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God First: Your Daily Prayer Meeting #848

December 7, 2024 By admin



Matthew 21:22 – "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." Tag someone in need of prayer, and kindly share your prayer requests here. https://bit.ly/3GdFXpR Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hml2dQorIo

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SdS – Il Vangelo di Giovanni – Lezione 11

December 7, 2024 By admin



IL PADRE, IL FIGLIO E LO SPIRITO. Approfondimento della lezione della Scuola del Sabato numero 11 – IV trimestre 2024 con Mariarosa Cavalieri, Ellen Silvestro e Filippo Alma. 📩 Risorse per il IV trimestre 2024:
🔗 https://uicca.org/4-trimestre-2024-lez-11
🔗 https://uicca.org/nocciolo-quarto-trimestre-2024
🔗 https://vocedellasperanza.it
🔗 https://www.edizioniadvshop.it/lezionario-sds-adulti-2-2024.html
🔗 https://ottopermilleavventisti.it/chiesa-avventista/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGOTZwZyAIQ

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SdS – Intro – Il Vangelo di Giovanni – Lezione 11

December 7, 2024 By admin



IL PADRE, IL FIGLIO E LO SPIRITO.
Testi di Mariarosa Cavalieri, speaker Daniella Escobar. 📩 Risorse per il IV trimestre 2024:
🔗 https://uicca.org/4-trimestre-2024-lez-11
🔗 https://uicca.org/nocciolo-quarto-trimestre-2024
🔗 https://vocedellasperanza.it
🔗 https://www.edizioniadvshop.it/lezionario-sds-adulti-2-2024.html
🔗 https://ottopermilleavventisti.it/chiesa-avventista/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysaeAlFLHY0

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This Is Why Gratitude Transforms Your Life

December 6, 2024 By admin



The practice of gratitude is more than just a list; it’s a way to connect with God’s blessings. How does reflecting on Psalms 103 inspire you to be more thankful? Share your thoughts and subscribe for further exploration of faith and gratitude. #Gratitude #Thankfulness #SpiritualGrowth #awr #adventistworldradio #short Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnINp1t6CdQ

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1 Corinzi 14:12 – Apri la porta del tuo cuore

December 6, 2024 By admin



"Così anche voi, poiché desiderate i doni dello Spirito, cercate di abbondarne per l'edificazione della chiesa". 📖 1 Corinzi 14:12
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💌 Apri la porta del tuo cuore
👉 Rubrica a cura di Anna Cupertino
🗣 Speaker: Bianca Stoian Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89xtsY2Xq1o

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Adventism as Worldview

December 6, 2024 By admin

When I was a kid, there were only two things I knew with absolute certainty: pain and love.

Suffering defined my existence. Horrors haunted our little home—the horrors of rage and drug abuse and, worst of all, the horror of violence regularly inflicted upon my mother. But, then, in the midst of it all, there was a contrary mystery.

There was love.

I loved my mom, and I knew she loved me. I loved my younger brothers and little sister. As I grew up, the contrast and tension between these two inescapable forces hung before me like an unsolvable emotional enigma.

MOM GOES “WEIRD”

Fast forward a few years, and my mother came home one day announcing that she had become a “born again Seventh-day Adventist Christian,” whatever that was. She declared with a smile, “All of you are henceforth vegetarians, and you will never watch TV again.” What had happened to Mom? Was she going to be OK? Would we be OK, or would we all die for want of cartoons and what she was now calling “flesh foods”? Well, we soon learned what had happened to her. A strange person called an “evangelist”—whatever that was—had rolled up into our city and filled her “gullible” head with a bunch of weird new ideas.

Up to that point, God had never been mentioned in our home. Fortunately for the evangelist, however, my mom had been raised in a home that regarded the Bible as “the Word of God.” So, when the evangelist paid her a series of visits, all he had to do was quote Bible verses, frequently saying with an air of authority, “The Bible says,” with the strongly implied, “therefore, you ought.” She accepted what the Bible man told her and got “baptized”—whatever that was. She also immediately deployed the evangelist upon me. But much to his frustration, when he quoted the Bible to me, I just stared straight through him with a look of, “So what?” No disrespect was intended. I just had no idea what the Bible was, so it possessed no assumed authority for me. To my mind, it was in the category of literature, like Shakespeare and Dickens. The evangelist, known to baptize anyone who gave him a hearing, told the church members, “If I’ve ever met a lost soul beyond hope, it’s that Ty Gibson kid.”

EMPATHY WINS

The evangelist gave up on me, but my mom didn’t. Soon, a youth pastor showed up at our house to “befriend” me. I was resistant to his awkward overtures and found it annoying that he kept coming around trying to act “cool.” But he was different than the other guy. He didn’t come at me with authoritative religious declarations. Still, though, I found the idea of “God” ridiculous. His visits were becoming a habit pattern, so I decided to end his efforts to “win” my soul by unloading my unbelief on him.

“Listen, dude, you apparently find the idea of ‘God’ believable, but I don’t. Just look at this world. I don’t even love everybody like you say God does, but if I saw little kids starving to death, I’d feed them. I’m not all-powerful like you say God is, but if I saw a man beating his wife, I’d stop the monster. So don’t tell me about God, because 2+2=4, not 56, and this God idea does not match up with reality.”

To my surprise, he didn’t try to argue me into subjection. Instead, he seemed to genuinely empathize with my perplexity. “Yeah, this world is pretty messed up,” he said, “and I don’t understand why God lets it go on for another day.” At that moment, I felt a little bit of respect for the guy. At least he could see the world I saw and feel the feelings I felt. He promised to stop bothering me if I would simply read the first chapter of a book my mom had acquired from one of the church people. Wow, what a deal!

“Sure, dude, and goodbye.”

NEW EQUATION

Later that evening, I reluctantly opened the book and read the first sentence: “God is love” (1 John 4:8). I rolled my eyes and sighed, “Here we go.” But by the time I finished the chapter, a simple equation with massive explanatory power had formed in my mind:

Love—>Freedom—>Risk

Love requires freedom to exist, but freedom carries the risk that things might go against love. I sat there in a flooded state of “wow.” Suddenly, things began to make sense, not because I had suddenly adopted the view that the Bible is an authority to which I must yield, but because the idea itself possessed an inherent authority by means of the sense it was making of reality. The emotional weight I’d been feeling my entire life began to float above my heart. Within the space of an hour, a whole new way of viewing reality was dawning upon my mind.

“God is love.”

Those were the first theological words I ever read. Adventism gave me those words and the expansive perception of reality to which they grant access. What I needed was a way to make sense of the diametrically opposed forces of selfishness and love so obviously waging war within human beings. What I needed was a way to comprehend what’s going on in this world of ours so drenched in blood and tears. What I needed, in other words, was a worldview. And that’s precisely what Adventism gave me.

WORLDVIEWS

A worldview is a composite of ideas that forms a perceptual lens through which a person tries to make sense of life. Everybody has a worldview. But while there are 7.3 billion people on the planet and hundreds of religions and philosophies, there are only five basic belief systems.

  1. Naturalism—the atheist worldview—says that there is no such thing as evil as a moral category. All there is here is natural process. Suffering is part of that process and is necessary for the evolution of the strong and the elimination of the weak. Human beings are evolving animals governed by natural forces and, therefore, possess no actual free will. All notions of right and wrong, love and hate, mercy and justice, and accountability to a higher power are cultural constructs with no intrinsic basis in reality itself.
  2. Pantheism—the all-is-god worldview—says that there is no personal God that exists distinct from the material world. Rather, nature itself constitutes a collective consciousness of divine proportions. Evil is a balancing force in nature, and suffering is part of the eternal cycle of life. Pantheism is basically a spiritualized version of naturalism.
  3. Deterministic Theism—the control worldview—says that God’s main characteristic is power, and His primary objective is control. God predetermines all events, both the good and the bad, including each person’s eternal destiny, whether heaven or hell. Human beings are the subjects upon which God’s sovereign will acts and do not possess free will. Evil and suffering are ordained by God for His inscrutable purposes.
  4. Appeasement Theism—the merit worldview—says God’s main characteristic is wrath. If we try hard enough, our deeds of obedience can earn His favor and avert His anger. Suffering is orchestrated by God for the satisfaction of His will.
  5. Benevolent Theism—the love-and-liberty worldview—says that God’s defining characteristic is love, and His main objective is that we would be voluntary reciprocators of His love. Evil and suffering proceed from the misuse of free will for anti-love purposes, and the plan of salvation is the means by which God is eradicating evil from the world while preserving free will.

WORLDVIEW MATTERS

Okay, but why does a person’s worldview matter?

Quite frankly, because what a person believes about the basic content and configuration of reality will be the primary factor that shapes their character, behavior patterns, and relational dynamics. When we speak of worldviews, we are not discussing irrelevant differences with no inherent ramifications. Rather, each worldview constitutes a psychological template that drives quality of life. In the words of Ellen White:

“The whole spiritual life is molded by our conceptions of God; and if we cherish erroneous views of His character, our souls will sustain injury” (Ellen White, Review and Herald, January 14, 1890).

As a theological system, Adventism falls into the Benevolent Theism category. I would suggest, in fact, that Adventism has the unrealized capacity to articulate for the world the most compelling, coherent, and consistent rendering of Benevolent Theism conceivable.

But do allow me to qualify. This article is intended to cast a vision of the potential that lies within Adventism’s theological portfolio. It is not an examination of how we have failed to steward that potential. There will be those who will respond by saying something like, “What! That’s not the Adventism I know.” To you, I would say that the first step toward changing any situation is to positively articulate what it can be and to begin acting as though what we want to be true is true.

So, what might that theological vision look like?

GOD

Well, for starters, if we begin with the premise that “God is love,” we are face to face with the most beautiful core belief imaginable. To say that “God is love” is to say that God is essentially other-centered and self-giving. The idea is, quite frankly, breathtaking. From this foundation, the doctrine of the Trinity is logically deduced. If God were a solitary self, a rigid singularity, existing in a fundamental state of aloneness at some point in the far reaches of the past, it could not be said with any logical coherence that “God is love.” Love, by definition, requires a subject upon which to lavish its energy. If there is no subject, there is no love. Therefore, we believe God is a social unit rather than a solitary self. We believe God is composed of an interpersonal relationship of giving and receiving between three equally divine eternal persons. I would suggest that knowing God in this light is both rationally compelling and emotionally satisfying.

CREATION

Because God is love, God was impelled from within His own other-centered nature to create others with whom to share the bliss of a love-actuated existence. We believe, then, that creation is God’s love actualized in material form. For love to exist within creation, freewill was necessarily built into the system. By definition, love is voluntary. When Scripture says that God made humanity “in His own image,” this means that human beings were psychologically, emotionally, and volitionally engineered for other-centeredness. But right here it becomes immediately evident that there is a potential upside and a potential downside to freewill. If we are free to love one another, then we are also free to live for ourselves to the hurt of one another.

THE FALL

Because God is love, it follows that God does not exert exhaustive control over His creation. Tragically, the risk inherent in freewill was realized in the Fall of both humans and angels. As a result, we find ourselves living in the throes of a great controversy between good and evil, a war of wills, a conflict between other-centeredness and self-centeredness. Two diametrically opposed modes of existence are vying for our allegiance. Sin is not merely the breaking of rules imposed by a God of sovereign power, but the violation of a relational integrity that was engineered into reality by a God of sovereign love. The fact that evil and pain exist is evidence, not of God’s sovereign will being exerted upon the world, but of freewill gone bad in a world capable of noble moral splendor.

SALVATION

Again, because God is love, God could not, would not, abandon us to deception and destruction. God knew that the moment He would bring us into existence, He would love us above Himself. He knew, also, that if we were to turn from love to selfishness, He would keep on loving us at any cost to Himself and pursue us to the complete end of Himself. We can see, then, that the cross was in God’s view from the start. And He still created us! Sin is anti-love. As such, sin is also an anti-creational force that throws everything it enslaves into chaos, suffering, and death. Salvation is God’s plan for restoring love to humanity as our only mode of existence.

THE LAW

Because God is love, He has revealed to us the essence of His character in the form of His law, the Ten Commandments. The law is not a list of arbitrary rules that have no grounding in reality but rather a description of what love looks like in action. As such, the law is not a means of salvation, but a revelation, by contrast, of our fallen condition, awakening in us a sense of need for a Savior.

THE SABBATH

Because God is love, we are Sabbatarians. The Sabbath is embedded within reality, in the very cycle of time and in the very makeup of humanity. The Sabbath tells us who God is and who we are in relation to God. He is the Creator and we are the created. He is the Redeemer and we are the redeemed. In both creation and redemption, God accomplishes the work and we are dependent recipients of His gifts. The Sabbath is a weekly commemoration of God’s benevolent character, reminding us each seventh day that we are creatures who rest in His unearned love. The Sabbath truth is, therefore, the antithesis of legalism and self-dependence, when rightly understood.

ESCHATOLOGY

Because God is love, our entire eschatology centers on the difference between force and freedom in matters of worship. The crucial point of Daniel and Revelation is that religious systems that resort to coercion are diametrically opposed to the character of God. Love alone is the basis for all true worship.

You get the picture. Of course, I’m just scratching the surface here. Along with the sanctuary and the judgement, death and hell, the Second Coming, the Millennium, and the earth made new, Adventism possesses the raw theological materials from which to construct a worldview so rationally convincing and emotionally attractive that it very well could illuminate the whole earth with God’s glory (Revelation 18:1). Our total theology is simply and profoundly this: “God is love.” Then, operating from that premise, we can formulate a comprehensive understanding of the world and our place in it, the nature of evil and suffering, and the principles by which God has embarked upon the glorious enterprise of human salvation.

“God is love” in the most beautiful, meaningful, and liberating sense imaginable.

That’s all.

And that’s a lot.

That’s what Adventism communicated to an eighteen-year-old boy whose worldview would never be the same, and that’s what Adventism has the potential to communicate to the world.


This post was first published on LightBearers.org. It is re-published here by permission of the author.

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December 06, 2024: record growth worldwide & More Global News.

December 6, 2024 By admin



On this episode of ANN: the Seventh-day Adventist Church reports record growth worldwide. Nuevo Tiempo’s Angels of Hope program aids mental and spiritual healing in Argentina and ADRA showcases climate solutions at COP29 in Azerbaijan. Also, Adventist Mission combats loneliness among seniors in Singapore, AdventHealth Air Rescue serves over 1,000 patients annually in Florida, and 'The Hopeful' film is a box office success in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. Stay tuned as ANN brings everything you have to know about what is happening in the church worldwide. For a deeper dive into these headlines, visit https://www.adventist.news ANN is the official news channel of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Subscribe to ANN HERE: https://www.youtube.com/@AdventistNewsNetwork
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Vespers Dec 06, 2024 | Heavenly Gifts — Jacob Wayd

December 6, 2024 By admin



Heavenly Gifts — Jacob Wayd THANK YOU for your continued financial support of our Media Ministries. Please donate by visiting "https://adventistgiving.org/#/org/ANB4RC/envelope/start" and select “Media Ministries”. Connect With Us
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Lesson 10.The Way, the Truth, and the Life | 10.7 Questions | THEMES IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN | LIVING FAITH

December 6, 2024 By admin

1.Discuss your answers to the last question in the Thursday section. What decisive truths that the Bible conveys could we never, not even approximately, learn from science? For example, the cross? Or the resurrection? Or the second coming? What other important biblical truths must be revealed to us—otherwise, we would never experience them?
Science is a valuable tool for understanding the natural world, but it has its limits. There are essential truths about God, our lives, and eternity that we could never discover through science alone. The Bible reveals these truths, which fundamentally shape our lives and our faith. Here are some crucial examples:
  1. The Cross: God’s Plan of Redemption
    • The Significance of the Cross: Science can examine the historical facts surrounding the crucifixion, but it cannot explain why Jesus died. The Bible reveals that Jesus bore the punishment for our sins through His death and reconciled us with God (John 3:16; Isaiah 53:5).
    • The Depth of God’s Love: Only Scripture shows us that the cross is an expression of God’s unconditional love that redeems and renews us.
  1. The Resurrection: Victory over Death and Sin
    • Historical Uniqueness: While science might investigate the existence of the tomb or the circumstances of the resurrection, it cannot explain the reality of overcoming death.
    • Biblical Truth: The resurrection of Jesus gives us hope for eternal life and victory over sin and death (1 Corinthians 15:20–22). Without this revelation, we would not know that death is not the end.
  1. The Second Coming of Jesus: Hope for Completion
    • A Future Promise: Science cannot provide an answer to the ultimate future of humanity. However, the Bible promises that Jesus will return to establish His kingdom and make all things new (John 14:1–3; Revelation 21:1–4).
    • Comfort and Expectation: This truth gives us hope and perspective, especially in difficult times.
  1. The Nature of God
    • The Trinity: The Bible reveals the relationship between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, a truth that goes far beyond human understanding (Matthew 28:19).
    • God’s Character: Only Scripture shows us that God is simultaneously holy, just, merciful, and full of love.
  1. The Meaning and Purpose of Life
    • Our Purpose: Science cannot tell us why we exist. The Bible teaches that we were created to love God, serve Him, and have fellowship with Him (Ecclesiastes 12:13; Matthew 22:37–39).
    • Our Value: The Bible reveals that every person is created in God’s image and therefore has infinite value and special dignity (Genesis 1:27).
  1. The Reality of Sin and Redemption
    • The Problem of Sin: Science can examine the effects of wrongdoing, but it does not fully explain why humanity is inherently sinful.
    • God’s Solution: Only the Bible shows that Jesus Christ is the answer to sin, redeeming us through His sacrifice (Romans 3:23–24).
  1. Eternal Life
    • Our Destiny Beyond Death: Science has no answer for what happens after death. The Bible reveals that believers are promised eternal life with God (John 11:25–26).
Other Essential Truths
    • The Work of the Holy Spirit: The Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit works within us, guiding, comforting, and transforming us (John 14:26).
    • The Importance of Prayer and Fellowship with God: Science can study the psychological benefits of prayer, but it does not explain the spiritual reality and relationship with God that prayer enables (Philippians 4:6–7).
Conclusion
The Bible reveals truths that go beyond the scope of science, providing us with profound insights into God’s plan, our existence, and our future. Without these revelations, we would never be able to answer the most important questions of life—about our origin, our purpose, and our hope. These truths are the foundation of our faith and give our lives direction, meaning, and hope.
2.Think about the fall of Lucifer, a perfect being with so much intellectual knowledge about God and who God is. And yet he rebelled against Him—despite all this knowledge. What does this tell us about the reality of free will—the same free will that we have—and why we must choose moment by moment to submit this will to God?
Lucifer’s rebellion shows that knowledge alone is not enough to guarantee faithfulness to God. Despite his perfect understanding of God’s nature and character, Lucifer chose to rebel against God. This event reveals essential truths about free will and the necessity of consciously choosing to submit our will to God.
  1. Free Will: An Expression of God’s Love
    • God’s Gift: Free will is an expression of God’s love and respect for His creations. He did not create us as machines programmed to love Him, but as beings who can choose to enter into a relationship with Him out of free will.
    • Freedom with Responsibility: However, this freedom comes with responsibility. Our decisions have consequences—for our lives, our relationship with God, and our surroundings.
  1. Lucifer’s Rebellion: An Example of Misusing Free Will
    • Pride and Self-Will: Lucifer allowed pride, selfishness, and the desire for independence to enter his heart. These thoughts led him to turn his God-given freedom against God Himself (Isaiah 14:12–14).
    • Knowledge without Submission: His intellectual knowledge about God did not protect him from rebellion. This shows that true faithfulness to God depends not only on the mind but on the submission of our heart and will.
  1. Free Will and Our Daily Lives
    • Daily Decision: Like Lucifer, we also have the freedom to follow God or turn away from Him. This choice is not one-time but happens daily, even in every moment.
    • Danger of Pride: Lucifer’s fall reminds us how easily pride, selfishness, or the rejection of God’s authority can infiltrate our lives if we do not consciously choose God.
  1. Why We Must Submit Our Will to God
    • God’s Guidance: By submitting our will to God, we allow Him to guide us and protect us from the consequences of wrong decisions.
    • Transformation through God’s Spirit: Only through daily submission to God’s will can the Holy Spirit transform our hearts and help us lead lives of faithfulness and obedience (Romans 12:2).
    • Protection from Rebellion: Lucifer’s example shows how dangerous it is to place our will above God’s. The conscious decision to trust God and follow His plan safeguards us from the consequences of self-will.
  1. Love as the Foundation of Our Decision
    • Relationship, Not Coercion: God does not force us to follow Him. Our decision to follow Him should come out of love and trust, not fear or compulsion.
    • Motivated Faithfulness: When we recognize how much God loves us and what He has done for us, our desire to submit our will to Him and accept His guidance grows.
Conclusion
The fall of Lucifer reminds us of the reality of free will and the responsibility that comes with it. It shows us that knowledge alone is not sufficient—it is the conscious decision to submit our will to God that preserves us in our relationship with Him. This choice is not only a one-time action but a daily, even constant decision that shapes our lives and anchors us in God’s love and truth.

Source: https://fulfilleddesire.net/lesson-10-the-way-the-truth-and-the-life-10-7-questions-themes-in-the-gospel-of-john-living-faith/

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