1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,600 I greet you my dear friend in the name of our Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ, the 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:14,120 Creator of heaven and earth, your Savior and mine. I truly hope you're well. We are 3 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:20,600 all familiar with the forth Commandment. The opening words say, "Remember the Sabbath day to 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:28,240 keep it holy". What are we to understand by holy? Let's get a clue from Isaiah 5 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:35,360 Chapter 40 reading verses 25 and 26. They say, to whom then will you 6 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:41,960 like me or shall I be equal as the Holy One? God is referred to in verse 25 7 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:48,960 of Isaiah 40 as the Holy One. And the holy one is saying virtually, there is no 8 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:54,680 one in the universe with whom I can be compared. By no one I mean a non- 9 00:00:54,680 --> 00:01:00,440 divine being, for the son Holy Ghost are like. Outside of them there is no one 10 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:05,760 who can compare with God and so the holy one is virtually saying, I am so 11 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:13,160 different. Not even the highest angels can be compared to me. And what is the basis of 12 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:19,760 that difference? Verse 26, lift up thy eyes on high and behold who have created 13 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:24,960 these things, who made heaven and of course who made the earth. On the basis of 14 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:31,760 creation. God establishes the fact that he is different. He is incomparable. 15 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:38,800 There is no non-divine being that can be compared with God. He is Holy. That's 16 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:45,440 really different. This holy God desires to have on earth a holy people who by 17 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:51,040 following His standards and principles found in the Ten Commandments will lead the 18 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:57,520 rest of the world to say what kind of people are they? And of course God has a 19 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:03,920 day called the Sabbath day. That is to be kept holy by these people. So nothing about that day will remind them 20 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:08,880 of Sunday Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or 21 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:14,680 Friday other than the fact that all days have sunrise and sunset. By listening 22 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:21,640 friend, remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy as very as God declares 23 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:29,000 himself to be different from all other non-divine beings. In that sense, he is holy. 24 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:34,440 He calls upon us as a people to be holy different from the world. And this holy 25 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:40,840 people he tells to keep are holy day. Remember the Sabbath day. Keep it 26 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:49,080 holy. My speech, my behavior, my dress, virtually everything about me on this 27 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:55,560 holy day should be different from the other six days of the week. Remember the 28 00:02:55,560 --> 00:03:02,200 Sabbath day. Keep it holy. My dear friend, as you keep the Sabbath 29 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:09,800 holy, as you reflect on what I have said, use my words, use Isaiah 30 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:15,960 40 25 and 26. Use Exodus 21:8 remember the Sabbath day to keep it 31 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:23,000 holy. And against this backdrop look at your Sabbath keeping. Perhaps you'll find 32 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,840 you need to make some modifications in order to comply with God's requirement. 33 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:34,360 The requirement of the Holy One who says, remember the Sabbath day to keep it 34 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:39,800 holy. You know God tells us we should be holy because he's holy. And because we're holy 35 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:48,040 people who serve a holy God, we should keep a holy day. Different from all the other days. 36 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:54,680 May the Lord bless you beyond your imagination, my dear friend, and may he put his sweetest blessing 37 00:03:54,680 --> 00:04:07,960 upon your children. As you keep the Sabbath holy, as you keep the Sabbath different. God bless you.