Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000085A
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00:40 Hello, and welcome to Behold the Lamb presents.
00:42 I'm Chris Shelton, your host. 00:44 And we're so thankful 00:45 that you have chosen to study with us again today. 00:48 This is a second message in a two-part series 00:51 that we have entitled A challenge 00:53 for all Bible Christians. 00:56 You know in this world, 00:58 I can see why following Jesus can be a challenge. 01:01 But did you know even in Joshua's day, 01:04 it was a challenge. 01:05 And He gave them, 01:07 in fact, He spoke to the people, 01:08 He gave them a challenge. 01:09 Let me read that to you. 01:11 It is found in Joshua 24:15, it read, 01:15 "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, 01:19 choose you this day whom you will serve." 01:22 Friends, that's what we're going to be doing. 01:24 That's what you're doing through this series. 01:27 You're choosing the Lord. 01:28 You're going to choose this day whom you will serve. 01:31 Reading on in Joshua, it says, 01:33 "...whether the gods which your fathers served 01:36 that were on the other side of the flood, 01:38 or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell." 01:41 Listen to Joshua's answer and I hope and I pray 01:46 this will be your answer, 01:48 "...but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." 01:53 I hope you enjoy this message 01:55 as you hear from Pastor Kenny Shelton again today. 01:58 But first, we are blessed to go to the 3ABN Worship Centre, 02:01 and we're going to listen to a song entitled 02:04 Lord, you have my heart, 02:06 preformed by Jennifer LaMountain. 02:18 Lord you have my heart 02:23 And I will search for yours 02:28 Jesus take my life 02:31 And lead me on 02:37 Lord you have my heart 02:41 And I will search for yours 02:46 Let me be to you 02:48 A sacrifice 02:54 And I will 02:57 Praise you Lord 03:03 And I will sing of love 03:07 Come down 03:11 And as you show 03:15 Your face 03:20 We'll see your glory 03:25 Here 03:51 Lord you have my heart 03:56 And I will search for yours 04:00 Jesus take my life 04:03 And lead me on 04:09 And I will 04:11 Praise you Lord 04:17 And I will sing of love 04:21 Come down 04:25 And as you 04:28 Show your face 04:34 We'll see your glory 04:40 Here 04:54 Thanks for joining us 04:56 once again here at Behold the Lamb. 04:57 You have already heard the introduction 04:59 that's been given about this important subject. 05:01 And we want to make sure 05:03 that you have your pens on you paper 05:04 and you jot this things down. 05:06 And for those that are here, we're very grateful 05:07 and thankful for each and every one of God's children. 05:10 So we need to keep in mind, in our hearts, in our mind 05:13 that we live in an hour that Jesus is soon to come. 05:16 And so with that in mind, 05:18 we need to realize that there are challenges 05:20 that are out there in the world. 05:22 And so this is the second part. 05:24 And the title of it is A Challenge 05:25 for All Bible Christians. 05:27 We covered the first part already 05:29 and lot of information, 05:30 so it's a little difficult if you missed that first one, 05:32 so you'll want to call-in and maybe get that, 05:34 so you can follow along. 05:36 It just makes more sense 05:37 when you find out the whole message, 05:39 but we're just going to be doing the second part. 05:40 We're glad that you're again with us. 05:42 And as usual, you know here at Behold the Lamb, 05:44 we pray a lot 05:46 because we know we need a lot of prayer, 05:47 so I'm going to kneel right up here 05:48 and going to have prayer. 05:50 And those of you're at home and those of you here 05:51 would like to kneel with me and pray, 05:53 feel free to do that please. 05:56 Loving father in heaven, 05:57 we truly thank you for your word. 05:58 Bless now we pray as we opened a beautiful pages 06:01 of this book called the Bible. 06:03 Pray for the anointing of thy Holy Spirit and power 06:05 that will help us, to encourage us along the way. 06:07 Help us to realize how close we are to the end of time, 06:10 preparation that is needed. 06:12 Bless us now we pray, 06:13 take full control of every aspect 06:15 and every person that is involved. 06:17 And I thank you in Jesus' name. Amen. 06:22 Again, we always encourage you to have your Bible, 06:23 and pencil, and paper 06:25 because a lot of times in the program, 06:26 you have so many minutes that you do. 06:28 And so you jot them down, and you take it home, 06:30 and you study to see whether these things be so. 06:34 We find that is pleasing to most people. 06:37 We find a lot of calls and letters come in and say, 06:39 "We're very grateful and thankful, 06:40 we can write these things down, 06:42 then we can go to the Word of God, 06:43 and you always encourage us to go there to check 06:46 to see whether it be so." 06:48 Our starting chapter 06:49 that we used on our first part we'll use now. 06:51 Luke 4:16, 06:53 so those who have your Bibles here, 06:55 you want to turn and look and read it. 06:58 This is one of the most familiar passages 07:00 in the New Testament 07:02 concerning Jesus Christ, no doubt. 07:04 Luke 4:16, the Bible says, 07:08 "And he came to Nazareth as His custom," notice what? 07:11 He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, 07:14 and I like this part, "as His custom was," 07:17 He went into the what? 07:19 "He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day 07:21 and stood up for to read." 07:22 So we see the Bible is very clear 07:24 about Jesus setting an example for us, 07:27 and we know from reading scripture 07:29 that we need to walk in the way that He walked. 07:32 So this sets a good premise, 07:34 this sets a good foundation to follow Jesus Christ. 07:38 His custom was, 07:40 He went to church on the seventh day of the week. 07:44 He didn't go any other day, He didn't compromise, 07:45 He didn't go on both days, 07:47 He went on the seventh day of the week. 07:50 And then He stood up for to read. 07:51 So I'd like to say, 07:53 "Well, He went to church and He preached a message." 07:55 But He was as always at church, 07:57 and the Bible said it was His what? 07:59 His custom, this was a habit for Him to do. 08:03 His custom, He's used to doing it. 08:05 It was a habit of attending services 08:07 on the seventh day of the week. 08:09 And it needs to be for us also because it's biblical. 08:12 Luke said that Jesus attended service 08:15 on the Sabbath day, the seventh day of the week, 08:18 and I think that's beautiful to know that. 08:20 He makes it very, very clear, 08:22 and that's what we need to be doing 08:24 as we study the Word of God, to make it very, very clear. 08:27 We realized that some facts from the Word of God 08:30 that we'll be looking at today and things 08:32 we'll be looking at will cover again 08:33 as quickly as we can. 08:35 We realize that Christ is, 08:37 that we covered in our first lesson, 08:38 He is Lord of what? 08:40 He's Lord of the Sabbath, that's what the Bible said, 08:43 Mark 2:28, jot it down. 08:45 The Bible says He made the Sabbath, 08:48 Genesis 2:1-3, what did He do? 08:53 He made it, notice that He's the Lord of it. 08:55 So to me, I like to keep it in perspective, to simply say, 08:59 that a lot of times I'll say, 09:00 well this is the Seventh-day Adventist, 09:02 this is this group, 09:03 the seventh day is the Lord's day, 09:06 it belongs to Him. 09:07 It is very special 'cause He's made it for man. 09:10 He made it in the very beginning, 09:12 and He claims it as His day, how wonderful that is? 09:15 That's beautiful. 09:17 Example, He set the example, we should follow that example. 09:21 And as Jesus followed that example 09:23 and kept the seventh day of the week. 09:25 We can ascertain from that 09:28 that the daily cycle was continuing on. 09:31 There is no mess up in the daily cycle or the week. 09:34 So it is staying well, we're not sure what day is it. 09:36 They asked this question not too long ago, 09:38 somebody wrote in, I think it wasn't on, 09:40 maybe a LIVE program or something, 09:42 now we don't, how do we know which day is the seventh day? 09:45 And I think I started chuckling a little bit, 09:47 I couldn't help it 'cause it's very interesting. 09:50 No one loses count on any of the days 09:53 except as it were the seventh day. 09:56 How can you do that? 09:58 You ever heard anybody question, 09:59 "Well, I just don't know which day is the second day, 10:03 I don't know which day is Wednesday," 10:04 you ever heard anybody say that? 10:06 "I don't know which day is Thursday." 10:08 But the only day, and they never question, 10:11 which day is Sunday? 10:13 They never question really Good Friday 10:15 or the sixth day, 10:16 so I'm saying between the sixth day 10:17 and the first day must lie the seventh day. 10:21 Seventh day is the last day of the week that God made. 10:24 So that's just the enemy, 10:25 it's enemy throwing those things 10:27 out there to realize. 10:28 We have to remember, there's only, 10:30 how many gospels are there? 10:31 Four. 10:33 Yeah, the gospels as you look and you read them, 10:34 but the message in the gospel is only put one way, isn't it? 10:38 In concerning Jesus Christ and certainly salvation, 10:41 and it was announced where? 10:42 The gospel was actually announced in Eden 10:45 in the very beginning. 10:46 And so we realized it continuous right down. 10:48 Abraham preached the gospel. 10:51 In Galatians 3:18, the Hebrews and the Israel, 10:56 In Hebrews 4:1-2, 10:59 this gospel has been proclaimed to every generation. 11:03 And the Bible said and that's his proclaim, 11:05 then Jesus is going to come. 11:07 I'm interested in Him coming back, aren't you? 11:10 Tired of this old world. 11:12 Christ preached, 11:13 John the Baptist preached the gospel. 11:16 Jesus preached it in a timely manner 11:19 because he was preaching in the book, 11:21 we realize of Daniel 9:25, 11:23 of prophecy of Him coming and dying, right? 11:26 The beautiful dying, 11:27 and then the message going to the gentiles. 11:30 So we realize 11:31 that we live in this hour of soon coming of Jesus Christ. 11:35 I've said this as we talked a lot about the first part, 11:38 we need a Sabbath reform, 11:41 even Seventh-day Adventists have forgotten 11:43 how to keep the Sabbath. 11:45 We've forgotten because we're going over 11:46 and we're watering it down, 11:48 and we're becoming more and more like the world. 11:50 The way we get back to proper observance 11:53 is going back to where? 11:55 To the Word of God and reading how God said to keep it 11:58 because He said it was holy, 11:59 it's good, we'll go over those things. 12:01 If you want to know reform of the Seventh-day Sabbath, 12:06 naturally, you would read in the book of Isaiah 53:12-13. 12:11 You know it 'cause He said not turn your foot away 12:13 from the Sabbath, you know. 12:14 He said don't do what? 12:16 Things of the world on my holy day, 12:18 He said call the Sabbath a delight. 12:21 We'll mention this as we go 12:23 because, you know, the Sabbath is not called 12:25 the seventh day of the week, 12:26 it's not called a delight in this world that we live in. 12:29 It's looked upon with disdain by most people, 12:33 and so this is the one that's been broken, 12:35 this is the one that God said he'll raise the people 12:37 that will proclaim this message to the world 12:40 and remind them of their obligation 12:42 to serve Jesus Christ. 12:44 The Sabbath of Jehovah is looked down upon today, 12:48 it's not called holy, it's not called honorable. 12:53 In fact, what I found out, 12:55 they call it an old Jewish Sabbath, 12:57 have you heard that? 12:59 Oh, it's an old Jewish day, and they say that about Jesus, 13:01 you remember? 13:03 They said he was just an old Jew. 13:05 We need to be very careful what we call the Son of God, 13:07 don't we? 13:08 It's a Jewish thing so they try to find a way 13:10 that they can put it over in a closet somewhere 13:13 and in under no obligation 13:15 when the Bible is fully 13:16 surely promises passages of truth 13:20 that tells us that we need to keep it. 13:22 Jesus understood this, did he not? 13:25 Before the Bible was ever written, 13:26 the Holy Spirit understood it, so what happened? 13:29 We realized the Holy Spirit inspired men 13:31 to write down the things 13:34 that would be talking place here 13:35 in these last days. 13:37 A warning message that would be giving, 13:40 that the last day people, 13:41 more and more of would be trampling 13:43 upon God's holy day, 13:45 and there needed to be a people 13:46 that would rise up and proclaim it. 13:48 See, more than we do, 13:50 if you think about how many real Sabbath sermons do 13:52 we hear all the time just talked about the Sabbath. 13:55 We think well, we understand it and we know it, 13:57 but do we really understand what it's all about. 14:00 Keeping it with honor and glory and keeping God's day, 14:04 you know, I think it's very interesting 14:06 as we near the end of time, 14:08 and we just simply read 14:09 what Jesus did there in Luke 4:16, 14:13 then he warns us in Matthew 15, 14:15 you have your Bible, you want to turn there. 14:17 You should, this should be very familiar also. 14:20 This is a warning as we study a little bit more, 14:22 Matthew 15:9, 14:25 there is a warning that is here 14:27 that we need to pay special attention to. 14:30 And I think it's prevalent today, 14:32 I think this is going on today 14:34 and most people are following this way 14:36 or this line of thinking, 14:38 and we need to go back to the Word of God. 14:40 Matthew 15:9, Bible said, 14:44 "But in vain they worship Me, " teaching what? 14:48 "For doctrines, the commandments of men." 14:51 This is prevalent in society that we live in. 14:54 Week after week, hundreds of thousands of, 14:57 as if they were ministers get in the pulpit, 14:59 and I think they have that hellish torch 15:01 because they are not preaching the truth. 15:03 They are preaching false doctrine 15:05 and traditions of men 15:07 which they look at because they are saying what? 15:09 These are a little more, 15:11 you know, we can adjust to these traditions of men 15:13 a little bit better than what God has said. 15:16 He has changed his ways 15:17 but God has not changed His way. 15:20 He said, "It's in vain," so those who what? 15:23 Not keeping the Commandments of God, 15:25 I just challenge you with it 15:26 because that's the part we're talking about it here. 15:28 This is, you know, 15:30 it challenged all Bible Christians, 15:31 you challenge it here, the Bible said, 15:33 "In vain do you worship me teaching for doctrines, 15:36 the Commandments of," just simply of men. 15:40 How many are doing that in the world today? 15:43 Maybe every person is saying 15:45 we're not under obligation to keep God's law. 15:48 Think about, they may not know any better, 15:50 it's not our position to try to judge that, God knows. 15:53 But I've often said, people say, 15:55 "Well, there's a Pastor, he doesn't know that." 15:56 I say, "Pastor, why don't you know it?" 15:59 You went to school, you had your education, 16:01 you've had the Bible, 16:02 you've been preaching for 30 years, 16:03 and you still don't know 16:05 which day is the seventh day of the week, 16:06 you don't know what's under obligation. 16:07 Most of you'll say 16:09 well, I know which day is the seventh day, 16:10 but well, we no longer do that anymore, why not? 16:13 When God does not change, 16:15 it's a challenge 16:16 that we get back to the Word of God, 16:19 challenge to all Bible Christians. 16:22 You see, we believe, 16:23 this is where people could become confused. 16:25 We believe in six literal day, 24-hour period in creation, 16:30 do we not? 16:31 Six literal day or 24-hours period of time, 16:35 it's very interesting. 16:36 But human philosophy, traditions of man, 16:39 and just throwing things out like man does sometime, 16:42 they say that each one of these days 16:44 is an indefinite period of time. 16:47 Now how do we know they're different? 16:49 You have philosophers, 16:50 you have the minds of the world. 16:54 Today, they're saying we're not really sure 16:57 that it's a 24-hour period of time. 17:00 They began to have human reasoning is or surely, 17:02 he couldn't have created 17:04 all of these things in such a short period of time. 17:06 Well, they don't know God, do they? 17:08 So what do we do? 17:09 It's very simple, 17:11 we always go back to the Word of God, 17:13 and you certainly, take it for what it says 17:15 in the creation of the world. 17:18 Quickly, does anyone ever remember, 17:19 some people use 17:21 the certain passage of scripture, 17:22 and they'll say that's in 2 Peter 3, 17:25 I think it's verse 8, 17:27 a day with the Lord as a thousand years, 17:32 you remember that? 17:34 And they say "Oh, that's why 17:35 because a day is like a thousand years, what the... 17:38 "That has nothing in the context 17:40 of that passage or scripture. 17:42 It's not talking about creation at all. 17:45 It's talking certainly about that with God, 17:48 you see, the time doesn't mean anything 17:51 as it were to him. 17:53 It's indefinite, 17:54 there is no beginning and no end of the time. 17:57 And when He calls something into existence, 17:59 and He has a timeslot put on that, 18:01 He's going to bring it to pass, and He can do that also. 18:04 But He doesn't view time the view time the way 18:07 that we view it. 18:08 He doesn't get old, and tired, and worn out, 18:11 and then pass away, 18:12 we do and everything in this world, 18:14 and we gear things on time. 18:16 But my whole point simply would be on this will be what? 18:19 Think about it. 18:21 The timeframe the enemy is trying to change you up, 18:24 they try to make us think so that we can say, 18:27 "Okay, well, we don't have to worry about the days 18:29 because we just can't figure them out." 18:32 To me, this is kind of easy to settle to say 18:35 was it just six literal 24-hour periods of time, 18:38 it's easy to settle. 18:39 It is to settle what? What does the Bible say? 18:43 You know, in Nexus 31:13 and 17, 18:47 interesting passage of scripture, 18:49 God said, number one, that the Sabbath would be what? 18:53 He said it would be a sign between what? 18:56 Me and you, and you and... 18:58 So think about it, 18:59 He said it would be a sign 19:01 between me and the children of Israel for ever 19:04 and then He goes on, He said for in six days, 19:08 it does not say six indefinite periods of time, 19:13 if it did, if so, 19:15 then how there would be no way for man 19:17 to keep the Fourth Commandment, would there? 19:20 See, that's what the world's basically wanting to hear. 19:23 There is no way you can exactly know 19:24 which day is a seventh day, 19:26 so they try to apply passages that do not apply, 19:29 but here God said six days. 19:31 So when God said six days, 19:33 that's exactly what HE means 'cause He said... 19:35 Well, you say, well, how come? 19:37 You go back to the very beginning, 19:38 it says, "And the evening 19:40 and the morning were the first day." 19:43 You see, the evening and the morning 19:44 were the second day, 19:46 so we realized 24-hour period of time, 19:48 and we're not trying to make excuses 19:50 because God said the seventh day is the Sabbath. 19:54 "The Lord made the heavens and the earth," 19:55 the bible said, 19:57 "And on the seventh day," notice this, 19:58 it said, "God rested," He was refreshed. 20:01 Wow! 20:02 If God rested on that day, and as we're refreshed, 20:06 we know He doesn't get tired, but it's certainly for us, 20:08 we need to be refreshed. 20:10 We need to have a day that is refreshing. 20:13 So we need to challenge all Bible Christians to say 20:16 we need a day. 20:17 And it's certainly not just any day, 20:19 the Bible's specific to say the seventh day 20:22 is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, 20:24 not any day will do. 20:25 I will say this quickly, we realize that, 20:29 Remember, for every truth, devil has what? 20:32 He has a counterfeit. 20:33 Realize that Sunday is a counterfeit 20:35 for the Seventh-day Sabbath. 20:37 Are you still with me? Yeah. 20:38 Sunday, the first day of the week 20:40 is a counterfeit for the Seventh-day Sabbath, 20:43 so we have to realize what? 20:44 Because the Bible nowhere... 20:47 We sat on a program the other night, 20:48 I think it was of a, 20:50 my brother mentioned, he said, "One time I got on there 20:52 and I offered a million dollars to anyone," 20:55 funny, he couldn't come out, didn't that what it said, 20:57 brother John, a million dollars, 20:59 you see, if anyone can give one passage of scripture 21:02 where it's been changed from the seventh day 21:04 to the first day of the week. 21:06 He had no one to do it. 21:07 So I popped up and I said, "Pray for me, 21:09 I need more faith because I did that once 21:11 and I just offered $10,000" 21:14 We need to have more faith 21:15 because there are no passages in scripture 21:18 that sanctifies the first day of the week. 21:22 So then, I'd have to look, 21:24 and I know many people don't realize, 21:25 and I know of many good Christians. 21:27 The issue is we're challenging them 21:29 because we're saying that that is the day 21:31 that the enemy has chosen to try to take the place 21:35 of the seventh-day Sabbath. 21:37 If it's not in scripture, if it's not blessed, 21:39 sanctified by God, then it's the enemy at work, 21:43 think about it, it's the enemy at work. 21:44 Doesn't matter if somebody say, "Oh, I'm a good Christian, 21:46 I love Jesus, and we..." 21:47 If you love Jesus, you'll walk as He walked. 21:49 1 John 2:6, 21:51 "If you love Him, you'll walk as He walked." 21:53 You won't walk different than He does 21:55 and still have the audacity to say what? 21:57 "Well, I'm walking as He walked." 21:59 No, you're not. 22:01 It's very safe to follow and read about Jesus, 22:03 and then, follow in his footsteps. 22:06 Lord says "Six days, work may be done, 22:09 but on the seventh day of the Sabbath, it's holy." 22:11 Notice this, what is it? 22:13 "It's holy and to the Lord." 22:15 It's kind of interesting 22:17 because at the end results 22:19 God told the children of Israel, 22:21 and He still relates that to us, 22:23 certainly in the principle of God's word. 22:25 In Exodus 31, verses like 14 and 15, 22:29 because God told children of Israel, 22:30 "Whosever does any work on the Sabbath day, 22:34 he shall surely be put to death." 22:37 Isn't that very interesting? 22:38 Because of breaking on the law of God the penalty, 22:41 Sin is what? 22:43 The transgression of God's law 22:46 and the penalty certainly is death. 22:48 Not living on, 22:50 not eternally living on, it's death. 22:52 So notice, to me it's interesting, 22:55 if you're doing any work, 22:56 you made it very clear on my day, 22:58 He said you're gonna be put to death. 23:00 Now just use some common sense, 23:03 as we challenge those of weird thinking, 23:05 "Well, you know, I've hadn't thought of, 23:06 maybe like this before." 23:08 There would be no death sentence 23:11 on this commandment in disrespect for the Sabbath 23:15 unless God had made it crystal clear 23:18 what He meant. 23:20 Does that make sense? 23:21 Think about it, there would be, 23:22 why would he put death sentence on something to be observed 23:26 and you decide you're not going to observe it, 23:28 it's not clear, 23:29 and then He gives you a death sentence. 23:31 Man, that's, 23:32 we know that wouldn't, it's not the way God operates. 23:35 So we know that He's made it very, very clear 23:38 about the Sabbath day, transgression of God's law 23:41 which is the fourth Commandment. 23:43 Death entered the world because of what? 23:46 Transgression. 23:48 Death came in because of what? 23:50 Yeah, sin came in, and the wages of sin is? 23:54 Death. Death. 23:55 There was nothing like that to take place 23:57 until Adam and Eve chose to follow another leader, 24:01 so that's how it came in. 24:05 Think about it here, 24:07 he didn't die to abolish the law. 24:09 I've heard that over, and over, and over. 24:11 Christ came to do what? 24:13 They said, "Oh, they," when He came, He abolished, 24:16 He abolished the law. 24:18 Boy? 24:20 Would it make more sense to say 24:21 He came to live the perfect life 24:23 because I've so miserly messed mine up, 24:26 and that I need a second chance. 24:28 I need a second chance, 24:29 and He's giving me that second chance, 24:31 and third chance, or fourth chance, 24:33 and so on and so forth. 24:35 See, He didn't die, come down here 24:37 just to die to make sin immortal. 24:39 He didn't do that at all, think about it. 24:42 He came, and He lived the perfect life, 24:44 and He died so that He might destroy 24:47 the one who had power over death 24:49 that is the devil, isn't that right? 24:51 Does that make sense? 24:53 Death, Hebrews 2:14, read those thing, 24:55 "He died to secure the right to destroy the one," notice, 25:00 "who had power over death." 25:02 Praise God. 25:03 See, that's exciting to me, 25:05 that's the only way 25:06 that it could get rid of the enemy 25:08 as it were and maybe the rest of us understand. 25:11 What's taking place here in a great controversy 25:12 between good and evil. 25:15 Christ had to come and live the victorious life, 25:18 and that enabled Him and gave Him 25:19 the right then to destroy the enemy 25:22 because he's no longer in charge as he says he is. 25:26 Jesus came to do what? 25:27 He died to pay full penalty for the broken law, 25:31 think about it, for the whole world. 25:34 He didn't come and die 25:35 so I could continue in transgression. 25:37 He came, died, and lived that life 25:38 so that I could live a full, free life in Jesus Christ 25:42 so that I might come back to Him, 25:44 so that I might be restored in His image. 25:48 See, we've forgotten that, 25:49 we've not been challenged enough 25:51 from the Word of God, 25:52 we've not been challenged at all through that, okay? 25:57 Notice this, as we continue on in the studies, to me, 26:02 it's just vital as we look at this, 26:06 as we look at this. 26:07 The sign of obedience 26:09 of the observance of the Sabbath 26:10 we know and we've over, and over, and over is what? 26:14 The fourth Commandment, isn't it? 26:15 The sign and seal of God's people, 26:18 see, one of these days, 26:19 it maybe that you're going to be called up 26:22 to give an answer for what you believe, you know. 26:25 Think about it yourself, no one's challenging you here, 26:28 but I think we need to be challenged, 26:30 is how many can do that? 26:32 By the grace of God, 26:33 take the Bible and meet the challenge, 26:36 or someone that's pretty sharp with the Word, 26:39 that can give you Bible passage, 26:40 you know, and maybe make you stand 26:42 on your head. 26:43 Just say, "Ooh, man, 26:44 I never thought about that one." 26:46 You know, the Bible said 26:47 we have to give every man a reason for the hope 26:48 that's in us, 26:50 so we need to know the word well enough 26:53 that we're not, when somebody comes by, 26:55 and I've seen some people pretty convincing as they were, 26:58 but you detect that the scriptures 26:59 that they're giving you, they're not in line, 27:01 they're not in context with the subject matter. 27:04 But lot of people do not know that, 27:06 and they're taken away by every wind of doctrine. 27:09 You know the false prophets 27:11 had a lot of wind in their doctrine, 27:14 you know, a lot of people in the church 27:15 have a lot of wind in their doctrine. 27:18 You know, it's just here for a moment, then it's gone. 27:21 And usually when the windstorm comes in, 27:23 there are things that's not fasten down 27:25 that'll be blown away by what? 27:27 By this wind that comes through, 27:29 so we had to be very careful about that. 27:31 A challenge to all Bible Christians today, 27:35 I've heard it say many times that Christ took away the law. 27:39 They said it's simple, the Christ came, 27:42 He took away the law. 27:43 Anybody else heard that? 27:45 Yeah, others will put it a little differently, 27:48 they'll say, 27:49 "Well, when Christ come, He abolished the law. 27:52 We're no longer under the law, we're under grace." 27:55 But how interesting in those subject, 27:56 you'll find in there, 27:58 how simple it is and the points that to be made is why He came, 28:02 why He lived, why He died? 28:04 Number one, He came, lived, and died because of what? 28:06 The law could not be changed, sins and transgression of law, 28:09 we were all under the penalty of it. 28:11 The world could not be won back. 28:13 We would have no chance of salvation 28:15 if it hadn't been for Jesus Christ, 28:16 praise the Lord. 28:18 But they say, 28:19 "Well, Christ came to abolish the law." 28:21 Let's just settle both of these, 28:24 you know, statements right now from the Word of God. 28:28 Listen carefully so that we can follow along, 28:30 so won't you listen really carefully with this. 28:32 So and I'm going to ask you few questions 28:34 so that it'll help we'll answer from the Word of God, 28:37 and we'll settle this. 28:38 What did Christ take away? Think about it. 28:42 People say, 28:43 "Well, Christ came to abolish the law, 28:44 He came to take it away." 28:47 Now what does the Bible say? 28:51 Yeah, certainly, He came to live, to build, 28:54 and so on and so forth, but there's specifics here, 28:57 and the passage of scriptures is one of the most familiar 29:01 that you'll know as soon as I give you that. 29:03 In John 1:29, now remember, 29:05 the question what did Christ take away? 29:09 See, again, this is how the devil operates. 29:12 He takes some truth, right? 29:14 And then he messes it all up a little bit, 29:16 and then he ends up with air 29:18 because Christ did take away something. 29:24 And the enemy says, "Well, He came here, 29:26 He took away the law." 29:27 Well that's not what the Bible teaches, 29:28 but He did take away something. 29:30 Notice in John 1:29, see if this makes sense to you. 29:34 And we'll know this is when the John the Baptist, right? 29:38 John the Baptist was going to baptize Jesus. 29:40 You realize in studying the Word 29:42 that John realized that he was going to, 29:46 he had been made aware 29:47 that he was going to baptize the Messiah, Jesus. 29:51 And we realize that as cousins, 29:53 and they didn't live that far apart, 29:56 but it was under inspiration, 29:57 divine inspiration that they not meet 30:00 because people would use that to say, 30:02 "You guys got together 30:03 and you've made up these things." 30:05 Kind of interesting 'cause if you knew 30:07 you had a cousin not too far, 30:09 and you did travel, 30:10 probably, that distance, may be some other place, 30:12 you may probably want to meet them 30:14 and talk with them. 30:16 But under divine inspiration, 30:17 God saw fit not to give the enemy 30:20 something he can hang on to and people make excuses. 30:25 So John knew that when he met Jesus 30:28 that something very special was going to happen. 30:31 God was going to confirm 30:33 that Jesus really was the Messiah. 30:36 I mean how many times often we talk about that, 30:38 but not so much, 30:40 It's like everybody else will say 30:42 when Jesus went down in the water 30:43 and He came back up, 30:45 there was a voice from heaven that said what? 30:48 This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. 30:53 How wonderful that is? 30:55 You realize if there had been any doubt 30:56 in John's mind at that moment, what? 30:59 There could be no more doubt. Amen. 31:01 Because he heard it himself, "This is my beloved son." 31:05 He didn't use John's name, but He could've said, 31:07 "This is my beloved son, 31:08 John, in whom I'm well pleased." 31:10 Now John can go 31:12 and do his preaching and he can say, 31:14 "Jesus is the messiah. 31:16 Jesus is the one that we will follow." 31:19 How wonderful God gave that sign, and he read it. 31:23 The Bible passage says, 31:24 "The next day John sees Jesus coming unto him, 31:27 and he said," notice, what was it? 31:29 Behold, the Lamb of God 31:32 which takes away the sin of the world. 31:36 Behold the Lamb, think about that to have never, 31:41 my knowledge of it, never laid eyes upon Jesus, 31:45 but he sees this man coming down the road, 31:47 and all he does is look at him, inspiration, 31:49 Holy Spirit of God consumes John. 31:52 John sees with not eyes of man 31:53 but he sees with eyes of the Spirit of God. 31:56 He no longer sees His mind, it's a mind of Christ, 31:58 and he looks, and he sees the look upon that face 32:01 of that one coming toward him, 32:03 he recognized Him immediately. 32:05 I have a hard time recognizing people 32:06 that I've met many times. 32:12 He looked on the stranger's face, 32:15 and he said, "This is the one. 32:16 Behold the Lamb which take away the sins of world." 32:21 A little statement, Desire of Ages, page, 110, 32:24 makes on this verse, notice what it says, 32:29 "When Jesus came to be baptized, 32:31 John recognized Him. 32:35 He recognized a purity of character 32:39 that had never before perceived in any man," 32:44 isn't that interesting? 32:45 John had looked at a lot of faces, 32:47 thousands and thousands, 32:50 but he saw something in the face of Jesus 32:52 that he had never seen before. 32:55 Should that not be somehow with us, His followers. 32:59 If Jesus really lives in our hearts, 33:02 should not Christ be seen, should somebody say, 33:06 "I sense something different in these people." 33:09 But, you know, most generally, we don't hear that very often, 33:11 we're like the run of the mill. 33:13 How the world dresses, that's how we dress, 33:15 how they talk, that's how talk, 33:16 what they eat basically, we pretty much eat, 33:20 think about that? 33:21 We had to be so different, 33:23 John had never seen anyone's face look like this. 33:28 There was something about it, 33:29 notice, there was such a purity of character 33:33 and holiness that His face almost seemed to glow 33:38 with the power of heaven and the spirit within. 33:42 And notice that he had never before perceived in any man. 33:46 Notice, says the very atmosphere 33:49 of His presence was holy and, notice, awe-inspiring. 33:55 Just the presence of Jesus, 33:59 you see, just walking down the road as it were. 34:03 When John looked upon Him, it was awe-inspiring. 34:08 He was stopped in His tracks. 34:11 You know, my parallel's still goes back to us 34:13 as His followers, 34:15 when we should have his mind, all right? 34:17 We should be... 34:19 He should be still fully living in us, John 15, 34:21 the vine and the branch, the branch can't be anything, 34:26 you're one or the other. 34:27 You have to be the branch, if you're not a branch, 34:29 you're just not in, He is the vine. 34:32 And everything that comes out of that vine 34:34 gets its nourishment from what? 34:36 From the vine. 34:37 The branch gets its nourishment from the vine, 34:40 so it has nothing else that it nourishes, 34:41 so it must be like the vine. 34:44 So we must be like Him, when people look, and meet, 34:47 and talk to you, to me, they should say as end result, 34:51 "There's something different about these people, 34:56 there's something different in the way they talk, 34:58 the way that they act, the way they respond." 35:03 You see, it's Christ within the hope of glory. 35:06 See, He came to show us these things, 35:08 we talk about the law, 35:09 we talk about the Ten Commandments here, 35:11 He came to live those out. 35:14 How wonderful 35:15 that we have such a beautiful, wonderful example. 35:18 And maybe we should have some one, 35:19 you know, John the Baptist as it were, 35:22 the spiritual eyes, and ears, and mind 35:25 to where we can see and we realize 35:27 that we're not hoodwinked by everybody that comes by. 35:30 You know, there are some people 35:32 that can read character pretty well. 35:33 You've ever met somebody that's, you know, they can, 35:36 not trying to be like they know, 35:37 but they just sense inside if they're going to be dealing, 35:40 working together, whatever, they just, they can sense. 35:43 The Holy Spirit is sensing, 35:45 trying to help so that we understand. 35:48 It's interesting. So what has Christ abolished? 35:52 See, first of all, 35:54 it's said, "What did He come..." 35:56 Remember, we've asked the question, 35:57 what did Christ come to take away? 36:00 The Bible said He came to take away what? 36:02 The sins of the world, 36:03 that's what He came to take away. 36:06 So what did He abolish? 36:08 'Cause that's another question, as people say, 36:09 "Well, yeah, what did Christ abolish?" 36:12 Yeah, beautiful. 36:13 Yeah, you can look at a lot of different angles here 36:15 and say, "Well, yeah, the ceremonial laws 36:16 and lot of different things, 36:18 but just in simplicity, 36:19 let's look at this passage, 2 Timothy 1:10. 36:22 What has Christ abolished? 36:25 Notice, 2 Timothy 1:10, 36:27 "But is now made manifest 36:29 by the appearing of our Saviour, 36:31 Jesus Christ," notice, 36:33 "who hath abolished death and hath brought life, 36:39 and immortality, and light through the gospel." 36:43 See, to me that is, 36:44 the Bible has said what He abolished. 36:47 The Bible said, "He came, He lived that perfect life, 36:50 He came to defeat the devil, and He abolished death," 36:53 which every one of us was under what? 36:56 The death decree. 36:58 The world's all sinned and we've come short. 37:00 If you He had not done this what trouble. 37:02 You see, we can go over that, that's why I'm grateful 37:04 and thankful everyday of my life. 37:06 The Bible said, 37:08 "But He's been made manifest," manifest in what? 37:11 "He came to this earth. He lived the life. 37:16 Jesus Christ," notice this, 37:18 "who came, and He abolished death," 37:21 now I like this, 37:22 "He brought," the Bible said what? 37:24 "Life." 37:26 He brought immortality. 37:29 Notice, in light through the gospel. 37:32 So the gospel, when we study the gospel, 37:34 we find that it brings life, 37:36 we find that it gives us immortality 37:39 as it were when Jesus shall come, why? 37:41 Because of Him, we shall live forever. 37:43 How wonderful that is? 37:45 Notice, Christ brought life, that's encouraging, 37:49 Christ brought immortality, He abolished death, 37:53 and through the gospel... 37:54 We need to understand 37:56 that important part, the gospel. 37:58 So, you know, 37:59 maybe another question that we look at, 38:01 so what change then is brought about by the gospel? 38:06 I hear people say, 38:08 "You know, you accept the gospel, 38:09 the changes take place," you ever heard that? 38:12 Change should take place. 38:14 There's a lot of people who would say, 38:15 "I accept the gospel, I go to church, I do, I do," 38:17 but nothing seems to change in their life. 38:20 Seems like everyday of their life 38:21 they're just defeated, they're beat up, you know. 38:25 You can talk to people sometime, 38:26 and every day you talk to them, "How's life?" 38:27 "Well, I tell you, I've just been beat up," 38:31 just been beat up, the devil... 38:32 We used to have a man 38:34 that talked to me a lot of time, he said, 38:35 "I tell you, the devil's beating me up today, 38:37 every day the devil has beaten me up." 38:40 So, you know, we realized 38:42 that the enemy, he attacks, right? 38:45 We realize that he tempts, 38:46 we realize that he comes against, 38:49 but remember, he's not able to take you down, 38:52 he is not able to defeat you, 38:53 you must make that choice yourself. 38:57 And certainly, he'll do that if you say, 38:58 "Yeah, come on in." 39:00 He will do that. 39:01 But what about this, 39:02 this is a simple passage of scripture, 39:04 but we have to look about what He came to do away with, 39:07 what He came, and what He abolished, 39:10 and then we have to look about all of these things come, 39:13 life and immortality, doing away with that, 39:15 that come through knowing what the gospel 39:18 that certainly incorporates 39:19 Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 39:22 you know, this is a passage 39:24 that you've read, I know, many times, 39:25 but let's read it again, shall we? 39:27 2 Corinthians 3:18, 39:30 I've always liked this passage of scripture, 39:33 and in the spirit of prophecy, 39:35 it's quoted maybe or talked about a little bit differently, 39:38 it just says, 39:39 "By beholding we become," what? 39:41 Changed. 39:42 See, that's kind of where we quote all time, 39:43 "By beholding, we become changed." 39:46 But tell me now, 39:47 is that either is a truth in the spirit of prophecy 39:49 and it does line up with this passage of scripture 39:52 or it doesn't. 39:53 Now let's read the passage of scripture 39:55 to see how this lines up. 39:57 2 Corinthians 3:18 tells us, 40:00 "But we all," how many? 40:02 All of us. "With an, "what kind of a face? 40:05 "Open face," everything open, out in front, 40:07 "beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord," 40:12 so we're beholding him, as in open glass. 40:16 We seed, how many of you go to the mirror? 40:18 Usually, if you go before the mirror, 40:19 bless your heart, if you go before the mirror, 40:20 you're going to see your own mug. 40:22 All right, you're going to see your own face, 40:23 you're just standing in the mirror. 40:25 Lot of times, 40:26 there's this big glass of window, 40:28 you see a lot of different people's face. 40:29 And so, we're beholding, 40:30 and if we're beholding Jesus Christ, 40:32 notice this, as in the glass, 40:33 we're beholding the glory of the Lord, 40:35 and the glory of the Lord here could certainly be what? 40:38 Certainly, His character in it. 40:41 The character of the God, 40:42 something that we need to be studying. 40:45 Notice, it says, 40:46 "They are changed into the same image 40:49 from glory to glory, 40:51 even by the Spirit of the Lord." 40:53 So how can we argue with that point? 40:56 How could we really argue with the point 40:58 by beholding we become changed. 41:01 Same point as, of whatever we behold, 41:03 that's what we'll become like. 41:06 See, has to make whatever we, 41:07 that's why even like in the children's story, 41:09 you know, talk about today, 41:11 we get dirt on us 41:12 because we're around the wrong thing sometime, 41:14 we're not talking about necessarily work, 41:15 we're talking about people. 41:18 We hang around with the wrong crowd 41:19 or we get dirt on our face, and in our hands, 41:22 and then we decide 41:24 we don't want that dirt anymore. 41:25 And we take the lot of soap, 41:27 and you're talking about gasoline, 41:28 whatever, and we try to get it off. 41:31 And maybe our life changes, but you know what? 41:33 There's still stuff 41:34 maybe will remain for a longtime. 41:37 There's scars in your life that will remain 41:39 because of past sin 41:40 that has been forgiven at the cross. 41:42 I have scars, I'll always have those through all eternity. 41:45 They may not show 41:47 on the outside like Jesus Christ, 41:49 but they're scars of wrong decisions. 41:53 We don't have to have those, we don't have those. 41:58 Notice this, I thought it's very interesting, 42:01 "By beholding we become change," 42:04 from glory to glory, and that glory, 42:07 if you had time, 42:09 and you're looking these things 42:10 that from glory to glory is revealed in scripture. 42:13 For instance, in 2 Corinthians 4:4, 42:16 read that passage, 42:19 another would be John 1:14, 42:22 you read these from glory to glory 42:25 reveal in the gospel, we talked about one already, 42:29 but we need to mention again, 42:31 we see, death has been abolished 42:33 through none other than Jesus Christ. 42:36 Now remember, there was death 42:38 because the law could not have been changed. 42:41 I've said many, many, many times, 42:43 Calvary is the greatest argument in favor 42:46 that the law cannot be changed. 42:49 If it could've been changed, why not change it beforehand, 42:51 Christ wouldn't had to went through this? 42:53 But it could not be, that's why he went to Calvary. 42:57 Sin has been taken away by the sin bearers. 43:00 See, I like that, death was abolished by who? 43:04 By Jesus Christ himself. 43:06 Jesus Christ also is my sin bearer. 43:10 He takes my messes, He take my sin upon himself, 43:15 but you know what, 43:16 the law of God still remains unchanged. 43:19 How interesting. By beholding we become changed. 43:22 Here's a little bit of a story, 43:23 somebody of you may have heard it, 43:25 I thought it was kind of interesting 43:26 one about the little girl, 43:29 and she lived in Italian village, 43:32 and she was on this poorer side of town. 43:35 She didn't have all of this frills 43:37 and the, you know, good things, 43:39 maybe that others had. 43:40 She'd walk through the plain one day, 43:42 and she was walking through this little town, 43:44 little village, and she saw a statue 43:47 on the side over there and she looked at that statue. 43:50 For some reason that day, it got her attention. 43:52 It had never had gotten her attention before, 43:54 but somehow today, it got her attention. 43:57 Keep that in mind spiritually. 43:59 Yesterday something 44:01 didn't bother you, today, it does. 44:04 You may have passed by it many times before, 44:06 but today, it's got your attention. 44:10 So the little girl just playing, 44:11 and all of a sudden, she quit playing, 44:13 and she walked up to that statue, 44:16 and she began to look it over, "Ah." 44:20 This was a statue of a little, 44:23 actually it was a statue of a Greek slave girl, 44:27 but it's kind of dressed nice, and neat, and clean. 44:31 So this little uncapped girl and bad, 44:34 you know, dirty clothes and all was beholding 44:38 and looking and contemplating. 44:41 She stayed for a while just to look, 44:46 why did she look this way? 44:50 She went home that evening, 44:52 and she got to thinking about that statue. 44:56 She began to wash her face, 45:00 and then began to try to fix her hair 45:03 that it might look like the statue, 45:07 but that wasn't quite enough. 45:09 Next morning, 45:10 she was intrigued by it and went back. 45:13 And she began to admire, began to look again. 45:17 Already changes had developed as she was beholding 45:21 because her hair was combed now. 45:24 Her face didn't have all that dirt on it 45:26 that it had before. 45:30 She said, "I need to look again, 45:32 I need to really study this out, 45:33 I need to find out what this is all about." 45:37 New idea, if you ever had a new idea pop in your mind. 45:40 Oh, yes, a new idea. 45:44 She though about it, went home again, the next day, 45:47 here's she comes back. 45:49 Each time she stopped to look, 45:52 she found something to admire 45:55 and something that needed to be changed in her life. 45:58 Interesting, every time, 46:01 she did it for days on in 46:04 until this child was transformed, 46:07 I take it for what it is, into what she saw before her. 46:11 Her whole life was changed, the way she looked, 46:15 the way she dressed, the way that she acted 46:18 because she was beholding, and by beholding 46:21 she became transformed and changed. 46:25 See, that's a Bible, that to me, 46:27 I'd say challenge to all Bible believers. 46:29 By beholding Jesus we become changed, 46:31 by beholding the Lamb of God, 46:33 by beholding what He did and what He taught, 46:36 and as His custom was he went in the Synagogue 46:40 on the Sabbath day and stood up for, 46:42 that's a challenge. 46:45 Are we going to follow Jesus Christ 46:47 from glory to glory as it were, 46:49 from one truth to another truth 46:52 or are we going to follow 46:53 what the Pastor said or a certain denomination said, 46:56 and this is what we believe, and, I will just be honest, 47:00 I could careless about what somebody says 47:02 about what I believe. 47:03 Tell me why you believe it? Where did you find it at? 47:06 See, that's what we need to be is, 47:07 where does it say it in the Word? 47:09 Where does it say it doesn't make it any difference? 47:11 Where does it say in the Word one and seven will do, 47:14 any day will do? 47:16 Or where does it say in the word 47:17 that I keep all days as Sabbath? 47:21 See, it's, they're uneducated 47:23 in the line of the Sabbath keeping 47:25 because you would never say 47:27 that all seven days are just alike, would you? 47:30 Like a Sabbath. 47:32 Because you can never work, you can never do anything. 47:35 You cannot say it doesn't make any difference 47:37 when God said it makes a difference. 47:39 He said, 47:41 "I chose the seventh day, I am the creator. 47:44 I created you, I created the weekly cycle, 47:46 and I set this aside now. 47:49 You're going to recognize me or some other power. 47:52 See, I'm challenging, 47:53 we have to challenge to go to Protestants, 47:56 and we need to do more protesting, 47:57 I'm assured of that. 48:00 Stand up for what is truth and for what is right. 48:04 God has given us a memorial, 48:06 and five or six minutes we have left, 48:08 He's given us a memorial, we know that. 48:11 What is it? What is this memorial? 48:14 And how did it come about? 48:16 I like this passage, quickly, 48:17 it's found in the book of Psalms 35:13, 48:21 here's what it says, notice this, 48:23 that God does have a memorial because the Bible said, 48:27 "Thy name, O Lord, 48:28 endureth for ever, thy memorial, 48:32 O Lord, throughout all generations." 48:34 Well, first of all, we find the God has what? 48:36 He has as memorial, 48:38 so this is how you fit line upon line, 48:40 precept upon precept, 48:41 here a little and there a little. 48:43 God has a memorial and it says, He does have it, 48:47 "Thy name, O Lord, 48:48 endureth for ever, thy memorial, 48:50 O Lord, throughout all generations." 48:52 It doesn't tell you 48:54 what that memorial is right there, 48:55 but the Bible goes onto tell you. 48:58 He says He has it, I have a memorial. 49:01 Webster's Dictionary simply says a memorial 49:04 is something that serves to keep a person, or a thing, 49:08 or something in remembrance, 49:10 it's a monument, it's some kind of a practice. 49:12 So God said I have something that will help you to remember 49:15 who I am in my relationship with you. 49:18 Example, quickly, 49:20 Joshua 4:7, this is the example, 49:22 notice this, and He said, 49:24 "These stones shall be for a memorial 49:27 unto the children of Israel for ever." 49:31 Now you'll say but what was that all about? 49:33 What were these stones to commemorate? 49:37 They were memorial, remember, when they did certain things, 49:39 they said, we'll setup these stones, set up what? 49:42 A memorial, 49:44 so when somebody comes and point their finger and say, 49:46 "What is this? 49:47 It can be recounted. 49:49 Yeah, this is the same with God's Commandments. 49:50 Notice? 49:52 What were these stones do commemorate? 49:54 Well, if you're there in Joshua 4, 49:57 skip down a couple of verses, I think 21 and 22, 49:59 the Bible says, remember, 50:01 if it comes that and the question's asked, 50:03 what means these stones? 50:05 What does these stones mean? 50:06 Notice, " 50:07 Then ye shall let your children know, 50:09 saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land." 50:14 What a beautiful miracle? 50:16 What's the meaning of these stones right here? 50:17 Israel came over, all right, they should've drowned, 50:20 they should've been mud, should've been a mess, 50:22 they came over on dry land. 50:24 Oh, they recount the story. 50:26 It was a memorial so that they would not forget. 50:29 Another example of, what is that? 50:31 We could say Passover. What's Passover? 50:34 It's a memorial, wasn't it? 50:35 We realized it's memorial, Exodus 12 and so on, 50:37 to help Israel remember 50:39 that God had delivered them from what? 50:42 Egyptian bondage. 50:44 And we have to look this in a spiritual sense 50:46 from deliverance, certainly from sin too. 50:49 Does God then want us to remember? 50:54 Does He want us to remember His works 50:56 of creating of heaven and earth? 51:00 Does He want us to know 51:01 that He's a creator of heaven and earth? 51:03 Absolutely, you know, three angels' message, 51:05 Revelation 14, 51:07 you know, we'll read it, Psalm 111, 51:08 quickly, 2 through 4, 51:09 it says, 51:11 "His works is honorable and glorious, 51:13 and his righteousness endureth for ever. 51:16 He hath made His wonderful works 51:19 to be remembered," ooh, I like that. 51:22 He's made His wonderful, beautiful works to be what? 51:25 To be remembered, so Noah's put them all together 51:28 as we're going, that's why the stone, 51:29 that's what they represent, 51:31 so we can recall, so that we don't forget. 51:33 When you're talking of even about the Sabbath, 51:35 notice this, 51:36 now God challenges us to observe, 51:39 notice, in our memory or to remember what? 51:44 That He is the creator, and how does He do that? 51:47 In one of the Commandments, Exodus 20:11, 51:49 he says, "Remember," what? 51:51 "The Sabbath day to," certainly, "Keep it holy." 51:53 Six days the Lord made heaven and earth and seeing all that 51:55 He had done this, and what did He do? 51:58 He rested the seventh day, 51:59 therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day in hallowed it. 52:02 How these are simple, these are things 52:04 that you've been over many times, 52:05 but they fit like a glove, 52:07 so what is the memorial to creation? 52:10 What is it? What is it? The Sabbath. 52:11 The Sabbath, and the Sabbath is a sign, 52:13 did you noticed that? 52:15 Ain't that what it says? 52:16 Memorial creation is a sign, Exodus 20:20, 52:19 "Hallow my Sabbath? 52:21 There shall be a sign between me and you, 52:23 that you may know that I am the Lord, your God." 52:27 That's beautiful, that's why He said it, 52:29 and now you're going to know, this is a memorial, 52:33 that I am the creator, 52:34 it's a sign, we understand that, 52:37 It's a sign forever. 52:38 Exodus 31:17, we know between man and God. 52:43 See, we have to realize besides creation, 52:45 God wants Israel to remember 52:47 that He delivered them naturally from what? 52:49 From Egypt. 52:51 Deuteronomy 5:15, our time is running out, 52:53 but just write that down, and it'll tell you there... 52:55 But notice what He did, 52:57 He brought the children of Israel 52:58 out of bondage 53:00 so that they could keep His law, 53:02 so that they could keep the Sabbath, 53:04 isn't that interesting? 53:06 He brought them out deliver, right, out of bondage, 53:08 so they could keep the seventh day Sabbath. 53:11 Man, what a God? 53:13 read that for yourself, Deuteronomy 5:15. 53:15 Psalms 105:45, 53:17 "Their deliverance from bondage was in order 53:19 that they might keep the law, particularly the Sabbath, 53:23 the great sign and seal in memorial 53:25 of God's people." 53:27 Know that the Sabbath's going to be kept in the new kingdom." 53:31 "And have one new moon to another, 53:32 from one Sabbath to another, 53:34 shall all flesh come to worship me, 53:35 saith the Lord," Isaiah 66: 22-23. 53:40 And if we're going to be doing it 53:42 in the New Jerusalem, we need to do it right now. 53:46 John 17:2 said, 53:48 "And this is life eternal 53:49 that they might know the only true God, 53:51 Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent." 53:54 You know, as we wrap this up, 53:56 we're thinking about a challenge. 53:58 See, under the gospel, 54:00 the Sabbath is a sign of spiritual rest 54:03 and freedom for sin. 54:05 You know, we're glad that you joined us here today, 54:07 Behold the Lamb, we pray to blessing, 54:09 we have a lot of good material on different things, 54:11 you've heard on it. 54:12 And we usually like to have a prayer together, today, 54:14 we want you to pray with us as we close, God bless you, 54:17 and we'll see you next time. 54:21 Let's kneel, shall we, as we pray. 54:23 Loving Father in heaven, 54:25 we thank you for your precious word. 54:26 We thank You for reminding us of who You are, and who we are, 54:30 and that we're obligated to be able to, 54:33 as children of the king to follow in your footsteps. 54:36 Oh, Lord, we pray to you, bless our hearts and our minds. 54:39 Open up these beautiful, 54:40 spiritual truths to realize all these things, 54:42 you're to constantly remind us, 54:44 all these things you've left us to remind us again 54:47 of who you are and our need of you, savior. 54:50 Bless as we pray to this and bless the program, 54:52 things that go out. 54:53 We realize that we need your Holy Spirit man 54:55 cannot do anything, but You can do it, 54:57 and we thank you in Jesus name. 54:58 Amen. 54:59 Hello, and welcome back, friends. 55:02 You know, as you were listening to Pastor Kenny on A challenge 55:05 for all Bible Christians, part 2, 55:08 I hope as Joshua did, 55:10 that you accepted that challenge, 55:13 that you decided to know where the Lord leads, 55:16 I'm going to follow. 55:19 So many people, 55:20 and I know a lot was said about the Sabbath. 55:22 So many people like to say 55:23 well, that was just for a certain group of people, 55:26 or it's been changed, 55:27 or those were nailed to the cross. 55:29 And yet you can go to the end of the book, 55:31 and it says, "Here are they that keep 55:33 the Commandments of God." 55:35 In Jesus says, God says, "I change not. 55:38 I'm the same yesterday, tomorrow, and forever." 55:43 The challenge is ours. 55:45 Are we going to follow Jesus, 55:47 are we going to follow the traditions of men. 55:50 That's what it comes down to, 55:52 you know, we're learning in our walk 55:54 that it's not always 55:55 just knowing the difference between 55:58 truth and error, right and wrong, 56:00 but we're coming to a time 56:02 where we have to know the difference between truth 56:05 and what's almost truth. 56:08 Jesus is calling us out, out of spiritual confusion. 56:14 He wants us to be separate. 56:15 He wants us to be a peculiar people. 56:19 And I hope that you're going to accept that challenge, 56:22 drop to your knees and say, 56:24 "God, please give me the strength, 56:26 give me your grace to be that special, that peculiar, 56:30 that royal priesthood that you want me to be." 56:34 And, friends, don't forget, we need you, 56:36 we need you to support us here at Behold the Lamb Ministries, 56:40 so we can continue to get messages, 56:42 just like this one, out to you. 56:45 And please, spread them around as the leaves of autumn. 56:49 You may write us to order this two-part series. 56:51 We're offering it for love gift of just $15 or more. 56:55 You may write us at Behold the Lamb Ministries 56:58 at PO Box 2030, 57:00 Herrin, Illinois 62948, 57:03 or you may call us at 618-942-5044, 57:08 that's central time. 57:10 Visit us on our website 57:11 at www.Behold TheLambMinistries.com, 57:15 you may email us 57:17 at BeholdTheLambMinistries @yahoo.com 57:20 Until next time, friends, 57:21 may our precious Lord 57:22 continue to richly bless you and yours. |
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