Versetto introduttivo: Atti 7:20-25 Meditazione a cura di: Lino Rizzi Registrato presso la Chiesa Cristiana Avventista di Trieste il 26/10/2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMqfSH2V5Oo
Privilegiati | Samuele Raboni
La Chiesa Avventista ha un ruolo privilegiato rispetto ad altre confessioni religiose; è di nascita profetica. Meditazione a cura di Samuele Raboni.
Registrata presso la comunità di Cesena sabato 26 ottobre 2024. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C4Yye4r1N8
Tuesday: “ ‘Sir, Give Me This Water’ ”
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 29th of October 2024
“ ‘Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them’ ” (Ezekiel 36:25-27, NKJV).
How does Ezekiel 36:25-27 reflect the truths Jesus was seeking to give to Nicodemus and to the woman at the well?
In both cases, Jesus was seeking to reach these people with spiritual truths, even though He used illustrations from the natural world to do so.
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At first, neither person understood what Jesus meant. How, asked Nicodemus, can a man be born again? That is, how can he return to his mother’s womb? Nicodemus clearly was functioning at a mundane and earthly level, even though Jesus clearly was pointing him toward spiritual truth. This woman, too, took Jesus’ words about the water in a literal sense when Jesus was clearly talking about something spiritual.
The woman’s response to Jesus’ offer of living water was, “ ‘Give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw’ ” (John 4:15, NKJV). She reasoned that the water Jesus offered would obviate trips to the well, thus reducing the risk of facing others. It is striking that the conversation shifted so quickly from Jesus’ asking for a drink to the woman’s asking Him for a drink.
Read John 4:16. How did Jesus respond to the woman’s request?
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Abruptly, Jesus changes the topic of discussion, telling the woman to go call her husband and come back. Why the sudden shift in topic? The woman’s actions bespoke avoidance. Jesus could read her heart. She must face her situation to find healing. “Before this soul could receive the gift He longed to bestow, she must be brought to recognize her sin and her Saviour.”—Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 187. |
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This is How I Left My Tiny Village for the City
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Aunty, how does Satan tempt us?
28 October 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, We often say that Satan tempts us. Apart from his temptation of Jesus in the desert, though, we don’t see many examples of the mechanics of temptation. James 1:14 actually says that “each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.” What what’s […] Source: https://atoday.org/aunty-how-does-satan-tempt-us/
