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 All right, well, this morning we come to one of the more challenging sermons that I may ever preach.

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 And we are compelled to go here because as we've been working our way through the story of Jesus and the Gospel of Luke,

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 we see this come up again and again.

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 We're talking today about the issue of the Sabbath.

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 And last Sunday we began to dig into this issue.

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 I explained how the Sabbath was the seventh day of the week,

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 counted from Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown.

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 And we read the commandment that was given at Sinai

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 about how the Israelites were to keep that seventh day of the week holy and do no work.

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 From there we talked about how Israel went from blatant disregard for that commandment

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 into a hyper-legalistic, man-made religion of their own,

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 adding on countless rules and regulations which truly burdened the people

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 on the day that God intended for their burdens to be alleviated.

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 We saw in Luke chapter 6, verse 1 to 5, how Jesus was walking along with his disciples

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 and they were going through the grain fields on the Sabbath day

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 and he and his disciples were rebuked by the Pharisees

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 for gleaning and eating some of the wheat on their way by.

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 They charged Jesus and his disciples with breaking the law on the Sabbath.

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 And we looked at each of the Gospel accounts of that encounter

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 and saw how Jesus responded.

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 They were not guilty as far as the Old Testament commandment was concerned.

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 Jesus said they were innocent.

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 And he said also on that occasion that the Sabbath was made for the benefit of people,

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 not people for the benefit of the Sabbath.

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 And then we ended with Jesus' jaw-dropping claim to be the Lord of the Sabbath,

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 the one who is in charge of it,

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 and therefore the one to judge what was and wasn't a violation of the commandment.

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 Well, as we continue on through the Gospel of Luke,

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 we're going to see Jesus come into conflict with the Pharisees

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 three more times on this issue of Sabbath.

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 But before we go on to these passages,

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 I want to take a message here to speak about

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 how these passages on the Sabbath apply to us as followers of Jesus today.

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 These are the questions that we ended with last Sunday.

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 Must we as followers of Jesus keep the Sabbath?

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 And if so, how?

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 Is Sunday now to be our Sabbath day?

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 Or was the Sabbath commandment only fit to the Old Covenant?

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 This has been a point of division among followers of Jesus

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 since the earliest days of the church.

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 Men and women who love Jesus and who love the Word of God

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 have come to different answers on these questions.

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 We could skip over these passages

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 or just not try to apply them for unity's sake,

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 but I think it's better to grapple with them head on.

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 And so I want to begin this morning with two,

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 what I'll call North Star passages.

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 These are the passages we should keep before us

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 on this issue of the Sabbath.

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 And I believe they are clear enough

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 and strong enough to help us find our way through this issue

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 without dividing over it.

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 So North Star passage number one

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 is found in Colossians chapter two,

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 verse 16.

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 This is the Apostle Paul writing to the church at Colossae.

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 And he says,

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 Therefore,

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 do not let anyone judge you

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 by what you eat or drink

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 or with regard to a religious festival,

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 a new moon celebration,

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 or a Sabbath day.

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 These are a shadow of the things that were to come.

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 The reality,

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 the reality, however,

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 is found in Christ.

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 Whatever conclusion you come to

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 from the Bible

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 about the Sabbath day,

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 no one

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 has any right

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 to judge you

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 or condemn you

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 for how you do

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 or don't

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 observe the Sabbath.

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 Isn't that what he's saying?

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 Therefore,

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 do not let anyone judge you

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 by what you eat or drink

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 or with regard to a religious festival,

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 a new moon celebration,

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 or a Sabbath day.

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 whatever conclusion you come to

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 from the Bible

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 about the Sabbath day,

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 no one has any right

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 to judge you

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 or condemn you

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 for how you do

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 or don't

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 observe the Sabbath.

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 That Paul can make a statement

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 like this

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 about something as significant

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 as the fourth commandment

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 should be enough

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 to let us know

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 that with the coming of Christ,

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 things have changed

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 big time

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 for those who have faith

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 in Jesus.

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 In the past,

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 it was the responsibility

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 of the leaders

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 and elders

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 in Israel

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 to deal

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 with sin

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 in the camp,

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 which included

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 the sin

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 of breaking

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 the fourth commandment.

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 Let's remember,

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 I know I read it last Sunday,

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 but for those of you

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 who were not here

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 last Sunday,

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 let's remember

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 just what the Lord commanded

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 when he gave

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 the Ten Commandments

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 at Mount Sinai.

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 This is from Exodus

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 chapter 20

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 verse 8.

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 The Lord said,

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 Remember the Sabbath day

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 by keeping it holy.

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 Six days

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 you shall labor

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 and do all your work,

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 but the seventh day

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 is a Sabbath

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 to the Lord your God.

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 On it

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 you shall not do

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 any work,

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 neither you

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 nor your son

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 or daughter

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 nor your male

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 or female servant

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 nor your animals

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 nor any foreigner

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 residing

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 in your towns.

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 For in six days

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 the Lord made

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 the heavens

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 and the earth

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 the sea

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 and all that is in them,

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 but he rested

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 on the seventh day.

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 Therefore,

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 the Lord blessed

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 the Sabbath day

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 and made it holy.

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 Now let's read about

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 what happened

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 on one occasion

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 not too long

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 after this command

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 was given

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 when a man

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 deliberately

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 disregarded

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 the Sabbath day

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 and went out

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 to work on it.

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 From Numbers

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 chapter 15

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 verse 32.

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 While the Israelites

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 were in the wilderness,

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 a man was found

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 gathering wood

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 on the Sabbath day.

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 Those who found

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 him gathering wood

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 brought him to Moses

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 and Aaron

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 and the whole assembly

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 and they kept him

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 in custody

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 because it was not

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 clear what should

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 be done

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 to him.

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 Then the Lord

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 said to Moses,

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 the man

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 must die.

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 The whole assembly

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 must stone him

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 outside the camp.

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 So the assembly

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 took him outside

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 the camp

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 and stoned him

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 to death

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 as the Lord

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 commanded Moses.

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 What we see here

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 is that

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 defying God,

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 disobeying

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 his commandments

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 is a serious,

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 serious thing.

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 It was serious

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 enough that

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 God himself

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 said,

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 this man

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 deserves to die.

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 This is one

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 of about

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 six incidents

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 in the Old Testament,

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 some before

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 and even some

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 after the exile

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 when the people

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 of Israel

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 were clearly

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 liable to judgment

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 because of a failure

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 to keep

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 the Sabbath day

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 holy

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 as God

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 had commanded.

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 Well,

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 with the coming

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 of Christ

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 and his church,

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 there are also

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 imperatives

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 given to us

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 about

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 dealing with sin

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 in the church.

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 We are called

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 to correct

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 and rebuke

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 one another.

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 We're called

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 to confront

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 a brother or sister

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 who is sinning.

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 Sin is still

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 serious

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 and yet

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 when it comes

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 to Sabbath

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 it would seem

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 that we may not

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 correct

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 or rebuke

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 one another.

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 As Paul says,

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 do not let

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 anyone judge

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 you

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 with regard

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 to a

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 Sabbath day.

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 If working

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 on the Sabbath

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 is a sin,

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 how can Paul

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 say this?

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 And if we look

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 carefully at this

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 we see that Paul

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 does two things

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 here.

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 First,

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 he lumps

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 the Sabbath

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 in with three

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 other things

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 that were commanded

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 in the Old Testament

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 and nearly

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 all Christians

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 agree that we

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 do not need

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 to keep the

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 commands

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 in the law

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 for these first

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 three things

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 in the list.

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 The first one

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 is,

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 do not let

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 anyone judge

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 you by what

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 you eat

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 or drink.

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 We do not

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 need to obey

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 the commands

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 given to Israel

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 regarding food

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 and drink

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 or eating

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 what is

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 unclean

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 or clean.

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 Jesus himself

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 declared

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 all foods

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 clean.

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 That's found

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 in Mark

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 chapter 7

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 verse 18

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 where Jesus

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 says,

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 don't you see

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 that nothing

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 that enters

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 a person

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 from the

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 outside

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 can defile

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 them?

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 For it

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 doesn't go

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 into their

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 heart

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 but into

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 their stomach

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 and then

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 out of the

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 body.

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 In saying

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 this,

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 Jesus declared

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 all foods

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 clean.

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 With the

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 coming of

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 Christ,

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 there's a

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 massive

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 change

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 in God's

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 relationship

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 with man.

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 The old

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 garment

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 is to be

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 set aside

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 and the

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 new garment

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 to be

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 worn

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 instead.

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 We do

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 not need

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 to obey

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 those old

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 commands

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 given to

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 Israel

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 pertaining

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 to food

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 and drink.

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 Neither

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 do we need

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 to observe

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 the annual

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 religious

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 festivals.

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 The festivals

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 were deeply

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 connected

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 with journeying

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 up to the

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 temple in

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 Jerusalem

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 and with

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 the special

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 sacrifices

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 which were

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 to be

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 offered

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 there on

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 those

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 occasions.

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 We heard

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 last week

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 Jesus say

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 in Matthew

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 chapter 12

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 verse 6,

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 I tell you

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 something

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 greater

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 than the

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 temple

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 is here.

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 Jesus would

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 then foretell

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 how the city

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 of Jerusalem

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 and the temple

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 would soon be

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 destroyed

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 and the good

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 news of Jesus

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 would be

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 proclaimed all

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 over the

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 world so

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 that even

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 the Gentiles

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 might be

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 included in

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 Christ as

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 well.

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 And so

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 naturally the

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 temple

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 sacrifices that

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 were commanded

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 and the

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 annual festivals

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 in Jerusalem

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 that were

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 commanded

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 would no

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 longer be

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 required to

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 be observed

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 for the

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 churches that

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 were arising

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 all over the

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 world.

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 The third

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 thing he

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 mentions is

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 the new

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 moon

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 celebration.

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 This is

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 actually a

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 reference to

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 the monthly

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 sacrifices that

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 were commanded

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 to be offered

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 by the

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 priests.

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 this is

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 found in

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 Numbers 28

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 verse 11.

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 And I

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 think we

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 all kind

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 of just

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 intuitively

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 know that

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 this is not

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 something that

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 we are required

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 to do as

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 followers of

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 Jesus today.

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 And so on

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 these three

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 things we

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 can all agree

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 that we do

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 not need

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 to observe

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 what God

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 commanded in

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 the Old

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 Testament law.

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 We easily

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 recognize them

00:12:01.419 --> 00:12:02.019
 as pertaining

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 to the Old

00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:03.339
 Covenant.

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 but Paul

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 lumps in

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 with these

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 three

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 Sabbath

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 days.

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 This is

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 our signal

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 from the

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 word of

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 God that

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 the Sabbath

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 commandment

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 itself is

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 of the same

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 sort of stuff

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 as the food

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 and drink

00:12:20.620 --> 00:12:21.060
 laws,

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 the religious

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 festivals,

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 and the

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 monthly

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 sacrifices.

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 Not only

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 does Paul

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 lump the

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 Sabbath in

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 with those

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 other things

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 but second,

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 he states

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 that the

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 Sabbath was

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 merely a

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 shadow which

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 points to

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 Christ, the

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 substance or

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 the reality.

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 We were

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 meant to see

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 the shadows

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 and truly the

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 Israelites were

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 meant to keep

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 these shadows.

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 It was a

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 matter of

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 obedience and

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 disobedience for

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 them.

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 But the

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 shadows were

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 given so that

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 ultimately we

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 would follow the

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 shadow to the

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 substance.

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 Christ.

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 And with

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 him having

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 come, it

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 doesn't make

00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:07.139
 sense to

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 cling to the

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 shadow.

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 We need to

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 cling to the

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 one the

00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:11.659
 shadows point

00:13:11.659 --> 00:13:12.180
 to, to

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 Jesus.

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 This metaphor

00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:15.279
 of shadow

00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:15.779
 and substance

00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.680
 is also used

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 by the author

00:13:17.300 --> 00:13:17.919
 of Hebrews

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 to describe

00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:19.779
 how the

00:13:19.779 --> 00:13:20.539
 old and

00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:21.080
 temporary

00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:22.320
 must give

00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:23.200
 way to

00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:23.720
 the new

00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:24.560
 reality.

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 Look at

00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:26.340
 Hebrews

00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:27.060
 chapter 10

00:13:27.060 --> 00:13:27.700
 verse 1.

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 The law

00:13:29.780 --> 00:13:31.480
 is only a

00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:32.560
 shadow of

00:13:32.560 --> 00:13:32.879
 the good

00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.340
 things that

00:13:33.340 --> 00:13:33.820
 are coming,

00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:35.580
 not the

00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:36.160
 realities

00:13:36.160 --> 00:13:37.080
 themselves.

00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:39.879
 He will

00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:40.400
 then go on

00:13:40.400 --> 00:13:40.700
 in this

00:13:40.700 --> 00:13:41.700
 passage to

00:13:41.700 --> 00:13:42.420
 describe how

00:13:42.420 --> 00:13:43.259
 the sacrifices

00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:44.520
 commanded in

00:13:44.520 --> 00:13:44.879
 the old

00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:45.720
 covenant law

00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:46.879
 were fulfilled

00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:48.080
 and made

00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:48.860
 unnecessary

00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:50.220
 forever by

00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:51.320
 Christ's once

00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:51.800
 for all

00:13:51.800 --> 00:13:52.860
 sacrifice which

00:13:52.860 --> 00:13:53.860
 inaugurated the

00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:54.520
 new covenant.

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 And so we

00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:56.759
 are meant to

00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:57.579
 move off from

00:13:57.579 --> 00:13:58.220
 the shadows

00:13:58.220 --> 00:13:59.639
 to the

00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:01.519
 reality, to

00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:02.340
 Christ and

00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:03.639
 his sacrifice,

00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.500
 the substance.

00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:08.000
 Similarly with

00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.460
 the Sabbath,

00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:09.299
 the Sabbath,

00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:10.039
 says Paul,

00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:11.840
 just like the

00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:12.740
 ceremonial food

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.360
 laws and

00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:14.460
 festivals is a

00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.720
 shadow of

00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:16.259
 things to

00:14:16.259 --> 00:14:17.279
 come, the

00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:18.500
 reality, the

00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:19.919
 substance is

00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:20.699
 found in

00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:21.079
 Christ.

00:14:22.139 --> 00:14:22.919
 Let's think

00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.659
 about that for a

00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:23.879
 moment.

00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:24.500
 What does that

00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:24.799
 mean?

00:14:25.819 --> 00:14:26.579
 How is the

00:14:26.579 --> 00:14:27.899
 Sabbath, a

00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:29.419
 shadow, pointing

00:14:29.419 --> 00:14:32.159
 to Christ, the

00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:33.059
 ultimate reality?

00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:35.419
 Well, what was

00:14:35.419 --> 00:14:36.100
 the Sabbath all

00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:36.419
 about?

00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:39.659
 The Sabbath was

00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:40.699
 all about rest.

00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:42.919
 It was about

00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.779
 ceasing our

00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:45.299
 strivings and

00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:47.360
 finding rest in

00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:47.759
 the Lord.

00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:49.899
 Paul is saying

00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:50.519
 that Christ

00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:51.939
 himself is the

00:14:51.939 --> 00:14:53.639
 reality, that

00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:54.419
 Sabbath was

00:14:54.419 --> 00:14:55.139
 pointing to.

00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:58.340
 Jesus is our

00:14:58.340 --> 00:14:59.840
 ultimate rest.

00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:01.659
 Not a day of

00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:03.480
 the week, but a

00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:04.960
 person and a

00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:06.639
 relationship with

00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:06.879
 him.

00:15:07.439 --> 00:15:08.539
 He is the one

00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:09.620
 who truly brings

00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:10.980
 an end to all

00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:12.580
 of our toil and

00:15:12.580 --> 00:15:13.120
 all of our

00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:13.840
 strivings.

00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.740
 What did Jesus

00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.139
 say?

00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:19.259
 Matthew 11, 28.

00:15:19.419 --> 00:15:19.779
 He said,

00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:21.439
 come to me,

00:15:21.939 --> 00:15:23.039
 all you who

00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:23.579
 are weary

00:15:23.579 --> 00:15:25.879
 and burdened,

00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:27.860
 and I will

00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:28.639
 give you rest.

00:15:30.199 --> 00:15:31.159
 Take my

00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:32.220
 yoke upon you

00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:34.459
 and learn from

00:15:34.459 --> 00:15:36.059
 me, for I am

00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.879
 gentle and

00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.759
 humble in

00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.079
 heart,

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:41.419
 and you will

00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:42.879
 find rest

00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:44.179
 for your

00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:44.539
 souls.

00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:45.740
 for my

00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.179
 yoke is

00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:47.860
 easy, and

00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:48.500
 my burden

00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:49.740
 is light.

00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.319
 So that's

00:15:52.319 --> 00:15:52.759
 North Star

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.539
 passage number

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:55.360
 one, Colossians

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.459
 2, 16 and

00:15:56.459 --> 00:15:56.959
 17.

00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:58.599
 Do not let

00:15:58.599 --> 00:15:59.539
 anyone judge

00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:00.039
 you by what

00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:00.539
 you eat or

00:16:00.539 --> 00:16:01.519
 drink, or

00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.259
 with regard to

00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:02.740
 a religious

00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:04.319
 festival, a

00:16:04.319 --> 00:16:04.740
 new moon

00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.879
 celebration, or

00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.419
 a Sabbath

00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:06.839
 day.

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 These are a

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 shadow of the

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 things that were

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 to come.

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 The reality,

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 however, is

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 found in

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 Christ.

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 If we

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 can't even

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 judge a

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 brother or

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 sister's

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 keeping of

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 the Sabbath

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 anymore, then

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 surely the

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 commandment was

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 only binding

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 under the

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 old covenant

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 with Israel.

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 Paul speaks

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 of the

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 Sabbath among

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 other old

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 covenant things

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 that we know

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 we're not

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 beholden to,

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 and he tells

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 us that the

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 Sabbath's ultimate

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 reality has

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 come, and

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 that Jesus

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 is the

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 reality.

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 North Star

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 passage number

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 two, Romans

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 chapter 14,

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 verse 1 to

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 6.

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 Really just

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 5 and 6, but

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 we'll read from

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 1 to 6 to

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 kind of get

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 the context.

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 This is Paul

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 again writing to

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 the church at

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 Rome.

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 He says,

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 accept the

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 one whose faith

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 is weak,

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 without quarreling

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 over disputable

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 matters.

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 One person's

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 faith allows

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 them to eat

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 anything, but

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 another whose

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 faith is weak

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 eats only

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 vegetables.

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 The one who

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 eats everything

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 must not treat

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 with contempt the

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 one who does

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 not, and the

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 one who does

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 not eat

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 everything must

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 not judge the

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 one who does,

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 for God has

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 accepted them.

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 Who are you

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 to judge someone

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 else's servant?

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 To their own

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 master's servants

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 stand or fall,

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 and they will

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 stand, for the

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 Lord is able to

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 make them stand.

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 One person

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 considers one day

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 more sacred than

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 another.

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 Another considers

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 every day alike.

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 Each of them

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 should be fully

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 convinced in their

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 own mind.

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 Whoever regards

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 one day as

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 special does so

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 to the Lord.

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 Whoever eats

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 meat does so

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 to the Lord,

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 for they give

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 thanks to God,

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 and whoever

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 abstains does so

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 to the Lord,

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 and gives thanks

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 to God.

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 So Paul, again,

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 this time,

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 writing to the

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 church in Rome,

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 and this church

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 was a mixture of

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 Jewish and

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 Gentile believers,

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 some coming from

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 a background of

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 having observed

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 the Sabbath day

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 all their lives,

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 and some

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 having never.

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 He writes to

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 them about how

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 to handle what

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 he terms

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 disputable

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 matters.

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 Matters of

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 food and

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 drink,

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 and specifically

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 the issue of

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 how we consider

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 days in

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 relation to

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 each other.

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 First, let's

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 notice the

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 imperative of

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 Paul in

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 verse 1.

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 accept the

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 one whose

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 faith is

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 weak,

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 without

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 quarreling

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 over

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 disputable

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 matters.

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 And so

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 right off the

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 top, how

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 this is going

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 to end up,

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 how it should

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 end up, is

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 clear.

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 We're not to

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 break fellowship

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 with one

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 another over

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 these things.

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 We are to

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 accept one

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 another, even

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 if there are

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 differences among

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 us over

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 matters of

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 food and

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 drink, or

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 days of the

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 week.

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 we are to

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 accept as

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 brothers and

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 sisters those

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 who hold the

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 view that's

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 different from

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 ours.

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 And we're to

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 do so, he

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 says, without

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 quarreling,

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 without fighting

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 over these

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 things.

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 But now look at

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 what Paul says

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 with regard to

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 the days of the

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 week here in

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 verse 5 and

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 6.

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 One person

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 considers one

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 day more

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 sacred than

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 another.

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 Another

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 considers every

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 day alike.

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 Each of

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 them should

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 be fully

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 convinced in

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 their own

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 mind.

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 Whoever

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 regards one

00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:53.779
 day as

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 special does

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 so to the

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 Lord.

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 Notice how

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 Paul does

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 not condemn

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 the person

00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:01.980
 who considers

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 every day

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.379
 alike.

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 If Christ

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 expected us to

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.019
 keep the

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.279
 Sabbath

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.899
 commandment

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.500
 just as they

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 did long

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.179
 ago in

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 Israel, this

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 would have

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 been the

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 perfect

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.679
 opportunity to

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 say it.

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 He could

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.119
 have said,

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 one person

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 considers one

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:16.879
 day more

00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:17.400
 sacred than

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 another.

00:20:18.560 --> 00:20:18.920
 Another

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.800
 considers every

00:20:19.800 --> 00:20:20.360
 day alike,

00:20:20.520 --> 00:20:20.880
 but that

00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:21.340
 person

00:20:21.340 --> 00:20:21.880
 considering

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.340
 every day

00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:24.020
 alike is

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 clearly not

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.200
 keeping the

00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:25.680
 Sabbath day

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.020
 holy.

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 They need to

00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:27.760
 be considering

00:20:27.760 --> 00:20:28.320
 that one

00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:29.520
 day, this

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 one day, as

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 special to

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.640
 the Lord.

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 Keep it

00:20:32.260 --> 00:20:32.900
 holy to the

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.100
 Lord.

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 But no,

00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:34.040
 Paul doesn't

00:20:34.040 --> 00:20:34.600
 say that.

00:20:36.260 --> 00:20:36.740
 Neither does

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.320
 he condemn

00:20:37.320 --> 00:20:37.980
 the one who

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 regards one

00:20:39.040 --> 00:20:39.440
 day of the

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:41.600
 week over

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:42.160
 the others,

00:20:42.260 --> 00:20:43.040
 because he

00:20:43.040 --> 00:20:43.740
 does it to

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.140
 the Lord.

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 So the

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.539
 point here

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:46.859
 is that

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.160
 Sabbath

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:48.720
 keeping is

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.599
 no longer

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:51.380
 a covenant

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:53.180
 obligation for

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.720
 those who

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.180
 are in

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.640
 Christ.

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 Rather, it

00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.640
 is now in

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.980
 the arena of

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.400
 Christian

00:20:59.400 --> 00:20:59.839
 freedom.

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 You may

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:03.460
 observe a

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.620
 day as

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.200
 special to

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.640
 the Lord,

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:07.000
 like the

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.799
 Israelites did

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.440
 long ago,

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:10.819
 or you

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.359
 may consider

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:11.900
 every day

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.300
 alike.

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.960
 A precious

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.519
 gift of

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.500
 God to

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.000
 be lived in

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.700
 worshipful

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:18.259
 relationship to

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.519
 him.

00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:21.380
 As with

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:21.740
 what Paul

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.180
 said in the

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:23.040
 previous passage,

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:23.800
 it's almost

00:21:23.800 --> 00:21:24.780
 impossible to

00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:25.360
 believe that

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:25.800
 the fourth

00:21:25.800 --> 00:21:26.460
 commandment,

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.420
 to keep the

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.380
 Sabbath day

00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:29.560
 holy, is

00:21:29.560 --> 00:21:30.420
 binding on

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.259
 all believers

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.880
 everywhere.

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.100
 How could it

00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:33.780
 be when Paul

00:21:33.780 --> 00:21:34.700
 validates the

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.720
 one who

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.560
 considers every

00:21:36.560 --> 00:21:37.680
 day alike,

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.519
 rather than

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.080
 calling that

00:21:40.080 --> 00:21:40.920
 attitude out as

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.360
 immoral?

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.820
 or sin?

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.820
 And so these

00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:45.519
 are my two

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.140
 North Star

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:47.500
 passages when

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.240
 it comes to

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.800
 the issue of

00:21:48.800 --> 00:21:49.220
 the Sabbath.

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.519
 I think that

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.280
 taken together,

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:52.620
 these are clear

00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:53.640
 enough to

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.340
 help us see

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:55.440
 that the

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:55.680
 fourth

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.320
 commandment,

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.140
 as weighty

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.920
 as it was

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.600
 for Israel,

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.600
 was not

00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:00.420
 carried forward

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.340
 by God

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:02.240
 into the

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.740
 new covenant

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.560
 as an

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.140
 obligation.

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.240
 And as

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.660
 we've seen,

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.259
 we're not to

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.980
 judge one

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.900
 another in

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.580
 regard to

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.540
 the Sabbath,

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.220
 we're not to

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.900
 quarrel over

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.120
 it.

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.640
 It's a

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.279
 disputable

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.680
 matter,

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.759
 and we are

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.420
 to accept

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.360
 those who

00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:17.880
 come to a

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.120
 different

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.920
 conclusion than

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.319
 we do.

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.460
 That's really

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:23.900
 the bulk of

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.640
 my message for

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.140
 this morning,

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.799
 but there's so

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.799
 many extra

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.460
 things that we

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.160
 could talk about

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:29.740
 here, so just

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.339
 some additional

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:32.279
 thoughts in no

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.200
 particular order.

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.200
 The Sabbath

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.140
 commandment was

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.839
 the one

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:38.420
 ceremonial commandment

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.120
 of the ten.

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:40.240
 Sometimes we

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.740
 may struggle,

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.539
 how could one

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.120
 of the ten

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:43.120
 not be

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.720
 carried over?

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.519
 Well, the

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.160
 other nine

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.039
 things, they

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.960
 commanded things

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.300
 that were

00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:49.300
 inherently good

00:22:49.300 --> 00:22:50.820
 or prohibited

00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:51.620
 things that were

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.640
 inherently evil.

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.180
 The Sabbath

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:55.120
 was not like

00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.460
 that.

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.440
 Murder, for

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.120
 instance, was

00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:59.060
 evil long

00:22:59.060 --> 00:22:59.900
 before the

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.600
 Ten Commandments

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.019
 were given.

00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:01.740
 We see that all

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.039
 through the

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.680
 book of Genesis.

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.140
 But working

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.720
 on the seventh

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.160
 day of the

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.380
 week was not

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:06.800
 immoral.

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:08.419
 Those who

00:23:08.419 --> 00:23:08.980
 worked on the

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.480
 seventh day

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.899
 of the week

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.639
 before the

00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:11.319
 commandment was

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.940
 even given

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:13.019
 were not

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.440
 sinning.

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:13.839
 They were not

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.519
 doing something

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:14.839
 wicked.

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.059
 This was a

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.319
 ceremonial commandment

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:19.299
 and a societal

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:21.039
 religious ordinance

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:22.200
 intended only

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.619
 for Israel

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:25.220
 until Christ

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.299
 came and

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.879
 fulfilled it.

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.659
 Another thing

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.319
 to keep in mind

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.419
 is that we

00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:32.460
 often confuse

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.419
 the Sabbath

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:34.940
 with Sunday.

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.000
 Sunday.

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.960
 And I think

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.259
 it's an

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.500
 innocent mistake.

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.160
 Honestly, I

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.900
 grew up thinking

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:42.240
 Sunday was the

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.840
 Sabbath day

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:44.740
 and that those

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.340
 who worked on

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:46.620
 Sunday were

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.539
 disregarding that.

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:49.620
 We're simply

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:50.200
 trying to read

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.960
 and apply all

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.480
 that the Bible

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.620
 says about the

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.820
 Sabbath to our

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.660
 lives as followers

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.259
 of Jesus.

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.160
 But the weekly

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:58.400
 Sabbath day in

00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:00.120
 the Bible was

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:00.920
 always the

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:02.080
 seventh day of

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.440
 the week,

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.140
 marked as the

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.680
 Jews marked

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.880
 days from

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.500
 sunset on

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.860
 Friday to

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.740
 sunset on

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.200
 Saturday.

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.640
 Many of the

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.300
 early churches

00:24:11.300 --> 00:24:11.880
 and followers

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.440
 of Jesus

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.120
 began to

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:13.500
 meet for

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.200
 fellowship and

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.060
 worship on

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.740
 the first day

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.200
 of the week,

00:24:16.280 --> 00:24:16.620
 which was

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:16.960
 Sunday.

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:18.780
 Yet both

00:24:18.780 --> 00:24:19.620
 in Israel

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.780
 and throughout

00:24:20.780 --> 00:24:21.200
 the Roman

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.380
 Empire, the

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.040
 first day of

00:24:23.040 --> 00:24:23.400
 the week,

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.500
 Sunday,

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.100
 was a work

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:26.340
 day.

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:28.500
 And so

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.660
 what that

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.120
 means is

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:32.180
 that when

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.600
 the church

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.040
 gathered,

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.680
 when Christians

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.120
 gathered,

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.680
 they either

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.320
 met early

00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:35.680
 in the

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.840
 morning and

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.259
 then went

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.759
 to work,

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:38.759
 or they

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.120
 went to

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.700
 work and

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.200
 then gathered

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.700
 together in

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.200
 the evening

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.019
 after work.

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.779
 It wasn't

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.279
 until the

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:46.080
 fourth century

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:47.279
 that Sunday

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.019
 was legally

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.720
 declared to

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.120
 be a day

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:50.620
 of rest for

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.460
 city dwellers,

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.299
 magistrates,

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.299
 and craftsmen

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.480
 under Emperor

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.320
 Constantine.

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.900
 Furthermore,

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.460
 the Bible

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.160
 says nothing

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.660
 about the

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.259
 Sabbath day

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.560
 being moved

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.740
 to Sunday,

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.380
 or shifted

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:05.440
 from the

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.960
 seventh day

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.440
 of the week

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.080
 to the

00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:07.620
 first day

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.320
 of the week.

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.900
 The commandment

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.480
 as stated

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.960
 in Exodus

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.800
 20 is not

00:25:11.800 --> 00:25:12.220
 that we are

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.900
 to take one

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.640
 day in

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.340
 seven to

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:14.720
 rest,

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.120
 but that we

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.740
 are specifically

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.840
 to rest on

00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.440
 the seventh

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.860
 day,

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:21.220
 which means

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.759
 that for most

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.220
 of us as

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.540
 Christians,

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.320
 we've never

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:23.759
 kept the

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.279
 Sabbath day

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.900
 commandment,

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.460
 except maybe

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.620
 unintentionally.

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.860
 There are

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.299
 only two

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.000
 places in

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.460
 the entire

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.039
 New Testament

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.559
 where it's

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.220
 even mentioned

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.680
 about the

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.500
 church gathering

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.259
 on the

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.799
 first day

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.640
 of the week,

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.860
 and this is

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.420
 after the

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.180
 resurrection of

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.460
 Jesus.

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.120
 One is in

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.539
 the narrative

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.140
 of Acts

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:43.960
 chapter 20

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.799
 verse 7

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:46.120
 and refers

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.660
 to,

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.920
 did I lose

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.259
 it there?

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.220
 It refers

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.900
 to the

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:53.220
 gathering

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.480
 of the

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.720
 church

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.240
 which Paul

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.880
 stopped by

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.360
 for the

00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:55.819
 night that

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.299
 Eutychus

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.680
 fell out

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:56.859
 of the

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.139
 window.

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.139
 They met

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.379
 on the

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.779
 first day

00:25:59.779 --> 00:25:59.960
 of the

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.419
 week that

00:26:00.419 --> 00:26:00.779
 time.

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:01.799
 And the

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.259
 other is

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.919
 in Paul's

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.460
 letter to

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.079
 the Corinthian

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.700
 church where

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.139
 he tells

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:05.379
 them to

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:05.839
 put aside

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.519
 money on

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.879
 the first

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.159
 day of

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.500
 the week

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.279
 to get

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.639
 ready for

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.220
 the collection

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.659
 that Paul

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.019
 was going

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.559
 to make

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.399
 for the

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:11.799
 Jerusalem

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.279
 gift.

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.220
 So there's

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.759
 hardly a

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.220
 prescription

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.879
 or a

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.319
 mandate

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.519
 in the

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.859
 scriptures

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.700
 for gathering

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.240
 to worship

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.740
 on the

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.180
 first day

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.399
 of the

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.639
 week.

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.919
 These are

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:23.019
 maybe two

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.500
 glimmers

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.200
 in the

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.399
 Bible of

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.960
 the tradition

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.720
 that emerged.

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.900
 There's also

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.319
 the mention

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.980
 in Revelation

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.620
 by the

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.200
 Apostle

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.880
 John of

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.600
 the Lord's

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:32.920
 day.

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.420
 On the

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.000
 Lord's day

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.460
 I was in

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.900
 the spirit

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.440
 he said.

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.420
 Most agree

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.840
 that this

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.559
 came to be a

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.880
 Christian

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:41.200
 reference to

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.840
 the first day

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.240
 of the week

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.880
 since that's

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.420
 the day that

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.000
 Jesus rose

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.360
 from the

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:44.900
 dead and

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.279
 that's the

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.680
 day that

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.259
 the church

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:48.039
 began to

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.600
 gather on

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.880
 for worship.

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.759
 But again

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.380
 there's nothing

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.160
 saying that the

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.460
 Sabbath

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:54.440
 became the

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.799
 Lord's

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.100
 day.

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.299
 One of the

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.840
 reasons why

00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.559
 Paul likely

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.039
 taught what

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.559
 he did about

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.039
 the Sabbath

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.720
 in these

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.279
 two North

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.019
 Star passages

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.220
 is because

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.620
 Sabbath

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.259
 observance

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.660
 actually

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.240
 continued

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.620
 amongst

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.079
 Jewish

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.559
 believers

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.559
 in Israel.

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.740
 It was

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.059
 part of

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.539
 the culture.

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.900
 Everything

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.460
 in Israel

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.019
 ground to

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.440
 a halt

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.980
 on Friday

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.940
 at sundown.

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:15.920
 And so

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.340
 it seems

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:16.819
 the Jewish

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.279
 Christians,

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.779
 the Jewish

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.259
 church there

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.000
 just continued

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.120
 doing what

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.559
 they always

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:20.799
 did.

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.200
 They took

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.559
 it as a

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:21.919
 day to

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.299
 rest.

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.819
 But churches

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.559
 elsewhere in

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.279
 the Greco-Roman

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.019
 world didn't

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.799
 all do this.

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.339
 Some of them

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.039
 saw Sabbath

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.379
 as distinctly

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.759
 Jewish.

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.039
 And they

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.700
 just met for

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.359
 fellowship and

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.180
 worship after

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:35.159
 work on

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:35.899
 Sunday evening.

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.460
 In fact,

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.879
 there's even

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.419
 more to it

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.899
 than this.

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.000
 For a time

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.519
 in certain

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.079
 regions,

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.619
 Sabbath

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.220
 observance

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.700
 seems to

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.159
 have become

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:44.440
 popular among

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.159
 Gentile

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:46.019
 Christians.

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.159
 For one,

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.919
 there was a

00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:48.139
 certain

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.819
 attractiveness

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.279
 to it.

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.559
 We've been

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.200
 working seven

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.639
 days a

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:51.839
 week.

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.879
 Take a

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.379
 day off

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:53.940
 every week

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.500
 to rest?

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.519
 Yes.

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.839
 But then

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.119
 there was

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.619
 also the

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.259
 influence of

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.720
 the Jews

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:03.359
 and even

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.259
 the Judaizers

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.480
 which sought

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.179
 to compel

00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:07.039
 Christians to

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.619
 keep the

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.460
 Sabbath along

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.119
 with the

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.859
 other old

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.500
 covenant

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.000
 commandments.

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.519
 And so in

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.139
 some churches

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.779
 they became

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.639
 very opposed

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.839
 to the

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.099
 Sabbath

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.639
 gathering,

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.159
 to the

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.399
 Sabbath

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.859
 ordinance,

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.240
 I mean.

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.139
 And it

00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:19.220
 was important

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.639
 to them

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.100
 that we

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.460
 worship

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.880
 Christ

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.180
 on the

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.560
 Lord's

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:21.820
 day,

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.560
 but we

00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:23.100
 don't do

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.660
 what the

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.180
 Judaizers

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.800
 are teaching

00:28:24.800 --> 00:28:25.360
 or what the

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.920
 Jews are

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.380
 trying to

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.080
 force us

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.480
 to do

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.820
 on the

00:28:28.820 --> 00:28:29.100
 seventh

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.440
 day.

00:28:31.280 --> 00:28:31.759
 Meanwhile,

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.340
 in Israel,

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.840
 some of the

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.420
 Christians there,

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.860
 it seems,

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.540
 were likely to

00:28:34.540 --> 00:28:35.060
 do both.

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.340
 They would

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:36.880
 observe the

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.540
 Sabbath day

00:28:37.540 --> 00:28:38.520
 and then they

00:28:38.520 --> 00:28:38.880
 would gather

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.400
 for Christian

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.280
 worship on

00:28:40.280 --> 00:28:40.660
 the first

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.520
 day of

00:28:41.520 --> 00:28:41.920
 the week.

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.620
 And so in

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.460
 this context,

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:44.000
 as things

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.340
 kind of

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.920
 developed and

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.300
 the church

00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:46.259
 grew and

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.660
 spread,

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.280
 it's

00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:47.860
 understandable

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.919
 why Paul

00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:49.779
 wrote what

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.139
 he did

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.559
 about the

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:50.819
 Sabbath.

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:52.879
 And it's

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.500
 also evident

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.939
 that the

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:54.519
 Sabbath day

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.779
 and the

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.119
 Lord's

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.759
 day were

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.119
 never

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.699
 conceived

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:57.319
 of as

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.740
 the same

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.079
 thing by

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.459
 the early

00:28:59.459 --> 00:28:59.859
 church.

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.779
 The point

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.219
 of all this

00:29:02.219 --> 00:29:02.679
 is to see

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:03.259
 clearly that

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.819
 keeping the

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.379
 Sabbath is

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:05.899
 not a

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.199
 covenant

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:07.179
 obligation for

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:07.559
 Christians

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.019
 today.

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.279
 And yet,

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:13.240
 as Jesus

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.719
 said,

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:15.180
 the Sabbath

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.019
 was made

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.759
 for man.

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.420
 As in

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.779
 for the

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.680
 benefit of

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.000
 man.

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.579
 It's not

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.400
 an obligation,

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.620
 but it is

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.279
 still something

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.120
 that we may

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.880
 choose to

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.160
 do.

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:30.079
 It was a

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.819
 gift to a

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.240
 people who

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.559
 had just

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:31.980
 come out of

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.339
 slavery and

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.440
 working non-stop

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.240
 day after

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.600
 day.

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.920
 In Christ,

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.400
 we have the

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.460
 freedom to

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.299
 consider one

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.900
 day a week

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:43.220
 special to

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.600
 the Lord.

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.259
 Just as

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.779
 Paul said

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.180
 some in

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.519
 the church

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.960
 at Rome

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.720
 were doing.

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.180
 And if it

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.759
 was God's

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.279
 idea to

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.600
 give a

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:52.180
 weekly day

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.819
 of rest to

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.360
 his people

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.100
 as a gift

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.460
 and for

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.059
 their benefit,

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.819
 perhaps we

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.200
 shouldn't be

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.799
 so quick to

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.440
 just throw

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.059
 out the

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.559
 principle,

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.700
 the principle

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.920
 of Sabbath

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:03.759
 as merely

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.279
 an old

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.640
 covenant

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.079
 thing.

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.740
 Here's a

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.660
 reality that

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.160
 we probably

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.740
 all know.

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.140
 People who

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.700
 work seven

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.740
 full days a

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.019
 week,

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:14.339
 often burn

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.579
 out.

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.400
 They find

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.000
 themselves in

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.480
 an awful

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.920
 state.

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.139
 And so

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.680
 for Christians

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.160
 who choose

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.759
 to practice

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.639
 the principle

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:24.079
 of weekly

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.879
 Sabbath on

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.559
 any day of

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:25.859
 the week,

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.339
 it can be

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.940
 such a

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.539
 life-giving

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.319
 and refreshing

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.740
 thing and

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.440
 is truly a

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.859
 gift from

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.180
 God.

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.420
 So long as

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.839
 we don't

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.700
 turn it back

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.500
 into a

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.559
 religious rules,

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.639
 do's and

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.160
 don'ts,

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.279
 which puts

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.740
 us back

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.160
 under the

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.200
 law that

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.980
 Christ has

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.380
 set us

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.019
 free from.

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.460
 Here's

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.880
 something you

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.500
 can try if

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.940
 you wish.

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.259
 You have

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.680
 the freedom

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.300
 in Christ

00:30:48.300 --> 00:30:48.900
 to do

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.279
 this.

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.720
 Experiment.

00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:52.779
 Try for

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.360
 one week

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.720
 sometime

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.160
 here,

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.740
 observing the

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.340
 Sabbath the

00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:56.860
 way some of

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.340
 our Christian

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.920
 brothers and

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.640
 sisters in

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:58.980
 the first

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.640
 century may

00:30:59.640 --> 00:30:59.980
 have.

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:02.420
 Friday at

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:04.279
 sundown to

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.340
 Saturday at

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.860
 sundown.

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.679
 Do all

00:31:06.679 --> 00:31:07.139
 your yard

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.559
 work and

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:07.899
 your meal

00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:08.399
 prep and

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:09.039
 your errands

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.740
 either before

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.939
 or after,

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.339
 but take a

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.039
 full 24

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.859
 hours to be

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.359
 at home as

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:16.339
 a family or

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.959
 with friends

00:31:16.959 --> 00:31:18.299
 and just

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.740
 rest.

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.579
 Spend some

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.299
 time in

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.039
 family worship.

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.699
 Enjoy your

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:26.139
 backyard if

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.459
 you have

00:31:26.459 --> 00:31:26.679
 one.

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.859
 I'm not

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.259
 saying do

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.659
 this every

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:29.879
 week.

00:31:29.959 --> 00:31:30.319
 I'm saying

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.819
 as a one

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.439
 time thing

00:31:31.439 --> 00:31:33.279
 to try to

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.759
 experience

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:35.039
 something of

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.599
 what God

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.159
 wanted to

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:37.159
 give to

00:31:37.159 --> 00:31:37.740
 his people

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:39.599
 one day

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.159
 every week.

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.079
 Maybe the

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.359
 gift of

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.279
 Sabbath in

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.879
 principle is

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.859
 what you

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.299
 or your

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.659
 family are

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.099
 really in

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.500
 need of.

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:51.059
 Maybe you

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.299
 and your

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.740
 family have

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.099
 been going

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.539
 a million

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.159
 miles an

00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:53.699
 hour and

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:54.500
 traveling here

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.000
 and there

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.579
 and everywhere

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:57.279
 for work,

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.099
 sports,

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.759
 family

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.379
 gatherings,

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.639
 meetings.

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:00.780
 things.

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.280
 Maybe what

00:32:05.280 --> 00:32:05.520
 you and

00:32:05.520 --> 00:32:05.960
 your family

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.820
 really truly

00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:07.420
 need is a

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.940
 day at home

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.340
 with each

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.920
 other each

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:10.960
 week where

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.460
 nothing is

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.820
 planned,

00:32:12.560 --> 00:32:13.080
 where it's

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.640
 not just a

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.100
 home and

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.640
 yard work

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:16.180
 day but a

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.640
 chance to

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.160
 spend time

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.600
 together.

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.840
 Maybe play a

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.380
 favorite game,

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:21.960
 maybe throw the

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.440
 football or the

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:23.860
 frisbee.

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:26.780
 And with the

00:32:26.780 --> 00:32:27.380
 freedom that we

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.140
 have in Christ

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.780
 on this matter,

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.259
 there's nothing

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.740
 saying you

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.200
 have to stay

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.519
 home.

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.460
 What do you

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.160
 find restful?

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.420
 What is truly

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.960
 restful?

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.140
 Take a day out

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.640
 at the lake

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:39.660
 or at the

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.660
 mineral spa or

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.279
 whatever it is

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.740
 for you.

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.980
 Maybe in the

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.240
 city.

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.599
 Whatever truly

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.440
 meets that need

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.940
 for you and

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.460
 your family.

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.079
 Here's a

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.420
 question.

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.819
 If you don't

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.579
 take a day

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:55.440
 to rest each

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.960
 week, when

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.640
 do you rest?

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.660
 Maybe the

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.500
 benefit of a

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.859
 full 24 hours

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:04.720
 every week is

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.339
 the needed

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:06.079
 part of the

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:07.039
 Sabbath principle

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.119
 that you've

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.579
 been missing.

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.660
 Maybe that's

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.119
 what would make

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:11.460
 all the

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.039
 difference to

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.759
 your exhausted

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.279
 and burnt

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.019
 out state.

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.660
 We don't

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.240
 have to keep

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.720
 the Sabbath

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.319
 commandment

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.160
 anymore, but

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.660
 the Sabbath

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.599
 was made for

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.440
 man to meet

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.559
 a need we

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.140
 all have.

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:27.200
 ironically, for

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.680
 practical

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:29.520
 considerations, for

00:33:29.520 --> 00:33:30.180
 those of us who

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.680
 choose to

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:32.000
 receive the

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.680
 Sabbath in

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.800
 principle as a

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:36.140
 gift and take

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:37.020
 a day to rest,

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:39.140
 and because of

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.740
 the way that our

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.660
 society is still

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.420
 set up today,

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:42.200
 Saturday and

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.100
 Sunday still end

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.740
 up being the

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.800
 logical choice for

00:33:44.800 --> 00:33:46.340
 many to take for

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:47.060
 themselves a

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:48.240
 Sabbath-like day

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.040
 of rest.

00:33:50.040 --> 00:33:50.720
 Of course, on

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.420
 those days, there's

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:54.160
 no school, and

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.720
 gathering for

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.480
 worship like we

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.180
 are right now,

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.120
 here on Sunday

00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:58.800
 morning, it's a

00:33:58.800 --> 00:33:59.660
 life-giving thing.

00:33:59.800 --> 00:34:01.060
 It brings spiritual

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:01.820
 renewal and

00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:02.940
 refreshment to us

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.700
 in the Lord.

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.019
 Those of us who

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.700
 work Monday to

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.500
 Friday, we still

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.420
 need at least one

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.480
 day a week to

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.320
 do the home

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.000
 stuff and the

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.860
 yard stuff, the

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.539
 gardening, all

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:14.420
 that stuff, and

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.260
 so that often ends

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:16.079
 up being Saturday,

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.360
 and so Sunday

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.320
 ends up being the

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.059
 day that we

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:21.400
 practice Sabbath

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.920
 rest if we

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.480
 choose to.

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.440
 Unless maybe you

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.960
 do it the other

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.460
 way around.

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.700
 Maybe you take

00:34:28.700 --> 00:34:29.539
 your Saturday to

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.480
 rest and recreate.

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.680
 Come to church on

00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:32.420
 Sunday morning and

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.079
 then do all your

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.920
 yard work and all

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:35.420
 that stuff after

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.180
 church today.

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:38.099
 Whatever you

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.380
 choose, know that

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.039
 you have the

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.940
 freedom in Christ

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.940
 to do so.

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:44.260
 Let no one judge

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:45.900
 you with regard to

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:47.980
 the Sabbath, and

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.139
 accept those who

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:50.320
 think and do

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.720
 differently than

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:53.100
 you without

00:34:53.100 --> 00:34:54.740
 quarreling over

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.780
 disputable matters.

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:58.940
 The reality that

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.660
 the shadow was

00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:01.300
 pointing to is

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:01.640
 here.

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:04.180
 Jesus has come,

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:06.620
 and he is now and

00:35:06.620 --> 00:35:07.920
 forever our ultimate,

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:11.800
 true, deepest, and

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.920
 most needed rest.

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:12.960
 rest.

00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:15.240
 And so if you're

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:17.519
 weary, if you're

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.780
 burdened, if you're

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:20.280
 exhausted or tired,

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:22.720
 come to me, says

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:25.200
 Jesus, and I will

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:27.440
 give you rest for

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.960
 your soul.

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:30.300
 let's pray.

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.820
 Father in heaven, we

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.599
 want to say thank

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.880
 you that you have

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:41.119
 got us out from

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:43.280
 under the law, and

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.000
 that you have put

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:45.199
 now in charge of us

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.380
 a new master who is

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:49.199
 Jesus, the one who

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:50.800
 gives us a light

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.240
 burden, an easy

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:57.659
 yoke, the one who

00:35:57.659 --> 00:36:00.119
 gives us that peace

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:01.619
 deep down inside that

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:04.159
 we all need with

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.379
 you.

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.839
 And I pray that we

00:36:06.839 --> 00:36:07.579
 would all cling to

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.819
 him.

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:09.059
 I pray that you would

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.960
 guide us and give us

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.839
 wisdom when it comes

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:14.019
 to this in our own

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.759
 lives, in our own

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.139
 families.

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.799
 We may end up

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:17.619
 walking away from

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:19.159
 here all choosing to

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:20.420
 do some little bit

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.819
 different things for

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.659
 our family, but I

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.299
 pray that you would

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:24.119
 give us wisdom and

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.920
 guide us into the

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:27.619
 thing that best meets

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.440
 that need, and that

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.840
 we would do those

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:31.400
 things as unto you

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:33.300
 for your honor and

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.760
 your glory.

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:36.320
 in Jesus name we pray

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.580
 Amen