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Comments of the Week September 8-13 “Never mess with a conference office when it comes to money. You are trying to disrupt their pyramid scheme.” –Susan Stoehrer Hecht on Beauford Church Responds to Carolina Conference: “The Stalemate Continues” Comments on September 11, 2026: 25 Years Later, Who Are We?; PUC, NAD & GCC Face Lawsuit […] Source: https://atoday.org/comments-of-the-week-september-8-13/
RÍO DE JANEIRO, Brasil.—El Hospital Adventista Silvestre alcanzó un nuevo hito en su historia médica al realizar el primer trasplante de intestino aislado del estado de Río de Janeiro, un procedimiento de alta complejidad todavía poco frecuente en Brasil. La cirugía se realizó el sábado 5 de septiembre de 2026 y tuvo una duración aproximada […] Source: https://atoday.org/hospital-adventista-silvestre-en-brasil-realiza-el-primer-trasplante-de-intestino/
Bible verse of the day: "The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord." — Lamentations 3:25-26 (NIV) Welcome to our Daily Prayer Meeting!
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Daily Lesson for Monday 14th of September 2026
Yesterday, we saw that Paul and his fellow workers exerted their ministries as a spiritual warfare, and did so using God’s weapons. Today, we will see that false teachers act according to human criteria. They boast inappropriately. In turn, Paul boasts only in the Lord. As he wrote: “But ‘he who glories, let him glory in the Lord’ ” (2 Corinthians 10:17, NKJV).
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Paul’s use of self-boasting language has intrigued interpreters throughout the centuries. However, self-boasting was a common practice in the ancient world and was controlled by social conventions to avoid offending the audience. Paul knew such conventions, and he followed them. In addition, Paul makes it clear that his way of boasting distinguishes itself from that of the false teachers. He boasts in the Lord (2 Corinthians 10:17). This is a quotation from the Old Testament: “ ‘Let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth’ ” (Jeremiah 9:24, ESV). By quoting this passage from Jeremiah, Paul shows that it is Christ who is in focus—Christ’s love, justice, and righteousness.
In other words, Paul’s boasting focuses on God’s accomplishments in Christ. Thus, his boasting is biblical and, hence, inoffensive. On the other hand, his opponents got into an atmosphere of competitiveness by comparing themselves to one another. This is foolishness (2 Corinthians 10:12).
In 2 Corinthians 10:14-16, Paul hints that preaching the gospel is the primary focus of his ministry, both in Corinth and in regions beyond Corinth. Paul’s love for Jesus led him to talk constantly about the good news of salvation, found in the death and resurrection of Christ.
Unlike the false teachers in Corinth who commended themselves, Paul had been commended and approved by God (2 Corinthians 10:12,18). He was “called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God” (1 Corinthians 1:1, NKJV). He was faithful to this calling until the end of his life (2 Timothy 4:7).
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Reread 2 Corinthians 10:12-18. How can church leaders, or even members, avoid an atmosphere of competition? Why is it so easy to get caught up in things that really don’t matter? |
Soy una apasionada de los paseos. Durante una de mis excursiones por mi vecindario y el parque de la zona, me propuse un ejercicio mental: imaginarme a Jesús caminando a mi lado. Este ejercicio mental puede parecer un poco cursi, tal vez. Pero la imagen mental que empezó a caminar a mi lado era todo […] Source: https://atoday.org/editorial-jesus-con-pantalones-cortos-y-sudadera/
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