Ari Bates, a religious studies major at Southern Adventist University, said the school is drafting a policy that would endanger the LGBTQ+ community. Bates said she was told that if she did not comply with the policy, it could lead to disciplinary action. A statement released by Southern said the school “welcomes all students who […] Source: https://atoday.org/southern-adventist-university-transgender-student-the-church-is-dangerous-in-situations-like-mine/
Virtually, the Real Thing: First Online Adventist Church Established
NEC’s first online church, Living Manna, will still have church elections, give tithe and offerings. Living Manna will also operate seven days a week through varied online programming addressing daily living, finances, mental health, and more. “I don’t think [Living Manna] will be poaching members from our brick-and-mortar churches,” said Nicardo Delahaye, NEC associate secretary. […] Source: https://atoday.org/virtually-the-real-thing-first-online-adventist-church-established/
2022 eHuddle Day 2
2022 eHuddle on Evangelism Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUTcaz2W1fI
La lunga notte di Giacobbe.
Meditazione a cura di Luca Faedda Testo: Genesi 32:24-34 Registrato presso la comunità di Firenze il 12 febbraio 2022 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=166ONw40Yn0
Ricco per L’Eternità
Versetto introduttivo: Luca 18: 18,23 Meditazione a cura di: Anz. Chiesa di Bari Domenico Registrato presso: Cheisa Avventista di Bari il 12/02/2022 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aovu4NGRFU
Socialight 41 – Stefano De Simone – Un calciatore in viaggio
Nella puntata numero quarantuno avremo ancora con noi Stefano De Simone. Con lui completeremo un percorso introspettivo in cui ci racconterà come è cambiata la sua relazione con Dio attraverso i suoi viaggi e approfondendo le culture dei luoghi che sta visitando. Non perderti questa puntata. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi8BpQrEBxA
Perché adoriamo Dio – Tutto ciò che riceve, lo moltiplica
Mini devotional n. 8 – Tutto ciò che riceve, lo moltiplica della serie Perché adoriamo Dio. Non c'è niente di tanto insignificante che Gesù non possa trasformare in una sontuosa festa! Il miracolo della moltiplicazione dei pani e dei pesci insegna… Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGufUjlvwxc
Missioni dal mondo – 19 febbraio 2022
L'avventura del Sabato di Anita – La missione nella Divisione Asia del Sud Pacifico. Missioni dal mondo 8° episodio – 1° trimestre 2022 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi0XmZC5MuM
Thursday: The New Covenant Has Solved the Problem of the Heart
Compare the new covenant promises of Jeremiah 31:33 and Ezekiel 36:26-27. How are they related?
The first covenant document was written by God on tablets of stone and was deposited in the ark of the covenant as an important witness of God’s covenant with His people (Exodus 31:18, Deuteronomy 10:1-4). Documents written in stone, however, could be broken; and scrolls, as Jeremiah had experienced, could be cut up and burned (Jeremiah 36:23).
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But in the new covenant God now will write His law in the hearts of the people. The heart refers to the mind, the organ of memory and understanding (Jeremiah 3:15, Deuteronomy 29:4), and especially to where conscious decisions are made (Jeremiah 3:10, Jeremiah 29:13).
This promise did not simply secure access to and knowledge of the law by everyone. It also, and more importantly, was to bring about a change in the heart of the nation. The problem of Israel was that their sin was engraved “with a pen of iron,” “with a point of diamond … on the tablet of their heart” (Jeremiah 17:1, NKJV). They had a stubborn heart (Jeremiah 13:10, Jeremiah 23:17); therefore, it was impossible for them to do the right thing (Jeremiah 13:23).
Jeremiah did not announce a change of the law, because the problem of Israel was not the law but the heart. God wanted Israel’s faithfulness to be a grateful response to what He had done for them; thus, He gave the Ten Commandments to them with an historical prologue expressing His love and care for them (Exodus 20:1-2). God wanted Israel to obey His laws as an acknowledgment that He wanted the best for them, a truth revealed in their great deliverance from Egypt. Their obedience was to be an expression of gratitude, a manifestation of the reality of their relationship.
The same is true today for us. Jesus’ love and care in dying for us is the prologue of the new covenant (Luke 22:20). True obedience comes from the heart as an expression of love (Matthew 22:34-40). This love is the distinguishing mark of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer. God pours His love on us through His Spirit (Romans 5:5), which is expressed in love (Galatians 5:22).
| If ancient Israel was to love God, even without the understanding of Christ’s death, why shouldn’t we love God even more than they did? How does obedience make manifest the reality of that love? |
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8.5 The New Covenant Has Solved the Problem of the Heart – JESUS, THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series THE MESSAGE OF HEBREWS with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
8.JESUS, THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT
It is great to have a mediator in the centre of the universe.
Memory Text: Hebrews 8:6 – But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
8.5 The New Covenant Has Solved the Problem of the Heart
True obedience comes from the heart as an expression of love .
My God bless you today and always.
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