Happy Family Bible Seminar

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What God Has Joined Together! Six Steps to
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So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, let not
man separate. Matthew 196
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Marriage is a great mystery. (Eph 532)
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We come to the altar as two, and we leave as one!
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• Today, divorce has become an epidemic!
• 50 of American marriages end in divorce!
• 65 of second marriages suffer the same fate!

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• Christs Exception

And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife,
except for sexual immorality, and marries
another, commits adultery and whoever marries
her who is divorced commits adultery. Matthew
199
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Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked,
but now commands all men everywhere to repent.
Acts 1730
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• Marriage Experiment saysIll try it out, and I
  hope it works.
• Marriage Commitment saysIm making a
  commitment for life, and Ill do whatever it
  takes to make it work!

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My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed.
Psalm 577
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Awake, o north wind, and come, o south! Blow
upon my garden, That its spices may flow out. Let
my beloved come to his garden and eat its
pleasant fruits. Song of Solomon 416
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A garden takes a constant care thought, time
and effort. So does a marriage!
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Words of love
Husband says, How beautiful you are my darling!
Oh how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are
doves, your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Mount Gilead. All beautiful you
are my, my darling, there is no flaw in
you.Song of Solomon 41,7, NIV
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Words of love
Wife says, My beloved is white and ruddy, chief
among ten thousand. His mouth is most sweet, yes,
he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and
this is my friend, O daughters of
Jerusalem!Song of Solomon 510,16
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In addition to words of love, we need the acts of
love a kiss, a card, a gift, a flower not only
on birthday and anniversaries, but on any day of
the year!
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James 119
Col. 46
1 Problem
5 Interpreting
6 Empathizing
2Feelings
LISTENER
SPEAKER
7 Mirroring
3 Wants
8 You Statements
4 I Statements
9 Bargaining
TOGETHER
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We then who are strong ought to bear with the
scruples of the weak, and not to please
ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor
for his good, leading to edification. For even
Christ did not please Himself. Romans 151-3
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• The root of every marital problem is self
  firstJames 4 1, 2
• The solution to each conflict is spouse first

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I say to you that if two of you agree on earth
concerning anything that they ask, it will be
done for them by My Father in heaven. Matthew
1819
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Jesus looked at them and said to them, With men
this is impossible, but with God all things are
possible. Matthew 1926
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On the sixth day of creation, Adam and Eve were
joined together.
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In Eden, another union was consummated!

• On the seventh day, Christ and His Sabbath were
  also united together.

• In Gods plan, Christ and His Sabbath are united
  forever.

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It is sometimes said that Christ and the Sabbath
are united in the Old Testament, but divorced in
the New! Let us stop at three places where, it
is believed a divorce took place.
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When Christ was Crucified, was the weekly Sabbath
crucified with Him?
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The Cross
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Having wiped out the handwriting of
requirements that was against us, which was
contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the
way, having nailed it to the cross.
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So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or
regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,
which are a shadow of things to come, but the
substance is of Christ. Colossians 214-17
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Before the Savior came in human form, His shadow
was the sanctuary and its services.
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Christs Shadow
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This ceremonial system had seven annual holy days
like Passover, Pentecost andthe Day of
Atonement. They occurred once a year and were
called Sabbaths.
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Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall
be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy
convocation for you you shall afflict your
souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the
LORD.
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It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest,
and you shall afflict your souls on the ninth
day of the month at evening, from evening to
evening, you shall celebrate your Sabbath
Leviticus 2327,32
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When Jesus died, this whole system with its
animal sacrifices and its annual Sabbaths came to
an end.
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It is finished! John 1930
The veil of the temple was torn in two.
Matthew 2750,51
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No more

• Candlestick, for Christ is Light of the world!
• Altar, for Calvary was the altar!

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• Priest, for Jesus is our High Priest!
• Lamb, for Christ is the Lamb of God!
• Passover, for Christ is our Passover!

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So, at Calvary, there was No Divorce!
The Savior and His Sabbath are still married!
And what God has joined Together
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There are only eight verses of the New
Testament that mention the first day of the
week. Five of them (Matt. 281, Mark 162, Mark
169, Luke 241 John 201) give us the
Resurrection story, but tell of no meeting. Let
us examine the other three.
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Then, the same day at evening, being the first
day of the week, when the doors were shut where
the disciples were assembled, for fear of the
Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said
to them, Peace be with you. John 2019 Why
were the disciples assembled?
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On the first day of the week let each one of
you lay something aside, storing up as he may
prosper, that there be no collections when I
come. 1Corinthians 161,2
Was this a meeting?
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Now on the first day of the week, when the
disciples came together to break bread, Paul,
ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and
continued his message until midnight. Acts 207
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• The early Church was breaking bread any day,
  anywhere. (Acts 246)
• This was a Saturday night farewell meeting.
• On Sunday, Paul continued his journey.

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The sanctity of Sunday is not found in
Scripture!
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Emperor Constantine issued the first Sunday law
on March 7, 321, AD
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When the mighty Roman Empire lost its power, the
Church took that power! But instead of making
wrongs right, the Church called wrong
right! She legalized Sunday worship!
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The churchs statement
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Question Have you any other way of proving that
the Church has power to institute festivals of
precept?
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Answer Had she not such power, she could not
have done that in which all modern religionists
agree with her she could not have substituted
the observance of Sunday, the first day of the
week, for the observance of Saturday, the
seventh day, a change for which there is no
Scriptural authority. Rev. Stephen Keenan, A
Doctrinal Catechism, p.174.
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• So, after Christs resurrection, there was no
  divorce!
• The Savior and His Sabbath are still married!
• And what God has joined together

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For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves it is the gift of
GodEphesians 28
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Do we then make void the law through faith?
Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the
law. Romans 331
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I will put My laws in their mind and write
them on their hearts. Hebrews 810
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Because God has written His law in my heart and I
obey
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No more

• Stealing
• Lying
• Disobedience
• Alcohol
• Adultery
• Bowing to idols
• Feting
• Swearing
• Sabbath-breaking

I obey the Law of Jesus because I'm saved by the
Grace of Jesus
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When Im saved by the grace of Jesus. I keep the
Sabbath of Jesus.
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When God recreates this earth, there will still
be No Divorce! The Savior and His Sabbath will
be united forever!
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For as the new heavens and the new earth
which I will make shall remain before Me, says
the LORD, so shall your descendants and your
name remain.
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And it shall come to pass that from one new moon
to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all
flesh shall come to worship before Me, says the
LORD. Isaiah 6622,23
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That will be Gods Happy Family eternally!
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Together Forever! Sabbath and Savior! Sabbath
Commitment!