If you've been following us
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here on 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel
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that you know, we
were making our way
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through a study on
God's everlasting covenant
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and that's exactly what
it's called The Promise,
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God's everlasting covenant.
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And we've been talking a lot
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about this
wonderful, beautiful covenant
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that we find in Jesus Christ.
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We're going to
continue this week,
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lesson number nine we are on
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and it's entitled Covenant Sign.
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We're going to be talking about
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the blessing of
God's fourth commandment,
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His Sabbath blessing,
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and how it is tied to
the covenant altogether.
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because take some notes
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because we're going to be going
through the Word of the Lord
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and having a wonderful time
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as we study God's
everlasting covenant.
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Hello, friends, and welcome back
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to another edition of
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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We are making our way along
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in our study on
God's everlasting covenant.
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And we're on lesson number nine
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and it's, of course, this week
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we're talking
about the covenant sign.
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We're gonna be
talking about the Sabbath
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and its significance
within the covenant.
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But before we
get right into that,
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I want to go ahead
and introduce our panel
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with this at this time.
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To my left is
Pastor John Lomacang.
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Always a blessing to have you.
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Good to be here.
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I'm looking forward to
the Sabbath before Sinai.
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Amen.
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Praise the Lord
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and to your left
is Miss Jill Morikone.
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Always a blessing and I
know you got a list for us.
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There might be a
list there. Amen.
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Excited about the study.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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And to your left
is Miss Shelley Quinn.
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How are you? I'm very well.
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Thank you, and
excited to be here.
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Praise the Lord.
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And down on the far end
we have the president of 3ABN
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and always a blessing
to have Brother Jill...
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Oh, not Brother Jill,
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Brother Greg Morikone,
married to Sister Jill,
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let's get that right.
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Yes. All right.
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How are you, brother?
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I'm doing well, Pastor Ryan.
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It's always a blessing
to open the Word of God
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and you know what a
blessing to be family
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and to be joining with you
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because you
know it's encouraging
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to open the Word of God
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and what a blessing
and privilege we have.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And that's a lesson learned.
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Try to remember your boss's name
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correctly the first time.
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That's not an
issue, Pastor Ryan.
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Amen.
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Well, before we go any further,
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let's go ahead and have a prayer
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and, Brother Greg,
why don't you pray for us?
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Yeah, absolutely. Let's pray.
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Father in heaven,
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we just pray right
now for Your Holy Spirit
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to join us as we
are opening Your Word.
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Lord, what a privilege it
is to study the Word of God,
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and Father as we study today
on the sign of the covenant,
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Lord, we just pray that
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You would open
our minds and hearts
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to the word that
you have for us today.
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And in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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Our memory verse
kind of says it all.
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Exodus 31:16, beautiful text.
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Again, that's Exodus 31:16.
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And the Bible says,
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"Wherefore the
children of Israel
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shall keep the Sabbath,
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to observe the Sabbath
throughout their generations
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for a perpetual covenant."
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I love that
perpetual covenant continually.
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God says, I want to bestow
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the blessing of
the Sabbath upon you.
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And indeed, if we
are a covenant people
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in covenant
relationship with the Lord,
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then we shall want to
keep all of God's commandments,
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including the
Sabbath commandment.
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I like how Sabbath
afternoon is set up.
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I'm going to read what's there
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because I thought it had
a nice little introduction
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to what we're
talking about this week.
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It says,
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"The seventh day Sabbath
is like a nail that whack
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with unbroken
regularity returns us each week
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to the foundation of
all that we are or could be.
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We are so busy
running to and fro,
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spending money, making money,
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going here, going
there, going everywhere,
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and then whack
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Sabbath comes
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and reattaches us
to our foundation,
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the starting point of
everything that follows
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because everything
that is anything to us
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becomes that only
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because God created
it, and us to begin with.
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With unceasing regularity
and with no exceptions,
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the Sabbath silently
hurls over the horizon
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and into every crack
and cranny of our lives.
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It reminds us that every crack
and cranny belong to our maker,
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the one who puts us here,
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the one who in the beginning
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created the
heavens and the earth,
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an act that remains
the irrefutable foundation
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of all Christian belief
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and of which the
seventh day Sabbath.
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Whack is the unrefutable,
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unobtrusive and
unyielding sign."
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I thought that was a nice
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and I liked the
little whacks in there.
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Yeah.
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It's really, really nice to know
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that the Sabbath is
something that's foundational.
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It's something that God
created in the very beginning.
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In fact, that's
what we're going to start
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with this week,
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as we dive into Sunday's
lesson entitled, Origins.
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Because when you go
back to the origins,
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that's exactly
what Genesis means.
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It means origins or beginning.
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And when you go back
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and you read the beginning story
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of what is happening
there in the Garden of Eden,
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as God has created,
He has created the world,
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He's created everything.
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Now He's in the Garden of Eden.
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On the sixth
day, He creates man,
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and He looks back at
everything that He's created.
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And He says,
"It's very good," right?
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But then we go
on to Genesis 2:1-3.
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And notice what the Bible says.
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It says,
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"Thus the heavens and the earth,
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and all the host
of them were finished.
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And on the seventh
day, God ended His work
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which He had done,
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and He rested on the seventh day
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from all His work
which He had done.
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And God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it
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because in it, He
rested from all His work
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which God had created and made."
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So we see there very clearly
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that the Sabbath was established
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in the Garden of Eden.
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Now, there's somebody right now
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that's probably
watching are going to,
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you know, hear what I'm saying,
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you know, and I don't
know Ryan, doesn't say that,
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doesn't actually
say Sabbath, right?
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It says He just rested.
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But there's no doubt about it
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that as you do an important,
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responsible study of God's Word,
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you find that right there,
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even in the original language
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when it says He rested.
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It says that He
Shabbat, He rested,
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He ceased from all of His work,
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which is where we
get our word Shabbat
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is from Sabbath, right?
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So we know that
God did indeed Sabbath,
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He created this Sabbath,
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He rested on the
Sabbath from all that He made.
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And the point that I just made
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even people from outside
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the Seventh-day Adventist faith,
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they get this point.
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For instance, Zondervan,
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the Zondervan Pictorial
Encyclopedia of the Bible,
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of course, which
you know Zondervan.
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Zondervan is a
religious publishing company,
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and they write
this in the volume five,
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page 183 of the Pictorial
Encyclopedia of the Bible.
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They say,
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"The word Sabbath
is not employed in,
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of course, Genesis 2:2-3,
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it says, but in
it, it is certain
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that the author meant to assert
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that God blessed and hallowed
the seventh day as the Sabbath.
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So even Zondervan,
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which is a non Seventh-day
Adventist Publishing Group,
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they get it,
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they've published this statement
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saying that it's very clear
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that right
there in Genesis 2:2-3
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where God rested, He blessed,
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and He made holy
this seventh day.
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It is no doubt talking
about the Sabbath of the Lord.
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And, of course,
there's many people that say,
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well, the Sabbath didn't
come along until you know,
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Mount Sinai there when God
gave the Ten Commandment law.
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And that was really
the origin of the Sabbath.
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Before that no one really
ever kept the Sabbath holy.
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Well, we know that
there are several texts
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that indicate pre Mount Sinai
that God had faithful servants
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who kept all of
His commandments.
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I think of Abraham.
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We've read
several texts already,
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where it said that he
kept God's commandments.
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I don't think he just
kept nine of them, right?
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I believe he
kept the entire law.
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We've even learned that
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the law of God
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is God's
governing law in heaven.
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Lucifer rebelled from that law.
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And it says that
iniquity was found in him,
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which means he had
to, as the Bible says,
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sin is transgression of the law.
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What law did he violate?
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He violated the law of God,
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the Ten Commandment law
of God which is in heaven.
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So there's clear evidence
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that the law of God
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all 10 of God's
commandments existed in heaven.
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And right here in
Exodus Chapter 16,
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we see very clearly
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that God is reintroducing
to the children of Israel,
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this concept of
Sabbath and why is that?
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Not because they would
have never heard of it,
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not because it's something
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that would have been new to them
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that they've
never been experienced
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or never have
been maybe told about
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or informed about.
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But they've been in 400
years of Egyptian captivity,
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where the Egyptians have
these brothers and sisters
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working day and night, 24/7,
or at least seven days a week
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and they weren't
really getting a Sabbath rest.
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And so by the time they
get out in the wilderness,
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God's brought them out of Egypt.
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Right there in
Exodus Chapter 16,
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beginning with verse 4.
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Notice what the Bible says.
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It says, "And the
Lord said to Moses,
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'Behold, I will rain
bread from heaven for you.
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And the people shall go out
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and gather a
certain quota every day
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that I may test them,
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notice this,
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whether they will
walk in My law or not."
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And then he says
there in verse 26, notice,
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"Six days you shall gather it,
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but on the
seventh day, the Sabbath,
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there will be none,
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or there will be no
gathering on the Sabbath."
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So it's interesting
how God brings us about.
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He doesn't say the
Sabbath pause button.
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Oh, you don't know about that.
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Let me tell you about it.
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Let me explain to
you what the Sabbath is.
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He's very much giving it to them
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as they've heard of it.
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They know what
this Sabbath rest is.
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They've just,
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they're
generations and generations
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away from people
who used to keep it,
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but they haven't been able
to keep the Sabbath in Egypt.
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God says,
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"Look, I'm gonna
reintroduce the Sabbath to you
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and tell you
what it's all about."
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Keep in mind,
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they've been out
in the wilderness
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whining and complaining,
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and we're hungry,
and we're thirsty.
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And God's brought us out
here to die in the wilderness.
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And so the Lord says,
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"Look, I'm going
to take care of you.
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But I'm also going to test you
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to see if you will
honor and keep My law or not.
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And so, if you go into verse 27,
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again, we're in
Exodus 16, still,
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verse 27, it says,
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"Now it happened that
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some of the people
went out on the seventh day
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to gather but they found none.
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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'How long do you
refuse to keep My," what?
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"My commandments and my laws?"
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Wait a second, do we
have Ten commandments
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at this point yet?
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All right, so
the Ten Commandments
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have not been formally
given to the children of Israel
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in document form,
or verbally said aloud,
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but would they have been
aware of these commandments
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from perhaps
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,
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and the stories that
had been told to them
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of their traditional
religious experience with God,
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the God of their fathers?
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Absolutely.
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And so God says,
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"Look, you're not keeping
My commandments, and My laws."
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And then verse 29,
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"See! For the Lord
has given you the Sabbath,
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therefore He gives
you on the sixth day
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bread for two days.
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Let every man
remain in his place,
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let no man go out of his
place on the seventh day."
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So the people,
there it is, rested.
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They Shabbat
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just like the Lord
did in the beginning,
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just like he did in Genesis 2,
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they Shabbat, they rested,
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they ceased from their
labors on the seventh day.
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And you know what?
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There's no doubt,
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there's no doubt as to where
this Sabbath finds its origin.
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Because there's
no other place clear
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then when you get
one, few chapters over,
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we're in Exodus 16 now,
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but if you go to Exodus 20,
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where God verbally
tells them and gives them
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for the first time as a nation,
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this Ten Commandment law
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right there and
beginning in verse 8,
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He introduces
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this Sabbath commandment to them
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in a formal way.
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And it says here and verse,
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verse, starting with
verse 8 of Exodus Chapter 20,
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
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There's the commandment.
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You ought to remember
it, you are to keep it holy.
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And then verses 9 through 10.
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He tells you how
you keep the Sabbath.
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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 not do any work,
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nor your son, nor your daughter,
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nor your male servant,
nor your female servant,
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nor your cattle,
nor your stranger
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that is within your gates."
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And then you get to verse 11.
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Are you wondering
where the Sabbath is?
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Are you wondering
where it comes from,
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where its origin is?
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Well, God doesn't
leave anything out.
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Right there in verse 11,
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He points us back to
the origin of the Sabbath.
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Why are we to keep the Sabbath?
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Why are we to
remember it and keep it holy?
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God Himself says,
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"For in six days,
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the Lord made the heavens
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and the earth, the
sea, and all that in them
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is and He
rested the seventh day,
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therefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
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and hallowed it."
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You know, God created
the Sabbath for all humanity,
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not just for the Jews,
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and there's no scripture
in all the Bible that says
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that the Sabbath
is just for the Jews
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or that it's a Jewish Sabbath.
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That's a myth.
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The Bible clearly says,
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as we find there
in Mark 2: 27-28,
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Jesus Himself, the one
who created the Sabbath,
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the one who spoke the
worlds into existence,
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our very wonderful
Creator Himself said,
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the Sabbath was made for man
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and not man for the Sabbath.
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That word there in
the Greek is anthropos
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which means for all
mankind, He created the Sabbath.
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And I love this beautifully,
because Jesus didn't actually,
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you know, He kept the Sabbath
first before Adam and Eve,
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their very first
full day with Him
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was to spend in communion
with Him on the Sabbath,
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but they wouldn't actually
keep their first Sabbath
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until a week later.
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Because remember
what the prerequisite is,
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for keeping Sabbath?
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You have to work for six days.
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Had Adam and Eve
labored for six days yet?
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No, they hadn't.
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But we know that
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they kept that first
Sabbath with Christ observing,
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and then later they would
keep their very first Sabbath
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with the Lord.
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We see its origin in Genesis,
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and we can be sure today
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that the Lord Sabbath
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is still intact
for all generations
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as a part of the covenant.
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Oh, well, thank you, Ryan.
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You covered my
Sabbath School lesson for me,
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is our Sabbath before Sinai.
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So I'm going to go on a
little different direction
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as we go to Monday,
Sabbath before Sinai.
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Let's go to Exodus 16,
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because that's the foundation
that primarily was laid.
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And the writer
wanted us to bring that out
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that the Sabbath was
in existence before Sinai.
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Now according to
what Ryan just read,
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the test of the Sabbath
was, in fact, God's provision.
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And one of the things
I want to point out is,
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if we would stop trying
to provide for ourselves,
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we would see that
God can provide for us.
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The Sabbath has
been boiled down to a day
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where many stores open
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and provide their
major sales on those days.
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I remember a Macy's
white flower day sales
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was always on the Sabbath.
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A lot of sales
began sunset Friday
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and ended like 2
o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
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and I remember being pushed
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in the category
where items were sold,
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and they said, well,
it doesn't go on sale
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till Friday night
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and the sale ends at
2 o'clock on Saturday.
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And I actually got into
a very respectful debate
00:15:41.94\00:15:47.08
with the salesperson and I said,
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"Well, I go to
church on the Sabbath."
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They said, "No,
it's on Saturday."
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I said, "But that's the Sabbath
and I won't be able to be here.
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So are you saying to
Seventh-day Adventists
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and to the entire Jewish world
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that they don't have
right to partake in this sales."
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And they said,
00:16:03.36\00:16:04.69
"Well, I never
thought about it that way."
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And they went and
spoke to their manager
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and came by they said,
00:16:07.46\00:16:08.80
"Hey, manager said you
can have the sales price."
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We need to
stand up and recognize
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the Sabbath as a fact of
God, not as a just a day itself.
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And so when we
talk about the Sabbath,
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many people boil
it down to the day.
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But it's not about the
day, it is about the Lord.
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Anymore than May
22 is about the day,
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it's about my wife and
me, that's our anniversary.
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So it may be nothing to you.
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But when it becomes a sign,
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where two people
are united together
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in a blessed relationship,
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which is in fact,
what the Sabbath is,
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God uniting with His people
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in a blessed and
sanctified relationship,
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then the day means
something different.
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Now, let me go a
step further on that.
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Can I change the day my
wife and I were married on?
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No.
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Let me go a step farther.
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Now I am never, and my
wife and I made this decree,
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if anything
happened to her or me,
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I'm not getting remarried.
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I want one wife in
heaven. That's the bottom line.
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I got the best one now.
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And if anything happened to her,
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I'm waiting to heaven
00:17:12.53\00:17:13.86
so we can
continue our relationship.
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But here's the point.
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People that got
married a second time,
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let's use the example,
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say a guy just get
married a second time,
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which is not an
unusual thing in our world.
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And he's been honoring
January 5, for 35 years.
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Now he gets remarried
and says to his second wife,
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you know, Honey, I'm
so used to January 5,
00:17:30.21\00:17:32.25
because my wife and
I, who's now deceased.
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We honor January 5 for 35 years
00:17:36.28\00:17:40.32
and I know you and I
got married on July 4.
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But would it be
okay if we on a January 5
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since I'm used to that day.
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What would his wife say?
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No, that day has
nothing to do with me and you.
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It identifies you and her.
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Sunday, I'm
gonna say this clearly
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has nothing to do
with God's blessing.
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It's a work day.
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It's the first day of the week,
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and as sincere as we are,
we can be sincerely wrong.
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Not in a judgmental way,
but when you look at the Bible,
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nothing happened on
the first day of the week
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that God blessed.
00:18:13.99\00:18:15.46
He saw that everything
He made was very good,
00:18:15.49\00:18:17.36
but He only blessed
one day of the week.
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So let's go down the questions
00:18:19.56\00:18:21.50
to see how clearly
the Bible identifies
00:18:21.53\00:18:23.83
and establish this cadence.
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The first question,
let's go to Mark 15:42,
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which day is
the preparation day?
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Which day is the preparation day
00:18:31.84\00:18:33.27
for the Sabbath?
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We're going to
start with Mark 15:42.
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And remember, friends,
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I said this, and
I'll reiterate it,
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if it was just about the day,
you can pick any day you want.
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But it's not about the day.
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It's about the God.
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Mark 15:42,
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"Now when evening had come,
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because it was
the preparation day
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that is the day
before the Sabbath.
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So today,
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an entire nation of Jews,
00:19:00.84\00:19:03.00
even though predominantly
they rejected Christ,
00:19:03.04\00:19:06.41
they still honor the Sabbath.
00:19:06.44\00:19:08.24
The Sabbath day did not change.
00:19:08.28\00:19:10.45
It's the nation's attitude
toward the God of the Sabbath
00:19:10.48\00:19:13.31
is what changed.
00:19:13.35\00:19:14.68
But we look clearly
00:19:14.72\00:19:16.32
that the seventh day
00:19:16.35\00:19:17.69
is the only day
that God blessed.
00:19:17.72\00:19:19.72
And Exodus 20:8-11 connects
the seventh day to the Sabbath.
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The day before the Sabbath
is called the Preparation Day.
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Today, the
entire Christian world
00:19:27.13\00:19:29.03
when Easter comes,
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they call it Good Friday,
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and they call the
first day of the week,
00:19:32.70\00:19:34.04
Easter Sunday.
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And that's the
only time in the year
00:19:35.44\00:19:36.81
that they call
Saturday, Holy Saturday.
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It's amazing.
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Once a year, it's
called Holy Saturday,
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between the Preparation
Day and the Resurrection Day
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is the seventh day.
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The Resurrection Day is clearly
the first day of the week.
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The day before the
Sabbath is a preparation.
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So you have the preparation,
the Sabbath and the first day.
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Luke 23:50â | Luke 23:53-54.
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The Bible identifies
this clearly once again,
00:20:00.56\00:20:03.33
Luke 23:53-54.
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"Then he took it down",
that is the body of Christ,
00:20:05.77\00:20:08.34
"wrapped it in
linen, and laid it in a tomb
00:20:08.37\00:20:11.51
that was hewn out of the rock
00:20:11.54\00:20:13.17
where no one had
ever lain before.
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That day was the Preparation,
and the Sabbath drew near."
00:20:15.78\00:20:19.61
And we know the story very well.
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After the Sabbath,
00:20:21.32\00:20:22.65
the women went to
the tomb to anoint Christ
00:20:22.68\00:20:24.82
and found that the
tomb had been empty.
00:20:24.85\00:20:26.96
The stone had been rolled away.
00:20:26.99\00:20:28.69
And that was the
first day of the week.
00:20:28.72\00:20:31.39
And different gospel writers,
some say while it was yet dark,
00:20:31.43\00:20:34.63
some say early in the morning,
but the fact of the matter is,
00:20:34.66\00:20:38.53
they went on the first day.
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And why was the Lord not there?
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Because from the very beginning,
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He established the
first day as the day of work.
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He got up to continue
the work of redemption,
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the work of salvation.
00:20:49.68\00:20:52.05
Let's go to Exodus 20:8-10.
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The next question is,
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which day of the
week is the Sabbath?
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Now I don't
think we have anything
00:20:58.32\00:20:59.99
that we've missed so far,
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but let us allow
the Bible to speak.
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Verse 8,
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
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Verse 9,
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"Six days you shall
labor and do all your work."
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And the beginning of verse 10.
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"But the seventh day
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is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God."
00:21:16.57\00:21:18.57
Now, I'm gonna say this twice,
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first here, and at
the end of another time.
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The seventh day
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is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God.
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Have you ever
thought about this?
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Don't ask yourself the question
which day is the Sabbath?
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Ask yourself the question,
who is the Lord your God?
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Who is your God?
00:21:36.52\00:21:38.13
If the God of
creation is your God,
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He's saying the
seventh day is My Sabbath.
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But if you want
to just pick a day,
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then you're disconnecting
yourself from your obligation
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to the God of creation.
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You can pick any day,
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but that's not
the day God blessed.
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We must ask
ourselves the question,
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am I willing to
identify with my Lord,
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the God of creation.
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If that, in fact is the case,
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He says,
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the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord, your God.
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Now, why can't we choose today?
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Because we can't bless anything.
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So what's the issue?
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Ezekiel 22:26,
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this is a major
part of the issue.
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This happened among the Jews
when they went into rebellion.
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This is happening again
today in the Christian world.
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The Bible says in
Exodus, in Ezekiel 22: 26.
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"Her priests
have violated My law,"
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it's clear,
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"and profaned My holy things,
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they have not distinguished
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between the
holy and the unholy,"
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Sunday has
never been a holy day,
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it's an unholy day,
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"nor have they made
known the difference
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between the
unclean and the clean."
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Today, pastors teach
you can eat anything.
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The Bible doesn't teach that.
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And what is the issue?
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"And they have hidden their eyes
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from My Sabbaths,
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so that I am
profaned among them."
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That's a powerful
statement that the Lord made,
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when we hide our
eyes from His Sabbath.
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The Sabbath hasn't been hidden.
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The Sabbath is not invisible.
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We have just ignored it.
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We cannot hide our
eyes from the Sabbath.
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And people say,
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"Well, you know, you really got,
00:23:12.95\00:23:14.29
you guys are making a
big deal out of the Sabbath."
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I've often asked the question,
00:23:16.32\00:23:17.73
"What is there about the Sabbath
00:23:17.76\00:23:19.39
that makes us
want to ignore it?"
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Some people say,
00:23:21.30\00:23:22.63
"Well, because it's
a salvation by works."
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When you read
the Sabbath command,
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you will find the word
work, but not to be saved.
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It'll simply say, "Thou
shall not do any works."
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The work has
been done by the Lord.
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We are simply called to
honor what God has already done.
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My last text,
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that what kind of day
should the Sabbath be?
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Isaiah 58:13,
00:23:47.02\00:23:49.66
"If you turn away
your foot from the Sabbath,
00:23:49.69\00:23:51.89
from doing your
pleasure on My holy day,
00:23:51.93\00:23:54.50
and call the Sabbath, a delight,
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the holy day of
the Lord honorable
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and shall honor Him,
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not doing your own ways,
nor finding your own pleasures,
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nor speaking your own words."
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Verse 14,
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"Then you shall
delight yourself in the Lord,
00:24:07.28\00:24:09.54
and I will cause you to ride
on the high heels of the earth,
00:24:09.58\00:24:12.45
and feed you with the
heritage of Jacob your father,
00:24:12.48\00:24:15.32
for the mouth of
the Lord has spoken."
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God wants to bless you.
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The question is, do you
want to be blessed by the Lord.
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If, in fact, that's the
case, remember Mark 2:27,
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"The Sabbath was made for
man and not man for the Sabbath.
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Honor the Lord of the Sabbath
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and you'll be a
blessed man and woman."
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Praise the Lord.
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Thank you so
much, pastor, for that.
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I appreciate that.
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Hello, friends, welcome back
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel
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where we're going to
go on to Tuesday's lesson,
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Miss Jill Morikone.
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Thank you so much,
Pastor Ryan and Pastor John,
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amazing lesson so far.
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I love the gift of the Sabbath.
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What a
privilege to have 24 hours
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to spend with our
Creator God and our Redeemer,
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the Lord Jesus Christ,
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what a gift.
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I have Tuesday,
which is Covenant Sign,
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the Sabbath as a
covenant sign of grace.
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You know, if you
look at the covenants,
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we have the rainbow
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is the sign of
the Noahic covenant.
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We have circumcision
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as a sign of the
Abrahamic covenant.
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We have the Sabbath
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as the sign of
the Sinaitic covenant,
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or the covenant given at Sinai.
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Exodus 31:13,
00:26:05.83\00:26:07.80
"Speak also to the
children of Israel saying,
00:26:07.83\00:26:10.67
'Surely my
Sabbaths you shall keep,
00:26:10.70\00:26:13.70
for it is a sign
between me and you
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throughout your generations,
00:26:16.91\00:26:19.34
that you may know that
00:26:19.37\00:26:20.71
I am the Lord
who sanctifies you.
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It is a sign or
pledge of the covenant.
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Now the focus of
this particular lesson
00:26:26.75\00:26:29.05
is the Sabbath being a
sign, a covenant sign of grace.
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But before we get there,
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I just want to touch
on a couple things to me
00:26:34.46\00:26:37.13
that the Sabbath is a sign of.
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First, the Sabbath is
a sign of God's covenant
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with His people
throughout the ages.
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We see this in Exodus 31:16.
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Exodus 31:16,
00:26:50.71\00:26:53.54
"Therefore the
children of Israel
00:26:53.58\00:26:54.91
shall keep the Sabbath,
00:26:54.94\00:26:56.28
to observe the Sabbath
throughout their generations,"
00:26:56.31\00:26:59.08
Why?
00:26:59.11\00:27:00.45
"As their perpetual covenant."
00:27:00.48\00:27:02.72
The Sabbath is to be a
sign of our relationship,
00:27:02.75\00:27:07.02
our covenantal relationship
with God as our Father.
00:27:07.06\00:27:11.66
The Sabbath is also a
sign that God is our Creator,
00:27:11.69\00:27:15.80
as Pastor Ryan and
Pastor John talked about.
00:27:15.83\00:27:18.83
We see that in Exodus 31
in the next verse, verse 17,
00:27:18.87\00:27:22.87
"It is a sign,
the Sabbath that is,
00:27:22.90\00:27:25.01
is a sign between me
00:27:25.04\00:27:26.41
and the children
of Israel forever,
00:27:26.44\00:27:28.54
for in six days
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the Lord made heavens and earth,
00:27:30.25\00:27:32.01
and on the seventh day He
rested and was refreshed."
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So the Sabbath is a sign
00:27:35.25\00:27:36.99
every week that
God is our Creator.
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The Sabbath is also a
sign of the relationship
00:27:41.16\00:27:44.16
between God and His people.
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And it serves as a
test of our loyalty to Him.
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Exodus, Ezekiel, not
Exodus, Ezekiel 20:20.
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It says,
00:27:56.30\00:27:57.64
"Hallow My Sabbaths,
00:27:57.67\00:27:59.01
and they will be a
sign between Me and you,
00:27:59.04\00:28:01.11
that you may know that
I am the Lord your God."
00:28:01.14\00:28:05.75
It shows ownership.
00:28:05.78\00:28:07.22
Every time when
we keep the Sabbath,
00:28:07.25\00:28:09.22
we are saying,
00:28:09.25\00:28:10.59
"Yes, God, I will follow You.
00:28:10.62\00:28:12.22
Yes, God, I will
walk in Your ways.
00:28:12.25\00:28:15.42
Yes, God, I want
You to be my father.
00:28:15.46\00:28:18.09
And I want to be in
covenant relationship
00:28:18.13\00:28:21.10
with You as Your child."
00:28:21.13\00:28:23.26
The Sabbath is also a sign
that God is our sanctifier,
00:28:23.30\00:28:27.77
which we won't touch on,
00:28:27.80\00:28:29.14
because Shelley is
going to cover that.
00:28:29.17\00:28:30.61
So let's look at the
focus of this lesson,
00:28:30.64\00:28:32.87
the Sabbath being a
covenant sign of grace.
00:28:32.91\00:28:36.01
How is the Sabbath a
covenant sign of grace?
00:28:36.04\00:28:38.21
I would submit to you
00:28:38.25\00:28:39.58
there's four
ways and four reasons,
00:28:39.61\00:28:42.45
Pastor John, so every
Sabbath, it reminds you of this.
00:28:42.48\00:28:46.12
Number one, the
Sabbath reminds us
00:28:46.15\00:28:47.69
where we came from.
00:28:47.72\00:28:49.06
Number two,
00:28:49.09\00:28:50.43
it reminds us
who our deliverer is.
00:28:50.46\00:28:53.93
Number three, it reminds
us that we've been redeemed.
00:28:53.96\00:28:56.33
And number four,
00:28:56.36\00:28:57.70
it reminds us of
the rest and freedom
00:28:57.73\00:29:00.74
that we have in Him.
00:29:00.77\00:29:02.10
So let's look at number one.
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The Sabbath is a
covenant sign of grace
00:29:03.51\00:29:04.91
because it reminds
us where we came from.
00:29:04.94\00:29:06.41
We're going to Deuteronomy.
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Deuteronomy Chapter 5,
00:29:08.11\00:29:09.48
we're going to spend
several verses in here.
00:29:09.51\00:29:12.78
Of course, this is the
giving of the Ten Commandments
00:29:12.81\00:29:15.88
or the ten words of God.
00:29:15.92\00:29:18.69
Same thing from Exodus 20,
00:29:18.72\00:29:20.09
but we, there's
a different twist
00:29:20.12\00:29:22.19
here in Deuteronomy 5
00:29:22.22\00:29:23.56
when the Sabbath
commandment is brought forth.
00:29:23.59\00:29:25.89
We see in Exodus 20
00:29:25.93\00:29:27.26
the reminder that
00:29:27.30\00:29:28.76
in six days the Lord
made heaven and earth,
00:29:28.80\00:29:30.73
and the reminder
that we keep the Sabbath
00:29:30.77\00:29:32.23
because He's our Creator.
00:29:32.27\00:29:33.60
But in Deuteronomy 5,
00:29:33.64\00:29:35.14
we specifically
see that we observe,
00:29:35.17\00:29:37.67
we keep the Sabbath day,
00:29:37.71\00:29:39.67
because it reminds us
of where we came from.
00:29:39.71\00:29:42.11
Deuteronomy 5:12,
00:29:42.14\00:29:43.55
"Observe the
Sabbath day to keep it holy,
00:29:43.58\00:29:45.71
as the Lord your
God commanded you.
00:29:45.75\00:29:48.25
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
00:29:48.28\00:29:50.35
but the seventh day
00:29:50.39\00:29:51.99
is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God."
00:29:52.02\00:29:54.52
Jump down to verse 15.
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"And remember that
00:29:56.29\00:29:58.43
you were a slave
in the land of Egypt."
00:29:58.46\00:30:02.20
Every Sabbath, when
those precious hours,
00:30:02.23\00:30:05.17
those sanctified hours,
00:30:05.20\00:30:06.60
those set apart
hours roll around
00:30:06.63\00:30:08.87
on Friday night at sundown.
00:30:08.90\00:30:11.31
Remind, sit down and take time,
00:30:11.34\00:30:14.18
and remember
where you came from.
00:30:14.21\00:30:16.18
We were slaves.
We were stuck in sin.
00:30:16.21\00:30:18.65
We were
unredeemable and unreachable.
00:30:18.68\00:30:21.78
We remember where
God brought us from?
00:30:21.82\00:30:24.05
Out of darkness
into His marvelous light.
00:30:24.09\00:30:26.92
I think in my own life,
00:30:26.96\00:30:28.56
I do not sit and remember
00:30:28.59\00:30:31.73
where God
brought me from enough.
00:30:31.76\00:30:35.53
I need to do that
more in my own life.
00:30:35.56\00:30:37.83
The Sabbath
doesn't just remind us
00:30:37.87\00:30:39.20
where we came from.
00:30:39.23\00:30:40.57
It reminds us
who our deliverer is.
00:30:40.60\00:30:41.94
Deuteronomy 5:2,
00:30:41.97\00:30:44.31
"The Lord our God made a
covenant with us in Horeb.
00:30:44.34\00:30:46.91
The Lord did not
make this covenant
00:30:46.94\00:30:48.28
with our fathers,
00:30:48.31\00:30:49.64
but with us, those
who are here today,
00:30:49.68\00:30:52.05
all of us who are alive."
00:30:52.08\00:30:53.52
Jump down to verse 8,
00:30:53.55\00:30:55.18
"I am the Lord your God
00:30:55.22\00:30:57.49
who brought you out
of the land of Egypt,
00:30:57.52\00:30:59.92
out of the house of bondage."
00:30:59.95\00:31:02.22
He's reminding them that
00:31:02.26\00:31:03.59
He is the one who
delivered them from Egypt.
00:31:03.63\00:31:05.13
He's the one who brought
them through the Red Sea.
00:31:05.16\00:31:07.56
He's the one who set them free.
00:31:07.60\00:31:10.83
Every Sabbath
00:31:10.87\00:31:12.20
don't just
remember where you were
00:31:12.23\00:31:13.74
and stuck in sin,
00:31:13.77\00:31:15.17
but who your God
is, how big your God is,
00:31:15.20\00:31:18.51
the omnipotent, all powerful,
all knowing omniscient God,
00:31:18.54\00:31:22.54
that is your God,
00:31:22.58\00:31:24.08
and He can deliver you.
00:31:24.11\00:31:25.85
Number three, Remember,
00:31:25.88\00:31:27.32
the Sabbath reminds us
that we have been redeemed.
00:31:27.35\00:31:31.72
Verse 15, Deuteronomy 5:15.
00:31:31.75\00:31:37.36
Remember, you are a
slave in the land of Egypt."
00:31:37.39\00:31:39.66
That's where we
remember where we came from.
00:31:39.69\00:31:42.26
"And the Lord your God
00:31:42.30\00:31:43.63
brought you out
there by a mighty hand,"
00:31:43.67\00:31:45.37
that's remembering
that He is our deliverer,
00:31:45.40\00:31:48.14
"and by an outstretched arm,
00:31:48.17\00:31:49.97
therefore the Lord
your God commanded you
00:31:50.01\00:31:52.81
to keep the Sabbath day."
00:31:52.84\00:31:55.51
Only those who
are redeemed by Christ
00:31:55.54\00:31:58.31
can recognize and
understand what creation means.
00:31:58.35\00:32:02.82
I think the Sabbath
is a sign of redemption,
00:32:02.85\00:32:05.75
almost has
precedence over the Sabbath
00:32:05.79\00:32:09.02
as a memorial of creation,
00:32:09.06\00:32:10.69
because we have to
recognize who we are,
00:32:10.73\00:32:12.83
and where we have
been redeemed from
00:32:12.86\00:32:14.96
to even understand
that creative process.
00:32:15.00\00:32:19.63
The Sabbath is a
constant reminder,
00:32:19.67\00:32:21.20
it's a weekly reminder
00:32:21.24\00:32:22.64
that we're included
in His covenant of grace
00:32:22.67\00:32:24.77
that you and I,
we came from sin,
00:32:24.81\00:32:27.11
but that our
deliverer is mighty,
00:32:27.14\00:32:30.48
and that He has redeemed us.
00:32:30.51\00:32:32.35
The Sabbath is also a
reminder, this is number four.
00:32:32.38\00:32:35.92
It reminds us of
the rest and freedom
00:32:35.95\00:32:38.99
we have in Him.
00:32:39.02\00:32:40.52
Exodus 35.
00:32:40.56\00:32:42.52
Jump over to Exodus 35:2.
00:32:42.56\00:32:45.33
The Bible says,
00:32:45.36\00:32:46.70
"Work shall be
done for six days,"
00:32:46.73\00:32:48.06
there's that word
work for six days,
00:32:48.10\00:32:50.30
"but the seventh day
should be a holy day for you,
00:32:50.33\00:32:53.84
a Sabbath Shabbat
of rest to the Lord."
00:32:53.87\00:32:59.24
Now the word rest is Shabbaton.
00:32:59.27\00:33:01.61
It means special
rest on the Sabbath.
00:33:01.64\00:33:06.11
The seventh day
should be a holy day for you,
00:33:06.15\00:33:07.55
a Sabbath of rest.
00:33:07.58\00:33:08.92
So it's not just the Sabbath,
but it's the Sabbath rest.
00:33:08.95\00:33:11.79
Isn't that amazing?
00:33:11.82\00:33:13.15
We work six days of the week,
00:33:13.19\00:33:14.59
but the Sabbath,
00:33:14.62\00:33:15.96
the Sabbath is the Sabbath rest.
00:33:15.99\00:33:17.96
I love that.
00:33:17.99\00:33:19.33
So as we look at God's rest,
00:33:19.36\00:33:21.76
God's rest symbolizes
00:33:21.80\00:33:23.93
the completion
of His creation work
00:33:23.97\00:33:25.80
as Ryan already
brought out in Genesis 2,
00:33:25.83\00:33:28.90
when the heavens
and earth were finished,
00:33:28.94\00:33:30.57
God rested
00:33:30.61\00:33:31.94
at the end of the
sixth day creation week.
00:33:31.97\00:33:34.74
And it is a reminder
of His creative work.
00:33:34.78\00:33:39.78
God's rest is attained by faith.
00:33:39.81\00:33:42.15
Let's go to Hebrews.
00:33:42.18\00:33:43.52
Hebrews 4:1-2,
00:33:43.55\00:33:46.52
God's rest
doesn't just symbolize
00:33:46.55\00:33:49.52
the completion
of His creative work
00:33:49.56\00:33:50.93
as we see in Genesis,
00:33:50.96\00:33:52.39
but it also is
attained by faith.
00:33:52.43\00:33:55.16
"Therefore,
since a promise remains
00:33:55.20\00:33:57.27
of entering His rest,
00:33:57.30\00:33:59.37
let us fear lest any of you
seem to have come short of it.
00:33:59.40\00:34:02.84
For indeed the
gospel was preached to us
00:34:02.87\00:34:05.31
as well as to them,
00:34:05.34\00:34:06.78
but the word which they
heard did not profit them.
00:34:06.81\00:34:10.05
Why didn't it profit them?
00:34:10.08\00:34:11.61
"Because it was not
being mixed with faith
00:34:11.65\00:34:14.55
in those who heard it."
00:34:14.58\00:34:17.05
In the previous
chapter, we see that
00:34:17.09\00:34:18.65
God's people they
failed to enter His rest
00:34:18.69\00:34:21.42
because of unbelief,
00:34:21.46\00:34:22.82
because of a hardened
heart, because of disobedience.
00:34:22.86\00:34:27.83
But here we see that
00:34:27.86\00:34:29.20
God's rest is attained by faith.
00:34:29.23\00:34:33.03
We also see that His
rest is based on His works,
00:34:33.07\00:34:35.74
not our own works.
00:34:35.77\00:34:38.24
Jump down to verse 9.
00:34:38.27\00:34:39.61
Hebrews 4:9-10,
00:34:39.64\00:34:42.04
"There remains therefore a rest,
00:34:42.08\00:34:43.91
a Sabbath rest
for the people of God.
00:34:43.95\00:34:48.58
For he who has entered His rest
00:34:48.62\00:34:50.59
has himself also
ceased from his works
00:34:50.62\00:34:53.19
as God did from His."
00:34:53.22\00:34:54.99
The Sabbath
every week is reminder
00:34:55.02\00:34:57.59
that God is the
one who sanctifies us,
00:34:57.63\00:35:00.90
that we can rest in Him.
00:35:00.93\00:35:02.96
When we worship on
His holy Sabbath day,
00:35:03.00\00:35:05.60
we recognize that we
can't change our hearts,
00:35:05.63\00:35:07.57
our past, our
sin, our addiction.
00:35:07.60\00:35:10.17
We recognize that
00:35:10.21\00:35:11.54
Jesus is our redeemer,
00:35:11.57\00:35:12.91
our deliverer
00:35:12.94\00:35:14.28
and He delivers us from bondage.
00:35:14.31\00:35:16.24
We recognize that we
can reach out by faith
00:35:16.28\00:35:19.35
and accept His work in our life.
00:35:19.38\00:35:21.68
And we also
recognize that you and I,
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.72
we can rest in Him
00:35:23.75\00:35:25.12
and His creative
redemptive work in our lives.
00:35:25.15\00:35:28.42
Oh, amen.
00:35:28.46\00:35:29.86
Thank you, Jill.
00:35:29.89\00:35:31.23
I just have to say,
00:35:31.26\00:35:32.76
you know, you may,
00:35:32.79\00:35:34.13
sometimes I get so animated
00:35:34.16\00:35:35.66
that I don't even
realize I'm doing it.
00:35:35.70\00:35:37.70
The reason I'm so
excited about this,
00:35:37.73\00:35:40.60
this particular quarterly
00:35:40.64\00:35:42.67
is because when
the Lord called me
00:35:42.70\00:35:44.07
to full time ministry,
00:35:44.11\00:35:45.44
He told me this was in 2000.
00:35:45.47\00:35:46.81
He said,
00:35:46.84\00:35:48.18
"Forget what you think,
00:35:48.21\00:35:49.54
you know, come sit at
my feet, I will teach you."
00:35:49.58\00:35:51.21
He led me on a
study of the sanctuary
00:35:51.25\00:35:53.48
and a study of the
covenants back in 2000.
00:35:53.52\00:35:56.99
And I'll tell you what?
00:35:57.02\00:35:58.55
When I realized
00:35:58.59\00:35:59.92
the commandments
weren't nailed to the cross,
00:35:59.95\00:36:02.42
I was a Sabbath
keeper for a couple of years
00:36:02.46\00:36:05.53
before I became a
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:36:05.56\00:36:08.06
but I'll never forget
00:36:08.10\00:36:10.83
hitting this particular...
00:36:10.87\00:36:14.17
When I came to this
particular scripture,
00:36:14.20\00:36:16.17
as the Lord took me
00:36:16.20\00:36:17.94
on a special
study of the Sabbath.
00:36:17.97\00:36:21.08
Exodus 31:13,
00:36:21.11\00:36:23.01
"Speak also to the
children of Israel, saying:
00:36:23.04\00:36:26.11
'Surely My
Sabbaths you shall keep,
00:36:26.15\00:36:28.08
for it is a sign
between Me and you
00:36:28.12\00:36:31.15
throughout your
generations, that,"
00:36:31.19\00:36:34.66
and anytime you
see that or so that,
00:36:34.69\00:36:36.99
it's a purpose statement.
00:36:37.03\00:36:38.53
It's a sign for
this purpose that
00:36:38.56\00:36:42.06
"you may know
00:36:42.10\00:36:43.87
that I am the Lord
who sanctifies you."
00:36:43.90\00:36:46.70
To be sanctified is
to be set apart from sin,
00:36:46.74\00:36:51.57
to be sanctified.
00:36:51.61\00:36:53.44
Sanctification and
holiness are synonymous.
00:36:53.48\00:36:56.61
But here's my point.
00:36:56.64\00:36:58.81
All my life, oh, I
was in a perform...
00:36:58.85\00:37:02.45
I grew up in a
Sunday keeping church,
00:37:02.48\00:37:04.92
but boy, it was
performance oriented.
00:37:04.95\00:37:07.39
I just kept thinking,
00:37:07.42\00:37:08.76
"Oh, if I could
just read my Bible more,
00:37:08.79\00:37:11.29
if I pray more, if I would..."
00:37:11.33\00:37:12.79
I had the do mores.
00:37:12.83\00:37:14.93
And I never felt good enough.
00:37:14.96\00:37:17.27
And all of a sudden, I realized,
00:37:17.30\00:37:21.14
God's the one who's
going to sanctify me.
00:37:21.17\00:37:23.51
Now, yes, it takes
permission from me.
00:37:23.54\00:37:26.91
And we're going
to get into that.
00:37:26.94\00:37:28.71
But there's two
ideas joined in this text.
00:37:28.74\00:37:33.15
There's the
idea that the Sabbath
00:37:33.18\00:37:35.52
is a sign of knowledge,
00:37:35.55\00:37:40.66
that you may know me,
00:37:40.69\00:37:42.49
but then that it's a
sign of sanctification,
00:37:42.52\00:37:45.29
and I'll tell you it
was an external sign.
00:37:45.33\00:37:47.56
I mean, you
don't and I don't find
00:37:47.60\00:37:49.43
in any other ancient Israel.
00:37:49.46\00:37:52.27
I mean, ancient civilization,
00:37:52.30\00:37:56.30
you don't find a
parallel for the Sabbath.
00:37:56.34\00:37:58.84
This was a unique sign
00:37:58.87\00:38:00.21
that showed, hey,
they are the people of God.
00:38:00.24\00:38:03.08
So we're going to
look at sanctification,
00:38:03.11\00:38:05.71
because I'm not going
to have time to get both.
00:38:05.75\00:38:08.42
If we can get to the
knowledge part, we will.
00:38:08.45\00:38:11.79
Let me ask you.
00:38:11.82\00:38:13.86
Is grace an act of God
00:38:13.89\00:38:17.53
or a work of God?
00:38:17.56\00:38:20.03
It's both.
00:38:20.06\00:38:21.83
The act of God is justification.
00:38:21.86\00:38:26.33
This is when He as judge
is declaring us not guilty.
00:38:26.37\00:38:31.47
He's declaring us pardoned.
00:38:31.51\00:38:34.24
And this is
the... When you have,
00:38:34.28\00:38:37.48
you know, to condemn someone,
00:38:37.51\00:38:39.75
I mean, if somebody is guilty,
00:38:39.78\00:38:41.78
you say, okay,
they're condemned.
00:38:41.82\00:38:44.82
But when you're
justified, you're acquitted.
00:38:44.85\00:38:47.66
And I mean, that
is to me so exciting
00:38:47.69\00:38:50.43
that Christ's righteousness
has been credited to me,
00:38:50.46\00:38:54.16
and I am justified
by grace through faith.
00:38:54.20\00:38:59.30
That means the penalty of sin
00:38:59.33\00:39:02.04
is no longer
hanging over my head.
00:39:02.07\00:39:05.67
But now the second
part, that's the act of God.
00:39:05.71\00:39:10.01
The second part
is the work of God
00:39:10.05\00:39:14.95
and to be sanctification
00:39:14.98\00:39:20.79
is to be separated to God
00:39:20.82\00:39:24.69
and away from evil.
00:39:24.73\00:39:27.80
It requires our cooperation
with God, if you will.
00:39:27.83\00:39:33.77
Justification,
instantaneous act.
00:39:33.80\00:39:36.97
Sanctification,
the work of a lifetime.
00:39:37.01\00:39:39.87
But what sanctification does?
00:39:39.91\00:39:41.91
Christ came to deliver
us from the power of sin,
00:39:41.94\00:39:45.81
to set us apart from sin.
00:39:45.85\00:39:48.58
And this is the beautiful thing
that the Sabbath points to.
00:39:48.62\00:39:54.16
I want to share
three scriptures with you.
00:39:54.19\00:39:57.69
Because in justification,
it's imputed righteousness.
00:39:57.73\00:40:02.53
Imputed just simply
means credited to our account.
00:40:02.56\00:40:06.30
He reconciles us to God,
00:40:06.33\00:40:08.27
our bank accounts
totally overdrawn.
00:40:08.30\00:40:11.11
He credits His
righteousness into our account.
00:40:11.14\00:40:14.48
And all of us
said we're reconciled.
00:40:14.51\00:40:17.15
But with sanctification,
00:40:17.18\00:40:22.12
this is imparted righteousness.
00:40:22.15\00:40:25.15
This is Christ in
you, the hope of glory.
00:40:25.19\00:40:29.09
This is when the
Holy Spirit fills you
00:40:29.12\00:40:33.53
and leads you into...
00:40:33.56\00:40:37.10
Philippians 2:13,
00:40:37.13\00:40:38.50
"He works in you
00:40:38.53\00:40:39.87
too will and to do
His good pleasure."
00:40:39.90\00:40:42.04
Philippians 1:6,
00:40:42.07\00:40:43.64
"That He will continue
00:40:43.67\00:40:46.47
the good work
He's begun in you."
00:40:46.51\00:40:48.64
But let me show you something.
00:40:48.68\00:40:50.11
Three scriptures,
1 Thessalonians 5-23.
00:40:50.15\00:40:54.65
1 Thessalonians 5:23.
00:40:54.68\00:40:57.02
The entire Godhead
00:40:57.05\00:40:59.89
is identified in connection
00:40:59.92\00:41:03.63
with the process
of sanctification.
00:41:03.66\00:41:07.63
1 Thessalonians 5:23, says,
00:41:07.66\00:41:11.23
"Now may the God of peace,"
00:41:11.27\00:41:13.27
this is Jehovah Shalom,
00:41:13.30\00:41:14.64
Jehovah, that is
that covenant name of God.
00:41:14.67\00:41:19.67
"May the God of peace himself
00:41:19.71\00:41:21.61
sanctify you completely."
00:41:21.64\00:41:25.95
It's God the Father
doing the work in you.
00:41:25.98\00:41:28.85
"May your whole
spirit, soul and body
00:41:28.88\00:41:31.09
be preserved blameless
00:41:31.12\00:41:32.75
at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:41:32.79\00:41:35.49
He who calls you is
faithful, who will also do it."
00:41:35.52\00:41:39.86
God will bring it to pass
00:41:39.89\00:41:43.20
when you say, Lord,
I give you permission.
00:41:43.23\00:41:47.27
Take my heart
for I can't give it,
00:41:47.30\00:41:49.07
but, oh Lord, let my
will line up with Your will.
00:41:49.10\00:41:52.31
I want Your
will done in my life.
00:41:52.34\00:41:55.11
1 Corinthians 1:30 shows
00:41:55.14\00:41:57.91
how the Lord Jesus Christ
is part of our sanctification.
00:41:57.95\00:42:03.25
1 Corinthians 1:30 says,
00:42:03.28\00:42:05.49
"But of him, you
are in Christ Jesus
00:42:05.52\00:42:08.76
who became for
us, wisdom from God,
00:42:08.79\00:42:12.83
righteousness, sanctification,
00:42:12.86\00:42:17.57
and redemption."
00:42:17.60\00:42:19.13
Through Christ we become wise,
00:42:19.17\00:42:22.24
we become righteous.
00:42:22.27\00:42:25.41
He is our sanctification,
00:42:25.44\00:42:27.64
will we accept
Him as our Savior.
00:42:27.68\00:42:30.78
He's who sets us apart.
00:42:30.81\00:42:33.28
2 Thessalonians 2:13.
00:42:33.31\00:42:36.45
2 Thessalonians 2:13, says,
00:42:36.48\00:42:42.29
"We are bound to give
thanks to God always for you,
00:42:42.32\00:42:45.79
brethren, beloved by the Lord
00:42:45.83\00:42:47.73
because God from the beginning
00:42:47.76\00:42:50.17
chose you for salvation
00:42:50.20\00:42:52.63
through sanctification
00:42:52.67\00:42:54.60
by the Spirit and
belief in the truth."
00:42:54.64\00:42:59.97
You can remember this
one, 2 Thessalonians 2:13,
00:43:00.01\00:43:03.11
Philippians 2:30.
00:43:03.14\00:43:04.81
It's the Spirit working in
00:43:04.85\00:43:06.18
is still willing to
do His good pleasure.
00:43:06.21\00:43:08.82
And all of this is signified.
00:43:08.85\00:43:13.96
You remember it as
you keep the Sabbath.
00:43:13.99\00:43:16.69
I remember the
first Sabbath that I kept.
00:43:16.73\00:43:18.83
It was just like...
00:43:18.86\00:43:22.06
For the first time I
exhaled, I understood grace.
00:43:22.10\00:43:26.57
Oh, it makes me so mad
00:43:26.60\00:43:27.94
when people say
Sabbath keeping is legalistic.
00:43:27.97\00:43:30.34
I never understood grace,
00:43:30.37\00:43:34.71
until I understood
00:43:34.74\00:43:37.65
that God's commandments
and keeping His Sabbath,
00:43:37.68\00:43:41.22
on that word
Sabbath was so exciting.
00:43:41.25\00:43:44.42
Just, I'm a workaholic.
00:43:44.45\00:43:46.52
I know some other
people on this panel
00:43:46.55\00:43:48.46
that are workaholics.
00:43:48.49\00:43:49.82
If it weren't for the Sabbath,
we'd work ourselves to death.
00:43:49.86\00:43:53.16
But it's also a
sign of knowledge.
00:43:53.19\00:43:57.17
And I just want to quickly
give you some scriptures.
00:43:57.20\00:43:59.80
The Hebrew
understanding of knowledge
00:43:59.83\00:44:01.84
includes
intellectual and emotional
00:44:01.87\00:44:06.88
and relational aspects,
00:44:06.91\00:44:10.05
it's to walk in
relationship with one.
00:44:10.08\00:44:13.42
So just jot these
scripture references down.
00:44:13.45\00:44:16.79
Isaiah 11:2 says that we,
00:44:16.82\00:44:21.49
"The spirit of the knowledge,
00:44:21.52\00:44:22.86
and the fear of the
Lord will be on us."
00:44:22.89\00:44:24.93
So that's, that's what
Sabbath helps us to do.
00:44:24.96\00:44:28.00
Isaiah 43:10,
00:44:28.03\00:44:30.27
"We know the
Lord and believe Him."
00:44:30.30\00:44:34.27
It's the
knowledge that we will learn
00:44:34.30\00:44:36.71
during the Sabbath.
00:44:36.74\00:44:38.07
Psalm 9:10,
00:44:38.11\00:44:39.77
"To know the Lord
means to trust and seek Him,"
00:44:39.81\00:44:43.01
it says,
00:44:43.04\00:44:44.38
"Those who know Your
name, put their trust on You,
00:44:44.41\00:44:46.78
and because they seek You."
00:44:46.82\00:44:50.42
Jeremiah 10:25,
00:44:50.45\00:44:52.65
"To know the Lord is
to call on His name."
00:44:52.69\00:44:55.86
And you know, I love Sabbath
00:44:55.89\00:44:58.69
because you've got all day
00:44:58.73\00:45:00.06
to call on the name of the Lord.
00:45:00.10\00:45:01.43
1 Chronicles 28:9,
00:45:01.46\00:45:03.43
"To know the
Lord is to serve Him
00:45:03.47\00:45:06.87
with a loyal heart
and a willing mind."
00:45:06.90\00:45:10.31
Sabbath is a sign
00:45:10.34\00:45:14.18
of the covenant of grace.
00:45:14.21\00:45:16.95
It is a sign of the
redemptive deep love.
00:45:16.98\00:45:20.78
Sabbath, to me,
00:45:20.82\00:45:22.48
is the most
beautiful day of the week.
00:45:22.52\00:45:24.95
And it's why we
have a weekly cycle.
00:45:24.99\00:45:27.66
Amen. Wow.
00:45:27.69\00:45:30.59
Thank you, Shelley.
00:45:30.63\00:45:31.96
I know that,
00:45:31.99\00:45:33.33
for us, the Sabbath
is a really special day.
00:45:33.36\00:45:35.56
I mean what a great lesson.
00:45:35.60\00:45:36.93
I mean, the whole
quarterly has been fantastic,
00:45:36.97\00:45:38.30
but especially lesson
nine here on the Sabbath.
00:45:38.33\00:45:40.50
I know Jill and I
talked about Friday night
00:45:40.54\00:45:42.94
is one of our most
favorite times of the week.
00:45:42.97\00:45:45.04
We even have usually
a little special meal,
00:45:45.07\00:45:47.11
and just special things
that we do on the Sabbath day.
00:45:47.14\00:45:50.25
And we just look
forward to the Sabbath.
00:45:50.28\00:45:52.05
And what a great
time to spend with God.
00:45:52.08\00:45:54.18
And I appreciate
pastor and others
00:45:54.22\00:45:55.72
that mentioned about
the relationship aspect,
00:45:55.75\00:45:57.49
because that's what it is.
00:45:57.52\00:45:58.89
And I have Thursday,
00:45:58.92\00:46:00.89
and it's called,
00:46:00.92\00:46:02.26
Remember the Sabbath day.
00:46:02.29\00:46:04.46
So the key word that
we're focusing on here
00:46:04.49\00:46:05.86
is remember
00:46:05.89\00:46:08.06
and that's our focus.
00:46:08.10\00:46:10.90
I just want to say that
I'm so thankful for the person,
00:46:10.93\00:46:13.37
the staff that remembered
to hit the record button
00:46:13.40\00:46:15.94
for the Sabbath School Panel.
00:46:15.97\00:46:17.74
Right, aren't you?
00:46:17.77\00:46:19.11
Because otherwise
you wouldn't be watching
00:46:19.14\00:46:20.48
if they didn't
hit the record button.
00:46:20.51\00:46:21.84
And I want to
say I'm so thankful
00:46:21.88\00:46:23.21
that you remembered,
00:46:23.24\00:46:24.58
we're thinking about remembered
00:46:24.61\00:46:25.95
to tune into 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
00:46:25.98\00:46:27.35
Somewhere on your schedule,
you remembered to tune in.
00:46:27.38\00:46:30.19
I remember several years ago,
I was in an office here at 3ABN
00:46:30.22\00:46:33.49
and we were having a
meeting that was quiet,
00:46:33.52\00:46:35.16
you know we're
having a discussion,
00:46:35.19\00:46:36.52
all of a sudden the
entire office just erupted,
00:46:36.56\00:46:38.59
bells and whistles, it
sound like an orchestra.
00:46:38.63\00:46:40.83
There was like alarms going off.
00:46:40.86\00:46:42.96
And what this person had done,
their cell phone had an alarm,
00:46:43.00\00:46:45.47
their computer had an
alarm, their iPad had an alarm,
00:46:45.50\00:46:48.44
and it was
reminding them to drink water.
00:46:48.47\00:46:51.21
That was a reminder.
00:46:51.24\00:46:52.57
So I think about this,
00:46:52.61\00:46:56.54
there was a study
that was done by...
00:46:56.58\00:46:58.78
Her name, let me
look here is Karen Boler
00:46:58.81\00:47:01.48
from John Hopkins University.
00:47:01.52\00:47:02.85
She did a little
study on remembering.
00:47:02.88\00:47:05.05
It seems like
just our whole lives
00:47:05.09\00:47:06.42
are bombarded, we're
trying to remember stuff.
00:47:06.45\00:47:08.12
We got these little cell phones.
00:47:08.16\00:47:09.66
I've got calendars,
reminders, and all this stuff
00:47:09.69\00:47:11.59
that keeps popping
up, to remember, right?
00:47:11.63\00:47:13.90
So we're talking about
remembering the Sabbath.
00:47:13.93\00:47:15.66
So Karen did a research
and finding out about things
00:47:15.70\00:47:20.17
you know how we did is
remembering stuff as a society.
00:47:20.20\00:47:22.87
Well, we're not doing that well.
00:47:22.90\00:47:25.47
She says that 83%
of people forget names.
00:47:25.51\00:47:29.14
Hopefully they don't
forget their own name, right?
00:47:29.18\00:47:31.08
But they forget names.
00:47:31.11\00:47:33.31
Sixty percent
forget where something is.
00:47:33.35\00:47:36.99
I can relate.
00:47:37.02\00:47:39.25
Fifty seven percent
also telephone numbers.
00:47:39.29\00:47:42.36
Fifty three
percent forget words.
00:47:42.39\00:47:45.43
Forty nine percent
forget what was said.
00:47:45.46\00:47:49.26
Forty two percent forget faces,
00:47:49.30\00:47:51.90
and 38% forget
00:47:51.93\00:47:54.14
whether I've
just done something,
00:47:54.17\00:47:56.27
I've been there too.
00:47:56.30\00:47:57.64
So I think I can relate
to a number of these areas.
00:47:57.67\00:48:00.08
But then you go to
the other extreme, okay?
00:48:00.11\00:48:02.01
So then you have some
people who seem to never forget.
00:48:02.04\00:48:05.31
This lady's name Miss Price
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.02
was the first
person ever to be diagnosed
00:48:07.05\00:48:09.78
with what is known as,
hopefully I can say this
00:48:09.82\00:48:12.65
highly superior
autobiographical memory.
00:48:12.69\00:48:16.62
In other words, HSM.
00:48:16.66\00:48:18.69
It's a condition she shares
00:48:18.73\00:48:20.13
with only about 60
people in the world.
00:48:20.16\00:48:23.26
Miss Price
remembers the day of the week
00:48:23.30\00:48:26.00
for every day since 1980,
00:48:26.03\00:48:28.17
for her it's 1980.
00:48:28.20\00:48:29.77
She remembers
what she was doing,
00:48:29.80\00:48:31.67
who she was with,
00:48:31.71\00:48:33.04
where she was on
each of these days.
00:48:33.07\00:48:35.81
She can even actively
recall a memory of 20 years ago,
00:48:35.84\00:48:39.68
as easily as a
memory of just two days ago.
00:48:39.71\00:48:42.52
That's incredible.
00:48:42.55\00:48:43.89
There's a young
man, his name is Vasai.
00:48:43.92\00:48:46.09
He also has the
same condition of HSM.
00:48:46.12\00:48:49.12
And he thinks his
condition has made him a kinder,
00:48:49.16\00:48:51.96
more tolerant person.
00:48:51.99\00:48:54.40
He says, some say
forgive and forget.
00:48:54.43\00:48:57.83
But since forgetting
is a luxury I don't have,
00:48:57.87\00:49:00.77
I need to learn
to genuinely forgive.
00:49:00.80\00:49:03.74
He says not just
others but myself.
00:49:03.77\00:49:06.78
You know, so today we're
looking at Exodus 20:8-11.
00:49:06.81\00:49:11.78
It says, starts
out with what, pastor?
00:49:11.81\00:49:13.62
Remember,
00:49:13.65\00:49:14.98
Remember the Sabbath
day, to keep it holy.
00:49:15.02\00:49:17.12
You know, it's not a drudgery.
00:49:17.15\00:49:19.12
The Sabbath is not a drudgery,
00:49:19.15\00:49:20.86
and God wants us to
remember the Sabbath day.
00:49:20.89\00:49:23.36
And I just want to look briefly
today at why it's important.
00:49:23.39\00:49:27.06
The Sabbath is a sign
00:49:27.10\00:49:29.06
or a covenant
between God and His people.
00:49:29.10\00:49:31.93
You may just have time
to jot some of these down,
00:49:31.97\00:49:33.54
but Ezekiel 20:12, says,
00:49:33.57\00:49:36.37
"Moreover, also I
gave them my," what?
00:49:36.40\00:49:39.07
"My Sabbath to be
a sign or a covenant
00:49:39.11\00:49:42.14
between Me and them,
00:49:42.18\00:49:43.65
that they might
know that I am the Lord
00:49:43.68\00:49:45.18
that sanctifies them."
00:49:45.21\00:49:46.75
We've talked about a
number of different signs
00:49:46.78\00:49:48.52
and covenants,
00:49:48.55\00:49:49.88
you know, we had in Genesis 17,
we had this circumcision sign,
00:49:49.92\00:49:54.39
but here you've got the Sabbath
as a sign between us and God.
00:49:54.42\00:49:59.79
The Sabbath was a sign
00:49:59.83\00:50:01.20
and Jill mentioned this,
the Sinaitic, the Sinaic...
00:50:01.23\00:50:04.50
Sinaitic. Sinaitic. Thank you.
00:50:04.53\00:50:06.27
All these people,
they're just such theologians,
00:50:06.30\00:50:08.24
you know, I'm just
here trying to keep up
00:50:08.27\00:50:09.97
with the Sinaitic covenant.
00:50:10.01\00:50:12.37
And here are just some reasons.
00:50:12.41\00:50:13.74
I have about five of them,
but you can make your own list
00:50:13.78\00:50:15.38
and maybe that'd be a really
fun Sabbath project for you
00:50:15.41\00:50:17.68
just to, to make a whole
list of why we should remember.
00:50:17.71\00:50:20.68
So I have about five here today.
00:50:20.72\00:50:22.25
Some of them have been
touched on briefly already.
00:50:22.28\00:50:24.35
But number one,
00:50:24.39\00:50:25.72
we remember God as our Creator,
00:50:25.75\00:50:28.06
by keeping the Sabbath.
00:50:28.09\00:50:29.99
Exodus 20:8-11.
00:50:30.03\00:50:32.23
And Jill and I,
this is one of our,
00:50:32.26\00:50:33.60
if I can say tradition
00:50:33.63\00:50:34.96
is to actually recite
the fourth commandment
00:50:35.00\00:50:36.63
usually Friday or on Sabbath.
00:50:36.67\00:50:38.60
And let's look at it together,
00:50:38.63\00:50:39.97
"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:50:40.00\00:50:42.30
Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work:
00:50:42.34\00:50:45.54
But the seventh day
00:50:45.57\00:50:46.91
is the Sabbath
of the Lord thy God:
00:50:46.94\00:50:49.11
in it thou
shalt not do any work,
00:50:49.14\00:50:51.61
thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter,
00:50:51.65\00:50:53.78
thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant,
00:50:53.82\00:50:55.75
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
00:50:55.78\00:50:57.32
that is within thy gates."
00:50:57.35\00:50:58.89
Verse 11,
00:50:58.92\00:51:00.56
"For in six days the Lord
made heaven and earth, the sea,
00:51:00.59\00:51:04.09
and all that in them is,
00:51:04.13\00:51:05.49
and rested on the seventh day:
00:51:05.53\00:51:07.33
wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day,
00:51:07.36\00:51:09.73
and hallowed it."
00:51:09.76\00:51:11.10
So number one, we
remember God is our creator
00:51:11.13\00:51:12.63
by keeping the Sabbath.
00:51:12.67\00:51:14.50
Number two, we
remember God is our redeemer.
00:51:14.54\00:51:16.81
Jill was touching on
that by keeping the Sabbath.
00:51:16.84\00:51:19.27
Deuteronomy 5:15.
00:51:19.31\00:51:21.11
And it says,
00:51:21.14\00:51:22.48
"And remembers
that you were a slave
00:51:22.51\00:51:23.85
in the land of Egypt,
00:51:23.88\00:51:25.21
and the Lord your God
brought you out from there
00:51:25.25\00:51:27.35
by a mighty hand,
00:51:27.38\00:51:28.85
and by an outstretched arm,
00:51:28.88\00:51:30.69
therefore the
Lord God commanded you
00:51:30.72\00:51:33.05
to keep the Sabbath."
00:51:33.09\00:51:34.42
So the children of
Israel were slaves in Egypt.
00:51:34.46\00:51:36.79
The Sabbath is reminder
to them on a weekly basis
00:51:36.83\00:51:38.79
that God brought them out.
00:51:38.83\00:51:40.16
But I like for those of us
00:51:40.20\00:51:41.53
we can remember
that God is our redeemer
00:51:41.56\00:51:43.57
on a weekly basis.
00:51:43.60\00:51:45.67
Number three,
00:51:45.70\00:51:47.04
we remember God
is our sanctifier
00:51:47.07\00:51:49.37
by keeping the Sabbath.
00:51:49.40\00:51:51.07
You can look up Exodus 31:13.
00:51:51.11\00:51:54.08
And it says,
00:51:54.11\00:51:55.44
"Speak also to the
children of visual saying,
00:51:55.48\00:51:57.88
'Surely my Sabbath
shall keep, you shall keep,
00:51:57.91\00:52:00.72
for it is a sign
between Me and you
00:52:00.75\00:52:03.99
throughout your generations,"
00:52:04.02\00:52:05.55
and that's powerful,
00:52:05.59\00:52:06.92
"that you may know
that I am the Lord,
00:52:06.96\00:52:09.36
who sanctifies you."
00:52:09.39\00:52:11.56
So we remember
God is our sanctifier
00:52:11.59\00:52:13.46
by keeping the Sabbath.
00:52:13.50\00:52:15.13
Number four,
remember God is our sustainer.
00:52:15.16\00:52:17.53
Psalm 55:22,
00:52:17.57\00:52:18.90
"Cast thy burden upon the
Lord, and He shall sustain you,
00:52:18.93\00:52:23.17
he shall never suffer
the righteous to be moved."
00:52:23.20\00:52:26.64
Number five, we remember God
00:52:26.68\00:52:28.11
as our restorer
of relationships.
00:52:28.14\00:52:30.95
Romans 5:10.
00:52:30.98\00:52:33.11
Roman 5, Romans 5:10 says,
00:52:33.15\00:52:34.85
"For if, when we were enemies,
00:52:34.88\00:52:37.02
we were reconciled to God
through the death of his Son,
00:52:37.05\00:52:40.59
much more,
having been reconciled,
00:52:40.62\00:52:43.43
we shall be saved by his life."
00:52:43.46\00:52:45.69
So we can remember God
00:52:45.73\00:52:47.06
as our restorer
of our relationships.
00:52:47.10\00:52:48.50
You know, as we're
working on this study,
00:52:48.53\00:52:49.86
you know, Jill and
I were just trying,
00:52:49.90\00:52:51.23
kind of comparing
notes and you can make a,
00:52:51.27\00:52:52.67
an incredible list of,
00:52:52.70\00:52:54.67
you know, who God is and
what the Sabbath is to you.
00:52:54.70\00:52:59.24
And just so many fun things
you can do on the Sabbath day.
00:52:59.27\00:53:01.41
Anyway, God restored
our relationship to Him
00:53:01.44\00:53:03.68
by the death and resurrection
of His Son, Jesus Christ.
00:53:03.71\00:53:07.12
And if you're studying
along in the quarterly,
00:53:07.15\00:53:08.68
you can look at this quote,
which I really liked, it's in,
00:53:08.72\00:53:11.39
comes from the
lesson, and it says,
00:53:11.42\00:53:13.15
"Again, when we
understand the covenant
00:53:13.19\00:53:15.99
to be a relationship,
00:53:16.02\00:53:17.46
Pastor John talked
about that earlier,
00:53:17.49\00:53:20.03
"between God and humankind,
00:53:20.06\00:53:22.40
the Sabbath
which can greatly help
00:53:22.43\00:53:24.37
strengthen that relationship
00:53:24.40\00:53:26.17
comes in to specific
prominence or importance."
00:53:26.20\00:53:31.17
You know, as we
think about the word
00:53:31.21\00:53:33.68
remember in our just
day to day relationships.
00:53:33.71\00:53:36.64
I'm going to bring up
the marriage example as well.
00:53:36.68\00:53:39.41
You know, if
you're a married couple,
00:53:39.45\00:53:40.78
usually you should be,
00:53:40.82\00:53:42.15
your anniversary
00:53:42.18\00:53:43.52
is a significant
date to remember, right?
00:53:43.55\00:53:45.89
Husbands,
sometimes we're talked about
00:53:45.92\00:53:47.32
is not
remembering the anniversaries,
00:53:47.36\00:53:49.26
and think about
for Jill and myself
00:53:49.29\00:53:51.39
September 22,
00:53:51.43\00:53:52.83
the year we were
married, it was 2002.
00:53:52.86\00:53:55.60
But if I came to her and said,
00:53:55.63\00:53:57.33
"Sweetie, oh, when
is our anniversary?
00:53:57.37\00:53:59.67
Was it last month
or is it coming up?"
00:53:59.70\00:54:02.60
That would not
make her feel very good.
00:54:02.64\00:54:04.47
Like is this relationship
even mean anything to you?
00:54:04.51\00:54:07.78
Okay, I know she likes flowers.
00:54:07.81\00:54:09.54
But instead of
getting her flowers,
00:54:09.58\00:54:10.91
what if I continue to
buy her vacuum cleaners
00:54:10.95\00:54:12.61
or I don't know something else.
00:54:12.65\00:54:15.18
Folks, you know what I'm saying,
00:54:15.22\00:54:16.55
that would not be very
good to build a relationship.
00:54:16.58\00:54:19.85
God is asking us
00:54:19.89\00:54:21.22
to remember Him
on the Sabbath day.
00:54:21.26\00:54:24.33
You know, I'm thinking
about also relationship.
00:54:24.36\00:54:28.10
When you see
someone a couple together,
00:54:28.13\00:54:29.73
and you know that
they're in tune with each other,
00:54:29.76\00:54:31.73
you can usually see that,
00:54:31.77\00:54:33.10
point that out like, oh, wow,
boy, yeah, there are a couple,
00:54:33.13\00:54:35.70
they are together.
00:54:35.74\00:54:37.07
Well, how is that possible?
00:54:37.11\00:54:38.44
Because they've
spent time together,
00:54:38.47\00:54:39.81
they've built that relationship.
00:54:39.84\00:54:41.18
So with God,
let's think about that
00:54:41.21\00:54:42.54
with our relationship with Him.
00:54:42.58\00:54:43.91
He has asked us to remember.
00:54:43.95\00:54:46.78
And He's asked us to remember,
00:54:46.82\00:54:48.68
not because it's a drudgery
when it comes around Friday,
00:54:48.72\00:54:50.62
like, oh, boy,
gotta remember this.
00:54:50.65\00:54:52.69
I gotta remember,
Friday night start Sabbath.
00:54:52.72\00:54:55.09
No, to me,
remember, it's a great thing.
00:54:55.12\00:54:57.73
Remember, remember
me as your creator,
00:54:57.76\00:54:59.49
remember me as your redeemer.
00:54:59.53\00:55:01.30
But then I also think was
beautiful with this whole,
00:55:01.33\00:55:03.77
remembering who God is,
is that He never forgets us.
00:55:03.80\00:55:07.87
He's asking us to remember
Him in this special day,
00:55:07.90\00:55:11.21
but we also can gain
a promise in the Bible.
00:55:11.24\00:55:14.34
It's in Isaiah
49:15 that we talks about,
00:55:14.38\00:55:18.61
"As the mother may
forget her sucking child,"
00:55:18.65\00:55:21.48
usually they don't.
00:55:21.52\00:55:22.85
God says, "I will
never forget you."
00:55:22.88\00:55:25.35
I want to just enclose in here.
00:55:25.39\00:55:27.06
This comes from the
SDA Bible commentary.
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It says,
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"Every act of God on our behalf
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constitutes a reason
why we should remember."
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Every act of God,
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isn't that powerful of
why we should remember?
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That is to reflect upon,
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acknowledge and
appreciate this love
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and beneficent care.
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Yeah.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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I'm glad you don't
get her vacuum cleaners.
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I don't.
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Yay!
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You know, in lesson seven,
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she also
mentioned about the toast.
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I'm so thankful she
remembers to keep my toast
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in lesson seven,
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a couple quarterly lessons back,
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you know, she remembers I
like my toast crunchy, but...
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Nice. All right.
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Well, we have
just a little while.
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Let's go back and
get some final thoughts.
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Yes, very quickly.
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The Sabbath is not
something to forget
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unless Jesus is
someone to forget.
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If you love Me,
keep My commandments.
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The Sabbath is a
constant perpetual indicator
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that we love our Lord
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and we do not
want to forget Him.
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Amen.
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The Sabbath is a
covenant sign of grace.
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I think of Mark 2,
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"The Son of man is
Lord of the Sabbath."
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What a privilege is ours
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to walk in covenant
relationship with Jesus.
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And the Sabbath is a sign
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of God's continuing grace
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of His continuing
process of salvation.
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As pastor said, and one other,
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we have been
saved, we are being saved,
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there was
justification, sanctification,
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and we will be
saved regardless of tithe.
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Amen.
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You know, Pastor Ryan,
again, I think just for me,
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the Sabbath,
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what a time to
build the relationship
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has been talked about
with our Lord and creator,
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our redeemer and our friend.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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You know, like you, Shelley,
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I wasn't raised
Seventh-day Adventists.
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So, you know,
for many, many years,
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I did not keep the Sabbath holy,
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just because I was unaware,
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wasn't knowledgeable about it.
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But praise the Lord,
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the moment the Lord
showed me the beauty
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and the power of the
message of the Sabbath.
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I didn't go into it with this,
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oh, you know, I can't mow
my grass anymore on Sabbath.
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Oh, I can't go shopping anymore.
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It was a blessing. And
it has been a blessing.
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And I know it'll
be a blessing for you,
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if you allow it to be.
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We want to thank you so
much for joining us this week
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for Sabbath School Panel.
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We want you to
join us again next week
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when we come back
for lesson number 10
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entitled, The New Covenant.
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So God bless
you until next time,
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see you back here on
Sabbath School Panel.
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Amen.
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