Worship The True God: Honor His Name; Honor His Sabbath Day | Peter Tan-Chi | April 26, 2026

0:00 In this demanding and fastpaced world, there are two commandments that I think will help you navigate through the challenges of our times. Commandment number three and four. Do not take the name of the Lord our God in vain. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Many times we don't understand how much God wants to protect us to bless how we use our time. Therefore, I encourage all of you watch this video and you'll be pleasantly surprised of how good God is and how wise he is. God bless.

0:47 It is always a joy to be with all of you. I want all of us to say hi to those who are watching us in the YouTube in the internet. The many satellites are all in tune here. Everybody say hi to them. Hi. Praise God. As we continue our series on the ten commandments, I want to ask you a question. What enters your mind when you think of worship? Just whisper to your neighbor. When you think of worship, what enters your mind? Whisper. Whisper to your neighbor. Okay, this group, what enters your mind? Just shout out. >> Praise. >> Huh? >> Praise.

1:37 One chance. This group, what? What enters your mind? >> Honor. >> Honor. Oh, this group what enters your mind? >> Glory. >> What? >> Glory. >> Glory. You know many people have different ideas about worship. For some people it's raising your hand. For some people it's singing. For some people it is uh kneeling down. Whatever it is the next few weeks our topic is on worship based on the 10 commandments. For quick review, let us challenge ourselves again about your memory. What is worship? Everybody, let's read together. What is worship? Through

2:22 worship, everybody is our proper response to who God is, what he has done, and what he continues to do. Implication. You cannot worship properly if you don't know who God is. You cannot worship with all your heart if you do not know what he has done for you. See, worship is like a thermometer and a thermostat. A thermometer measures the temperature. If you want to know how healthy you are spiritually, if you want to know your spiritual health, examine your worship.

3:08 Do you really worship the Lord? Are you excited? If you don't know the Lord, you won't be excited. I don't want to make you feeling guilty. I want to help you. And the reason why many people have a hard time worshiping God is because they don't really know the Lord. See, the definition is true worship is our proper response to who God is. And many of us especially in this country what do we have? We have religion. So our rel our worship becomes ritualistic because we have religion. We don't have a personal encounter relationship with Jesus. However, if you really have an encounter

3:54 with Jesus, you know who he is, what he has done for you. I guarantee you your worship will never be the same. And your worship will not be confined to one day a week. It will be a lifetime of worship. So quick review. Last week we discussed the following verses. Let's review. I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. Before God gave them the Ten Commandments, God told them, "I am the Lord your God." God wanted his people to know who he is and what he has done for them. Do you notice before the law is given, God wanted them to know first

4:40 what he has done for them. The same thing for you. So what has God done for them? Notice, I brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. There was no way the Israelites can get out of Egypt. They were enslaved. God saved them. God wants you to know, I am your redeemer. I'm your savior. The only problem is some of us have not yet experienced God's redemption, God's salvation. So, I'm glad you are here today and I hope you will begin to realize the importance of having a salvation experience from Jesus, not religion. Having said that, he now tells them commandment number one, how do you worship me? You shall have no other gods

5:27 before me. Last Sunday we talked about worship must be exclusive. It cannot be God plus money, God plus boyfriend, God plus your business, God plus any other thing. It should be your highest priority. God and God alone. Commandment number two, you shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or on the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them. For I the Lord your God am a jealous God. What is commandment number two? You cannot have any idol. In other words, worship God the right way. Don't try to misrepresent the true God the wrong way. Therefore, you go to any CCF worship center, we don't have any

6:13 images. Why? Because God says don't have any idol. The problem is the idol that many of us have are not physical. It's the idols of the heart. So God is saying don't do that. Today we're going to discuss commandment number three. What is commandment number three everybody? You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not leave him unpunished. Who will take his name in vain? Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. So you have commandment number three. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. Next commandment number four. Remember the Sabbath day to commit holy. So what's

7:00 the message today everybody? Worship the true God. How? Honor his name. Honor his Sabbath day. What does it mean to honor his name? To honor his name. Everybody, let's read. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. Worship is not just singing. It has to do with your mouth. Every day how do you speak especially about God? The word in vain. Using the name of God in vain means what? The word vain means empty, careless, hypocritical. You don't take God's name seriously. You see, God's

7:46 name represents his character, who he is. God wants you and me to realize God's name is majestic, handled with care. So, how do we use God's name in vain? Well, number one, using his name carelessly. Example, have you heard of that expression, OMG? Oh my. Have you done that? Be careful. Don't use God's name carelessly. My why you keep using G. My.

8:33 Oh yeah. Be careful because God's name is not to be used in vain. using God's name to make promises that we do not keep. You know, the Bible tells us, "You shall not swear falsely by my name." Many times we make promises in the name of God. Today, young people, how do you make promises? During my time, it's called Pexman. Now, how I forgot that term already for the young people fix. Anyway, whatever it is, be careful. Don't use God's name to make promises

9:21 that you don't keep. You know, I praise God 53 years ago, my wife and I made vows in the name of God. I told my wife, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." My wife made that promise. Honey, I thank you. You have stuck out with me for 53 years. Praise God. My friend, when you make vows in the name of God, don't use it in vain. Sometimes you keep using God's name to add credibility to what you're going to say. Don't do that. Don't take advantage of the name of the Lord. Everybody, what is the next one? Using God's name to serve personal agendas. Can I tell

10:10 you uh how many of you are singles? Wave at me. Single. Yeah. Singles. Listen. Listen. Don't ever approach a girl and tell that girl, you know, the Lord told me you are going to marry me because you are using God's name in vain. Ladies, if somebody tells you, God told me this, God told me that. You know what? You tell that boy or that girl, I'm so glad God told you that I'm going to be your wife, but he has n but he did not yet talk to me. So, I have to wait. Oh, see you like that line. Yeah. I have people claiming the Lord said this, the Lord said that. How can you have a good discussion with people if

10:57 they use the name of God? My friend, unless you are sure, you better be careful. Don't use the name of the Lord your God in vain. Using God's name to gain what? Credibility. Be careful. I have people telling me, "God told me. God told me." Do you recall this verse? Be careful in using the name of God in vain. The prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name which I have not commanded him, that prophet shall die. You may say

11:43 in your heart, how will we know the word which the Lord has not spoken? I don't know if you remember years ago, we have people coming from abroad. They claim to be prophets or prophetists. this is going to be the next president of the Philippines. The Lord told me and everybody clapped. And many of us have been deceived by this kind of people always claiming God told me this, God told me that. This candidate is going to win. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a good question. How will we know whether the prophet is true or not? Let's read the next verse. Everybody read. When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not come about or come through, that is the thing which the

12:30 Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him. In other words, if you use the name of God, you better be 100% correct because God's prophet is always 100% correct because God will never make a mistake. So, be careful. Be discerning. When you hear people claiming God said this will happen, you need to check it out. Be discerning. And you report to us if there is any teacher or any leader keeps talking about God told me this, God told me that. I remember years ago somebody was on TV saying, "The Lord told me if you don't don't donate money, if I don't have this financial target, God will kill me."

13:18 Now my friend, it's using the name of the Lord your God in vain. You want to do something to accomplish your purpose. And another danger is living hypocritically, bearing his name without reflecting his character. Now this to me is the most dangerous that you and I can be guilty of. I remember the story of Alexander the Great. Now whether it is real story or not but this is known to many people. There was a soldier who ran away. Now do you know who is Alexander the great? He's called the great. You know why? He conquered at the age of 30 at the young age. He almost conquered the world from

14:04 the Middle East all the way to from Europe to India almost. Now his one of his soldier ran away and the soldier was brought before him. It's like court marshal and the soldier was accused of being a coward. So the general Alexander asked the soldier, "Is it true that you run away?" "Yes sir." "You are a coward?" "Yes, sir." "What is your name? Alexander, he got angry. He said, "You better change your life or change your name."

14:50 You know, it dawn upon me if we call ourselves Christian. We better live up to that name or change your name. Don't call yourself a Christian if you don't act like a Christian. That's the meaning of using God's name in vain. The Bible tells us the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you. Many unbelievers stumble because God's people do not represent Christ properly. I don't know about you, but I want to be careful that I don't mess up the reputation of God because of my

15:36 stupid choices. We all make mistakes. If you make a mistake, admit it. The Bible tells us one more time. Commandment number three, how do you worship God? Honor his name. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, everybody. For the Lord will not leave him unpunished, who take his name in vain. Very serious. God says, "If you take my name in vain, I will not leave you unpunished." What does that mean? I can only give you some examples. How many of you have heard of this philosopher Frederick Nitsa?

16:23 He made this famous statement. God is dead. God remains dead and we have killed him. What happened to him? He became crazy. He spent the latter part of his life in a mental asylum. Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain or mock him. Many of you pro probably know the Beatles. Have you heard of the Beatles? How many of you have heard of the Beatles? You know them. I know how old you are. Okay, everybody. Beatles. Beatles. All right. You know of John Lenon. You know what John Lennon said? Christianity will go.

17:09 It will vanish and shrink. We are more popular than Jesus. I don't know which will go first, rock and roll or Christianity. That my friend is a statement of an arrogant man who is claiming they are more popular than Jesus. What happened to him? He got shot. Jesus tells us something very important. Jesus tells us how should we pray. Our father who is in heaven hallowed be your name. The word hallowed has the idea of be set apart. Be sanctified.

17:54 Take the name of God seriously. Honor him because of who he is. True worship is honoring the name of Jesus, the name of God. Don't take his name in vain. So how do you honor his name? Let's look at what the Bible tells us. Everybody read. Whatever you do in word or in deed, everybody do all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks through him to God the father. You know why I like this verse? Because it says whatever you do in word or deed, you must always remember in the name of Jesus what what must you do? Give thanks. Now, one of

18:41 the best examples that God sent to me was last week I had a nice long distance called with my daughter Candy. Now, my daughter couple of weeks ago, she encountered a lot of disappointments. Her washing machine broke down. The water spilled all over the floor. She has to remove the flooring. And then she hurt her ankle, sprained it, and then her son has a knee problem. In other words, if something will go wrong, it went wrong. On her birthday, she wanted to go to this Japanese restaurant, and the restaurant was closed. Everything just went wrong. And she kind of broke down and cried. But you know

19:27 what? I want you to hear her testimony. Are you ready to hear her testimony? I've imported my daughter. Okay. All the way. So, let's listen to her testimony. >> Hi everyone. I want to share a quick story of what happened to my family and I last week. It was my birthday. I turned 44. Um and we were about to go out to dinner as a family. And what had happened is my laundry room was flooding water. There was um a washing machine had apparently broke and gushing water everywhere. It was a mess. And so when this happened on my birthday, I couldn't believe it. And of course, you know, you're kind of in shock motion and trying to clean everything out. And you can see here, this is our kitchen. And you can see this is normal floors. And then this is all torn up here and here.

20:15 And also our laundry room. This is the washing machine that broke. And it's torn up all in here. But I share that story because when we went out to dinner, which was pushed out several hours. Um, you know, God has just given me such a piece in my heart of Lord, you know, I trust you. This happened for a reason and let's just make the most of it and let's try and just still go out to dinner and celebrate. So, we go to the Japanese restaurant that we love as a family. And when we got there, guess what? It was closed. For me, I almost chuckled inside and said, "Okay, Lord, that's okay. What's the next plan?" And so we went to um this barbecue place and while we were there sitting at barbecue eye, I wanted to share with the kids what God had been speaking to my heart. And I I shared with them first

21:02 Thessalonians 5 16:17 and 18 says, "Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." And I share that with my kids and say, "You know what? even in difficult circumstances, you know, this isn't even that that big a deal. I mean, people go through much harder things um in life, but even in these small trials, we can give thanks. So, as a family that night at dinner, we thank the Lord for the water damage. We thank the Lord for what he was going to do. We thank the Lord for the house that we could live in. Um and so, it was just such a teaching moment. And fast forward to um you know 3 days later there was a bad rain and water started leaking out and I couldn't

21:48 believe it. We had just torn up our floors and more water was leaking and um I of course inside I'm sad but at the same time you know you wrestle with those thoughts of of feeling sad but also trusting God at the same time. I think you can have both those feelings. But one thing I can tell you is if we didn't have the laundry room floors ripped up, we wouldn't have seen that leak. And that leak is way more dangerous as um over time it can seep into the walls. But I think the bigger thing is just the the character thing that it does in my heart and also in my kids' heart to show them to give thanks um in all circumstances and even even to to add to that you know last two weeks ago I sprained my ankle really badly and I couldn't walk really on it and it was

22:34 so swollen and then on Friday the in between the two floods my son had a a knee appointment with the surgeon. He has he has a really bad knee that had surgery a year and a half ago and it's failing. The surgery is failing and so we had that appointment on Friday very difficult news and his knee is not doing well. And so um it's just a culmination of things and on Sunday finally Sunday yesterday I I broke down crying just you know just feeling heavyhearted but I at the same time and I just asked people to pray and I asked my parents to pray of course but at the same time I I said Lord I still trust you and and I know that you will use this for good and and I share all that because I know many of you are probably going through much harder things much more difficult things in your life and this is a small example

23:21 of of of even in small trials, small or big, to give thanks to the Lord and worship him. >> Praise God. You know, it's easy to worship God when everything is going well. But when things are not going well, will you still worship God? See, my daughter honored the name of the Lord in front of her kids. even though she may not feel like doing it. You see the beauty of knowing God, you don't judge circumstances based on the circumstance itself. You judge circumstances based on who God is. And you don't judge God based on your circumstances. Just because your circumstances is bad,

24:06 you are sick, you're having financial problem, does not mean God is bad. You need to learn theology that God loves you. No matter what is happening in your life, God always has a good purpose. Sometimes God will use problems to wake us up, to discipline us. Remember what CS Lewis said, pain is the megaphone of God to wake us up. In pleasure, we don't listen to God. We don't hear God. How do you honor God? Look at 1 Corinthians 10. Whether then, everybody, please read with me. Whether then you

24:52 eat or drink or whatever you do, notice, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. You have to be intentional in any situation. And you have to think, will this act, will this word bring glory to God or not? That's honoring God. That's called worship. Give no offense to the Jews, to the Greeks, or the church of God. Meaning, even to God's people, don't cause people to stumble by your behavior. And I warn parents, if you keep fighting each other at home, you shout at each other, you will cause your children to stumble.

25:37 That's not glorifying God. Just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved. To glorify God is to allow yourself to become a very effective witness for the Lord. By the way, I'm asking all Dgroup leaders to attend Wednesday night training. I want to teach you how to live a lifestyle of evangelism this coming Wednesday. That's advertising. Now, let's go back to the message. How do you glorify God's name intentionally that people will come to Jesus? You know, I have a friend,

26:23 they are a big family. The father died. When the father died, he left lots of properties worth billions. They were fighting. I got involved in this because this brother is a good friend of mine and you know this CCFer a follower of Jesus finally made a decision even though he's the eldest of the family he decided to surrender his rights you know as the eldest you have a right how to divide the property how to uh distribute what he did he surrendered his rights why because some of his brothers are not believers. Most of them are not. So he

27:09 wanted to be a good example. Now can I make a long story short? Another brother took over and gave him probably one of the worst property in the province. The one in Roas Boulevard, the one in Makati, all the prime areas. They took it. They gave him the one in the province. Now would you believe it? Because of his example, some of his brothers, sister have come to know Jesus. But to make a long story short, after so many years, that property is value shot up. That brother is now worth billions. Everybody say

27:56 that billions. Is God good? Yes or no? My friend, if you do what is right for the Lord, you surrender the outcome. I'm not saying if you do that all of you will become rich. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying you do what is right for the glory of God. Amen. So that's how we live for God's glory. That's how we worship. Next, how do you worship the true God? What's the first one? Honor his name. What's the second one? Honor his Sabbath day. Now, this is something that many people don't understand.

28:42 Why is honoring the Sabbath part of worship? Let me tell you. Let's look at the meaning of the word Sabbath. Look at this commandment. It's a command. Remember the Sabbath. Keep it holy. You are to set apart the Sabbath day. Question. When is the Sabbath day? Is it a Friday, Saturday, Monday? When is the Sabbath day? Here is the definition. Everybody read. Six days you are to work and do all your work. Six days. The seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God.

29:29 So when is the Sabbath day? >> Six days you are to work. Whatever is your seventh day that becomes your Sabbath. The principle is six days you are to work. Many of us are lazy. Especially in some European countries, they want to work four days, some five days, some three days. Bible says you work how many days? Six days. Now don't feel guilty. Some of you work five days. On the sixth day, you still have to do some work. You clean your house. Maybe you wash the clothes. Whatever it is, ladies and gentlemen,

30:15 God says work. How many days? Six. >> Don't be lazy. The seventh is what? >> Sabbath. The word Sabbath literally means rest. You stop working. Why? Let's continue reading. How do you apply this? You shall not do any work. you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourer who stays with you. I do not know if you have this policy among your culong in your house. My wife and I have this policy. One day a week, one day a week. Whatever day they

31:01 choose, they must take a break. Ladies and gentlemen, God wants you to understand. He loves you. He wants you to be physically refreshed. But many of us don't follow this principle. That's why you burn up. You get tired. Did you know that during the French Revolution, they tried to abolish the Sabbath day, the Sunday? They wanted to get rid of religion. So they instituted a 10-day calendar because they don't want Sabbath day principle. Guess what happened? You know what happened? Study history.

31:50 The animals. Animals. I don't understand. The animals they got sick. Productivity went down. The people began to get sick. The whole thing collapsed. There was no way they can implement 10 day and one day a week in 10 day you rest. Russia Stalin tried to increase productivity. They tried to abolish the 7-day cycle. It failed miserably. Why? Scientists have discovered the genius of God. It's an amazing term. I want to share this new word with you if you don't mind.

32:36 Everybody read this circa septan. It's called from the word circa about septan. Seven days. The 7day cycle of human biology. What is a seven-day cycle? Your immune system has a cycle. Everything has to do with 7-day cycle. Your hormones, how your body regenerate. You know, God knows all of this. But what's amazing, can I tell you? Let's read this together. In six days, notice this is part of the ten commandments. Okay? You are to rest

33:22 on the seventh day because of why? God loves you. He wants you to take care of your body. But that rest day is not just for your body. It's for your spiritual renewal. You know why? Look at verse 11. After talking about the 7-day rest, he now mentions a verse from the book of Genesis chapter 2. It's exact quotation. In six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the seventh day, the blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

34:08 God tells us in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth. Now, you can debate on this, but I am a simple, shall we say, student of the Bible. I believe in a literal six day creation. Now, some people may not. It's okay. The reason why I believe because this is exactly the same word used. If God is God, he has no problem creating the universe in six days. Amen. If God is not God, then he needs a lot of time. You need a lot of processes. Perhaps you need evolution to accomplish its purpose. Let me ask you a question.

34:54 When God made Adam, was he adult or was he a baby? When God created the universe, was it a mature universe? You see my point? Personally, I this is not worth dying for. Okay? It's it's not worth dying for. Just for me, I believe God made the heavens and the earth in six days. On the seventh day, he rested. Do you think God needed to rest? Of course not. But why did he rest? To show you and to show me as a model. You need to honor God's amazing genius to observe the Sabbath day. Because the Sabbath day, the Bible tells us, everybody read this. Therefore, the Lord

35:41 blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. When is the Sabbath day? Six days of work. Seventh day is your Sabbath. Therefore, in the Philippines, when is our Sabbath day? >> Sunday. If you're in Israel, Saturday. If you are in the Middle East, >> Friday. But if you are pastors, Monday. You know why? Because we work on Sunday. But we rest. I made a rule. They must all rest on a Monday. If you see any pastors working, you let me know. I love them. I want to prolong their lives and their longevity. My friend, God loves you. He does not need to rest. He does

36:27 not have to command you. But you know why he commands you? He loves you. Physically, you need to recharge. Spiritually, you need to be renewed. That's the principle of the Sabbath. God rested not because he's tired but he want to model. The Sabbath day is for our good. Remember it's for your physical rejuvenation is for your spiritual renewal. True worship is rooted in who God is and what he has done. That's why you and I went back to the book of Genesis to remind us when you worship God, you are going to remind yourself God is that creator

37:14 is worthy of our worship. True worship is fueled by theology who God is. He loves you. He's the creator. The Sabbath points back to God and his work. So having said that question, how do you observe the Sabbath? Number one, don't copy the Pharisees. Look at the Pharisees. It happened that he was passing through the grain fields on the Sabbath and the disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of the grain. Can you imagine? Maybe the disciples were hungry. So they were getting the grains and eating. Now look at the Pharisees. Many Christians, if you are not careful, you become legalistic. The Pharisees were saying to him, "Look,

38:01 why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" You have to remember God gave us the ten commandments. The religious people created additional 600 instruction commandments. The ten commandments became expanded to so many rules. But one of them is how do you observe the Sabbath? You can only walk so many meter. You can only carry so much. You cannot do this. You cannot do that. So Jesus said to them, everybody read this now. The Sabbath, everybody read, was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. The son of man is Lord of the Sabbath. What Jesus is saying at the end of the day, even the Sabbath day will point to

38:47 me because Jesus is our ultimate rest. The Sabbath was made for us, not us for the Sabbath. So the New Testament explains the Sabbath except the one who is weak in faith. Apparently there are some Christians that are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. One person has faith that he may eat all things. That's my wife and now that's me. I can eat all things. But there was once upon a time I don't eat certain foods. But he who is weak eats vegetables only. I'm not saying you are weak. But the

39:32 Bible says you have so many rules. Okay. However, continue. One person regards one day above another. Okay. If you think Saturday is your Sabbath, okay, l If you think Friday, okay. Another regards every day alike. Everybody read each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day observe it for the Lord. You see, I have Christians who try to argue with me that CCF should go back to a Saturday worship. This was brought up to me while I was in

40:18 Europe. I noticed the leader there. His theology is a bit off. I have nothing against people who wants to observe Saturday. Have you heard of this sabatista? Okay, praise God. Many of them are real believers. They just want to observe it. You know, special day. But what I want you to know is this. Everybody read this together. Everybody together. Therefore, let no one, no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. But the principle is one day a week you

41:03 must observe your Sabbath. I'm not abolishing it. I'm saying it is for your good. It's a command. Things which are a mere shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Therefore, I want you to read the following. Remember the Sabbath. What is the Sabbath principle? Everybody read together. Worship requires intentional time set apart for God. You have to be intentional, not accidental. Business is one of the greatest enemies of worship. You're too busy. If we do not schedule worship, something else will take its place. Prioritize private and corporate

41:52 worship. That, my friend, is what my wife and I have practiced for the past so many years. We observe the Sabbath, our own Sabbath. We observe, we plan it. Worship has to be scheduled. If you don't schedule worship time, eventually you won't have time because your schedule will be crowded out. So for me, it's very clear. Sunday for me, I worship. Worship is so crucial. It recalibrates your spiritual life. Notice how they do that. I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord."

42:38 It's corporate worship and private worship. Look, look at the grammar. Oh, come, let us sing for joy to the Lord. Let us shout joyfully to the rock of salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let us shout joyfully to him. Notice the pronoun. It's all plural. Let us sing. Let us shout joyfully. Let us come. Let us in other words, I praise God that you can worship God privately but one day a week minimum. Let us gather together and worship him together. Do you do you experience something different if we gather together? Yes.

43:24 You know why? God the the Bible tells us not forsaking our own assembling together as is the habit of some encouraging one another all the more as you see the day drawing near in the New Testament what do they do on the first day of the week we were gathered together choose a day where you worship together that's your worship day on the first day of every week, each one of you is to put aside and save as he may prosper. You see, part of worship is giving. And that's why in CCF we have boxes because part of worship is giving. You give your

44:11 time, you give your energy, you give your substance, whatever it is. Every Sunday, if I were you, I would think of one word. Worship. Worship. Worship. When you come, don't worship the speaker. Don't worship the music. You worship God. When you sing, you sing to God. When you pray, you focus on God. Everything. When you hear the message, you focus on what God is telling you. Are are you we in agreement? Make Sunday a special day of worship. When you come together, focus on worship. That's it. Don't focus on later on I will go to uh this Chinese restaurant. That's a byproduct. Okay? But focus on worship. I want to show you how this is live out

44:58 in the Bible. Let's read what happened. Okay, you have to understand the background here. The people were grumbling complaining. Why? They want kare kare. They want uh whatever it is they were complaining. So God said, "Don't worry, I'll provide food for you." So this is what happened. You will learn a lot of principles because the Sabbath is central here. Let's read together. The Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I'll rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them whether or not they will walk in my instruction. On the sixth

45:44 day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily." Now before I go to the next verse, I want you to notice something. What are the principles you can learn? Number one, God wants us to work a every day. Gather a day's portion every day. In other words, while God promised to provide, you must do your part and you must work how often? Daily. Number two, notice what it says. I may test them whether or not they will walk in my ways.

46:30 So many times God is testing you to see if you will obey his principles to do it daily. But then on the sixth day, you are to gather double. Next observation on the sixth day the Bible tells us you must gather twice. Why? Because on the seventh day you are not to work. So what did they do? They they did not listen to Moses. And some left part of it until morning and eat bread worms and it became foul. In other words, they

47:15 want to have so much they want to accumulate. They want to hoard. God says some of us are hoarders. You want to keep on so much because your security is in what you can see. You don't trust God to provide daily. So worms it becomes smelly. Next, God wants them what? Morning by morning you work daily. On the sixth day they gathered twice. Now the amazing thing is this. On the sixth day they put it aside until morning. Guess what happened? It did not become foul nor was there any worm. Explain that to me. How come every day when you over

48:01 collect it becomes smelly worms. But if you follow God's principle on the sixth day you follow it, it won't turn f no worms. God wants you to know he is the Lord of the universe. He controls everything. God's economy and your economy are not the same. Amen. >> So do you trust God? That's the whole issue. Six days you shall gather. On the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none. So God told them, "Don't work." But some of them are like us, hard-headed. On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather. What did they find? None.

48:49 What is God trying to teach them? The principle. What's the principle? The principle is this. The Lord has given you the Sabbath. Therefore, he gives you bread for two days. on the sixth day. The people rested on the seventh day. God wants you to rest. So what's the principle of the Sabbath? The principle of the Sabbath is not just about time. It is faith issue. God is Lord of all. See, when you observe the Sabbath day, every Sunday when you come, that's your Sabbath. You must realize God is the creator. He's Lord of all. God is sovereign. He's all powerful. You must realize God is the Lord of your time. He owns your time and

49:37 God is our ultimate provider. God is good. He God knows what's best and he wants what's best for you. And God wants you to trust him. You see, the Sabbath principle was given to bless us so that we can have regular time of rest, regular time of worship. You know, God gave us an amazing promise. Let's read this together. If because of the Sabbath, you turn your foot from doing your own pleasure on my holiday. And call the Sabbath a delight, the day of the Lord honorable, and honor

50:24 it. God wants you to delight on your Sabbath day. Honor it. Be excited. It's a special day for the Lord. In other words, every day is for the Lord. But make it a special special day. Let me repeat. Every day I live a life of worship. But on my Sabbath day, I make it a special. I focus on the Lord. That's the meaning. The Sabbath a delight. the holiday of the Lord honorable desisting from your own ways from seeking your own pleasure and seeking your own word. Everybody read now look

51:09 at the promise. I will take then you will take delight in the Lord. And then he promised I God says I will make you ride on the heights of the earth. I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. God is saying you honor me. Economically you may think you'll suffer loss because you don't have you don't work but God says you honor me and I'll take care of you. Many of you have heard of Chick-fil-A. How many of you have heard of Chick-fil-A? Now Chick-fil-A is one of those fast food company that is the most profitable per store. They have the highest revenue per square

51:56 meter, but they don't operate on Sunday. It's a policy. The owner wants to run the business the Christian way. Can you imagine? They have to negotiate with the mall operators because the mall operators want them to operate on Sunday. No, God honor them. Most profitable. How many of you have heard of Hobby Lobby? Hobby Lobby is another Christian company owned by the Green family. They are multi-billion company. one of the biggest donor of Christian organization. Bible museum is basically funded by the Green family. The Bible

52:42 Museum, you go to Washington DC, they have over 1,000 stores. They're still growing, but they don't open their store on Sunday. What's their philosophy? We want our employees, we want our workers to have a day off to worship God, to be with their family, a time of physical refreshment and spiritual refreshment. I find this principle so effective. In our own company, when I was running our company, we don't do any business on Sunday. I remember a CCFer his business was labor exporting labor. Now people from the Middle East came and

53:28 he told me the story can we have a meeting on Wednesday. He told this Arab, you know, prospective customer, sorry sir, I Bible study on Wednesday. Arab said okay. Later on he called. Oh, what about Friday? Sir, I'm really sorry. Friday I have droup meeting. So finally on Saturday he called. Okay, tomorrow Sunday. Sir, sorry. Sunday I go to worship. In his mind he lost the business. Monday the partner the Arab principal called you know I've interviewed so many

54:14 supplier I have decided I will choose you because you are God-fearing what can I say I'm not saying if you do that your business will bless all the time but all I'm telling you is this is God faithful >> I think he's very faithful you know again not to be legalistic my daughter will not study on a Sunday. I got concerned. One of my daughters, I mean Caroline, I said exam is coming. Why don't you study on a Sunday? You see, I'm not legalistic. I said, you know, Sunday you can study. But she is committed to God. She said, "Dad, I want to honor the Lord. I want to honor my

54:59 Sabbath." I get nervous for her. But you know, she graduated Suma Kumlad. Praise God. My whole point is this. Observing the Sabbath is a question of faith obedience. You know Jesus is now going to encourage the disciples. The true meaning of Sabbath. Our fathers ate the mana in the wilderness. It is written, he gave them bread out of heaven to eat. The bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world. He's now referring to Exodus. Remember that story, the bread from heaven. The

55:46 disciples said, "Lord, give us this bread." Okay, you can see the simplistic mind of the disciples. They really thought it was physical bread. Lord, give us this bread. You know what Jesus said? I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not hunger and he who believes in me will never thirst. You see Jesus is our ultimate rest. You know why? Jesus tells us come to me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. This is an amazing principle of the Sabbath day. You know what Jesus saying? I'm the ultimate Sabbath. Come to me. The most amazing invitation.

56:33 And he's talking to all of you now. Come to me. Jesus is saying all who are weary. You know, some of you probably are wearied emotionally. You are tired. Perhaps you feel like giving up. I don't know about your life, but God knows. God is saying all of you who are weary, heavy laden, you are so burdened. You feel like giving up. I don't know your life. I don't know your problem. But you needed to rest. You want to find rest. God is saying, "Come to me. Come to him. All of you who are weary, are you tired?

57:20 Tired of your sin? Tired of your struggle? Heavy laden? You feel so guilty? What is his promise? I will give you rest. That is the ultimate Sabbath. I don't know about your life, but if that is what you want to experience, a real rest, rest from struggle over sin guilt emotion pain unforgiveness, you come to Jesus. The whole message is true worship. You worship the true God. How? Honor his name.

58:05 Honor his Sabbath day. And how do you do that? You come to Jesus. Let's bow our heads. If you are tired and weary, heavy laden, struggling with sin, struggling with drugs, whatever it is, why don't you come to Jesus? If that's your desire, will you raise your hands? I'll pray for you. Praise God. Anybody else? Whoever you are, you are weary, you are tired, you're heavy laden. I want you to pray this prayer with me. Anybody else with your hands raised up? The best is two hands raised up and then you pray this prayer. Lord Jesus,

58:54 here I am tired, weary. I need rest. You are the real Sabbath. You are the only one that can give me rest. So Jesus, I come to you. I surrender to you my life. I lay at your feet my burdens, my struggles. Thank you, Jesus, for loving me. Thank you that you died on the cross to pay for my sins. And that you rose again from the dead to show us you are the son of God. You are the bread of heaven. And if we come to you, we will never hunger, nor will we ever thirst again. So Jesus we surrender

59:41 to you our lives in your name we all pray. Amen and amen. God bless you. >> Good day CCF family. Welcome to Sunday Fast Track where you ask real life questions and we give you biblical truths. I'm Unka Omar Gorin Suezo from Exalt Worship Ministry and we are here today with our speaker Dr. Peter Tanchi to answer some of your questions. Good day, Pastor Peter. How are you? >> Good, good. >> All right. Praise God for your message today about the Ten Commandments, specifically on taking a Sabbath and not using God's name in vain. Are you ready to answer our question? >> Yes. Yes. Yes. >> All right. Question number one. For people carrying heavy burdens today, how

1:00:26 does Jesus become their true rest? The Bible tells us once you surrender everything to Jesus true rest comes because we don't realize our struggle many times is with our conscience with our emotion and the root problem is sin. >> Until you learn to overcome sin and to deal with sin you will never find rest. >> Praise God. Very straight. Question number two. What does it mean to honor God's name in a time where truth itself is often distorted? >> To honor God's name is to be willing to speak the truth in love. You don't have to shout. >> You don't have to raise your voice. But when you hear people distorting

1:01:12 truth, you pray for opportunity and then you speak out nicely. Our problem is the style >> and the timing. And sometimes we don't know how to speak the truth in love. >> Amen. Pastor, for the last question, pastor, your schedule, I understand, is always busy. For you, what does it look like to honor the Sabbath? >> I have really I praise God because I really honor the Sabbath. I have no appointments on Sabbath, no business meeting, nothing. I'm not legalistic, >> but as a rule as a rule, I have Sabbath. I obey the Sabbath just like I obey, thou shalt not murder, >> thou shall not commit adultery, keep the

1:01:58 Sabbath. >> Praise God for that, pastor. Thank you, Pastor Peter, for answering some of our questions. And that's it for CCF Sunday Fastrack. God bless. Heat. Heat.