Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Yvonne Lewis (Host), J.D. Quinn, John Lomacang, Shelley Quinn
Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW015003A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:07 Hello, and welcome to our sundown worship program 01:10 here on 3ABN today. 01:11 Thank you for joining us, Dr. Yvonne Lewis. 01:14 Hello. Dare to Dream manager. 01:16 Thank you for being here today. 01:17 Oh, it's my pleasure. 01:18 And this is such a near time of the week-- 01:21 It is. 01:22 That whether its Friday evening sundown 01:24 or Sabbath evening sundown that we can get together 01:27 and spend a little time in worship together, 01:29 worshiping our Creator God who made us in His image. 01:34 Do you notice how as the week progresses 01:36 by the time you get to Friday evening 01:39 you just kind of unwind? 01:41 It is to me, it's wonderful. Absolutely. 01:43 Sabbath is just-- 01:44 it's kind of part of the body's natural rhythm 01:47 to unwind on Friday evening. 01:50 Well, thank you for being part of 3ABN family. 01:52 We have some more 3ABN family members. 01:55 Pastor John Lomacang. Good to be here, Danny. 01:57 Pastor Lomacang, I used to say 01:59 pastor of the Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist Church 02:01 but now I'm just gonna say world evangelism pastor, right. 02:05 Director of world evangelism. 02:07 The world is our field. I love it. 02:10 Then we have of course, Shelley Quinn and J.D. Quinn. 02:13 Good to have you guys here. 02:14 And these folk will wear any hats 02:16 that's we need them to wear and thank you for that. 02:20 And we're just, we wanted to spend some time together 02:23 worshiping our Creator God. 02:25 Thanking Him for His many blessings. 02:28 And I mentioned a while ago 02:29 its pretty astounding sometimes, 02:30 we say we are made in image of God 02:33 and when you think about that-- 02:34 now some of us look at each other 02:36 and they will say, well, Danny, you don't look 02:37 like you are made in the image of God. 02:39 Now there has been a few thousand years since creation 02:41 so there's been some mixing, diluting. 02:44 So what you always see is not what you get 02:47 but the fact that God cared enough to create us 02:49 in His image and His likeness and that some day 02:53 very soon we'll be restored to that. 02:56 I mean, to me that's exciting. 02:57 "Fear God, and give glory to Him, 03:00 for the hour of His judgment." 03:01 So wherever you are in the world 03:03 we know that Sabbath comes to you 03:05 whether exactly Sabbath time now 03:07 or it's coming in wherever you are 03:09 in the part of the world we want you just sit down 03:10 and worship us with us a little while 03:14 because I love this. 03:15 As a kid growing up 03:17 you probably all have some memories. 03:18 My mother became an Adventist when I was born, 03:22 the year I was born actually 03:24 and one of my favorite times of the weeks 03:26 was Friday evening at sundown no matter what we were doing 03:31 and my dad wasn't the first few years in my life 03:33 haven't become an Christian yet, an Adventist 03:36 but he would be there and so we would have take time 03:40 to have sundown worship we call it 03:43 and it was such a special time. 03:44 We would get around the piano sing a few songs, 03:47 then my mother would ask us what we are thankful for. 03:51 And did you do it, tell my about your worship. 03:54 Oh, I used to love when Sabbath would come 03:56 because my dad would read a chapter from the word 04:00 and we talk about it and it just, it was, 04:03 it was just so beautiful. 04:05 My mom played the piano and she would sing 04:07 and it was just the beautiful time in the Lord, 04:10 every Sabbath. 04:11 One of the songs we used to sing, 04:13 the very first song John, I ever remember 04:15 singing with my mother 04:17 and I learned to sing harmony on it. 04:19 I was small enough I could stand up on the piano 04:22 just so that I could be tall enough to sing with her 04:25 was "Whisper a prayer in the morning." 04:28 Now how many of you have not sing that 04:30 at some Friday evening 04:31 or Sabbath evening sundown worship service. 04:34 We have E.T. Everett over at the piano 04:36 and this was a real close call. 04:38 She didn't know that we needed her over here 04:41 so she got a call. 04:42 Thank you, E.T., for rushing over here-- 04:44 You are welcome, Danny. To play for us. 04:47 But let's just do and to those of you at home 04:49 may be sing with us "Whisper a prayer in the morning" okay. 04:52 Yvonne, you do the melody. John, J.D., Shelley, melody. 04:57 Whisper a prayer 05:01 In the morning 05:06 Whisper a prayer 05:09 At noon 05:14 Whisper a prayer 05:16 In the ev'ning 05:21 To keep your heart in tune 05:26 Let's hear you at home now. Let's sing God answers prayers. 05:30 God answers prayer 05:32 In the morning 05:38 God answers prayer 05:41 At noon 05:46 God answers prayer 05:49 In the ev'ning 05:54 So keep your heart in tune 05:59 I like this verse, Jesus may come, right. 06:02 Yes. 06:03 Jesus may come 06:06 In the morning 06:11 Jesus may come 06:15 At noon 06:20 Jesus may come 06:22 In the ev'ning 06:27 So keep your heart 06:32 In tune 06:35 Whisper a prayer in the morning. 06:36 Amen. 06:37 We want to talk a little bit John, 06:39 there are people watching they say, 06:40 "We have no idea what you are talking about 06:43 Friday evening sundown worship, 06:46 Sabbath evening sundown worship. 06:48 Can't you worship anytime? Of course, you can. 06:51 But there is a special time in the week 06:53 that God has set aside, we didn't do it. 06:55 I didn't pick it. Did you? No. 06:57 I didn't pick, did you Shelley, or J.D., John? 07:00 No. We didn't pick it. 07:01 So, people say why do you worship 07:03 on the seventh day Sabbath? 07:05 Well, because that what's the Bible says. 07:07 And I know, most all of you that are watching 07:09 are Bible believers and so we just say 07:12 hey, we just know what the Bible says 07:14 but John, I would like you to take a few minutes 07:16 and really talk to our people now. 07:18 People say, I understand you go to church on Saturdays 07:22 but what's the deal about Friday night. 07:25 Explain how this works 07:26 and what do you think God had in mind 07:29 and what difference it makes to Him what day we keep? 07:31 Okay, well, one of the things I want to begin by saying is 07:35 we should worship and we should worship the Lord, 07:38 must worship the Lord every day. 07:41 The Sabbath is not about when you worship the Lord 07:45 it's about a high point of your week. 07:48 It's a day of identity. 07:51 When you think about anniversaries, 07:53 I'm married every day, praise the Lord for that. 07:56 Shelley and J.D. are married every day. 07:58 When you are married you are married every day 08:00 but there is a day of identity that talks about 08:03 the sanctification of your relationship. 08:06 And so when the Sabbath was created-- 08:08 well, let's just go back to the beginning 08:09 where the best place to be is start in the beginning 08:12 when you can establish something from the beginning 08:16 then you can pretty much see 08:18 what identity it takes from that point on. 08:21 So we all know that the Bible points out 08:24 that the world was created in six literal days. 08:28 Well, when you go to Genesis Chapter 2 08:31 the Bible makes it clear. 08:33 Let's just go there very quickly. 08:34 Some of you have your Bibles 08:35 and if you don't we could read that. 08:37 I'm gonna ask Shelley to read Genesis 2:1, 2. 08:44 Genesis Chapter 2 verses actually down to verse 3. 08:48 Genesis 2:1-3, "Thus the heavens and the earth, 08:52 and all the host of them, were finished. 08:55 And on the seventh day 08:56 God ended His work which He had done, 08:58 and He rested on the seventh day 09:00 from all His work which He had done. 09:03 Then God blessed the seventh day 09:06 and sanctified it, 09:07 because in it He rested from all His work 09:10 which God had created and made." 09:13 You know, one of the big questions 09:14 that are asked today when the Sabbath is discussed as, 09:18 how do you know what day is the seventh day? 09:22 And the Bible doesn't give names, 09:24 you know, in different languages 09:26 as we know the word sabado in the Latino language 09:30 is synonymous with Sabbath. 09:32 And in many, many languages the word for Sabbath 09:34 is also the word for Saturday. 09:37 So but that's not the only point of identity 09:40 that makes it very clear 09:41 but if you go to Luke Chapter 23 09:43 we are gonna see three days outlined 09:46 and by the way this New Testament 09:47 so we began in the Old Testament 09:50 and we gonna now look at the New Testament 09:52 and look at an event that is recognized worldwide 09:55 universally by the Christians as an event that marks 10:00 the three days in concurrence, in sequence. 10:04 In Luke what that? 10:05 Luke Chapter 23, we are gonna talk 10:07 about the time of the crucifixion of Jesus. 10:11 And if J.D., get's-- 10:12 I'll have J.D., read-- 10:15 let's start with verse 50. 10:18 J.D., verse 50 and I'll have you go down to 53. 10:24 Okay. 10:27 By the way the context is the crucifixion. 10:30 All right, go ahead. Right now. 10:32 "Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, 10:35 a council member, a good and just man. 10:37 He had not consented to their decision and deed. 10:40 He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, 10:43 who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God. 10:47 This man went to Pilate 10:48 and asked for the body of Jesus. 10:50 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, 10:52 and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, 10:55 where no one had ever lain before." 10:57 Okay, so now, stop in there for a moment. 10:59 So you see now he is from Arimathea, 11:01 he is asking for the body of Jesus 11:04 and there is a particular reason 11:05 why he is asking for the body of Jesus 11:07 because traditionally they gave the person 11:12 who was crucified certain time to die and if they didn't die 11:16 they would do a number of things. 11:17 Rather break their legs or whatever form of death 11:20 that they would choose they wanted them to be dead. 11:22 So something was about to happen 11:26 and there is a reason why he asked for the body of Jesus. 11:29 Now why would you ask for the body of Jesus 11:31 to put Him in the tomb? 11:32 What would have happened to put somebody in the tomb? 11:35 They would die. They had to die. 11:37 And so you see clearly now the next verse, verse 54, 11:41 Danny, I want you to read that one. 11:42 Do you have the New Kings James Version? 11:43 Whatever translation you have is fine. 11:46 "And it was the day of Preparation, 11:49 and the Sabbath drew on." 11:51 So that's in the Kings James Version 11:52 and in the New King James is "Sabbath drew near." 11:55 So when Joseph of Arimathea asked for the body of Jesus 11:59 the Sabbath was about to begin. 12:01 It was the preparation day. 12:02 Let's go on further 12:04 and look at verse 55 and I will read that. 12:05 It says, "And the women who had come with Him" 12:08 that is Jesus "from Galilee followed after, 12:11 and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid." 12:15 First they introduced in verse 54 is the preparation 12:18 and then it says the Sabbath drew on 12:20 or the Sabbath drew near. 12:21 So you have preparation and Sabbath introduced. 12:24 So we must conclude now 12:26 that whatever day the Sabbath is 12:28 the preparation is before it, all right. 12:31 Let's not give a name to it yet. 12:33 Okay, and then verse 56, "Then they returned 12:37 and prepared spices and fragrant oils. 12:40 And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment." 12:44 So you have Sabbath mentioned again. 12:46 So the women the reason why they are preparing 12:48 the spices and oil that means 12:49 they are going to anoint the body, correct. 12:52 That's their way of embalming and they did that 12:54 so that if they entered the third day or fourth day 12:57 when the body began to decay it wouldn't have an odor. 13:01 But now let's look at the next day being introduced. 13:04 Luke 24:1. 13:07 "Now on the first day of the week, 13:09 very early in the morning, they came, 13:11 and certain other women with them, 13:14 came to the tomb bringing the spices 13:17 which they had prepared. 13:18 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 13:21 And then they went in 13:23 and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus." 13:25 Now you have three days, you have the preparation 13:27 the day before the Sabbath, you have the Sabbath 13:32 and then you have the first day. 13:34 Now when the first day is mentioned 13:36 it gives it a number. 13:38 How many days are there in a week? 13:40 Seven. Seven. 13:41 So if the first day is the resurrection 13:43 and you go back one more day what day you have? 13:47 And the seventh day. Seventh day. 13:48 Right, if you go back one day before the seventh 13:51 what day do you have? 13:52 Six, the preparation. 13:54 So you have the preparation 13:55 of the Sabbath on the first day. 13:57 Clearly today let me just give you which is Sunday. 13:59 So when you look at newer translations 14:02 I don't know if you have, we have the NIV 14:04 you will actually see it gives the names of the days. 14:07 It says, Friday, Saturday and Sunday because clearly, 14:11 unequivocally in every language the sixth day is Friday 14:17 the first day is Sunday 14:19 and the seventh day is Saturday. 14:23 Now where does the Bible 14:24 associate the seventh day with the Sabbath? 14:27 Go to Exodus 20. Okay. 14:28 Can I make a comment before you do because this to me 14:32 is one of the greatest arguments for the Sabbath 14:35 is that these are the disciples the women of-- 14:39 they follow Jesus every where. 14:41 They had heard all of His teachings 14:43 and right here it says that after He died 14:47 they are going to embalm Him but they go home and rest 14:51 in verse it says at 23:56 that they go home and rested 14:56 on the Sabbath according to the commandment. 14:58 So obviously He never made-- 15:00 He never changed that Sabbath commandment. 15:03 Sometimes when I talk to Christians about which day, 15:06 so how do you know which day really is Sabbath? 15:09 I say to them, do you keep Easter Sunday 15:12 because that's the big and, 15:14 you know, Easter is a big event in the Christian world. 15:18 Do you keep Easter Sunday and they say, well, sure. 15:21 I say what day do you keep that? 15:22 What day is Sunday? 15:24 They say, well, it's the first day of the week. 15:26 So I said so now you just established by Easter 15:29 because Easter is on the first day of the week 15:31 so your church, whatever church that is 15:35 believes that Sunday is the first day of the week 15:37 what day well that make Saturday be. 15:39 And of course, it would have to be the seventh day Sabbath. 15:43 And the quandary comes in when the Sabbath and Sunday 15:48 are used in the same tongue. 15:50 Well, I go to church on the Sabbath. 15:51 Well, what do you do go? I go on Sunday. 15:53 Well, and when Easter comes around 15:55 it becomes very, very confusing it's almost-- 15:57 but, you know, in reality in many persuasions 16:01 and I want to put this in the proper context. 16:04 There are many Christians in so many different faiths 16:06 that just worship the Lord but it never came up, 16:10 it was never raised. 16:11 It never came up and I found that in many cases 16:14 that until the question was put forth 16:17 like Danny just did so wonderfully. 16:18 When is Easter? Well, He rose on Easter Sunday. 16:22 And we know today the universal observance 16:25 by many churches Good Friday, Easter Sunday 16:31 the day He was laid in the tomb the day He rose 16:34 but the day between that how amazing, 16:36 He even at death rested. 16:39 Rested. Yeah. That's right. 16:41 So the day of rest was not even one 16:43 that He himself violated or did and He work on. 16:47 He literally rested. 16:49 And the rest day 16:50 it was rest from completing the work of redemption. 16:53 Now the first rest of creation, this is the rest of redemption. 16:58 And when you go now to Exodus Chapter 20-- 17:01 you want to say something, Shelley, before we go. 17:03 Okay, let's go to-- 17:05 well, before we go to Exodus 20 let's go to Ezekiel. 17:08 Ezekiel Chapter 20 because one of the things we have to see 17:11 the question was, does it really matter. 17:16 If it didn't matter 17:17 it's very clear 17:19 to see that the Lord wouldn't do anything 17:20 that doesn't matter. 17:23 We are gonna go to Ezekiel Chapter 20 17:27 and let's look together, 17:29 I'm there now. 17:32 I don't want J.D., 17:33 J.D., what translation do you have? 17:35 I've got the New King James. 17:36 Okay, well, since I have the same one 17:37 it didn't really matter which one 17:39 but I want you to read Exodus-- 17:40 I mean, Ezekiel 20:12. 17:45 Okay, Ezekiel 20:12, yes. 17:48 Ezekiel 20:12, 17:51 "Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths," 17:53 and that's My with the capital, you know. 17:56 "My Sabbath, to be a sign 17:58 between them and Me," 17:59 capital "M" me. 18:01 "That they may show that I am the Lord who sanctifies them." 18:05 "That they may know." 18:06 "That they may know 18:08 that I am the Lord who sanctifies them." 18:09 And then verse 20, very important. 18:10 Look at verse 20. 18:12 In verse 20, 18:14 "Hallow My Sabbaths, 18:15 and they will be a sign between Me and you, 18:18 that you may know that I am the Lord your God." 18:21 Okay, so what is the Sabbath? 18:22 A sign of relationship and sanctification. 18:27 He said that you will know 18:28 that I'm the one that sanctifies you. 18:29 Now the word sanctify, another word for sanctify-- 18:32 I'll ask you guys here, 18:33 what's another word for sanctify? 18:34 Set aside Holy. 18:36 Set aside. 18:37 So when you begin to look at the days of the week now 18:40 we worship the Lord every day 18:42 that's the life that Christian lives 18:44 but He only sanctified and hallowed one day 18:48 and He made it clear which one that was. 18:50 And then the amplified version it says and hallow 18:53 and, you know, in the amplified version 18:55 it kind of amplifies it. 18:56 It says "Separate and keep holy my Sabbaths 18:59 and there shall be a sign between Me and you." 19:02 You know, that's the same thing in Exodus 19:04 when Moses was recording these word 19:06 he said in Exodus 31:13, 19:09 "Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, 19:11 for there is a sign between Me and you 19:13 throughout your generations, 19:14 that you may know that I am the Lord 19:16 who sanctifies you." 19:17 And oh, that's where you get 19:19 the Sabbath rest is remembering that. 19:21 "You shall keep the Sabbath, 19:22 therefore, for it is holy to you. 19:25 Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death, 19:29 whoever does any work on it, 19:30 that person shall be cut off from among his people. 19:34 Work shall be done for six days, 19:36 but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, 19:39 holy to the Lord." 19:42 So it is a very important day. 19:45 So now what do you say to people 19:46 who ask that's the Old Testament 19:50 we are living under the New Testament. 19:52 Because people aren't put to death, 19:53 right now she just said they will put to death. 19:55 But that shows you the importance He put on. 19:57 How do you deal with that? 19:58 Let me also, let me also show you 20:00 the equivalent to that. 20:01 Well, remember the Lord also said 20:03 to Adam and Eve, 20:04 in the day that you eat of this tree you shall surely what? 20:06 Die. 20:08 Did they die that day? No. 20:10 There is a broader death 20:11 that's talked about there then just the physical death. 20:13 The physical death is the end result 20:16 because Adam lived 930 years and he died. 20:19 He didn't die the day he sinned. 20:20 He died after 930 years. 20:22 But what happened, the relationship died. 20:26 You see what happened? 20:27 Let me go-- let me add, 20:29 so what happened is 20:30 he entered into now a relationship 20:32 that would end in death. 20:35 If the Word of God is light and the Word of God is life 20:39 when you honor that He says, honor My commandments 20:43 that may be well with you and with your children 20:46 throughout the third and fourth generation. 20:47 In other words we live within this, 20:49 we live within the parameters of our relationship. 20:51 Now let me go back to the marriage. 20:53 You know, when does the marriage begin to die? 20:56 When does it really, when does it-- 20:57 when what will happens 20:59 when one violate the parameters of the relationship. 21:02 Okay, now is the relationship over 21:05 but it's starting to die because what has died. 21:08 The agreement has been violated. 21:11 The two individuals are now going on different paths 21:13 and that's what happens when you say 21:16 and I'm gonna ask the question by the New Testament 21:17 but I let Shelley comment first. 21:20 When you begin to take a different road 21:22 other than the road that the Lord has ordained 21:24 and you say it doesn't matter. 21:27 If I go to my relationship now with my wife and I, 21:30 honey, I love you but I choose to take a different road 21:33 and it doesn't really matter. 21:34 You tell that to my wife, you know my wife very well. 21:36 Okay, does it matter? 21:38 Oh, yes, I would say so. 21:39 But if my wife told me that I'll say honey, it matters. 21:42 Because why, 21:44 it's a sign of sanctification. 21:46 The Sabbath is a sign 21:47 that we know that He is our Lord. 21:50 And to me this is one of my favorite Bible verses 21:52 is Exodus 31:13 21:54 and then again which we read in Ezekiel 21:56 that the Sabbath is a sign for us. 22:00 It's not just the day for us to remember Him as Creator 22:04 but as the one who recreates us. 22:06 And it is to remind us 22:09 that salvation is purely by grace. 22:12 It is to remind us that He is the one who sanctifies us, 22:16 He is the one who works on us to will 22:19 and to do His good pleasure. 22:20 He is the one 22:22 who is gonna complete the good work 22:24 that He has began in us 22:25 because I don't know about you but I mean, 22:28 for you who are watching or listening 22:30 I know that there were so many times in my life 22:33 that I tried to earn salvation. 22:34 I tried to be a good little girl 22:36 and be good enough to God 22:38 and when I did discover the Sabbath 22:42 I'll never forget that first Sabbath 22:44 after I had studied this out and I celebrated it. 22:46 It was just like 22:49 you breathe this in 22:51 and remember that God's plan 22:53 is all about being fully dependent upon Him, 22:57 His grace, 22:58 He's empowering by the Holy Spirit 23:00 and that to me was the freedom I'd never known, ever. 23:06 Now, you know, your anniversary could be 23:08 a pretty frightening day 23:09 if you don't have a good relationship. 23:10 That's true. 23:12 I've counseled couples through the years 23:13 as a marriage counselor 23:14 and I've seen some horrible relationships. 23:16 What you do on your anniversary? 23:17 Nothing. 23:19 That's the attitude 23:20 because they didn't have a relationship. 23:22 Let me point this out, 23:23 if you don't have a relationship with the Lord 23:24 keeping the day is not gonna make a difference. 23:26 That's right. 23:27 You have to have a relationship 23:29 and that's something you have to really bring out. 23:30 Relationship to Sabbath is a sign 23:32 that there is a sanctifying relationship 23:33 between the both of you. 23:35 The Jews kept the day but they crucified the Lord. 23:38 We got to put that in the proper context. 23:40 The gentiles who did not crucify the Lord 23:44 ended up accepting the day 23:46 later on, Acts 13:42-44. 23:49 The gentiles when the Jews who kept the Sabbath 23:54 denounced the Lord, 23:55 the gentiles who did not follow the Lord 23:58 accepted Him and honored the Sabbath. 24:01 So you see the whole-- 24:03 it's about relationship first. 24:05 When the relationship is there 24:07 then the day has a meaning to it 24:08 but if there is no relationship 24:10 then the day really has no significance. 24:11 J.D. 24:13 Yes, let's go back 24:14 to what Yvonne asked a while ago 24:16 because this is very important. 24:18 Yeah, you can answer that question. 24:19 I was raised as Seventh-day Adventist, 24:21 never really matured 24:22 because for some reason I didn't pay attention 24:24 to lot of the rules or regulations. 24:27 My parents kept Sabbath, 24:29 seventh day Sabbath so we obeyed that day. 24:33 Did the best that we could do with the information we had. 24:36 Shelley is getting ready to go into fulltime ministry 24:40 and now we come-- to me this is a miracle. 24:44 As Shelley who is not an Adventist. 24:45 Shelley was raised-- she was a Sunday keeping Christian 24:48 and I worried about Sunday keep Christian. 24:51 And so she is saying 24:55 the Lord has called us to go into fulltime, 24:57 He called her to go into fulltime ministry. 24:59 And it was amazing, I said, Shelley, 25:04 how are we gonna handle the Sabbath? 25:07 Now that had never come up before. 25:10 Even though you were raised as an Adventist 25:12 you never talked about the Sabbath? 25:14 Because Shelley was the priest of the family, 25:16 the spiritual priest of our family. 25:18 Well, because he had pretty much at the age of, 25:21 what about 25 he kind of gotten out of the-- 25:24 he was cultural Adventist. 25:27 He didn't really know the doctrine. 25:30 He was cultural Adventist. 25:32 So now let's go back to this 25:33 because, Shelley, 25:35 how are we gonna handle the Sabbath? 25:37 Shelley very boldly 25:40 said, well, there is-- that will be simple. 25:42 Now she accepted the-- she accepted that her assignment 25:46 and we have two storey house so her office is upstairs 25:50 so now I'm gonna exaggerate here 25:52 but she went upstairs, been seven days upstairs 25:56 came down the seventh day and says, 26:00 you are not gonna believe this. 26:03 The seventh day 26:04 is the Sabbath that we should keep. 26:08 Now to me I had mixed emotions 26:10 because wow, I didn't know what to think 26:15 but very valid question about 26:18 that because she is very devout. 26:20 Loves the Lord 26:22 but do anything in the world to satisfy the Lord. 26:25 So she was a devout 26:28 Sunday keeper doing the right thing. 26:31 So fantastic question. 26:33 Well, what's the difference? 26:36 And so this is, ball is in your court. 26:39 Sure. 26:41 That's a fairly easy answer. 26:43 Now let's go down to a couple of parameters. 26:46 One, if you don't know 26:47 there is a different attitude altogether. 26:49 There are many sincere Christians 26:51 that have not heard, 26:52 don't know, it has never become an issue. 26:56 They love the Lord, 26:57 there are many that have never heard about the Sabbath 26:59 and they are lay to rest 27:00 and that's not something we decide, 27:02 we cannot judge a person on their salvation 27:04 or whether they see of the laws. 27:06 But when a person becomes aware of it 27:08 and look at the-- 27:10 now the context of it is the Ten Commandments. 27:12 How many commandments? Ten. 27:14 Okay, so if you look at the relationship part of it, 27:16 now this is most important part. 27:18 When you look at the relationship part 27:19 the first four commandments identify our relationship, 27:23 the vertical relationship man, and God 27:26 the last six horizontal 27:29 relationship between us and others. 27:31 Now what amazes me is gonna say 27:32 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." 27:34 We say, all Christians say well, we wouldn't do that. 27:37 Don't take the name of the Lord in vain, we wouldn't do that. 27:39 "Let's not make into Him any graven images," 27:41 we wouldn't do that. 27:42 But then you have the fourth one come 27:44 and this is the power part that is really amazing to me. 27:47 Lot, what's happened to Lot's wife? 27:51 Tell me, Shelley, what happened? 27:52 She turned back, looked back. 27:54 And what does she become? 27:55 She became a pillar of salt. 27:57 And what are the three words 27:58 that we all know in reference to his wife? 28:00 Remember Lot's wife. 28:01 Remember Lot's wife. 28:03 Remember Lot's wife. 28:04 So what's the lesson there about remembering Lot's wife? 28:07 Remember means remember, don't forget. 28:10 Well, what's the lesson about Lot's-- 28:11 Okay, don't look back. 28:13 If God is leading you out don't look back 28:14 because in the same way, 28:16 you mean I turn to a pillar of salt 28:17 but you will lose your salvation. 28:19 Simply obey God. 28:20 He told them what to do 28:21 and she was, she had not really developed that relationship 28:26 or trust in God so people-- 28:29 lot of people have asked me well, 28:31 what's a big deal, 28:32 you know, so she turned to look back. 28:34 I said, no, no, there is much more than that. 28:36 Show where the heart was. 28:38 Her heart was back there 28:40 so God said, you don't really want Me in your life. 28:42 And the Bible said, Jesus said, 28:45 "Whoever puts his hand to the plow 28:47 and looks back is not worthy of Me." 28:50 When God said, go forward blessings on the go 28:53 don't go back. 28:55 You know, the problem with the Israelites 28:56 when He let them out they wanted to go back. 28:58 All this thing about going back is a dangerous thing 29:00 but the point is, remember Lot's wife. 29:02 Is it important to remember Lot's wife? 29:03 Yes or no. 29:05 Okay, we can argue with that, 29:06 that's universally accepted with more, more Christians. 29:08 There is another remember is by, 29:10 very wise men of course in the Book of Ecclesiastes 29:13 and his name is? 29:15 Solomon. Okay. 29:16 What did he say to the young people? 29:17 "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." 29:20 Now today, do we think 29:21 our young people needn't know the Creator? 29:23 What is happened to our society, Danny, 29:25 because the young people have 29:27 pretty much left the Creator out, 29:28 what's happening? 29:30 Well, we are becoming godless society. 29:32 And what will we see the hope of our future 29:34 as if our young people will have a relationship with, 29:37 if they have a relationship with God. 29:39 So is it important for the young people to know God? 29:42 Is it important for anybody 29:43 that's called out to remember Lot's wife? 29:46 Now we don't have a problem with Luke saying that. 29:49 We don't have an issue with Solomon saying that. 29:51 Why do we have an issue with God saying, 29:53 remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy? 29:56 Well, but you know to me 29:58 as J.D. said when God called 30:02 and actually what happened when J.D.-- 30:05 when God called me to fulltime ministry 30:07 we knew He was calling. 30:08 J.D. mentioned the Sabbath and I said, no problem. 30:11 But as I was praying 30:13 the Lord took me on study of the sanctuary. 30:15 Okay. 30:17 And see I've been thought all my life, 30:19 I thought I was 30:21 "that the Sabbath had been transferred to Sunday." 30:24 I was a good little Sunday keeper. 30:26 We didn't play cards 30:27 or do anything like that on Sunday, right. 30:30 But I had been thought that Colossians 2:14 30:35 meant the commandments were nailed to the cross. 30:39 And so if you got this mindset 30:41 that the commandments have been nailed to the cross 30:44 then I could prove to you from the New Testament 30:48 as I did with the friend of his Adventist pastor. 30:50 I sent him a seven page letter 30:52 to prove that Sabbath have been transferred to the Sunday 30:56 only because, only with scriptures 30:58 from the New Testament, right. 31:00 Now what happened is 31:03 when God took me on the study of the sanctuary 31:06 when I recognized that the Ten Commandments 31:11 that God wrote with His own fingers 31:13 which by the way the Ten Commandments 31:15 are written in the past tense 31:17 and sort of a double negative 31:19 so that they are actually ten promises. 31:22 You know, we think of 31:24 Charlton Heston's Ten Commandments, 31:26 you know, thou shalt not-- 31:29 but actually it was like God was saying, 31:32 you know, if you are in relationship with Me, 31:35 what it's gonna be like, 31:37 you are not gonna have any other God's 31:38 but for me your are not going to bow down to idols, 31:42 you are not gonna take My name in vain, 31:45 you are going to love My Sabbath. 31:47 We'll get to spend that day together. 31:49 And so I'm gonna give you victory over the killing. 31:52 I'm gonna give you victory, 31:53 I promise you to give victory over stealing. 31:55 It's all about promises. 31:57 So now when I realize 31:58 that the commandments were inside the Ark the-- 32:01 where God had written the book and that the 32:04 then what, He had told Moses as that special covenant 32:08 with the Israelites that He had put it in a pocket 32:13 on the outside of the Ark as occurs against them. 32:16 Then all of the sudden 32:18 I realize the Ten Commandments weren't nailed to the cross 32:20 and then, then the blinders were taken off 32:24 where I could see in the New Testament 32:26 all of those scriptures that referred to the Sabbath 32:29 how Jesus kept the Sabbath, 32:31 how the apostles kept the Sabbath, 32:33 how, you know, 32:34 and even when you have been study it out for centuries 32:37 how the early Christians kept the Sabbath 32:40 centuries after His death. 32:42 So but He takes removing that blinder 32:47 before you can see those New Testament scriptures. 32:53 So John was taken as to Exodus 20 right, 32:56 because we haven't actually read 32:58 what the commandment is, yeah. 33:01 Now if we go to Exodus 20:8-11 33:04 we've been talking about the Sabbath 33:05 but let's go to the direct command. 33:08 Now what you are gonna notice is 33:09 it connects us to what the Lord did at the end of creation. 33:13 He begins with that third remember that I talked about. 33:16 First Lot remember, Dr. Luke says that. 33:19 Solomon remember, the young people need to remember. 33:21 Now He gives a command to those who, whose Lord is God. 33:26 This is a powerful thing. 33:28 Exodus 20:8, 33:30 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." 33:33 Very important point. 33:36 It's already holy, is it Shelley? 33:38 It's already holy, 33:39 you can't make anything else holy that 33:41 the Lord hasn't made holy. 33:43 Matter of the fact let's look at the comparisons today. 33:47 We talked about redefinition of marriage, 33:50 okay, the way that God never intended it, 33:54 it can't be holy. 33:55 It might be marriage but it's not holy, 33:57 okay, because it's refining the way 33:59 that God intended marriage to be. 34:01 So you can't say it's holy when as man, 34:03 man, woman, woman, when God said man, woman. 34:06 Okay, we definition but to still make it holy. 34:09 Only God can make something holy. 34:11 But notice it says, "Remember the Sabbath day, 34:13 to keep it holy. 34:15 Six days you shall labor and do all your work," 34:17 this is the most key text of the whole thing. 34:19 "But the seventh day 34:21 is the Sabbath of the Lord your God." 34:24 While most people focus on the day 34:26 I ask the question who is your God? 34:29 Because if the Lord of creation is your God 34:32 then He's already picked the day, 34:33 I can't pick it. 34:35 He says the seventh day 34:36 is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. 34:38 And then go down to verse 11 and He gives the reason why. 34:41 "For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, 34:46 the sea, and all that is in them, 34:48 and rested the seventh day. 34:51 Therefore the Lord blessed 34:53 the Sabbath day and hallowed it." 34:55 So it just comes down to the simple question 34:58 who do you want your God to be? 35:00 If your God is a God of creation 35:02 He has already picked the day 35:03 we fall in line with that. 35:05 Now is there anything in the Bible that shows us 35:07 that people fell in line 35:10 with the day that God had honored. 35:11 Well, let's go to the highest point of reference Luke 4:16, 35:16 the highest point of reference 35:17 because we know that for generations 35:19 for more than almost 2,000 years 35:22 the Sabbath is honored by an entire nation of Jews 35:25 but later on these are the very ones 35:28 that because of the rejection of the Messiah 35:31 they ended up crucifying Jesus. 35:33 All right, Luke 4:16, 35:37 all right, the point of reference. 35:40 Who would like to read that for us? 35:41 Do you have that J.D.? 35:43 I have it. Okay. 35:44 Oh, Yvonne has it. Okay. 35:45 "And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. 35:48 And as His custom was, 35:50 He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, 35:53 and stood up for to read." 35:55 Okay, now we might say well, that was His custom. 36:00 But here's my question 36:02 if you follow anything that Jesus did 36:05 would you be in danger of doing the wrong thing? 36:08 No. Absolutely not. 36:12 If for no other reason you say well, why do I honor 36:15 the seventh day Sabbath, 36:17 I'm just simply following Jesus? 36:19 That's a dynamic argument. 36:23 But if I do something that He didn't do 36:25 and try to give legitimacy to it I could say, 36:27 I'm either following Jesus or I'm following tradition. 36:31 In honoring the Sabbath 36:33 He came now to do what man could never do. 36:36 He honored the Sabbath 36:38 where man could not in their own natural sense 36:41 honor that so He left an example. 36:43 Just like baptism He left an example. 36:45 He wasn't a sinner but He did it for a number of reasons. 36:47 One is as an example 36:49 the communion service 36:50 as a constant reminder of His death 36:52 and His resurrection till He comes. 36:54 The foot washing service I've done this as an example 36:56 that you should do it as I have done. 36:58 If the Lord can wash your feet 36:59 you have to wash one others feet. 37:00 So we do all these things as Jesus being our example. 37:04 You want to say something I think, 37:05 I see your microphone going up there or was it J.D.? 37:07 Well, no, what I, you know, 37:09 that was just hitting me 37:12 Jesus is the Creator-- 37:14 He is the Creator. 37:15 Now he has come back, now encountered now. 37:18 He is bringing up something He has done forever. 37:22 Right 37:23 It's always been the seventh day. 37:24 But along those lines since He is the Creator 37:27 He is the one who created 37:29 not only created and sanctified the Sabbath 37:32 He is the one 37:33 who then put that as His law 37:36 that was to be the foundation of His government 37:38 and said, remember it and, 37:41 you know, the point that really stuck me 37:43 when I was studying all of this out. 37:46 There is nowhere in the New Testament 37:48 where Jesus ever rescinded the sanctity of the Sabbath. 37:53 And, you know, I had been thought that the Lord's day 37:57 was the day of His resurrection 37:59 but if you go to Isaiah 58:13 38:07 God says His day is the Sabbath. 38:09 He says, "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, 38:13 from doing your pleasure on My holy day, 38:16 and call the Sabbath a delight, 38:19 the holy day of the Lord honorable, 38:22 and shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, 38:25 nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own thoughts, 38:29 then you shall delight yourself in the Lord." 38:34 So God calls His day 38:38 the Sabbath day. 38:39 That's right. 38:41 That, I mean, just the fact that Jesus 38:42 didn't rescinded there is nowhere where He said, 38:45 you know, He said keep My commandments, 38:48 if you love Me keep My commandments. 38:50 That's right. 38:51 And in Matthew 28 I believe it's verse 20 38:54 when Jesus was giving the signs of the end to the disciples 38:56 He said, pray that your flight be not in the winter 39:00 neither on the Sabbath day. 39:02 Now that was huge because He was talking 39:03 about the destruction of Jerusalem 39:05 and the end of the world. 39:06 Both events were future of His day. 39:08 Both events would happen after His death 39:10 and resurrection and ascension to heaven. 39:12 He is making reference, 39:13 when the time comes for you to flee 39:15 He says, make sure it doesn't happen 39:18 or I pray that it doesn't happen on the Sabbath 39:21 or nor in the winter time, cold weather 39:24 and they will know exactly where to find you 39:26 if the time for fleeing comes on the Sabbath. 39:29 You had a point, Danny? 39:30 No. Man's made-- 39:31 what we are talking about earlier 39:34 that all we really need to do is turn our eyes on Jesus. 39:36 That's right. That's right. 39:38 And we look the song says, 39:39 "Turn your eyes upon Jesus, 39:40 look full in His wonderful face, 39:42 the things of earth will grow strangely dim, 39:44 and the light of His glory and grace." 39:46 E.T. is ahead of me, she is already playing it. 39:48 All right, let's do it, Lady Yvonne. 39:51 Sure. 39:53 Turn your eyes upon Jesus 40:01 Look full in His wonderful face 40:09 And the things of earth 40:15 Will grow strangely dim 40:22 In the light of His glory and grace 40:29 All right, sing it with us at home, okay, one more time. 40:33 Turn your eyes upon Jesus 40:41 Look full in His wonderful face 40:49 And the things of earth 40:56 Will grow strangely dim 41:03 In the light of His glory 41:09 And grace 41:13 What a beautiful song? Amen. 41:15 And you know, Danny, it just simply winds down 41:17 to one simple thing, 41:20 Jesus, "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 41:25 It is not a difficult thing if you love someone 41:28 because I love my wife, 41:29 I look forward to anniversaries and vacations 41:32 and spending time with her 41:33 and all that because of the love relationship. 41:35 We should be spending time with our Lord every day 41:39 but surely when that anniversary comes, 41:41 when that weekly reminder that He is our Lord 41:44 the Sabbath is the day of the Lord our God. 41:47 The question is who is your God today? 41:50 And it says in Mark 2:27, 28, 41:52 "The Sabbath was made for man, 41:53 and not man for the Sabbath." 41:55 The Sabbath is made for our good 41:57 to remind us of our sanctifying relationship, 42:00 to remind us that we not only need physical rest 42:03 but the reminder that our redeemer is coming. 42:05 And, you know, Danny, 42:06 the Sabbath will be kept throughout eternity, 42:08 so here it is that creation. 42:10 In the Old Testament, in the New Testament 42:13 and in eternity why not now? 42:16 John, I have a question to ask you though 42:20 because when we look back 42:21 in the Old Testament, 42:23 I mean, you couldn't walk a mile, 42:25 you couldn't do so many things, 42:26 there is hundreds and hundreds of laws, 42:28 I think 640 laws. 42:30 So why do we keep the Sabbath today 42:35 and but-- And not all the laws. 42:37 Yeah, and we don't keep all the laws that man made? 42:40 That's a good question. 42:42 Well, man-- that you answered the question in the question. 42:45 The commandments, the Sabbath commandments 42:47 are part of the Ten Commandments. 42:49 Okay. The moral law of God. 42:51 The moral law of God. The Decalogue. 42:53 Exact the Decalogue. 42:54 Dec meaning ten. 42:56 The ten laws. 42:57 So those were not added to, matter of fact, 42:59 if you go to 43:02 how quick can you get there. 43:04 the Bible says, 43:06 "When He wrote them commandments 43:08 on two tablets of stone and He added no more" 43:12 Deuteronomy 5. 43:13 He added no more but what the Jews did 43:15 and this is the thing that I feel terrible 43:18 that so many Christians today look at the Sabbath as a burden 43:20 because the Jews were terrible example. 43:23 They did things like that. 43:24 And, you know, what they did? 43:25 There is a phrase in the New Testament 43:27 in the Book of Acts called the Sabbath day's journey, 43:29 where the Jews said, 43:31 you cannot go further than a half a mile 43:33 on the Sabbath or you will be violating the Sabbath. 43:36 But they made the law 43:37 and they made a law to break the law. 43:39 They said, now if the day before you put, 43:41 you take-- safe example 43:42 Shelley with half mile away or three quarters of a mile 43:46 but if I walk there on the Sabbath 43:49 I would be so to speak according 43:50 to their laws breaking the Sabbath. 43:52 So they made a law now 43:54 that said if I take food to Shelley's house 43:56 the day before now I can walk more than half a mile. 43:59 They made the laws and they broke the laws. 44:01 They made the Sabbath a burden. 44:04 Jesus called the Sabbath a delight. 44:06 Well, and Jesus declared that He was Lord of the Sabbath 44:10 and He came back to restore it. 44:12 I mean, there are so many stories, 44:13 all of His miracles that He did were on Sabbath 44:17 and how He when they picked the green, 44:20 you know, He made certain 44:22 that people understood the Sabbath 44:24 was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 44:27 So well, really we are celebrating 44:29 the Creator and-- 44:30 Absolute. Cannot give description because-- 44:32 And not created in our own laws 44:34 and all that but we are celebrating the creator. 44:37 Let me give you the scripture because to me 44:38 as I was studying this, 44:39 now this was very remarkable actually. 44:44 The everlasting gospel is the gospel 44:47 that the Lord gave to Abraham 44:49 that we are gonna be saved by grace through faith. 44:52 Your faith is gonna save you. 44:54 And so here in Revelation when He is talking to, 44:56 you know, this is an end time message 44:59 for an end time people. 45:01 The proclamation of the three angels 45:03 from Revelation 14 45:05 and that's where we get our name 45:06 the Three Angels Broadcasting Network. 45:08 But here's what he said, 45:10 "Then I saw another angel flying 45:13 in the midst of heaven, 45:15 having the everlasting gospel to preach 45:18 to those who dwell on the earth 45:20 and every nation, tribe, tongue, 45:22 and people saying with a loud voice, 45:25 now listen for the Sabbath language. 45:27 The Sabbath commandment language. 45:30 "Fear God and give glory to Him, 45:32 for the hour of His judgment has come 45:35 and worship Him 45:37 who made heaven and earth, 45:39 the sea and springs of water." 45:42 Well, same thing in the fourth commandment. 45:44 I mean, that's the same thing as Exodus 20 and its just-- 45:47 Revelation 14, Exodus 20. 45:49 Genesis Chapter 2. 45:51 You know, I praise God for Bible software 45:55 because when God called me to the study 45:57 and then when I started studying out as J.D. 45:59 said the Sabbath 46:01 I looked at every scripture 46:04 from-- I mean, I literally did a search, 46:06 printed off every scripture from Genesis to Revelation 46:11 and I studied every single scripture, 46:13 you know, I found out 46:14 because I don't think I even understood 46:16 about ceremonial Sabbaths before then. 46:18 So then I went back and to look into the Hebrew 46:21 and the Greek and I was comparing things 46:24 and it was so amazing to me 46:28 how clear it was in the word 46:30 when you take-- 46:32 as I said you take that filter off 46:33 to know that 46:36 the commandments are eternal, 46:39 they are perpetual. 46:41 And then in 1 John 2:3, 4 46:43 it says that 46:44 anyone who says they know Jesus 46:47 and does not keep His commandments is a liar. 46:50 I mean, I was keeping my-- 46:52 the Lord really got my attention 46:54 but I wanted to share one scripture 46:56 with you if I could. 46:57 Sure. 46:59 Because I used to declare this as "my life verse." 47:03 Have you ever heard that this is my life verse? 47:05 It's like this was the verse that I love the most 47:09 and that was "my life verse" 47:12 and it's Isaiah 30:15 and it says this, 47:17 "For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, 47:21 'In returning and rest you shall be saved, 47:26 in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.'" 47:31 I grew up in such a tumultuous environment 47:35 and it was extremely dysfunctional environment 47:41 and for some reason this scripture 47:43 appealed to me so much. 47:45 I had a love affair with Jesus Christ 47:48 and didn't know much about the spirit, 47:51 was scared to death of the father 47:53 because I hadn't really studied the Old Testament 47:57 and I just heard scary things, right. 48:00 But I love this idea of-- 48:02 and I used to quote it all the time 48:05 "In returning and rest you shall be saved, 48:08 in quietness and confidence shall be your strength." 48:11 And I never finished it off. 48:14 One day as I was studying this the Lord reminds me 48:16 this and He said, look at the rest of the scripture. 48:18 You know, I'm saying this. 48:21 "But you would not" 48:24 in other words, you would not return to Me, 48:26 you would not rest in Me. 48:28 And I thought well, Lord, it just occurred to me 48:33 when we were sitting down here 48:35 and you said we might talk about this. 48:37 It occurred to me that my grandmother 48:41 actually began keeping the Sabbath. 48:44 She had been grown up church to Christ. 48:46 You know, I have got church to Christ preachers 48:49 in my background and when she turned by 48:53 it was through the worldwide church of God 48:55 and there were other teaching of there is that, 48:58 my goodness, 48:59 you know, I didn't want any part of that, 49:01 so I remember that she hand printed 49:03 the Ten Commandments and brought over to that 49:05 she would find it hence put it on the wall. 49:07 As soon as she left I took it down 49:09 because I thought it was blasphemous like, 49:12 you know, Jesus did away with this at the cross 49:15 and she tried to tell me about the Sabbath 49:18 and I wouldn't keep it. 49:19 Well, as J.D. said, 49:22 when God called me tell me to ministry 49:25 and said forget what you're thinking. 49:26 Now sit at my feet and I will teach him. 49:29 Can I interject something right now? 49:30 Sure. 49:32 Because that's been on my mind. 49:34 I think I'm learning and we are gonna get back 49:37 because this is very important to me 49:40 is that our Danny Shelton, 49:46 he used to say this all the time 49:47 and I still hear and I just thank you 49:50 for one of the best friend in the world 49:51 the Holy Spirit. 49:53 And I kind of thought, 49:54 you know, when you first said that it kind of oh, 49:58 but boy, the more I have thought 50:00 about that there is not a better friend 50:02 in this universe than the Holy Spirit 50:04 because the Holy Spirit has the creative powers 50:07 to help us in every way, he is God. 50:10 And so then as I'm thinking 50:15 if you truly want a relationship with God 50:19 you give the Holy Spirit permission to work in you, 50:22 then you take it a step further 50:23 and if you pick it after this, Shelley, then, Shelley, 50:29 forget everything that you thought 50:31 that you knew, 50:33 set at My feet, 50:35 listen the Holy Spirit, 50:38 you know, is coming in 50:40 because you've given him permission. 50:42 Now you are an empty vessel waiting to be filled, 50:45 waiting for your marching orders. 50:47 Now that's where she started 50:48 with all these preconceived ideas 50:51 and I talk to people every day that are seeing new things 50:56 just because they are empty me of me Lord, 50:59 fill me with You. 51:01 Given the Holy Spirit permission, 51:03 being a cultural Adventist 51:06 never had that opportunity 51:09 because you just took it for granted. 51:10 That's right. 51:11 Now it's really an interesting phenomena 51:14 and so now pick it up 51:17 your empty me of me Lord, fill me with You. 51:20 And actually that's how this all had started 51:24 was in 1999 the Lord 51:25 called me to pray an hour a day 51:27 to keep from backsliding. 51:29 I mean, that's and I had been praying 51:31 several hours a day 51:33 that's how He tuned my ear to hear 51:36 the still small voice of the Lord 51:37 when the Holy Spirit impresses His thoughts upon your mind 51:41 and as I learned to press into His presence 51:44 that's when I sensed God was calling me to ministry 51:48 and then He tells me forget what I think I know. 51:51 But as I studied this out the thing that I mean, 51:57 truly in returning in rest I found my salvation. 52:02 The first J.D. was out of town 52:04 when I first started celebrating the Sabbath 52:06 because actually I had celebrated 52:09 my first Sabbath and then he came back 52:10 and I came down and I told him honey, 52:11 I was awfully wrong about the Sabbath. 52:15 But that is the first time that I felt total free 52:18 in Christ was on that Sabbath. 52:20 You know, why, 52:22 because I knew the Sabbath 52:24 was the sign that He was not only Creator God 52:28 but He was recreating me in Christ Jesus. 52:31 I knew that the Sabbath was a sign 52:33 that He was sanctifying me. 52:37 I had tried so hard to sanctify myself 52:40 and, you know, it's something to this day 52:43 and I just be totally honest, 52:46 to this day if I get really busy at work 52:50 and if I'm not spending the same amount of time 52:52 with the Lord and I'm suddenly kind of feel 52:54 like something is a little skew 52:57 my first thought is I need to read more, 53:00 I need to do this more, I need to do that more, 53:03 I need to pray more. 53:05 And then when you feel like, 53:06 you know, you enter this compulsion 53:09 there is not that joy in it. 53:10 But as soon as I stop and surrender and say, 53:14 Lord, you know, boy, I've just got so busy, 53:17 I'm giving you leftovers, Father. 53:19 You know, I want to pick up my cross 53:21 and die to self. 53:22 Help me put to death the misdeeds of my flesh 53:24 by the power of Your Holy Spirit. 53:26 Fill me a fresh, Lord. 53:28 Then I rest in Him and to say, 53:31 Lord, thank you to cause to me hunger 53:34 and thirst for righteousness. 53:35 Then guess what, He does. 53:37 Then I can't wait-- like this past Sabbath 53:40 we spent probably 13 hours in the word studying 53:44 this past Sabbath. 53:45 It was just a glorious day, 53:48 neither one of us wanted the Sabbath to end. 53:51 It was wonderful. 53:52 You know, a lot of people I talk to say, 53:55 I'm a New Testament Christian 53:58 I don't want to be bound by heaven to keep this Sabbath. 54:01 You said, you found freedom, 54:03 you've been a New Testament Christian for years 54:06 but once you saw the light 54:08 and what it means to worship our creator God on the time 54:12 He set aside you actually-- 54:14 I think I heard you say you felt much freedom. 54:16 Absolutely. Absolutely. 54:17 And it's still to this day, you know, 54:19 as a-- when you say 54:20 you are a New Testament Christian 54:22 you forget that when Paul told Timothy 54:24 in 2 Timothy 3:16 that all Scripture 54:27 is God breathed 54:30 and given by inspiration of God and reproof. 54:32 We forget that the only scriptures 54:35 the New Testament church had for many years 54:37 was the-- what we call the Old Testament. 54:41 So this is the Word of God 54:43 and then I found that I learned how to rely on God 54:49 when I started celebrating the Sabbath. 54:52 That's righteousness by faith. Amen. Amen. 54:55 You know, it's not us it's Him. Amen. 54:57 And the other thing I want to say well, 54:59 quickly is that the Sabbath 55:01 I try to look at it as like date night, 55:04 day time with the Lord. 55:06 Because marriages, you know, in marriage 55:10 you need date night, you need to renew that relationship 55:13 on a regular basis, weekly-- 55:16 Exclusively. 55:17 Exclusively focused on that relationship 55:19 and that's what the Sabbath is. 55:21 It's our date time with the Lord. 55:23 You know, and being a perfectionist 55:25 and being a driven person 55:27 I remember the first time I celebrated Sabbath 55:29 it was kind of like, I don't even have to do that dishes. 55:32 You know, what I mean. 55:34 It is-- if it weren't for the Sabbath 55:37 I would work myself to death. 55:38 It's just the way that I-- 55:40 That's another good point. 55:42 That's the way I'm put together. 55:43 The Lord knows our body and knows 55:44 that we need day of rest. 55:46 You know, just one more thing, 55:47 it's that day for a special time 55:49 with your family, 55:50 it's a day to do good works. 55:53 It's just a special. 55:55 Yeah, absolutely. 55:56 We got just a few seconds left 55:58 and we will go out with the little thank you song. 56:00 And you know the Sabbath says, 56:02 "Thou shalt not do any work." 56:03 So you are not saved by works 56:04 you are saved by not working. 56:06 You are resting in Jesus. 56:07 That's good. That's good. Okay. I love it. 56:09 Why don't we do-- we will just 56:11 go out singing and we have you all, 56:12 thank you for joining us 56:14 and hope you've enjoyed this program 56:16 as much as we have and you drawn closer to Jesus 56:19 because of this, "Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul." 56:23 Thank you, Lord 56:27 For saving my soul 56:31 Thank you, Lord 56:35 For making me whole 56:41 Thank you, Lord 56:44 For giving to me 56:49 Thy great salvation 56:53 So pure and free 56:57 Again, let's do it again. Everybody all sing with us now. 57:01 Thank you, Lord 57:04 For saving my soul 57:10 Thank you, Lord 57:13 For making me whole 57:18 Thank you, Lord 57:22 For giving to me 57:27 Thy great salvation 57:31 So pure and free |
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