On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpetI was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet
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… question that I introduced very early on of it being the Lord's Day? Why do we celebrate the Sabbath now on Sunday and not on Saturday. In Revelation 1.10, the Apostle John said, I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day. The early Christians called the first day of the week Sunday, the Lord's Day. It is a day that they and we gather to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus because he rose again, not on the last day, but on the first day of the week. The first day, Sunday meetings, began with the apostles, began with the resurrection appearances of Christ. And we learn in Acts that the day of Pentecost, when the Spirit descended upon the people of God as they gathered, was a Sunday. We learn later in Acts that Christians broke bread on Sunday. In 1 Corinthians 16, we learn that the early Christians took up collections on the first day of the week. So Christ's saving work, which culminates in the resurrection, transforms the weekly Sabbath of the fourth commandment. …
… Here's his response. Revelation 1, verse 10. I was in the spirit on the Lord's day. And I heard a voice behind me like a trumpet. I was in the spirit on the Lord's day. You know what that means? He was going to church. He went to church in a cave on an island, burned from head to toe in the spirit. That's what we're here to do today. We're here to get in the spirit. Come on, it's easy to be in the flesh all week. But we start the week out on the first day saying, I want to be in the spirit on the Lord's day. I want to take day one. I want this to be a tithe of my week. I want my attention to go to God. I want my perspective to go to God. I want finances to go to God. Why? Because I want to ride that wave of his peace all week long. And how we start determines how things go. …
… When the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus, I was in the spirit on the Lord's day. And I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna, to Pergamon and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea. Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me. And on turning, I saw seven golden lampstands. And in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white like wool, white like wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. His feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace. And his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand, he held seven stars. From his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword. …
… If it is your custom to stand, you may stand this evening out of reverence for God's word. Revelation chapter 1 verses 9 and 10. If you found it, say amen. I'll be reading from the New International Version of the Greek Masoretic Text. If you turn there, you'll find these words. I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that is ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. On the Lord's day, I was in the Spirit. Amen. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. With the help of the Holy Spirit in your prayers, I want to talk and teach from this simple theme, in the Spirit. In the Spirit. Help me preach this. Everybody say, in the Spirit. In the Spirit. Amen. That was pretty good for a Saturday night. Say it one more time. In the Spirit. Amen. One more time for the Holy Ghost. …
… was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum, to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea. Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands. And in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. His feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace. And his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars. From his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. …
… in a kind of symbolic way. Every eye will see him. The conservative churches have said, yes, we take this as a real historic, actual future event. But the conservative churches have tended to obsess on when will it be? What year will it be? What will the signs be? So that we can predict his coming. Now, not only did Jesus repeatedly say, no one knows the day or the hour, Nobody knows when that's going to be. In fact, Jesus, when he was on earth, said even he didn't at the time know when it would be. But to even try to guess shows that you don't understand how this doctrine is supposed to really shape our lives. So what is this doctrine? Well, take a look here. Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him, so may it be. Amen. Now, all Bible scholars over the years have said that the book of Revelation, more than any other New Testament book, draws on Old Testament imagery. …