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00:01 Hello, friends, here on 3ABN's Sabbath School Panel,
00:03 we're making our way through a study of the Book of Hebrews. 00:06 The title for this quarter is In These Last Days 00:09 The Message of Hebrews. 00:11 And this week, our fifth week, 00:13 we're going to be studying Jesus, 00:15 The Giver of Rest. 00:17 Some of us need some of that rest 00:19 that we can find in Jesus Christ. 00:20 And we're going to be learning all about that 00:22 this week on 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:24 But you may not have a copy of this lesson yet, 00:26 and we want to tell you how you can do that. 00:28 We first and foremost, always want to encourage 00:30 small group study. 00:32 So go find a local Seventh-day Adventist Church, 00:34 and I'm sure they can get a copy to you for free 00:36 or you can go online to 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com 00:42 That is 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com 00:46 and you can access a copy for free there. 00:49 So thank you, my friends, 00:50 for joining us each and every week. 00:52 We want you to join us again this week. 00:53 So don't go anywhere 00:54 and grab your friends, your family, 00:56 we'll see you right back here in just a moment. 01:28 Hello, friends, welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 01:30 I'm Ryan Day. 01:32 And as always, it's a blessing to have you 01:33 joining us week after week. 01:35 Right here on the panel, 01:36 as we're going through the Book of Hebrews, 01:39 we are in week number five, 01:40 and we're talking about Jesus, the giver of rest. 01:44 And so we want to be able to give 01:45 all of our panel members plenty of time 01:48 to speak and to instruct 01:49 and to teach on their lesson today. 01:51 So I'm going to go ahead and introduce this panel. 01:53 To my direct left we have Pastor John Dinzey. 01:55 How are you, Brother? 01:56 By God's grace, I am doing well. 01:58 And a lesson title, Because of Unbelief, Monday's. 02:02 Amen. Praise the Lord. 02:03 And to your left we have Miss Shelley Quinn. 02:05 You weren't with us the first three weeks, 02:07 you were with us last week for the first time. 02:08 It's good to have you back with us. 02:10 Uh, it's good to be here. 02:11 But I'm very excited. 02:13 Hebrews is one of my favorite books. 02:16 Amen. Praise the Lord. 02:17 And then to your left is Pastor John Lomacang, 02:19 always a blessing to hear your words of wisdom, Brother. 02:22 Yes, mine is Entering into His rest 02:24 and we'll find out what that's all about in just a moment. 02:26 But Hebrews is a phenomenal book. 02:29 Yes, amen. 02:30 And, of course, Sister Jill Morikone, 02:32 Vice President and COO of 3ABN, 02:36 always a blessing to have you, Sister. 02:38 And I know you got a list for us. 02:39 I think we have a list. 02:41 We're talking about the Sabbath 02:42 and A Foretaste of New Creation. 02:43 Amen. Praise the Lord. 02:45 Well, before we get right into our lesson, 02:47 I'm going to ask Miss Shelley Quinn 02:48 if you would have a prayer for us. 02:50 Absolutely. 02:51 Our gracious and loving Heavenly Father, 02:53 how we praise You for what You. 02:55 Your plan of salvation in what You have done 02:58 and are doing for us. 02:59 And we ask now for the panel 03:02 and all who are listening, send Your Holy Spirit. 03:05 Lord, teach us from Your Word. 03:08 We thank You for the revelation of who you are in Your Word, 03:13 in Jesus' name. 03:14 Amen. Amen. 03:16 Amen. 03:17 Our memory text for this week comes from Hebrews 4:9. 03:22 Very quick, very simple, little short, 03:24 but it's very powerful. 03:25 There remains there for a rest for the people of God. 03:30 And as the title implies that rest can only come 03:33 through and from Jesus Christ. 03:35 Hebrews 1 and 2, we've learned, 03:38 focused on the enthronement of Jesus as the ruler 03:41 and liberator of God's people. 03:43 Hebrews Chapter 3 and 4, 03:45 which we're going to continue in this week, 03:47 this week's lesson, introduce Jesus 03:50 as the one who will provide rest for us. 03:53 Of course, this progression makes sense 03:55 once we learn or remember 03:57 that the Davidic Covenant promised 03:59 that God would give the promised King 04:01 and his people 04:02 rest from their enemies. 04:04 And we can read that in 2 Samuel 7:10-11. 04:08 This rest is available to us now 04:10 that Jesus is seated at the right hand 04:13 of God and praise God 04:14 that Jesus has overcome 04:16 and is seated at the right hand of God. 04:17 Hebrews describes the rest 04:19 both as a rest that belongs to God, 04:22 and as a Sabbath rest. 04:23 And we're going to be reading that today in Hebrews 4:1-11. 04:28 God made this rest which was His, 04:30 available to Adam and Eve. 04:32 The first Sabbath 04:33 was the experience of perfection 04:35 with the one who made the perfection possible. 04:38 We learned that last week, right? 04:40 Jesus is perfect. 04:42 God also promises a Sabbath rest 04:44 because true Sabbath observance embodies the promise 04:48 that God will bring the perfection back. 04:51 When we keep the Sabbath, 04:53 we remember that God made perfect provision for us 04:56 when He created the world 04:57 and when He redeemed it at the Cross of Calvary. 05:01 True Sabbath observance, however, besides, 05:03 first and foremost, points us back to creation. 05:07 Offers us a foretaste in the imperfect world 05:10 of the future that God has promised. 05:13 That was a great opener for Sabbath afternoon's lesson 05:15 and that sets us up perfectly for Sunday, 05:18 and for the rest of this week. 05:19 We're going to get right into Sunday's lesson, 05:21 of course, entitled Land as a Place of Rest. 05:25 And the lesson actually starts us out 05:27 by taking us back to Genesis Chapter 15. 05:30 So we can go there, Genesis Chapter 15. 05:32 And we're going to be reminded of the promise 05:34 that God gave Abraham 05:36 because this promise, 05:37 of course, continues all the way through Scripture. 05:39 And very much, much of this promise is dependent 05:42 upon the response of the people to God. 05:44 And so notice what we find in Genesis 15:13-21. 05:49 The Bible says, "Then He said to Abram: 05:52 'Know certainly that your descendants 05:53 will be strangers in a land 05:55 that is not theirs, 05:56 and will serve them, 05:58 and they will afflict them four hundred years. 06:01 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge, 06:04 afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 06:08 Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace, 06:11 you shall be buried at a good old age. 06:14 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, 06:17 for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'" 06:21 Verse 17, "And it came to pass, 06:24 when the sun went down and it was dark, 06:26 that behold, there appeared a smoking oven 06:29 and a burning torch 06:30 that passed between those pieces. 06:33 On the same day the Lord made a covenant 06:35 with Abram, saying: 06:37 'To your descendants I have given this land, 06:41 from the river of Egypt 06:42 to the great river of the River Euphrates." 06:45 And then He goes on to list all of these different ites, 06:48 "The Kenites, and the Kenezzites, 06:51 and the Kadmonites, 06:52 and the Hittites, and the Perizzites." 06:54 And it goes on in verse 21, "The Amorites, 06:56 the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, 06:58 and, of course, the Jebusites." 07:00 All of those ites, 07:01 they were possessing, the Lamb of God says, 07:02 I'm going to give you this land. 07:04 And, of course, God's purpose in giving the land to Israel 07:07 was not simply for them to possess it. 07:09 And we know that it's not just seem not, 07:10 it's not like God was like, 07:12 "Hey, I'm going to give you this land, 07:13 just go over there and possess it." 07:15 There was a purpose to this land. 07:16 And, of course, Exodus Chapter 19:4 07:18 brings out the purpose of 07:19 which God was going to give this land to them. 07:21 For if you read Exodus 19:4, it says, 07:23 "You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, 07:26 and how I bore you on eagles' wings, 07:28 and I brought you to Myself." 07:31 The purpose of this land was for covenant relationship, 07:35 to continue that covenant relationship 07:37 with His people. 07:38 God wanted them to live in the land 07:40 where they would be able to enjoy 07:41 an intimate relationship with Him without any hindrance, 07:45 and would also be a witness to the world 07:48 of who the true God was, 07:50 and what He offered His people like the Sabbath of creation, 07:55 the land of Canaan was a framework 07:56 that made possible 07:58 an intimate relationship with the Redeemer 07:59 and the enjoyment of His goodness. 08:02 But make no mistake, my friends, this land, 08:04 of course, did not come without certain conditions. 08:08 God says, "I want to give you this land. 08:09 But first, you got to do something first." 08:11 And we read about what that something is 08:13 in Deuteronomy 12:2-4. 08:16 Notice the instruction that God gave them. 08:17 He says, "I want you to inherit this land. 08:20 But first, you must do this for me." 08:22 Deuteronomy 12:2-4. 08:25 Notice what the Bible says here. 08:27 He says, "You shall utterly destroy all the places 08:31 where the nations 08:33 which you shall dispossess serve their gods, 08:38 on the high mountains, and on the hills, 08:41 and under every green tree, 08:43 and you shall destroy their altars, 08:45 breaking their sacred pillars, 08:47 and burn their wooden images with fire, 08:50 you shall cut down the carved images 08:52 of their gods, 08:54 and destroy their names from that place, 08:57 you shall not worship the Lord your God with such things." 09:01 Now, I love this, 09:03 because what God is saying to me, say, 09:04 look, I want to give you this holy land, 09:06 but in order for Me to give you this holy land, 09:07 which is really all about relationship with God, 09:10 He says, you got to do some inventory, 09:12 you got to take some inventory in your life. 09:13 And when you go in here, I want you to also cut down 09:16 and destroy all of these false idols, 09:18 all of these false gods, 09:19 which is representative of the enemy's deceptive 09:22 plan of sin. 09:23 And we also, a lesson to be learned here 09:25 that in order for us to inherit that beautiful, 09:28 perfect land of God, 09:29 we also got to do some self-examination 09:31 and tear down any altars 09:33 that don't belong there in our heart. 09:34 And I love that because, my friends, 09:36 if we're going to inherit God's kingdom, 09:38 God says, I want your whole heart. 09:40 I want all of you, I don't want a divided you. 09:42 I want all of you My people. 09:45 We are His people. 09:46 He has called us brethren, as we learned last week, 09:48 and He's not going to have a divided servant 09:51 among His kingdom. 09:52 Now the lesson goes on to do something quite interesting. 09:56 And it goes on to highlight how the Sabbath Commandment 10:00 actually commemorates two things. 10:02 And it's going to point out what those two things are 10:04 in our reference to Sabbath rest. 10:07 So let's go to Exodus Chapter 20 10:08 and let's read verses 8 through 11. 10:10 We've read this many times, 10:11 but we're going to go on from there 10:13 and also read Deuteronomy 5:12-15. 10:16 And you're going to see 10:17 that there are two different things 10:19 that God actually commemorates. 10:22 It actually just commemorated within the Sabbath Commandment, 10:24 two different things that it brings out, 10:26 that is very important for us to highlight and understand. 10:29 So Exodus 20:8-11. 10:31 We've read it many times 10:33 but this is the Lord's Sabbath Commandment. 10:34 Notice what it says. 10:36 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 10:39 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10:43 but the seventh day is the Sabbath 10:45 of the Lord your God. 10:46 In it, you shall do no work, you, nor your son, 10:52 nor your daughter, nor your male servant, 10:55 nor your female servant, 10:56 nor your cattle, nor your stranger, 10:58 who is within your gates. 11:00 For in six days, the Lord made the heavens and the earth, 11:03 and the sea, and all that in them is 11:05 and rested the seventh day. 11:07 Therefore the Lord blessed 11:09 the Sabbath day and hallowed it." 11:11 Now the lesson prompts us to read that 11:13 and now compare that 11:14 to Deuteronomy 5:12-15. 11:19 So notice what the Bible teaches us here. 11:20 This is Deuteronomy 5:12-15. 11:24 It says, "Observe the Sabbath day, 11:26 to keep it holy, 11:28 as the Lord your God commanded you. 11:31 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 11:36 but the seventh day is the Sabbath 11:38 of the Lord your God. 11:40 In it, you shall not do no work, 11:43 you, nor your son, nor your daughter, 11:46 nor your male servant, nor your female servant, 11:48 nor your ox, nor your donkey, 11:51 nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger, 11:53 who is within your gates, 11:55 that your male servant, 11:56 and your female servant may rest, 11:59 as well as you." 12:00 I just want to pause there and just highlight the fact 12:02 that God does not also want to give us rest. 12:05 But it also, right there within the commandment, 12:07 He wants us to give rest to others. 12:10 That's an important part, my friends, 12:11 in order for us to enter into the rest of Christ, 12:13 which we're going to build on 12:15 and learn more about in the study. 12:16 My friends, it's vitally important 12:18 that we hone in on what the commandment 12:19 is actually teaching here. 12:21 Number one is that God wants us to rest, 12:23 and number two, He wants us 12:25 to allow others to rest as well. 12:27 That's vitally important. 12:29 And then verse 15, it goes on to say, 12:31 "And remember that you are a slave 12:33 in the land of Egypt, 12:35 and that the Lord your God, that you, 12:38 notice, He brought you out from there by a mighty hand, 12:42 and by an outstretched arm, 12:44 therefore the Lord your God commanded you 12:47 to keep the Sabbath day." 12:51 The lesson brings us out the two things here, 12:53 and we see it very clearly, 12:54 if you just simply hone in on what the details 12:56 of the commandment is actually saying. 12:58 Creation and redemption 13:01 are both enshrined in the Sabbath Commandment. 13:04 Just as we did not create ourselves, 13:07 we cannot also redeem ourselves. 13:10 It is a work that only God can do. 13:13 And by resting we acknowledge our dependence upon Him, 13:16 not only for existence, but for salvation. 13:20 Sabbath keeping is a powerful expression 13:23 of salvation by faith alone. 13:26 When we are keeping God's holy day, His Sabbath, 13:29 then we are expressing our faith in Him alone, 13:32 because we recognize that we cannot save ourselves, 13:35 only Christ, the true giver of rest. 13:38 And oftentimes, when we think of Sabbath rest, 13:40 we often think of that literal, physical rest. 13:43 And absolutely as we see the details there, 13:45 when we rest, we rest physically, 13:47 literally and physically on the Sabbath day 13:49 from all of our labors. 13:50 But make no mistake about it, my friends, 13:52 the Sabbath was given for the purpose 13:54 of communion with God. 13:56 It was given for a relationship purpose. 13:58 It's not that God is saying, 14:00 "I just want you to work all this time, 14:01 and then rest physically." 14:02 Of course, that's an added bonus, 14:04 but more importantly, to spend time with Him, 14:06 to commune with Him 14:08 as our God so that we can take time 14:10 to grow and to learn of His goodwill, 14:13 to learn of His plan of redemption, 14:15 to learn of His grace, 14:16 so that we might also bask in that grace 14:19 and be able to say, 14:20 "You are our God." 14:22 And so, my friends, it's important 14:23 that through today's lesson, 14:24 through Sunday's lesson, 14:26 the land was not just given 14:27 just so that they would have a place to possess, 14:29 but it was given so that we might also have 14:32 a deeper covenant relationship 14:34 with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 14:36 Amen. Amen. 14:37 Amen. 14:38 Well, my name is John Dinzey, 14:40 we continue with Monday's portion 14:41 of the lesson. 14:43 And this takes us to the title, Because of Unbelief, 14:47 Because of Unbelief. 14:49 The lesson focuses in on Hebrews 3:12-19. 14:54 In it, it tells us about an experience that happened 14:58 in the Book of Numbers Chapter 13 and Chapter 14. 15:03 And I'm going to, for sake of time, 15:05 I'm not able to read all this, 15:06 but I'm going to give you a little background 15:08 then read a few verses. 15:09 In Numbers Chapter 13, 15:11 they were very close to the Promised Land. 15:13 And the idea of sending spies into the land 15:18 was presented and rulers of the people, 15:21 these were leaders of the people that 15:23 were chosen to go spy the land 15:25 and see what kind of land that is, 15:28 what kind of people live there, 15:29 how fortified is the land, 15:33 how big of a challenge is this for us? 15:35 Now let's go to Numbers 13, beginning of verse 17. 15:39 "Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, 15:43 and said to them, 'Go up this way into the South, 15:46 and go up to the mountains and see what the land is like: 15:50 whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, 15:53 few or many, whether the land they dwell in is good or bad, 15:58 whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds, 16:02 whether the land is rich or poor, 16:04 and whether there are forest there or not." 16:07 And notice, "Be of good courage 16:09 and bring some of the fruit of the land. 16:11 Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes." 16:15 And so they went into the land, 16:17 and went spying out of the whole land 16:20 to see what kind of land was like. 16:22 And 12 of them went. 16:25 And now we go to Numbers Chapter 14. 16:31 Yes, Numbers 14, and beginning in verse 7 and 9. 16:37 They came back to with an evil report, 16:39 actually in the end of Chapter 13, 16:42 they came back with the report, 16:43 the land is wonderful, it flows with milk and honey, 16:46 and they brought some of the fruit 16:48 and it was wonderful fruit. 16:51 But then they started to say, 16:52 "Oh, the people of Anak are there, 16:55 and the Jebusites, 16:57 the Amalekites dwell on the land of South, 16:59 the Hittites, the Jebusites, 17:01 and the Amorites dwell in the mountains, 17:02 and the Canaanites dwell by the sea 17:04 along the banks of the Jordan." 17:06 And verse 30 says of Chapter 13, 17:08 "Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, 17:11 'Let us go up at once and take possession, 17:14 for we are well able to overcome it.' 17:18 But the men who had gone up with him said, 17:20 'We are not able to go up against the people, 17:23 for they are stronger than we. 17:26 And they gave children of Israel 17:28 a bad report of the land 17:29 which they had spied out, saying, 17:31 'The land through which we have gone 17:33 as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, 17:36 and all the people whom we saw in it 17:38 are men of great stature.'" 17:40 Everybody became afraid. 17:41 Everybody started to weep and say, 17:44 "Oh, man, this is horrible. 17:47 Let's go back to Egypt." 17:48 And so they wanted to pick leaders 17:50 and go back to Egypt. 17:51 In Numbers, Chapter 14, 17:53 as I mentioned before, 7 through 9, 17:54 "And they spake all the congregation 17:56 of the children of Israel, saying: 17:58 'The land we passed through to spy out 18:00 is an exceedingly good land. 18:02 If the Lord delights in us, 18:04 then He will bring us into this land 18:06 and give it to us.'" 18:07 This is Caleb and Joshua speaking, 18:09 "A land which flows with milk and honey. 18:11 Only do not rebel against the Lord, 18:14 nor fear the people of the land, 18:16 for they are our bread, 18:20 their protection has departed from them, 18:22 and the Lord is with us. 18:24 Do not fear them." 18:25 See, these people of the land that God promised them. 18:29 They have been given time to repent. 18:32 And if you go to the Book of Genesis, 18:33 you notice that Abraham was promised 18:36 that his seed will take over all this land. 18:39 They were given over 400 years 18:41 to give their hearts to the Lord, 18:44 to live according to the Lord's ways. 18:47 But these people had departed from the Lord, 18:49 and this is why Caleb and Joshua say 18:52 their defense has departed from them. 18:54 And now the Lord was going to give this land 18:56 to the people of Israel. 18:58 Unfortunately, the people of Israel 19:01 did not listen to Caleb and Joshua. 19:03 And in Numbers 14:10, it says, 19:06 "And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. 19:10 Now the glory of the Lord 19:11 appeared in the tabernacle of the meeting 19:13 before all the people of Israel." 19:15 So this became a point for the people of Israel 19:20 that determined what was going to happen to them. 19:22 In fact, the Lord was angry with them, 19:25 because these people had over and over again 19:28 showed unbelief. 19:29 They did not believe in God, 19:30 even though God had done great miracles among them, 19:34 they did not believe. 19:36 Now, in this particular Chapter 14, 19:40 we see how the Lord speaks. 19:43 Moses appealed to God to forgive the people 19:45 and not to destroy them 19:47 because they were deserving of that. 19:49 In Numbers 14:20 and onward, it says, "Then the Lord said: 19:53 'I have pardoned, according to your word, 19:55 but truly, as I live, 19:57 all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord 20:01 because all these men who have seen My glory 20:04 and the signs which I did in Egypt 20:06 and in the wilderness, 20:07 and have put Me to the test now these ten times, 20:10 and have not heeded My voice, 20:13 they certainly shall not see the land 20:15 of which I swore to their fathers, 20:17 nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it." 20:20 And as you see, the Lord promises 20:22 that only Caleb and Joshua 20:24 will enter into this Promised Land. 20:27 And Hebrews 3:12, and onward, notice what the Bible says 20:32 concerning this situation that happened in Kadesh Barnea. 20:38 "Take heed, brethren..." Now He's talking. 20:40 Now this is appealing to the people 20:41 that are reading the Book of Hebrews, 20:43 and that includes you and I. 20:44 "Take heed brethren, 20:46 lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, 20:50 in departing from the living God." 20:52 And notice how it says, "But exhort one another daily, 20:56 while it is called today, 20:57 lest any of you be hardened 20:59 through the deceitfulness of sin." 21:02 Now I want to focus in on this verse 12 21:05 for a moment. 21:06 It says, "Exhort one another daily." 21:07 As brothers and sisters, 21:09 we should be exhorting one another 21:11 and it says here daily. 21:12 We should be encouraging one another 21:14 to trust and believe in the Lord 21:16 and follow the Lord 21:17 and not to let the world sway us and lead us astray. 21:22 Notice verse 14, 21:23 "For we are made partakers of Christ 21:26 if we hold the beginning of our confidence 21:30 steadfast unto the end." 21:32 We are made partakers of Christ and all the promises 21:36 that God has in the Holy Scriptures 21:38 will be given to us. 21:40 And now, verse 15, "While it is said: 'Today, 21:43 if you hear His voice, hardened not your heart, 21:46 as in the day of provocation." 21:49 Verse 14 and 15, speak to us 21:53 about the opportunities that are before us. 21:56 And, but going back to verse 13, 21:58 I want to say something 21:59 because something is brought out very interesting. 22:00 It says here, "Lest any of you be hardened 22:04 through the deceitfulness of sin." 22:07 Sin hardens our hearts towards God. 22:10 And this is why we are encouraged, admonished, 22:15 to put away sin and follow the Lord. 22:19 Notice verse 16, " For some, when they had heard, 22:22 did provoke: 22:24 howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses." 22:27 Caleb and Joshua, 22:29 Moses and Aaron followed the Lord into the land. 22:33 Moses, by the way, did not because of his sin 22:35 that he did sometime later, 22:37 but he was able to see it from afar. 22:39 And the Lord did something marvelous for Moses, 22:41 he was resurrected, 22:43 and he went to see the better land 22:45 that we have not seen, 22:47 but we will see if we stay steadfast 22:49 until the end. 22:51 Notice verse 17, "But with whom Moses, 22:52 but with whom was he grieved forty years? 22:54 Was it not with them that had sinned, 22:56 whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? 22:58 And to whom sware he that 23:00 they should not enter into his rest, 23:04 but to them that believed not? 23:08 So we see that they could not enter in 23:10 because of unbelief." 23:12 Because of unbelief, 23:13 the people of Israel 23:15 were not able to go into the land. 23:17 They forfeited the right, the privilege, 23:19 it was their children 23:21 that were able to enter into the land. 23:24 Now I have something to share with you 23:26 from the book Evangelism, 23:27 page 696, which focuses in on you and me. 23:32 "For 40 years did unbelief, 23:35 murmuring and rebellion shut out ancient Israel 23:39 from the land of Canaan. 23:41 The same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel 23:46 into heavenly Canaan. 23:48 In neither case were the promises 23:50 of God at fault. 23:52 It is the unbelief, 23:53 the worldliness on consecration and strife 23:57 among the Lord's professed people 23:59 that have kept us in this world of sin 24:02 and sorrow for so many years." 24:06 Evangelism, 696. 24:08 And I encourage you to let go the unbelief, 24:12 let go of the worldliness 24:14 because this is what's keeping God's people here, 24:16 and there's strife among God's people. 24:19 Let us unite ourselves with the Lord 24:22 so that these things don't hinder us 24:24 from accomplishing the work that God has set before us, 24:27 because the Lord has a land 24:30 that is much better than anything upon this earth 24:32 that He promises to those that are faithful. 24:34 And I encourage you to trust in the Lord 24:37 and follow the Lord with all of your heart. 24:39 Amen. Thank you, Pastor Dinzey. 24:43 Well, my friends, don't go anywhere, 24:44 we're going to take a short break, 24:46 and we'll be right back in just a moment. 24:52 Ever wish you could watch a 3ABN 24:54 Sabbath School Panel again, 24:56 or share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? 24:59 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com 25:04 A clean design makes it easy to find the program 25:07 you're looking for. 25:09 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 25:12 so you can follow along. 25:14 Sharing is easy. 25:15 Just click share and choose your favorite social media. 25:18 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 25:22 Hello, friends, and welcome back to 3ABN 25:24 Sabbath School Panel. 25:26 We're going to kick it over to Miss Shelley Quinn 25:28 for Tuesday's lesson. 25:29 Oh, I love Tuesday's lesson. 25:32 And it is entitled, Today, If You Hear His Voice. 25:36 Let's read Hebrews 4:4. 25:39 "For He, speaking of God, 25:41 has spoken in a certain place 25:43 of the seventh day in this way. 25:47 And God rested on the seventh day 25:50 from all of His works." 25:53 That's Genesis 2:2 that it's quoting. 25:57 You know, Isaiah 40:28 says 26:01 our Creator God neither faints nor grow weary. 26:06 God wasn't tired when He rested. 26:10 He rested from the work of creation 26:13 so that He could begin this covenant relationship 26:17 with man and the woman 26:19 that He had created on the sixth day. 26:22 So everything is complete. 26:25 God has everything in order. 26:27 And He ceased His work as an example for us. 26:31 But God is still working today. 26:34 Some people think God created and stepped away. 26:37 No, no, no. 26:38 Jesus said in John 5:17, 26:40 "My Father has been working until now, 26:45 and I have been working." 26:48 So now if we look at Hebrews 4:5, 26:51 when it says, we're following up that 26:53 God rested on the seventh day from all His work, 26:56 but then again, in this place, 27:01 now Hebrews 4:5 27:02 quotes something from the Psalms. 27:05 It says, "They shall not enter my rest." 27:08 You see, all day long, 27:10 God had been stretching out His hand 27:12 to this rebellious nation in the wilderness. 27:17 And He performed miracle after miracle, 27:20 and they resisted Him and rejected Him 10 times. 27:24 And finally, He says, "Fine, 27:26 I sent the spies in for 40 days, 27:29 you're going to have to wander in the wilderness for 40 years 27:33 till this first generation of unbelievers falls off." 27:38 One day for year, I mean, a year for each day. 27:41 "And the second generation 27:43 is the one that's going to go in." 27:46 So they had hardened their hearts, 27:48 they would not obey, 27:50 and, you know, we don't understand 27:54 obedience is the highest expression 27:57 of worship there is. 27:59 If you love God, 28:01 you will not harden your heart, 28:04 but you will submit to Him. 28:06 So what was the result 28:09 of Israel's hardened heart, 28:12 and the result of their rejection? 28:15 They didn't get to have to enjoy the promises of God. 28:19 The Promised Land was withdrawn from them. 28:22 And Joshua led the second generation 28:24 into the Promised Land. 28:26 But even then, the people were still, 28:29 they entered a physical rest, 28:32 they got to a place 28:33 where they didn't have the wandering, 28:35 but they refused the spiritual rest. 28:40 See, God offered them rest in several ways. 28:43 It said to find rest, a life in the Promised Land, 28:48 a life through the transformation 28:50 of character, 28:52 by walking in obedience to Him, 28:54 and a life with purpose. 28:56 They were to be the light to the world 28:59 to explain God's ways. 29:02 But when they refused 29:06 this covenant relationship, 29:09 we still, we know that because years later, 29:13 we see that in the days of David, 29:17 this was several centuries later, 29:20 God's still inviting them into His spiritual rest. 29:24 Now, Hebrews 4:6-7, continuing on, 29:30 this is what the Bible says, 29:32 "Since therefore, 29:34 it remains that some must enter it. 29:37 And those to whom it was first preached 29:40 did not enter because of disobedience." 29:44 I'm going to pause. 29:46 Grace is not a license to sin. 29:50 Some people think that salvation 29:52 by grace through faith 29:53 means you can do whatever you want 29:56 and still go to heaven. 29:57 Right here it says that first generation 30:00 did not enter because of sin. 30:04 And then verse 7 says, "Since because of this, 30:08 again, He designates a certain day, 30:12 saying in David, today, 30:16 after such a long time, as it has been said, 30:20 'Today, if you will hear His voice, 30:25 do not harden your hearts.'" 30:27 Boy, there's some urgency in that. 30:29 Don't wait, today. 30:31 And He says in Exodus 34:6, 30:36 let me just read this 30:37 because ancient Israel 30:41 refused God's promise. 30:43 They wouldn't enter in. 30:46 But Exodus 34:6 says, "God is merciful, 30:49 gracious, long suffering, abundant in goodness." 30:54 That's who our God is. 30:56 2 Peter 3:9, says, 31:00 "That He is not willing that any should perish, 31:04 but that all should come to repentance." 31:07 So He's still calling out, 31:10 you know, the day of salvation began 31:14 when Adam fell. 31:16 And it's going to end at the close of probation. 31:19 But you don't know when the day of salvation 31:21 will pass you by 31:23 because nobody is promised tomorrow. 31:26 So, you know, I think 31:28 of Luke 16:14-26. 31:33 Remember the repeated invitation 31:35 to the banquet, 31:37 we're not going to turn there. 31:39 But God is inviting people, and if those reject, 31:45 He's going to invite others, He's going to... 31:47 He's inviting everyone. 31:49 So verse 8, in Psalm 95:7-8, 31:54 when it was talking to David saying, 31:55 today if you hear His voice, 31:57 don't harden your hearts. 32:01 Hebrews 4:8, says, "If Joshua, 32:06 who led that generation into the Promised Land, 32:10 had given them rest, 32:13 then God would not afterward have spoken 32:17 of another day." 32:19 The eternal purpose of God is for us 32:21 to enter a spiritual rest 32:23 in which we quit trying to save ourselves. 32:27 You know, I'm telling you, 32:29 I, for the first 50 years of my life, 32:33 I would do my best to save myself, 32:36 because I didn't understand grace. 32:38 I didn't understand that God would empower me 32:41 to walk in obedience, 32:43 I didn't understand God's plan. 32:45 And there is no rest. 32:48 You strive hard, you feel guilty, 32:50 you kind of distance yourself from God, 32:52 you strive, just strive distance. 32:56 Joshua only lead the people into the physical rest, 32:59 the spiritual rest is found only in Jesus Christ, 33:04 He alone. 33:06 Now, when you think about this, 33:10 Christ said that Abraham saw My day, 33:13 and he was glad. 33:14 Abraham knew 33:16 that Jesus was going to be sacrificed for us. 33:19 And all of the Jews were that was passed on. 33:25 They all understood God's plan. 33:27 So they were saved through 33:32 the sacrificial system that pointed to Christ, 33:35 it was everything looking forward, 33:37 they were forgiven. 33:39 We're offered the same spiritual rest 33:43 by looking back at Christ's crucifixion. 33:47 His ministry is superior, 33:50 it is God incarnated in the person of Jesus Christ 33:56 now sits as a new representative 33:58 of mankind at the right hand of the throne of the Father. 34:02 As our High Priest, He is faithful, 34:07 He is faithful, and He's calling out to you. 34:12 Listen, Jesus says to you, "Today, 34:16 if you hear My voice, 34:18 do not harden your heart, don't disobey, 34:21 walk in obedience and come to Me," 34:24 because salvation has been available 34:28 to every generation by grace through faith, 34:33 but it required obedience. 34:35 We must strive by the power of the Holy Spirit 34:39 given to us to walk in obedience, 34:42 because that's our, 34:45 it should be motivated by love. 34:47 It should be something that 34:49 we want this covenant relationship. 34:52 We're the children, He's the father. 34:54 He provides everything, 34:56 but we're saying, "Lord, we love You." 34:59 And as Jesus said, "In the volume of your book, 35:02 it is written, 'Lo, I have come to do Your will.'" 35:07 So we're to submit, and do God's will. 35:11 You know, when we celebrate the seventh day, 35:15 I like what you said. 35:17 It's a testimony of our faith to God as our Creator, 35:22 it is a testimony of our faith to God as our Redeemer, 35:27 and as the one who will, 35:31 who has the power to sanctify us and qualify us 35:35 to enter into that spiritual rest. 35:37 Jesus said in Matthew 11:28, 35:42 "Come to Me all you who are weary, 35:43 are heavy laden, I will give you rest. 35:47 Lay your burdens, take My yoke, give me your burdens, 35:52 and he says My yoke is easy." 35:55 God's promise is today, it's not too late. 36:00 Won't you hear His call to you? 36:02 Amen. Amen. 36:03 Thank you so much, Shelley. 36:05 And now entering into the... 36:07 Entering into His rest is Wednesday, 36:11 Entering into His Rest. 36:13 I think about rest. 36:15 And, you know, we have a hectic schedule here at 3ABN. 36:17 And rest is something that 36:19 you don't really get till you leave town. 36:21 You don't stay in town to get rest. 36:24 But there's only one thing worse 36:25 than physical exhaustion, 36:28 the spiritual exhaustion. 36:30 The only thing worse than being physically tired, 36:33 is being spiritually tired. 36:34 Now I've been physically tired before, 36:36 but thank the Lord 36:37 I've never been spiritually tired. 36:39 Being physically tired 36:41 could affect your spiritual life. 36:42 Being physically tired 36:44 could affect your spiritual life. 36:45 That's why in our home, my wife and me, 36:47 we don't have any children. 36:49 But when I'm tired, 36:50 when I'm tired of even doing the work of the Lord, 36:53 and we go to our evening devotions, 36:55 or morning devotions, 36:57 if she's tired, I lead out and vice versa. 37:01 But something happens, 37:02 when she lights that spiritual candle, 37:06 I lose my physical exhaustion. 37:08 And in the evening is sometime a detriment. 37:10 She says, "I need to go to bed. 37:14 We just had a nice short devotion, 37:16 now you want this long Bible study." 37:18 Because the Word of God is so alive. 37:20 Yes. It's a never tired... 37:22 It's a never tired book. 37:24 The Word of God is living and powerful. 37:26 So if you want to deal with your physical 37:28 and spiritual exhaustion, 37:29 I would recommend making the Word of God 37:32 a staple in your home. 37:34 Amen. 37:35 Hebrews 3:11, 37:37 we're going to start with this declaration 37:39 the Lord made and as you know, 37:41 the journey of the children of Israel 37:42 is very much like our journey. 37:44 "All those things that happened to them 37:46 happened as examples to us, 37:47 upon whom the end of the worlds have come." 37:49 1 Corinthians Chapter 10. 37:51 So Paul recorded those things to let us look back 37:54 on what they didn't do. 37:56 The writer of Hebrews records it. 37:58 We can actually go to the record as it unfolds 38:00 in the first five books of the Bible, 38:03 and understand how their journeys were. 38:05 We have a record, we could see how it didn't work for them, 38:09 so we don't have to go down that very same path. 38:12 We don't have to lust 38:13 after evil things as they also lusted. 38:15 We don't have to take God's name 38:17 and not take His character. 38:20 And so as the Lord saw the... What could I say? 38:24 The crumbling, the denigration of the Israelites, 38:28 He made the statement in Hebrews 3:11. 38:31 "So I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter My rest." 38:37 So the question I ask you today 38:39 before I go to unfold about how the blessing 38:41 of God comes and the rest we find in Him, 38:46 is your spiritual life beginning to crumble? 38:50 Is your spiritual life something that 38:52 you just reserve for the weekend? 38:54 Is your spiritual life something that 38:56 gets your attention intermittently? 38:59 Because if that's the case, 39:01 I want you to know there's only one thing 39:02 worse than physical exhaustion, 39:04 the spiritual exhaustion. 39:06 Meaning, let's do the comparison, 39:08 if you don't eat, 39:10 you're going to get physically tired. 39:11 Oh, yeah. 39:13 The same is true about studying God's Word. 39:14 If you don't study God's Word, 39:16 you're going to become spiritually exhausted. 39:18 And people that are physically tired, 39:21 the things that they can carry become less and less. 39:24 They don't have the strength to do it. 39:27 Such is the case in spiritual exhaustion. 39:29 When you don't feed yourself spiritually, 39:31 you're going to find that 39:32 you are not able to bear the burdens 39:34 and the challenges of life. 39:35 So let me encourage you before I go any further, 39:38 don't allow yourself 39:39 to become spiritually exhausted, 39:41 because it impacts your physical life 39:43 and your relationship with a Christ 39:45 who is the one wanting 39:47 and desiring to give you that rest. 39:49 Hebrews 4 and you read a lot of it. 39:52 Hebrews 4 focuses a lot on the Sabbath. 39:54 I'm going to let Jill deal with that 39:56 because your lesson is pretty much 39:57 about the Sabbath. 39:58 It's about the Sabbath. 40:00 So I'm not going to take a lot of time there. 40:01 But I'm going to go to Exodus 33:14. 40:05 Ryan talked about the Sabbath some, 40:06 Shelley talked about it some, 40:08 but it's Jill's full concentration. 40:09 Talk about it all you want. 40:11 So there's always things we could bring out. 40:14 But the presence of God, and the rest 40:17 that we find in the Lord is not only... 40:20 Well, let me read the text, 40:21 and I'll give you the explanation. 40:23 Exodus 33:14. 40:25 And He said, "My presence will go with you, 40:29 and I will give you rest." 40:30 The next application I want to make, 40:32 take the Lord with you everywhere you go. 40:35 Now, why do I say that? 40:36 I know, as a pastor, I've had people in my church, 40:40 not necessarily this one, sort of set up, 40:42 one on vacation, and I asked them, 40:44 "Well, where did you go to church?" 40:46 "Oh, I didn't go to church, I just stayed home and slept." 40:49 You know, my wife and I throughout 40:51 our entire life on vacations, 40:53 everywhere we go on vacation, we find a church. 40:57 Because while we're getting physical rest, 41:00 we don't want to ignore our spiritual needs. 41:04 The congregation may be ever so small or ever so large, 41:07 we have to come to that table of grace 41:09 because the Sabbath to me 41:11 is an appointment with divinity. 41:13 It's not a time that I could say, well, 41:15 you know, we would, I remember going down, 41:18 we tried that once. 41:19 We were living in California, in Northern California, 41:23 and close to the ocean, 41:25 our church for pastors' appreciation, 41:27 they gave us a weekend away. 41:29 They said, "You need some rest, Pastor, you worked too hard." 41:31 So they gave us a weekend away. 41:32 So we said, "Well, let's go to church." 41:33 And we went to a church not too far away. 41:35 And it so happened, the Lord led us to a church 41:37 where the pastor was out of town for that day. 41:40 And they were going to show a video. 41:42 Well, what happened when we walked in? 41:44 They said, "The Lord answered our prayer. 41:47 Could you do the sermon today?" 41:49 Even though I was on vacation, 41:51 I said, this was God's appointment. 41:53 And I ended up being the speaker for that day, 41:55 on the weekend that I was getting physical rest. 41:57 You see, God has appointments 41:59 with this spiritual relationship 42:00 He made to us with us, 42:02 that when we are invited to enter His rest, 42:06 let us do all we can to enter into that rest. 42:10 Let's go to the Book of Hebrews Chapter 4, 42:12 look at verse 10 and 11. 42:15 Look at why He admonishes us not to just enter into rest 42:19 but to pursue rest, 42:21 that spiritual rest with Him. 42:23 For He said, Hebrews 4:10, 42:27 "For He who has entered His rest, 42:30 has himself also ceased from his work, 42:33 as God did from His. 42:35 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, 42:39 lest anyone fall according to the same example 42:43 of disobedience." 42:45 Now what example are they talking about? 42:47 When the Israelites were in the wilderness, 42:49 and the Lord said to them, 42:51 "Gather manna every day, 42:52 but don't go out on the Sabbath looking for any, 42:54 there's not going to be any." 42:56 Some of you guys that want to go to restaurants 42:57 on Sabbath... 43:00 Amen. 43:01 Don't go on Sabbath, 43:03 make the preparation on the preparation day. 43:05 Make twice as much. 43:07 If you need to warm it up, 43:09 let us not take the inconvenience, 43:11 let us not take the Sabbath, 43:13 and make it an inconvenience for others. 43:15 Did you not miss what Ryan said? 43:17 It is not only an opportunity for you to rest, 43:20 but for you to give your neighbors, 43:22 those within your gates, 43:23 the stranger, an opportunity to rest. 43:26 By your example, they discover your God. 43:30 So He said, "Let us not fall 43:33 according to the same example of disobedience." 43:37 So you find that the Lord continues 43:40 to remind us of the beauty of entering into His rest. 43:43 Let's go to Hebrews Chapter 4. 43:45 And I'm going to jump through some verses here 43:47 that would show you how, 43:49 and then I'm going to let it segue to Jill, 43:52 so she could bring the Sabbath, 43:54 the special focus of the Sabbath in. 43:57 Let's look at Hebrews Chapter 4, 43:59 I'm going to go from verse 1 to 3, to 5, then 8 to 10. 44:02 Verse 1, "Therefore, since a promise remains 44:07 of entering His rest," 44:09 look at this, "let us fear, 44:13 lest any of you seem to have come short of it." 44:16 Notice what He's saying. 44:17 The Sabbath is a day of spiritual rest. 44:20 He said you ought to be afraid not to enter that rest. 44:22 That's what He's saying. 44:24 He's not saying you ought to just not think about. 44:26 He says, you ought to be fearful 44:28 not to enter that rest. 44:31 Let us fear lest any of you seem 44:33 to have come short of it. 44:35 4:3, "For we who have believed, do enter that rest." 44:41 Watch this. 44:42 When you observe the Sabbath, you believe. 44:45 It's an exercise of belief. 44:47 It's not an exercise of just a day of worship. 44:49 It's an exercise of belief. 44:51 You're following the examples of Christ. 44:53 We've often said, 44:55 what's the purpose of the Sabbath? 44:56 Well, we're following the example of Christ, 44:59 but it's just deeper than the example of Christ. 45:01 We also believe, why we follow the example of Christ. 45:05 He says, "For we who have believed 45:08 do enter that rest, as He said: 45:11 'I swore in My wrath, 45:12 they shall not enter My rest, ' 45:14 although the works were finished 45:17 from the foundation of the world, 45:18 and again, in this place, they shall not enter my rest. 45:22 For if Joshua, Yeshua Christ had given them," 45:26 Joshua and Christ was synonymous 45:27 in the leading of the Israelites, 45:29 "had given them rest, then He would not 45:32 after would have spoken of another day. 45:35 There remains 45:38 therefore a rest for the people of God, 45:42 for He who has entered His rest, 45:44 that's the rest of Christ, 45:46 has himself also ceased from his work 45:49 as God did from His." 45:51 So when we enter the Sabbath rest, 45:53 we enter a spiritual rest. 45:55 When we enter the rest of Christ, 45:57 we have a daily rest, 45:59 and therefore our physical life 46:01 will not be more important than our spiritual life. 46:04 Amen. 46:06 Thank you so much each one of you. 46:07 What an incredible study. 46:09 I love Hebrews Chapter 3 and Chapter 4. 46:12 You know, when we look at Hebrews 3, 46:13 we see that God has built us a better home, 46:16 a better family, 46:17 a better community. 46:19 It's a home family community 46:20 that's free from condemnation and guilt. 46:24 When we look at Hebrews Chapter 4, 46:26 we see that having accepted that better home, 46:29 we enter a better rest, 46:32 which is our spiritual salvation 46:34 in Jesus Christ. 46:35 And the Sabbath is the door 46:38 into that spiritual salvation rest. 46:41 Thursday's lesson I have 46:43 which is Foretaste of New Creation. 46:46 I have too much material. 46:48 So we'll get through what we can here. 46:50 We're looking at what does the Sabbath 46:52 serve as a reminder of? 46:55 Ryan referenced to those. 46:56 The Sabbath serves us a reminder, 46:59 every Sabbath that Jesus is my Creator. 47:01 Jesus is my Redeemer. 47:04 Shelley talked about Jesus is my Sanctifier. 47:09 But the four areas that we're going to look at 47:11 and focus today is Jesus is my Creator, 47:14 Jesus is my Redeemer, Jesus is my rest, 47:18 and Jesus is my soon coming King. 47:22 We're going to look at those four areas, 47:24 in the focus of past, present, and future. 47:29 So let's go, Jesus is my Creator. 47:31 This is area number one. 47:33 If we look at that, in the focus of the past, 47:35 this is what Ryan read. 47:36 This is the Fourth Commandment from Exodus 20:8-11. 47:41 The heart of that Fourth Commandment 47:43 reminds us that in six days, 47:46 God made the heavens and the earth. 47:48 Every Sabbath is reminder, He created me, I am valued, 47:52 I am loved. 47:54 Every Sabbath is also a reminder 47:55 that He created others, 47:58 they are made in His image. 48:00 They are to be my brothers and sisters. 48:04 Every Sabbath is also a reminder, 48:06 He created this world and everything that is in it. 48:10 I am to be a steward of His creation. 48:13 Now that's the past, the reminder of the past. 48:15 What about the present? 48:17 This is one of my favorites. 48:18 Every Sabbath is a reminder that He can recreate in me 48:24 the image of Jesus. 48:26 2 Corinthians 5:17, "If anyone is in Christ, 48:29 he or she is a new creation. 48:32 Old things are passed away, 48:34 behold, all things have become new." 48:37 Every Sabbath is a reminder 48:40 that He's my recreator. 48:42 Where did I come from? 48:43 I don't know about you, but I came from a place, 48:45 Ephesians 1 talks about it, dead in trespasses and sins. 48:50 That's where I came from. 48:52 Every Sabbath, God reminds me that He can recreate in me 48:57 the image of Jesus. 48:59 What does He recreate? 49:00 He recreates my heart and my purity. 49:03 Psalm 51:10, David says, "Create in me a clean heart, 49:07 oh God, and renew a right spirit within me." 49:09 That word create is bara. 49:11 It's the same word in Genesis 1:1, 49:14 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." 49:18 It's used of God's ability 49:21 to create something from nothing. 49:24 In other words, in the beginning, 49:26 God created the heavens and earth, 49:27 there was nothing and God created something. 49:31 So when this says, create in me a clean heart, 49:33 oh God, bara in me a clean heart, 49:36 oh God, what are we saying? 49:38 God, my heart is dirty, God, there is nothing pure, 49:41 God, there is nothing holy. 49:43 Would you create something out of nothing? 49:47 Every Sabbath is a reminder 49:49 that God can recreate our heart and our purity. 49:52 Every Sabbath is a reminder 49:54 that God can recreate my character 49:57 and openness to God. 49:58 Ezekiel 36, I love this passage. 50:01 Ezekiel 36:26, "I will give you a new heart 50:05 and put a new spirit within you." 50:07 Every Sabbath is a reminder 50:09 that God recreates in us His heart and spirit. 50:13 It's also a reminder that He enables us 50:15 to walk in obedience. 50:18 Ezekiel 11:19-20, I will give them one heart. 50:22 I will put a new spirit," there's that word new, 50:26 "a new spirit within them, 50:28 takes a stony heart out of their flesh 50:30 and give them a heart of flesh, 50:31 that they may walk in My statutes, 50:35 and keep My judgments and do them. 50:37 They will be my people and I will be their God." 50:42 Now let's look at future. 50:43 We looked at the Sabbath reminder 50:45 that God made us and created us. 50:46 God created other people, God created this world. 50:49 It's also a reminder 50:50 that God can recreate in us the image of Jesus. 50:55 The Sabbath is also a reminder, this is for future. 50:58 Isaiah 65:17, "For behold, 51:02 I create new heavens and a new earth, 51:05 and the former shall not be remembered 51:07 or come to mind." 51:08 Every Sabbath is a reminder 51:10 that this world does not last forever, 51:12 and that God will recreate this world 51:15 as it was made in its Edenic beauty. 51:17 Let's go to the second point. 51:19 This is, Jesus is my Redeemer. 51:22 Ryan already referenced this. 51:24 This is the reference to the past 51:25 when we look at the past. 51:27 Deuteronomy 5, 51:28 the second giving of the Ten Commandments. 51:31 We see right at the heart of the Fourth Commandment, 51:34 the Israelites are reminded, remember that you were a slave, 51:38 and that God brought you out from Egypt 51:40 and He redeemed you. 51:43 Every Sabbath is a reminder, Pastor John, 51:45 that God set me free from the penalty of sin. 51:48 I love that. 51:50 1 Corinthians 6 is this whole list of sins, 51:53 incredible sins and horrible sins. 51:56 And you get to the end of that, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 51:59 and it says, "Such were some of you, 52:01 but you were washed, 52:02 but you were sanctified, 52:04 but you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus 52:07 and by the spirit of our God." 52:08 So every Sabbath we are reminded, 52:10 Jesus sets us free from the penalty of sin. 52:13 That's the past. 52:15 Let's look at the present. 52:16 John 8:36, "If the Son makes you free, 52:19 you shall be free indeed." 52:21 Every Sabbath is a reminder 52:23 that He sets me free from the power of sin. 52:27 Romans 6, what do we see in Romans Chapter 6? 52:31 The old man of sin, 52:32 the old woman of sin is done away with. 52:35 That the body of sin might be done away with, 52:37 we would no longer be slaves to sin. 52:39 You see, not only are we freed from the penalty of sin, 52:42 not only are we justified, 52:44 not only are we cleansed with the blood of Jesus, 52:47 we are set free from the power of sin, 52:49 and every Sabbath is a reminder 52:50 that you and I can walk in sanctification. 52:54 You and I can walk in purity. 52:57 You and I can walk in holiness, but that's the present. 53:00 What about the future? 53:02 Revelation 21:27, 53:05 "There shall by no means 53:06 enter into it anything that defiles 53:09 or causes an abomination or a lie, 53:12 only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life." 53:16 Every Sabbath is a reminder 53:17 that He will one day set me free 53:20 from the presence of sin. 53:23 One day, this world that we live in of sin 53:26 and sickness and suffering will be over 53:29 and will be forever with our Savior Jesus. 53:32 Number three, the Sabbath is a reminder, 53:35 every Sabbath of my rest, 53:37 the rest that we can experience in Jesus. 53:41 Let's look at the past. 53:42 Jesus rested after the creation week 53:44 and we talked about that. 53:45 He rested on the Sabbath, 53:47 it signified a completion of that work. 53:50 Every Sabbath is a reminder that He's a Creator, 53:53 not me, He's the Redeemer, 53:55 not me, He's my Savior, not me. 54:00 If we look at the present, Ephesians 2:8-10, 54:04 "By grace you have been saved through faith, 54:07 not of yourselves. 54:08 It is the gift of God. 54:09 Not of works, lest anyone should boast. 54:12 We are His workmanship, 54:15 created in Christ Jesus for good works 54:17 which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." 54:21 You see, grace is a gift, faith is a gift, 54:24 salvation is a gift and yes, 54:26 even the work that we do are a gift. 54:29 Every Sabbath is a reminder 54:31 that you and I don't save ourselves, 54:32 you and I don't change ourselves, 54:34 you and I don't correct ourselves, 54:37 we are changed, we can rest in salvation rest 54:41 that Shelley brought out so beautifully. 54:44 You know, apples, if you go to an apple tree 54:46 and you see the apples on it, 54:47 that doesn't make it an apple tree. 54:49 Does it? 54:50 No, the tree was already an apple tree 54:52 before the fruit was there. 54:54 The fruit just confirms that it is an apple tree. 54:58 The true Christian does not keep the Sabbath 55:00 or the other nine Commandments to become righteous. 55:03 Rather, it is the natural fruitage 55:06 of the righteousness of Christ 55:08 at work in the life of a Christian. 55:12 Let's look at the future that rest. 55:14 Israel failed to experience the rest in Christ. 55:17 The Jews of Jesus' day failed to experience it too. 55:19 You know what? 55:20 Many Christians today fail to experience 55:22 true salvation rest in Christ. 55:25 Pastor John read Hebrews 4:9, 55:28 "There remains therefore a rest for the people of God." 55:33 We're invited today and throughout eternity 55:35 to experience God's rest of salvation 55:37 by grace through faith. 55:38 And finally number four, the Sabbath is a reminder that 55:42 Jesus is my soon coming King. 55:44 Amen. I love that. 55:46 Hebrews 9:28 our last verse, 55:48 "Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. 55:50 To those who eagerly wait for Him, 55:53 He will appear a second time, 55:55 apart from sin for salvation." 55:57 So the beautiful thing about the Sabbath is every Sabbath, 56:00 you can remember Jesus is your Creator, 56:03 your Redeemer, your rest, and your soon coming King. 56:07 Amen. Great lesson. 56:09 Amen. 56:10 This study has been such a blessing to help us 56:12 see the Sabbath in such a deeper, 56:13 clearer light from the perspective of Hebrews. 56:16 So praise the Lord for that. 56:17 Let's get some final thoughts. 56:19 Well, for Monday's portion, 56:21 I would like to say that somehow someway, 56:23 God has placed a Joshua and a Caleb in your life, 56:26 to help you understand to walk in the ways of the Lord 56:29 and not in disobedience. 56:31 So take heed and follow the Lord. 56:33 Amen. 56:35 In Hebrews 4:7, 56:37 I just want to quote that to you that 56:41 God is calling out to you today. 56:44 He says, "Today, if you hear My voice, 56:47 don't harden your heart." 56:49 Turn toward Him, and He will change your life. 56:53 And finally, don't allow your physical rest 56:57 to rob you off the spiritual rest 56:59 found in the fellowship. 57:00 Hebrews 10:25, 57:02 "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, 57:05 as is the matter of some but exhorting one another 57:09 and so much the more 57:10 as you see the day approaching." 57:13 Amen. 57:14 Every Sabbath is a reminder 57:15 of what God has done in your life and in mine, 57:18 and it's a reminder of what He wants to do, 57:21 and how He wants to save us and take us home with Him. 57:24 Amen. 57:25 This has been such a blessing. 57:27 We should be praising God 57:28 for the Sabbath rest that we find in Him. 57:31 But more than that, as we learn this spiritual rest 57:34 that we find only in Christ Jesus, 57:36 our Lord Jesus, the giver of rest, 57:39 that was the title of this week's lesson, 57:41 it was such a blessing. 57:42 My friends, as always, we want to thank you again 57:44 for joining us here 57:45 on the 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 57:47 And we want you to join us next week 57:49 because next week, 57:50 we're going to be jumping into lesson number six, 57:53 which is entitled Jesus, the Faithful Priest. 57:57 I knew it was going to get to this 57:58 because we got to talk about Jesus 57:59 as High Priest at some point. 58:01 We're going to do that next week. 58:02 We'll see you right back here. God bless. |
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