The Repairers of the Breach VI:
The Truth of the Talking Bull (An Unapologetic Apologetic)
Study Guide

• You are being called today to become a ______________ of the faith.
  
  
• __________ 3:
  • "contend earnestly" = Gk. agonizomai: to _____________ , to ____________ , to _____________ .
  • "for the faith" = for the corpus or body of ____________ and __________
  • The Message: " . . . ___________ with everything you have in you for this faith entrusted to us as a gift to guard and cherish."
    • Jeremiah ____:_____
    • Proverbs ____:_____
    • Warning: Beware the notion that if it's old, it's outdated.
      
      
• Isaiah 58:12-14
  • Here is God's call to a _______ generation to become "the ____________ of the _____________ ."
  • The wall of the ________________ ____________ has been broken down—Isaiah 58 declares God must therefore raise up a new generation to repair that breach and restore that truth.
  • "Remember the _____________ day to keep it ________ for me."
  • The _____________ is God's "________ ______ " or "_________________ " with you.
  • God cries out, "When it comes to the Sabbath, you shall delight yourself in the ___________ more than the _________ ." (v 14)
  • How can we possibly defend the ___________ ______ to the world when we don't even remember the ___________ _____ ourselves!
• "In the time of the end every divine institution is to be restored. The breach made in the law at the time the Sabbath was changed by man, is to be repaired. God's remnant people, standing before the world as reformers, are to show that the law of God is the foundation of all enduring reform and that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is to stand as a memorial of creation, a constant reminder of the power of God. In clear, distinct lines they are to present the necessity of obedience to all the precepts of the Decalogue. Constrained by the love of Christ, they are to co-operate with Him in building up the waste places. They are to be repairers of the breach, restorers of paths to dwell in." (PK 677, 678)
• Don't forget Jesus' promise to his followers—Luke 12:11, 12!
• "Go and defend My faith, for I am with you always!"
• Remember "The Truth of the Talking Bull"

Repair the Breach . . . Defend the Faith

Answers: defender, Jude; agonize, fight, defend; teachings, truth; fight; 6:16; 22:28; new, Repairers, Breach; seventh-day, Sabbath; Sabbath, wholly, Exodus 20:8; Sabbath, holy, Day, holiday; Giver, gift; seventh day, seventh day.