From night to night
Dona Klein has seen to it
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that we have enjoyed
just the best in music
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during The Midnight Cry series.
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She has talked with
musicians across this land
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and invited them to
come and share with us.
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And tonight is no exception.
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Those of you that
are watching by satellite
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you are familiar with the
music of Pam and Jimmy Rhodes.
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And we are thrilled that
they have come this weekend
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to share their
music ministry with us.
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They're here tonight,
and they're coming again
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in their own way.
Please welcome again...
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Well, here they are:
Jimmy and Pam Rhodes.
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Glad you're here.
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As I sing this little song
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think about the time
when Jesus became real to you.
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I went down to Mexico
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to have a little fun.
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To hang around, see the town,
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and lie out in the sun.
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As I walked along one evening
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just outside of town
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I saw the little chapel
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and I heard a pretty sound.
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Curiosity carried me
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in to stay for a while
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and I heard
things I hadn't heard
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since I was a child.
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They sang about
God's saving grace
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right there in
that little place...
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I found Jesus down in Mexico.
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I know that I
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never shall forget
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all the pretty things
I saw in Mexico, and yet
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the most beautiful and precious
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ever told
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was salvation that I found
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in Mexico.
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I may never see that little
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Spanish town again.
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But I'll always think of it
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as when my life began.
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Every day I'm lifted up
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just knowing that I'm loved.
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I don't have to worry
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about life way up above.
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I'm depending on God's power
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to keep me safe
through every hour.
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Eternity is beautiful to me!
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I have a better life, I know,
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I tell it everywhere I go:
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I found Jesus down
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in Mexico.
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I know that I
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never shall forget
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all the pretty things I saw
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in Mexico, and yet
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the most beautiful and precious
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ever told
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was salvation that I found
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in Mexico...
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I found salvation down in old
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Mexico...
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I found salvation
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down in old Mexico.
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Those of you at home
will have the opportunity
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of enjoying the music of
Dona Klein and Jimmy Rhodes.
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I said to you on last evening
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that Pastor Cox has
preached this wonderful series
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around the world.
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And we are fortunate
that we here in North America
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and other places have the privi-
lege of hearing these sermons.
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He's here again tonight to pre-
sent an all-important subject,
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one that you don't want
to miss. If you're watching
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by satellite now, please
let them know that the time
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has come for the
evangelist to come and tell you
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a little about the features
that are coming, and then
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shortly after that he will have
the message for the evening.
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But join me now and let's
welcome Evangelist Kenneth Cox.
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Tomorrow night our subject
is The Everlasting Covenant.
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What would it mean to
you... what would it mean to you
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if God was to say to you
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"If you will follow Me,
if you will obey My voice,
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then I will be your God
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and you will be a
special treasure to Me
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above all the
people of the earth. "
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Would that mean anything to you?
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Well tomorrow night we're going
to take a look at this covenant
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that God wants to make
with you. A special covenant.
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This is a very very important
meeting because God has
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great things He promises
in this covenant that He wants
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to make with you. So tomorrow
night you'll want to be here
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for that. Tonight we're going
to take a look at the subject:
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We hope that that
will be a subject that will
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help you understand
your relationship to God;
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help you as you
walk with Him day by day.
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And I'm sure that you'll
be blessed in a special way
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if you follow
carefully as we talk about
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Why Don't They
Just Tell The Truth?
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You see, when you take
a look at this old world
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and all the things around us
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and all the things that
clamor for our attention
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let me tell you,
friend: there's only one person
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that can satisfy your soul.
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Things of this
world won't do it.
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Education won't do it.
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Only Jesus can
satisfy your soul.
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Listen as Pam and Jimmy Rhodes
bring us that beautiful song.
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This world will try to satisfy
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oh, that longing in your soul.
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You may search
this wide world o'er
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but you'll be just as before.
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You'll never
find true satisfaction
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until you find the Lord.
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Only Jesus
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can satisfy your soul.
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Only Jesus
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can satisfy your soul.
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Only He can take your life
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and make it whole.
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He'll give you
peace you never knew,
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sweet love and joy
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and heaven too...
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only Jesus
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can satisfy your soul.
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If you could
have fame and fortune
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and all the
wealth you could attain,
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yet if you didn't have my Jesus
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you see your
living would be in vain.
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There's going to come a
day when death will call you;
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riches will not help you.
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Come to Jesus...
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only He will satisfy.
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Only Jesus
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can satisfy your soul.
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Only He can take your life
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and make it whole.
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He'll give you
peace you never knew,
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sweet love and joy
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and heaven too...
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only Jesus
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can satisfy
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your soul.
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Only Jesus
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can satisfy your soul.
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Only He can take your life
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and make it whole.
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He'll give you
peace you never knew,
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sweet love and joy
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and heaven too...
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Only Jesus
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can satisfy
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your soul.
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Heavenly Father, tonight
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we just simply come to You
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asking that You
will fulfill Your Word
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that says that the Holy Spirit
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will lead and
guide us into all truth.
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Bless us tonight.
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We ask that our
hearts may be open
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that the Holy
Spirit may have access
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and that each one of
us may see and understand
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the relationship that
Jesus desires to have with us
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and that we all might rejoice
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in the salvation
that we have in Him.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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We live in an age...
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we live in an age
in which there is not
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a great lot of emphasis
placed on telling the truth.
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In fact, I'm
sure that all of you
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some time or other
have been in an airport
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and you had a plane to catch.
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And some reason
the plane is delayed
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and you have been
told all kinds of things
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other than what
was actually the truth.
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Sat on the runway
for two or three hours
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and they tell you well there's
just bad weather or something
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somewhere. But
it'd just be great if we
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were just told the truth.
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Seems that there's
not a great emphasis
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on telling the
truth such as this one:
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You know? Why
don't we... you know...
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state the truth?
Or even in advertising
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when they put
advertising and they tell you
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"Oh, cigarettes
won't hurt you. "
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No, they won't hurt
you... they'll kill you.
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OK. We just... We
don't put much emphasis
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on telling the
truth and yet the Lord
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puts great interest
on telling the truth.
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Makes it extremely important
that we know the truth.
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The Scripture tells us here
in John 8 verse 32, it says:
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So the Scripture says
that if you know the truth
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the truth is what
will set you free, friends.
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And I can assure you
that is absolutely true!
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To know the truth
will set you free.
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That's what the Lord
wants to do for you and I.
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And He has given us certain
ways by which we can know
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the truth. The Scripture
has laid it out very clear.
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We don't have to be in
doubt as to what the truth is.
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Jesus said in John 14 verse 6:
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So Jesus said He is the
way, the truth, and the life...
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and if you want to know truth...
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if you want to know truth,
then look at the life of Jesus
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because His life is truth
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and in Him you can find truth.
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It also says in
John 17:17, it says:
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So dear friend,
this Book is truth.
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And when I say it's
truth it is not relative truth
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it is absolute truth.
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From cover to cover
in this Book is truth
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in every respect of the word.
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There are some people
that don't understand it
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and they wrestle with it
and they have a hard time
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understanding God's Word.
There's a reason for that.
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And let me tell you
what that reason is:
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this Book... this
Book here will harmonize
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all the way through.
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There are people that
never understand the truth
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because they try to
build a belief on one text.
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You cannot build a
belief on one text.
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You can't be like the
fellow... He was... his way
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of trying to find
inspiration for the day
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was he would get up in
the morning had he would take
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his Bible and let it fall open
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and the first text his eyes fell
on well that was his inspiration
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for the day.
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And so this
particular morning he got up
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and opened his Bible up.
First text his eyes fell on
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said: "Judas went
and hung himself. "
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You know, wasn't
really very inspirational
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so he closed his Bible up
and let it fall open again.
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And he looked at it and it
said: "Go do thou likewise. "
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You see, you don't
build a belief on one text...
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doesn't work that way.
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And people who many times
never understand the Word of God
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because they build a
belief on one scripture.
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You can't do that. Secondly,
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Paul and Moses
will never disagree.
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Never! Moses and
Matthew will never disagree.
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Daniel and John
will never disagree.
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That Bible will harmonize
from Genesis to Revelation.
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Therefore, if you
read something over here
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in the Old Testament
and it doesn't harmonize
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with what's taught
in the New Testament
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then dear friend you
need to keep studying!
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Follow me? You
need to keep looking
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and it will
harmonize all the way through.
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Those are principles
in understanding truth.
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It also says in the 119th Psalm
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verse 142... it says:
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In other words, the
law of God is truth.
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So tonight if you
want to know what truth is,
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if you want to
see what truth is,
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then look at Jesus Christ,
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study the Scripture,
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and look at God's law...
and in those three things
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you will find truth.
No question about it.
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And the Bible says the
Holy Spirit will lead you
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into truth. It will guide
you and lead you into exactly
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what truth is. So
tonight we want to look
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at what the
Scripture says about truth.
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There are three very very
special words in the Scripture.
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Three words that you
need to put down in your mind
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that have very
very special meaning.
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One of those words
is the word hallowed.
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That word is not used
very often in Scripture.
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In fact, that word is
used only 22 times in the Bible
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when it says hallowed.
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What does that word mean?
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It means to make something holy.
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OK? Remember what it says here:
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Holy... holy is Your
name. That's what it's saying.
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"Hallowed is Your name. "
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So that means
something that's made holy.
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Do you know what
makes something holy, folks?
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Do you know what
makes something holy?
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Well do you remember the
time when Moses was up on the
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mountain he saw
this bush burning?
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And you remember
he got close to it
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and the voice said:
"Moses, take off your shoes
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'cause the ground
you're standing on is holy. "
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What made that ground holy?
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Presence of God!
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That's what
makes something holy.
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So he said: "Make
sure... understand
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that that is
special... it's holy to God. "
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The other word is sanctified.
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That word sanctified is used
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forty times in the Bible.
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The word sanctified
has a very special meaning.
00:22:19.30\00:22:22.80
And it says in John 17 verse 19:
00:22:23.00\00:22:26.07
The word sanctified
simply means to be set apart
00:22:34.35\00:22:38.92
for sacred purpose.
00:22:39.12\00:22:41.22
That's what the
word sanctified means.
00:22:41.62\00:22:43.36
It means that
object, that person
00:22:43.56\00:22:46.49
has been set apart
for a sacred purpose.
00:22:46.70\00:22:50.50
Timothy talks about it.
00:22:51.70\00:22:53.70
That means set
apart... he's a vessel of honor.
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Set apart for what?
00:23:11.45\00:23:13.69
Huh? Set apart
for the Master's use.
00:23:14.82\00:23:17.96
That's what he's set apart for.
00:23:18.16\00:23:19.73
"And useful for the Master,
prepared for every good work. "
00:23:19.93\00:23:23.50
So when it uses
that word sanctified
00:23:23.70\00:23:26.20
it means that
has been set apart.
00:23:26.40\00:23:29.10
OK... the other word is blessed.
00:23:31.07\00:23:33.41
Now that word blessed
is used numbers of times:
00:23:33.61\00:23:37.55
it's used 307
times in the Bible.
00:23:37.75\00:23:40.02
Uses the word blessed.
00:23:40.22\00:23:41.88
And that means that God
has put a special blessing
00:23:42.08\00:23:46.72
on something. And
I'll give you an example
00:23:46.92\00:23:50.03
when it talks about a
blessing that God has put on it.
00:23:50.23\00:23:53.23
You remember the case of Joseph?
00:23:53.43\00:23:55.26
You remember he was sold
00:23:55.80\00:23:58.30
to the caravan of
Ishmaelites that had bought him.
00:23:58.50\00:24:04.27
Sold him and they
put him on the auction
00:24:04.47\00:24:07.04
and you remember Potiphar
bought him. You remember that?
00:24:07.24\00:24:10.31
You want to see what
happened because of Joseph?
00:24:11.41\00:24:14.22
This is what the
Scripture says happened:
00:24:14.42\00:24:15.98
Well what does it mean
when it says He blessed
00:24:44.85\00:24:47.75
his house? Huh?
What did that mean?
00:24:47.95\00:24:50.99
What did that do for Potiphar?
00:24:51.15\00:24:52.85
Nothing? Didn't
do anything for him?
00:24:54.72\00:24:58.13
Or did it do something for him?
00:24:59.06\00:25:00.70
You'd better believe
it did something for him.
00:25:01.50\00:25:03.73
It meant he prospered;
he prospered wonderfully
00:25:08.70\00:25:12.71
because God blessed it.
00:25:12.91\00:25:15.28
OK... so when God
says something is hallowed,
00:25:15.48\00:25:19.41
something is sanctified,
and something is blessed
00:25:19.61\00:25:23.02
you'd better believe
that has special meaning.
00:25:23.22\00:25:25.65
And when God
blesses something, folks,
00:25:25.85\00:25:28.16
it doesn't change. Watch:
00:25:28.36\00:25:30.23
So I mean, he said:
"You blessed it, Lord,
00:25:50.01\00:25:52.95
it will be blessed forever. "
00:25:53.15\00:25:55.58
There are not very
many places in the Scripture
00:25:55.78\00:25:59.95
where it uses all
three words for something.
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Now I know of one
place in the Scripture
00:26:06.56\00:26:08.80
where it uses two words.
00:26:09.20\00:26:11.40
You can find it in
the book of Revelation
00:26:12.60\00:26:14.50
where it speaks of two
words. Revelation 20 verse 6:
00:26:14.70\00:26:17.51
So the Scripture says
that these people are blessed
00:26:33.29\00:26:36.12
and they're holy. OK?
00:26:36.32\00:26:39.63
Now friends, I know of
only one place in Scripture
00:26:41.43\00:26:46.40
that it uses all three of those.
00:26:47.34\00:26:50.51
Only one place where it applies
00:26:51.07\00:26:53.54
blessed,
hallowed, and sanctified
00:26:53.74\00:26:57.38
to one particular thing.
00:26:57.58\00:27:00.52
Look at it with me and
let me tell you something:
00:27:00.72\00:27:02.35
when God says:
"Listen, this is blessed;
00:27:02.55\00:27:05.49
this is hallowed;
this is sanctified"
00:27:05.69\00:27:08.46
you'd better put it down
00:27:08.66\00:27:11.06
and you'd better
put it down for sure
00:27:11.26\00:27:13.16
that that is special to God.
00:27:13.36\00:27:16.13
OK? Listen carefully:
00:27:16.53\00:27:18.67
All right... now
this is God speaking.
00:27:38.09\00:27:40.62
God blessed and
sanctified the seventh day...
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Let's continue on...
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So here it's
talked about the Sabbath
00:27:58.81\00:28:00.78
and it says it is blessed,
00:28:00.98\00:28:03.35
it is hallowed,
00:28:03.65\00:28:05.08
it is sanctified. I
don't find anything else
00:28:05.28\00:28:10.52
in the Word of God that
it gives those 3 words to.
00:28:10.72\00:28:15.12
And when you and I
take that particular day
00:28:15.52\00:28:19.09
that God said:
"Listen, I'm blessing this day;
00:28:19.29\00:28:21.60
I'm hallowing this day;
I'm sanctifying this day"
00:28:21.80\00:28:24.03
and attach no importance to it
00:28:24.23\00:28:27.50
then dear friend, let
me tell you something:
00:28:27.70\00:28:29.40
God does.
00:28:29.60\00:28:30.94
God places GREAT
importance upon that day.
00:28:31.04\00:28:35.71
I mean, that day as
far as God is concerned
00:29:17.89\00:29:22.39
is special. It
has been sanctified.
00:29:22.69\00:29:26.56
That means it
has been set apart.
00:29:26.76\00:29:29.73
It has been hallowed.
00:29:30.13\00:29:32.17
That means God's
presence is in that day.
00:29:32.37\00:29:35.87
And it has been blessed, and it
means that God will prosper you
00:29:36.07\00:29:40.94
if you will
follow Him in keeping it.
00:29:41.14\00:29:43.71
That's what it means!
00:29:44.38\00:29:45.71
And God will not fail. Never!
00:29:46.15\00:29:50.45
'Cause He took that day
and He said: "It has very
00:29:50.65\00:29:53.56
very special meaning to Me. "
00:29:53.76\00:29:56.69
You see, if
it's been sanctified,
00:29:58.36\00:30:00.66
it's been hallowed,
00:30:01.83\00:30:03.23
it's been blessed,
00:30:03.63\00:30:05.47
it's been set
aside for sacred use.
00:30:05.67\00:30:08.97
That's what it's set aside for.
00:30:09.17\00:30:10.77
And God expects
you and He expects me
00:30:11.44\00:30:15.24
to use it for sacred use.
00:30:15.44\00:30:18.25
You say: "Does it
make any difference? "
00:30:18.95\00:30:20.72
"Does it really make
any difference whether I do
00:30:21.88\00:30:24.05
or whether I don't? "
00:30:24.25\00:30:25.59
I want you to listen to
something and you decide
00:30:25.69\00:30:28.19
whether it really
makes any difference or not.
00:30:28.39\00:30:31.39
Jerusalem... you're
looking at Jerusalem.
00:30:31.59\00:30:34.76
You're seeing
the Dome of the Rock.
00:30:35.16\00:30:37.87
Listen to what the
Scripture says in relation to
00:30:38.37\00:30:41.60
this question of the Sabbath.
00:30:41.80\00:30:43.47
Now listen. I'm talking
about the Jewish nation.
00:30:43.97\00:30:46.57
I'm talking about Jerusalem;
I'm talking about this city
00:30:46.78\00:30:50.48
in relationship to the Sabbath.
00:30:50.68\00:30:53.15
Now this is God's
instruction to them.
00:31:20.48\00:31:22.21
He said:
"Listen, take the Sabbath.
00:31:22.41\00:31:25.51
Set it aside. Don't
carry a burden on the Sabbath.
00:31:25.71\00:31:29.02
Don't work on the Sabbath as
I have told your forefathers.
00:31:29.22\00:31:33.05
Hallow it! "
00:31:33.25\00:31:34.62
You want to see
what would have happened
00:31:35.79\00:31:37.29
if they would have done that?
00:31:37.49\00:31:38.83
I'm talking about does
it carry any consequences
00:31:40.10\00:31:43.40
if I do it... what
difference would it have made?
00:31:43.70\00:31:47.40
They said: "Nah...
we're not going to do this. "
00:32:02.82\00:32:05.55
What would have
happened if they would've?
00:32:07.52\00:32:09.72
This is what would've
happened if they would've.
00:32:10.96\00:32:13.16
Huh, huh... I can
tell you, dear friends,
00:33:09.08\00:33:11.65
when God blesses and God hallows
00:33:12.05\00:33:16.12
and God sanctifies something
00:33:16.32\00:33:18.63
you'd better believe that is
tremendously important to God.
00:33:18.83\00:33:23.93
And He says:
"Listen, I will bless you
00:33:24.13\00:33:26.74
marvelously if you
will follow what I say...
00:33:26.94\00:33:30.11
if you'll just do what I say. "
00:33:30.51\00:33:32.17
"I'll care for you; I'll
bless you in a special way. "
00:33:32.37\00:33:36.41
Blessed! We found out the bless-
ing means God would prosper you,
00:33:36.61\00:33:40.85
right? "Blessed is the man... "
00:33:41.05\00:33:43.15
When God says: "You
want to be blessed? "
00:33:55.23\00:33:57.70
"You want God to care for you
and bless you in a special way?
00:33:58.20\00:34:02.94
Then be faithful in
keeping the Sabbath. "
00:34:03.34\00:34:06.51
That's what He's telling you.
00:34:07.01\00:34:08.51
It makes a great
difference to Him.
00:34:08.71\00:34:11.48
Why? 'Cause Jesus... Jesus says
00:34:13.31\00:34:17.89
that He - HE - is
the Lord of the Sabbath.
00:34:18.09\00:34:23.89
Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath.
00:34:34.24\00:34:36.04
Why would Jesus be
Lord of the Sabbath?
00:34:36.44\00:34:38.87
Why would it say
that He, Jesus Christ,
00:34:39.97\00:34:43.24
is Lord of the Sabbath?
00:34:43.65\00:34:45.01
When I first gave my
heart to Jesus Christ,
00:34:46.48\00:34:49.12
accepted Him as my Savior,
00:34:50.02\00:34:51.49
and I began to pick
up the Bible and read it,
00:34:51.89\00:34:54.72
I came across something.
00:34:56.02\00:34:58.76
And when I came across
that and began to understand it
00:34:59.36\00:35:02.33
the whole Bible just
began to open up like a new book
00:35:02.53\00:35:05.53
and I began to understand
things I had never seen before.
00:35:05.93\00:35:08.97
I want to share
just a few texts with you
00:35:09.17\00:35:11.14
because it has to do with
Jesus being Lord of the Sabbath.
00:35:11.34\00:35:14.54
It says in John 1:1:
00:35:14.94\00:35:17.61
All things were made
through Jesus Christ.
00:35:38.53\00:35:44.01
Are you with me? That's
what the text is saying.
00:35:44.74\00:35:46.94
So Jesus Christ
the Scripture says
00:36:04.23\00:36:06.19
is the One that
created this world.
00:36:06.39\00:36:07.96
He's the One that made it.
00:36:08.36\00:36:09.70
Let me give you a
couple other texts about that.
00:36:09.90\00:36:12.13
So the Scripture
says clearly that Jesus
00:36:37.33\00:36:40.06
was the One
that made the worlds.
00:36:40.26\00:36:42.26
Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
00:36:42.46\00:36:44.33
One more text... Colossians.
00:36:44.53\00:36:46.67
So Jesus Christ is the
One who made this world.
00:37:10.83\00:37:15.63
All right... Now
apply what you just learned.
00:37:16.53\00:37:19.13
Is that talking
about God the Father
00:37:33.92\00:37:37.19
or God the Son or
God the Holy Spirit?
00:37:37.39\00:37:40.59
Who created the world?
00:37:42.29\00:37:43.69
Jesus Christ. Therefore, it is
Jesus that created this world.
00:37:44.29\00:37:48.60
Therefore, it was Jesus
Christ that gave the Sabbath.
00:37:48.80\00:37:52.63
'Cause He is the One that
rested and gave the Sabbath.
00:37:53.23\00:37:57.14
So that's the reason
it says that Jesus is
00:37:57.34\00:38:00.44
"Lord of the Sabbath. "
00:38:00.64\00:38:02.11
So Jesus Christ is the
One that said: "Listen,
00:38:10.15\00:38:13.05
I created this
world... made it all.
00:38:14.06\00:38:17.59
And for you to
remember... for you to remember
00:38:18.59\00:38:22.23
that I'm the One
that made the world,
00:38:22.43\00:38:24.90
I'm the One that made you,
00:38:25.10\00:38:27.60
I'm taking this day
and I'm sanctifying it
00:38:27.80\00:38:31.67
and I'm making it holy
00:38:32.07\00:38:33.61
and I'm blessing it
so you will remember
00:38:33.81\00:38:36.78
that I'm the One that made
this world and I created you. "
00:38:36.98\00:38:40.98
That's what God is telling you;
00:38:41.78\00:38:43.15
that's what God is
saying to you, dear friend.
00:38:43.35\00:38:45.72
He's the One that made it.
00:38:45.92\00:38:47.56
Therefore, when
you and I take a look
00:38:47.76\00:38:50.09
at this question it says:
00:38:50.29\00:38:52.19
Jesus Christ
rested from all of that.
00:38:56.10\00:38:58.67
Now OK.
00:39:07.38\00:39:10.21
He said to you and
to me, Jesus is talking
00:39:10.81\00:39:14.08
and He says here
in Mark 27... 2:27...
00:39:14.28\00:39:17.05
He said to them:
00:39:17.25\00:39:18.89
Well, what He was
saying He said: "I made that
00:39:26.49\00:39:29.03
Sabbath to be a
blessing to you. "
00:39:29.23\00:39:32.10
That's what Jesus
said. He said: "Listen,
00:39:32.30\00:39:33.90
I'm making that Sabbath
to be a blessing to you. "
00:39:34.10\00:39:36.77
And let me tell you
tonight: if you keep it,
00:39:36.97\00:39:40.11
if you follow the
Lord and keep the Sabbath,
00:39:41.11\00:39:43.95
He promises in this
Book, and He won't fail...
00:39:44.15\00:39:47.65
He will not fail; He
promises in this Book
00:39:48.15\00:39:50.69
that He will bless
you. Promises that.
00:39:50.89\00:39:54.36
That if you will just
follow Him and keep His Sabbath.
00:39:54.96\00:39:59.26
But He made the
Sabbath to be a blessing
00:39:59.89\00:40:02.66
to you and to me.
00:40:02.86\00:40:04.87
He made it as a day of rest.
00:40:05.07\00:40:08.04
A day in which you and I
00:40:08.44\00:40:12.07
are to rest from physical labor.
00:40:12.27\00:40:15.98
So God rested and
refreshed. He made it
00:40:26.35\00:40:29.39
as a day in which
you and I are to cease
00:40:29.59\00:40:33.46
physical labor.
00:40:33.86\00:40:36.03
God says: "Don't
labor on the Sabbath...
00:40:37.17\00:40:40.47
you are to rest. "
00:40:40.67\00:40:43.04
So the Lord says: "I want
you to take that seventh day
00:40:55.48\00:40:58.89
and I want you to set it aside.
It is to be a day of rest...
00:40:59.09\00:41:03.36
physical rest. "
00:41:03.56\00:41:04.89
Not only that, dear friend,
00:41:05.13\00:41:07.56
it's to be a day
of spiritual rest.
00:41:07.96\00:41:12.33
You say: "What do you
mean spiritual rest? "
00:41:14.07\00:41:16.00
Well, let me tell you something:
00:41:17.11\00:41:20.18
I know some people who keep...
well, I shouldn't say they keep
00:41:20.38\00:41:23.91
the Sabbath. They think
they keep the Sabbath...
00:41:24.11\00:41:26.41
let's put it that way.
'Cause I know some people
00:41:26.61\00:41:29.95
who, when it gets close
to the time of the Sabbath,
00:41:30.35\00:41:33.76
they try to get ready
for the Sabbath. You know?
00:41:33.96\00:41:35.99
You know what I'm talking about?
00:41:36.19\00:41:37.53
They're going to get their house
clean and all the dishes done
00:41:38.19\00:41:41.43
and all this kind of stuff.
00:41:41.63\00:41:42.96
And they go after that
and they get all that done
00:41:43.00\00:41:45.67
and by the time
the Sabbath comes
00:41:45.87\00:41:47.74
nobody can live with
them they're so out of sorts.
00:41:47.94\00:41:50.24
That's not Sabbath-keeping.
You want to understand me?
00:41:50.44\00:41:53.07
It's not the way you keep it.
00:41:53.58\00:41:55.11
Yes, I need to get
ready for the Sabbath
00:41:55.31\00:41:57.71
but I must get
ready spiritually.
00:41:57.91\00:42:01.02
I must get ready spiritually.
00:42:01.62\00:42:04.35
Let me tell you a
little bit of what's involved
00:42:04.55\00:42:07.29
in resting spiritually.
00:42:07.49\00:42:09.96
You see, what I'm
trying to tell you tonight
00:42:46.39\00:42:49.23
is salvation...
00:42:49.43\00:42:51.53
salvation is found
only in Jesus Christ.
00:42:51.93\00:42:56.47
Salvation is not found,
friends, in what you can do.
00:42:56.87\00:43:01.38
It's not found in your ability.
00:43:02.14\00:43:04.81
It's not found
in how good you are.
00:43:05.01\00:43:07.88
It is found only and
completely in Jesus Christ.
00:43:08.08\00:43:11.69
And so when that
Sabbath comes around
00:43:11.89\00:43:14.89
I must learn to rest
00:43:15.09\00:43:17.69
totally and
completely in Jesus Christ.
00:43:17.89\00:43:21.46
When you learn to
turn everything over to Him
00:43:22.26\00:43:27.84
and rest in Christ Jesus
00:43:28.24\00:43:30.77
then you're really
keeping the Sabbath.
00:43:30.97\00:43:34.54
That's what it's talking about.
00:43:35.04\00:43:36.38
What are you going to rest in?
00:43:48.99\00:43:50.53
You've got to rest in what
Jesus Christ has done for you.
00:43:52.33\00:43:57.30
That's what you rest in.
00:43:57.50\00:43:58.83
You don't rest in your works;
00:43:58.93\00:44:00.40
you don't rest in your ability.
00:44:00.60\00:44:02.17
You rest in what Jesus
Christ has done for you.
00:44:02.37\00:44:05.54
So when I come to
the Sabbath every week
00:44:13.21\00:44:16.28
and that
seventh day rolls around
00:44:16.69\00:44:19.65
and I'm
approaching the Sabbath day
00:44:19.85\00:44:21.62
the Scripture tells
me "cease your labor,
00:44:21.82\00:44:27.13
stop your work. "
00:44:27.33\00:44:28.66
But it also says:
"Kenneth Cox, stop! "
00:44:28.83\00:44:32.97
Think about it. Understand that
it's resting in Jesus Christ
00:44:33.37\00:44:38.84
and what He has done for
you that you find salvation.
00:44:39.04\00:44:43.88
That's what the
Sabbath is about.
00:44:44.08\00:44:45.65
That's what it's to teach you.
00:44:45.85\00:44:47.25
That's what it's to teach me.
00:44:47.45\00:44:49.02
The Sabbath, the Scripture says:
00:44:49.92\00:44:51.35
That's what it
was set aside for.
00:44:54.86\00:44:56.42
Not only was it a
time that I was to rest
00:44:57.16\00:44:59.56
but it's a time that
we are to worship God.
00:44:59.76\00:45:02.90
Acts 13:42, and there may
be some of you here tonight
00:45:04.77\00:45:09.70
that are saying:
"Oh, Brother Cox,
00:45:09.90\00:45:11.94
that Sabbath, that was
given for the Jewish people. "
00:45:12.91\00:45:15.81
Well, if you think it was
given for the Jewish people,
00:45:16.95\00:45:19.65
then you need to take
a look at this Scripture.
00:45:19.95\00:45:22.58
Listen to what it says here:
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These aren't Jews asking for
the Word to be preached to them.
00:45:43.00\00:45:46.27
It's Gentiles! They're
saying: "Paul, preach to us
00:45:46.47\00:45:49.94
the next Sabbath. "
00:45:50.15\00:45:51.51
You'd better believe it
was given to the Gentiles.
00:45:52.71\00:45:55.48
They preached to
them. Watch what takes place
00:46:07.76\00:46:10.67
here... what happens:
00:46:10.87\00:46:12.20
These are
Gentiles! They poured out
00:46:20.64\00:46:23.11
on the Sabbath to hear
the Word of God preached.
00:46:23.31\00:46:26.41
That promise about
the Sabbath, dear friends,
00:46:26.61\00:46:29.72
is given to you.
And God says: "Listen,
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if you will honor Me,
if you'll keep My Sabbath,
00:46:33.86\00:46:37.99
if you'll set it aside,
00:46:38.19\00:46:40.16
I'll bless you, I'll
bless you in a special way. "
00:46:40.56\00:46:44.40
That's a promise
that God gives to you...
00:46:44.60\00:46:46.57
gives to me.
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In fact, the Scripture
even tells you that you're
00:46:49.30\00:46:52.24
going to keep the
Sabbath in heaven.
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Now if you're going to
keep it in heaven, friend,
00:46:56.04\00:46:58.38
wouldn't it be well
to start keeping it here?
00:46:59.35\00:47:01.75
This is what it
says... Isaiah 66:22:
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So it says that as a
new heavens and a new earth
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so shall your name remain.
00:47:22.07\00:47:24.07
And it goes on in
Isaiah and it says:
00:47:24.27\00:47:27.04
"From one Sabbath to another
and from one new moon to another
00:47:27.24\00:47:32.08
all flesh shall come to worship
before Me saith the Lord. "
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God tells us very clearly.
00:47:36.62\00:47:38.95
It says that you and
I are to meet together
00:47:39.15\00:47:42.06
on the Sabbath. It says:
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So He says as you see
the Sabbath approaching
00:47:57.74\00:48:00.08
that you need to worship
God. The Sabbath was given
00:48:00.28\00:48:03.58
as a time of worship.
00:48:03.78\00:48:05.71
You see, Jesus
Christ took that Sabbath
00:48:06.68\00:48:10.72
and He blessed it, He hallowed
it, and He sanctified it
00:48:11.75\00:48:16.62
because He said:
"This is special time
00:48:16.83\00:48:20.20
I want to spend with you. "
00:48:20.40\00:48:22.10
That's what it is!
00:48:22.96\00:48:24.30
It's special time that
God wants to spend with you.
00:48:24.33\00:48:26.97
And dear friend, when you
say: "Ah, doesn't make any
00:48:27.17\00:48:30.67
difference" and you
go on about your own way
00:48:30.87\00:48:32.44
and you pay no attention to it,
00:48:32.64\00:48:34.04
that's very very special
time that you're giving up
00:48:34.44\00:48:38.18
that you could
have spent with Jesus
00:48:38.38\00:48:40.82
'cause He set it aside for that.
00:48:41.45\00:48:43.32
Isaiah 58:13.
00:48:45.15\00:48:47.92
I've told you as we've
gone through from night to night
00:48:48.32\00:48:50.93
there are certain texts in
the Bible that I've told you
00:48:51.13\00:48:53.43
you need to highlight,
underline, and so forth.
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Well this is one of them.
00:48:56.30\00:48:57.63
OK... Isaiah 58:13:
00:48:57.67\00:49:00.10
That means trodding it under-
foot. That's what it means.
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Don't trod it underfoot.
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God says, you know,
"Stop forgetting about Me
00:49:13.31\00:49:16.28
and going about and
doing your own thing. "
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All right?
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In other words He's saying:
"Don't treat that day common.
00:49:37.31\00:49:40.64
This is not a day when
you're to do your own thing. "
00:49:40.84\00:49:43.68
Said: "Don't
treat it that way. "
00:49:43.88\00:49:45.51
Watch what He
says He will do for you
00:49:45.71\00:49:48.45
if you will
treat that day special:
00:49:48.65\00:49:51.45
You want to delight
yourself in the Lord?
00:49:58.16\00:49:59.96
Do you want the
Lord saying to you:
00:50:00.16\00:50:02.36
"I'm very very
pleased with you? " OK?
00:50:02.56\00:50:06.33
That's blessings, folks.
00:50:15.64\00:50:17.31
He said: "If
you'll just do that,
00:50:17.51\00:50:18.85
I will abundantly bless you
in a very very special way. "
00:50:19.05\00:50:24.39
That's a promise that's
given to each one of you
00:50:37.03\00:50:40.87
if you will spend
some time with the Lord.
00:50:41.27\00:50:44.64
You say: "Well Brother Cox,
00:50:45.07\00:50:46.68
can I really know
which day is the Sabbath? "
00:50:47.58\00:50:50.68
"Is that possible? "
00:50:51.55\00:50:52.95
"Can I really know
which day is the Sabbath? "
00:50:53.15\00:50:55.08
Absolutely you can know
which day is the Sabbath
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without any
question of a doubt at all.
00:50:58.65\00:51:02.56
You don't have to be in
the slightest doubt about it.
00:51:03.06\00:51:05.16
To begin with, languages.
00:51:06.16\00:51:09.70
In German their
word for Wednesday is?
00:51:24.65\00:51:29.58
Anybody tell me?
00:51:29.98\00:51:31.45
Mitwoch.
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You know what that means?
That means middle of the week.
00:51:33.19\00:51:38.73
Now if Wednesday is
the middle of the week,
00:51:39.59\00:51:42.53
let me see you
find any other day
00:51:42.73\00:51:45.00
but Saturday be the
last day of the week.
00:51:45.20\00:51:47.24
We don't have to
be in doubt at all.
00:51:49.04\00:51:50.97
You take something as
simple as the Jewish people.
00:51:51.17\00:51:53.91
I mean, here you
have a group of people
00:51:54.68\00:51:56.64
that have kept
the Sabbath in a sense
00:51:56.85\00:52:00.58
since God gave it all
the way down through time.
00:52:01.28\00:52:04.35
Their calendar
that hangs on their wall
00:52:04.55\00:52:07.12
still is clear as to
exactly when the Sabbath is.
00:52:07.32\00:52:10.63
It falls every week
on Saturday, friends.
00:52:10.83\00:52:14.33
We don't have to be in doubt
as to which day is the Sabbath.
00:52:14.96\00:52:18.80
Your calendar, the calendar
that hangs on your wall,
00:52:20.17\00:52:24.34
clearly tells you that
the seventh day is Saturday.
00:52:24.54\00:52:29.24
You don't have to
be in doubt about that.
00:52:29.64\00:52:32.21
But you can do
away with the calendar.
00:52:32.41\00:52:34.02
You can do away
with all those things
00:52:34.22\00:52:35.88
and you and I still
don't have to be in doubt.
00:52:36.08\00:52:38.59
All you have to
do is take a look
00:52:38.79\00:52:40.79
at the death of Jesus Christ
00:52:40.99\00:52:42.96
and it will tell you clearly
00:52:44.03\00:52:45.99
which day is
the Sabbath. Listen:
00:52:46.19\00:52:49.63
So it tells us that
the day on which Jesus died
00:52:57.87\00:53:02.84
was the day before the Sabbath.
00:53:03.04\00:53:05.38
We call that day Good Friday.
00:53:05.78\00:53:09.28
That's the day that He died on.
00:53:10.12\00:53:12.42
It was called
The Preparation Day.
00:53:12.62\00:53:15.22
Watch as Luke continues:
00:53:15.42\00:53:17.53
OK... they
rested on the Sabbath.
00:53:39.21\00:53:41.48
That's the next day.
00:53:41.68\00:53:43.32
That's the very next day:
Saturday, the Sabbath Day.
00:53:43.72\00:53:47.82
Watch as Luke continues.
00:53:48.22\00:53:50.33
He doesn't leave
you in any doubt.
00:53:50.53\00:53:52.23
They came to the tomb on
the first day of the week.
00:54:08.44\00:54:11.85
Jesus was not
there... He had risen, right?
00:54:12.05\00:54:14.92
And we refer to that
day, we call that day...
00:54:15.32\00:54:19.55
We call that day Easter Sunday,
00:54:24.06\00:54:27.50
the first day of the week.
00:54:27.70\00:54:29.16
Now folks, if I know which day
00:54:30.20\00:54:34.30
is the day that Jesus died on
00:54:34.70\00:54:37.21
and I know which day He rose on,
00:54:37.41\00:54:39.87
do I have any trouble knowing
which day is the Sabbath?
00:54:40.08\00:54:43.31
None at all.
00:54:43.98\00:54:45.45
Scripture is
perfectly clear on this.
00:54:45.65\00:54:48.98
No question about it.
00:54:49.18\00:54:50.55
Only the Sabbath
Day... no other day.
00:54:57.99\00:55:01.33
Therefore, what I'm
trying to tell you tonight
00:55:02.13\00:55:05.13
is God has taken
one day of the week
00:55:08.87\00:55:11.07
and He's put His
blessing upon it.
00:55:13.04\00:55:15.44
Let me illustrate it for you.
00:55:17.05\00:55:18.68
Let's say I have seven
glasses of water up here.
00:55:19.45\00:55:22.48
All the glasses
are just exactly alike
00:55:23.75\00:55:26.99
and the water in the glasses
is all just exactly alike.
00:55:28.06\00:55:34.03
They're all the same.
00:55:34.53\00:55:36.06
When I come down
to the seventh glass
00:55:37.03\00:55:40.84
God said He did
something special with it.
00:55:41.00\00:55:44.97
He blessed it, He
hallowed it, He sanctified it.
00:55:45.17\00:55:49.24
So if I come down
to that seventh glass
00:55:49.64\00:55:51.98
and I put some
concentrated juice in it
00:55:52.18\00:55:57.72
and I bless it. I
take it, hallow it,
00:55:58.62\00:56:02.99
sanctified it, is
it like the other six?
00:56:03.19\00:56:05.49
No... never will be, friends.
00:56:06.46\00:56:08.33
You see, the Sabbath...
God's not asking you now
00:56:08.73\00:56:14.04
tonight folks...
God's not saying to you
00:56:14.24\00:56:16.97
"Make the Sabbath holy. "
00:56:18.11\00:56:19.87
He's not asking you to do that.
00:56:21.01\00:56:22.64
God's the One that
makes the Sabbath holy.
00:56:22.84\00:56:24.48
He tells you and
I to keep it holy.
00:56:24.88\00:56:27.08
Only day we can keep holy
00:56:27.48\00:56:29.72
is the one that God made holy.
00:56:29.92\00:56:32.22
That's why that day is special.
00:56:32.62\00:56:34.96
That's why that
day is different.
00:56:35.16\00:56:37.03
That's why God is inviting you
00:56:37.23\00:56:40.06
to keep that day special.
00:56:40.46\00:56:43.30
And He says: "If you will do so,
00:56:43.50\00:56:45.47
I will bless you
in a special way. "
00:56:46.20\00:56:48.07
The Sabbath is a
very very special time
00:56:48.57\00:56:53.21
that God has set aside.
00:56:53.41\00:56:55.34
Holy Sabbath Day
00:56:59.65\00:57:03.89
of rest,
00:57:04.09\00:57:08.06
by our Master
00:57:08.72\00:57:11.93
richly blessed.
00:57:12.13\00:57:16.87
God created
00:57:17.53\00:57:21.14
and divine
00:57:21.34\00:57:26.41
set apart
00:57:27.08\00:57:30.38
for holy
00:57:30.78\00:57:33.48
time.
00:57:33.68\00:57:38.75
Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
00:57:41.06\00:57:42.59
Father, we thank you...
00:57:42.99\00:57:44.39
thank you for
Your interest in us,
00:57:46.36\00:57:48.50
asking us, Lord, to keep
the day that You've blessed,
00:57:50.27\00:57:54.34
that You've hallowed,
and You've sanctified.
00:57:54.54\00:57:56.47
Bless each one here tonight.
00:57:57.14\00:57:59.04
May they find this
very special time with You.
00:57:59.97\00:58:04.85
And we pray that each one of us
00:58:05.05\00:58:07.78
may be able to
rejoice with You in heaven
00:58:08.65\00:58:11.25
because we've given
our hearts to Jesus Christ.
00:58:11.75\00:58:14.52
For this we ask
in His name, Amen.
00:58:14.92\00:58:18.46