- All right, well, great to be here this evening.
Thank you, Pastor Jones, for the opportunity to preach.
Always great to see you guys
and always great to see work being done in my hometown.
It's funny, I preached here on Easter
and you guys are dealing with Josh.
And then I came early September and it was the melty casualty.
And then this time, so I'm like, next time,
I'm just picking 2 Peter 2 or Jude,
and then I'm just gonna change the sermon
to whatever the situation's going on.
But hey, at least there's a church here
that actually wants to get rid of the cancer
and wants to purge the leaven,
that way that this church can grow
and continue doing the great vision
that your pastor has for this city
and that you all have for this city.
So I am thankful for that.
You guys shouldn't be ashamed of what's going on at all.
You should be happy you have a pastor that wants to do that.
So we're here in John chapter 5.
Let's read here in verse number 15.
John 5, 15, the man departed and told the Jews
that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus
and sought to slay him
because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.
But Jesus answered them,
Jesus answered them, "My father worketh hither too,
"and I work."
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him
because he had not only broken the Sabbath,
but said also that God was his father
making himself equal with God.
Let's pray, Lord, thank you so much for this day.
Thank you for the opportunity to preach
and for this church that I love, Lord.
Pray that you would use me
and fill me with the Holy Spirit.
Help me to edify these people, Lord.
And I pray that we would all pay attention
and learn the Bible tonight.
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
All right, the title of my sermon is
"Good luck keeping the Sabbath in hell."
Good luck keeping the Sabbath in hell.
Here the Jews are all bent out of shape.
They have the eternal Son of God standing in front of them
that just did an amazing miracle,
that just healed a man who wasn't able to walk.
He's able to walk now.
And the Jews are all out of shape.
Why? Because they perceive that he broke the Sabbath, right?
They're all upset because he broke the Sabbath.
And you know, these Jews let the entire message
of Jesus' ministry go right over their head
because they're focused on the carnal.
They're focused on the carnal commandment.
They let salvation go right over their head.
So, you know, they can keep the Sabbath all they want,
but good luck keeping the Sabbath in hell
because they miss salvation.
So let's go to Genesis chapter two.
We'll be getting there in a minute.
Genesis chapter two.
But before we get into Genesis two,
I want to give you the definition of the word Sabbath.
According to Merriam-Webster,
the definition of the word Sabbath is a time of rest.
The word Sabbath simply just means rest.
And I want to do kind of a Bible study tonight
and learn the truth about this subject.
But you know, if you go back to the Hebrew, it means rest.
And if you go back to the Greek, it means rest.
And if you go back to the Spanish or to the Chinese,
Sabbath means rest, okay?
That's the definition of the word.
It doesn't mean Saturday.
It does not mean Saturday.
That's what the Seventh-day Adventists want to harp on,
is oh, what day do you worship God?
Part of the reason I'm preaching this sermon
is 'cause I worked with a guy who told me,
he's like, well, I believe the whole Bible.
And I was like, oh, amen, me too.
I'm a fundamentalist.
He's like, oh, you're a fundamentalist?
Okay, well, what day you worship God on?
And so I'm thinking, I know exactly what this guy is.
And my answer is every day.
I worship God every day.
And he goes, oh, you're not a fundamentalist then
because if you don't keep the Sabbath,
then you don't believe the whole Bible.
Well, we're gonna find out about that in this sermon,
if that's true.
Do we need to keep the Sabbath in the New Testament?
What is the Sabbath?
So obviously Sabbath means rest, not Saturday.
And I'll prove that from the Bible later,
but we're in Genesis chapter two.
Let me get there myself.
And I want to show you God leaving us the pattern
for the Sabbath.
Genesis chapter two, look at verse number one.
The Bible says, "Thus the heavens and the earth
were finished and all the host of them.
And on the seventh day, God ended his work,
which he had made.
And he rested on the seventh day from all his work,
which he had made.
And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it
because that in it, he had rested from all his work,
excuse me, which God created and made."
Now, is the word Sabbath used in these scriptures?
No, it's not.
And this is not God instituting a Sabbath on mankind,
but this is God leaving a pattern for the Sabbath.
Because one of the false doctrines
that Seventh-day Adventists want to tell you is,
"Oh, well, the Sabbath was established at creation."
No, God took a Sabbath at creation,
which means Sabbath means rest, right?
God took a rest the seventh day.
But did he command us to keep the Sabbath here
in Genesis chapter 2?
No, but he did leave us a pattern for the Sabbath.
He showed us that he did rest the seventh day.
And there is a huge spiritual significance to that.
We'll get to that later on in the sermon.
But like I said, the Sabbath does not mean Saturday.
I'm gonna prove that to you from the Bible.
Go to Leviticus chapter number 23.
Leviticus chapter number 23.
Because according to the black Hebrew Israelites,
according to the Judeo-Christians,
according to the seventh day Adventists,
the Sabbath means Saturday, right?
And just like these Pharisees
that wanna just focus on the Sabbath,
unfortunately, everything else has gone over their head
and they're on their way to hell.
But let's see what the Sabbath really means.
Does it mean Saturday?
Leviticus 23 verse 24, Leviticus 23 verse 24,
the Bible says, "Speak unto the children of Israel,
saying, 'In the seventh month, in the first day of the month,
shall ye have a Sabbath and a memorial
of blowing of trumpets and holy convocation.'"
So remember these numbers, seventh month,
first day of the month, they're gonna have a Sabbath.
What does Sabbath mean?
Rest, they're gonna have a rest on that day.
Look at Leviticus 23 verse 27, "Also on the 10th day
of this seventh month, there shall be a day of atonement.
It shall be in holy convocation unto you,
and he shall afflict your souls
and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
And he shall do no work in that same day.
For this is a day of atonement to make an atonement
for you before the Lord your God.
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted
in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
And whatsoever soul it be that do with any work
in that same day, the same soul will I destroy
from among his people.
You shall do no manner of work.
It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations
and all your dwellings.
It shall be unto you a Sabbath of rest
and you shall afflict your souls in the ninth day
of the month at even.
From even unto even shall you celebrate.
So he says there, first day of the month,
then do it the 10th day of the month.
How many days in between?
Nine days.
So if the Sabbath just means Saturday,
wouldn't that be every seven days?
Well, here we have a Sabbath happening nine days apart.
So how can Sabbath always mean Saturday, right?
Does Sabbath sometimes in the Bible mean the seventh day?
Of course.
But there's also times where God just commands you to have a Sabbath on the first day of
the month or on the ninth day of the month.
The word itself does not mean Saturday.
So if a Seventh-day Adventist tells you, "Oh, why don't you have church on the Sabbath?"
They don't even know what the definition of that word is because Sabbath means rest.
They're just asking you, "Why don't you have church on the rest?"
What?
That question doesn't even make any sense.
Leviticus 25, the Sabbath also can be measured in terms of years.
Look at verse number two of Leviticus 25, "Speak unto the children of Israel and say
unto them, 'When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a Sabbath
unto the Lord.
Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years shalt thou prune thy vineyard and gather
in the fruit thereof.
But in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the land, a Sabbath for the Lord.
Thou shalt neither sow thy field nor prune thy vineyard.
So not only can people have a Sabbath, not only can God have a Sabbath on the seventh
day, but even the land itself needs a Sabbath sometimes, because it means rest.
Sometimes it's in days, sometimes it's in months, sometimes it's in years, but that
totally disproves that Sabbath just means Saturday.
So now let's look at when the Sabbath was actually instituted for mankind.
Go to Exodus chapter number 20, Exodus chapter number 20.
We saw the definition of Sabbath.
We saw God leaving the pattern of the Sabbath.
Now let's see when it was instituted for mankind.
Exodus chapter 20, look at verse eight.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work.
But the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord thy God.
In it shalt not do any work,
thou nor thy son nor thy daughter, thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,
nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,
the sea and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day,
wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
So this is an important commandment.
It's so important that God put it in the 10 commandments.
It's the third commandment.
And the commandment is rest on the seventh day.
Don't do any work on the seventh day.
Because why?
Because God left us that pattern the seventh day.
Now turn to Matthew 15.
I want to read to you Psalm chapter 19 verse 7 the Bible says the law of the Lord is perfect
Converting the soul the testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple the statutes of the Lord are right
Rejoicing the heart the commandment of the Lord is pure enlightening the eyes. So, you know what this commandment?
It may not be something that's talked about a lot, but this commandment is right
Bible says that the law of the Lord is perfect this commandment the Bible says that the law of the Lord should be converting
The soul this should be this commandment should be changing us
It says that the testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple this should be helping people that are simple
Understand more spiritual truths this commandment should be doing says the statutes of the Lord are right
Rejoicing the heart this commandment should make us happy says the commandment of the Lord is pure enlightening the eyes
It should be helping us learn but unfortunately this commandment has been totally perverted
By all these cults like the Seventh-day Adventists like the black Hebrew Israelites have totally perverted the meaning of the Sabbath
And it doesn't mean to most people what the Bible actually says it means and you know what the Bible says the law of the Lord
Is perfect and the third commandment and the ten commandments is perfect and it converts the soul and it does all these things that the Bible
Says it should do but the problem is the false prophets that have been perverting it
Proverbs 29 and 18 says where there is no vision the people perish
But he that keepeth the law happy as he you're there in Matthew 15 look at verse 11
Not that which goeth into the mouth defile at the man
But that which cometh out of the mouth this defile at the man
Then came his disciples and said unto him knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying
But he answered and said every plant which my heavenly father hath not planted shall be rooted up
Let them alone they be blind leaders of the blind and if the blind lead the blind
Both shall fall into the ditch the reason I'm preaching this sermon is because you have a bunch of cults where the leaders are blind
Leading the blind into the ditch of hell and part of the reason why they're leading people to hell is because they're trusting in their
Understanding of keeping this carnal commandment to take them to heaven and I'm sorry
Good luck keeping the Sabbath in hell because it's not going to get you saved and you don't even understand what it means
So let's look here at the Old Testament consequence for breaking the Sabbath. We saw God's example
We saw God giving it to mankind. What was the what was the consequence if we break the Sabbath?
Let's look at the Old Testament here Exodus 31 Exodus chapter number 31 and we'll see how God feels about this
Exodus chapter 31 we're gonna read a bit here
Like I said, this is the Bible say look at verse 12 and the Lord spake unto Moses saying speak all speak
Thou also unto the children of Israel saying verily my Sabbaths you shall keep for it is a sign
Remember that word for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations
That you may know that I am the Lord that does sanctify you you shall keep the Sabbath therefore for it is holy unto you
Everyone that defile it shall surely be put to death for whosoever doeth any work there in that soul
Shall be cut off from among his people six days may work be done
But in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest holy to the Lord whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day
He shall surely be put to death
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant
It is a sign remember that again between me and the children of Israel forever for in six days
The Lord made heaven and earth and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed quickly look at Exodus 35
Exodus chapter 35 verse 2
Exodus 35 verse 2 let's look at what he says again the punishment for breaking the Sabbath six days shall work be done
But on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day a Sabbath of rest to the Lord
Whosoever do with any work therein shall be put to death
So God gives us the commandment of the Sabbath keep the Sabbath don't defile the Sabbath don't work on the seventh day
Keep holy my Sabbath. It's a sign between me and you. Okay, Lord. Well, what happens if I do a little work?
What if I just want to you know, say pick up sticks on the Sabbath day?
We'll read a story about that later in numbers 15. What's the punishment? Well, here's the punishment death getting killed
Dying for breaking the Sabbath sounds like this is pretty serious sounds like this is pretty a serious commandment from God
He says hey if you break this commandment your soul will be cut off
From my people and that's very important to remember because you'll see in the New Testament that there's a similar punishment
For the New Testament version of the Sabbath what happens if you don't get on that program and we'll get to that
Why is the punishment for breaking the Sabbath so severe?
Why is it that if you just do something as simple as picking up sticks on the Sabbath day that you get the death penalty?
Well, I'll tell you why because if you miss the Sabbath of the New Testament, your soul will be cut off from your people in hell
Why because the Sabbath is a picture of the of salvation by faith alone through Jesus Christ
It's resting your way to heaven. God rested the seventh day from all his works to leave us that pattern
He tells us in the in the third commandment that he gave Moses keep the Sabbath
Why because it's a picture of salvation through Jesus Christ
Why is it that a punishment would be given so severe for what seems to us like such a unimportant commandment?
Because if you don't follow the Sabbath of the New Testament, you'll be put to death to the second death in hell
Go to Matthew chapter 11 Matthew chapter 11 or Matthew 23. I'll read for you. Matthew Matthew 11
Matthew 11 verse 28 says come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest
Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lonely and heart and ye shall find
Rest unto your souls for my yoke is easy and my burden is light
Why is it that God told us to rest the seventh day?
Because when you get saved by putting your faith in Lord Jesus Christ, you have found rest for your soul
Jesus said coming unto me getting saved is easy. Your your yoke is his yoke is not hard
It's light
He says you'll find rest unto your souls look at Matthew 23
Matthew 23 verse 2 and the reason I'm showing you this verse is because what do all these false religions teach you they teach you
Oh keep the Sabbath the Seventh-day Adventist the black Hebrew Israelites, you know, the Judeo Christians
They say we have to keep the Sabbath. Well, let's see what Jesus thinks about these type of people Matthew 23 verse 2
Saying the scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's seat all therefore whatsoever
They bid you observe that observe observe and do but do you not after their works for they say and do not
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be born and lay them on men's shoulders
But they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers
And it's just funny to me how these people that think you have to keep the Sabbath to be saved
They know themselves they know that they break the Sabbath probably all the time
You know not doing any work on the Sabbath. How far are you gonna take that? Are you allowed to get out of bed?
Are you allowed to go to the bathroom? Are you allowed to turn on a light switch because the Jews some of the orthodox Jews
They take it that far
You can't turn on a light switch on the Sabbath in certain areas of Portland in the Jewish areas
They have little hired goyum and I think pastor Thompson preached about that
Maybe he preached about it here where they have the little goyums
Press the button to help them across the street because if the Jews press the button to help them cross the street
They're breaking the Sabbath
But yet you can walk across the street like like how far do you take it to where you just basically are making up your own?
Definitions and and these people here. They're laying all these heavy
Burdens on people saying you got to do this this and that but Jesus says you're not even
Lifting one of those things with your little fingers these people who are preaching to do all these things
They themselves aren't doing them. You think that the Jews and the Seventh-day Adventists all keep the Sabbath perfectly that they never do any work
Whatsoever. No, of course not, but yet they'll tell you that's how I'm earning my way to heaven is I'm keeping the Sabbath
It's false. It's false. The Sabbath is faith in Christ
The Sabbath is getting saved by believing on him not of your works
That's why God ceased from his works to leave us that pattern of salvation and showing us. Hey salvation isn't of works
And it's funny how many times the Bible tells us that salvation is not of works
Jesus said his his way is easy. The law is grievous
The laws is hard to be born
But you know you got false prophets out there today like John Getch
That are telling people that we have to repent of all our sins to be saved. Does anyone heard of John Getch?
Okay, has anyone heard of West Coast Baptist College? Has anyone heard of Lancaster Baptist Church?
Okay, this is one of the this is probably the second largest
Independent fundamental Baptist colleges in America and the vice president of this college stood up
I don't know if it was this week or a week ago
And he said you cannot have salvation and your sin you cannot have salvation and your sin
He said these exact words faith in Christ alone for salvation without repentance of sin is unbiblical in one of the biggest
Bible colleges in America
He stood up behind the pulpit in front of all these young wannabe preachers that want to serve God with their life and told them
Hey, that's a false gospel preaching Christ faith alone, right?
What the what in the world is going on in America when one of the biggest fundamental?
Baptist colleges has a devil behind the pulpit telling a false gospel that we need to repent of our sins to be saved
He said if that wall represents hell and I'm a sinner walking towards this wall
I have to stop sinning and turn towards Jesus Christ to be saved. Is that what the Bible says?
You know what that person, you know in the Old Testament
I don't know the exact verse it talks about how if the wife of your own bosom if your friend if your mother your father
Turns your heart aside to worship other gods
It says that your hand would be the first person upon them to stone them with stones
You know what should happen to John getch?
Everyone in his congregation all those young Bible college students should have picked up rocks and killed that man right there
On the spot why because he's preaching a false gospel and he's sending people to hell turn to Galatians chapter 1
If you want to see what God feels about a person like John getch a person preaching a false gospel
Have fun keeping the Sabbath in hell John getch you false prophet look at look at Galatians 1 verse 6
It says I marvel that you're so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel
Which is not another but there be some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ
This is what this is what Paul says
But though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you then that which we have preached unto you
Let him be accursed and we said as we said before so say I now again if any man
Preach any other gospel unto you then that we you have received. Let him be a curse
You say that's harsh you want him to be stoned with stones
You want him to be killed right there behind the pulpit for preaching a false gospel
You know, it's a lot more harsh than that saying that his soul should be condemned to hell forever
But that's what Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit said should happen to a man that preaches another gospel
So John getch the vice president of one of the largest Baptist colleges in America. I hope he goes to hell
I pray that he goes to hell. I hope that he dies before he can pervert any more mines
Because that's what the Bible says and you know what you've got your own little John gets right here in Boise, Idaho
Because pastor Rick DeMichael of Treasure Valley Baptist Church who runs a Bible college out of that church
He said you don't have to repent of your sins to be saved
You just have to repent of your sins to be qualified to be saved
Well, guess what if I don't have a certain credit score, I'm not qualified to buy this new car
If I don't have a certain amount of down payment, I'm not qualified to buy this new house. I'm not gonna get the new car
I'm not gonna get the new house if I'm not qualified for something. I'm not gonna get it
So what is pastor Rick DeMichael saying when he's saying you don't have to repent your sins to be saved just to be qualified to be
Saved translation you have to repent of your sins to be saved, right?
So right here in Boise, Idaho, you have your own devil and his little minion Sam Gip, you know
Let them both be accursed. Let them both die and go to hell
You know what what is happening in America to Baptist?
I see basically three things
I see Baptist either getting their candlestick removed or I see Baptist totally going off the deep end going crazy
like this West Coast Baptist College like
What's his name in Texas? What's his name pastor? You were telling me before service
Senior Bob Gray senior totally going off the deep end
I see either losing their candlestick going crazy or becoming new IFB. That's really what I see happening to Baptist right now
we're either we're either just taking over with the fire and zeal of the Word of God and
Preaching everything in this book or people are just going crazy or people are just getting their candlestick removed. That's what I see right now
In Boise, Idaho, what do you see? I know of a church
I'm not gonna call them out because their pastor's saved but I know of a church that's not willing to get on God's program and
Actually preach the full counsel of God. He's not willing to preach hard
He's not willing to preach the negative and I see a church whose candlestick has been removed
and I also see a church going off the deep end in Treasure Valley Baptist Church with their
Rucktarded doctrine with Sam Gip that can't even get Jesus Christ name
Right, or I see this church shield of faith Baptist Church
And this is just a microcosm of what's happening everywhere when one of the largest Baptist colleges in America
Has the vice president saying you have to repent your sins to be saved and not only that
He said that every single human being on this earth if they're breathing is worthy of dignity and respect
And he says you should never be mean to the homos
You should never be angry or vile to them. He says every single human being on this earth is worthy of
Respect. Well, that's weird. I didn't see that in the Bible when Elijah slayed
400 prophets of Baal where was his respect for them? Where was God's respect for Cain's offering?
You know, where was Micaiah the prophet the son of in law?
Where was his respect for Ahab when he said hey, just so you know, if I didn't regard Jehoshaphat's present
I wouldn't even be speaking to you, you wicked man.
Where was his respect for him? Where was Jesus Christ's respect for Herod when he says hey, go tell that fox, right?
Where was Paul's and Peter's respect for all the people that were taking them in custody and saying hey, we ought to obey God rather than men?
We don't got to listen to you. Do you see, do you see men of God respecting evil, wicked, disgusting people in the Bible?
No, you don't. And you know what? There's nothing more disgusting and wicked and vile than a homosexual.
Welcome to reality, right? But yet in America, even Baptists think that we need to give respect to the most despicable, disgusting, vile pieces of filth that are walking and breathing on this earth.
I cannot fathom anything more disgusting than being a sodomite. I would rather be strangled to death. I would rather be killed in the most brutal way than to become a homo.
It's the most disgusting thing I could possibly think of. And he's saying that us as Baptists, that us as the salt of the earth, us that are bringing the light of the gospel, we need to respect these people that hate God?
That the Bible says hate God in Romans chapter 1? What is going on right now in our country? It doesn't make any sense.
Go to John chapter 3, but this sermon is about the Sabbath, so we need to get back to the Sabbath.
2 Corinthians chapter 5, I'll read for you. It says, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
Keep your finger in John 3. I had you go somewhere too soon. Keep your finger there and go to 1 Corinthians 15. We'll go back to John 3, but go to 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Corinthians 15.
Because remember, we're talking about how Jesus, getting saved, he says, "My burden's easy." Right? It's easy to be saved. It's rest to be saved.
1 Corinthians 15, look at verse 54, verse 54. "So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, 'Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?'
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us this victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ."
And the question is, how do we get that victory? Because the strength of sin is the law. It has dominion over us when we commit our first sin.
You know, we're in bondage to sin. We need to get that victory through Jesus Christ. How do we get that victory? Is it by repenting of our sins?
Like John Getch preaches? Like Rick De Michael preaches? No. Let's go to John chapter 3 and let's run through some verses here.
And let's see what the Word of God actually says. Let's not let these false prophets confuse people. Let's just let the Bible speak for itself in John chapter 3.
Verse 15. "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." What's the qualification there for salvation, Rick De Michael?
It says belief. That's your pre-qualification. That's how you get pre-approved on eternal life.
Belief. That's all you have to do. John 3.16. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
John 3.18. "He that believeth on him is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
John 3.36. "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life, and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abioth on him."
So, right here, Justin, John 3 alone. It's believe, believe, believe, believe. The Bible wants to make it clear for us how to get saved.
The book of John, as you guys have been learning in your study, is the only book that specifically tells you, "Hey, this is written so that you can get saved."
And what seems to be the theme in here? You know what phrase you'll never find in the book of John, "Repent of your sins"?
You know what phrase you'll never find in the entire King James Bible? "Repent of your sins."
You won't even find the word "repent" in the book of John, but you know what you find many times? "Believe, believe, believe."
Look at John 6, John chapter 6, John 6, 47. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life."
Jesus wanted to make that one so clear. A theologian can understand that one.
Very short sentence, not a whole lot of vowels, just very simple. What is it? "Belief."
Act 1630, I'll read for you, turn to Romans 7, Act 1630, "And brought them out and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'
And they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.'"
You know how we're going to defeat these false prophets that are going to go out and preach their lies?
It's with the Word of God. Because I don't have the power to do it. You don't have the power to do it.
No pastor has the power to do it. All we can do is let the power of the Word of God do its job.
because it's it's clear we're right they're wrong the Bible clearly says
salvation's by faith alone okay Romans 7 let me turn there myself Romans
chapter 7 look at verse 14 verse 14 for we know that the law is spiritual but I
am carnal sold under sin for that which I do I allow not for what I would that
do I not but what I hate that do I if then I do that which I would not I
consent unto the law that it is good now then it is no more I that do it but sin
that dwelleth in me for I know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good
thing for to will is present with me but how to perform that which is good I find
not for the good that I would do that I would I do not but the evil which I
would not that I do now if I do that I would not it is no more I that do it but
sin that dwelleth in me I find then a law that when I would do good evil is
present with me for I delight in the law of God after the inward man but I see
another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing
me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members so here Paul is
talking about like what pastor Jones eluding to earlier the dual nature we
have in us when we're saved and you know we have the new man that's spiritual we
have the old man that's carnal Paul the Apostle said in verse 14 I am carnal okay
you can't get any more clear than that so if John Getch says that he can repent
of all his sins to be saved how come the Apostle Paul couldn't right who's who's
better of a man Paul the Apostle that reached the entire Eastern world for
Christ in his lifetime with no internet no phone no car no plane just him and
and his guys who's better him or John Getch who's gonna Paul or me or you
Paul right but yet Paul said I'm carnal sold under sin because that old man
until the day you die or until the day we're raptured that old man is gonna be
within you sold under sin forever you're never gonna have full control over it
all you can try to do is walk in the spirit you know feed that spiritual man
more than you feed that carnal man that's all you can do but you can never
get rid of that sin nature you can never repent of your sins turn from all your
sins to get saved in Christ it's impossible we can't go one day without
sinning you know what I doubt that that we can go a couple hours without sinning
you know the Bible says the thought of foolishness is sin we cannot stop
sinning folks there's no way any sane person can think that they can stop
sinning and earn their way to heaven yet in the one of the biggest Baptist
colleges in America apparently that's what's being preached you know as
Baptist we used to be known if people hear the word Baptist they know oh faith
alone eternal security but man well on to America where that's questionable now
you know how has that become the standard here in America it's really sad
but you're starting to see the picture here that salvation is a Sabbath rest
remember Sabbath means rest are you starting to see the picture that
salvation is rest it's not work it's rest that's why the punishment for it
was so severe because if you don't have that rest in the New Testament your soul
will be cut off from your people in hell right good luck keeping the Sabbath in
hell let's look here we'll skip numbers 15 let's look here at Jesus working on
the Sabbath we saw God instituting it we saw God leaving his pattern for it we
saw the punishment for breaking it now let's look here at the ministry of Jesus
Christ and let's see examples of him working on the Sabbath Matthew chapter
12 now this story is very important because it's actually mentioned in every
gospel Matthew Mark Luke and John but I'll just read to you one of them Matthew
12 look at verse 1 at that time Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn
and his disciples weren't hungered and began to pluck the ears of corn and to
eat but when the Pharisee saw it they said unto him behold thy disciples do
that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day but he said unto them have
you not read what David did when he was in hunger and they that were with him
how he entered into the house of God and did eat the showbread which was not
lawful for him to eat neither for them which were with him but only for the
priests or have you not read in the law how that on the Sabbath days the priests
in the temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless but I say unto you that in
this place is one greater than the temple but if he had known what this
meaneth I will have mercy and not sacrifice you would have can you would
have not condemned the guiltless for the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath
day so what's going on here the Pharisees come up on Jesus eating and
picking corn as disciples picking corn on the Sabbath and Jesus says hey look
first of all you don't know the Bible here's this example here's this example
second of all I'm greater than the temple and third I'm the Lord of the
Sabbath right you need to stop focusing so much on these carnal these carnal
ordinances that just pictured me they need to focus on me everything about
salvation is going right over your head hey I'm the son of God I'm the son of
man I'm God in the flesh I'm right here and they're only worried about this is
carnal command he's like look I'm the Lord of the Sabbath says I would have
mercy and not sacrifice turned Isaiah chapter number one because remember
Christ came to fulfill the law I'll read for you Matthew 517 think not that I am
come to destroy the law of the prophets I am NOT come to destroy but to fulfill
so Jesus Christ came to fulfill the Sabbath he came to fulfill the cardinal
ordinances the dietary laws the feast days the blowing of the trumpet all of
those things were pictures of a spiritual truth in the New Testament
Christ said I came to fulfill those things I didn't come to destroy them I
came to fulfill them you're there in Isaiah chapter one let me get there
myself so remember that phrase he said he said I would have mercy and not
sacrifice Isaiah chapter 1 let's look there at verse number 9 Isaiah 1 9 the
Bible reads except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant we
should have been a Sodom and we should have been like unto Gomorrah this is
preaching to Judah here hear the word of the Lord you rulers of Sodom give ear
unto the law of our God ye people of Gomorrah so God's so angry these people
he's talking to Judah but he's saying hey your rulers he's just calling him
Sodom he's calling your people Gomorrah it's not actually Sodom and Gomorrah but
that's how wicked and sick that they had gotten at this point let's keep reading
here verse 11 to what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me say
at the Lord I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed
beasts and I delight not in the blood of bullocks or lambs or he goats when he
come to appear before me who hath required this at your hand to tread my
courts bring no more vain ablations incense is an abomination unto me the
new moons and Sabbaths the calling of assemblies I cannot away with it is
iniquity even the solemn meeting your new moons and your appointed feasts my
soul hated they are trouble unto me I am weary to bear them well let's see how
many more I wanted to read here yeah let's keep reading learn to do well or
sorry verse 15 and when you spread forth your hands I will hide my eyes from you
yea when you make many prayers I will not hear your hands are full of blood wash
you make you clean put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes cease
to do evil learn to do well seek judgment relieve the oppressed judge the
fatherless plead for the widow come now and let us reason together saith the
Lord though your sins be a scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be
red like crimson they shall be as wool so he starts out saying here he's calling
them Sodom he's calling them Gomorrah he's saying all these things that you're
doing your incest your your incense your ablations your new moons your Sabbaths
your holy days your feast he's like my soul hates it it's all an abomination to
me I cannot I cannot stand it I hate it and at the end he says hey though your
sins be a scar that they shall be white as snow so what's the problem with these
people they're not even saved why do you think he's calling them Sodom and Gomorrah
right they're not even saved they're fulfilling all these carnal commandments
they're you know like the Catholic Church like all work-based religions
they're lighting their candles they're praying to Mary they're bowing they're
chanting they're doing all these rituals but guess what it's an abomination to
God because they're not even saved right so that's why Jesus said the same thing
said I would have mercy and not sacrifice you know if you would have
known what this means you wouldn't have condemned the guiltless right so if you
would have known the fact that you keeping the Sabbath if that's what
you're trusting to get you to heaven is gonna send you straight to hell hey
maybe you wouldn't be blowing your mouth off to the Son of God right who do you
think knows more about the Sabbath the Lord Jesus Christ or these yahoos Jesus
Christ of course right but yet they are so bold they think that they can just
rebuke Jesus the one that created them the one that even created the Sabbath
and gave the law for the Sabbath they don't know what they're talking about
right God has their Sabbaths in abomination when he sees them keeping
the Sabbath in Portland when he sees those blind reprobate Jews having their
little goyan boys touching across the street he's saying you know what my soul
hates your stupid Sabbath because you hate me you reject me you missed the
Sabbath of the New Testament my soul hates your stupid Sabbath you're not
even doing it right you don't even know what it means you're condemning the
guiltless that's what they were doing go to Colossians chapter 1 another thing he
said there is he said hey I am the Lord of the Sabbath Colossians chapter 1
Colossians chapter 1 look at verse 12 giving thanks unto the Father which
hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light who
hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the
kingdom of His dear Son so this is talking about Christ God's dear Son
verse 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood even the forgiveness of
sins who is the image of the invisible God the firstborn of every creature for
by Him were all things created, that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers, all things were
created by Him and for Him, and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist."
So the person that created these people is the Lord Jesus Christ.
The person that created the Sabbath is the Lord Jesus Christ.
The person that created the heaven and the earth, the invisible and the visible, the
thrones, the dominions, the principalities, the powers, all things were created by Him
and for Him.
He's the Lord of the Sabbath, right?
So these people, they're standing in front of the Son of God.
Could you imagine standing before Jesus Christ in the flesh, in His ministry, getting to
see Him with your own eyes?
And could you imagine Him?
Could you imagine rebuking Him?
Not even like Peter did, just because he didn't know what Jesus was talking about, but rebuking
Him, accusing Him of doing something wicked when He was the picture of what the Sabbath
even represented.
He was coming to fulfill that Sabbath, they got that wrong, they missed the boat.
Go to Mark chapter, we'll skip this one, let's go to John chapter five, because I think this
is the big hard hitter.
I would remember this chapter out, soul winning, if you ever run into a Seventh Day Adventist
or one of these Judeo-Christians or Black Hebrew Israelites, this is a very important
scripture.
We'll start reading here in verse, let's read here at verse number 17.
So this is after, after he, or verse 16, after he healed the person, after he's being accused
of them of breaking the Sabbath, they're getting all upset, look at verse 16, "and therefore
did the Jews persecute Jesus and sought to slay him because he had done these things
on the Sabbath day."
Remember we read that chapter, he healed the man, "but Jesus answered them, 'My Father
worketh hitherto, and I work.'
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him because he not only had broken the Sabbath,
but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God."
So this gets the Seventh-day Adventist all bent out of shape.
Because if you want to tell, they tell you, "Oh, you've got to keep the Sabbath to be
saved."
Save, just say, "Hey, did you know that Jesus Christ broke the Sabbath?"
They'll be like, "No, no way, that's totally wrong, there's no way Jesus broke the Sabbath."
Let's look here again at verse number 18, and let's see what the Holy Ghost says happen,
because the narrator of the Bible is the Holy Ghost.
Verse 18, "Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken
the Sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God."
And they'll say, "No, Jesus didn't break the Sabbath, the Jews just perceived that Jesus
broke the Sabbath, because they didn't understand fully what the Sabbath meant."
Well, is that really what the Bible says?
No, the Holy Ghost said that Jesus broke the Sabbath.
Now, was that sin for him?
Of course not.
He's the thing that the Sabbath was picturing, right?
He's the Lord of the Sabbath.
He didn't commit sin, but did he break the Sabbath?
Yes, he did break the Sabbath.
And these people want to get all bent out of shape.
But if you remember this verse right here, that destroys that doctrine of the Seventh
Day Adventist, 18.
And here, by that logic, so they're saying, "Oh, the Jews just perceived that he broke
the Sabbath."
Did the Jews just perceive that he said God was his Father?
Or did Jesus actually say that God was his Father?
Because that's the other thing in this verse.
It says, "But said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God."
Oh, well, Jesus didn't actually say that God was his Father.
The Jews just perceived that Jesus said God was his Father.
No, Jesus said God was his Father.
And Jesus broke the Sabbath, too.
Because guess what?
We don't have to keep the Sabbath in the New Testament.
Because Jesus Christ is the Sabbath.
He is the picture of the Sabbath.
So I kind of got ahead of myself to my next point, but the question is, do we need to
keep the Sabbath in the New Testament?
And the answer is, the Old Testament Sabbath, no.
The New Testament Sabbath, salvation in Christ, yes.
Go to Colossians chapter 2.
Colossians chapter 2, and we'll wrap up here pretty soon.
Colossians chapter 2, Colossians 2, we'll start reading in verse 8.
The Bible says, "Beware, beware, beware, lest any man spoil you through philosophy
and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not
after Christ.
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and ye are complete in Him,
which is the head of all principality and power, in whom also ye are circumcised with
the circumcision," pay attention to this, "made without hands," talking about spiritual
circumcision of the heart being saved, "in putting off the body of the sins by the flesh
of the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen
with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead,
and you being dead in your sins, and the uncircumcision of your flesh hath He quickened together with
Him having forgiven you all trespasses, blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was
against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His
cross.
And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing
over them in it.
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or
of the new moon, or of Sabbath days, which are a shadow of things to come.
But the body is of Christ.
He's saying here, "Hey, Jesus nailed these cardinal ordinances.
He nailed all of these things to the cross, and He took them out of the way."
What does it mean to take something out?
If I take out the trash, I'm getting rid of it, okay?
Jesus Christ took the Sabbath out.
He took it out of our way.
He nailed it to the cross.
We can eat shellfish now.
We don't have to worry about if our garments are mingled with linen and cotton, okay?
We don't have to have these holy feast days.
We don't have to keep the Sabbath.
We don't have to esteem one day above another.
Me neither doesn't commend us to God, right?
If neither if we eat are we the better, neither if we eat not are we the worse.
Jesus Christ nailed these things to the cross and he took them out.
And it says don't let any man judge you anymore of the Sabbath days.
Now let me ask you, was that the attitude in the Old Testament?
Did God say oh if you break my Sabbath, don't let any man judge you.
No was that the attitude?
No it was put him to death.
Take him out, put him to death, his soul is cut off from my people.
But in the New Testament, the physical Sabbath, the Old Testament law of the Sabbath, let
no man judge you, right?
So these carnal black Hebrew Israelites, these carnal Seventh Day Adventists, when they ask
you what day do you worship God?
My answer is every day.
My answer is not on the Sabbath day because Jesus Christ took the Sabbath out.
Jesus Christ was the picture of the Sabbath.
You're carnal.
You're not saved.
Have fun keeping the Sabbath in hell, right?
You don't know the Bible.
Read Colossians chapter number two.
Read Colossians chapter number one.
Actually sit down and read this book cover to cover after you get saved and you'll learn
about the Sabbath.
Okay?
It's done away forever.
And if I could get them to understand just one thing, it's what we're about to read.
Turn to Hebrews chapter four.
Hebrews chapter four.
If you haven't paid attention to anything yet, please pay attention to this.
Hebrews chapter four, verse one says, let us therefore fear.
Now fear is something God's serious about.
So he's saying, Hey, Paul's saying pay attention and fear what I'm about to say.
Be afraid of what God's about to say here.
Let us therefore fear lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest.
Remember what Sabbath means rest.
Any of you should seem to come short of it front to us was the gospel preached as well
as unto them.
So talking about the Old Testament saints, how did they get saved?
By getting the gospel preached unto them just like we get the gospel preached unto us.
The gospel doesn't change.
People weren't saved differently in the Old Testament.
People were saved the same way.
Let's keep reading front to us was the gospel preached as well as unto them.
But the word did not profit them not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
In Isaiah chapter one, we read about those people that, yeah, they heard it.
But guess what?
They were doing all those things, but it was an abomination to God because they weren't
even saved, right?
It didn't profit them because they didn't have faith mixed in them that heard it.
And remember, he's saying, be afraid, be afraid of not entering into his rest.
The gospel's preached unto them.
It didn't profit them not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Okay.
Why do you need to be afraid of that?
Well, do you remember what the punishment was?
The punishment was death.
The punishment was getting your soul cut off from your people.
So why would we be afraid of that?
He's saying, hey, be afraid of not entering into God's rest because if you don't get
into God's rest through the gospel of Jesus Christ by believing in Him, your soul will
be cut off forever in hell.
Your soul will be put to a second death, an eternity of a second death in the lake of
fire.
Is that something to be feared?
Yeah, it's something to be feared.
Is this a scary verse in the Bible?
Sure is for those that aren't saved, right?
I'll read for you Luke 12 verse four says, and I say unto you, my friends, this is Jesus
speaking, be not afraid of them that kill the body.
And after that have no more that they can do, but I will forewarn you whom you shall
fear, fear him which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell.
Yea I say unto you.
So you know what, these Jews crossing the street, they're so afraid to touch that button
because they don't want to, they don't want to break the Sabbath.
They don't want to break God's commandment because they're working on their way to heaven.
They're trusting in them keeping the Sabbath.
You know what?
Fear the God that when you die and you haven't, you haven't cut the mark, you've sinned.
You haven't lived that perfect life that Jesus Christ did.
You didn't put your faith in Christ.
You didn't accept God's rest.
You wanted to try to get there on yourself.
Fear Him who has power to cast you into hell, right?
So Jesus says fear, Paul saying fear, learn that Sabbath of the New Testament, fear and
get saved.
Hebrews four, three says for we which have believed, do you enter into rest?
Not we which have lived a good life.
Not which we have kept God's commandments for we which have believed do you enter into
rest?
He said, as I've sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest, although the works
were finished from the foundation of the world.
As in God's plan of salvation from the foundation of the world was faith alone in Jesus Christ.
Even if they didn't know the name of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, they were looking
forward to the promised Messiah.
It's all over the Bible.
They looked to the cross.
We look back at the cross.
I don't care what the rucktards want to say about it.
That's what the Bible teaches.
Revelation 13 eight says it all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names
are not written in the book of life of the lamb that was slain from the foundation of
the world.
The promise of God through Jesus Christ even if he hadn't physically come and died was
as good as gold then, even before he died.
And it's as good as gold now.
It happened.
We have to put our faith on it.
You're still there in Hebrews first four, Hebrews four four for he spake in a certain
place of the seventh day on this wise and God did rest the seventh day from all his
works and in this place again if they shall enter into my rest seeing therefore remain
it that some must enter therein and they to whom it was first preached entered not in
because of unbelief they didn't enter into the Sabbath they didn't enter into rest because
of their unbelief by the well by the way these out of hell Bible versions like the NIV they
change unbelief here to disobedience they say that that they didn't enter into rest because
of their disobedience to God and people want to say oh is it really that important to have
the King James are you sure someone can't get saved by out of an NIV yeah you can't
get say get saved out of something inspired by the devil right we're born of incorruptible
seed not of something that was inspired by Satan okay Satan wants you to believe that
they didn't enter in because of their disobedience to God but the Holy Spirit through the word
God here says that they enter not in because of their unbelief and the devil wants the
Mormons the Catholics the Seventh-day Adventists the Jews the Judeo-Christians all these people
he wants them to be confused and so he says here's this Bible version right that says
that they entered not in by disbelief and that's what he wants all their false prophets
teaching that's what he wants John Getz teaching at West Coast Baptist College demon possessed
fool he wants Rick DeMichael preaching that he wants everyone preaching that because he
wants to send as many people to hell with him as possible let's keep reading there Hebrews
4 7 again he limiteth a certain day saying today saying in David today after so long
a time as it is said today if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts for if Jesus
had given them rest then would he not afterward have spoken of another day there remaineth
therefore a rest to the people of God read that again there remaineth therefore a rest
to the people of God what does Sabbath mean it means rest right so there remains a Sabbath
to the people of God but not the Sabbath of the Old Testament he nailed out to the cross
he took it out of the way but there remains a Sabbath to the people of God today it's
rest by faith alone in Jesus Christ Hebrews 4 10 for he that has entered into his rest
hath also ceased from his own works as God did from his why is that why is it that we
cease from our works because salvation is not of works for by grace are you saved through
faith and then not of yourselves it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should
boast that's what the Bible says that's the message of salvation from the Bible lastly
here just I want to go blow through these verses lastly number seven the law of God
will never save you go to Galatians chapter 2 Galatians chapter 2 the law of God will
never save you these people that are in bondage and deception the Jews the Seventh-day Adventists
the black Hebrew Israelites the law of God will never save you never Galatians 2 16 knowing
that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ even
we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not
by the works of the law for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified so you
can just insert there by the Sabbath no flesh will be justified Galatians 5 4 Christ has
become of no effect unto you whosoever you are that are justified by the law ye are fallen
from grace so maybe you want to say oh I want to trust in me keeping the Sabbath and my
belief in Christ well if you mix law if you mix law and faith in Christ Christ has become
of no profit to you you've fallen from grace so you might as well just say that you're
trusting your works then because that's exactly what you're doing Titus 3 Titus 3 I'll read
for you verse 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy
he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost which he shed
on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior that being justified by his grace we
should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life last one I'll have you turn
to this will be the last verses I show you Romans chapter 3 Romans chapter 3 I wanted
to put a lot of Bible in this just because you know this false doctrine of being saved
by works it's being brought to Bible college students you know aren't these students reading
this do they actually believe what John Getch said to them do does anyone who actually read
their Bible believe what the Seventh-day Adventists are teaching today let's look at this says
Romans 3 23 for all of sin and comes short of the glory of God being justified freely
by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus whom God has set forth to
be a perpetuation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission
of sins that are passed through the forbearance of God to declare I say at this time his righteousness
that he might be just and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus where is boasting
then oh I kept the Sabbath it's excluded by what law of works of the law nay but by the
law of faith so here's the conclusion therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith
with out the deeds of the law so you know the title of my sermon is good luck keeping
the Sabbath in hell but the truth is I don't want these people to go to hell that's why
I'm preaching this sermon that's why when I go to a Seventh-day Adventist door I teach
them the truth about what the Sabbath is I teach them that it's by placing your faith
in Jesus Christ that it's resting that you hey you need to fear you need to fear lest
you don't come into that rest right because if you don't you better be afraid of God that's
gonna throw you in hell good luck keeping the Sabbath in hell that's not what I want
for these people how are they gonna escape how are they gonna escape the damnation of
hell it's by entering the Sabbath of the New Testament there remaineth therefore a rest
under the people of God get on the New Testament program the Old Testament's done get saved
by believing in Christ get on the New Testament Sabbath and the teaching of the Sabbath let's
pray Lord thank you so much for this day and thank you for how deep your word is and how
something that we may look at as just a simple carnal commandment of not working on a certain
day how it could have so much meaning and how could have so much truth and how it could
point us to your son Lord I just pray that you'd open up the the minds of these people
that are in these false religions I pray that their heart would be softened when we go and
talk to them that we would love them and and care about them enough to tell them that they're
wrong and that we love them and preach them the truth and I pray that there'd be men of
God that would continue to preach against the wicked false prophets like John Getch
I pray that you'd have no influence over people and Rick DeMichael that they would just take
their candlestick away Lord honestly Lord that you would just kill them so they can't
damn anyone else's souls to hell I pray that you bless this church help them to continue
reaching people and being a light in this city in Jesus name we pray amen.