16 November 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Ever since the General Conference denied women pastors ordination, I’ve been furious. It has ruined by church experience. I know Adventists have the truth, I love my congregation, and all of my friends and family are in this church. But the failure to do the right thing on […] Source: https://atoday.org/aunt-sevvy-the-general-conference-makes-me-so-mad/
Sunday: The Idea of the Covenant
Read Nehemiah 10:1-29 (and refresh your memory by reading Nehemiah 9:36-38). Who is making this covenant, and why did they enter into it?
Although only the leaders signed the document, the text pointedly notes that all of “the rest the people” entered into “a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God” (Neh. 10:28-29, NIV). What was so significant about the covenant that they all desired to enter into an agreement with God?
Hearing the Law
In order to answer this question, we have to go back to the very beginning, and understand the biblical idea of the covenant.
The covenant was important because it was part of God’s story in dealing with sinful humanity, and it demonstrated God’s yearning for a relationship with people. It also allowed people to demonstrate their desire to be dedicated to God.
The biblical creation story in Genesis 1 and 2 reveals not only the creation of the first humans but the relationship between them and God, and between each other, as well. However, sin then entered and broke all those relationships. Sin is the antithesis of creation, bringing de-creation (death) instead.
The genealogy of Adam eventually splits, as Cain chooses evil (Gen. 4:8-19) and Seth embraces God (Gen. 5:3-24). Cain’s genealogy culminates in Lamech (Gen. 4:17-19), the seventh (inclusively) from Adam, who introduced polygamy. Violence and vengeance on Cain’s side stand in juxtaposition to the faithful lineage of Seth. Seth’s genealogy is also enumerated, but the seventh in this line is Enoch, who “walked with God” (Gen. 5:24) and was taken to heaven.
Unfortunately, the world embraced evil more than it did God, and there came a point when the lineage of the faithful was very small, and soon there might not be any family left through whom God could fulfill His word by sending the promised Seed to save humans. At that point, God intervenes with the flood. The flood, however, was a further de-creation, a reversal and destruction of life, and yet God destroyed only what humans had already ruined (Gen. 6:11-13).
| How have you personally experienced the reality of sin’s destructive force? What’s the only power against sin, and how do we avail ourselves of it? |
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Venerdi 15 novembre 2019
Proverbi 3:1 Figlio mio, non dimenticare il mio insegnamento, e il tuo cuore custodisca i miei comandamenti. Testo di Alejandro Bullon, presentato in studio da Anna Cupertino. Meditazione giornaliera, serie "Apri la porta del tuo cuore". https://hopemedia.it Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lsfhofyyWM
8.1 The Idea of the Covenant – GOD AND THE COVENANT | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series EZRA AND NEHEMIAH with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. |
8.GOD AND THE COVENANT |
A covenant is very important. Both partners promise to do what they have promised.
8.1 The Idea of the Covenant
By signature the leaders of Judah promise to be loyal towards God.
My God bless you today and always.
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Psalm 69:30
I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
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