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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Open your Bibles, if you will, to Luke 13.

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 I'm going to be reading Luke 13, beginning of verse 10, down through verse 17.

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 Luke 13, beginning of verse 10.

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 Now, he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,

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 and there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for 18 years.

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 She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.

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 And when Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her,

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 Woman, you are freed from your disability.

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 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight,

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 and she glorified God.

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 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath,

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 said to the people,

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 There are six days in which work ought to be done.

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 Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.

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 Then the Lord answered him,

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 You hypocrites.

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 Does not each of you, on the Sabbath,

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 untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?

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 And not this woman, a daughter of Abraham,

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 whom Satan bound for 18 years?

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 He loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?

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 And he said these things.

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 As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame.

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 And all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

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 Let's pray together that the Father would give us understanding of his word.

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 Father, we thank you for your word.

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 Your word is a light into the depth of our souls.

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 Your word pierces down through all of our defenses, all of our justifications.

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 It pierces down to places that we don't even know are there.

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 And that's what we need.

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 But your word also shines upon and shows the light of your glory and the wonder of your grace.

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 And as we see ourselves, we also desperately need to see your grace.

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 So would you shine the light in both ways that we would see honestly who we are,

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 but also see the glory of grace

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 and be drawn more deeply into the knowledge of Jesus

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 and all that he has done for us.

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 Give me words from your spirit.

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 Help me in the weakness of my own words

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 in such a way that by your spirit,

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 we will hear you speak to us.

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 And we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 And some of y'all saw the gift,

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 or the title of this sermon,

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 saw the gift of the Sabbath,

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 you may have been a little anxious

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 because there are certain sermons that you can preach

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 that are automatically guaranteed to inspire guilt.

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 You know, one of those is on prayer,

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 one of those is witnessing,

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 and this is another one.

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 And I don't think in all my years

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 that I have heard

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 a good, balanced, uplifting, encouraging sermon

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 on the Sabbath,

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 especially in a church

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 that emphasizes so strongly God's grace.

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 You know, I appreciate, you know,

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 the way that we go through,

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 we are going through the Gospel of Luke

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 because probably if the topic was just left up to us,

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 we would have gone here.

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 But when you go through the text,

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 you can't avoid it

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 because, you know,

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 in the place of just a few verses,

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 not only here in Luke 13,

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 but you get over in a couple weeks,

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 we're going to be seeing it again in Luke 14,

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 beginning of verse 1,

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 and we've already seen it

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 back earlier in Luke.

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 You can't avoid this subject.

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 So, you know,

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 it seems like there's no single command

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 that Jesus has had to deal with

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 and runs into so much trouble

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 with the Pharisees

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 than this whole idea of the Sabbath.

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 And so, you know,

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 at the heart of Jesus' teaching here,

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 what he's having to deal with,

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 with the Pharisees,

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 again, over and over and over again,

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 is simply their abuse.

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 It's not the idea of the Sabbath,

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 but it's their abuse of the law itself.

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 And this is one of those places in the law

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 that they have majored on.

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 And so Jesus is dealing here

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 with the Pharisees

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 and their whole concept of the law.

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 And in that day,

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 there were these rabbinical writings.

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 It was called the Mishnah.

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 And in that Mishnah,

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 there were about five volumes.

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 One whole volume of this

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 was devoted just to Sabbath keeping.

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 So in a sense,

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 what Jesus is dealing with

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 is not so much their misunderstanding of the law,

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 but it's the way they were dealing with the traditions

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 even around the law.

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 They had turned the Sabbath law

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 more than almost anything else

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 into a means

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 where they could show off,

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 not just to God,

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 but to the world,

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 to the culture and society,

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 their own goodness,

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 their own religious zeal,

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 their righteousness.

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 And they were quite proud of it.

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 But at the same time,

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 and this is where we struggle,

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 you know,

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 at the same time,

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 we,

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 a lot of us,

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 wouldn't put ourselves in that camp.

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 But Jesus is not

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 throwing out the Sabbath.

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 Not in any way.

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 What he's dealing with

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 is the abuse

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 of the Sabbath law.

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 You see,

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 our struggle

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 is typically

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 just in the other direction.

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 I mean,

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 we,

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 we're people of grace.

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 We're not under the law.

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 We don't have to keep

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 all these rules and regulations.

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 In fact,

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 there's some people would say,

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 but you know,

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 even in the New Testament,

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 we're not even commanded

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 to keep the Sabbath anymore.

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 So it really,

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 it doesn't even apply.

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 I mean,

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 why are we even talking about this?

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 Well,

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 I would counter

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 that the Sabbath

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 is deeply rooted

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 in many ways

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 in the gospel itself.

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 And

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 in reality,

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 as we reject

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 all the rules

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 and regulations

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 of the Sabbath,

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 we find ourselves

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 more closely aligned

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 with the Pharisees

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 than we would want to know.

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 So what I want to do

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 this morning

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 is

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 we're going to do

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 an overview

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 of this whole

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 Sabbath principle.

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 And then next week,

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 Will is going to come back

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 and deal with

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 the specific context

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 here

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 of Jesus

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 healing this woman.

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 But because it comes up

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 so often,

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 we need to take a look

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 at what the Bible

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 really says

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 about the Sabbath.

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 So what we're going to do

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 is we're going to do

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 basically

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 a quick overview

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 and a Bible study

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 of

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 what is taught

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 here.

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 Because a lot of us,

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 I don't think,

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 I really don't think

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 we know.

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 And then we're going to see

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 from that

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 then

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 what are the

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 implications

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 for us.

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 You know,

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 for Christians,

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 you know,

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 what are we supposed

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 to do

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 with the Sabbath?

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 The Sabbath

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 is a gift

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 that we rarely

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 take advantage of.

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 So,

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 let's look at Scripture

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 and see what it says.

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 First,

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 I mean,

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 we have to begin

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 all the way back

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 in Genesis,

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 particularly in Genesis

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 chapter 2.

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 In Genesis 2,

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 verses 2 and 3,

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 we read this.

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 And on the seventh day,

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 God finished

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 His work

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 that He had done

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 and He rested

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 on the seventh day

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 from all His work

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 that He had done.

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 So,

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 God blessed

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 the seventh day

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 and made it holy

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 because on it

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 God rested

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 from all His work

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 that He had done

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 in creation.

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 Here,

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 all the way back

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 at the very beginning

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 in the act of creation,

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 the Sabbath

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 is instituted.

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 It is not instituted

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 in the Ten Commandments.

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 It is instituted

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 way before

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 the Ten Commandments.

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 And it was a principle

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 that should have been

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 governing all of life

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 in God's creation.

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 But in these,

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 in this couple of verses,

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 there are three things

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 that God says

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 that we need to look at

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 just quickly.

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 One is that

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 God celebrates.

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 You know,

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 what we did not read

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 is the end of chapter 1

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 in creation

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 where God looked over

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 all that He had created

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 and He said,

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 behold,

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 it is

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 very good.

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 God looked over

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 His creation,

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 all that He had made

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 from the world

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 and the animals

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 and the plants

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 and man Himself

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 and said,

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 yeah,

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 this is good.

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 God,

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 and so when He gets

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 to the seventh day,

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 He rests.

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 But part of that rest

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 is He's looking back

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 and He's celebrating.

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 He said,

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 look,

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 my glory

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 in creation.

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 and that's one

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 of those points

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 about that seventh day

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 that we just miss.

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 It's a day of celebration

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 but then He's,

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 and at the culmination

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 of that,

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 then He blesses

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 that day.

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 You know,

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 God is ceasing

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 His creative work.

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 He blesses this day.

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 He is satisfied

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 with all that He has done

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 and that satisfaction

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 then leads Him

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 to the next thing

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 which is He rests.

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 Not because He's tired.

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 He doesn't cease working

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 because,

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 I need a break.

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 He's resting

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 because He looks

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 and He's satisfied.

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 It's done.

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 It's good.

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 You know,

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 it's like an artist

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 who would paint

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 this glorious painting

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 and they work

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 and they work

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 and finally

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 they stop painting

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 and they look at the work

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 and say,

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 there's nothing more to do.

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 And so God rests.

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 He simply ceases

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 from His work.

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 And then thirdly,

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 in that celebration,

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 in His rest,

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 He sanctifies it.

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 He makes it holy.

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 He sets it apart

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 from every other day

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 and establishes this now

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 as a pattern.

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 as we have six days

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 to work,

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 to do our work

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 but yet there's this seventh

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 for celebrating

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 and being satisfied

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 with

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 all that God has done

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 is creation.

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 celebration.

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 And I think,

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 again,

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 it's this whole idea

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 of blessedness

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 and celebration

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 is one of those

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 key ideas

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 about the Sabbath

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 that we miss

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 because we look

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 at the Sabbath,

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 we look at,

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 you know,

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 whether it's Sunday

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 or Monday

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 or Saturday

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 or whatever,

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 I'm not dealing

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 with that part

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 of the issue.

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 But we look at it

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 as a burden.

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 We look at it

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 as something,

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 oh shoot,

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 I gotta do this,

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 I can't do this,

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 I can't do this,

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 okay.

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 This is a day

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 for celebrating.

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 It's kind of like,

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 you know,

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 in a sense,

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 we never feel burdened

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 over our birthdays.

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 Our birthdays

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 are to be celebrated.

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 I made it another year.

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 But here God's celebrating

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 something so much greater,

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 all that he's done.

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 There's another passage

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 a little bit later,

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 still back in the Old Testament,

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 Exodus 16.

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 I'm not gonna read

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 this whole passage,

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 but there's something

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 that God does here.

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 And the passage

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 is particularly focused

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 on God providing manna

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 in the wilderness.

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 But this idea of Sabbath

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 comes into play.

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 And what God is doing here

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 is that he's telling people

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 how to,

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 he's feeding them

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 in the middle

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 of the wilderness

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 out of nothing.

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 And he says,

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 every morning,

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 I want you to go out

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 and you're gonna find

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 scattered all over the ground,

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 basically,

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 it's this heavenly bread,

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 this manna,

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 that they are to gather.

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 But he gives them

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 very strict rules,

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 particular rules

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 on how to do this.

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 And he specifically

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 tells them,

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 he says,

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 this is a test.

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 I'm gonna test you.

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 He says,

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 you're to go out,

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 gather enough

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 for one day.

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 Don't gather two.

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 Don't gather enough

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 for three.

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 You're not storing it.

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 You're not packing it away

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 in Tupperware.

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 You're gathering enough

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 just for that day

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 until you get

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 to the sixth day.

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 And on the sixth day,

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 you gather enough

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 for two days.

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 Only on the sixth day.

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 And there was a reason

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 why he was doing this.

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 What he wanted them to do

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 was to trust him.

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 He says,

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 I'm gonna provide for you.

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 I'm gonna supply

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 all your needs.

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 I'm gonna do it

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 from one day

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 to the next.

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 But a day in the week,

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 that seventh day,

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 you're gonna rest.

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 You're not gonna go out

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 and gather.

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 You don't have to.

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 You're gonna stay put.

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 And I'm gonna provide

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 for you then as well.

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 And so he sets apart

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 the Sabbath

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 as a different day.

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 But it's a test.

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 A test

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 for them

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 to demonstrate

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 that they actually

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 do trust

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 in their father's

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 provision.

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 That's Exodus 16.

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 You go on

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 a little bit farther

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 in Exodus 31

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 verses 12 through 17.

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 And I'm gonna read

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 just a couple of verses

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 from that.

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 He says,

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 you are to speak

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 to the people of Israel

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 and say,

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 above all

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 you shall keep

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 my Sabbath

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 for this is a sign

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 between me

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 and you

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 throughout your generations

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 that you may know

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 that I,

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 the Lord,

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 sanctify you.

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 There's a couple

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 of statements

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 in there

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 that draws

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 my attention.

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 One he says,

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 he says,

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 above all.

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 Wow.

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 That is a pretty

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 strong statement.

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 He didn't say that

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 about adultery.

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 He didn't say that

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.939
 about anything else.

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.299
 He says,

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 the Sabbath is above all.

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:54.840
 which is raising

00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:56.220
 the importance

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 and the value

00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.220
 of this

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 significantly.

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:02.899
 And now,

00:17:02.959 --> 00:17:03.480
 why are they

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.059
 to keep it?

00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.339
 Well,

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:04.839
 here,

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.839
 in this passage,

00:17:07.639 --> 00:17:08.980
 the emphasis is

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.139
 that it's a sign.

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.379
 It's a sign

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 of what?

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 It's a sign

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:17.440
 that really

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.200
 is a sense

00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:18.879
 that God

00:17:18.879 --> 00:17:19.740
 is gonna set

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 them apart

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 apart

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 from all

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 the other

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 nations

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 around them.

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 All these

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.940
 other nations

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 that don't know

00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:28.440
 anything about

00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.080
 keeping the

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 Sabbath.

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:32.019
 But he's going

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.280
 to,

00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:33.019
 in a sense,

00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:34.019
 make Israel

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.800
 peculiar.

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 He's gonna

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 make them

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.420
 different.

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 He's gonna

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 set them apart.

00:17:41.340 --> 00:17:41.780
 He says,

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 this is what

00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:43.200
 you're gonna do.

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 because I

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.160
 sanctify you.

00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:46.980
 I'm the one

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.559
 setting you

00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:47.880
 apart

00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:48.519
 and you

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 are mine.

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 It's a sign

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.940
 of ownership

00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:54.279
 that these

00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:54.779
 people

00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.460
 are now,

00:17:55.600 --> 00:17:56.660
 because of the

00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:57.420
 way they treat

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 that seventh

00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:58.779
 day,

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 they are going

00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:01.480
 to distinguish

00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.340
 themselves

00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:04.940
 as God's

00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.340
 people,

00:18:05.860 --> 00:18:07.580
 not like

00:18:07.580 --> 00:18:08.960
 any other

00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:10.080
 people.

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 people.

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 And this

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 is indeed

00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:14.359
 a serious

00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:15.079
 matter.

00:18:17.659 --> 00:18:18.299
 Now we

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:18.960
 get to

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.639
 probably one

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.119
 of the places

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 where most

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.179
 of us would

00:18:21.179 --> 00:18:21.960
 start when we

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 think of

00:18:22.399 --> 00:18:23.339
 the Sabbath,

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:23.960
 and that is

00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.439
 when you look

00:18:24.439 --> 00:18:24.939
 at the Ten

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 Commandments,

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 but particularly

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 I'm gonna look

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.379
 at those from

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 Deuteronomy

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 chapter 5.

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 You'll find it

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:30.799
 back in

00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:32.480
 Exodus 20,

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 a little bit

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 different,

00:18:34.639 --> 00:18:36.019
 but specifically

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.899
 in Deuteronomy

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 5,

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 verses 12

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 through 15,

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 this is what

00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:39.500
 we see.

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.440
 Observe the

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:43.060
 Sabbath day

00:18:43.060 --> 00:18:44.380
 to keep it

00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:44.720
 holy,

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.120
 as the Lord

00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:46.519
 your God

00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.400
 commanded you,

00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.539
 you shall

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.240
 remember that

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.840
 you were a

00:18:49.840 --> 00:18:50.519
 slave in the

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.180
 land of Egypt,

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.660
 and the Lord

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.120
 your God

00:18:53.120 --> 00:18:53.560
 brought you

00:18:53.560 --> 00:18:54.259
 out from

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:55.039
 there with

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 a mighty

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.320
 hand and

00:18:56.320 --> 00:18:56.940
 an outstretched

00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.400
 arm,

00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.320
 therefore the

00:18:58.320 --> 00:18:59.060
 Lord your God

00:18:59.060 --> 00:19:00.039
 commanded you

00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:01.000
 to keep

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:02.500
 the Sabbath

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.519
 day.

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:04.980
 Now here,

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.440
 we have a

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.000
 different emphasis.

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:09.339
 it is a

00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:10.039
 celebration,

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:12.880
 but not so

00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:13.279
 much about

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.779
 what God

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.400
 did in

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:15.059
 creation,

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.859
 it's a

00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.740
 celebration

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:18.740
 of what God

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.160
 does in

00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:19.619
 redemption.

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:21.980
 They are to

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.779
 set apart

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:24.240
 this one

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.599
 day in

00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:26.279
 their week

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.319
 and remember.

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.740
 They are to

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.920
 remember we

00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.460
 used to be

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.039
 slaves.

00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:34.279
 We used to

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:34.940
 be under

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.740
 the yoke

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.839
 of Pharaoh.

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.359
 We used

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:39.700
 to be

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 helpless,

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:43.019
 but God

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.880
 with a

00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:44.759
 mighty hand

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.279
 and a

00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:46.299
 mighty arm

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 broke the

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.380
 power of

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 Egypt and

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.500
 delivered us

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.880
 and made

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 us his

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 own people.

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 And so

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 here, I

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.160
 mean the

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.480
 emphasis,

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 I mean it

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.299
 is on work

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 and rest,

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 but the

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.859
 reason why

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:03.899
 is so

00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.419
 that we

00:20:04.419 --> 00:20:05.539
 can celebrate

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.159
 God's

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 work

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:09.439
 at setting

00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:10.059
 us free,

00:20:10.419 --> 00:20:12.039
 setting us

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.479
 free from

00:20:12.479 --> 00:20:13.079
 our slavery,

00:20:13.459 --> 00:20:13.899
 setting us

00:20:13.899 --> 00:20:15.059
 free from

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 all of that

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 which would

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 oppress us

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 in Christ,

00:20:20.219 --> 00:20:22.479
 looking ahead

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 at the

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.480
 ultimate

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.019
 redemption

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.440
 that was

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 coming.

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.779
 We rest

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.099
 on the

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 Sabbath day,

00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:35.140
 especially in

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 light of

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.019
 redemption,

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:38.120
 we rest

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.420
 on the

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.019
 Sabbath day

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.559
 as a way

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 of saying

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 our labors,

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.039
 our work,

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 the strength

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.160
 of our hand

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:47.559
 does not

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 give me

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.319
 freedom,

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 does not

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 give me

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.400
 satisfaction,

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 does not

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 supply my

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.120
 needs,

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:57.640
 my rest

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:59.799
 comes

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:01.220
 in Christ

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 himself.

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 And here,

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.259
 because I

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.840
 celebrate

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.380
 redemption,

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.320
 I can

00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:07.000
 rest.

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.640
 But this

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.060
 is talking

00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:10.519
 about a

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.039
 rest that's

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 deep,

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:11.940
 not just

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 physical.

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 A rest

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.779
 that goes

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.240
 down in

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 our souls

00:21:15.820 --> 00:21:16.880
 where I

00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:17.539
 can rest

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.220
 from my

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 striving to

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.279
 be

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 good enough.

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 I can

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 rest for

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:24.000
 my striving

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.019
 that God

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:26.200
 would smile

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:27.359
 upon me.

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.759
 I can

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.559
 rest.

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 And I

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.139
 would venture

00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:31.680
 to say

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 that most

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 of you,

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 or at

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:34.480
 least,

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 a lot

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.180
 of you,

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.579
 are tired.

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.740
 Maybe

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.359
 you're tired

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:43.259
 because you've

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.899
 been working

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.819
 non-stop.

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.440
 Maybe you're

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.019
 tired because

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.799
 you stayed up

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.299
 last night

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.839
 until almost

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:49.119
 midnight at a

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.759
 rock concert,

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.519
 like some

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.919
 of us.

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.059
 Maybe you're

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:55.659
 tired for

00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:56.339
 chasing your

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.859
 kids around

00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.219
 all over the

00:21:57.219 --> 00:21:57.659
 community,

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.219
 but I would

00:21:58.219 --> 00:21:58.619
 say there's

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.039
 a deeper

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.759
 tiredness.

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:03.039
 We are all

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.539
 in the business

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.659
 of self-justifying

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.239
 because we

00:22:05.239 --> 00:22:05.819
 want that

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.399
 smile of

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:06.719
 God.

00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:09.339
 We want

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.799
 God to

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:09.979
 say,

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.379
 I am

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:10.899
 satisfied.

00:22:13.679 --> 00:22:14.259
 And we

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.659
 don't get

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:14.959
 there.

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:18.079
 But we

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.620
 keep working.

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.860
 We keep

00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.799
 working because

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.160
 we're not

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.620
 sure he's

00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:22.819
 going to

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.160
 provide.

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.240
 We keep

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.900
 working because

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.980
 we're not

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.500
 sure we've

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.059
 done enough.

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.799
 We keep

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.700
 working and

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.759
 striving to

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.380
 earn that

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:33.100
 place that

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:34.420
 Christ has

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.000
 already

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:36.980
 finished.

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.039
 finished.

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:41.039
 And so we

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:43.339
 celebrate the

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:44.360
 redemption and

00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:46.839
 the rest that

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:48.259
 Christ gives

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.000
 us.

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.460
 And I think

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.460
 this is where,

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:55.420
 if you go back

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:55.960
 and look at the

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.660
 Pharisees and

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.299
 their struggle,

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.559
 this is where the

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.640
 Pharisees missed it

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.380
 the most.

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.839
 Because the whole

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.640
 reason why they're

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.420
 keeping all these

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.440
 rules and all of

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.620
 these laws is that

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.539
 they're working

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.799
 hard,

00:23:09.439 --> 00:23:10.799
 endlessly working,

00:23:11.439 --> 00:23:14.019
 to keep their

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.659
 good standing

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.439
 before God.

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.859
 And in their

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.339
 working,

00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:21.500
 they missed the

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.219
 boat completely.

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:23.839
 Instead,

00:23:24.219 --> 00:23:24.699
 they should have

00:23:24.699 --> 00:23:25.439
 been resting in

00:23:25.439 --> 00:23:26.199
 him and then

00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:27.399
 fulfilling the

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.779
 call for justice

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.559
 and mercy,

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.139
 which is what

00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:32.119
 Jesus does here.

00:23:33.939 --> 00:23:34.639
 Which kind of

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.439
 leads us into the

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.420
 last passage,

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.940
 which we're going

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.340
 to look at,

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.019
 and that's up

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.900
 into Isaiah,

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.720
 Isaiah 58,

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.259
 particularly verse

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.340
 13 and 14.

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.080
 And it's

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.840
 interesting because

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.940
 in Isaiah 58,

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.840
 the whole chapter

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:52.019
 is a rebuke.

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.820
 This is a chapter

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.660
 that the Pharisees

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.420
 should have known.

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:58.299
 It was a rebuke

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.440
 of Israel

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:01.440
 because of their

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.240
 Sabbath keeping.

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:05.400
 It was a rebuke

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.079
 because they had

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.620
 turned to their

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.740
 religion and their

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.960
 ritual and the

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.759
 performance of the

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:11.099
 ritual of thinking

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:12.079
 that was enough.

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.779
 But the problem

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.779
 was when they

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.099
 prayed,

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.819
 God wasn't

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.240
 answering.

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.759
 They kept calling

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.400
 and praying and

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.900
 all they got was

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.599
 silence.

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.240
 And they're

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.420
 wondering,

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.559
 what's wrong?

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.160
 We're doing

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.819
 everything we're

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.440
 supposed to.

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:31.000
 And then we get

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.680
 these words

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.380
 in verse 13

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.039
 and 14,

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.620
 which you'll see

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.380
 there on the

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.820
 screen.

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.039
 If you turn your

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.779
 back from the

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.960
 Sabbath and from

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:41.220
 doing your pleasures

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:43.120
 on my holy day

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:45.140
 and call the

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:46.259
 Sabbath a delight

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.980
 and the holy day

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.580
 of the Lord

00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:49.240
 honorable.

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.680
 If you honor it,

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.820
 not going your

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:53.059
 own ways

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:55.059
 or seeking

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.519
 your own

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.119
 pleasure

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:57.579
 or talking

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.240
 idly,

00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.700
 then you shall

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.440
 take delight

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.220
 in the Lord.

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.639
 And notice

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.599
 the point here

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:06.059
 is they're

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.839
 doing all of

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.279
 the religious

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.759
 stuff,

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.159
 but their

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.720
 hearts are

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.079
 directed

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.099
 somewhere else.

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.819
 And the

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.579
 focus is not

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.279
 so much on

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.799
 the specific

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.579
 duties they

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:15.980
 do,

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:17.059
 but what they

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.960
 really want.

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:29.599
 And so the

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.419
 message of this

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.740
 that really

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.419
 Jesus gives

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:33.440
 to the

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.059
 Pharisees,

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.940
 and I think

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.399
 he gives to

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:36.740
 us,

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.960
 self-absorption

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.480
 can take

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.200
 many forms.

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:46.299
 It can take

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.079
 the form of

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.599
 being highly

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.119
 religious,

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.759
 very particular

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:52.259
 in our

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.980
 following the

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.759
 codes and

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.279
 the rules.

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:57.200
 It can also

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.700
 take the

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:59.359
 form of

00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.279
 doing whatever

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.900
 we want.

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.759
 But it all

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.259
 comes from

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.599
 the same

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.180
 place.

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.599
 I'm trusting

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.019
 me.

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.799
 I'm looking

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.700
 at me.

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.460
 I'm the

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.859
 one that

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.539
 provides.

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.680
 I am the

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.519
 one that

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.039
 satisfies.

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.119
 I am the

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.599
 one that

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.039
 will give

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.799
 myself the

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.379
 most pleasure.

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.440
 It's all

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.680
 about me.

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.279
 And God

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.099
 simply says,

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.819
 I give you

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.319
 the Sabbath

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:36.759
 to tell you

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:38.559
 it's not

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:40.139
 about you.

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:46.600
 so to sum

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.160
 things up,

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.080
 the Sabbath

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:51.060
 is a day

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.540
 of rest.

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.380
 It's what we

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.000
 see from the

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.360
 beginning,

00:26:54.540 --> 00:26:55.300
 from God

00:26:55.300 --> 00:26:55.660
 rested.

00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:56.160
 It's a day

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.960
 of celebration.

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:58.180
 It's a day

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.060
 of celebrating

00:26:59.060 --> 00:26:59.759
 all that God

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.340
 has done in

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:00.860
 creation,

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.800
 but also in

00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:02.300
 redemption,

00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:03.120
 what he's done

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.660
 to bring us

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.200
 back into

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.860
 fellowship with

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.179
 him.

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:10.419
 And this

00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:11.259
 is a point

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.759
 that we may

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.559
 think strange

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:14.219
 because we

00:27:14.219 --> 00:27:15.039
 so often see

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.519
 the Sabbath

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.240
 as a burden,

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.179
 but John

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:18.299
 Piper says

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.619
 something

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.039
 interesting.

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.339
 He explains

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.959
 it this way.

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.179
 He said,

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.740
 if we spend

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.079
 the day

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.759
 focused on

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.199
 Jesus,

00:27:24.199 --> 00:27:25.059
 the most

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.519
 pleasurable

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.979
 and the most

00:27:25.979 --> 00:27:26.799
 desirable one

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.279
 there is,

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.459
 it is impossible

00:27:28.459 --> 00:27:29.819
 that that day

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.279
 would become

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.660
 a burden.

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.480
 It's a burden

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:36.240
 because we're

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.839
 still working.

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.559
 We're still

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.099
 striving.

00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.859
 It's all about

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.920
 us and it's

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.799
 all up to us.

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.720
 The Sabbath

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.359
 is to be set

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.980
 apart from

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.759
 all other days,

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.639
 made special

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.480
 for these purposes.

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.899
 It's a day

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.579
 of focused

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.480
 concentration

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.319
 and worship

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:55.279
 and celebrating

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.759
 what God

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.259
 has done.

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.500
 It's a day

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.200
 we remember

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.839
 all that God

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.319
 has done.

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.740
 It's a day

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.039
 that we

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.740
 remember

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:03.940
 our dependence

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:06.819
 and it's a day

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:08.000
 we turn away

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.660
 from our

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.480
 self-sufficiency.

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.799
 So,

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:16.099
 that said,

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:18.539
 how are we

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.259
 going to live

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.359
 as Christians?

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.639
 As those

00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:23.619
 who embrace

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.480
 God's grace,

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.139
 how are we

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.960
 supposed to live

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.480
 then in light

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:29.119
 of the

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.399
 Sabbath?

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.180
 I think there's

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.840
 three things.

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.940
 The first

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.920
 is just

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.440
 avoiding

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:36.080
 the extremes.

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.460
 The extremes

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.539
 are really

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.279
 two things,

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.100
 two directions.

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.680
 One is

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.400
 that highly

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.519
 legislating

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.700
 what you're

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.720
 supposed to do

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.600
 in the specific

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.660
 acts.

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.440
 In here,

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.680
 you can go

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.640
 to such extremes.

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.200
 I got into

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.940
 a conversation

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.519
 once.

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.860
 I was doing

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.519
 a presbytery

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.600
 exam with a guy

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:56.980
 and we were

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.519
 talking about

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:57.960
 this whole

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.380
 Sabbath

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.920
 principle

00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:00.059
 and asked

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.180
 him,

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.340
 he says,

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.579
 well,

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.340
 what can

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:01.680
 you do

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.039
 and what

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.180
 do you

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.440
 think of

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.579
 the

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:02.799
 Sabbath?

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.180
 What can

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.440
 you do?

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.799
 What can

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.059
 you not

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.440
 do on the

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.700
 Sabbath?

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.140
 And he says,

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.299
 well,

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:06.140
 I don't think

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.880
 going to a

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.660
 Braves game

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.940
 on the

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.279
 Sabbath

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.980
 fits with

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.799
 what the

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.039
 Sabbath

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.640
 means.

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:14.640
 because that's

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:14.880
 doing

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.380
 commerce.

00:29:15.540 --> 00:29:15.820
 And he says,

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:15.980
 well,

00:29:16.020 --> 00:29:16.380
 what if you

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.740
 buy your

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.240
 ticket on

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.660
 Saturday?

00:29:19.300 --> 00:29:19.800
 Can you

00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:20.200
 go then?

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:22.720
 Well,

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.220
 what about

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.160
 if you go

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.480
 on a

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.060
 Saturday night

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:25.500
 game but

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.900
 you stay

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.460
 out so

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.860
 late,

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.360
 it's a

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:28.460
 double header

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.700
 and it

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.040
 goes into

00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:29.780
 extra innings

00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:31.080
 and you're

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.780
 totally exhausted.

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.440
 Is that?

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:33.240
 Can you do

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.620
 that?

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.259
 Or

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.500
 can you go

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.920
 to the game

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.360
 and not buy

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.920
 hot dogs?

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:41.640
 Or

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:43.140
 you see,

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.640
 if we start

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.259
 asking the

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.820
 questions,

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.480
 if we even

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.240
 begin to ask

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.880
 the question,

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.560
 what specifically

00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:50.080
 can I

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.340
 and I

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:52.920
 cannot do

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.700
 on the

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.060
 Sabbath,

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:54.860
 you get into

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.620
 a quagmire.

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.400
 So we need

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.060
 to avoid

00:29:59.060 --> 00:29:59.960
 that approach

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.720
 because it's

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.120
 hopeless.

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.660
 You'll never

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.420
 get to the

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.779
 end.

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.759
 But there's

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.140
 another

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.900
 extreme.

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:10.180
 The other

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.060
 extreme is

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.860
 we throw

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.160
 it out

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.620
 altogether.

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.680
 And that

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.240
 misses the

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.860
 point as

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.200
 well.

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.759
 The

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.160
 Sabbath is

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.620
 a gift.

00:30:21.800 --> 00:30:22.800
 It's given

00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:23.580
 to us.

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.620
 It was not

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.340
 thrown out

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:26.400
 when Jesus

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:26.820
 came.

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.160
 He put it

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.700
 back in its

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.539
 rightful place

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.019
 as a place

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.480
 for us to

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.900
 celebrate.

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:33.900
 And so

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.340
 the day

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:35.779
 is a day

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.580
 to be special

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.019
 and set

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.600
 aside.

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:39.379
 where we

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:40.659
 can express

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:43.059
 our faith,

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.179
 our trust

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:44.719
 in the

00:30:44.719 --> 00:30:45.639
 one who

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.419
 provides.

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:52.099
 So

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.859
 avoiding the

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.559
 two extremes.

00:30:53.939 --> 00:30:54.339
 The second

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.879
 thing is

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:56.639
 embracing it

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.379
 as a gift.

00:30:57.380 --> 00:31:01.400
 God gives

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.700
 us a

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.180
 Sabbath as

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.600
 a gift

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.500
 of rest

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.900
 but I

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.300
 think it's

00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:04.920
 a bigger

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.440
 gift than

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.680
 that.

00:31:05.780 --> 00:31:06.020
 And it's

00:31:06.020 --> 00:31:06.480
 not just

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.040
 that physical

00:31:07.040 --> 00:31:07.440
 rest.

00:31:07.540 --> 00:31:07.940
 Some of you

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.720
 need some

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.520
 physical rest.

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.740
 Some of you

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.340
 need to quit

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.920
 carting your

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.480
 kids around

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.840
 town,

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.760
 quit running

00:31:14.760 --> 00:31:15.100
 to the

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.420
 store,

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.780
 quit work

00:31:16.780 --> 00:31:17.800
 for one

00:31:17.800 --> 00:31:18.180
 day,

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:19.180
 quit studying

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:22.039
 and just

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.440
 rest.

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.560
 But we're

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.100
 talking here

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.720
 about something

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.400
 more deeply.

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.039
 And the

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.460
 gift that

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.980
 God gives

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.560
 us on

00:31:27.560 --> 00:31:27.779
 the

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.120
 Sabbath

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:29.019
 is actually

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.660
 a gift

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:32.460
 that protects

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:34.039
 us from

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.380
 our

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:35.320
 idolatries.

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.620
 It first

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.880
 protects us

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.600
 from this

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.640
 idolatry of

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.980
 self-dependence.

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:45.200
 By telling us

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:46.120
 not to work

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:47.380
 on one day,

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.100
 it simply

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.839
 tries to

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.459
 break that

00:31:49.459 --> 00:31:51.279
 hold of

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.759
 I am the

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.599
 one that

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.099
 has to make

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.579
 it happen.

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.480
 If I don't

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.139
 work, I

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.740
 won't eat.

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.019
 And God

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.259
 says,

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.679
 uh-uh.

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.779
 You eat

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:03.299
 because I

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.919
 provide.

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.740
 You have

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.480
 all you need

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.439
 because I

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:09.119
 give.

00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:12.379
 And so the

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.039
 Sabbath is a

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.779
 way to protect

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.559
 our hearts

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.579
 from that

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:15.919
 kind of

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.819
 self-dependence

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.759
 of thinking

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.180
 it's all

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.460
 up to

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.700
 me.

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.579
 It also

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:23.019
 protects us

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.779
 from the

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.740
 idolatry of

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.379
 acceptance.

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.740
 What are

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.319
 your neighbors

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.740
 going to

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.039
 think?

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.579
 What are

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.180
 your kids'

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.319
 friends going

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.759
 to think

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.599
 when they

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:38.420
 can't do

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.960
 travel sports

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:41.019
 on Sunday?

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.500
 They said,

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:43.799
 man,

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:45.220
 y'all a bunch

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.500
 of weirdos,

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:48.620
 a bunch

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.200
 of religious

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.880
 freaks.

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.579
 You're going

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:51.940
 to be looked

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.299
 at as

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.180
 different and

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.680
 weird.

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.360
 Yeah.

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.620
 In some

00:32:59.620 --> 00:32:59.920
 ways,

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:01.740
 that's part

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:01.960
 of the

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.339
 point.

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.400
 Our

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.960
 acceptance

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:07.200
 doesn't

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.460
 come from

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.079
 other people.

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:10.000
 Our identity,

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:11.460
 our sense

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.119
 of belonging

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:13.299
 doesn't come

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.220
 from somebody

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.400
 else's smile

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.059
 and pat on

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.579
 my back.

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.119
 It comes

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.500
 from the

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.000
 Father who

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.420
 has set

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.099
 me apart

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.839
 as his

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.279
 own.

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.700
 And I

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.359
 am different.

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.619
 I don't

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.259
 belong here in

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.759
 this world.

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.039
 If that's

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.519
 news to

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.859
 you,

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:33.220
 we are

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.259
 citizens of

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.859
 another kingdom.

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.059
 We don't

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.740
 belong here.

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:38.160
 And when

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.579
 we follow

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.160
 Christ,

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.160
 we are

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.539
 different.

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.799
 We can't

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.299
 help it.

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.720
 And so,

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.319
 in a sense,

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.680
 this guards

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:48.079
 us from

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:49.079
 this idolatry

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.420
 that we

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.500
 have of

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.120
 other people's

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.539
 approval.

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.460
 The third

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.779
 thing,

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.620
 it guards

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:55.920
 us from

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.640
 this idolatry

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.799
 of self-determination.

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.880
 The Sabbath,

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.480
 in a way,

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:01.859
 is a

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.180
 line.

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.640
 And all

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:05.920
 you have

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.440
 to do

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.820
 is draw

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.400
 a line

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.820
 in front

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.320
 of someone

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.400
 and then

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.720
 they're going

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.119
 to feel

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.539
 there's a

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.840
 fence,

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.280
 there's a

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.639
 barrier,

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.340
 and then

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.679
 they want

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.059
 to cross

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.320
 it.

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:14.760
 So,

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.179
 don't put

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.619
 a barrier

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.059
 up to

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.300
 me.

00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.119
 Don't

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.579
 restrain

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:18.880
 me.

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:19.980
 I am

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.860
 self-determining.

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.920
 I am

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:23.340
 the one

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.300
 who rules.

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.720
 You know,

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.119
 and Paul

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.820
 himself said

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.539
 in Romans 7,

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.099
 all you got

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.360
 to do

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.720
 to tell

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.139
 somebody,

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.039
 if you want

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.280
 to get

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.720
 them to sin

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.059
 is tell

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.400
 them don't

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.820
 do it.

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.139
 There's

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.679
 the fence.

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.920
 And that

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.559
 rears up

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.079
 in us

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.720
 this

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:40.960
 self-determination

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.280
 that we

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.639
 have.

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.240
 And the

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.539
 Sabbath

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.619
 is one

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:44.860
 of those

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.260
 things where

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.900
 God gives

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:47.380
 us and

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:47.539
 says,

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:49.019
 no,

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.780
 you don't.

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.659
 This is not

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.240
 about you.

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.400
 This is the

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.960
 place

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.340
 where you

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:55.780
 hear my

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.320
 word

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:57.460
 and you

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.559
 say,

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.099
 I trust

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.380
 you.

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.519
 it.

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.619
 And so

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.140
 this is one

00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:02.460
 of those

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.320
 gifts that

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.860
 we have

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:05.079
 that guards

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.599
 us.

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.460
 But then

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.840
 the third

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.300
 thing we

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.059
 see as

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.840
 we celebrate

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:12.220
 the

00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:12.480
 Sabbath

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.940
 is we

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.599
 celebrate

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.840
 a hope

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:16.480
 of something

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.860
 greater.

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.980
 See,

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.240
 we need

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.800
 rest.

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.740
 We need

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.340
 rest more

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.740
 than just

00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.240
 one day.

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:27.500
 But in

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.919
 Hebrews,

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.739
 as Will's

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.219
 already read,

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:29.819
 a rest is

00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.199
 coming.

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:33.019
 Where a

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.359
 rest from

00:35:33.359 --> 00:35:33.919
 all of our

00:35:33.919 --> 00:35:34.379
 striving,

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:37.319
 all of our

00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:37.859
 working,

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.659
 all of our

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.359
 performing,

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:45.259
 we're going

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.679
 to get to

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.099
 rest

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:48.219
 ultimately,

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.859
 finally,

00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:51.419
 completely,

00:35:52.419 --> 00:35:53.500
 because

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.559
 it'll all

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.019
 be over.

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.320
 A rest

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.920
 is coming

00:35:58.920 --> 00:36:02.360
 where we

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.920
 will stand

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.800
 before God

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:06.420
 and we

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.860
 will see

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.559
 him smile,

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:09.880
 say,

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.579
 well done,

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.239
 good and

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.019
 faithful servant,

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.940
 enter into

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.579
 the rest

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.840
 of your

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.280
 master.

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.860
 And when

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.820
 we celebrate

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.500
 the Sabbath

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.039
 together,

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:25.760
 we are

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.360
 saying,

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:28.039
 that is

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.559
 my hope.

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.760
 This is

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.480
 just a taste.

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.000
 It's just

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.739
 a foretaste.

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.739
 This is

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.880
 not the

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.719
 end of

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.199
 the story.

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.860
 This just

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.380
 sets our

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:41.659
 sights on

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.199
 something

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:43.139
 much,

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.039
 much

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.119
 greater

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.699
 and more

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.039
 glorious

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.960
 to come.

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.460
 God

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:47.960
 is

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.300
 to

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:50.340
 God

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.460
 is

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.900
 the

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.260
 gift

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:53.880
 of the

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.220
 Sabbath.

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.780
 And really,

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.039
 when we

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.380
 come to

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:56.920
 this table,

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.300
 when we

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:57.699
 come to

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.099
 the Lord's

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.400
 table,

00:36:58.900 --> 00:37:00.039
 this is

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.539
 what we

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.280
 celebrate.

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.300
 We

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.900
 celebrate.

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.820
 We stop

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.480
 our rest,

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:07.099
 we stop

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.639
 our working,

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.059
 and we

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.880
 gather around

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.420
 the table

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.820
 as a

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.220
 feast.

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:13.480
 we rest

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:13.919
 in the

00:37:13.919 --> 00:37:14.459
 work that

00:37:14.459 --> 00:37:15.480
 Christ has

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.019
 done.

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.480
 His

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.659
 broken body,

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:21.139
 His shed

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.739
 blood,

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:23.179
 has paid,

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.480
 and has

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.159
 earned,

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:26.659
 and established

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:28.000
 our rest.

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:30.920
 And so we

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.460
 celebrate

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.500
 this

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.420
 together.

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.059
 So let

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.179
 me,

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.159
 this is the

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.619
 invitation.

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.179
 Those of

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.519
 you who

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.960
 are in

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.500
 Christ,

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:41.900
 come

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:43.760
 and

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.320
 remember

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.940
 the deep

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.860
 rest that

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.179
 has been

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.219
 given and

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:49.340
 provided for

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:50.340
 us through

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:51.360
 Christ.

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.280
 But I

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:54.659
 will also

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.320
 acknowledge that

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.739
 some of you

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:56.260
 here may not

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.980
 know Christ,

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.920
 but I

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.559
 would also

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.840
 say,

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.780
 more than

00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:01.219
 likely,

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.019
 you are

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.599
 exhausted,

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.179
 you are

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.619
 tired.

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.300
 Don't

00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:06.760
 come to

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.460
 the table,

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.559
 but come

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.240
 to Jesus.

00:38:10.740 --> 00:38:11.400
 Come to

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.860
 the one

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.639
 who says,

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.240
 all you

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.940
 are weary

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.440
 and heavy

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:14.900
 laden,

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.639
 I have

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.179
 given you

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.780
 rest.

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.480
 So come

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.480
 to Christ,

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.599
 stop your

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:24.380
 striving to

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.820
 be good

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.240
 enough.

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.940
 stop your

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.619
 striving to

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.099
 provide

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.760
 enough.

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:31.980
 Come to

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.400
 the one

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.840
 who has

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.099
 done

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.679
 everything

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:36.840
 and is

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.280
 satisfied.

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:41.219
 Come to

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:41.740
 the table

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:43.980
 and again

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.539
 and remember

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.260
 and taste

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:47.139
 the rest

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.619
 we have in

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.960
 Christ.

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.740
 Let's pray

00:38:48.740 --> 00:38:49.519
 together.

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:52.619
 Lord Jesus,

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:53.019
 as we

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.420
 come,

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.039
 would you

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:58.759
 in a very

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.460
 tangible way

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.019
 help us to

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.539
 remember the

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.340
 rest that

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.719
 you've given?

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.360
 Help us to

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.980
 taste it.

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:07.099
 Help us to

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:08.519
 sense it.

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.039
 Help us to

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.559
 know it.

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:13.039
 Come and meet

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.460
 us here.

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.360
 We are tired

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.400
 Lord.

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.460
 And we

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:16.880
 don't have

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.220
 to be.

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.460
 Bring us

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.980
 into your

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.380
 rest.

00:39:22.620 --> 00:39:23.320
 Through your

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:24.300
 shed blood,

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.200
 your broken

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:25.640
 body,

00:39:26.640 --> 00:39:27.620
 it was all

00:39:27.620 --> 00:39:28.039
 done for

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:28.360
 us.

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.700
 We pray in

00:39:30.700 --> 00:39:31.380
 Jesus' name.

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:31.780
 Amen.

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:35.039
 Let me read

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.360
 you these

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:38.180
 words from

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 1 Corinthians

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 where Paul

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 says,

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 For I

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 received from

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 the Lord

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 what I

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 also delivered

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 to you,

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 that the

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.039
 Lord Jesus

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 on the

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 night when

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 he was

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 betrayed,

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 he took

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 bread,

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 and when

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 he had

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 given

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 thanks,

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 he broke

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 it and

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 said,

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 This is

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 my body

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 which is

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 for you.

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 Do this

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 in remembrance

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:56.019
 of me.

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 In the same

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 way he took

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 the cup

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 after supper

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 saying,

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 This cup

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 is the

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 new covenant

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 in my

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 blood.

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 Do this

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 as often

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 as you

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 drink it

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 in remembrance

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:05.280
 of me,

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 for as

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 often as

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 you eat

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 this bread

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 and drink

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 this cup,

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 you proclaim

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 the Lord's

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 death

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 until he

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 comes.

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 The body

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 of the

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 Lord Jesus

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 as we

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 see in

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 this bread

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 was broken,

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 took our

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 judgment.

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 His blood

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 was poured

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 out to

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 wash us

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 clean from

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 all of our

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 failure,

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 all of our

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 sin.

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 Come and

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 eat,

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 come and

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 drink,

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 and remember

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 the gift

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 of rest.

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 For more

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.279
 information,

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 visit us

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.980
 online at

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