2012-02-23 05:32Z

The Holy Day That Jesus Kept: Introduction

Presenter: Larry Kirkpatrick

Location: Cheong-Ju, Republic of Korea

Delivery: 2010-12-10

Publication: GreatControversy.org 2011-01-16 20:15Z

Type: Seminar Presentation

URL: http://www.greatcontroversy.org/gco/rar/kirl-thdtjk0.php

Greetings from America!

It is a great privilege to be called to Korea and speak on behalf of our Lord Jesus Christ. We all want to be Christians. But wanting is not enough. We must strengthen each other.

I understand that only a month ago, your Korean Union president said this:

Reformation must be joined with spiritual revival to bring fruit. The Korean church has now reached the point where she needs her spiritual maturity, and the restoring of Sabbath observance. . . . [we have not] completed our reformation but we have a beginning. Now we must start fresh with a determination for revival and restoration (Address, Pastor Kim, Korean Union Conference President, 2010-11-08).

This is a bold and important vision. Jesus is always first, but if we fail in honoring the holy day that He kept, people will think that we are just idle talkers. Reformation begins with our hearts and God's Holy Spirit. Today our God will help us with both, and we make a start at Sabbath reform! GCO

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Larry Kirkpatrick has served in the ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church since 1994. He is a pastor of the American West, having led churches in Nevada, Utah, California, and Idaho. His writings include the books Real Grace for Real People, and Cleanse and Close. Larry and wife Pamela presently serve in the Upper Columbia Conference, ministering to the Bonners Ferry and Clark Fork churches in the incomparable beauty of Northern Idaho.