Hawaii 8 – A New Covenant, New Heart and New Sign

Extracted Verses and Quotes from the Sermon

Biblical Verses

Proverbs 28:26

“He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.”

Hosea 8:7

“They sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”

Revelation 14:6-7

“Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth, to every nation, tribe, language, and people. And he said in a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come. And worship him who made the heaven and the earth, the sea, and the springs of water.’”

Deuteronomy 5:22

Refers to the Ten Commandments as “davarim,” meaning “words” or “promises.”

1 Corinthians 10:20, 22

“The sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God.”

Mark 2:27-28

“Then he said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.’”

Luke 4:16

“And Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom.”

Isaiah 43:1-2

“I have called you by name, you are mine and you are precious to me.”

Hebrews 8:8-13

“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah… For I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts… I will be their God, and they shall be my people… I will remember their sins no more.”

Genesis 2:1-3

“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done. And he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done in creation. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it.”

Psalm 34:8

“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.”

Ezekiel 20:12, 20

“Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them… It is a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.”

Ephesians 2:8

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”

Galatians 2:20

“It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

Memorable Quotes

“A society without a clear sense of moral values will inevitably degrade and eventually collapse.”

“If you trust in your own heart, it means you’re going to lean on your own understanding. Trust in your own wisdom. You don’t know the future. You don’t know the consequences of your actions, but you’re going to trust your faulty, deceptive heart, and before you know it, you’re going to be in deep trouble.”

“When you sow to the wind, you really do reap the whirlwind as the Bible says.”

“The Ten Commandments, if applied to any society on earth, would lead to an immediate improvement.”

“The Ten Commandments function like steel bars protecting us from what is out there in the world.”

“The problem with the old covenant was that God’s people thought it was a matter of external obedience and not a matter of the change of the human heart.”

“God doesn’t want grudging obedience. He wants loving, joyful obedience.”

“When you fall in love with God and you’re in a covenant relationship with God, it’s like that diamond engagement ring. You’re going to let people know that you’re in a covenant relationship with the creator of the universe.”

“The Sabbath is a cathedral in time for everyone here tonight to fellowship with God regardless of who we are or where we’ve come from.”

“God has created us to be human beings, not human doings and not human acquirings.”

“The Sabbath is a celebration of the fact that God has saved us in the past and he’s saving us every single day.”

“The Sabbath is a sign that we are God’s people, that we belong to God, that we are his treasured possession.”

“The Catholic Church actually changed the law of God, which is really an act of blasphemy.”

“We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church and the council of Laodicea transferred the sanctity from Saturday to Sunday.”

“If your walk with God has kind of wandered, maybe it’s like a marriage has gone very dry, to rekindle your walk with God, celebrate the next Lord’s supper that comes along and claim this promise of scripture for yourself.”

“It’s no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me… The life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.”

Other Quotations

Catholic Encyclopedia

“The church, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath or the seventh day of the week to the first, made the third commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy as the Lord’s day.”

Catholic Catechism

Question: Which day is the Sabbath day? Answer: Saturday.

Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church and the council of Laodicea transferred the sanctity from Saturday to Sunday.”

Catholic Press Newspaper Australia

“Sunday is a Catholic, by which I mean Roman Catholic institution, and its claims to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. From the beginning to the end of scripture, there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first. Not a single passage of scripture according to the Catholic Church warrants shifting from Sabbath to Sunday worship.”