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Matthew chapter 12. 
Matthew chapter 12. 

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We're in verse one. 
Let's remember though, right 

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where we came from, Jesus has 
been praying. 

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Father, I thank you that you've 
hidden these things from the 

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wise. 
That means people who think 

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they're super smart. 
You've hidden it from the 

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prideful. 
You reveal things to the humble 

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and then Jesus speaks to the 
humble and he says, come to me, 

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all you who labor and are heavy 
laden, I will give you rest. 

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Take my yoke upon me. 
Learn from me for I'm gentle and

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lowly in heart and you'll find 
rest for your souls. 

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My yoke is easy. 
My burden is light at that time.

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Chapter 12, verse one. 
At that time Jesus went through 

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the grain fields on the Sabbath.
His disciples were hungry and 

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they began to pluck heads of 
grain to eat. 

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But when the Pharisees saw it, 
they said to him, look, your 

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disciples are doing what is not 
lawful to do on the Sabbath. 

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He said to them, Have you not 
read what David did when he was 

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hungry, and those who are with 
him, how he entered the House of

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God and ate the bread of the 
presents, which was not lawful 

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for him to eat, nor for those 
who are with him, but only for 

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the priests? 
Or have you not read in the law 

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how on the Sabbath the priests 
in the temple profane the 

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Sabbath and are guiltless? 
I tell you something greater 

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than the temple is here. 
And if you had known what this 

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means, I desire mercy, not 
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You would not have condemned the
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Lord of the Sabbath. 
Amen. 

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God, thank you so much for not 
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but Lord of everything. 
You're Lord of the universe and 

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anything beyond it. 
You're Lord of all the King of 

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every little king on earth, the 
Lord of every little Lord on 

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earth. 
Every authority, every authority

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structure that exists anywhere 
has been something that you 

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established and you put into 
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glory in God. 
The Sabbath is no different. 

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It was for the purpose of your 
glory and it was to be a gift to

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your people that bring us 
revelation today. 

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Not just on the Sabbath, but on 
the freedom that your law gives.

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Not the bondage that it brings, 
but the true freedom that comes 

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from a loving, hungry obedience.
Open our eyes, set us free in 

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Jesus name, Amen. 
We're going to talk today about 

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two things. 
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legalism, a term I'll define for
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about the Sabbath and 
understanding what both of these

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things are. 
Have you heard the term legalism

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used before? 
Have you been in in the faith 

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for a long time? 
You've heard that used before. 

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If you've been, if you're new to
the faith, you know what is What

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is legalism? 
How are we going to? 

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Define that. 
What does it mean? 

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Legalism is typically defined in
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When we're thinking about it 
theologically, what are the ways

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that it shows up? 
One of them is the strict 

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excessive observance of commands
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righteousness. 
So this definition, by this 

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perspective, it would say if I 
do blank, then I will be more 

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righteous. 
Basically it's saying if I do 

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this thing, then I will earn 
favor with God as a degree of 

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legalism. 
This is how really every world 

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religion functions except for 
Christianity, because every 

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world religion, every cult is 
all about what you must do. 

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You have to do this thing to 
earn this favor. 

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You have to do this thing to 
earn that favor. 

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Christianity says God has done 
this thing and giving you favor 

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through His Son Jesus Christ, 
you put faith in Him. 

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Oh, so I do. 
Something that doesn't count as 

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doing something that is just the
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someone who's been given 
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So this idea would say, you 
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What I wanted to say was this is
how every world religion 

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functions. 
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into this trap at times. 
And we must be corrected and 

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relieved of this heavy lie with 
the truth of God's word, which 

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tells us that we have favor with
God only because of the blood of

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the Lord Jesus. 
So no more if, if I pray so 

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long, if I read enough 
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this kind of legalism says I'm 
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do. 
But it's tricky because it 

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almost never says it that 
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So even when you're being 
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someone were to come to you and 
say, hey, you really think that 

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what you do takes you closer to 
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And they would say, no, no, no, 
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I just believe that, and then 
they would proceed to explain 

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that functionally that is how 
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So it's a tricky thing. 
It can be a deceptive thing. 

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This first kind of legalism is 
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Jesus and his cross. 
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Christianity. 
It makes it a dead religion like

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every other religion. 
It makes it empty, it makes it 

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void and it goes, well, Jesus 
did his part, but I have to do 

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my part too. 
No, no, you are as close to God 

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as you can be as far as he's 
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Kingdom and you can't get any 
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Well, I want to build fellowship
with him, Pastor, as well you 

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should. 
So build fellowship with the 

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Lord and there's ways we build 
fellowship and build 

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relationship. 
But you're standing and your 

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righteousness has been earned 
and has been secured and that is

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not a ladder that you can climb 
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Your wisdom and your maturity 
can change over time, hopefully 

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always for growth. 
But your position in Christ has 

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not changed. 
It will not change the day you 

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die and go to heaven. 
It will not be a better position

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in Christ. 
It will be the same thing that 

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he secured for you on the cross 
that He is now also made in, 

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made a reality inside of your 
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Your spirit when it was born 
again, it doesn't get a new kind

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of born again in heaven. 
There's no more change that's 

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going to happen with your spirit
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It is secured and finished and 
perfected and you go, well, I 

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don't always experience this 
fruits well, because you also 

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still have flesh, which is why 
we still renew our mind with the

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Word of God, because my mind is 
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because of my own flesh. 
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lot of factors that could come 
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So I need to continually renew 
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So we're not going to confuse a 
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a dead religion, but that's the 
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It is a heart disconnected. 
The second kind of legalism is a

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separation of God's law from the
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God. 
It separates the law of God from

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God, and it just says, here's 
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I'm going to focus on the law. 
You go, well, it was never 

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intended to be a thing all by 
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It came from someone and it came
with a purpose. 

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The law isn't just something 
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natural human laws that we've 
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that environment. 
Yes, The law only cares about 

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the law. 
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The law doesn't care about 
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earth. 
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Because anyone could put any law
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in, and now it's the law. 
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they're supposed to judge 
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The law only cares about the 
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But not so in the Kingdom. 
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matters above everything, and 
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above everything. 
So the second kind of legalism 

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divorces the law of God from God
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purpose. 
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law without the spirit of the 
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It obsesses over rule keeping to
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This is a distinction. 
Aren't we supposed to keep God's

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rules? 
Yes, but it focuses on that to 

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the exclusion of people's needs 
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It says the law, the law, the 
law, the law, the law, no matter

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what, the law, instead of hang 
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compassion like God has? 
Hang on a second, what about 

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wise application like God makes?
And we're going to see if, if 

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you're a little bit suspicious, 
I don't blame you, but I'm going

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to show you where Jesus signs 
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He, he's already done it in the 
passage we already read, He 

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signs off on a law, a technical 
law that was broken by David and

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by the priest that day and Jesus
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Haven't you read that this 
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So this kind of second kind of 
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often go into a Gray area where 
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Scripture says, hey, here's the 
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Then you make an application, 
which isn't wrong. 

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You're allowed to make 
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But then you take your 
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everybody's application. 
This is the standard, so the law

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says this thing. 
But then you go beyond that, you

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say, well, therefore that means 
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You go, well, there's room for 
there's room for some Gray 

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there. 
I don't like that. 

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I'm, I'm a black and white kind 
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I don't like Gray. 
But I have to admit when there 

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is Gray and you and I do, you 
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So this could mean we push 
something to an extreme and then

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we label it sinful for everyone.
You're sinning. 

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Well, no, Joe Michael, that's 
that's a conviction that you may

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have. 
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this, my brother, are you really
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Well, let's let's navigate that 
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Let us reason together and care 
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sharpening one another. 
But that's a different thing 

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from saying this is the standard
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This is what God says. 
Hang on, is that what God is? 

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Is that what he said? 
Yes, it is. 

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OK. 
Well then case closed. 

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Is that what he said? 
No, it's not OK. 

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Well then case open. 
You know, there's there's 

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opportunity here for discussion 
and a wise counsel. 

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What might be a personal 
conviction for you or, or what 

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might even be good and wise and 
self controlled behavior for 

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you, you then claim is God's 
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And this is where we've gone too
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What we're doing is adding to 
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This second kind of legalism is 
so terrible because it puts 

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heavy burdens and difficult 
yokes on people. 

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The very thing that Jesus was 
just talking about that he 

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doesn't do the very thing he was
just inviting, he say, are you 

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heavy laden? 
And he knew the answer for a lot

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of listeners was, yes, yes, 
we're heavy laden. 

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Yes, there's so much burden. 
There's so much difficulty 

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that's been placed on us. 
There's so much weight that the 

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Pharisees have put on us. 
The Pharisees would say, this is

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the law of God, and you don't 
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And everybody says, Amen, that's
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That's actually freedom. 
That's actually protection. 

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That's actually blessing. 
And the Pharisees would then 

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say, so since this is the law of
God, we're going to put this big

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fence around it to make sure you
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of it. 
But God didn't say this. 100 

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yards was off limits. 
God didn't say you couldn't look

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at the tree in the garden. 
He said you can't eat of it. 

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So Eve, by the time she's 
talking to the serpent, she says

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God says we can't even touch it.
Did God say you can't touch it? 

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Actually, he didn't say you 
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Said don't eat it. 
Well, it's not wise to touch it.

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I could see your argument for 
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And yet that's not what God 
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So there's distinction there. 
I think there's some stuff 

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that's wise by all means. 
You can think that there's some 

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stuff that's wise and that's my 
conviction. 

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Then you should follow that, and
you should also make sure you 

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can see the difference between 
the commands of God and the 

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wisdom that you might apply to 
His principles. 

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But people are burdened and 
heavy laden with many things, 

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and Jesus comes to set them 
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He does so over and over and 
over as he takes the yoke of the

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Pharisees off of them. 
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my yoke upon you. 
I'm not a harsh taskmaster where

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the Pharisees are going, hey, I 
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I know you're doing that wrong. 
I know what you're doing this 

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wrong on the Sabbath or that 
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The Sabbath, which is intended 
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turned into a laborious effort 
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It became work to rest on the 
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finished putting their rules 
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Do you see how stupid that is? 
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this point because it was so 
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Because there was so much. 
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But then they make disclaimers. 
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rules that they still keep to 
this day that allow them to 

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break Sabbath rules with their 
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Why? 
Because it's not about. 

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A heart submission who loves the
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of the thing. 
It's after the technicality. 

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You can take like 3000 and some 
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that unless you take food with 
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preparing. 
A meal and then that would. 

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Give you this loophole. 
It's nonsense. 

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Why? 
Because the human heart's always

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looking for rules, regulations, 
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victorious, where it can be 
prideful, where it can 

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accomplish, when really the 
human heart should be submissive

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and say, Lord, the Lord is 
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We're going to talk more about 
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But the Jews had done this very 
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They had created a legalism, as 
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Legalism isn't a word you'll 
find in your Bible, but it's one

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that we've used to describe 
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So the Jews had come up with all
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This, the Sabbath is the 7th day
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The Sabbath is Saturday. 
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is truly the day that the Lord 
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It was Saturday was the day that
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the heavens and the earth. 
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us In Genesis 2, two and three 
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finished all the work He had 
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day from all His work that He 
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So God blessed the 7th day and 
made it holy because on it God 

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rested from all His work that He
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We need to make clear God didn't
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He never grows weak or weary. 
Amen. 

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He rested as an example to gift 
to His people. 

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He says, I'm going to show my 
people the principle of Sabbath.

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I'm going to give them a gift of
Sabbath. 

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Why? 
Because He's so kind. 

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Because His yoke is easy and His
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That was the purpose. 
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actual gift. 
This gift is so important to Him

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that later He would include it. 
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which we still obey today, The 
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remember the Sabbath day to keep
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So the Sabbath was set aside for
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That's the heart, that's the 
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Hey, rest and worship. 
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And then God begins to add other
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Why? 
Because he knows that people are

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going to continue to violate it.
He knows people are going to, 

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Hey, I want you to rest. 
I want you to Sabbath, I want 

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you to rest, I want you to 
worship. 

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Let this be a day of pleasure 
and, and rest and worship and 

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fellowship with the Lord and 
people go, well, can I this, can

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I that, can I ask? 
So God says, all right, I'm 

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going to put some boundaries on 
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But then the Pharisees said, 
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boundaries on the boundaries. 
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It keeps expanding. 
It goes farther and farther and 

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farther until you're so burdened
you're going. 

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Can I do this? 
Can I do that? 

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I'm walking through a field. 
Can I grab some grain as I walk 

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and crush it in my hand and blow
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No. 
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Because you're now harvesting, 
which is forbidden on the 

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Sabbath. 
Is that true? 

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Well, we're going to find out. 
So he didn't rest because he's 

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tired. 
He rested as A to give us a 

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gift. 
The Sabbath is set aside for 

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rest and worship. 
A relief to you, a blessing to 

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you, a gift to God's people. 
The problem is that the Jews had

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added 39 additional Sabbath laws
specifically for the Sabbath 

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day. 39 Why? 
To make sure you keep the 

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Sabbath. 
What? 

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Can I just keep the Sabbath and 
obey the Lord? 

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Well, we're going to make sure 
you do. 

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We're here to help. 
We're like the government. 

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We're here to help. 
That's bad news. 39 more rules 

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that you can keep. 
They made the day of rest a day 

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of difficulty. 
That's what legalism always 

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does. 
It puts a heavy burden on you, 

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or Jesus only put a light one on
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And Jesus's light burden was 
even a blessing. 

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Burden isn't the perfect word 
for it because Jesus's burdens 

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actually produce freedom. 
Holiness produces freedom in 

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your life. 
Holiness produces complete 

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relief, a real a relief of a 
clean conscience. 

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Come on, who's had their 
conscience cleansed and 

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sprinkled by Jesus? 
That clean conscience of going, 

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That's freedom. 
You mean I can't do this and I 

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can't do that and I can't do 
this. 

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That's the heart that is still 
seeking sin. 

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But the heart is walking and 
holiness is going. 

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What a. 
Relief that I'm free from sin 

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now versus the person who goes 
What am I allowed to do? 

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How far might I be able to go? 
Why would you want to go into 

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bondage? 
No, I don't want bondage. 

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Just want some fun sin. 
There's no such thing. 

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It's bondage. 
You're asking for slavery. 

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You just want like a small. 
Degree of slavery, just maybe a 

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little bit. 
I don't think you've really seen

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Jesus yet. 
Then if you think that's 

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pleasure, then your, your taste 
buds are really off like your, 

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your whole perspective, your, 
your, your mind is so still 

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unrenewed. 
You need to, you need the word 

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of God to renew your mind so you
can actually know what's good, 

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what's true and what's beautiful
because you have a distortion, 

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you have perversion inside of 
you that's telling you something

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backwards and wrong. 
I don't say that to condemn you.

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I say it as a good news to know 
that, hey, you think that's good

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and you go, OK, good news, 
there's something way better. 

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I'll put it to you that way for 
now, friend. 

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There's something way better. 
I can't even imagine that. 

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I know you can't, but you will. 
And trust me, it'll be 

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beautiful. 
It's going to free you of things

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that you didn't even know you 
needed to be freed of. 

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That's the burden that Jesus 
gives. 

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But legalism always puts a 
heavier burden on you. 

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It always puts more work on you,
more performance on you. 

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It puts an uncomfortable yoke on
you that doesn't fit well where 

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Jesus has already custom made 
one for you that fits perfectly 

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already the the burden of 
someone else. 

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And they said, hey, let me lay 
this burden on you. 

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Hey, Chris, I've got this 
conviction. 

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I'm going to put it on you Now 
Chris is going, oh, that's not 

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quite, it's jabbing into my 
shoulders wrong. 

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It doesn't fit. 
You know, Joe Michael's a really

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broad guy. 
You know, Chris is like so small

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compared to me and like it just 
doesn't fit in right. 

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So it's just not the right yoke.
Whereas Jesus makes a custom 

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fitted one, says, hey, hey, 
Chris, I'm going to lead you. 

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I'm going to lead you in your 
walk with me because Chris's 

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walk with Jesus is different 
from Joe Michael's walk with 

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Jesus. 
They should both be obedient to 

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the Bible and yet they're both 
going to be in different places 

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as they grow and as they walk. 
And Lord's going to say, I'm 

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training this son in this 
direction right now, and I'm 

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training this son in that 
direction right now. 

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I'm not training all of my sons 
in every possible direction at 

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all times. 
Why? 

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Because his sons aren't capable 
of that. 

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His daughters aren't capable of 
growing and walking that way. 

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We can't do everything all at 
once. 

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And he's gentle. 
He's gentle. 

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He's not going. 
We got to get this show on the 

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road. 
He's a shepherd of sheep. 

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So he says, hey, here's some 
food. 

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Come over here and eat now. 
Now I'm going to lead you to the

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river. 
Now we got to walk through this 

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valley. 
I'm with you. 

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Don't be afraid. 
Now I'm taking up on the 

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mountain one step at a time. 
Stay with me. 

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Come to me. 
It won't be burdensome. 

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I'm with you. 
So look in verse one and two. 

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At that time, Jesus went through
the grain fields on the Sabbath.

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His disciples were hungry and 
they began to pluck heads of 

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grain to eat. 
But when the Pharisees saw it, 

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they said to him, look, your 
disciples are doing what is not 

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lawful to do on the Sabbath. 
Why are the disciples in the 

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grain fields? 
Maybe they're just passing 

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through. 
Maybe Jesus said that 

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deliberately. 
Hey, let's walk through as we 

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go. 
Why? 

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Because in this culture, you eat
when you can eat. 

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They don't have food in the 
refrigerators like you and I do.

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They don't have the pantry that 
you and I have. 

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So when you're just walking and 
going about your day and you see

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blackberries on the Bush, you 
go, praise God, thank you, Lord,

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and you go eat some 
blackberries. 

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You grab a couple and then 
you're walking and eating some 

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blackberries. 
You got the food when you could 

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get the food because you're not 
going to go, Oh, we'll, we'll 

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hit the market on the way home, 
right. 

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Are we hitting the market on the
way home? 

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Then when I hit the market, what
are we doing today? 

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BBQ, let's go. 
So so we got BBQ way into the 

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house. 
But they would say, man, if we 

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see anything a little, oh, 
there's a wild strawberry. 

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I'll take that. 
Oh, a little bit of grain. 

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Thank you, Lord. 
So they're just taking what they

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can as they go, which is lawful,
by the way, according to the law

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of God, which was completely 
lawful. 

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So they're walking through 
getting food where they can get 

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food. 
And the Pharisees say your 

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disciples are doing what is not 
lawful to do on the Sabbath. 

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Why are the Pharisees in the 
green fields? 

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What are you guys doing there? 
They hiding like haha I knew it 

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and we don't know or the field. 
Super small and they were just 

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walking by and on. 
Look at those guys. 

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I saw one guy do this and he 
Sabbath violator. 

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Bro, what do you think that was 
the point of the Sabbath? 

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You think that was what the Lord
was after that a guy can't go 

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because he's harvesting. 
Look at the harvesting. 

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No, the law is that you can't 
take a blade and harvest. 

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We know the difference, right? 
Between a work day, right? 

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So. 
I knew the same thing for me. 

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You know what's what's it really
look like? 

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Am I, you know, is is it really 
working on your Sabbath day? 

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Monday is my day off. 
That's my Sabbath day. 

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That's the day I've marked is 
mine. 

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You you mark whatever one you 
want for you. 

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I'd recommend for most folks at 
Sabbath is is great for Sunday 

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for many people, but I check one
e-mail tomorrow. 

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Have I violated it? 
Are you? 

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You're working like. 
Well, yeah, I popped open my 

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phone for a minute. 
Well, my conviction will be not 

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to do that at all. 
Then by all means, you should 

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obey and follow your conviction.
No big deal. 

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Well, I don't know if I should. 
I don't know if I could. 

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Well, you're, we're all going to
answer to the Lord. 

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That should scare you more than 
the opinions of man. 

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But what does work look like? 
What does rest look like? 

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Is this Sabbath? 
Is this work? 

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Have we made this thing a 
legalistic burden? 

450
00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:03,400
Or is this thing the joyous 
pleasure that it should be, the 

451
00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,560
refreshing and Worshipful time 
that it should be? 

452
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,520
Your disciples are doing what's 
not lawful to do on the Sabbath.

453
00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:14,040
Whose law says that? 
Does God's law say that or does 

454
00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,440
your law say that? 
Pharisees, according to God's 

455
00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,880
law, they were actually allowed 
to do what they were doing. 

456
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,400
The Pharisees were referring to 
their own man made rules. 

457
00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,480
It's interesting though, Jesus 
doesn't even call them out on 

458
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,240
that. 
He doesn't even say wrong wrong 

459
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,280
and then quote the verses where 
you can say we're allowed to do 

460
00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:33,080
this and here's how we know. 
He proceeds to be sarcastic and 

461
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,960
insult them. 
We'll get to that in a second, 

462
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,880
but the Pharisees were referring
to man made rules. 

463
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,360
So here's the point we want to 
make. 

464
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,520
We don't reject wisdom that 
we've learned and we don't 

465
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,440
reject self-control that we've 
developed. 

466
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,240
Your own convictions for wisdom 
and your own convictions 

467
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,720
regarding self-control are yours
to embrace. 

468
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,640
That is the yoke that the Lord 
has put upon your back as a 

469
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,920
blessing and a gift to you. 
And you go, I've developed some 

470
00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,680
wisdom in this area and maybe I 
can share this with some other 

471
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,960
Christian brothers and sisters 
who are open and receptive and 

472
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,240
we can have dialogue and you 
say, hey, something I've found 

473
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,160
that's really helpful for me in 
walking in obedience to the 

474
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,080
Lord's command, which is non 
negotiable. 

475
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,040
Here's the way that I've found 
that is really helpful for me. 

476
00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,520
That's very important and very 
different from this is the way 

477
00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,160
you must obey the Lord's 
command. 

478
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:20,920
Those are two separate things 
this. 

479
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,320
Is the way you must. 
Obey that command versus this is

480
00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,520
the way that I've walked in 
obedience to that and seen a lot

481
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,680
of blessing to it and it's 
really helpful to me. 

482
00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,800
That first believer might have 
shared it in faithfulness with 

483
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,160
the next, but this one then 
might go on and share it in 

484
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,480
foolishness to the to the third 
party. 

485
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,080
You see how that can happen? 
No, the way you're. 

486
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,520
Supposed to do it, you know, you
heard your Michael say something

487
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,280
one time and you're like, oh, 
that's helpful to me but then 

488
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,360
you go as you're discipling 
somebody else and you go this is

489
00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:48,520
the way it must be hang on a 
second. 

490
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:53,040
The word must be obeyed, and 
what it looks like, maybe 

491
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:54,800
there's a little bit of. 
Maybe there's a little. 

492
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,960
Bit of freedom in that some 
commands there isn't some 

493
00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,960
commands there's not it's, it's 
really clear and really simple. 

494
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,040
Not much conversation to be had.
But others there's a lot of 

495
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,280
freedom and a lot of 
opportunity. 

496
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,120
So we don't reject wisdom and 
self-control that we've 

497
00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:11,800
developed. 
That is a blessing of a yoke 

498
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,680
that Jesus puts upon us to lead 
us into peace, to lead us into 

499
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,040
rest and to lead us into worship
to him. 

500
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,040
But we also cannot go beyond 
God's commands. 

501
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,760
Say I cannot go beyond God's 
commands. 

502
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,400
We often bring legalism on to 
ourselves. 

503
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,360
We do this. 
We might read a book or we hear 

504
00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:36,480
a story from a mature Christian 
that we admire and they say, I 

505
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,040
do it like this. 
And we go, that is the way it 

506
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,080
must be done. 
Now hang on, don't do that. 

507
00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:45,480
That was a wise way. 
That's been a blessing to them 

508
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,040
and their life and their culture
with the kids that they have 

509
00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,720
with their work schedule that 
worked well for them. 

510
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,360
Does that is that a yoke that 
the Lord's putting on you? 

511
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,080
I think it is. 
It seems good to me. 

512
00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,280
Let me pray and ask that fits 
perfectly. 

513
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,720
Praise God. 
What a blessing you've received 

514
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,760
in direction from the Lord 
through one of his Saints. 

515
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,000
Or maybe you took that thing, 
you modified it a bit. 

516
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,240
You go that doesn't quite work, 
but this would this feels like 

517
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,800
rest from the Lord. 
And then also we've got to be 

518
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,160
careful what the feels like 
because the the bottom line 

519
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,280
question is, is the Lord's 
command being obeyed? 

520
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,440
Are the Lord's words being 
obeyed? 

521
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,120
If the answer is yes, then 
praise the Lord. 

522
00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:23,800
Enjoy the freedom that that the 
Lord has brought to you. 

523
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,640
This rest. 
This is rest that the Lord wants

524
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,120
to bring to you, not a heavy 
burden. 

525
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,200
You feel heavy burden, heavy 
laden for all kinds of things. 

526
00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:34,200
The Lord wants you to be free of
that today. 

527
00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:36,960
So we hear that story of that 
St. 

528
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:38,920
They I wake up at 5:00 AM, they 
say. 

529
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,800
I pray for an hour, they say, 
and now we feel condemned. 

530
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,680
That's what spiritual growth 
looks like. 

531
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:47,560
That's what loving the Lord 
looks like. 

532
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,680
The command is love the Lord 
your God with all your heart, 

533
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,520
soul, mind, and strength, and 
love your neighbor as yourself. 

534
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,480
Here's how you do it. 
Well, there's a lot of wise 

535
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,720
approaches there. 
There's a lot of good conviction

536
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,880
around it. 
But be careful not to put a 

537
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,560
burden and a yoke on yourself 
that Jesus didn't put there, 

538
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,880
that St. didn't even tell you. 
You have to get up at 5:00 AM 

539
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,000
and pray for an hour. 
But now I feel like I'm failing.

540
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,720
Or you don't read 3 chapters a 
day in your Bible. 

541
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,480
Man, I'm only reading 3 verses. 
Oh no. 

542
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,440
What command have you violated 
here? 

543
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,280
None. 
You violated no command of the 

544
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,920
Lord. 
Is it good to pray? 

545
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,320
Is it good to read your Bible? 
And obvious, yes. 

546
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,960
But don't go beyond what the 
Bible teaches. 

547
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,520
Love the Lord your God with all 
your heart, soul, mind and 

548
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,360
strength. 
I'm falling short on that 

549
00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:37,520
constantly. 
All right, So, Lord, what would 

550
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,080
what would the next step look 
like for me as your sheep? 

551
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,920
Jesus, put your yoke on me. 
Put your burden on me that I can

552
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,080
bear. 
That will fit perfectly. 

553
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,040
That will feel good. 
The backpack that even just fits

554
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:51,400
perfect. 
It's got the straps on it. 

555
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,160
You're like, man, I feel good. 
I feel like I'm ready to go on a

556
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:55,960
hike. 
Got me a cool new backpack. 

557
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,720
Is that just me? 
I'm the only guy who OK Matt's 

558
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:00,560
like this. 
Me too, bro. 

559
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:01,880
I get a new backpack. 
It's time to go. 

560
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,560
Like I feel like I'm feel like 
I'm ready for something. 

561
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,120
This is what it's like to walk 
with Jesus. 

562
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:09,760
It fits perfectly and it's not 
too heavy. 

563
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,080
It produces freedom. 
It produces rest. 

564
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,960
It produces a blessing. 
I want to read to you from 

565
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:20,800
Colossians chapter 2 further 
back in your New Testament, 

566
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,200
right after Philippians, 
Colossians chapter 2. 

567
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,560
I'm going to read to you verses 
16 through 23. 

568
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,120
This is this. 
The context here is specifically

569
00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:35,560
the kind of thing we're talking 
about right now. 

570
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:40,560
Therefore, let no one pass 
judgment on you in questions of 

571
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:45,240
food and drink or with regard to
a festival or new moon or a 

572
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,720
Sabbath. 
What's he talking about? 

573
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,240
He's talking about legalistic 
rules where people were debating

574
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,120
and arguing, are we allowed to 
Sabbath like this? 

575
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,200
Are we allowed to eat this? 
Are we allowed to drink this? 

576
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,160
Are we with festivals? 
Should we celebrate? 

577
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,360
What feast should we celebrate? 
Hey, hey, hey. 

578
00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:00,480
Paul's saying don't let anybody 
condemn you. 

579
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,200
Don't let anybody pass judgment 
on you. 

580
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,240
He's saying don't let anybody 
put a legalistic burden on you 

581
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:07,520
in regard to any of these 
issues. 

582
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,640
Is it only these? 
Well, those are just the ones 

583
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,360
he's addressing in that letter 
because that's what they were 

584
00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:13,280
facing. 
You and I and our culture and 

585
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:14,760
our society, we face different 
ones. 

586
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,240
We face different pressures. 
Here's one. 

587
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,720
You're not going to like this 
because it's going to offend 

588
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,280
you. 
How about a quiet time? 

589
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,520
Come on, Saints, give me, give 
me a verse like give me the 

590
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,280
command of God. 
Well, the command of God is love

591
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,240
the Lord your God with all your 
heart, soul, mind and strength. 

592
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,720
Yeah. 
Well, Joe, Michael, are you 

593
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,800
saying we shouldn't have 
fellowship with the Lord? 

594
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:37,720
Do you think that's what I'm 
saying? 

595
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,560
Is that what you got from that? 
No, I don't think so. 

596
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,400
And yet this helpful practice 
that came into the body of 

597
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:49,800
Christ decades ago has now for 
many become a burdensome kind of

598
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,000
point of condemnation. 
How's your quiet time? 

599
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,560
Tell me about your quiet time. 
Tell me a quiet time. 

600
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,320
Quiet time, Quiet time. 
Well, fellowship with the Lord. 

601
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,800
And if you're not fellowshipping
with the Lord, don't you want 

602
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,840
to, don't you think that would 
be a signal of growth and love 

603
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,760
for him? 
So we could, we could take that 

604
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,720
from many different angles. 
We're not condemning quiet time,

605
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,520
but I'm I'm not wanting to 
burden you with a label and a 

606
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,680
perspective because your quiet 
time is going to look different 

607
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,160
from your quiet time. 
I don't know, do I have a quiet 

608
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,240
time? 
This is the first time I've 

609
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:22,520
heard about it. 
Am I supposed to? 

610
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,720
Well, the Pharisees would say 
yes and they'd give you 15 steps

611
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,720
and you can find books on it. 
But again, these are all 

612
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,080
intended to be helpful 
resources. 

613
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,480
This is the wise St. saying, 
Hey, this is a great blessing. 

614
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,560
This is a common Christian 
discipline that many have found 

615
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,480
to be very wise and helpful. 
Do we see, can you see the 

616
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,880
practice in Scripture of getting
alone with the Lord? 

617
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,480
Oh, oh, you better believe you 
can. 

618
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,680
All over the place, all over the
place, particularly with Jesus 

619
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,400
seclusion and isolation with the
Father. 

620
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,600
Is there good godly principle 
there? 

621
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,120
Absolutely. 
But should we get condemnation? 

622
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,680
Absolutely not. 
Let's keep going. 

623
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,720
Therefore, let no one pass 
judgment on you in questions of 

624
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:06,440
food and drink or with regard to
a festival or a new moon or a 

625
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,280
Sabbath. 
These are a shadow of things to 

626
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,080
come. 
But the substance belongs to 

627
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,000
Christ. 
So that means if there's a 

628
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,680
statue out of the yard, the 
substance is the statue, the 

629
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,040
shadow is not the thing, but 
everybody gets excited about the

630
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,960
thing. 
This thing, you got your back to

631
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:27,240
the statue, you go look at this 
shadow, it points to Jesus like.

632
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,880
But but there's Jesus. 
Remember, you can have Jesus. 

633
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:35,680
You can have him himself. 
So have your quiet time. 

634
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:40,160
Open up your Bible. 
Read your Bible, Saints, read 

635
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:41,760
your Bible. 
Pray. 

636
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,400
This is your pastor telling you 
to pray. 

637
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,800
This is your pastor telling you 
to read the Bible. 

638
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,200
Did your pastor tell you how 
long to pray just then? 

639
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,720
Did he tell you how much to read
your Bible? 

640
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,680
But I will tell you, love the 
Lord your God with all your 

641
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,960
heart, soul, mind, and strength.
But don't think that because we 

642
00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,840
do any of these things, we're 
earning favor. 

643
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,480
Don't think because we're doing 
any things, we have changed our 

644
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:06,160
position in Christ. 
As you do those things, all that

645
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,920
will do is deepen your 
fellowship, which is awesome and

646
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,400
what you want because you love 
Him and because you want to know

647
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,160
Him more. 
That's what we're after. 

648
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,960
I want deeper fellowship with 
him because I love him. 

649
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,760
That's the distinction. 
Legalism is motivated by the 

650
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,960
action, whereas what we're 
supposed to do is motivated by 

651
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,080
the heart. 
I love the Lord. 

652
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,160
Therefore, sure, there's a ton 
of action in my life. 

653
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,520
A heart that loves the Lord will
have action, lots of action, 

654
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,000
lots of behaviors, lots of 
disciplines, lots of 

655
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,960
self-control, lots of obedience.
But it will all be out of a 

656
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,720
motive of what I love him. 
So I do the thing instead of I 

657
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,640
do the thing to prove that I 
love him. 

658
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,480
Now you just love him, and all 
kinds of great actions will flow

659
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:51,120
out of that. 
These are a shadow of the things

660
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,720
to come, but the substance 
belongs to Christ. 

661
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:59,840
Let no one disqualify you. 
Insisting on asceticism like an 

662
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:04,120
extreme humility, extreme, 
excessive, obsessive humility. 

663
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,800
Let no one disqualify you. 
That's someone saying you're 

664
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,560
doing it wrong, Chris. 
You're doing it wrong because 

665
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,400
you're not doing it like me. 
It's one thing to say you're 

666
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,240
doing it wrong because you're 
not doing the word. 

667
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,800
Brother, I'm coming to you with 
love and compassion and 

668
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,920
conviction. 
Hey, man, it's an uncomfortable 

669
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:20,560
conversation, but this is me 
caring for you. 

670
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,040
That's different from you're not
doing it the way I do it, the 

671
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,520
way I say it has to be done. 
Let no one disqualify you. 

672
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:31,200
Insisting on asceticism and 
worship of angels. 

673
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,760
And going on in detail about 
visions, this is somebody who's 

674
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,760
promoting their own personal 
revelations and. 

675
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,120
Experience and saying I've 
experienced this and I've 

676
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,400
experienced that, I've 
experienced this. 

677
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,920
Like OK, I'm glad you've had all
these visions with the Lord. 

678
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,440
That's personal between y'all. 
I need to stick with the word 

679
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,800
and what the Lord walks me 
through and what the Lord leads 

680
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,560
me through. 
Puffed up. 

681
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:53,880
That's what legalism always 
does. 

682
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,760
It puffs me up because look what
I did, look how good I'm doing. 

683
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,480
My quiet time streak is unbroken
for like 6 years. 

684
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,640
Oh man, my quiet time streak is 
on fire right now. 

685
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,600
I mean, oh, glory to God, you 
know, glory to God, glory to 

686
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,680
God. 
I'm just saying six years 

687
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,240
though, like not a day have I 
missed a quiet time. 

688
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:14,400
But no, it's not about me 
though. 

689
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,120
It's about the Lord. 
I just, you know, praise the 

690
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,920
Lord, glory to God. 
So that's what I do whenever I 

691
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,760
get legalistic, I get puffed up 
instead of like, yeah, I, I 

692
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,640
thank God, I am faithful in my 
quiet time. 

693
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,360
I've, I've enjoyed that 
fellowship with him, consistency

694
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,360
for a long time. 
It's it's just good to be with 

695
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,320
him. 
Those are two different 

696
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,160
perspectives. 
One was like, look at me, which 

697
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:39,880
is what legalism ends up doing. 
It puffs up, puffed up without 

698
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,840
reason by the sensual, by his 
sensuous mind. 

699
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,920
That's the flesh and not holding
fast to the head. 

700
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,640
That's Jesus, from whom the 
whole body nourished and knit 

701
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:53,040
together through its joints and 
ligaments, grows with a faith 

702
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,400
that is from God, saying we need
the whole body of Christ to 

703
00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:00,400
strengthen and bless us. 
If with Christ you died to the 

704
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:04,240
elemental spirits of the world, 
Satan, the satanic perspective 

705
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:08,960
that the world has, why? 
Why as if you were still alive 

706
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:13,440
in the world do you submit to 
regulations like do not handle, 

707
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,880
do not taste, do not touch, 
don't do this, don't do that, 

708
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:17,560
don't do that? 
He's saying if you're alive in 

709
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,199
Christ and you're dead to the 
things in the world, why are you

710
00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:21,880
submitting to these regulations?
He said these people who are 

711
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,000
putting these bondages and these
burdens on you, you can't eat 

712
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:24,920
that. 
You can't drink that. 

713
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,120
Your Sabbath thing wrong. 
No, we still celebrate this 

714
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:28,480
festival. 
No, we're in Christ, but we 

715
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,320
don't have to wait. 
I'm a Jew. 

716
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,239
I'm you're a gentile. 
You're doing it wrong. 

717
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:33,880
Do we eat bacon? 
Do we not eat bacon? 

718
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,199
We eat. 
Bacon, by the way, praise the 

719
00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:38,199
Lord. 
Which is it? 

720
00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:39,639
He's going. 
Why are you getting caught up in

721
00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:43,320
all this? 
Do not taste, do not touch. 

722
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,120
Referring to things that are 
perish, that perish as they are 

723
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:50,000
used according to human precepts
and teachings. 

724
00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:54,159
These have indeed so he 
acknowledges. 

725
00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:57,600
Indeed they have an appearance 
of wisdom in promoting a 

726
00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,440
self-made religion and 
asceticism. 

727
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,760
That extreme humility and 
severity to the body. 

728
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:07,040
Look how I punish my body, Look 
how I deprive myself, Making me 

729
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,480
the hero and severity to the 
body. 

730
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,280
But they're of no value in 
stopping the indulgence of the 

731
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,320
flesh. 
That's what's crazy, that's 

732
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,440
what's wild. 
The argument that the legalist 

733
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,000
makes is this is crucifixion of 
the of the flesh. 

734
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,680
But the argument that the Holy 
Spirit makes to the Apostle Paul

735
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,280
is you can do all these outward 
things and you still have not 

736
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,440
crucified the flesh, because 
it's still done from a heart of 

737
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,120
pride, saying, look at me. 
Look at me. 

738
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:37,360
How I crucify the flesh. 
Bro, you just messed up because 

739
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,200
you're still looking at the 
outward thing instead of the 

740
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,560
heart that's motivated by love 
for the Lord. 

741
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,480
So people have different 
convictions on different things.

742
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,960
Some have a conscience that 
won't allow them to participate 

743
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,520
with anything on Halloween, and 
that is totally fine. 

744
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,360
But what's not fine is if they 
were to say it's wrong for other

745
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,160
Christians to allow their 
children to dress up as a zero 

746
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,560
superhero and get candy from the
neighbor. 

747
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,280
You see the distinction there? 
Yeah, my heart doesn't allow me 

748
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:06,560
to do that because of this, that
and the other. 

749
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,040
Hey, no problem, sister. 
No problem brother, that's a 

750
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,400
yoke that's on you and and I 
don't consider that a 

751
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,200
burdensome. 
Can we discuss it? 

752
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:15,240
I'm curious. 
I'd love to have some 

753
00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:17,680
conversation. 
Maybe one of us is misguided. 

754
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,960
Maybe both of us are. 
We love each other though. 

755
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,480
We're the body that's connected 
bones and ligaments and joints. 

756
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,320
Let us reason together. 
Let's navigate together. 

757
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,720
And maybe we come away from it 
in the same convictions that we 

758
00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,120
have, but that's OK. 
We know each other better and 

759
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,040
we've enjoyed fellowship and 
we've prioritized the command of

760
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,080
the Lord. 
How sweet it is when brothers 

761
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:44,320
dwell in unity, right? 
Some people aren't comfortable 

762
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,800
doing certain stretches because 
yoga has its root in Hinduism 

763
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,240
and that's totally fine. 
But what's not fine is if they 

764
00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:53,800
were to say it's wrong for 
Christians to perform all 

765
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,960
Christians to perform certain 
stretches. 

766
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,280
Some people aren't comfortable 
being alone with the opposite 

767
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,720
sex who isn't their spouse. 
But it's wrong for them to say 

768
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,520
no Christian should ever be 
alone with the opposite sex that

769
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,040
isn't their spouse, because to 
do so would be sinful. 

770
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:10,800
Isn't there some wisdom argument
to be made here? 

771
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:12,400
Absolutely. 
There's all kinds. 

772
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:13,880
There's always an argument for 
something. 

773
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:15,640
There's always a reason for 
something. 

774
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:20,560
I I I hold to that policy 99.9% 
of the time. 

775
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,880
Not 100. 
No, not 100. 

776
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:24,520
Why? 
Because there's not a. 

777
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:28,040
Command of God for it God does 
God. 

778
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,600
Does give commands He give. 
He gives lots of them. 

779
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,520
Lots of them. 
God's command is that we 

780
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,600
shouldn't lust. 
God's command is that we 

781
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,080
shouldn't covet our neighbor's 
wife. 

782
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,120
God's command is that we 
shouldn't fornicate. 

783
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,400
God's command is that we 
shouldn't commit adultery. 

784
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,520
But the man made rule obsesses 
in an attempt to increase 

785
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,400
righteousness and places a 
mandatory yoke on everyone 

786
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,080
instead of a hey, here's a 
here's a wise principle. 

787
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,120
I've walked out. 
Hey, here's something I've 

788
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,360
chosen to do and I've just feel 
like it keeps me safe, keeps me 

789
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,680
free from accusation from an 
enemy potentially. 

790
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,120
Like I can see all those 
arguments. 

791
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,360
By all means, stick with it. 
It's fine. 

792
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,960
But you can't label that as this
is spiritual maturity. 

793
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:10,120
Well, maybe for you it is, but 
don't put a burden on people 

794
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:14,920
that Jesus didn't put on people.
A glass of wine was intended to 

795
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:18,440
be a gift to man, but a legalist
would say that is forbidden. 

796
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:19,480
Why? 
Why is that forbidden? 

797
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,040
Because drunkenness is 
forbidden. 

798
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,960
Oh, we totally agree brother. 
Drunkenness, intoxication, not 

799
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,960
an option for the believer so. 
But anyway, back to the glass of

800
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:28,760
wine. 
How is that? 

801
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,360
Well, you know, my granddad was 
an alcoholic. 

802
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:33,200
My dad was an alcoholic. 
And I have those temptations. 

803
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,560
Oh, so brother for you is 
probably not wise, is what 

804
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,200
you're saying? 
Yeah, absolutely. 

805
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,440
Oh, let me. 
Let me put the bottle of wine 

806
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:40,880
away. 
We don't need wine with the with

807
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,440
the pasta tonight. 
I want to be a blessing to my 

808
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:44,960
brother. 
So I'm also not going to fight 

809
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,800
for my freedom if it could cause
my brother to stumble or be 

810
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:49,800
hurt. 
But my brother also has to 

811
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,080
recognize that this isn't a a 
yoke on everyone, but it might 

812
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,160
be a yoke on you. 
That might be wise. 

813
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,400
Some of you would say I I I need
to not touch alcohol. 

814
00:38:58,720 --> 00:38:59,760
Why? 
Well, it's not that the Lord 

815
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,920
forbids you to touch alcohol, 
it's just that you go with me 

816
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,520
like I don't stop and well, then
by all means don't touch it at 

817
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,520
all. 
That's that's wisdom. 

818
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:12,120
We we can understand that God 
has provided wisdom as we all 

819
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:15,040
grow and we don't condemn one 
another for any of it. 

820
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,560
The standard of the word of the 
Lord is enough. 

821
00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:23,520
The crazy thing again about 
legalism is like what Colossians

822
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:27,760
says, all this rule following is
actually powerless to stop the 

823
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,600
indulgence of the flesh. 
You can, you can't do it. 

824
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,520
You can't stop the flesh with 
the flesh. 

825
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,880
You can't fight that fire with 
fire. 

826
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,840
You have to fight that fire with
the water of the Holy Spirit. 

827
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:41,640
That's the only thing that can 
quench it. 

828
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,120
Living water that bubbles up out
of you. 

829
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,160
A renewed mind with the Word of 
God that actually does things 

830
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:51,600
out of a motive of love. 
Let's keep going back in Matthew

831
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,680
Matthew verse three or chapter 
12 verse three. 

832
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:02,800
He said to them so this is super
sarcastic and very much a jab 

833
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:04,600
and very much a poke in the eye 
from Jesus. 

834
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:06,280
So y'all y'all know where I get 
it from? 

835
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:11,720
By the way, have you not read? 
So Jesus says this like 11 times

836
00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:14,360
throughout the gospels to the 
Pharisees, which is like a super

837
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,800
duper slap in the face to 
Pharisees. 

838
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,520
Dudes who like read all the time
and had memorized all the time 

839
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,280
just goes hey. 
Hey, Bible teachers, have you 

840
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,320
guys read the Bible? 
And they're like, he knows 

841
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:28,160
they've read it, but he's just 
going it's it's right here. 

842
00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:30,320
Let me he goes, let me read it 
to you. 

843
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:33,520
Have you not read what David did
when he was hungry and those who

844
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,800
are with him, how he entered the
House of God and ate the bread 

845
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:40,200
of the presents, which is not 
lawful to do or for those who 

846
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:41,640
are with him, but only for the 
priests. 

847
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:47,440
So it's not just a jab to them. 
But he also says because he 

848
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,360
knows they've definitely read. 
But it is a question for us. 

849
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,680
Have you read What is your 
protection from legalism? 

850
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:54,640
The Word of God is your 
protection from legalism. 

851
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,840
Knowing what God has actually 
said and what He actually hasn't

852
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,040
said is your protection. 
It is your blessing. 

853
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,880
It will continue to renew your 
mind and continue to set you 

854
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:04,440
free. 
The Bible protects you from 

855
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,480
legalism. 
The Bible protects you from 

856
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:10,080
false doctrine. 
It's in first Samuel 21 where 

857
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,360
you can go read the account of 
David in the presence and going 

858
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,760
into the temple. 
He's running for his life from 

859
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,000
Saul at this point he comes into
the temple. 

860
00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:19,080
So understand this bread of the 
presence. 

861
00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:21,240
They bake this special bread. 
It's a special recipe. 

862
00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:25,000
It's a special way, all the 
things just for the Lord and it 

863
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:29,960
goes into the presence and it's 
it's left there for a week and 

864
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,160
after a week that bread is 
taken. 

865
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:33,960
It is to be eaten only by the 
priests. 

866
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:35,120
No one else is allowed to eat 
it. 

867
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,200
That is a clear. 
Command of God in the Scripture.

868
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,360
And then they replace it with a 
fresh set of loaves each week. 

869
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,240
So this is what happens week 
after week after week. 

870
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,520
Well, David comes him, he and 
his men are hungry, and they 

871
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:48,200
come into the temple. 
And he goes to the priest and he

872
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:49,760
says, do you have anything for 
us to eat? 

873
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:52,120
He says, we just have this bread
that we just baked, but it's the

874
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:53,560
bread of the presence. 
And David goes, well, we're 

875
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,920
hungry. 
And the priest has a decision to

876
00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:01,440
make in this moment. 
The law. 

877
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,840
Clearly says it's this only for 
the priest to eat. 

878
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,760
But the priest then says, all 
right, I'm going to give this 

879
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,920
bread to David and his men. 
Why? 

880
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,400
The priest makes it a decision 
based upon compassion for 

881
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,480
people. 
The priest makes a decision 

882
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,120
based upon the anointed king of 
Israel. 

883
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,960
So there's a whole another point
you could teach here where Jesus

884
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,560
and his disciples ought not even
be going through a field eating 

885
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,000
grain on the Sabbath. 
Why has someone not prepared to 

886
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,360
feast for the king, the Lord of 
heaven and earth already? 

887
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:30,240
He is the anointed king, and yet
he is not yet the ruling king, 

888
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,160
similar to David. 
So obviously Jesus is the 

889
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,000
greater David. 
So the the the. 

890
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,280
Pharisees are at fault in ways 
they don't even recognize. 

891
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,000
But every Sabbath this special 
bread is replaced. 

892
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:44,280
And now this priest makes the 
decision and he thinks, does God

893
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:47,520
want David to go hungry? 
And the answer was no, he 

894
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:48,920
doesn't. 
So he gives him the bread and 

895
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,240
then apparently they go make, 
they bake more bread that day, 

896
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:52,880
say, hey, bake up some more 
lows. 

897
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:55,080
What happened to the other ones?
Just bake up some more lows. 

898
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:57,040
I've got it taken care of, said 
the priest. 

899
00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,720
And Jesus very plainly here 
signs off on it. 

900
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,680
Would you agree? 
Sure. 

901
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,720
Seems to me that Jesus is signed
off on. 

902
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,840
It's all right. 
What the law? 

903
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,480
The law. 
So here we have the law was. 

904
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,040
Clearly. 
Broken versus the Pharisees who 

905
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,920
are making up a law that wasn't 
even broken. 

906
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,440
There is saying y'all broke the 
law. 

907
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,400
First of all, no they didn't. 
But now. 

908
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:19,680
But why? 
Why we're? 

909
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,880
There, by the way, Pharisees. 
I will point out a. 

910
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,400
Scenario to where the law was 
broken. 

911
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:27,800
Do you have a problem with that?
And they're going no comment. 

912
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,560
Yeah, that's what I thought. 
That's what I thought. 

913
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,680
Legalism is not compassionate. 
Legalism will always just put 

914
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,800
another, another layer on top of
it. 

915
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,320
Here's another layer. 
You're not heavy enough, you're 

916
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,760
not spiritual enough. 
If you do this, then you'll get 

917
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:44,600
there and then you do that and I
still don't feel spiritual 

918
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:46,280
enough. 
You can always find a Christian,

919
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,080
unfortunately, who can find 
another brick to put onto your 

920
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:51,560
back and go, this is the thing 
that will make you spiritual. 

921
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,520
This is the thing that'll make 
you religious. 

922
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,920
This is the thing that'll make 
you mature and you go, OK, I'll 

923
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:58,440
do it. 
Burdensome. 

924
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:02,320
And Jesus says, man, cut this. 
The whole thing falls off your 

925
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:06,720
back and he goes, come to me if 
you're burdened, if you're heavy

926
00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:10,160
laden, I'll give you rest. 
Walk with me. 

927
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:14,240
I will teach you My yoke is 
easy, my burden's light. 

928
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,200
Walk with me. 
What a relief. 

929
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:18,800
The Lord loves you and He gives 
you that blessing. 

930
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:22,640
So keep going here in verse 
five. 

931
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,960
Or have you not read in the law?
He does it a second time. 

932
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:31,000
Or have you not read in the law?
How on the Sabbath, the priests.

933
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,520
In the temple. 
Profane the Sabbath and are 

934
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:36,800
guiltless. 
So he uses a strong word. 

935
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:39,120
They profane the Sabbath and 
they're like, how do they do 

936
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:39,480
that? 
He goes. 

937
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:41,640
They're guiltless. 
How the priests profane the 

938
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:43,040
Sabbath because they were 
required to work. 

939
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,000
Why? 
Because it's worship. 

940
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:49,280
Remember, the purpose of Sabbath
is rest and worship. 

941
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:50,720
Well, the priests are 
worshipping. 

942
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:54,000
They're they're ministering and 
they're worshipping. 

943
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:55,600
So that's why they're 
accomplishing these tasks. 

944
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,720
They had to lift the sacrifice, 
they had to prepare the 

945
00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:01,200
sacrifice, they had to do 
certain things on the Sabbath. 

946
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:04,560
It was work, but they're how are
they not violating the Sabbath? 

947
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,640
Well, Jesus just pointing it 
out. 

948
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:10,680
He's saying, guys, the point, 
the point, which is what you're 

949
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:15,280
going to see next week again as 
well, man was not made to keep 

950
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:18,920
the Sabbath. 
The Sabbath was made for man. 

951
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:23,120
That was, that was Jesus. 
Point I didn't make, man, to go 

952
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:24,520
look at the Sabbath. 
That's your. 

953
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:30,240
Leader, he says, hey mankind, 
here's the Sabbath, enjoy, Enjoy

954
00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:32,040
the rest. 
Enjoy the worship. 

955
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:36,120
Well, do I have to? 
I don't know if you heard me. 

956
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:40,560
Enjoy the rest. 
Enjoy the worship. 

957
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:44,600
So the priests work and they do 
things that others don't do. 

958
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:46,760
They'll if others did those 
things that the priests did, 

959
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:50,320
they would have been wrong. 
But the intention is rest and 

960
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:51,880
worship. 
So the priests are just fine 

961
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,280
because they're doing what 
contributes to worship. 

962
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:03,120
Verses 6, Verse six. 
Now I tell you something greater

963
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:06,720
than the temple is here. 
Jesus is talking about Jesus 

964
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,360
super dope as usual. 
He's saying you're, you're so 

965
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:13,320
focused on the temple, you're so
focused on the Sabbath. 

966
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:18,320
He goes, I invented the Sabbath,
I gave it to you. 

967
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:21,520
I'm greater than the temple. 
I'm going to. 

968
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,400
Destroy the temple and rebuild 
it. 

969
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:27,520
By the way, this temple, my 
life, I will lay it down and I 

970
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:32,200
will pull it back up again. 
My authority is greater than the

971
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:35,720
Sabbath, is what he's saying, 
because I invented the Sabbath. 

972
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:39,120
I tell you something greater 
than the Sabbath is here. 

973
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:43,280
And if you had known what this 
means, I desire mercy and not 

974
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:46,360
sacrifice, you would not have 
condemned the guiltless. 

975
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:49,160
God hates the condemnation of 
the guiltless. 

976
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:54,040
So that's why Jesus was so 
defensive of the weak and the 

977
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,800
heavy laden against the 
Pharisees, because they just put

978
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,440
another burden on you. 
Jesus then wants to defend you 

979
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,120
in the same way. 
He said I don't burden you, I 

980
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:03,640
don't crush you with these 
things. 

981
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:06,200
And he's telling him you would 
not have condemned. 

982
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:07,760
Who's the guiltless? 
His disciples. 

983
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:10,320
And the disciples, they don't 
know. 

984
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:12,840
If Jesus hadn't have been here 
and the disciples were walking 

985
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:15,240
on their own, they'd be like, 
man, they caught me and they'd 

986
00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:17,080
have felt bad about it. 
Oh man. 

987
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,400
What are you doing over there? 
Nothing, Rabbi. 

988
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:22,160
So and so. 
We're just passing through the 

989
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:23,280
field. 
Hey, guys, guys, stop. 

990
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:27,080
And then they have a then 
they're condemned and they feel 

991
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:29,520
guilty about it and they go home
and pray that night. 

992
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:33,760
God forgive me for earlier today
for violating your Sabbath and 

993
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:35,680
Jesus going. 
You haven't done anything wrong.

994
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,160
You shut up. 
You don't know what you're 

995
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:41,320
talking about or the Sabbath. 
I made the Sabbath. 

996
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,920
Someone greater than the Sabbath
is here. 

997
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,920
Someone greater than the temple 
is here and if you had 

998
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:49,040
understood. 
Mercy is better than sacrifice. 

999
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:50,880
You would have never condemned 
the guiltless. 

1000
00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:56,240
This is how Jesus is protecting 
you from a burden that he didn't

1001
00:47:56,240 --> 00:48:00,440
build for you. 
Sabbath is a gift to man because

1002
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:03,320
it is designed to take you 
closer to Jesus. 

1003
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,520
Legalism doesn't actually take 
you closer to Jesus. 

1004
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,720
The Sabbath has also not been 
abolished. 

1005
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,000
I want to make it plain for you 
to understand where we are 

1006
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:17,920
today. 
And yet it has come through the 

1007
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:21,880
cross, and it exists now in a 
new and better covenant for us, 

1008
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:26,200
still calling us to rest and 
still drawing us to worship. 

1009
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:30,800
So the early church moved our 
Sabbath day to Sunday. 

1010
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,640
We did it to honor the 
resurrection day of our Lord 

1011
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:35,680
Jesus. 
That's what the early church did

1012
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:38,520
and decided. 
Now you have Colts who still 

1013
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:43,000
focus on Saturday as Sabbath. 
Have you heard of 7th Day 

1014
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,680
Adventists? 
So you know you're talking to a 

1015
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:47,920
7th Day Adventist whenever you 
want to talk to them about the 

1016
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:50,560
Lord and they and all they want 
to talk about is Sabbath, 

1017
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:52,640
Sabbath, Sabbath, Sabbath. 
Why? 

1018
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:54,880
Because it's a burden. 
It's a burdensome legalism, 

1019
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:56,840
which is all every religion is. 
It's all every cult is. 

1020
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:58,680
It's built on. 
There's some core tenet and core

1021
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:01,440
principle that they focus on 
their obedience to instead of a 

1022
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:04,600
loving relationship with God, 
they focus on obedience to this 

1023
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:06,840
particular command. 
The 7th Day Adventists, they 

1024
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:08,920
need freedom. 
They need the freedom of Christ 

1025
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:13,640
to actually recognize that Jesus
is Lord instead of Saturday's 

1026
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,120
Sabbath. 
I mean, you could be like, Hey, 

1027
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:16,320
how do I get into the Kingdom of
heaven? 

1028
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:17,920
They'd be like, well, let me 
tell you about the Sabbath. 

1029
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,560
And they, and they'd walk you 
through the Old Testament verses

1030
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:22,760
and they would start stacking 
bricks and you'll even feel it 

1031
00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:24,280
by the time the conversation is 
over. 

1032
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:26,960
If you're not free in Christ and
actually have knowledge of the 

1033
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:28,360
word. 
Have you not read? 

1034
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:30,280
Because if you have, it'll set 
you free. 

1035
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,000
And then they they're quoting 
verses to you and you're going, 

1036
00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:35,520
why am I feeling crushed by the 
Bible? 

1037
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:39,960
Something they write you can use
verses to crush. 

1038
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,320
But that doesn't make it wise 
and right. 

1039
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:44,400
A man who could know these 
things. 

1040
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:48,880
Welcome to the safety and the 
wisdom of the body of Christ, of

1041
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,240
pastors in the body of Christ, 
who love you and who are. 

1042
00:49:51,240 --> 00:49:54,680
Faithful to look at the whole 
counsel of the word of God, not 

1043
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:57,440
just let's build a doctrine 
around this, let's build a 

1044
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:02,280
church around this. 
The Sabbath has not been 

1045
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:04,720
abolished and yet it has come 
through the cross and it exists 

1046
00:50:04,720 --> 00:50:07,440
now in a new and better 
covenant, still calling us to 

1047
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,280
rest, still drawing us to 
worship. 

1048
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:12,920
So yes, we have moved it to 
honor the the resurrection day 

1049
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:16,360
now for Sunday. 
And that's what the church has 

1050
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:17,920
been doing for a couple thousand
years. 

1051
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:20,280
Is that a big deal? 
No, it's not. 

1052
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:22,240
It's not a big deal. 
It's OK. 

1053
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:25,680
It's right. 
You can still honor the Lord. 

1054
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:28,400
What was the principle? 
The Lord said I'm taking a day 

1055
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:32,560
out of the week for rest and for
worship for my people. 

1056
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,800
So do we obey? 
The 4th commandment or not or 

1057
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,240
sorry. 
Do we have to obey the 4th 

1058
00:50:39,240 --> 00:50:42,040
commandment? 
No, we don't have to. 

1059
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:45,680
We get to the Lord of the 
Sabbath, calls you to rest and 

1060
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:49,480
calls you to himself. 
So my counsel, notice that 

1061
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:55,560
transition there, my counsel as 
your pastor is that most people 

1062
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:59,400
should use Sunday. 
It is for most folks in our 

1063
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:01,160
culture, in our society, in our 
moment. 

1064
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:05,800
For most folks, Sunday is a 
great day to use, to set apart 

1065
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:09,240
for rest from work and to gather
for worship with the Saints. 

1066
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:13,880
Years ago I had an uncle who he 
wasn't even a Christian, but he 

1067
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:16,000
told me once he said if you've 
got to work seven days a week, 

1068
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,840
you're doing something wrong. 
It's just a just a worldly man, 

1069
00:51:20,560 --> 00:51:23,960
worldly still. 
But I remember as like a, you 

1070
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,800
know, 1718 year old kid, him 
saying that just being like, 

1071
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:30,000
that's just so true, just such a
simple for him. 

1072
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:31,880
He goes, if you got to work 
seven days a week, you're, 

1073
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:33,880
you're doing something wrong or 
you're in the wrong job. 

1074
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:36,720
Like some like he just had this 
understand something's broken. 

1075
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:41,280
Where did that come from? 
Well, revelation from God, why 

1076
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:42,520
seven days? 
Why not sick? 

1077
00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:44,160
Why, why can't we work seven 
days a week? 

1078
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:46,120
What are the rules around all 
this stuff? 

1079
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:49,520
Do you know why you work 40? 
Days a week, you can thank Henry

1080
00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:51,600
Ford. 40 days a week, that's a 
lot. 

1081
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:54,960
That's a lot of work. 
Do you know why you work 40 

1082
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:57,600
hours a week? 
Because Henry Ford decided that 

1083
00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:59,440
that's how he wanted the 
efficiency of his factory to 

1084
00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:01,640
run. 
So Western civilization now 

1085
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:05,520
functions that way. 
But now as a man, if you don't 

1086
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:08,520
work 40 hours a week, you're a 
little bit lazy, right? 

1087
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:13,440
You feel that you're working how
much, dude? 

1088
00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:15,880
That's like. 
Isn't that strange how we can 

1089
00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:18,480
feel a little bit of guilt from 
something all because Henry Ford

1090
00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:21,000
wanted his factories to function
for a certain way and he wanted 

1091
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,520
all of his little worker bees 
and his assembly line to go a 

1092
00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:24,920
certain way? 
I don't condemn Henry Ford. 

1093
00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:26,200
You run your factory however you
want, man. 

1094
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:28,160
It's your factory. 
People can work there, they can 

1095
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:30,960
quit. 
But now 40 hour workweek. 

1096
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:33,760
That's the standard. 
That's the standard. 

1097
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:36,120
You got to work that much if you
work, and then if you work too 

1098
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:37,800
much. 
Yeah, I definitely see that says

1099
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:39,640
problematic. 
If you don't work enough, 

1100
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:41,680
though, you should feel shame 
and condemnation. 

1101
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:45,360
But my uncle knew better. 
You got to work seven days a 

1102
00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:46,200
week. 
You're doing something wrong. 

1103
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:50,640
So yes, enjoy the rest that the 
Lord brings to you. 

1104
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:54,240
It is a gift, it is a blessing. 
Jesus calls you to himself. 

1105
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,520
Come to me, all who labor and 
are heavy laden, and I will give

1106
00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:01,520
you rest. 
Take my yoke upon you and learn 

1107
00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:05,000
from me, for I'm gentle and 
lowly in heart, and you will 

1108
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:08,960
find rest for your souls. 
For my yoke is easy, and my 

1109
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:13,360
burden is light. 
What a cup of cold water to a 

1110
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:16,840
dry soul. 
Thank you, Lord. 

1111
00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:21,120
So enjoy the Sabbath. 
Look forward to it. 

1112
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:25,080
Walk by faith and Sabbath. 
Even as an act of faith. 

1113
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:27,240
Let your Sabbath day of rest you
go. 

1114
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:28,720
There's still so much work to 
do. 

1115
00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:31,000
I know I got plenty of work to 
do too. 

1116
00:53:31,240 --> 00:53:33,920
You don't rest and you don't 
Sabbath because everything's 

1117
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:35,880
done. 
That's not the point. 

1118
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:39,520
You rest in you Sabbath because 
the Lord is gifting you rest and

1119
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:41,840
Sabbath. 
Sabbath is not something that 

1120
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:45,560
you earn or you deserve. 
When When Saturday finishes, you

1121
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:47,200
finish yard work, you finish 
stuff and you go. 

1122
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:48,960
Who? 
Finally, tomorrow's Sunday. 

1123
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:50,920
I've earned it. 
No, you didn't. 

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It is a gift. 
Receive it. 

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00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:55,360
Receive it, or whatever day it 
may be. 

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00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:57,120
You go. 
What am I supposed to do on my 

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Sabbath? 
There's no rules. 

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00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:01,280
If I laid in a hammock all day, 
I'd. 

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00:54:01,360 --> 00:54:02,720
I'd go crazy. 
You don't have to lay in a 

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hammock all day. 
What would bring refreshment? 

1131
00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:07,360
What would blame? 
Bring blessing. 

1132
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:09,680
Maybe you go for a walk. 
Maybe you meet with friends. 

1133
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,720
I don't condemn you, I don't put
a yoke on you, I don't put a 

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burden on you. 
But I do tell you, keep the 

1135
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Sabbath, keep it holy, rest and 
worship, rest from work and 

1136
00:54:21,720 --> 00:54:25,240
worship the Lord, and even do 
that as an act of rebellion 

1137
00:54:25,240 --> 00:54:27,320
against the flesh and against 
the world. 

1138
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:32,400
And enjoy your Lord, who is Lord
of the Sabbath, the Son of man. 

1139
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:37,320
Heavenly Father, we thank you 
for sending Jesus to bring the 

1140
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:42,080
blessing of rest to our souls. 
The greatest rest He's given us 

1141
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:46,480
is taking the shame of sin, the 
guilt of our condemnation, the 

1142
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:50,200
weight of a guilty conscience, 
and cleansing us and sprinkling 

1143
00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:53,320
us so that we could be clean, so
that we could be relieved, so 

1144
00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:57,720
that we could be refreshed. 
Help us to not allow anyone to 

1145
00:54:57,720 --> 00:55:01,400
judge and condemn us when it 
comes to food and drink and 

1146
00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:08,200
festivals and moons or books or 
days or movies or clothing. 

1147
00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:11,400
But help us to have humble 
hearts. 

1148
00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:16,160
Make us a people with who who 
are really truly tender in our 

1149
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:20,120
conscience, but with an ear not 
attuned to the demands of man, 

1150
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:24,240
but an ear attuned to the 
teaching of Jesus. 

1151
00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:27,680
Jesus, you said that we should 
come to you if we're burdened, 

1152
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:32,280
if we're heavy laden and you 
give rest to our soul. 

1153
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:35,760
God, I pray that you would even 
bring rest to our minds. 

1154
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:40,600
Reform our entire life, continue
to shape us, continue to 

1155
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:44,880
structure us, continue to bless 
us with this freedom and with 

1156
00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:52,920
this discipline. 
Even as loving parents give 

1157
00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:56,200
their children a bedtime because
they love their children and 

1158
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:58,960
they want them refreshed and 
healthy and strong. 

1159
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,880
So you bless your people with 
rest. 

1160
00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:10,520
God forgive us for not 
prioritizing Your word. 

1161
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:15,640
I pray that your Saints would 
walk out of here today as light 

1162
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:18,880
as a feather. 
I pray they would walk away 

1163
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:22,960
refreshed, understanding that 
each of us has a yoke given by 

1164
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:27,120
Jesus that fits. 
There's a weight that's on us, 

1165
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:30,320
but it's perfect for our season 
and for our moment. 

1166
00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:34,960
Jesus doesn't lead all of His 
sheep the same exact way all the

1167
00:56:34,960 --> 00:56:38,040
time. 
He cares for you individually, 

1168
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:41,680
He knows you intimately, and 
He's going to continue to lead 

1169
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:49,440
you for it. 
Don't go beyond the word of God 

1170
00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:51,120
in your own life or in others 
lives. 

1171
00:56:56,440 --> 00:56:59,840
Receive His refreshment and be 
happy to give it away as well. 

1172
00:57:11,260 --> 00:57:13,420
And now the Lord bless you and 
keep you. 

1173
00:57:14,740 --> 00:57:17,980
The Lord make His face Shinedown
upon you and be gracious to you.

1174
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,720
The Lord lift up his countenance
upon you and give you great 

1175
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:31,080
peace in Jesus name, Amen. 
Are y'all coming up for prayer, 

1176
00:57:31,080 --> 00:57:37,520
Adam or is it Donna, Kieran? 
OK Adam and Angelina are going 

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00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:40,280
to be just over here. 
If anyone would would like 

1178
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:41,880
prayer, there's something we're 
going to be doing from now on 

1179
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:44,680
after our services. 
Oftentimes I want to be able to 

1180
00:57:44,680 --> 00:57:48,080
get to folks and be available to
talk to as many people as I can 

1181
00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:50,800
just because I love y'all and 
often times don't get to do 

1182
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:52,840
that. 
So each week you'll see either 

1183
00:57:52,840 --> 00:57:56,240
Adam and Angelina are going to 
be up here just to answer prayer

1184
00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:59,440
requests and pray with you, or 
Don and Karen will be up here to

1185
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:01,040
do that. 
So you'll see them alternating. 

1186
00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:03,760
So we just want to normalize 
that so you can say, hey, I want

1187
00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:06,240
somebody to pray with me. 
That's exactly what we're going 

1188
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:08,720
to set them apart to do, to 
bless you and encourage you.