What Now? When We Have to Unlearn | Pastor Mike Fortune | February 4, 2017

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WHAT NOW? - WHEN WE HAVE TO UNLEARN
by Pastor Mike Fortune
February 4, 2017

  1. Sabbath is for praising God (Luke 13:10-13; Leviticus 23:3;32; Habakkuk 2:20; Psalm 149:1; Isaiah 61:1,3) 
  2. Sabbath is for healing (Luke 13:14-15; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Revelation 22:1-2; Ezekiel 47:12; Isaiah 66:22-23)
  3. Sabbath is for all people (Luke 13:17; Quote; Revelation 14:7b/Exodus 20:11; 1 Peter 1:3-6) 
Luke 13:10-13
10 One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue, 11 he saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to stand up straight. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, "Dear woman, you are healed of your sickness!" 13 Then he touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God!
 
Leviticus 23:3,32
3 You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the LORD's Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live. 32 This day of rest will begin at sundown.
 
Habakkuk 2:20
20 But the LORD is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him.
 
Psalm 149:1
1 Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song. Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful.
 
Isaiah 61:1,3
1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, for the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. 3 To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory.
 
Luke 13:14-15
14 But the leader in charge of the synagogue was indignant that Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. "There are six days of the week for working," he said to the crowd. "Come on those days to be healed, not on the Sabbath." 15 But the Lord replied, "You hypocrites! Each of you works on the Sabbath day! Don't you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the Sabbath and lead it out for water?
 
1 Corinthians 13:12
12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
 
Revelation 22:1-2
1 Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.
 
Ezekiel 47:12
12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.
 
Isaiah 66:22-23
22 "As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear," says the LORD. 23 "All humanity will come to worship me from week to week and from month to month."
 
Luke 13:17
16 This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by Satan for eighteen years. Isn't it right that she be released, even on the Sabbath?" 17 This shamed his enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did.
 
Counsels to Writers and Editors, pp. 36-37
We have many lessons to learn, and many, many to unlearn. God and heaven alone are infallible. Those who think that they will never have to give up a cherished view,
never have occasion to change an opinion, will be disappointed. - Ellen White
 
Revelation 14:7b / Exodus 20:11
Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all the springs of water. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
 
1 Peter 1:3-6
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while.