Preaching About the Lord's Day (Clip)
The Lord's Day is a day for worship and service to God, not for personal pleasure or gain.
This sermon emphasizes the importance of dedicating the Lord's Day solely to God, without mixing it with worldly pleasures or distractions. It warns against the danger of treating God's holiness lightly and the consequences of not honoring His commandments. The message calls for a deep examination of one's heart and actions to ensure that God is truly at the center of one's life.
Full Transcript
You need to examine yourself. If all about you men are making a holiday out of the Lord's Day, you dead sure need to examine yourself of whether that day is for the Lord in your life. For the Lord and nothing else.
Not for the Lord and pleasure. Not for the Lord and going to see Grandma. Not for the Lord and going fishing.
Not for the Lord and anything. Just for the Lord. That's his day.
Amen. That's the God's truth. You don't believe America's in a mess.
You watch the church members making a holiday out of God's holiness. That's a mark of the death of a people that surely Rothbard is preaching to you. You're living in a generation where the Sunday morning Christianity that the stench in the nostrils of the Holy God is making one wonder why God don't burn our church people up every Sunday morning as they get out of that back door in a hurry to go do something that will pamper their flesh the rest of the day.
They sit by that television. They go fishing. They do this.
They do that. And they go and split hell wide open. A Christian does not knowingly and willfully violate God's holy law.
He delights in it. And he meditates in it day and night. And the commandments of the Lord God are not grievous to his children.
They're precious. They're delightful.
Sermon Outline
- The Importance of the Lord's Day
- Not for pleasure or personal gain
- Not for social activities
- For the Lord alone
Key Quotes
“A Christian does not knowingly and willfully violate God's holy law.” — Rolfe Barnard
“The commandments of the Lord God are not grievous to his children. They're precious. They're delightful.” — Rolfe Barnard
Application Points
- Make the Lord's Day meaningful by setting aside time for worship, prayer, and service to God.
- Delight in God's holy law by finding joy and pleasure in obeying His commands.
- Live a life that honors God throughout the week, not just on Sunday.