Kyle Allen, a vice president with Adventist World Radio (AWR), chuckles when asked to describe a day on the road with Seventh-day Adventist Church leader Ted N.C. Wilson. “Power-packed, nonstop and, …… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/a-day-on-the-road-with-ted-wilson
9.3 Teshuvah – TURN THEIR HEARTS | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series PRESENT TRUTH IN DEUTERONOMY with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. |
9.TURN THEIR HEARTS |
We have made our life dirty. How can we be clean again?
Memory Text:
Deuteronomy 4:29 – But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
9.3 Teshuvah
Be obedient to God and you will be blessed. Do not do it and you will suffer the consequences.
My God bless you today and always.
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Tuesday: Teshuvah
All through the book of Deuteronomy, a key theme appears: obey the Lord and be blessed, disobey and you will suffer the consequences. It’s no different in the New Testament. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life” ( Galatians 6.7-8, NKJV).
Unfortunately, at least after the Fall, sin seems as easy and as natural as breathing. And despite all the warnings and promises — “For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off” (Deuteronomy 30:11) — many of the people did precisely that: they fell into the sins that God had warned them about.
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And yet, even then, God was willing to take them back if, using their free will, free choice, they repented and returned to Him.
Read again Deuteronomy 30:1-10. What is the Lord saying He will do for His people, despite all the wrong that they have done? What, though, was the condition upon which these wonderful promises rested?
The idea is simple and straightforward: if you mess up, terrible consequences will result for you and your family. That’s what sin does. However, even then, you can repent, and the Lord will take you back and bless you.
Numerous times the same Hebrew root word behind teshuvah appears in these verses. In Deuteronomy 30:2, the text says “and you return to the LORD your God” (NKJV, emphasis supplied); in Deuteronomy 30:8, though it is often translated, and correctly so, “you will again obey the voice of the LORD,” it could be translated literally, “And you return and obey the voice of the Lord.” Finally, in Deuteronomy 30:10, where it reads “and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,” again the word “turn” is really “return.”
In other words, despite all that happened to them, despite their utter violation and breaking of the covenant, the Lord was not through with these people, and if they didn’t want Him to be through with them, they could manifest that desire by repentance.
| Though dealing with the nation as a whole, how do these texts, despite the different context from us today, still reflect the reality of how central true repentance is to us as believers who, at times, violate the covenant we have made with God, as well? |
Amen!
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Niños [¿Cómo Podemos Ayudar a los más Vulnerables?]—Pastor Ted Wilson
Esta semana, el pastor Ted Wilson y su esposa, Nancy, comparten sus pensamientos sobre cómo ministrar a los niños más vulnerables del mundo. Según una investigación, los niños que crecieron en un hogar Cristiano amoroso y afectuoso son más resistentes y están mejor equipados para enfrentar los desafíos de la vida. Desafortunadamente, millones de niños viven hoy sin padres. Las estadísticas muestran que Asia tiene 61 millones de huérfanos, África 52 millones y América Latina y el Caribe 10 millones. A lo largo de la Biblia, Dios ha expresado su preocupación al pedirle a Su pueblo que muestre cuidado y preocupación por los huérfanos. Padre de huérfanos y defensor de viudas Es Dios en su santa morada. 6 Dios hace habitar en familia a los desamparados…" (Salmos 68:5, 6). Este sábado 20 de noviembre es el Día Mundial de los Niños Huérfanos / Niños Vulnerables. Bajo la dirección de los Ministerios Adventistas de Posibilidades, este evento anual fomenta la conciencia del bienestar de estos niños y nos anima a hacer lo que podamos para ayudar. La Biblia nos recuerda que debemos responder a sus necesidades. Mateo 19:14 nos dice que permitamos que los niños vayan a Jesús. El Salmo 82:3 dice que debemos "defender al pobre y al huérfano". Además, Proverbios 31:8 nos obliga a hablar por aquellos que no pueden hablar por sí mismos. Isaías 1:17 menciona que debemos proteger a los huérfanos de quienes los maltratan, y , Mateo 25 nos anima a alimentar y vestir a los necesitados. Finalmente, Lucas 3:11 y Romanos 12:13 nos recuerdan que debemos compartir nuestros recursos con los menos afortunados. Ministerios Adventistas de Posibilidades ofrece sugerencias e ideas para ayudar a los huérfanos y niños vulnerables, en el sitio web, www.possibilityministries.org/orphans. Estas sugerencias incluyen la oración, la adopción, la crianza temporal y el envío de obsequios especiales. Los niños necesitan sentirse especiales. Entonces, tómate un tiempo para escuchar sus historias. Además, bríndales un hogar temporal lejos del hogar. Sobre todo, muéstrales a Jesús como su mejor amigo. Testimonios para la Iglesia, volumen 6, dice: "Que los que tienen el amor de Dios abran sus corazones y hogares para acoger a estos niños. No es el mejor plan cuidar a los huérfanos en grandes instituciones. Si no tienen parientes que puedan sostenerlos, los miembros de nuestras iglesias deben adoptar a estos pequeñuelos en sus familias o hallar hogares apropiados para ellos en otras casas.” (6TI 284.3). Y continúa diciendo. ”Estos niños son en un sentido especial seres en quienes Cristo se fija, y descuidarlos es ofenderlo a él. Todo acto bondadoso expresado a ellos en el nombre de Jesús será aceptado por él como hecho a él mismo" (6TI 284.4).
La iglesia ha sido bendecida con organizaciones que brindan servicios para huérfanos y niños vulnerables. Algunos de ellos se enumeran aquí: www.possibilityministries.org/orphans.
Que el Señor abra nuestros ojos y toque nuestro corazón, mostrándonos cómo podemos ministrar a estos niños. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=345WF34npzI
