My faith has found a resting place, not in device nor free.
I trust the ever-living one, his wounds for me shall free.
I need no other argument, I need no other plea.
It is enough that Jesus died, and that he died for me.
Enough for me that Jesus saves, this ends my fear and doubt.
A sinful soul, I come to him, he'll never cast me out.
I need no other argument, I need no other plea.
Alright, good morning everyone. Thank you for coming to church.
We're going to sing song number two, which is Glory to His Name.
Song number two in the hymn book.
He's going to get you a hymn book. Just raise your hand and he'll get you a hymn book.
Good job.
Alright.
Glory to his name, glory to his name.
Great to my heart was the blood of God, glory to his name.
I am so wondrous and safe from sin, Jesus so sweetly abides within.
There right there was where he took me in, glory to his name.
Glory to his name, glory to his name.
Great to my heart was the blood of light, glory to his name.
Oh precious fountain he saves from sin, I am so glad I have entered in.
There Jesus saves me and keeps me clean, glory to his name.
Glory to his name, glory to his name.
There to my heart was the blood of light, glory to his name.
Come to this fountain so rich and sweet, cast thy soul at the Savior's feet.
Plunge in today and be made complete, glory to his name.
Glory to his name, glory to his name.
There to my heart was the blood of light, glory to his name.
Amen. Next song is song number 22.
Song number 22.
Before we sing this song, let's bow our head and have a quick word of prayer.
Dear Lord, just thank you for this senior church service, Lord.
And thank you everybody that's come to hear your word and to praise your name.
And I pray that you would fill the preacher with your Holy Spirit.
And I pray you help us to all learn something today from the service and to be better Christians, Lord.
In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
Alright, song number 22, Are You Washed in the Blood?
Song number 22.
Brother David, Brother David, can he have a hymn?
He wants a hymn book too, if we have one.
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in his grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you washed in the blood, in the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
On garments spotless are they white as snow.
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you walking daily by the Savior's side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you washed in the blood, in the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
On your garments spotless are they white as snow.
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
When the bridegroom cometh, will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright and be washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you washed in the blood, in the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
On your garments spotless are they white as snow.
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin and be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
There's a fountain flowing for the soul unclean.
Oh, be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
Are you washed in the blood, in the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
On your garments spotless are they white as snow.
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Amen. Praise the Lord.
Alright, next song is number 29, At the Cross.
Song number 29, At the Cross.
Number 29.
Song number 29.
Alas, in did my Savior bleed and did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred hand for such a worm as I?
At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light and the burden of my heart rolled away.
It was there by faith I received my sight and now I am happy all the day.
Was it for crimes that I have done He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown and love beyond degree.
At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light and the burden of my heart rolled away.
It was there by faith I received my sight and now I am happy all the day.
Well, might the Son in darkness hide and shut His glories in
When Christ the mighty Maker died for man the creature sinned.
At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light and the burden of my heart rolled away.
It was there by faith I received my sight and now I am happy all the day.
But drops of grief can ne'er repay the debt of love I owe.
Here, Lord, I give myself away, tis all that I can do.
At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light and the burden of my heart rolled away.
It was there by faith I received my sight and now I am happy all the day.
Amen.
Alright, now we're going to read from the scripture Exodus chapter number 20.
Right? That's the one?
That's right.
Exodus chapter number 20.
Right after the first book in the Bible.
Exodus.
Exodus is the second book in the Bible.
Exodus chapter 20.
Not 21, not 19, 20.
Alright, Exodus chapter 20.
And God spake all these words saying, I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children under the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keeping my and keep my commandments.
Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work.
But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.
In it thou shalt not do any work.
Thou nor thy son nor thy daughter, thy manservant nor thy maidservant nor thy cattle nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day.
Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife nor his manservant nor his maidservant nor his ox nor his ass nor anything that is thy neighbors.
And all the people saw the thunderings and the lightnings and the noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking.
And when the people saw it they were moved and stood afar off.
And they said unto Moses speak thou with us and we will hear but let not God speak with us lest we die.
And Moses said unto the people fear not for God has come to prove you and that is fear may be before your faces that you sin not.
And the people stood afar off and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
And the Lord said unto Moses.
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver.
Neither shall you make unto you gods of gold.
In altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and shalt sacrifice there on thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings.
Thy sheep and thine oxen in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone thou shalt not build it of hewn stone.
For if thou lift up thy tool upon it thou hast polluted it.
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar that thy nakedness be not discovered there on.
Brother David will you pray for us?
Dear heavenly father thank you so much for allowing us to be here this morning.
Thank you so much for your word salvation.
Please help edify all of us with your word.
Help guide us into our lives to be better stewards of our time and to be good servants to you.
And in Jesus Christ's name we pray. Amen.
Alright everybody don't get nervous I know it's the Ten Commandments.
I said this morning that I was going to be preaching from Exodus chapter 20 and somebody was like oh no here we go.
Well the title of this sermon is actually what is the Sabbath?
So we've been here for a couple of months now right and we wanted to establish a foundation of easy doctrines to be understood.
It's important for us to know salvation the 101s.
We are known as independent fundamentalist Baptist right.
We stress fundamentals and it's important that we should.
Why?
Because think about in a sports analogy right.
When you're playing basketball you can learn tricky shots, you can learn tricky passes,
but it's always wise to stick to the fundamentals because it is safe for us to know simple truths.
Now you would think the Ten Commandments is one of those things that even outside of Christianity most people associate to Christianity right.
If I grab ten random people on the side of the road and I said give me one concept of the Bible.
I guarantee you more than half of them would say the concept of the Ten Commandments.
It's very popular.
Now in the Ten Commandments I wanted you to understand this.
In the law of God there are easy things to be understood, not so hard or like harder things to be understood and then complex things to be understood.
The Ten Commandments as a whole are not all the commandments in the Bible.
But it sums up the law of God into just ten different commandments.
And one of those commandments is to keep the Sabbath day.
Look down if you would at verse number eight.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.
In it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, thy maidenservant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates.
So notice right there there's what's known as a semicolon.
Which means this is not the end of the thought, but they're going to explain more about what just was said.
Four, which just means because, four in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in amaze, and what? Rested the seventh day.
Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
The original intent for the Sabbath is a day of rest.
God created the world, the universe, and everything in six literal 24 hour days.
And then the seventh day he rested.
Now like I was pointing out a moment ago, there is what's known as the moral law, the criminal law, and the spiritual law.
We always want to, when reading our Bibles, take the passage literally, especially where it's being literal.
So when God says, six days shalt thou labor and one shalt thou rest, we should take that literally.
I know today everyone's kind of concerned about their financial settings and their living affairs, but I come from Hawaii.
And let me tell you this much, it's still very affordable to live here in Arizona.
And I promise you this, that the Bible makes this promise, that if in all your ways you acknowledge him, he shall direct your path.
The Bible teaches that if we as men decide to do what God says and work six days, then there is no reason why we cannot provide for our families.
Now I understand that to a modern 21st century American society that seems crazy.
But God promises elsewhere in the Bible, he says, I have not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread.
I'm not saying you won't live a lap of luxury, I'm not saying you'll be a millionaire.
But I promise you this, I don't care how many children you have, how many people are in your family,
if you as a man decide to work a blue-collar, normal job, six days, and work an average of eight to ten hours,
God will make sure that you can provide for your family.
But this is the important concept of the Sabbath, there is a day of rest.
God rested from his work, okay? God did all his work and then he rested.
And then he wants us to have that same principle.
Now that's the literal interpretation of the concept of the Sabbath.
What is the Sabbath? It is a day of rest.
Some will argue what day that lands on, is it Sunday or is it Saturday?
I'll go into that later on, it's a simple answer in my opinion, it's Saturday, but we'll explain why later on.
I just want you to realize that the original intent of the Sabbath and keeping it holy is to stay following the principles of God
and because it's in the Ten Commandments, we must do what he says and hallow the Sabbath day in the Old Testament.
Now here's the caveat you guys, there's a good rule of Bible interpretation
and it's what's known as letting the New Testament interpret the Old Testament.
In the Old Testament there are certain laws that were associated to the nation of Israel.
But now we are all brothers and sisters in Christ and we are the nation of God as believers in Jesus.
In the famous Sermon on the Mount, which is if not the most popular sermon of Jesus, it's one of his most popular sermons.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5, 6, and 7, Jesus teaches,
I have not come to destroy the law and the prophets, I've come not to destroy, but to fulfill.
What does that mean? That means for us today as New Testament Christians, there are some laws that do not apply to us and the Sabbath is one of them.
I see how that can be confusing because the Bible just made clear in the Ten Commandments,
remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy so that you can rest and that's good.
But Jesus Christ fulfilled the law. He was the one who kept the law perfectly. You and I cannot.
And there is a symbolic representation of the Sabbath that's found in the New Testament and turn if you would to Hebrews chapter 4.
While you're turning there, I want to explain this really quickly. Remember a moment ago I said the laws of God,
there's what's known as the moral law, the criminal law, and the spiritual law. What does this mean?
The moral law. There are moral commandments that transcend time and testament.
No matter where you are in the world, no matter what's going on, it is always absolutely wrong to steal.
One of the moral laws in the Bible is thou shalt not steal. So no matter what society says,
no matter what a person says, it is absolutely wrong to steal.
A good example of this in the Ten Commandments is thou shalt not commit adultery.
So in the Old Testament and in the world, in yesterday's world, it was a criminal crime. It was a crime to commit adultery.
So basically, nowadays people can commit adultery and they can never see any punishment for what they've done.
According to the Bible, it is absolutely wrong regardless if your culture says it's okay or that you don't get in trouble for it.
God says this is absolutely wrong. So that goes to the moral law, but the criminal law.
You guys, God created the law so that we are not a society of anarchy.
God is not the author of confusion. God wants there to be rules to govern us as his children.
And it's hard for people to hear the thou shalt nots of the Word of God. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
But Jesus expounds on this in the New Testament, right? He says,
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.
Before the Mosaic law, which we are in, in Exodus, the people of the world did what was ever right in their own sight.
And violence was the outcome of that, violating each other, violating people, stealing, harming, hurting.
That's why God judged the world with a flood.
So after the flood, God wanted to make sure that the people realized that you must live together in harmony.
There has to be rules that are established so that we do not violate each other.
And in that comes the criminal law. In today, in the United States, if we break a law, we can get in trouble for it.
God has a criminal law that if you were to work on the Sabbath, if you did work on the Sabbath day, you would be put to death.
I know that seems extreme. And today, a lot of people are like, whoa, is it that important that we just don't work on that day?
To God it is. And there's a reason for that. It has to go into the symbolic truth of this.
But just so you're not taking my word for it, the Bible reads that in Exodus 31, verse 12.
You stay where you are in Hebrews. Exodus 31, verse 12, it reads,
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep.
For it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
I'm going to pause there really quickly. Notice he says, This is a sign from me to you.
It goes on in 14, Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy unto you.
Every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death. Might be put to death?
If you defile the Sabbath, you are going to be put to death. Surely, exactly.
Surely be put to death, for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Six days may work be done, but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord.
Whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant.
Once again, this terminology seems like it's indefinite, right? A perpetual covenant will not stop.
This is always going to be the law of God.
But remember, using the New Testament to interpret the Old Testament, we will see how Jesus Christ fulfilled the perpetual law of the Sabbath.
And then it goes on to read, It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.
The Bible just repeated itself just now. I don't know if you heard it.
He says, Keep the Sabbath, if not you'll be put to death, because I worked six days and I rested one.
Keep the Sabbath, and if not you'll be put to death, because I worked six days.
So when the Bible repeats something, this is God trying to drill a point to you.
Like, this is important. This is another good rule of Bible interpretation.
Emphasize what God emphasizes, and be silent where the Bible is silent.
If the Bible speaks not on a matter, we don't need to speak on it.
We can contemplate it, we can think about it, but if there's no passage that says, Thus saith the Lord, it's okay to stay silent on the subject.
But if God emphasizes something, then we need to emphasize that thing.
And in this concept, it's the Sabbath.
Where you are in Hebrews chapter 4, if you want to connect the Old and New Testament,
the book of Hebrews is the best book in the Bible to understand the connection of the Old and New Testament.
The Bible is made out of 66 books, right? 39 Old Testament, 27 New Testament.
The Bible primarily is made up of the Old Testament, and then the New Testament is a lot smaller,
but that is what God is trying to emphasize to us.
The Gospel, salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the book of Hebrews bridges that gap.
Because at that time in the first century, the people of God were writing epistles,
and one of them was to the people of Abraham, the descendants of Abraham.
And you've got to realize that at that time period in history,
a lot of people were confused about the rules and the laws and what applies and what doesn't apply,
and how do we as Christians function and to be right with God.
Now, the book of Hebrews in chapter 4 explains a very deep truth on the subject of what it means to rest.
Now, I'm going to read for you from Hebrews chapter 9 verse 10.
It says,
What that basically means is that in the Old Testament, there was rules imposed on us.
God required that we ate certain things, that we dressed a certain way, that we conducted ourselves in a certain way.
But when the Reformation occurred, when Jesus Christ came and changed the law,
He didn't do away with the law, He fulfilled the law, showing that through Him we can still observe the law accurately.
And the Sabbath is one of those laws that is very critical. It was punishable by the death penalty.
And, you know, I know in today's society, we don't really put people to death all that often except for heinous crimes.
To God, this is basically a heinous crime. This is a crime that was severe because it symbolizes Jesus Christ.
And where you are in Hebrews chapter 4, look at verse 3.
Hebrews chapter 4 verse 3, the Bible reads,
To be saved from our sins as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, that is all we must and have to do is have faith on Jesus.
The Bible says that doing that is us entering into rest.
Because we do not need to work for salvation. That is why God emphasized the Sabbath day.
Because He wanted humankind to know that you do nothing when it comes to salvation.
Jesus paid it all on the cross. He did all the work necessary for salvation.
And did you know, a lot of people don't know this, that when Jesus Christ was put to death for those three days,
He fulfilled three Sabbath days back to back. That has never happened ever in the history of man except for at that moment.
He was the Passover lamb. He was the unleavened bread. And then Saturday was the day of rest, which was the normal Sabbath.
So for those three days that He was dead in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, He worked for salvation. We didn't.
We entered into His rest. We ceased from our own works and we put our faith on Jesus Christ's finished work on the cross.
He kept the Sabbath. He was the one who was circumcised. He was the high priest.
He did all the ceremonial laws that no longer apply to us.
And the Sabbath day, today, you and I, as believers, do not need to observe physically.
Physically, if anybody decided to work seven days of the week, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
A hundred percent. I know because I used to work seven days a week in Hawaii all the time.
Not through desire, but through necessity because it's very expensive to live there.
But what I'm saying is just because I did it didn't make it right.
What I realize is that when I saw the Bible taught that Jesus Christ fulfilled the Sabbath, then that means I don't have to keep the Sabbath.
He kept the Sabbath and my faith in Him is me observing that Sabbath.
Because I rested from my works and I put my trust in Him to save me.
And I think that's very important for us to know. It goes on to read, if you would, look down at verse 8.
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath seized from his own works as God did from his.
Now that being said, there are lots of people today, called Christians, who call themselves Christians, who don't understand this simple truth.
This goes back to my point earlier of what I was saying, how we need to establish a foundational truth.
God bless you. We need to establish a foundational truth.
And the Sabbath is one that I think is very important for us to know.
Now that being said, there's a plant in Hawaii called the taro plant, or what we call kalo.
Every aspect of this plant is edible. The leaves are edible, the stems are edible, and the root is edible.
And with that root, they would mash it up with water and make what's called poi. Has anyone ever had poi before?
One person. What did you think of it?
Dry-fashioned taro. Poi is a staple to Hawaiian diet.
It's like a purple, goopy, what looks like yogurt, but that's a good way of liking it.
It's very bland. It's an acquired taste.
But let me tell you this, that us in Hawaii, we love to eat poi.
There's an in-between state between poi and its root form, and it's called paiai.
And they used to feed this to kids when they were weaning off of the milk.
Because as Christians, right, it's good to observe the milk of the word and the meat of the word.
And then there's something in between. We need not to be as babes and only consume the milk of the word.
We need to move on and grow into the meats of the word.
And this doctrine, the doctrine of the Sabbath, is something kind of in the middle.
Because although it's simple and easy to understand for us who believe the Bible, there are Christians who still are confused on this subject.
There are lots of people who think you must today keep one day to God holy, physically.
And if not, you're not right with God.
Now maybe they won't say you need to be put to death, but they will say you're not right with God.
Now they're not, that's not true.
Well how do you know that, David? Am I just sitting here, standing here, spouting my own opinions?
Or what does the Bible say?
It says in Colossians 2 13,
Let no man therefore judge you, in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or in the new moon, or of the Sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.
The New Testament says very clearly don't let anyone judge you in this matter.
Don't let anyone tell you, you must keep the Sabbath physically.
You must keep the new moons.
You must eat certain foods and drink certain things.
And the Old Testament law, the people of God weren't allowed to eat pork.
Thank God for the New Testament, right? Amen? Nobody?
Pork is where it's at.
Us as Hawaiians are so thankful that we are now in the new covenant.
Because we can have laulau and kalua pork and have a big old shindig over it.
And there are other things that the Old Testament, like for instance, the priesthood, right?
There is no physical priest anymore that we need to adhere to to be reconciled with God.
The Bible says that there's one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
He was the head high priest. We don't need to observe any priest.
The Bible teaches that we are kings and priests as believers in Jesus.
So there's a group of people that call themselves Christians that are known as Seventh-day Adventists.
And I'm not here to just bash on them or to explain how they are wrong on this doctrine.
But this is one of their major teachings is that if you do not keep the Sabbath day physically, you're not right with God.
I could preach a whole sermon on the issues and problems of the religion or the cult of the Seventh-day Adventists.
They've got plenty of other problems.
But what they're most known for is they're observant of the Sabbath day, which lands on Saturday.
Now, Sabbath is Saturday.
Some people think it's Sunday, but you've got to realize the Bible teaches in the New Testament that the apostles gathered together on the first day of the week to worship the Lord.
And that day was Sunday.
So the last day of the week is Saturday. That's the Sabbath.
And they, I mean, when we go on an evangelizing, I'll knock the door of a Seventh-day Adventist and ask them if they know for sure they're on their way to heaven.
And for some odd reason, all they want to talk about is, well, when do you guys have church?
Do you guys have church on Saturday or on Sunday?
And I said, well, we have it on Sunday.
Well, then you're not right with God. You must not know the Bible. You have no idea about the things of God.
And I pause really quickly and I say to myself, wait one second, hold up, wait a minute.
Is what's most important the day in which we serve the Lord or is what most important that we worship the Lord?
Now, although they think that the Old Testament applies today as New Testament believers, they must not have got to Hebrews chapter 4 or 9 or Colossians 2.
But there is even in the Gospels an explanation of how Jesus Christ teaches that the Sabbath was not made for man and not man for the Sabbath.
Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.
The Sabbath was not made for us, you guys. I mean, sorry, it's not for us in the sense of like to observe it.
It was made for us to relax, to rest.
There's a non-Christian truth to just having a time of relaxation.
I mean, you've heard the saying, right? All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
My brother once taught me a long time ago, my oldest brother.
And I'm so thankful he taught me this lesson because I've heard it explained before, but the way he mentioned it made a lot of sense to me.
He says, David, every now and again you need to stop and smell the roses.
It's okay to have a time of relaxation, but life is not about relaxation and life is not supposed to be about just fun.
Life is about work. We were made for a purpose, you guys, and we are here to serve each other, serve the Lord.
And in doing that, we can have fun along the way and we can have moments of relaxation.
But when a Seventh-day Adventist tries to tell you, you must keep the Sabbath day physically,
you can rest assured that you're right with God no matter what any person tells you.
And the last verse I'll leave you on is this. In Romans 14, verse 5, the Bible reads,
One man esteemeth one day above another. So some people esteem some days above another.
I esteem my birthday very highly. Do you guys esteem your birthday? Maybe not.
My wife, she has a birthday month, so the month of her birthday, she's already celebrating her birthday.
And Christmas too, December 1st all the way to December 31st is Christmas, the whole month.
So come March, it's her birthday, you know.
One man esteemeth one day above another, and another esteemeth every day alike.
Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
He that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the Lord, and he that regardeth not the day,
to the Lord doth not he regard it.
If somebody wants to serve the Lord Jesus Christ on Saturday, I ain't got no beef with them.
We should not have beef with them.
Please, by all means, serve God on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, every day of the week,
I regard unto the Lord.
But here's the thing, if when a church decides, doesn't a lot of churches that you guys know of
get together more than just one day of the week?
Our church gets together on Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening.
Some churches get together on Saturday, some churches get together on Thursday as a midweek service.
Some churches are open every day of the week.
Hey, let every man be persuaded in his own mind.
Title of this message this morning, you guys, is what is the Sabbath?
The Sabbath was a day in the Old Testament that was to be reverenced as a day of rest
because symbolically it represents Jesus Christ paying for our sins and we rest in him
and that is what the Sabbath is.
Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much for allowing us to get together,
helping us to understand that the Sabbath was not made for man,
but that you did this so that we can rest from our works,
not lean on our own understandings, but in all our ways acknowledge you.
And thank you for allowing us time that in our working week or in general,
we can have a day of rest and be right with you or we can choose to work every day of the week.
Please help us throughout our week to have time with you to honor, to glorify you,
and to be there for each other and to bring you honor and glory.
In Jesus Christ's name we pray. Amen.
Alright, go ahead and turn to song number 15, Lead Me to Calvary.
Song number 15.
Song number 15, Lead Me to Calvary.
King of my life I crown thee now, Thine shall the glory be,
Lest I forget thy thorn, crown, and brow, Lead me to Calvary.
Lest I forget Gethsemane, Lest I forget thine agony,
Lest I forget thy love for me, Lead me to Calvary.
Show me the tomb where thou wast laid, Tenderly morn and web,
Angels in robes of light arrayed, Tharted thee whilst thou swam,
Lest I forget Gethsemane, Lest I forget thine agony,
Lest I forget thy love for me, Lead me to Calvary.
Let me like Mary through the gloom, Come with a gift to thee,
Show to me now the empty tomb, Lead me to Calvary.
Lest I forget Gethsemane, Lest I forget thine agony,
Lest I forget thy love for me, Lead me to Calvary.
May I be willing, Lord, to bear daily my cross for thee,
Even thy cup of grief to share, Thou hast borne all for me.
Lest I forget Gethsemane, Lest I forget thine agony,
Lest I forget thy love for me, Lead me to Calvary.
Amen!
Praise the Lord!
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