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Chad Kreuzer

Sabbath and the Divinity of Christ

Hi there, my name is Chad Kruiser with Anchor Point Films and my wife and I, Fadi, travel around full time producing documentary films and also speaking, lecturing around the world on subjects like the gut-brain connection, overcoming depression.

We also talk on overcoming depression and overcoming addictions also.

And if you have any interest in learning more about our ministry, go to our website anchorpointfilms.com or if you have any questions or comments or even suggestions for messages, things that you would like to hear more about, once again contact us at anchorpointfilms.com.

But before we begin, let's bow our heads for a word of prayer.

Heavenly Father, we're so thankful to gather together and worship you today.

What a beautiful name it is, the name of Jesus.

Lord, I pray that in this time we would draw nearer to Him.

That You would speak to each and every heart through the power of Your Holy Spirit in a way that You alone can.

May You answer the questions of our hearts today.

We're going to talk about something to remember.

If you brought your Bibles, turn with me to Matthew chapter 12.

Matthew chapter 12, and We are going to look at a reason that the Jewish people wanted to kill Jesus.

What actually made them decide we should execute this man?

We're looking in Matthew chapter 12, and we're going to begin in verse 10.

You may have never thought about it quite like this, but in Matthew 12, verse 10, the Bible says, Matthew 12, verse 10, it says, and behold, there was a man which had His hand withered.

This man had a hand that he was not able to use.

And they asked him, saying, is it lawful to heal on the what?

On the Sabbath days that they might what?

Now they were literally just doing this to test Jesus.

And it goes on to say in verse 11, and he said unto them, what man shall there be among you that shall have 1 sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it and lift it out?

How much then is a man better than a what?

If you found an animal in a ditch, would you help it out of the ditch on the Sabbath day?

And what do you think the Jewish leaders would say?

Then Jesus says, well then how much better is a human than an animal?

They were trying to get Jesus to say, oh yeah you can heal people on the Sabbath day, and they'd say, hey he's guilty of breaking the law.

Do you think it breaks the law to help an animal out of a ditch?

Well, would it help a human to help a human out of a ditch?

And so he says, how much then is a man better than a sheep, verse 12, wherefore it is what?

Lawful to do good or well on the Sabbath days.'" Now what does it mean that something is lawful?

That means it's according to the law, meaning what law was Jesus actually… what law were they differentiating about?

They were talking about the fourth commandment called the Sabbath.

So the question was, is it according to the law to help somebody on the Sabbath and heal them, yes or no?

And so they, but they think, oh no, Jesus isn't following the law how we think he should be doing it.

And then it says in verse 13, then said he to the man, stretch forth your hand, and he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole like as the other.

It happened to be the Sabbath day, verse 14.

Then the Pharisees went out and held a council against him, how they might what?

So notice, these men wanted to kill Jesus for how He kept the Sabbath day.

That they actually decided Jesus needed to be killed because He didn't keep the Sabbath the way They thought he should keep it, yet Jesus was saying he kept the Sabbath according to the law.

Meaning, they were keeping the Sabbath incorrectly, and they wanted to kill Jesus because he kept the Sabbath correctly.

That the issue was how Jesus was keeping the Sabbath.

The Sabbath was a day to worship God in a very special way and they decided they were going to kill Jesus for how He kept it.

You know, the Bible reveals that there are 2 reasons that Jesus is worthy of our worship.

The Bible says in Revelation 5 and verse 12, saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.

The Lamb that died to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.

It says that Jesus is worthy because He was the Lamb that was slain.

Jesus is worthy of our worship because He sacrificed His life for us.

Jesus is worthy because He was this Lamb.

Number 2 in Revelation 4, 10, and 11, it says, Thou art worthy, why?

O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power, why?

For you have created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." Jesus is worthy of our worship.

Number 1, Jesus specifically because He redeemed us, He died for us, and secondarily because He created us.

These are the 2 reasons that Jesus is worthy of our praise and our worship.

And Revelation chapter 14 verse 6 and 7, this is part of the first angel's message of the 3 angels' message of Revelation chapter 14.

And in this passage, this is a message that will go to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.

This will be a worldwide message at the end of time.

Which, by the way, we're already living in.

And it says, and I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come.

And worship him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters." Once again, God, Jesus specifically, is worthy of our praise and our worship because He is the Creator, the 1 who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all that in them is.

But very interestingly, this text right here that we have highlighted in red is a direct quotation from what portion of the Bible?

The fourth commandment that talks about the Sabbath day.

We see it here when we put them next to each other.

What do we see in Exodus chapter 20 speaking of the fourth commandment?

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, and we jump down and it says, For in 6 days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day, wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it." So the fact that Revelation chapter 14 verse 7 is quoting the fourth commandment and this message here about the fourth commandment will go forth to the entire planet at the end of the world tells us that the Sabbath has an apocalyptic context or a last day perspective in Bible prophecy.

We're going to look at this through time.

Now there's 404 verses in the book of Revelation, and about 270 of them are quotations from the Old Testament.

So 270 of these verses in Revelation have quotations from the Old Testament.

So once again, the book of Revelation, many people don't understand the book of Revelation because they're not looking in the Old Testament to understand what it means.

Now, speaking once again of this creative power, 1 of the most popular verses in the New Testament is in chapter 1, in verse 1, where it says, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made." Now who is this word?

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