00:39:00.07\00:39:02.64
ditch and they've
abused that principle.
00:39:02.67\00:39:05.61
Jesus is saying if a person is
physically sick and you can heal
00:39:05.64\00:39:08.81
them, obviously
you should heal them.
00:39:08.84\00:39:11.51
I know a good
Sabbath-keeping dentist,
00:39:11.55\00:39:13.31
and every now and then he'll get
a call from someone who wakes
00:39:13.35\00:39:15.75
up in excruciating
pain with a toothache,
00:39:15.78\00:39:17.82
and they say,
"Oh, can you help me?"
00:39:17.85\00:39:19.55
He says, "Absolutely."
00:39:19.59\00:39:20.96
He won't charge them, but
he'll open up his dentist lab,
00:39:20.99\00:39:23.63
he'll bring them in, and
try and take care of whatever
00:39:23.66\00:39:26.09
the immediate pain is.
00:39:26.13\00:39:27.73
He might have to say, "Look,
this will help you relieve the
00:39:27.76\00:39:29.60
pain until I can have
my crew here and we can,
00:39:29.63\00:39:32.20
you know, do a procedure,
operate on another day."
00:39:32.23\00:39:35.20
But he sees that
these people are suffering,
00:39:35.24\00:39:37.44
and of course Jesus would
relieve their suffering if
00:39:37.47\00:39:39.51
He had it in His power.
00:39:39.54\00:39:41.04
That's different
than saying, "You know,
00:39:41.08\00:39:43.48
we're going to go out
on Sabbath and do service
00:39:43.51\00:39:45.71
for our neighbors.
00:39:45.75\00:39:47.05
We're going to
rake their leaves."
00:39:47.08\00:39:48.98
Is that the ox in the ditch?
00:39:49.02\00:39:51.69
I hear
sometimes that people say,
00:39:51.72\00:39:53.15
"Well, we're going to take the
kids out doing community service
00:39:53.19\00:39:55.89
on Sabbath 'cause
it's better to do good.
00:39:55.92\00:39:57.83
So, we're going to wash
our neighbor's windows."
00:39:57.86\00:39:59.79
I think that's
abusing what the principle is,
00:39:59.83\00:40:03.50
you know what I'm saying?
00:40:03.53\00:40:04.83
And so, I think we
need to just know Jesus.
00:40:04.87\00:40:07.10
Did Jesus heal
people on the Sabbath?
00:40:07.14\00:40:10.67
Was He ever in the
carpenter shop on the Sabbath?
00:40:10.71\00:40:14.94
But isn't making chairs good?
00:40:14.98\00:40:17.75
See, people
couldn't abuse that word
00:40:17.78\00:40:19.45
"good" 'cause everything's good.
00:40:19.48\00:40:20.78
That's not what
Christ is talking about.
00:40:20.82\00:40:23.49
We have another
example of healing,
00:40:23.52\00:40:25.62
now did Jesus
heal people on Sabbath?
00:40:25.65\00:40:28.62
Was that to say the
Sabbath should not be kept,
00:40:28.66\00:40:31.63
or were the disputes about
how the Sabbath should be kept?
00:40:31.66\00:40:35.40
Jesus had a lot of
disputes about how the
00:40:35.43\00:40:38.00
Sabbath should be kept.
00:40:38.03\00:40:39.80
Never did He say it
should no longer be kept.
00:40:39.83\00:40:42.84
That's a very important point.
00:40:42.87\00:40:44.34
You're going to find
where people are arguing,
00:40:44.37\00:40:46.01
"Well, Jesus had to--He had
to fight of all the legalistic
00:40:46.04\00:40:49.48
Pharisees who were trying to
make people keep the Sabbath"
00:40:49.51\00:40:52.15
No, He was fighting off
the legalism of keeping it
00:40:52.18\00:40:54.42
improperly or for
the wrong reasons.
00:40:54.45\00:40:57.29
We have another one,
Pastor Ross, in Luke.
00:40:57.32\00:40:59.19
Jean: Luke chapter 13, verse 10,
00:40:59.22\00:41:01.79
we have another Sabbath
occurrence with Christ that
00:41:01.82\00:41:03.99
says, "Now He was teaching
in one of the Synagogues on the
00:41:04.03\00:41:06.43
Sabbath, and behold, there
was a woman who had a spirit
00:41:06.46\00:41:08.80
of infirmity for 18 years.
00:41:08.83\00:41:11.37
And she was bent over and could
in no wise raise herself up.
00:41:11.40\00:41:14.80
But when Jesus saw her, He
called her to Him and said to
00:41:14.84\00:41:19.14
her, 'Woman, you are
loosed from your infirmity.'
00:41:19.17\00:41:22.08
And He laid his hand
upon her, and immediately
00:41:22.11\00:41:24.28
she was made
straight and glorified God.
00:41:24.31\00:41:27.35
But the ruler of the synagogue
answered with indignation
00:41:27.38\00:41:30.32
because Jesus had
healed on the Sabbath.
00:41:30.35\00:41:32.39
And he said to the crowd, 'There
are six days on which a man
00:41:32.42\00:41:36.76
ought to work, therefore
come and be healed on them,
00:41:36.79\00:41:41.00
and do not on the Sabbath day.'
00:41:41.03\00:41:43.40
Then the Lord then answered
him and said, 'Hypocrite!
00:41:43.43\00:41:47.54
Does not each one of you on the
Sabbath loose his ox or donkey
00:41:47.57\00:41:51.17
from the stall and
lead it away to water it?
00:41:51.21\00:41:53.84
So ought not this woman, being
a daughter of Abraham who Satan
00:41:53.88\00:41:58.01
has bound,'" think of it, "for
18 years be loosed from this
00:41:58.05\00:42:02.72
bond on the Sabbath?"
00:42:02.75\00:42:05.19
Doug: Yeah, Sabbath
day is a day of blessings.
00:42:05.22\00:42:07.76
And you know, what a great day
for a person to be set free is
00:42:07.79\00:42:11.06
what Jesus is saying.
00:42:11.09\00:42:13.76
And so, again you
could just look--I mean,
00:42:13.80\00:42:16.87
it's hard for me to imagine
the ruler of the synagogue,
00:42:16.90\00:42:19.63
how coldhearted he could be.
00:42:19.67\00:42:21.67
This woman is all bent
over, she's hunched over,
00:42:21.70\00:42:23.17
maybe severe osteoporosis,
I don't know what it was.
00:42:23.20\00:42:26.27
And in the presence of them all,
Jesus does a mighty miracle.
00:42:26.31\00:42:29.08
They all knew her, she
had had this problem 18 years,
00:42:29.11\00:42:31.31
she went to the same synagogue.
00:42:31.35\00:42:33.25
And they saw her hobble in,
looking at the ground 'cause she
00:42:33.28\00:42:36.05
couldn't stand
up, Jesus touches her,
00:42:36.08\00:42:37.69
and a miracle happens.
00:42:37.72\00:42:39.45
And instead of
everybody just exploding in joy,
00:42:39.49\00:42:42.82
the ruler of the synagogue
is wringing his hands and going,
00:42:42.86\00:42:45.39
"This is the Sabbath.
00:42:45.43\00:42:47.23
You shouldn't do this."
00:42:47.30\00:42:48.66
If I see a miracle like that,
I'd just say, "Praise God."
00:42:48.70\00:42:50.90
God does miracles, He did
it, and so you got to take
00:42:50.93\00:42:54.30
it up with the Lord.
00:42:54.34\00:42:55.67
But yeah, you
know, the devil exposes.
00:42:55.70\00:42:59.71
And then we have what--now,
there's a lot of examples,
00:42:59.74\00:43:02.78
we only have time for three.
00:43:02.81\00:43:04.25
We have another one in
John 9, you want to read that?
00:43:04.28\00:43:08.02
Jean: Yes, another Sabbath
miracle that Jesus performed,
00:43:08.05\00:43:10.12
it says, John chapter 9,
beginning verse 14 if you're
00:43:10.15\00:43:12.79
following in your Bibles,
"Now it was the Sabbath when
00:43:12.82\00:43:15.72
Jesus made the clay
and opened his eyes.
00:43:15.76\00:43:17.96
Then the Pharisees also asked
him again how he had received
00:43:17.99\00:43:20.20
his sight, and he said
to them, 'He put clay on my
00:43:20.23\00:43:22.70
eyes, and I washed and I see.'
00:43:22.73\00:43:24.50
Therefore, some of the Pharisees
said, 'This man is not from God
00:43:24.53\00:43:27.97
because He does
not keep the Sabbath.'"
00:43:28.00\00:43:32.64
Doug: Another example of
the same misbalanced legalism,
00:43:32.67\00:43:38.38
where--and you know, finally
they end up kicking this man
00:43:38.41\00:43:41.58
who's got his eyes open.
00:43:41.62\00:43:43.12
He's blind from
birth, had never seen before,
00:43:43.15\00:43:46.25
he's healed, he can see, and
the religious leaders even bring
00:43:46.29\00:43:51.26
in his parents, they
said, "This is too--we can't
00:43:51.29\00:43:53.36
believe, this is too much.
00:43:53.40\00:43:54.66
Is this actually your
son?" "This is our son."
00:43:54.73\00:43:56.30
"He was born
blind?" "He was born blind."
00:43:56.33\00:43:58.47
"Well, how does he see?"
00:43:58.50\00:43:59.93
They said, "Well,
don't ask us, ask him."
00:44:00.04\00:44:01.34
'Cause they were
afraid to get kicked out of
00:44:01.37\00:44:02.70
the synagogue, excommunicated.
00:44:02.74\00:44:04.87
And the young man's
got very good perception,
00:44:04.91\00:44:07.24
he said, "This is
amazing to me that you're asking
00:44:07.28\00:44:10.71
who this man is from.
00:44:10.75\00:44:13.55
God hears the prayers of
the righteous through the Lord.
00:44:13.58\00:44:18.95
Through the power of
God, He has opened my eyes.
00:44:18.99\00:44:21.86
It's never been heard of
since the history of man,
00:44:21.89\00:44:23.89
someone born blind should
have their sight restored."
00:44:23.93\00:44:26.09
And he finally says,
"Look, how He did it,
00:44:26.13\00:44:28.86
I can't tell you
everything about it.
00:44:28.90\00:44:30.37
All I know is I was
blind and now I see."
00:44:30.40\00:44:34.17
And they got upset at him and
they ended up kicking him out
00:44:34.20\00:44:36.94
of the synagogue.
00:44:36.97\00:44:38.27
Jean: I like what
he says, Pastor Doug,
00:44:38.31\00:44:39.74
they ask him
again, "Now tell us,
00:44:39.77\00:44:41.31
how did this happen?"
00:44:41.34\00:44:42.64
And he says,
"Well, I told you already.
00:44:42.68\00:44:43.98
Do you want me to tell you
again so you can be disciples?"
00:44:44.01\00:44:46.68
Oh, they got very upset.
00:44:46.72\00:44:48.02
Doug: Yeah, that's when they
kicked him out of the synagogue.
00:44:48.05\00:44:50.45
Jean: You know, it's
interesting to note that the
00:44:50.49\00:44:53.09
Bible, at least in the gospels,
we have seven occurrences
00:44:53.12\00:44:55.42
of Sabbath miracles
that Jesus performed.
00:44:55.46\00:44:57.93
It's always nice when
these things come in sevens,
00:44:57.96\00:45:00.53
the perfect number.
00:45:00.56\00:45:01.83
But the Bible records for
us seven Sabbath miracles.
00:45:01.86\00:45:04.27
We've looked at a few of them,
but there's some other very
00:45:04.30\00:45:06.63
significant Sabbath miracles.
00:45:06.67\00:45:08.14
It's an interesting study
sometime to look up all of the
00:45:08.17\00:45:10.47
miracles Jesus
performed on the Sabbath.
00:45:10.51\00:45:12.37
Doug: And this is one of
the reasons Christ made that
00:45:12.41\00:45:14.58
statement that the
Sabbath was made for man,
00:45:14.61\00:45:16.81
not man for the Sabbath.
00:45:16.85\00:45:18.25
God did not create
the Sabbath day and then
00:45:18.28\00:45:20.52
create man to observe it.
00:45:20.55\00:45:22.02
God created man, and
then created the Sabbath day
00:45:22.05\00:45:25.12
for it to be a blessing for man.
00:45:25.15\00:45:27.49
And so, they had turned
the Sabbath day into a burden,
00:45:27.52\00:45:30.53
where it's
supposed to be a blessing.
00:45:30.56\00:45:31.86
And He says, "You've got the
whole point of it backwards."
00:45:31.89\00:45:35.30
Last section, we'll probably
just have a couple minutes
00:45:35.33\00:45:37.30
to get some of this,
Sabbath rest even for the land.
00:45:37.33\00:45:40.40
And maybe you want
to read Leviticus 25:1
00:45:40.44\00:45:44.07
to 7 there for us.
00:45:44.11\00:45:45.41
Jean: Leviticus chapter
25, beginning in verse 1,
00:45:45.44\00:45:47.28
it says, "And the Lord
spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai,
00:45:47.31\00:45:49.54
saying, 'Speak to the children
of Israel and say to them,
00:45:49.58\00:45:52.11
"When you come into the
land that I will give you,
00:45:52.15\00:45:54.75
then the land shall
keep a Sabbath to the Lord.
00:45:54.78\00:45:58.29
Six years you
should sow your field,
00:45:58.32\00:46:01.56
six years you shall prune your
vineyard and gather its fruit.
00:46:01.59\00:46:04.53
But the seventh year there shall
be a Sabbath of solemn rest for
00:46:04.56\00:46:08.23
the land, a Sabbath to the Lord.
00:46:08.26\00:46:10.87
You shall neither sow your
field nor prune your vineyard.
00:46:10.90\00:46:14.44
What grows of its own according
to the harvest you may not reap,
00:46:14.47\00:46:17.97
nor gather the grapes
of your unintended vine,
00:46:18.01\00:46:22.48
for it is a year
of rest for the land.
00:46:22.51\00:46:24.95
And the Sabbath produce of
the land shall be food for you,
00:46:24.98\00:46:27.52
for you and for
your male servants,
00:46:27.55\00:46:30.32
female servants,
for your hired men,
00:46:30.35\00:46:32.95
for the stranger
who dwells with you,
00:46:32.99\00:46:34.76
for your livestock and for
the beast that are in the land.
00:46:34.79\00:46:37.56
All its produce
shall be their food."'"
00:46:37.59\00:46:41.33
Doug: Now, you know, there's
no record that I can think of,
00:46:41.36\00:46:44.83
you might correct
me, where it shows
00:46:44.87\00:46:46.20
them actually observing this.
00:46:46.23\00:46:48.24
Most of the time,
they neglected it.
00:46:48.27\00:46:50.61
They would go out and harvest.
00:46:50.64\00:46:52.44
They would were
afraid God was saying,
00:46:52.47\00:46:53.78
"I want you to
live by faith that year.
00:46:53.81\00:46:55.81
Whatever grows
volunteer, you can eat.
00:46:55.84\00:46:59.15
Don't go harvest it,
but it's for everybody,
00:46:59.18\00:47:01.45
the man, your
servants, your animals.
00:47:01.48\00:47:02.78
But you're going to rest
that year from the farming.
00:47:02.82\00:47:05.85
Just trust Me."
00:47:05.89\00:47:07.66
And most years, they
neglected that commandment.
00:47:07.69\00:47:12.49
The reason you know that is you
look in 2 Chronicles and it says
00:47:12.53\00:47:16.03
in verse 19, I'll start
with 2 Chronicles chapter 36,
00:47:16.06\00:47:20.00
verse 19, "Then they
burned the house of God,
00:47:20.04\00:47:23.54
they broke down
the wall of Jerusalem,
00:47:23.57\00:47:25.17
they burned all
its palaces with fire,
00:47:25.21\00:47:27.14
they destroyed all
its precious possessions.
00:47:27.18\00:47:29.38
And those who escaped from the
sortie carried away to Babylon,
00:47:29.41\00:47:32.65
where they were to be servants
to him and his sons until the
00:47:32.68\00:47:35.05
rule of the king of Persia to
fulfill the Word of the Lord by
00:47:35.08\00:47:38.82
the mouth of Jeremiah until the
land has enjoyed her Sabbaths.
00:47:38.85\00:47:43.19
As long as she laid
desolate, she kept Sabbath
00:47:43.22\00:47:47.03
to fulfill 70 years."
00:47:47.03\00:47:48.93
So, God was saying,
"Look, you would not let
00:47:48.96\00:47:51.30
the land keep Sabbath.
00:47:51.33\00:47:52.63
It's going to have an
enforced Sabbath for 70 years."
00:47:52.67\00:47:56.40
Something else I think is
interesting here is while the
00:47:56.44\00:47:59.44
land was desolate,
it was keeping Sabbath.
00:47:59.47\00:48:02.94
What's the condition of
the world when Jesus comes
00:48:02.98\00:48:05.15
back for the 1,000 years?
00:48:05.18\00:48:07.32
It's desolate, and so, the
earth is keeping a 1,000 year,
00:48:07.35\00:48:11.89
a millennial Sabbath
while we are living and reigning
00:48:11.92\00:48:13.79
with Christ in heaven.
00:48:13.82\00:48:16.46
Now, they also had that
same law for servants as well,
00:48:16.49\00:48:19.96
Pastor Ross, in Exodus 21.
00:48:20.00\00:48:21.50
Jean: Exodus chapter
21, beginning in verse 1,
00:48:21.53\00:48:23.80
it says, "Now these
are the judgments which
00:48:23.83\00:48:26.33
shall set before them.
00:48:26.37\00:48:27.70
You shall buy--if you
shall buy a Hebrew servant,
00:48:27.74\00:48:30.07
he shall serve six years,
and in the seventh he shall
00:48:30.11\00:48:33.54
go out free and pay nothing."
00:48:33.58\00:48:36.95
Doug: Yeah, and so, you know,
all through the Bible we see
00:48:36.98\00:48:38.98
these patterns of six
you work, one you rest.
00:48:39.01\00:48:43.15
They not only have a
Sabbath every seventh year,
00:48:43.18\00:48:46.69
but after seven sevens, they
have a special Sabbath year that
00:48:46.72\00:48:52.36
was called the year of what?
00:48:52.39\00:48:53.93
Jubilee, and so,
their whole economy was
00:48:53.96\00:48:57.20
based upon believing
that God would supply.
00:48:57.23\00:49:00.14
And that was a
time, the Jubilee,
00:49:00.17\00:49:02.04
when they would not
only release slaves,
00:49:02.07\00:49:03.67
they would forgive debts.
00:49:03.71\00:49:05.94
And all of these I think
are pointing to the ultimate
00:49:05.97\00:49:08.04
Sabbath, when Jesus comes.
00:49:08.08\00:49:09.51
Now, we don't know the
date of Christ's coming,
00:49:09.54\00:49:14.32
but we do know
when the time is near,
00:49:14.35\00:49:16.42
and you can see a pattern in the
Bible where a day with the Lord
00:49:16.45\00:49:20.46
is like 1,000 years
and 1,000 years like a day.
00:49:20.49\00:49:23.66
And for 6,000 years
from the time of Adam,
00:49:23.69\00:49:28.20
you add up the ages, it's
approximately 6,000 years,
00:49:28.23\00:49:32.47
2,000 years
from Adam to Abraham,
00:49:32.50\00:49:36.07
the age of the patriarchs, 2,000
years from Abraham to Christ was
00:49:36.10\00:49:40.14
the age of Israel, the Jews,
2,000 years from Christ to our
00:49:40.18\00:49:43.88
present day is the age of
the church or spiritual Israel.
00:49:43.91\00:49:46.95
Then 1,000 years like a Sabbath
we live and reign with the Lord.
00:49:46.98\00:49:50.65
We're living right about
Friday afternoon right now.
00:49:50.69\00:49:55.39
But do you notice the pattern?
00:49:55.42\00:49:57.26
Six days you would--six
years you would farm your land,
00:49:57.29\00:50:00.36
the seventh you'd let it rest.
00:50:00.40\00:50:01.66
For 6,000 years, Jesus
sowed the seed of the gospel.
00:50:01.70\00:50:04.30
How is he pictured
coming in Revelation?
00:50:04.33\00:50:06.70
To harvest. He's got a sickle.
00:50:06.74\00:50:09.57
And at the--after six years,
you'd let your servant go free.
00:50:09.60\00:50:13.14
When Jesus comes, those who've
been captive to the devil,
00:50:13.17\00:50:15.71
they get their glorified
bodies, there's a liberation,
00:50:15.74\00:50:18.51
so all these things almost find
their fulfillment in a picture
00:50:18.55\00:50:21.35
of the Second Coming.
00:50:21.38\00:50:23.02
Jean: Absolutely, we'd like
to remind our friends, those
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near the end of our time,
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Doug: Amen, thank you very much.
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[speaking foreign language]
00:51:55.31\00:52:05.29
[speaking foreign language]
00:52:05.32\00:52:09.29
Doug: We are all
part of the family of God.
00:52:09.32\00:52:11.46
This is what you've heard
each of our friends just say.
00:52:11.49\00:52:13.90
Hi, we're here
in Papua New Guinea,
00:52:13.93\00:52:16.90
where the people speak
over 800 different languages.
00:52:16.93\00:52:19.87
In fact, this is the
most language diverse place
00:52:19.90\00:52:22.40
in the entire world.
00:52:22.44\00:52:24.57
The reason for that is because
of the topography of this
00:52:24.61\00:52:28.11
country with the tall
mountains, steep ravines,
00:52:28.14\00:52:31.08
deep gorges, and rushing rivers.
00:52:31.11\00:52:32.95
Over the millennia as
the country was settled,
00:52:32.98\00:52:36.02
the different people and tribes
were isolated by the terrain.
00:52:36.05\00:52:39.19
So, they evolved their
own very distinct languages.
00:52:39.22\00:52:42.26
When people cannot
communicate, sometimes
00:52:42.29\00:52:45.03
it causes misunderstandings.
00:52:45.06\00:52:46.86
So, the people in New Guinea
have overcome that by speaking
00:52:46.90\00:52:49.76
a common pigeon English.
00:52:49.80\00:52:51.93
[speaking foreign language]
00:52:51.97\00:52:55.17
Doug: It's a very beautiful
dialect that combines some
00:52:55.20\00:52:57.44
German, some English words,
and some of the tribal words.
00:52:57.47\00:53:01.18
[speaking foreign language]
00:53:01.21\00:53:06.55
Doug: You can read in the
Bible in Genesis chapter 11
00:53:06.58\00:53:08.45
there was once a time when all
the world spoke one language,
00:53:08.48\00:53:12.22
but then men began
to rebel against God.
00:53:12.25\00:53:14.42
They started to build a tower as
a monument to manmade salvation
00:53:14.46\00:53:18.09
and manmade worship.
00:53:18.13\00:53:20.30
It's better known
as the Tower of Babel.
00:53:20.33\00:53:22.66
Matter of fact, after
God confused the languages,
00:53:22.70\00:53:25.60
people started babbling,
which is where we get the word.
00:53:25.63\00:53:28.64
For thousands of years, this
confusion of tongues caused all
00:53:28.67\00:53:32.11
kinds of
problems in communication,
00:53:32.14\00:53:34.04
even wars were fought.
00:53:34.08\00:53:35.98
But then in Acts
chapter 2 in the upper room,
00:53:36.01\00:53:39.11
God did something extraordinary
to reverse the curse of the
00:53:39.15\00:53:42.02
confusion of tongues.
00:53:42.05\00:53:44.15
He poured out the Holy Spirit
and Jesus did what he promised.
00:53:44.19\00:53:47.29
He said, "You will
speak with other tongues."
00:53:47.32\00:53:50.79
Mark chapter 16, the disciples
were supernaturally given the
00:53:50.83\00:53:54.36
ability to communicate
in many different tongues
00:53:54.40\00:53:57.10
the good news of God.
00:53:57.13\00:53:58.77
Throughout the Bible, we
learn that sin causes division.
00:53:58.80\00:54:01.57
On the other hand, God is love,
and so when we're filled with
00:54:01.60\00:54:05.74
the Spirit of God, we naturally
have love for one another.
00:54:05.77\00:54:08.51
This is the big
command in the Bible that we
00:54:08.54\00:54:10.78
should love one another.
00:54:10.81\00:54:12.11
Jesus's prayer for
his people in John 17 is,
00:54:12.15\00:54:14.62
"Father, that they
may love each other and be
00:54:14.65\00:54:17.22
one even as We are one."
00:54:17.25\00:54:19.52
Paul says in the book of 1
Corinthians that we're many
00:54:19.55\00:54:22.72
different parts,
but we are one body.
00:54:22.76\00:54:25.73
And so this is God's plan, that
we might all be one and speak
00:54:25.76\00:54:29.63
the language of heaven.
00:54:29.66\00:54:31.33
So, if we have
the Spirit of God,
00:54:31.37\00:54:33.20
we will have the love of
God because love is the language
00:54:33.23\00:54:36.00
of God, and we will
all be of one family.
00:54:36.04\00:54:40.04
all: God loves you!
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Diana Dixon: My
name is Diana Dixon,
00:54:55.49\00:54:56.96
I'm a professional truck driver.
00:54:56.99\00:54:59.33
And August the 4th, 2011, I
stopped to help in an accident.
00:54:59.36\00:55:03.47
male: Diana Dixon
also tried to help.
00:55:03.50\00:55:05.17
She parked her semi, jumped out,
and headed toward the pickup.
00:55:05.20\00:55:08.84
That's when she saw
vehicles barreling toward her,
00:55:08.87\00:55:12.14
so she reacted by
jumping off 475 to a road below.
00:55:12.17\00:55:16.28
Diana: Well, a
pickup had clipped a semi,
00:55:16.31\00:55:18.05
and I stopped to help.
00:55:18.08\00:55:19.45
And I saw it in the mirror.
00:55:19.48\00:55:20.78
So, I walked
back, gentleman told me,
00:55:20.82\00:55:22.35
he says, "Hey, you
know, everything's okay.
00:55:22.38\00:55:23.72
They called 911."
00:55:23.75\00:55:25.05
And I looked over at the pickup
and there was a black pickup
00:55:25.09\00:55:27.96
over there and he was okay.
00:55:27.99\00:55:29.32
And about that time, I
don't know how far I walked,
00:55:29.36\00:55:31.19
but I walked far enough and a
semi hit him, and it imploded.
00:55:31.23\00:55:37.13
I knew it was going to hit me.
00:55:37.17\00:55:38.67
I had 30 seconds to
decide, and I decided to jump.
00:55:38.70\00:55:42.20
Diana: Yeah, I jumped off
the bridge, my back's broken.
00:55:42.24\00:55:46.94
male: Where are you
at? Diana: I don't know.
00:55:46.98\00:55:50.68
Diana: Fractured my
pelvis in 24 places,
00:55:50.71\00:55:52.58
5 broken ribs, C5 neck fracture.
00:55:52.61\00:55:55.65
I had a collapsed lung,
I had a lacerated bladder,
00:55:55.68\00:55:59.62
I was bleeding internally.
00:55:59.65\00:56:01.29
I had no marks on
the outside of me at all,
00:56:01.32\00:56:03.69
but a scrape where my
arm had scraped the concrete.
00:56:03.73\00:56:06.06
From the chest
down, I was on fire.
00:56:06.09\00:56:08.16
I was a dispatcher for
a year after the accident.
00:56:08.20\00:56:11.90
And I went back,
finished my degree,
00:56:11.93\00:56:13.77
and I went to Pittsburg,
threw a backpack over my back,
00:56:13.80\00:56:17.44
walked like all
the other students,
00:56:17.47\00:56:19.51
I ran a marathon.
00:56:19.54\00:56:21.64
And I'm--since then, I've
been back to truck driving.
00:56:21.68\00:56:25.15
There was a
gentleman I worked with,
00:56:25.18\00:56:27.02
and one day he was walking
in, and he walked up to my desk
00:56:27.05\00:56:29.85
and I was reading my Bible.
00:56:29.88\00:56:31.32
And he says,
"Are you a believer?"
00:56:31.35\00:56:33.82
And I said, "Yes."
00:56:33.86\00:56:35.62
And he gave me some
Amazing Facts study guides.
00:56:35.66\00:56:38.26
And it just--it was an
eye-opening experience for me.
00:56:38.29\00:56:42.43
I mean, I started reading them
and I had a bunch of questions
00:56:42.46\00:56:44.77
to ask him, so I got
online and I got on the
00:56:44.80\00:56:47.77
Amazing Facts webpage.
00:56:47.80\00:56:50.41
And I just found information
just that I'd never known.
00:56:50.44\00:56:54.74
I went back to work
as a truck driver because
00:56:54.78\00:56:56.68
that was my ministry.
00:56:56.71\00:56:58.41
It was my ministry
before the accident.
00:56:58.45\00:57:00.65
And I was driving down the road
and I just needed a connection,
00:57:00.68\00:57:04.79
and I was flipping through, and
somehow I ended up on YouTube.
00:57:04.82\00:57:07.22
And next thing I
know, Amazing Facts,
00:57:07.26\00:57:10.26
one of those things
would come up there,
00:57:10.29\00:57:12.03
and I'd listen to it.
00:57:12.06\00:57:13.50
I'm driving down the road, I
got--I got 11 hours of driving.
00:57:13.53\00:57:16.23
So, I listen to one,
I listen to another one.
00:57:16.26\00:57:20.17
And the more I listen to him,
everything that I thought in my
00:57:20.20\00:57:23.00
heart, I'd just click on one
of his YouTubes and there he was
00:57:23.04\00:57:26.04
giving me the answer.
00:57:26.07\00:57:27.38
I walked in the Seventh Day
Adventist Church for the first
00:57:27.41\00:57:29.51
time and I felt at home.
00:57:29.54\00:57:32.28
I was baptized in the Seventh
Day Adventist Church because
00:57:32.31\00:57:35.25
I had found the truth
that I just was searching for
00:57:35.28\00:57:39.82
and I'd been praying about.
00:57:39.85\00:57:41.19
Amazing Facts has been such an
inspiration and important for my
00:57:41.22\00:57:44.63
coming back into ministry that
I want to be able to give back
00:57:44.66\00:57:49.80
to anyone that I can.
00:57:49.83\00:57:51.50
And Amazing Facts is
the backbone of my ministry.
00:57:51.53\00:57:56.84
My name is Diana Dixon.
00:57:56.87\00:57:58.31
Thank you for changing my life.
00:57:58.34\00:58:01.01
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