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00:38 Hello and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:40 I'm Chris Shelton, your host, 00:42 I want to thank you for joining us. 00:44 Today's message is an important message. 00:47 It is entitled "The Lord's Day." 00:50 And it is lesson 19 out of 25 Bible studies 00:54 that correspond with this study guide 00:56 that is entitled 00:57 "Sharing God's Love Makes You Happier, 01:00 What the Bible Says." 01:02 This study guide was compiled by our dear friend, 01:05 Brother Richard Bland of United Prison Ministries. 01:08 Our lesson today is important 01:11 because we truly need to understand 01:13 what the Lord's Day is all about, 01:16 and when the Lord's Day really is. 01:18 Some feel that it is any day 01:21 that we choose to hold it sacred unto the Lord. 01:24 But is that really what the Bible teaches? 01:27 Today, we have the privilege to look into our Bibles 01:31 to see which day God has chosen and blessed for us to rest upon 01:35 and just how we are to observe that special day. 01:39 We will examine scripture 01:41 to view the example of Jesus in keeping the Lord's Day 01:45 for whom the Lord's Day was made 01:47 and its purpose, and finally, 01:50 how we are to express our love for our Creator God 01:54 on His blessed and sanctified Lord's Day. 01:58 I'm sure that you will not want to miss 01:59 any part of this message. 02:01 But before we join Pastor Kenny Shelton, 02:04 let's visit 3ABN for a song 02:07 that I believe will truly bless your heart. 02:10 It is entitled "You Raise Me Up" 02:13 and it's sung by Scott Michael Bennett. 02:33 When I am down 02:36 And, oh, my soul, so weary 02:41 When troubles come 02:44 And my heart burdened be 02:49 Then, I am still 02:52 And wait herein the silence 02:57 Until you come 03:00 And sit awhile with me 03:05 You raise me up 03:08 So I can stand on mountains 03:13 You raise me up 03:16 To walk on stormy seas 03:21 Oh, I am strong 03:24 When I am on your shoulders 03:28 You raise me up 03:31 To more than I can be 03:40 There is no life 03:42 No life without its hunger 03:47 Each restless heart 03:50 Beats so imperfectly 03:55 But I look up 03:58 And I am filled with wonder 04:02 Sometimes, I think I think 04:05 I glimpse eternity 04:10 You raise me up 04:13 So I can stand on mountains 04:17 You raise me up 04:20 To walk on stormy seas 04:25 I am strong 04:28 When I am on your shoulders 04:33 You raise me up 04:36 To more than I can be 04:46 You raise me up 04:49 So I can stand on mountains 04:53 You raise me up 04:56 To walk on stormy seas 05:02 I am strong 05:04 When I am on your shoulders 05:08 You raise me up 05:12 To more than I can be 05:19 You raise me up 05:23 To more than I can be 05:48 Thank you for joining us once again 05:49 at Behold the Lamb Ministries. 05:51 We appreciate each and every one of you 05:52 so very much. 05:54 We're very thankful for the cards, the letters, 05:56 and your support of the ministry. 05:58 That's what keeps us going. 06:00 You know, it's kind of like people say, 06:01 oh, you know, it's more, it takes money, 06:02 it takes, you know, it does, 06:04 just kind of like it does in your own home. 06:06 Every month you go through the same things. 06:08 It's just a repeat. 06:09 And so here we're getting the gospel out. 06:11 We appreciate you helping us get us out. 06:12 Today we're gonna be looking 06:14 at the subject that I think is very, very... 06:16 It's encouraging 06:18 that we can speak on this subject, 06:20 talking about the Lord's Day. 06:21 What about the Lord's Day? 06:23 Heard an awful lot of things about it. 06:25 So we need to go from the end of the Word of God, 06:27 find out really what the Bible has to say 06:31 about the Lord's Day. 06:32 First, let's pray together, will you kneel with me 06:33 as we pray where's possible? 06:37 Merciful Father in heaven, thank You for Your love. 06:39 We now invite Thy Holy Spirit 06:40 take possession of our hearts, our minds, our souls. 06:43 Lord, may we just bask in Your righteousness, 06:46 and Your holiness, and in Your Spirit today, 06:49 help our minds to be what they need to be, 06:51 help our ears to be and to hear 06:52 what we need to hear. 06:53 And may we be revived and ready 06:55 for Your coming, in Jesus' name, amen. 07:00 We're thankful you have your Bibles, 07:01 I know you do in pencil and paper, 07:02 and jot down these passages 07:04 because I know if we take time to look every one of them up, 07:08 it's gonna take so much time. 07:09 But again, I want you to go back 07:11 and I want you to, you know, bask in every word 07:13 because you're gonna find out what truth is. 07:15 I went to Wikipedia, 07:17 I thought it was very interesting 07:18 to get some information about the Lord's Day, 07:20 think about this with me, you know. 07:22 And here's what one the thing had to say here, 07:26 it's kind of interesting to me. 07:27 It says often, 07:30 now notice this, the first day worship 07:32 Sunday morning or Saturday night 07:35 was practiced alongside the observance 07:37 of the seventh day Sabbath rest. 07:40 And was wide spread in Christianity 07:43 but notice what it said. 07:45 It said, tradition by the second century, 07:49 overtime Sunday then became known as the Lord's Day. 07:54 So the question simply was put in 07:55 which day is the Lord's Day? 07:57 I'd like to know too 07:58 because I wanna observe the right day, 07:59 don't you? 08:01 Surely we would want to, 08:02 if not, somebody has stolen the meaning of that word. 08:05 That's what's involved here. 08:08 So Wikipedia just said, 08:09 you know, it started out what is, 08:10 you know, little worship here. 08:12 And pretty soon before long, 08:14 it was beside the seventh day Sabbath 08:16 it was close by. 08:17 And then pretty soon it took over 08:19 and the seventh day Sabbath went behind. 08:21 Another point here, this is called, 08:23 some of you may have looked it up 08:24 there on Wikipedia, 08:26 but it's called the Blue Letter Bible. 08:28 These are people put out 08:29 what they call a lot of truths in God's Word. 08:32 But I want you to listen to what they have to say here, 08:33 it's interesting. 08:35 It said, "The original Sabbath 08:36 is based in the seven days of old creation." 08:41 All of a sudden, I get little defensive, 08:42 I'm trying my best not to say anything 08:44 about what I'm reading here 08:45 so as we move forward, 08:47 but it's based on the old creation. 08:49 God worked six days 08:51 and then rested on the last day. 08:53 So I insert the last day is the seventh day 08:56 if that's all right with you 08:57 because that's what it is. 08:58 "Whereas the Sabbath" notice 09:00 "falling on the last day, the seventh of the week, 09:04 was indicative of the old creation. 09:08 The first day of the week is God's new creation. 09:12 He rose on the first day. 09:14 So he began his Sabbath rest." 09:18 How many of you like to begin 09:19 your first work day with the rest day? 09:23 Did you get that? 09:24 God worked six days, didn't He? 09:27 And then He rested on the Sabbath. 09:29 Here, they said, the first day, the Sabbath is the rest day. 09:32 You start out resting. 09:33 Usually, you need to work first and then you rest, 09:35 I think you get that. 09:38 It goes on and says, 09:39 "The notion that Sunday 09:40 has taken the place of the Sabbath 09:43 is notably absent 09:45 from early Christian literature." 09:48 When you really get down to it, you can't really find anything 09:51 that backs up about the Lord's Day. 09:54 And I want you to say quickly, 09:55 right up front, we're not gonna be on. 09:57 In this study, it's not so much about, you know, the Sabbath, 10:01 when it was given, 10:02 it's not gonna be really about Christ and the Sabbath. 10:05 It's not gonna be the Sabbath in the New Testament, 10:08 the Sabbath in the Old Testament, 10:10 it's not gonna be about the seal of God 10:12 or the mark of apostasy. 10:14 It's not gonna be about the Sabbath in history. 10:17 And, you know, it's gonna be about our subject 10:20 is which day's the Lord Day? 10:21 What about the Lord's Day. 10:23 But certainly we'll touch on every one of these subjects. 10:26 But if we do, if we look at, 10:28 it would take an awful lot of time 10:29 to go through each subject. 10:31 We'll use some passages and text, 10:32 I'm sure from that. 10:34 And Matthew 15:13 quickly as we look at this. 10:37 I think this is a good way to start. 10:39 We may start different than maybe we ever had 10:41 because we're not doing what? 10:42 The Sabbath thing as it were, we're doing the Lord's Day 10:46 because many people misunderstand 10:49 when they apply the Lord's Day and what they mean by it. 10:53 And when they say the Sabbath, what do they mean by it? 10:57 It may be different than what you think. 11:00 Matthew 15:13, the Bible says, 11:02 Jesus talking, said, "He answered and He said, 11:05 every plant, 11:07 which my heavenly Father hath not planted, 11:09 shall be," what? 11:11 "Rooted up." Uprooted. 11:12 Now notice, Jesus speaking here, 11:14 every plant that my Father hath not planted 11:16 is gonna be rooted up. 11:18 There's gonna come a time, there's gonna, something, 11:20 if it's false, it's going to be exposed. 11:22 And I see that in this hour that we are living in. 11:25 The hour that we're living in, 11:26 there's a lot of people that's getting what? 11:28 They're getting exposed for things that they've done 11:31 that maybe years ago, but all of a sudden, 11:33 it's out there for the public to view. 11:36 Would it not be in this thing called maybe the Lord's Day, 11:39 that God's going to make it very clear to the people? 11:42 Now remember, the scribes had done something, 11:44 they came to Jesus with the complaint. 11:46 You remember that in Matthew 15:2, 11:49 we'll read a couple of verses there. 11:50 But notice what it says. 11:52 It says, "Why do Thy disciples," 11:54 asking Jesus, 11:56 "transgress the traditions of the elders?" 12:00 Did you get that? 12:01 "Why did the disciples transgress 12:03 the traditions of the elder?" 12:06 Not what the Word of God says, but why? 12:08 Jesus comes right back. 12:09 And that's the way we need to do as Christians, 12:12 we need to be able to come back with a thus saith, what? 12:15 The Lord with an answer from scripture, 12:17 not I think, or whoever it might be. 12:20 You know, Jesus answered them. 12:22 And in Matthew 15:3, 12:24 Jesus answered that question with another question. 12:28 Sometimes they say, you're not supposed to do that. 12:30 But I think he was right on when he did this. 12:32 I've done it myself, I don't know about you. 12:34 But another question, he said, 12:35 oh, really then, "Why do you transgress 12:37 the commandments of God by your tradition?" 12:42 They were saying, why do you... 12:44 Tradition is above. 12:45 God said, "Why are you transgressing 12:47 the commandments of God by your tradition?" 12:49 And then he goes on in Matthew 15:9, He said, 12:51 "In vain do they worship me teaching for doctrines 12:55 the commandments of men." 12:57 Jesus laid it out plain. 12:59 We know the Sabbath or the fourth commandment 13:02 is a test for this time. 13:04 We know that. 13:05 It's not your position, it's not your education, 13:09 it's not gonna be your money, 13:10 it's not gonna be the color of your skin. 13:13 But perfect obedience to all the commandments of God 13:16 will open the gates 13:17 of that new city and let you in, 13:20 certainly by the blood of Jesus Christ. 13:22 So I think that it's very, very important 13:25 that we understand 13:26 which day is really the Lord's Day 13:28 because the majority of the world has got it wrong. 13:32 Majority of the world of approximately getting close 13:35 to 7 billion people on this earth, 13:38 there's approximately only what? 13:39 Twenty million or so that's got it right. 13:43 Are you still with me? 13:44 That's 6 billion 13:45 and somebody's doing on a computer. 13:47 Okay, lesson number 19. Lesson 19. 13:51 It's about the Lord's Day. 13:52 What about the Lord's Day? 13:54 Remember, 13:55 the Sunday has been called the Sabbath, Brother Mark. 13:58 Sunday is called the Sabbath by many people. 14:02 Sunday is called the Lord's Day by many people. 14:08 Many people calls the Sunday the rest day of the Lord. 14:13 Many call it the Christian Sabbath. 14:16 So how can we apply the Sabbath, 14:18 the Lord's Day, you know, with this thing called Sunday? 14:22 Can we really do that from scripture 14:24 or its man maybe putting something in 14:26 that should not be put in? 14:28 There's a lot of confusion in the religious world today, 14:31 there's no doubt about it. 14:32 When I asked the question, 14:34 what day is really the Lord's Day? 14:37 Is it Saturday or is it Sunday? It's interesting. 14:40 It's almost always boils down to these two days. 14:43 Did you notice that? 14:44 Not really some other day 14:46 but is it really Saturday or is it really Sunday? 14:49 Which day is the Sabbath? 14:51 Does the Old Testament or does the New Testament 14:53 establish Saturday or Sunday as the Lord's Day? 14:56 Which is it? 14:58 Is the Sabbath still in effect? 15:00 These are legitimate questions 15:02 that we should be asking ourselves and people do 15:04 because they're told that maybe it's not. 15:06 We need to see what the Word of God 15:07 has to say about that. 15:09 Does it make really any difference? 15:12 Does it make any difference 15:13 what we really believe about which day? 15:15 I've told, I've been told 15:16 that as long as you just keep one, 15:19 one in seven is fine. 15:20 Is that really the way the Bible reads? 15:23 They say, it really doesn't make any difference. 15:24 Is that the kind of God that we serve? 15:26 We need to look at realistically. 15:29 You know, I'm thinking this debate 15:31 and I wanna call it that, if you will. 15:33 This debate over Saturday, you know, or Sunday, 15:37 which day is the Lord's Day 15:38 is probably one of the longest running debates 15:41 in the history of the world. 15:43 Are you still there? 15:44 Because it can begin to be debated as it were, 15:46 in the very beginning, the enemy certainly did that. 15:49 It's interesting, 15:50 if people go back to the Book of Genesis, 15:53 if you do that, you know, 15:54 if a person goes all the way back there 15:56 in Genesis to me means what? 15:57 It's merely the beginnings, isn't it? 16:00 After the creation of the world, 16:03 after creation, the next subject that's really, 16:05 you know, that we can get into is what? 16:07 The Sabbath, or the seventh day of the week, 16:10 think about that. 16:12 So it's put in, and importance is put very much right up there 16:15 with God created the world. 16:16 And then there's something 16:18 that at the end of creation is a rest day, 16:20 there's something that God had intentions 16:22 for us to have. 16:23 Genesis Chapter 2, 16:24 everybody we say has read this, 16:26 but you realize, millions in the world 16:28 have never read Genesis Chapter 2, 16:30 the one that you have memorized, 16:32 I'm sure and you say, I know this very well. 16:35 Genesis 2:1-3. 16:37 Notice what the Bible says. 16:39 Genesis Chapter what? 16:40 Two, we're gonna read verses 1-3, 16:43 "Thus the heavens and the earth were," what? 16:45 "Finished," did you get what we said while ago. 16:47 The next subject tackle after creation was what? 16:51 God was giving us the Sabbath issue to look at. 16:53 And now noticed here, 16:54 "Heaven and earth were finished and the host of them." 16:56 And notice what the Bible says, and the Bible says, 16:59 "On the," on the, somebody help me. 17:02 "On the seventh day 17:04 God ended His work which He had made, 17:06 and He rested on the seventh day 17:08 from all of His work which He had made. 17:10 And God blessed the seventh day, sanctified it, 17:13 because in it He had rested," what? 17:15 "From all of His work which God created," 17:18 notice this, "and He made." 17:21 Notice there in those three verses, 17:22 you have at least three times God mentions the day what? 17:25 The seventh day, there must be something to it. 17:30 How can we somehow just overlook that? 17:32 It seems to be so simple, does it not? 17:36 This passage is clear as clear can be. 17:39 Maybe it's too clear, 17:41 to the point that our minds just pass over and say 17:44 it's got, there must be something else to it 17:46 because that is really clear. 17:48 Does the Lord's Day matter? 17:50 You better believe the Lord's Day matters. 17:53 But the subject we're looking at 17:55 must be based on much more 17:56 than I've looked at and studied this week. 17:58 But there's just a traditions and the thoughts of men 18:02 separated from the Word of God. 18:04 We cannot live on those things 18:06 and believe what truth is and we can't find truth, 18:08 unless established on the Word of God. 18:11 Evidence, it has to be based upon textual proof 18:15 and it has to be based on historical proof. 18:19 Remember, the phrase, the Lord's Day, 18:23 which people have made big issues over 18:25 and we should in a certain extent, 18:27 but it's only used one time in Scripture. 18:30 If used one time, 18:31 we have to look at the Lord's Day. 18:33 I've heard some people say 18:34 and we'll hopefully get chance to do that. 18:36 They said in there and this is an author 18:38 of several books of other denomination. 18:41 He said, "There's nothing in the Bible 18:43 Old or New Testament at all, 18:44 that ever says which day is the Lord's Day." 18:47 Now there's something that's right. 18:48 Something you have to squeal a little bit about 18:51 because I know better based on the Word of God, 18:53 but he was trying to get around it, you see, 18:56 and using other things. 18:58 We're not going to do that. 18:59 We're going to hit it head on 19:00 because that's how God would have us 19:02 to do it here in these days, 19:03 which is the test of this day 19:05 that we are living in as a Sabbath, 19:06 for sure the Lord's Day. 19:08 And that was found in Revelation 1:10, isn't it? 19:11 John said, "I was in the," what? 19:14 "I was in the Spirit," having a vision on what? 19:17 The Sabbath day 19:18 and they used that passage and put it in concrete 19:21 and they say, 19:22 see that Sabbath day, that's Sunday. 19:24 It doesn't say Sabbath 19:26 and it doesn't say Sunday, Saturday or Sunday, does it? 19:29 It doesn't say which day is which 19:31 at that point in time. 19:33 But yet people take like they do scripture 19:35 and they put it out of context. 19:37 You know, in itself, 19:39 it doesn't tell us which day's the Lord Day 19:40 so we're going to have to search 19:41 for more weight of evidence to prove it. 19:45 It's never, never, never I think that it is, 19:49 it seems like it is, they say that it is. 19:54 Have you been around people where they say, pastor told me, 19:58 the evangelist said, 20:00 well, we thought and you'll bless your hearts, 20:03 I'm not getting on to that. 20:05 I'm just simply saying 20:06 is that what we're going to base our beliefs on 20:08 in the Word of God is I think he said, 20:10 I wanna based on a thus saith the Lord. 20:13 Let's establish, shall we, quickly as we can 20:15 which day heaven recognizes as the Lord's Day? 20:19 It's really not say, 20:21 well, this denomination says this is the Lord Day. 20:23 This group says this is the Lord Day. 20:25 We're going to look at it what? 20:27 Which day does heaven recognize as the Lord's Day? 20:31 I think that's the way we should do it, don't you? 20:33 At least that's where I'm at in my thinking? 20:35 Let's do it maybe a little different, 20:36 maybe then, maybe you had before 20:37 and maybe, maybe not. 20:39 Let's go as, to New Testament to the Book of John. 20:42 John Chapter 1. John Chapter 1. 20:48 And we're going to read several verses there. 20:49 John 1:1. 20:52 Are we there? Are you there? 20:53 John 1:1, the Bible says, 20:55 I love it when I can say, the Bible says, 20:58 it never gets old to me. 21:00 That kind of gives me a chill 21:01 just a little bit when I can say, am I right? 21:04 The Word of God says, the Bible says. 21:07 Bible says in John 1:1, it says, 21:10 "In the beginning was the," who? 21:12 Come on, "In the beginning was the Word, 21:14 and the Word was with God, and the Word," what? 21:18 Was God." 21:19 Verse 2, 21:20 "The same was in the beginning with God." 21:23 If we would read it 21:24 and just believe it, the way that it's written, 21:25 we wouldn't have all these controversies 21:27 that's going on, 21:29 even among our own people today. 21:30 Well, there was a time and place He came into being... 21:32 In the beginning, He says right here, 21:34 in the beginning as same was in the beginning with God. 21:38 That kind of established or something, 21:39 pretty heavy duty, don't we? 21:41 Verse 14, turnover page, 21:42 or at least I will, in my Bible, 21:44 to verse 14. 21:45 Now notice about the word 21:46 some people believe it, believe it or not 21:48 because they haven't studied, 21:49 they don't know who the Word is. 21:51 Here the Bible establishes does it not, the Word. 21:54 John 1:14, "And the Word was made..." 21:58 Flesh. 21:59 Good, "the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, 22:02 we beheld His glory," right? 22:03 "As of the only begotten of the Father, 22:05 full of grace and truth." 22:07 The Word was made what? 22:09 The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. 22:11 It had to be who? 22:13 It had to be Jesus. Praise God for that. 22:17 I mean, think about this. 22:18 What does this mean? 22:20 What do these verses say to us quickly? 22:21 We're trying to establish something here, 22:23 stay with us. 22:24 What does this text teach us, these verses we just read? 22:28 Let's condense it down. 22:30 Number one, that Jesus was what? 22:32 He was with God from eternity past. 22:36 Are we still there? 22:37 He was always with God. 22:38 Jesus was always with God. 22:40 Two, now we think about it. 22:42 And when you think about eternity past, 22:44 I have to think about it. 22:46 When you look at it, it's talking continuously. 22:48 That's what the word means. 22:49 He was continuously with God. 22:52 That means it was timeless, something we're talking about, 22:54 you can't go back and count the years. 22:56 You can't comprehend it. 22:58 It's unlimited space of time, it's the existence. 23:02 It's way beyond our heart, our mind, 23:03 but we read it and we believe it by faith 23:05 and say thank you, Lord. 23:08 Think about that, 23:09 prior to the coming of this world, 23:11 God and Christ were always together. 23:14 Now, here's our point, who created all things? 23:17 Now this is important 23:18 because we want to worship our Creator, 23:19 don't we? 23:21 It's important if God, the Creator creates something. 23:23 And so the Bible starts out with Ephesians 3:9, 23:27 who created all things? 23:30 What does the Bible say? 23:31 "Which from the beginning of the world 23:33 hath been hid in God," 23:35 here's the key, "who created," what? 23:37 "All things by Jesus Christ." 23:40 Ephesians 3:9. 23:42 So now I ask you a question quickly, 23:43 who created what? 23:44 All things? Jesus... 23:46 Now, what does the Bible say? 23:48 Jesus Christ created all things. 23:51 Now, we're gonna go over this several passage. 23:52 So we know... 23:54 We won't have it confused. 23:55 We're gonna have a square right on top, 23:57 we're gonna have it the right way. 23:58 Now notice, does all, it says all things, 24:02 now does all things include heaven, and earth, 24:05 and other worlds. 24:08 It must, doesn't it, because you know why? 24:10 Because the Bible says so, 24:12 I wouldn't have known that, I couldn't come up with that. 24:14 I just say, boy, He says He created this and that. 24:17 Bible said, Hebrews 1:1-2, 24:21 Hebrews 1:1-2, the Bible said 24:25 here and I'm gonna condense it down, 24:26 simply start out and say God. 24:28 Hebrews 1:1-2, 24:30 "God hath in these last days spoken unto us by," who? 24:34 "By His son, 24:36 by whom also He made the worlds." 24:40 Can we know He made the what? 24:42 He made the worlds, 24:44 other worlds that are in existence, 24:45 praise God. 24:46 Quickly, what three things then have we learned 24:49 from the passage we just read. 24:51 God and Christ have always been together 24:53 from eternity past, 24:55 you know, so okay, we got that together. 24:57 We got it now that Christ created what? 25:00 All things, three talk about, He created other worlds, 25:05 or He created the things in the heavens 25:07 and in the earth. 25:09 So we get that He created. 25:11 So there's something about this word created. 25:13 So he said, well, I don't have it 25:15 quite squared away yet. 25:16 Well, Paul makes it 25:18 a little bit clear for us maybe. 25:19 So we don't miss this point. 25:21 Please don't miss it. 25:22 Colossians Chapter 1. Colossians... 25:24 We're doing an old fashioned Bible study 25:26 but rather quickly, 25:27 we wanna study the Word, don't we? 25:29 We wanna open these pages, we wanna wrestle these pages. 25:31 This is where truth is found. 25:33 Notice, Colossians 1:16-17. 25:36 Very familiar. 25:37 It says, "For by Him were all things," what? 25:40 "All things were created by Him," 25:42 notice this, "that are in heaven, 25:44 and that are in the earth." 25:46 Notice this, it says, "visible and," what? 25:49 "Invisible things," I will go on and skip on, 25:51 "all things were created by Him and for Him. 25:55 And He is before all things, and by Him all things," what? 25:59 "Consist." 26:00 I'm a little bit excited about this. 26:02 I don't know if you're excited or not, 26:03 but I'm gonna be excited. 26:05 If I'm the only one that's excited, it's okay to me 26:06 because I love what it says here. 26:08 It makes us so clear 26:10 things visible and things invisible, 26:12 He created these things. 26:14 They were created by Him and for Him. 26:17 Did you get it? 26:19 And He's before all things. 26:22 And by Him all things consist. 26:24 That's a powerful word consist. 26:28 I mean, you talk about powerful here, 26:30 it means it consists, oh! 26:32 All things were put together by Him. 26:34 That's what the word means in the Greek, 26:36 all things were put together who? 26:38 By Him, I like that. 26:40 All things, in other word, 26:41 it's all things stand because of Him. 26:44 In other words, He puts them in place 26:45 and He tells them to stay there. 26:47 They stand there 26:48 because He's the Creator and He put them there. 26:51 And another I really liked this in the Hebrew, 26:53 it talks about when they consist, it says, 26:55 all things were introduced by Him, isn't that good? 26:59 That just gives you chill bumps to think about it. 27:01 How to establish this scripture is wonderful. 27:04 Now, some people say, well, it's still kind of messy. 27:06 Let's tidy it up a bit, shall we? 27:08 Uh-huh. Come on. 27:10 It may not be messy to some of you 27:11 but there'll be other people say, oh, it's too much. 27:14 And so we're trying to do it 27:15 for the one who says, you know, 27:16 I need to tidy it up just a little bit. 27:18 So we could tidy it up in John 1:3. 27:22 John 1:3. 27:24 Notice this, bottom line, I love bottom lines 27:27 and I wanna get to the bottom of it. 27:29 Notice this, it says, 27:30 "All things were made by," what? 27:32 "All things were made by Him," notice now, 27:34 "without Him was not anything made 27:38 that was made." 27:40 Now, we can have any question, can we? 27:43 Yeah, praise God. 27:45 Somebody is getting, 27:46 catching the vision on right here. 27:48 There's not anything made that was made without Him. 27:50 So let's ask the question, 27:52 notice this, then who made the Sabbath, 27:57 if He's the Creator of all things? 28:00 We've got to get to the point then, how about the Sabbath, 28:03 was the Sabbath made? 28:05 You say, well, okay, it wasn't really made. 28:06 What does Mark 2:27 tell you? 28:10 "And the Sabbath was made for man, 28:14 and not man for the Sabbath." 28:16 Notice that, "The Sabbath then was made." 28:20 Signifying He's still what? 28:21 The Creator. 28:23 He's created all things, including the Sabbath. 28:26 So we have to recognize that point 28:28 and grasp that point. 28:29 Thank God for that point. 28:31 Now, are you wanna look at that, 28:33 you'll say it was made by Him? 28:34 And He said, then the Sabbath was made for man. 28:37 I looked at that word I said, made for man. 28:39 What could that possibly mean 28:40 to help us to understand it better? 28:42 And again, you look it up 28:43 in the original language, it said, 28:45 notice this, the Sabbath, notice this, made, 28:48 he said made for man, the Sabbath came into being. 28:52 Did you get it? Made means came into being. 28:55 The Sabbath came into being because of Him. 28:58 And it says what? 28:59 Oh, this is, to me it's really exciting. 29:02 The Sabbath then made means the Sabbath continues 29:05 because of Him. 29:07 Not an end put to it, the Sabbath does what? 29:10 It continues because of Jesus Christ. 29:13 It should be that way, shouldn't it? 29:14 Praise God for that as we look at it. 29:17 And then you look at another word 29:18 I thought was so interesting. 29:20 The Sabbath was ordained by God. 29:22 Man, that's beautiful. 29:24 See, that's given us some concrete to walk on. 29:27 That's given us something to reach out and grab a hold. 29:30 That's something we could present to the world 29:31 because they're presenting who? 29:34 Be careful, they're presenting fake news. 29:36 Somebody's not with me. 29:38 They're robbing and stealing. 29:40 When it talks about this, 29:42 you know, Sunday being the Sabbath, 29:44 no such thing. 29:45 Sunday is not a rest day. 29:46 It's the first day. It's a work day. 29:48 So we need to get back to the reality 29:50 because people are, why do we say this? 29:53 Because people are confused. 29:55 When you say, I go to church on Sabbath, 29:56 they raise their hands, oh, I do too. 29:58 But they're going every Sunday, something's not right. 30:01 It needs to be brought home. 30:03 Sabbath made for man, that's what the Bible said. 30:07 So once again, who created the Sabbath? 30:10 Jesus created the Sabbath. 30:13 This means that God and Jesus 30:15 rested on the very first Sabbath 30:18 after They created this world together, They rested. 30:21 That's beautiful. 30:22 And what's the proof? Oh! 30:24 You say, well, proof it, 30:25 back to Genesis 2:2 is the proof, is it not? 30:29 And it says what? 30:30 "And on the seventh day He ended His work" 30:33 and what did He do? 30:34 "which He had made" and what did He do? 30:36 "And He rested on the" come on 30:39 "the seventh day of the week He rested." 30:42 How is it that we can become confused 30:45 between the seventh day and the first day. 30:47 No other confusion, 30:48 we can't even figure out, lot of people say, 30:50 we can't even figure out which day is the seventh day. 30:53 They can always figure out Sunday, 30:55 and Monday, and Tuesday, and Wednesday, 30:56 and Thursday, and Friday, every day, 30:58 but they can't figure out the Sabbath 31:00 and it's so simple, right? 31:01 It falls in between the Friday, right? 31:03 They call Good Friday, everybody knows when that is. 31:05 And the first day of the week is resurrection, 31:08 Sabbath's right at there. 31:11 Very simple, if we were looking for truth. 31:14 In Genesis 2:3 not gonna go into all of it, 31:16 but I just want you to think with me, 31:18 in Genesis 2:3 it just simply say, 31:21 when we go over many times 31:22 when you're studying about the Sabbath, it said, 31:24 "And God bless the" what? 31:26 "The Sabbath and He sanctified it." 31:28 Think about it. 31:29 Point I want you to keep in mind is that 31:31 when you says that God blessed the seventh day. 31:34 What does the Bible say about when God blesses something? 31:38 You remember that in 1 Chronicles 17:27, 31:42 it says, "If God blesses anything, 31:45 it shall be blessed forever." 31:47 Did you get it? 31:49 If God blesses something, it shall be what? 31:51 It's gonna be blessed forever. 31:53 You see how important that is. 31:54 It's not, it was temporary blessing, 31:56 it was done away with after He died. 31:58 You know... 31:59 It didn't say, it's said when God blesses something 32:01 like He did the Sabbath day, it's blessed forever. 32:04 I have to believe that, 32:06 I have to follow what Scripture says, 32:07 how about you? 32:09 The seventh day then is meant to be a, what? 32:11 A blessing. 32:13 It's to rest on, it's to enjoy, it's to worship on. 32:19 Man, go to church on if I might say that 32:22 but notice it, in that day is the day of sanctification. 32:26 There's something about, 32:27 He said, "Well, keep the Sabbath holy." 32:29 You know, only holy people can keep a day holy. 32:32 We've got to have a right relationship, 32:34 you see, in order to keep it holy, 32:35 but it talks about sanctified here. 32:38 I think it's very, very interesting. 32:39 So sanctification must be part of the process 32:43 of making that day because God wants to do, what? 32:47 Sanctify us. 32:49 Make us holy, set us apart, ready for heaven. 32:51 Isn't that beautiful when you think about it? 32:53 This is what the Sabbath is all about. 32:55 That's why the devil has attacked it, 32:57 tooth and nail. 32:58 And practically the whole world 33:00 wonders after the enemy in this teaching. 33:03 Let's be honest about it. 33:04 Somebody gets little upset, 33:06 bless you, still love you anyway. 33:07 But you know what? 33:09 You need to get back into Word of God 33:10 instead of throwing all these farfetched things out 33:12 with no scriptural background. 33:13 And the ones they give 33:15 almost every time, every passage they give, 33:17 I'm just gonna challenge you with it. 33:19 Every passage they give 33:21 has no bearing on the subject matter. 33:24 Are you with me? 33:25 Just as we gave you Revelation 1:10 while ago, 33:28 I was in the spirit. 33:30 And I keep Sunday because of the resurrection. 33:32 There's not a lick of truth into that. 33:35 Fake news again. 33:38 Romans tells you exactly 33:39 what it's all about, doesn't it? 33:41 In commemoration 33:43 of the seventh day Sabbath is baptism, 33:45 not a change of the worship or a day, 33:47 we need to study. 33:48 God, help us, I'm not trying to make little or light of it. 33:51 But man, I want you to think. 33:53 I just think we just haven't done... 33:55 I don't think I've done my job right. 33:57 You know, there's much more that should be done right now, 34:00 because of the closeness of the coming of Jesus. 34:03 That we need to make these points 34:05 because this is the point most controverted, 34:08 we know in the world is on the fourth commandment, 34:10 not about to say nine of them, it's just about this one... 34:14 Remember, that recognizes what? 34:16 Him as our Creator, our Redeemer, 34:19 and we just said that 34:20 Jesus created the seventh day Sabbath, 34:23 so he's attacking. 34:26 Oh, man, Jesus kept the Sabbath. 34:30 Jesus kept the Lord's Day, now His day. 34:32 Absolutely. 34:34 We know, Luke 4:16, "As His custom was, 34:36 He went into synagogue on the Sabbath day, 34:38 and He stood up for to read." 34:40 Did He not? 34:42 And somebody will say to me, 34:43 and there's no use of saying to me, 34:44 because I'll come back on you. 34:46 You know, well, He was a Jew. That's why He did. 34:47 Let me tell you, my friends. 34:49 He was more than a Jew. Yes, He was a Jew. 34:51 I say, well, He was born in the lineage, 34:53 but He was more, He's the King of kings 34:55 and He's the Lord of lords. 34:57 We know that, He's King of the universe, 34:59 the Bible tells it. 35:01 We know that for sure, 35:02 He's my Savior, and He's my Redeemer, 35:04 He's my friend. 35:06 You see, to me, this is what it's all about here 35:09 is who is it we pledge our allegiance to? 35:12 Is it to man and traditions or to the God 35:14 the Lord God, Jesus, who created the Sabbath? 35:17 Who is it we're worshiping here? 35:19 What are we doing here? 35:20 Jesus proclaimed Himself in John 15:10, He said, 35:24 "I have kept my Father's commandments." 35:27 Notice this. 35:30 Somebody asked a quick question, 35:31 I'll say, yeah, but you know, Christ, 35:33 does Christ's followers keep the Sabbath, 35:35 you know, after His death? 35:37 Bible is very clear, right? 35:39 Luke Chapter 23, moving on quickly, 56. 35:42 Notice it says, after His death, it says, 35:44 "They went and they returned and prepared spices and," what? 35:47 "And ointments, and they rested the Sabbath, 35:50 according to the commandment." 35:51 They didn't know about any change 35:53 the day after death of Jesus Christ. 35:54 See, that's a subject within itself 35:56 and a lot more could be given on. 35:57 Let me just ask another question. 35:59 Did His followers, 36:00 Jesus' followers observe the seventh day Sabbath 36:03 after the resurrection? 36:05 No, Acts 17:2, absolutely, talking about Paul. 36:09 Acts Chapter, what? 36:10 Acts 17:2 just to give you a couple here, 36:13 notice, it says, 36:14 "And Paul as his custom or as his manner 36:18 was, he went into them, three Sabbath days 36:21 reasoned with him out of scripture." 36:24 And I love to agitate people sometime 36:27 in a nice way to say, 36:28 Paul was a Seventh-day Adventist, 36:30 because he believed in the second coming of Jesus, 36:33 that's what Adventist mean. 36:35 Every Christian should believe in the Advent, 36:38 the coming of Jesus Christ, 36:39 the imminent coming of Jesus Christ. 36:41 And Paul was a Sabbath keeper. 36:45 What's wrong with that? 36:46 If I felt like some people do, 36:48 I just throw all the Paul's writings out, 36:49 if you do, you pull almost all the New Testament out, 36:53 but yet you pick and choose, 36:55 well, I believe Paul said, that's good. 36:58 But shouldn't we say, Paul, also this is what he did. 37:02 He either a man of God or he wasn't a man of God. 37:05 Look a little bit farther into that. 37:07 I mean, the scriptures, I wish we could read them all, 37:10 just jot down Acts Chapter 13, if you will, 37:14 verses 14, 42 and 44. 37:17 Jot those down, because it just simply says, 37:19 you know, "They went to church on the Sabbath," 37:21 you notice that, 37:24 and that was Jew and Gentile alike. 37:26 They were going together on that. 37:28 Acts 16:13, 37:31 "On the Sabbath, they had service by the river." 37:33 You remember, 37:34 it was on the seventh day Sabbath. 37:35 I wish we could talk more about that. 37:37 In fact, in the Acts 13:44, it said, ooh, 37:41 "Almost the whole city came out the next Sabbath, 37:44 you intend Paul alike. 37:46 Would that'd be wonderful to have meetings like that, 37:48 when everybody came out. 37:51 That's the way that is supposed to be, 37:52 what's wrong with us. 37:55 God, help us. 37:56 That's the way it's supposed to be. 37:59 We're not looking for reasons to stay home, 38:00 we're looking at reasons to go, we want to go, 38:03 we want to be in the presence of the Lord. 38:05 We want to be in presence of the Holy Spirit. 38:06 This is where God's gonna pour out that latter rain 38:09 and the Holy Spirit, we're talking camp meeting, 38:10 we're talking about gatherings like this 38:12 is where the Spirit of God is going to be poured out. 38:15 Surely we want to party. 38:16 It's not going to be when you're hiding 38:17 around at home doing nothing. 38:19 Maybe I said enough on that. 38:22 You know, what I'm talking about? 38:24 Remember, Paul, if we go... 38:25 Acts 18, jot another one down, 38:27 so you can look at John 18:1-4 and also 11. 38:33 What did Paul do? 38:34 Paul went to church, he had church services, 38:36 and it said he was there straight, 38:38 a year and a half, for a year and a half. 38:41 So you see why he's still keeping the Sabbath 38:43 and it was Jews and Gentiles alike, 38:45 that were coming together to learn these beautiful truth. 38:48 Would we all agree that Paul was an educator? 38:50 Yeah, man of intelligence, absolutely, 38:52 man that love Jesus Christ. 38:54 But remember, he taught Jews and the Gentiles, 38:57 and I guarantee he made a difference. 38:59 But you know, as his point in time, 39:01 we'll look as we read earlier on 39:02 in here about some people's what they're talking about. 39:05 They're saying, well, you know, the Lord's day came in about, 39:08 started calling the Sabbath, the Lord's Day and, you know, 39:11 200 years, 150 years after Christ. 39:13 Well, why was something just start to develop? 39:16 The truth that we have, 39:17 we go back to the very beginning. 39:19 It's got a solid foundation, 39:20 and it continues to grow and build overtime, 39:22 until the end of time 39:24 and then through all eternity, Isaiah 66. 39:27 This is what's beautiful 39:28 about what you have, what God has given you, 39:30 why he's called your attention too. 39:33 We know Paul's an educator, we talked about it. 39:34 He taught Jews and Gentiles, but you know what he taught? 39:37 One thing he taught them 39:39 was that supreme honor is to be given to God. 39:43 Supreme, what? Honor. 39:45 This is scriptural as it can be, 39:47 John 5:23, the Bible said, 39:50 "All men should honor the Son," notice this, 39:53 "even as they honor the" what? 39:55 "The father." 39:56 So honors do, why? 39:57 Because Jesus created all things, 39:59 Jesus created the Sabbath. 40:02 Mark 2:27, "The Sabbath was made for man 40:04 and not man for the Sabbath." 40:05 God made it for us especially, 40:07 and most people are throwing it 40:09 back in His face. 40:10 God have mercy on our soul. 40:14 Certainly these passages are in harmony with John 10:30, 40:18 when Jesus simply made a statement, 40:23 I and My Father are one." 40:26 So in keeping the Lord's Day, 40:28 remember Paul was teaching, to honor Jesus, to honor God. 40:32 How do we honor God? 40:33 How do we honor Jesus? 40:35 In keeping the Lord's Day on the seventh days, 40:39 you know, the seventh day Sabbath. 40:41 We honor God and Jesus, Jesus and God, by keeping 40:46 the seventh day Sabbath we, what? 40:48 We honor Him. 40:49 Paul talked in that you do honor. 40:53 So that's one way we can honor Him. 40:55 So if we're not doing it, could it be... 40:57 Maybe we're dishonoring Him. 40:59 You have to look at one side and then the other 41:01 and weigh it out, isn't that right? 41:04 Honor or dishonor? 41:07 We started out with Revelation 1:10, 41:10 "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day." 41:12 Let's just go over it again here quickly, 41:14 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day. 41:17 Now remember, the Lord's Day, how do we get it? 41:19 Naturally we go to the commandment, 41:20 we could have read that the very first passage 41:22 of scripture in Exodus 20:10, 41:25 we could have read it right quick and say, okay, 41:27 we're cutting it, but I want to just read it... 41:29 I read a couple of clips in there that people say, 41:32 this is why we call Sunday, the Lord's Day. 41:35 But see, we don't find that in Scripture 41:37 we're looking for, we're gonna find 41:39 something this is simple in the commandments. 41:41 Exodus 20:10, it says, "But the seventh day 41:45 is the Sabbath of" what? 41:47 "The Lord thy God." 41:48 The seventh day is, what? 41:50 Is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, 41:52 that means the seventh day Sabbath is the Lord's Day. 41:55 You see, they need something that clear in order to get 41:58 maybe even think about the issue. 42:00 And they had nothing, absolutely nothing. 42:03 Again, I'm not trying to criticize or condemn that, 42:05 but I'm letting it out that they do not have anything 42:08 to stand on when they're talking about, 42:10 well, Sunday is the Lord's Day, Sunday is the Sabbath. 42:14 That's sad. 42:15 You should think about it. 42:17 We've stolen it from the hand of the Creator. 42:19 That meant that the Sabbath is a seventh day, the rest day. 42:23 Sunday is not a rest day, you know that. 42:26 Seventh day is a Sabbath. 42:27 What does Isaiah 58 says? 42:30 He calls the seventh day Sabbath, my holy day. 42:33 Do you remember that? 42:35 He didn't say Sunday, He didn't say Monday, 42:37 he said the seventh day Sabbath is my holy day. 42:41 Who's gonna challenge God Almighty? 42:43 Basically the majority of the world 42:45 is challenging God Almighty. 42:48 They're trying to take Him off of the throne, 42:50 and they're putting their self on the throne. 42:52 They say, well, that's the pope is supposed to do 42:54 that or it's another minister or somebody else is doing... 42:57 It's not, you doing or I'm doing it 42:59 when I want change the Word of God. 43:02 I know more than God knows. 43:03 No, the Bible said, the seventh day is a Sabbath. 43:06 He calls it My holy day, Isaiah 58:13. 43:10 Boy, we look at that, 43:11 and we say, that's got to be clear. 43:14 So the Lord's Day is simply the seventh day Sabbath, 43:17 is it not? 43:19 We read Mark 2:27, but how about Mark 2:28, 43:24 it says, "The Son of Man is Lord of the..." 43:29 Come on, now "The Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath." 43:33 Does that make it very clear, which day is the Lord's Day. 43:35 Now, the Bible says right, the Son of Man, 43:37 Jesus Christ is Lord also of the Sabbath, why? 43:40 He created that day, and He created for man 43:43 and for us to rest in Him, absolutely. 43:47 How do we express our love to God? 43:49 You know, how do we do this? 43:52 Well, 1 John 5:1-3, 43:55 because we must express our love to God. 43:59 It said, whosoever, 44:03 1 John 5:1-3, 44:06 "Whosoever believeth that Jesus 44:07 is the Christ is born of, what? 44:09 "Is born of God: every one that loveth Him 44:12 that begat loveth Him also that is begotten of Him." 44:15 Come on, it's gonna get thicker. 44:17 Let's go verse 2, 44:18 "By this we know that we love the children of God, 44:22 when we love God and we," what? 44:24 "We keep His commandments." 44:26 "For this is the love of God," verse 3, 44:29 "that we keep His commandments," notice this, 44:31 "and His commandments are not grievous." 44:34 But we're under bondage, 44:36 keep the old law we're under bondage, man, 44:38 we're in handcuffs, we're in prison. 44:40 You know, somebody needs to wake up out there. 44:42 Perfect freedom, perfect freedom. 44:44 No, you can go to bed at night 44:45 and you haven't willfully broken 44:47 any of God's commandment, 44:48 you can lay your head down sleep like a baby. 44:52 Think about it. 44:53 They're not burdensome, that's what the Bible said, 44:55 and that's me I've send him. 44:57 It's not grievous is what it says. 44:58 You know, what that word really means? 45:00 It means they're not weighty. 45:02 God's commandments are not gonna weight you down. 45:06 They're gonna give you a perfect freedom to move about 45:07 the way you want to move about. 45:09 Do the things you want to do, everything that you want to do, 45:11 you can do it, because you have the law of God 45:14 in your mind, you have the love of Jesus in your mind. 45:17 They're not burdensome, 45:19 they're not heavy is what the Bible said. 45:21 1 John 4:17 says, "Here in is our love made perfect, 45:25 that we may have boldness in the day of Judgment." 45:28 I believe we're living in the day of God's judgment, 45:29 right now. 45:31 We've been in it for an awful long time 45:32 in the judgment hour message. 45:34 Giving three angels' message, 45:35 giving the truth out for right now. 45:37 And God says, I want you to have boldness 45:39 in the hour of judgment. 45:40 We need holy boldness right now. 45:42 We need to know 45:43 what we believe in Jesus Christ. 45:45 You know, you think about 45:46 that boldness in the Day of Judgment, why? 45:48 Because here, ooh, here's where it boils down right here, 45:51 it goes on and says, because as he is 45:54 so are we in this world. 45:57 Did you get it? As Jesus is, right? 45:59 So we must be in this world. 46:02 And I mean, 1 John 2:6 that we need to do, 46:07 "He that saith he abideth 46:08 in him ought to also walk as he" what? 46:11 "As he walked." 46:12 As he is so we ought to be, walk as He walked 46:15 is exactly what it says. 46:16 I look at that word, I thought there's something 46:18 funny about ought. 46:21 You know, often you read along, 46:22 it says that, in him ought 46:27 himself to walk as he walk. 46:28 Ought, here means he must himself 46:32 walk as Jesus walked. 46:34 Did you get it? 46:35 He's bound to walk the way that Jesus walked. 46:39 He's under obligation to walk as Jesus walked. 46:42 You see, this gets down to the nitty-gritty, 46:44 at least there's no wiggle room to try to get out of it. 46:47 Jesus wants us to know 46:48 because He loves you and He loves me. 46:51 He wants us to know what truth is. 46:54 He want to present in such a clear way 46:56 that there can be no mistake. 46:58 If you decide you want to go a different way, 47:00 you've known better, 47:01 but you decided you were gonna do it anyway. 47:03 And you end up getting your way. 47:06 We know why the Sabbath was given. 47:08 What was the purpose of giving the Sabbath? 47:09 You remember Ezekiel 20:12 and, of course, 20. 47:13 Jesus said, "Moreover I gave them my" what? 47:15 "My Sabbath." 47:17 Not a counterfeit Sabbath, 47:19 not a first day Sabbath, 47:21 the seventh day Sabbath. 47:23 "Moreover I gave them my Sabbaths, 47:24 to be a sign between me and them, 47:27 they might know, why? 47:29 That they might know that," what? 47:31 "I am the Lord," God, that's right. 47:33 "That sanctifies them." 47:35 There again, all He's wanting is recognition for whom He is. 47:38 He's the creator of it. 47:41 He says, I'll give you strength, and ability, 47:42 and power to be able to keep My sayings. 47:45 Praise God for that. 47:47 Verse 20 says, "And hallow my Sabbath," 47:50 that means keeping holy, doesn't it? 47:52 "And they shall be a sign" he's looking for a sign 47:55 "between me and you," right? 47:57 "That you may know that I am the Lord your God." 48:00 This is a sign that you recognize 48:02 who God is that you keep His day. 48:05 That's what the Sabbath is about. 48:07 So those who are not doing it, if you... 48:09 I say it nicely, ignorance means not knowing, 48:11 if you're doing it in ignorance, God knows. 48:13 But those of you who know better, 48:15 you are held accountable for, 48:16 you are not recognizing God, right? 48:19 The Lord our God because we won't keep 48:21 that sign or that little seal or that evidence 48:24 that we know who He is. 48:27 How sad? 48:29 He is our Creator, our Redeemer, our Sustainer. 48:33 God says, "I gave them My commandments." 48:37 Now I ask them to remember My commandments. 48:43 Those little Ten Commandments, 48:44 you realize it gives the history 48:46 of creation based on the Sabbath. 48:50 Interesting, what does it say? 48:52 God created the heavens 48:54 and the earth and sea and so on, 48:55 so in six literal days, when we start the first one 48:58 in Genesis 1:5, so we can go through that process, 49:03 but He said on the seventh day, 49:05 He rested all mankind I set it apart. 49:08 So when someone says, 49:10 well, you mean you keep that old Jewish Sabbath. 49:11 Shame on you, dirty double shame. 49:16 Can I say that? 49:18 Yes, I already did. 49:20 But it is, it's a shame. 49:25 We're talking about centuries. 49:28 Sabbath was made centuries before there ever was a Jew. 49:31 I'm talking about how... 49:32 And again, I'm doing perfect, I won't challenge you. 49:36 Not an ugly way but to stir the pot a little bit 49:39 and say how can we make a statement, 49:40 oh, the old Jewish. 49:42 Don't discredit God. 49:43 Don't discredit Jesus. 49:45 Well, that's an old Jewish. 49:47 It's not a Jewish thing. 49:49 Hundreds of years it was in operation 49:52 before there ever was a Jew, 49:53 so how can we say it's a Jewish thing? 49:56 See, it just shows our... 49:58 I better leave it there. 49:59 I was gonna say stupidity, I ain't gonna do it. 50:05 He said, He set it apart. 50:06 Listen, for all mankind. 50:09 We read it in Mark 2:27, Sabbath was made for man, 50:12 all mankind, not just the Jew, for everybody. 50:17 So the Sabbath then simply, 50:18 come on, we're bringing it down to the end. 50:20 Come on, observers of the Sabbath is a mark 50:22 then, isn't it? 50:23 It is a sign that honors the day that God has set aside. 50:28 How wonderful that is? 50:30 We are to keep it holy the Bible says. 50:34 That means free from worldly pursuits. 50:37 Quit monkeying around on God's day, 50:40 out diddling around buying, and selling, and carrying on. 50:43 Are you still with me? 50:44 Any worldly or our personal pleasures, 50:46 that's not what the seventh day is all about. 50:48 It gives you six days to do all of that. 50:52 Oh, no, no Sabbath another day. 50:54 Isaiah Chapter 58, we read while ago verse 13, 50:57 he says, "Call the Sabbath a delight." 51:00 Honorable, and that was supposed to be, 51:02 should be the happiest day of the week for all of us. 51:04 Thank you God that You've seen us through. 51:06 Thank You that we can have another day with You. 51:08 Thank You, we have the opportunity to honor You, 51:10 to say I know who's my creator is, 51:13 I know who's created the heavens, 51:15 I know who created the earth, 51:16 I know who created the other worlds, 51:18 I know who my creator is, and ends with what? 51:20 Identify with it. 51:21 I keep the day that you set aside. 51:24 Man, this is heavy duty. 51:27 Again, John said, I was in the Spirit 51:28 on the Lord's Day. 51:30 First of all, remember this, 51:31 first of all nowhere in Scripture 51:33 ever identifies Sunday as having 51:36 any religious connection to Jesus. 51:39 Can I put it down that clear? 51:40 Never Sunday has any connection 51:42 with Jesus other than He rose on that day. 51:43 Do you follow me? 51:45 Over and over in Scripture, the Sabbath's seventh day 51:47 of the week is God's special day, 51:49 and I call the Lord's Day 51:50 what we're trying to figure out here. 51:53 And the Lord's Day can only have meaning 51:55 when we're talking about here using prior evidence. 51:59 And then certainly of scripture and evidence 52:01 in John's day and when you read this passage, 52:05 it can only refer to the seventh day. 52:07 You put it all together in a package, 52:09 it's all it can mean. 52:10 John Wesley wrote this, listen carefully, 52:13 "I cannot spare the law one moment, 52:15 no more than I can spare Christ. 52:18 This is perfect freedom does to keep his law 52:21 and to walk in all of His commandments." 52:25 Man, what did... You realize all there? 52:26 We can go into grace. What about grace? 52:29 You know, you think about grace is not 52:31 free us from the law, but it free us 52:33 from the condemnation of the law. 52:35 Think about that with me. Dwight L. 52:39 Moody says this, last couple minutes we have, 52:41 he said, Dwight L. 52:43 Moody, I'm reading these because 52:44 these men most people know. 52:46 It says, men may cavil as much as they like 52:48 about other parts of the Bible, but I have never met... 52:52 Notice, I never met an honest man 52:54 that found fault with the Ten Commandments. 52:56 Jesus never condemned the law, the prophets. 53:00 But He did condemn those who did not obey them. 53:03 Are you listening? 53:04 The Ten Commandments are still binding 53:07 and a penalty attached to the violation. 53:11 Wow! 53:13 Interesting, isn't it? 53:15 Maybe we should be that plain, and that open, 53:18 and that honest, since God has handed 53:20 the torch over from Israel 53:22 to the Jews to Seventh-day Adventist, 53:24 may I be so bold? 53:27 A minister visit a prison quarry. 53:31 One of the prisons, when the prisoner said, 53:34 do you see those stones, you see them, 53:36 stones over there, they're just like 53:39 the Ten Commandments, he said. 53:42 You can continue to keep breaking them all you want, 53:44 but you can't get rid of them. 53:49 Without question, Lord's Day, evidence of Scripture, right? 53:55 Is a seventh day Sabbath, Sabbath of the Lord thy God. 53:58 Let's not do some impersonation, 54:00 let's not give out fake news, let's not be lying 54:02 about things, let's get it right. 54:04 Be careful what we attached to the seventh day Sabbath. 54:08 It's a Sabbath of the Lord thy God. 54:10 Don't have time with one minute left 54:11 to have a closing prayer. 54:13 And I invite you to pray with me. 54:14 Lot of information covered. 54:16 We love you, that's why we're covering 54:17 this information. 54:19 Let's pray together, shall we? 54:22 Merciful Father in heaven, 54:23 we thank You for Your precious Word. 54:24 Thank You that it's bold. 54:26 Thank You that You said we need boldness 54:27 especially in this hour, the judgment hour 54:29 that we're living in. 54:30 Praise Your Holy Spirit will accompany every word, 54:32 every message I made and may people only hear 54:35 that which they need to hear. 54:36 May there be conviction 54:37 and conversion and we thank You, 54:39 Lord, for hearing and answering prayer. 54:40 Thank You so much for Your love. 54:41 Thank You, You made it so clear. 54:43 Even someone like me can understand, 54:44 in Jesus; name, amen. 54:48 Again, we want to just say in closing 54:49 how much we appreciate each and every one of you 54:52 and we just thank you for support of Behold the Lamb. 54:54 And you know, we'd be in mess if we didn't even talk about 54:56 you know, the people say, oh, well, everything's going fine. 54:58 Absolutely, it is 55:00 'cause the blessings of the Lord. 55:01 But when you tell the truth as it is in Jesus, 55:03 there's going to be some battles raging on. 55:05 We need you to shoulder up with us forth the message 55:08 so we can go forward. 55:09 We love you. We'll see you next time. 55:12 Hello, welcome back, friends. 55:14 Isn't finding clarity in God's Word exciting and wonderful. 55:18 The Word of God is truly a lamp into our feet 55:22 and a light unto our path. 55:24 The Lord's Day or Sabbath may be new to you. 55:27 But I want to encourage you to embrace this truth 55:30 of God's Word and begin to experience 55:33 the joy of fellowshipping 55:35 with all of heaven 55:36 and like believers on this earth. 55:39 Strive through prayer to make it a special day, 55:42 a special day of communion with God by putting away 55:46 the work and the worries of this life 55:48 and placing your love 55:50 and your focus upon your Lord and Savior. 55:53 The Prophet Isaiah tells us in Isaiah 66:23, 55:58 that from one new moon to another, 56:00 and from one Sabbath to another, 56:02 all mankind will come and bow down before Me, 56:06 says the Lord. 56:08 So just think about it. 56:09 Our Heavenly Father is giving us the Lord's Day, 56:13 simply to prepare us here on this earth, 56:16 to live as citizens in heaven and to do just as they do 56:21 keeping the Sabbath holy. 56:24 And we pray that today's message 56:26 has helped you in your decision to observe God's Sabbath, 56:29 either better than ever before or by beginning 56:33 for the first time this week. 56:35 Just allow us to help you, won't you? 56:38 This message is being offered to you 56:40 and is available for a love gift 56:42 of just $8 or more. 56:44 And don't forget, for each individual message 56:47 you order during this 25 part series, 56:51 we will include one of these free Bible study guides 56:54 that are entitled "Sharing God's Love 56:57 Makes you Happier, 56:58 What the Bible Says, 57:00 by Brother Richard Bland 57:01 of United Prison Ministries. 57:04 And if you order all 25 messages 57:07 for a love gift of just $175 or more, 57:11 we will include five of these study guides. 57:14 Simply call us here at Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:17 in the United States at (618) 942-5044, 57:22 that's Central Time 57:24 or write to Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:27 PO Box 2030, Herrin, Illinois 62948. 57:31 You may email your order or just email us, 57:34 drop us a line at 57:35 BeholdTheLambMinistries @yahoo.com 57:38 or you may also order these messages on our website 57:42 at BeholdTheLambMinistries.com. 57:45 Dear friends, until next time, may our precious Lord 57:48 continue to richly bless you and yours. |
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