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¿Puede acaso brotar de una misma fuente agua dulce y agua salada? (Santiago 3:11) El martes por la tarde, al entrar con el auto en la entrada de su casa, Crystal sonrió. Había sido un día perfecto. La conversación con su hermana a primera hora de la mañana había sido divertida, ya que ambas habían […] Source: https://atoday.org/el-poder-de-las-palabras/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=el-poder-de-las-palabras
ADRA Canada On Site – BRIGHT Project (Sunday, February 26, 2023) #adra #adracanada #humanitarian #bright Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SslsZIuLLdg
Hundreds of young people gathered in Melbourne, Australia, for the Adventist Youth For Christ (AYC) conference, entitled “Called by Name,” on January 26–29. Held at St Kilda Town Hall, there were more…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/2023-adventist-youth-for-christ-conference-in-australia
Il Messaggio dell'Apocalisse.
Gesù riaccende la Speranza, con Samuele Barletta.
Apocalisse capitolo 6
I sette sigilli. Puntata n.8 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgiWfAxSH7U
Perché ho dato loro le parole che tu hai dato a me; ed essi le hanno accolte e hanno veramente conosciuto che io sono proceduto da te, e hanno creduto che tu mi hai mandato. Meditazione giornaliera Apri la porta del tuo cuore, autori vari, presentazione di Anna Claudia Mele Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AwwhUEW2KU
27 February, 2023 | On February 12-17, 2023, food factory executives from Australia, Germany, Korea, Peru, and a dozen other countries met for the 2023 Adventist Health Food Association (AHFA) Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. According to Adventist World, the theme was “Connect, Reflect, Thrive,” and the goal was to “provide performance reports, get updates […] Source: https://atoday.org/adventist-food-companies-discuss-increased-potential-due-to-health-food-trends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adventist-food-companies-discuss-increased-potential-due-to-health-food-trends
27 February 2023 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, My spouse and I are having an uncomfortable discussion about an uncomfortable topic. We’re about to have a baby boy. My husband insists that the Bible requires male children to be circumcised. In the Old Testament it’s the mark of God’s chosen, he says, and in the New […] Source: https://atoday.org/aunty-should-we-circumcise-our-baby-boy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aunty-should-we-circumcise-our-baby-boy
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Caribbean Union (CARU) has called on its leaders in the ten fields across its territory to break the silence about all types of abuse to protect children so tha…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/adventist-church-promotes-child-protection-awareness-training-across-the-caribbean
As we Remember the Ukrainian Crisis, we get a glimpse through ADRA's eyes how the impact of 1 year of heroic compassion in action makes a difference. Don't let another day pass without donating – adra.ca/ukraine. Watch a people rise in hope because you were willing to give. Together, we are stronger! #adra #adracanada #ukraine #donate #give #hope #humanitarian #ngo #nonprofit Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_r0mbg6Mc8
One of the most tragic stories in the Bible is that of Judas Iscariot. This man had a privilege that only 11 other people in all the history of the world have had: to have been with Jesus all that time and to have learned eternal truths directly from the Master Himself. How sad that many people who never had anything remotely like the opportunities that Judas had will be saved, while Judas, we know, is now destined for eternal destruction.
What happened? The answer can be found in one word: covetousness, the desires of his heart.
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The Savior’s gentle rebuke to Judas’ covetous remark led him to leave the feast and go directly to the palace of the high priest, where Jesus’ enemies were gathered. He offered to betray Jesus into their hands for a sum much smaller than Mary’s gift. (See Matthew 26:14-16)
What happened to Judas? Having had so many wonderful opportunities, so many rare privileges, why would he do something so evil? According to Ellen G. White, Judas “loved the Great Teacher, and desired to be with Him. He felt a desire to be changed in character and life, and he hoped to experience this through connecting himself with Jesus. The Saviour did not repulse Judas. He gave him a place among the twelve. He trusted him to do the work of an evangelist. He endowed him with power to heal the sick and to cast out devils. But Judas did not come to the point of surrendering himself fully to Christ.” — The Desire of Ages, p. 717.
In the end, we all have character defects that, if surrendered, can be overcome through the power of God working in us. But Judas did not fully surrender to Christ, and the sin of covetousness, which he could have overcome in the power of Christ, overcame him instead, with tragic results.
Who among us doesn’t struggle with covetousness over one thing or another? In this case, what he coveted was money, and that covetousness, a problem of the heart, led him to stealing (John 12:6), which ultimately led him to betray Jesus.
What a frightful lesson for all of us about the danger that covetousness can bring. What seems like a small thing, a simple desire of the heart, can lead to calamity and to eternal loss.
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