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This week, we're taking
on Lesson Number 8 entitled:
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The Sabbath and the End
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and, of course, we're
studying our Lesson entitled:
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The Three Cosmic Messages
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and we're studying
the three angels' messages
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of Revelation 14.
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Ryan: Hello Friends,
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you are watching the
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I just like to say
that... it's fun to say
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because this is the
greatest Program in the world...
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that's right,
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because we're
studying the Bible,
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we love truth
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and even more so, this
Quarter we're studying the
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three angels' messages...
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God's end-time
message for the entire world
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that's being
sent to every nation,
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kindred, tongue and
people as we've learned
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and you get to
participate in it with us
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and so, thank you for joining us
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here on the Three
ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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This week, we're
taking on Lesson Number 8
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which is entitled:
The Sabbath and the End.
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So, it's going to be a
power-packed hour of study.
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Let me introduce our
Sabbath School Panel members.
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To my direct left is Ms.
Shelley Quinn, how are you?
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Shelley: Oh, blessed and I'm
going to be talking about the
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Sabbath and the beginning,
actually, it's going to be:
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The Sabbath and Creation.
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Ryan: Nice, all right, to
your left is Ms. Jill Morikone.
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Jill: Thank you,
Ryan, I have Tuesday...
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A Not-So-Subtle Deception.
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Ryan: Hmmm... all right and
then of course, to your left is:
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Pastor James
Rafferty, how are you?
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Rafferty: Good to be here, Ryan,
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I have Wednesday's
Lesson which is entitled:
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Creation, the
Sabbath, and the End Time.
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Ryan: All right, of
course, at the end of the table
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for Thursday's
Lesson, Pastor John Lomacang.
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Lomacang: Mine is... The
Sabbath and Eternal Rest.
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Ryan: All right.
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Lomcang: So, I'm
looking forward to it.
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Ryan: Yes, yes,
it's going to be...
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You know, I was wondering
when we were going to get
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to the Sabbath
because if you've noticed,
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this has taken more
than half of this Quarter
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just to cover the
first angel's message,
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and rightfully so because
there's just so much there
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and I've said in
a previous Lesson,
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that... and I've
stuck by this because if...
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if all the world
would respond positively
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to the first angel's message,
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there would be
no need for a second
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or a third angel's message
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but because most of the
world does reject that message,
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now comes the two points
which we'll get to in the future
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but we're still hanging
on to the last portion...
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I believe, we're going to
be studying the last portion
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this week on the
first angel's message.
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Lesson Number 8:
The Sabbath and the End.
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I'm going to read
the memory text...
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then we're going to pray.
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Memory Text: In
Ephesians chapter 3 verse 9
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is a beautiful
reminder of who our Creator is.
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It says, "And to all...
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to make all see what is
the fellowship of the mystery,
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which from the
beginning of the ages
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has been hidden in God
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who created all things
through Jesus Christ. "
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And on that point, Ms. Jill,
would you have a prayer for us?
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Jill: Sure, "Holy Father, we're
delighted to open up Your Word
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and to see the
truth You have for us.
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We ask that You
would speak to us...
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that You would open
our hearts and minds...
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reveal to us what You want
us to hear and learn today,
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in Jesus' name, Amen. "
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Panel: Amen, amen, amen. "
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Panel: Amen... amen.
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Ryan: Our Brother, Mark
Finley has done a phenomenal job
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in putting this lesson together.
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I've really been blessed
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and he's left no stone unturned.
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Everything has
just been very clear
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and that he
writes and puts together
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on Sabbath afternoon's lesson,
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he says, "The
essence of humanity's dignity
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is a common creation.
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The fact that we are
uniquely created by God
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places value on
every human being.
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The unborn in the mother's womb,
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the quadriplegic teenager,
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the Down syndrome young adult,
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and the
Alzheimer-afflicted grandmother
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all have immense value to God.
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God is their Father.
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They are His
sons and daughters. "
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And then he
quotes Acts chapter 17
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verses 24 through 26,
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which says, "God who made
the world and everything in it,
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since He is Lord
of heaven and earth,
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does not dwell in
temples made with hands.
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And He has made from one
blood every nation of men
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to dwell on all the
face of the earth. "
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"Ours is a shared heritage.
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We belong to the family of God.
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We are brothers and sisters,
fashioned, shaped, and molded
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by the same God.
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Creation provides a
true sense of self-worth.
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When the genes and
chromosomes came together,
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to form the unique biological
structure of your personality,
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God threw away the pattern.
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There is no one else
like you in all the universe.
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You are unique, a
one-of-a-kind creation. "
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I love that.
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"You are unique
one-of-a-kind creation,
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a being of such immense value
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that the God who
created the cosmos
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took upon Himself
our fleshly bodies
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and offered Himself as a
sacrifice for you and your
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sins!" I love that
as a great introduction
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to this lesson this week
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and, of course,
Sunday's Lesson is entitled:
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The Judgment,
Creation, and Accountability.
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We're had a few of
those that's been three words
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that all are linked together
in some way, form, or fashion...
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the judgment,
creation and accountability,
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and the question that is
brought out in the Lesson
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is... in pertaining to a few...
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few passages that we're
going to read at this time
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but it says: What does judgment
imply about issues such as
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accountability
and responsibility?
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And how are the judgment
and the commandments of God
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and worship linked together?
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We find the answer as we first
dive into the first angel's
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message that we've
been studying so clearly.
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Revelation
chapter 14 and verse 7,
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let's revisit that text again,
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of course, "saying
with a loud voice... "
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the Greek word
there: megalaphonia
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which means: it's a megaphone...
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it's amplified...
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God wants the whole
world to hear this message
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and, of course, the
message is to fear God
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and give glory to Him
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for the hour... notice...
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of His judgment has come.
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We're living in
this judgment hour...
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there's an accountability factor
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and, of course,
we're seeing here
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that it is also tied
to the worshipping...
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the reference...
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the recognition that
we serve the Creator God
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which it says, "And worship Him
who made heaven and the earth,
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and the sea and the
springs of waters. "
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Now, take that and
also read Romans chapter 14
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and verse 10 and
what does it say?
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"But why do you
judge your brother?"
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Oh oh...
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"Or why do you show
contempt for your brother?
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For we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ. "
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Well, you're not
our brother's judge?
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God is the main judge.
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But how do the commandments
of God fit into that factor?
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Let's look at James
chapter 2 verses 8 through 13
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and we'll get a
clearer understanding
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of how these three are formed
together or linked together.
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James chapter 2
beginning with verse 8
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and we're going to
read through to verse 13,
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it says, "If you
really fulfill the royal law
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according to the Scripture,
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'You shall love your
neighbor as yourself. '
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you do well;
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but if you show
partiality, you commit sin,
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and are convicted by
the law as transgressors. "
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It says in verse 10,
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"For whoever shall
keep the whole law,
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and yet stumble in one point,
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he is guilty of all.
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For He who said, 'Do
not commit adultery,'
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also said, 'Do not murder. '
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Now if you do
not commit adultery,
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but you do murder,
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you have become a
transgressor of the law. "
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Verse 12,
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"So speak and so do as
those who will be... " notice,
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"judged by the law of liberty.
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For judgment is without mercy
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to one who has shown no mercy.
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Mercy triumphs over judgment. "
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And, of course,
the lesson brings out
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that of course these messages
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of the three
angels flying in mid air
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of Revelation
chapter 14 announces
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that the hour of His
judgment of course has come.
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We saw that...
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since we are created by God
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with the capacity to
make moral choices...
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here's the link here,
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we are responsible for
the decisions that we make.
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If we are merely a
random collection of cells,
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products of our
hereditary and environment only,
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our actions would
largely be determined by
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forces over which
we have no control.
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In other words, we
are free moral agents.
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We have choices to make.
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God has not created us as robots
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to respond a certain way
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or enforced His will in
us to do a certain thing,
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we are free to
make those choices
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and there are some Scriptures
that clearly bring this out
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I'm not going to read them all
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but I'm just going
to highlight a few here.
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Galatians chapter 5
verse 13... when I read this...
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now, this is a perfect
example that we are free...
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that God has given
us the freedom of choice
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for it says there...
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and I'm reading from the
New King James Version first,
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it says, Galatians
chapter 5, verse 13,
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it says, "For you, brethren,
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have been called to liberty;
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only do not use liberty as
an opportunity for the flesh,
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but through love
serve one another. "
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Now, the NIV... I
had to pull this one out
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because again
that word "liberty"
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many people don't use
that word to express freedom,
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but it goes on to say
in Galatians 5:13, again,
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NIV says, "You, my
brothers and sisters,
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were called to be free. "
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Okay... "But do
not use your freedom
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in indulge in the flesh,
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rather, serve one
another humbly in love. "
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So, we are free... we
have the choice to make...
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to either serve
God or to not serve God
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and in every
single one of our choices,
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we are either
choosing the side of God
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or not choosing the side of God.
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John chapter 7 verse 17,
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Jesus is speaking, He says,
"If anyone wills to do His will,
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he shall know
concerning the doctrine,
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whether it is from God
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or whether I speak
on My own authority. "
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In other words, if you
choose to do God's will,
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you have that choice...
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to choose to do
God's will or not.
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There's nothing that's
keeping you from doing that
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and, of course,
Joshua chapter 24 verse 15
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really nails it down
which clearly tells us
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to choose...
choose for yourselves
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this day whom you will serve.
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It's a choice and
you know it's interesting
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that at the end of the
day when you are choosing,
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you have the responsibility.
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In other words, that's...
that's what the Lesson...
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Lesson Sunday is entitled here:
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The Judgment,
Creation, and Accountability.
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You are held accountable
for the choice that you make
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and Patriarchs
and Prophets, page 35,
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I had to bring this out
because it gives us some insight
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behind the very first
person who ever sinned.
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And often times, we would...
you know, we would think,
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"Well, Lucifer sinned... he
just made the choice to sin"
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absolutely
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but it's interesting at
how it's worded in this book
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because it says here in
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Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 35,
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"So long as all created beings
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acknowledged the
allegiance of love,
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there was perfect harmony
throughout the universe of God.
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It was the... it was
the joy of the heavenly host
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to fulfill the
purpose of their Creator.
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They delighted in
reflecting His glory
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and showing forth His praise.
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And while love
to God was supreme,
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love for one another
was confiding and unselfish.
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There was no note of discord
to mar the celestial harmonies.
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But a change came
over this happy state. "
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And notice how it's described
as this change happens...
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"There was one who
perverted the freedom
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that God had
granted to His creatures. "
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Interesting...
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she could have said,
"There was one who sinned...
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there was one who brought
about sin... there was one... "
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How did that happen though?
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"There was one who
perverted the freedom
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that God had
granted to His creatures. "
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Of course, we know
this to be Lucifer...
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Lucifer... in
making that choice.
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God creates us with free will
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and Lucifer had that choice
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and he perverted the
freedom that God had given him
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and, of course, we know
that the lesson brings out here,
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it says, "But judgment
implies moral responsibility. "
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We know that we have
a moral responsibility.
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We only highlight that
and I only emphasize that
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because we live in a day and age
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where it seems like
more and more Christians
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have this idea that,
"Well, you just come to Jesus...
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you mentally accept
that Christ is... is Savior,
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and just simply say that...
that, you know, sinner's prayer,
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'Lord, save me... forgive me,
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I'm sorry Lord for
what I've done to You... '"
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and then Jesus puts
His stamp of approval...
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He pardons you...
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and then, again
you hear people say,
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"I got saved...
now I'm saved... "
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but yet, they
continue to live a life of sin
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and the idea behind that
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is that, "Well, I can't
help the choices that I make
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because my environment...
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my... you know my bad,
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you know, horrible, sinful
equipment that I was born with,
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you know, the
things that I got from Adam
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of this bad substance that's...
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you know, just pulling
and tugging at my heart
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and causing me to
sin, I can't help it... "
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so, therefore, the "choice"
factor is thrown out the window.
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But the Bible makes it
very clear that no one...
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not even Satan
himself can force you to sin.
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He can tempt you
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but temptation is not
a sin in and of itself,
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because Jesus was tempted
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but yet, you can be tempted
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but you still
have the choice to make
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whether or not you
are going to follow God
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or follow the enemy.
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And it goes on to say,
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"In this crisis of
our earth's history,
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the judgment hour,
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God calls us to make decisions
in the light of eternity.
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The first angel's earnest appeal
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to 'worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
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the sea and the
springs of waters'
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acknowledges that
the basis of all worship
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is the fact that we
were created by God. "
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I love that.
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"Meanwhile, our adherence
to the seventh-day Sabbath... "
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this is where it comes in...
what's the title of this lesson?
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The Sabbath and the End...
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we're going to get a lot
into the Sabbath this week.
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It says, "Meanwhile,
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our adherence to
the seventh-day Sabbath
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demonstrates our belief
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that Jesus is worthy to
be worshipped as our Creator.
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It reveals our acceptance
of His Ten Commandment law
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as divinely inspired... "
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and it goes on to say,
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"as divinely inspired principles
for living life to the fullest.
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Because the law is the
foundation of God's government
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and a revelation
of His character,
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it becomes the
standard of judgment.
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Our faithfulness to the Sabbath
commandment is acknowledged
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by our commitment to
live obedient lives. "
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It was a test for Israel
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during the days when Moses was
taking them into the wilderness
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to the Promised Land
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and it will be a test for us
down here at the end of time.
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Shelley: Woooo,
thank you so much
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for that beautiful introduction.
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The Sabbath and the End...
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actually, mine is more about
the Sabbath and the beginning
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on Monday, I'm Shelley Quinn...
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Monday's Lesson is:
The Sabbath and Creation.
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Let's read
Revelation 14:6 through 7 again
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because I want to compare
it to the Sabbath Commandment.
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In Revelation 14:6, John says,
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"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
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having the
everlasting gospel... "
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that's the
everlasting covenant...
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the good news of
the everlasting covenant
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of righteousness by faith.
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"To preach to those
who dwell on the earth...
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people... "
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but the angel is
proclaiming with a loud voice,
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"Fear God and give glory to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment has come;
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and worship Him... "
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worship is a
central issue in the end.
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"Worship Him... "
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listen... "who made
the heaven and the earth,
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the sea and springs of water. "
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Now, let's compare that
to the Sabbath commandment
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because that
language is directly lifted
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from the Sabbath commandment...
the fourth commandment
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of Exodus 20:8 through 11.
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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 of the LORD your God.
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In it you shall do no work:
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you, nor your
son, nor your daughter,
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nor your male servant,
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nor your female servant,
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nor your cattle,
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nor your stranger
who is within your gates.
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For in six
days... " here it comes...
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"the LORD made the
heavens and the earth... "
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are you hearing that
echoed in Revelation?
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"the sea, and all
that is in them... "
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hmmm...
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"and He rested the seventh day.
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Therefore the LORD blessed the
Sabbath day and hallowed it. "
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He made it holy.
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Only God can
make something holy.
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Panel: That's right.
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Shelley: What you see
in the Sabbath commandment
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is the Seal of God.
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When the President
of the United States
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uses the seal,
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you see his name...
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you see his
title and his territory
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any time you see his seal,
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Right here, we see this is
the Sabbath of the Lord your God
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who is the Creator.
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So, here's God's name...
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here's His title... Creator
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and then it explains
everything that He made...
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the heavens and the earth.
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This is His territory.
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So, it's confirming the
territory over which He rules
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as sovereign of
everything that He created.
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Genesis is the
book of beginnings
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and it's so interesting to me.
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God had Moses...
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He inspired Moses to
write two accounts of creation.
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Genesis 1 is the first account
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and we see that what
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God had Moses focus on...
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He didn't explain His existence.
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It was just...
in the beginning God
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and what Moses focused
on in the first account
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is different than
the second account.
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They are two
distinct revelations
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of God's omnipresence...
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His ability to be
everywhere at one time.
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In the first account,
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it is focused on
the transcendence of God
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that He is above
everything that He created.
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His existence is
outside time and space
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and it's showing the
transcendence of God.
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It ends with
the first chapter...
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God surveying everything that
He made in the first six days
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and it is good.
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Now, the second account...
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God has Moses reiterate creation
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and this time, He is
looking at the imminence.
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That's the up close and
personal presence of God
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and so, what you see
is now He's talking about
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how He created man
forming him with His own hand...
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getting so up close and personal
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that He breathed
the spark of life...
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the breath of
life into his nostrils.
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So, it shows God's presence
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inside His
created time and space.
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He is nearby...
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He is fully present
to all of His creation
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and He's involved
with all of His creation.
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In the second account,
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it's God's
personal touch on creation.
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It... it
fascinates me... Genesis 2...
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Genesis 1... everything
God created in six days.
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Genesis 2... is the seventh day.
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Why did... why
did the translators...
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there wasn't chapters
and verses to begin with.
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Why did they stick
that in Genesis 2 account?
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Because Genesis 2...
let's read it... one through 3,
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What happened on
the seventh day is
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God is
establishing the weekly cycle.
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The only reason we
have a weekly cycle
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is because God established it.
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But He creates 24
hours of time for humanity's
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physical and
spiritual refreshment
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and it says, Genesis 2:1,
00:19:56.89\00:19:59.09
"Thus the heavens and the earth,
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and all the host of
them, were finished.
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And on the seventh
day God ended His work
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which He had done,
00:20:07.24\00:20:08.57
and He rested on
the seventh day... "
00:20:08.60\00:20:11.87
we had the seventh
day repeated twice...
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that's Saturday...
00:20:15.24\00:20:16.58
"and
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God blessed the seventh day... "
00:20:18.58\00:20:22.95
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Shelley: Three
times He's repeating...
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there's no
question which day this is.
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"And He sanctified it. "
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That means, He set it
apart for holy purposes.
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"Because in it He
rested from all of His work
00:20:32.29\00:20:35.36
which God had created. "
00:20:35.40\00:20:37.07
In the Garden of Eden,
00:20:37.10\00:20:38.67
God created two
institutions of intimacy.
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Marriage and the Sabbath
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and you know what?
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I think, the reason translators
put this at the first
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the seventh day at the first...
00:20:52.61\00:20:54.78
of the second account of God's
up-close and personal presence
00:20:54.82\00:20:59.52
is because this
was God's crowning act
00:20:59.55\00:21:04.09
of intimacy for humanity.
00:21:04.13\00:21:07.40
God set aside a
24-hour period of time
00:21:07.43\00:21:11.47
that He didn't want them worried
about the work in the garden,
00:21:11.50\00:21:16.00
He wanted His
precious created beings
00:21:16.04\00:21:20.84
who were created in His image
00:21:20.88\00:21:22.24
to be able to come and
focus that time on Him.
00:21:22.28\00:21:25.95
It's a temple in time...
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a time that they
could enjoy family relations
00:21:27.35\00:21:31.19
and all the
things that we all...
00:21:31.22\00:21:33.82
that we worry
about are set aside.
00:21:33.86\00:21:36.39
So, He wanted
special uninterrupted time.
00:21:36.42\00:21:40.73
What a gift the Sabbath is!
00:21:40.76\00:21:42.90
So, we see that the Sabbath...
00:21:42.93\00:21:45.10
what we just read in Exodus
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it's a memorial of
God as our Creator.
00:21:47.27\00:21:50.24
But did you know
it's also the Sabbath
00:21:50.31\00:21:53.24
is a memorial of God
00:21:53.27\00:21:54.68
that's He's the
One who sanctifies us?
00:21:54.74\00:21:57.41
I remember when I first
got to Exodus 31:12 and 13,
00:21:57.45\00:22:01.48
the Lord says, "Speak to
the children of Israel, saying:
00:22:01.55\00:22:05.45
'Surely My
Sabbaths you shall keep,
00:22:05.49\00:22:07.92
for it is a sign
between Me and you
00:22:07.96\00:22:10.26
throughout your generations,
00:22:10.29\00:22:11.63
that you may know that I am
the LORD who sanctifies you. ' "
00:22:11.66\00:22:15.60
When God called me to
full-time ministry and told me,
00:22:15.63\00:22:18.00
"Forget what you think
you know, come sit at my feet
00:22:18.03\00:22:20.40
and I will teach you. "
00:22:20.44\00:22:22.04
And you know what?
00:22:22.07\00:22:23.41
He started me on a
study of the sanctuary
00:22:23.44\00:22:26.21
and I realize the Ten
Commandments were still in
00:22:26.27\00:22:29.84
place. When I
discovered the Sabbath,
00:22:29.88\00:22:31.98
I was a Sabbath
keeper for two years
00:22:32.01\00:22:34.12
before I even
started watching 3ABN
00:22:34.15\00:22:36.22
or... or know anything
about Adventists, really.
00:22:36.25\00:22:39.55
But... it was like...
when the Sabbath rolled in...
00:22:39.62\00:22:43.26
all my life, I had worked
so hard to be a good girl,
00:22:43.29\00:22:46.90
to please God
00:22:46.93\00:22:48.63
and I never felt
like I can please Him
00:22:48.66\00:22:51.03
but when I realized it was God
who was going to sanctify me,
00:22:51.07\00:22:55.90
I entered into His rest
00:22:55.97\00:22:58.01
and I would just... oooooh...
breathe in the Sabbath,
00:22:58.04\00:23:02.94
I didn't have to
worry about anything,
00:23:02.98\00:23:05.11
and I entered into His rest
00:23:05.15\00:23:07.15
praising Him for
righteousness by faith...
00:23:07.18\00:23:09.42
praising Him
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that He was the God who not
just paid my penalty for sin
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but that He was the God
who was going to deliver me
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from the power of
sin... sanctify me from sin.
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And then, when you
get into Deuteronomy,
00:23:22.43\00:23:24.97
Deuteronomy is the second
giving of the law for Israel...
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the constitutional law
that is the Old Covenant...
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the civil, social,
and... and ceremonial
00:23:34.28\00:23:37.05
but... requirements.
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In Deuteronomy 15:12 through 15,
00:23:39.31\00:23:42.68
as Moses is giving
the law a second time,
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he says, Deuteronomy 15,
let me give you verse 15,
00:23:46.15\00:23:50.69
"Remember that you were a
slave in the land of Egypt,
00:23:50.73\00:23:55.20
and the LORD your God
brought you out from there
00:23:55.23\00:23:58.70
by a mighty hand...
00:23:58.73\00:24:00.24
by an outstretched arm.
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Therefore, the LORD your God
00:24:01.77\00:24:03.91
commanded you to
keep the Sabbath day. "
00:24:03.97\00:24:06.64
He's saying, "God
is your Redeemer...
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remember that. "
00:24:09.38\00:24:10.91
So, the Sabbath is
the eternal rest in Him.
00:24:10.95\00:24:14.78
It is not a
legalistic requirement...
00:24:14.82\00:24:18.52
it reveals true righteousness
that is found in Him.
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The Sabbath speaks of things
that God has achieved for us
00:24:22.49\00:24:26.49
that we could never
achieve for ourselves
00:24:26.53\00:24:29.46
it's a special
sign of loyalty to Him.
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It's rest... not works...
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it's grace... not legalism...
00:24:34.84\00:24:37.21
it's assurance...
not condemnation...
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it's depending totally on Him
00:24:39.47\00:24:42.31
and that's His plan.
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Panel: Amen... amen.
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Ryan: Thank you Shelley so much.
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We're going to pass
it to Ms. Jill Morikone
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for Tuesday's Lesson.
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Jill: Thank you so much
Pastor Ryan and Shelley,
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I love your
energy and enthusiasm
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and the subject
matter that we're studying:
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The Sabbath and the
End... thank you so much.
00:25:41.00\00:25:43.44
I'm Jill Morikone
as Ryan just mentioned,
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on Tuesday, we discuss
a not-so-subtle deception
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and we're actually...
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the entire lesson is focused
on the six days of creation
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and that they're
literal 24-hour period
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no eons of time.
00:26:01.22\00:26:03.36
Now, as we get into it,
00:26:03.39\00:26:05.19
we might seem like we're taking
a round about trip to get there
00:26:05.26\00:26:08.40
but hopefully by the end, you're
going to see where we're going.
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Many Seventh-day Adventists
00:26:11.60\00:26:14.00
and many Protestants and
other Christian denominations
00:26:14.04\00:26:17.37
believe in creation.
00:26:17.41\00:26:18.74
They don't believe in evolution.
00:26:18.77\00:26:20.91
They don't
believe that say four...
00:26:20.98\00:26:23.18
four and a half
billion years ago,
00:26:23.21\00:26:25.35
the first molecules occurred
as evolutionists believe.
00:26:25.38\00:26:29.68
They don't believe that later
00:26:29.75\00:26:32.02
cells began living
together more efficiently
00:26:32.05\00:26:35.72
or to gain
protection from something bigger
00:26:35.76\00:26:39.56
and these cells
eventually morphed into sponges
00:26:39.59\00:26:43.37
as evolution teaches...
00:26:43.40\00:26:45.23
that was 800 million years ago.
00:26:45.27\00:26:47.84
Evolution teaches
370 million years ago
00:26:47.87\00:26:52.17
certain fish...
shimmied landwards
00:26:52.24\00:26:55.61
as primitive lizard-like
animals known as Tetrapod's
00:26:55.64\00:26:59.85
and then 220 million years ago,
00:26:59.88\00:27:03.15
we don't believe
this... I'm being clear...
00:27:03.18\00:27:04.92
this is evolutionary theory,
00:27:04.95\00:27:06.35
the first dinosaurs
and mammals occurred
00:27:06.39\00:27:09.12
or maybe 200,000 years ago,
00:27:09.16\00:27:11.39
homo sapiens...
00:27:11.43\00:27:12.83
humans as we know and
understand them today emerged.
00:27:12.86\00:27:16.80
Instead, we hold to the
Biblical account of creation...
00:27:16.83\00:27:20.77
let's look at that...
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Genesis 1 verse 1,
00:27:22.17\00:27:23.51
"In the
beginning God created... "
00:27:23.54\00:27:27.11
that word we talked
about before... "bara"
00:27:27.18\00:27:29.88
it means God made
something from nothing
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and it's always used
when God is the subject.
00:27:32.61\00:27:36.12
He created the
heavens and the earth.
00:27:36.15\00:27:38.02
Verse 2, "The earth
was without form, and void;
00:27:38.05\00:27:41.69
darkness was on
the face of the deep.
00:27:41.72\00:27:44.53
And the Spirit of God
was hovering over the waters.
00:27:44.56\00:27:48.43
Then God said,
'Let there be light';
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and there was light.
00:27:50.10\00:27:51.60
And God saw the
light, that it was good;
00:27:51.63\00:27:54.00
and God divided the
light from the darkness.
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God called the light Day,
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and the
darkness He called Night.
00:27:58.71\00:28:01.18
So the evening and the
morning were the first day. "
00:28:01.21\00:28:06.25
Now, if you have
read Genesis chapter 1,
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you know the creation account...
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what happens on
day one... is light.
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Day two... is air.
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Day three... is the dry
land and the vegetation.
00:28:15.62\00:28:19.33
Day four... God begins to
fill what He created before.
00:28:19.36\00:28:22.83
In other words, Day four
is the sun, moon and stars
00:28:22.86\00:28:26.30
that fills Day one
which was the light.
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Day five is the fish
and birds that fills Day two
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which was the air and the seas.
00:28:33.14\00:28:35.68
Day six... is
the animals and man
00:28:35.71\00:28:38.45
that fills what
God made on Day three
00:28:38.48\00:28:40.98
which is the dry
land and the vegetation.
00:28:41.02\00:28:43.49
Of course, Day seven
which Shelley talked about...
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so beautiful...
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God set aside a 24-hour
period that was sanctified...
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made holy...
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set apart for you
and I to worship God.
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This is where
things become interesting.
00:28:58.13\00:29:01.70
Not only in the Christian world,
00:29:01.74\00:29:04.04
but within the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:29:04.07\00:29:06.84
We believe in creation
00:29:06.88\00:29:09.68
but there are many people
who believe in what is called:
00:29:09.74\00:29:12.98
Old Earth Creationism.
00:29:13.01\00:29:15.32
This is an umbrella
of theological views.
00:29:15.38\00:29:18.55
Day-Age Creationism...
00:29:18.59\00:29:20.69
Gap Creationism...
00:29:20.72\00:29:22.76
Progressive Creationism...
00:29:22.79\00:29:25.43
even Theistic evolution
all fall under this umbrella
00:29:25.46\00:29:30.50
of Old Earth Creationism.
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An Old Earth Creationist
is someone who does not see
00:29:32.90\00:29:36.71
an inherent conflict
between Scripture and Evolution.
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Panel: Hmmm...
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Jill: Namely,
they do not believe
00:29:41.91\00:29:44.05
in the literal
six-day creation week.
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In fact, many age...
Old Earth Creationists
00:29:46.55\00:29:50.19
believe that this
earth that we live on
00:29:50.22\00:29:52.25
is maybe four billion years old.
00:29:52.29\00:29:55.26
That each day of
creation took a long time...
00:29:55.29\00:29:58.63
eons of time.
00:29:58.66\00:30:01.40
We lose the power of
God to speak and it be done.
00:30:01.46\00:30:04.63
We lost the
biblical interpretation
00:30:04.70\00:30:06.53
of the 24-hour period.
00:30:06.57\00:30:08.20
We lose the seventh-day cycle
at the end of the weekly period.
00:30:08.24\00:30:14.08
Why do I bring this up?
00:30:14.11\00:30:16.18
Of course, it's in the lesson
00:30:16.24\00:30:17.81
but in addition, the last
General Conference Session,
00:30:17.85\00:30:20.75
I had the
privilege and opportunity
00:30:20.78\00:30:22.18
of serving as a delegate
00:30:22.22\00:30:23.85
there in the decisions made by
the Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:30:23.89\00:30:27.06
and I was on the floor
and present when people...
00:30:27.09\00:30:29.96
now these are people in
the fringes of the church...
00:30:29.99\00:30:32.89
these are people who were
elected as representatives
00:30:32.93\00:30:35.80
for their church
00:30:35.83\00:30:37.17
said... there is no
literal six-day creation week.
00:30:37.20\00:30:40.64
When God created the world,
00:30:40.70\00:30:42.50
it was not in six days.
00:30:42.54\00:30:44.31
These are solid
people within our own church.
00:30:44.34\00:30:49.21
It is so vitally
important that we understand
00:30:49.24\00:30:54.02
the reasons why we believe in
a literal six-day creation week.
00:30:54.08\00:30:59.82
So, I want to
give you seven reasons
00:30:59.85\00:31:02.59
that I believe in the
literal six-day creation week.
00:31:02.62\00:31:06.13
Reason Number 1 is the
usage of the word "Day. "
00:31:06.16\00:31:09.56
If you look in the Hebrew at the
word for "Day" which is "Yom"
00:31:09.60\00:31:13.97
it's used over 2,000
times in the Old Testament
00:31:14.00\00:31:17.37
and it's translated "day"
00:31:17.41\00:31:19.04
and other times it
means a longer period of time.
00:31:19.07\00:31:22.41
So you say, "Ah ha, I got you. "
00:31:22.44\00:31:24.11
So, when it says... if
you read Genesis 1 verse 5,
00:31:24.15\00:31:27.28
it says, "So the evening and the
morning were the first day... "
00:31:27.32\00:31:30.25
and they say, "Well if
day can mean literal 24 hours
00:31:30.29\00:31:32.89
or day can also mean
an age or an eon of time,
00:31:32.92\00:31:35.79
how am I supposed to know?
00:31:35.82\00:31:37.49
Well, in the Bible,
00:31:37.53\00:31:39.59
every time the word
"day" "yom" is used,
00:31:39.63\00:31:42.90
with a numeral as the adjective,
00:31:42.93\00:31:46.23
it always refers to a
literal 24-hour period.
00:31:46.27\00:31:50.37
When it says,
"The first day... "
00:31:50.41\00:31:52.74
there's your
adjective... the numeral...
00:31:52.77\00:31:54.34
it means first day...
literal 24-hour period
00:31:54.38\00:31:57.05
or second day or a third period.
00:31:57.08\00:31:59.51
Third day... it
always refers to...
00:31:59.55\00:32:01.92
and Pastor Mark Finley
brought that out beautifully
00:32:01.95\00:32:03.69
in the lesson,
to a 24-hour period.
00:32:03.72\00:32:06.25
Reason Number 2:
00:32:06.29\00:32:07.69
To believe in the
literal six-day creation week
00:32:07.72\00:32:10.03
is the usage of time.
00:32:10.06\00:32:11.43
What do I mean by that?
00:32:11.46\00:32:12.79
The same passage in Genesis 1:5
00:32:12.83\00:32:15.03
says the evening and the
morning were the first day.
00:32:15.06\00:32:19.90
The evening comes
from the word "sunset. "
00:32:19.93\00:32:21.74
Now, can you imagine the
sunset lasting eons of time?
00:32:21.77\00:32:24.34
Of course not.
00:32:24.37\00:32:25.71
It's a literal sunset
00:32:25.74\00:32:27.14
and the morning... a literal
sunrise were the first day.
00:32:27.18\00:32:32.91
Reason Number 3 is
the usage of logic...
00:32:32.95\00:32:35.92
what I mean by that is
00:32:35.95\00:32:37.65
what if vegetation
created on the third day
00:32:37.69\00:32:40.22
and we had a 100,000 years
00:32:40.26\00:32:42.16
until the sun, moon
and stars were created?
00:32:42.22\00:32:44.26
How in the world
is photosynthesis
00:32:44.29\00:32:46.19
supposed to happen?
00:32:46.23\00:32:47.56
How in the world is
life supposed to happen?
00:32:47.60\00:32:50.40
How is warmth
supposed to happen?
00:32:50.43\00:32:52.67
We learn about an earlier lesson
00:32:52.70\00:32:54.50
about the importance of
the sun and what that does
00:32:54.54\00:32:57.34
so, it is the use of logic.
00:32:57.37\00:32:58.71
Reason Number 4 is
the use of God's words.
00:32:58.74\00:33:01.04
You look at the word of God.
00:33:01.08\00:33:02.41
Psalm 33:6, how
did creation happen?
00:33:02.44\00:33:05.38
"By the word of the
Lord the heavens were made;
00:33:05.41\00:33:08.18
and all the host of them
by the breath of His mouth.
00:33:08.22\00:33:10.55
He spoke and it was done
00:33:10.59\00:33:11.92
and He commanded
and it stood fast.
00:33:11.95\00:33:13.46
Creation happened
with just a word of God.
00:33:13.49\00:33:17.19
No amoebas
changing life forms...
00:33:17.23\00:33:19.49
no eons of time.
00:33:19.53\00:33:21.83
God spoke and it was done.
00:33:21.86\00:33:23.80
Now, that's Old Testament
00:33:23.83\00:33:25.70
but in the New
Testament in Hebrews 11 verse 3,
00:33:25.73\00:33:28.10
it says, "By faith we understand
that the worlds were framed
00:33:28.14\00:33:31.54
by the word of God,
00:33:31.57\00:33:32.91
so that the things that are seen
00:33:32.94\00:33:35.14
were not made of
things which are visible. "
00:33:35.18\00:33:37.48
Reason Number 5 is the usage
of the seventh-day Sabbath.
00:33:37.51\00:33:42.05
Shelley read Genesis
2 verses 1 through 3,
00:33:42.08\00:33:46.15
"Thus the heavens and the earth,
00:33:46.19\00:33:47.52
and the host of
them, were finished.
00:33:47.56\00:33:48.89
And on the seventh day... "
00:33:48.92\00:33:51.09
there we have the
word "yom" for day,
00:33:51.13\00:33:53.13
but it's seventh
day... literal 24-hour period,
00:33:53.16\00:33:56.10
"God ended His
work which He had done,
00:33:56.13\00:33:58.23
and He rested on
the seventh day... "
00:33:58.27\00:34:00.37
We have the literal six-day week
00:34:00.40\00:34:03.30
and at the final end of that,
00:34:03.34\00:34:06.04
we have the seventh-day Sabbath.
00:34:06.07\00:34:08.71
You see, we lose the sanctity
of the seventh-day Sabbath
00:34:08.74\00:34:12.28
if we lose the
literal six-day creation week.
00:34:12.31\00:34:16.69
Reason Number 7: we're
going to skip six for now,
00:34:16.75\00:34:21.09
you can ask me about it later.
00:34:21.12\00:34:22.46
Reason Number 7 is the
usage of the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:34:22.49\00:34:26.29
There's a great quote in
Patriarchs and Prophets page
00:34:26.33\00:34:30.07
111. Sister White quotes from
the... the fourth commandment...
00:34:30.10\00:34:33.54
"In six days the LORD
made heaven and earth,
00:34:33.57\00:34:35.44
the sea, and
all that is in them,
00:34:35.47\00:34:37.54
and rested the seventh day.
00:34:37.57\00:34:38.97
The Lord blessed the
Sabbath day and hallowed it. "
00:34:39.01\00:34:40.81
This reason appears
beautiful and forcible
00:34:40.88\00:34:44.11
and we understand the
days of creation to be literal.
00:34:44.15\00:34:47.35
the first six days of each
week are given to man for labor
00:34:47.42\00:34:50.65
because God employed the
same period of the first week
00:34:50.69\00:34:53.92
in the world of creation.
00:34:53.96\00:34:55.29
On the seventh day, man
is to refrain from labor
00:34:55.32\00:34:58.26
in commemoration
of the Creator's rest.
00:34:58.29\00:35:00.20
But the assumption that
the events of the first week
00:35:00.23\00:35:03.03
require thousands
upon thousands of years
00:35:03.06\00:35:05.33
strikes directly
00:35:05.37\00:35:07.14
at the foundation of
the fourth commandment.
00:35:07.17\00:35:09.50
It represents the
Creator as commanding men
00:35:09.54\00:35:11.81
to observe the
week of literal days
00:35:11.84\00:35:13.88
in commemoration of
vast indefinite periods.
00:35:13.91\00:35:17.38
This is unlike His method
of dealing with His creatures.
00:35:17.41\00:35:20.52
It makes indefinite and obscure
00:35:20.55\00:35:22.88
that which He made very plain.
00:35:22.92\00:35:25.19
It is infidelity in
its most insidious form...
00:35:25.22\00:35:30.86
its real
character is so disguised
00:35:30.89\00:35:34.26
that it is held and taught
00:35:34.30\00:35:36.36
by many who profess
to believe the Bible.
00:35:36.40\00:35:39.33
It is a serious deception
00:35:39.37\00:35:41.87
when we believe that
creation took eons of time.
00:35:41.90\00:35:44.87
We need to stand
on the Word of God
00:35:44.91\00:35:47.31
that He created this
world in six literal days.
00:35:47.34\00:35:50.38
Panel: Amen... amen.
00:35:50.41\00:35:51.91
Rafferty: Thank you, Jill...
00:35:51.95\00:35:53.28
thank you,
Shelley... thank you, Ryan.
00:35:53.31\00:35:54.65
I've learned that I can choose
00:35:54.68\00:35:56.79
to enter into the justifying
sanctifying rest of God
00:35:56.82\00:36:00.99
at the end of
seven literal days.
00:36:01.02\00:36:03.43
Panel: Laughter of agreement.
00:36:03.46\00:36:05.39
My name is James Rafferty
00:36:05.43\00:36:07.53
and we are looking
at Wednesday's Lesson
00:36:07.56\00:36:09.96
which is very close to
the title for this week...
00:36:10.00\00:36:12.93
it's... it adds to
the word "creation. "
00:36:13.00\00:36:15.07
Creation, the
Sabbath, and the End
00:36:15.10\00:36:17.31
and I'm so thankful that I
was given this particular day
00:36:17.34\00:36:22.34
because this is just a
beautiful, powerful message
00:36:22.38\00:36:25.05
that God has given us in
the three angels' messages.
00:36:25.08\00:36:28.55
It focuses on the very
last warning that God gives us
00:36:28.58\00:36:32.05
as the Lesson Quarterly
brings out Revelation chapter 14
00:36:32.09\00:36:35.32
verses 7, 9, and 12.
00:36:35.36\00:36:36.69
Those are the three verses
that we're going to focus in on,
00:36:36.73\00:36:39.36
in Revelation 14:7, 9, and 12.
00:36:39.39\00:36:41.30
Read those verses
and summarize each verse
00:36:41.33\00:36:45.13
in the sentences below is what
the Quarterly asks us to do.
00:36:45.17\00:36:48.90
Revelation 14:7... summary:
it's a call to worship God.
00:36:48.94\00:36:52.64
Revelation 14:9...
00:36:52.67\00:36:54.84
Summary: it's a strong appeal
not to worship the earthly
00:36:54.88\00:37:00.08
rulers instead of God.
00:37:00.12\00:37:01.45
Panel: Hmmm...
00:37:01.48\00:37:02.82
Rafferty: And Revelation
14:12 describes a people
00:37:02.85\00:37:05.05
who have patience...
who keep God's commandments
00:37:05.09\00:37:07.92
and have the faith of Jesus.
00:37:07.96\00:37:10.43
You know, many times we're
asked as Seventh-day Adventists
00:37:10.46\00:37:13.76
why we harp so much on
the seventh-day Sabbath.
00:37:13.80\00:37:17.33
Why are we always talking
about the seventh-day Sabbath,
00:37:17.37\00:37:19.30
"You guys, are always talking
about the seventh-day Sabbath. "
00:37:19.33\00:37:20.80
I don't know if anyone
has ever said that to you.
00:37:20.84\00:37:22.47
It seems like from time to time
00:37:22.50\00:37:24.67
someone will just
complain about that.
00:37:24.71\00:37:26.84
And my... my
immediate response says,
00:37:26.88\00:37:28.64
"Well, really,
it's not really us,
00:37:28.68\00:37:30.41
it's actually...
it's God that does that.
00:37:30.45\00:37:32.21
You know, God's the One that
actually puts a lot of emphasis
00:37:32.25\00:37:35.05
especially when you get
to Revelation chapter 14
00:37:35.08\00:37:37.95
because the book of Revelation
is summarizing, if you will,
00:37:37.99\00:37:40.66
the entire Bible.
00:37:40.69\00:37:42.02
Panel: That's right.
00:37:42.06\00:37:43.39
Rafferty: The everlasting
gospel is not some new idea.
00:37:43.43\00:37:44.86
You know, it's synonymous
with the everlasting covenant...
00:37:44.89\00:37:47.60
with everlasting salvation is
found through the entire Bible
00:37:47.63\00:37:50.27
and God is kind of bringing
it all together in Revelation
00:37:50.33\00:37:53.27
and there in this last message,
when we say, "Last Message"
00:37:53.30\00:37:56.20
we mean, when this
message is given...
00:37:56.24\00:37:57.97
Babylon falls and Jesus returns,
00:37:58.01\00:37:59.91
Revelation 14
verses 14 through 20,
00:37:59.94\00:38:02.51
so, we have, in
Revelation chapter 14,
00:38:02.54\00:38:05.08
God's last appeal to the world
00:38:05.11\00:38:06.72
and He
highlights... He emphasizes...
00:38:06.78\00:38:09.22
He focuses on the final issue
00:38:09.25\00:38:11.55
and that issue is worship
00:38:11.59\00:38:12.92
and worship to God...
again, quoting from Shelley
00:38:12.95\00:38:15.79
going all the way
back to Exodus 20,
00:38:15.82\00:38:17.73
is directly connected
to the fourth commandment.
00:38:17.76\00:38:20.90
It's a direct quotation
from the fourth commandment
00:38:20.93\00:38:23.93
that we read in
Revelation 14 and verse 7,
00:38:23.97\00:38:26.10
to worship Him who
made heaven, and earth,
00:38:26.13\00:38:27.84
and the seas, and
the fountains of waters.
00:38:27.90\00:38:29.57
So, there's a connection there
00:38:29.60\00:38:32.07
that we can't
avoid talking about.
00:38:32.11\00:38:33.81
In fact, the
word "remember" means
00:38:33.84\00:38:35.48
among other things,
00:38:35.54\00:38:36.95
to mention...
00:38:36.98\00:38:38.31
the word
"remember" the Sabbath day...
00:38:38.35\00:38:39.68
that word
"remember" means to mention.
00:38:39.71\00:38:41.25
So, God is actually
asking us to mention this to you
00:38:41.28\00:38:44.39
so that's what we do...
we're mentioning it to you
00:38:44.45\00:38:47.49
but one of the things that I
find so vital about the Sabbath
00:38:47.52\00:38:51.89
and a misunderstanding
of the Sabbath...
00:38:51.93\00:38:53.60
I hope we can
clear up right here
00:38:53.66\00:38:55.56
and that is the idea
that keeping the Sabbath is
00:38:55.60\00:38:58.83
legalism.
00:38:58.87\00:39:00.20
That it's a legalistic
thing... the Old Testament...
00:39:00.24\00:39:02.80
the Old Covenant...
00:39:02.84\00:39:04.17
we're in the New Covenant now,
00:39:04.21\00:39:05.54
we're under grace
00:39:05.57\00:39:06.91
and I really think
that's a misunderstanding.
00:39:06.94\00:39:08.48
I think Satan has a
lot to do with that...
00:39:08.54\00:39:10.75
you know, confusing us...
00:39:10.78\00:39:12.11
Babylon just
confuses us about the gospel.
00:39:12.15\00:39:14.45
The... the... the
call to worship God
00:39:14.48\00:39:17.42
comes under the title
of the everlasting gospel.
00:39:17.45\00:39:20.16
Panel: Amen.
00:39:20.19\00:39:21.52
James: So, it'
can't be legalism.
00:39:21.56\00:39:22.89
There's got to be
something more to it than that
00:39:22.92\00:39:24.29
and that's why I
love this phrase,
00:39:24.33\00:39:26.03
"Creation... the
Sabbath... and the End... "
00:39:26.06\00:39:28.80
because it connects
Genesis with Revelation
00:39:28.83\00:39:31.73
and puts it all
together in the Sabbath.
00:39:31.77\00:39:34.67
Now, in order to understand that
00:39:34.70\00:39:36.27
we just have to
go back to creation.
00:39:36.30\00:39:37.77
We have to recognize that
when God created the world,
00:39:37.81\00:39:41.71
we weren't there.
00:39:41.74\00:39:43.61
Not the first day...
00:39:43.65\00:39:44.98
not the second day...
00:39:45.01\00:39:46.35
not the third day...
00:39:46.38\00:39:47.72
not the fourth day... not the...
00:39:47.75\00:39:49.08
we weren't created until
after God created the animals
00:39:49.12\00:39:51.32
on the sixth day.
00:39:51.35\00:39:52.69
We were the last ones to
be created... human beings
00:39:52.72\00:39:54.82
and the first thing
that God asked us to do
00:39:54.86\00:39:59.23
after we were
created... was rest
00:39:59.26\00:40:03.63
but were we tired?
00:40:03.67\00:40:05.37
I don't think so.
00:40:05.40\00:40:07.04
There was
something significant here...
00:40:07.07\00:40:09.20
or there is something
significant here that I just
00:40:09.24\00:40:11.67
absolutely love and that is the
fact that God created everything
00:40:11.74\00:40:16.78
for us. He gave us
dominion over the... the earth
00:40:16.81\00:40:20.15
and everything that was in it.
00:40:20.18\00:40:21.52
He created
everything for us without us.
00:40:21.55\00:40:23.08
There was nothing that
we could point to and say,
00:40:23.12\00:40:26.15
"Hey, you see
that tree over there...
00:40:26.19\00:40:27.52
God did the trunk...
I did the branches...
00:40:27.56\00:40:29.39
He did the
leaves... I did the fruit. "
00:40:29.42\00:40:31.53
None of it was done by us...
00:40:31.56\00:40:34.56
we didn't
participate in creation.
00:40:34.60\00:40:36.20
The only thing God asked
us to do after He created
00:40:36.23\00:40:39.60
was to rest... Sabbath rest...
00:40:39.63\00:40:41.80
to rest in
everything He created for us
00:40:41.84\00:40:44.94
without us.
00:40:44.97\00:40:46.44
Panel: That's right.
00:40:46.47\00:40:47.81
Now, when you look at
the plan of salvation,
00:40:47.84\00:40:50.68
and I want us to
look at a Bible verse here
00:40:50.71\00:40:53.55
that's really significant,
00:40:53.58\00:40:54.92
it's 2nd Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 17.
00:40:54.95\00:40:57.45
When you look at
the plan of salvation,
00:40:57.49\00:41:00.26
you're going to find
that the plan of salvation
00:41:00.29\00:41:02.82
is a plan of re-creation.
00:41:02.86\00:41:05.83
Re-creation.
00:41:05.86\00:41:07.66
In 2nd Corinthians
chapter 5 verse 17, Paul says,
00:41:07.70\00:41:11.73
"Therefore if
any man is in Christ,
00:41:11.77\00:41:14.57
he is a new creature... "
00:41:14.60\00:41:16.37
King James says,
00:41:16.40\00:41:17.74
or a new creation...
00:41:17.77\00:41:19.11
"old things are passed away;
00:41:19.14\00:41:20.91
behold, all
things are become new. "
00:41:20.94\00:41:22.68
There's a time
coming when this earth...
00:41:22.71\00:41:24.45
this old earth is
going to pass away
00:41:24.48\00:41:26.18
and all things are going
to become new... in the earth.
00:41:26.21\00:41:28.38
He said He's going to make
a new heavens and a new earth.
00:41:28.42\00:41:30.55
Before God does that,
00:41:30.59\00:41:32.05
He makes a new
creation within us.
00:41:32.09\00:41:34.26
We become a new creation.
00:41:34.29\00:41:36.22
Now, this is really significant
00:41:36.26\00:41:38.26
because as we go
back to creation week
00:41:38.29\00:41:41.20
and we recognize that
God is the only Creator
00:41:41.23\00:41:43.70
and that He creates
by the power of His Word
00:41:43.73\00:41:46.13
and that we are to rest in
everything that He did for us
00:41:46.17\00:41:49.90
without us,
00:41:49.94\00:41:51.27
that's how we were created...
00:41:51.31\00:41:52.64
that's when we were perfect,
00:41:52.67\00:41:54.01
we see a parallel
to His new creation.
00:41:54.04\00:41:56.81
And here's the parallel.
00:41:56.85\00:41:58.88
Jesus Christ came to
this earth as the second Adam.
00:41:58.91\00:42:02.42
That's what we're told in
1st Corinthians chapter 15.
00:42:02.45\00:42:05.95
The first Adam
is of the earth...
00:42:05.99\00:42:07.59
second Adam was
the Lord of heaven.
00:42:07.62\00:42:09.12
He came as the second Adam
00:42:09.19\00:42:10.53
and as the second Head of the
human race... the second Adam,
00:42:10.56\00:42:13.93
Jesus Christ accomplished
everything that was necessary
00:42:14.00\00:42:18.67
for our re-creation
00:42:18.70\00:42:20.44
just like He did
in creation week,
00:42:20.47\00:42:22.77
He repeated that in re-creating
the human race in Himself.
00:42:22.80\00:42:27.64
He was obedient... He
was without blemish...
00:42:27.68\00:42:30.55
without spot...
00:42:30.58\00:42:31.91
He lived a perfect sinless life.
00:42:31.95\00:42:33.52
That's what we needed.
00:42:33.55\00:42:34.88
He also died our
death... He took our penalty...
00:42:34.92\00:42:37.59
He stepped into our place...
00:42:37.62\00:42:38.95
He took our
punishment as our substitute.
00:42:38.99\00:42:40.92
that's what we needed.
00:42:40.96\00:42:42.29
He also defeated death...
He resurrected on the third day
00:42:42.32\00:42:44.96
and now sits at the right
hand of the Father in heaven.
00:42:44.99\00:42:47.76
Panel: That's right.
00:42:47.80\00:42:49.13
Rafferty: Everything God
accomplished in Jesus Christ
00:42:49.16\00:42:51.60
was the work of re-creation.
00:42:51.63\00:42:53.30
In fact, in the
work of Creation,
00:42:53.34\00:42:55.80
God came to the sixth
day... He created human kind
00:42:55.87\00:42:59.81
and He said, "It is finished. "
00:42:59.84\00:43:02.48
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:43:02.54\00:43:03.88
In the work of re-creation,
00:43:03.91\00:43:05.25
Jesus Christ hung on
the cross on the sixth day
00:43:05.28\00:43:08.02
and just before He
committed His... His...
00:43:08.08\00:43:11.59
His life into
the Father's hands,
00:43:11.62\00:43:13.66
He said, "It is finished. "
00:43:13.69\00:43:17.19
What was finished?
00:43:17.23\00:43:18.56
The work of
re-creation was finished.
00:43:18.59\00:43:20.00
That's why we as
Seventh-day Adventists
00:43:20.06\00:43:22.00
keep the seventh-day Sabbath
00:43:22.03\00:43:23.50
because the
seventh-day Sabbath reminds us
00:43:23.53\00:43:26.47
of everything Jesus
Christ has done for us
00:43:26.50\00:43:29.40
without us
00:43:29.44\00:43:30.91
and it calls us to
rest in His completed work
00:43:30.94\00:43:34.78
in such a way
that that rest bring us
00:43:34.81\00:43:39.51
to keeping the Sabbath
and all of the commandments
00:43:39.55\00:43:42.68
because really... Sabbath
keeping is the core power
00:43:42.72\00:43:45.85
of obedience to all
the other commandments.
00:43:45.89\00:43:47.52
Why so?
00:43:47.56\00:43:48.89
Well, we'll talk
about it a little bit later
00:43:48.92\00:43:50.26
but just a little nugget here,
00:43:50.29\00:43:51.63
when we entered
in the rest with...
00:43:51.66\00:43:52.99
we were just talking
about this on the Set,
00:43:53.03\00:43:54.36
when we enter into rest
with God on a weekly basis...
00:43:54.40\00:43:57.67
on a regular basis,
00:43:57.73\00:43:59.07
day after... week after week...
00:43:59.10\00:44:00.44
month after
month... year after year,
00:44:00.47\00:44:01.80
sometimes, we kind of
forget it is the Sabbath
00:44:01.84\00:44:03.17
and we start
living the sanctified life
00:44:03.20\00:44:05.91
every day of the week,
00:44:05.94\00:44:07.48
it's like it just
draws you close to God.
00:44:07.51\00:44:10.45
So, we... we... we
remember the Sabbath
00:44:10.51\00:44:13.11
because we remember
that He, Jesus Christ,
00:44:13.15\00:44:15.55
trod the winepress
alone of the people...
00:44:15.58\00:44:17.95
there were none with Him.
00:44:17.99\00:44:19.32
And when He went down on Friday,
00:44:19.35\00:44:21.69
down into that darkness...
He rested on the seventh day.
00:44:21.72\00:44:25.69
His disciples
rested on the seventh day
00:44:25.73\00:44:27.66
and then, of
course, He resurrected
00:44:27.70\00:44:29.56
on that third day...
on that Sunday morning
00:44:29.60\00:44:32.13
and now sits at the
right hand of the Father.
00:44:32.17\00:44:34.64
So, God is calling us in
relationship to the Sabbath,
00:44:34.67\00:44:38.24
He's calling us to enter into
the finished work of creation
00:44:38.27\00:44:43.28
which Jesus Christ
has accomplished for us
00:44:43.31\00:44:45.01
and we do that by keeping...
00:44:45.05\00:44:47.08
or remembering
the Sabbath day...
00:44:47.12\00:44:48.45
by mentioning the Sabbath day...
00:44:48.48\00:44:49.82
by marking the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:44:49.85\00:44:51.95
In fact, the word
"remember" also means "mark... "
00:44:51.99\00:44:53.99
and we're going to find
00:44:54.02\00:44:55.36
as we look at the big picture in
Revelation chapters 13 and 14,
00:44:55.39\00:44:58.86
that there are those who mark
the number of earthly powers...
00:44:58.89\00:45:02.40
the "beasts" they're
identified as symbolically
00:45:02.43\00:45:05.63
and those who remember or mark
the day that God has set aside
00:45:05.67\00:45:09.67
to worship Him.
00:45:09.70\00:45:11.04
And the contrast is going to be
made clearer and more distinct
00:45:11.07\00:45:13.91
as we get closer and
closer to the end of time.
00:45:13.94\00:45:16.58
But the contract is
going to be made manifest
00:45:16.61\00:45:19.91
not simply in going to
church on a certain day...
00:45:19.98\00:45:23.25
it's going to be made manifest
00:45:23.28\00:45:25.05
in the character of those
who keep God's commandments
00:45:25.09\00:45:28.96
versus the character of those
who follow the powers of this
00:45:28.99\00:45:32.93
earth. The character of those
who keep God's commandments
00:45:32.96\00:45:36.16
is going to be
sanctified and holy.
00:45:36.20\00:45:38.07
They're going to be Christ-like
00:45:38.10\00:45:39.63
because they're going
to be following the Lamb
00:45:39.70\00:45:41.44
whithersoever He goes.
00:45:41.47\00:45:43.17
Panel: Amen.
00:45:43.20\00:45:44.54
Lomacang: Wow! thank you, James,
00:45:44.57\00:45:45.91
thank you everyone
for laying all that.
00:45:45.94\00:45:47.28
It's so beautiful...
00:45:47.31\00:45:48.64
we look at the Sabbath from
so many different dimensions.
00:45:48.68\00:45:50.58
The Sabbath is dimensional...
multi-dimensional.
00:45:50.61\00:45:53.31
Well, mine is: The
Sabbath and Eternal Rest
00:45:53.35\00:45:55.78
but I want to begin... you
know, you've covered so much
00:45:55.82\00:45:58.02
you know, the
deficit of being down here
00:45:58.05\00:46:00.16
is so much of what I wanted
to say has already been said.
00:46:00.22\00:46:02.19
However, I planned for that.
00:46:02.22\00:46:04.13
I want to come
back to the Sabbath
00:46:04.19\00:46:05.59
from a different perspective
00:46:05.66\00:46:07.00
and I made this
statement recently...
00:46:07.03\00:46:08.36
the sermon I did
called: The Sabbath...
00:46:08.40\00:46:10.23
Jesus... the
Sabbath and the Jews...
00:46:10.27\00:46:12.47
and I want to
encourage you to look at that.
00:46:12.50\00:46:14.14
Jesus... the
Sabbath and the Jews...
00:46:14.17\00:46:16.34
addressing issues
that often cite it as
00:46:16.37\00:46:19.37
the reason why we
shouldn't keep the Sabbath.
00:46:19.41\00:46:21.48
It's amazing to me
that the Jews are often used
00:46:21.54\00:46:23.55
to delegitimize Christ
rather than the other way around
00:46:23.58\00:46:27.12
and what Jesus did is
often challenged by the Jews
00:46:27.18\00:46:30.22
and even still today,
00:46:30.25\00:46:31.59
many clergy use the
Jews to try to make it appear
00:46:31.62\00:46:34.66
as though Jesus even
violated the Sabbath.
00:46:34.72\00:46:36.89
How sad that is because
if He did... we're all lost.
00:46:36.93\00:46:40.43
We cannot be saved by a Redeemer
who fell into transgression.
00:46:40.46\00:46:44.20
So, let me bring
out a few things.
00:46:44.23\00:46:46.10
You know... and I
made this statement,
00:46:46.13\00:46:47.97
I want to say
it here again today
00:46:48.00\00:46:49.44
as we talk about the Sabbath.
00:46:49.47\00:46:50.81
Deception never
solidifies overnight.
00:46:50.84\00:46:53.61
It takes time for
lies to turn to concrete
00:46:53.68\00:46:58.28
and Satan has taken 6,000 years
00:46:58.31\00:47:01.15
to put together a
multiple list of lies
00:47:01.18\00:47:04.42
that are now concrete today
00:47:04.45\00:47:06.15
so that while we're
talking about the Sabbath,
00:47:06.19\00:47:08.29
some of you... at the
mention of the word...
00:47:08.32\00:47:10.36
there's something
that happens in you,
00:47:10.39\00:47:12.29
there's like a clock
that just skips a beat...
00:47:12.33\00:47:14.93
there's like a feeling that
comes over many of you when you
00:47:14.96\00:47:17.73
hear the Sabbath
for a number of reasons.
00:47:17.77\00:47:19.90
You don't keep it and secondly,
00:47:19.93\00:47:21.90
immediately all the things
you've been taught in your mind
00:47:21.94\00:47:24.51
just come to the surface
00:47:24.54\00:47:26.07
and you find
every possible reason
00:47:26.11\00:47:28.74
why the Sabbath
should not be honored.
00:47:28.78\00:47:31.61
When in fact, if you
think about creation,
00:47:31.65\00:47:34.38
there would be no reason for us
to have a seven-day week today
00:47:34.42\00:47:38.42
if the Sabbath was not
a part of that last day.
00:47:38.45\00:47:41.09
The Bible makes it very clear,
creation took only six days.
00:47:41.12\00:47:44.43
Why give us a seven-day week?
00:47:44.46\00:47:46.86
I... I use this experiment on an
Atheist up in Washington State,
00:47:46.90\00:47:50.63
I mentioned we
had a Program on 3ABN
00:47:50.67\00:47:52.20
where there was an
Atheist on the Set...
00:47:52.23\00:47:53.74
we didn't know about it
until after the Program.
00:47:53.77\00:47:56.07
But he was there
helping in a missionary project
00:47:56.10\00:47:58.41
and I met him again at ASI...
00:47:58.44\00:47:59.77
sat him down
for a couple of days
00:47:59.81\00:48:01.41
and I talked about
this particular thing
00:48:01.44\00:48:02.98
and I asked him
a question, I said,
00:48:03.01\00:48:04.45
"How many days
are there in a week?"
00:48:04.48\00:48:05.88
He said, "Seven days. "
00:48:05.91\00:48:07.25
I said, "What
evidence do we have
00:48:07.28\00:48:08.68
that there's a seven-day week?
00:48:08.72\00:48:10.05
Can we find that in the stars?"
00:48:10.09\00:48:11.42
He says, "No... "
00:48:11.45\00:48:12.79
"Can we find it
in the sun going up
00:48:12.82\00:48:14.16
and the sun coming down?"
00:48:14.19\00:48:15.52
And he said, "No. "
00:48:15.56\00:48:16.89
"Can we find that in
the cycles of the moon
00:48:16.93\00:48:18.26
during the
month of the 30 days?"
00:48:18.29\00:48:19.63
He says, "No... "
00:48:19.66\00:48:21.00
"Can we find that in the
four seasons of the year...
00:48:21.03\00:48:22.73
anything astronomical?"
00:48:22.76\00:48:24.20
He says, "No. "
00:48:24.27\00:48:25.60
I said, "Where's the only place
we can find the seven-day week?"
00:48:25.63\00:48:28.10
He thought about it
and he thought about it...
00:48:28.14\00:48:29.77
he said... he
says, "I don't know. "
00:48:29.80\00:48:31.61
I said, "The Bible. "
00:48:31.64\00:48:32.97
Panel: Hmmm... that's right.
00:48:33.01\00:48:34.34
Lomacang: "So, if you
believe in the seven-day week,
00:48:34.38\00:48:36.28
why don't you believe in God?"
00:48:36.31\00:48:38.31
And that threw him for a loop.
00:48:38.35\00:48:39.88
Panel: Hmmm...
00:48:39.91\00:48:41.25
pause...
00:48:41.28\00:48:42.62
Lomacang: "You believe
in the seven-day week?"
00:48:42.65\00:48:43.99
"I do... "
00:48:44.02\00:48:45.35
The only place it's
mentioned is in the Bible.
00:48:45.39\00:48:47.29
And after two days discussing,
00:48:47.32\00:48:49.66
at the end of that
was at ASI, he says...
00:48:49.69\00:48:51.53
"You know, for the
first time in my adult life,
00:48:51.56\00:48:53.96
I think there's a possibility
that God can exist. "
00:48:54.00\00:48:56.36
We never met again
but that seed was planted.
00:48:56.40\00:48:59.00
You see, the only two
institutions that blessed at
00:48:59.03\00:49:02.20
creation, are the very two
institutions as Shelley pointed
00:49:02.24\00:49:05.14
out, and I think it
was mentioned again,
00:49:05.17\00:49:06.54
that Satan has sought
to cast an aspersion on...
00:49:06.57\00:49:09.88
the Sabbath and marriage
00:49:09.91\00:49:12.11
and I want to just point
out something very quickly
00:49:12.15\00:49:14.38
because in both cases,
00:49:14.42\00:49:15.75
the Sabbath and marriage are
distorted today in this society
00:49:15.78\00:49:19.19
but it's not happened recently,
it's just become more apparent
00:49:19.25\00:49:22.89
because we are a people
of the modern generation.
00:49:22.92\00:49:24.76
Let's talk about
the Sabbath distortion.
00:49:24.79\00:49:26.80
Instead of keep God's seventh
day holy as He asked us to,
00:49:26.83\00:49:30.80
countless Christians say,
here watch the "excuse... "
00:49:30.83\00:49:33.30
"As long as we love the Lord,
that's all that matters... "
00:49:33.34\00:49:37.07
and they pick
the day they prefer.
00:49:37.11\00:49:39.57
But look at the
diabolical nature here,
00:49:39.61\00:49:41.98
the same thing is said about
the distortion of marriage.
00:49:42.01\00:49:45.11
You see, God...
00:49:45.15\00:49:46.98
the Bible
marriage is man to woman.
00:49:47.02\00:49:49.82
But men marry men
and woman marry women
00:49:49.85\00:49:52.59
and they use the same excuse,
00:49:52.62\00:49:54.42
"As long as we love each other,
that's all that matters. "
00:49:54.46\00:49:57.93
And then, they pick
the gender they prefer.
00:49:57.96\00:50:01.10
Look at the devil...
00:50:01.16\00:50:02.50
people that say they love
God pick the day they prefer
00:50:02.53\00:50:06.10
and people that love each other,
pick the gender they prefer
00:50:06.13\00:50:10.21
and both cases, the Sabbath
and marriage are distorted.
00:50:10.24\00:50:13.88
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... Yeah...
00:50:13.94\00:50:15.28
Lomacang: So,
isn't that amazing,
00:50:15.31\00:50:16.64
it's classic how Satan
leads "professed Christians"
00:50:16.68\00:50:18.05
to pick the day they prefer
00:50:18.08\00:50:19.71
and people of the world...
to pick the gender they prefer.
00:50:19.75\00:50:23.39
And... and in
both cases they say,
00:50:23.42\00:50:25.45
"As long as we love... "
00:50:25.49\00:50:26.82
Well, Friends, love is not
a license for disobedience.
00:50:26.86\00:50:29.52
You can't put a love coin
in the disobedient machine
00:50:29.59\00:50:32.56
and say that God
accepts what we do.
00:50:32.59\00:50:34.86
Real love...
"If you love Me... "
00:50:34.90\00:50:36.83
Panel: "Keep My commandments. "
00:50:36.87\00:50:38.77
Lomacang: Say it
again, "If you love me... "
00:50:38.80\00:50:40.14
Panel: "Keep My commandments. "
00:50:40.17\00:50:41.50
Lomacang: That's a
fact... that's not a suggestion.
00:50:41.54\00:50:43.00
So, true love
for God doesn't say,
00:50:43.04\00:50:45.27
"I believe in the
God of creation...
00:50:45.31\00:50:47.41
but I don't
believe what God created. "
00:50:47.48\00:50:49.51
How ironic that is that
people that worship God...
00:50:49.54\00:50:53.05
so, today the
issue is not worship,
00:50:53.08\00:50:55.05
Brother James,
we're Sons of Thunder...
00:50:55.08\00:50:57.02
the issue is not worship...
00:50:57.09\00:50:58.49
the issue is true worship.
00:50:58.52\00:51:00.66
Revelation 14 calls
us not back to worship
00:51:00.69\00:51:04.63
but to true worship.
00:51:04.69\00:51:06.16
That's why it says,
00:51:06.19\00:51:07.66
"Worship Him who made
the heavens and the earth. "
00:51:07.70\00:51:10.47
And the Israelites were
not the first ones to do that.
00:51:10.50\00:51:13.27
Exodus...
Genesis 26 and verse 5,
00:51:13.30\00:51:15.24
"Abraham kept My commandments,
My statutes, and My laws. "
00:51:15.27\00:51:18.81
He was not a Jew.
00:51:18.84\00:51:20.18
It was not till
Abraham had Isaac
00:51:20.21\00:51:21.54
and Isaac had Jacob
00:51:21.58\00:51:22.91
and Jacob was then
transformed by overcoming...
00:51:22.94\00:51:25.51
wrestling with Christ
that he was named Israel
00:51:25.55\00:51:28.22
and then on, the
Israelites came forth...
00:51:28.25\00:51:31.15
they went into Egypt as Hebrews,
came out as Israelites...
00:51:31.19\00:51:33.49
the "called-out" ones.
00:51:33.52\00:51:34.86
Even before they got to
Sinai, Exodus 5 and verse 5,
00:51:34.89\00:51:38.26
Pharaoh was upset because
Moses gave them a day to rest.
00:51:38.29\00:51:41.86
The word there in
rest is: Shabbat...
00:51:41.90\00:51:44.07
the Sabbath was
restored in Egypt
00:51:44.10\00:51:46.27
before the Israelites even left.
00:51:46.30\00:51:47.80
That's why in
Genesis... Exodus chapter 16...
00:51:47.84\00:51:51.07
before they got to Sinai,
00:51:51.11\00:51:52.71
the Lord tested them
every day with manna.
00:51:52.74\00:51:54.61
He says... notice what He said,
00:51:54.64\00:51:56.04
a time question...
00:51:56.08\00:51:57.41
"How long do you refuse
to keep my commandments...
00:51:57.45\00:52:00.68
my statutes and my laws?"
00:52:00.72\00:52:02.05
How long... why ask me how long
00:52:02.08\00:52:03.92
when I didn't just...
I just got the Sabbath.
00:52:03.99\00:52:06.59
Friends, we're
reminded, that was two weeks...
00:52:06.62\00:52:08.92
that was two weeks
before they got to Sinai
00:52:08.96\00:52:11.19
that the Lord asked them,
00:52:11.26\00:52:12.59
"How long do they refuse
to keep His commandments. "
00:52:12.63\00:52:14.53
Why would you ask me how long?
00:52:14.56\00:52:15.96
We haven't even
gotten to commandments yet,
00:52:16.00\00:52:17.90
we haven't even gotten to Sinai
for You to write them down.
00:52:17.93\00:52:20.47
So, here's my point.
00:52:20.50\00:52:22.80
Sinai was not the
inception of the Sabbath...
00:52:22.84\00:52:26.17
the end of creation week was.
00:52:26.21\00:52:28.78
It's the only day God blessed...
00:52:28.81\00:52:31.31
sanctified...
hallowed and rested on.
00:52:31.38\00:52:34.08
So, to ask us to
honor the Sabbath...
00:52:34.12\00:52:36.75
today, the issue is not worship,
the issue is true worship.
00:52:36.79\00:52:40.29
John 4 verses 23 and 24,
00:52:40.32\00:52:42.92
"But the hour is
coming, and now is,
00:52:42.96\00:52:44.53
when the true worshipers... "
00:52:44.56\00:52:46.29
you see, the three angels'
messages as we point out...
00:52:46.33\00:52:48.40
one of the reasons why you don't
hear that in other churches
00:52:48.46\00:52:50.47
because they have
ignored true worship
00:52:50.50\00:52:52.50
and they have
settled for worship.
00:52:52.53\00:52:54.07
Panel: That's right... hmmm...
00:52:54.10\00:52:55.44
Lomacang: So,
worship... music...
00:52:55.47\00:52:56.81
without... without true worship
is not acceptable by God.
00:52:56.84\00:52:59.34
How do I know that?
00:52:59.37\00:53:00.71
That's the very
question that was asked.
00:53:00.74\00:53:03.08
Titus talks about
this, Titus 1 verse 6,
00:53:03.11\00:53:05.71
You know, let me finish
John 4 verses 23 and 24,
00:53:05.75\00:53:08.42
Verse 23 says,
"But the hour is coming,
00:53:08.45\00:53:10.89
and now is, when the true
worshipers must worship...
00:53:10.92\00:53:13.96
or will worship the Father
in spirit and in truth... "
00:53:13.99\00:53:16.93
why? Look at this,
00:53:16.99\00:53:18.96
"for the Father is
seeking such to worship Him. "
00:53:18.99\00:53:21.56
He's not
looking for worshippers,
00:53:21.60\00:53:23.43
He's looking for
true worshippers.
00:53:23.47\00:53:25.23
Verse 24, "God is Spirit,
00:53:25.27\00:53:27.77
and those who worship
Him... should worship?
00:53:27.80\00:53:30.37
Panel: Must...
00:53:30.41\00:53:31.74
Lomacang: "must worship
in spirit and in truth. "
00:53:31.77\00:53:34.41
Notice, the Bible
doesn't separate the two...
00:53:34.44\00:53:37.15
so, to say that the Holy Spirit
hasn't impressed me for truth...
00:53:37.21\00:53:40.42
that's false... I mean... I
got to be very candid with you,
00:53:40.45\00:53:43.82
that's false piety
00:53:43.85\00:53:45.65
because the Holy Spirit never
convinces you to ignore truth
00:53:45.69\00:53:48.96
and then settle for
worship that you prefer.
00:53:48.99\00:53:51.19
You don't pick a day you prefer,
00:53:51.23\00:53:52.99
you don't pick a
gender you prefer,
00:53:53.03\00:53:54.86
you don't pick a
Sabbath you prefer.
00:53:54.90\00:53:56.67
Even when people say,
"Saturday is your Sabbath
00:53:56.73\00:53:59.17
and Sunday is my Sabbath... "
00:53:59.20\00:54:00.60
even that is a Satanic lie
00:54:00.64\00:54:01.97
because there is no day
other than the day God blessed
00:54:02.00\00:54:04.57
that's the Sabbath.
00:54:04.61\00:54:05.94
You can't make a day holy.
00:54:05.97\00:54:07.31
What God blesses
is blessed forever.
00:54:07.34\00:54:09.34
You can't change...
nothing can be added to it,
00:54:09.38\00:54:11.71
nothing can be taken from it.
00:54:11.78\00:54:13.45
So, the Lord is not looking for
people that want to worship Him,
00:54:13.48\00:54:15.95
even those who scoff...
00:54:15.98\00:54:17.92
notice what they said in
2nd Peter chapter 3 verse 4,
00:54:17.95\00:54:20.56
they even noticed
that God hasn't changed...
00:54:20.59\00:54:23.83
they said, "All
things continue as they were
00:54:23.86\00:54:27.06
from the
beginning of creation. "
00:54:27.10\00:54:29.06
Notice that statement,
00:54:29.10\00:54:30.43
even though they scoff
at the coming of the Lord,
00:54:30.47\00:54:32.23
they said, "Nothing has changed,
00:54:32.27\00:54:33.60
all things continue as they were
from the beginning of creation.
00:54:33.64\00:54:36.27
" Meaning, God
didn't change the Sabbath,
00:54:36.30\00:54:38.14
kept it... blessed in Genesis...
00:54:38.17\00:54:41.28
honored throughout
the Old Testament...
00:54:41.31\00:54:42.81
by Abraham... before the Jews...
00:54:42.84\00:54:45.38
by the Jews... because they were
the expositors of God's truth,
00:54:45.41\00:54:48.75
by Jesus... by the disciples...
00:54:48.78\00:54:52.52
by the apostles...
00:54:52.55\00:54:53.89
attacked during the Dark Ages,
00:54:53.92\00:54:56.26
the Church of Rome
substituted that...
00:54:56.29\00:54:59.13
they even admitted...
00:54:59.16\00:55:00.50
so, Sunday Christian...
what foundation on which...
00:55:00.53\00:55:03.90
what do you stand on?
00:55:03.93\00:55:05.27
Panel: Hmmm...
00:55:05.30\00:55:06.63
Lomacang: Be honest and say,
you follow the dictates of Rome.
00:55:06.67\00:55:08.74
Don't say, the
Bible gives you a license
00:55:08.80\00:55:11.27
to honor the
first day of the week.
00:55:11.31\00:55:12.87
It's not there.
00:55:12.91\00:55:14.24
59 times, the Sabbath is
mentioned in the New Testament.
00:55:14.28\00:55:17.58
12... it's mentioned
the first day of the week
00:55:17.61\00:55:19.85
and Shelley knows.
00:55:19.91\00:55:21.25
Not a single one of them
gives us a new day of worship.
00:55:21.28\00:55:23.52
eight of them refers to
the... to the resurrection...
00:55:23.55\00:55:26.42
four of them refer
to other instances...
00:55:26.45\00:55:28.49
the collection on the
first day of the week...
00:55:28.52\00:55:29.86
the Jews... the disciples
hiding for fear of the Jews
00:55:29.89\00:55:32.19
and breaking of bread on
the first day of the week.
00:55:32.23\00:55:34.50
But they broke bread every day
00:55:34.53\00:55:36.03
and there's only one
other one that you have
00:55:36.06\00:55:37.70
and that one doesn't give
you license to honor a new day.
00:55:37.73\00:55:40.20
So, here's my point.
00:55:40.24\00:55:41.57
If you love the Lord...
00:55:41.60\00:55:42.94
if you truly love the
Lord, you will do what He said
00:55:42.97\00:55:45.57
and I like what James says,
00:55:45.61\00:55:46.94
"Why do we keep saying...
00:55:46.98\00:55:48.31
why do we keep
talking about the Sabbath?"
00:55:48.34\00:55:49.71
Because if you love the
Lord, here's what I say to you,
00:55:49.74\00:55:52.58
"Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy. "
00:55:52.61\00:55:56.38
Jill: Amen.
00:55:56.42\00:55:57.75
Ryan: Ooooh...
amen... praise the Lord!
00:55:57.79\00:56:00.49
Some truth has
been preached today.
00:56:00.52\00:56:03.66
Anyways, wow! let's
get some final thoughts...
00:56:03.69\00:56:07.13
that's powerful.
00:56:07.20\00:56:08.53
Shelley: The Sabbath is the
eternal link between perfection
00:56:08.56\00:56:13.64
of the past of Eden
00:56:13.67\00:56:16.44
and the eternal glory of the
new heavens and the new earth.
00:56:16.47\00:56:19.91
Isaiah 66 verse 23 says,
00:56:19.97\00:56:23.51
when God has created the
new heavens and the new earth,
00:56:23.55\00:56:27.48
"It shall come to pass
00:56:27.52\00:56:28.85
from one Sabbath to another,
00:56:28.88\00:56:31.69
all flesh shall come
00:56:31.72\00:56:33.92
to worship before Me. "
00:56:33.96\00:56:36.12
Jill: Amen, we think
maybe it doesn't matter,
00:56:36.16\00:56:39.13
I can believe that creation...
I still believe in creation
00:56:39.16\00:56:42.00
but it could have
taken a long period of time.
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It does matter.
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Number 1... it's biblical,
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Number 2... we lose
the Seventh-day Sabbath
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in the weekly cycle
if we don't believe that.
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Rafferty: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Satan is trying to
usurp the seventh-day Sabbath.
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He's trying to change it because
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it is linked together
with the everlasting gospel.
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Panel: Yes.
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Rafferty: God has laid
out the plan of salvation
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in resting in Him on
the seventh-day Sabbath.
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Lomacang: And Titus 1 verse 16,
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"Don't profess to know God,
and deny Him by your works. "
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He said, "They
profess to know God,
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but in works they deny Him. "
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What works?
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Ceasing from your works
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and entering
into the Sabbath rest
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is evidence that
you profess and confess
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and follow the
Lord Jesus Christ.
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Don't follow
something man established,
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follow what God established.
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Ryan: Amen, praise the Lord.
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You know, I...
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I remember my own
experience years ago
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when I was not a Sabbath keeper.
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I had to come to grips with what
the Word of God actually taught
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and I can tell you, my Friends,
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it's been one of the greatest
decisions I've ever made
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to follow the truth of God's
Word to be a true worshipper.
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Well, we have made our way
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through the
first angel's message
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and next week,
Lesson Number 9 entitled:
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A City Called Confusion.
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You're not going to
want to miss next week
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because we're
going to be diving into
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the second angel's message
of Revelation chapter 14.
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Until next week, my
Friends, God bless you all.
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See you right back here.
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