Participants: Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AOT
Program Code: AOT000037
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00:12 Welcome to Anchors Of Truth live from Sacramento California.
00:17 Doctrines That Divide with Doug Batchelor. 00:22 Well thank you, Tom Mann, and we are coming to you live 00:26 from Sacramento California and the 00:28 Sacramento Central Seventh-day Adventist Church. 00:33 And we're so happy to be here. 00:35 It's been a beautiful day here in northern California. 00:38 The temperature has just been pretty close to perfect. 00:42 But the best temperature anywhere is right here 00:46 in this congregation tonight. 00:47 Isn't that right. 00:49 Amen, alright. 00:50 We have an enthusiastic group here as Pastor Doug is bringing 00:55 us the most unique series that I personally have ever seen. 01:00 It is a series where he is playing both parts in a debate. 01:07 Where he is Pastor Doug and then he is another pastor. 01:12 I think he called him Pastor Barney. 01:14 So that has become a very interesting exchange. 01:21 And tonight the subject is, The Time Of Your Life. 01:26 Now that is going to be an extremely interesting subject. 01:31 We're going to invite Pastor Doug in a moment, 01:34 but before we do, I'd like for you to join me 01:36 in a word of prayer. 01:38 Father in heaven, tonight we're so thankful that we can 01:42 come to You in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. 01:46 That He, our great High Priest, our Lord, our God, our Creator, 01:53 our Savior, that He is standing ready to be the One 02:00 that speaks for each of us. 02:02 And Father, we thank You that His blood upon the cross has 02:07 paid for the sins of each one of us. 02:11 Now tonight, Father, we pray that Your Holy Spirit 02:15 will be abundantly poured out upon, not only on all of us that 02:19 are here in this auditorium, but on those who are 02:23 watching around the world. 02:26 And we thank You, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen. 02:31 Well, Pastor Doug Batchelor, would you join me on the stage. 02:34 And I think this is one of the most unique sets 02:39 that I have ever seen. 02:41 And this suit is definitely a very unique suit. 02:45 Now a friend of mine tuned in late last night. 02:48 So he didn't hear the explanation. 02:50 And perhaps you'd like to explain again a little bit about 02:54 that suit and why the two different colors. 02:57 Alright, Pastor Gilley. 02:58 This is actually a uniform that will help people recognize 03:03 when I'm representing a couple of different sides 03:07 of an argument. 03:08 We're talking about doctrines that divide. 03:10 And I thought to myself, television is a visual medium. 03:14 Let's create a different kind of suit. 03:17 And let's face it, how many times have you been surfing 03:20 through the TV channels and you see all kinds of preachers 03:23 standing there at a pulpit pontificating? 03:25 They're going to pause on this channel for at least a moment 03:28 to try to understand the new fashion. 03:31 And so, I'm just trying to get them to at least slow down 03:33 and listen for a moment, and might catch their hearts. 03:36 I can hardly wait to see the kids start wearing these though. 03:39 This is going to be the new rage, I believe. 03:43 And by the way, I'm very interested in your 03:47 counterpart, Pastor Barney. 03:49 Is it Barney Fife? 03:53 I didn't know whether you had a last name for him. 03:55 I tried to pick a name that would not have any, 03:57 wouldn't be disparaging for anyone living or dead. 04:01 But I didn't mean to say anything against Barney Fife. 04:05 No, no. I'm just... 04:07 We just feel like that was a well chosen name. 04:11 I feel that you're doing a great job with that name. 04:15 And listen, we're looking forward to tonight's subject, 04:17 The Time Of Your Life. 04:19 We're going to be talking about the Sabbath. 04:21 Alright, and we are ready for the time of our life. 04:24 Thank you so much, Pastor Gilley. 04:26 God bless you, it's good to be with you. 04:27 And I want to again thank 3ABN for joining Amazing Facts 04:32 in this program. 04:34 It's very exciting to be able to participate in this special 04:37 Anchors Of Truth series. 04:38 And we've enjoyed a partnership in soul winning for many years. 04:43 Now I probably should explain a little bit one more time 04:48 what's happening here with this set and with this suit. 04:54 I am a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. 04:58 And I've not always been a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. 05:03 I started out as a Christian with a number of 05:06 evangelical groups. 05:07 I don't even know if they were organized denominations. 05:11 And as I began to study the Bible, I just found there were 05:14 so many differences in Christian teachings 05:17 that it really grieved me, because I said 05:20 there's one Bible, there's one Jesus Christ. 05:22 And yet today, there are about 34,000 different branches 05:26 of Christians in the world. 05:28 And so, at the time I was living in the mountains. 05:30 I went back up to my cave where I was living and I prayed. 05:36 And I said something to the effect, "Lord, it doesn't matter 05:40 to me exactly what denomination or church I belong to, but 05:44 I want to follow the Bible." 05:46 And I said, "Lord, show me where to go." 05:49 And after praying, the Lord began to reveal to me 05:52 the things that turned out to be the teachings of the 05:56 Seventh-day Adventist Church. 05:58 And I had no family connection, I had no reason to join 06:03 the church, other than as I studied in the Bible, 06:06 it made more sense to me that it was biblical. 06:09 And I want to go to heaven. 06:11 And I want to please the Lord. 06:13 And I believe when I read the Bible that Jesus tells us 06:17 that He's coming back for a united people. 06:20 And right now, His church is so fragmented. 06:23 That's the devil's plan. 06:24 And so the reason I'm doing this series is, over the course of 06:29 my time as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, 06:32 I've heard a number of different arguments 06:36 for different doctrines. 06:37 And so what's going to happen is, in our presentation tonight 06:41 we're going to be talking about the Sabbath. 06:42 When you think about Seventh-day Adventists, 06:45 probably the most outstanding doctrine that people think of 06:48 is the Sabbath. 06:50 Because let's face it, even the Seventh-day Adventists 06:53 could worship in a Baptist church; we believe in 06:56 baptism by emersion. 06:58 And we could worship in a Methodist church; 07:00 we believe in sanctification. 07:01 And we could worship in a lot different churches 07:04 and sort of melt in. 07:05 Except, obviously, we worship on a different day. 07:08 And so that creates a whole divisive issue all by itself. 07:12 And so when I stand over here, I'll be defending biblical truth 07:18 from a Seventh-day Adventist perspective. 07:20 And then I've created this imaginary figure 07:23 we're calling Pastor Barney. 07:25 And he is sort of a conglomerate of all the different arguments 07:29 that I've heard over the course of my life. 07:31 Now someone's probably thinking, "Why, Pastor Doug, 07:34 is this ever narcissistic. 07:36 You have to debate yourself." 07:38 But really, I thought in order for me to cover all the 07:41 different points and objections that I've heard, 07:44 this is for me, I thought, a creative way to present it. 07:48 And I've never done anything like this before, 07:49 so I appreciate your prayers. 07:51 But tonight's subject is dealing with the Sabbath truth. 07:56 And I thought it would be appropriate for us to begin 07:58 by going to that commandment that you're going to find 08:01 in your Bibles. 08:02 It's in Exodus chapter 20. 08:06 It's the fourth of the Ten Commandments. 08:09 If you're a Protestant, you number it as the fourth. 08:12 And that begins with verse 8. Exodus 20 verse 8. 08:47 He made it holy. 08:49 Now there's the commandment. 08:50 And the reason that Seventh-day Adventist Christians keep the 08:54 Sabbath day is because it's one of the Ten Commandments. 08:58 Now if there is a doctrine that we should allow to 09:02 become divisive, I would think it would be a doctrine that 09:05 God spoke with His voice and wrote with His finger. 09:07 There are probably a lot of things that are not essentials 09:10 in Christianity that we might debate and talk about 09:13 that really aren't going to make a difference in the long run. 09:16 But if sin is the transgression of God's law, 09:19 and if God's perfect will is revealed in His law... 09:23 Psalm 40 verse 8 says, "Yea, I love to do Thy will. 09:28 Thy law is within my heart." 09:31 So the law of God is the will of God. 09:34 Then it does make a difference if Christians are neglecting or 09:38 violating or seeking to do away with one of the commandments. 09:42 And so we're going to take some time and 09:44 talk about this tonight. 09:46 And I'm going to be sharing with you, when I assume my 09:49 alter ego here, what some of the most common arguments 09:53 are that I've heard. 09:54 And so we're going to go through these, I've sort of 09:55 summarized them in about ten points. 09:58 And the first one is, was the Sabbath just for the Jews? 10:04 And we're going to let Pastor Barney start off here. 10:08 Okay Pastor Doug, I want to hear an explanation for this. 10:12 Exodus 31:16 and 17. 10:15 We heard you read the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20. 10:18 This is Exodus 31. It clarifies the Sabbath. 10:22 And it says: 10:41 And then one more, Deuteronomy 5. 10:45 Now the Lord gives the Ten Commandments, 10:47 not only in Exodus 20, but He also repeats the 10:49 Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy chapter 5. 10:52 And listen to the little additional verse that He 10:55 gives in Deuteronomy that you don't find in Exodus. 10:58 Verse 12, Deuteronomy 5:12. 11:01 "And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt 11:04 and that the Lord your God brought you out hence 11:07 through a mighty hand and stretched out arm. 11:09 Therefore, the Lord thy God commanded thee to 11:12 keep the Sabbath Day." 11:14 And so, brother Doug, you should not be making people feel guilty 11:18 about keeping this commandment. 11:20 That this particular commandment was for the Jewish people. 11:23 And I've just read you two verses. 11:25 It was distinct and different from the others. 11:29 Okay Pastor Barney, first thing that comes to mind 11:31 when I hear someone say that is, do you believe that any 11:34 of the other Ten Commandments are just for the Jews? 11:45 I mean, you think about it, are only Jews suppose to 11:49 not worship images? 11:50 A lot in the New Testament about us not being 11:52 involved in idolatry. 11:54 The whole mark of the beast issue is talking about, 11:57 do not worship the image of the beast. 11:59 So idolatry is still there. 12:01 Honoring God's name is one of the, it's in the Lord's prayer. 12:06 You talk about not having other gods. 12:09 Obviously, Christians and Jews should keep that. 12:12 So why would this one commandment 12:14 only be for the Jewish people? 12:17 The Lord didn't give the Jews the Sabbath 12:21 right there on Mount Sinai. 12:23 The Sabbath predates Mount Sinai. 12:26 You can go all the way back to... 12:28 Oh, I've got a bug flying around my head here. 12:31 He's going to distract me. 12:32 We'll edit that out. Sorry, friends. 12:36 You go all the way back to Genesis chapter 2, 12:40 is when you first find the Sabbath. 12:43 It tells us in Genesis 2 verse 2 and verse 3 12:46 that the Sabbath was made in the very beginning for man. 12:49 Matter of fact, let's read that. Mark chapter 2 verse 27. 12:53 "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 12:57 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath." 13:00 Wouldn't that have been a good place for Jesus to say, 13:03 "The Sabbath is made for the Jews." 13:06 But He didn't, He used a word there that describes mankind. 13:10 And isn't it true that everybody needs to rest? 13:15 Would you think perhaps that the Lord wants Christians to keep 13:19 a different day for the Sabbath than He does the Jews? 13:22 Isaiah 56 verses 6 and 7. 13:25 "Also the sons of the stranger who join themselves to the Lord, 13:29 to serve Him, and to love the name of the Lord, 13:31 to be His servants, everyone that keeps the Sabbath, 13:35 from polluting it..." 13:36 The sons of the stranger, non Jews, 13:39 that join themselves to the Lord, they become children 13:43 of God, and He specifically mentions keeping the Sabbath. 13:48 One of the signs that we become God's is in keeping the Sabbath. 13:52 "...from polluting it, and takes hold of My covenant." 13:56 It's one of the laws God writes in your heart 13:58 even in the new covenant. 14:01 "Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, 14:03 and make them joyful in My house of prayer." 14:06 And a matter of fact, if you go to Isaiah chapter 66, 14:09 it tells us that even in heaven, from month to month, 14:13 or from one new moon to another, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, 14:16 shall all flesh come together and worship before the Lord. 14:21 So Pastor Barney, do you think when we get to heaven 14:23 there's going to be one Sabbath that the Jews worship the Lord 14:26 and one Sabbath that the Gentiles worship the Lord? 14:29 That wouldn't make any sense to me. 14:31 Sabbath was made for everybody. 14:34 Alright, second point. 14:38 Now when I stand here, I'm sort of the moderator. 14:40 Okay? 14:41 Not that this is a fair fight. 14:43 I told you that in our last presentation. 14:46 Did the resurrection change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday? 14:53 Again, Pastor Barney. 14:54 What do you have to say about that? 14:57 If you read in Matthew chapter 28 verse 1, it says: 15:09 And that was the day of the resurrection. 15:11 So Pastor Doug, do agree that Jesus rose from the dead 15:14 on the first day of the week, Sunday? 15:18 Yes. 15:20 Alright, if you agree with that, Matthew 28:1, it says, 15:24 "Now after the Sabbath..." 15:25 That verse there actually has a deeper spiritual meaning. 15:28 "After the Sabbath," means after the ages of the Jewish Sabbath, 15:33 Jesus rose on the first day of the week to begin 15:37 a new dispensation. 15:40 And the fact that He rose on Sunday, it says they 15:43 gathered that evening. 15:44 That was the first Sunday gathering 15:47 to inaugurate the new Sabbath. 15:49 Pastor Barney, it actually says that they gathered 15:52 for fear of the Jews. 15:54 Can you please show me where the verse says that they 15:56 gathered to inaugurate a new commandment or to move that day? 16:01 Let's go to another verse here. 16:02 Luke 24 verse 1. 16:17 Jesus rose Sunday to inaugurate the new Sabbath 16:21 for the Christians. 16:24 Again, Pastor Barney, I have no problem saying that Jesus rose 16:28 on the first day of the week. 16:30 And that was very important. 16:31 But where does it say in this verse that this now became 16:34 the new Sabbath commandment? 16:35 It doesn't say that, does it. 16:38 In fact, everywhere I look in the Bible, it tells us that 16:42 the Sabbath is still intact. 16:44 If you read the verse just before, Luke 23:56, 16:47 notice what that says. 16:49 Just before that resurrection Sunday, we agree it was Sunday, 16:52 it says, "They returned and prepared spices 16:55 and fragrant oils. 16:56 And they rested on the Sabbath according to..." 17:01 The Jewish tradition? 17:03 The ceremonial Sabbath? 17:06 No, it says, "... the commandment." 17:08 And by the way, was Luke a Gentile or was Luke a Jew? 17:14 Luke was a Gentile that Paul met probably when he 17:16 went to Macedonia. 17:18 Okay, so here you've got the only Gentile writer in the Bible 17:22 who is referring to the Sabbath in a matter of fact way. 17:26 And it says that the disciples would not break the Sabbath day 17:29 even to finish embalming His body. 17:32 That means that after three and a half years of watching Jesus 17:35 and hearing Jesus teach, that when He died and they were 17:39 heartbroken and they had not yet finished wrapping 17:43 and preparing His body, when they saw the sun going down 17:46 they stopped because they said, "This is a commandment 17:50 of God and Jesus. 17:51 God the Son would not want us breaking this commandment." 17:57 Pastor Doug, the reason for that is they were Jews and they were 18:00 following the Jewish law. 18:02 That is not an obligation on Gentile Christians. 18:05 And until Jesus actually rose, they were still under 18:08 the old dispensation. 18:10 Once Jesus rose, they're now under the new dispensation. 18:14 Well I've got a problem with that, Pastor Barney. 18:17 The way that laws work with a will and a covenant, 18:21 a testament, is once a person makes out their will 18:25 and they explain the terms of their will, and they seal 18:28 their will and they die, you cannot add anything else 18:33 to their will and their testament. 18:35 They add what they want to add. 18:37 The Lord, when He gave the new testament to the disciples 18:40 during the last supper, He told them during those previous 18:43 three and a half years what the terms of His kingdom were. 18:46 He never said anything about coming to introduce a 18:49 new Sabbath day. 18:50 When He dies, it is sealed in blood. 18:53 The idea that you're creating a new commandment after Jesus 18:57 died and sealed the new testament with His blood, 18:59 you're manufacturing a new law. 19:02 Well, but we've got examples where they continue to keep it 19:06 after that time. 19:08 Alright, well that will be probably a good segue 19:10 into point number three in our study. 19:17 Or what we would call the first day of the week? 19:21 Pastor Barney? 19:23 Yes they did. There are several examples. 19:26 The morning of the resurrection, well of course they came to the 19:28 tomb together, Sunday morning. 19:30 That evening they gathered together in the upper room. 19:33 Then we find there's an example in Acts chapter 20 verse 7. 19:36 So if you've got your Bibles, note this. 19:39 And this is pretty deep into the acts of the apostles. 19:42 This is after the church is well established. 19:45 And it says here: 19:57 They came together on the first day of the week to break bread. 20:00 Break bread, that's a communion service. 20:02 Here they were, gathering together to read the Bible, 20:05 to listen to a sermon, to have a communion service. 20:08 Obviously, this was the custom of the disciples. 20:10 Sunday was the new Sabbath. 20:15 First, I've got to challenge you on a couple of points there. 20:18 You said that because they broke bread, that meant now it's 20:22 a new Sabbath day. 20:23 According to my Bible, if you look in Acts chapter 2 verse 46. 20:27 By the way, I think we're using the same Bible. 20:30 Acts chapter 2 verse 46. 20:36 How often? Daily. 20:47 Here they were breaking bread on a daily basis. 20:51 The Middle Eastern bread, as it is today it was back then, 20:54 it came baked in round loaves. 20:56 And whenever you ate with somebody, you broke the bread 20:59 and you handed it to them. 21:00 Not every time it talks about breaking bread in the Bible 21:03 does it mean they had a special ceremonial communion service. 21:08 Furthermore, according to the Bible, when do 21:13 days begin and end? 21:19 Twelve o'clock midnight. 21:23 No, Pastor Barney, that didn't start until we had 21:26 modern time pieces. 21:29 According to the Bible, days begin and end at sundown. 21:34 "From even unto even you will celebrate your Sabbaths." 21:37 And the Jews still practice that today. 21:38 It's at sundown. 21:40 Now if it says they gathered together for a meeting at night 21:44 on the first day of the week, I'm still looking at 21:46 Acts chapter 20 verse 7, meeting at night 21:49 on the first day of the week. 21:50 When would the first day of the week begin biblically? 21:53 What we would call Saturday night. 21:55 Here they had been together all day Sabbath, the sun goes down, 22:00 they have a vespers. 22:01 Paul preaches to them his farewell sermon because the 22:04 next day, what we would call Sunday morning, it says, 22:07 "ready to depart on the morrow," he begins a long journey 22:11 making his way to Jerusalem. 22:12 Something no Jew would ever do on the Sabbath day. 22:16 Actually, this verse endorses that they were still keeping 22:20 the seventh day Sabbath. 22:22 It doesn't say they instituted a new day or that they were 22:24 having a communion service. 22:25 I just need to tell you, if we're biblically honest, 22:27 that's a stretch. 22:29 Alright Pastor Doug, I've got another verse here. 22:31 That's not the only one. 22:34 1 Corinthians chapter 16 verses 1 and 2. 22:43 They're having an offering. 22:51 Alright, so I showed you a communion serve on the 22:53 first day of the week. 22:54 Now there's an offering on the first day of the week. 22:56 The first day was the new Sabbath for the disciples. 22:59 I'll finish the verse, though. 23:01 "Upon the first day of the week let every one of you 23:03 lay by him in store, as God has prospered him, 23:06 that there be no gatherings when I come." 23:12 Pastor Barney, you notice that it said there in that verse, 23:15 he was collecting a special offering that they were to 23:18 "lay by them in store." 23:21 The first of the week, the word "day" actually is 23:24 not even in the original. 23:25 If you've got a Bible version that has the added word 23:28 italicized, you'll notice it simply says, 23:31 "the first of the week," or "at the beginning of the week, 23:34 let everyone of you lay by him..." 23:36 "By him," means at your home. 23:39 "In store..." you don't store your stuff at church. 23:42 "...store an offering, set something aside, 23:45 so that when I come, as I visit you I can collect it, 23:50 so there is no special collection during the service 23:53 for Jerusalem that would be for their local needs 23:56 when I come through." 23:57 He's actually saying, "The first of the week after you've 24:00 gathered for Sabbath and you've paid your tithe and your 24:02 offering, and you get your accounts in order, 24:04 if you can set aside something special for the famine in 24:08 Jerusalem, set it aside at your home." 24:11 It has nothing to do with them meeting in a church. 24:13 Nothing in this verse says that this was a church meeting. 24:16 It's actually saying the opposite. 24:18 Matter of fact, I'd like to ask you, where in the Bible 24:21 do we have a command to keep the first day holy as a Sabbath? 24:29 Well, we've got a long standing tradition 24:31 of what the church has been doing. 24:32 But I've been studying the Bible and I think I found one for you. 24:36 Nehemiah chapter 8 verse 18. 24:43 It says, "They kept the feast seven days; and on the 24:46 eighth day there was a sacred assembly." 24:49 Now you believe that the seventh day is the Sabbath, right? 24:53 The seventh day of the week, yes. 24:56 Well here it says the eighth day they had a sacred assembly. 25:01 That would be the eighth day sequentially from 25:04 when this feast began. 25:05 There is no eighth day of the week. 25:09 Well, but you said that the seventh day is the Sabbath. 25:12 So what's the day after the seventh day? 25:15 Well that's the first day. It's not the eighth day. 25:20 Now I've heard this before. 25:25 Nice try. 25:27 That was an annual feast. 25:29 It fell on different days of the week every year. 25:32 It wasn't telling us that is was the new Sabbath. 25:34 By the way, that's in the book of Nehemiah. 25:37 That's pretty deep in the Old Testament. 25:38 They still continued to keep the Sabbath. 25:41 And if you read later in the book of Nehemiah, 25:43 he gets real upset when they start breaking the Sabbath. 25:46 He tells them to lock the gates because they were 25:48 going out buying and selling. 25:53 Now Pastor Doug, actually there was another story in the Bible. 25:57 Do you know about the battle where Joshua prayed 26:00 and the sun stood still? 26:03 Yes, I'm acquainted with that. 26:06 The sun stood still for almost 24 hours. 26:10 That's right. 26:11 Just probably shy of that. 26:13 Extra 15 minutes from the book of Hezekiah. 26:17 I agree precisely. 26:19 If you add that 23 and 3/4 hours of Joshua with the 26:24 15 minutes of Hezekiah, you get a 24 hour period. 26:28 Saturday turned into Sunday during those two miracles. 26:34 Now friends, this is one of the reasons I became 26:36 a Seventh-day Adventist. 26:38 Is because when I had questions and I went to different pastors, 26:41 that Pastor Barney represents, no two pastors gave me exactly 26:47 the same reason why we're not suppose to keep 26:49 that commandment. 26:53 Pastor Barney, do you believe that we're suppose to 26:54 keep the Ten Commandments? 26:57 No, we're not under the law. 27:01 Do you think it's okay for us to break the Ten Commandments? 27:08 Well no, we're suppose to keep nine of them. 27:12 So there's one commandment that begins with the word "remember", 27:16 and you're telling me that's the one commandment 27:18 we're suppose to forget. 27:22 Yes. 27:26 That's exactly what you're going to hear when you go out there. 27:29 Friends, I am not kidding you. 27:31 I've done meetings where I've preached the gospel on this 27:34 subject in towns and pastors have come from the 27:36 local Sunday congregations; good people. 27:40 And after they heard the Sabbath truth... 27:42 I know one pastor in particular, he went back to his church. 27:45 They had the Ten Commandments up on the wall in their 27:47 Sunday school classes. 27:48 He took them all down. 27:51 Because they realize that if they're going to keep the 27:53 Ten Commandments in there, they've got to deal with 27:56 the one that says, "remember". 27:57 It's in the middle of God's law, it begins with the word "holy". 28:01 The only commandment, the only time you find the word "holy" 28:04 in the law of God is in the Sabbath commandment. 28:07 It's the longest of the Ten Commandments. 28:10 And it's the one the devil especially hates, 28:13 because life is made of time. 28:17 And God wants our hearts. 28:19 And the way that you show your love is by giving time. 28:22 And God wants holy time with us every week. 28:25 And I might ask you that, Pastor Barney. 28:27 Do you think that it's important that we gather together 28:30 to worship the Lord on a regular basis? 28:35 Yes, Pastor Doug, I think that we should worship 28:38 the Lord every week. 28:40 And you worship the Lord one day a week. 28:43 I worship the Lord seven days a week. 28:48 Pastor Barney, I worship God seven days a week too. 28:51 I have prayer and I worship Him all through the day, 28:54 just like you. 28:55 But we're not talking about worshipping the Lord. 28:58 We're really talking about a formal collective worship 29:00 service that we keep as a holy day. 29:02 If you are keeping seven days a week as a Sabbath, 29:05 you're not holy, you're really lazy. 29:07 Because it means you're not working. 29:09 Because the rest of that commandment says, 29:10 "six days shalt thou labor." 29:12 And if you go through your whole week saying, 29:14 "I'm not working today, I'm worshipping," 29:15 that's not holy, that's lazy. 29:19 Alright, let's carry on here. 29:24 Alright, I'll assume my position here. 29:26 Number four. 29:31 How many of us have all heard Sunday referred to 29:33 as the Lord's Day? 29:39 I'm glad you're giving me a little bit of time here. 29:41 Not been very fair so far. 29:44 Revelation 1:10, "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day." 29:48 Here you've got the last book of the Bible. 29:50 You've got the oldest and longest living of the apostles, 29:53 and he is recognizing that he was worshipping God 29:56 here on the Lord's Day; that everybody knows is Sunday. 30:00 Everywhere you go, churches everywhere refer to Sunday 30:04 as the Lord's Day. 30:06 And John the apostle says he was in the Spirit. 30:08 He had the vision of Revelation on the Lord's Day. 30:12 Now I recognize that what you said, Pastor Barney, is true. 30:15 John does say that. 30:17 And churches everywhere say that the first day of the 30:19 week is the Lord's Day. 30:20 But what I need is scripture. 30:23 And I'm not even going to go over there because 30:24 you know and I know that there isn't any scripture on that. 30:28 What does the Bible say is the Lord's Day? 30:32 If you look in Isaiah 58:13, and these are only two of many. 30:44 Pasto Barney, He didn't call it the Jews holy Day. 30:48 He said, "My holy Day." 30:51 And again, Exodus 20, in the commandment itself. 31:07 "The Sabbath of the Lord thy God." 31:09 So in Revelation 1:10, were John says, "I was in the Spirit 31:15 on the Lord's Day," it may mean one of two things. 31:19 And I'll be fine with either one. 31:21 John, obviously, was still keeping the Sabbath. 31:24 He wasn't going to be working in the mines of Patmos. 31:27 He was probably worshipping the Lord that day. 31:30 He may have had the vision of Revelation on the Sabbath day. 31:34 And another interpretation I've heard is, when he said, 31:37 "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day," 31:39 he means the day that Jesus appeared to him and 31:42 showed the second coming. 31:44 That is sometimes called, "the Day of the Lord," 31:46 the second coming. 31:47 And so, either way. 31:48 But it is not saying it was a new Sabbath day. 31:51 You know, I think most of us recognize that when God gave 31:54 the Ten Commandments, He did something 31:58 He's never done before. 32:00 God spoke audibly from a mountain. 32:03 He used a megaphone to talk to a nation. 32:07 Don't you always wonder what His voice must have sounded like. 32:11 Can you imagine hearing that? 32:12 The Creator of the cosmos speaking where people 32:15 can hear His voice. 32:18 And then He wrote it with His finger. 32:20 And then from that time all the way through the Bible, 32:25 we see God's people keeping the Sabbath commandment. 32:28 When you get to the New Testament, with all the 32:31 arguments and discussions they had about certain 32:33 ceremonial laws, if God was going to change one of His 32:37 commandments that He spoke with His voice, 32:40 wouldn't you see a lot of evidence for that 32:42 in the New Testament? 32:43 I mean, can you imagine, friends... 32:46 I mean, here we're in California. 32:48 We've got our own traffic issues. 32:50 If I were to tell you that the government has voted, next week 32:54 they're changing the speed limit to 90 miles an hour, 32:57 would any of you believe me? 33:00 No, especially with the energy problems right now. 33:03 And then if I added to that, they're not only going to be 33:06 going 90 miles an hour, but we've decided because we're 33:09 so close an ally with England, we're going to switch sides 33:12 of the road, like they do in Hong Kong and India, and 33:15 all the British Commonwealths in Australia, we're going to 33:18 actually start driving on the other side of the road. 33:22 Would you believe that the government would slip something 33:25 like that through without your knowing it? 33:28 So what is the likelihood in the culture of the New Testament 33:32 for God to change the commandment regarding His 33:35 blessed day of worship and there to be a deafening silence 33:40 all through the New Testament. 33:41 I mean, there was great debate about all kinds of things like 33:44 circumcision and sacrifices and Jewish feast days, 33:47 and all kinds of stuff they argued and debated, 33:49 whether or not you should or shouldn't eat things 33:51 sacrifice to idols, and all kinds of issues. 33:55 But you never hear Paul, Peter, James, John, 33:58 anybody say, "Now the first day is the new Sabbath day." 34:03 Shouldn't it have some kind of credibility, like when 34:06 He gave it to begin with, if you're going to change the 34:09 one commandment that He says remember? 34:12 Alright, you can tell which side of the issue I'm on. 34:17 I don't believe that the Lord's Day is on... 34:23 Let me see where I'm at here. 34:24 Alright, number five. 34:33 I'm glad you shared that point because I was going to 34:35 say that myself. 34:36 One reason that we still believe in the other nine commandments 34:40 and we don't believe in the Sabbath commandment, 34:42 Pastor Doug, is because you don't find anywhere in the 34:45 New Testament where the Sabbath is repeated. 34:48 But you do find all the other nine commandments repeated. 34:55 Pastor Barney, you know better. 35:00 And I might even ask our audience here, have you ever 35:02 heard that before someone say that? 35:04 I see some hands out there. 35:07 You've heard of urban myths? 35:10 That is a biblical myth. 35:11 And sometimes we learn that when you say a myth often enough, 35:14 people believe it's true without every investigating. 35:17 Years ago, I think Aristotle said, "The spider is an 35:20 insect with six legs." 35:22 And they wrote that and repeated it through history until 35:24 someone finally got down and looked and said, 35:27 "No, he's got eight legs." 35:29 People just have a tendency to repeat things that are not true. 35:33 Actually, there is one of the Ten Commandments that you 35:36 do not find repeated in the New Testament. 35:40 Pastor Barney, can you tell us what that commandment is? 35:45 It's the Sabbath commandment. 35:49 Actually, I can show you several places in the New Testament 35:51 where you still find the Sabbath repeated. 35:55 First of all, you can look in Hebrews chapter 4 verse 4. 35:58 It says: 36:07 You can look at Hebrews chapter 4 verse 9. 36:13 That word "rest" there is "sabbatismos." 36:16 And that means, a keeping of the Sabbath; it remains. 36:19 That's written by Paul in the New Testament. 36:21 Not to mention, you can go through a number of places 36:24 in Acts where it talks about them keeping the Sabbath. 36:26 Acts 16 verse 13, written again by a Gentile. 36:40 Showing that they kept it. 36:42 But there is one commandment of the ten you don't find 36:45 explicitly repeated in the New Testament. 36:47 And that's the commandment that says, "You shall not 36:50 take the name of the Lord your God in vain, 36:52 for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that 36:53 taketh His name in vain." 36:55 Pastor Barney, can you show me where in the New Testament 36:57 you're going to find that commandment? 37:01 How much time do we have? 37:04 The Bible does say, "Hallowed be Thy name." 37:08 I will agree with you that this is the same principle. 37:12 But you have to admit, that's really as close as you get. 37:16 Nowhere in the New Testament do you find the third commandment. 37:19 Who here believes that it's okay then to break the 37:21 third commandment because you don't find it explicitly 37:24 repeated as a carbon copy the way that you find it 37:28 in the Old Testament. 37:30 The principles were all there. 37:32 And Jesus made it very clear. 37:34 The last thing in the world they wanted to do was to 37:36 abolish the commandments of God. 37:39 Alright, well Pastor Doug, there's more. 37:45 Number six. 37:53 Alright, Pastor Barney. 37:54 Romans chapter 14 verses 5 and 6. 38:05 Well, some people esteem the Sabbath day, 38:08 others don't esteem the Sabbath day. 38:10 It says, let everybody just kind of do their own thing. 38:13 "He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord. 38:16 He who does not observe the day, to the Lord 38:18 he does not observe it. 38:19 He who eats, to the Lord he eats, and he gives God thanks. 38:22 And he who doesn't eat, to the Lord he does not eat, 38:25 and he gives God thanks." 38:26 Pastor Doug, in other words, don't be judging other people 38:29 regarding what day they keep as a Sabbath day. 38:32 Let everybody decide. 38:35 You know the problem I've got with this, Pastor Barney, 38:37 I've heard a lot of pastors say that to me. 38:39 But then when I ask them, are you willing to tell your 38:42 congregation, "You decide to come to church 38:45 whatever day you feel like." 38:46 Have you ever used that verse in your congregation that way? 38:53 No. 38:57 The fact is, if truth be known, you have a hard enough time 39:00 getting them to keep Sunday as the Sabbath. 39:05 Pastor Barney, do you keep Sunday as the Sabbath? 39:08 Do you keep it as a holy day? 39:12 Well, I do go to church. 39:15 And then if the lawn needs mowing, I mow the lawn. 39:18 And the wife might need to do some shopping. 39:21 And might need a little entertainment with the family 39:23 and we'll go to the movies. 39:24 But we do keep it holy while we're in church 39:27 on Sunday morning. 39:30 Well according to the Bible the Sabbath is a day, 39:33 it's not a two hour period. 39:36 And yet not too many people are keeping that whole day holy 39:39 on the first day of the week. 39:40 By the way, in Romans chapter 14, the word 39:43 "Sabbath" never appears. 39:45 He's talking about keeping the Jewish feast days. 39:48 There was a great debate on which feast days were kept. 39:51 Keep in mind, the Sabbath commandment goes 39:54 all the way back to Genesis. 39:57 The annual feast of the Jews, you find them during the 40:00 time of the exodus. 40:02 One happened before there was even sin in the universe. 40:06 Part of God's perfect law is the seventh day Sabbath. 40:10 The other Jewish annual Sabbath days, and this is what Paul 40:13 is talking about in Romans 14, they came after sin. 40:17 They were nailed to the cross. 40:19 Alright Pastor Doug, that brings me up to another verse 40:22 that I'd like to read. 40:24 Talking about nailed to the cross, Colossians 2, don't be 40:28 judging people, verses 14 to 16. 40:31 When Jesus came and He died on the cross, 40:34 He blotted out these Sabbath days. 40:37 Notice, "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances 40:40 that were against us, which was contrary to us, 40:43 and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross. 40:47 Having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a 40:50 show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 40:53 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in 40:57 respect of a holiday, or the new moon, or of the Sabbath days." 41:02 Let no one judge you regarding the Sabbath days. 41:05 Case closed. 41:08 That's it, I mean, how can you be more clear than that? 41:10 So if anyone tries to judge you; one man regards one day 41:13 above another, don't let anyone judge you 41:15 regarding the Sabbath days. 41:20 Have we all heard that before? 41:22 We need to rightly divide the word of truth if we're going to 41:25 get truth regarding biblical doctrines. 41:29 It is true. 41:30 It says that there were some laws that are 41:32 nailed to the cross. 41:33 We need to find out what they're talking about. 41:36 Now notice specifically what Paul said here. 41:39 I'm in Colossians 2:14, "Blotting out the handwriting." 41:45 The what? 41:47 "...handwriting of ordinances," 41:50 and then notice, "that was against us." 41:52 He's identifying what it is that is being blotted out. 41:55 What is the handwriting and the ordinances? 41:58 Look in Deuteronomy chapter 31:26. 42:02 Paul is referring back to this. 42:17 Now, let me see how many Bible scholars we have here 42:20 in our live audience. 42:22 The Ten Commandments; were they outside the ark 42:26 or were they in the ark of the covenant, the golden box? 42:29 They're in the golden box. 42:31 The ordinances and the laws of Moses, 42:35 they were in a book written on paper. 42:38 That was put outside the ark. 42:40 Never does it say that is inside the ark. 42:42 The Ten Commandments inside the ark, 42:44 ordinances in a pocket outside the ark. 42:47 Why? That it might be a witness against you. 42:50 Paul is referring to the book of ordinances that was a 42:53 witness against them. 42:55 Notice there's a distinction between the laws. 42:58 2 Chronicles chapter 33 verse 8. 43:21 Handwriting that is against you. 43:24 Those are the ordinances. 43:26 This is what is nailed to the cross. 43:28 And of course, Exodus 32:16. 43:37 It's telling us in Colossians chapter 2 that, don't let 43:40 anyone judge you regarding the ordinances. 43:43 That includes the Jewish annual Sabbath days; 43:47 things like Passover, Day of Atonement, 43:50 the feast days, Yom Kippur; those things came after sin. 43:54 When Jesus died on the cross, the veil and the curtain 43:57 was ripped, the ceremonial system was abolished. 44:01 Those things were all nailed to the cross. 44:04 The Ten Commandments are for mankind through all ages. 44:08 This is the moral code of man. 44:10 The first four commandments talk about our love for God 44:13 and our relationship with Him and our worshipping Him. 44:16 The last six commandments are dealing more with the 44:19 horizontal social relationships of men. 44:22 But, no, the Sabbath day was not nailed to the cross. 44:26 And don't we still need a day to worship God? 44:31 Is the Jewish anatomy different from the anatomy of other people 44:34 where they just needed more rest on a more regular basis? 44:41 Number seven. 44:49 So sequentially, Pastor Doug, I don't have a problem, 44:54 and I've heard a lot of my fellow pastors say this, 44:58 we don't have a problem with our Seventh-day Adventist friends 45:01 deciding that they want to worship God on Saturday. 45:03 Matter of fact, we've got a lot of our Sunday churches 45:05 to accommodate people's works schedules. 45:07 We're beginning to meet on Saturday and Sunday 45:10 trying to help everybody out. 45:11 Just don't judge anybody. 45:13 It doesn't matter as long as it's one in seven. 45:18 But Pastor Barney... 45:21 I just enjoy saying that, "Pastor Barney." 45:26 When God gives the Sabbath day in the very beginning there in 45:30 Genesis chapter 2:2-3, it says three times, 45:34 "the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord." 45:39 It is the most definite article. 45:41 He doesn't say, "a Sabbath day," as though we can 45:44 all pick our own. 45:45 And what would happen to the church if every individual 45:48 decides what is going to be the day for their corporate worship? 45:52 God wants us to have a day where we let Him pick. 45:56 He tells us. 45:57 We don't call the appointment, He calls the appointment, 46:01 because He is God. 46:02 Not only that, He did something to the seventh day that 46:06 we can't do. 46:07 He says, "I have blessed the seventh day, 46:10 I have sanctified that day, I have made that day holy." 46:14 So does every person have the power to bless a 24 hour period 46:18 and make it holy? 46:20 Only God can make something holy. 46:22 And the Bible tells us what God does, He does forever. 46:27 Number eight. 46:32 It's been so long since Bible times. 46:37 Pastor Doug, I'm surprised that our Seventh-day Adventist 46:40 brothers and sisters are so legalistic about this day 46:43 when none of us actually really knows about 46:47 what day is the seventh day. 46:48 The calendar has been changed. 46:50 And how would you possible keep the Sabbath if you 46:52 were on the international space station 46:55 where the days are all mixed up and you're just 46:57 circling out there in space? 47:00 Well I'd love to be on the international space station. 47:03 I really hope that happens some day. 47:04 And I'll probably keep the Sabbath then according to 47:07 Sacramento time if that should every happen. 47:10 But when God gave Adam and Eve the Sabbath, 47:12 they weren't on the space station. 47:13 And if we've got problems keeping the Sabbath day 47:17 because you think there's a calendar problem, 47:20 how do you know what day Sunday is? 47:21 You say you keep Sunday in honor of the resurrection. 47:24 If we've got a problem with which day is the seventh day, 47:26 you've got a problem with which day is the first day. 47:32 That was a low blow. 47:37 But we do know from the Bible which day is which. 47:42 You can look here in Luke chapter 23 verse 54. 47:48 Speaking of the day that Jesus died, it says, 47:51 "That day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew near." 47:55 So what day is before the seventh day? 47:57 The sixth day, right? 48:00 That's what we call Friday. 48:01 That's what they called the preparation day. 48:03 Then you read in Luke 23 verse 56, "Then they returned 48:07 and prepared spices and fragrant oils, and they rested 48:11 on the Sabbath..." 48:12 Luke doesn't say, "the old Jewish Sabbath." 48:14 He says, "the Sabbath." 48:15 "...according to the commandment." 48:18 And then it tells us in Luke 24 verse 1, 48:22 "Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, 48:24 they and certain other women with them came to the tomb." 48:27 That's what you'd call, Easter Sunday. 48:30 And so sandwiched between what we would call Good Friday, 48:34 or people call it Good Friday, the day that Jesus died, 48:37 and the day that Jesus rose, you've got the Sabbath day. 48:41 And you know what I think is very interesting is, 48:44 Christ validated the seventh day of the week with His death. 48:48 He didn't validate Sunday. 48:51 He dies on the cross, He says, "It is finished." 48:55 His testament is sealed. 48:57 And what does He do? 48:59 He rests in the tomb through the entire Sabbath. 49:04 He rises Sunday to continue His work for us as our High Priest 49:11 and our Intercessor who ever lives to make 49:14 intercession for us. 49:15 Even in the timing of Jesus' death, He endorses 49:19 the Sabbath day. 49:20 He doesn't establish another day. 49:23 So I think that's pretty clear. 49:29 I'm pacing myself looking at the clock here. 49:32 Pastor Doug, do you believe that all of the Christians 49:37 who do not observe the seventh day are lost? 49:44 I go first this time. 49:46 No. 49:48 There are a lot of people, millions, that will be in heaven 49:52 that worship God on the first day of the week. 49:56 There will be people in heaven that maybe didn't even 49:59 know what some of the commandments were 50:02 or understand them. 50:03 God judges people based on the light that they're given. 50:07 John 9 verse 41. 50:09 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; 50:14 but now you say, 'We see.' 50:16 Therefore your sin remains." 50:18 "To whom much is given, much is required." 50:21 And so, there are going to be people who broke the Sabbath 50:25 that will be lost because of that commandment. 50:27 There will be people who are lost because of 50:29 all of the commandments. 50:31 The idea of sin is, when you know to do good 50:34 and you do not do it. 50:35 The Bible says, "Sin is knowing to do good and not doing it." 50:38 When we know God's will. 50:40 And if someone understands the Sabbath truth 50:42 and they reject it in favor of being popular or fitting in, 50:46 well that's a serious issue, pastor. 50:48 But no, we know that... 50:50 And I said this in our opening presentation. 50:52 Seventh-day Adventists believe the greatest part of 50:56 Christ's true followers are still in the fellowship 51:00 of other communions. 51:02 But I believe we're getting very close to the end. 51:05 And I don't think we have time to just slap each other on the 51:08 back and act like doctrine doesn't matter. 51:10 I think God's people need to stand up and say, 51:12 "This is what the Bible says." 51:14 We love you, we want to be friends. 51:15 But we are given a message. 51:17 Even in the face of persecution. 51:19 Jesus said the Word of God is like a sword; 51:21 it's truth and it may divide. 51:23 But we've got to proclaim what the truth is. 51:25 And when it's a truth regarding one of God's commandments, 51:28 Jesus said, "Whosoever therefore shall break 51:31 one of the least of these commandments and 51:33 teach men so, he will be spoken of as least in the kingdom." 51:37 So I'm just doing what Jesus said to do. 51:39 "Whoever shall do and teach them," He said, our Lord said, 51:44 "will be great in the kingdom of heaven." 51:46 I believe the Lord wants us to preach this message. 51:50 And I hope, Pastor Barney, that you're coming around 51:52 to my reasoning. 51:55 You know, it says we're to reason together daily whether 51:57 these things are so. 51:58 Amen? 51:59 Study the Word of God together. 52:03 Alright, number ten. 52:10 Alright Pastor Doug, you know I want to follow Jesus. 52:12 But you read in John 5:18, "Therefore the Jews sought 52:16 all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke 52:19 the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, 52:23 making Himself equal with God." 52:25 So if Jesus breaks the Sabbath, then why are you giving us 52:28 a hard time about that? 52:31 Pastor, I think you know better. 52:33 You're talking about what His enemies said about Him. 52:35 If you're going to go by that, you've got to think about 52:38 everything they say. 52:39 Luke 4:16, "He came to Nazareth where He was brought up..." 52:44 Oh, I don't want to read that one yet. 52:45 I want to go to John 8:48. 52:49 "Then the Jews answered and said to Him, 52:51 'Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan 52:54 and You have a demon?' 52:55 And Jesus said, 'I don't have a demon.'" 52:57 Matthew 11:18, Jesus said, "John the Baptist came neither eating 53:02 nor drinking, and yet they say, 'He has a demon.' 53:05 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 53:08 'Look, He is a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of 53:11 tax collectors and sinners!'" 53:13 These were the accusations of His enemies. 53:17 It is true, they accused Jesus of breaking their traditions 53:21 regarding the Sabbath. 53:22 And He said, "You're adding manmade traditions to the 53:25 commandments of God." 53:26 Yes, He did break their manmade traditions. 53:28 But they weren't part of the Sabbath commandment. 53:30 Jesus said, "I have kept My Father's commandments 53:34 and abide in His love." 53:35 If you're suggesting that Jesus sinned, 53:37 we're all in big trouble. 53:40 And then of course finally, 53:42 a Christian is a follower of Jesus. 53:45 Isn't that right? 53:46 What was Jesus' example? 53:49 Luke 4:16, and it says, "And He came to Nazareth, 53:53 where He had been brought up. 53:54 And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue 53:59 on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read." 54:02 Now, is a custom something you do once or twice? 54:05 Or is a custom a pattern of life? 54:08 It's a behavior that goes on. 54:10 Jesus' pattern was on a regular basis. 54:13 They were used to seeing Him there. 54:15 They would gather together in the synagogue. 54:19 The same word as church. It means, the gathering place. 54:22 He read the scriptures with them. 54:24 That was His custom. 54:25 That was the custom of the apostles. 54:27 Paul reasoned with both Jews and Greeks every week 54:31 on the Sabbath. 54:33 And so this is what you find back in the Garden of Eden. 54:37 God first makes the Sabbath for man, meaning mankind, 54:40 in the very beginning. 54:41 Adam and Eve worshipped God on this holy Day that God blessed. 54:44 It's a pattern of God's people all through the 54:46 exodus experience. 54:48 It tells us, it's the example of Jesus. 54:51 And whenever you're in doubt about what to do, 54:53 you follow Jesus and you're not going to have 54:55 any problems with that. 54:57 It's the example of the apostles. 54:59 We know that in the new heaven and the new earth, 55:01 it says that from one Sabbath to another all flesh... 55:05 That doesn't mean all Jewish flesh. 55:07 It's not all kosher flesh. 55:10 "All flesh" means Jew and Gentile will come together to 55:13 worship before the Lord. 55:14 And if we're all going to be one people when Jesus comes back, 55:18 then I think He wants us to start getting together now. 55:21 God's church is too divided. 55:23 We're all polarized. 55:24 And this is exactly what the devil wants. 55:27 Jesus said, "All men will know that you are My disciples 55:29 by your love for one another." 55:33 And I think that love needs to be based on loving the 55:35 Word of God, because Jesus is the Word. 55:39 "The Word became flesh." 55:41 And so we need to base that love on what is truth. 55:44 It's the truth that sets people free. 55:46 I think Christians need to stop being so apologetic and afraid. 55:49 "In the name of unity", we say, "let's put aside all 55:53 doctrinal differences." 55:56 I believe that this is a very important truth. 55:59 Do you have any final word for us, Pastor Barney? 56:03 Brother Doug, I just can't help but want to ask you, 56:06 Seventh-day Adventists are a minority 56:09 compared to the vast millions in the Christian church. 56:12 How can you guys think that you're right 56:14 and all of these other Christian pastors and scholars 56:17 could be wrong? 56:21 I know, Pastor Barney, that is troubling. 56:23 But you know, that's been the pattern of the Bible. 56:26 You can read in John chapter 7 verse 46, 56:29 they said the same thing about Jesus. 56:32 "The officers answered, 'No man ever spoke like this Man.'" 56:36 They sent them to arrest Jesus. 56:38 And they came back and they said, "We've never heard anyone 56:41 speak like this." 56:43 "Then the Pharisees sneered and said to them, 56:45 'Are you also deceived? 56:47 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?" 56:50 "Let's find out what the majority thinks and let's 56:54 follow the majority." 56:56 You know, that's what is going to get the world in trouble 56:58 in the last days. 56:59 That beast power is going to command all, small and great, 57:04 rich and poor, free and bond, to worship. 57:07 And those who have the seal of God that are following the 57:10 commandments of the Lord, one of the last things it says 57:12 in the Bible, "Blessed are those who keep His commandments 57:16 that they might have a right to enter through the gates 57:19 of the city and eat from the tree of life," friends. 57:21 I would think the one commandment with the 57:23 word "holy", the one commandment with the word "remember", 57:26 that deals with our time and our love relationship with God, 57:30 that would be an important commandment. 57:32 You know, I've run out of time. 57:34 But I want you to keep studying. 57:35 We've got a website, English and Spanish, 57:39 that's called, sabbathtruth.com. 57:42 Please study the information for yourself. 57:45 It's even in Spanish, sabadobiblico.com. 57:50 And we hope you will look at it. 57:51 We're not done with our presentations, friends. 57:53 We hope you join us again for the next in our series, 57:56 Anchors Of Truth. 57:58 God bless you. |
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