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MEET OBJECTIONS WITH TEXTS

It isn’t possible to know beforehand what particular objection, excuse or hindrance to decision you will have to meet.
Here are a few common ones on keeping the Sabbath:

Regarding their job


“I’ll lose my job.”
“I can’t support my family if I don’t work on Saturday.”
“I can’t find another job.”
Texts
Matthew 6:30-33; Psalm 37:3; Isaiah 65:13-14; Isaiah 1:19-20

Regarding their business


“Saturday is my best day for business.”
“My business will be ruined if I close Saturdays.”
“I’m in debt; I need all the money I can make.”
“I’ll never get ahead in the business world.”
Texts
Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:35; John 6:27; Isaiah 56:2-5; Luke 12:19-20

Regarding the Sabbath


“It’s so inconvenient to keep a different day.”
“I’ll be out of step with the rest of the world.”
“So few keep Saturday; the majority keeps Sunday.”
Texts
Galatians 1:10; John 15:14; Luke 6:22-23,26 -; Proverbs 29:25; Philippians 3:8; Matthew 10:37; John 15:19

Miscellaneous objections regarding the Sabbath

“Sunday was good enough for my father and all my ancestors, shouldn’t it be good enough for me?”
“I’ve kept Sunday all my life, why is God calling me now to keep the Sabbath?”
Texts
Acts 17:30; John 9:41; Ezekiel 18:20; John 21:22

“I will be in better shape to do it a little later; I need more time to arrange my affairs.”
Prov. 27:1; 2 Cor. 6:2; Heb. 4:7; 3:13; Isa. 55:6; Gen. 6:3; Ps. 18:44; 119:60; Matt. 25:1-13
“I have a railroad job.
That work has to go on every day.” Ex. 34:21.
“God will not condemn me if I live a good life in every way except to keep the seventh day.”
James 2:10; 1 Chron. 15:13; Matt. 7:21-23; Luke 6:46.
“I believe it is not necessary to unite with a church.” Acts 2:47
“I will wait until the Spirit of God convinces me.” Matt. 25:1-13
“I can’t afford to lose one day’s pay each week. This will interfere with my plans for getting ahead in the world.”
Matt. 16:26; Ps. 37:16; Prov. 16:8; Mark 8:35; John 6:27; Isa. 56:2-5; Luke 12:19, 20.
“I can’t leave my friends and relatives.” Ex. 23:3; Prov. 13:20
“I’m too old to change my way of life.” Gen. 6:3
“If I take Saturday for the Sabbath, I won’t be able to support my family.” Matt. 6:30-33; Ps. 37:3, 25; Isa. 65:13, 14;
58:13, 14; 1:19, 20. ( Also the narration of actual experiences of how God has helped others who stepped out in faith to
keep the Sabbath.)
“There are too many hypocrites in the church.” Matt. 7:1; Rom. 14:12
“The step will cost me too much.” Luke 18:29, 30; 1 Peter 2:24
“My job may be at stake.” Isa. 51:7; Job 13:14, 15; Ps. 119:72, 127
“God will not condemn me if I live a good life in every way except to keep the seventh day.” James 2:10; 1 Chron. 15:13;
Matt. 7:21-23; Luke 6:46
“Sunday seems right to me.” Prov. 16:25
“God is love, He will save me anyway.” Luke 13:3; 2 Peter 2:4.
“I will lose many of my friends, my social standing and people will class me as a fanatic.”
Ps. 119:165; 111:10; Gal. 1:10; John 15:14; Luke 6:22, 23, 26; James 4:4; Prov. 29:25; Phil. 3:8; Matt. 10:37; John 15:19.
“Why don’t the other great ministers or learned and influential people accept and keep the seventh day Sabbath if it is
right?” 1 Cor. 11:1; 1:26-29; Matt. 11:25
“The world couldn’t manage its affairs if everybody kept Saturday.” John 2:22
“I’m not so bad.” John 3:18; Rom. 3:23
“Too late, I have waited too long.” Eze. 33:19; John 6:37; Rom. 10:13
“I will wait until I have the right kind of feeling.” Isa. 48:18; 1 John 2:3
“I tried once, I’m afraid to try again.” Dan. 3:17; Rom. 4:21; 2 Tim. 1:12; Jude 24
“How can I know that my sins are forgiven?” 1 John 1:9; Prov. 28:13
“Some things are not yet clear.” John 13:7; Acts 1:7
“There is one thing (movies, jewelry, tobacco, pork, caffeine, etc.) that I cannot give up.”
Matt. 19:16-22; 6:24; Luke 14:33; Matt. 13:45, 46; 1 John 5:4; 2 Cor. 5:17; Phil. 4:13.
“I am waiting for my husband (or wife, or friend) so we can accept it together.” Eze. 14:20; 18:20; Rom. 14:12.
“No, not now.” Prov. 27:1; 2 Cor. 6:2; Heb. 3:13; Isa. 55:6; Gen. 6:3.
“My minister and my friends advise me against this.” 1 Kings 13:1-26; Acts 4:19; 5:29.
“It doesn’t make any difference what day I keep; just so I keep a day.” Exodus 20:8-11; Rom. 6:16; Leviticus 10:1, 2;
Deut. 4:2.
“It will cause trouble and division in my home if I take my stand for this teaching.” Luke 12:49-53; 1 Kings 18:17, 18.
“We are living under the New Testament. Keeping the seventh day passed away with the old covenant at the cross.”
Heb. 8:20; 4:4-9; Acts 13: 14, 25.
“The law of the land has settled that Sunday is the day to keep. Acts 4:18-20; 5:28, 29.
“I am afraid of new doctrines.” Gen. 2:1-3.
“My parents were good________.
What was good enough for them is good enough for me and besides, I have been greatly blessed in my present church.”
Rev. 18:4; John 10:26, 27; 12:42, 43; Acts 4:19; John 1:35-40.
“Keeping the seventh day was only for the Jews.” Mark 2:27; Gen. 2:3.
“My friends would ridicule me.” John 15:19; Mark 8:34; James 4:4.
My husband, wife, father, mother, brothers, and sisters will oppose me.”
Matt. 10:36, 37; Luke 14:26, 27; Ps. 27:10; Isa. 41:10; Mark 10:29, 30.
“There are so few who keep Saturday. This way is so different from what the majority believes and does.”
Deut. 7:7; Ex. 23:2; Matt. 7:13, 14.
“I agree with all you teach except for one thing.” Matt. 19:16-22
“I am in business and Saturday is my best day. I will ruin my business if I close on Saturdays.”
Matt. 16:26; Ps. 37:16; Prov. 16:8; Mark 8:35; John 6:27; Isa. 56:2-5; Luke 12:19, 20

The Holy Spirit will lead you to give the right answers to the questions you are asked. Sometimes you will be amazed at
what comes out of your mouth. You will give answers that you did not realize you could give. Texts you have stored in
your mind will be brought to your memory.
Truths you have learned through the years will come back to your mind. God will give you answers.

POINT 6 - KEEP YOUR HEART UPLIFTED IN PRAYER


It is critically important to uplift your heart in prayer. Ask God to give you wisdom as you study His word with your Bible
students. He will give you the right words to say.
“If the worker keeps his heart uplifted in prayer, God will help him to speak the right word at the right time.”
GOSPEL WORKERS, PAGE 120
• God will give you wisdom. He will give you souls for His kingdom.
• Soul-winning is not our work, it is God’s work.
• Winning people for the kingdom is not our task, it is His. We are His instruments.
• Allow God to use you and you will be amazed at what He does.
• In Christ, you are wiser than you know.

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