by Hannele Ottschofski | 3 December 2019 | Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. When the annual council in 1984 voted that the divisions should be allowed to decide whether to ordain women as elders, some people feared that the church would split. That was not the case. That would not have happened […] Source: https://atoday.org/aseatatthetable/
Wednesday: Sacrifices as Part of Worship
Read Nehemiah 12:43. What was special about offering “great sacrifices” as part of their worship celebration?
Sacrifices were the most essential aspect of worship during the time of the temple. Several different sacrifices were used, either for the promise of forgiveness or to express the joy of fellowship and gratitude to God. Sacrifices provided the substance for worship, as they reminded the worshipers of the truth of God and who He is, and pointed to the Promised Seed, the Messiah, who would sacrifice His life for them, because He is the Lamb of God.
Read John 1:29, John 1:36; 1 Corinthians 5:7; and Revelation 5:6, Rev. 5:12-13. What do they teach us about what the sacrifices ultimately pointed to? If the ancient Israelites could rejoice over a dead farm animal, a death that could reveal only so much truth, how much more reason do we have to rejoice than they had?
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Notice, too, how many times the idea of joy and rejoicing appears in Nehemiah 12:43 alone. That is, amid the reverence, and perhaps the godly fear that the people experienced in their worship service (after all, the killing of an animal for their sins was a solemn thing), there was joy and rejoicing, as well. When we approach God, it must be in awe and reverence, as well as with rejoicing. Psalm 95 demonstrates that a true act of adoration involves a summons to sing, shout joyfully, and make music to celebrate God (Ps. 95:1) as well as to bow down and kneel before the Lord (Ps. 95:6). Striving to achieve a balance between joy and reverence is crucial for adoring, praising, and worshiping our Creator.
| When we think that, at the cross, the Creator of all that is created (see John 1:1-3) hung there, dying for the sins of His creation, what emotion do we first experience? What role can, and should, joy also play in our experience of the Cross? |
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Jamaican Adventist Church for the Deaf in Media Spotlight
3 December 2019 | An Adventist congregation in Jamaica was recently featured in the premier newspaper in the country. The Jamaica Observer spotlighted the unique worship environment in the denomination’s Deaf Church in St. Catherine, southeast Jamaica, which started four years ago and now has an attendance of 35 to 40 worshipers per weekend. The […] Source: https://atoday.org/jamaican-adventist-church-for-the-deaf-in-media-spotlight/
03 – Gestire le mie relazioni
Terzo video della settimana speciale della Gestione Cristiana della Vita. Ulteriore materiale di approfondimento (video e testo) su: https://hopechannel.it/03-gestire-le-mie-relazioni-settimana-della-gcv-2019/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE44bWKHjlE
Which commandment is ok for Christians to break?
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