Participants: John Lomacang (Host), John Stanton
Series Code: HCL
Program Code: HCL100027
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00:01 Hello friends, grab your Bible and a friend
00:03 and sit back as we explore God's word 00:05 together on this edition of House Calls. 00:22 Welcome to another edition of House Calls program 00:24 as you can tell both Johns are in the house. Right. 00:28 This is the house to be in, 00:30 the place where we make a call on your life today 00:33 and also the Lord makes the call on your life. 00:35 Now, we are not just sharing the Bible 00:37 we are actually challenging you to follow it for 00:40 yourself. So, get your Bibles, get your pens, 00:43 get your papers hit the record button 00:45 if you have the chance or the opportunity 00:47 or the ability to do that and follow along this 00:50 program as we continue answering your questions 00:52 and also edging our way through the understanding 00:56 of the topic of the mark of the Beast 00:58 and my good friend is here. What's your name sir. 01:00 I am Pastor John Stanton. Good to have you here John, 01:04 good to be here. Shall we pray? 01:06 I think we should do that. Alright. 01:07 Dear Father in heaven, what a blessing it is to 01:09 come before you here today and ask you to lead 01:13 us through the word. Lord, this word is given 01:16 by you to us so that we may understand 01:18 what you are asking of us Lord as Christians 01:22 to follow you in all your ways to lead 01:26 and guide us safely through that narrow path 01:29 that leads to salvation and we pray Lord that 01:31 as we understand or seek to understand 01:33 what is going to happen soon in the last days 01:37 the time of trouble we pray that you would make 01:39 it clear. Make it very, very clear to both us 01:42 and to those who are listening to your word 01:44 here today in Jesus name. Amen, Amen. 01:49 And as you know friends this will make this program 01:51 exciting with your questions. That's right 01:54 your Bible questions and some of you are 01:56 so faithful in sending them in we do really 01:59 appreciate what you do to make this program 02:02 interesting and challenging, we also accept 02:04 and encourage you to send comments in. 02:07 Sometimes let us know if something needs to 02:09 be further clarified or if you have an additional 02:12 question pertaining to something that 02:14 we have talked about in one of our topics, 02:15 but none the less if you want to send us 02:17 any comments or questions the email that you 02:19 need is housecalls@3abn.org, 02:23 that's housecalls@3abn.org and send it to 02:27 that information and we will get to those questions 02:29 and try our best to make it clear 02:32 and we will use the word of God to answer 02:34 those Bible verses and answer those Bible questions. 02:37 I think you have a question for us. 02:39 What do you have for us John? I do, 02:40 I do it's a question from Frank. 02:44 If we shall all stand before the judgment seat 02:47 of Christ what are we to understand by this verse. 02:51 Okay, John 5:24, I'm a little puzzled, 02:55 but I wanna make sure I catch your answer here, 02:57 so lets take a look at John 5:24 because we know 03:01 that Jesus does say or Paul does say that we will 03:05 all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, 03:07 that is a fact, that's, that's also established, 03:10 but what is meant by this verse John 5:24. 03:12 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word 03:17 and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, 03:21 and shall not come into judgment, 03:23 but is passed from death into life. 03:26 Okay, alright, so what is meant by this verse 03:29 if you have been following along with any of the 03:33 recent programs we've done, we talked a little bit 03:35 about the judgment and how, 03:37 and the different aspects of the judgment 03:40 and there are two predominant phases 03:43 to that judgment. There is one prior to Christ return 03:47 and that is called the investigative judgment. 03:49 It compares to a trial were prior to the judgment 03:54 of the jury that the court is in session and it 03:57 investigates the evidence of one's life and so 04:02 that investigation comes as part of the judgment 04:06 and it's called the pre-advent judgment prior 04:09 to the return of Christ and we know that 04:11 because when Jesus comes his reward is with him. 04:13 He will give his reward to his saints. 04:16 Then there is the judgment that comes after that, 04:20 after that judgment which is after the thousand years 04:24 and that is the executive phase of the judgment. 04:27 The sentencing and the carrying out of the 04:30 punishment, that part of the judgment is done 04:32 after the thousand years. Now, if we look at this 04:35 verse what he is actually saying. 04:37 Jesus is saying is that those who hear his word 04:42 and believes in Him has everlasting life, 04:45 and they shall not come into judgment. 04:47 That is under sentencing, under the punishment 04:50 phase because they passed from death to life, 04:53 so there is a judgment for everyone, 04:57 but for those who are in Christ they come enter 05:00 their not guilty plea by the blood of the lamb. 05:03 Christ then by his merit steps in their behalf. 05:07 Intercedes for them and when that investigation 05:10 happens into their life the sins that they have 05:12 committed are covered by the blood of Christ. 05:15 There is no penalty that needs to be carried out 05:18 for those sins, because they do not appear 05:20 what appears is the merits of Christ 05:23 and those merits in his behalf take him from 05:28 death the penalty of sin into life because there is 05:32 no penalty because there is no sin that is seen there, 05:35 so that's what is being described here John. 05:38 Okay and something else I would like to add 05:40 to that the word judgment there comes from the 05:43 Greek word which we get the word krisis, KRISIS. 05:49 Ever other place in the New Testament that 05:51 word is in the King James Version. 05:54 It is translated word you will not come into 05:59 Condemnation. In the New King James Version is you 06:02 will not come into judgment. So, that 06:05 sometimes where the misconception or where 06:09 the misunderstanding may come into play. 06:11 Everyone of us will come into judgment, 06:14 but not everyone of us will come into Condemnation. 06:16 Condemnation, that's right. And so you find, 06:18 when you look at the word and I will go ahead 06:20 and bring it up here in front of me. 06:22 The word Condemnation here in the context of, 06:27 for example look at John 5 in verse 22, 06:31 and I am reading this from the King James Version 06:35 it says. For the Father judgeth no man, 06:38 but he hath committed all judgment onto the Son. 06:42 And then verse 24. Verily, verily, 06:44 I say unto you, He that heareth my word, 06:46 and believeth on him that sent me, 06:48 hath everlasting life, and shall not come into 06:51 condemnation; but is passed from death to life. 06:55 And so you get there the word judgment means 06:57 he won't be condemned. If you believe in the Lord, 07:00 you won't be condemned. Not just judged 07:02 and in the same sense the word judgment 07:05 and Condemnation are the same. 07:07 In another words you would not be under the 07:08 wrath of God's judgment. Right. 07:10 When you believe and have everlasting life 07:14 when you have given your life to the Lord. 07:16 You have passed from death, you don't have 07:19 to deal with all that. Right. 07:21 You are now standing in the place of eternal life. 07:23 Right, so that's what it means right there. 07:26 Yeah in Condemnation you see more specific word 07:28 for the phase of the judgment that is executive 07:30 is that carrying out of a sentence so. 07:32 Very good, very good. I have a question here 07:36 from a person. I like this. This is the lengthy 07:39 question, but you made your point, 07:41 but I am gonna read it because there are some 07:43 that may think along the line and by the way 07:45 if we cover questions that may, 07:47 that may come across something that you 07:49 believe denominationally bare with us 07:51 because we don't want to be offensive to 07:53 anybody of any particular denomination. 07:55 We want you to know what the Bible teaches. 07:57 So, in some sense we may see this is 07:59 what is taught, but if that what's you believe 08:03 don't take it personally or just examine 08:05 if you see what the Bible has to say about it. 08:07 Hello Pastor, I am watching House Calls 08:11 and he mention the date and Pastor Lomacang 08:14 was talking about Peter at the House of Cornelius 08:16 its in Acts chapter 10. Pastor Lomacang also 08:19 mentioned how Peter wouldn't allow Cornelius 08:22 to worship at his feet. Quite contrary to the 08:26 papacy this person writes. If I may, I would like 08:31 to address from scripture John 1 verse 35 to 42 08:35 John the Baptist teaches Andrew that Jesus is the 08:39 Messiah. Andrew goes to his brother Simon Peter 08:43 and tells him. He's met the Messiah. 08:47 Andrew introduces Peter to Jesus and Jesus 08:50 calls Peter Cephas. Now, verse 42 interpret Cephas 08:54 as a stone. The stone there is Petros. 08:59 Now, Peter knows that Jesus is the Messiah 09:02 and that Jesus calls him Cephas meaning a stone 09:05 or a Petros. This is how he winds up. 09:09 If this is the first time Peter makes the statement 09:11 that Jesus is the Christ the son of the living God. 09:14 Jesus clearly addresses the 12 and revealed 09:17 one of them was the devil. All of the 12 disciples of 09:22 Christ know that Jesus is the Christ and Peter is 09:25 a stone from the previous experience, 09:28 but in verse 20 Jesus clearly tells the 12 09:31 not to talk about Jesus being the Christ. 09:36 Let me see where he's headed. 09:38 This means Jesus wasn't talking about Peter, 09:41 but about himself as far as building the church, 09:45 otherwise Peter was free to talk about himself 09:49 if he was really the rock to build God's church on. 09:53 Please respond back if you believe me to be in error. 09:57 Joe, you've hit it right on the head if you go 10:00 to First Corinthians, go there with us. 10:02 First Corinthians chapter 10, 10:04 Peter was not understanding himself 10:07 to be the foundation on which the church was built, 10:10 because if Peter was the foundation then the 10:13 church was in trouble because Peter denied Jesus. 10:15 So, how could you build the church on a 10:17 faulty foundation. First Corinthians chapter 10 10:22 verse 4. It says And all drink the same 10:25 spiritual drink for they drank from that rock 10:29 or that spiritual rock that followed them 10:32 and that Rock was Christ. So, Peter is a stone, 10:36 Jesus is a rock. There is the difference all together. 10:39 Cephas has compared to Petra. 10:42 When Jesus is on this rock he means Petra 10:46 that you the stone Cephas. 10:49 So, the difference is Jesus is the foundation 10:51 and the Book of Acts makes it clear no other 10:55 foundation can anyone lay then that which is laid 10:59 which is Christ Jesus. So, your point is very 11:01 well taken. Peter is not the first Pope. 11:04 Peter is not the first Pope by any means 11:07 and Peter is not connected to the rise of the Papacy. 11:11 He was simply one of the 12 disciples later 11:15 known as also one of the 12 Apostles. 11:17 He does not claim to be the authority of the church 11:20 and the Lord gave the disciples authority, 11:23 but the Lord did not build the church on any 11:26 of the disciples. Peter's own words here 11:29 from First Peter chapter 2 okay verse 4. 11:33 Coming to him as to a living stone, 11:38 rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God 11:40 and precious. You also as living stones 11:44 are being built up a spiritual house a holy 11:47 priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices 11:50 acceptable to God through Christ Jesus 11:52 and then we know that also through other things 11:54 he is the chief corner stone. 11:57 That's right, so then with comparing that with 11:59 the scripture you just read from First Corinthians 10 12:02 we find that Jesus is the rock. 12:04 He is also the chief cornerstone, 12:07 but we are the living stones that are part 12:09 of his church, his building. That's right. 12:12 So what, it makes sense that God would refer to 12:14 Peter as the stone. Right. This in fact 12:16 that's what someone wants to define him as. 12:20 Right, but they doesn't define him as the rock of 12:21 the church. That's right. He have to have a 12:23 huge leap even leap over Peter's own words to 12:27 get to that conclusion. And well put John 12:32 I mean very, very well put you have to 12:34 really stretch to try to come to the conclusion 12:36 that Peter is the rock upon which the church is built. 12:39 The problem with that is if you check lately 12:43 Peter's dead. Jesus is the living stone, 12:48 Jesus is the stone that the builders rejected. 12:51 Jesus is the rock and when as Matthew says 12:55 we build on the rock. The winds are going to blow, 12:58 the waves are going to beat with all the fury 13:00 on the rock, but when on the house, 13:03 but when it is established on the rock it will 13:05 not fall. So, unlike that many can believe 13:11 that Peter is the first Pope, but Bible doesn't 13:13 support that. And so hopefully you 13:15 will consult scripture to see that the rock is Christ. 13:20 No other foundation can anyone lay than 13:23 that which is laid which is Christ Jesus. 13:25 What else do you have for us?. 13:27 I have a question here from, 13:29 I was hoping to get a name here but I don't 13:32 see one. Alright. So anyway let me just 13:36 read the question for you here. 13:38 It doesn't really give much information about 13:39 the person who is writing it. Alright. 13:41 It says that many foretell that this is 13:43 the end of times. The final days of the world, 13:46 has not judgment passed not only from Israel, 13:51 but also to the world, verily Jesus told Peter 13:55 to forgive a man not seven times, 13:58 but 70 time seven, how long shall salvation 14:01 in Condemnation be withheld. 14:03 Therefore wise of the King of Kings Jesus 14:06 Christ has not come is it because all Prophecy 14:10 has not been fulfilled. So, and the point 14:14 he makes the connection he makes here is 14:15 in fact that Israel was given as a Nation 14:18 as God's people a period of probation. 14:20 We saw that it's 490 years that ended in 14:24 34 A.D. then the message was passed onto 14:29 the Gentiles through the disciples through Paul 14:33 and now at the end of time all the 14:36 inhabitants of the world will be finally closing 14:39 their probationary time at the end where with 14:42 after that Christ will come and will finish, 14:44 put an end to all things. So, he makes the 14:47 right connection there absolutely. 14:49 The question is what is the reason 14:52 why he hasn't come yet. And the first verse 14:54 that we have to go to is found in, 15:00 let me find it here it is I believe Second Peter 15:05 if I am correct. Second Peter 3. 15:12 Okay I am there Second Peter verse 9. 15:16 Okay, Second Peter 3 verse 9. 15:21 It says the Lord is not slack concerning his promise, 15:25 as some count slackness; but his longsuffering 15:29 toward us, not willing that any should perish, 15:32 but that all should come to repentance, 15:34 so what Peter is saying and in the next verse 15:39 of course described as the second coming of the 15:40 Lord the day of Christ, but what the Peter 15:43 seems to be suggesting here is that Jesus is patient, 15:46 he is long suffering, he is waiting for this 15:49 message of the Gospel to be preached to all 15:51 the world, so that no one need be perished, 15:55 but that all can come to an saving knowledge 15:58 of Jesus Christ and enter into the Kingdom of God 16:01 when he comes, so we can take as many as 16:03 he can with him. Now, this is contrary to lot 16:05 of the thoughts about God. Some many believe 16:08 that God is like standing by just waiting for you 16:10 to catch you to do something wrong, 16:12 but the Bible paints a far different picture than 16:14 that basically the Bible is very clear that he is 16:16 loving, he is kind, he is patient and that he is 16:19 warning everyone that he possibly can to be 16:22 part of the kingdom of God. 16:24 So, he is doing everything if he can to get 16:26 you in not to keep you out and so this is 16:29 what the delay or this apparent tearing time 16:33 that we're enduring right now, 16:36 this is what it's all about. Its waiting for the 16:38 everlasting Gospel to reach all the world 16:40 then the end will come that's from Matthew 24 verse 14. 16:44 When you point this out it puts Jesus 16:48 in the light of one who is not in a hurry, 16:52 but one who really wants to glean. 16:55 I think of the vineyard and if you've ever seen 16:58 vineyards before John you're a Californian 17:00 and I lived in California for a quite bit of time to 17:03 work in a vineyard is a lot of work 17:05 and the vineyards of the world are the place 17:10 where the harvest is all prepared. 17:12 The Lord doesn't wanna just, 17:14 he doesn't want to ride a motorcycle through 17:16 the vineyard. He just grabs stuff off of the vines. 17:19 He wants us to go through that vineyard 17:21 all the precious fruit and he is not willing 17:25 as the vinedresser would be as the person 17:28 who owns the vineyard. He is not willing that 17:30 any of us just fall to the ground and rot. 17:33 And so God is patient, you know we want the 17:36 world, we want all the suffering 17:38 and the heartache and the disasters to wind up 17:41 and just be done, but like a precious vinedresser, 17:44 like a person who looks at the vineyard 17:46 every morning with great anticipation of the harvest. 17:49 The Lord is looking at every grape, 17:51 every stock is precious and I like that text 17:54 and so when I hear that he is not willing 17:56 that any should perish. I think that 17:58 when I called my brother in the Virgin Islands in the 18:00 Saint Thomas. He has a mango tree in his yard 18:03 and my wife went out and bought a mango 18:06 and he said what's wrong with you. 18:08 I have this tree filled with mango and they're just 18:11 falling to the ground. Don't spend money they are 18:15 right in my yard. In the very same way there 18:19 is not a whole lot that we need to do. 18:20 We don't have to go to great levels extent to 18:23 find precious souls some of them are right in our 18:26 yards and the Lord in essence is saying 18:28 I don't want anybody to perish, 18:30 but I do want them to come to repentance 18:32 and so that willingness is the reason 18:34 why the Lord hasn't yet comeback. 18:36 He wants us to be saved. And thank you for that John. 18:40 And sometime I mean there will be an end 18:42 and probation will close for humanity, 18:44 but it doesn't close until everyone has a chance 18:46 to make their decision. See that's the issue. 18:49 God is giving the time for everyone to make a 18:51 decision to take a stand on God's side for a stand 18:55 with the enemy, which is one of the reasons 18:57 why we're talking about the mark of the beast, 18:59 there's a study here. Very powerful topic. 19:02 Do you wanna end our questions early 19:04 and cover more of the mark of the Beast? 19:05 I think we should we got a little bit to cover 19:06 in this last program on this topic. 19:08 Yeah I think we should and so we gonna wind up 19:10 our question point right now and transition over 19:13 into our topic for today and but thank you 19:16 for your questions, everyone of them is important 19:18 everyone is special to us. If you have any further 19:21 questions do you like to submit to us on 19:23 any topic that comes to your mind send 19:25 those questions to housecalls@3abn.org 19:28 that's housecalls@3abn.org. 19:33 I think org means organization. 19:35 It does, hopefully it also means organized. 19:37 We want to be organized, so I thank you for 19:40 those questions for John. Lets talk back into the 19:42 topic of the mark of the Beast. 19:43 We have laid some foundation talking about 19:46 Revelation chapter 13 and I believe now go back 19:50 to that I believe we paused at around verse 11 or 12. 19:55 We just started getting into the second beast 19:58 from the land in verse 11. Okay and then 20:00 we gonna break that down and before we get 20:02 back into that and continue on with our topic. 20:05 I like to mention something to you just a 20:07 couple of things maybe. First of all we are talking 20:10 about Rome and the Church of Rome. 20:12 We've identified that as the first beast 20:14 the sea beast here in Revelation 13. 20:16 You know this beast clearly is a persecuting power 20:19 and a power that speaks blasphemies, 20:22 great things it says they have an authority 20:24 for an extended period of time and so forth and 20:27 so on, Daniel 7 also describes the beast in 20:29 the same way. I wanna make sure that people 20:33 understand that we are not talking about people 20:35 in individuals were talking about a system a system 20:39 that the devil's going to use to attack the Saints 20:43 to disseminate lies and false teachings in the 20:46 world. So, this isn't about the people 20:49 and I will tell you I mean if, if I was a 20:53 Roman Catholic. I'll initially be a little bit 20:57 offended. Yeah and there is a nothing wrong with 20:59 that I absolutely understand that to hear wait 21:03 a minute you are calling my church the beast, 21:06 but I wanna add this. This is an individual, 21:10 this isn't a people thing and the test of the mark 21:12 has been has not come yet, but has, 21:15 so God's people are everywhere. 21:17 God's people in the Roman Catholic Church. 21:19 God's people are in all these parts and dominations. 21:21 God's people are in every religion here 21:25 they are scattered everywhere, 21:26 but God is now in this last days gathering 21:28 his people. He is bringing them together 21:31 and as Revelation says in Revelation 14 21:34 and in three angels messages and in the Revelation 18, 21:37 he will call them out when Babylon falls. 21:41 He is calling his people out, so this message is 21:43 coming to our people come out of her. 21:45 That's right. Not to remain in her because the system 21:50 has been corrupted not God's people. 21:53 God's people are still God's people, 21:55 but he is calling them out. So, that's what we 21:58 are coming from here today. 21:59 The other thing too I would add is that 22:01 the devil's doing a really good job these days 22:03 John of, getting us to forget what it means 22:06 to be a Protestant to get forget what the 22:09 reformation was really about. If you look at these 22:12 reformers Swingley and Martin Luther who began 22:17 the Reformation and Hus and Jerome and 22:19 those who experienced the persecution of the 22:24 Roman Catholic Church. The inquisition periods 22:26 and what it was a part of they had no problem 22:29 in calling the Roman Church the beast. Right, 22:34 and they were the first to identify it as the 22:36 beast the Seventh-day Adventist Church is 22:38 simply taking up the reformation and going 22:40 forward with it. Right. We are not inventing. 22:42 We are not reinventing the wheel. 22:43 This is something that one of our friends here 22:46 that helps us tape the program is one of the 22:50 guys behind the camera, he mentioned that 22:52 Matthew Henry in his commentary speaks pretty 22:54 strongly about the Pope when he talks about 22:57 the beast. Right, so, this stuff has been 23:00 around for a long time. What we are saying is the 23:03 devil's doing a very good job to hide it from 23:05 the people. So, that people don't know about it 23:07 and friends if you don't House Calls know us now, 23:11 we will expose, we will bring to the forefront 23:13 Gods' truth and that's what we wanna do here today 23:16 with the mark of the beast. And you know one of the 23:19 reasons why we come to that conclusion is pretty 23:22 much one of the same reasons why the 23:23 reformers came to that conclusion. 23:25 The Bible outlines earmarks. 23:27 If you were to go through a bill of lading 23:29 you would match up all the numbers you understand 23:32 that this is the package you are waiting for. 23:34 You have tracking numbers, you have exist signs. 23:38 All of those indicators point inequitably without 23:41 a shadow of a doubt that the power that's talked about 23:44 as this final great power that will reign over the 23:47 earth is the power of Rome. 23:49 Daniel began by outlining the four great kingdoms 23:52 of the world. Babylon, Medo-Persia, 23:54 Greece and Rome and Rome did not disappear 23:57 until God establish his kingdom. 23:59 So Rome existed as a people, as a pagan 24:03 power first and when Jesus was on the earth 24:06 when his disciples were functioning 24:08 when the Jews all the New Testament was 24:10 written during the time of the reign of Rome. 24:12 Not the reign of Greece and so you find that 24:15 Rome has a very lush history from pagan Rome 24:19 to Papal Rome and today we have now this 24:23 Religio-Political power many Governments look 24:26 at the Papacy in the sense of a political power, 24:29 but also in the largest spiritual power. 24:34 So, Religio-Political together in the Bible makes 24:37 that clear. So, when we talk about the systems 24:40 and John made a very, you did a very good, 24:42 and I am glad that you thought about the people 24:44 in that sense, because people will hear 24:46 this things and say you know they really 24:48 don't like Catholics. Well, let me give you a hint. 24:51 My family is probably 97 percent Catholic 24:55 and I love all of my family, but the one thing I am 24:59 not gonna to cut corners on is allow them 25:01 to continually be duped by things that are 25:04 not true. So, we have to expose the system 25:07 that's not telling the truth to sincere individuals 25:10 who love the Lord with all their heart. 25:12 They have got to come out of these systems 25:14 of darkness in order to understand the truths 25:16 of God's word. But who is behind it all what ever 25:20 denomination teaches what ever is not in the 25:22 Bible Satan is behind it all. That's why the dragon 25:25 gave him his power, his seat and his great 25:29 authority and that dragon is Satan himself. 25:31 And the Satan works through Pagan Rome 25:33 which then became Papal Rome and Daniel 7 25:39 and Daniel 8 identified this the little horn power 25:41 came up and became prominent from the 25:44 4th beast and began to then speak to the blasphemies 25:47 and everything that he did and persecute. 25:49 The same in that same way Satan is hiding 25:54 behind this second Beast power beginning in 25:58 Revelation 11 we've identified that power already 26:00 that land beast as United States. 26:03 Satan is lying dormant or is kind behind 26:06 this and he's going to them bring that to the 26:08 forefront to join powers or forces with the 26:13 Papal power to bring about a last day persecution, 26:18 a time of trouble that Jesus describes as the 26:21 great tribulation, a time such as never was since 26:24 there ever has been a nation. And that's what 26:28 we are getting to here John and notice here one 26:31 last thing before we get into it. 26:32 The Papal powers authority was broken for a time. 26:38 It had 1260 years where it was strong 26:41 and powerful and persecuted and it had the 26:43 authority, that Papal Power was broken 26:45 and it has not to this day yet fully healed. 26:49 That's right. And so at a point in the near future 26:53 we will find that it does fully heal which is 26:55 when it does join forces with the United States 26:58 and begins to persecute again. Right. 27:01 So, we're talking about these events 27:03 we go forward now. These united power is 27:05 that initiate instigate again persecution on the earth. 27:10 As a matter of fact understand John well 27:13 and I understand exactly he and I think quite a 27:15 bit alike. When he said he hasn't fully healed 27:18 and the Bible talked about the deadly wound 27:20 being healed. A wound when the wound was 27:23 healing something stays there for a long period of 27:25 time. It's a scar and I thought how outfitting 27:29 it was that in the 1980s I received the newspaper 27:33 article where with the Papacy where the Pope 27:35 was on the cover of a New York Daily News Magazine 27:40 and the daily news newspaper and it said time 27:43 to heal the scars. You see and the call was 27:47 to all protestant churches Lutherans, Anglicans, 27:51 Presbyterians, all to come back together under 27:54 one head. So, when we talk about this coalescing 27:57 together the Satan working his. 28:00 He is looking for unity, but he is looking for 28:03 unity under error. God is looking for unity under 28:06 light. There is a difference all together, 28:08 so the question is do want unity, 28:10 yes that's a good thing, but you got to make sure 28:13 and unify under the right power. 28:15 The Lord is saying here is the way walking in it 28:17 and the devil is saying this doesn't really 28:19 matter so he is modifying it and people 28:21 are going for that darkness, 28:22 but they're all just talking about unity 28:25 and here that I see your head going. 28:26 That the power which is almost in, 28:27 that's powers unified. Okay, great that's a 28:31 good point. I am not trying to make a 28:32 direct comparison here but I am saying 28:34 you can't unify under error. Right. 28:36 Unity is not unity. it doesn't make something right. 28:39 Unity is a simply as unity, but unifying under 28:42 the cause of truth when the Lord prayed 28:44 that we may be one it doesn't mean you throw 28:46 out the truth to accomplish that unity 28:48 and a lot of people are nowadays are saying 28:49 while your denominational belief don't really matter. 28:51 Yes they do matter if they are based on the word 28:54 of God I am not gonna throw it out just 28:55 because you want me to be one with you. 28:57 We have to be one with God's word right. 28:59 When an airplane pilot whether its American 29:02 Airlines or Untied Airlines or whatever the 29:04 airlines maybe when they take off from Saint Louis 29:06 and fly to New York. Hey get this 29:08 we fly the same coordinates, 29:10 because there is a way that gets there. 29:13 Now, you may go the long way around, 29:14 but you still have to follow the same. 29:16 You, you, you still arrive at the same city 29:19 and in the very same way when you use the 29:21 word of God. You fly the same coordinates. 29:24 The word of God is one word, 29:26 so when we talk about this power here 29:28 in Revelation Chapter 13 going down 29:31 I believe we were down to verse 13. 29:35 I want you to notice something here 29:37 because the Bible gives a broader picture here 29:42 and this is something that is included in the picture 29:44 now that helps us to see that yes there has gonna 29:46 be one day a coalition, sorry there is 29:49 already a coalition between the United States 29:51 and the Papacy, but in the pulling together 29:53 of this religious power united with a political 29:55 power, but there is a, there is another 29:58 picture that God is giving us and here that 30:00 sometimes we miss and I don't want you to miss it. 30:04 Because I am gonna point out a certain word, 30:07 it's a short word, but its repetitiously repeated 30:10 all throughout the second beast of Revelation chapter 30:12 13. Lets look at that together and I will give 30:15 a particular emphasis. Start with verse 11. 30:19 Then I saw another beast coming out of the earth 30:21 and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke as a 30:25 dragon and verse 12 and he exercised 30:29 all the authority of the first beast in its presence, 30:32 and cause the earth and those who dwelling 30:34 to worship the first beast, whose deadly 30:35 wound was healed and he performs great signs 30:39 so that he even makes fire come down from heaven 30:43 on earth in the sight of men and he deceives those 30:46 who dwell on the earth by the means of 30:48 all signs which he was granted to do on the side 30:51 of the Beast. Telling those who dwell on the earth 30:54 to make an image to the beast who is wounded 30:56 by the sword and lived. He was granted power to 31:00 give breath to the image of the Beast that the 31:02 image of the Beast should both speak and cause 31:05 as many as would not worship the image of the 31:07 Beast to be killed and he caused all both small 31:11 and great, rich and poor free and bound to receive 31:14 a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads 31:17 and notice he, he, he, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 31:23 eight times the word he shows up. 31:27 Now, let me open the egg here and start to 31:30 fry it for you, not only does this describe 31:34 the rising of the Untied States, but specifically 31:37 who is the one performing signs 31:40 and great wonders. Who is the one bringing fire 31:45 down from heaven on earth in the sign of men. 31:47 What's the power behind it. Who is the one 31:49 deceiving those who dwell on the earth. 31:51 Who is the one that's giving power 31:54 and life to the image of the Beast. 31:57 It is not just the legislative powers, 31:59 but as one specifically who has been doing that 32:02 throughout eons and who was that John Satan 32:06 himself. Satan himself is the power described here 32:10 and I used to think and you made a point a moment ago 32:12 and I wanna bring this quotation up as you make 32:14 some comments to give me time to look for it, 32:16 but for many, many years before the 32:19 Adventist Church had became into existence 32:21 the reformers understood and saw the place 32:23 that the Papacy played in history clearly outlining 32:26 him as the power that's linked to the first piece 32:30 of Revelation and then they saw the role 32:31 that the United States is playing as it pertains 32:34 to the second Beast, but they also connected 32:37 that there is a dark power behind it 32:39 who is the one who continues to deceive 32:42 and the one who performs great signs and wonders. 32:45 What do you say about that? 32:46 Yes, it absolutely is in fact elsewhere 32:49 if you look at other scripture you will find 32:52 that Satan is going to be doing this kind of 32:54 work in the last days to deceive, he is a liar, 32:59 he is the father of lies. He is the authority, 33:01 he is the one behind all deception, 33:03 so when he finally gets to this end time, now, 33:06 it almost brings to mind these stories that 33:10 you know, you read as a teenager, 33:12 of course this will be understood that 33:14 it wasn't really a great, but you know kind of 33:17 material to read, but you think about like the mob 33:21 and the mob boss. You know and the fact, 33:24 you know when the real important thing needs 33:26 to be done when this is critical, 33:28 when it's absolutely life or death to the organization 33:31 whose gonna take care of the business himself. 33:34 The boss himself, right, so when this comes down 33:38 to it when all of a sudden done at the very end 33:41 the one that rises forward that is essentially part 33:44 of the work itself that is not only doing the work, 33:46 that comes to the forefront that is Satan himself 33:49 and let me add this, because the controversy. 33:53 The great controversy is between Christ 33:55 and Satan when it talks about the Antichrist 34:02 appearing, that Antichrist that appears at the end 34:05 in the last days the false Christ that Jesus refers 34:08 to in Matthew 24 but ultimately the Antichrist 34:11 when he appears that is Satan himself personating 34:14 Christ. He will come, he will show up, 34:18 he will say I am Jesus returned and that is 34:23 what is being described here. 34:25 As well as being described or describing the role 34:30 of the United States in the last days of history 34:33 to link and join and use its power to enforce the 34:36 image of the first Beast the sea Beast so its both 34:39 there, both applications are valid, 34:42 but we can't dismiss the fact that Satan himself 34:45 is showing up to perform signs and miracles 34:47 to personate Christ to show that he is Christ. 34:50 And that's just it's an amazing thing to see 34:52 that John sometimes we can get so caught up 34:56 I think with our mind thinking about 35:00 what the Papacy is doing. What the Church 35:05 of Rome is doing, what the Pope is doing 35:07 and all these things that the Seventh-day Adventists 35:09 and as Christians who have been teaching this 35:10 for quite sometime. We forget that the great 35:13 controversy is between Christ and Satan. 35:15 It is Satan who will appear, it is Satan doing these 35:18 things through these agencies that he has 35:20 and so we can't lose sight of that. 35:23 You know there is another passage of scripture 35:25 that also eludes to not only the seat of the Papacy, 35:30 but to Satan himself and that's in 35:32 Second Thessalonians in chapter 2 right, 35:35 and you can't deny Second Thessalonians Chapter 2 35:37 and its connection with Isaiah chapter 14 35:42 and what the goal of Satan himself. 35:44 As a matter of fact let me read this quotation 35:46 and this is something that many Seventh-day 35:49 Adventist Christians probably haven't heard before, 35:51 but you know we talk about how the reformers. 35:54 We say reformers, we mean the Protestant 35:57 Reformation before Ellen White was even born 36:02 this teaching of the Papacy representing 36:06 the first beast and the Untied States representing 36:09 the second beast was in existence, 36:11 but Ellen White even added an additional touch 36:14 to that, because if you notice this book from the 36:17 book last day events and some of you have 36:19 that compilation page 167. It says Satan will come 36:23 into deceive if possible the very elect. 36:25 He claims to be Christ and he is coming 36:28 and pretending to be the great medical missionary. 36:31 Get this, he will cause fire to come down 36:36 from heaven in the sight of men to prove that 36:39 he is God, so not only does Ellen White support 36:42 the view, but she gives an additional fulfilling 36:44 picture and so when people say Ellen White 36:47 doesn't support dual interpretations, 36:49 of course she does. Because she fully supports 36:52 and stands behind the view that the United States 36:54 does represent the second Beast of Revelation, 36:56 but she also makes it clear that the one who is 37:00 causing the fire to come down from heaven 37:01 when the Bible says he, she says he will cause 37:04 speaking of Satan. He will cause fire to come down 37:07 from heaven in the sight of men to prove that 37:09 he is God, because remember in the days of Ezekiel, 37:13 Elijah sorry. When Elijah prayed God responded 37:18 by fire. See so that power is something 37:21 that's in the hand of God. And the people when they 37:23 saw that had Satan standing by, 37:25 he's observing all these things. 37:27 The people saw the fire come down from heaven 37:29 and they said the Lord. He is God, the Lord, 37:32 he is God. Okay, and Satan said wait a minute, 37:36 do you mean if I duplicate that they'll call me God. 37:41 Okay, so he takes that example puts in his back 37:45 pocket and says the end of time I am going 37:48 to call fire down from the heaven and people will 37:50 say that I am God. Let me read this passage to 37:53 you part of it from the Second Thessalonians. 37:55 Alright. Verse 1 of chapter 2. Now, brethren, 38:01 concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 38:03 and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 38:05 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, 38:07 either by spirit or by word or by letter, 38:09 as if from us, is though the day of Christ had come. 38:12 Let no one deceive you by any means; 38:15 for that Day will not come unless the falling 38:16 away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, 38:18 the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts 38:21 himself above all that is called God 38:23 or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God 38:26 in the temple of God, showing himself that 38:27 he is God. Now, yes the elusion here is to the seat 38:33 of the papacy, but, but the fullest application 38:38 scripture to scripture is Isaiah chapter 14. 38:42 he said I would sit upon the mount of the congregation. 38:45 Yes. I will be like the most high and that's a 38:49 very good parallel that you draw there because Isaiah, 38:51 Paul and something we cannot miss here. 38:56 You must conclude that the Vatican in Rome 39:01 is not where God is going to sit. Right. 39:04 So, when it says he sits in the seat of God claiming 39:07 to be God that's not in Rome that's the seat 39:10 of the Beast, that's not the seat of God. 39:13 So, in the same sense when you look at 39:16 Matthew chapter 24. Matthew brings in an 39:18 additional part of the picture. 39:20 He says if they say here is the Christ or there, 39:23 do not believe it for his lighting shines from the 39:25 East to the West so will the coming of the son of 39:27 man be, Satan will come appearing to be the Christ. 39:31 He will come claiming to be that Christ, 39:33 but he is not going to be the Christ, 39:37 he just gonna take on the persona, 39:39 his gonna personate him. Right. 39:41 Now, lets get back on track, sure, 39:44 because the program is about the Mark of the Beast 39:47 and we have about 15 minutes to break it down. 39:50 Oh yeah and we are to that point by the way 39:53 because you just finished reading that this 39:57 second Beast in verse 14 says that he deceives those 40:03 that dwell on the earth by the signs which he was 40:06 granted to do inside of the Beast. 40:07 Telling those now who dwell on the earth to make 40:11 an image to the Beast who was wounded by the sword 40:14 and lived. He was granted power to give breath 40:17 to the image of the Beast that the image of the 40:20 image of Beast should both speak in another words 40:22 with authority and cause as many as would not worship 40:26 the image of the Beast to be killed. 40:28 And there we have both persecution and then 40:31 of course the mark, which is in verse 16 he causes 40:34 all both small and great, rich and poor, 40:36 free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand, 40:40 or on their foreheads that no one may buy 40:43 or sell except the one who has the mark 40:45 or the name of the Beast for number of his name. 40:49 We want to compare now what is this passage 40:55 alluding to. What is it connecting to in scripture 40:58 that reveals the image and the mark, 41:02 because this is key because evidently what it is it's 41:06 tied to worship and what ever it is we also as 41:10 followers of Christ we wanna make sure that 41:12 we're not worshiping. We're not following, 41:15 we are not joining with, and so this is key. 41:18 A key part which is why our whole program is 41:20 on the mark of the Beast, lets now connect it. Okay. 41:23 Worship, one of the things you have to keep in mind 41:25 its gonna, it's all gonna boil down to worship, 41:29 but something that you will see come out in very, 41:35 very clearly is that there is an image, 41:38 then there is a beast. The image is coordinated 41:43 with the Beast or associated with the Beast 41:46 because it is the image of the Beast. 41:49 When the word there talks about image in the Bible 41:52 its synonymous to a reflection, 41:55 because we didn't have photo copy machines. 41:59 They didn't have scanners in the days of Christ, 42:02 but what they did have was reflection, 42:04 so this image reflects the desires, the thoughts, 42:09 the practices and even the standard of worship 42:12 that the Beast stands for, so when you think 42:16 of Satan you think of the power that he has 42:21 established. There is something that has 42:25 you served the greatest authority that can be 42:29 ever appointed to an individual that is to 42:34 establish, to establish a memorial to their authority. 42:38 And it is set up to allow the people to recognize 42:43 that authority. That's right. And so when you say 42:47 memorial it definitely has to be something 42:49 that is established that people will visibly honor 42:53 to recognize the authority of this Beast power 42:56 and of Satan himself. And if you turn one chapter 43:01 over, alright where we going now, to Revelation 14 43:04 okay lets go there, you will find in the First Angel's 43:07 message here the word that we are talking about. 43:10 Its all about worship. It is all about worship, 43:14 its true worship or false worship and so here 43:17 we have in verse 6. I saw another angel flying 43:22 in the midst of heaven having the everlasting 43:24 Gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth, 43:27 to every nation, tribe, tongue and people. 43:31 Notice this is a worldwide message. 43:33 Its appealing to everyone saying with a loud voice, 43:37 fear God and give glory to him for the hour of 43:42 his judgment has come and worship him 43:45 who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs 43:49 of water. Now, there we find the issue of worship. 43:54 Worship God, fear God and worship him 43:57 who made heaven and earth, the sea 43:59 and springs of water. Now, there aren't many 44:02 theologians out there that would not connect 44:04 this passage. This verse to an issue that is 44:10 referred to frequently in the Old Testament 44:12 and it begins. And it's primarily connected 44:16 with especially the commandments of God 44:18 and we find the commandments of God 44:20 coming up here a few verses later anyway verse 44:22 12 here the patience of the Saints, 44:24 here are those who keep the commandments of God 44:27 and the faith of Jesus, so what in the 44:29 commandments John, point to the act of worship 44:33 and a recognition that God is the creator of heavens 44:38 and earth. There is only one commandment. 44:41 Okay, there is only one commandment that 44:44 points to God is the creator. A call to worship, 44:48 a moral's established for worship of him as 44:50 the true creator and the true God who made 44:53 heaven and earth and lets turn to Exodus chapter 20, 44:56 okay and find this in the 4th commandment, 44:59 alright, this is what we're heading. 45:02 Exodus 20, verse 8, why don't you pick that up John. 45:05 Okay the Bible says remember the Sabbath 45:09 day to keep it holy. I know this by heart in the 45:12 King James Version six days shalt thou labor 45:15 and do all thy work But the seventh day is the 45:19 sabbath of the Lord thy God. 45:21 Remember now I am not gonna run past that 45:23 because the question is, and a lot of people get 45:25 side tracked on this and I want you to pause, 45:27 take a deep breath because I am going to say 45:29 something that I don't want you to miss. 45:32 Ready. Here we go. Let me ask you a question. 45:36 Who is your God? Think about that before you 45:42 rush to answer, because if you say that your God 45:45 is the God who created heaven and earth, 45:49 the sea and all that is in them then you have to 45:53 come to the conclusion that the Bible draws 45:56 and I am gonna read the text again for the seventh day 45:59 is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. 46:06 The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. 46:12 You don't reverse that and say Sunday is my day, 46:16 no the Sabbath is the Lord's day and 46:20 if he is your Lord he's already picked the day. 46:24 Yeah. Now you get the deception, 46:26 Satan says you can love the Lord, 46:29 but you can also pick the day. 46:31 See and the Lord says no if you love me 46:33 I have already chosen the day. That's right. 46:35 I've only blessed one, so you can't say you 46:39 serve me, but you're given me a different day, 46:42 it's like saying John happy birthday 46:46 and you send me a birthday card on August 1st. 46:50 Its not my birthday, yes it is well all that 46:55 really matters is I have sent you a birthday card, 46:56 so happy birthday anyway. Well in the human sense 46:59 we can make exception, but when it comes to 47:01 a memorial, when it comes to my driver's license, 47:05 when it comes to amendment, now that's permitted, 47:08 when it comes to my drivers license 47:11 and official document, when it comes to passport 47:13 an official document, when it comes to my birth 47:15 certificate an official document I can't pick 47:17 anything. They say when where you born. 47:20 July 30th. Okay that's was gonna be on your passport. 47:24 Your birth certificate, your drivers license. 47:26 God is official, he is the official head of heaven 47:31 and earth, so you can't change an official document. 47:35 Especially one that was established at the end 47:38 of the creation week. We're talking about creation 47:41 by creator here on the Seventh day he rested 47:44 from all his work which he had done. Right. 47:48 Exactly. And that's the day that he established 47:51 and sanctified and made holy and blessed that 47:56 is the day from prior to the Jews, 47:58 prior to Israel that is his day and that's why 48:02 it refers to it being the Lord's day. 48:04 In fact Isaiah says in the Isaiah 58. 48:06 God is speaking and he says if you remove your 48:10 foot from the Sabbath from doing your own things on 48:12 my holy day. The Sabbath the Seventh Day Sabbath 48:17 is always referred to as God's holy day even 48:19 Jesus himself in Mark 2:27, 28 said that he created, 48:24 he established that day. Alright for man not that 48:29 man was established for the Sabbath, 48:32 but the day for man to observe and to connect 48:35 with his God, creator. 48:37 Okay, so now lets hit the nail on the head God 48:39 established the Seventh Day Sabbath blessed it 48:42 Jesus honored it, the disciples honored it. 48:43 It was never changed by God, wasn't changed by Jesus, 48:47 was not change by any of his apostles and so 48:50 no man can change what God never changed. 48:53 Who changed it? Lets ask them the question. 48:56 Lets ask the question and let see if this power 49:00 that's identified, this Papal power has any boost 49:03 at all that they changed it. Now, listen to this here, 49:07 here is the question. What does the Papacy say is 49:11 her symbol or mark of authority? Get this 49:14 and this is found in the Catholic Catechism 49:18 and I hate to say my family don't really read that 49:23 and I am surprised but I have discovered that most 49:26 Catholic Christians don't read the Catechism 49:29 and they don't read the Bible, so if you tell them 49:32 they say I never knew that, but listen to what 49:34 your church says. Have you any other way of 49:39 proving that the church has power to institute festivals 49:43 or precepts? That's the question, that's the 49:46 question that we ask them and here is what the 49:49 Roman Catholic Church says. Had she not such power, 49:54 she could not have done that in which all modern 49:59 religionists agree with her. She could not have 50:04 substituted the observance of Sunday. 50:07 The first day of the week for the observance of 50:12 Saturday the seventh day and get this in their own 50:16 words. A change for which there is no scriptural 50:22 authority. Now John, I am not getting loud, 50:25 but I am saying it in an emphasis because the 50:28 Papacy, the Pope, Romans themselves say hey guys 50:32 its not in scripture. So, lets go now when 50:35 it says all modern religionist. They're talking about 50:38 every other denomination that honors that day honors 50:40 them. Yeah that's right about the protestants 50:43 who are no longer protesting. 50:45 They are not protesting and you know the 50:48 Catechism continues question which is the Sabbath day 50:51 answer Saturday is the Sabbath day. 50:55 Question why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday, 50:58 answer we observe Sunday instead of Saturday 51:01 because the Catholic church transferred the solemnity 51:05 from Saturday to Sunday, and then it goes forth, 51:10 here is another statement from the church itself. 51:13 The church is above the Bible and this transference 51:16 of Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday 51:19 is proved positive of that fact. So the very fact that 51:25 it claims the authority to make the change 51:27 and did make that change in the fourth century 51:33 is the authority which it claims now to be the 51:37 mother church. The church with the authority to 51:39 govern all doctrines and rules of conduct with regard 51:43 to God's. with regard to Christianity today, 51:47 it also provides the same insight as to why it calls 51:51 itself and refers to itself as the mother church, 51:53 the same reason it is reaching out in a 51:56 ecumenical movements to pull back in those 51:59 churches that have protested in times passed 52:02 to re-assimilate them back into the church. 52:05 This movement is growing. It is happening today 52:08 folks right before our eyes and we as protestants 52:11 are forgetting our heritage that we protest, 52:15 we stand on the word of God and the word alone 52:17 and that word is clearly revealing the God's day 52:21 is the Seventh Day. That is the Sabbath Day 52:26 and any other day that is set up instead of that day 52:30 to worship on to keep holy is a false day of worship. 52:34 Its is a worship led or driven by this Beast power 52:37 and will one day rise to the top and be that test 52:42 between whether or not you are loyal to God 52:45 or you are loyal to what the Beast has set up 52:49 through the power of the authority of Satan. 52:52 The Beast has set up for its day of worship Saturday 52:55 versus Sunday the seventh day of the week versus 52:57 the first day of the week and my friends, 52:59 brothers and sisters I rather at the end of time 53:02 when Jesus appears and I have to give an 53:04 account for my actions, I rather stand and say 53:07 Lord I stood by your word. Your word said do this 53:12 and I did it rather than, but my Pastor said 53:16 or but my Church believes, but they told me 53:20 because if you read Revelation it says very clearly 53:23 that this power deceives those on the earth into 53:28 thinking that they're doing what is right, 53:30 but they do what is wrong. Brothers and sisters, 53:33 you've got to catch this the warning is very clear, 53:36 read the word, study it. As a matter of fact you know 53:40 we have really narrowed this topic down instead 53:45 of covering all the specifics, because we wanted to 53:47 get down to the mark. When the Lord, 53:50 when Revelation says that this Beast power is 53:54 going to force men to receive a mark in their 53:56 right hand or in their forehead. 53:58 It means by their work and by their belief system. 54:03 But when you receive the seal of God is just by 54:07 your acceptance of what is truth already in the 54:10 forehead, excuse me. So you see clearly it all 54:14 comes down to who you believe as your authority 54:17 not what's most convenient for you and hear me 54:21 say that again its not what's most convenient 54:24 for your schedule, but it's who you believe is 54:26 your authority. You know when a person has a 54:28 wedding we change our schedule to be at 54:30 their wedding, if that person is special to us 54:32 we say when is the wedding, they say well 54:33 Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Tuesday evening at 7, 54:37 that's when I play basketball. I'll tell you what, 54:39 I'll cancel basketball this weekend I'll be at your 54:40 wedding. Most important event, the wedding. 54:44 The wedding that's coming the most important event 54:46 we've got to make our schedule fit into God's 54:49 schedule, not make God's schedule fit into 54:52 our schedule and that's why the Sabbath is not 54:54 something that's. Its not negotiable anymore than 54:58 any of the other commandments are negotiable. 55:00 That's why it begins with the phrase remember the 55:03 Sabbath day to keep it holy, not to choice a day 55:06 and try to make it holy and by the way in 1995 55:10 one of the boldest statements made in modern 55:12 days about the importance of the Sabbath 55:14 was made by the Saint Catherine Catholic church in 55:18 Algonac, Michigan May 21, 1995 listen to this. 55:24 It says people who think that the scripture 55:30 should be the sole authority should logically 55:33 become Seventh-day Adventist and keep Saturday holy. 55:41 I didn't read the entire quotation because the 55:42 time does not allow me to but they began. 55:46 We did not put that out. We didn't put that out 55:48 you can go on the Internet and put Saint 55:50 Catherine Catholic Church May 21st 1995 55:54 and you see the quotation yourself about 55:56 they are saying one of the boldest things 55:58 they did was change the Sabbath to Sunday, 56:02 but they said they did that based on their own 56:04 authority. It's a mark of their authority. 56:06 It's a mark of their authority, but they say 56:08 if you believe the Bible is your authority, 56:10 if your believe the Bible is your sole authority 56:12 then you should honor the Bible Sabbath 56:15 and they said and become Seventh-day Adventist. 56:18 I want to read something to close it out. Yes. 56:21 The Israel had what they called the Shama 56:24 that they would read and they would quote within the 56:26 family and the family unit. Okay, and here it is 56:29 quoted in Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 4 56:32 these are the words of Moses encouraging the people, 56:37 hear O Israel the Lord our God the Lord is one. 56:41 You shall love of the Lord your God with all your heart 56:44 with all your soul and with all your strength. 56:46 The words which I command you today shall be in your 56:48 heart. You shall teach them diligently to your 56:52 children walk and talk of them when you sit in your 56:55 house. When you walk by the way, when lie down, 56:58 and when you rise up and then notice these words John. 57:00 And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand 57:05 and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 57:08 That's right. That Shama. And there it is the seal 57:12 of God on the forehead frontlets between your eyes. 57:14 Well, friends Jesus said it best remember the 57:17 Sabbath day to keep it holy, if you love me keep my 57:19 commandments and friends it all comes down to that, 57:21 do you love the Lord or do you love man's tradition 57:24 above the Bible. Here at House Calls we love the Lord 57:26 and we believe you do to, so make your decision be 57:29 a follower of the truth and of Jesus. 57:32 May God bless you until we see you again. |
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