SERMON SERIES:"THE TEN COMMANDMENTS"
SERMON #04: REMEMBERING THE SABBATH DAY
SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: EXODUS 20:8 "REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY. SIX DAYS SHALT THOU LABOR AND DO ALL THY WORK, BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD. IN IT THOU SHALT NOT DO ANY WORK, THOU,NOR THY SON, NOR THY DAUGHTER, THY MANSERVANT, NOR THY MAIDSERVANT, NOR THY CATTLE, NOR THY STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES. FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN THEM, AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY: WHEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND HALLOWED IT."
INTRODUCTION:
THIS 4TH COMMANDMENT ---WOULD BE THE LAST COMMANDMENT WRITTEN UPON THE 1ST OF THE TWO TABLETS OF STONE MOSES BROUGHT DOWN FROM MOUNT SINAI. THESE COMMANDMENTS HAD BEEN SPOKEN DIRECTLY FROM GOD’S VOICE WHEN THE ISREALITES WERE UPON THEIR 50TH DAY OF LEAVING THE BONDAGE OF EGYPT. THEY HAD BEEN IN EGYPT’S BONDAGE FOR 430 YEARS AND MANY OF THEM HAD TAKEN ON THE BELIEFS OF THE EGYPTIANS AND KNEW VERY LITTLE IF ANYTHING OF THE ONE TRUE GOD, JEHOVAH, THE GOD OF THEIR FOREFATHER ABRAHAM, ISSAC AND JACOB. THE ISRAELITES WERE A PEOPLE OF DIVINE PROMISE AND COVENANT YET THEY DID NOT KNOW THE GOD WHO WAS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR EXISTANCE. SO IN THESE 10 COMMANDMENTS GOD IS INTRODUCING HIMESLF AND HOW HE WANTS HIS PEOPLE TO LIVE FOR HIM.
THIS 1ST TABLET OF COMMANDMENTS --- ALL FOUR OF THEM --- DEAL WE THE WAY WE ARE TO HONOR, RESPECT AND WORSHIP GOD. THEY FORM THE FOUNDATION OF HOW WE LIVE OUR DAILY LIVES KNOWING THAT IN ALL WE DO, GOD IS LOOKING ON.
THIS 4TH COMMANDMENT IS OFT TIMES REFERRED TO AS "THE FORGOTTEN COMMANDMENT" ---- BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT GIVE THIS COMMANDMENT --- THE WEIGHT AND THE PRIORITY --- THEY GIVE TO SOME OF THE OTHER COMMANDMENTS. WHEN THEY DISOBEY IT -- THEY DO NOT FEEL AS BAD AS IF THEY HAD DISOBEYED SOME OF THE OTHER COMMANDMENTS. THERE IS NO GUILT OR CONDEMNATION. TO THEM IT IS NO BIG THING!
NO BIG THING!
YET, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR OF THESE COMMANDMENTS, GOD, THERE ARE NO GREATER OR LESSER COMMANDMENTS. THEY EACH ONE HOLD THE SAME WEIGHT AND SACREDNESS. AND WE ARE TO REMEMBER ALSO, THAT ALL 10 OF THESE COMMANDMENTS ARE EXACTLY THAT --- "COMMANDMENTS" THEY ARE NOT 10 SUGGESTIONS FROM GOD --- OR --- 10 OPTIONS FROM GOD --- THEY ARE "COMMANDMENTS" --- AND A COMMAND IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE "REQUIRED" TO DO ---REGARDLESS OF HOW WE FEEL BAD ABOUT IT!
THE WAY WE FEEL ABOUT THE COMMAND HAS ABSOULTELY NO BEARING UPON OUR OBEDIENCE TO IT --- TRUE WE SHOULD FEEL BAD TO DO WHAT GOD SAID NOT TO DO --- HOWEVER ---IF GOD SAID TO DO -- OR NOT TO DO IT --- THAT IS ABSOLUTE REASON ENOUGH!
HOW SERIOUS DOES GOD VIEW THIS COMMANDMENT?
WHEN YOU SEE HOW SERIOUS GOD IS ABOUT THIS 4TH COMMANDMENT IT MIGHT HELP US TO SEE HOW SERIOUSLY WE ARE TO FEEL ABOUT IT ALSO.
IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS A MAN WAS CAUGHT IN DISOBEDIENCE TO THIS COMMANDMENT. LET’S LOOK AT IT.
NUMBERS 15: 32-36 " AND WHILE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE IN THE WILDERNESS, THEY FOUND A MAN THAT GATHERED STICKS ON THE SABBATH DAY, AND THEY THAT FOUND HIM GATHERING STICKS BROUGHT HIM UNTO MOSES AND AARON AND UNTO ALL THE CONGREATION AND THEY PUT HIM INWARD, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DECLARED WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO HIM. AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, THE MAN SHALL BE SURELY PUT TO DEATH; AAND ALL THE CONGREGATION SHALL STONE HIM WITH STONES WITHOUT THE CAMP. AND ALL THE CONGREGATION BROUGHT HIM WITHOUT THE CAMP AND STONED HIM WITH STONES, AND HE DIED AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES."
THIS WAS THE VERY SAME PUNISHMENT RESERVED FOR THOSE WHO COMMITTED ADULTERY AND FOR THOSE WHO COMMITTED MURDER. THIS MAY PERHAPS SEEM VERY SEVERE TO US --- BUT GOD MADE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF THIS MAN. IF GOD ALLOWED HIM TO GO FREE OR WITH A MUCH LESSER PUNISHMENT, BEFORE VERY LONG, PEOPLE WOULD GO ABOUT CONSIDERING THE SABBATH DAY NO MORE THAN ANY OTHER DAY. IT WOULD LOSE IT SACREDNESS IN THEIR LIVES AND IT WOULD BECOME A DAY LIKE IT IS TODAY. AND GOD DID NOT WANT THAT.
THIS MORNING I’D LIKE TO BREIFLY GIVE US 6 REASONS WHY GOD GAVE US THE SABBATH DAY. JESUS TOLD US THAT WE WERE NOT MADE FOR THE SABBATH BUT RATHER THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR US. IF WE WILL HONOR THIS DAY IT WILL ENRICH OUR LIVES AND BLESS US! IT IS MADE TO BE A BLESSING TO US!
REASON #1:
TO GIVE REST TO OUR BODIES:
THERE ARE REALLY 2 PARTS TO THIS 4TH COMMANDMENT. THE 1ST PART IS THAT MAN IS TO "WORK" GOD SAID THAT WE HAVE 6 DAYS OUT OF SEVEN TO WORK. WORK IS ADMONISHABLE FOR WHEN WE WORK FOR SOMETHING WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. WE REALIZE WHAT IT TOOK TO ACQUIRE IT. YET, ACCORDING TO THE ONE WHO MADE OUR BODIES, THE BODY WAS NOT MADE TO WORK ALL THE TIME. IN EGYPT THE ISRAELITES WERE FORCED TO WORK EVERY DAY FROM SUNRISE TO SUNDOWN IN THE BLISTERING HEAT WHETHER THEY WERE WELL OR SICK. WHY THEN, CONSIDERING THAT THEY WERE FORCED TO WORK AS SLAVES, WOULD GOD HAVE TO GIVE THEM A COMMAND TO TAKE ONE DAY OUT OF SEVEN TO REST THEIR BODIES? THEY PROBALY WOULD NOT WORK LIKE THEY DID IN EGYPT --- YET THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE "WORKAHOLICS" THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO EXCEPT WORK. THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO REST AND TAKE A DAY OF EASE. MY POOR FATHER DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AT THE AGE OF 57. HE WAS A POOR COUNTRY FARMER THAT LITERALLY WORKED HIMSELF TO AN EARLY GRAVE. HE WORKED HARD AND HAD HARDLY ANYTHING TO WORK WITH. YET,GOD IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM DECLARED, "TAKE A DAY AND REST YOUR BODY!" OUR BODIES ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD AND GOD WANTS TO LIVE IN A RESTED --- WELL AND WHOLE --- DWELLING PLACE.
REASON #02:)
TO REALIZE THAT LIFE IS MORE THAN WORKING EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT OUR HABITS!
YOU MAY ASK WHAT HABITS? I DON’T HAVE A DRUG OR DRINKING PROBLEM OR A GAMBLING PROBLEM. I DO NOT HAVE "BABITS" BUT I AM REFERING TO THE HABIT OF --- "THINGS" ---"MATERIALISM" LIFE IS MORE THAN HAVING TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN THINGS TO MAKE OUR LIFE MORE HAPPY AND COMPLETE. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE AS MANY THINGS OR BETTER THINGS THAN OTHERS TO FEEL LIKE WE AE AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE WHO DO HAVE THEM ARE. SO MANY PEOPLE WORK DAY AND NIGHT -- SEVEN DAYS A WEEK --- TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ALL THEIR "STUFF" THEY HAVE ACQUIRED. THEIR "STUFF" FILLS EVERY KNICK AND CORNER. YOU CANNOT WALK THROUGH THEIR HOUSE FOR THE FEAR OF TRIPPING OVER THEIR "STUFF"
THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO LIVE DAILY, SACRIFING THEIR FAMILY LIFE AND THEIR SPIRITUAL LIFE TO BUY AND TO KEEP THEIR THINGS. THERE ARE SO MANY BROKEN HOMES AND CHILDREN WITHOUT THE GUIDANCE OF A MOTHER OR A FATHER BECAUSE THEY ARE NO WHERE ABOUT. THEY ARE ALWAYS AT WORK TO BUY THEM "THINGS" I AHVE SADLY WITNESSED FAMILIES AFTER A CLOSE FAMILY DEATH BEGIN TO ARGUE AND FIGHT OVER "STUFF" --- TEARING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS APART AND GOING FOR YEARS -- SOMETIMES FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES --- MAD AND NOT HAVING ANY MORE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER ---- BURNING INSIDE WITH RAGE -- FURY --- JEALOUS --- COVETNESS AND GREED OVER "THINGS"
JESUS CONDEMNED THE RICH MAN BECAUSE HE LOOKED ABOUT HIS POSSESSIONS ONE DAY AND SAID: "I NEED TO TEAR DOWN THESE BARNS ABD BUILD BIGGER BARNS TO HOLD ALL MY THINGS." HE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT HIS "STATUS" IN LIFE AND HIS IMPORTANCE IN LIFE, BY HOW MUCH "STUFF" HE HAD STORED IN HIS BARNS! AND JESUS DECLARED IN THIS ACCOUNT: " YOU ARE FOOLISH. THIS NIGHT YOUR LIFE SHALL BE REQUIRED OF YOU!" JESUS DID NOT CONDEMN HIM AND CALL HIM FOOLSIH BECAUSE HE HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF "THINGS" ----- BUT RATHER BECAUSE HIS LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT HIS "THINGS." THAT NIGHT WHEN HE DIED, HE ABSOLUTELY CARRIED WITH HIM ---- NONE OF HIS "THINGS" NONE! HE WAS IN A MOMENT ETERNALLY "STRIPPED" OF THE THINGS THAT MATTERED SO MUCH TO HIM!
REASON #03:
TO FIND SPIRITUAL REST:
JUST AS THE BODY GETS TIRED AND WEARY, SO DOES THE SPIRIT AND THE SOUL WITHIN US BECOME TIRED AND WEARY. SO MUCH STRESS AND WEARINESS TRIES TO OVERTAKE US! WE BECOME DISCORAGED WITHIN. PRESSURED FROM THE INSDIE OUT! JOB DECLARED: "MAN BORN OF A WOMAN IS OF FEW DAYS AND FULL OF SORROW," OUR SURVIVAL DOES NOT DEPEND UPON HOW "PHYSICALLY" STRONG WE ARE ---- BUT HOW STRONG WE ARE INWARDLY. SATAN KNOWS THIS AND HE WORKS CONSTANTLY ATTACKED US WITH INWARD WEARINESS AND STRIFE AND AN INNER FEELING OF BANKRUPTCY!
THEN SATAN TELLS US --"YOU DON’T NEED TO GO TO CHURCH TODAY. YOU’RE TOO WEARY TO GO TO CHURCH AND PRETEND TO FEEL GOOD, HOW CAN YOU PRAISE GOD WHEN THINGS IN YOUR LIFE ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND YOU FEEL LIKE THE WORLD IS CRUMBLING DOWN ABOUT YOU? THAT IS EXACTLY HOW SATAN WANTS YOU TO THINK BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT WHEN WE COME TO CHURCH AND THINK ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD, --- WE ALWAYS LEAVE FEELING BETTER THAN WHEN WE CAME. WE LEAVE BOOSTED UP AND ENERGIZED! WE LEAVE SPIRITALLY R E V I V E D!
DAVID HAD A TIME WHEN HIS ENEMIES WERE UPON HIM AND HE WAS WEARY AND TORN WITHIN. LIFE WAS BEING UNFAIR TO HIM. MANY TIMES "BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE." LIFE IS NOT FAIR. BUT GOD IS ALWAYS FAIR. JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 11: "COME UNTO ME, ALL YE THAT LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST."
THE ANOINTED PRESENCE OF GOD IS A "HEAD LIFTER"
READ PSALM 92:
WE FIND SOMETHING IN THE MIDST OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT WE CANNOT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE! MANY TIMES I HAVE LEFT CHURCH --- DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I CAME. I CAME WEARY AND TORN AND WITH DOUBT AND UNBELIEF BIT I LEFT ENCOURAGED AND FEELING LIKE NO MATTER WHAT WAS GOING ON WITHIN ME "THROUGH CHRIST, I CAN DO ALL THINGS." LIKE THE CHORUS SAYS: "I WON’T LEAVE HERE LIKE I CAME IN JESUS’ NAME, NOT BOUND OPPRESSED, TORMENTED, SICK OR LAME, FOR THE HOLY GHOST OF ACTS IS STILL THE SAME, AND I WON’T LEAVE HERE LIKE I CAME IN JESUS NAME. JUST AS WHEN WE ARE PHYSICALLY NOT FEELING WELL AND WE GO TO THE DOCTOR SO THAT WE CAN GET TO FEELING BETTER --- WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW ANYTHING TO KEEP US FROM GATHERING IN GOD’S HOUSE SO THAT WE COULD SPIRITUALLY AND INWARDLY GET TO FEELING BETTER!
MANY ARE THE TIMES WHEN I EVEN CAME TO CHURCH WEARY AND HURTING EVEN PHYSICALLY. BUT I PUSHED MYSELF AND I LEFT CHURCH FEELING MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT A DOCTOR COULD DO FOR ME WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO. MANY TIMES I HAVE COME TO CHURCH WITH A SORE THROAT, UNABLE TO BARELY SPEAK, WONDERING HOW COULD I EVER BE ABLE TO PREACH THE MESSAGE. I WOULD ASK PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR ME AND WITHIN A LITTLE WHILE THE ANOINTING OF GOD WOULD TOUCH ME, MY VOICE WAS RESTORED AND I WAS HEALED. I LEFT DIFFERENT THAN I CAME!
REASON # 4
GOD SAID FOR US TO REMEMBER THE SABBATH SO THAT WE COULD GATHER TOGETHER WITH OUR SAINTS OF GOD AND WORSHIP HIM. IN ONE LOUD AND SINCERE VOICE OFFER UP HONOR, PRAISE, GLORY AND WORSHIP UNTO ME. YES NO MATTER HOW THINGS ARE IN OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW, GOD IS GOOD TO US. HE IS MUCH BETTER TO US THAN WHAT WE DESERVE! I CANNOT COMPLAIN TO GOD THAT I DESERVE BETTER! DAILY HE LOADS US WITH BENEFITS. HIS MERCY IS RENEWED EVERY DAY! HE IS THE SUPPLING SOURCE FROM WHERE EVERY BLESSING IN OUR LIVES COMES FROM! THROUGH HIM WE "LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR VERY BEING" THROUGH HIM WE ARE ALIVE. (SONG) "IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE LORD ON MY SIDE, WHAT WOULD I DO, WHAT WOULD I DO?"
GOD SID NOT SAY: "NOW IF ON THE SABBATH YOU DON’T HAVE ANY OTHER PLANS COME AND WORSHIP ME." NEITHER DID GOD DECLARE: "IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO ON THE SABBATH COME AND WORSHIP ME" NO ---- GOD IS SAYING TO US:"ON THE DAY I AM TO BE WORSHIPPED, DON’T MAKE ANY PLANS THAT SHOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM WORSHIPPING ME!" "STOP ALL AND GIVE ME THE GLORY I DESERVE." OUR GOD IS A GOOD GOD AND A LOVING AND A MERCIFUL GOD, BUT HE IS ALSO A VERY JEALOUS GOD."
HE WANTS TO BE THE #1 BEING IN OUR LIVES!
REASON # 5
WE ARE TO LAY ONE DAY ASIDE TO COME TO CHURCH TO LEARN ABOUT GOD AND HIS INSTRUCTIONS FOUND IN HIS WORD --- THE BIBLE. HOW SHALL WE LEARN UNLESS SOMEONE WITH A HOLY CALLING UPON THEM TEACH US? IN EPHESIANS PAUL SAID OF GOD: "HE HAS GIVEN US APOSTLES, PROPHETS, PASTORS, EVANGELISTS AND TEACHERS, FOR THE PERFECTTING OF THE SAINTS, FOR THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY, TILL WE ALL COME INTO THE UNITY OF THE FAITH AND UNTO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD." UNTIL WE BECOME TOTALLY LIKE CHRIST! UNTIL WE ARRIVE AT THAT POINT WE NEED TO BE IN CHURCH LISTENING TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR MINISTERS!
WE ARE ALSO TO COME TO THE CHURCH --- TO BRING UNTO GOD ---- AN OFFERING OF OUR 1ST FRUITS --- SO THAT WE MAY WORSHIP GOD AND THANK GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGS IN OUR LIVES AND ALSO BECAUSE THERE MAY REMAIN SPIRITUAL MEAT IN GOD’S HOUSE TO KEEP THE CHURCH GOING. IN CHURCH WE USE OUR TALENTS AND OUR SKILLS AND OUR CALLINGS TO BLESS GOD. HE GAVE US THOSE THINGS AND WE ARE TO GIVE THEM BACK TO HIM WHAT BELONGS TO HIM IN OUR WORSHIP AND PRAISE. IN THE LAST DAYS THE WORD OF GOD SAYS, "MAN SHALL BECOME UNTAHNKFUL."
REASON # 6:
WE ARE TO GATHER WITH GOD’S PEOPLE TO FIND FELLOWSHIP AND A SENSE OF BELONGING! WE ARE A SPIRITUAL FAMILY!
WE ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER AND SHARE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS. YET, HOW CAN WE KNOW EACH OTHER WELL ENOUGH IF WE TO DO MEET TOGETHER?
MANY TIMES PEOPLE MISS SO MUCH CHURCH THEY DO NOT EVEN KNOW THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ATTEND CHURCH. WE ARE NOT TO BECOME "STRANGERS" TO EACH OTHER BUT "BROTHERS AND SISTERS."
SATAN IS TRYING SO HARD TODAY TO DESTROY SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP. THE BEST PEOPLE TO BE AROUND ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE GOD WITH ALL THEIR HEART. THEY WILL BE THERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND, A BROTHER OR A SISTER OR A PRAYER PARTNER.
CONCLUSION:
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THE PEOPLE OF GOD WORSHIPPED ON SATURDAY -- THE LAST DAY OF THE WEEK. SATURDAY WAS THE "SABBATH" HOWEVER AFTER THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST , IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE CHURCH BEGAN TO WORSHIP ON SUNDAY -- THE 1ST DAY OF THE WEEK --- IN HONOR OF THE VICTORIOUS RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD. IT REPRESENTS A DAY OF VICTORY. PAUL WROTE TO THE CORINTHIANS AND TOLD THEM THAT UPON THE 1ST DAY OF THE WEEK THEY WERE TO MEET TOETHER AND RECEIVE AN OFFERING UNTO THE LORD.
WHY ONE DAY OUT OF SEVEN? ISN’T THAT A LITTLE TOO OFTEN? EVIDENTLY MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT IT IS.
HOWEVER GOD DID NOT MAKE US AS "CAMELS" THAT CAN GO A LONG TIME WITHOUT WATER AND NOURISHMENT. HE MADE US AS "SHHEP" WHO REQUIRE BEING NEAR A SOURCE OF WATER AND GREEN GRASS. GOD KNEW THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE US VERY LONG TO WANDER AWAY FROM HIM -- TO BECOME COLD IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM ---- NO LONGER PLACING HIM IN HIS PROPER PLACE IN OUR LIVES ----
I HAVE WATCHED SO MANY PEOPLE --- BEGIN TO MISS CHURCH. REGARDLESS OF THE REASONS WE MISS CHURCH --- AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE SIMPLY CANNOT COME TO CHURCH --- YET, REGARDLESS OF THE REASONS --- THE LONGER WE STAY OUT OF CHURCH --- THE EASIER IT IS TO MISS CHURCH WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF GUILT --- OR SPIRITUAL HUNGER.
COMING TO CHURCH IS A "BIG THING."
WHEN WE BEGIN TO MISS CHURCH --- NO LONGER RECIEVING SPIRITUAL FOOD AND NOURISHMENT --- WE CHANGE! AND WITHOUT SPIRITUAL DESIRES AND WITHOUT SPIRITUALLY ROOTED ---- THERE’S NO LIMIT TO HOW WE CHANGE FOR THE WORSE ---- GETTING COLD HEARTED AND FILLED WITH SPIRITUAL UNCONCERN AND NEGLECT. I HAVE WATCHED SO MANY MARRIAGES, HOMES, AND LIVES DESTROYED WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN TO FORGET ABOUT THAT DAY OF WORSHIPPING GOD. DOESN’T TAKE LONG FOR A BUILDING TO COME DOWN!
"PASTOR" YOU MAY ASK, "WHAT IF I HAVE A PUBLIC JOB AND I ARE FORCED TO WORK TO KEEP IT AND TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY? IF IT WAS LEFT UP TO ME I WOULD NOT WORK ON SUNDAY AND I WOULD ALWAYS BE IN CHURCH, BUT IT IS NOT LEFT UP TO ME?"
THEN YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SSE TO IT THAT ON THE DAY IN THE WEEK THAT YOU ARE OUT OF WORK -- YOU FIND A WAY TO WORSHIP GOD AND TO BE FED FROM GOD’S WORD! AND THEN, I ADVISE YOU TO DO ONE OTHER THING.
BEGIN TO SERIOUSLY PRAY AND FAST AND ASK GOD FOR A DIFFERENT JOB THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO NOT HAVE TO WORK ON THE LORD’S DAY."
BILLY GRAHMAN SAID THIS: "JESUS SAID THAT IT IS LAWFUL TO GET THE OX OUT OF THE DITCH ON THE SABBATH. BUT THEN REV. GRAHMAN ADDED HIS OWN WORDS OF ADIVCE. "IF THE OX KEEPS GETTING OUT OF THE DITCH ON THE SABBATH DAY --- I WOULD DO ONE OF TWO THINGS, I WOULD EITHER FILL UP THE DITCH OR I WOULD SEE THE OX."
REMEMBER HOW GOD SAID: "IF YOU WILL OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS I WILL BLES YOU BUT IF YOU DISOBEY MY COMMANDMENTS I WILL CURSE YOU." WE NEED GOD’S BLESSINGS UPON US SO DESPERATELY. ANYTHING WE DO TO MOVE CLOSER TO GOD --- GOD WILL HONOR THAT AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE THE ONE WHO IS BLESSED IN THE END.
