Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001114
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00:07 >> FROM ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, THE CARTER REPORT PRESENTS 00:10 "THE LIVING WORD" AROUND THE WORLD. 00:17 >> HELLO, FRIEND, 00:18 I'M JOHN CARTER. 00:19 THE CARTER REPORT TEAM IS GOING TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS 00:23 TO PREACH CHRIST. 00:25 WE'RE GOING THIS SEPTEMBER 2011. 00:30 WE'VE JUST PURCHASED 10,000 OF THESE BIBLES HERE 00:34 IN THE UNITED STATES. 00:35 WE'RE SHIPPING THEM OUT TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 00:38 WE'RE TAKING THE ENTIRE "CARTER REPORT" TEAM. 00:41 WE ARE HIRING AN OUTDOOR STADIUM. 00:44 THEY SAY THOUSANDS, MAYBE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 00:48 ARE GOING TO COME EVERY NIGHT TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD. 00:52 THE NEED IS DESPERATE IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 00:55 I NEED YOUR PRAYERS. 00:59 I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. 01:01 I NEED YOUR PARTNERSHIP AS WE GO TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 01:05 MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN AUSTRALIA, I MET 01:08 A MAN FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 01:10 HIS NAME WAS PASTOR CARTER RANGASO. 01:12 HE TOLD ME THE STORIES OF THE HEAD HUNTERS, 01:15 THE CANNIBALS, AND THE COMING OF THE MISSIONARIES 01:19 WHO CAME TO PREACH THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD. 01:22 THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS TO FINISH 01:27 THE WORK THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO. 01:30 I WANT YOU TO BE MY PARTNER IN THIS TREMENDOUS WORK. 01:35 I WANT YOU TO COME AS A VOLUNTEER. 01:38 I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. 01:39 I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY. 01:42 PLEASE WRITE TO ME, JOHN CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900, 01:46 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA. 01:47 WRITE TO ME PLEASE IN TERRIGAL, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 01:52 THE HOUR IS LATE. 01:55 JESUS SAID, "WORK WHILE IT IS DAY. 02:01 THE NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK." 02:05 JOIN ME, PLEASE, IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 02:11 [MUSIC] 02:18 >> I'M SO GLAD TO WELCOME YOU 02:20 HERE TODAY TO THE COMMUNITY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND 02:23 THE CARTER REPORT IN BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 02:27 JOIN US SOMETIME. 02:29 WHEN YOU'RE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, COME JOIN US. 02:32 THE TOPIC TODAY IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST TOPICS. 02:37 IT'S ENTITLED, "THE SEAL OF GOD OR THE MARK OF THE BEAST." 02:45 THE BIBLE MAKES IT VERY PLAIN, IF YOU DON'T GET THE SEAL 02:47 OF GOD, YOU'RE GOING TO GET 02:52 THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 02:56 NOW, TO START OUR PROGRAM TODAY, WE'RE SO DELIGHTED TO WELCOME 03:03 JONATHAN BANGLOY. 03:05 WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE HIM A WELCOME TODAY, AS HE COMES 03:09 AND HELPS US TO WORSHIP GOD? 03:12 GOD BLESS YOU, JONATHAN. 03:21 [MUSIC] ♪ THIS IS MY HEART'S CRY. ♪ 03:38 ♪ I WANT TO KNOW THE ONE ♪ ♪ WHO SAVED ME ♪ 03:45 ♪ AND GAVE ME LIFE. ♪ ♪ THIS IS MY HEART'S CRY ♪ 03:51 ♪ TO BE SO CLOSE TO HIM ♪ ♪ THAT ALL MY LIFE BECOMES ♪ 03:59 ♪ A TESTIMONY OF ♪ ♪ MY SAVIOR'S GRACE AND LOVE. ♪ 04:09 ♪ THIS IS MY HEART'S CRY. ♪ ♪ THIS IS MY HEART'S CRY. ♪ 04:16 ♪ I WANT TO KNOW THE ONE ♪ ♪ WHO SAVED ME ♪ 04:23 ♪ AND GAVE ME LIFE. ♪ ♪ THIS IS MY HEART'S CRY. ♪ 04:30 ♪ EACH TIME I THINK ABOUT ♪ ♪ THE CROSS WHERE JESUS DIED, ♪ 04:36 ♪ THE CROSS ♪ ♪ SHOULD HAVE BEEN MINE, ♪ 04:40 ♪ BUT HIS LOVE BROKE ♪ ♪ THROUGH TIME AND HEARD ♪ 04:45 ♪ MY HEART'S CRY. ♪ ♪ HE HEARD MY HEART'S CRY. ♪ 04:53 ♪ NOW EVERY OTHER HOPE ♪ ♪ AND DREAM ♪ 04:57 ♪ IS LOST INSIDE ♪ ♪ OF THIS ONE THING: ♪ 05:01 ♪ TO KNOW THE ONE ♪ ♪ WHO GAVE HIS LIFE ♪ 05:05 ♪ AND SHARE OUR LIVES, ♪ ♪ FOR JESUS CHRIST ♪ 05:12 ♪ IS MY HEART'S CRY. ♪ 05:21 [MUSIC] ♪ SO LET MY LIFE ♪ 05:35 ♪ BECOME A TESTIMONY OF ♪ ♪ OUR SAVIOR'S GRACE AND LOVE. ♪ 05:52 ♪ THIS IS MY HEART'S CRY ♪ ♪ TO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER ♪ 06:00 ♪ ONE DAY AND HEAR HIM SAY, ♪ ♪ "WELL DONE." ♪ 06:08 ♪ THIS IS MY HEART'S CRY. ♪ ♪ THIS IS MY HEART'S CRY. ♪♪ 06:29 [APPLAUDING] 06:34 >> THE TOPIC IS, "THE SEAL OF 06:36 GOD OR THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 06:40 IF YOU DON'T GET THE SEAL OF GOD IN THE LAST DAYS, YOU'RE MOST 06:44 CERTAINLY GOING TO GET THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 06:48 LET ME TELL YOU TWO STORIES THEY SEEM TO BE SO CONTRARY. 06:52 FIRST IS ABOUT A LITTLE BOY, AND HE'S GOING TO 06:56 GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE. 06:58 HE DOES IT REGULARLY, BECAUSE HE LIVES NEAR TO HIS GRANDFATHER, 07:03 MAYBE A MILE DOWN THE ROAD. 07:03 LET ME TELL YOU HOW 07:07 HE GETS THERE. 07:09 BETWEEN HIS HOUSE AND GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE, THERE 07:13 ARE A SERIES OF LAMP POSTS. 07:17 THEY'RE NOT SKINNY LITTLE ONES, EITHER. 07:19 THEY'RE THE BIG ONES. 07:20 AND SO THE LITTLE BOY WALKS. 07:24 AND BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT, YOU KNOW WHAT HE DOES? 07:28 HE STOPS AT THE POST, AND HE RESTS IN THE SHADE. 07:34 AND WHILE HE RESTS IN THE SHADE, HE LOOKS TOWARD HIS 07:39 GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE AND THINKS OF ALL THE GOODIES 07:42 HE'S GOING TO GET SOON. 07:44 SO, TO GET TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE, YOU AND I NEED TO 07:48 WALK IN THE HEAT. 07:50 SOMETIMES IT'S TOUGH. 07:53 AND THEN WE NEED TO REST IN THE SHADE, AND WE NEED TO LOOK 08:00 TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE AND THINK OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS. 08:05 THAT'S THE FIRST STORY. 08:07 THE SECOND STORY IS ABOUT A LADY WHO CAME FROM THE DEEP SOUTH, 08:12 A YOUNG LADY IN THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR. 08:17 NOW, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A GUN, BUT SHE HAD A BROOMSTICK. 08:25 RATHER, SHE HAD THE STICK OF A BROOM. 08:29 AND ONE DAY, THEY SAW HER START OUT TO THE FRONT, AND SHE 08:32 WAS CARRYING THIS STICK. 08:35 THEY SAID TO HER, "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, 08:38 MISS, WITH THAT STICK? 08:40 YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DO MUCH FIGHTING WITH THAT STICK." 08:44 SHE SAID, "THAT'S TRUE, BUT AT LEAST THEY'LL KNOW 08:47 WHAT SIDE I'M ON." 08:51 THERE COMES A TIME WHEN THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW 08:54 WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON. 08:57 AND YOU MIGHT SAY, "I'VE ONLY GOT A STICK." 09:02 WELL, THEN, HOLD UP THE STICK. 09:06 AT LEAST THE WORLD WILL KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE 09:12 OR THE WRONG SIDE. 09:13 THERE WERE PEOPLE BACK IN THE DAYS OF THE AMERICAN 09:15 CIVIL WAR THAT HAD TWO FLAGS: THE FLAG OF THE U.S. 09:20 AND THE CONFEDERATE FLAG. 09:23 AND THEY WERE ON BORDER STATES. 09:25 AND WHEN THE YANKEES CAME, THEY PUT UP THE YANKEE FLAG, AND 09:30 WHEN THE SOUTHERNERS CAME ALONG, THEY PUT UP THE SOUTHERN FLAG. 09:35 A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY ARE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING. 09:38 THEY PUT UP THE LORD'S FLAG, AND THEY PUT UP THE DEVIL'S FLAG 09:42 WHEN IT SUITS THEM. 09:44 SO, THESE TWO STORIES. 09:46 TO GET TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE, WE NEED TO WALK IN THE SUN, REST, 09:52 AND LOOK TOWARDS THE FATHER'S HOUSE AND THINK OF ALL THE GOOD 09:56 THINGS THAT GOD HAS FOR US. 09:59 AND SECONDLY, THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT SIDE WE'RE ON. 10:07 GOD GAVE TO EVERY ONE OF US, TO THE WORLD, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 10:09 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE GIVEN 10:13 TO ALL MEN AND ALL WOMEN FOR ALL TIME. 10:19 BUT I NOTICE TODAY THAT EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE TALK A GREAT DEAL 10:22 ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND THERE'S BEEN QUITE AN ISSUE 10:25 IN WASHINGTON AND OTHER PLACES ABOUT PUTTING 10:28 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS UP IN THE COURTHOUSES, THEY SAY, 10:32 "THESE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE UNIQUELY AMERICAN, 10:37 BECAUSE OUR CIVILIZATION IS BASED ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS." 10:40 AND THEREFORE THEY'LL SAY, "WE NEED TO PUT UP 10:43 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN EVERY COURTHOUSE." 10:46 FRANKLIN GRAHAM SAID WE OUGHT TO PUT UP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 10:50 IN EVERY SCHOOL. 10:52 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A CHURCH, BUT IN EVERY SCHOOL. 10:55 BUT I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU TODAY THAT MOST FOLKS DON'T HAVE 11:00 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 11:02 THEY HAVE THE NINE COMMANDMENTS. 11:07 DID YOU KNOW THAT? 11:09 MOST FOLKS TODAY, MOST CHURCHES TODAY DON'T 11:13 HAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 11:16 THEY HAVE THE NINE COMMANDMENTS, AS I THINK I WILL POINT OUT, 11:20 AS WE GO ALONG. 11:22 I WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR BIBLES NOW AND TURN WITH ME TO 11:24 EXODUS 19. 11:26 IT'S CALLED EXODUS, BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE EXODUS OF 11:30 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT. 11:33 WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO EXODUS 19:17 AND ONWARDS. 11:41 GENESIS, EXODUS, THE STORY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL 11:45 AND MOSES, THE MAN OF GOD. 11:48 "THEN MOSES LED THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE CAMP TO MEET WITH GOD." 11:53 THAT'S WHY WE COME TO CHURCH, YOU KNOW. 11:55 "AND THEY STOOD AT THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN. 11:58 MOUNT SINAI WAS COVERED WITH SMOKE, BECAUSE THE LORD 12:02 DESCENDED ON IT IN FIRE. 12:05 THE SMOKE BILLOWED UP FROM IT LIKE SMOKE FROM A FURNACE, 12:09 THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN TREMBLED VIOLENTLY, 12:13 AND THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET GREW LOUDER AND LOUDER. 12:17 THEN MOSES SPOKE AND THE VOICE OF GOD ANSWERED HIM." 12:22 AND IT SAYS IN THE MARGIN, "GOD ANSWERED HIM WITH THUNDER." 12:29 AND SO, MY FRIEND, SOMETHING TREMENDOUS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 12:38 ALMIGHTY GOD, YAHWEH ELOHIM, CLOTHED IN FIRE AND GLORY, 12:45 DESCENDS AND COMES DOWN. 12:49 MOSES TALKS TO HIM, AND GOD ANSWERS HIM WITH THUNDER. 12:56 AND THEN GOD, IN THE MIDST OF FIRE AND SPLENDOR AND GLORY, 13:03 GIVES TO THE WORLD THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 13:07 I WANT YOU TO TURN TO EXODUS 20, AND IN RESPECT TO THE HOLY LAW 13:12 OF GOD, I WOULD LIKE THE CONGREGATION NOW TO STAND. 13:17 EXODUS 20, AND I WANT YOU TO READ VERSES 1 TO 17 WITH ME. 13:25 EXODUS 20. 13:26 JUST KEEP WITH ME, AS WE GO THROUGH THE LAW OF ALMIGHTY GOD. 13:32 EXODUS 20. 13:34 "AND GOD SPOKE ALL THESE WORDS: 'I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, 13:40 WHO BROUGHT YOU OUT OF EGYPT, OUT OF THE LAND OF SLAVERY. 13:44 YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. 13:48 YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR YOURSELF AN IDOL IN THE FORM OF ANYTHING 13:51 IN HEAVEN ABOVE OR ON THE EARTH BENEATH OR IN THE WATERS BELOW. 13:57 YOU SHALL NOT BOW DOWN TO THEM OR WORSHIP THEM; FOR I, THE LORD 14:01 YOUR GOD, AM A JEALOUS GOD, PUNISHING THE CHILDREN 14:06 FOR THE SIN OF THE FATHERS TO THE THIRD AND 14:08 FOURTH GENERATION OF THOSE WHO HATE ME, BUT SHOWING LOVE 14:13 TO A THOUSAND [GENERATIONS] OF THOSE WHO LOVE ME 14:17 AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. 14:19 YOU SHALL NOT MISUSE THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, FOR THE LORD 14:24 WILL NOT HOLD ANYONE GUILTLESS WHO MISUSES HIS NAME. 14:29 REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY BY KEEPING IT HOLY. 14:34 SIX DAYS YOU SHALL LABOR AND DO ALL YOUR WORK, 14:38 BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS A SABBATH TO THE LORD YOUR GOD. 14:42 ON IT YOU SHALL NOT DO ANY WORK, NEITHER YOU, NOR YOUR SON OR 14:49 DAUGHTER, NOR YOUR MANSERVANT OR MAIDSERVANT, NOR YOUR ANIMALS, 14:54 NOR THE ALIEN WITHIN YOUR GATES. 14:57 FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, 15:02 THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM, BUT HE RESTED 15:06 ON THE SEVENTH DAY. 15:07 THEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY 15:10 AND MADE IT HOLY. 15:14 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER, SO THAT YOU MAY LIVE 15:18 LONG IN THE LAND THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU. 15:21 YOU SHALL NOT MURDER. 15:24 YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY. 15:28 YOU SHALL NOT STEAL. 15:30 YOU SHALL NOT GIVE FALSE TESTIMONY AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR. 15:35 YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. 15:38 YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S WIFE, OR HIS 15:41 MANSERVANT OR MAIDSERVANT, HIS OX OR DONKEY, OR ANYTHING 15:47 THAT BELONGS TO YOUR NEIGHBOR.'" PLEASE BE SEATED. 15:54 AND THE TEXT GOES ON. 15:57 PLEASE NOTICE IT, VERSE 18 TO 20, 16:02 "WHEN THE PEOPLE SAW THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING 16:04 AND HEARD THE TRUMPET AND SAW THE MOUNTAIN IN SMOKE, 16:09 THEY TREMBLED WITH FEAR. 16:12 THEY STAYED AT A DISTANCE AND SAID TO MOSES, 'SPEAK TO US 16:16 YOURSELF AND WE WILL LISTEN. 16:20 BUT DO NOT HAVE GOD SPEAK TO US OR WE WILL DIE.' 16:26 MOSES SAID TO THE PEOPLE, 'DO NOT BE AFRAID. 16:31 GOD HAS COME TO TEST YOU, SO THAT THE FEAR OF GOD 16:35 WILL BE WITH YOU TO KEEP YOU FROM SINNING.'" 16:42 THAT IS, AS THE CONGREGATION READ TODAY, THE HOLY MORAL LAW 16:48 OF GOD, TAUGHT AND BELIEVED BY EVERY GREAT CHURCH, 16:54 EVERY GREAT CHURCH ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH. 17:00 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, 17:04 ALL THE GREAT REFORM CHURCHES, THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 17:08 THE CONGREGATIONALISTS, EVERY CHURCH, 17:11 THE BAPTIST CHURCH, EVERY GREAT MAINSTREAM CHURCH 17:17 HAS TAUGHT THAT A CHRISTIAN IS BOUND BY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 17:25 BUT IN SPITE OF ALL OF THIS, THE CHURCHES TODAY, 17:30 ON THE WHOLE, DO NOT HAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 17:35 THEY HAVE THE NINE COMMANDMENTS, AND THEY HAVE ONLY NINE 17:41 COMMANDMENTS, BECAUSE MOST CHURCHES AND MOST PREACHERS SAY 17:46 THAT THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT IS ABOLISHED; THEREFORE, 17:53 THEY DO NOT HAVE THE TEN; THEY HAVE THE NINE. 18:00 BECAUSE IF TODAY YOU GO TO A PREACHER, MOST PREACHERS IN 18:06 MOST CHURCHES AND SAY, "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT 18:12 HOLY," HE WILL SAY TO YOU, "IT WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS. 18:19 IT IS NO LONGER BINDING." 18:21 AND SOME PREACHERS WILL EVEN SAY TO YOU THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 18:26 WERE NAILED TO THE CROSS, BUT GOD GAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 18:33 FOR ALL PEOPLE FOR ALL TIME. 18:38 I WOULD HAVE YOU NOTICE TODAY THAT IT IS ONLY THE SABBATH 18:44 COMMANDMENT, THE ONLY ONE OF THE TEN, THAT TALKS ABOUT 18:49 DIVINE REST THAT SYMBOLIZES THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. 18:56 NO OTHER COMMANDMENT, MY BELOVED FRIEND, SYMBOLIZES 19:02 THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, ONLY THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT. 19:07 IT IS THE ONLY COMMANDMENT THAT ALMIGHTY GOD SAID, "REMEMBER." 19:15 IT IS THE COMMANDMENT THAT ALMOST ALL OF CHRISTENDOM 19:20 HAS WILLINGLY FORGOTTEN, AND IT IS THE ONLY COMMANDMENT 19:26 THAT SYMBOLIZES THE REST, DIVINE REST, THE SYMBOL OF THE GOSPEL. 19:34 COME OVER HERE TO HEBREWS 4:4 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE BOOK OF 19:42 HEBREWS, CHAPTER 4 AND VERSE 4. 19:50 HEBREWS 4:4, THE BIBLE SAYS, "FOR SOMEWHERE HE HAS SPOKEN 19:57 ABOUT THE SEVENTH DAY IN THESE WORDS: 'AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY 20:03 GOD RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK.'" AND, OF COURSE, THIS IS 20:09 QUOTING GENESIS 2 AND EXODUS 20. 20:15 NOW, VERSES 9 AND ONWARDS. 20:17 "THERE REMAINS, THEN, A SABBATH REST FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD; 20:25 FOR ANYONE WHO ENTERS GOD'S REST ALSO RESTS FROM HIS OWN WORK, 20:30 JUST AS GOD DID FROM HIS. 20:33 LET US, THEREFORE, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENTER THAT REST, 20:38 SO THAT NO ONE WILL FALL BY FOLLOWING THEIR EXAMPLE 20:43 OF DISOBEDIENCE." 20:46 NOW, MY FRIEND, LET THE HOLY WORD OF GOD 20:50 SPEAK TO YOUR HEART. 20:53 THE BIBLE SAYS, AS PLAIN AS IT CAN BE SAID, THAT THE SEVENTH 21:00 DAY SABBATH IS THE SYMBOL OF THE GOSPEL REST 21:06 THAT WE HAVE IN CHRIST. 21:08 NO OTHER COMMANDMENT TALKS ABOUT THE GOSPEL, BUT THE SABBATH 21:15 IS THE GOSPEL COMMANDMENT, AND THE BIBLE SAYS THERE REMAINS, 21:21 THEREFORE, A REST TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD. 21:26 I'VE BEEN ASKED TO EXPLAIN THESE FOUR EXPRESSIONS THAT I 21:31 SOMETIMES USE: SOLA CHRISTUS, SOLA SCRIPTURA, SOLA GRATIA, 21:41 AND SOLA FIDE. 21:45 THESE WERE THE WORDS THAT WERE USED BY MARTIN LUTHER AND 21:50 THE GREAT PROTESTANT REFORMERS. 21:52 SOLA CHRISTUS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 21:56 IT MEANS CHRIST ALONE. 21:58 I'M NOT SAVED, MY FRIEND, BY THE CHURCH. 22:01 SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE SAVED BY THE CHURCH. 22:05 THEY ACT AS THOUGH THE CHURCH SAVES THEM. 22:09 THE CHURCH NEEDS TO BE SAVED, SO HOW CAN THE CHURCH SAVE? 22:14 THE CHURCH NEEDS TO BE SAVED, AND SO WE SAY SOLA CHRISTUS, 22:19 ONLY CHRIST. 22:21 AND WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH, YOU OUGHT TO HEAR ABOUT CHRIST, 22:26 NOT THE CHURCH, SOLA CHRISTUS. 22:31 AND THEN IT SAYS, LUTHER SAID SOLA SCRIPTURA, ONLY SCRIPTURE. 22:37 MY FAITH MUST REST UPON THE WORDS OF THE HOLY BIBLE, 22:46 NOT THE TEACHINGS OF CHURCHES THAT HAVE FREQUENTLY ERRED 22:51 AND CONTRADICTED THEMSELVES. 22:55 SOLA SCRIPTURA! 22:58 SOLA GRATIA, ONLY GRACE. 23:02 I'M NOT SAVED BY MY WORKS, I'M NOT SAVED BY BEING GOOD ENOUGH. 23:07 IF I'M SAVED BY WORKS, AND I AM, THEY ARE NOT MY WORKS. 23:10 THEY ARE CHRIST'S WORKS. 23:12 NOT BY MY GOODNESS, BUT BY HIS GOODNESS, SOLA GRATIA. 23:16 SOLA FIDE. 23:19 I AM NOT SAVED SOLA FAITH, ONLY FAITH. 23:23 I AM NOT SAVED BY FAITH PLUS WORKS. 23:26 I'M SAVED BY A FAITH THAT WORKS. 23:30 SO, THIS IS THE GREAT CRY OF THE BIBLE: SOLA CHRISTUS, 23:36 SOLA SCRIPTURA, SOLA GRATIA, SOLA FIDE. 23:39 LET IT SINK DOWN INTO THE CHAMBERS OF YOUR MIND, 23:44 MY DEAR FRIEND. 23:46 AND I MUST STAND ON THESE GREAT TRUTHS WHEN I CONSIDER 23:50 THE HOLY SABBATH. 23:53 SO, THE HOLY SABBATH, THE BIBLE SAYS, IS THE SYMBOL 23:57 OF THE GOSPEL. 23:59 NOW, SOME OF MY BELOVED PROTESTANT FRIENDS, WHOM I LOVE 24:03 IN CHRIST, COME TO ME AND THEY SAY, "IT IS FULL OF LEGALISM." 24:08 NOT SO. 24:09 IT IS FULL OF CHRIST. 24:13 AND THEY SAY, "WE KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO KEEP IT IN 24:16 A LEGALISTIC WAY. 24:17 THAT MAY BE SO, BUT MISUSE OF A GOOD THING DOES NOT CANCEL 24:23 THE GOOD USE OF A GOOD THING. 24:27 WHAT DO I MEAN WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE REST THAT WE HAVE IN CHRIST? 24:32 THIS IS MY OLD KING JAMES VERSION BIBLE THAT I'VE USED 24:36 AROUND THE WORLD, AND I LOVE IT. 24:46 I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU FROM A STATEMENT OUT OF 24:51 THE HEIDELBERG CATECHISM OF 1563 THAT GAVE BREATH TO 24:58 THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION. 24:59 I HAVE IT HERE IN THE MARGIN OF MY OLD KING JAMES VERSION. 25:07 "HEIDELBERG CATECHISM. 25:07 HOW ART THOU RIGHTEOUS 25:10 BEFORE GOD?" 25:11 NOW, THIS IS PROTESTANTISM. 25:12 PEOPLE SAY, "WHAT ON EARTH DOES THAT MEAN?" 25:14 IT MEANS SOLA CHRISTUS, SOLA SCRIPTURA, SOLA GRATIA, 25:19 SOLA FIDE. 25:21 "HOW ART THOU RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD? 25:23 ANSWER: ONLY BY TRUE FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. 25:27 THAT IS: ALTHOUGH MY CONSCIENCE ACCUSE ME, THAT I'VE GRIEVOUSLY 25:31 SINNED AGAINST ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, 25:34 AND HAVE NEVER KEPT ANY OF THEM, AND THAT 25:38 I AM STILL PRONE ALWAYS TO ALL EVIL, YET GOD, WITHOUT ANY MERIT 25:45 OF MIND, OF MERE GRACE, GRANTS AND IMPUTES TO ME THE PERFECT 25:50 SATISFACTION, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS OF CHRIST, AS IF I HAD 25:58 NEVER COMMITTED NOR HAD ANY SIN, AND HAD MYSELF ACCOMPLISHED 26:04 ALL THE OBEDIENCE WHICH CHRIST HAD FULFILLED FOR ME, IF ONLY 26:10 I ACCEPT SUCH BENEFIT WITH A BELIEVING HEART." 26:14 CAN YOU SAY AMEN TO THAT? 26:16 >> AMEN. 26:17 >> THAT IS THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL THAT I'M SAVED BY 26:22 THE BLOOD OF JESUS, AND WHEN I'M SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS, 26:28 I ENTER INTO REST. 26:34 I CAN REMEMBER, AS A BOY AT AVONDALE COLLEGE, WORKING DOWN 26:38 AT THE FACTORY, THE SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD FACTORY. 26:42 NOW, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OWN THE SANITARIUM 26:47 HEALTH FOOD COMPANY. 26:48 IN NEW ZEALAND, THEY OWN NABISCO. 26:52 IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, 26:56 A MARVELOUS COMPANY. 26:58 AND I WORKED ON THE GREAT PRINTING PRESS PRINTING 27:02 THE BOXES FOR WEET-BIX. 27:08 AND WHILE I WAS THERE, BECAUSE THERE WAS TIME DURING THE NIGHT, 27:13 WHEN THE MACHINE WAS JUST RUNNING BY ITSELF, I WOULD 27:16 READ THE TEXT OF THE BIBLE, AND I WOULD GET THOSE TEXTS 27:20 IN MY MIND. 27:22 YOU NEED TO DO THE SAME. 27:24 AND A TEXT THAT CAME INTO MY MIND THAT HAS NEVER LEFT ME 27:28 IS WHEN JESUS SAID, "COME UNTO ME ALL YOU WHO 27:32 LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST." 27:37 I FOUND THAT REST. 27:40 WHEN I CAME TO CHRIST, I WAS NO LONGER WORKING MY WAY TO CHRIST. 27:45 I CAME TO CHRIST, AND CHRIST GAVE ME REST, AND THE SABBATH IS 27:53 THE ONLY COMMANDMENT THAT POINTS US TO THE DIVINE REST. 28:00 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE WHERE GOD PLACED THE HOLY SABBATH. 28:04 NOW STAY WITH ME. 28:06 GOD PLACED IT IN THE CENTER. 28:09 IN THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, THERE WAS A NATION BY THE NAME 28:16 OF WHAT? 28:18 THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, ISRAEL. 28:21 IN THE CENTER OF ISRAEL, THERE WAS THE CAPITAL. 28:25 WHAT WAS IT CALLED? 28:27 JERUSALEM. 28:29 IN THE CENTER OF THE CAPITAL OF JERUSALEM, WHAT WAS THERE? 28:34 THE SANCTUARY, THE TEMPLE. 28:38 IN THE VERY CENTER OF THE TEMPLE, YOU HAVE THE HOLY 28:45 PLACE AND THE MOST HOLY PLACE. 28:49 BUT THEN, MY FRIEND, AT THE VERY CENTER OF THAT, YOU'VE GOT 28:53 THE MOST HOLY PLACE, AND IN THE VERY CENTER OF THE MOST 28:57 HOLY PLACE, THE ARK OF GOD. 29:01 THAT'S WHERE GOD MET WITH HIS PEOPLE, THE SHEKINAH GLORY. 29:06 AND THEN IN THE VERY CENTER OF THE ARK OF GOD, GOD SAID, 29:10 "PLACE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS." 29:15 IN THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, 29:18 IN THE CENTER OF THE TEMPLE, IN THE CENTER OF THE MOST HOLY 29:22 PLACE, IN THE CENTER OF THE ARK YOU'VE GOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 29:26 AND IN THE CENTER OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, IF 29:30 YOU NUMBER THE HEBREW LETTERS, IN THE VERY CENTER OF 29:34 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, YOU HAVE, "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY." 29:41 SO, THE COMMANDMENT THAT POINTS US TO THE GOSPEL WAS PLACED 29:45 IN THE VERY CENTER, BECAUSE GOD WANTS TO BE THE CENTER 29:51 OF OUR LIVES. 29:54 NOW, PEOPLE SAY, "BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JEWISH." 29:59 MY FRIEND, DO NOT BE ANTI-SEMITIC. 30:07 IT IS JEWISH, AND SO WAS JESUS, AND SO WAS THE BLESSED VIRGIN 30:14 MARY, AND SO WAS THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE, BUT THE SABBATH ISN'T. 30:21 IT GOES BACK TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN, AND IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN 30:25 GOD GAVE TO THE HUMAN RACE TWO HEAVENLY TWINS: 30:31 MARRIAGE AND THE SABBATH, TWO PILLARS OF SOCIETY. 30:40 AND WHEN MARRIAGE GOES, AND THE SABBATH GOES, 30:46 THE DEMONS RULE. 30:51 NOW, IF YOU CAN READ THE GREEK LANGUAGE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 30:56 IT DOESN'T SAY THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK OR THE SECOND DAY OF 31:00 THE WEEK, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 31:01 THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, WHICH WE CALL SUNDAY, IN THE BIBLE 31:05 IS CALLED IN THE GREEK, TO THE FIRST OF THE SABBATH. 31:09 THE SECOND DAY, THE SECOND OF THE SABBATH, 31:12 THAT'S MONDAY; TUESDAY, THE THIRD TO THE SABBATH, 31:15 THE FOURTH TO THE SABBATH, THE FIFTH TO THE SABBATH. 31:18 THEN YOU HAVE FRIDAY, AND IT'S CALLED THE PREPARATION DAY, 31:22 AND THE NEXT DAY IS THE SABBATH. 31:25 YOU KNOW WHY? 31:26 SO THE PEOPLE WOULD COUNT THE DAYS TO THE SABBATH. 31:30 DON'T YOU DO SO? 31:31 I DO SO. 31:33 IT IS THE BEST DAY OF THE SEVEN. 31:36 AND SO IN THE BIBLE, IT'S THE FIRST TO THE SABBATH, TO 31:39 THE SECOND TO THE SABBATH, AND THEN YOU COME TO THE SABBATH. 31:44 AND GOD SAID, "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY." 31:50 ONE OF MY CHURCH MEMBERS MADE THIS COMMENT; 31:55 SHE SAID, "I THINK YOU MAKE TOO MUCH OF IT." 32:01 IT'S LIKE A MAN CAUGHT BY HIS WIFE, 32:06 AND HE'S COMMITTING ADULTERY. 32:09 SO, HERE'S A MAN, HE'S CAUGHT COMMITTING ADULTERY, 32:13 AND HIS WIFE SAYS TO HIM, "YOU'RE BREAKING 32:16 THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT!" 32:18 AND HE SAYS, "I THINK YOU MAKE TOO MUCH OF IT." 32:22 HE SAYS THAT BECAUSE HE'S GUILTY BEFORE GOD! 32:26 IT IS A GUILTY WORLD, MY FRIEND, THAT HAS FORGOTTEN THE WORDS 32:33 OF GOD, THAT SAYS, "YOU MAKE TOO MUCH OF IT." 32:40 BUT GOD PLACED IT RIGHT THERE IN THE VERY CENTER. 32:45 IT IS CALLED IN SCRIPTURE, THE LORD'S DAY. 32:49 WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE TO REVELATION 1:10? 32:53 REVELATION 1:10, THE BIBLE SAYS, JOHN THE BELOVED DISCIPLE SAYS, 33:01 "I WAS IN THE SPIRIT--" HAVE YOU GOT IT? 33:04 "ON THE LORD'S DAY I WAS IN THE SPIRIT AND I HEARD BEHIND ME 33:10 A LOUD VOICE LIKE A TRUMPET--" ON THE LORD'S DAY. 33:14 MY FRIEND, GOD HAS A DAY. 33:18 IT DOESN'T SAY THAT HE WAS IN THE SPIRIT ON THE LORD'S HOUR. 33:28 NOW NOT ONLY TODAY HAS CHRISTENDOM TURNED AWAY 33:32 FROM THE LORD'S DAY, THEY BARELY GIVE TO GOD AN HOUR 33:37 DURING THE CHURCH SERVICE. 33:39 THEY WILL COME LATE TO CHURCH AND WANT TO GET OUT OF CHURCH 33:43 AS FAST AS THEY CAN, BECAUSE THEY'RE A MILLION MILES 33:48 FROM GOD. 33:54 I LIKE THE JEWISH CUSTOM, AND THE JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS 33:59 CAN TEACH US A THING OR TWO. 34:01 I LIKE IT THAT IN AN ORTHODOX HOME, WHEN THE SABBATH COMES ON, 34:06 THEY LIGHT A CANDLE. 34:09 IT'S THE LORD'S DAY. 34:11 THE TELEVISION GOES OFF. 34:13 NO MORE POLITICS! 34:15 IT'S FINISHED. 34:17 IF YOU TALK POLITICS ON THE SABBATH, YOU ARE SINNING 34:21 AGAINST GOD, AND IF YOU TALK YOUR BUSINESS, YOU ARE SINNING 34:26 AGAINST GOD, AND IF GO SHOPPING ON THE LORD'S DAY, YOU ARE 34:30 SINNING AGAINST GOD, EVEN IF IT'S 5 MINUTES OF GOD'S TIME. 34:34 YOU ARE A THIEF. 34:40 "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY." 34:47 EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE CEREMONY WHEN WE OPEN 34:52 AND WE CLOSE THE SABBATH. 34:55 IF I HAD TIME TODAY--AND TIME WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO DO AS MUCH 34:59 AS I WANT TO--I WOULD POINT OUT THAT JESUS RISKED HIS LIFE 35:04 AND MISSION TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SABBATH. 35:09 IT IS RECORDED THAT HE PERFORMED SEVEN MIRACLES 35:13 ON THE SABBATH DAY. 35:16 I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET YOU TO TURN TO THE TEXT, BUT HE HEALED 35:22 A MAN WHO WAS FILLED WITH DEMONS, A WOMAN WHO WAS BENT 35:27 OVER, A MAN, THE BIBLE CALLS HIM THE IMPOTENT MAN, SICK FOR 35:32 38 YEARS, AND THE BIBLE TELLS ME, BECAUSE OF 35:39 OUR LORD'S ACTIVITY ON THE SABBATH, THE JEWS 35:44 HELD A COUNCIL TO HAVE HIM PUT TO DEATH. 35:50 IT HAS ESCAPED THE ATTENTION OF ALMOST ALL THE THEOLOGIANS 35:52 THAT JESUS RESTORED THE SABBATH 35:58 TO ITS EDENIC GLORY. 36:03 NOW SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL ADMIT THAT, YES, JESUS RESTORED 36:07 THE SABBATH, BUT THEN THEY TELL ME HE ABOLISHED IT. 36:13 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? 36:15 HERE IS A MAN, MY FRIEND, WHO'S GOT AN OLD HOUSE. 36:19 IT'S BEEN ALLOWED TO GO INTO A SHAMBLES, AND HE WORKS, 36:21 AND HE RESTORES THE HOUSE, 36:27 AND THEN HE BURNS IT DOWN. 36:30 HOW ABSURD! 36:32 OUR BLESSED LORD CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS, AND WHEN JESUS 36:37 CAME, HE RESTORED THE HOUSE OF THE SABBATH, 36:44 BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT. 36:47 THE SABBATH IS THE SIGN OF LOYALTY TO GOD. 36:52 YOU SAY, "ISN'T THAT GOING TOO FAR?" 36:54 ONLY AS FAR AS THE BIBLE TAKES ME. 36:56 COME OVER HERE TO EZEKIEL 20:12, EZEKIEL 20:12, EZEKIEL 20:12. 37:10 PEOPLE SAY, "WHY DO YOU USE THE OLD TESTAMENT?" 37:13 BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY BIBLE JESUS EVER HAD. 37:16 I USE THE OLD AND THE NEW. 37:19 EZEKIEL 20:12, THE BIBLE SAYS, "ALSO I GAVE THEM MY SABBATHS AS 37:27 A SIGN BETWEEN US, SO THAT THEY WOULD KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, 37:33 MAKE THEM HOLY." 37:36 AND THEN YOU COME TO VERSE 20. 37:37 "KEEP MY SABBATHS HOLY, THAT THEY MAY BE A SIGN BETWEEN US. 37:41 THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD." 37:45 NOW, FRIEND, I'M GOING TO PUT IT OVER HERE ON THE BLACKBOARD. 37:49 THE BIBLE TELLS ME THAT THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH 37:55 IS A SIGN OF LOYALTY TO GOD. 38:00 REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO SET OUT FOR THE BATTLE, AND THEY SAID, 38:04 "YOU WON'T DO MUCH WITH THAT OLD STICK!" 38:06 SHE SAID, "AT LEAST THEY'LL KNOW WHAT SIDE I'M ON." 38:10 WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH, AND WHEN YOU TURN OFF 38:14 THE TELEVISION, AND THE RADIO, AND ALL OF THOSE WORLDLY THINGS, 38:19 IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN YOU AND GOD. 38:22 IN FACT, THE BIBLE TELLS ME THE SABBATH IS THE SEAL OF GOD. 38:29 NOW, IN A SEAL, YOU HAVE THREE THINGS. 38:34 YOU HAVE THE PERSON'S NAME, SUCH AS OBAMA, BARACK OBAMA. 38:46 YOU HAVE HIS NAME, THEN THE TITLE, THE PRESIDENT, 38:52 AND THEN THE TERRITORY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 38:59 NOW, IF YOU PICK UP AN ENGLISH COIN, YOU'LL READ THERE, 39:03 ELIZABETH. 39:04 THEN IT SAYS, QUEEN, AND THEN IT SAYS GREAT BRITAIN 39:10 AND HER TERRITORIES; THE NAME, THE TITLE, AND THE TERRITORY. 39:14 THERE IS ONLY ONE COMMANDMENT IN THE BIBLE THAT HAS THOSE 39:19 THREE CHARACTERISTICS. 39:21 IT SAYS THE LORD. 39:24 THERE IS HIS NAME. 39:25 THE LORD, HE MADE-- HE'S THE MAKER. 39:30 HE'S THE CREATOR--AND IT SAYS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 39:35 THE SABBATH IS THE GREAT SEAL OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD, AND HE SAYS, 39:41 "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY." 39:48 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SABBATH GOES? 39:51 NOW, MANY THINKING PEOPLE TODAY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS 39:57 HAPPENING IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD. 40:02 THEY SAY, "WHAT HAS GONE WRONG WITH OUR SOCIETY? 40:08 THERE IS SO MUCH INCREASING VIOLENCE, AND LAWLESSNESS, 40:13 AND LYING, AND CHEATING, AND STEALING. 40:16 WHOM CAN YOU TRUST?" 40:19 AND THEY SAY THE DIVORCE COURTS ARE SO FILLED, YOU'VE GOT TO 40:23 QUEUE UP AROUND THE BLOCK. 40:28 WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICA? 40:31 WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE GREAT COUNTRIES THAT GOT RAISED UP 40:35 TO PREACH THE GOSPEL? 40:38 WELL, COME OVER HERE TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH, 40:41 AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENED. 40:44 JEREMIAH 17:19 AND ONWARDS, DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE. 40:54 JEREMIAH 17:19 AND ONWARDS. 40:57 "THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAID TO ME: 'GO AND STAND AT THE GATE 41:00 OF THE PEOPLE, THROUGH WHICH THE KINGS OF JUDAH 41:03 GO IN AND OUT; STAND ALSO AT THE OTHER GATES OF JERUSALEM. 41:07 SAY TO THEM, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD, O KINGS OF JUDAH 41:10 AND ALL PEOPLE OF JUDAH AND EVERYONE LIVING IN JERUSALEM 41:14 WHO COME THROUGH THESE GATES. 41:15 THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS: BE CAREFUL NOT TO CARRY A LOAD 41:19 ON THE SABBATH DAY OR BRING IT THROUGH THE GATES OF JERUSALEM. 41:23 DO NOT BRING A LOAD OUT OF YOUR HOUSES OR DO ANY WORK 41:26 ON THE SABBATH, BUT KEEP THE SABBATH DAY HOLY, 41:30 AS I COMMANDED YOUR FOREFATHERS. 41:33 YET THEY DID NOT LISTEN OR PAY ATTENTION," LIKE SO MANY OF US. 41:38 WE HEAR THE WORD OF GOD PREACHED, AND WE PAY 41:41 NO ATTENTION. 41:42 "THEY WERE STIFF-NECKED--" THEY SAID, 41:45 "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO." 41:47 "AND WOULD NOT LISTEN OR RESPOND TO DISCIPLINE. 41:52 BUT IF YOU ARE CAREFUL TO OBEY ME, DECLARES THE LORD, AND BRING 41:56 NO LOAD THROUGH THE GATES OF THIS CITY ON THE SABBATH, BUT 41:59 KEEP THE SABBATH DAY HOLY BY NOT DOING ANY WORK ON IT, THEN KINGS 42:03 WHO SIT ON DAVID'S THRONE WILL COME THROUGH THE GATES OF 42:07 THIS CITY WITH THEIR OFFICIALS. 42:09 THEY AND THEIR OFFICIALS WILL COME RIDING IN CHARIOTS AND ON 42:12 HORSES, ACCOMPANIED BY THE MEN OF JUDAH AND THOSE LIVING 42:17 IN JERUSALEM, AND THIS CITY WILL BE INHABITED FOREVER. 42:22 PEOPLE WILL COME FROM THE TOWNS OF JUDAH AND THE VILLAGES AROUND 42:26 JERUSALEM, AND THE TERRITORY OF BENJAMIN AND THE WESTERN 42:29 FOOTHILLS, FROM THE HILL COUNTRY OF THE NEGEV, BRINGING BURNT 42:33 OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES, GRAIN OFFERINGS, 42:36 INCENSE AND THANK OFFERINGS TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD." 42:40 NOW LISTEN TO THE WORD. 42:42 "BUT IF YOU DO NOT OBEY ME TO KEEP THE SABBATH DAY HOLY BY NOT 42:50 CARRYING ANY LOAD AS YOU COME THROUGH THE GATES OF JERUSALEM 42:54 ON THE SABBATH DAY, THEN I WILL KINDLE AN UNQUENCHABLE FIRE 42:58 IN THE GATES OF JERUSALEM THAT WILL CONSUME HER FORTRESSES." 43:04 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JERUSALEM WOULD'VE STOOD FOREVER 43:11 IF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD BELIEVED THE GOSPEL 43:18 AND KEPT THE SABBATH. 43:20 NOW, MOST FOLKS SAY AROUND THE WORLD THAT THE GREATEST 43:28 THEOLOGIAN OF THE 20TH CENTURY WAS THAT GREAT MAN, KARL BARTH. 43:37 I DON'T SUPPOSE ANY THEOLOGIAN IN MODERN TIMES IS RESPECTED 43:41 MORE THAN KARL BARTH. 43:45 NOW, MY PREACHER FRIENDS, LISTEN TO KARL BARTH, 43:48 IF YOU WON'T LISTEN TO ME. 43:50 "DE QUERVAIN IS ONLY TOO RIGHT IN THIS RESPECT," 43:56 HE'S QUOTING THIS GUY, "WHERE THE HOLY DAY 43:59 BECOMES THE DAY OF MAN," THAT'S THE SABBATH, 44:03 "SOCIETY AND HUMANITY WITHER AWAY AND THE DEMONS RULE." 44:09 HE SAID WHEN PEOPLE GIVE UP THE SABBATH, THEY GO DOWNHILL, 44:16 AND THE DEMONS RULE. 44:21 WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN AMERICA AND THE WORLD? 44:25 I TELL YOU, MY FRIEND, THE DEMONS ARE RULING, 44:30 AND IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. 44:32 HE SAYS, "THE HOLY DAY IS A SIGN, AND KEEPING IT HOLY 44:38 AN EXERCISE, OF MAN'S FREEDOM BEFORE GOD AND THE SPECIAL 44:43 RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS HIM IN WHICH HE IS MAN, 44:46 THE HUMAN CREATURE. 44:48 AS THE REGULAR OBSERVANCE OF A DEFINITE PORTION OF TIME, 44:54 KEEPING THE HOLY DAY IS THE MOST VISIBLE AND, BECAUSE OF 44:58 THIS DAY'S SPECIAL MEANING, THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE FORM OF 45:06 THIS SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY." 45:10 YOU GIVE UP THE SABBATH, MY FRIEND, WHAT GOES NEXT? 45:13 MARRIAGE AND THEN MORALITY AND THE COLLAPSE OF SOCIETY. 45:22 AND THE POPE IS WISER THAN MOST OF US, AND HE RECOGNIZES IT, 45:27 AND THAT IS WHY HE PUT OUT THAT GREAT PAPER, ENTITLED, 45:31 "THE LORD'S DAY." 45:32 HE SAID, "UNLESS WE GET BACK TO GOD AND KEEP THE SABBATH, 45:36 WE'RE FINISHED." 45:39 AND NOW YOU HAVE THE LORD'S DAY ALLIANCE ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND 45:44 THEY'RE SAYING WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO GOD, AND WE'VE GOT TO 45:48 KEEP THE SABBATH, BECAUSE WE'RE SUNK WITHOUT THE SABBATH; 45:54 AND, OF COURSE, THEY'RE RIGHT. 45:58 WHAT THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE, HOWEVER, IS THAT THEY'RE 46:02 PROMOTING A COUNTERFEIT SABBATH, AND ONE DAY THAT COUNTERFEIT 46:07 WILL BE ENFORCED BY LAW. 46:10 COME OVER HERE TO DANIEL 7:25. 46:12 NOW, YOU KNOW THIS TEXT. 46:14 I'VE TAUGHT THIS. 46:15 YOU SHOULD HAVE IT IN YOUR HEADS. 46:17 DANIEL 7:25, SPEAKING OF THE GREAT CHURCH, 46:24 IT SAYS, "HE WILL SPEAK AGAINST THE MOST 46:27 HIGH AND OPPRESS HIS SAINTS AND TRY TO CHANGE THE SET TIMES 46:33 AND THE LAWS--" THE BIBLE SAYS THE GREAT STATE 46:37 CHURCH WOULD CHANGE THE HOLY SABBATH. 46:44 NOW, LET ME READ TO YOU FROM THE BAPTISTS. 46:48 I WANT ANY PERSON WHO IS A BAPTIST WATCHING THE TELECAST 46:53 TO LISTEN TO THIS STATEMENT FROM OUR LEADER 46:58 OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH. 46:59 HERE IT IS. 47:02 "THERE WAS AND IS A COMMANDMENT TO KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH DAY, 47:09 BUT THAT SABBATH DAY WAS NOT SUNDAY," SAYS THE BAPTIST. 47:14 "IT WILL BE SAID, HOWEVER, AND WITH SOME SHOW OF TRIUMPH, 47:17 THAT THE SABBATH WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE SEVENTH TO 47:21 THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK--" THE BAPTIST SAYS, 47:24 "WHERE CAN THE RECORD OF SUCH A TRANSACTION BE FOUND? 47:27 NOT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT-- ABSOLUTELY NOT. 47:31 THERE IS NO SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE OF THE CHANGE OF THE SABBATH 47:35 INSTITUTION FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE FIRST DAY," 47:39 SAYS THE BAPTIST. 47:40 "OF COURSE, I QUITE WELL KNOW THAT SUNDAY DID COME INTO USE 47:44 IN EARLY CHRISTIAN HISTORY AS A RELIGIOUS DAY, AS WE LEARN 47:48 FROM CHRISTIAN FATHERS AND OTHER SOURCES. 47:51 BUT WHAT A PITY THAT IT COMES BRANDED WITH THE MARK OF 47:54 PAGANISM, AND CHRISTENED WITH THE NAME OF THE SUN GOD, 48:00 WHEN ADOPTED AND SANCTIONED BY THE PAPAL APOSTASY, AND 48:05 BEQUEATHED AS A SACRED LEGACY TO PROTESTANTISM!" 48:10 DR. HISCOX, THE AUTHOR OF THE BAPTIST MANUAL-- 48:15 AND HE'S RIGHT. 48:16 LOOK WHAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SAYS. 48:19 "HAVE YOU ANY OTHER WAY OF PROVING THAT THE CHURCH HAS 48:21 POWER TO INSTITUTE FESTIVALS OF PRECEPT?" 48:25 "ANSWER: HAD SHE NOT SUCH POWER, SHE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT IN 48:31 WHICH ALL MODERN RELIGIONISTS AGREE WITH HER; SHE COULD NOT 48:35 HAVE SUBSTITUTED THE OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY THE FIRST DAY OF 48:39 THE WEEK, FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF SATURDAY THE SEVENTH DAY, 48:43 A CHANGE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY." 48:49 "QUESTION: WHICH IS THE SABBATH?" 48:51 "SATURDAY IS THE SABBATH," SAYS THE CHURCH OF ROME. 48:54 "WHY DO WE OBSERVE SUNDAY INSTEAD OF SATURDAY?" 48:57 "WE OBSERVE SUNDAY INSTEAD OF SATURDAY BECAUSE THE CATHOLIC 49:00 CHURCH, IN THE COUNCIL OF LAODICEA, TRANSFERRED 49:05 THE SOLEMNITY FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY." 49:09 I APPEAL TO YOU, MY FRIEND, IN THIS MATTER, TO FOLLOW CHRIST 49:15 AND NOT THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH. 49:18 NOW, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE IS GOING TO COME, 49:22 AND I ALLUDED TO THIS LAST WEEK, AND I GAVE YOU THE TEXT; 49:26 THEREFORE, I SHALL NOT TURN TO THEM AGAIN NOW. 49:30 THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT A LAMB-LIKE POWER, WHO SPEAKS 49:35 AS A DRAGON, A GREAT APOSTATE RELIGIOUS POWER. 49:41 HE BRINGS DOWN FIRE FROM HEAVEN. 49:41 HE'S THE COUNTERFEIT ELIJAH. 49:49 HE IS THE GREAT PRETENDER! 49:52 AND THEN THE BIBLE SAYS HE'S GOING TO SET UP AN IMAGE TO 49:56 THE BEAST, A COPY OF THE BEAST, AND THE BEAST, OF COURSE, IS 50:00 THE UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE. 50:04 AND THEN THE BIBLE SAYS HE COMMANDS THAT EVERYONE RECEIVES 50:12 A MARK IN HIS RIGHT HAND-- THAT'S THE WORK--OR IN 50:18 THE FOREHEAD--THAT'S THE MIND. 50:21 IT'S IN THE HAND. 50:25 YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT 50:28 TO GET THE MARK OF THE BEAST, AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST 50:33 IS THE GREAT COUNTERFEIT TO THE SIGN AND THE SEAL 50:38 OF ALMIGHTY GOD. 50:42 DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? 50:45 CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO GET SO BAD IN THE WORLD, AND THE PAPACY 50:50 RECOGNIZES THIS BETTER THAN MANY OF US, AND THE PAPACY WILL SAY-- 50:57 AND THE POPE HAS ALREADY SAID IT. 51:01 HE'S WRITTEN A WONDERFUL ARTICLE ON THE SABBATH, HIS SABBATH, 51:08 AND HE SAYS SOCIETY IS ABOUT TO IMPLODE AND MAYBE EXPLODE. 51:17 MAYBE THE ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD WILL COLLAPSE, IF NOT THIS TIME, 51:22 BUT SOMETIME, AND THERE'LL BE RIOTING IN THE STREETS, AND THEN 51:28 A CRY WILL GO UP TO GOD FROM THE CHURCHES, "WE MUST RETURN 51:33 TO THE SABBATH." 51:40 AND IT'LL BE THE SABBATH OF THE ANTICHRIST. 51:46 THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS A COUNTERFEIT SABBATH. 51:53 HE SHALL THINK HIMSELF ABLE TO CHANGE THE TIMES AND THE LAWS. 52:03 AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 52:05 THE VAST MAJORITY ARE GOING TO GET THE MARK OF THE BEAST, 52:09 BECAUSE THEY'VE NEVER TAKEN CHRIST INTO THEIR HEARTS AND 52:13 UNDERSTOOD THE TRUTHFULNESS OF THE GOSPEL THAT IS POINTED TO 52:22 BY THE COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS, "ENTER INTO REST." 52:26 REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY. 52:31 THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU AND I CAN ESCAPE THE MARK IS BY GETTING 52:36 THE SIGN--NOT IN THE HAND-- YOU CAN'T GET IT IN THE HAND-- 52:41 BUT IN THE FOREHEAD. 52:46 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT, I BELIEVE. 52:50 THERE'LL BE TWO CLASSES-- ONE A LITTLE CLASS. 52:53 NEVER THINK THE MAJORITY HAVE GOT IT RIGHT, 52:57 THE MAJORITY HAS NEVER BEEN ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH. 53:02 ONE CLASS WHO HOLD ONTO CHRIST, SOLA CHRISTUS, SOLA SCRIPTURA, 53:09 SOLA GRATIA, SOLA FIDE. 53:13 AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. 53:16 THEY DESCRIBE, "HERE ARE THEY WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD 53:19 AND HAVE THE FAITH OF JESUS. 53:22 THEY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS AND THE HOLY SABBATH." 53:26 AND THERE'LL BE ANOTHER CLASS. 53:28 IT'LL BE A VAST COMPANY. 53:32 DO THEY READ THEIR BIBLES? 53:33 NO. 53:35 DO THEY STUDY THE WORD? 53:36 NO. 53:38 DO THEY THINK FOR THEMSELVES? 53:39 NO! 53:41 THEY FALL IN WITH THE CROWD. 53:43 THEY TAKE THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE. 53:44 ALL THROUGH THEIR LIVES, 53:47 THEY HAVE BEEN CONFORMISTS. 53:53 SO, THE BIG CLASS, THEY FOLLOW THE BEAST, 53:58 THE COUNTERFEIT TO THE LAMB. 54:01 THEY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH AND HIS 54:05 COUNTERFEIT SABBATH. 54:08 TWO CLASSES. 54:12 AND THE QUESTION WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES OR THE QUESTIONS WE 54:16 SHOULD ASK OURSELVES ARE THESE; WHO HAS OUR HEARTS? 54:25 PEOPLE SAY, "ANYBODY CAN KEEP THE SABBATH." 54:30 WHY DON'T YOU TRY? 54:31 YOU'LL FIND IT TAKES DEDICATION TO GOD. 54:35 IT TAKES CONSECRATION TO GOD. 54:37 IT TAKES DISCIPLINE. 54:39 WHEN I BECOME A CHRISTIAN, I BECOME A DISCIPLE. 54:42 A MAN CAME TO THIS CHURCH. 54:43 I BAPTIZED HIM YEARS AGO. 54:45 HE SAID, "I CANNOT STAY IN THIS CHURCH. 54:47 I'M LOOKING FOR A CHURCH WHERE I DO NOT NEED TO BE A DISCIPLE." 54:52 HE SAID, "I WILL JUST BE A BELIEVER." 54:57 NO. 55:00 A TRUE BELIEVER IS A DISCIPLE. 55:04 THERE'LL BE TWO CLASSES: FOLLOWERS AND DISCIPLES. 55:13 I'M GOING TO ASK A YOUNG MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH-- 55:17 HER NAME IS SYDNEY WEXLER-- HAS A WONDERFUL FAMILY: 55:25 BENJAMIN, DONNA, AND BLAKE. 55:28 WE LOVE THEM. 55:29 AND NOT ONLY DO WE LOVE THEM, WE LIKE THEM. 55:32 AND SHE'S GOING TO COME HERE, AND SHE'S GOING TO GET YOU TO 55:36 TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO ISAIAH 58. 55:38 WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM 55:44 A MOMENT TO FIND IT, OKAY? 55:46 >> OKAY. 55:47 >> YOU LOOK GOOD. 55:48 >> THANK YOU. 55:49 >> YEAH. 55:51 YOUR MOTHER'S SORT OF A BIT NERVOUS, BUT YOU LOOK GOOD. 55:54 ISAIAH 58. 55:56 WHAT VERSE? 55:56 >> ISAIAH 58:11-14. 56:02 "THE LORD WILL GUIDE YOU ALWAYS. 56:04 HE WILL SATISFY YOUR NEEDS IN A SUN-SCORCHED LAND AND WILL 56:08 STRENGTHEN YOUR FRAME. 56:09 YOU WILL BE LIKE A WELL-WATERED GARDEN, LIKE A SPRING WHOSE 56:13 WATERS NEVER FAIL. 56:14 YOUR PEOPLE WILL REBUILD THE ANCIENT RUINS AND WILL RAISE 56:18 UP THE AGE OLD FOUNDATIONS. 56:20 YOU WILL BE CALLED REPAIRER OF BROKEN WALLS, RESTORER OF 56:24 STREETS WITH DWELLINGS. 56:26 IF YOU KEEP YOUR FEET FROM BREAKING THE SABBATH AND FROM 56:30 DOING AS YOU PLEASE ON MY HOLY DAY, IF YOU CALL THE SABBATH 56:34 A DELIGHT AND THE LORD'S HOLY DAY HONORABLE, AND IF YOU HONOR 56:38 IT BY NOT GOING YOUR OWN WAY AND NOT DOING AS YOU PLEASE OR 56:42 SPEAKING IDLE WORDS, THEN YOU WILL FIND YOUR JOY IN THE LORD, 56:46 AND I WILL CAUSE YOU TO RIDE ON THE HEIGHTS OF THE LAND 56:49 AND FEAST ON THE INHERITANCE OF YOUR FATHER, JACOB. 56:53 THE MOUTH OF THE LORD HAS SPOKEN." 56:56 >> AMEN. 56:57 GOD BLESS YOU, SWEETIE. 56:59 GOD BLESS YOU. 57:05 REMEMBER THE MOUTH OF THE LORD HAS SPOKEN. 57:13 ♪ HEAR MY PLEA ♪ ♪ AND MAY IT BE ♪ 57:24 ♪ THAT YOU'RE SATISFIED. ♪ ♪ ARE YOU SATISFIED? 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