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In this video, Pastor Ted Wilson and his wife, Nancy, talk about Creation as discussed in the sixth fundamental belief of the Seventh-day Adventists. They begin by mentioning the most complicated and expensive space observatory in history so far, the James Webb Space Telescope, launched on December 25, 2021. It was a result of decades of painstaking research, detailed planning, and complex engineering by a multinational team of astrophysicists, astronomers, engineers, and other scientists. It was designed to accomplish what other space telescopes haven't been able to—to peer deep into the cosmos and see light from the earliest galaxies to form the "Big Bang." Indeed, this is an amazing achievement by man. But it's so ironic that most people do not see that the vast universe is created by an all-powerful God Who spoke worlds into existence. We read in Psalm 19:1-3: "The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard." Also, Hebrews 11:3 says, "By faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible." Our existence and the existence of this world and the universe come from the power of the Creator. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). With this, the fundamental belief of Creation is foundational to who we are and what we believe and practice as Seventh-day Adventists. This doctrine states: "God has revealed in Scripture the authentic and historical account of His creative activity. He created the universe, and in a recent six-day creation, the Lord made 'the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them' and rested on the seventh day." It continues, "Thus, He established the Sabbath as a perpetual memorial of the work He performed and completed during six literal days that together with the Sabbath constituted the same unit of time that we call a week today." "The first man and woman were made in the image of God as the crowning work of Creation, given dominion over the world, and charged with responsibility to care for it. When the world was finished it was 'very good,' declaring the glory of God." "The work of creation cannot be explained by science. What science can explain the mystery of life?…In the creation of the earth, God was not indebted to pre-existing matter. 'He spake, and it was;…He commanded, and it stood fast' (Psalm 33:9). All things, material or spiritual, stood up before the Lord Jehovah at His voice and were created for His own purpose. The heavens and all the host of them, the earth and all things therein, came into existence by the breath of His mouth. In the creation of man was manifest the agency of a personal God" (Ministry of Healing, p. 414). In continuation, "when God had made man in His image, the human form was perfect in all its arrangements, but it was without life. Then a personal, self-existing God breathed into that form the breath of life, and man became a living, intelligent being. All parts of the human organism were set in action. The heart, the arteries, the veins, the tongue, the hands, the feet, the senses, the faculties of the mind, all began their work, and all were placed under law. Man became a living soul. Through Christ the Word, a personal God created man and endowed him with intelligence and power" (Ministry of Healing, p. 415). How comforting it is to know that we were created by a personal, self-existing God Who loves us and has endowed us with intelligence and power! Above all this, love motivates what God has done for He is love. He created us not only for us to love Him but also so that He could love us. In the next episode, we will look more closely at why understanding Creation is important and how foundational it is to our lives today. In the meantime, Pastor Wilson invites you to visit adventist.org/creation to read more. Also, you can find videos, presentations, articles, photo galleries, and more at grisda.org. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwNuECBfwFA
9: Jesus, The Perfect Sacrifice – SPD Discipleship Video
This video is produced by the South Pacific Division Discipleship team.
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9: Jesus, the Perfect Sacrifice – HopeSS Video Discussion
You can view an in-depth discussion of Jesus, The Perfect Sacrifice in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on the image to view:
With thanks to Hope Channel – Television that will change your life.
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Canto: Gerusalemme
Canto "Gerusalemme" interpretato da Irida Dragoti Registrato presso la Chiesa Cristiana Avventista del settimo giorno Roma Lungotevere il 19/02/2022 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDgJ4DkIr1Q
Video Giornale Avventista – 26 febbraio 2022
“Pregare negli ultimi giorni”. Il primo sabato di marzo torna la Giornata internazionale di preghiera delle donne. Anche i giovani si preparano a vivere la loro speciale Giornata mondiale in programma sabato 19 marzo. Nasce negli Stati Uniti la prima chiesa avventista virtuale. Ha un pastore e organizza incontri e programmi tutti sul web. Ucraina. Dichiarazione Chiesa avventista Queste notizie ed altre ancora, seguici. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IZs6cnGJ44
Love Awakens Love
If God is saving us from sin, where would we have to go in the universe to find the root of sin?
Isaiah 14 tells us sin originated in the heart and the mind of an angel named Lucifer who was the highest of the angles, who fell from heaven.
So, what method does God use to eliminate sin from our hearts and minds? See how love is the only solution to the sickness and suffering produced by sin. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzTKzgCoWKk
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Versetto introduttivo: Isaia 61:1 Meditazione a cura di: Franca Petrilli Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QlnM4zUFXo
Perché adoriamo Dio – Un Dio affidabile e costante
Mini devotional n. 9 – Un Dio affidabile e costante della serie Perché adoriamo Dio. I ritmi dell’alternanza giorno-notte, i mesi, le stagioni, il tempo della semina e quello della raccolta, sono cicli creati da un Dio affidabile e costante! La storia dell'olio e della farina della vedova sunamita è una testimonianza forte e chiara che le compassioni di Dio non vengono mai meno e rinnovano ogni mattina… Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN5GE0neBZA
Inside Story: Gospel Calling
Gospel Calling
By Andrew McChesney
Khamla, the bread winner of his family, fell ill in rural Laos. His legs became so heavy that he could not walk. He was confined to his house for three months.
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With no money to see a doctor, Khamla (not his real name) resorted to all sorts of herbal medicine and traditional healers, including the shaman, or spirit doctor, in his village. Nothing helped.
Finally, seeing his desperation, someone told him about a Seventh-day Adventist pastor who had helped many people by cell phone. The man called up Pastor Sadua Lee (pictured) and asked for help.
Now, it wasn’t simply a phone call. Phone calls were something of a luxury, costing 700 Laotian Kips (8 U.S. cents) per minute. At the time, a third of the population was living on less than U.S.$1.25 a day, and nearly two-thirds were living on less than $2 a day.
The ill man begged Pastor Sadua to heal him.
“I am nobody,” the pastor replied. “I cannot heal you. But my God, who is called Jesus, can heal you if it is His will. All we have to do is ask Him.”
Khamla requested prayer, and the pastor prayed for him over the phone.
The next day, the pastor called the man to offer prayer for him again. Khamla was so excited. “I can walk!” he exclaimed.
Although his legs were weak, he was able to walk for the first time in three months. He had already gone out to work on his farm.
“Your God is so powerful,” he said. “How can I worship your God, who is called Jesus?”
The pastor told him that he could, and should, worship Jesus all the time and added that Jesus had set aside a special day for worship, the seventh-day Sabbath. The man agreed to stop work on Sabbath to worship Jesus. Seeing that he lived far from a church, he asked the pastor to help him worship on Sabbaths. That meant that the pastor would have to call every Sabbath — but he didn’t mind. If Jesus could provide Khamla with healing, He also would provide the means to pay for the calls.
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.
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 Perfect Sacrifice
Further Thought:
Read Ellen G. White, “Calvary,” Pages 741-757; “It Is Finished,” Pages 758-764, in The Desire of Ages.
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Professor Jiri Moskala has explained the nature of this pre-Advent judgment. God “is not there in order to display my sins like in a shop window. He will, on the contrary, point first of all to His amazing transforming powerful grace, and in front of the whole universe He, as the true Witness of my entire life, will explain my attitude toward God, my inner motives, my thinking, my deeds, my orientation and direction of life. He will demonstrate it all. Jesus will testify that I made many mistakes, that I transgressed His holy law, but also that I repented, asked for forgiveness, and was changed by His grace. He will proclaim: ‘My blood is sufficient for the sinner Moskala, his orientation of life is on Me, his attitude toward Me and other people is warm and unselfish, he is trustworthy, he is My good and faithful servant.’ ” — “Toward a Biblical Theology of God’s Judgment: A Celebration of the Cross in Seven Phases of Divine Universal Judgment,” Journal of the Adventist Theological Society 15 (Spring 2004): p. 155.
“Both the redeemed and the unfallen beings will find in the cross of Christ their science and their song. It will be seen that the glory shining in the face of Jesus is the glory of self-sacrificing love. In the light from Calvary it will be seen that the law of self-renouncing love is the law of life for earth and heaven; that the love which ‘seeketh not her own’ has its source in the heart of God; and that in the meek and lowly One is manifested the character of Him who dwelleth in the light which no man can approach unto.” — Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, Pages 19, 20.
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