A three part video footage of the Stanborough Press and the publishing work in the United Kingdom filmed in 1927 is now digitised and added to the BUC YouTube channelSource: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-03-24/1096/
Pathfinders Respond To The Call For Baptism
There was excitement around Newbold College on Sabbath 12 March as Pathfinders and Adventurers arrived from across the British Union for the Union level testing. The day’s event was a little different from the norm as it began with most teams arriving on time between 9.00 am and 10.00 am for registration and inspection, then proceeding to their respective halls for their morning programme. This event was the first time in the history of Adventurer Bible Experience (ABE) and Pathfinder Bible…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-03-24/1094/
‘See You in Heaven’: Documentary ‘Return to Palau’ Tells Story of Forgiveness in Brutal Attack on Adventist Missionary Family
Return to Palau documentary tells story of the missionary DePaiva family who were brutally attacked while serving in Palau, and the return of Melissa DePaiva Gibson, the sole survivor of the attack. Justin Hirosi, the man convicted of the attack, eventually repented and was baptized in prison. Gibson met with Hirosi on her return to […] Source: https://atoday.org/see-you-in-heaven-documentary-return-to-palau-tells-story-of-forgiveness-in-brutal-attack-on-adventist-missionary-family/
Adventist Journey – Heather Lunsford
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Heather Lunsford loves teaching children and helping them unlock their creativity. She says, “God gave them this ability, and it’s such a blessing to…Source: https://vimeo.com/691987186
Doncaster Bible Adventurers reach the summit
Belfast 2022: Tracing the First Footsteps of Doncaster Bible AdventurersSource: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-03-24/doncaster-bible-adventurers-reach-the-summit/
Inside Story: Narrow Escape
Narrow Escape!
By Saengsurin Phongchan
God loves me a lot.
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When a friend moved away to Australia, I agreed to visit her parents every once in a while back here in Thailand. It wasn’t easy to find the parents’ house. I had to look up directions, and I learned that the house was quite some distance from my own. For my first visit, I filled my backpack and several bags with groceries. Carrying the food, I hailed a three-wheeled tuk-tuk taxi to take me to the bus station.
Partway through our trip, the tuk-tuk driver suddenly said, “I can’t take you. Can I call you another tuk-tuk?” He didn’t give any reason for his change of heart. What could I do? A second tuk-tuk picked me up, but the driver took me to the wrong place. I got into a third tuk-tuk.
It took nearly two hours to reach the bus station. I was fuming in frustration when I arrived. Why had it taken two hours and three tuk-tuks for the usual short and simple trip to the bus station?
“Where are you going?” the ticket seller asked me.
I was so upset that I couldn’t talk to anyone, not even to the ticket seller.
“I’ll talk to you later,” I said, turning away.
After calming down, I bought a ticket and boarded a minivan.
During the trip to the house of my friend’s parents, we passed a wrecked minivan on the side of the road. Our driver stopped to see if he could help. Returning to the minivan, he somberly told us that several passengers had died in the crash.
“This is the minivan that left right before us on this route,” he said.
At that moment, I realized that I should have been on that minivan. I only missed the minivan because of the many delays in reaching the bus station.
My friend’s parents were relieved to see me. They had heard about the crash. “We were so worried because we thought you were on that minivan,” the mother said.
“God is so good,” I said. Then I told my story about the delays to the parents, who were not Christians.
“The God or angel who protects you is really great!” the father exclaimed.
Yes, God loves me a lot.
Saengsurin Phongchan was principal at the Seventh-day Adventist school in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, that received part of the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering three years ago. Thank you for your offering that helped the school, Adventist International Mission School — Korat, expand into a high school at a new site.
Produced by the General Conference Office of Adventist Mission. Find more mission stories at adventistmission[dot]org
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Friday: Let Brotherly Love Continue
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“After the descent of the Holy Spirit, … [believers] rejoiced in the sweetness of communion with saints. They were tender, thoughtful, self-denying, willing to make any sacrifice for the truth’s sake. In their daily association with one another, they revealed the love that Christ had enjoined upon them.
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By unselfish words and deeds they strove to kindle this love in other hearts. …
But gradually a change came. The believers began to look for defects in others. Dwelling upon mistakes, giving place to unkind criticism, they lost sight of the Saviour and His love. They became more strict in regard to outward ceremonies, more particular about the theory than the practice of the faith. In their zeal to condemn others, they overlooked their own errors. They lost the brotherly love that Christ had enjoined, and, saddest of all, they were unconscious of their loss. They did not realize that happiness and joy were going out of their lives and that, having shut the love of God out of their hearts, they would soon walk in darkness.
John, realizing that brotherly love was waning in the church, urged upon believers the constant need of this love. His letters to the church are full of this thought. ‘Beloved, let us love one another,’ he writes; ‘for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.’” — Ellen G. White, The Acts of the Apostles, Pages 547, 548.
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Belief #10: Salvation [How Can We Have It?] – Pastor Ted Wilson
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In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson discusses the tenth fundamental belief of the Seventh-day Adventists—the experience of salvation.
The experience of salvation that reaches deep into the souls comes from God alone. “Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God…Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:3, 5).
Only through Jesus Christ can we experience salvation. “There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).
Our tenth fundamental belief states: “In infinite love and mercy God made Christ, Who knew no sin, to be sin for us, so that in Him we might be made the righteousness of God. Led by the Holy Spirit, we sense our need, acknowledge our sinfulness, repent of our transgressions, and exercise faith in Jesus as Saviour and Lord, Substitute and Example. This saving faith comes through the divine power of the Word and is the gift of God’s grace. Through Christ, we are justified, adopted as God’s sons and daughters, and delivered from the lordship of sin. Through the Spirit, we are born again and sanctified; the Spirit renews our minds, writes God’s law of love in our hearts, and we are given the power to live a holy life. Abiding in Him, we become partakers of the divine nature and have the assurance of salvation now and in the judgment.”
Jesus freely offers us the gift of salvation from sin. All we have to do is accept it. “If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation” (Romans 10, 9-10).
Once we accept this gift, He forgives our past sins and looks at us as if we’ve never sinned. He then helps us overcome sin. As said in Jude 24 and 25, “Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”
After accepting Jesus, He calls us to “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). He wants us to have a better, happier way to live. “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you” (Ezekiel 36:26).
Jesus meets us where we are and delights in saving us from our lost condition. There is no sinfulness His grace and forgiveness cannot redeem.
In response to His great love, we follow God’s law and teachings. “If ye love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15).
But if we make mistakes, God is still there to rescue us. Before He was crucified, He warned His disciples, “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mark 14:38).
Though we’ve chosen Jesus, we will still be tempted to sin. But He promises in Hebrews 13:5, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Finally, Steps to Christ p. 70 explains what it truly means to experience salvation in Christ: “A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding, peaceful trust. Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your weakness is united to His strength, your ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might. So you are not to look to yourself, not to let the mind dwell upon self, but look to Christ. Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon the beauty, the perfection, of His character. Christ in His self-denial, Christ in His humiliation, Christ in His purity and holiness, Christ in His matchless love—this is the subject for the soul’s contemplation. It is by loving Him, copying Him, depending wholly upon Him, that you are to be transformed into His likeness.”
As an appeal, Pastor Ted invites you to come to God now and experience this gift of salvation today!
Source: https://fulfilleddesire.net/belief-10-salvation-how-can-we-have-it-pastor-ted-wilson/
Series THE MESSAGE OF HEBREWS with…
Series THE MESSAGE OF HEBREWS with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. |
13.LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUE |
A loving brotherhood can be clearly seen. |
Memory Text: Hebrews 13:1 – Let brotherly love continue.
Content:
13.0 Introduction
13.1 Caring for God’s People
13.2 Covetousness and Sexual Immorality
13.3 Remember Your Leaders
13.4 Beware of Diverse and Strange Teachings
13.5 Go to Jesus Outside the Camp
13.6 Summary
My God bless you today and always.
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13.6 Summary – LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUE | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series THE MESSAGE OF HEBREWS with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. |
13.LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUE |
A loving brotherhood can be clearly seen. |
Memory Text: Hebrews 13:1 – Let brotherly love continue.
13.6 Summary
Whenever people stay together it will be a blessing.
My God bless you today and always.
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Source: https://fulfilleddesire.net/13-6-summary-let-brotherly-love-continue-pastor-kurt-piesslinger-m-a/
