Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000084A
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00:40 Hello, and welcome to Behold the Lamb presents.
00:43 I'm Chris Shelton your host, 00:45 and we have a special message for you. 00:47 It is entitled A Challenge for all Bible Christians. 00:51 And you know each time we open the Word of God, 00:53 we are always challenged by God's Word. 00:56 And the one Pastor Kenny 00:57 is going to present to you today 00:59 seems to be one 01:00 that people struggle with so often 01:02 and yet it's so clear in the Old and New Testament, 01:06 so stayed tuned 01:07 and enjoy your study with us today. 01:11 Praise the Lord. Happy Sabbath, everyone. 01:14 Glad you're here. 01:15 Praise the Lord for each and everyone of you 01:17 and we praise God 01:19 that we have one more opportunity 01:20 to come together to study the Word. 01:23 We don't know how many more opportunities 01:24 we will have. 01:26 You know, we talk about it all the time 01:28 but please keep it in mind, 01:30 every time we have an opportunity 01:32 make the best of it, 01:34 make sure that we come and that we fellowship together 01:36 because there will be a day come 01:38 that we'll not be able to open these doors. 01:41 I'm telling you that's Bible prophecy, 01:43 the day will come 01:44 we will not be able to open these doors. 01:47 We will wish 01:48 that we had made every opportunity, 01:50 you know that we have spent together, 01:52 and we will draw from those times 01:54 that we've had together that we've been encouraged. 01:56 We prayed together, we sang songs together, 02:00 and we've had good fellowship together, 02:02 and we know that will be quite a blessing. 02:05 Before we get into the message for today, 02:07 the title of the message today is A Challenge 02:11 for all Bible Christians. 02:13 You know, in life, 02:14 I've always liked a good challenge. 02:16 And I don't know about you but I like a challenge. 02:19 It's always good. 02:21 Sometimes a challenge brings you up another step, 02:25 may be from what ordinarily that you're doing, 02:27 but when you're challenged you put the best foot forward. 02:30 And so that's what a challenge is 02:32 and so I'm going to challenge 02:34 all Bible Christians today on the subject 02:37 that we're going to be talking about, 02:39 one's that's very old subject but it's all very, very good. 02:42 But I'm going to kneel and have prayer first 02:44 and ask that you'd pray with me, please. 02:48 Loving Father in heaven, 02:49 once again we want to commit ourselves 02:51 into Thy care and Thy keeping. 02:53 I ask for the blood of Jesus to cover me, 02:55 cleanse me from all unrighteousness. 02:58 Please help me to be a vessel today, 03:00 a vessel that can be used for Your honor 03:03 and for Your glory. 03:04 We pray the vessel will not be seen 03:06 but only Jesus' voice will be 03:08 and cross of Calvary will be lifted up. 03:11 Bless us now, we pray as the ears, 03:13 and eyes and hearts of each of Your children 03:15 will be opened to receive that which You have. 03:18 May we be Bible students today, may we sit at Your feet today. 03:23 And we're going to thank You in advance 03:24 as we thank You for everyone here 03:26 in Jesus name. 03:27 Amen. 03:31 You have your Bible, I want you to turn with me, 03:32 this is one of the... 03:34 I guess one of my favorite Bible passages 03:37 that I remember, 03:39 especially when you study Sabbath 03:41 and you study about the Sabbath issue. 03:43 Remember, when we studied the Sabbath issue, 03:46 that's quite an issue. 03:48 But you know, if you only had one example 03:52 in the entire Bible about Sabbath observance, 03:55 who would it be? 03:57 I could think of all the Bible writers, 03:58 everybody in it, 03:59 Sabbath keepers, so but who would it be? 04:02 It would be Jesus Christ, wouldn't it? 04:04 And I like this passage found in the Book of Luke 4:16. 04:09 So if you have your Bibles, 04:10 let's just turn there quickly and let's read. 04:13 Now remember if this is all that we had, 04:15 would it be enough to convince you, 04:17 would it be enough to convince me 04:20 that which day I should keep, which day I should go on. 04:24 Luke 4, and we are going to be reading verse 16. 04:32 The Bible says, I always love that, 04:34 I say it every time and I can't help myself, 04:37 I just love it because I know the Bible says. 04:40 Any other book that you may have 04:41 that you hardly ever referred it, 04:43 the other books as it were, 04:44 anything in the world 04:46 and say, well, this book said, that person said, 04:47 because you know, 04:49 you never know where they are coming from 04:50 and where they're gathering their facts, 04:51 but I know this is the truth of God's word 04:55 and we need to learn just to read it 04:58 and take it for the way that it reads 05:00 because the scripture was inspired by God, 05:03 so God inspired this for us to read it, 05:07 and then faith to believe it. 05:09 The Bible says, "And when He," who is He here? 05:12 "Came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, 05:16 and as his..." 05:17 I love this, I've always loved this, 05:18 "As his custom was, He went," where? 05:23 "He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, 05:26 and stood up for to read." 05:30 Very interesting, Jesus Christ, 05:32 King of kings and Lord of lords came to this earth 05:36 and as He came to this earth, 05:38 there was a purpose why He came. 05:40 He came to set what? 05:42 An example for us, certainly to die for our sins, 05:45 certainly on Calvary, 05:47 but He came to set an example 05:49 to show us the right way, to teach us, right? 05:54 Because of all the misconceptions 05:56 that were going on even in His day, 05:58 all the teachings of men and traditions 06:01 and doctrines of devils 06:03 that were out there just like today. 06:06 Most of the preaching and the teaching 06:07 you have is mingled 06:09 with the doctrines of devils today 06:11 because they are not the truth, 06:13 because there's Bible is telling us 06:15 what is truth, and we want to follow what it was. 06:19 Here's Jesus, Bible says here He came back to Nazareth, 06:24 well you know kind of that's where He was raised and born. 06:27 That's where mom and daddy, 06:29 mom was at and the brothers and sisters, 06:32 they were all there and He was coming back 06:34 and we had to realize that 06:35 this was about a year and a half, this passage, 06:39 a year and a half into His fulltime ministry. 06:42 He left the carpenter shop 06:44 and He went fulltime into ministry, 06:46 a year and a half, 06:48 so that simply means that He only had about what? 06:50 A year and a half left. 06:53 He came back to town, and when He came back to town, 06:57 people knew that Jesus was the preacher man. 07:00 Somebody with me? 07:02 No one could preach like Jesus. 07:05 And very interesting they had a lot on their heart 07:07 and a lot on their mind because when they were getting, 07:09 as they were into the temple, 07:11 when Brother Mark did bring him a scroll. 07:13 And they had to unroll that scroll 07:15 until they found the passage 07:16 that they wanted and everybody stood up 07:19 when the Holy Word was written. 07:21 And the speaker would be standing, 07:22 and he would find it, 07:23 and he would read his passage of scripture 07:26 and then he would roll it back together 07:28 and give it to the man and they would put it up. 07:30 Interesting. 07:32 Everyone was excited 07:34 because Jesus was coming to town, 07:36 the one that was different. 07:39 The one that dared to be different. 07:41 The one that challenged all false doctrines 07:44 and teaching regardless of where it was at. 07:47 So no one needs to say and think, 07:50 well in some issues Jesus, 07:51 you know, He just let it slide by. 07:53 He never let wrong slide by. 07:55 He never let a false doctrine and teaching just slide by. 07:59 He always met it head on 08:01 and He said exactly what He meant. 08:04 Jesus, King of kings, 08:07 He went to the temple, the synagogue, 08:10 and His custom was, think about that. 08:14 As His custom, this is what He always did. 08:18 I like that. You know why? 08:20 Because it's consistency. 08:21 Wouldn't that be nice 08:23 if we as Christians had that kind of consistency. 08:26 You know we're pretty rough sometimes 08:27 when it comes to being consistent Christians. 08:30 You know we are just kind of back and forth 08:31 by this or that circumstances, or this or that happening, 08:34 something else took place 08:35 and something else was a priority. 08:37 You know nothing is to be a priority for you or me 08:40 on the Sabbath day 08:42 except coming right here, nothing else. 08:46 You know why? 08:47 Because that's what the Bible says. 08:50 That's what the Bible says. 08:51 And it's time that we quit fussing with God 08:54 and get down to business because God says so. 08:58 You want heaven to be our home, 09:00 we need to look at it the way Bible said. 09:02 Now what will that do? 09:03 Oh, that will offend some people. 09:04 Some people will get mad. 09:06 It's been number one, they must not love the truth. 09:10 They must not love the truth. 09:15 Do you realize to really appreciate God, 09:17 really appreciate Jesus 09:19 as our creator and our redeemer, 09:22 it is a must to keep the seventh day Sabbath. 09:25 Somebody with me? 09:28 Because one of the reasons 09:30 we keep it is because He is what? 09:32 He is the creator of heaven and earth. 09:35 And when He got done creating, He did what? 09:38 He rested on the Sabbath. 09:39 He was, Whoo, the Bible says refreshed. 09:42 I like that, He was refreshed. 09:45 And you know we can be refreshed 09:46 on the Sabbath. 09:47 Brother Mark says, 09:49 He's refreshed on the Sabbath because of the, 09:51 you know, all of the work you do 09:53 in six days working hard 09:54 and there's a day off, 09:57 put the carpenter belt up, put the saw machine up, 10:00 whatever it might be, 10:01 put everything up except for the Word of God, 10:03 go into the sanctuary. 10:05 And this is what Jesus is doing. 10:06 He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, 10:08 the Bible said, and He stood up for a read. 10:11 If that's all you had, 10:12 a challenge to all Bible Christians, 10:14 if that's all you had in scriptures and it is not. 10:17 It's not just a little fraction of what is in there. 10:20 What would you do with that passage? 10:22 Would you be safe in just saying 10:24 this is what Jesus did while He was here. 10:26 He came to set the example for me. 10:28 He came to walk before me. 10:30 He came to trot the path, 10:32 and, you know, I'm to follow Him. 10:35 Would I feel secure? 10:38 Would I feel secure in this passage? 10:39 This is what He did. 10:40 Rather than get 10:42 these little flimsy things of saying, 10:43 well, He was a Jew, that's why He did it. 10:46 Shame on us. Is it okay if I say that? 10:48 Shame on us if we used that to say, 10:51 well, He was a Jew, that's why He... 10:54 How come we don't say 10:56 that on thousands of other things, 10:57 well, He was Jew that's why He did it. 10:59 Remember Jesus did 11:01 the right thing in every situation. 11:05 He did the right thing 11:06 regardless of what the Jews did, 11:09 regardless of what they taught. 11:11 He did not go along with it if it weren't scriptural. 11:14 He always set the right example, 11:16 so we can be sure what He was doing here. 11:19 You think He didn't know 11:21 what men would do at the end of time. 11:24 How they would brutalize the Sabbath 11:25 and put a counterfeit in its place. 11:29 As a Holy Spirit inspired man of God 11:31 to write these things down 11:32 so we would know what truth is. 11:34 Sure, He knew all these things. 11:37 So He came to set the example for us 11:40 and you know what? 11:41 It cost Him His life, 11:43 but to me it cost yours. 11:47 I can think about the day He's coming into town 11:49 and mama knew about it, 11:51 brothers and sisters knew about it. 11:55 At least in my mind, no doubt, they attended the services. 11:58 Well, they had been or not, 11:59 you know, the boys or the sissies, 12:01 you know the girls, where they had been or not, 12:03 but I'm sure they did but if they weren't they came 12:07 because they wanted to hear from Jesus, 12:11 His custom was, what was customary. 12:14 What was a habit for him. I like that. 12:17 Attending service on the seventh day of the week. 12:20 I like that. 12:22 There can be no mistake about it. 12:24 Luke says something about Jesus, 12:26 if you remember in the Book of Luke, 12:28 in fact chapters 23, 12:32 one of the last verses 56 12:34 and then you read chapter 24 verse 1 12:37 makes it clear 12:38 when the services of the Sabbath is, 12:41 it's on the seventh day 'cause it's talking about, 12:44 you know, the crucifixion, it's talking about Friday, 12:46 it's talking about Sabbath, it's taking about Sunday. 12:49 There was no mistake 12:50 about which day and there is no mistake today 12:53 which is the seventh day of the week. 12:56 Another flimsy thing and excuse that people today. 13:00 Well, we don't know 13:01 which day is the seventh day of the week. 13:04 Well how is it you know which day is the first. 13:07 Well, we can't count on the day. 13:08 Well, you count on certain day for your birthday 13:10 and every thing else, don't you? 13:13 We can figure out everything and we can figure out every, 13:16 brother John, every Good Friday. 13:19 Ain't that right? 13:22 Catholic Church will tell you, if that's Good Friday, 13:24 they came up with it. 13:27 Every Christian realized Christ rose on the first day 13:29 of the week, Sunday. 13:31 But isn't it very strange we can figure out Good Friday, 13:34 we can figure out Sunday, the first day of the week, 13:36 but we've lost the seventh, 13:39 which is stuck in between the two and you can't lose it. 13:44 Ain't it convenience? 13:46 Oh, well, we can't figure it out 13:48 unless it's convenient. 13:50 Luke said, "We know," 13:52 he makes it clear that the duty of the Christians 13:56 who love Jesus with all their heart, 13:59 they want to follow in His footsteps 14:01 because these are simple things that we wrestle with. 14:04 John 14:50, Jesus said I'm going to make it simple, 14:08 "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 14:12 See, where do we... 14:13 What argument do we put up with that? 14:16 It's so simple, if you love me, oh, we love Him, we love Him, 14:20 but we don't, we don't need to do this. 14:23 Who said? He said you did. 14:26 Jesus said you did, 14:28 if you love me, then you keep them, 14:30 and we have the audacity to say, 14:32 well, I love Him, but we don't have to keep Him. 14:35 You don't smack Jesus in the face 14:36 and get away with it. 14:39 It's a little bit bold but you know what I'm saying. 14:41 You don't keep saying, I know what you said, 14:43 and I know what you were inspired 14:45 by the Holy Spirit. 14:46 The Holy Spirit cannot write anything 14:47 or inspire men to rile holy men of God, 14:50 but what, but what is truth. 14:52 If you believe this is the truth, 14:54 then we need not try to change it around 14:58 for convenience or because everybody's doing it 15:02 because the whole world... 15:03 Bible says the whole world will wander after the beast, 15:07 and they are those whose names 15:08 are not written in the lamb's book of life. 15:11 See this is the heavy-duty stuff 15:13 that sometime we forget. 15:14 The bottom line is, 15:16 yeah, but all the world's doing it this way, 15:17 yup, the whole world basically is what? 15:20 Is going to be lost, that's what the Bible says. 15:23 Do I like that? Do I like it? No. 15:26 It saddens me to think about that, 15:29 but after that it says, 15:30 but there is a little group, all the world fail, 15:33 but this little group, you know why? 15:35 Because that little group is not of the world. 15:38 All the world wander after it. 15:40 The God's group is not of the world, 15:42 they dare to be different. 15:44 They dare to preach the truth. They dare to live the truth. 15:47 They dare to speak what is truth. 15:50 I'm thankful for that. 15:51 If you love Me, He said, just keep them. 15:54 And we realize this is impossible on our own, 15:56 but with Him, all things are possible. 15:58 You know why? Because He came here, where? 16:01 In the flesh. 16:02 He came here just like me and you, 16:04 and He lived a victorious life, 16:06 because He emptied Himself of self 16:08 and was filled with the Father. 16:09 He had no edges, the King of king, 16:12 Sister Marlene, the King of kings 16:13 when he came down here, 16:15 He had nothing that you can't have. 16:17 That blows my mind, it's too much for me. 16:22 He put His life on the line in facing the enemy 16:26 because He was going to be my substitute. 16:30 'Cause He knew I would fail. 16:33 And if He failed, the world was lost. 16:36 And what the enemy said would be true. 16:39 But it wasn't going to happen that way. 16:43 You know that maybe just a small fact 16:46 that here that we need not overlook. 16:50 Well, and we have alluded to it, 16:52 but why on this earth did Jesus, 16:55 or did He not observe the same day of the week 16:59 as the Jews did as far as Sabbath. 17:02 Did He or did He not? 17:03 He observed the same day that the Jews did 17:08 on the seventh day Sabbath. 17:09 Yes, He did, He sure did this. 17:11 And then, I think about 1 John 2:6, 17:14 it says, "We need to walk as He walked." 17:19 See that's pretty simple to me. 17:20 Bible says we need to learn to walk as He walked. 17:26 Okay, so keep that in mind. 17:28 Okay, He kept the same day as the Jew. 17:30 This is evidence... 17:32 Listen, this is evidence when He came 17:35 and He kept the seventh day Sabbath 17:37 that no time had been lost 17:40 since the law was given on Mount Sinai 17:42 and that no time had been lost 17:44 since the beginning of time. 17:49 Going all the way back to Adam and Eve. 17:51 Are you still with me? 17:53 No time had been lost 17:54 in the daily cycle. 17:59 It was still there and Jesus observed it. 18:02 Do you think for a moment if He had been confused 18:05 that He would let it continue to be confused? 18:07 Would He have not tried to change it back? 18:09 He did everything else that wasn't going right, 18:11 wouldn't He? 18:12 You know, I say, you Jews, 18:14 you are keeping this day and really 18:15 it's this day right here. 18:17 You say, well, how do you know which day? 18:18 Because I'm the creator of these days. 18:22 He created the weekly cycle, you think He didn't know it. 18:25 Absolutely, He did. 18:27 He created the world. 18:29 It says, anything that wasn't made, 18:30 everything that was made was made by Him. 18:33 How wonderful that is to think about it. 18:37 So He knew 18:38 that since the law was given at Sinai, 18:40 since creation time had been the same, why? 18:44 Because the Bible says to me 18:46 that Christ is Lord also of what? 18:49 Of the Sabbath. 18:51 Mark 2:28, 18:54 remember the Lord is what? 18:56 He is Lord of the Sabbath, He is the creator of it. 19:02 He understands it, He knows it. 19:04 Think about it, if He created something 19:06 that He knew that we needed, 19:09 that would be a blessing to us, 19:12 and then somehow we've forgotten 19:15 or that we don't want to observe it, 19:16 or we want to make excuses because we want to play games, 19:18 or we want to run here and run there 19:20 and do all other kind of strange things 19:22 on His holy day. 19:23 Remember, Christ is Lord also of the Sabbath, 19:27 so the Lord's day is what? 19:30 Come on church, what is the Lord's day? 19:31 Is it Saturday or Sunday? Saturday. 19:33 It's Saturday 19:34 because that's what the Bible says. 19:35 He is Lord of the Sabbath. 19:40 We never call Sunday the Sabbath, 19:42 you can't do that, it's wrong. 19:45 Sunday is the first day of the week. 19:47 Remember, that's the way 19:48 they were all labeled, wasn't it, 19:50 first, second, third, fourth. 19:51 See man's made it a little more complicated, 19:53 the devil did and said Monday, and Tuesday, and Wednesday, 19:55 and all after some of these ancient gods 19:57 and all different kind of stuff. 19:59 God just said, first day, second day, 20:01 so we wouldn't forget. 20:03 Seven is not too big, we can't forget. 20:08 He is Lord of the Sabbath. Remember, He made it. 20:12 Genesis 2:1-3, He is the creator of it. 20:17 It must be good 20:19 because when you go back to Genesis, 20:21 He looked back over creation and what did He say? 20:24 Everything was good. 20:27 And to me good just translated perfect. 20:31 If it comes from the Creator's hand, 20:33 it can't be anything but perfect and good, 20:36 and He created it and He rested, right, 20:38 from His work 20:40 which He had done creating to set an example for me 20:43 and for you. 20:44 So the challenge goes out, 20:46 what do we do with this information? 20:50 Say Jesus came and He didn't know 20:51 what He was doing the whole time He was here, 20:53 or lot of stuff 20:54 He didn't know what He was teaching, 20:56 or He was teaching us a lie. 20:57 No, He couldn't possibly. 21:03 And the seventh day Sabbath is a day 21:05 that Christ then claims as what? 21:08 His day. He said it's My day. 21:10 Mark 2:27, read it, Mark 2:27, 21:13 "The Sabbath of the Lord thy God." 21:16 It's the Lord's day. 21:19 People use Revelation 1:10, 21:21 they are not translating it properly. 21:22 I was in the spirit on the Lord's day. 21:24 See, that's Sunday. 21:25 It didn't say whether it's Sunday, 21:27 or whether it's Saturday, 21:28 or whether it's Tuesday or Wednesday. 21:30 Let's not just project what it says right there 21:31 but you go back to scriptures like this. 21:34 The Lord's day is the Sabbath, the seventh day. 21:37 Now we know which day is the Lord's day. 21:39 It's His day. 21:41 He created, He made it, He stamped it. 21:45 And He said, "My people need this rest." 21:49 He put it in the heart of the commandment. 21:51 How many of us think that we can just, in these, 21:52 any commandment we want, we can just ex one of them out. 21:56 Remember the only 21:58 that's been exed out by the world 21:59 is the fourth commandment, why? 22:01 Because that's the one the remembers Him as what? 22:03 Creator God, right? 22:06 Creator of heaven, earth, the stamp of approval. 22:08 You can tell that's the only one 22:09 that identifies who wrote the Ten Commandments. 22:12 All the others, thou shall not. 22:14 The fourth one is God's sign 22:16 and His seal of His people in the last days. 22:20 And the devil has done his best, 22:22 when he said in the beginning, I shall, what? 22:24 Sit above, right? 22:26 And then the devil, what, what did he say. 22:28 I'm going to be using powers, 22:30 I'm going to be using 22:31 and we see that, in Daniel 7:25, 22:33 for the papacy 22:35 and he shall think to change times and laws. 22:38 He shall think to change them. 22:41 See we have to realize 22:43 as much as we've heard these things 22:44 that we need to set it deep in our mind 22:46 because we will be approached with these issues 22:50 much more than we even are right now. 22:52 We're going to be challenged with these issues, 22:54 a challenge of it, 22:56 does it really make a difference. 22:58 See, I'm challenging Christians today 23:00 who say it doesn't make a difference. 23:02 Where do you read that in the Word of God? 23:03 Where at one place do you read in the Word of God, 23:06 it doesn't make any difference? 23:07 Who is it, can write down here, 23:09 and I've people do the same thing. 23:10 Well, God says one in seven. 23:12 I go to them, I say, He does not say one in seven. 23:17 They want to think one in seven. 23:19 Well, it doesn't really make it, 23:20 any day will do. 23:22 Where does it say it in the Word of God? 23:24 See, that's my whole point. 23:26 If we're going to use the Word of God, 23:27 let's go back to the Word of God 23:28 and say here's what it says. 23:30 But because 23:31 they've just heard these things, 23:33 they've just taken them and say, 23:34 oh, okay, well, that's why I go because... 23:36 I go to church on Sunday, why? 23:38 Because Christ rose on that day. 23:39 Well, good, you got a good point there, 23:41 but nowhere does it say now the day is changed 23:43 because He rose on Sunday. 23:45 In fact, it says Sunday resurrection is what? 23:48 What's commemorative of that? Baptism, baptism. 23:53 He rose because it give us what? 23:55 Going down into watery grave, coming up in newness of life. 23:58 Romans 6:1-3, 24:01 just read it, it tells you exactly what it is. 24:04 No change whatsoever, 24:07 and so what are we going to do with it. 24:11 His example to me is a perfect, I don't know about you, 24:14 but it's a perfect, He is a perfect pattern. 24:17 All I have to do is look and say, 24:18 what did Jesus do here? 24:21 It's a pattern for all Christians to follow. 24:26 And it really shouldn't upset us, 24:27 and we shouldn't get all upset and mad about and say, what, 24:30 this is what the Word says. 24:32 It says the seventh day 24:34 is a Sabbath of the Lord thy God. 24:37 All of this stuff really helps us understand 24:39 the weekly cycle. 24:41 How the weekly cycle has come down for us 24:44 when there's changes in the calendars, 24:46 changes in this we don't really know. 24:49 Do we realize how we need to be very, very careful with that. 24:52 We understand that some days were taken out 24:54 but in no way affected the weekly cycle. 24:59 Why would God give us something 25:00 that's impossible for us to keep? 25:02 Why would God give us something and then turn around and said, 25:07 "If you're doing working 25:08 and you're doing theft on that." 25:09 Remember what He told Israel? 25:11 He said, "You shall surely die." 25:12 He's going to put them to death. 25:14 A death decree on those who broke the Sabbath 25:16 and He loved them just as much as He loves us, 25:17 the bottom line, 25:19 there's going to be a death decree 25:20 for those who understand it and won't do it. 25:22 We might as well get down to it, 25:24 that's what it's about. 25:25 Why would He do it for one group 25:26 which was called His chosen people? 25:28 Did He not tell them that? Yes, He did. 25:31 And you feel like 25:33 you are His chosen people today, 25:34 you understand it, wouldn't the same thing apply. 25:37 We find in this cycle 25:39 it's an unbroken sequence from the time of Christ. 25:44 There is no excuse about not knowing 25:46 which day to worship on. 25:49 I say we need a Sabbath reform. 25:52 Seventh-day Adventists need a Sabbath reform. 25:54 We need to start remembering what the Sabbath is all about. 25:58 Sabbath is not about family reunions, 26:01 it's not about birthday parties, 26:02 it's not about weddings, 26:04 it's not about all these other things right here, 26:06 it's God's day, do you get it? 26:08 And only thing that we can do is what? 26:10 We should do is the things 26:12 that God says is acceptable on His day. 26:15 All these other things may not be bad 26:16 within themselves 26:18 but it takes our mind off 26:19 of what the Sabbath is all about. 26:22 Spending some time with Him. We need a reform. 26:27 God said in these last days there would be what? 26:30 Would there be a group of people 26:31 that would bring all of these things 26:33 to the mind of others, do you remember that? 26:36 See most of the times, 'cause people can't discuss it 26:38 because they don't read the Word, 26:40 they don't understand the Word. 26:42 This we've read so, so many times, 26:44 hundreds of times over the years. 26:45 I'm going to read it again because it's important, 26:47 if in case you haven't 26:49 or there are people who listened who haven't. 26:50 You know Revelation 14, 26:52 everybody knows that verses 6 and 7, 26:54 called the three angels' message. 26:57 Majority of Christians today when you challenge them 26:59 with what is the three angels' message. 27:02 They've never heard of such a thing, 27:05 never heard a three angels' message. 27:07 Just as the devil would have it. 27:09 Just as the enemy would have it. 27:12 This is the last message of mercy 27:13 and warning to go to world before Jesus comes. 27:17 God said, there would be a people 27:19 that would rise up in the last days 27:22 that would proclaim this message 27:24 that I'm talking to you about today. 27:27 Revelations 14:6, 27:29 "I saw another angel flying" where? 27:32 "Heaven, having the everlasting gospel 27:34 to preach to them that dwell," where? 27:37 What kind of gospel? 27:39 The last gospel of mercy to go this world, 27:44 and then every nation is going to hear about it, 27:46 every kindred, every tongue, every people and remember 27:49 that's not for you to figure out how's it's done, 27:51 God's already got it figured out. 27:53 He just said, it's going to happen, 27:55 that's by faith we accept it. 27:56 Verse 7, 27:57 "Saying with a loud voice," do what? 27:59 Here's what this voice will say, 28:01 what is this angel, what does angel represent? 28:03 Messenger. 28:05 It means a messenger, necessarily angels themselves, 28:07 but you as mankind, messenger, 28:10 they're flying, they're going at swift speed 28:12 around the world as we feel in, you know, in 3ABN, 28:15 if you talk about it here, 28:17 you know, less than half a second 28:19 it goes around the world, that's quite speedy, right, 28:23 travels 22, 500 miles into space 28:25 and back down in less than half a second. 28:27 It's amazing. 28:29 This is one of the signs that said 28:31 and that what God has raised up in the last days 28:33 will be giving this message 28:35 that I'm talking about right now 28:37 to warn the world 28:39 because it's talking about, notice what it says, 28:41 and here's' what they'll be talking about, 28:43 "Fear God and give glory to Him, 28:46 for the hour of His judgment has come. 28:49 Worship Him that made heaven, 28:51 and earth, the sea, and the fountains of water." 28:54 See the first angel's message is to fear God. 28:58 See, we're not fearing God, we have no reverence, 29:00 no respect for God, we've thrown Him out. 29:03 And it's said here in the God's Word, 29:04 "In the judgment hour," 29:06 We realize we've in the judgment hour 29:08 since 1844, do we not? 29:11 That's the Bible prophecy, Daniel 8:14, 29:13 we have to realize 29:15 we know where we're at in the stream of time 29:17 because God has made it available to us. 29:18 We understand 29:20 we're in the judgment hour right now. 29:22 And He said, while we're in the judgment hour, 29:24 these last day people, these angels 29:26 as they were represented here, why? 29:29 Revelation is the book full of symbols, is it not? 29:32 Symbolism, you know, we're talking about 29:34 beast coming out of the water and beast here, 29:35 they all represent something 29:37 and the Bible tells you what they represent, 29:39 so you have to follow that down. 29:41 But this messengers are going to proclaim a specific message, 29:46 and notice how it says here, 29:47 not only we're living in the what? 29:50 The judgment hour, 1884, 29:52 door of probation is soon to close, 29:54 Jesus is coming. 29:56 Notice this here, 29:57 but also what are they going to be saying. 29:59 Worship Him, so there's a call then, 30:01 the people will be saying 30:03 we need to go back and worship the Creator, 30:06 the one who made what? 30:08 Heaven and earth, and if we go back and worship 30:10 the one who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, 30:12 you go back to creation. 30:13 And when you go back to creation, 30:15 you go back to what? 30:16 Creation week, and you go back to the seventh day Sabbath. 30:19 He's calling the world back to keep His day, 30:23 not Adventist day, or Baptist day, or whoever day. 30:28 It's not their day, it's His day. 30:31 That's what the Bible said. 30:32 It's the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. 30:35 See, we need to quit looking at it, 30:36 well, this denomination's day, 30:38 or these people have third day has nothing to do. 30:40 He made the days, they are His. 30:42 He specified which day is holy 30:45 and then He challenges you and me 30:47 if we are loyal and obedient to accept what He has said. 30:51 Think about it. 30:52 This is all test, this is the test 30:55 if you really love Him or not. 30:57 I mean how far does this message go. 31:01 Three angels' message goes how far? 31:04 World wide message, you know what it's saying here, 31:06 the whole word, angels flying in the midst of heaven, 31:09 voices going all over. 31:10 Everybody have the opportunity to hear, every nation, kindred, 31:13 tongue, and people, 31:14 and they're going to be hearing about 31:15 go back to the one 31:17 who made heaven and earth, the Creator. 31:19 The seventh day Sabbath, 31:21 every person had the opportunity to hear it, 31:26 they become accountable for it, 31:28 become responsible when you hear this message. 31:32 And when you close your ears to it, 31:33 you've had the opportunity, you are still accountable. 31:36 We need to get with the programmer 31:37 and say, well, I don't understand 31:39 all that well. 31:40 There's no reason for us not to study and say, 31:41 I want to know. 31:43 Whether I do it or not, that's up to you, 31:46 but you owe it to yourself and you owe it to God 31:49 because God has said, 31:51 I want to know what truth is. 31:56 Most people don't want to know 31:57 'cause they're afraid it might change their little life. 32:01 You know, most of our little lives 32:02 are coming to an end, believe it or not. 32:04 We don't have that much time 32:05 may be left here on this planet, 32:07 one way or another. 32:08 So it would be a good time to gear up do 32:11 what God says to do. 32:12 So this group of people 32:14 will be proclaiming the judgment hour, 32:15 right, the Sabbath message going back to Creator, 32:18 they're going to be going world wide with it, 32:21 and what are they called to do? 32:22 Just what we said. 32:24 The whole world is called to fear God 32:26 and give glory to Him. 32:28 And the way you give glory to Him is what? 32:30 Is rightly representing Him even in character. 32:34 That's giving glory to Him. 32:38 Man, you think about what, 32:40 you know, special reason for this is, 32:43 is because it is the judgment hour. 32:45 Because after there is a judgment 32:47 there is a scene in the Book of Daniel 32:50 where it says the angels all come, 32:51 you know, and God comes in and He is seated down, 32:54 you know, when Jesus comes in, 32:56 And, man, ten thousand times ten thousands of thousands, 32:58 that's a court scene. 33:01 The judgment hour, 33:03 and the Bible said the books are opened, why? 33:06 Because there is a book of deeds, 33:07 and a book of remembrance, and a book of life. 33:09 Everything is recorded, sister Marlene, 33:12 every word, every thought, 33:13 every deed, every act, there's no mistake. 33:17 No one, oh, no, he will burn in hell 33:18 because there was a mistake, there'd not be any mistake. 33:22 But everything is recorded and the motives of the heart. 33:25 And that's all brought in as it were in a trial 33:28 that we can understand. 33:29 So we give that to the world to say, 33:31 you know, we're right now, we're in that judgment hour. 33:35 We're called to worship Him that made heaven and earth. 33:40 We have to realize that there's only one gospel 33:43 and certainly we look at Jesus Christ. 33:44 I wish we had time. 33:46 May be we'd just look at, 33:47 look at Romans with me, Romans 1. 33:50 I have heard a lot of people say, 33:51 well, I'm not sure what the gospel is, 33:52 I'm not sure what we, you know. 33:54 But, you know, if we just turn to the Word of God, 33:56 the Word of God will tell, Romans 1, 33:58 if you have your Bibles, Romans 1. 34:00 If you don't have your Bibles, then you need to get one. 34:02 Romans 1:16-17, 34:07 you remember what was going on here, 34:09 it says, starts out, 34:10 "For I'm not ashamed of the gospel of," what? 34:14 God. So the gospel is what? 34:16 Really the gospel is what? 34:18 The gospel of Jesus Christ, the gospel of salvation, 34:23 the plan of salvation. 34:24 I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ, 34:28 for it is the power of God unto what? 34:31 Salvation. 34:32 The gospel then deals with salvation, 34:34 you know what it said, but you have to believe, 34:36 you notice, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, 34:40 "For there in is the righteousness 34:42 of God revealed from faith to faith," 34:45 and is written, "The just shall live by faith." 34:47 No working your way in, is it? 34:50 Heaven is by faith, by faith and trust in Him. 34:53 You know by grace are you saved through faith, 34:56 gospel of Jesus Christ. 34:58 And when you have time, Galatians 1:8, read that also. 35:02 You know this same message that I'm talking about here 35:05 was announced in the Garden of Eden 35:08 in Genesis 3:15. 35:10 The plan of salvation were it talked about 35:12 the bruising of the head, 35:14 you remember, the serpent, and then the heel. 35:16 Right then, God was announcing right then the gospel, 35:20 salvation, the power, there's hope for mankind, 35:23 there's going to be 35:24 another opportunity for mankind. 35:26 How wonderful, how good, 35:28 how big, and merciful, and wonderful, 35:30 and kind that God is to look 35:32 at somebody like me down here and say, 35:34 "I want him to have another chance." 35:36 Why? 35:37 Because I failed the first chance, 35:39 and we're just using one, two here, 35:41 not thousands of them. 35:42 But I failed the first one, 35:44 He said, "I want Kenny to have another chance. 35:45 I want Brother Mark to have another chance." 35:47 Man, I tell you, I want Brother Mark 35:49 to spend eternity with me. 35:50 Heaven just won't be the same 35:52 if Brother Mark's not up here with me. 35:53 See that's how God thinks about each one of us. 35:56 Heaven just won't be the same if we're not there. 35:59 And everybody sinned and everybody come short, 36:01 we're all in the death penalty. 36:02 And He said, there has to be another chance. 36:06 And Jesus said, the only way they get the chance is what? 36:10 If I die for them. 36:11 If I come and live the perfect life, 36:14 but if I fouled it up, 36:16 I'm lost and they're lost too and this world is lost, 36:19 everything in this little world is lost. 36:23 It's going to be devil's playground. 36:26 And Jesus said, I'll not have it, 36:28 I'm paraphrasing for you if you don't mind, 36:30 I'm not going to have it. 36:33 By the grace of God, He lived the righteous life, 36:36 He emptied himself of self and was filled with the Father. 36:40 "When you have seen Me, you have seen the Father." 36:44 Didn't really see, you think about it. 36:46 We've seen Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus did this. 36:48 What you're seeing everything He did, you've seen the Father. 36:52 If you want to know who the Father. 36:53 Well, He is gruff and He is... 36:54 Remember how they always, Israel was afraid of God. 36:58 Jesus said, "if you have seen Me, 37:00 you have seen the Father." 37:02 How wonderful that is to know 37:03 the Father has that kind of love too. 37:05 And how He says, 37:07 when you live the life and you accept My Son, 37:09 He said I love you as I love My own Son. 37:12 Wow, what love. 37:15 But it would be hard for us to understand. 37:19 We're called to worship Him. 37:22 Remember the gospel of Jesus Christ. 37:25 This same gospel was preached to Abraham. 37:28 See with that all, it's a new gospel now, 37:30 it's a new dispensation, it's a new age right now. 37:33 The same thing that started in the Garden of Eden, 37:36 dear friends, is the same thing that was preached to Abraham. 37:39 Read Galatians 3:8, 37:40 we can't read it out now 37:42 because of our time, but just jot it down. 37:44 And the same gospel message was preached to Israel. 37:48 Hebrews 4:1-2, please keep that in mind. 37:52 It was proclaimed to every generation since, 37:56 the same gospel message. 37:59 John the Baptist was a preacher. 38:01 Man, could he preach, could he not? 38:04 He captivated the hearts and the minds of the people. 38:07 He could preach a message, brought conviction. 38:11 Hey, what message did he preach? 38:14 Could you say it was the gospel? 38:16 He preached the gospel but what he preached? 38:19 He said the kingdom of God is at... 38:21 Matthew 3, 38:23 "The kingdom of God is at hand." 38:25 He was saying right then, Jesus when He said, 38:28 He didn't say the coming of Jesus a second time, 38:30 it was a coming of Jesus, what? 38:32 Why preach the second coming of Jesus 38:34 when He hadn't come the first time at that point. 38:36 He is preaching the coming, 38:38 the first coming of Jesus Christ. 38:40 His kingdom of heaven is at hand, and he said what? 38:45 Repent, repent, 38:49 he was preparing the way 38:50 for the second advent 38:52 in John 1:22-23. 38:57 And notice after John came preaching 38:59 and teaching repentance, what gospel did Jesus preach? 39:03 He preached the same gospel message 39:06 but He preached a definite time period. 39:09 He preached the time period 39:11 we call the, Daniel 8:14, 2300 days, 39:14 but he referred to the first what? 39:16 483 year prophecy of Daniel 9:25, 39:22 the 69 weeks 39:23 because it pointed to the Messiah. 39:26 Does that makes sense, church? Jesus preached it what? 39:30 The time, the gospel, it's coming. 39:33 So after 69 weeks, you see. How? 39:37 From the baptism of Jesus in 27 AD, right? 39:42 The cross, 31 AD. 39:44 Stoning of Stephen, message to the gentile 39:46 and Paul taking in 34 AD. 39:48 See, you can follow these things. 39:50 There's 1810 years left, 39:52 add 34, 18, 10, my lands of love at 1844, 39:56 the judgment hour began. 40:00 And only in God's mercy and grace 40:01 that this world is still going on 40:03 because there is somebody yet that's gonna accept Him. 40:08 He will keep that door of probation open 40:10 if there is just one more out there. 40:13 And I brought in the lesson today, 40:14 what it's talking about, whether it be 50, 40:17 whether it be 20, whether it be 10, 40:18 whether it be, oh, would be one. 40:21 He said, if there'd be one, 40:22 I'll hold that door open just a little bit longer, 40:25 and that one may be you and me. 40:27 It may be us here because we think we've got it, 40:30 but we've really haven't got it. 40:32 We think we're doing somewhat the right thing, 40:34 but we know there's some changes 40:35 that need to take place. 40:38 But think what goes on day after day 40:40 when we refuse to come to the cross, 40:43 maybe we will later on 40:44 and He's holding that door open. 40:46 Can you think of all the murders, the rapes, 40:47 and all the stuff that's going on, 40:49 starvation, the beating, 40:50 the abuse that goes on in the world every 24 hours, 40:53 it's unbelievable, 40:55 Only God of mercy and compassion 40:58 that understands the worth of a soul 41:01 can continue to let it go on. 41:03 He'd be right, He'd to me, 41:06 still would be faithful to say I call it quits today. 41:12 The world's just too mean. The world's brutal. 41:16 Lots of innocent people, good people getting hurt... 41:22 But He won't do it. 41:24 He's waiting for you and He's waiting maybe for me. 41:30 But when Jesus came, 41:31 He called the people to repentance, 41:34 the same thing, He called them to repentance. 41:38 I believe the time of judgment is here. 41:42 The second coming of Christ is around the corner. 41:46 Now you don't have time to finish it today 41:48 so I will finish it the next time. 41:50 I always like to have that out there, 41:52 because there's too much 41:54 to what we're talking about here. 41:56 The world wide announcement of the three angels 41:59 is going in full force right now. 42:03 And it's going to be united with that Revelations 18 angel, 42:06 that fourth angel. 42:08 People are going to be convicted, 42:10 they're going to be converted. 42:11 The world is going to change. 42:12 There will be a few that will change. 42:16 There no longer just be ho-hum, go to church. 42:19 The church pew should be filled. 42:22 People could only realize 42:24 how close we are to the end of time. 42:26 They wouldn't worry about all the other foolishness 42:28 that's going on in the world. 42:30 All the excuses they're made by the thousands, 42:33 because somebody kept me from church. 42:34 Somebody said, 42:36 well, you need to do this or that today. 42:37 That friend say, look I'm going to church 42:39 and then I'll go and I'll help you. 42:43 That's a commitment. 42:44 I mean how many times you think Jesus didn't go to church 42:46 because somebody wanted Him to go with them 42:50 to circus or something. 42:52 Somebody is not with me. 42:55 Never. Never. 42:58 The Bible said His custom was, that's exactly what it means, 43:02 that was His habit, that was weekly, 43:04 that's what He always did. 43:09 We live in that hour, 43:10 the closing hour of earth's history 43:12 and we need a reaffirmation as far as I'm concerned. 43:17 I wish we had time and we will next time to read, 43:20 certainly the most famous passages 43:22 as far as I'm concerned that people know, Isaiah 58, 43:26 when God said 43:27 even His church needs a reaffirmation. 43:31 He's calling us back. Why is He calling us back? 43:35 Because the world is making fun of His day. 43:38 The world is rejecting His day 43:41 that He says this is My day 43:43 and they're saying, no, I've got a substitute. 43:46 This is my day. No, I'll keep any day I want. 43:49 This is My day, God says, 43:52 and people say it doesn't matter. 43:56 We must not have any idea who we are dealing with. 44:00 Why this message now? 44:03 Why is it given now? 44:13 Most Christians today challenge it 44:16 or most Christians today 44:18 calling the seventh day Sabbath holy and honorable. 44:24 No, they're not. 44:25 But the Bible said, it's holy and it's honorable. 44:28 It's called holy and it is honorable, why? 44:31 Because it's His day and He is in it. 44:33 And if He is in it, it's holy and it's honorable. 44:38 He's not in any other day spiritually like 44:42 He is the seventh day, why? 44:44 Because He said so. 44:48 Think about it, because He said it, 44:50 why don't we just say because He said it. 44:53 There is no substitute. 44:54 The only substitute is what the enemy has done, 44:57 and did it through the papacy, there's no doubt about it. 44:59 If we need to talk more about it, 45:01 we'll talk more about it. 45:02 He said, I'm going to call a group of people back 45:04 because it's not honorable 45:06 and it's not called holy anymore. 45:08 It's not called My day anymore. 45:10 It's man's day through tradition, 45:13 through false doctrines, 45:14 and false teachings of the world today. 45:16 And God just simply says, I won't have it. 45:20 And as His mouth piece today, 45:21 we say we are not going to have it. 45:26 We are going to speak up against it. 45:29 We shall not remain silent. 45:31 When God says to His last day people, 45:33 He said Isaiah 61 and to cry aloud and do what? 45:37 And spare not, show My people, show My people. 45:41 He didn't say show the world. 45:42 He said show My people, 45:46 sinning and transgression. 45:47 Show them, cry aloud and spare not. 45:50 You think people won't hear somebody crying aloud, 45:52 even maybe like today some people say, oh, no, 45:54 you know, there's no use for people 45:56 to write for me and say, 45:58 you know, you need to tone it down, 45:59 you need not get excited. 46:00 Just don't. 46:02 I'm not trying to be ugly about it, 46:03 but my Bible says, 46:05 cry aloud and spare not, this is urgent times, 46:08 there is a fire, there's death, do you get it. 46:11 People are going to be dying by the tens of thousands, 46:13 going to Christless graves today 46:15 because I didn't do my part, 46:17 I don't want that to ever be again. 46:21 That means all of your family, 46:23 your family, my family, all the others, 46:25 this message goes to them as well as it goes to us. 46:28 We are sitting here and say, well, we've got this message. 46:31 You might understand it but are you living it? 46:34 Is it changing your heart? Is it changing your life? 46:36 Do you really realize that your family will be tested 46:39 on exactly what I'm talking about right here? 46:42 And this test, well, why are we tested 46:44 on the seventh day Sabbath? 46:45 Because that's the only one the world feels at liberty 46:47 to tear out and say it doesn't matter. 46:51 We wouldn't be talking about the Sabbath 46:52 if people were keeping the Sabbath. 46:54 If everybody was a thief and a robber 46:55 I would be talking about thieves and robbers up here. 46:58 Are you with me? 46:59 James 2:10-12, if you offend at one point, 47:02 you are guilty of all. 47:03 I mean let's nail it down, let's not fool around with it. 47:06 Well, it's not just what we want to do 47:07 because this is what we do. 47:10 It's in the Word of God, I don't mind, 47:11 I'd keep Tuesday if He said keep Tuesday. 47:13 Now is anybody with me? 47:15 See if I had to keep Wednesday, I would keep Wednesday. 47:17 It doesn't matter to me as long as what God says, 47:20 but He didn't say that. 47:22 Seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord thy God. 47:24 Never any other day, 47:25 just might as well get it through our mind. 47:28 And for somebody to come to me, I've said so many times, 47:30 I've had to pray not to lay hands. 47:32 Somebody pray for me. 47:35 They say, well, yeah, well, Jesus, 47:36 well He kept that old Jewish Sabbath. 47:40 Anybody ever heard of that? 47:41 Well, He wasn't an old Jew. 47:44 Be careful how you address the Son of God. 47:47 That's what they say, well, He's just an old Jew, 47:48 He just kept the old Jewish Sabbath. 47:51 Bible says it's holy and it's honorable. 47:53 It's holy and just and it's good, 47:55 ain't that what it says. 47:57 Romans talks about the law, and God is the author of, 48:01 it's holy, it's just, it's good. 48:03 Spiritual Roman talks about, 48:05 so how can something spiritual be bad. 48:08 How can something spiritual been a lie, 48:10 be changed, it can't be. 48:13 Man be careful by saying the old Jewish. 48:17 We realize lot of things 48:18 they do we don't really appreciate 48:20 but we appreciate Jesus. 48:22 We appreciate His example. 48:25 Jesus saw us as we close 48:27 how it was going to be in these last days. 48:31 And He inspired through the Holy Spirit, 48:34 the prophets of old to write these things down, 48:40 so that we need not be fooled. 48:44 Many people He knew 48:45 would be trampling upon His law, 48:48 trampling upon His Sabbath day which He has made so plain. 48:54 Doing their own pleasure He said on My holy day. 48:59 Man, if that's not a rebuke, what is, when He said, 49:01 why you're doing your own pleasure 49:02 on My holy day. 49:04 And He has every right to say that if He wants to. 49:08 He created you, Brother Mark, He can say what He wants. 49:10 I'm not trying to say He did ugly, 49:12 He showed how much He loves you 'cause Calvary proves that. 49:15 So when He comes to you and says, 49:16 man, what are you doing? 49:19 I have told you right here through the Word 49:20 how I want you to observe it. 49:23 And if you'll observe it I know it's a test. 49:25 And you're going to prove 49:27 whether you love Me or you love the world. 49:29 It's a test. 49:31 And most of the world is going to flunk the test 49:33 because they just love 49:34 what they are doing in the world. 49:40 He said keep it holy, keep in harmony with Me. 49:44 Keep the Sabbath. 49:50 Christ knew the importance of Sabbath reform, 49:53 and I want us to be reacquainted again 49:55 and reminded next few times that we spend here together 50:00 because it is life and death issue. 50:04 Many times in Sabbath church 50:06 you don't hear a whole lot on Sabbath, 50:07 about Sabbath and Sabbath keeping, 50:10 but you know what? 50:11 We should 50:13 because the whole world is being tested 50:15 on this question. 50:17 The whole world, religious world 50:19 is being challenged on this subject 50:21 that I'm talking about right now. 50:23 And every time they're challenged on it, 50:26 there is no one yet, be pastor, evangelist, 50:29 doesn't care who church, what church, 50:32 has able to come up with one passage, not one, 50:35 I'm not trying to be smart about it, 50:37 not one that says 50:39 that seventh day Sabbath has been changed. 50:41 Everything that they use is out of context 50:43 and referring to the old ceremonial different laws, 50:46 not the law of God. 50:48 Law of Ten Command, 50:49 law of God cannot be changed or cannot be altered. 50:51 It's just steady as holy as God is. 50:58 Think about that, 51:00 down through the ages 51:01 many, many brilliant men have tried 51:04 to destroy the seventh day of the week 51:08 by trying to give some passages out. 51:11 They will use old thing like, well, it was a school teacher, 51:14 now we, you know, we went through kindergarten, 51:16 now we don't need him as it were anymore. 51:19 Didn't mean that all, 51:20 means you got his school teacher, 51:22 the A-B-C still apply today if you're 70 or 80 years old. 51:25 1-2-3 still applies, doesn't it? 51:29 All of this still, everything is still in place. 51:35 You know, Sabbath and the new moons 51:38 and oh, He's talking about ceremonial law, 51:41 it has nothing to do with the seventh day Sabbath, 51:43 the seventh day Sabbath. 51:44 So I'm saying, friends, we need to be studying 51:46 to show ourselves approved under God. 51:49 The papacy has done this thing 51:53 and they must be exposed for it. 51:56 You don't have to expose them, they do it themselves. 51:59 I've never read anything or I've had emails 52:02 where it says, that just you made up. 52:04 I always read from their own writings 52:08 what they say about themselves. 52:11 Does that make sense? 52:12 They've said it, if they've said it, 52:14 then I feel free I can say it too. 52:16 And not only that, 52:18 the Bible said they shall think. 52:19 I know who the little horn is. 52:23 I know who the beast of Revelation 13 is. 52:26 You see, and you do too, 52:30 and it's time that we just have to let it out. 52:32 And say it be so quick to save some time to people. 52:35 Well, I hear what you're saying, 52:37 I understand it's difficult, I understand... 52:40 Listen, it's not difficult to understand 52:42 the Word of God. 52:45 Would be, and I say this nice, 52:47 it would be a shame on Jesus to put a death decree 52:51 for breaking His Sabbath and He hasn't made it plain. 52:55 Wouldn't that be a shame? 52:57 Would He do that to you and me? 53:01 If He made it plain it His word, then you... 53:04 But put it in there so vague and no one can figure it out, 53:06 then you're going to die 53:08 if you don't do it and all that. 53:10 No. 53:11 He makes it so simple a baby, a child can understand it. 53:15 People who have never been taught 53:17 can just get books some from other islands 53:20 that we've read before, 53:22 it was never taught 53:23 and all they do is read and say, 53:25 Oh, this is what it means, 53:26 they can figure it out, we can figure it out. 53:28 Let's ask God to help us. 53:30 We need a reform, we need to get his message out, 53:32 didn't it, doesn't need to stay in these walls. 53:35 It's got to go to the world and let the world hear it 53:38 and let them chose. 53:40 The Bible has already said what they're going to do, 53:42 but there are still other people 53:43 who will accept it. 53:45 Our job is to make sure 53:46 that they don't come up to you one of these days and say, 53:48 you knew but you wouldn't tell us. 53:52 You knew but you wouldn't say anything 53:55 because you didn't want to upset the family circle 53:57 or you didn't want to upset 53:58 this one or you didn't want to upset that one, 54:00 they're lost for eternity and you are too. 54:03 What possible good? 54:06 Ask God to help us to be able to do it 54:07 with the love of Christ, 54:10 but as He did it with all the love 54:12 that could possibly be given, 54:14 they accused Him of everything else 54:15 and they nailed Him to a cross. 54:17 So some people say, 54:19 well, you know what Brother Mark, 54:20 if you do it a little different 54:21 I would accept it, no they won't. 54:23 if your attitude was different, 54:24 I know, there's adjustments to that, 54:28 but most generally is, if you want to know the truth, 54:31 God will lead you to someone 54:33 and you'll get to hear that. 54:35 Let's pray that God will do that, 54:36 that each one of us will say, 54:37 I want to be open, 54:40 if this is truth, I want to know. 54:43 And if it is, then God give me the strength to do it 54:45 because right now 54:47 I really don't want to and may be that way, 54:48 I don't want to. 54:50 I don't want my life to change but if it is truth, 54:52 I want to know it 54:54 and then give me grace and strength to follow it. 54:56 And watch what God will do, 54:59 that's where it calls bringing you out of darkness 55:01 into marvelous light. 55:05 Hello, friends and welcome back. 55:07 I hope each and every one of you 55:09 will accept this challenge. 55:11 You know this was just part one. 55:12 We have part two coming up, 55:13 A challenge to all Bible Christians, 55:17 and I know you won't want to miss it. 55:19 And you may order this two part set 55:21 for a love gift of just $15 or more. 55:25 All you have to do is call us here 55:26 at Behold the Lamb Ministries. 55:28 The phone number here in the United States 55:30 is 618-942-5044, 55:34 or you may look on our website, 55:36 it's www.BeholdTheLambMinistries.com 55:40 or email us at Behold TheLambMinistries@yahoo.com. 55:45 Friends, we want to hear from you. 55:47 If you have questions, we've got books we can send you 55:50 that can help make this subject even more clear. 55:54 There's several books that we have on hand, 55:56 just call in and speak to one of the staff and say, 55:59 I want to know more, 56:01 I want to know more about this truth, 56:03 I want to know more about this challenge, 56:05 don't turn it away. 56:07 I know I was talking to my grandson 56:08 just this morning, and I was saying, 56:10 you know, God has made a special day for us. 56:14 He's blessed it, 56:15 He's sanctified it, He set it apart, 56:17 it's not like any other day of the week. 56:21 And so, I pray that you will study this, 56:23 that you will listen to this, share these messages, 56:26 give God a chance. 56:28 He means what He says all the time. 56:31 If it wasn't important, 56:32 He wouldn't have left it there for each and everyone of us. 56:35 So call us, won't you? 56:37 Again, that phone number 56:38 is 618-942-5044, 56:43 and ask for the two part series, 56:45 A Challenge for Every Bible Christian. 56:48 Friends, we love you and we enjoy hearing from you, 56:52 we enjoy studying with you, 56:53 and until next time may our precious Lord 56:56 continue to richly bless you and yours. |
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