Jesus said: "If you love
Me, keep My commandments."
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Now people all over the
world are turning back to God's
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eternal moral law, claiming
His promise to write them
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in our hearts and our minds.
Live from Sacramento, California
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3ABN presents
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The Commandments Weekend.
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Welcome friends, and for
those of you who may have just
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joined us, we are broadcasting
to you from Sacremento Central
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here in the
capital of California.
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My name is Pastor Doug
Batchelor, Senior Pastor
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of this fine church.
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And I'm Karen
Batchelor, wife to Senior Pastor
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of this fine church.
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And we are very thankful for
those who have come here locally
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in Sacramento and our
friends who are watching
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from around the
country, and around the world
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on 3ABN. This
segment of the program
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is going to be dedicated
to the 4th commandment.
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I'd like to ask Mrs.
Batchelor if she would read
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Exodus 20:8-11, and you
may have your Bibles with you.
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It reads: Remember the
Sabbath Day to keep it holy.
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Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work:
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But the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God:
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in it thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son,
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nor thy daughter, thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant,
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nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates:
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For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth,
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the sea, and all that in them
is, and rested the seventh day:
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wherefore the Lord blessed the
Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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Amen.
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Before we have Pastor
Doug begin his presentation
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we have a special music
given by Margie Salcedo-Rice
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and she will be
singing the song "Rest".
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Philippians 4:6,7 says:
"Do not worry about anything,"
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"but through
prayer and supplication"
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"make your request
made known to God."
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"And the peace of God,
which passes all understanding"
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"will keep your hearts
and minds on Christ Jesus."
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Rest, the Lord is near,
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refuse to fear, enjoy His love.
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Trust His mighty power,
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fills every hour
of all your days.
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There is no need
for needless worry
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with such a
Saviour you have no cause
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to ever doubt His perfect word,
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still reassured in any trial.
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Rest, the Lord is there,
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lift up your
prayer for He is strong.
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Trust, He'll bring release,
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and perfect peace
will calm your mind.
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There is no need
for needless worry
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with such a
Saviour you have no cause
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to ever doubt His perfect word,
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still reassured in any trial.
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Call Him if you grow frightened,
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call Him with loving care.
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He'll lift the burden
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and you'll rest,
the Lord is near,
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refuse to fear, enjoy His love.
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Trust, His mighty
power fills every hour
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of all your days.
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Call Him if you grow frightened,
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call Him with loving care.
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He'll lift the burden
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and you'll rest,
the Lord is near,
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refuse to fear, enjoy His love.
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Amen. Thank you so much Margie,
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that is a beautiful song, my
eyes were puddling up back there
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as she was singing, because
it's been 20 years ago this year
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that I did an evangelistic
meeting in Margie's home church
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in Ukiah, first met she
and Jeff, and she was singing
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for the meetings back then. I
was just reminiscing back there;
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it's a delight that we're
still working in evangelism.
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This is a privilege for
me, I want to thank 3ABN,
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for us to be involved in
sharing with you, not only
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for this weekend, but
in a very special way,
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this particular commandment.
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And I solicit your
prayers, as a matter of fact,
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I'd like to invite you
here at Sacramento to bow
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your heads, friends,
I'm going to kneel and pray,
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and I hope you'll
pray for me as I teach.
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Father in heaven,
it's appropriate Lord
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at the beginning of the
Sabbath here in California
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that we come before you
and rededicate ourselves
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in a very special
sense. We ask for the presence
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of Jesus and the
baptism of the Holy Spirit
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as we focus on this
commandment that revolves
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around worship, and love,
and creation, and redemption.
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I pray, Lord, that you
will forgive the sins of the one
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who is to be a vehicle
and that people will hear
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what Jesus is saying, and
that the truth will be clear.
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Because we pray
in His name, Amen.
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For our friends who are
watching, I'd like to encourage
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you to get a pencil, and if
you have a VCR that can record,
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or a DVD player, or
Tivo, or something like that,
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press record if you
haven't done that already.
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We want to get this message
out, I know 3ABN feels that way,
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Amazing Facts
certainly feels that way,
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and we are wanting
to spread the truth,
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this message in a special
way, is one that involves
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some misunderstanding
and a little controversy.
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Now, this message I'll
title "It's about time."
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Because the truth connected
with the 4th commandment
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and the Sabbath is all
about a love relationship.
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I'd like to submit to you
that the Sabbath commandment,
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all 10 are important,
the Sabbath commandment
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is unique; it is unique for
one thing: because is bridges
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the commandments between
our relationship with God
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and man.
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It is in the middle of
God's law, it is the longest
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of the 10 commandments, it is
the only commandment that begins
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with the word "remember",
it's a commandment that talks
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about our relationship
with God - worshiping Him,
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our relationships with each
other, letting your children
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and your servants rest,
and even our relationship
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with the creation -
letting the animals rest.
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It touches on
every relationship.
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And the reason that the
Devil hates the Sabbath truth
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so much is because every
love relationship needs time,
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and quality time is
where those relationships grow.
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Time is the
stuff life is made of,
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if you run out of time
that's not a good sign,
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and you want to use
your time carefully,
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because you're using your life,
you've only got so much time
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in this world.
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And the Sabbath
is all about time.
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To start with, I'd like to share
with you something I thought
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was an interesting amazing fact.
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If you go to Northern
Ireland they have an interesting
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geological formation there
called the Giant's Causeway.
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It's a series of these
crystal-like basalt columns
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that jut up out of the
earth and they're a pavement,
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it almost looks like a honey
comb, because they are 5 sided,
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5's a number with the
Bible the deals with the law,
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the Pentateuch 5 books of Moses.
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A rich man went
to Hades and said:
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"I've got 5 brothers
in my father's house."
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5 is typically
thought of as the law,
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6 is the number
for man, man was made
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on the 6th day, and
when you get to Revelation,
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666 is the talking about the
man who is in rebellion to God,
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7 is God's number.
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Those columns will show you
one of the strongest formations.
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6 of those 5 sided columns,
surrounding 1 in the middle,
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makes a very strong formation.
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You can see this in nature.
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If you take 6
quarters and you put them
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in a circle together,
the inside diameter will be
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exactly the same of the
7th, it'll fit right in there.
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A beehive is made of
these similar formations.
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I was interested to discover
that the San Francisco bridge,
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not too far from us
is made up of cables,
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and they found that one of the
strongest cables they can make,
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they would take 6 cables
and use those 6 to surround
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the 7th cable, and I think
we've got a picture of that
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going up on the screen.
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You see, the 6 cables on
the San Francisco bridge,
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the Golden Gate Bridge,
and they surround, see the one
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in the middle? And
they found that was
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the strongest way to
create that suspension bridge.
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For you to be strong as
a Christian, your 6 days
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need to surround a 7th
day that is dealing with your
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relationship with God.
And I'd like to talk to you
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about some of the
reasons that I think
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the subject of the
Sabbath is so important,
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and answer some of the
common questions people have.
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I've got a lot to cover.
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So I hope you'll pray for
me, I'm going to cover as much
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as I can, I know Pastor
Murray will be covering more
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in Part 2 on this subject.
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#1 - what is the
Sabbath day? Well, first of all,
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the word Sabbath comes
from the Hebrew word "Shabbat",
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it means to repose,
to desist from exertion,
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to cease, to celebrate,
to make to rest, to keep.
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And right in the word
Sabbath you've got "Sha"
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in the word "Shabbat",
and "sha" comes from "Shalom",
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"peace", you've
got "Abba" "Shabbat",
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who knows what "abba" means?
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"Father", and "bat"
in Hebrew means "house",
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so in the Sabbath
commandment you've got
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"peace in the father's house",
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and it is so important.
Think about this for a minute,
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bear with me, some of you
have heard me say this before
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because for me it's
such a profound truth.
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On the planet you've got
the Holy Land, which is commonly
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thought of as Israel;
in the Holy Land you've got
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the Holy City -
Jerusalem; in the Holy City
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they had the Holy
Mount, Mount Moriah,
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on the Holy Mount
they had the Holy Temple,
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in the Holy Temple
they had what they called
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the Holy Place, we're
making the circle of the world
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smaller and smaller, going
to the holiest place of all,
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in the Holy Place they
had the Holy of Holies,
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what was in the Holy of
Holies? The Ark of the covenant,
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the Holy Ark, and in
the middle of the middle,
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of the middle, of
the middle, was the law,
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and in the middle of
the law is this commandment
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that says
"Remember the Sabbath day."
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The Devil hates that, I believe,
above every other commandment
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because it is the
key to worshipping God.
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In the commandment you actually
find the elements of a seal,
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and if you read in
Revelation 7 it says only those
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that have the seal
of God in their forehead
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are going to be
saved, they're the 144,000.
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A seal tells you the
title, the territory,
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and the office of somebody.
Presidential seal would
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at this point say
George Bush, his name,
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his title would be
President, and the territory
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would be the US,
those 3 components,
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I think I got it wrong at
first, you've got the name,
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the title, and the territory.
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In the commandment of God it
says "For in 6 days The Lord"
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that's His name, Jehovah,
"created" - He is the Creator
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and Sustainer,
that's His job description,
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"the heavens and the
earth" - that's His territory,
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everything.
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In the middle of God's law, a
virtual bulls eye in the world,
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you find the Sabbath
commandment that identifies
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who the maker is. You
know, you go to many products,
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you turn it upside
down, you want to find out
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who made it; here on the planet,
the very middle of the holiest
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place of all it
says "Made by God".
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This world has been
branded, it's His property,
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and when we keep the Sabbath
we acknowledge that we recognize
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He is the Creator
and the Sustainer.
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The Sabbath is all
about quality time with God,
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love needs quality time;
you've noticed that in marriages
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when husbands and wives get
so busy they don't have time
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for each other, it can
strain the relationship.
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With children and parents,
even in working relationships,
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if there's not quality
time to talk, to commune,
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and the Sabbath protects
that. We need the Sabbath
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for physical rest.
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Not only do your
bodies physically need rest,
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your mind needs rest,
and your mind can actually
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sleep in a different
cycle than your body,
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but every 24 hours you
need to spend some time
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in physical rest
for your body and mind.
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Every week, we are designed
spiritually where we need
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spiritual rest or
we're spiritually fatigued
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without the Sabbath, and
that's how God designed it.
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We need the Sabbath
as a sign of redemption,
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you can read about this in
Ezekiel 20:12, the Lord says:
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"Moreover also I
gave them my Sabbaths,"
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"to be a sign between me
and them, that they might know"
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"that I am the Lord
who sanctifies them."
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The Sabbath is a sign
that God sanctifies us,
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He makes us holy, so if
you want God to make you holy
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let me hear you say
amen. [Audience replies] Amen.
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The Sabbath day acknowledges
that you are trusting
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in God's grace to sanctify you.
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The Sabbath is a
sign of creation;
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right there in
the Sabbath command
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it says "6 days the Lord
made the heaven and the earth"
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and it's a sign that if
He created all those things
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He can also
recreate us. Exodus 31:16,17:
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"Therefore the children of
Israel shall keep the Sabbath,"
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"to observe the Sabbath
throughout their generations,"
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"as a perpetual covenant.
It is a sign between Me"
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"and the children
of Israel for ever."
00:18:07.31\00:18:09.50
By the way, if you are Christ's
then you are Abraham's seed,
00:18:09.53\00:18:13.21
don't be saying for
yourself "Oh see Doug,"
00:18:13.24\00:18:14.95
"that's for the
children of Israel."
00:18:14.98\00:18:16.71
You don't say that about
any of the other commandments,
00:18:16.74\00:18:18.57
do you?
00:18:18.60\00:18:20.13
"It is a sign between Me
and the seed of Abraham",
00:18:20.16\00:18:23.91
that would be
every believer, for ever,
00:18:23.94\00:18:26.95
"for in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth,"
00:18:26.98\00:18:29.35
"and on the seventh day He
rested, and was refreshed."
00:18:29.38\00:18:32.92
Now, how many Jews were
back in the world when God
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first created things?
00:18:34.99\00:18:38.17
There were only 2
people originally,
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what were their names?
[Audience] Adam and Eve.
00:18:40.18\00:18:42.16
Were they Jewish?
00:18:42.19\00:18:44.00
No, and if God
created it back then for man,
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then it still is for all
men, it is a perpetual covenant.
00:18:46.56\00:18:49.92
Did God make the Sabbath before
or after sin entered our world?
00:18:49.95\00:18:54.29
[Audience] Before.
00:18:54.32\00:18:55.39
It's part of His perfect
plan, as a matter of fact,
00:18:55.42\00:18:57.28
there are only 2
institutions that come to us
00:18:57.31\00:18:59.09
from the Garden of
Eden; one is marriage,
00:18:59.12\00:19:03.17
the Lord said it's not
good for us to be alone,
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and the other was the Sabbath.
00:19:05.61\00:19:08.65
Do we still need marriage,
God said it wasn't good
00:19:08.68\00:19:12.04
for man to be
alone, so He made woman.
00:19:12.07\00:19:15.51
Do we still need
women? [Audience laughs]
00:19:15.54\00:19:18.05
Do we still need the
Sabbath? [Audience] Yes.
00:19:18.08\00:19:20.17
Do you see the priority there?
I locked you in on that one,
00:19:20.20\00:19:23.28
didn't I? [Audience laughs]
00:19:23.31\00:19:26.00
The Sabbath is a
universal institution,
00:19:26.03\00:19:27.98
this also goes on with
what I was just talking about
00:19:28.01\00:19:31.34
a little bit.
00:19:31.37\00:19:32.99
It is isn't made for
any one group of people,
00:19:33.02\00:19:37.07
all people need physical rest.
00:19:37.10\00:19:39.46
Jesus said the
Sabbath was made for man.
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3 Letter word in English,
He could have put "J. E. W.",
00:19:45.82\00:19:49.01
another 3 letter word, why did
He say "man" instead of "Jews",
00:19:49.04\00:19:53.96
or Hebrews, or Israelites?
Because it isn't just Jews
00:19:53.99\00:19:59.15
that need rest,
we all need rest.
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If we look at the Sabbath
commandment again together,
00:20:03.33\00:20:05.92
you look in Exodus 20:8,
it says: [text on screen]
00:20:05.95\00:20:10.22
"manservant" - those menservants
could be from any nation,
00:20:24.11\00:20:26.86
couldn't they?
[continues to read]
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Now you notice in the Sabbath
commandment, what did the Lord
00:20:44.55\00:20:46.83
do on that day? It
tells us that He rested
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that day, He blessed that
day, and He sanctified that day.
00:20:49.91\00:20:56.05
God rested, He
blessed and He made it holy.
00:20:56.08\00:20:59.51
Did God chose to set
it aside as different?
00:20:59.54\00:21:04.22
Right there in the beginning,
in the Garden of Eden,
00:21:04.25\00:21:06.37
for who? For the Jews?
00:21:06.40\00:21:08.58
Or for mankind?
00:21:08.61\00:21:10.47
So when people say "I believe
in the Lord, but I'm not sure"
00:21:10.98\00:21:14.01
"whether this particular
commandment is important",
00:21:14.04\00:21:16.89
you wonder if they're
really reading their Bibles
00:21:16.92\00:21:18.77
because it was important to God.
00:21:18.80\00:21:20.86
If God rested and He was
refreshed, then it should be
00:21:20.89\00:21:23.44
important to those
that love the Lord.
00:21:23.47\00:21:26.14
The Sabbath is a
time of corporate worship.
00:21:26.17\00:21:29.19
Periodically I meet people that
say: "Well, I keep the Sabbath"
00:21:29.22\00:21:32.46
"at home and I rest
because I worked hard"
00:21:32.49\00:21:36.19
"during the week", but
part of keeping the Sabbath,
00:21:36.22\00:21:38.33
if you're physically
able, if you're not isolated
00:21:38.36\00:21:40.40
by geography, is to
collectively come together
00:21:40.43\00:21:43.11
and worship God.
00:21:43.14\00:21:44.93
Leviticus 23:3:
00:21:44.96\00:21:50.05
"Six days shall work be
done: but the seventh day"
00:21:50.08\00:21:53.07
"is the Sabbath, a solemn
rest, a holy convocation;"
00:21:53.10\00:21:58.32
that means a holy
assembly where we convene
00:21:58.35\00:22:02.34
and we corporately,
collectively worship God.
00:22:02.37\00:22:06.07
Even in heaven it
calls it that, Isaiah 66:23:
00:22:06.10\00:22:10.50
"from one Sabbath to
another, shall all flesh"
00:22:10.53\00:22:13.98
"come to worship before Me."
00:22:14.01\00:22:16.05
It's a day for us to
come and worship before Him,
00:22:16.08\00:22:19.33
so those who say: "Yeah, we
just keep the Sabbath at home",
00:22:19.36\00:22:22.40
is that really
keeping the Sabbath?
00:22:22.43\00:22:24.80
It's for us to
collectively worship God.
00:22:24.83\00:22:28.83
My last part of
this first question is:
00:22:28.86\00:22:30.86
the Sabbath is one
of the 10 commandments,
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and we read that a minute ago,
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it is not one of
the 10 suggestions,
00:22:36.66\00:22:39.68
or 10 recommendations,
or 10 great ideas,
00:22:39.71\00:22:43.51
but when God says
He's commanded something,
00:22:43.54\00:22:46.08
what kind of
priority should that have?
00:22:46.11\00:22:48.91
I think that's very
important, don't you friends?
00:22:48.94\00:22:51.70
What could you do if you
were God communicating to men
00:22:51.73\00:22:55.76
to be more obvious
then He was when He gave
00:22:55.79\00:22:58.92
the 10 commandments?
00:22:58.95\00:23:00.92
He spoke audibly with
His own voice so the people
00:23:00.95\00:23:03.61
trembled in fear,
they were mortified,
00:23:03.64\00:23:08.74
they heard the
thunder, and smoke, and fire
00:23:08.77\00:23:10.59
on the mountain, He
wrote it with His own finger
00:23:10.62\00:23:13.24
like a welding arc in
granite, and gave it to them,
00:23:13.27\00:23:16.95
obviously it's still
important to the Lord,
00:23:18.02\00:23:19.91
would you say amen to
that? [Audience] Amen.
00:23:19.94\00:23:22.24
#2 - now here's the
part that has created
00:23:22.40\00:23:24.82
a little bit of controversy:
00:23:24.85\00:23:26.58
which day is the Sabbath day?
00:23:26.61\00:23:29.58
So far up to this point most
people have been saying amen,
00:23:29.61\00:23:32.90
but a lot of dear Christians
don't understand that it is
00:23:32.93\00:23:36.11
not the first day the
Bible says is the Sabbath,
00:23:36.14\00:23:39.06
but the 7th day.
00:23:39.09\00:23:41.60
God says, right there
in the very beginning,
00:23:42.13\00:23:44.16
Genesis 2:2,3: [text on screen]
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The first time in the Bible you
find a number being mentioned
00:24:03.40\00:24:06.73
3 times, it's
related to the Sabbath.
00:24:06.76\00:24:09.84
The 7th day, the
7th day, the 7th day!
00:24:09.87\00:24:12.61
Here's where the
Sabbath is inaugurated,
00:24:12.64\00:24:14.71
God made everything
in 6 days, why do we have
00:24:14.74\00:24:17.47
a 7 day week?
00:24:17.50\00:24:19.74
All the world has
a 7 day week, why?
00:24:19.77\00:24:23.60
Because of the Bible.
00:24:25.04\00:24:27.88
Think about this for a
minute, the reason most
00:24:27.91\00:24:30.42
of the nations of the world
had a month with approximately
00:24:30.45\00:24:33.66
30 days is because
that's the lunar cycle,
00:24:33.69\00:24:37.00
that's where you get
the word month - moon,
00:24:37.03\00:24:39.67
the lunar cycle was about 27-30
days, so most of the world,
00:24:39.70\00:24:43.56
civilizations who were
even isolated had a month.
00:24:43.59\00:24:47.00
They all had a day with 24
hours because it takes 24 hours
00:24:47.11\00:24:50.23
for the earth to
rotated 1 time on its axis.
00:24:50.26\00:24:53.49
They all had a year with
approximately 360-370 days in it
00:24:53.52\00:24:58.37
because they observed
that's how long it took
00:24:58.40\00:25:00.43
for the earth to make
its circuit around the sun.
00:25:00.46\00:25:03.23
There are reasons for the
calendar days, months, years,
00:25:03.26\00:25:08.97
in astronomy,
here's the question:
00:25:09.00\00:25:11.96
what in the sun, moon or
stars gives you a 7 day week?
00:25:11.99\00:25:16.27
Nothing.
00:25:16.89\00:25:18.58
Only place that the world
can trace a 7 day week to is:
00:25:18.61\00:25:22.26
"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth..."
00:25:22.29\00:25:24.90
Why didn't He stop after 6
days, He was done creating?
00:25:24.93\00:25:29.17
He made 1 more day, how
important must that day be?
00:25:29.20\00:25:33.42
It must be important to
God, He made a whole day.
00:25:33.91\00:25:35.85
"In the beginning...the 7th day,
the 7th day, the 7th day...",
00:25:35.88\00:25:38.60
there in Genesis;
you get to Revelation,
00:25:38.63\00:25:40.29
what's the number for the beast?
00:25:40.32\00:25:43.38
In Revelation you've
got the mark of God: 777,
00:25:43.41\00:25:46.61
this is caveman
theology, but it works for me,
00:25:46.64\00:25:48.67
and then you get to
Revelation, you've got 666.
00:25:48.70\00:25:51.99
And I think that
God is identifying it.
00:25:52.02\00:25:54.36
If you don't believe that,
you can look in a dictionary.
00:25:54.39\00:25:57.44
If you look up Saturday it'll
say Saturday is the 7th day
00:25:57.47\00:26:00.55
of the week.
00:26:00.58\00:26:01.70
Look up Sunday,
what is it called?
00:26:01.73\00:26:03.81
The first day of the week.
00:26:03.84\00:26:05.51
I know some of you are thinking:
"Well yeah, Pastor Doug,"
00:26:05.54\00:26:08.12
"but there have been so
many changes in the calendar,"
00:26:08.15\00:26:09.85
"we really don't know
what the days of the week are"
00:26:09.88\00:26:11.99
"any more, it's
been all convoluted."
00:26:12.02\00:26:15.00
All the changes of the
calendar never have any effect
00:26:15.03\00:26:17.87
on the weekly cycle.
00:26:17.90\00:26:19.60
I've got a quote
here from a letter
00:26:19.63\00:26:21.48
from the US Naval
Observatory, and it states,
00:26:21.51\00:26:24.98
someone asking about
the changes in the calendar
00:26:25.01\00:26:26.92
affecting the weekly
cycle, their response is:
00:26:26.95\00:26:31.34
[text on screen]
00:26:31.37\00:26:33.48
Let me show you why
that is sort of a myth
00:26:34.68\00:26:37.90
that's been put
over onto people,
00:26:37.93\00:26:39.42
here's a picture of a calendar,
this happens to be this year,
00:26:39.45\00:26:42.37
October 2006, I
picked it because the 7th day
00:26:42.40\00:26:45.80
is also the 7th of
October, no matter what you do
00:26:45.83\00:26:49.08
with the calendary
dates, let's suppose that we
00:26:49.11\00:26:51.53
should follow
October 7 with October 14,
00:26:51.56\00:26:55.49
you could change the
calendar, you could even change
00:26:55.71\00:26:58.01
the calendar and say:
"Let's follow with September."
00:26:58.04\00:27:00.46
"Let's follow with
July." Saturday the 7th
00:27:00.49\00:27:04.05
is going to be followed
by Sunday, the next day,
00:27:04.08\00:27:07.41
which is going to be September
whatever you want to call it.
00:27:07.44\00:27:10.53
No change to the calendar
ever affects the weekly cycle,
00:27:10.56\00:27:13.88
that's why your birthday is
on a different day of the week
00:27:13.91\00:27:15.77
every year - because
there are 2 independent cycles
00:27:15.80\00:27:18.80
of measurement, they
don't affect each other.
00:27:18.83\00:27:21.45
Do you
understand what I'm saying?
00:27:21.48\00:27:23.72
And if you don't believe that,
you just look in the Bible,
00:27:23.75\00:27:26.50
we all know very clearly
when Jesus was crucified,
00:27:26.53\00:27:29.93
Luke 23:54, it says
that they crucified Him
00:27:29.96\00:27:34.29
and then they returned and
prepared spices and ointments,
00:27:34.32\00:27:37.24
and [text on screen]
00:27:37.27\00:27:39.64
They believed it
was a commandment of God
00:27:40.90\00:27:44.69
even after 3 and a half
years of Jesus' teaching,
00:27:44.72\00:27:46.81
Jesus never taught them it
was no longer a commandment.
00:27:46.84\00:27:49.33
Then they returned and
prepared spices and ointments
00:27:49.92\00:27:53.30
to embalm His body,
and we know that He died
00:27:53.33\00:27:57.35
on what we would
call Good Friday,
00:27:57.38\00:28:00.07
this always is amazing to
me, Jesus kept the Sabbath
00:28:00.10\00:28:05.44
even in His death. He
said: "It is finished"
00:28:05.47\00:28:08.33
and He died before
sundown, He rested from His work
00:28:08.36\00:28:11.14
of saving mankind
on the Sabbath day.
00:28:11.17\00:28:13.86
He kept it in His death,
then He rose Sunday morning
00:28:13.89\00:28:17.18
to continue His work as
our Redeemer and our heavenly
00:28:17.21\00:28:20.10
High Priest, and the
idea that Jesus came abolish
00:28:20.13\00:28:23.51
the Sabbath, it was so
important to Him that He kept it
00:28:23.54\00:28:25.89
in His death, He
even rested from His work
00:28:25.92\00:28:29.58
of saving man on the Sabbath.
00:28:29.61\00:28:31.69
And it was so important to
the disciples that when they
00:28:31.72\00:28:34.32
couldn't finish embalming
His body on Friday afternoon,
00:28:34.35\00:28:38.04
they said this
would not please Jesus,
00:28:38.07\00:28:40.02
let's wait until Sunday
morning to come back and finish.
00:28:40.05\00:28:42.60
How important do you
think it must have been?
00:28:42.63\00:28:44.57
Most of us would say:
"of course we should finish"
00:28:44.60\00:28:46.91
"embalming His body",
but they kept it so sacredly,
00:28:46.94\00:28:50.07
they had walked with
Jesus 3 and a half years,
00:28:50.10\00:28:51.81
and they said "He
would not approve of this",
00:28:51.84\00:28:54.12
they went home, they said
"we'll come back Sunday morning"
00:28:54.15\00:28:56.26
"and finish." Of
course, there was good news.
00:28:56.29\00:28:59.08
Now, you can
look at the segment:
00:28:59.11\00:29:01.60
He died Good Friday, rested
on in the tomb on the Sabbath,
00:29:01.63\00:29:05.29
rose what we
call Sunday morning,
00:29:05.32\00:29:07.73
they call it resurrection
day, no where is it called
00:29:07.76\00:29:11.79
"the new Sabbath" in the Bible,
and if that doesn't convince
00:29:11.82\00:29:15.52
you about which
day is the 7th day,
00:29:15.55\00:29:17.81
then you have a whole nation
of millions of Jewish people
00:29:17.84\00:29:21.21
scattered all over the
world, it's their holy day.
00:29:21.24\00:29:24.32
Is there any confusion among
them what day of the week it is?
00:29:25.58\00:29:27.70
It's what we call Saturday.
00:29:27.73\00:29:29.83
And the billion
Christians around the world
00:29:29.86\00:29:31.45
that still keep Sunday
known that they're keeping
00:29:31.48\00:29:33.07
the first day of the
week, they say in honor
00:29:33.10\00:29:34.67
of the resurrection; no
question about what day is
00:29:34.70\00:29:36.62
the 7th day, none
at all, unless a person
00:29:36.65\00:29:39.10
is really burying
their head in the sand.
00:29:39.13\00:29:43.60
As a matter of fact, in
108 language of the world,
00:29:43.63\00:29:47.81
the word for the 7th day
of the week is "Sabbath day".
00:29:47.84\00:29:52.38
Who here speaks
Spanish? "Saturday" is "Sábado",
00:29:52.41\00:29:55.85
and in Russian it's "Subota",
00:29:55.88\00:29:57.70
and many other languages,
isn't that interesting?
00:29:57.73\00:30:00.65
Even though they make
a heap of different days,
00:30:00.68\00:30:02.43
their tongue says
that the 7th day, Saturday,
00:30:02.46\00:30:04.52
is the day of rest.
00:30:04.55\00:30:06.62
So, #3 - when
does the Sabbath begin?
00:30:06.65\00:30:11.48
Now, the Bible is
very clear about this,
00:30:11.51\00:30:13.84
Leviticus 23:23:
"...from evening to evening"
00:30:13.87\00:30:17.29
"you shall
celebrate your Sabbath."
00:30:17.32\00:30:19.55
And again, Mark 1:32: "At even,"
00:30:19.58\00:30:22.63
"when the sun had
set, they brought to Him"
00:30:22.66\00:30:25.09
"all who were sick, and
those who were demon possessed."
00:30:25.12\00:30:27.86
The Sabbath began
at sundown, at evening,
00:30:27.89\00:30:33.04
a 24 hour cycle
from sundown to sundown,
00:30:33.07\00:30:36.15
that is the Sabbath day.
00:30:36.18\00:30:38.77
We should be ready
before the sun goes down
00:30:38.80\00:30:41.40
so that we're
not scurrying around,
00:30:41.43\00:30:43.57
we should begin to be
prepared to receive the Sabbath
00:30:43.60\00:30:46.39
with rest when it
arrives, instead of waiting till
00:30:46.42\00:30:48.90
the last minute to turn off
the lawnmower and put it away,
00:30:48.93\00:30:52.33
do you know what
I'm saying friends?
00:30:52.36\00:30:53.73
You welcome it
with some preparation.
00:30:53.76\00:30:56.42
Point #4 -
Christians follow Christ,
00:30:56.45\00:30:59.98
what day did Jesus
keep, did He keep the Sabbath?
00:31:00.01\00:31:03.86
What does the Bible say?
Mark 6:2: [text on screen]
00:31:03.89\00:31:08.70
He had a habit of
teaching in the synagogue.
00:31:12.98\00:31:15.46
Luke 4:16 [text on screen]
00:31:15.49\00:31:18.52
What's a custom? It's a pattern,
00:31:21.69\00:31:23.79
something that you do
perpetually, it's a habit.
00:31:23.82\00:31:26.80
His habit was He went into
the synagogue on the Sabbath day
00:31:26.83\00:31:30.72
and He stood up to
read the scriptures.
00:31:30.75\00:31:32.90
Jesus went to church on
the Sabbath, it was a custom
00:31:32.93\00:31:36.10
every Sabbath, even
after He began His ministry,
00:31:36.13\00:31:39.73
it was His plan.
Some people will say:
00:31:39.76\00:31:41.36
"But Pastor Doug,
Jesus broke the Sabbath."
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No, He didn't, He was
accused of breaking the Sabbath
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by His enemies because He healed
people; nothing in the command
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says you can't heal, but
you don't every find Jesus
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in the carpenter
shop on Sabbath, do you?
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It says you're not to do
any labor, of course He kept
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the Sabbath day, He says: "I've
kept my Father's commandments",
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He did no sin, and sin is
the transgression of God's law,
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how could Jesus be
our Redeemer if He broke
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one of the 10 commandments?
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That's a dangerous thing to
say, His enemies accused Him
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of breaking the
Sabbath, they also accused Him
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of being a Samaritan, He wasn't;
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being demon
possessed, He wasn't;
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being a glutton, He wasn't;
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and being a drunkard.
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So just because His
enemies accused Him of breaking
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the Sabbath, I wouldn't go
by that, of course He didn't.
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He broke some of their norms,
the manmade laws and traditions,
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but Jesus kept the Sabbath day.
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By the way, who
wrote the 10 commandments?
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All things that were
made were made by Him, Christ,
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and without Him was not
anything made that was made.
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So who was up there
with the Father and Moses
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on the mountain burning in
fiery characters in the stone?
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The hand of Christ, that
same hand that wrote in the dust
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on the temple
floor. He wrote them,
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so of course He's
going to keep His law.
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Jesus kept it,
what about the apostles
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and the early Christians?
Did they keep the commandment?
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Oh, by the way, I just
remembered one more verse,
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I missed that one,
I want to back to it.
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Jesus, speaking of
the last days, He said:
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"Pray that your
flight be not in the winter"
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"or on the Sabbath
day", speaking of the signs
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of the second coming, and
the tribulation that is going
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to come on the world, pray
that your flight - fleeing,
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will not be in the
winter or on the Sabbath day.
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Did Christ expect His
people in the last days
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to be keeping the Sabbath?
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One of the signs that I
think you're going to see
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is a revival of Biblical
Christianity before Jesus
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comes back, and
part and parcel of that
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will be keeping the law
of the Lord, not to be saved,
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but because we love
Him and we are saved.
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Isn't that right? We
don't keep the Sabbath
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to be saved any more
than we keep the commandment
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that says don't lie to
be saved, or don't steal,
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or any other commandment.
We keep all of the commandments
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because we love the
Lord and we are saved.
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If we're
deliberately disobeying,
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your salvation's in doubt. Amen?
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God saved the
children of Israel out of Egypt
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not because they kept the
law, He saved them because
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of the Lamb's blood,
but once He did save them,
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before they got to the
promised land, He said:
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"If you love Me,
keep my commandments."
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I'm paraphrasing, in
that first command He said:
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"I'm the Lord that saved you
out of Egypt, here's My law."
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"I've saved you, now
here's My law, do you love Me?"
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"Do you trust Me? Obey Me."
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And after Christ forgives
us, we want to obey Him.
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The same attitude any
Christian has about the other
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9 commandments, we should have
about the 4th commandment, amen?
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Alright, #5 - did the early
Christians keep the Sabbath?
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Somethings were
changed after Jesus died,
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but you read here in a
number of places, Acts 17:1:
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"They came to Thessalonica,
where there was a synagogue"
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"of the Jews. Then
Paul, as his custom was,"
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- his habit was - "went in
to them, and for three Sabbaths"
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"he reasoned with
them from the Scriptures,"
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then you can read after
that the Gentiles begged him
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that these words
might be preached to them
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the next Sabbath; is he
meeting just to speak to Jews,
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the Gentiles say: "Look,
we know that the apostles"
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"meet on the Sabbath, next
Sabbath could you also speak"
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"to us then?"
Paul was a tent maker
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during the week, but he rested
on the Sabbath day, right?
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"On the next Sabbath
almost the whole city",
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these are not Jews,
"came together to hear"
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"the word of God."
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You can also read in Acts 16:13,
this is written by a Gentile,
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Dr. Luke, and here he's
writing 15-20 years after Jesus
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ascended to heaven,
he says: [text on screen]
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"and we sat down and spoke to
the women who resorted thither."
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That would have been a
good place for Luke to say
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"on the Jewish Sabbath",
or "on the old Sabbath day,"
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"on the Sabbath that
the Jews were keeping",
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but he states it as a matter of
fact like it was never in doubt.
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I think that it's very
clear from the example,
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obviously, of Adam and
Eve, God gave it to them
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in the Garden of Eden, from
Moses through the wilderness,
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from the example of
Jesus and the apostles,
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that they kept the Sabbath.
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Some are thinking: "But
Pastor Doug, that's true,"
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"the Sabbath is part
of the 10 commandments,"
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"but we're not
under the law anymore."
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Before I go any further I
need to take a deep breath
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and say "I hope I'm
not coming on too strong"
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because I remember when I
first learned these things
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I used to go to
church on Sunday,
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and when I learned
these things I was upset,
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I was upset because I
should have known better
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being raised Jewish.
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But I was going to church
on Sunday, and when I read this
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in the Bible I thought:
"It should be the 7th day",
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so I went to a
number of pastors and I said
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"why do we go to
church on Sunday?"
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I didn't really want to
believe it because I didn't want
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to be different, and
obviously the popular day
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was the 1st day of the week.
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And you know,
that's what convinced me,
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is all of the strange answers
I got, and it seems like every
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pastor I asked I got
a different answer from.
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I'd ask one pastor and he'd
say: "Well Doug, we keep Sunday"
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"because it's in
honor of the resurrection,"
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"that's the Lord's day."
Well, I had some problems
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with that, first of all I
said: "Where is the scripture"
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"that says that we are to
keep the resurrection day?"
00:37:17.28\00:37:20.57
"Well, we don't have any
scriptures, but we've got"
00:37:20.60\00:37:22.27
"a longstanding tradition."
Well, you could say that
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about anything.
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And I said: "Where in the Bible
is the first day of the week"
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"called the Lord's day?"
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Well, they couldn't find it, but
I found 3 scriptures that called
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the 7th day the Lord's day.
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In Isaiah 58 God calls
the Sabbath "My holy day".
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Jesus said: "The Son of Man is
Lord also of the Sabbath day."
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So the Lord's day is
the 7th day, not the first.
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So I went to
another pastor, and he said:
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"Doug, we no longer need
to keep the 10 commandments"
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"because now we're not under
the law, we're under grace."
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As a matter of fact, I was
doing an evangelistic seminar
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and the night that I
presented this subject
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a minister from
another congregation was there
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and he was very upset, I
could see he was agitated,
00:38:01.81\00:38:04.39
his face was turning red,
and his veins were standing out,
00:38:04.42\00:38:07.54
because a number of
his congregants were in
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the auditorium
hearing the presentation
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on the Sabbath truth.
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They were on the
edges of their seat
00:38:14.52\00:38:15.53
because they thought "how
come we haven't heard this?"
00:38:15.56\00:38:16.99
And it was embarrassing
to him, and he jumped up
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and interrupted the
program, and he said:
00:38:19.32\00:38:21.51
"Brother Doug", it was a small
town, we all knew each other,
00:38:21.54\00:38:24.03
"you're putting these people
under bondage, you're putting"
00:38:24.06\00:38:25.90
"them under a bondage of works."
And I addressed him by name,
00:38:25.93\00:38:29.45
I said "Pastor So-and-so,
no you've got that backwards,"
00:38:29.48\00:38:32.02
"I'm inviting everybody
to keep this day of rest,"
00:38:32.05\00:38:34.99
"you're telling them to
ignore it, you're putting them"
00:38:35.02\00:38:37.10
"under works, I'm
telling them to rest."
00:38:37.13\00:38:39.58
[Audience laughs]
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And he said: "we're
not under the law anymore".
00:38:41.90\00:38:44.34
I said: "Well, what
do you think that means?"
00:38:44.37\00:38:45.74
We had a dialogue now
and everyone's watching us
00:38:45.77\00:38:48.74
go back and forth. I
said: "Do you believe"
00:38:48.77\00:38:52.45
"that we're supposed to
keep the 10 commandments?"
00:38:52.48\00:38:55.08
Simple question, is
that a complicated question?
00:38:55.11\00:38:58.44
And he said: "No!"
And they all look at him,
00:38:58.47\00:39:00.64
he could hear the
gasps because you think of
00:39:00.67\00:39:02.74
the ramifications of that,
and does that mean that you can
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break the other 9?
And then he looked around,
00:39:05.03\00:39:06.81
he said: "Yes!" and then
he realized that the Sabbath
00:39:06.84\00:39:10.03
is right in the middle of
that and he said "9 of them".
00:39:10.06\00:39:13.52
[Audience laughs]
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So I said without
even thinking, I said:
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"So you're saying the 1
commandment we're all supposed"
00:39:17.62\00:39:19.98
"to forget is the only
one that begins with the word"
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"remember?"
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And at that point I
think he excused himself,
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and some of his people
took a stand for the Sabbath
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because the logic is so clear.
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But I want to be
gracious when I present this,
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because it really disturbed
me when I learned the truth,
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it is so clear, why
would God say "remember"?
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Because he knew that we
are prone to forget, amen?
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It's one of the 10 commandments.
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Are the 10 commandments
still valid friends?
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What do you
think? [Audience] Yes.
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Luke 16:17, Jesus
said: [text on screen]
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And again, Revelation 22:14,
last chapter in the last book
00:40:01.98\00:40:08.33
of the Bible: [text on screen]
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God spoke it with His voice,
He wrote it with His finger,
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it's His covenant.
By the way, we are now
00:40:20.15\00:40:22.44
under the new
covenant, do we all agree?
00:40:22.47\00:40:25.38
You know what the difference
is between the new covenant
00:40:25.41\00:40:26.91
and the old covenant?
It's not a different law,
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He says: "This is the
covenant that I will make"
00:40:30.05\00:40:31.65
"with the house of Israel",
by the way, there's no covenant
00:40:31.68\00:40:33.51
anywhere in the
Bible made with Gentiles,
00:40:33.54\00:40:35.39
the only covenant, the new
covenant is made with Israel.
00:40:35.42\00:40:38.36
"This is the new covenant I
will make after those days,"
00:40:38.39\00:40:40.48
"sayeth the Lord,
with the house of Israel."
00:40:40.51\00:40:42.67
"I will write my law",
same law, "on their hearts",
00:40:42.70\00:40:46.17
not stone, different
place, same law, a new power.
00:40:46.20\00:40:51.33
Sin is the transgression of
the law, the Devil hates the law
00:40:51.36\00:40:55.94
and he wants to abolish
the law, do you know why?
00:40:55.97\00:40:57.89
Where there's no law,
Paul says, there's no sin.
00:40:57.92\00:41:00.95
Where there's no
sin who needs a Saviour.
00:41:00.98\00:41:03.11
Can you see the sequential
thinking of the Devil?
00:41:03.14\00:41:05.84
If you get people to say:
"we're not under the law,"
00:41:05.87\00:41:07.71
"we don't need to
keep the law anymore"
00:41:07.74\00:41:09.99
then there's really
no sin if there's no law,
00:41:10.02\00:41:12.07
and if there's no sin then
who needs to be saved from sin.
00:41:12.10\00:41:16.50
And you can tell by
the way that a lot of,
00:41:16.53\00:41:18.32
even so-called,
Christians are living
00:41:18.35\00:41:19.79
that they bought that.
God's law does not change.
00:41:19.82\00:41:23.79
Jesus is the same yesterday,
today and for ever, amen?
00:41:23.82\00:41:28.80
He said: "I am the
Lord, I change not."
00:41:28.83\00:41:31.70
Think about this for a moment:
if I were to suggest to you,
00:41:31.73\00:41:35.83
here in Sacramento, and
you can apply this to whatever
00:41:35.86\00:41:38.08
state you're watching
from, that here in Sacramento
00:41:38.11\00:41:41.27
we've just recently had some
changes, after all, we do have
00:41:41.30\00:41:44.71
a governor who was in
Hollywood, so you never know
00:41:44.74\00:41:46.30
what's going to
happen, but all of a sudden
00:41:46.33\00:41:49.84
if I were to announce to
you that now they've raised
00:41:49.87\00:41:51.54
the speed limit on
the interstates to 90 mph,
00:41:51.57\00:41:55.62
some of you say "hallelujah",
hah? Not at these gas prices!
00:41:55.65\00:41:59.88
And that we've decided to
switch, and drive like they do
00:41:59.91\00:42:04.03
in England,
switch sides of the road,
00:42:04.06\00:42:06.42
if I were to announce
that tonight, just be careful
00:42:06.45\00:42:08.28
on your home, the
speed limit's now 90
00:42:08.31\00:42:10.21
and you're supposed to drive
on the other side of the road,
00:42:10.24\00:42:13.05
how many of you would
believe me? Any takers here?
00:42:13.08\00:42:16.43
Get an audience shot, I
want to see if anyone believes
00:42:16.46\00:42:17.94
Pastor Doug.
00:42:17.97\00:42:20.00
You know, you say
it's because it's foolish,
00:42:20.03\00:42:21.57
you know why you
think it's foolish?
00:42:21.60\00:42:23.47
Because a law that important,
that affects our lives
00:42:23.50\00:42:26.75
so dramatically, the
government has a responsibility
00:42:26.78\00:42:30.47
to very thoroughly advertise any
change and educate the people
00:42:30.50\00:42:35.13
regarding any change that
would have such a big impact
00:42:35.16\00:42:38.68
that would contradict
the formal law, am I right?
00:42:38.71\00:42:42.02
When God gave the
Sabbath commandment,
00:42:42.05\00:42:44.93
look at the
emphasis that He gave to it:
00:42:44.96\00:42:48.74
shouting from a mountain top,
the only time a whole nation
00:42:48.77\00:42:51.45
could audibly hear
the voice of the Almighty,
00:42:51.48\00:42:53.77
writing it in stone,
and after Moses broke that,
00:42:53.80\00:42:55.66
He wrote it again. If
God's now going to change
00:42:55.69\00:42:59.20
the 1 commandment that
says "remember", don't you think
00:42:59.23\00:43:01.75
that controversy would have a
lot of prominence in the Bible?
00:43:01.78\00:43:05.17
Don't you think the Apostles
would be talking about it
00:43:05.20\00:43:07.41
at least as much as
they talk about circumcision,
00:43:07.44\00:43:09.76
and some of the other ceremonial
laws that had been changed,
00:43:09.79\00:43:13.17
you'd hear all this attention
where the apostles would say
00:43:13.20\00:43:15.24
"don't worry about the old
Jewish Sabbath on the 7th day,"
00:43:15.27\00:43:17.67
"we now keep a new
Sabbath." As a matter of fact,
00:43:17.70\00:43:21.04
in the studio, I'm
going to stick my neck out,
00:43:21.07\00:43:23.22
let's get an
audience shot, get a good one,
00:43:23.25\00:43:25.49
find a good
audience shot, alright,
00:43:25.52\00:43:31.09
can you show me on place in
the Bible where we are commanded
00:43:31.12\00:43:34.69
to keep the 1st day
holy as the Sabbath?
00:43:34.72\00:43:38.26
We're on live TV, I put
myself on the spot asking you
00:43:38.77\00:43:41.28
that question here, I'm willing
to learn if you know of 1.
00:43:41.31\00:43:46.12
There isn't any, is
there? There is no command.
00:43:46.53\00:43:49.70
And yet, so many people
have been fooled by a tradition.
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#7 - can 1 commandment
really matter that much?
00:43:54.42\00:43:59.03
What does the
Lord say about that?
00:43:59.06\00:44:01.66
In the book of
James He tells us:
00:44:01.69\00:44:04.33
"For whoever shall keep
the whole law, and yet offend"
00:44:04.36\00:44:06.79
"in one point, he
is guilty of all."
00:44:06.82\00:44:11.27
Jesus said, Matthew
5:17-19, "Whosoever, therefore,"
00:44:12.30\00:44:17.96
"shall break 1 of the
least of these commandments,"
00:44:17.99\00:44:20.77
"and teach men so, He will
be called least in the kingdom"
00:44:20.80\00:44:23.51
"of heaven", that
doesn't mean he'll be there,
00:44:23.54\00:44:25.70
it means he'll be spoken of by
those in the kingdom of heaven
00:44:25.73\00:44:28.34
as least, the lowest individual
is the one who breaks the law
00:44:28.37\00:44:32.03
and teaches others to
do it, but whoever shall do
00:44:32.06\00:44:35.24
and teach, he shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.
00:44:35.27\00:44:39.82
So I'd like the Lord
to be pleased with me,
00:44:39.85\00:44:41.51
He's told me to be a
doer and a teacher of the law.
00:44:41.54\00:44:45.00
He wants us to teach
this, it's part of His will;
00:44:45.03\00:44:47.98
even the least
of the commandments.
00:44:48.01\00:44:50.62
I don't think the
Sabbath meets that criteria,
00:44:50.65\00:44:52.38
I think it's a very
important commandment,
00:44:52.41\00:44:54.34
and that's why the
Devil hates it so much.
00:44:54.37\00:44:56.94
You know why this issue
is such an important issue
00:44:56.97\00:44:59.65
for us to address,
especially this time in history?
00:44:59.68\00:45:03.35
Daniel 3, the
government, Nebuchadnezzar,
00:45:03.38\00:45:07.28
makes a law that
everybody who doesn't break
00:45:07.31\00:45:09.92
the 3rd commandment about
idolatry, is going to be killed.
00:45:09.95\00:45:14.54
You must break 1 of God's
commandments or be killed.
00:45:14.57\00:45:18.06
Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego stand up,
00:45:18.09\00:45:20.44
God stands up for them - it's
a big test over the law of God.
00:45:20.47\00:45:24.82
Daniel 6, government law
requires everybody to break
00:45:24.85\00:45:28.61
the 1st commandment,
worship another God,
00:45:28.64\00:45:32.34
no one could pray to anyone
but King Darius for 30 days.
00:45:32.37\00:45:35.53
Daniel has to chose: "do
I obey the 10 commandments,"
00:45:35.56\00:45:37.88
"or do I obey
the law of the land?"
00:45:37.91\00:45:39.77
In the last days we
read the beast's power
00:45:39.80\00:45:41.57
is going to make a
law that if you don't obey
00:45:41.60\00:45:43.60
this religious law and
worship the beast, it's a law
00:45:43.63\00:45:46.59
that deals with
worship, can't buy and sell,
00:45:46.62\00:45:49.52
and ultimately will be killed.
00:45:49.55\00:45:51.82
So is this an important matter?
00:45:51.85\00:45:54.27
Could it be the Sabbath
will be that commandment
00:45:54.30\00:45:56.71
that the Devil is going to make
a big issue in the last days?
00:45:56.74\00:45:59.91
Don't forget, back in Genesis,
00:45:59.94\00:46:04.64
1 brother, Cain,
killed Abel, they both claimed
00:46:04.67\00:46:07.91
to worship the same God,
but they worshipped differently.
00:46:07.94\00:46:11.82
Then you get to Revelation,
and those who worshipped
00:46:11.85\00:46:13.63
the beast, who have
the mark of the beast,
00:46:13.66\00:46:15.46
are killing those who
worship God, that has the name
00:46:15.49\00:46:17.72
of their Father
in their forehead.
00:46:17.75\00:46:20.49
By the way, the Sabbath
commandment has the name of God
00:46:20.52\00:46:22.30
in the middle of
that commandment.
00:46:22.33\00:46:24.70
So it is an important issue,
and I think that we should
00:46:24.73\00:46:28.25
prioritize what
the Lord prioritizes.
00:46:28.28\00:46:31.56
Speaking of the beast
power, it tells us that this
00:46:31.64\00:46:34.83
anti-Christ power will
think to change time and laws,
00:46:34.86\00:46:38.62
Daniel 7:25.
There's only 1 commandment
00:46:38.65\00:46:41.16
that is both a time
and a law, am I right?
00:46:41.19\00:46:44.13
Which one is that?
Sabbath commandment.
00:46:44.16\00:46:47.18
He can't change it, no man can
change God's law, he thinks to.
00:46:47.21\00:46:51.79
Point #8 - will be keep
the Sabbath in eternity?
00:46:51.82\00:46:56.36
Was it part of God's
plan in the Garden of Eden?
00:46:56.65\00:47:00.06
It'll be part of
His perfect plan.
00:47:00.09\00:47:04.70
[text on screen]
This is Isaiah 66:22,23.
00:47:04.73\00:47:11.08
"from one new moon to another"
[not written on screen],
00:47:19.28\00:47:22.20
meaning from month to
month, [continues reading].
00:47:22.23\00:47:26.36
We've seen where Adam
kept it in the Garden of Eden,
00:47:29.21\00:47:32.90
we've seen where Moses
and the people of God kept it
00:47:32.93\00:47:35.44
through the wilderness,
and by the way, God gave it
00:47:35.47\00:47:37.22
to Moses before they
even made it to Mount Sinai,
00:47:37.25\00:47:40.55
don't forget, when the
manna began to fall, Exodus 16,
00:47:40.58\00:47:45.16
God said "I want you
to gather enough manna"
00:47:45.19\00:47:47.27
"on Friday for 2 days
because there will be none"
00:47:47.30\00:47:49.49
"on my Sabbath, the 7th day",
and they hadn't even gotten
00:47:49.52\00:47:53.31
to Mount Sinai yet, that's
why at Mount Sinai He says:
00:47:53.34\00:47:56.18
"Keep the Sabbath", God
is establishing it's already
00:47:56.21\00:47:58.64
been there, He wants
us to keep His day holy;
00:47:58.67\00:48:01.84
they had forgotten it
while they were slaves in Egypt.
00:48:01.87\00:48:05.35
We know Jesus and
the apostles kept it,
00:48:05.38\00:48:08.33
now we hear we're
going to keep it in heaven.
00:48:08.36\00:48:11.51
"All flesh will come
and worship before Me."
00:48:11.54\00:48:13.78
Who do you think the preacher
will be when we come to worship
00:48:13.81\00:48:15.68
before the Lord? The Lord.
00:48:15.71\00:48:18.75
Will anyone sleep
during the sermon?
00:48:18.78\00:48:21.14
Not when Jesus
is preaching, right?
00:48:21.17\00:48:24.12
Point #9 - why do
some religious leaders
00:48:24.90\00:48:28.40
ignore the Sabbath truth?
00:48:28.43\00:48:30.79
Jesus said in very
clear words, He said:
00:48:30.82\00:48:34.72
[text on screen]
00:48:34.75\00:48:36.72
Setting aside the commandments
of God in order to prioritize
00:48:40.78\00:48:44.51
manmade traditions;
and again, you can read in
00:48:44.54\00:48:49.78
Ezekiel 22:26,31
00:48:51.23\00:48:56.96
[text on screen]
00:48:56.99\00:48:59.06
Are there some religious
leaders that know better?
00:49:09.27\00:49:11.82
They're hiding their
eyes from a very obvious truth
00:49:11.85\00:49:13.73
in God's word.
00:49:13.76\00:49:15.71
"they've hid their eye from
My Sabbath, and I'm profaned"
00:49:15.74\00:49:17.62
"among them, therefore
I've poured out My indignation"
00:49:17.65\00:49:19.82
"upon them" - and
that is yet to come.
00:49:19.85\00:49:23.19
#10 - what should I do
about the Sabbath truth?
00:49:23.22\00:49:27.86
What do I do?
00:49:27.89\00:49:28.95
How do I respond
to what I'm learning?
00:49:28.98\00:49:31.56
First of all, I hope
you'll study this out,
00:49:31.59\00:49:35.18
and don't forget, if
you still have questions
00:49:35.21\00:49:39.05
I'd invite you to go
to that website that is
00:49:39.08\00:49:40.93
www.sabbathtruth.com,
research this for yourself,
00:49:40.96\00:49:45.39
I don't think that we ought
to be afraid of the questions,
00:49:45.42\00:49:48.06
I believe the answers are there.
Oh, somebody's going to quote
00:49:48.09\00:49:50.34
you Colossians 2, it says:
"don't let anyone judge you",
00:49:50.37\00:49:53.79
in Romans 14 regarding the
Sabbath with the new moons,
00:49:53.82\00:49:57.30
of course, those all
apply to ceremonial laws,
00:49:57.33\00:49:59.18
not the 10 commandments,
and the ceremonial Sabbath's,
00:49:59.21\00:50:02.39
and they're going to try and
say that it just doesn't matter,
00:50:02.42\00:50:04.50
but what do we do about
it? John 13:17, Jesus said:
00:50:04.53\00:50:08.94
[text on screen]
00:50:08.97\00:50:11.13
Are we to be
hearers of the word?
00:50:16.70\00:50:19.05
"Are doers", you'll be blessed,
the very foundational truth
00:50:19.08\00:50:23.27
of the Sabbath is God
blessed the day, He wants you
00:50:23.30\00:50:26.68
to have that
blessed rest friends,
00:50:26.71\00:50:29.91
that's what the
gospel is all about.
00:50:29.94\00:50:32.50
This is such a beautiful
subject, not because God
00:50:32.53\00:50:35.77
is trying to add a burden to
our lives, He's trying to share
00:50:35.80\00:50:39.72
a blessing.
00:50:39.75\00:50:41.12
The question is:
do we believe Him?
00:50:41.16\00:50:43.73
I found when I present
the Sabbath truth to people
00:50:43.76\00:50:47.10
that sometimes it's easier
for people to hear the truth
00:50:47.13\00:50:49.88
about
faithfulness and stewardship,
00:50:49.91\00:50:52.29
tithes and offerings,
it's easier for people to give
00:50:52.32\00:50:55.41
their money
than give their time.
00:50:55.44\00:50:59.44
We've all seen
fathers, it's easier for them
00:50:59.47\00:51:01.45
to hand their
children $10 and send them off,
00:51:01.48\00:51:04.92
or give them a toy, then
to spend a day with them.
00:51:04.95\00:51:08.51
And there are
spouses, husbands are usually
00:51:08.54\00:51:10.93
more culpable than wives, women
are more relationship oriented,
00:51:10.96\00:51:15.47
but it's easier sometimes
to get a card and flowers
00:51:15.50\00:51:18.18
then to take a day.
00:51:18.21\00:51:20.92
We get so task oriented.
00:51:20.95\00:51:24.68
And God is saying:
"Do you really love Me?"
00:51:24.71\00:51:27.42
If you love the Lord with your
means, you give Him a tithe,
00:51:27.45\00:51:29.71
a 10th, if you love
the Lord with your life,
00:51:29.74\00:51:32.58
time is what life is
made of, if you Love the Lord
00:51:32.61\00:51:34.86
with your life,
you give Him your time.
00:51:34.89\00:51:37.38
And the Sabbath is the ultimate
expression that "I really do"
00:51:37.41\00:51:40.93
"worship God because I'm not
going to give Him lip service",
00:51:40.96\00:51:44.71
we draw near with our mouths,
but our hearts are far away.
00:51:44.74\00:51:47.20
I'm giving even my time.
00:51:47.23\00:51:49.61
You will be blessed
if you keep the Sabbath,
00:51:49.64\00:51:51.71
even if you don't
completely understand it.
00:51:51.74\00:51:55.83
You'll be blessed if you keep
the Sabbath even if you still
00:51:55.86\00:51:58.05
have questions.
00:51:58.08\00:51:59.73
When you take a step of
faith in doing God's will,
00:51:59.76\00:52:02.71
He'll continue to
unfold those blessings for you.
00:52:02.74\00:52:07.05
Whenever you're in doubt
friends, here's the bottom line:
00:52:07.08\00:52:10.80
I know that when I stand before
the Lord in the judgement day
00:52:10.83\00:52:15.39
that I am not going to be in
trouble regarding this subject
00:52:15.42\00:52:18.35
because God is not
going to say to me:
00:52:18.38\00:52:19.80
"Doug, why did you keep the
7th day and not another day?"
00:52:19.83\00:52:25.07
Our Muslim friends keep Friday,
and many others keep Sunday,
00:52:25.10\00:52:28.87
"Why did you keep the
7th day?" I say: "Lord,"
00:52:28.90\00:52:30.60
"because You said so, and
here's where You said it."
00:52:30.63\00:52:34.04
"And here's where You
said it again and again..."
00:52:34.07\00:52:35.66
"And You said the 7th
day; You didn't say a 7th day,"
00:52:35.69\00:52:38.24
"You said THE 7th day.
You didn't bless whatever day"
00:52:38.27\00:52:40.74
"we pick, You picked the day,
and we're going to go along"
00:52:40.77\00:52:43.18
"with what You picked,
Lord, because you're God,"
00:52:43.21\00:52:45.56
"You're the Creator, we're the
creation, You call the shots,"
00:52:45.59\00:52:48.61
"we accept that. Every
Sabbath we're acknowledging"
00:52:48.64\00:52:51.77
"that simple truth,
and Lord, Jesus did."
00:52:51.80\00:52:55.94
"And I want to be a Christian,
and Christians follow Christ."
00:52:55.97\00:52:59.50
"But Doug,
you're in the minority."
00:52:59.53\00:53:02.33
"Well, Jesus said
it would be that way."
00:53:02.36\00:53:05.12
He said: "Woe unto you
when all men speak well of you."
00:53:05.15\00:53:07.90
If we're waiting for the
day when following Christ
00:53:07.93\00:53:09.95
all the way is popular,
you will never be in that group
00:53:09.98\00:53:12.43
that follows Him all the way.
If you're wanting to be part
00:53:12.46\00:53:15.92
of a group that follows just
90%, the world is full of people
00:53:15.95\00:53:19.05
that keep most
of the commandments.
00:53:19.08\00:53:21.90
Deuteronomy 5 the Lord
says: "Oh, that there were such"
00:53:21.93\00:53:24.58
"a heart in them
that they would fear Me"
00:53:24.61\00:53:27.03
"and keep all of my commandments
always, that it might be well"
00:53:27.06\00:53:30.58
"with them and their children."
00:53:30.61\00:53:32.82
Isn't that what
you want friends?
00:53:32.85\00:53:34.67
For it to be well with you?
00:53:34.70\00:53:36.36
You know, Jesus says
in the great invitation,
00:53:36.39\00:53:40.42
the gospel is summed up
in 2 great declarations,
00:53:40.45\00:53:43.14
the great invitation,
He says: "We come to Him."
00:53:43.17\00:53:45.98
The great
commission, "We go for Him."
00:53:46.01\00:53:48.93
In the great invitation He says:
"Come unto Me all ye that are"
00:53:48.96\00:53:52.19
"weary and heavy laden,
and I will give you rest."
00:53:52.22\00:53:56.01
"Take My yoke upon you, learn
of Me and you'll find rest"
00:53:56.04\00:53:58.90
"to your souls."
00:53:58.93\00:54:00.73
Friends I'd like to
invite you who are watching,
00:54:00.76\00:54:02.67
you who are here,
would you like to decide now:
00:54:02.70\00:54:05.28
"Lord, I want that
rest that You've put"
00:54:05.31\00:54:07.55
"in the Sabbath commandment",
is that your desire?
00:54:07.58\00:54:10.95
Loving Lord, I pray
that the seeds of truth
00:54:10.98\00:54:14.70
that have been sown this evening
00:54:14.73\00:54:16.71
will bear a crop that the people
who are listening and watching
00:54:16.74\00:54:21.49
will be able to
take You at Your word,
00:54:21.52\00:54:23.89
and enjoy the Sabbath rest
in the blessing that we have
00:54:23.92\00:54:26.78
in Jesus, finding
that rest for our souls.
00:54:26.81\00:54:29.65
We ask in Christ's name, amen.
00:54:29.68\00:54:33.05
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