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Carlos Muņoz:
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And happy Sabbath, everyone.
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Welcome to the
Granite Bay Hilltop
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Welcome for joining us to
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For those that don't know
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Carlos: Who says amen to that?
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Praise the Lord.
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So, our lesson study for
today is lesson number ten,
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the Sabbath, right?
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Sabbath rest, Shabbat.
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Let's have a word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, we thank You
for this opportunity, we thank
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You for the blessing and the
privilege that You have given us
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of having another day of life,
of being Your children, of being
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part of this remnant movement,
and the blessing, Father, to
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come together and honor and
worship You on Your Sabbath day.
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And this is the topic that
we're going to be talking about,
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Father, so we thank You again.
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May this be rejoiceful, may we
have a deeper understanding and
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a blessing and understand
the blessings that come from
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Your Fourth Commandment.
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We thank You,
Father, for this opportunity.
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We ask this in Jesus's
name, everybody says amen.
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Amen.
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So, Revelation chapter 12, verse
17 tells us that there is a war
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that is being
carried out, right?
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It says that the dragon is
enraged, who is he enraged with?
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He's enraged with the woman,
and the woman represents, what?
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The church, right?
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And it says he's enraged with
the church, and he's making war
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on the woman, he's
making war with the church,
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on God's people,
and the question is why?
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Why is the devil
enraged with the woman?
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Why is he
enraged with the church?
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Why is he making
war on her based on
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Revelation chapter 12, verse 17?
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And it says,
because she does what?
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She keeps the commandments
of God and has the what?
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The testimony of
Jesus Christ, right?
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And so the devil is not happy
with those that want to uphold
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and honor God's Ten
Commandments, that want to
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uphold and honor Jesus Christ
and uphold the testimony of
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Jesus Christ, everybody
with me, everybody say amen.
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Amen, now, do we see this
playing out not just in the
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Bible, but in daily life?
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Do we see a war against the Ten
Commandments, but especially do
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we see a war
against the Sabbath day?
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What do you think?
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Oh, I'm going to share with
you just a couple of things that
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cross my mind
in regards to this.
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You probably can't read this,
this is in Spanish, but this is
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called, this is Septimo Dia,
this is seventh day in Spanish.
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And this is Cirque du Soleil,
I'm sure you've probably heard
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of Cirque du Soleil, it's a
famous circus, it's a circus
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without animals, it
goes around the world.
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Before I was a Christian I
actually went to a few because
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it's pretty impressive,
but it's very sensual, right?
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Now I'm understanding as a
Christian it's too sensual and,
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you know, you should
just stay away from it,
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but here's the point.
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I remember I was in Guatemala,
and I saw this on a billboard,
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and it said the seventh day,
and notice what it says here,
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"No descansare."
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In other words, on the
seventh day I shall not rest.
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Now, this is a song from a
famous rock band in Spanish
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called Soda Stereo, very,
very famous, very well known,
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and they made this song.
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And so Cirque du Soleil adopted
this song and incorporated
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it into this program, into
this one part that they did.
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But notice how
subtle it is, right?
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I shall not rest, on what?
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On the seventh day.
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Notice how the enemy is starting
to condition us, condition
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humanity to reject
the seventh day Sabbath.
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Here's something
else I'll share with you.
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This is a movie that came
out recently, now, I have not
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watched the movie,
and I do not advocate that
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you watch it either.
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It is called "The
Tomorrow War," right?
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And a friend of mine, the reason
I know about this is because
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a friend of mine sent me a
small clip from this movie,
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and he said, "Look at this!
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Look at how
interesting this is."
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And in the movie, what's
happening is it's tied into
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climate change, right, and so as
the icebergs are melting and the
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earth is warming up, what
happens is that there are these
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creatures that have been frozen
in time and they, as the water
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freeze--as the water melts away,
these creatures now come forth,
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and they're these
flesh eating monsters.
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They're really ugly, I was going
to put a picture of it, but that
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would, you would
probably not sleep tonight
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because it's really ugly.
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I mean, please don't even
go watch it in that sense.
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But the interesting thing is, is
that these beasts are now at war
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with humanity, and humanity
is battling against these beasts
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that they call white-something,
I forgot, interesting.
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But you know what's interesting
about these beasts, what pops up
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in the clip that my
friend sent me is that they keep
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the Sabbath day.
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So, they're like, "Oh, they
keep, they're six days they're
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feasting, but on the
seventh day they rest, and these
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are our enemies!"
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Again, conditioning the mind to
be like, these things that keep
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the Sabbath are our, what?
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They're our enemies.
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You're seeing how
interesting this is, right?
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And so, again, please don't
watch it, it's a very violent
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movie, you would not want
to watch anything violent, you
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would not want anything sensual
with--you know how movies
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are today, and not
even movies, TV shows,
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even cartoons today, right?
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But I'm just showing this
as an example of how the world
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is conditioning
us in this sense.
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And so, that's why I
find it very interesting,
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today's lesson.
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Now, you probably say, oh, we've
talked about the Sabbath before
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in Sabbath school, and yes, of
course we have, but it's always
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good to refresh, to
look at different angles
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and different perspectives.
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And I like how this
lesson did it specifically, why?
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Because despite this,
there are people that are
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searching for truth.
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This very week I had somebody
call "Amazing Facts," and they
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passed them over to me, they
wanted to speak to a pastor,
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and he wanted to ask
questions about the Sabbath.
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This was a Pentecostal brother
who was studying his Bible, and
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he came across the Sabbath
truth, and he said, "Brother,
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I want you to talk to me
about the Sabbath," amen.
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People are searching, people are
reading their Bibles, people are
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wanting to know God, and the
truth is very evident throughout
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Scripture, and so I was
able to share with this brother
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the beautiful Sabbath truth.
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I strengthened him in his belief
on the Sabbath day, and then he
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said, "I'm going to go ahead
and start those "Amazing Facts"
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online Bible studies," amen.
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So, praise the Lord, so people
are searching, and this is
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what the purpose of
this lesson is about.
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Despite all the intentions
of the enemy of trying to attack
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the Ten Commandments, especially
the Sabbath day, despite
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everything that the enemy
is trying to do, you cannot
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hide truth, amen.
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No matter how hard you attack
it, no matter how hard you try
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to hide it, the truth
will always come forth, amen.
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It will always come
forth, because it is part of the
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yearning of the human
heart to understand and know
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our surroundings.
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So, our memory text
for this week was Leviticus
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chapter 23, verse 3.
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"Six days shall work be done,
but the seventh day is a Sabbath
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of solemn rest,
the holy convocation.
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You shall do no work
on it; it is the Sabbath
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of the Lord," where?
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In all, "in all your dwellings."
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That is our memory text.
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So, what I'm going to do is
I'm going to share with you the
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Sabbath Rest lesson outline.
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I just make an outline, and
I'm going to share with you, and
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we're going to go through
this lesson and see the blessing
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that it gave us.
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So, first we're going
to start with number one,
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the Sabbath and what?
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The Sabbath and creation.
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Is the Sabbath and creation
linked in, what do you think,
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yes or no?
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I have a question.
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What is the
purpose of the Sabbath?
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The purpose of the Sabbath is to
give honor and praise and glory
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to God, amen.
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That's the purpose of the
Sabbath, that's the reason for
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the Sabbath, it's to honor God,
it's to celebrate God, it's to
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commemorate that God
is our God and that we are
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his children, amen.
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Look at this, look
at the early church.
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Acts chapter 4, verse 24, "They
lifted up their voice to God
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with one accord, and
said, 'Lord, thou art God,
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who has," what?
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"Made," or created,
"heaven, earth, the sea,
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and all that is in them."
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I have a question, did the early
church honor and worship God
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as the creator of
the earth, yes or no?
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Yes, it did, very clearly.
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Does heaven, does the
universe celebrate and honor and
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commemorate God as the creator,
yes or no, what do you think?
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Okay, I'll say that for you,
Revelation chapter 4, verse 11,
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and this is in heaven, "Worthy
are You, our Lord and God,
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to receive glory and
honor and power," why?
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Why is God worthy to receive
all the glory, all the honor,
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and all the power?
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For You, what?
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"For You created all things,
and by Your will they existed,"
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and what?
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"And were created."
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So, the early church worshipped
and honored God as the Creator.
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In Heaven the whole universe
praises God because God is
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the Creator, but something
has happened here in earth.
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It seems that we have forgotten
to honor God as our Creator,
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why do I say that?
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Look at what it says in
Revelation chapter 14, verse 7.
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"Fear God and give Him glory,
for the hour of His judgment
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has come," and do what?
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"Worship Him," who what?
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"Who made," who created,
"the heavens, the earth, the sea
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and the springs of water."
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Notice that there is, in the
three angels's message, a part
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in the first angel that
says, "Worship Him who made,"
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who created, "the earth, the
sea, the springs of the water."
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If the angels are telling humans
to worship and honor Him as the
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creator of the heavens, the
earth, the sea, and the springs
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of water, what does that mean?
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That we have
forgotten how to do it, right?
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The very end, the last message,
the last warning of God to the
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earth before He puts an end
to this earth, the angels are
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saying, listen, humans.
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Remember, remember who is your
creator, remember to honor and
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to worship Him as the Creator as
the universe does, as the early
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church did, as God's
people throughout history,
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remember this.
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So, if He's asking us to--if
the angels are telling us to
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remember this, it's because
we have forgotten, right?
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Now, the question is, because
Revelations 14:7 does not tell
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us how to worship God as the
Creator, it just gives us the
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declaration to do it, the
question then is how do we
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worship God as our Creator?
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Well, it's not implicit, it's
not explicit, I'm sorry, but it
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is implicit that
we should go where?
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To creation, right?
We should go to creation.
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And so, when we go to creation,
we go to Genesis chapter 1,
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verse 1, what does it say?
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In the beginning
God created what?
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The heavens, the earth,
and everything around them.
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Who says amen to that?
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Notice, the Bible does not begin
with a question, does not begin
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with--it begins
with a declaration.
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God is the Creator, amen.
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And so, in creation we see then,
God then in Exodus chapter when
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we see this beautiful scenario
of God saying, "Now I am going
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to create," amen?
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I am going to start creating,
and what does God do on the
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first day, what does
God do on the first day?
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He does what? He creates what?
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He says, "Let there be
light," amen, who says praise
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the Lord for light?
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Amen, let there be light, right?
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The glory of God
shining over creation, right?
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The knowledge of God shining
over creation, and it says, "And
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this is good."
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But then He leaves, comes back
the second day, what does He do?
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He creates what, He creates
the skies, the heavens, right?
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And He separates, what?
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He separates the water, how?
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Vertically,
right, to create what?
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This atmosphere, this--where
we can breathe, right?
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The ozone layer, this first sky
or heavens as it's known about
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in the Bible.
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Who wants to thank God
for that ozone layer, for that
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first--yes, amen, because
that's how we can breathe.
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I don't know about
you, but I love breathing.
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I hope you do too, right?
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It's a little difficult
nowadays with some of the fires,
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but that's okay.
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And He said, "This is good."
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He left on the third day, and
on the third day comes back and
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says, oh, I'm
getting excited now, right?
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There's that--this--the heavens,
right, the atmosphere, and what
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does He do?
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He now
separates the waters, how?
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Horizontally, right?
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And what
happens, what comes forth?
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Dry land, right?
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Not only dry
land, but also, what?
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Trees, flowers, amen, God
starts to adorn his creation.
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He's making it, He's making it
look pretty, because God loves
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beauty, amen.
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And He makes it look pretty
and gorgeous and not only that,
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but also, what, the fruits.
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Put the mango there,
because that is the greatest
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of all fruits.
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I believe this is the fruit that
Eve ate of, because how can you
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resist it, right?
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The fruit--who wants to say,
God, thank You for creating dry
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land, thank You for creating
these beautiful flowers,
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and who loves fruits?
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Oh, I love the fruits, right?
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And the mango and the grapes and
the kiwis and all, such, just
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this delicious environment.
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Then God says, "This is good,"
and He comes back on the fourth
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day, and what does He do on
the fourth day, He creates what?
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The sun, the moon, He starts
to adorn our galaxy, right?
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He starts to adorn our galaxy
with the stars and the moons and
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the sun, amen, and
He says, "This is good."
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Comes back on the
fifth day, what does He do on
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the fifth day?
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Just refreshing your
creation week, what does He do,
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He makes what?
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He makes first, no, not that
one, I'm sorry, this one first.
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The animals of the sea, the
dolphin, right, the beautiful
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whales, all of these
fascinating animals and fishes
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of all variety.
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He also makes, what,
the animals that are flying.
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The parrot, the eagle,
these majestic animals,
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God is adorning his earth.
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Who says amen, who wants
to thank God for all these
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beautiful animals
that we have, right?
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Praise the Lord, and then He
says, "It is good," and then He
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comes back on the sixth
day, and what does He do on
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the sixth day?
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He creates the
land animals, right?
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He creates the land animals, the
elephant, the giraffe, all these
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wonderful, majestic beings,
but then comes the crown of
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creation, and who is
the crown of creation?
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You and me, amen, you and me.
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The purpose of everything
that was created was for, what?
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For you and me.
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It was God's gift to humanity.
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God creates Adam and Eve, our
first parents, and He creates
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them with, what?
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He creates them to be a blessing
to that which He has created,
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and He tells--He
marries them, right?
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That sixth day, He marries them
on that day, and He says, I want
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you to know something, I
have a wedding gift for you.
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And they're like, really,
what is the wedding gift?
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He says, all the earth
that I have created is your
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wedding gift, amen.
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And so, what does He do?
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After the end of that sixth day,
after that marriage ceremony,
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look at what it says.
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Let's go to Exodus--Genesis
chapter 2, Genesis chapter 2,
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look at what it says here.
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Well, let's go to chapter 1,
verse 31, "After that," look at
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what it says here.
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"Then God saw everything that
He had made, and indeed it was,"
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what?
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"Very good."
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Remember, the previous days
it was good, it was good, it was
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good, it was good, it was
good, and now it is very good,
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right, why?
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Because the whole
reason for creation was, what?
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Was for the
blessing of humanity, amen?
00:19:26.86\00:19:29.30
For Adam and Eve to have that
intimate relationship with God,
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with themselves, and with
everything that God had created.
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And notice what it
says on chapter 2, verse 1.
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"Thus the heavens and the earth
and all the host of them were
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finished," on what day?
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It said on the sixth day,
but then it says, "And on the
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seventh day God ended his work
which He had done, and He rested
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on the seventh day from all his
work which He had done, then He
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blessed the seventh day and
sanctified it, because in it He
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rested from all his work
which God had created and made."
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Notice it said first that on the
sixth day He finished creating
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everything, and then it said
on the seventh day He finished
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creating everything.
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That is an apparent
contradiction, but we know the
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Bible does not
contradict itself.
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So, what is, how
can we understand this?
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Well, one of the ways I learned
to understand this is through
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the eyes of a painter, amen?
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A painter, right, if you're a
painter, how many of you paint,
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how many of you, a painter,
any painters around here?
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Woo, lost art, there's my
sister, she is, we have one
00:20:21.78\00:20:24.02
painter, right.
00:20:24.05\00:20:25.55
Lost art, I remember in--when I
was in--when I was a kid that's
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all we used to do, I used to
paint all the time, I loved it.
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Didn't pick it up,
but--so what happens?
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What is the first thing a
painter needs, besides paint and
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brushes, what do they need?
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A canvas, right?
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So, let's look at the earth as
this canvas, this empty canvas
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that God has placed
there, and then what does He do?
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He starts to, what, He
starts to paint on it, amen?
00:20:46.78\00:20:50.35
He starts to do the light and
the skies and the animals and
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the dry land and the flowers and
the fruits and the trees and He
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just--animals all galore, and
He just adorns this beautiful
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canvas, and then He puts Adam
and Eve in this canvas, amen.
00:21:03.36\00:21:08.56
Is everything that Adam and
Eve need to live on that canvas,
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yes, or no?
00:21:12.50\00:21:14.07
Yes, was everything that Adam
and Eve needed to survive and be
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a--have a blessing, to be a
blessing to God, to themselves,
00:21:16.81\00:21:20.94
and to the world, is it created?
00:21:20.98\00:21:23.11
Yes, but there's
one thing missing.
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What was missing on
that beautiful canvas?
00:21:25.28\00:21:28.08
The signature, the signature
that identifies who is the
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Creator of the
earth, the heaven, the seas,
00:21:34.32\00:21:37.06
and the springs of water, amen.
00:21:37.09\00:21:38.86
Every portrait has a signature,
for example, we see this
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beautiful picture here of the
Arc of the Covenant even though
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it's opposite, the poles,
but we'll let that one slide.
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And here in the
little corner it has a name.
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So, you're looking at this, and
you're saying, wow, this is so
00:21:49.64\00:21:51.77
amazing, this is so beautiful,
who created this work of art?
00:21:51.81\00:21:55.48
Well, here in the corner
it says, I'm thinking it says
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Paul McK, right?
00:21:57.85\00:21:59.58
Wow, so Paul McK is, what?
00:21:59.61\00:22:01.82
He is the creator, so,
my loved ones, did God on
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the creation day.
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For six days He created
everything, it was good, good,
00:22:06.02\00:22:08.29
good, good, good, until it
was very good, and then what
00:22:08.32\00:22:10.43
did He do?
00:22:10.46\00:22:11.76
He put his stamp, his seal,
his signature identifying that
00:22:11.79\00:22:15.43
He is, what?
00:22:15.46\00:22:16.80
He is the Creator, and that's
why He says, keep it, right, as
00:22:16.83\00:22:19.97
holy, as blessed, as
sanctified, set apart, for what?
00:22:20.00\00:22:25.74
To identify that God is
our Creator and that we are his
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creation, amen.
00:22:28.81\00:22:30.58
Now, you might say this little
slick guy from New York City
00:22:30.61\00:22:33.31
thinks he knows what he's
talking about, am I making this
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stuff up?
00:22:35.55\00:22:36.99
Well, let's go to Exodus, let's
go to Exodus chapter 20, Exodus
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chapter 20, we want to make sure
that we're not making anything
00:22:40.22\00:22:41.72
up, that the Bible
says this very clearly.
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Let's go to Exodus chapter 20.
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Notice, my loved ones, when
was the Sabbath established?
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Was it
established at Mount Sinai?
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No, was it
established in the desert?
00:22:52.93\00:22:55.67
No, where was it
established, in creation.
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How many Jews were
around in creation?
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Nobody, right, the Jews don't
show up until the end of Genesis
00:23:01.48\00:23:04.95
when you have
the tribe of Judah.
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Notice what it says in Exodus
chapter 20, verse number 8.
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"Remember,"
let's stop right there.
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What's the words, how does
the Fourth Commandment begin?
00:23:12.75\00:23:15.66
"Remember," so if He says
remember, it implies that, what?
00:23:15.69\00:23:19.96
Two things are
implied, what's implied?
00:23:20.00\00:23:23.83
One, that they might forget
about it, and two, remember
00:23:23.87\00:23:28.90
means that they
already knew about it.
00:23:28.94\00:23:32.14
When was the
Sabbath established?
00:23:32.17\00:23:35.04
In creation, amen.
00:23:35.08\00:23:37.31
It was in creation,
it wasn't on Mount Sinai.
00:23:37.35\00:23:39.21
God just took that code,
and He wrote it in, He put it in
00:23:39.25\00:23:42.35
written form because of things
that we have talked about, but
00:23:42.38\00:23:45.45
they had it, there was
already knowledge about this
00:23:45.49\00:23:47.86
from the forefront.
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Now, look at what it says.
00:23:49.52\00:23:51.06
"Remember the Sabbath
day," let's stop there.
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Remember, you think, oh, let
me remember it, oh, today is the
00:23:53.36\00:23:55.33
Sabbath day.
00:23:55.36\00:23:56.60
That's not--that's what it says
in English, right, but the word
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in Hebrew is zakar, and the word
zakar does mean remember the
00:24:00.34\00:24:07.28
Sabbath day, but it also means
celebrate, that's what the word
00:24:07.31\00:24:11.41
zakar means, commemorate, right?
00:24:11.45\00:24:14.12
I have a question: were
the angels celebrating and
00:24:14.15\00:24:16.52
commemorating that God
was the Creator, yes, or no?
00:24:16.55\00:24:18.95
Was the early church celebrating
and commemorating the God was
00:24:18.99\00:24:21.36
the Creator, yes, or no?
00:24:21.39\00:24:22.89
Yes, and what does He tell us?
00:24:22.92\00:24:24.33
Celebrate the Sabbath day,
rejoice in the Sabbath day, it
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is a day of celebration, it is a
feast day, amen, it is a day to
00:24:27.30\00:24:31.40
rejoice that God is our
creator, and that we are his
00:24:31.43\00:24:34.80
children, amen.
00:24:34.84\00:24:36.30
To remember that He is our
Creator, to put aside our daily
00:24:36.34\00:24:38.87
occupations and to dedicate
it to Him and to others, amen.
00:24:38.91\00:24:43.75
Exodus 20:8, "Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it," what?
00:24:43.78\00:24:47.28
"Holy," separate,
apart, different from the
00:24:47.32\00:24:50.05
other six days.
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"Six days you shall labor and do
all your work, but the seventh
00:24:51.65\00:24:53.86
day is the
Sabbath" of Carlos Muņoz.
00:24:53.89\00:24:57.83
Sorry, I'm getting old.
00:24:57.86\00:25:00.13
The seventh day belongs to who?
00:25:00.16\00:25:03.00
The Sabbath of the
Lord, your God, amen.
00:25:03.03\00:25:05.60
I'm sorry my loved ones, but the
Sabbath does not belong to you,
00:25:05.63\00:25:09.10
it's God's day.
00:25:09.14\00:25:10.61
He gave us six days, but the
seventh day He gave it, as what?
00:25:10.64\00:25:13.98
So we can put aside our
daily occupations, our daily
00:25:14.01\00:25:16.44
responsibilities, our
daily works, and do what?
00:25:16.48\00:25:18.65
And celebrate and commemorate
with God and with our church
00:25:18.68\00:25:22.38
family that, what, that God
is our God, amen, that He is our
00:25:22.42\00:25:25.69
Creator, that He is the one that
deserves all the honor and all
00:25:25.72\00:25:29.06
the glory and all the praise
as the early church established,
00:25:29.09\00:25:31.33
who says amen?
00:25:31.36\00:25:33.03
Now, can we prove
it, that that's the case?
00:25:33.06\00:25:35.86
Yes, look at what it
says in verse number 11.
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Why does God say to
keep the Sabbath holy?
00:25:38.40\00:25:41.04
For in six days
the Lord did, what?
00:25:41.07\00:25:44.94
"Made," or created, "the
heavens, the earth, the sea, and
00:25:44.97\00:25:47.18
all that is in them, and
He rested the seventh day,
00:25:47.21\00:25:49.51
therefore the Lord blessed the
Sabbath day and He hallowed," or
00:25:49.54\00:25:52.05
sanctified it.
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Who says amen to that?
00:25:53.72\00:25:55.42
Here it's very clear, why
does God tell us to keep the
00:25:55.45\00:25:57.49
Sabbath day?
00:25:57.52\00:25:59.05
Because it is, what, it is a
memorial of his creative power,
00:25:59.09\00:26:02.46
it is a memorial that He is God
and that we are his creation.
00:26:02.49\00:26:05.86
It is a memorial to celebrate
and honor that God, thank You
00:26:05.89\00:26:09.00
for creating us.
00:26:09.03\00:26:10.90
Who wants to celebrate and say,
God, thank You for creating me?
00:26:10.93\00:26:13.27
Despite the difficulties
and trials and tribulations, I'm
00:26:13.30\00:26:15.60
happy to be alive, amen, and so
should you be, because we know
00:26:15.64\00:26:20.44
that we have a blessed hope
coming forth, who says amen?
00:26:20.48\00:26:23.38
And so, that's the purpose, my
loved ones, of celebrating the
00:26:23.41\00:26:26.78
Sabbath day, is creating
and celebrating that God is our
00:26:26.82\00:26:30.69
Creator, but did you know that
that's not the only reason that
00:26:30.72\00:26:33.96
we celebrate the Sabbath day?
00:26:33.99\00:26:35.86
Because point number two is
that we're celebrating, what?
00:26:35.89\00:26:39.59
Freedom, and you're like, what?
00:26:39.63\00:26:41.30
What do you mean
celebrating freedom?
00:26:41.33\00:26:42.93
How is the
Sabbath a sign of freedom?
00:26:42.96\00:26:44.50
It's very simple, when you
remember back in the story of
00:26:44.53\00:26:46.47
Exodus, God's people
were enslaved, right?
00:26:46.50\00:26:49.77
How long were they enslaved
there, hundreds of years, how
00:26:49.80\00:26:51.64
many days a week were
they working, seven days
00:26:51.67\00:26:55.24
a week, right?
00:26:55.28\00:26:56.78
Now, this slavery that God's
people were suffering in Egypt
00:26:56.81\00:26:59.68
is a symbol or a representation
of some other type of slavery.
00:26:59.71\00:27:04.69
There's a bigger picture here,
you have the literal, local
00:27:04.72\00:27:07.49
application, but you have the
spiritual, worldwide application
00:27:07.52\00:27:11.16
in regards to these principles,
and what was this slavery
00:27:11.19\00:27:13.63
representative of?
00:27:13.66\00:27:15.70
John chapter 8, verse 34 says,
"Most assuredly," Jesus said, "I
00:27:15.73\00:27:19.17
say to you that
whoever commits sin," is what?
00:27:19.20\00:27:22.30
"A slave to sin."
00:27:22.34\00:27:24.71
So, the representation of
slavery in the Scriptures is a
00:27:24.74\00:27:27.94
representation of our
slavery to, what, to sin, right?
00:27:27.98\00:27:31.68
To the burden of sin in
that sense, and so when you ask
00:27:31.71\00:27:35.12
yourselves, well, what is
sin, 1 John chapter 3, verse 4,
00:27:35.15\00:27:39.05
Romans 3:20, Romans 7:7
all point and say, what?
00:27:39.09\00:27:43.19
What is sin, the
transgression of what?
00:27:43.22\00:27:46.03
Of the law, the transgression
of the nine commandments.
00:27:46.06\00:27:50.83
No, how many
commandments are there?
00:27:50.87\00:27:53.44
Ten commandments, and the
fourth one is right smack in the
00:27:53.47\00:27:56.04
middle, are you catching this?
00:27:56.07\00:27:58.57
So, if we choose to dishonor
God and not celebrate Him as the
00:27:58.61\00:28:03.65
Creator on his holy day,
then what is that called?
00:28:03.68\00:28:08.18
Sin, and Jesus says to
those that sin, it is, what?
00:28:08.22\00:28:12.05
You are a slave to sin.
00:28:12.09\00:28:14.72
Woo, tough word, look at what
it says in Romans chapter 6,
00:28:14.76\00:28:17.46
verse 16.
00:28:17.49\00:28:19.23
"Did you not know that to whom
you present yourselves slaves to
00:28:19.26\00:28:21.33
obey, you are that
one's slave whom you obey.
00:28:21.36\00:28:24.10
Whether of sin leading to
death," or of what, "obedience
00:28:24.13\00:28:28.17
leading to righteousness."
00:28:28.20\00:28:29.80
Carlos, you're
preaching legalism.
00:28:29.84\00:28:32.11
Legalist, that's what you are,
preaching about the Sabbath.
00:28:32.14\00:28:35.01
Really, so let's just go out and
have everybody, let's just be
00:28:35.04\00:28:40.32
adulterous, let's just murder
each other, let's just lie,
00:28:40.35\00:28:43.28
let's just have idols in
our house, let's just all do the
00:28:43.32\00:28:45.95
other nine, right?
00:28:45.99\00:28:47.42
Of course not, that has nothing
to do, legalism is when you try
00:28:47.46\00:28:49.56
to keep God's law on your own
strength, on your own power, on
00:28:49.59\00:28:53.80
your own accord, and Roman's
chapter 8 says that it is
00:28:53.83\00:28:56.77
impossible for the
flesh to obey the law of God.
00:28:56.80\00:29:00.64
So, when you see the word
obedience, I think I mentioned
00:29:00.67\00:29:02.90
this before, when you
see obedience leading to
00:29:02.94\00:29:05.41
righteousness, the word
obedience is implicit in the
00:29:05.44\00:29:09.58
Hebrew and the
Greek surrender, amen.
00:29:09.61\00:29:12.35
Surrender, God says, and I, when
you surrender to Me, I will give
00:29:12.38\00:29:16.25
you the power so you can
keep My commandments, amen.
00:29:16.28\00:29:19.19
The commandments really are not
a list of dos and don'ts even
00:29:19.22\00:29:22.12
though that's how they appear in
English and in Spanish too, but
00:29:22.16\00:29:24.99
they're really in
Hebrew ten promises.
00:29:25.03\00:29:27.46
God is promising, I am going to
make you, I am going to give you
00:29:27.50\00:29:31.47
the power, the desire and the
power to live according to My
00:29:31.50\00:29:34.97
ten principles of righteousness
that are detailed and explained
00:29:35.00\00:29:38.44
in the ten
commandments, who says amen?
00:29:38.47\00:29:41.01
Now, going back to the story,
this is the representation, we
00:29:41.04\00:29:43.48
were born in sin, right?
00:29:43.51\00:29:46.15
We were born with a sinful
body, and so sin remembers not a
00:29:46.18\00:29:49.85
nature, sin is a
choice, who says amen to that?
00:29:49.88\00:29:54.29
And so, because of this sinful
nature that we have, we have
00:29:54.32\00:29:57.03
this inclination towards sin,
we are predisposed, we have this
00:29:57.06\00:30:01.96
predisposition to be surrendered
into temptation and to sin, but
00:30:02.00\00:30:06.17
God promises us
victory, who says amen?
00:30:06.20\00:30:08.70
Go with me to Deuteronomy
chapter 5, watch this,
00:30:08.74\00:30:11.14
Deuteronomy chapter 5,
Deuteronomy chapter 5, and here
00:30:11.17\00:30:14.71
God gives the Ten
Commandments the second time.
00:30:14.74\00:30:17.28
Remember, they've been in the
desert for 50 years, I'm sorry,
00:30:17.31\00:30:19.81
40 years, and they're about
to go in after 40 years, the
00:30:19.85\00:30:23.55
unfaithful, the stubborn should
have died away, and now God
00:30:23.59\00:30:28.36
gives them the 10 Commandments
again, but when He does this,
00:30:28.39\00:30:31.19
He gives a second reason.
00:30:31.23\00:30:33.73
Deuteronomy chapter
5, who's there, amen?
00:30:33.76\00:30:37.07
Look at what it says in verse
number 12, what does it say?
00:30:37.10\00:30:43.07
Observe, right, that word
observe in Hebrew is the word
00:30:43.10\00:30:46.68
shamar, it means to protect, to
guard, to have in high esteem,
00:30:46.71\00:30:52.11
to honor, that's what it means.
00:30:52.15\00:30:54.52
"Observe the Sabbath day to keep
it holy, as the Lord your God
00:30:54.55\00:30:57.29
commanded you.
00:30:57.32\00:30:58.72
Six days you shall labor and do
all your work, but the seventh
00:30:58.75\00:31:01.52
day is the Sabbath of," Carlos
Muņoz, sorry, I'm getting old.
00:31:01.56\00:31:06.43
No, it's not, who
does the Sabbath belong to?
00:31:06.46\00:31:08.23
It belongs to God.
00:31:08.26\00:31:10.33
Now, notice the reason He gives
in Deuteronomy for keeping the
00:31:10.37\00:31:13.67
Sabbath, go please with
me to verse number 15, why?
00:31:13.70\00:31:17.94
"And remember that you are,"
what, "a slave in the land of
00:31:17.97\00:31:21.71
Egypt, a slave to sin in this
earth and Babylon, and the Lord
00:31:21.74\00:31:26.41
your God brought you out from
there by," what, "by mighty hand
00:31:26.45\00:31:30.02
and by" what, "by
outstretched arms."
00:31:30.05\00:31:32.89
This is pointing to the
Cross of Calvary, amen, this is
00:31:32.92\00:31:36.62
pointing to God's power to,
what, to save us from sin, both
00:31:36.66\00:31:39.76
the penalty of the sin and the
power of sin and the presence
00:31:39.79\00:31:43.80
of sin, and how did
Jesus Christ do that?
00:31:43.83\00:31:46.03
With outstretched arms on the
Cross of Calvary He condemned
00:31:46.07\00:31:50.11
sin in the flesh, amen?
00:31:50.14\00:31:52.84
Woo, so, see, creation, it's,
we do not celebrate Sabbath only
00:31:52.87\00:31:57.45
because of creation, but we
also celebrate it because of
00:31:57.48\00:32:01.45
redemption, and look at what
it says in Galatians chapter 4,
00:32:01.48\00:32:04.69
verse 23 and 31.
00:32:04.72\00:32:06.29
"He who was born of the slave
was born according to the flesh,
00:32:06.32\00:32:09.46
and he who was a
freeman," through the what?
00:32:09.49\00:32:11.89
"Through the promise,"
talking about Isaac and Ishmael.
00:32:11.93\00:32:14.93
"So then, brethren, we are
not children of the slave,"
00:32:14.93\00:32:18.00
but of what?
00:32:18.03\00:32:19.53
"Of the free," why?
00:32:19.57\00:32:21.07
Because Jesus Christ has
defeated the enemy, and his
00:32:21.10\00:32:24.97
victory is our victory, amen.
00:32:25.01\00:32:27.88
That's what it says in
Revelations chapter 3, verse 21.
00:32:27.91\00:32:30.35
He says that "To those that
overcome as I overcame," He's
00:32:30.38\00:32:34.32
telling us My victory over the
enemy, My victory over sin is
00:32:34.35\00:32:38.49
your victory too.
00:32:38.52\00:32:40.09
You can be free, you can
have freedom, not just from the
00:32:40.12\00:32:43.12
penalty of sin, but from the
power of sin, and eventually the
00:32:43.16\00:32:46.93
presence of sin, who says amen?
00:32:46.96\00:32:49.10
And look at what it says in
Galatians chapter 5, verse 1.
00:32:49.13\00:32:51.67
Therefore "Stand fast," be
firm, persevere, my loved ones.
00:32:51.70\00:32:55.54
"Therefore in the liberty by
which Christ has made us free,
00:32:55.57\00:32:58.77
and do not be
entangled again with" the what?
00:32:58.81\00:33:02.01
"With the yoke
of bondage," amen.
00:33:02.04\00:33:04.91
So, not only has our Lamb, has
Jesus Christ given us freedom,
00:33:04.95\00:33:07.98
that stage of atonement, but
also through his, what, through
00:33:08.02\00:33:11.45
his high priest ministry.
00:33:11.49\00:33:13.22
He is doing, what, He is
ministering this power, He is
00:33:13.25\00:33:15.56
ministering this victory to
his church, to his people, amen.
00:33:15.59\00:33:20.50
You should get excited about
this, this is fascinating stuff,
00:33:20.53\00:33:23.53
the power, the gospel is now
being manifested and ministered
00:33:23.57\00:33:27.44
to those who, what, who accept
it, those that enter into the
00:33:27.47\00:33:30.51
new everlasting covenant, amen.
00:33:30.54\00:33:33.01
And can I prove it to you?
00:33:33.04\00:33:34.41
Of course I can, Hebrews chapter
4, verse 15 and 16, "For we do
00:33:34.44\00:33:37.78
not have a High Priest
who cannot sympathize with our
00:33:37.81\00:33:40.65
weaknesses," who
says amen to that?
00:33:40.68\00:33:42.75
He knows your struggles, He
knows your battles, He knows
00:33:42.78\00:33:45.45
what you're going
through, amen, and here's
00:33:45.49\00:33:48.16
the interesting thing.
00:33:48.19\00:33:49.76
He knows every single thing,
even every bad thing about you
00:33:49.79\00:33:53.03
and me, and yet He
still loves us, amen?
00:33:53.06\00:33:56.87
That's wonderful, no condition,
the love of God, amen.
00:33:56.90\00:33:59.47
Mercy is conditional, the love
of God is not, "For we do not
00:33:59.50\00:34:04.04
have a High Priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses,
00:34:04.07\00:34:06.74
but was in all points
tempted as we are," yet, how?
00:34:06.78\00:34:10.41
"Without sin,"
who says amen to that?
00:34:10.45\00:34:12.05
And why is that important?
00:34:12.08\00:34:14.38
Because our High Priest, "Let
us therefore come boldly to the
00:34:14.42\00:34:17.29
throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy and find grace and
00:34:17.32\00:34:20.46
help in time of need," amen.
00:34:20.49\00:34:23.26
Time of need of what?
00:34:23.29\00:34:24.73
When temptation comes, when
the enemy is harassing us, when
00:34:24.76\00:34:28.00
we're being tempted,
right, sometimes from within.
00:34:28.03\00:34:32.30
And we can go to God and say,
God, I do not want to sin, I do
00:34:32.33\00:34:35.64
not want to give in to
temptation, give me the power,
00:34:35.67\00:34:39.21
Christ dwelling in me,
Father, is the promise of God,
00:34:39.24\00:34:42.14
of Your victory.
00:34:42.18\00:34:43.85
Help me, Father, to live
a righteous life like Jesus
00:34:43.88\00:34:46.48
Christ, does the
Father listen to that prayer?
00:34:46.51\00:34:49.78
That is the biggest, quickest
prayer that is answered, amen.
00:34:49.82\00:34:53.79
Jesus Christ as our
High Priest, who says amen?
00:34:53.82\00:34:57.26
And that's what it says in
Exodus 31:13, "Above all you
00:34:57.29\00:35:00.13
shall keep My
Sabbath, for this is a" what?
00:35:00.16\00:35:03.13
"A sign," that word in Greek,
both in Hebrew and in Greek, a
00:35:03.16\00:35:06.84
sign, a seal, a mark "between
Me and you throughout your
00:35:06.87\00:35:10.41
generations, that you may
know that I am the Lord that,"
00:35:10.44\00:35:12.94
does what?
00:35:12.97\00:35:14.71
"Sanctifies you," in other
words, the Sabbath is not just a
00:35:14.74\00:35:17.18
commemoration of creation,
it's not just a commemoration of
00:35:17.21\00:35:21.48
redemption, it's also
a celebration of what?
00:35:21.52\00:35:24.09
Of sanctification, that we have
the Holy Spirit, He is cleansing
00:35:24.12\00:35:27.86
and transforming and making us
new creatures, who says amen to
00:35:27.89\00:35:31.46
that, right?
00:35:31.49\00:35:33.06
That's the power, that's the
guarantee of our inheritance, it
00:35:33.09\00:35:35.63
says, people, that we are seeing
the Spirit work in our hearts,
00:35:35.66\00:35:39.33
and He's changing and
transforming us into, what, into
00:35:39.37\00:35:42.80
the image of His
Son Jesus Christ.
00:35:42.84\00:35:46.17
Ooh, amazing stuff, my loved
ones, and that's what it means
00:35:46.21\00:35:49.94
to have the law written in
our hearts and our minds, right?
00:35:49.98\00:35:53.72
The mind of Christ, the
character of Christ, the faith
00:35:53.75\00:35:56.35
of Christ that will be--we will
need if we are to be able to
00:35:56.38\00:35:59.42
stand in the End
Times, who says amen to that?
00:35:59.45\00:36:03.26
But do you know that's not the
only reason why we celebrate the
00:36:03.29\00:36:05.13
Sabbath day,
there's another reason.
00:36:05.16\00:36:07.03
Really, another one?
00:36:07.03\00:36:08.40
Oh, we could do this all day.
00:36:08.43\00:36:11.10
Look at what it says in Isaiah
chapter 66, verse 22 and 23,
00:36:11.13\00:36:14.04
"'As the new heavens and the new
earth which I will make shall
00:36:14.07\00:36:17.01
remain before Me,' says the Lord
'So shall your descendants and
00:36:17.04\00:36:19.21
your name remain.'"
00:36:19.24\00:36:20.81
I have a
question, are we in the new
00:36:20.84\00:36:22.64
heavens and the new earth yet?
00:36:22.68\00:36:24.21
We're not there yet, right,
we're not there yet, but look at
00:36:24.25\00:36:25.85
what it says in
Isaiah chapter 66:22-23.
00:36:25.88\00:36:29.28
"And it shall come to pass
that," in the new heavens and
00:36:29.32\00:36:31.72
the new earth, "From month
to month and from Sabbath to
00:36:31.75\00:36:34.62
Sabbath, all Jews shall
come to worship before Me."
00:36:34.66\00:36:39.39
No, who?
00:36:39.43\00:36:40.86
"All flesh," amen.
00:36:40.90\00:36:42.36
That means that for the rest of
eternity in the new heavens and
00:36:42.40\00:36:45.70
the new earth we're going
to be, what, we're going to be
00:36:45.73\00:36:48.60
celebrating, commemorating
the Sabbath day, who says
00:36:48.64\00:36:51.41
amen to that?
00:36:51.44\00:36:53.78
You're not going to come late,
you're not going to fall asleep,
00:36:53.81\00:36:58.48
because every Sabbath day we're
going to come to praise and
00:36:58.51\00:37:00.48
honor the King of Kings and Lord
of Lords, and He's going to be
00:37:00.52\00:37:02.52
preaching every
Sabbath day, amen?
00:37:02.55\00:37:04.19
So, you're not going to have to
be, like, who's preaching today?
00:37:04.22\00:37:06.09
I'm not going to
go to church today.
00:37:06.12\00:37:08.19
That's not going to happen, so
start getting those minds ready
00:37:08.22\00:37:12.93
for this eternity where we will
be celebrating the Sabbath day,
00:37:12.96\00:37:16.26
who says, amen,
praise the Lord for that?
00:37:16.30\00:37:18.90
And that's, my loved ones, the
Sabbath is what, a celebration
00:37:18.93\00:37:22.00
of what, of creation, of
redemption, of sanctification,
00:37:22.04\00:37:25.67
and of glorification,
who says praise the Lord?
00:37:25.71\00:37:28.28
But it also says in the lesson
outline that the Sabbath rest is
00:37:28.31\00:37:33.25
for who?
00:37:33.28\00:37:34.68
For the strangers, where?
00:37:34.72\00:37:36.22
In your gates.
00:37:36.25\00:37:38.45
And so, when Sabbath was
created, my loved ones, what was
00:37:38.49\00:37:41.36
the purpose of the Sabbath?
00:37:41.39\00:37:43.26
What was only for God's people?
00:37:43.29\00:37:46.16
What was only for those
that chose to follow God?
00:37:46.19\00:37:48.96
No, of course not, it says
in Mark 2:27 and 28, "And Jesus
00:37:49.00\00:37:52.53
said to them, 'The
Sabbath was made for,'" who?
00:37:52.57\00:37:55.00
"'For mankind,'" the Greek word
anthropos, where we get mankind,
00:37:55.04\00:37:58.51
human beings, or
anthropology, right?
00:37:58.54\00:38:01.34
The Sabbath was made for
humanity, wasn't that the case
00:38:01.38\00:38:04.01
in Genesis
chapter 1 and chapter 2?
00:38:04.05\00:38:06.78
Yes, it was created for
everybody, it was to be a
00:38:06.82\00:38:08.45
delight, a rejoicing, a
celebration, that was God's
00:38:08.48\00:38:11.65
ideal, but what happened?
00:38:11.69\00:38:14.72
People have forgotten about the
Sabbath day, the enemy has made
00:38:14.76\00:38:17.63
war on the Sabbath day, and
so we see very clearly in Exodus
00:38:17.66\00:38:21.50
chapter 20, verse 10 that "The
seventh day is the Sabbath of
00:38:21.53\00:38:24.77
the LORD your God.
00:38:24.80\00:38:26.17
In it you shall do no work:
nor you, nor your son, nor your
00:38:26.20\00:38:28.54
daughter, nor your male servant,
nor your female servant, nor
00:38:28.57\00:38:30.54
your cattle, nor your
stranger," no whoever is what?
00:38:30.57\00:38:33.44
"Within your gates," my
loved ones, the Sabbath was
00:38:33.48\00:38:35.94
for everyone.
00:38:35.98\00:38:37.78
The Sabbath, my loved ones,
it says in Isaiah also that the
00:38:37.81\00:38:41.48
Sabbath was for the foreigners
too, for the Enochs, it was
00:38:41.52\00:38:44.02
everybody that wanted
to accept the Lord, right?
00:38:44.05\00:38:46.39
He said, come, receive this
blessing and you will be blessed
00:38:46.42\00:38:50.26
in My holy mountains, amen.
00:38:50.29\00:38:53.19
Now, sometimes it's not only for
those that are in our doors and
00:38:53.23\00:38:56.67
among our homes, but it's
also towards other people,
00:38:56.70\00:39:00.57
what do I mean?
00:39:00.60\00:39:02.17
I used to, when I began to
keep the Sabbath, I was a little
00:39:02.20\00:39:04.07
loose with the Sabbath, right?
00:39:04.11\00:39:06.27
And so, sometimes when I
was living in New York City, one
00:39:06.31\00:39:09.18
time I remember I was coming out
of this youth service, we had
00:39:09.21\00:39:11.35
youth services on Friday when
Sabbath began, and so one day
00:39:11.38\00:39:14.75
I'm coming home,
and I did not prepare,
00:39:14.78\00:39:16.99
and so I'm hungry, right?
00:39:17.02\00:39:18.72
Mmm, God is not going to want
me not to eat, so across from my
00:39:18.75\00:39:23.16
apartment building there was
a little Chinese spot, so I go
00:39:23.19\00:39:25.93
there and I ask for a
nice order of fried rice.
00:39:25.96\00:39:29.23
And as I'm standing there
waiting for my order of fried
00:39:29.26\00:39:31.50
rice, thinking, you know, it's
the Sabbath day, it's okay, I'm
00:39:31.53\00:39:34.17
hungry, God understands,
right there it clicked.
00:39:34.20\00:39:38.44
I saw this Asian dude
sweating like a madman getting
00:39:38.47\00:39:43.35
my food ready.
00:39:43.38\00:39:45.15
And he's, [sizzling
noises], and it clicked.
00:39:45.18\00:39:51.55
God said, "Hypocrite!', why?
00:39:51.59\00:39:55.89
Because I don't work on the
Sabbath day, but I put other
00:39:55.92\00:39:58.39
people to work for
me, are you catching this?
00:39:58.43\00:40:03.53
That's when it clicked, it's,
and I know this because in New
00:40:03.57\00:40:06.97
York City the Jews are all over
the place, they won't even touch
00:40:07.00\00:40:09.40
an elevator button, but they'll
have other people do things for
00:40:09.44\00:40:12.57
them on the Sabbath day.
00:40:12.61\00:40:14.28
Not all of them, not all of
them, but this is how it works,
00:40:14.31\00:40:18.25
everybody in New York City
knows how it works around them.
00:40:18.28\00:40:21.52
This is hypocrisy, because I'm
resting, but I'm making somebody
00:40:21.55\00:40:24.49
else work for me.
00:40:24.52\00:40:26.49
Oh, well, you know, it's their
job that--we're supposed to be
00:40:26.52\00:40:28.46
showing them
something different, amen.
00:40:28.49\00:40:31.19
We're not--we're supposed to be
revealing something new to them,
00:40:31.23\00:40:33.73
something different.
00:40:33.76\00:40:35.30
And some people say, well--I had
recently a couple come up to me,
00:40:35.33\00:40:39.97
says, listen, my kid is grown up
now, and, you know, they don't
00:40:40.00\00:40:44.21
want to keep the Sabbath, they
don't want to honor the Sabbath
00:40:44.24\00:40:48.38
in our homes, what do
we do, do we compromise?
00:40:48.41\00:40:50.45
I'm like, no,
you don't compromise.
00:40:50.48\00:40:52.15
It's like, no matter how
old they are, if they are living
00:40:52.18\00:40:55.22
under your roof,
they're your responsibility
00:40:55.25\00:40:56.99
and they're your rules.
00:40:57.02\00:40:58.35
Oh, but if we put the
rules too tight, they'll leave.
00:40:58.39\00:41:01.92
I'm going to say something that
might hurt, but if they choose
00:41:01.96\00:41:05.73
not to respect and honor
the rules in your house what are
00:41:05.76\00:41:07.66
based on the Word of God, then
let them leave, let them leave.
00:41:07.73\00:41:12.43
Now, you might say that's a
little rough, and I'll tell you,
00:41:12.47\00:41:14.44
I'll give you an example.
00:41:14.47\00:41:16.50
What did they do, I said, if you
compromise with your beliefs and
00:41:16.54\00:41:19.44
let them, and break what is said
here in Exodus chapter 20 and
00:41:19.47\00:41:23.24
let them do what they want to do
under your roof--and I'm talking
00:41:23.28\00:41:26.65
about once they're 18 and over,
because if it's 18 and under
00:41:26.68\00:41:28.62
this should not
even be in discussion.
00:41:28.65\00:41:31.92
Then, if you compromise with
them, what you're telling them
00:41:31.95\00:41:35.16
is that the principles of God
can be compromised with, that's
00:41:35.19\00:41:39.39
what you're telling them.
00:41:39.43\00:41:40.86
Mommy and daddy compromised with
truth, and the example you're
00:41:40.90\00:41:43.33
setting for the other
ones, also, that are watching,
00:41:43.37\00:41:46.57
you can't do that.
00:41:46.60\00:41:48.44
And I had a couple that they
did that, they stayed firm with
00:41:48.47\00:41:52.77
their daughter, and the little
ones were watching, she wanted
00:41:52.81\00:41:55.78
to do whatever she wanted on the
Sabbath, and they said, we're
00:41:55.81\00:41:57.88
sorry, we cannot let you, you're
going to live under this roof,
00:41:57.91\00:42:00.52
you're going to honor the
principles of the Kingdom that
00:42:00.55\00:42:02.75
are established in
this home, and she left.
00:42:02.78\00:42:05.35
She left when she was 18, and
she living la vida loca, right?
00:42:05.39\00:42:11.93
But guess what?
00:42:11.96\00:42:14.00
When you go living la vida loca,
the living la vida loca beats
00:42:14.00\00:42:16.70
you up, and she
came running back.
00:42:16.73\00:42:19.53
But you know what, she, not only
to her, but to the little ones,
00:42:19.57\00:42:22.47
the other children, they were,
she was showing their parents,
00:42:22.50\00:42:25.14
we don't compromise with truth,
we don't compromise with God
00:42:25.17\00:42:28.14
principles, amen.
00:42:28.18\00:42:29.58
There are places to compromise,
but not in the principles of
00:42:29.61\00:42:31.95
God, who says amen to that?
00:42:31.98\00:42:33.65
And so, I know it's not easy, I
know it's difficult, but we have
00:42:33.68\00:42:37.69
to stay firm and trust in the
Word of God, because had they
00:42:37.72\00:42:40.52
compromised, then the little
ones would have all thought, oh,
00:42:40.56\00:42:43.93
truth can be compromised, there
are limits to the principles
00:42:43.96\00:42:47.30
of God.
00:42:47.36\00:42:48.73
No, my loved
ones, God is very clear.
00:42:48.76\00:42:51.07
And then we have point
number four, serving others
00:42:51.10\00:42:53.60
honors, what?
00:42:53.64\00:42:55.14
Honors God's
Sabbath, who says amen?
00:42:55.17\00:42:57.74
Do we see Jesus Christ
healing on the Sabbath day?
00:42:57.77\00:43:00.58
Do we see Jesus
healing on the Sabbath day?
00:43:00.61\00:43:03.51
That was one of the main issues
that was happening during his
00:43:03.55\00:43:06.25
time, it was the healing,
and they were always the first,
00:43:06.28\00:43:09.85
these were always
trying to point at Him.
00:43:09.88\00:43:11.65
Jesus was trying to bless these
people that were sick, these
00:43:11.69\00:43:14.16
people that had these burdens,
and they were wanting to keep
00:43:14.19\00:43:17.46
them under that burden.
00:43:17.49\00:43:20.60
Look at what I wrote here, many
times we, as the Pharisees did,
00:43:20.63\00:43:25.60
place holy things over human
needs, thus losing sight that
00:43:25.63\00:43:30.71
the purpose of the holy things
are for the human need, amen.
00:43:30.74\00:43:36.14
So, sometimes we put, oh, this
just belong to God, and we push
00:43:37.85\00:43:40.05
aside when known understanding
that the purpose of everything
00:43:40.08\00:43:43.85
that God has done is to be
a blessing to humanity, amen.
00:43:43.89\00:43:47.59
It's to be a blessing for you
and me, and so we see this, and
00:43:47.62\00:43:50.76
this is one thing that
really came out in the lesson.
00:43:50.79\00:43:53.56
Go with me please to Matthew
chapter 12, I want to share
00:43:53.60\00:43:55.83
something with you, Matthew
chapter 12, Matthew chapter 12.
00:43:55.86\00:44:00.44
There's one very interesting
healing on the Sabbath day,
00:44:00.47\00:44:04.31
Matthew chapter
12, verse number 9.
00:44:04.34\00:44:08.44
In verse number 1 through 8 you
have the issue with the bread,
00:44:08.48\00:44:11.31
right, eating
on the Sabbath day.
00:44:11.35\00:44:13.15
And, of course, that has
to do with the human needs.
00:44:13.18\00:44:14.88
Again, they're placing the
holiness of the Sabbath over the
00:44:14.92\00:44:18.25
human need, which in that
moment was about the need of the
00:44:18.29\00:44:23.16
physical need, but
also the spiritual need.
00:44:23.19\00:44:25.66
Look at what it says in Matthew
chapter 12, verse number 9, "Now
00:44:25.69\00:44:29.40
when He had departed from there,
He went into their synagogue and
00:44:29.43\00:44:32.30
behold there was a man who had
a withered hand, and they asked
00:44:32.33\00:44:35.40
Him, saying, 'Is it lawful to
heal on the Sabbath,' that they
00:44:35.44\00:44:38.77
might accuse Him.
00:44:38.81\00:44:40.48
Jesus said, 'What man is there
among you who has one sheep, and
00:44:40.51\00:44:43.78
if it falls into a pit on the
Sabbath will not lay hold of it
00:44:43.81\00:44:46.98
and lift it out.
00:44:47.02\00:44:48.45
Of how much more value
then, is a man than a sheep?
00:44:48.48\00:44:51.69
Therefore it is lawful
to do good on the Sabbath.'
00:44:51.72\00:44:55.36
Then He said to the man,
'Stretch out your hand,' and he
00:44:55.39\00:44:57.69
stretched it out, and it was
restored as whole as the others,
00:44:57.73\00:45:00.66
and then the Pharisees
went out and plotted against Him
00:45:00.70\00:45:03.16
how they might destroy Him."
00:45:03.20\00:45:06.77
This story is very
interesting, why do I say that?
00:45:06.80\00:45:10.71
This man had two hands,
one hand, the right hand, was
00:45:10.74\00:45:15.14
withered, the
left hand was normal.
00:45:15.18\00:45:18.65
I believe, and I'm just going to
share this with you, from what I
00:45:18.68\00:45:22.28
have understood in the study
about the Sabbath day, that
00:45:22.32\00:45:25.09
there are two main
components to the Sabbath day.
00:45:25.12\00:45:28.02
It is the things that we
do and the things that we
00:45:28.06\00:45:31.43
don't do, right?
00:45:31.46\00:45:34.00
Now, the part that we have and
works good and we know are the
00:45:34.03\00:45:36.97
things that we don't do.
00:45:37.00\00:45:38.60
You don't do this, you don't
do this, you don't do this, you
00:45:38.63\00:45:40.50
don't do this, you don't do
this, we're experts at that.
00:45:40.54\00:45:44.54
But the withered hand of this
young, of this man representing
00:45:44.57\00:45:47.68
the Sabbath day is what
we have forgotten to do,
00:45:47.71\00:45:50.45
and it is, what?
00:45:50.48\00:45:52.01
It is what needs healing,
and what Jesus healed here is
00:45:52.05\00:45:53.92
about, what?
00:45:53.95\00:45:55.25
The things that we should be
doing, not just what we should
00:45:55.28\00:45:58.12
not be doing and make it a do
not, do not, do not, do not, do
00:45:58.15\00:46:00.92
not, do not, do not,
but what should we be doing?
00:46:00.96\00:46:04.06
Because when you focus on the do
nots, like focusing on sin, then
00:46:04.09\00:46:07.60
that's what you're
going to fall into.
00:46:07.60\00:46:09.13
But when you focus on
righteousness, when you focus on
00:46:09.16\00:46:11.43
the do things that we should be
doing, that's when you should be
00:46:11.47\00:46:14.00
focusing, then, on
the goodness of God, amen.
00:46:14.04\00:46:17.54
And so, what
does this represent?
00:46:17.57\00:46:19.14
I believe that this story
represents how we have the list
00:46:19.17\00:46:22.41
of do nots on the Sabbath,
but we have to restore the dos.
00:46:22.44\00:46:25.78
What do you do on the
Sabbath, what is the purpose
00:46:25.81\00:46:27.45
of the Sabbath?
00:46:27.48\00:46:28.98
Jesus says, it's for healing,
it's for ministering to others,
00:46:29.02\00:46:31.19
it's for going to
do good to others.
00:46:31.22\00:46:33.39
If you're tired, yes, you need
some physical rest, go rest.
00:46:33.42\00:46:36.09
Do you want to go
take a nature walk?
00:46:36.12\00:46:37.63
Go ahead and take your nature
walk, amen for that, right,
00:46:37.66\00:46:39.93
spend time in nature.
00:46:39.96\00:46:41.46
But there is also needs to be
a time on the Sabbath where you
00:46:41.50\00:46:44.00
are ministering, why?
00:46:44.03\00:46:47.04
Well, I do it during the week,
amen for that, we all have our
00:46:47.07\00:46:49.04
personal ministries, but the
Sabbath is different because on
00:46:49.07\00:46:52.61
the Sabbath day,
nobody's working.
00:46:52.64\00:46:55.34
We all have our time, and
so it is our opportunity as a
00:46:55.38\00:46:57.91
congregation, as a
church, to go out and, what?
00:46:57.95\00:47:02.08
To go out and show our
community, our neighbors
00:47:02.12\00:47:05.22
that we're here.
00:47:05.25\00:47:06.96
Together as a family to
go minister to them, amen.
00:47:06.99\00:47:10.03
That's the purpose of the
Sabbath day, to heal, to be a
00:47:10.06\00:47:12.66
blessing, to pray, to do
these things with other people.
00:47:12.69\00:47:16.67
That's why I love what it said
on the lesson on this day, it
00:47:16.70\00:47:18.57
says, human agendas are not
part of God's Sabbath ideal.
00:47:18.60\00:47:22.64
Rather, we are invited to look
out for those who struggle, who
00:47:22.67\00:47:26.17
are captives, who are hungry and
naked and walk in darkness, and
00:47:26.21\00:47:29.51
whose names no
one seems to remember.
00:47:29.54\00:47:31.91
More than any other day of the
week, the Sabbath should take us
00:47:31.95\00:47:34.78
out of ourselves and our
own selfishness and cause us to
00:47:34.82\00:47:38.49
think more about others
and others's needs than about
00:47:38.52\00:47:42.02
ourselves and our needs.
00:47:42.06\00:47:45.26
You thought I
was making this up.
00:47:45.29\00:47:48.60
You want to spend time, do what
you need to do, but take every
00:47:48.63\00:47:51.77
Sabbath, take a period
of time and serve somebody.
00:47:51.80\00:47:55.47
Go serve others, and especially
serve somebody that maybe they
00:47:55.50\00:47:57.87
cannot serve themself, amen.
00:47:57.91\00:48:00.34
Look at what it says in the
book "Living by Faith" about the
00:48:00.38\00:48:02.64
healing power on the Sabbath.
00:48:02.68\00:48:04.41
"God gave to Jesus 'power over
all flesh, that He should give
00:48:04.45\00:48:08.18
eternal life' to
all who come to Him.
00:48:08.22\00:48:10.59
By the power which He had to
deliver the bodies of men from
00:48:10.62\00:48:13.66
disease, He showed power to
release their souls from sin.
00:48:13.69\00:48:17.39
'For whether is easier, to say,
thy sins be forgiven thee,'"
00:48:17.43\00:48:20.76
or that, what?
00:48:20.80\00:48:22.30
"Or say, Arise, and walk."
00:48:22.33\00:48:23.87
What was
easier, what was easier?
00:48:23.90\00:48:25.40
To say your sins are forgiven as
He says, to show that I am the
00:48:25.43\00:48:27.80
Lord of the Sabbath,
stand up and rise up, amen.
00:48:27.84\00:48:31.34
Showing that the power behind
the power of redemption is the
00:48:31.37\00:48:35.01
same power of creation, to
restore humanity back again into
00:48:35.04\00:48:38.38
his presence.
00:48:38.41\00:48:39.85
"In performing these miracles
on the Sabbath day, Jesus was
00:48:39.88\00:48:42.38
showing that the Sabbath is to
free man from bondage, and not
00:48:42.42\00:48:48.86
to be a bondage to them.
00:48:48.89\00:48:51.39
It commemorates creative power,
by which all who believe are
00:48:51.43\00:48:54.50
made new
creatures in Christ," amen.
00:48:54.56\00:48:57.50
"'For we which have believed
do enter into rest,' even God's
00:48:57.53\00:49:01.97
rest," and look at
how this quote finishes.
00:49:02.00\00:49:05.51
"By these miracles Christ
teaches us that the Sabbath is
00:49:05.54\00:49:08.48
the crowning
glory of the Gospel.
00:49:08.51\00:49:10.65
Kept as God has given it to us,
it enables us to see Christ as
00:49:10.68\00:49:14.65
both Redeemer and Creator."
00:49:14.68\00:49:17.52
And look at this sentence.
00:49:17.55\00:49:19.12
"His Redeeming power is," what,
"is His creative power," amen.
00:49:19.15\00:49:23.66
"The Sabbath of the Lord, the
memorial of creation, reminds us
00:49:23.69\00:49:27.00
of the power of God to salvation
to everyone that believes."
00:49:27.03\00:49:31.50
Who says
hallelujah, amen to that.
00:49:31.53\00:49:33.57
That, my loved ones, is the goal
of what Jesus was trying to show
00:49:33.60\00:49:37.57
when He was healing on the
Sabbath, that in the same way He
00:49:37.61\00:49:40.18
had power to heal from
infirmities and leper and all
00:49:40.21\00:49:44.48
these other sicknesses is
the same power He has to heal us
00:49:44.51\00:49:46.95
from the bondage of sin and
the consequences of sin and to
00:49:46.98\00:49:50.12
restore his righteousness
in us, who says amen?
00:49:50.15\00:49:54.06
And we finish with the
last point, the sign that we
00:49:54.09\00:49:57.23
belong to God.
00:49:57.26\00:49:58.83
Did you know that?
00:49:58.86\00:50:00.16
That was the thing that
identified, one of the main
00:50:00.20\00:50:02.00
things that
identified God's people.
00:50:02.03\00:50:04.40
Ezequiel 20:19 and 20, "I am
the LORD your God; walk in My
00:50:04.43\00:50:07.40
statutes, and be careful to obey
My rules, and keep My Sabbath
00:50:07.44\00:50:11.31
holy that they might be a,"
what, "a sign," a seal, "between
00:50:11.34\00:50:15.64
Me and you, that you may know
that I am the Lord your God."
00:50:15.68\00:50:20.02
Who wants to say, God, I want
You to be my God, I want You to
00:50:20.05\00:50:21.88
be my Lord?
00:50:21.92\00:50:23.52
Then He says, what?
00:50:23.55\00:50:24.99
"Then honor My
Sabbath day," amen.
00:50:25.02\00:50:26.59
Hold My Sabbath day up, and
notice that the Sabbath as this
00:50:26.62\00:50:28.86
seal or sign, it says in Romans
4:11, "He Abraham received the
00:50:28.89\00:50:33.13
sign of circumcision, a seal of
the righteousness of the faith
00:50:33.16\00:50:37.27
which he had while still
uncircumcised that he might be
00:50:37.30\00:50:39.90
the father of all those
who believe, though they are
00:50:39.93\00:50:42.84
uncircumcised that
righteousness by Me," what,
00:50:42.87\00:50:46.04
"imputed to them also."
00:50:46.07\00:50:49.31
What does it mean?
00:50:49.34\00:50:50.65
Circumcision was the external
sign, of what, of the faith that
00:50:50.68\00:50:54.65
they had, right?
00:50:54.68\00:50:56.35
The faith that was inside, the
circumcision of the heart, the
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new heart that was the evidence,
when they would circumcise
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themselves what they
were supposed to be reflecting
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off of the heart.
00:51:04.43\00:51:05.89
And in the same way, my loved
ones, today the sign or the seal
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of
righteousness of God is, what?
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When we surrender, and when we
say, God, I want to honor You in
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all ways, upholding Your
righteous law, upholding Your
00:51:14.24\00:51:17.64
principles, and that's how
the Sabbath becomes this seal of
00:51:17.67\00:51:20.64
righteousness too, not because
in it is righteousness, but
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because God through Christ
dwelling in us is restoring and
00:51:24.61\00:51:29.48
giving us, manifesting
the righteousness of Christ.
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And so, we don't keep
the Sabbath, we don't honor
00:51:32.22\00:51:34.92
the Sabbath to be
saved, to be justified.
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It is because we have been
justified, it is because we have
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been forgiven, it is because
we have been redeemed, my loved
00:51:40.40\00:51:42.90
ones, that we say, Lord, I want
to honor and uphold Your Sabbath
00:51:42.93\00:51:46.30
day, which is a commemoration
and a celebration that You are
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our God and we are Your
children, who says amen to that?
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Woo, my loved
ones, my time is over.
00:51:53.51\00:51:56.11
It was--there's so much, we
could do this all day, keep on
00:51:56.14\00:51:59.08
studying, keep on rejoicing, and
know that God wants to give us
00:51:59.11\00:52:01.65
that rest.
00:52:01.68\00:52:03.12
Not just rest, physical rest,
but rest from the ways of the
00:52:03.15\00:52:06.12
world, rest from the burdens of
the world, and rest from our own
00:52:06.15\00:52:09.89
works trying to live up
in harmony with God's law.
00:52:09.92\00:52:14.00
He is the one that promises to
do the work in us, we just have
00:52:14.00\00:52:16.77
to let Him do what He promised
to do, and we will see his power
00:52:16.80\00:52:20.57
and his glory
manifested in our lives, amen.
00:52:20.60\00:52:23.41
Who wants to say this morning,
I want the rest that comes with
00:52:23.44\00:52:26.74
Jesus Christ, amen.
00:52:26.78\00:52:28.64
Let's pray, Father, we thank You
for this opportunity, we thank
00:52:28.68\00:52:30.85
You for the blessing of studying
Your lesson today and just
00:52:30.88\00:52:33.85
touching and dabbling, Father,
in some of these principles in
00:52:33.88\00:52:36.82
regard to the Sabbath.
00:52:36.85\00:52:38.52
Father, hopefully there is
somebody that is watching that
00:52:38.55\00:52:40.46
has never heard this truth
before, that is starting to
00:52:40.49\00:52:44.26
learn about this.
00:52:44.29\00:52:45.89
We ask that Your Spirit continue
to work in that heart, that they
00:52:45.93\00:52:48.53
can go by the Word and the Word
only, not custom, not tradition,
00:52:48.56\00:52:51.53
not popularity.
00:52:51.57\00:52:53.00
What does the Word
say, live by the Word.
00:52:53.03\00:52:55.84
And that we who have accepted
this wonderful truth may be
00:52:55.87\00:52:59.24
ready and prepared to share
and to expound and to deepen the
00:52:59.27\00:53:03.61
understanding in regards to
this wonderful truth of Your
00:53:03.65\00:53:05.98
Sabbath, of Your law,
of Your righteousness,
00:53:06.01\00:53:08.75
of Your own heart.
00:53:08.78\00:53:10.42
We thank You, Father, for this
blessing, and we ask this in
00:53:10.45\00:53:12.22
Jesus's name, amen.
00:53:12.25\00:53:14.66
Happy Sabbath, everyone.
00:53:14.69\00:53:16.46
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Facts" changed lives.
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female: Well, my
conversion story is, when I was
00:54:04.91\00:54:08.24
in the Philippines I
just graduated as a nurse, and
00:54:08.28\00:54:13.55
afterwards I did
not have any religion.
00:54:13.58\00:54:18.15
And one time I found
myself inside a small church,
00:54:18.19\00:54:21.82
Catholic church in
Manilla, and before a big cross.
00:54:21.86\00:54:27.76
And I was kneeling before, and
I could hear Jesus telling me to
00:54:27.83\00:54:33.13
enter the convent, save
myself and also my family.
00:54:33.17\00:54:37.84
And I said, Lord, I would
like to follow You all the way.
00:54:37.87\00:54:40.84
At that point I seemed to be
happy externally, but because
00:54:40.88\00:54:45.55
inside the convent we don't read
the Bible, we don't study about
00:54:45.58\00:54:49.75
the Word of God.
00:54:49.78\00:54:52.05
We prayed the rosaries, we also
at the same time studied the
00:54:52.09\00:54:55.79
lives of the Saints and also our
founders, and the encyclicals of
00:54:55.82\00:55:00.53
the Pope, and the Virgin Mary.
00:55:00.56\00:55:04.07
And so, I do not know the
truth, and I had this torture of
00:55:04.10\00:55:07.17
conscience, the guilty feelings
that cannot be resolved.
00:55:07.20\00:55:11.74
So, I would confess to the
priest in the confessional box,
00:55:11.77\00:55:14.98
saying, "Father, forgive
me, since my last confession was
00:55:15.01\00:55:19.58
last week, since then I have
committed the following sin,
00:55:19.61\00:55:23.92
including the root cause, why
am I falling and falling in that
00:55:23.95\00:55:27.92
same sin over and over again?"
00:55:27.96\00:55:31.13
And still, for 21 long
years I struggle and I struggle
00:55:31.16\00:55:36.30
and I struggle.
00:55:36.33\00:55:38.20
I realized that I was totally
empty, I was totally helpless
00:55:38.23\00:55:43.34
and hopeless, and so depressed,
and so desperate that I would
00:55:43.37\00:55:48.34
like already to end my life.
00:55:48.38\00:55:51.08
I was working for five years
as dean of the University of
00:55:51.11\00:55:55.15
St. Augustine College of
Nursing in Iloilo City, one of
00:55:55.18\00:55:59.05
the islands in the Philippines.
00:55:59.09\00:56:01.99
After five years I received
my commission from my parents to
00:56:02.02\00:56:07.50
help my sister, who is
being a battered woman.
00:56:07.56\00:56:11.63
This is one of the reasons why
I came over to United States,
00:56:11.67\00:56:16.91
it is because my
sister needs my help.
00:56:16.94\00:56:20.61
As I was working in the hospital
in New York, my boss, Seraphin,
00:56:20.64\00:56:24.71
he was so gracious enough
to give me an invitation to the
00:56:24.75\00:56:28.65
Millennium Prophecy.
00:56:28.68\00:56:30.55
As I was listening to Pastor
Doug Batchelor's presentation my
00:56:30.59\00:56:35.42
heart, really, was beating so
fast, and my mind, I'm able to
00:56:35.46\00:56:40.40
grasp the truth that this is the
truth that I have been longing
00:56:40.43\00:56:46.00
to hear all my life, that I
have been seeking for so long.
00:56:46.03\00:56:51.54
My personal relationship with
Jesus, I can see Jesus as my
00:56:51.57\00:56:56.04
personal Savior.
00:56:56.08\00:56:58.41
He is not only the Savior of
the whole world, but He is my
00:56:58.45\00:57:02.32
personal Savior.
00:57:02.35\00:57:04.62
He was the one who delivered me
mightily from the depths of sin
00:57:04.65\00:57:10.39
from the mighty clay.
00:57:10.43\00:57:12.46
Pastor Doug Batchelor has
been used by the Lord in my
00:57:12.49\00:57:16.30
conversion, the
"Amazing Facts," I owe to them.
00:57:16.33\00:57:21.10
The Lord really blessed this
ministry, and I'm so proud I was
00:57:21.14\00:57:25.87
able to attend this
Millennium Prophecy.
00:57:25.91\00:57:29.48
My life has never been the same,
it has given me that peace, that
00:57:29.51\00:57:34.45
joy that never--I have never
tasted in my life, and now I am
00:57:34.48\00:57:41.86
set free to be able to
work for Him and to follow Him.
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