Hello, friends, here on
3ABN's Sabbath School Panel,
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we're making our way through
a study of the Book of Hebrews.
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The title for this
quarter is In These Last Days
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The Message of Hebrews.
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And this week, our fifth week,
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we're going to
be studying Jesus,
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The Giver of Rest.
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Some of us need
some of that rest
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that we can
find in Jesus Christ.
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And we're going to be
learning all about that
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Hello, friends, welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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I'm Ryan Day.
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And as always, it's
a blessing to have you
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joining us week after week.
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Right here on the panel,
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as we're going
through the Book of Hebrews,
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we are in week number five,
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and we're talking about
Jesus, the giver of rest.
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And so we want
to be able to give
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all of our panel
members plenty of time
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to speak and to instruct
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and to teach on
their lesson today.
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So I'm going to go ahead
and introduce this panel.
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To my direct left we
have Pastor John Dinzey.
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How are you, Brother?
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By God's grace, I am doing well.
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And a lesson title,
Because of Unbelief, Monday's.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And to your left we
have Miss Shelley Quinn.
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You weren't with us
the first three weeks,
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you were with us last
week for the first time.
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It's good to
have you back with us.
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Uh, it's good to be here.
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But I'm very excited.
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Hebrews is one of
my favorite books.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And then to your left
is Pastor John Lomacang,
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always a blessing to hear
your words of wisdom, Brother.
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Yes, mine is
Entering into His rest
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and we'll find out what that's
all about in just a moment.
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But Hebrews is
a phenomenal book.
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Yes, amen.
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And, of course,
Sister Jill Morikone,
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Vice President and COO of 3ABN,
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always a blessing
to have you, Sister.
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And I know you
got a list for us.
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I think we have a list.
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We're talking about the Sabbath
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and A Foretaste of New Creation.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Well, before we get
right into our lesson,
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I'm going to ask
Miss Shelley Quinn
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if you would
have a prayer for us.
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Absolutely.
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Our gracious and
loving Heavenly Father,
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how we praise You for what You.
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Your plan of
salvation in what You have done
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and are doing for us.
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And we ask now for the panel
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and all who are listening,
send Your Holy Spirit.
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Lord, teach us from Your Word.
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We thank You for the revelation
of who you are in Your Word,
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in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Our memory text for this
week comes from Hebrews 4:9.
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Very quick, very
simple, little short,
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but it's very powerful.
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There remains there for a
rest for the people of God.
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And as the title
implies that rest can only come
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through and from Jesus Christ.
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Hebrews 1 and 2, we've learned,
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focused on the enthronement
of Jesus as the ruler
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and liberator of God's people.
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Hebrews Chapter 3 and 4,
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which we're going to
continue in this week,
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this week's
lesson, introduce Jesus
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as the one who will
provide rest for us.
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Of course, this
progression makes sense
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once we learn or remember
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that the Davidic
Covenant promised
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that God would
give the promised King
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and his people
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rest from their enemies.
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And we can read
that in 2 Samuel 7:10-11.
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This rest is available to us now
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that Jesus is
seated at the right hand
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of God and praise God
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that Jesus has overcome
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and is seated at
the right hand of God.
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Hebrews describes the rest
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both as a rest
that belongs to God,
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and as a Sabbath rest.
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And we're going to be reading
that today in Hebrews 4:1-11.
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God made this
rest which was His,
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available to Adam and Eve.
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The first Sabbath
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was the experience of perfection
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with the one who made
the perfection possible.
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We learned that
last week, right?
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Jesus is perfect.
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God also promises a Sabbath rest
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because true Sabbath
observance embodies the promise
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that God will bring
the perfection back.
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When we keep the Sabbath,
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we remember that God
made perfect provision for us
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when He created the world
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and when He redeemed it
at the Cross of Calvary.
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True Sabbath
observance, however, besides,
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first and foremost,
points us back to creation.
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Offers us a foretaste
in the imperfect world
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of the future
that God has promised.
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That was a great opener
for Sabbath afternoon's lesson
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and that sets us up
perfectly for Sunday,
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and for the rest of this week.
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We're going to get
right into Sunday's lesson,
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of course, entitled
Land as a Place of Rest.
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And the lesson
actually starts us out
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by taking us back
to Genesis Chapter 15.
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So we can go
there, Genesis Chapter 15.
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And we're going to be
reminded of the promise
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that God gave Abraham
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because this promise,
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of course, continues all
the way through Scripture.
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And very much, much of
this promise is dependent
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upon the response
of the people to God.
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And so notice what we
find in Genesis 15:13-21.
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The Bible says,
"Then He said to Abram:
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'Know certainly
that your descendants
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will be strangers in a land
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that is not theirs,
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and will serve them,
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and they will afflict
them four hundred years.
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And also the nation
whom they serve I will judge,
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afterward they shall come
out with great possessions.
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Now as for you, you shall
go to your fathers in peace,
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you shall be
buried at a good old age.
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But in the fourth generation
they shall return here,
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for the iniquity of the
Amorite is not yet complete.'"
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Verse 17, "And it came to pass,
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when the sun went
down and it was dark,
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that behold, there
appeared a smoking oven
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and a burning torch
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that passed
between those pieces.
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On the same day the
Lord made a covenant
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with Abram, saying:
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'To your descendants
I have given this land,
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from the river of Egypt
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to the great river
of the River Euphrates."
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And then He goes on to list
all of these different ites,
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"The Kenites,
and the Kenezzites,
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and the Kadmonites,
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and the Hittites,
and the Perizzites."
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And it goes on in
verse 21, "The Amorites,
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the Canaanites,
and the Girgashites,
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and, of course, the Jebusites."
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All of those ites,
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they were possessing,
the Lamb of God says,
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I'm going to give you this land.
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And, of course, God's purpose
in giving the land to Israel
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was not simply for
them to possess it.
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And we know that
it's not just seem not,
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it's not like God was like,
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"Hey, I'm going to
give you this land,
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just go over
there and possess it."
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There was a
purpose to this land.
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And, of course,
Exodus Chapter 19:4
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brings out the purpose of
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which God was going to
give this land to them.
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For if you read
Exodus 19:4, it says,
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"You have seen what
I did to the Egyptians,
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and how I bore
you on eagles' wings,
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and I brought you to Myself."
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The purpose of this land
was for covenant relationship,
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to continue that
covenant relationship
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with His people.
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God wanted them
to live in the land
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where they
would be able to enjoy
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an intimate relationship
with Him without any hindrance,
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and would also be a
witness to the world
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of who the true God was,
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and what He offered His people
like the Sabbath of creation,
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the land of
Canaan was a framework
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that made possible
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an intimate
relationship with the Redeemer
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and the
enjoyment of His goodness.
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But make no mistake,
my friends, this land,
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of course, did not come
without certain conditions.
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God says, "I want
to give you this land.
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But first, you got
to do something first."
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And we read about
what that something is
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in Deuteronomy 12:2-4.
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Notice the
instruction that God gave them.
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He says, "I want you
to inherit this land.
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But first, you
must do this for me."
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Deuteronomy 12:2-4.
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Notice what the Bible says here.
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He says, "You shall
utterly destroy all the places
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where the nations
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which you shall
dispossess serve their gods,
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on the high
mountains, and on the hills,
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and under every green tree,
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and you shall
destroy their altars,
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breaking their sacred pillars,
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and burn their
wooden images with fire,
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you shall cut
down the carved images
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of their gods,
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and destroy their
names from that place,
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you shall not worship the
Lord your God with such things."
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Now, I love this,
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because what God
is saying to me, say,
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look, I want to
give you this holy land,
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but in order for Me to
give you this holy land,
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which is really all
about relationship with God,
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He says, you got
to do some inventory,
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you got to take some
inventory in your life.
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And when you go in here,
I want you to also cut down
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and destroy all
of these false idols,
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all of these false gods,
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which is representative
of the enemy's deceptive
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plan of sin.
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And we also, a
lesson to be learned here
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that in order for us
to inherit that beautiful,
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perfect land of God,
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we also got to do
some self-examination
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and tear down any altars
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that don't belong
there in our heart.
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And I love that
because, my friends,
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if we're going to
inherit God's kingdom,
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God says, I want
your whole heart.
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I want all of you, I
don't want a divided you.
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I want all of you My people.
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We are His people.
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He has called us brethren,
as we learned last week,
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and He's not going to
have a divided servant
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among His kingdom.
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Now the lesson goes on to
do something quite interesting.
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And it goes on to highlight
how the Sabbath Commandment
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actually
commemorates two things.
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And it's going to point
out what those two things are
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in our
reference to Sabbath rest.
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So let's go to Exodus Chapter 20
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and let's read
verses 8 through 11.
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We've read this many times,
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but we're going
to go on from there
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and also read
Deuteronomy 5:12-15.
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And you're going to see
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that there are
two different things
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that God actually commemorates.
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It actually just commemorated
within the Sabbath Commandment,
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two different
things that it brings out,
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that is very important for
us to highlight and understand.
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So Exodus 20:8-11.
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We've read it many times
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but this is the
Lord's Sabbath Commandment.
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Notice what it says.
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"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
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but the seventh
day is the Sabbath
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of the Lord your God.
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In it, you shall do no
work, you, nor your son,
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nor your daughter,
nor your male servant,
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nor your female servant,
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nor your cattle,
nor your stranger,
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who is within your gates.
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For in six days, the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
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and the sea, and
all that in them is
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and rested the seventh day.
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Therefore the Lord blessed
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the Sabbath day
and hallowed it."
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Now the lesson
prompts us to read that
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and now compare that
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to Deuteronomy 5:12-15.
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So notice what the
Bible teaches us here.
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This is Deuteronomy 5:12-15.
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It says,
"Observe the Sabbath day,
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to keep it holy,
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as the Lord your
God commanded you.
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Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
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but the seventh
day is the Sabbath
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of the Lord your God.
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In it, you shall not do no work,
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you, nor your
son, nor your daughter,
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nor your male servant,
nor your female servant,
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nor your ox, nor your donkey,
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nor any of your
cattle, nor your stranger,
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who is within your gates,
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that your male servant,
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and your female
servant may rest,
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as well as you."
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I just want to pause there
and just highlight the fact
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that God does not
also want to give us rest.
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But it also, right
there within the commandment,
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He wants us to
give rest to others.
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That's an
important part, my friends,
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in order for us to
enter into the rest of Christ,
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which we're going to build on
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and learn more
about in the study.
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My friends, it's
vitally important
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that we hone in on
what the commandment
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is actually teaching here.
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Number one is that
God wants us to rest,
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and number two, He wants us
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to allow others to rest as well.
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That's vitally important.
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And then verse
15, it goes on to say,
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"And remember
that you are a slave
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in the land of Egypt,
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and that the Lord
your God, that you,
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notice, He brought you out
from there by a mighty hand,
00:12:38.85\00:12:42.16
and by an outstretched arm,
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therefore the Lord
your God commanded you
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to keep the Sabbath day."
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The lesson brings us
out the two things here,
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and we see it very clearly,
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if you just simply
hone in on what the details
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of the commandment
is actually saying.
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Creation and redemption
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are both enshrined in
the Sabbath Commandment.
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Just as we did
not create ourselves,
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we cannot also redeem ourselves.
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It is a work
that only God can do.
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And by resting we acknowledge
our dependence upon Him,
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not only for
existence, but for salvation.
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Sabbath keeping is
a powerful expression
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of salvation by faith alone.
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When we are keeping
God's holy day, His Sabbath,
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then we are expressing
our faith in Him alone,
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because we recognize
that we cannot save ourselves,
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only Christ, the
true giver of rest.
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And oftentimes, when
we think of Sabbath rest,
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we often think of that
literal, physical rest.
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And absolutely as we
see the details there,
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when we rest,
we rest physically,
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literally and
physically on the Sabbath day
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from all of our labors.
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But make no mistake
about it, my friends,
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the Sabbath was
given for the purpose
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of communion with God.
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It was given for a
relationship purpose.
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It's not that God is saying,
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"I just want you
to work all this time,
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and then rest physically."
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Of course,
that's an added bonus,
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but more importantly,
to spend time with Him,
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to commune with Him
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as our God so
that we can take time
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to grow and to
learn of His goodwill,
00:14:10.71\00:14:12.98
to learn of His
plan of redemption,
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to learn of His grace,
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so that we might
also bask in that grace
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and be able to say,
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"You are our God."
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And so, my
friends, it's important
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that through today's lesson,
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through Sunday's lesson,
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the land was not just given
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just so that they would
have a place to possess,
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but it was given so
that we might also have
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a deeper covenant relationship
00:14:32.30\00:14:34.27
with our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, my name is John Dinzey,
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we continue
with Monday's portion
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of the lesson.
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And this takes us to the
title, Because of Unbelief,
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Because of Unbelief.
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The lesson focuses
in on Hebrews 3:12-19.
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In it, it tells us about
an experience that happened
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in the Book of Numbers
Chapter 13 and Chapter 14.
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And I'm going
to, for sake of time,
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I'm not able to read all this,
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but I'm going to give
you a little background
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then read a few verses.
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In Numbers Chapter 13,
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they were very close
to the Promised Land.
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And the idea of
sending spies into the land
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was presented and
rulers of the people,
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these were
leaders of the people that
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were chosen to go spy the land
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and see what
kind of land that is,
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what kind of people live there,
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how fortified is the land,
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how big of a
challenge is this for us?
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Now let's go to Numbers
13, beginning of verse 17.
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"Then Moses sent them to
spy out the land of Canaan,
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and said to them, 'Go
up this way into the South,
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and go up to the mountains
and see what the land is like:
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whether the people who
dwell in it are strong or weak,
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few or many, whether the land
they dwell in is good or bad,
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whether the cities they inhabit
are like camps or strongholds,
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whether the
land is rich or poor,
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and whether there
are forest there or not."
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And notice, "Be of good courage
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and bring some of
the fruit of the land.
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Now the time was the season
of the first ripe grapes."
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And so they went into the land,
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and went spying
out of the whole land
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to see what kind
of land was like.
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And 12 of them went.
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And now we go to
Numbers Chapter 14.
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Yes, Numbers 14, and
beginning in verse 7 and 9.
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They came back to
with an evil report,
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actually in the
end of Chapter 13,
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they came back with the report,
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the land is wonderful, it
flows with milk and honey,
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and they brought
some of the fruit
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and it was wonderful fruit.
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But then they started to say,
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"Oh, the people
of Anak are there,
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and the Jebusites,
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the Amalekites dwell
on the land of South,
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the Hittites, the Jebusites,
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and the Amorites
dwell in the mountains,
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and the
Canaanites dwell by the sea
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along the banks of the Jordan."
00:17:04.19\00:17:06.02
And verse 30 says of Chapter 13,
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"Then Caleb quieted the
people before Moses and said,
00:17:08.36\00:17:11.96
'Let us go up at
once and take possession,
00:17:11.99\00:17:14.80
for we are well
able to overcome it.'
00:17:14.83\00:17:18.57
But the men who had
gone up with him said,
00:17:18.60\00:17:20.87
'We are not able to
go up against the people,
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for they are stronger than we.
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And they gave children of Israel
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a bad report of the land
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which they had
spied out, saying,
00:17:29.78\00:17:31.11
'The land through
which we have gone
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as spies is a land that
devours its inhabitants,
00:17:33.31\00:17:36.42
and all the
people whom we saw in it
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are men of great stature.'"
00:17:38.35\00:17:40.16
Everybody became afraid.
00:17:40.19\00:17:41.92
Everybody
started to weep and say,
00:17:41.96\00:17:44.16
"Oh, man, this is horrible.
00:17:44.19\00:17:47.16
Let's go back to Egypt."
00:17:47.20\00:17:48.53
And so they
wanted to pick leaders
00:17:48.56\00:17:50.07
and go back to Egypt.
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In Numbers, Chapter 14,
00:17:51.63\00:17:52.97
as I mentioned
before, 7 through 9,
00:17:53.00\00:17:54.87
"And they spake
all the congregation
00:17:54.90\00:17:56.84
of the children
of Israel, saying:
00:17:56.87\00:17:58.21
'The land we
passed through to spy out
00:17:58.24\00:18:00.41
is an exceedingly good land.
00:18:00.44\00:18:02.58
If the Lord delights in us,
00:18:02.61\00:18:04.31
then He will
bring us into this land
00:18:04.35\00:18:06.41
and give it to us.'"
00:18:06.45\00:18:07.78
This is Caleb
and Joshua speaking,
00:18:07.82\00:18:09.35
"A land which flows
with milk and honey.
00:18:09.38\00:18:11.89
Only do not
rebel against the Lord,
00:18:11.92\00:18:14.82
nor fear the people of the land,
00:18:14.86\00:18:16.86
for they are our bread,
00:18:16.89\00:18:20.90
their protection
has departed from them,
00:18:20.93\00:18:22.83
and the Lord is with us.
00:18:22.86\00:18:24.20
Do not fear them."
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See, these people of the
land that God promised them.
00:18:25.60\00:18:29.00
They have been
given time to repent.
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And if you go to
the Book of Genesis,
00:18:32.37\00:18:33.94
you notice that
Abraham was promised
00:18:33.98\00:18:36.58
that his seed will
take over all this land.
00:18:36.61\00:18:39.25
They were given over 400 years
00:18:39.28\00:18:41.38
to give their
hearts to the Lord,
00:18:41.42\00:18:44.79
to live according
to the Lord's ways.
00:18:44.82\00:18:47.46
But these people had
departed from the Lord,
00:18:47.49\00:18:49.52
and this is why
Caleb and Joshua say
00:18:49.56\00:18:52.29
their defense has
departed from them.
00:18:52.33\00:18:54.36
And now the Lord was
going to give this land
00:18:54.40\00:18:56.50
to the people of Israel.
00:18:56.53\00:18:58.47
Unfortunately,
the people of Israel
00:18:58.50\00:19:01.20
did not listen
to Caleb and Joshua.
00:19:01.24\00:19:03.14
And in Numbers 14:10, it says,
00:19:03.17\00:19:06.27
"And all the congregation
said to stone them with stones.
00:19:06.31\00:19:10.01
Now the glory of the Lord
00:19:10.05\00:19:11.38
appeared in the
tabernacle of the meeting
00:19:11.41\00:19:13.42
before all the
people of Israel."
00:19:13.45\00:19:15.05
So this became a point
for the people of Israel
00:19:15.08\00:19:20.29
that determined what
was going to happen to them.
00:19:20.32\00:19:22.79
In fact, the Lord
was angry with them,
00:19:22.82\00:19:25.03
because these people
had over and over again
00:19:25.06\00:19:28.00
showed unbelief.
00:19:28.03\00:19:29.36
They did not believe in God,
00:19:29.40\00:19:30.73
even though God had done
great miracles among them,
00:19:30.77\00:19:34.17
they did not believe.
00:19:34.20\00:19:36.74
Now, in this
particular Chapter 14,
00:19:36.77\00:19:40.91
we see how the Lord speaks.
00:19:40.94\00:19:43.01
Moses appealed to
God to forgive the people
00:19:43.04\00:19:45.58
and not to destroy them
00:19:45.61\00:19:47.28
because they were
deserving of that.
00:19:47.32\00:19:49.82
In Numbers 14:20 and onward,
it says, "Then the Lord said:
00:19:49.85\00:19:53.62
'I have pardoned,
according to your word,
00:19:53.66\00:19:55.82
but truly, as I live,
00:19:55.86\00:19:57.19
all the earth shall be filled
with the glory of the Lord
00:19:57.23\00:20:01.16
because all these men
who have seen My glory
00:20:01.20\00:20:04.13
and the signs
which I did in Egypt
00:20:04.17\00:20:06.17
and in the wilderness,
00:20:06.20\00:20:07.54
and have put Me to the
test now these ten times,
00:20:07.57\00:20:10.84
and have not heeded My voice,
00:20:10.87\00:20:13.54
they certainly
shall not see the land
00:20:13.58\00:20:15.54
of which I swore
to their fathers,
00:20:15.58\00:20:17.41
nor shall any of those
who rejected Me see it."
00:20:17.45\00:20:20.82
And as you see,
the Lord promises
00:20:20.85\00:20:22.58
that only Caleb and Joshua
00:20:22.62\00:20:24.82
will enter into
this Promised Land.
00:20:24.85\00:20:27.36
And Hebrews 3:12, and onward,
notice what the Bible says
00:20:27.39\00:20:32.36
concerning this situation
that happened in Kadesh Barnea.
00:20:32.39\00:20:38.07
"Take heed,
brethren..." Now He's talking.
00:20:38.10\00:20:40.17
Now this is
appealing to the people
00:20:40.20\00:20:41.94
that are reading
the Book of Hebrews,
00:20:41.97\00:20:43.34
and that includes you and I.
00:20:43.37\00:20:44.71
"Take heed brethren,
00:20:44.74\00:20:46.07
lest there be in any of
you an evil heart of unbelief,
00:20:46.11\00:20:50.15
in departing
from the living God."
00:20:50.18\00:20:52.48
And notice how it says,
"But exhort one another daily,
00:20:52.51\00:20:56.12
while it is called today,
00:20:56.15\00:20:57.59
lest any of you be hardened
00:20:57.62\00:20:59.82
through the
deceitfulness of sin."
00:20:59.85\00:21:02.16
Now I want to
focus in on this verse 12
00:21:02.19\00:21:05.06
for a moment.
00:21:05.09\00:21:06.43
It says, "Exhort
one another daily."
00:21:06.46\00:21:07.80
As brothers and sisters,
00:21:07.83\00:21:09.36
we should be
exhorting one another
00:21:09.40\00:21:11.20
and it says here daily.
00:21:11.23\00:21:12.57
We should be
encouraging one another
00:21:12.60\00:21:14.20
to trust and believe in the Lord
00:21:14.24\00:21:16.44
and follow the Lord
00:21:16.47\00:21:17.81
and not to let the world
sway us and lead us astray.
00:21:17.84\00:21:22.31
Notice verse 14,
00:21:22.34\00:21:23.68
"For we are made
partakers of Christ
00:21:23.71\00:21:26.21
if we hold the
beginning of our confidence
00:21:26.25\00:21:30.49
steadfast unto the end."
00:21:30.52\00:21:32.22
We are made partakers of
Christ and all the promises
00:21:32.25\00:21:36.09
that God has in
the Holy Scriptures
00:21:36.12\00:21:38.63
will be given to us.
00:21:38.66\00:21:40.23
And now, verse 15,
"While it is said: 'Today,
00:21:40.26\00:21:43.43
if you hear His voice,
hardened not your heart,
00:21:43.47\00:21:46.80
as in the day of provocation."
00:21:46.84\00:21:49.37
Verse 14 and 15, speak to us
00:21:49.40\00:21:53.07
about the opportunities
that are before us.
00:21:53.11\00:21:56.31
And, but going back to verse 13,
00:21:56.34\00:21:58.01
I want to say something
00:21:58.05\00:21:59.38
because something is
brought out very interesting.
00:21:59.41\00:22:00.95
It says here, "Lest
any of you be hardened
00:22:00.98\00:22:04.42
through the
deceitfulness of sin."
00:22:04.45\00:22:07.16
Sin hardens our
hearts towards God.
00:22:07.19\00:22:10.49
And this is why we are
encouraged, admonished,
00:22:10.53\00:22:15.23
to put away sin
and follow the Lord.
00:22:15.26\00:22:19.93
Notice verse 16, " For
some, when they had heard,
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did provoke:
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howbeit not all that
came out of Egypt by Moses."
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Caleb and Joshua,
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Moses and Aaron
followed the Lord into the land.
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Moses, by the way,
did not because of his sin
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that he did sometime later,
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but he was able
to see it from afar.
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And the Lord did
something marvelous for Moses,
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he was resurrected,
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and he went to
see the better land
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that we have not seen,
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but we will see
if we stay steadfast
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until the end.
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Notice verse 17,
"But with whom Moses,
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but with whom was
he grieved forty years?
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Was it not with
them that had sinned,
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whose carcasses
fell in the wilderness?
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And to whom sware he that
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they should not
enter into his rest,
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but to them that believed not?
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So we see that
they could not enter in
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because of unbelief."
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Because of unbelief,
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the people of Israel
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were not able to
go into the land.
00:23:15.02\00:23:17.13
They forfeited the
right, the privilege,
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it was their children
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that were able to
enter into the land.
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Now I have
something to share with you
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from the book Evangelism,
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page 696, which
focuses in on you and me.
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"For 40 years did unbelief,
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murmuring and rebellion
shut out ancient Israel
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from the land of Canaan.
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The same sins have delayed
the entrance of modern Israel
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into heavenly Canaan.
00:23:46.25\00:23:48.42
In neither case
were the promises
00:23:48.46\00:23:50.73
of God at fault.
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It is the unbelief,
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the worldliness on
consecration and strife
00:23:53.90\00:23:57.93
among the
Lord's professed people
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that have kept us
in this world of sin
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and sorrow for so many years."
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Evangelism, 696.
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And I encourage you
to let go the unbelief,
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let go of the worldliness
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because this is what's
keeping God's people here,
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and there's strife
among God's people.
00:24:16.85\00:24:19.25
Let us unite
ourselves with the Lord
00:24:19.29\00:24:22.22
so that these
things don't hinder us
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from accomplishing the
work that God has set before us,
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because the Lord has a land
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that is much better
than anything upon this earth
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that He promises to
those that are faithful.
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And I encourage you
to trust in the Lord
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and follow the Lord
with all of your heart.
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Amen. Thank you, Pastor Dinzey.
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Hello, friends, and
welcome back to 3ABN
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Sabbath School Panel.
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We're going to kick it
over to Miss Shelley Quinn
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for Tuesday's lesson.
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Oh, I love Tuesday's lesson.
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And it is entitled,
Today, If You Hear His Voice.
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Let's read Hebrews 4:4.
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"For He, speaking of God,
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has spoken in a certain place
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of the seventh day in this way.
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And God rested
on the seventh day
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from all of His works."
00:25:50.31\00:25:53.58
That's Genesis
2:2 that it's quoting.
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You know, Isaiah 40:28 says
00:25:57.12\00:26:01.86
our Creator God
neither faints nor grow weary.
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God wasn't tired when He rested.
00:26:06.13\00:26:10.10
He rested from
the work of creation
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so that He could begin
this covenant relationship
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with man and the woman
00:26:17.71\00:26:19.81
that He had
created on the sixth day.
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So everything is complete.
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God has everything in order.
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And He ceased His
work as an example for us.
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But God is still working today.
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Some people think God
created and stepped away.
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No, no, no.
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Jesus said in John 5:17,
00:26:38.59\00:26:40.73
"My Father has
been working until now,
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and I have been working."
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So now if we
look at Hebrews 4:5,
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when it says,
we're following up that
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God rested on the
seventh day from all His work,
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but then again, in this place,
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now Hebrews 4:5
00:27:01.28\00:27:02.88
quotes
something from the Psalms.
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It says, "They
shall not enter my rest."
00:27:05.59\00:27:08.32
You see, all day long,
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God had been
stretching out His hand
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to this rebellious
nation in the wilderness.
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And He performed
miracle after miracle,
00:27:17.47\00:27:20.10
and they resisted Him
and rejected Him 10 times.
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And finally, He says, "Fine,
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I sent the spies in for 40 days,
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you're going to have to wander
in the wilderness for 40 years
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till this first generation
of unbelievers falls off."
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One day for year, I
mean, a year for each day.
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"And the second generation
00:27:41.72\00:27:43.73
is the one
that's going to go in."
00:27:43.76\00:27:46.03
So they had
hardened their hearts,
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they would not obey,
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and, you know,
we don't understand
00:27:50.30\00:27:54.04
obedience is the
highest expression
00:27:54.07\00:27:57.17
of worship there is.
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If you love God,
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you will not harden your heart,
00:28:01.71\00:28:04.28
but you will submit to Him.
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So what was the result
00:28:06.25\00:28:09.32
of Israel's hardened heart,
00:28:09.35\00:28:12.69
and the result
of their rejection?
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They didn't get to have
to enjoy the promises of God.
00:28:15.32\00:28:19.49
The Promised Land
was withdrawn from them.
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And Joshua led
the second generation
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into the Promised Land.
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But even then,
the people were still,
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they entered a physical rest,
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they got to a place
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where they didn't
have the wandering,
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but they refused
the spiritual rest.
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See, God offered
them rest in several ways.
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It said to find rest, a
life in the Promised Land,
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a life through
the transformation
00:28:48.26\00:28:50.63
of character,
00:28:50.66\00:28:52.16
by walking in obedience to Him,
00:28:52.19\00:28:54.50
and a life with purpose.
00:28:54.53\00:28:56.80
They were to be
the light to the world
00:28:56.83\00:28:59.87
to explain God's ways.
00:28:59.90\00:29:02.70
But when they refused
00:29:02.74\00:29:05.97
this covenant relationship,
00:29:06.01\00:29:09.18
we still, we know
that because years later,
00:29:09.21\00:29:13.42
we see that in
the days of David,
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this was
several centuries later,
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God's still inviting
them into His spiritual rest.
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Now, Hebrews
4:6-7, continuing on,
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this is what the Bible says,
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"Since therefore,
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it remains that
some must enter it.
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And those to whom
it was first preached
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did not enter
because of disobedience."
00:29:40.34\00:29:44.81
I'm going to pause.
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Grace is not a license to sin.
00:29:46.88\00:29:50.59
Some people think that salvation
00:29:50.62\00:29:52.52
by grace through faith
00:29:52.55\00:29:53.89
means you can do
whatever you want
00:29:53.92\00:29:56.46
and still go to heaven.
00:29:56.49\00:29:57.83
Right here it says
that first generation
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did not enter because of sin.
00:30:00.86\00:30:04.63
And then verse 7 says,
"Since because of this,
00:30:04.67\00:30:08.20
again, He
designates a certain day,
00:30:08.24\00:30:12.17
saying in David, today,
00:30:12.21\00:30:16.21
after such a long
time, as it has been said,
00:30:16.24\00:30:20.35
'Today, if you
will hear His voice,
00:30:20.38\00:30:25.62
do not harden your hearts.'"
00:30:25.65\00:30:27.06
Boy, there's
some urgency in that.
00:30:27.09\00:30:29.06
Don't wait, today.
00:30:29.09\00:30:31.66
And He says in Exodus 34:6,
00:30:31.69\00:30:36.50
let me just read this
00:30:36.53\00:30:37.87
because ancient Israel
00:30:37.90\00:30:41.10
refused God's promise.
00:30:41.14\00:30:43.77
They wouldn't enter in.
00:30:43.81\00:30:46.01
But Exodus 34:6
says, "God is merciful,
00:30:46.04\00:30:49.58
gracious, long suffering,
abundant in goodness."
00:30:49.61\00:30:54.45
That's who our God is.
00:30:54.48\00:30:56.45
2 Peter 3:9, says,
00:30:56.48\00:31:00.22
"That He is not
willing that any should perish,
00:31:00.26\00:31:04.29
but that all should
come to repentance."
00:31:04.33\00:31:07.73
So He's still calling out,
00:31:07.76\00:31:10.27
you know, the day
of salvation began
00:31:10.30\00:31:13.97
when Adam fell.
00:31:14.00\00:31:16.00
And it's going to end
at the close of probation.
00:31:16.04\00:31:19.67
But you don't know
when the day of salvation
00:31:19.71\00:31:21.81
will pass you by
00:31:21.84\00:31:23.18
because nobody is
promised tomorrow.
00:31:23.21\00:31:26.08
So, you know, I think
00:31:26.11\00:31:28.22
of Luke 16:14-26.
00:31:28.25\00:31:33.36
Remember the repeated invitation
00:31:33.39\00:31:35.66
to the banquet,
00:31:35.69\00:31:37.03
we're not going to turn there.
00:31:37.06\00:31:39.29
But God is inviting
people, and if those reject,
00:31:39.33\00:31:45.13
He's going to invite
others, He's going to...
00:31:45.17\00:31:47.64
He's inviting everyone.
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.67
So verse 8, in Psalm 95:7-8,
00:31:49.70\00:31:54.18
when it was
talking to David saying,
00:31:54.21\00:31:55.91
today if you hear His voice,
00:31:55.94\00:31:57.51
don't harden your hearts.
00:31:57.55\00:32:00.98
Hebrews 4:8, says, "If Joshua,
00:32:01.02\00:32:06.25
who led that generation
into the Promised Land,
00:32:06.29\00:32:09.99
had given them rest,
00:32:10.03\00:32:12.99
then God would not
afterward have spoken
00:32:13.03\00:32:17.47
of another day."
00:32:17.50\00:32:19.30
The eternal
purpose of God is for us
00:32:19.33\00:32:21.94
to enter a spiritual rest
00:32:21.97\00:32:23.91
in which we quit
trying to save ourselves.
00:32:23.94\00:32:26.98
You know, I'm telling you,
00:32:27.01\00:32:29.54
I, for the first
50 years of my life,
00:32:29.58\00:32:33.05
I would do my
best to save myself,
00:32:33.08\00:32:36.35
because I didn't
understand grace.
00:32:36.38\00:32:38.35
I didn't understand
that God would empower me
00:32:38.39\00:32:41.56
to walk in obedience,
00:32:41.59\00:32:43.16
I didn't understand God's plan.
00:32:43.19\00:32:45.53
And there is no rest.
00:32:45.56\00:32:48.43
You strive
hard, you feel guilty,
00:32:48.46\00:32:50.63
you kind of
distance yourself from God,
00:32:50.67\00:32:52.67
you strive,
just strive distance.
00:32:52.70\00:32:56.71
Joshua only lead the
people into the physical rest,
00:32:56.74\00:32:59.54
the spiritual rest is
found only in Jesus Christ,
00:32:59.57\00:33:04.61
He alone.
00:33:04.65\00:33:06.35
Now, when you think about this,
00:33:06.38\00:33:09.98
Christ said that
Abraham saw My day,
00:33:10.02\00:33:12.99
and he was glad.
00:33:13.02\00:33:14.52
Abraham knew
00:33:14.56\00:33:16.22
that Jesus was going
to be sacrificed for us.
00:33:16.26\00:33:19.66
And all of the Jews
were that was passed on.
00:33:19.69\00:33:25.60
They all understood God's plan.
00:33:25.63\00:33:27.74
So they were saved through
00:33:27.77\00:33:32.64
the sacrificial system
that pointed to Christ,
00:33:32.67\00:33:35.94
it was
everything looking forward,
00:33:35.98\00:33:37.71
they were forgiven.
00:33:37.75\00:33:39.75
We're offered the
same spiritual rest
00:33:39.78\00:33:43.35
by looking back at
Christ's crucifixion.
00:33:43.39\00:33:47.12
His ministry is superior,
00:33:47.16\00:33:50.19
it is God incarnated in
the person of Jesus Christ
00:33:50.23\00:33:56.16
now sits as a new representative
00:33:56.20\00:33:58.80
of mankind at the right hand
of the throne of the Father.
00:33:58.83\00:34:02.20
As our High
Priest, He is faithful,
00:34:02.24\00:34:07.48
He is faithful, and
He's calling out to you.
00:34:07.51\00:34:12.18
Listen, Jesus
says to you, "Today,
00:34:12.21\00:34:16.32
if you hear My voice,
00:34:16.35\00:34:18.62
do not harden your
heart, don't disobey,
00:34:18.65\00:34:21.89
walk in
obedience and come to Me,"
00:34:21.92\00:34:24.53
because salvation
has been available
00:34:24.56\00:34:28.46
to every generation
by grace through faith,
00:34:28.50\00:34:33.80
but it required obedience.
00:34:33.84\00:34:35.70
We must strive by the
power of the Holy Spirit
00:34:35.74\00:34:39.27
given to us to
walk in obedience,
00:34:39.31\00:34:42.94
because that's our,
00:34:42.98\00:34:45.51
it should be motivated by love.
00:34:45.55\00:34:47.38
It should be something that
00:34:47.42\00:34:49.68
we want this
covenant relationship.
00:34:49.72\00:34:52.59
We're the
children, He's the father.
00:34:52.62\00:34:54.69
He provides everything,
00:34:54.72\00:34:56.83
but we're saying,
"Lord, we love You."
00:34:56.86\00:34:59.43
And as Jesus said, "In
the volume of your book,
00:34:59.46\00:35:02.26
it is written, 'Lo, I
have come to do Your will.'"
00:35:02.30\00:35:07.10
So we're to
submit, and do God's will.
00:35:07.14\00:35:11.57
You know, when we
celebrate the seventh day,
00:35:11.61\00:35:15.54
I like what you said.
00:35:15.58\00:35:17.31
It's a testimony of our
faith to God as our Creator,
00:35:17.35\00:35:22.12
it is a testimony of our
faith to God as our Redeemer,
00:35:22.15\00:35:27.82
and as the one who will,
00:35:27.86\00:35:31.23
who has the power to
sanctify us and qualify us
00:35:31.26\00:35:35.06
to enter into
that spiritual rest.
00:35:35.10\00:35:37.43
Jesus said in Matthew 11:28,
00:35:37.47\00:35:42.20
"Come to Me all
you who are weary,
00:35:42.24\00:35:43.87
are heavy laden, I
will give you rest.
00:35:43.91\00:35:47.48
Lay your burdens, take My
yoke, give me your burdens,
00:35:47.51\00:35:52.91
and he says My yoke is easy."
00:35:52.95\00:35:55.75
God's promise is
today, it's not too late.
00:35:55.78\00:35:59.99
Won't you hear His call to you?
00:36:00.02\00:36:02.46
Amen. Amen.
00:36:02.49\00:36:03.83
Thank you so much, Shelley.
00:36:03.86\00:36:05.19
And now entering into the...
00:36:05.23\00:36:07.80
Entering into His
rest is Wednesday,
00:36:07.83\00:36:11.00
Entering into His Rest.
00:36:11.03\00:36:13.50
I think about rest.
00:36:13.54\00:36:15.27
And, you know, we have a
hectic schedule here at 3ABN.
00:36:15.30\00:36:17.84
And rest is something that
00:36:17.87\00:36:19.41
you don't really
get till you leave town.
00:36:19.44\00:36:21.64
You don't stay
in town to get rest.
00:36:21.68\00:36:24.08
But there's only one thing worse
00:36:24.11\00:36:25.51
than physical exhaustion,
00:36:25.55\00:36:28.42
the spiritual exhaustion.
00:36:28.45\00:36:30.45
The only thing worse
than being physically tired,
00:36:30.49\00:36:33.02
is being spiritually tired.
00:36:33.05\00:36:34.52
Now I've been
physically tired before,
00:36:34.56\00:36:36.39
but thank the Lord
00:36:36.42\00:36:37.76
I've never been
spiritually tired.
00:36:37.79\00:36:39.73
Being physically tired
00:36:39.76\00:36:41.10
could affect
your spiritual life.
00:36:41.13\00:36:42.83
Being physically tired
00:36:42.86\00:36:44.20
could affect
your spiritual life.
00:36:44.23\00:36:45.57
That's why in our
home, my wife and me,
00:36:45.60\00:36:47.77
we don't have any children.
00:36:47.80\00:36:49.34
But when I'm tired,
00:36:49.37\00:36:50.71
when I'm tired of even
doing the work of the Lord,
00:36:50.74\00:36:53.54
and we go to our
evening devotions,
00:36:53.58\00:36:55.54
or morning devotions,
00:36:55.58\00:36:57.41
if she's tired, I
lead out and vice versa.
00:36:57.45\00:37:01.28
But something happens,
00:37:01.32\00:37:02.85
when she lights
that spiritual candle,
00:37:02.88\00:37:06.29
I lose my physical exhaustion.
00:37:06.32\00:37:08.66
And in the evening
is sometime a detriment.
00:37:08.69\00:37:10.93
She says, "I need to go to bed.
00:37:10.96\00:37:14.16
We just had a
nice short devotion,
00:37:14.20\00:37:16.30
now you want this
long Bible study."
00:37:16.33\00:37:18.90
Because the Word
of God is so alive.
00:37:18.93\00:37:20.80
Yes. It's a never tired...
00:37:20.84\00:37:22.80
It's a never tired book.
00:37:22.84\00:37:24.71
The Word of God is
living and powerful.
00:37:24.74\00:37:26.84
So if you want to
deal with your physical
00:37:26.88\00:37:28.54
and spiritual exhaustion,
00:37:28.58\00:37:29.91
I would recommend
making the Word of God
00:37:29.94\00:37:32.85
a staple in your home.
00:37:32.88\00:37:34.55
Amen.
00:37:34.58\00:37:35.92
Hebrews 3:11,
00:37:35.95\00:37:37.29
we're going to start
with this declaration
00:37:37.32\00:37:39.35
the Lord made and as you know,
00:37:39.39\00:37:41.26
the journey of
the children of Israel
00:37:41.29\00:37:42.92
is very much like our journey.
00:37:42.96\00:37:44.59
"All those things
that happened to them
00:37:44.63\00:37:46.03
happened as examples to us,
00:37:46.06\00:37:47.90
upon whom the end of
the worlds have come."
00:37:47.93\00:37:49.46
1 Corinthians Chapter 10.
00:37:49.50\00:37:51.47
So Paul recorded those
things to let us look back
00:37:51.50\00:37:54.04
on what they didn't do.
00:37:54.07\00:37:56.10
The writer of
Hebrews records it.
00:37:56.14\00:37:58.94
We can actually go to
the record as it unfolds
00:37:58.97\00:38:00.78
in the first five
books of the Bible,
00:38:00.81\00:38:03.38
and understand how
their journeys were.
00:38:03.41\00:38:05.91
We have a record, we could
see how it didn't work for them,
00:38:05.95\00:38:09.12
so we don't have to go
down that very same path.
00:38:09.15\00:38:12.15
We don't have to lust
00:38:12.19\00:38:13.52
after evil things
as they also lusted.
00:38:13.56\00:38:15.66
We don't have to take God's name
00:38:15.69\00:38:17.93
and not take His character.
00:38:17.96\00:38:19.96
And so as the Lord saw
the... What could I say?
00:38:20.00\00:38:24.87
The crumbling, the
denigration of the Israelites,
00:38:24.90\00:38:28.34
He made the
statement in Hebrews 3:11.
00:38:28.37\00:38:31.51
"So I swore in my wrath,
they shall not enter My rest."
00:38:31.54\00:38:37.45
So the question I ask you today
00:38:37.48\00:38:38.98
before I go to unfold
about how the blessing
00:38:39.01\00:38:41.75
of God comes and
the rest we find in Him,
00:38:41.78\00:38:46.86
is your spiritual
life beginning to crumble?
00:38:46.89\00:38:50.69
Is your spiritual
life something that
00:38:50.73\00:38:52.33
you just
reserve for the weekend?
00:38:52.36\00:38:54.76
Is your spiritual
life something that
00:38:54.80\00:38:56.50
gets your
attention intermittently?
00:38:56.53\00:38:59.60
Because if that's the case,
00:38:59.63\00:39:00.97
I want you to know
there's only one thing
00:39:01.00\00:39:02.34
worse than physical exhaustion,
00:39:02.37\00:39:04.11
the spiritual exhaustion.
00:39:04.14\00:39:06.84
Meaning, let's
do the comparison,
00:39:06.88\00:39:08.64
if you don't eat,
00:39:08.68\00:39:10.51
you're going to
get physically tired.
00:39:10.55\00:39:11.88
Oh, yeah.
00:39:11.91\00:39:13.25
The same is true
about studying God's Word.
00:39:13.28\00:39:14.75
If you don't study God's Word,
00:39:14.78\00:39:16.35
you're going to
become spiritually exhausted.
00:39:16.38\00:39:18.69
And people that
are physically tired,
00:39:18.72\00:39:21.36
the things that they can
carry become less and less.
00:39:21.39\00:39:24.83
They don't have
the strength to do it.
00:39:24.86\00:39:27.03
Such is the case in
spiritual exhaustion.
00:39:27.06\00:39:29.10
When you don't feed
yourself spiritually,
00:39:29.13\00:39:31.47
you're going to find that
00:39:31.50\00:39:32.83
you are not able
to bear the burdens
00:39:32.87\00:39:34.30
and the challenges of life.
00:39:34.34\00:39:35.80
So let me encourage you
before I go any further,
00:39:35.84\00:39:38.04
don't allow yourself
00:39:38.07\00:39:39.41
to become spiritually exhausted,
00:39:39.44\00:39:41.18
because it
impacts your physical life
00:39:41.21\00:39:43.21
and your
relationship with a Christ
00:39:43.24\00:39:45.81
who is the one wanting
00:39:45.85\00:39:47.42
and desiring to
give you that rest.
00:39:47.45\00:39:49.85
Hebrews 4 and
you read a lot of it.
00:39:49.88\00:39:52.39
Hebrews 4 focuses
a lot on the Sabbath.
00:39:52.42\00:39:54.82
I'm going to let
Jill deal with that
00:39:54.86\00:39:56.19
because your
lesson is pretty much
00:39:56.22\00:39:57.56
about the Sabbath.
00:39:57.59\00:39:58.93
It's about the Sabbath.
00:39:58.96\00:40:00.30
So I'm not going to
take a lot of time there.
00:40:00.33\00:40:01.66
But I'm going to
go to Exodus 33:14.
00:40:01.70\00:40:05.10
Ryan talked
about the Sabbath some,
00:40:05.13\00:40:06.60
Shelley talked about it some,
00:40:06.63\00:40:08.04
but it's Jill's
full concentration.
00:40:08.07\00:40:09.94
Talk about it all you want.
00:40:09.97\00:40:11.31
So there's always
things we could bring out.
00:40:11.34\00:40:14.28
But the presence
of God, and the rest
00:40:14.31\00:40:17.58
that we find in
the Lord is not only...
00:40:17.61\00:40:20.48
Well, let me read the text,
00:40:20.52\00:40:21.85
and I'll give
you the explanation.
00:40:21.88\00:40:23.32
Exodus 33:14.
00:40:23.35\00:40:25.55
And He said, "My
presence will go with you,
00:40:25.59\00:40:28.99
and I will give you rest."
00:40:29.02\00:40:30.49
The next
application I want to make,
00:40:30.53\00:40:32.63
take the Lord with
you everywhere you go.
00:40:32.66\00:40:35.43
Now, why do I say that?
00:40:35.46\00:40:36.80
I know, as a pastor,
I've had people in my church,
00:40:36.83\00:40:40.34
not necessarily
this one, sort of set up,
00:40:40.37\00:40:42.60
one on vacation,
and I asked them,
00:40:42.64\00:40:44.47
"Well, where did
you go to church?"
00:40:44.51\00:40:46.17
"Oh, I didn't go to church,
I just stayed home and slept."
00:40:46.21\00:40:49.01
You know, my
wife and I throughout
00:40:49.04\00:40:51.08
our entire life on vacations,
00:40:51.11\00:40:53.52
everywhere we go on
vacation, we find a church.
00:40:53.55\00:40:57.75
Because while we're
getting physical rest,
00:40:57.79\00:41:00.29
we don't want to
ignore our spiritual needs.
00:41:00.32\00:41:04.33
The congregation may be
ever so small or ever so large,
00:41:04.36\00:41:07.93
we have to come to
that table of grace
00:41:07.96\00:41:09.83
because the Sabbath to me
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.20
is an appointment with divinity.
00:41:11.23\00:41:13.87
It's not a time
that I could say, well,
00:41:13.90\00:41:15.80
you know, we would,
I remember going down,
00:41:15.84\00:41:18.27
we tried that once.
00:41:18.31\00:41:19.84
We were living in California,
in Northern California,
00:41:19.87\00:41:23.75
and close to the ocean,
00:41:23.78\00:41:25.31
our church for
pastors' appreciation,
00:41:25.35\00:41:27.45
they gave us a weekend away.
00:41:27.48\00:41:29.05
They said, "You need some rest,
Pastor, you worked too hard."
00:41:29.08\00:41:31.09
So they gave us a weekend away.
00:41:31.12\00:41:32.52
So we said, "Well,
let's go to church."
00:41:32.55\00:41:33.96
And we went to a
church not too far away.
00:41:33.99\00:41:35.92
And it so happened,
the Lord led us to a church
00:41:35.96\00:41:37.86
where the pastor was
out of town for that day.
00:41:37.89\00:41:40.73
And they were
going to show a video.
00:41:40.76\00:41:42.36
Well, what
happened when we walked in?
00:41:42.40\00:41:44.27
They said, "The
Lord answered our prayer.
00:41:44.30\00:41:47.64
Could you do the sermon today?"
00:41:47.67\00:41:49.70
Even though I was on vacation,
00:41:49.74\00:41:51.21
I said, this was
God's appointment.
00:41:51.24\00:41:53.14
And I ended up being
the speaker for that day,
00:41:53.17\00:41:55.24
on the weekend that I
was getting physical rest.
00:41:55.28\00:41:57.61
You see, God has appointments
00:41:57.65\00:41:59.08
with this spiritual relationship
00:41:59.11\00:42:00.65
He made to us with us,
00:42:00.68\00:42:02.88
that when we are
invited to enter His rest,
00:42:02.92\00:42:06.52
let us do all we can
to enter into that rest.
00:42:06.55\00:42:10.69
Let's go to the Book
of Hebrews Chapter 4,
00:42:10.73\00:42:12.73
look at verse 10 and 11.
00:42:12.76\00:42:15.23
Look at why He admonishes
us not to just enter into rest
00:42:15.26\00:42:19.70
but to pursue rest,
00:42:19.73\00:42:21.64
that spiritual rest with Him.
00:42:21.67\00:42:23.51
For He said, Hebrews 4:10,
00:42:23.54\00:42:26.98
"For He who has
entered His rest,
00:42:27.01\00:42:30.25
has himself also
ceased from his work,
00:42:30.28\00:42:33.48
as God did from His.
00:42:33.52\00:42:35.92
Let us therefore be
diligent to enter that rest,
00:42:35.95\00:42:39.49
lest anyone fall
according to the same example
00:42:39.52\00:42:43.76
of disobedience."
00:42:43.79\00:42:45.19
Now what example
are they talking about?
00:42:45.23\00:42:47.86
When the Israelites
were in the wilderness,
00:42:47.90\00:42:49.66
and the Lord said to them,
00:42:49.70\00:42:51.03
"Gather manna every day,
00:42:51.07\00:42:52.40
but don't go out on the
Sabbath looking for any,
00:42:52.43\00:42:54.74
there's not going to be any."
00:42:54.77\00:42:56.20
Some of you guys that
want to go to restaurants
00:42:56.24\00:42:57.94
on Sabbath...
00:42:57.97\00:43:00.34
Amen.
00:43:00.38\00:43:01.84
Don't go on Sabbath,
00:43:01.88\00:43:03.24
make the preparation
on the preparation day.
00:43:03.28\00:43:05.55
Make twice as much.
00:43:05.58\00:43:07.68
If you need to warm it up,
00:43:07.72\00:43:09.05
let us not take
the inconvenience,
00:43:09.08\00:43:11.69
let us not take the Sabbath,
00:43:11.72\00:43:13.72
and make it an
inconvenience for others.
00:43:13.76\00:43:15.86
Did you not miss what Ryan said?
00:43:15.89\00:43:17.56
It is not only an
opportunity for you to rest,
00:43:17.59\00:43:20.26
but for you to
give your neighbors,
00:43:20.30\00:43:22.06
those within your gates,
00:43:22.10\00:43:23.43
the stranger, an
opportunity to rest.
00:43:23.47\00:43:25.97
By your example,
they discover your God.
00:43:26.00\00:43:30.24
So He said, "Let us not fall
00:43:30.27\00:43:33.61
according to the same
example of disobedience."
00:43:33.64\00:43:37.15
So you find that
the Lord continues
00:43:37.18\00:43:40.88
to remind us of the beauty
of entering into His rest.
00:43:40.92\00:43:43.59
Let's go to Hebrews Chapter 4.
00:43:43.62\00:43:45.19
And I'm going to jump
through some verses here
00:43:45.22\00:43:47.56
that would show you how,
00:43:47.59\00:43:49.79
and then I'm going
to let it segue to Jill,
00:43:49.82\00:43:52.56
so she could bring the Sabbath,
00:43:52.59\00:43:54.93
the special focus
of the Sabbath in.
00:43:54.96\00:43:57.77
Let's look at Hebrews Chapter 4,
00:43:57.80\00:43:59.13
I'm going to go from verse
1 to 3, to 5, then 8 to 10.
00:43:59.17\00:44:02.67
Verse 1, "Therefore,
since a promise remains
00:44:02.70\00:44:07.11
of entering His rest,"
00:44:07.14\00:44:09.48
look at this, "let us fear,
00:44:09.51\00:44:13.05
lest any of you seem
to have come short of it."
00:44:13.08\00:44:16.48
Notice what He's saying.
00:44:16.52\00:44:17.95
The Sabbath is a
day of spiritual rest.
00:44:17.99\00:44:20.12
He said you ought to be
afraid not to enter that rest.
00:44:20.16\00:44:22.92
That's what He's saying.
00:44:22.96\00:44:24.29
He's not saying you
ought to just not think about.
00:44:24.33\00:44:26.09
He says, you ought to be fearful
00:44:26.13\00:44:28.86
not to enter that rest.
00:44:28.90\00:44:31.90
Let us fear lest any of you seem
00:44:31.93\00:44:33.84
to have come short of it.
00:44:33.87\00:44:35.70
4:3, "For we who have
believed, do enter that rest."
00:44:35.74\00:44:41.48
Watch this.
00:44:41.51\00:44:42.84
When you observe the
Sabbath, you believe.
00:44:42.88\00:44:45.61
It's an exercise of belief.
00:44:45.65\00:44:47.52
It's not an exercise
of just a day of worship.
00:44:47.55\00:44:49.82
It's an exercise of belief.
00:44:49.85\00:44:51.89
You're following
the examples of Christ.
00:44:51.92\00:44:53.76
We've often said,
00:44:53.79\00:44:55.12
what's the
purpose of the Sabbath?
00:44:55.16\00:44:56.69
Well, we're following
the example of Christ,
00:44:56.73\00:44:58.99
but it's just deeper
than the example of Christ.
00:44:59.03\00:45:01.20
We also believe, why we
follow the example of Christ.
00:45:01.23\00:45:05.23
He says, "For we
who have believed
00:45:05.27\00:45:08.30
do enter that rest, as He said:
00:45:08.34\00:45:11.31
'I swore in My wrath,
00:45:11.34\00:45:12.94
they shall not enter My rest, '
00:45:12.97\00:45:14.84
although the works were finished
00:45:14.88\00:45:17.08
from the
foundation of the world,
00:45:17.11\00:45:18.55
and again, in this place,
they shall not enter my rest.
00:45:18.58\00:45:22.32
For if Joshua, Yeshua
Christ had given them,"
00:45:22.35\00:45:26.22
Joshua and Christ was synonymous
00:45:26.25\00:45:27.69
in the leading
of the Israelites,
00:45:27.72\00:45:29.62
"had given them
rest, then He would not
00:45:29.66\00:45:32.16
after would have
spoken of another day.
00:45:32.19\00:45:35.00
There remains
00:45:35.03\00:45:38.53
therefore a rest
for the people of God,
00:45:38.57\00:45:42.14
for He who has entered His rest,
00:45:42.17\00:45:44.87
that's the rest of Christ,
00:45:44.91\00:45:46.74
has himself also
ceased from his work
00:45:46.78\00:45:49.54
as God did from His."
00:45:49.58\00:45:51.35
So when we enter
the Sabbath rest,
00:45:51.38\00:45:53.88
we enter a spiritual rest.
00:45:53.92\00:45:55.95
When we enter
the rest of Christ,
00:45:55.98\00:45:57.85
we have a daily rest,
00:45:57.89\00:45:59.72
and therefore our physical life
00:45:59.75\00:46:01.92
will not be more important
than our spiritual life.
00:46:01.96\00:46:04.96
Amen.
00:46:04.99\00:46:06.33
Thank you so
much each one of you.
00:46:06.36\00:46:07.80
What an incredible study.
00:46:07.83\00:46:09.16
I love Hebrews
Chapter 3 and Chapter 4.
00:46:09.20\00:46:12.23
You know, when we
look at Hebrews 3,
00:46:12.27\00:46:13.74
we see that God has
built us a better home,
00:46:13.77\00:46:16.30
a better family,
00:46:16.34\00:46:17.67
a better community.
00:46:17.71\00:46:19.14
It's a home family community
00:46:19.17\00:46:20.94
that's free from
condemnation and guilt.
00:46:20.98\00:46:24.35
When we look at
Hebrews Chapter 4,
00:46:24.38\00:46:26.41
we see that having
accepted that better home,
00:46:26.45\00:46:29.75
we enter a better rest,
00:46:29.78\00:46:32.65
which is our spiritual salvation
00:46:32.69\00:46:34.46
in Jesus Christ.
00:46:34.49\00:46:35.82
And the Sabbath is the door
00:46:35.86\00:46:38.66
into that
spiritual salvation rest.
00:46:38.69\00:46:41.73
Thursday's lesson I have
00:46:41.76\00:46:43.43
which is
Foretaste of New Creation.
00:46:43.47\00:46:46.43
I have too much material.
00:46:46.47\00:46:48.14
So we'll get
through what we can here.
00:46:48.17\00:46:50.74
We're looking at
what does the Sabbath
00:46:50.77\00:46:52.64
serve as a reminder of?
00:46:52.67\00:46:55.38
Ryan referenced to those.
00:46:55.41\00:46:56.91
The Sabbath
serves us a reminder,
00:46:56.95\00:46:59.25
every Sabbath that
Jesus is my Creator.
00:46:59.28\00:47:01.88
Jesus is my Redeemer.
00:47:01.92\00:47:04.79
Shelley talked about
Jesus is my Sanctifier.
00:47:04.82\00:47:09.22
But the four areas
that we're going to look at
00:47:09.26\00:47:11.43
and focus today is
Jesus is my Creator,
00:47:11.46\00:47:14.03
Jesus is my
Redeemer, Jesus is my rest,
00:47:14.06\00:47:18.93
and Jesus is my
soon coming King.
00:47:18.97\00:47:22.04
We're going to look
at those four areas,
00:47:22.07\00:47:24.54
in the focus of
past, present, and future.
00:47:24.57\00:47:29.54
So let's go,
Jesus is my Creator.
00:47:29.58\00:47:31.95
This is area number one.
00:47:31.98\00:47:33.38
If we look at that,
in the focus of the past,
00:47:33.42\00:47:35.22
this is what Ryan read.
00:47:35.25\00:47:36.58
This is the Fourth
Commandment from Exodus 20:8-11.
00:47:36.62\00:47:41.32
The heart of that
Fourth Commandment
00:47:41.36\00:47:43.29
reminds us that in six days,
00:47:43.32\00:47:46.19
God made the
heavens and the earth.
00:47:46.23\00:47:48.03
Every Sabbath is reminder,
He created me, I am valued,
00:47:48.06\00:47:52.37
I am loved.
00:47:52.40\00:47:54.07
Every Sabbath is also a reminder
00:47:54.10\00:47:55.94
that He created others,
00:47:55.97\00:47:58.54
they are made in His image.
00:47:58.57\00:48:00.31
They are to be my
brothers and sisters.
00:48:00.34\00:48:04.31
Every Sabbath
is also a reminder,
00:48:04.35\00:48:06.31
He created this world
and everything that is in it.
00:48:06.35\00:48:10.25
I am to be a
steward of His creation.
00:48:10.29\00:48:12.99
Now that's the past,
the reminder of the past.
00:48:13.02\00:48:15.66
What about the present?
00:48:15.69\00:48:17.03
This is one of my favorites.
00:48:17.06\00:48:18.53
Every Sabbath is a reminder
that He can recreate in me
00:48:18.56\00:48:23.97
the image of Jesus.
00:48:24.00\00:48:26.30
2 Corinthians 5:17,
"If anyone is in Christ,
00:48:26.33\00:48:29.20
he or she is a new creation.
00:48:29.24\00:48:32.24
Old things are passed away,
00:48:32.27\00:48:33.98
behold, all
things have become new."
00:48:34.01\00:48:37.65
Every Sabbath is a reminder
00:48:37.68\00:48:40.08
that He's my recreator.
00:48:40.12\00:48:42.08
Where did I come from?
00:48:42.12\00:48:43.45
I don't know about you,
but I came from a place,
00:48:43.49\00:48:45.89
Ephesians 1 talks about it,
dead in trespasses and sins.
00:48:45.92\00:48:50.63
That's where I came from.
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.29
Every Sabbath, God reminds
me that He can recreate in me
00:48:52.33\00:48:57.40
the image of Jesus.
00:48:57.43\00:48:59.30
What does He recreate?
00:48:59.33\00:49:00.67
He recreates my
heart and my purity.
00:49:00.70\00:49:03.07
Psalm 51:10, David says,
"Create in me a clean heart,
00:49:03.10\00:49:06.98
oh God, and renew a
right spirit within me."
00:49:07.01\00:49:09.64
That word create is bara.
00:49:09.68\00:49:11.71
It's the same
word in Genesis 1:1,
00:49:11.75\00:49:14.18
"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth."
00:49:14.22\00:49:18.55
It's used of God's ability
00:49:18.59\00:49:21.82
to create
something from nothing.
00:49:21.86\00:49:24.63
In other words,
in the beginning,
00:49:24.66\00:49:26.13
God created the
heavens and earth,
00:49:26.16\00:49:27.66
there was nothing and
God created something.
00:49:27.70\00:49:31.03
So when this says,
create in me a clean heart,
00:49:31.07\00:49:33.90
oh God, bara in
me a clean heart,
00:49:33.94\00:49:36.77
oh God, what are we saying?
00:49:36.81\00:49:38.71
God, my heart is dirty,
God, there is nothing pure,
00:49:38.74\00:49:41.58
God, there is nothing holy.
00:49:41.61\00:49:43.48
Would you create
something out of nothing?
00:49:43.51\00:49:47.18
Every Sabbath is a reminder
00:49:47.22\00:49:48.98
that God can recreate
our heart and our purity.
00:49:49.02\00:49:52.49
Every Sabbath is a reminder
00:49:52.52\00:49:54.29
that God can
recreate my character
00:49:54.32\00:49:57.06
and openness to God.
00:49:57.09\00:49:58.43
Ezekiel 36, I love this passage.
00:49:58.46\00:50:01.03
Ezekiel 36:26, "I
will give you a new heart
00:50:01.06\00:50:04.97
and put a new
spirit within you."
00:50:05.00\00:50:07.54
Every Sabbath is a reminder
00:50:07.57\00:50:09.34
that God recreates in
us His heart and spirit.
00:50:09.37\00:50:13.31
It's also a
reminder that He enables us
00:50:13.34\00:50:15.64
to walk in obedience.
00:50:15.68\00:50:18.45
Ezekiel 11:19-20, I
will give them one heart.
00:50:18.48\00:50:22.95
I will put a new
spirit," there's that word new,
00:50:22.98\00:50:26.49
"a new spirit within them,
00:50:26.52\00:50:28.46
takes a stony
heart out of their flesh
00:50:28.49\00:50:30.36
and give them a heart of flesh,
00:50:30.39\00:50:31.96
that they may
walk in My statutes,
00:50:31.99\00:50:35.30
and keep My
judgments and do them.
00:50:35.33\00:50:37.93
They will be my people
and I will be their God."
00:50:37.97\00:50:42.10
Now let's look at future.
00:50:42.14\00:50:43.51
We looked at
the Sabbath reminder
00:50:43.54\00:50:45.07
that God made us and created us.
00:50:45.11\00:50:46.94
God created other
people, God created this world.
00:50:46.98\00:50:49.51
It's also a reminder
00:50:49.54\00:50:50.88
that God can recreate
in us the image of Jesus.
00:50:50.91\00:50:55.22
The Sabbath is also a
reminder, this is for future.
00:50:55.25\00:50:58.45
Isaiah 65:17, "For behold,
00:50:58.49\00:51:02.32
I create new
heavens and a new earth,
00:51:02.36\00:51:05.36
and the former
shall not be remembered
00:51:05.39\00:51:07.23
or come to mind."
00:51:07.26\00:51:08.60
Every Sabbath is a reminder
00:51:08.63\00:51:09.96
that this world
does not last forever,
00:51:10.00\00:51:12.13
and that God will
recreate this world
00:51:12.17\00:51:15.10
as it was made in
its Edenic beauty.
00:51:15.14\00:51:17.94
Let's go to the second point.
00:51:17.97\00:51:19.54
This is, Jesus is my Redeemer.
00:51:19.57\00:51:22.81
Ryan already referenced this.
00:51:22.84\00:51:24.35
This is the
reference to the past
00:51:24.38\00:51:25.95
when we look at the past.
00:51:25.98\00:51:27.42
Deuteronomy 5,
00:51:27.45\00:51:28.78
the second giving of
the Ten Commandments.
00:51:28.82\00:51:31.49
We see right at the heart
of the Fourth Commandment,
00:51:31.52\00:51:34.16
the Israelites are reminded,
remember that you were a slave,
00:51:34.19\00:51:38.43
and that God
brought you out from Egypt
00:51:38.46\00:51:40.83
and He redeemed you.
00:51:40.86\00:51:43.13
Every Sabbath is a
reminder, Pastor John,
00:51:43.16\00:51:45.50
that God set me free
from the penalty of sin.
00:51:45.53\00:51:48.80
I love that.
00:51:48.84\00:51:50.27
1 Corinthians 6 is
this whole list of sins,
00:51:50.31\00:51:53.17
incredible sins
and horrible sins.
00:51:53.21\00:51:56.34
And you get to the end
of that, 1 Corinthians 6:11,
00:51:56.38\00:51:59.45
and it says,
"Such were some of you,
00:51:59.48\00:52:01.35
but you were washed,
00:52:01.38\00:52:02.72
but you were sanctified,
00:52:02.75\00:52:04.52
but you were justified in
the name of our Lord Jesus
00:52:04.55\00:52:07.22
and by the spirit of our God."
00:52:07.26\00:52:08.59
So every
Sabbath we are reminded,
00:52:08.62\00:52:10.63
Jesus sets us free
from the penalty of sin.
00:52:10.66\00:52:13.86
That's the past.
00:52:13.90\00:52:15.23
Let's look at the present.
00:52:15.26\00:52:16.77
John 8:36, "If the
Son makes you free,
00:52:16.80\00:52:19.60
you shall be free indeed."
00:52:19.63\00:52:21.74
Every Sabbath is a reminder
00:52:21.77\00:52:23.37
that He sets me free
from the power of sin.
00:52:23.41\00:52:27.54
Romans 6, what do we
see in Romans Chapter 6?
00:52:27.58\00:52:31.11
The old man of sin,
00:52:31.15\00:52:32.48
the old woman of
sin is done away with.
00:52:32.51\00:52:35.28
That the body of sin
might be done away with,
00:52:35.32\00:52:37.22
we would no
longer be slaves to sin.
00:52:37.25\00:52:39.29
You see, not only are we
freed from the penalty of sin,
00:52:39.32\00:52:42.59
not only are we justified,
00:52:42.62\00:52:44.33
not only are we cleansed
with the blood of Jesus,
00:52:44.36\00:52:47.23
we are set free
from the power of sin,
00:52:47.26\00:52:49.20
and every Sabbath is a reminder
00:52:49.23\00:52:50.80
that you and I can
walk in sanctification.
00:52:50.83\00:52:54.54
You and I can walk in purity.
00:52:54.57\00:52:57.21
You and I can walk in holiness,
but that's the present.
00:52:57.24\00:53:00.81
What about the future?
00:53:00.84\00:53:02.31
Revelation 21:27,
00:53:02.34\00:53:05.18
"There shall by no means
00:53:05.21\00:53:06.55
enter into it
anything that defiles
00:53:06.58\00:53:09.58
or causes an
abomination or a lie,
00:53:09.62\00:53:12.02
only those who are written
in the Lamb's Book of Life."
00:53:12.05\00:53:16.16
Every Sabbath is a reminder
00:53:16.19\00:53:17.76
that He will one day set me free
00:53:17.79\00:53:20.46
from the presence of sin.
00:53:20.50\00:53:23.06
One day, this world
that we live in of sin
00:53:23.10\00:53:25.97
and sickness and
suffering will be over
00:53:26.00\00:53:28.97
and will be forever
with our Savior Jesus.
00:53:29.00\00:53:32.37
Number three, the
Sabbath is a reminder,
00:53:32.41\00:53:35.24
every Sabbath of my rest,
00:53:35.28\00:53:37.81
the rest that we
can experience in Jesus.
00:53:37.85\00:53:41.48
Let's look at the past.
00:53:41.52\00:53:42.85
Jesus rested
after the creation week
00:53:42.88\00:53:44.59
and we talked about that.
00:53:44.62\00:53:45.95
He rested on the Sabbath,
00:53:45.99\00:53:47.32
it signified a
completion of that work.
00:53:47.36\00:53:50.63
Every Sabbath is a
reminder that He's a Creator,
00:53:50.66\00:53:53.06
not me, He's the Redeemer,
00:53:53.09\00:53:55.70
not me, He's my Savior, not me.
00:53:55.73\00:54:00.77
If we look at the
present, Ephesians 2:8-10,
00:54:00.80\00:54:04.01
"By grace you have
been saved through faith,
00:54:04.04\00:54:07.18
not of yourselves.
00:54:07.21\00:54:08.54
It is the gift of God.
00:54:08.58\00:54:09.91
Not of works, lest
anyone should boast.
00:54:09.94\00:54:12.61
We are His workmanship,
00:54:12.65\00:54:15.42
created in Christ
Jesus for good works
00:54:15.45\00:54:17.59
which God prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them."
00:54:17.62\00:54:21.52
You see, grace is a
gift, faith is a gift,
00:54:21.56\00:54:24.49
salvation is a gift and yes,
00:54:24.53\00:54:26.29
even the work
that we do are a gift.
00:54:26.33\00:54:29.73
Every Sabbath is a reminder
00:54:29.76\00:54:31.10
that you and I
don't save ourselves,
00:54:31.13\00:54:32.83
you and I don't
change ourselves,
00:54:32.87\00:54:34.74
you and I don't
correct ourselves,
00:54:34.77\00:54:37.04
we are changed, we
can rest in salvation rest
00:54:37.07\00:54:41.64
that Shelley
brought out so beautifully.
00:54:41.68\00:54:44.25
You know, apples, if
you go to an apple tree
00:54:44.28\00:54:46.31
and you see the apples on it,
00:54:46.35\00:54:47.68
that doesn't
make it an apple tree.
00:54:47.72\00:54:49.05
Does it?
00:54:49.08\00:54:50.42
No, the tree was
already an apple tree
00:54:50.45\00:54:52.09
before the fruit was there.
00:54:52.12\00:54:54.92
The fruit just confirms
that it is an apple tree.
00:54:54.96\00:54:58.26
The true Christian
does not keep the Sabbath
00:54:58.29\00:55:00.50
or the other nine Commandments
to become righteous.
00:55:00.53\00:55:03.40
Rather, it is
the natural fruitage
00:55:03.43\00:55:06.74
of the righteousness of Christ
00:55:06.77\00:55:08.80
at work in the
life of a Christian.
00:55:08.84\00:55:12.31
Let's look at
the future that rest.
00:55:12.34\00:55:14.24
Israel failed to
experience the rest in Christ.
00:55:14.28\00:55:16.98
The Jews of Jesus' day
failed to experience it too.
00:55:17.01\00:55:19.51
You know what?
00:55:19.55\00:55:20.88
Many Christians
today fail to experience
00:55:20.92\00:55:22.68
true salvation rest in Christ.
00:55:22.72\00:55:25.95
Pastor John read Hebrews 4:9,
00:55:25.99\00:55:28.02
"There remains therefore a
rest for the people of God."
00:55:28.06\00:55:33.23
We're invited today
and throughout eternity
00:55:33.26\00:55:35.60
to experience
God's rest of salvation
00:55:35.63\00:55:37.47
by grace through faith.
00:55:37.50\00:55:38.93
And finally number four,
the Sabbath is a reminder that
00:55:38.97\00:55:42.17
Jesus is my soon coming King.
00:55:42.20\00:55:44.74
Amen. I love that.
00:55:44.77\00:55:46.21
Hebrews 9:28 our last verse,
00:55:46.24\00:55:48.28
"Christ was offered once
to bear the sins of many.
00:55:48.31\00:55:50.85
To those who
eagerly wait for Him,
00:55:50.88\00:55:53.38
He will appear a second time,
00:55:53.42\00:55:55.48
apart from sin for salvation."
00:55:55.52\00:55:57.45
So the beautiful thing about
the Sabbath is every Sabbath,
00:55:57.49\00:56:00.79
you can remember
Jesus is your Creator,
00:56:00.82\00:56:03.26
your Redeemer, your rest,
and your soon coming King.
00:56:03.29\00:56:07.26
Amen. Great lesson.
00:56:07.30\00:56:09.00
Amen.
00:56:09.03\00:56:10.37
This study has been
such a blessing to help us
00:56:10.40\00:56:12.17
see the Sabbath
in such a deeper,
00:56:12.20\00:56:13.87
clearer light from the
perspective of Hebrews.
00:56:13.90\00:56:16.34
So praise the Lord for that.
00:56:16.37\00:56:17.71
Let's get some final thoughts.
00:56:17.74\00:56:19.74
Well, for Monday's portion,
00:56:19.77\00:56:21.14
I would like to say
that somehow someway,
00:56:21.18\00:56:23.08
God has placed a Joshua
and a Caleb in your life,
00:56:23.11\00:56:26.61
to help you understand to
walk in the ways of the Lord
00:56:26.65\00:56:29.75
and not in disobedience.
00:56:29.78\00:56:31.32
So take heed
and follow the Lord.
00:56:31.35\00:56:33.79
Amen.
00:56:33.82\00:56:35.16
In Hebrews 4:7,
00:56:35.19\00:56:37.13
I just want to
quote that to you that
00:56:37.16\00:56:41.40
God is calling out to you today.
00:56:41.43\00:56:44.13
He says, "Today,
if you hear My voice,
00:56:44.17\00:56:47.77
don't harden your heart."
00:56:47.80\00:56:49.77
Turn toward Him, and
He will change your life.
00:56:49.80\00:56:53.88
And finally, don't
allow your physical rest
00:56:53.91\00:56:57.35
to rob you off
the spiritual rest
00:56:57.38\00:56:59.41
found in the fellowship.
00:56:59.45\00:57:00.85
Hebrews 10:25,
00:57:00.88\00:57:02.45
"Not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together,
00:57:02.48\00:57:05.85
as is the matter of some
but exhorting one another
00:57:05.89\00:57:09.12
and so much the more
00:57:09.16\00:57:10.86
as you see the day approaching."
00:57:10.89\00:57:13.19
Amen.
00:57:13.23\00:57:14.56
Every Sabbath is a reminder
00:57:14.60\00:57:15.93
of what God has done
in your life and in mine,
00:57:15.96\00:57:18.37
and it's a reminder
of what He wants to do,
00:57:18.40\00:57:21.14
and how He wants to save
us and take us home with Him.
00:57:21.17\00:57:24.07
Amen.
00:57:24.11\00:57:25.44
This has been such a blessing.
00:57:25.47\00:57:27.18
We should be praising God
00:57:27.21\00:57:28.54
for the Sabbath
rest that we find in Him.
00:57:28.58\00:57:31.35
But more than that, as
we learn this spiritual rest
00:57:31.38\00:57:34.25
that we find
only in Christ Jesus,
00:57:34.28\00:57:36.79
our Lord Jesus,
the giver of rest,
00:57:36.82\00:57:39.62
that was the title
of this week's lesson,
00:57:39.65\00:57:41.02
it was such a blessing.
00:57:41.06\00:57:42.39
My friends, as always,
we want to thank you again
00:57:42.42\00:57:43.99
for joining us here
00:57:44.03\00:57:45.36
on the 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
00:57:45.39\00:57:47.43
And we want you
to join us next week
00:57:47.46\00:57:49.26
because next week,
00:57:49.30\00:57:50.63
we're going to be
jumping into lesson number six,
00:57:50.67\00:57:53.23
which is entitled
Jesus, the Faithful Priest.
00:57:53.27\00:57:57.04
I knew it was
going to get to this
00:57:57.07\00:57:58.41
because we got
to talk about Jesus
00:57:58.44\00:57:59.77
as High Priest at some point.
00:57:59.81\00:58:01.18
We're going to
do that next week.
00:58:01.21\00:58:02.58
We'll see you right
back here. God bless.
00:58:02.61\00:58:04.08