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Why I Don’t Say, “God Is Good All the Time”
by Victor Lee | 27 January 2022 | I visited a church I am familiar with in Sydney for Christmas. I had just arrived from being stranded in Brunei for two years. I was wearing a pair of jeans, a borrowed old shirt, and my two-year long hair tied in a man bun. The male […] Source: https://atoday.org/why-i-dont-say-god-is-good-all-the-time/
God the Father [Who is He?] – Pastor Ted Wilson
Last week, we learned about the Godhead. In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson focuses on God the Father. Jesus addresses the Father on several occasions. For instance, He mentions Him in His prayer in Matthew 6:9, 10: "Our Father Which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven." With this, the third Seventh-day Adventist Fundamental Belief states, "God the eternal Father is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just and holy, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. The qualities and powers exhibited in the Son and the Holy Spirit are also those of the Father" (adventist.org/beliefs). It is the same God in both the Old and New Testaments Who acts for the salvation of His people. For instance, in Hebrews 1:1, 2, we read, "God, Who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, Whom He has appointed heir of all things, through Whom also He made the worlds." The Old Testament describes the Father in several ways. In Deuteronomy 32:6, Moses referred to Him as their Father, Who redeemed them. Also, God revealed through Jeremiah that He is "a Father to Israel" (Jeremiah 31:9). And in Isaiah 64:8, the prophet cried, "O Lord, You are our Father." In addition, Psalm 103:13 gives us a compassionate picture of God. The verse goes, "As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear Him." In Malachi 1:6, God states, "I am the Father." And in chapter 2, verse 10, Malachi asks, "Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us?" Throughout the Old Testament, God is acknowledged as a gracious and merciful God. David sings, "Our God is merciful," and affirms that "His mercy is everlasting" (Psalm 116:5; 100:5). His mercy cannot be earned. It doesn't blindly pardon but executes by the principles of justice and holiness. Those who reject it will reap His punishment. In addition, we see a God Who longs to be with His people. Exodus 25:8 mentions, "Let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them." Also, He is a redeeming God Who miraculously led a nation of slaves to freedom. Psalms 46:1 says, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Chapter 86 verse 15 adds that He is a "God full of compassion," and He is "gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth." Moreover, He is a God of forgiveness. In Micah 7:18-19, the prophet describes Him as a God Who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage. He "does not retain His anger forever because He delights in mercy. He will again have compassion on us and will subdue our iniquities." And He will "cast all our sins into the depths of the sea." He is a God of goodness, faithfulness, salvation, and vengeance. "Say to those who are fearful-hearted, 'Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance; with the recompense of God; He will come and save you'" (Isaiah 35:4). In the New Testament, Paul distinguishes the Father from the Son. "There is only one God, the Father, of Whom are all things…" He continues, "and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through Whom are all things and through Whom we live" (1 Cor. 8:6). Also, the apostle worships the Father when he writes, "I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from Whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named" (Ephesians 3:14, 15). The complete revelation of the Father is given to us through His Son, Who came in flesh. "No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son…has declared Him" (John 1:18). Jesus Himself also said, "He Who has seen Me has seen the Father" (John 14:9). As one of the most well-known verses says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). Indeed, God is a God Who gives and loves. He gave us His Son to die so we might reconcile with Him and enjoy eternity. He waits for us to return to Him, longing to place His robe of righteousness around us and welcome us home. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6f8GIeTpIg
Panorama of Prophecy: “The Unsinkable Ship” | Doug Batchelor
Panorama of Prophecy: Episode 25 | "The Unsinkable Ship" | Doug Batchelor Bible Questions: 00:00 – Intro
07:46 – Explanation of "casting lots" in the Bible.
09:54 – If Christ died on Friday, when did the women buy spices to embalm Him?
10:37 – What does the word "Nazarite" mean? Was Jesus a Nazarite?
12:09 – Who is Michael the Archangel?
14:33 – Can Satan read our minds and interpret our prayers?
15:47 – Even though men are visual creatures, shouldn't they be expected to take responsibility for there own thoughts? I believe women should be modest, but do we have to take responsibility for the men too?
17:17 – What race are the two nations that Rebecca was carrying in her womb?
18:12 – Explanation of 1 Peter 3 verses 18 and 19.
20:20 – Will I be able to play the piano, sing, and be musically gifted in Heaven?
26:15 – Sermon – "The Unsinkable Ship" Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nznnf__GSrM
Inside Story: Finding Peace
Finding Peace
By Andrew McChesney
It was the worst day of Yean’s life.
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The witch doctor approached him in their village in southern Laos and announced that he was going to die.
“And there is no one who can help you,” the witch doctor said, solemnly.
Yean was scared. People in his village believed that the witch doctor always spoke the truth. He could not lie.
Yean did not want to die. He was so frightened that he could not eat or sleep.
Soon his wife noticed that something was terribly wrong.
“What happened?” she asked.
Yean told her about his encounter with the witch doctor.
“I am going to die,” he said.
He didn’t know what to do. His wife didn’t know what to do.
Then he heard about a small group of Christians who gathered on Saturdays to worship. He had never been inside a Christian church, but he decided to find out whether the Christians could ask their God to help him.
Next Sabbath, Yean and his wife showed up at the Seventh-day Adventist church. He told the church members about the witch doctor and his fear of dying.
After listening, the members told him about a God named Jesus. They said Jesus had the power to not only save him from the witch doctor’s prediction of death but also to offer him eternal life. In their Bibles was the promise: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16; NKJV).
Yean was overjoyed when he heard about Jesus! He could claim the peace that only Jesus offers: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).
When he left the church, he was so happy that he could not keep the good news to himself. He eagerly shared the peace that Jesus had given him with other villagers. He walked home with a big smile on his face. It was the best day of his life!
Today, Yean is alive and well, and he is attending the church where he first found Jesus.
Thank you for your Sabbath School mission offerings that help spread the gospel to people in Laos and other countries of the Southern Asia-Pacific Division, which will receive this quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering.
This mission story illustrates Mission Objective No. 2 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s “I Will Go” strategic plan: “To strengthen and diversify Adventist outreach … among unreached and under-reached people groups, and to non-Christian religions.” Learn more at IWillGo2020.org.
Produced by the General Conference Office of Adventist Mission. Find more mission stories at adventistmission[dot]org
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Friday: Further Thought ~ Jesus, The Giver of Rest
Further Thought:
It is very significant that Paul in Hebrews used the Sabbath rest, and not Sunday, as a symbol of the salvation through grace that God offers us. The use of Sabbath rest in this way implies that Sabbath was cherished and observed by believers. From the second century A.D. forward, however, we find evidences of a decisive change in the church.
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Sabbath observance ceased to be considered a symbol of salvation and was, instead, considered a symbol of allegiance to Judaism and the old covenant, one that had to be avoided. To keep the Sabbath became the equivalent of to “Judaize.” For example, Ignatius of Antioch (around A.D. 110) remarked: “Those who lived according to the old order have found the new hope. They no longer observe the Sabbath but the day of the Lord — the day our life was resurrected with Christ.” — Jacques B. Doukhan, Israel and the Church: Two Voices for the Same God (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2002), p. 42. Similarly, Marcion ordered his followers to fast on Sabbath as a sign of rejection of the Jews and their God, and Victorinus did not want to appear that he “observed the Sabbath of the Jews” (See Israel and the Church, pages 41-45). It was the loss of the understanding of Sabbath observance as a symbol of salvation by grace that led to its demise in the Christian church.
“The Sabbath is a sign of Christ’s power to make us holy. And it is given to all whom Christ makes holy. As a sign of His sanctifying power, the Sabbath is given to all who through Christ become a part of the Israel of God. …
The Sabbath points them to the works of creation as an evidence of His mighty power in redemption. While it calls to mind the lost peace of Eden, it tells of peace restored through the Saviour. And every object in nature repeats His invitation, ‘Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.’ Matthew 11:28.” — Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, pages 288, 289.
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Video Giornale Avventista – 29 gennaio 2022
Emendato lo statuto dell’Assemblea mondiale. Ora i delegati potranno partecipare anche via web alle prossime Sessioni amministrative. Dal 5 al 12 febbraio torna la settimana della famiglia e del matrimonio cristiano. In occasione della Giornata della libertà religiosa, il Dipartimento Affari Pubblici e Libertà Religiosa dell’Unione avventista italiana organizza un incontro online che si terrà la sera di venerdì 18 febbraio. Queste notizie e altro ancora, fra poco. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkUmmK0Jm3E
5.JESUS, THE GIVER OF REST – THE MESSAGE OF HEBREWS | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series THE MESSAGE OF HEBREWS with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
5.JESUS, THE GIVER OF REST
How can we get deep peace within ourselves?
Memory Text: Hebrews 4:9 – There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
Content:
5.0 Introduction
5.1 The Land as a Place of Rest
5.2 Because of Unbelief
5.3 Today, If You Hear His Voice
5.4 Entering Into His Rest
5.5 A Foretaste of New Creation
5.6 Summary
My God bless you today and always.
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5.6 Summary – JESUS, THE GIVER OF REST | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series THE MESSAGE OF HEBREWS with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
5.JESUS, THE GIVER OF REST
How can we get deep peace within ourselves?
Memory Text: Hebrews 4:9 – There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
5.6 Summary
Glorious times are ahead of us. Our future will be beyond expectation.
My God bless you today and always.
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Source: https://fulfilleddesire.net/5-6-summary-jesus-the-giver-of-rest-pastor-kurt-piesslinger-m-a/
News Briefs for January 28, 2022
News reports from Brazil, Guatemala, Southern University, Tonga, the United States. Ted Talk General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists President Ted N.C. Wilson will be the featured guest on a special program, “Examining Church Structure: The General Conference,” on Jan. 29, 2022. Hosted by the Office for Regional Conference Ministries (ORCM), the presentation is especially timely […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-january-28-2022/
