Under the theme “Passing on the Testimony to the Next Generation,” the Museum of Adventism in Haiti marked more than 120 years of Adventist presence with two special programs and conferences, culminating in the inauguration of the 120th Memorial C… Source: https://adventist.news/news/haiti-adventist-museum-marks-120-years-of-church-presence
Sunday: The Book and the Blood
Daily Lesson for Sunday 31st of August 2025
Read Exodus 24:1-8. What roles do the reading of the Word of God and the sprinkling of blood play in the ratification of the covenant between God and His people?
The living God of the Bible is the God of relationships.
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The important element for our Lord is not a thing or an agenda but the person. Thus, God pays close attention to people, and the primary purpose of His activities is to build a personal relationship with humans. After all, a God who “is love” would have to be a God who did care about relationships, for how can there be love without relationships?
Jesus said: “ ‘And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself’ ” (John 12:32, ESV). God is interested not only in our ethical behavior, right doctrine, or in a set of proper actions, but, above all, in a personal, intimate relationship with us. Both Creation institutions (Genesis 1:1-31; Genesis 2:1-25) are about relationship: the first about the vertical relationship with God (the Sabbath) and the second about the horizontal relationship between humans (marriage).
The ratification of the covenant at Sinai was to reinforce the special relationship that God wanted to have with His people. In the ceremony, the people twice shouted that they would obey God in everything that He required. “Everything the Lord has said we will do,” they proclaimed (Exodus 24:3, NIV). They meant it, too, but they did not know their brokenness, fragility, and lack of power. The blood of the covenant was sprinkled on the people, indicating that only by Christ’s merits was Israel able to follow God’s instructions.
We do not want to accept that our human nature is fragile, weak, and thoroughly sinful. We have an inherent tendency toward evil. To be able to do good, we must have help from outside ourselves. This help comes only from above, from the power of God’s grace, from His Word, and from the Holy Spirit. And even with all this at our disposal, evil still comes so easily to us, does it not?
That’s why a close personal relationship with God was as essential to the people then, at Sinai, as it is to us today.
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“Everything the Lord has said we will do” (Exodus 24:3, NIV). How many times have you said the same thing, only to fail? What is the only solution? |
(0)Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25c-10-the-book-and-the-blood/
God First: Your Daily Prayer Meeting #1100
"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer" (Matthew 21:22, NIV).
Tag someone in need of prayer, and kindly share your prayer requests here:
https://wkf.ms/3DBuapQ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-sVByJ37nw
SdS – Il libro dell’Esodo – Lezione 10
IL PATTO E IL PROGETTO. Approfondimento della lezione 10 del 3° trimestre 2025 a cura di Mariarosa Cavalieri, Roberta Vittori e Nino Plano. 📩 Trovi i materiali utili qui:
🔗 uicca.org/3-trimestre-2025-lezione-10
🔗 https://uicca.org/nocciolo-3-trimestre-2025
🔗 https://uicca.org/edizioni-adv-3-trimestre-2025
🔗 https://ottopermilleavventisti.it/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtT-1mhDtzM
Enditnow Emphasis Day in Nigeria Highlights Dignity of the Elderly
On August 23, 2025, Seventh-day Adventists around the world observed enditnow Emphasis Day , this year focusing on the abuse of the elderly. The annual event, led by the Women’s Ministries department of the General Conference of the Seventh-day A… Source: https://adventist.news/news/enditnow-emphasis-day-in-nigeria-highlights-dignity-of-the-elderly
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