Versetto introduttivo: Salmo 37:4 Meditazione a cura di: Olga Boero e Maryoli Moreno Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YYHW0BkIcQ
Martedi 7 settembre 2021
Matteo 15:28 – Allora Gesù le disse: ‘O donna, davvero la tua fede è grande! Accada come tu vuoi. E in quel momento sua figlia guarì.
Meditazione giornaliera Apri la porta del tuo cuore, autori vari, con Daniele Magliulo Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OyGbs5bwGM
Appreciation comes from the heart, not the calendar
6 September 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Is a day set aside for appreciation of pastors still in the calendar? If so, how can the church best celebrate this day in accordance with the Church Manual? Signed, Planning Ahead Dear Planning: Pastors’ Appreciation Day—actually known as Clergy Appreciation Day to take into account those religions […] Source: https://atoday.org/appreciation-comes-from-the-heart-not-the-calendar/
Thanks for your thoughts on The Great Controversy distribution!
6 September 2021 | Dear Editor, Without intending to extend this controversy, I wish to say that I agreed with and appreciated Loren Seibold’s concern about the planned distribution of a billion copies of The Great Controversy (“The Wrong Way to Reach the World,” 27 August 2021). Would it be possible to channel the enthusiasm […] Source: https://atoday.org/thanks-for-your-thoughts-on-the-great-controversy-distribution/
Biblical Justice [What Is It and What Are Its Origins?]
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a history of advocating and speaking out against injustice. Many feel like we have changed–and no longer work in the public sphere–but while the methods have changed, Adventists are still there. This week Orlan Johnson, director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for the Adventist Church in North America and David Trim, director of Archives, Statistics and Research for the Seventh-day Adventist World Church discuss the Church's history of advocating in the public spaces. SHOW NOTES:
David Trim: https://adventist.news/videos/ann-indepth/the-controversial-life-of-dr-john-harvey-kellog
Orlan Johnson: https://adventist.news/videos/ann-indepth/civic-engagement-how-much-should-we-involve-ourselves-with-the-government
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Discipleship: Following in Jesus Footsteps
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Discipleship: Following in Jesus Footsteps The call to discipleship is one that encompasses our whole lives. This week will look at several examples of how Jesus…Source: https://vimeo.com/599145939
In Mozambique, ADRA Fights COVID-19 with Hygiene Kits, Seeds, and Radio Ads
La preghiera cristiana e i “virus” che la minacciano
Meditazione a cura di Raffaele Battista Registrato presso la comunità di Firenze il 28 agosto 2021 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwueSjkPfY
Tuesday: The “Example” of Rest
Besides the examples we’ve already looked at, this idea of types and symbols can apply to the biblical concept of rest, as well. To see this, we go to the New Testament book of Hebrews.
Read Hebrews 4:1-11. What is the remaining promise of entering His rest referring to? How does Israel’s experience during the Exodus and the wilderness wanderings offer additional insights into the idea of entering into God’s rest?
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The theme of perseverance and faithfulness is very important here. Though talking about the seventh-day Sabbath, the main focus of these verses (and what came before; see Hebrews 3:7-19) is really a call for God’s people to be persevering in faith; that is, to remain faithful to the Lord and the gospel.
These passages remind the reader to take the lessons learned from God’s leading in the past seriously, “so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience” (Hebrews 4:11). Pay attention, this is an opportunity! Israel did hear the gospel, the text continues, but the word did not profit them. Instead of having their faith strengthened by trust and obedience, they chose rebellion (compare with Hebrews 3:7-15), and thus, they never experienced the rest that God wanted for them.
Hebrews 4:3 points to the close relationship between faith and rest. We can enter into His rest only when we believe and trust the One who promised rest and who can deliver on this promise, and that is, of course, Jesus Christ.
Read Hebrews 4:3 again. What was the main problem with the people referred to? What lesson can we take from this for ourselves, we who have had the “gospel … preached to us as well as to them” (Hebrews 4:2)?
The early Christian community accepted God’s prior revelation (what we call the “Old Testament”) and believed that Jesus Christ was the Lamb of God, the sacrifice for their sins. And by faith in the sacrifice, they could experience salvation in Jesus and the rest that we are offered in Him.
| How can an understanding of what it means to be saved by the blood of Jesus help us enter into the kind of rest that we can have in Jesus, knowing that we are saved by grace and not by works? |
Amen!
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