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The Principle of Rest

Pastor Robert Morris Ministries

January 14, 2021

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Pastor Robert continues the RELAT10NSHIP series with a message about how keeping God’s name holy teaches us humility.

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The Principle of Rest

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ROBERT MORRIS: Do you realizethat God could have
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had a six day week?
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When we think about that,where'd the seven day week
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come from?
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It came from God.
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He could have worked six daysand started it all over again.
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He's the one that came upwith a seven day week,
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and one of them asa day of rest.
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ROBERT: So we're in this series,talking about "God's Top Ten
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List", the Ten Commandments,but I want to remind you that
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I think there's a principlebehind each commandment
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that will enhance ourrelationship with God
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and others.
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So this week, I believe it'sthe principle of rest,
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and we're talking about thefourth commandment.
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Exodus 20:8, "Remember theSabbath day, to keep it holy",
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or to keep it set apart, to keepit separate from the other
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six days.
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"Six days you shall laborand do all" your e-mails.
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Just bringing it up tomodern day language here.
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"All your work", notice theword all, "but the seventh day
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is the Sabbathof the Lord your God.
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In it you shall do no work, you,nor your son, nor your daughter,
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nor your male servant, nor yourfemale servant,
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nor your cattle,nor your stranger
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who is within your gates.
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For", in other words, thisis the reason, "in six days
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the Lord made the heavensand the earth, the sea,
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and all that is in them, andrested the seventh day.
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Therefore the Lord blessedthe Sabbath day and hallowed
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it", or called it holy,called it set apart.
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Okay?
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So, we don't keep the TenCommandments to be saved.
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We're saved bygrace through Jesus.
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But there are blessingsif we keep the Ten Commandments,
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and there areconsequences if we don't.
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But, here's what's amazing to meabout this commandment,
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the fourth commandment.
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It seems like that believerstoday believe that we should
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keep nine of the TenCommandments,
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but we don't need to keep thisone.
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I want you tothink about it.
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We believe we should nothave any other gods before Him.
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We believe we shouldnot have idols.
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We believe we should nottake His name in vain.
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Let's skip the fourth one.
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We believe we should honorour mother and father.
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We believe we should notlie, we should not steal,
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we should not murder, we shouldnot commit adultery,
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and we should not covet.
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Everyone agree with that?
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So, why do we think weshouldn't keep this one?
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I think we should, and I'mgoing to give you some reasons
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why this is a principle thatwill help us to rest.
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It's a principleof rest, all right?
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So, here's number one.
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There are reasonsGod said to rest.
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There are reasons, and I'mgoing to have two sub-points
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under point one, and thenI'll have point two
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and point three, all right?
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There are reasonsGod said to rest.
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Here's the first reason.
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It gives God the opportunity toprovide for us supernaturally.
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It gives God theopportunity,
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when we don't work seven days aweek, to provide
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for us supernaturally.
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If you want to flip back,you can, just a few chapters,
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Chapter 16.
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This is when He provided themanna in the wilderness.
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Exodus 16:23, "Then he saidto them, "This is what the Lord
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has said", so thisis Moses, talking to the people.
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"Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest,a holy Sabbath to the Lord.
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Bake what you will bake today,and boil what you will boil,
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and lay up foryourselves all that remains,
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to be kept until morning."
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So they laid it up untilmorning, as Moses commanded,
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and it did not stink, norwere there any worms in it."
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Stop just for a momentand let me say this.
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If you remember, when theystarted doing the manna,
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he said only gather whatyou need for one day.
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But the people didn'tbelieve that it would be
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there the next day, so theykept more, but what they kept
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more than they needed, thinkabout this.
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When they kept more thanthey needed, it began to stink
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the next day,and it had worms in it.
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See, they weren't trustingGod still for provision.
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So then he said, on thesixth day, you gather it in,
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enough for two days, and thenext day it didn't stink,
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didn't have any worms.
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God did something, asupernatural provision.
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Look at Verse 25 now.
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"Then Moses said, "Eatthat today, for today
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is a Sabbath to the Lord.
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Today", watch this, "youwill not find it in the field."
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Six days you shall gatherit, but on the seventh day,
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the Sabbath", watch this,"there will be none.
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Now it happened that some ofthe people went out
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on the seventh day" to sende-mails, "to gather,
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but they found no provision fromGod for working on that day.
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And the Lord said to Moses,"How long do you refuse
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to keep my commandmentsand my laws?
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See!
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For the Lord has given you"this is a gift from God
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to get a day off, "the Sabbath,therefore He gives you
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on the sixth daybread for two days.
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Let every manremain in his place.
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Let no man go out of hisplace on the seventh day."
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So the people restedon the seventh day."
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No provision.
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Now, this is Exodus 20.
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We read it, but rememberI told you the Ten Commandments
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are alsoin Deuteronomy 5.
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Exodus 20 uses the wordremember, Deuteronomy 5
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uses the word observe.
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Jewish people remember andobserve the Sabbath day.
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But in Deuteronomy5, He adds something.
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He says you don't need towork on this day
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because you used to be slaves,and I redeemed you.
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So, let me explainsomething to us.
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Slaves don't get a day off.
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Only the wealthy, the elite,or royalty got days off.
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We are children of the King!
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He's saying to Israel, youdidn't get a day off
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when you were in bondage.
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Think about this!
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During the week, we'reslaves, slaves to schedule,
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slaves to commitments,slaves to appointments,
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slaves to provision,slaves to work.
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But He says, one daya week, you're free.
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You don't have to work.
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I'll provide for you.
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I'll take care of you.
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I mean, it's all throughScripture, what God's saying
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I'm trying togive you a day off.
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This is like tithing to me.
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God can do more with 90%than you can do with 100%.
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Okay, listen to me.
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God can do more in six daysthan you can in seven.
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If you want to know how muchHe can do in six days,
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look around you.
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He can create the galaxy,the universe, in six days.
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He can do it.
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So, it gives God anopportunity to provide
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for us supernaturally.
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Here's the second reasonwhy, under point one here,
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a sub-point.
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It gives us the opportunityto rest and be refreshed.
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It gives us an opportunityto rest and be refreshed.
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Exodus 31:14-17, "You shallkeep the Sabbath, therefore,
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for it is holy to you.
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Everyone who profanes itshall surely be put to death,
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for whoever does any work on it,that person shall be cut off
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from among his people.
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Work shall be done for sixdays, but the seventh
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is the Sabbath of rest,holy to the Lord.
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Whoever does any work on theSabbath day,
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he shall surely be put to death.
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Therefore the children of Israelshall keep the Sabbath"
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remember, we've been draftedinto the nation of Israel,
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"to observe the Sabbaththroughout their generations",
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watch, "as a perpetualcovenant."
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How long is perpetual?
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Forever, thank you.
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"It is a sign between Me and thechildren of Israel forever",
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there it is, "for in six daysthe Lord made the heavens
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and the earth,and on the seventh day
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He rested and was refreshed."
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You've got to understandtoo, that the Sabbath
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was the greatest signto the world.
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He said it's a sign, so itwas the greatest sign to
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the world for thousands ofyears, because no other nation
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before Israelrested one day a week.
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So what they would do back thenis they would be doing business
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with Israel, and to bring it upto modern terms,
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they would e-mail them andsay, listen, I'm going
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to be in town on Saturday,the seventh day,
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and so we'll finish up thiscontract.
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They would e-mail back,Israel would e-mail back.
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We don't work onthe seventh day.
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They would e-mail back.
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Why don't you workon the seventh day?
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And they'd say, well,because it's the day
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that the Lord rested aftercreating the world in six days.
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They'd e-mailback, the Lord who?
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Are you all following me?
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And it was a way to witness!
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It was a way toshare their faith!
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Hey, we don't do -- you mean,and they e-mail back,
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you mean, we weren'tcreated by a big bang?
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No, God created us in six days,and rested on the seventh day.
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It's a sign that we, asbelievers, don't have to work
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seven days a week.
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It's a sign about what God did,so it's all through Scripture
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that it's a sign.
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Now, there's a word herethat I have to explain.
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It says "God rested"
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God rested andwas refreshed".
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Now, that is tough for atheologian to read that.
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How could an omnipotent,all-powerful God be refreshed?
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And I want you tothink about it.
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A God who never getstired, never sleeps.
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He says, I never gettired, never sleep.
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How could God be refreshed?
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Well, obviously you always tryto go to the original language.
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In the Hebrew, this word,refreshed, means took breath,
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and God breathed in.
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What had He beendoing for six days?
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He'd been creating, buthow does God create?
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He speaks.
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What do you dowhen you speak?
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You breathe out.
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"Let there be light."
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"And He breathed into man,and man became a living soul."
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Do you remember this?
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So, for six days He'dbeen breathing out.
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On the seventh day, He breathedin, and He was refreshed.
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I have a real simplequestion for you.
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If God refreshesHimself, why don't you?
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I read this from a Jewishperson about an average
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Shabbat, Sabbath.
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So, there are other things thatcould have been a lot longer,
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so I condensed itto the gist of it, okay?
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Because there are prayers thatare spoken and things like that,
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but let mejust read this to you.
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Shabbat begins at sunset becauseof the story of creation,
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it says, "And there was eveningand there was morning, one day".
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Shabbat candles are lit anda blessing is recited
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no later than 18 minutesbefore sunset.
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Two candles are lit,representing
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the two commandments.
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In other words, the fourthcommandment recorded
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in both places.
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Exodus 20 says to remember,Deuteronomy 5 says to observe.
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The family then attendsa brief evening service.
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After services, the familycomes home for a festive,
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leisurely dinner.
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By the time all of this iscompleted, it may be 9:00 p.m.
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or later.
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The family has an hour ortwo to talk, study Torah,
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and then go to sleep.
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The next morning, Shabbatservices begin around 9:00
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and continueuntil about noon.
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After services, by the way,our services
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are shorter than that,so you can thank God.
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All right, so.
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After services, the familyhas another leisurely,
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festive meal, then thefamily studies Torah
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for a while, talks, takes anafternoon walk,
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plays some checkers, or engagesin other leisure activities.
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A short afternoonnap is not uncommon.
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It is traditional to have athird meal
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before Shabbat is over.
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Shabbat ends at nightfall whenthere are three stars visible,
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approximately40 minutes after sunset.
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At the conclusion ofShabbat, a blessing is recited
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regarding the division betweenthe sacred and the secular,
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between Shabbat and the workingdays.
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As you can see, Shabbat is afull day when it is properly
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observed, and very relaxing.
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You really don't miss beingunable to turn on the TV,
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drive a car, or go shopping.
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It sounds like a relaxingday, doesn't it?
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I mean, it sounds like justsitting around and eating a lot.
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It sounds like Thanksgivingto me, once a week.
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What's wrong with that?
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What is wrong withresting one day a week?
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So, number one, there arereasons God said to rest.
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Here's number two.
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There are consequenceswhen we don't rest.
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There are consequenceswhen we don't rest.
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Numbers 15:32, "Now whilethe children of Israel
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were in the wilderness, theyfound a man",
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now watch what they found himdo, "gathering sticks
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on the Sabbath day".
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They found a man gatheringsticks, not murdering someone,
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gathering sticks.
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"And those who found himgathering sticks brought
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him to Moses and Aaron, andto all the congregation."
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Now, this is kindof funny to me.
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"They put him under guard."
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Well, of course!
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He was a stick gatherer!
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Better hold a gun on him so hedoesn't gather any more sticks.
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"Because it had not beenexplained what should be
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done to him.
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Then the Lord said to Moses,"The man must surely
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be put to death, and all thecongregation shall stone
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him with stonesoutside the camp".
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So as the Lord commandedMoses, all the congregation
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brought him outside the campand stoned him with stones,
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and he died."
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That's pretty severe forgathering sticks,
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and the Lord said it.
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Four, and I've heard fiveaccording to ceremonial things,
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but four main thingsrequired death,
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caused the death penalty in theOld Testament.
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Murder, not keeping the Sabbath,adultery, and here's one,
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rebellious children.
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I'm telling you, the nexttime, you just tell them.
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Listen, you'd be dead, pal, ifwe were in the Old Testament.
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Murder, adultery, notkeeping the Sabbath,
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and rebellious children.
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Okay, but why would notkeeping the Sabbath be up there
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with murder and adultery, andcontinued rebellion?
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Okay, remember there'sa principle behind
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each commandment, so let mejust ask you something.
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Are you putting yourself todeath by not resting one
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day a week?
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Are you killing yourself?
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There are consequences,remember?
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2 Chronicles 36:20, this iswhen they were taken
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out of the land for 70 years.
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"And those who escaped fromthe sword he carried away
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to Babylon, where they becameservants to him and his sons
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until the rule of thekingdom of Persia,
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to fulfill the word of the Lordby the mouth of Jeremiah",
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watch this, it's strange,"until the land had enjoyed
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her Sabbaths."
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"Until the land hadenjoyed", I didn't even know
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a land could enjoy,"her Sabbaths.
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As long as she lay desolate,she kept Sabbath,
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to fulfill 70 years."
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So, what happened here?
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Every seventh year they weresupposed to let the land rest,
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but theystopped doing it.
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Israel stopped doing it.
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And so, seven years went byand they still plowed the land
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and planted the land.
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In heaven, apparently Godhas a big chalkboard,
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and He made a mark, and whenseven years went by, He put one.
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Fourteen years, two.
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Twenty-one, three.
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Twenty-eight, four.
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Thirty-five, five.
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Okay, so for 70 years, 70Sabbaths, they do this,
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but they did it more than 70years, because it was every
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7 years, so if you'remathematical you will get this.
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They went 490 years notletting the land rest.
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If you did something for 490years, would you begin
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to think that you weregetting away with it?
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You don't get away with it.
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God took His children out of theland, and they were slaves
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for 70 years, so that the landcould enjoy its Sabbaths.
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If God is concerned aboutland, how much more
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is He concerned about you?
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There are consequences.
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I'm telling you, some of youmay be dying quicker than you
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want to, because you just won'treceive a gift!
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God gives you agift, a day off.
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This is not a bad gift!
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It's a good gift.
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And here's the third thing Iwant to tell you about
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the principle of rest, there areblessings when you rest.
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There are blessings!
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Now, I want to show you aprinciple here, Mark 2:23.
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"It happened that He",Jesus, "went through
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the grainfields on the Sabbath,and as they went,
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His disciples began to pluckthe heads of grain.
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And the Pharisees said toHim, "Look, why do they
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do what is not lawfulon the Sabbath"?
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But He said to them, "Haveyou never read what David
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did when he was in need andhungry, he and those with him,
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how he went into thehouse of God in the days
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of Abiathar, the high priest,and ate the showbread,
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which is not lawful to eatexcept for the priests,
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and also gave some to thosewho were with him?"
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And He", Jesus, "said to them,"The Sabbath was made for man,
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and notman for the Sabbath.
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Therefore, the Son of Man isalso the Lord of the Sabbath."
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Okay, so why did Iread that to you?
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Because I'm trying to tell youthis isn't legalistic with God.
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There's Jesus, andhere's what He's saying.
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He's saying, listen, wedidn't make man for the Sabbath.
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We didn't make youto serve the Sabbath.
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We made the Sabbathto serve you.
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Do you realize that Godcould have had a six day week?
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He's the one that came upwith a seven day week,
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and one of them asa day of rest.
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So, the Sabbathis a gift to you.
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Okay, here's an oldJewish saying I love.
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More than Israel has keptShabbat,
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Shabbat has kept Israel.
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Just resting one day a week.
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Now for me, Sabbath is on aSaturday, and again,
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I think it's a principle, so itmay not be the same day
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for you which is the endof your week.
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For me, you may not notice,I work on Saturdays.
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Praise God!
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So, there's anotherday that I rest.
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Now, here's the number onequestion that I get asked
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when I teach people onSabbath, and I teach pastors
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at pastors' conferencesall the time.
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Number one question, what doyou do on your day off,
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or what do you doon your Sabbath?
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And this is what I say.
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That's the wrong question.
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The question is not what doI do, the question
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is what do I not do.
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I don't do anythingassociated with work.
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I don't write messages.
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I don't write books.
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I don't answer e-mails.
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So, I learned atthis the hard way.
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Years ago, I wasgoing real strongly.
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I wasn't understandingthis principle.
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I had just gotten back froma trip for Life Outreach,
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where I'm visiting childrenthat are starving to death.
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I'm looking into a camera,communicating, so that people
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will help feed them,and drill water wells,
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and things like that.
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I got back, I wasabsolutely exhausted.
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I'd had about a month of that,things like, just very busy.
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And, I took a shower.
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I was going to get dressedto go to the office.
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I walked in and I'll justtell you what happened.
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I opened myunderwear drawer.
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There was one pair ofunderwear left, and I thought,
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what am Igoing to wear tomorrow?
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I'm not going to haveany underwear tomorrow.
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Pastors shouldwear underwear!
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And I could notthink, I can wash.
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My mind was so tired!
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I can go to Walmart andget 14 pair for $1.97.
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I could not think.
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I was so tired, Iwas so exhausted!
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Anybody ever been there?
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I was just exhausted!
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Put the underwear on, openedthe sock drawer, had no socks.
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I sat down on the floor inmy underwear and started crying.
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And now, while I wascrying, I had this thought.
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You're losing it!
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You're losing your mind!
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You're crying over socks!
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So, I went to lunch that daywith Pastor Tom Lane,
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and I told him, Pastor Tom,I'm losing my mind.
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So, I told himwhat happened.
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He said, you're not losingyour mind, you're exhausted.
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Anyone would feel this wayif they kept your schedule.
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So, I started talking tothe elders and praying.
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We started getting veryrigid about my time off,
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scheduling time off, andthat's when we came up with
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our sabbatical policy, whereall of our pastors
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get a sabbatical everyfive to seven years.
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So, that was my fifth year.
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So, Debbie and Iwent on sabbatical.
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The elders gave us eightweeks sabbatical,
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because it's just not yourbody that needs rest.
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When you're creating contentthat goes in books and things,
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your mind has to rest.
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All of us have to rest.
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So, I took this time.
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Now, 8 times 7 is 56 days.
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I'm telling you thatbecause something happened.
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On the 53rd day, I wassitting there thinking
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I woke up feelingnormal again.
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I felt normal.
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And I said, Lord, Ifeel normal again!
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I haven't felt normal infive years,
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since I started the church, andthat was our five year time.
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I said, I haven'tfelt normal.
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I feel normal!
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And the Lord said tome, what day is it?
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And because I like numbers,I said it's the 53rd day
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out of 56.
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I knew I only had a fewdays left, you know?
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I said, it's the 53rd day.
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And just like that, He saidto me,
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you owed one year of Sabbaths.
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You owed 52 days.
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And I said, Lord, youmean I owed you 52 days?
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And the Lord said,no, no, no, no, no.
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You didn't owe Me 52 days,you owe you 52 days.
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And He said, don't ever goin debt again with your time
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and with your energy.
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Listen, God givesyou a day off!
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If you don't take it, theroot is because you
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don't trust Him.
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That's the root.
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It's the only reason youwould work seven days a week.
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Isn't this agreat principle?
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It's a principle through"God's Top Ten",
00:24:47.968 --> 00:24:51.005
but it's also a blessing.
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It's a gift from God to getto rest one day a week.
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Now if you're like I am,probably if you've heard
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this today for the firsttime, you got convicted about
00:25:00.848 --> 00:25:04.518
working seven days a week, notletting your mind rest.
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I'm asking you, dosomething about it.
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Start this week.
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Take a day off.
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Hey, thanks somuch for watching.
00:25:14.662 --> 00:25:16.163
I'm going to continuethis series next time,
00:25:16.263 --> 00:25:18.365
"Relationship throughGod's Top Ten".
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ANNOUNCER: Thank you for joiningus for today's program
00:25:21.435 --> 00:25:22.536
as Pastor Robert shares amessage from his series
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"Relationship".
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God really loves you and wantsto have a closer relationship
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with you, however, when we thinkof the ten commandments,
00:25:31.011 --> 00:25:33.914
many of us think of a list ofrules telling us what not to do.
00:25:34.014 --> 00:25:37.351
But the truth is, God designedthe ten commandments as a way
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for us to have a relationshipwith Him.
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You are so valuable to God,and His plan for your life
00:25:43.657 --> 00:25:46.293
has always been for you tothrive in your relationship
00:25:46.393 --> 00:25:48.862
with Him, and in therelationships with people
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around you.
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In fact, relationship with youhas always been,
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and always will be His numberone priority.
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Throughout this in-depthteaching series, Pastor Robert
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will walk you through the tencommandments,
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and help you discover how eachcommandment is actually
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a principle that draws us into adeeper relationship with Him.
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As you find relationship throughGod's top ten,
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your relationship with the Lordwill begin to grow to new
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depths, and you'll learn moreabout His heart
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in designing these principleswith you in mind.
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[Phone ringing]
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NARRATOR: One day you wake upasking yourself.
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WOMAN: When will it ever end?
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[Dishes clanking]No, no, no, no...
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It's due when?
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No, no, no, no,no, no, no, no!
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[Whimpering]
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[Clock ticking]
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[Snoring]
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Our fourth quarter TPS --SON: He followed me home.
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[Screaming]Can I keep him?
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WOMAN: So, when does it all end?
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I discovered itcan end every week.
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HUSBAND: Hey, tomorrow'sour day off.
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[Sighing]
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