The Bible tells us, "In
the beginning was the Word,
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and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God."
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It says, "To
receive with meekness
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the implanted Word,
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which is able
to save your souls,
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and to be diligent to present
yourself approved to God,
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rightly dividing
the Word of truth."
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Join us now for the
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Our study today is
"Preparation for the End time."
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And I want to welcome you
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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It's just a joy
to have you with us.
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We have so much fun teaching.
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And don't we,
ladies and gentlemen?
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This is a...
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It's such a
privilege that God has given us
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to be able to study God's
Word and share it with you.
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So thank you for joining us.
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Now, for you that don't have
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one of our Sabbath
School quarterlies.
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Let me tell you how to get it.
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Now I believe the
address is on the screen.
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But for you who are
listening on 3ABN Radio,
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let me tell you how
to get 3ABN study guide,
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just go on your computer
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to ABSG.Adventist.org.
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And that you can download it
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or there is another way for you
to get to Sabbath School Panel
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and that's go to your local
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They would be so delighted
to have, share one with you.
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And you know,
they would invite you
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to come to
Sabbath School as well.
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We appreciate so
much you being with us.
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But sometimes sitting in a class
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where you can share your input,
you can have input as well.
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Sometimes that's fun.
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So I just want to encourage you,
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being with us at
every chance you get,
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but also go to your local
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Now on this panel today,
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I like to call it
my illustrious panel
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because these are my friends.
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This is my family.
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And next to me is my
dear, dear friend Shelley Quinn.
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Thank you for
joining us. Pastor CA Murray.
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My little sister I
call her, Jill Morikone.
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And then Danny Shelton,
our president and founder.
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Danny, thank you so
much for being with us.
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Good to be here.
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It's just so much fun
to have you all with us.
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Now, Jill, I'm going to ask
that you open in prayer for us.
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Okay. Sure.
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Holy Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus.
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And we just thank You
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for the privilege of
opening up Your Word.
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We ask right now
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that You would empty us
of self and fill us with You.
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We ask for the
anointing of Your Holy Spirit
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that You would
give us ears to hear
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what is in Your Word
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and a heart to
put it into practice.
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And we thank You in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, today's lesson is entitled
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"The Change of the Law."
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And every one of us
have a portion to share
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concerning that subject.
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Now, most specifically
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what we're going to look
at is the fourth commandment.
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And I thought to start it
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to lay the foundation
for this lesson today.
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I would have every one
of you turn to Exodus 20.
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I hope you've got your Bible.
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Turn to Exodus 20,
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we're going to
read verses 8 through 11
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which is the fourth commandment.
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So I'm going to read it.
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It starts,
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"Remember the Sabbath, to
keep it," what's that word?
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"Holy.
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Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
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but the seventh day
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is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God.
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In it you shall do no
work, you, nor your son,
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nor your daughter,
nor your male servant,
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nor your female
servant, nor your cattle,
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nor your stranger
who is within your gates.
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For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
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the sea, and
all that is in them,
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and rested the seventh day.
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Therefore the
Lord," did something.
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"He blessed the Sabbath
day and He hallowed it."
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Now we are
Seventh-day Adventists,
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we kind of give away in
our name what we believe,
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we believe that we are to,
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hey, remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy,
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just like the
scripture tells us to do.
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Although we fully understand
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that salvation
is by faith alone,
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do we not?
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And that keeping the
law and that includes
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the seventh day
Sabbath can never save us.
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We also understand
that in the last days,
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obedience to God's law
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including the
seventh day Sabbath
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will be the outward sign,
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a mark of where
our true allegiance is.
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Now that is an
understanding that we have.
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I used to work with a
lady, her name was Elora Ford.
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Mrs. Ford. Danny,
remember Mrs. Ford?
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Precious, precious lady.
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And even she told me
concerning the Sabbath,
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she said in the end time
and that's what we're studying,
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preparing for the end time.
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She said, "In the end time,
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the litmus test is going to be
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whether you keep
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the Sabbath day Sabbath or not."
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Now, what is a litmus test?
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A litmus test is a
decisive, indicative test.
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Decisive, indicative test.
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And I'm looking into
the world now as we see it,
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is our world in turmoil?
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Now, it's been
turmoil but it appears to me,
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it seems to me that
it's declining to its end.
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The things aren't
getting better and better,
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things are
getting worse and worse.
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And something
even in my short years
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of being alive.
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And they are short, I
don't care how old I am,
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when you look at
the length of the world,
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how old the world is.
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Looking, it seems to me like
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this litmus test Mrs.
Ford was talking about,
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whether you keep the
Sabbath or whether you don't.
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You know, that's
only two camps, is it not?
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Two camps. Well,
I look in the world.
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And this is
something that it appears
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as though we're singing.
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There are...
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There is either the camp
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that loves the appearing
of the Lord Jesus Christ
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or the camp that total rejects,
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we'll call it
the antichrist camp,
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totally rejects
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Now, this is what
I'm seeing happening.
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It appears as though
we're falling into two camps
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whereas remember the nominals,
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they were either
a nominal Christian
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or a nominal
atheist but there was,
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it appears to me in my thinking
a third camp, the great camp.
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Now, it seems to me
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that we're either
getting black or white.
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We're either for
the Lord Jesus Christ,
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committed to Him
or we totally reject.
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It's as though that
third camp is disappearing.
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The litmus test,
either you acknowledge God
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and serve Him or you reject Him.
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Now, this week we look
at the law of God, again,
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especially the Sabbath
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and the attempt
to change to the...
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The attempted change
to the very commandment
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that God said to do what?
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Remember.
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It's though we are forgetting
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the one thing God
told us to remember.
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Now our memory
text is Daniel 7:25.
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And I want us to
all read this together.
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Daniel 7:25.
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Turn into your Word.
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Get your
Sabbath School quarterly
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but get involved
in these lessons,
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get involved in this
Sabbath School lesson.
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Let's read together,
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"He will speak
against the Most High
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and oppress his holy people
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and try to change the
set times and the laws.
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The holy people
will be delivered
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into his hands
for a time and times
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and half a time."
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Now, I'm honored to have
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as my portion of the
lesson today, Sunday.
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And Sunday's
title is the promise.
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One of the greatest promises
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in the Bible is
found in Romans 8:1.
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So go ahead and
turn to Romans 8:1.
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And you're going to stay
there for a little while.
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Romans 8:1, this great promise.
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And let me read it to you.
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"There is
therefore now no condemnation
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to those who
are in Christ Jesus.
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Who do not walk
according to the flesh
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but according to the Spirit."
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Now, this promise
is a kind of a capstone
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or a conclusion
that Paul is drawing
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to a train of thought
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that he had
developed in chapter 7.
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Now, I want us
to look at Romans 7,
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we're going to look
at verses 15 through 25.
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And what Paul is
doing and it's titled,
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"The wretched man of Romans 7."
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Oh, wretched man that
I am he says in the end.
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But he is showing
us the reality of sin.
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But oh, thank God
for the promises of God.
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But I want to read
this to you very quickly.
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Paul says, "For what am I doing,
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I do not understand,
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for what I will to do
that I do not practice.
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But what I hate, that I
do." You ever been there?
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"If, then, I do
what I will not to do,
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I agree with the
law that it is good.
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But now, it is no
longer I who do it,
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but sin that dwells in me.
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For I know that in me,
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that is, in my
flesh nothing good dwells,
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for to will is present with me,
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but how to perform
what is good I do not find.
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For the good that I
will to do, I do not do,
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but the evil I will not
to do, that I practice."
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Verse 20, "Now if I
do what I will not to do,
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it is no longer I who do
it, but sin that dwells in me.
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I find then a law, that
evil is present with me,
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the one who wills to do good.
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For I delight in the law of God
according to the inward man."
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Spirits will and but...
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Flesh is weak. Weak flesh.
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"But I see another law at
work in my members in my flesh,
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warring against
the law of my mind,
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and bringing me into
captivity to the law of sin
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which is in my members."
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Paul says, "O
wretched man that I am!
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Who will deliver me
from this body of sin,
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this body of death?"
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He asks a question.
You know what he does.
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He answers it.
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So how is Paul feeling
about himself right now?
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O wretched man that I am!
Who's going to deliver me.
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He feels
condemned, he feels hopeless.
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And that there is no hope.
Have you ever felt that way?
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Just because of
your own actions,
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I meant that I was
never going to do that again
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and I have done
it three times today.
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O wretched man that I am!
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Thank God that Paul
answers his question.
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And that is in verse 25.
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"I thank God, through
Jesus Christ our Lord!
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So then, with the mind I
myself serve the law of God,
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but with the
flesh the law of sin."
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Now I want to read verse
25 to you in the Amplified.
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Now, Danny, here's what
the Amplified Bible does.
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It amplifies. Imagine that.
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Okay, Amplified Bible.
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This is what it says,
"Oh, thank God, He will."
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Meaning God will
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because remember the
question that Paul asked.
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Who's going to deliver
me from this body of death?
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Oh, thank God, God will.
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"Through Jesus Christ,
the Anointed One, our Lord.
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So then indeed I of
myself with the mind and heart
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serve the law of God
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but with the
flesh the law of sin."
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Then comes that promise
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that we started
out with the promise.
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"There is therefore
now, no condemnation."
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How was Paul's
feeling when he said,
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"Oh, wretched man that I am?"
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Condemned. Oh.
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"There is therefore right now,
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no condemnation to those
who are in Christ Jesus."
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Paul takes this
hopeless situation
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and turns it into hope.
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But there is a prerequisite,
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"Who do not walk
according to the flesh
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but according to the spirit."
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Paul makes the
reality of sin very real.
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And I think we can
all relate to this.
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That's a struggle.
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I don't know about you,
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but I find times
when it's just a struggle.
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Matthew and Mark both tells us
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that our spirit
indeed is willing
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but our flesh is
weak, for Paul the problem
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we all face today isn't the law.
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And remember, we're looking
at the changing of the law,
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it's not the law
that's the problem.
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What's the problem? Sin.
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Sin is the problem.
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Our problem
isn't the law of God,
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it's not the Word of God,
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it's sin that is
at work in our flesh.
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There is therefore
now no condemnation
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to those who are in Christ Jesus
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who walk not after the
flesh but after the Spirit.
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Now, Shelley, I know
I'm getting on your ground,
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because you are going
to look at the next verse.
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But the next verse
is kind of the capstone.
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"For the law of the
spirit of life in Christ Jesus
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has made me free from
the law of sin and death."
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You see, at one time
this law of sin and death
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was the law that we were under.
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But when we make Jesus
Christ the Lord of our life,
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we come under a new legal system
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and it is called the
law of the Spirit of Life
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in Christ Jesus.
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Sister Shelley.
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I'm glad you said that
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'cause I'm not
sure I even addressed
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that one in my notes.
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Okay.
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Mollie, thank you for showing us
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the reality of sin even
in the Christian's life.
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But in the previous
verse as Paul points out
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the prevalence of
sin and how deadly it is.
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So Monday's lesson
is the law and sin.
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And we're going to...
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I'm going to read
very rapidly, Romans 7:1-14
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then we're going
to take it apart.
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But I think it's important
that we read this scripture.
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Romans 7:1-14.
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Paul says, "Or do
you not know, brethren,
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for I speak to
those who know the law,
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that the law has dominion
over a man as long as he lives?
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For the woman who
has a husband is bound
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by the law to her
husband as long as he lives.
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But if the husband dies,
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she is released from
the law of her husband.
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So then if, while
her husband lives,
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she marries another man,
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she will be
called an adulteress,
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but if her husband dies,
she is free from the law,
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so that she is no adulteress,
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though she has
married another man.
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Therefore, my brethren,
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you also have
become dead to the law
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through the body of Christ,
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that you may be
married to another, to Him
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who was raised from the dead,
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that we should
bear fruit to God.
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For when we were in the
flesh, the sinful passions
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which were aroused
by the law were at work
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in our members to
bear fruit to death.
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But now we have been
delivered from the law,
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having died to
what we were held by,
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so that we should serve
in the newness of the Spirit
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and not in the
oldness of the letter.
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What shall we say then? Is
the law sin? Certainly not!
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On the contrary,
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I would not have known
sin except through the law.
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For I would not
have known covetousness
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unless the law had
said, 'You shall not covet.'
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But sin, taking
opportunity by the commandment,
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produced in me all
manner of evil desire.
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For apart from
the law sin was dead.
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I was once
alive without the law,
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but when the commandment
came, sin revived and I died.
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And the commandment,
which was to bring life,
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I found to bring death.
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For sin, taking occasion
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by the commandment,
deceived me, and it killed me.
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Therefore the law is holy,
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and the commandment
holy and just and good.
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Has then what is
good become death to me?
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Certainly not!
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But sin, that it
might appear sin,
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was producing death in
me through what is good,
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so that the sin
through the commandment
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might become exceedingly sinful.
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For we know that
the law is spiritual,
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but I am
carnal, sold under sin."
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Okay. What did we just say?
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You know, you read Revelation,
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I mean Romans 7:1-14
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and so many believers are unsure
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about the relationship
between the law and grace.
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And what was happening,
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the reason Paul was
writing this in the first place
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is his opponents
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thought that the gospel of grace
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was trying to harm or
do away with God's law.
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And we've got people
today who actually believe
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the gospel of grace
just do away with God's law.
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So let's look,
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you know, Paul extolled
the virtues of the law, did he?
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He said, it was good, it
was just, it was spiritual,
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it's holy.
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So let's look at
what the law does.
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Number one, the law reflects
the nature of the lawgiver.
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The law reflects the
purity of God's character.
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God is holy, He is just,
He is good, He is spiritual.
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And Paul just got through saying
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that the law is holy,
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good and
righteous, it's spiritual.
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So how did this holy,
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good and righteous
law make Paul dead?
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As you've already
said the law kills no one.
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It is sin which kills.
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So number two, the law outlines
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the standards of behavior
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that God regards as righteous.
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And when the sin
nature confronts the law,
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what you've just seen
and what Paul is saying here,
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sin brings to life.
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So when sin brings
to life, what happens?
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We die.
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But this
reveals how contemptible
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the sin nature is.
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When you can take
something that is holy,
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and just, and righteous,
and use it for evil purposes,
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that's just the contemptibleness
00:19:09.68\00:19:11.68
of our sin nature.
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So the problem's
not within the law,
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the problem is
in our sin nature.
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Yes. All right.
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The third thing.
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The law reveals
our need for a savior.
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The utter sinfulness of our sin
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enslaved us before
we died with Christ.
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You know,
Romans 6 before we died
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and were buried in baptism
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and raised up
to newness of life.
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When we had a sin nature,
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what is it,
Roman 6:16 that says,
00:19:47.65\00:19:49.88
"We're either enslaved to sin
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which leads to
death or obedience
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which leads to
righteousness," right?
00:19:55.72\00:19:58.29
So what Paul is arguing
here is the good news of sinners
00:19:58.33\00:20:02.93
being justified
freely by God's grace.
00:20:02.96\00:20:06.23
So the three
purposes of the law,
00:20:06.27\00:20:08.30
the law reveals the
nature of the lawgiver.
00:20:08.34\00:20:12.61
It reveals His character.
00:20:12.64\00:20:15.78
It outlines the
standards of behavior
00:20:15.81\00:20:18.58
that God accepts as righteous
00:20:18.61\00:20:22.05
that what He
regards as righteous.
00:20:22.08\00:20:25.25
And it reveals
our need for a savior.
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Do we still need a law?
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I mean, there's no question
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about whether or
not we need the law.
00:20:31.43\00:20:34.00
So when we think about
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what Paul is arguing here,
00:20:38.17\00:20:39.90
he's saying the
good news for sinners
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is we're justified freely
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by God's grace to
honor and satisfy,
00:20:43.81\00:20:47.28
the demands of the
law have been fulfilled,
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and we uphold the law.
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And we are
simultaneously released
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from trying to be
justified by the law.
00:20:57.89\00:21:03.73
We are released
from the efforts of...
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We died to the
law for justification
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is what Paul is saying.
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Does that make sense?
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You know, some people think
00:21:14.34\00:21:15.70
that through obedience
we're going to be saved.
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No.
00:21:18.41\00:21:19.74
Through
disobedience you can be lost,
00:21:19.77\00:21:21.21
but through obedience
you're not going to be saved,
00:21:21.24\00:21:23.04
it's only the
blood of Jesus Christ
00:21:23.08\00:21:24.95
and accepting
Jesus as your Savior,
00:21:24.98\00:21:26.98
we are saved by
grace through faith,
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not of works that
any man can boast.
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So we are, we died to
the law for justification,
00:21:31.39\00:21:35.92
we die to all efforts
trying to be justified by it.
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And we are alive
in Christ liberated
00:21:41.53\00:21:45.27
by love to live a
morally fruitful life.
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Let me tell you something,
00:21:49.50\00:21:50.84
when you are
motivated by love for God,
00:21:50.87\00:21:54.84
and when you understand
what Christ has done for you,
00:21:54.88\00:21:57.08
you'll be
motivated by love for God.
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Then you're not walking
in obedience to be saved,
00:21:59.78\00:22:04.22
you know, you're saved,
00:22:04.25\00:22:05.59
you're not walking in
obedience to be saved,
00:22:05.62\00:22:07.46
you're walking in
obedience out of loyalty
00:22:07.49\00:22:11.26
to your love for God.
00:22:11.29\00:22:12.89
That's right.
00:22:12.93\00:22:14.26
So now let's look
at Romans 6:16-18.
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That was in my
notes, I didn't even know.
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Romans 6:16-18.
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Paul says, "Do you
not know that to whom
00:22:23.54\00:22:25.31
you present
yourselves slaves to obey,
00:22:25.34\00:22:27.58
you are that one's
slaves whom you obey,
00:22:27.61\00:22:30.28
whether of sin leading to death,
00:22:30.31\00:22:32.81
or of obedience
leading to righteousness?
00:22:32.85\00:22:35.55
But God be thanked
00:22:35.58\00:22:37.59
that though you
were slaves of sin,
00:22:37.62\00:22:40.99
yet you obeyed from the heart
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that form of doctrine to
which you were delivered.
00:22:43.46\00:22:46.46
And having been set free
from sin," and what is sin?
00:22:46.49\00:22:49.86
Sin is a
transgression of the law.
00:22:49.90\00:22:52.03
"Having been set free from sin,
00:22:52.07\00:22:55.40
you become slaves
to righteousness."
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Amen. Hallelujah.
00:22:57.47\00:22:58.81
I mean, you are
yoked with Christ,
00:22:58.84\00:23:01.38
He is carrying you
through, is He not?
00:23:01.41\00:23:03.95
So the law still
reflects God's nature.
00:23:03.98\00:23:07.75
It reflects His expectations.
00:23:07.78\00:23:10.19
And it's very
relevant to the believer today.
00:23:10.22\00:23:12.75
I want to read you something,
00:23:12.79\00:23:14.39
many of you
appreciate Oswald Chambers.
00:23:14.42\00:23:18.46
I hear often of Oswald Chambers.
00:23:18.49\00:23:22.00
And I want to read
00:23:22.03\00:23:23.47
what he said about verse 9
00:23:23.50\00:23:26.94
which Romans 7:9 says,
00:23:26.97\00:23:30.74
"I was alive
once without the law,
00:23:30.77\00:23:32.77
but when the commandment
came, sin revived and I died."
00:23:32.81\00:23:36.14
So let's look
at Oswald Chambers.
00:23:36.18\00:23:38.15
He says, "The moral law
00:23:38.18\00:23:39.51
does not consider our weaknesses
00:23:39.55\00:23:40.88
as human beings, in
fact it is not taken
00:23:40.92\00:23:43.12
into account our
heredity or infirmities,
00:23:43.15\00:23:46.15
it simply demands
that we absolutely moral.
00:23:46.19\00:23:49.89
The moral law
never changes." Okay.
00:23:49.92\00:23:52.73
That's what he says.
00:23:52.76\00:23:54.10
"The moral law never changes,
00:23:54.13\00:23:55.96
either for the
highest of society
00:23:56.00\00:23:57.83
or for the weakest of the world,
00:23:57.87\00:23:59.30
it is enduring and
eternally the same."
00:23:59.33\00:24:03.67
So the moral laws,
00:24:03.71\00:24:05.04
the Ten
Commandments are still there.
00:24:05.07\00:24:06.61
"The moral law ordained by
God does not make itself weak
00:24:06.64\00:24:10.15
to the weak,
excuse our short comings,
00:24:10.18\00:24:12.51
it remains absolute
for all time and eternity.
00:24:12.55\00:24:17.65
If we are not aware of this,
00:24:17.69\00:24:19.92
it is because we
are less than alive.
00:24:19.95\00:24:21.72
Once we do realize it,
00:24:21.76\00:24:23.96
our life immediately
becomes a fatal tragedy,
00:24:23.99\00:24:26.66
I was once
alive without the law,
00:24:26.70\00:24:29.16
but when the commandment
came, sin revived and I died."
00:24:29.20\00:24:33.03
And then we know
we need a Savior,
00:24:33.07\00:24:35.94
that's what it's all about.
00:24:35.97\00:24:37.67
The moral law reflects
00:24:37.71\00:24:39.97
God's character,
it shows us the...
00:24:40.01\00:24:44.28
What He expects
from us to be righteous,
00:24:44.31\00:24:47.78
but it's through Christ
00:24:47.82\00:24:49.15
that we receive
this righteousness.
00:24:49.18\00:24:51.09
And it shows us
our need for a Savior.
00:24:51.12\00:24:53.52
Amen. Amen.
00:24:53.56\00:24:54.89
I am so glad that you ended
00:24:54.92\00:24:56.76
with a quote
from Oswald Chambers
00:24:56.79\00:24:58.39
who is not a
member of our faith group,
00:24:58.43\00:25:00.56
but who affirms the
perpetuity of the moral law
00:25:00.60\00:25:05.00
because my
particular portion deals
00:25:05.03\00:25:09.04
with Sabbath the Sunday,
which deals with a change
00:25:09.07\00:25:12.71
or an attempted
change in that law.
00:25:12.74\00:25:15.61
It's predicted in Daniel 7:25
00:25:15.64\00:25:17.45
that there will be an attempt
to change times and laws.
00:25:17.48\00:25:21.82
And I appreciate
00:25:21.85\00:25:23.39
what the author
of the lesson seeks
00:25:23.42\00:25:25.49
to accomplish here
because what he's trying to do
00:25:25.52\00:25:27.92
is cut through a
lot of the chaff,
00:25:27.96\00:25:31.16
the detritus and kind
of hone in on the issue
00:25:31.19\00:25:34.50
because the author is saying.
00:25:34.53\00:25:37.37
And I know the
author of the lesson,
00:25:37.40\00:25:39.13
he says that this idea
that we're not under the law
00:25:39.17\00:25:42.37
but under grace is
really a smokescreen
00:25:42.40\00:25:45.44
for not wanting
to keep the Sabbath.
00:25:45.47\00:25:48.21
But if Chambers even
knows it that the moral law,
00:25:48.24\00:25:52.05
the Ten
Commandments is unchanging.
00:25:52.08\00:25:54.15
It is unchanged,
00:25:54.18\00:25:55.52
it is as
unchanging as is its author.
00:25:55.55\00:25:59.99
It does not change.
00:26:00.02\00:26:03.66
What people are trying to do
00:26:03.69\00:26:05.03
is justify the rejection
of the fourth commandment.
00:26:05.06\00:26:09.33
They're trying to justify
00:26:09.36\00:26:10.87
the rejection of
not keeping the Sabbath.
00:26:10.90\00:26:13.77
They have no problem with
00:26:13.80\00:26:15.14
"Thou shalt not
commit adultery,"
00:26:15.17\00:26:16.50
that's fine, they
have no problem with
00:26:16.54\00:26:18.04
"Thou shalt not
covet," that's fine.
00:26:18.07\00:26:20.61
They have no problem with
00:26:20.64\00:26:21.98
"Honor thy father and
thy mother," that's fine.
00:26:22.01\00:26:24.28
They have no problem with
00:26:24.31\00:26:25.65
"Thou shalt not
steal," that's fine.
00:26:25.68\00:26:27.85
The issue is Sabbath.
00:26:27.88\00:26:30.95
It's the Sabbath
00:26:30.99\00:26:32.45
and not wanting
to keep the Sabbath.
00:26:32.49\00:26:33.82
And what is sad
00:26:33.86\00:26:35.19
is that God signs
His name in the Sabbath,
00:26:35.22\00:26:38.33
in the fourth commandment.
00:26:38.36\00:26:39.69
That's how we know
00:26:39.73\00:26:41.06
who is giving us
the fourth commandment
00:26:41.10\00:26:42.80
because that is where
God chooses to sign His name.
00:26:42.83\00:26:47.44
So they are
rejecting a God commanded day
00:26:47.47\00:26:53.27
in favor of a day
based on tradition.
00:26:53.31\00:26:58.18
So this portion of the lesson
00:26:58.21\00:27:01.85
adopts a defensive posture
00:27:01.88\00:27:04.22
in looking at
some of the materials
00:27:04.25\00:27:06.35
that first day worshippers used
00:27:06.39\00:27:08.56
to defend their
particular practice.
00:27:08.59\00:27:11.36
And so, he looks at
three particular texts
00:27:11.39\00:27:14.63
that people will often point
00:27:14.66\00:27:16.16
to as justification
for the change of the day.
00:27:16.20\00:27:20.87
But when you
really look at them,
00:27:20.90\00:27:24.04
they do not make
that justification.
00:27:24.07\00:27:25.64
No, I don't have
time to read all of them,
00:27:25.67\00:27:27.68
so I'll summarize them
and then try to readdress them
00:27:27.71\00:27:30.41
as best I can in
the time allotted to me.
00:27:30.45\00:27:32.88
John 20:19-23.
00:27:32.91\00:27:36.85
There is a meeting
00:27:36.89\00:27:39.55
of the disciples
00:27:39.59\00:27:43.16
that people will say
is a worship service.
00:27:43.19\00:27:48.36
And as such justifies
00:27:48.40\00:27:50.17
the change of the
day but it is not.
00:27:50.20\00:27:52.23
The text says
00:27:52.27\00:27:53.80
that the disciples
are locked in a room
00:27:53.84\00:27:56.20
on Sunday night
for fear of the Jews.
00:27:56.24\00:27:59.17
This is not a work
of church service...
00:27:59.21\00:28:01.24
Sunday night,
when though? What's?
00:28:01.28\00:28:02.71
Sunday evening, the evening...
00:28:02.74\00:28:04.08
Following what?
Following the resurrection.
00:28:04.11\00:28:06.31
Yes. Thank you.
00:28:06.35\00:28:07.68
Following the resurrection.
00:28:07.72\00:28:09.05
They're locked in a room
00:28:09.08\00:28:10.42
because they're
afraid the Jews gonna come
00:28:10.45\00:28:11.79
and get them, you know.
00:28:11.82\00:28:13.15
So Christ comes in.
00:28:13.19\00:28:14.66
And praise the
Lord, one of the things
00:28:14.69\00:28:16.19
that He did before
returning to heaven,
00:28:16.22\00:28:18.53
He had a lot to do was
to comfort His disciples,
00:28:18.56\00:28:21.56
they're
scattered, they're afraid,
00:28:21.60\00:28:23.30
they're locked in a room.
00:28:23.33\00:28:25.20
Christ comes to them
to give them comfort.
00:28:25.23\00:28:28.70
So Jesus appears.
00:28:28.74\00:28:30.44
So it's not, it's not anything
00:28:30.47\00:28:33.94
that justifies
the change of the day.
00:28:33.98\00:28:36.54
This is a bunch of scared guys
who Christ is coming to say,
00:28:36.58\00:28:40.22
it's going to be all
right, it's going to be good,
00:28:40.25\00:28:43.72
I've left but
you've got comfort.
00:28:43.75\00:28:45.72
And I'm here to give you comfort
00:28:45.75\00:28:49.82
and to encourage you.
00:28:49.86\00:28:51.93
The next meeting we
have is Acts 20:6, 7.
00:28:51.96\00:28:56.97
And the text tells us
00:28:57.00\00:28:59.20
that they met on the
first day of the week.
00:28:59.23\00:29:03.81
Now we need to walk through this
00:29:03.84\00:29:05.17
because some people are saying,
00:29:05.21\00:29:06.54
well, that is a Sunday
morning worship service.
00:29:06.57\00:29:08.38
It is not.
00:29:08.41\00:29:09.74
And the Bible gives us no
indication that that it is.
00:29:09.78\00:29:13.65
It is a group of people
meeting on a Saturday evening.
00:29:13.68\00:29:18.92
Now remember, we're
dealing with Bible times
00:29:18.95\00:29:20.96
when the evening and the morning
00:29:20.99\00:29:23.93
were the first day.
00:29:23.96\00:29:25.29
So Sunday, the
first day of the week
00:29:25.33\00:29:28.40
begins on Saturday
evening at sundown.
00:29:28.43\00:29:31.37
There are a lot of things
that sort of allude to that.
00:29:31.40\00:29:33.44
The text tells us
00:29:33.47\00:29:34.80
that there were
a lot of lamps on.
00:29:34.84\00:29:36.40
You know, there are a
lot of lights, torches,
00:29:36.44\00:29:38.37
lamps burning in the window.
00:29:38.41\00:29:39.81
So you wouldn't have
that in the middle of the day.
00:29:39.84\00:29:42.41
So this is a
Sunday evening service,
00:29:42.44\00:29:44.38
they met to eat.
00:29:44.41\00:29:46.31
Paul is getting ready to leave.
00:29:46.35\00:29:48.78
And so he preaches, you
know, his farewell address.
00:29:48.82\00:29:51.95
And evident he
preaches on into the evening.
00:29:51.99\00:29:54.56
You know, those of us
who are preachers that,
00:29:54.59\00:29:56.62
that can happen occasionally.
00:29:56.66\00:29:58.03
You know, you preach
on and he's exciting,
00:29:58.06\00:30:00.30
he's trying to encourage them.
00:30:00.33\00:30:02.30
Eutychus is sitting
in a window, it's hot.
00:30:02.33\00:30:05.77
And you know,
we've all had a thing
00:30:05.80\00:30:07.24
where sometimes it's
kind of hot and preacher
00:30:07.27\00:30:08.64
kind of whacks a little bit
00:30:08.67\00:30:10.01
and you kind of
want to nod off on him.
00:30:10.04\00:30:12.37
But he's in a
window on the third floor.
00:30:12.41\00:30:15.18
And, of course, the
heat, the length of the day,
00:30:15.21\00:30:18.18
it's heading towards midnight
00:30:18.21\00:30:19.55
and Paul's preaching up a storm,
00:30:19.58\00:30:20.92
trying to give
that farewell address.
00:30:20.95\00:30:22.28
He falls asleep,
falls from the third floor
00:30:22.32\00:30:24.89
and, of course,
he's taken up dead.
00:30:24.92\00:30:26.32
And we see one of
the first miracles
00:30:26.35\00:30:28.39
of the New
Testament times in that he is,
00:30:28.42\00:30:33.09
he is resurrected,
00:30:33.13\00:30:34.46
you know, a
beautiful, beautiful service
00:30:34.50\00:30:37.20
but there is no indication here
that the day has been changed,
00:30:37.23\00:30:41.40
it's a Saturday night service,
00:30:41.44\00:30:43.34
not even a
Sunday morning service.
00:30:43.37\00:30:45.01
And I think that
miracles, why Luke put that in,
00:30:45.04\00:30:48.54
wrote it in there.
00:30:48.58\00:30:49.91
I do believe, I do believe.
00:30:49.94\00:30:51.41
So again, no justification
for the change of the day.
00:30:51.45\00:30:56.15
And the third
00:30:56.18\00:30:58.55
is this.
00:30:58.59\00:31:02.49
Let's see, that's Acts...
00:31:02.52\00:31:04.63
Oh, 1
Corinthians 16. There we go.
00:31:04.66\00:31:06.66
1 Corinthians 16, we
got so many notes here.
00:31:06.70\00:31:11.03
Again it says nothing
about the change of the day.
00:31:11.07\00:31:15.20
Paul is giving
counsel, he's saying this.
00:31:15.24\00:31:18.44
"When I come I don't
want a lot of money changing
00:31:18.47\00:31:20.88
and changing and
correcting of things.
00:31:20.91\00:31:23.71
Lay your money aside on
the first day of the week,
00:31:23.75\00:31:26.45
put your money, get
your money together,
00:31:26.48\00:31:28.22
do your accounting on
the first day of the week
00:31:28.25\00:31:30.05
so that when I come
there's no handling of money
00:31:30.09\00:31:33.32
and changing of things,
00:31:33.36\00:31:34.89
we don't have to deal with that.
00:31:34.92\00:31:36.26
But this actually is
a personal admonition
00:31:36.29\00:31:39.79
for each of you to
get your moneys together
00:31:39.83\00:31:42.83
on the first day of the week.
00:31:42.86\00:31:44.20
There's nothing
collective about this.
00:31:44.23\00:31:45.60
So there's not
a worship service,
00:31:45.63\00:31:47.70
it's in your house,
00:31:47.74\00:31:49.17
you put your money
together, in your house, Mollie,
00:31:49.20\00:31:51.37
you put your money together.
00:31:51.41\00:31:52.74
Danny, in your house,
you put your money together.
00:31:52.77\00:31:54.91
Jill, in your
house, you put your money.
00:31:54.94\00:31:56.28
There's nothing
collective about it.
00:31:56.31\00:31:58.01
It's counsel to individuals
to take care of the accounting
00:31:58.05\00:32:02.45
before I come so
that when I get there,
00:32:02.48\00:32:04.89
this is already taken care of.
00:32:04.92\00:32:06.55
So those three texts
00:32:06.59\00:32:09.02
that are used really say nothing
00:32:09.06\00:32:11.39
about a change of the day
00:32:11.43\00:32:12.83
or even a collective
worship service on Sunday.
00:32:12.86\00:32:17.47
They just can't be used
for that particular purpose.
00:32:17.50\00:32:20.00
Now I want to say something
00:32:20.04\00:32:21.37
about this
particular methodology.
00:32:21.40\00:32:25.64
I want it for a caveat
00:32:25.67\00:32:27.64
because there is a danger
00:32:27.68\00:32:32.91
that when a
person brings you text
00:32:32.95\00:32:35.78
and you just sort of
shoot down those texts,
00:32:35.82\00:32:38.92
there is a danger
unless you are humble
00:32:38.95\00:32:41.06
and surrender to the Lord
of allowing self to get in,
00:32:41.09\00:32:45.29
you know, someone
brings you a text,
00:32:45.33\00:32:47.16
now you shoot that text down,
00:32:47.20\00:32:48.53
and someone brings you a text
and you shoot that text down.
00:32:48.56\00:32:52.60
It's not always the best
way to try to defend your faith
00:32:52.63\00:32:56.27
because it can
allow self to get.
00:32:56.30\00:32:57.91
I remember, years ago,
00:32:57.94\00:32:59.27
I was still a student
working at an evangelist crusade
00:32:59.31\00:33:02.04
for a pastor.
00:33:02.08\00:33:03.41
And the two of us
discussed for about five hours
00:33:03.45\00:33:07.55
the Sabbath
00:33:07.58\00:33:08.92
and the Ten
Commandments with someone.
00:33:08.95\00:33:10.65
And then the person
said, "Well, I don't see it."
00:33:10.69\00:33:15.76
So we went for
another couple hours.
00:33:15.79\00:33:18.76
Oh, I don't see it.
So now self is there.
00:33:18.79\00:33:21.30
What, are you blind?
And you don't see it.
00:33:21.33\00:33:23.97
I've gone through
the whole thing with you,
00:33:24.00\00:33:26.17
this is seven hours
and you don't see it.
00:33:26.20\00:33:28.24
You don't want to see it.
00:33:28.27\00:33:29.60
Well, see that's
self, that's not God there.
00:33:29.64\00:33:32.07
So this idea of,
you give me a text
00:33:32.11\00:33:33.98
and I shoot you a text down,
that can be a little dicey.
00:33:34.01\00:33:37.18
Sometimes you just want
00:33:37.21\00:33:38.55
to let the Holy
Spirit do the work.
00:33:38.58\00:33:40.88
But, and move the hearts.
00:33:40.92\00:33:46.19
We should always
seek in our dealing
00:33:46.22\00:33:48.86
with the things of God
to approach it as a learner.
00:33:48.89\00:33:54.16
As someone who does
not have all the answers,
00:33:54.20\00:33:57.23
I am with you
seeking for answers.
00:33:57.27\00:34:00.47
And together the Holy Spirit
00:34:00.50\00:34:01.97
will be pleased to
give us the answers
00:34:02.00\00:34:05.77
if we approach him with prayer,
00:34:05.81\00:34:08.54
and humility and in submission.
00:34:08.58\00:34:11.08
God wants us to know, and
indeed will help us to know
00:34:11.11\00:34:16.15
if indeed it is our
desire to know and to do.
00:34:16.18\00:34:20.62
Amen.
00:34:20.66\00:34:21.99
Thank you so
much, Pastor Murray.
00:34:22.02\00:34:24.33
What great counsel for any of us
00:34:24.36\00:34:26.43
when facing any
scripture to open up our hearts
00:34:26.46\00:34:30.07
to the Holy Spirit and
not to allow my own pride,
00:34:30.10\00:34:33.80
my own prejudice,
00:34:33.84\00:34:35.40
my own self to get in
the way of what God wants
00:34:35.44\00:34:38.64
to teach me in His Word.
00:34:38.67\00:34:40.51
Those were some great scriptures
00:34:40.54\00:34:42.11
in the New Testament.
00:34:42.14\00:34:43.48
And wonderful explanation
00:34:43.51\00:34:44.98
how it was not talking
about worshipping on Sunday,
00:34:45.01\00:34:47.98
that the day was not changed.
00:34:48.02\00:34:49.68
I have Sabbath, Wednesday,
which is the seventh day.
00:34:49.72\00:34:53.86
I got Sabbath on the mind,
00:34:53.89\00:34:55.39
the seventh day
in the New Testament.
00:34:55.42\00:34:57.79
But what I really want
to do is look at the Sabbath
00:34:57.83\00:35:01.80
throughout six
periods of history.
00:35:01.83\00:35:04.20
So I want to take us
00:35:04.23\00:35:05.57
all the way back
to the very beginning
00:35:05.60\00:35:07.30
when that Sabbath
was first instituted.
00:35:07.34\00:35:09.70
We'll look at the
Sabbath at creation.
00:35:09.74\00:35:12.17
That verse I think is
one of the first verses
00:35:12.21\00:35:14.38
I ever learned
about the Sabbath.
00:35:14.41\00:35:16.14
Genesis 2:1-3.
00:35:16.18\00:35:18.41
"Thus the heavens and
the earth were finished
00:35:18.45\00:35:20.12
and all the host of them.
00:35:20.15\00:35:22.18
And on the seventh
day God ended His work
00:35:22.22\00:35:25.39
which He had made,
00:35:25.42\00:35:26.76
and He rested on the seventh day
00:35:26.79\00:35:28.22
from all His work
which He had made.
00:35:28.26\00:35:30.66
And God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it
00:35:30.69\00:35:34.56
because that in it He
rested from all His work
00:35:34.60\00:35:37.40
which God created and made."
00:35:37.43\00:35:39.93
The Sabbath is a sign
of the Creatorship of God.
00:35:39.97\00:35:45.27
He made the
heavens and the earth,
00:35:45.31\00:35:47.21
no other god could make
the heavens and the earth.
00:35:47.24\00:35:49.91
Therefore He is distinguished
from all other gods.
00:35:49.94\00:35:55.48
To attack the Sabbath
00:35:55.52\00:35:56.89
is to attack the
authority of God Himself.
00:35:56.92\00:36:00.79
That's good.
00:36:00.82\00:36:02.16
Period number two,
00:36:02.19\00:36:03.53
the first period is
the Sabbath at creation.
00:36:03.56\00:36:05.23
Period number two is when we see
00:36:05.26\00:36:06.70
when the law was
given on Mount Sinai.
00:36:06.73\00:36:10.03
And the Israelites
had just come out of Egypt
00:36:10.07\00:36:12.27
and God knew
00:36:12.30\00:36:13.64
that they had
forgotten the Sabbath
00:36:13.67\00:36:16.10
which was established
at the very beginning,
00:36:16.14\00:36:17.97
that's why the
fourth commandment begins
00:36:18.01\00:36:20.11
with the word remember.
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.14
And Mollie, you
quoted that at the beginning.
00:36:22.18\00:36:24.41
Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:36:24.45\00:36:27.42
Sixth day, you shall
labor, do all your work,
00:36:27.45\00:36:29.75
but the seventh day
00:36:29.78\00:36:31.12
is the Sabbath of
the Lord, thy God.
00:36:31.15\00:36:32.49
But in the middle of
the fourth commandment,
00:36:32.52\00:36:34.29
it references back
to creation and says,
00:36:34.32\00:36:37.73
"For in six days
00:36:37.76\00:36:39.16
the Lord made heaven and earth."
00:36:39.19\00:36:40.93
And it reminded the
people that the Sabbath
00:36:40.96\00:36:44.20
is the memorial of creation,
00:36:44.23\00:36:46.60
a sign of the
Creatorship of God,
00:36:46.63\00:36:49.00
He made heaven and earth.
00:36:49.04\00:36:51.37
He is distinguished
from all other gods.
00:36:51.41\00:36:53.91
Now, the Ten Commandments
00:36:53.94\00:36:55.28
were also given
in Deuteronomy 5.
00:36:55.31\00:36:57.55
We usually just
look at Exodus 20.
00:36:57.58\00:36:59.75
But they're also
in Deuteronomy 5.
00:36:59.78\00:37:02.05
And if you look
at Deuteronomy 5,
00:37:02.08\00:37:03.79
we won't quote the
whole fourth commandment.
00:37:03.82\00:37:06.25
But Deuteronomy 5:12-15.
00:37:06.29\00:37:09.36
It has a different
reason for keeping the Sabbath,
00:37:09.39\00:37:11.96
not creation but redemption.
00:37:11.99\00:37:15.50
It says, "Remember you were
a slave in the land of Egypt.
00:37:15.53\00:37:19.70
And the Lord your
God brought you out
00:37:19.73\00:37:21.80
from there by a mighty
hand and by an outstretched arm.
00:37:21.84\00:37:25.44
Therefore, the Lord
your God commanded you
00:37:25.47\00:37:27.41
to keep the Sabbath day,
keep the Sabbath day holy.
00:37:27.44\00:37:32.65
The Sabbath is not
only a sign of creation,
00:37:32.68\00:37:34.62
it's a sign
that we are redeemed,
00:37:34.65\00:37:37.49
that we were
brought out of Egypt,
00:37:37.52\00:37:40.12
out of the land of bondage,
00:37:40.16\00:37:41.49
out of sin into
this marvelous life.
00:37:41.52\00:37:45.59
Only God could redeem us,
only Jesus could redeem us.
00:37:45.63\00:37:49.63
Therefore, He is distinguished
from all other gods.
00:37:49.66\00:37:54.30
To attack the
Sabbath is to attack
00:37:54.34\00:37:56.47
the authority of God Himself,
00:37:56.50\00:37:58.41
not just as Creator
but Him as Redeemer.
00:37:58.44\00:38:01.58
Now let's take it
down to the New Testament.
00:38:01.61\00:38:03.88
This is the third period.
This is the Sabbath and Jesus.
00:38:03.91\00:38:07.72
This verse, Luke 4:16 shows
us that Jesus kept the Sabbath
00:38:07.75\00:38:13.42
when He was here on this earth.
00:38:13.46\00:38:15.99
Now, we know Jesus was
baptized in the fall of what?
00:38:16.02\00:38:18.76
AD 27, and this
happened in the spring of AD 29,
00:38:18.79\00:38:22.26
we're a year and a
half into His ministry.
00:38:22.30\00:38:24.63
And it says,
"He came to Nazareth
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.17
where He had been brought
up and as His custom was,
00:38:26.20\00:38:29.80
He went into the
synagogue on the Sabbath day
00:38:29.84\00:38:32.47
and stood up to read."
00:38:32.51\00:38:35.04
Remember Mark 2:27, 28.
00:38:35.08\00:38:37.75
He said to them, "The
Sabbath was made for man
00:38:37.78\00:38:39.78
and not man for the Sabbath.
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.75
Therefore, the Son of Man
00:38:41.78\00:38:43.28
is Lord also of
the Sabbath day."
00:38:43.32\00:38:46.62
Why is He Lord of the Sabbath?
00:38:46.65\00:38:48.12
He's Lord of the Sabbath
because He's the creator.
00:38:48.16\00:38:50.29
He's Lord of the
Sabbath because He is Redeemer.
00:38:50.33\00:38:53.43
Therefore, He is distinguished
from all other gods.
00:38:53.46\00:38:56.56
Jesus taught the commandments.
00:38:56.60\00:38:58.43
Remember when He
walked this earth,
00:38:58.47\00:39:00.57
I think of John 14:15,
00:39:00.60\00:39:02.34
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
00:39:02.37\00:39:05.27
And remember Matthew 5,
the Sermon on the Mount.
00:39:05.31\00:39:08.14
He said, "Think not, I'm
not come to destroy the law
00:39:08.18\00:39:10.58
and the prophets, I
am come to fulfill it."
00:39:10.61\00:39:14.82
And the Sermon on the Mount,
00:39:14.85\00:39:16.22
the Pharisees and
the Scribes had said,
00:39:16.25\00:39:18.82
"Jesus is doing away
with some of the stuff.
00:39:18.85\00:39:21.06
But in fact He brought
00:39:21.09\00:39:23.02
the law of God to
a whole new level.
00:39:23.06\00:39:26.86
He brought it from the letter
of the law into the spirit
00:39:26.90\00:39:29.83
of a level, the law.
00:39:29.86\00:39:32.03
Remember that He said...
00:39:32.07\00:39:34.04
The commandments say,
00:39:34.07\00:39:35.60
"If you do not commit adultery."
00:39:35.64\00:39:37.61
But then He said,
"But I say to you,
00:39:37.64\00:39:39.71
if you even lust after someone,
that's committing adultery."
00:39:39.74\00:39:43.48
The commandment say,
"Do not murder someone."
00:39:43.51\00:39:45.48
But I say to you if
you even have hatred,
00:39:45.51\00:39:48.25
that's the same thing.
00:39:48.28\00:39:49.62
So Jesus brought
the commandments,
00:39:49.65\00:39:50.99
instead of
negating the commandments,
00:39:51.02\00:39:52.85
He brought them to an
even deeper and higher
00:39:52.89\00:39:56.36
and a holier level.
00:39:56.39\00:39:58.26
Now let's look at
the Sabbath after Jesus.
00:39:58.29\00:40:00.26
This is period number four,
the early Christian church.
00:40:00.30\00:40:04.10
Now we know the
lesson brought this out.
00:40:04.13\00:40:06.03
Remember, Jesus rested on
the Sabbath even in death.
00:40:06.07\00:40:08.80
He was crucified on Friday.
00:40:08.84\00:40:10.81
It says the woman
prepared the spices,
00:40:10.84\00:40:13.01
that's in Luke 23:54-56.
00:40:13.04\00:40:16.54
And then it says, "They
rested on the seventh day."
00:40:16.58\00:40:19.45
While Jesus was
resting in the tomb,
00:40:19.48\00:40:21.52
they went Sunday morning
but He was already risen.
00:40:21.55\00:40:25.12
Now we go several years later,
00:40:25.15\00:40:27.36
this is Paul's
first missionary journey.
00:40:27.39\00:40:29.99
Paul, Barnabas and John, Mark.
00:40:30.03\00:40:31.99
So we're close to maybe 15 years
00:40:32.03\00:40:34.80
after the crucifixion.
00:40:34.83\00:40:36.56
Acts 13:14, it says,
00:40:36.60\00:40:38.87
"They came to
Antioch in Pisidia,
00:40:38.90\00:40:41.30
and went into the synagogue
00:40:41.34\00:40:42.67
on the Sabbath
day and sat down."
00:40:42.70\00:40:44.14
So they're still
keeping the Sabbath 15 years
00:40:44.17\00:40:47.78
after the resurrection of Jesus.
00:40:47.81\00:40:49.84
It says, "Paul
preached about Jesus."
00:40:49.88\00:40:51.88
And then in Acts
13:42-44, it says,
00:40:51.91\00:40:55.05
"When the Jews went
out of the synagogue,
00:40:55.08\00:40:56.95
the gentiles
begged that these words
00:40:56.99\00:40:59.35
might be preached to
them the next Sabbath."
00:40:59.39\00:41:01.52
Not just the Jews,
00:41:01.56\00:41:03.02
the gentiles are
worshipping on the Sabbath.
00:41:03.06\00:41:06.03
Then it says, "Then
almost the entire city gathered
00:41:06.06\00:41:09.43
to hear the Word of
God on the next Sabbath."
00:41:09.46\00:41:13.70
The gentiles and the Jews,
00:41:13.74\00:41:15.47
the early
Christian church honored
00:41:15.50\00:41:18.31
and worshipped God on
the Sabbath as Creator
00:41:18.34\00:41:21.51
and as Redeemer.
00:41:21.54\00:41:22.88
Now we take it a few years down,
00:41:22.91\00:41:24.98
this is maybe 20 years
after the crucifixion or so.
00:41:25.01\00:41:27.85
This is Paul and Silas
00:41:27.88\00:41:29.22
on Paul's second
missionary journey.
00:41:29.25\00:41:31.72
Act 16:13, "On the Sabbath day
00:41:31.75\00:41:35.32
we went out of the
city to the riverside,
00:41:35.36\00:41:38.49
where a prayer
was customarily made
00:41:38.53\00:41:41.10
and we sat down and spoke
to the women who met there."
00:41:41.13\00:41:45.33
Interestingly
they're not even worshipping
00:41:45.37\00:41:47.34
at this point in the synagogue,
00:41:47.37\00:41:48.87
you know, in
this particular moment
00:41:48.90\00:41:50.41
they are actually out
00:41:50.44\00:41:51.77
by the riverside
still keeping the Sabbath.
00:41:51.81\00:41:54.88
In Act 17:2, it says,
00:41:54.91\00:41:57.98
"Paul, as his
custom was went into them
00:41:58.01\00:42:00.82
and for three Sabbaths reasoned
with them from the Scriptures."
00:42:00.85\00:42:05.19
So we see the Sabbath
was instituted at creation.
00:42:05.22\00:42:07.96
We see the Sabbath
was reminded and brought
00:42:07.99\00:42:10.66
before the people
again at Mount Sinai.
00:42:10.69\00:42:14.26
We see the Sabbath,
00:42:14.30\00:42:15.63
Jesus kept the
Sabbath not only in life
00:42:15.66\00:42:17.77
and He taught the Sabbath
and the Ten Commandments,
00:42:17.80\00:42:20.17
He kept the Sabbath in death
and then He was resurrected.
00:42:20.20\00:42:23.14
We see the
early Christian church
00:42:23.17\00:42:24.67
and this is up to 20 years
00:42:24.71\00:42:26.37
after the crucifixion
still keeping and honoring
00:42:26.41\00:42:29.94
the Sabbath day,
00:42:29.98\00:42:31.31
no change in the
fourth commandment
00:42:31.35\00:42:33.82
because there is no change
00:42:33.85\00:42:35.18
in any of the
commandments of God.
00:42:35.22\00:42:36.62
He said, "I am
God I change not."
00:42:36.65\00:42:38.45
Period number five
00:42:38.49\00:42:39.82
is the Sabbath
at the end of time.
00:42:39.85\00:42:41.89
Revelation 14:12,
00:42:41.92\00:42:43.99
"Here's the
patience of the saints,
00:42:44.03\00:42:45.46
here are they that
keep the commandments of God
00:42:45.49\00:42:48.50
and have the
testimony of Jesus."
00:42:48.53\00:42:50.97
God's end time people will keep
all ten of His commandments.
00:42:51.00\00:42:56.74
And finally, the
period number six,
00:42:56.77\00:42:59.61
we're gonna see the
Sabbath in the new earth.
00:42:59.64\00:43:02.71
Isaiah 66:23.
00:43:02.74\00:43:05.51
"And it shall come to pass
from one new moon to another
00:43:05.55\00:43:08.38
and from one Sabbath to another,
00:43:08.42\00:43:10.89
all flesh shall come to worship
before Me says, the Lord."
00:43:10.92\00:43:16.22
We began with the Sabbath
all the way through history.
00:43:16.26\00:43:19.63
God has had a people
00:43:19.66\00:43:21.13
that have kept, and obeyed,
00:43:21.16\00:43:23.23
and honored His holy day
as a memorial of creation,
00:43:23.26\00:43:28.74
as a memorial of redemption
and I think also as a memorial.
00:43:28.77\00:43:33.81
A reminder of the recreation
00:43:33.84\00:43:36.68
that He can do in
your heart and in mine.
00:43:36.71\00:43:39.51
He can take the stony heart
00:43:39.55\00:43:40.92
and He can change us
into a heart of flesh.
00:43:40.95\00:43:43.49
He can take us out of
the kingdom of darkness
00:43:43.52\00:43:45.55
and transform us
into the kingdom of light.
00:43:45.59\00:43:49.52
So praise the Lord,
00:43:49.56\00:43:50.89
for the Sabbath
is a sign as Creator,
00:43:50.93\00:43:53.76
a sign as Redeemer.
00:43:53.80\00:43:55.13
He is distinguished
00:43:55.16\00:43:56.50
from all other gods and anytime,
00:43:56.53\00:43:58.80
we attack the Sabbath,
00:43:58.83\00:44:00.17
we're attacking the
authority of God Himself.
00:44:00.20\00:44:02.64
And I just want to
make a quick appeal to you.
00:44:02.67\00:44:05.04
Maybe this is brand
new, maybe you're watching
00:44:05.07\00:44:07.28
and you are not
familiar with the Sabbath,
00:44:07.31\00:44:10.15
do not push it aside.
00:44:10.18\00:44:12.25
As Pastor Murray talked
about when things are revealed
00:44:12.28\00:44:15.08
in the Word of God,
00:44:15.12\00:44:16.45
come to the Word of
God with an open mind
00:44:16.48\00:44:19.19
and an open heart to see
00:44:19.22\00:44:21.56
what the Holy Spirit
has for you in there.
00:44:21.59\00:44:23.99
Amen. Thank you so much.
00:44:24.03\00:44:26.43
Actually, I don't think
00:44:26.46\00:44:29.06
modern day Protestant Christians
00:44:29.10\00:44:32.50
would really keep Sunday
00:44:32.53\00:44:33.97
instead of
Saturday without deception.
00:44:34.00\00:44:36.87
That's the
reason the devil hates.
00:44:36.91\00:44:39.54
I've come to conclusion
00:44:39.57\00:44:40.91
that he hates
Daniel and Revelation,
00:44:40.94\00:44:43.01
he hates the prophecies.
00:44:43.04\00:44:44.38
Most churches skip over
to put themself their past,
00:44:44.41\00:44:47.82
they want nothing to do
00:44:47.85\00:44:49.18
but some of the great scriptures
00:44:49.22\00:44:50.92
that you all are reading.
00:44:50.95\00:44:52.65
Here are they that keep
the commandments of God.
00:44:52.69\00:44:54.82
They have the faith of Jesus.
00:44:54.86\00:44:56.19
They overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb,
00:44:56.22\00:44:57.93
and the word of their testimony.
00:44:57.96\00:44:59.66
The revealing of who Christ
00:44:59.69\00:45:01.83
and His nature
and His character is,
00:45:01.86\00:45:04.83
and when we look
through Daniel and Revelation,
00:45:04.87\00:45:06.80
we see literally
the history of the world
00:45:06.84\00:45:10.04
from the beginning to the end.
00:45:10.07\00:45:12.27
And it says that we win.
00:45:12.31\00:45:13.94
And so, what I thought
about this morning the reason
00:45:13.98\00:45:16.75
that Daniel and Revelation,
00:45:16.78\00:45:18.11
so I just wrote
down unlike myself,
00:45:18.15\00:45:19.75
I wrote down some notes
00:45:19.78\00:45:21.12
and put some
questions and answers,
00:45:21.15\00:45:22.78
because what I wanted to do,
00:45:22.82\00:45:24.19
I said this is
an important topic
00:45:24.22\00:45:26.32
and I can go
through that my part here
00:45:26.35\00:45:29.12
is the attempted
change of the Sabbath,
00:45:29.16\00:45:31.49
and I can go through the beast
00:45:31.53\00:45:33.36
and I go through
the image of Daniel
00:45:33.40\00:45:36.20
and I can do those things,
00:45:36.23\00:45:37.57
but I said, maybe,
let's do it in a practical way
00:45:37.60\00:45:39.80
that somebody is watching
00:45:39.83\00:45:41.17
because I meet people that says,
00:45:41.20\00:45:44.71
"What difference that
may make what day you keep."
00:45:44.74\00:45:47.74
You ever hear that.
You guys ever hear that.
00:45:47.78\00:45:49.51
Well, what's in a day?
You know, it's no big deal.
00:45:49.54\00:45:53.65
So what difference does it make?
00:45:53.68\00:45:55.65
But, what I
found out is that Satan
00:45:55.68\00:45:58.52
and this
morning this came to me.
00:45:58.55\00:46:00.99
Satan hates these books
because they are an exposé
00:46:01.02\00:46:03.83
of his devious and dubious plans
00:46:03.86\00:46:06.23
for the
destruction of human race.
00:46:06.26\00:46:09.30
It says, no wonder
he's got most churches,
00:46:09.33\00:46:13.13
he doesn't want
churches to read them.
00:46:13.17\00:46:15.14
According to the dictionary,
00:46:15.17\00:46:17.24
devious mean
showing a skillful use
00:46:17.27\00:46:19.61
of underhanded tactics
to achieve goals, deceitful,
00:46:19.64\00:46:23.21
dishonest, dishonorable,
unethical, unprincipled,
00:46:23.24\00:46:26.92
immoral, unscrupulous,
fraudulent, dubious, unfair,
00:46:26.95\00:46:30.82
treacherous etc, can go on.
00:46:30.85\00:46:33.19
Then the
dictionary also says dubious,
00:46:33.22\00:46:35.32
because those words
came to me and I said,
00:46:35.36\00:46:36.83
I don't say dubious very often,
00:46:36.86\00:46:38.76
I better look up
what it means, dubious.
00:46:38.79\00:46:40.93
Satan is devious
and he's dubious.
00:46:40.96\00:46:45.10
Dubious says, morally
suspect about that one,
00:46:45.13\00:46:49.14
not to be relied upon.
00:46:49.17\00:46:51.47
Okay, of questionable value.
00:46:51.51\00:46:55.04
Well, here's what
I want to get into
00:46:55.08\00:46:57.15
why is that people don't
read, we all read the same Bible
00:46:57.18\00:47:00.28
so why is it that
we read it and come up
00:47:00.32\00:47:02.22
with all these
different days of keep,
00:47:02.25\00:47:04.62
different
doctrines and why is it?
00:47:04.65\00:47:09.06
It's because of
Satan's deception
00:47:09.09\00:47:11.19
to follow men,
00:47:11.23\00:47:12.56
so the only way we can
overcome this is to stay close
00:47:12.59\00:47:15.20
to the Word of God
00:47:15.23\00:47:16.56
and see what God
says and be willing to do
00:47:16.60\00:47:20.27
what God tells us to do.
00:47:20.30\00:47:21.64
What His word says to do,
00:47:21.67\00:47:23.00
because He does it for own good.
00:47:23.04\00:47:24.37
But speaking of
Satan, John 8:44, Jesus says,
00:47:24.41\00:47:28.18
He was talking to the
scribes and Pharisees,
00:47:28.21\00:47:30.15
"You are of your
father the devil,
00:47:30.18\00:47:32.05
and the lust of
your father you will do.
00:47:32.08\00:47:34.25
He was a murderer
from the beginning,
00:47:34.28\00:47:35.88
and abode not in truth
00:47:35.92\00:47:37.29
because there
is no truth in him.
00:47:37.32\00:47:39.25
When he speaketh a
lie, he speaketh on his own:
00:47:39.29\00:47:42.52
for he is a liar
and the father of it."
00:47:42.56\00:47:45.36
So when the devil speaks a lie,
00:47:45.39\00:47:47.13
he speaks from
his own resources.
00:47:47.16\00:47:49.43
Am I right? Right.
00:47:49.46\00:47:50.80
When the devil speaks a lie,
00:47:50.83\00:47:52.17
he speaks from
his own resources,
00:47:52.20\00:47:53.87
that doesn't come from God.
00:47:53.90\00:47:55.64
So that's why he is the
accuser of the brethren,
00:47:55.67\00:47:58.44
and get this
Revelation 12:10 says that
00:47:58.47\00:48:00.64
"Satan is the accuser of
the brethren day and night."
00:48:00.68\00:48:04.18
He deceives the world,
00:48:04.21\00:48:08.65
the whole human race and descend
00:48:08.68\00:48:10.35
through devious
and dubious deceptions.
00:48:10.39\00:48:12.79
Then he goes and
tells God about it and says,
00:48:12.82\00:48:15.42
accuses us, says,
look they are sinners.
00:48:15.46\00:48:17.29
Yep.
00:48:17.33\00:48:18.66
He uses his
deception to destroy man
00:48:18.69\00:48:21.43
because he wants us to end up
00:48:21.46\00:48:23.30
in the lake of
fire in Judgment Day,
00:48:23.33\00:48:25.77
that where he's gonna be.
00:48:25.80\00:48:27.54
So, he deceives
us into doing wrong,
00:48:27.57\00:48:30.11
into committing sin
00:48:30.14\00:48:31.47
and then runs and
tattletales to God.
00:48:31.51\00:48:33.41
Well, they need, they've sinned,
00:48:33.44\00:48:35.61
you know, shame on them.
00:48:35.64\00:48:37.01
I'm not the only one,
look at the human race,
00:48:37.05\00:48:39.41
no one can be
perfect and we can't except
00:48:39.45\00:48:42.35
through the blood of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:48:42.38\00:48:45.09
Without
deception I put while ago
00:48:45.12\00:48:46.99
the modern day
Christians as I said, wouldn't,
00:48:47.02\00:48:49.42
wouldn't really
be worshipping Sunday
00:48:49.46\00:48:52.06
as the first day of the week.
00:48:52.09\00:48:53.43
Now we need to find out why?
00:48:53.46\00:48:54.86
And our lesson to stay
a little bit close to it
00:48:54.90\00:48:57.17
that Daniel says, Daniel 7:23-25
00:48:57.20\00:49:00.87
and I think we've read
some of the verses there,
00:49:00.90\00:49:04.74
but I want to go
down towards the end
00:49:04.77\00:49:07.28
and we're talking about
00:49:07.31\00:49:09.14
that the power is about control.
00:49:09.18\00:49:12.65
What it is?
00:49:12.68\00:49:14.02
Satan is out, the fourth beast,
the little horn of Daniel,
00:49:14.05\00:49:17.42
what we see and
then in Revelation.
00:49:17.45\00:49:19.75
What is this power out to
do? What does he want to do?
00:49:19.79\00:49:22.96
What does the enemy want
to do? It's about control.
00:49:22.99\00:49:25.36
So this is none other
than Satan use an earthly agent
00:49:25.39\00:49:28.73
to do his evil bidding.
00:49:28.76\00:49:30.67
Now here's the question.
00:49:30.70\00:49:32.03
The question would be,
00:49:32.07\00:49:33.40
what is he trying to accomplish?
00:49:33.44\00:49:34.94
The answer, in heaven his
pride and lust for adoration
00:49:34.97\00:49:37.94
and praise from the other angels
00:49:37.97\00:49:40.04
ended up with Satan
being kicked out of heaven.
00:49:40.08\00:49:42.64
He said, I should be
like the Most High God.
00:49:42.68\00:49:45.98
Now, that Satan is
prince of this earth,
00:49:46.01\00:49:48.12
his goal is the same
thing as it was in heaven,
00:49:48.15\00:49:50.75
because what he
wanted was that adoration,
00:49:50.79\00:49:53.76
he wanted that praise.
00:49:53.79\00:49:55.12
He was full of
pride, so he says,
00:49:55.16\00:49:57.36
"I want that
praise and adoration
00:49:57.39\00:49:59.56
that God deserves,
but I want it for me."
00:49:59.59\00:50:02.46
Now how can he
accomplish this agenda?
00:50:02.50\00:50:05.17
Answer is, he wants to
change God's rule of life,
00:50:05.20\00:50:07.80
the Ten Commandments,
00:50:07.84\00:50:09.17
so that he becomes the
God that people worship.
00:50:09.20\00:50:12.07
Now listen to me
00:50:12.11\00:50:13.44
because we're not
just talking about,
00:50:13.48\00:50:14.81
oh, what difference does it make
00:50:14.84\00:50:16.18
what day you keep?
00:50:16.21\00:50:17.55
We're talking
about God Almighty,
00:50:17.58\00:50:18.98
we're talking
about principles of life
00:50:19.01\00:50:21.25
and we're talking
about this great controversy
00:50:21.28\00:50:24.05
between good and evil.
00:50:24.09\00:50:25.85
So how does he accomplish
it? By deception but get this.
00:50:25.89\00:50:29.52
Satan knows that he
can't get the human race
00:50:29.56\00:50:32.03
to worship an evil god.
00:50:32.06\00:50:35.50
So he doesn't show us,
if for instance he said,
00:50:35.53\00:50:38.70
look I want you to worship me.
00:50:38.73\00:50:40.60
I want you lifting your
hands, singing all the songs,
00:50:40.64\00:50:43.10
praising Lord.
00:50:43.14\00:50:44.64
You know, all the
things, shouting and dancing,
00:50:44.67\00:50:46.78
all the things that
you do and praising me
00:50:46.81\00:50:49.54
even though I'm out to
steal, kill and to destroy.
00:50:49.58\00:50:52.51
And in the very lake of
fire at the end of time,
00:50:52.55\00:50:55.02
I want you to be in it
00:50:55.05\00:50:56.38
and you to be burned up with me.
00:50:56.42\00:50:58.29
Now, who would serve
him? We wouldn't do that.
00:50:58.32\00:51:00.66
So he says, how
can I get to people?
00:51:00.69\00:51:02.79
I don't want, I can't
be truthful with them,
00:51:02.82\00:51:04.33
they wouldn't serve me,
00:51:04.36\00:51:05.69
but I want to be
the God of the universe
00:51:05.73\00:51:07.60
and that they worship,
so how am I going to do it?
00:51:07.63\00:51:10.63
By deception.
00:51:10.67\00:51:12.00
So what he does, he
decides to appear as God,
00:51:12.03\00:51:15.40
wanting to do
good for his children.
00:51:15.44\00:51:17.67
He allows them to
continue their worship of God,
00:51:17.71\00:51:20.68
but he becomes
the god they worship.
00:51:20.71\00:51:23.08
Now think about that.
00:51:23.11\00:51:24.51
So how he replaces the
fourth commandment, why?
00:51:24.55\00:51:27.68
Because the fourth commandment
00:51:27.72\00:51:29.05
as some of you
have already covered
00:51:29.08\00:51:31.15
is the only commandment
00:51:31.19\00:51:32.52
that has the seal
of the Living God.
00:51:32.55\00:51:35.26
We read it,
00:51:35.29\00:51:36.62
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
00:51:36.66\00:51:38.13
Jill and all of you went through
00:51:38.16\00:51:40.13
that it says God's seal.
00:51:40.16\00:51:42.06
Who He is? The Lord,
thy God. What did He do?
00:51:42.10\00:51:44.40
He made, He's a Creator
and what's His dominion,
00:51:44.43\00:51:47.64
heaven and earth and
everywhere, all right.
00:51:47.67\00:51:50.51
Worlds we don't
even know exists,
00:51:50.54\00:51:52.04
we kind of limit
Him to right here.
00:51:52.07\00:51:54.58
So I put right
here, I saw a great,
00:51:54.61\00:51:57.38
great quote from Patriarchs
and Prophets, it says,
00:51:57.41\00:52:00.15
"A seal contains the name,
00:52:00.18\00:52:02.25
title and
authority of the lawgiver.
00:52:02.28\00:52:04.32
The Sabbath commandment
00:52:04.35\00:52:05.69
can therefore be
considered a seal,
00:52:05.72\00:52:07.66
because it is the
only one of all the ten
00:52:07.69\00:52:09.96
which are found in both the name
00:52:09.99\00:52:11.43
and the title of the lawgiver.
00:52:11.46\00:52:13.76
It is the only one that
shows by whose authority
00:52:13.80\00:52:16.83
the law is given,
00:52:16.87\00:52:18.20
thus it contains
the seal of God affixed
00:52:18.23\00:52:20.60
to His law as evidence
00:52:20.64\00:52:22.50
of its authenticity
and binding forces,"
00:52:22.54\00:52:25.27
that the
Patriarchs and Prophets, 307.
00:52:25.31\00:52:28.51
Here's another,
Signs of the Time,
00:52:28.54\00:52:30.15
"The Sabbath was placed
in the Decalogue as the seal
00:52:30.18\00:52:33.08
of the living God,
pointing out the lawgiver,
00:52:33.11\00:52:36.18
and making it
known his right to rule."
00:52:36.22\00:52:39.15
Thus the Sabbath is
the sign of a relationship
00:52:39.19\00:52:42.29
between God and His people,
00:52:42.32\00:52:44.03
serving as " a test of
their loyalty to Him.'"
00:52:44.06\00:52:48.03
Then Testimonies to the Church,
00:52:48.06\00:52:50.00
"The mission of the
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:52:50.03\00:52:52.70
a church can be described
in presenting the law of God
00:52:52.73\00:52:55.84
as a test of character
00:52:55.87\00:52:57.31
and as the seal
of the Living God."
00:52:57.34\00:53:00.28
One last quote here,
this is J. N. Andrews,
00:53:00.31\00:53:02.48
"The importance of the Sabbath
as the memorial of creation
00:53:02.51\00:53:05.95
is that it keeps ever
present the true reason
00:53:05.98\00:53:08.85
why worship is due to God
because He is the Creator,
00:53:08.88\00:53:12.55
we are His creatures.
00:53:12.59\00:53:13.92
The Sabbath therefore lies
00:53:13.96\00:53:15.39
at the very
foundation of divine worship,
00:53:15.42\00:53:18.13
for it teaches this great truth
00:53:18.16\00:53:20.36
in the most impressive manner,
as no other institution does.
00:53:20.40\00:53:25.00
The true ground
of divine worship,
00:53:25.03\00:53:27.20
not only on the
seventh day merely,
00:53:27.24\00:53:29.67
but of all worship,
00:53:29.70\00:53:31.04
is found in the
distinction between the Creator
00:53:31.07\00:53:34.24
and His creatures.
00:53:34.28\00:53:35.61
This great fact can
never become obsolete,
00:53:35.64\00:53:38.51
and must never be forgotten."
00:53:38.55\00:53:40.85
So some...
00:53:40.88\00:53:42.22
Just absolutely
powerful statements.
00:53:42.25\00:53:44.95
One time, probably
25 years ago, Shelley,
00:53:44.99\00:53:47.76
for no reason I just woke up,
00:53:47.79\00:53:49.49
this thought came to my
mind and I wrote it down,
00:53:49.52\00:53:52.39
"The antichrist is nothing
00:53:52.43\00:53:54.00
more than the
spirit of the devil garbed
00:53:54.03\00:53:56.23
in the cloth of Christianity."
00:53:56.26\00:54:00.24
And so, what we're looking
at today is in my closing here
00:54:00.27\00:54:04.67
the time is out.
00:54:04.71\00:54:06.31
But what we're looking at
in the change of the Sabbath
00:54:06.34\00:54:09.58
is about whom...
00:54:09.61\00:54:11.25
For Satan, it's the
worship that he wants,
00:54:11.28\00:54:14.48
so the Catholic
Church, the papacy,
00:54:14.52\00:54:17.42
it's a matter of
history in 321 AD began,
00:54:17.45\00:54:21.09
but changed the Sabbath
from Saturday to Sunday,
00:54:21.12\00:54:23.56
the seventh day of the week
to the first day of the week.
00:54:23.59\00:54:26.16
Now we're not
saying things about them,
00:54:26.19\00:54:27.60
they don't say about themselves,
00:54:27.63\00:54:28.96
Shelley and I
have written a book.
00:54:29.00\00:54:30.33
If you write in,
we'll give it to you free,
00:54:30.37\00:54:32.10
the Ten
Commandments Twice Removed.
00:54:32.13\00:54:33.84
It will go into a lot of this
00:54:33.87\00:54:35.47
that we're not able
to discuss here today.
00:54:35.50\00:54:37.97
But the question for you
and me today is simply this.
00:54:38.01\00:54:41.74
Who are we gonna serve?
00:54:41.78\00:54:43.11
We gonna serve God or
we're going to serve man.
00:54:43.14\00:54:46.01
Revelation says, "Jesus
is coming back for those
00:54:46.05\00:54:49.12
who are willing to
give their lives unto death
00:54:49.15\00:54:52.52
if necessary for
the cause of God.
00:54:52.55\00:54:55.29
So the Sabbath
is God's holy day,
00:54:55.32\00:54:58.69
it's not the
Sabbath of the Adventist,
00:54:58.73\00:55:00.43
the Sabbath of the Jews.
00:55:00.46\00:55:01.96
He said, "It's my
holy day and He blessed it,
00:55:02.00\00:55:04.60
He sanctified it,
made it a holy day."
00:55:04.63\00:55:07.04
So let's enjoy
that time with God, say,
00:55:07.07\00:55:09.70
"Lord teach me truth."
00:55:09.74\00:55:11.11
When we ask, God
will show us truth.
00:55:11.14\00:55:13.24
Amen. Very good.
00:55:13.27\00:55:14.61
Excellent, Danny. Amen. Amen.
00:55:14.64\00:55:15.98
Now, the title
of our lesson today
00:55:16.01\00:55:18.65
was the change of the law.
00:55:18.68\00:55:20.42
Let me ask you this.
Has the law being changed?
00:55:20.45\00:55:23.08
No. No.
00:55:23.12\00:55:24.52
Who established the law? God.
00:55:24.55\00:55:26.86
Can fallible human
beings change anything
00:55:26.89\00:55:30.13
that God has established?
00:55:30.16\00:55:31.49
No. No.
00:55:31.53\00:55:32.86
Shelley, you laid a
beautiful foundation
00:55:32.89\00:55:35.53
of the strength of the
law and the beauty of the law.
00:55:35.56\00:55:38.90
CA, you and Jill,
00:55:38.93\00:55:40.27
both showed us
the beauty of the law
00:55:40.30\00:55:42.54
and, Danny, you addressed
00:55:42.57\00:55:44.57
who is actually
behind the changing,
00:55:44.61\00:55:48.61
the attempted change of the law
00:55:48.64\00:55:50.95
and why he
attempted to change it.
00:55:50.98\00:55:53.21
What I would like
each of you to do,
00:55:53.25\00:55:54.78
I think we've got the time
00:55:54.82\00:55:56.38
is just give us
a closing thought.
00:55:56.42\00:55:58.62
And, Shelley,
we'll start with you.
00:55:58.65\00:56:00.49
My thought is this,
00:56:00.52\00:56:02.09
there's only eight
references in the New Testament
00:56:02.12\00:56:05.59
to the first day of
the week which is Sunday,
00:56:05.63\00:56:08.26
of those a five refer
to the very same event
00:56:08.30\00:56:12.53
the woman at the tomb,
the other three you covered,
00:56:12.57\00:56:18.11
and we see that none of those...
00:56:18.14\00:56:20.64
There is not a single
scripture in the Bible
00:56:20.68\00:56:24.91
that changes God's worship day,
00:56:24.95\00:56:29.98
the Sabbath day to Sunday.
00:56:30.02\00:56:31.72
Very good, CA.
00:56:31.75\00:56:33.09
Archbishop Cass Bardia
00:56:33.12\00:56:34.56
came up with an idea
in the 1500's, he said,
00:56:34.59\00:56:38.06
"You can't be Sola scriptura
00:56:38.09\00:56:40.06
if you worship on a day
that's not in the Scripture.
00:56:40.10\00:56:42.86
Amen. Yeah.
00:56:42.90\00:56:44.23
Amen. Absolutely.
00:56:44.27\00:56:45.60
Sister Jill.
00:56:45.63\00:56:46.97
I would say the
Sabbath is a gift, embrace it,
00:56:47.00\00:56:48.67
accept it and experience
00:56:48.70\00:56:50.31
what God wants
to do in your life.
00:56:50.34\00:56:52.14
And I would stay, say study
the three angels' messages,
00:56:52.17\00:56:55.24
because in it
inherit eternal life.
00:56:55.28\00:56:57.51
Amen. Amen.
00:56:57.55\00:56:59.18
Thank you all, and
thank you for joining with us
00:56:59.21\00:57:03.72
for this Sabbath school lesson.
00:57:03.75\00:57:05.69
We appreciate you
being with us, and again,
00:57:05.72\00:57:07.82
we want to encourage
you to get the quarterly,
00:57:07.86\00:57:10.59
so as you study along
with it, you will feel like
00:57:10.63\00:57:13.26
you're more part of this lesson,
00:57:13.29\00:57:15.96
and we encourage you
00:57:16.00\00:57:18.43
to study to show
yourself approved
00:57:18.47\00:57:20.64
unto God a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed
00:57:20.67\00:57:23.74
but rightly
dividing the word of truth.
00:57:23.77\00:57:27.14