Closer To Heaven
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19 May 2025 | A fragile ceasefire has paused the drone war between Pakistan and India. However, the threat for Adventist congregations is still simmering. What began as allegations and accusations has led to devastating attacks through air strikes, causing the deaths of 36 people and injuring 57 more in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Adventist […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-church-takes-action-amid-the-tentative-india-pakistan-ceasefire/
"I Will Go" and Total Member Involvement mean something deeper when you consider that Jesus also was willing to GO. He was willing to be involved. He was willing to leave His home, even putting Himself in danger to share God's love with others—with US. Jesus went. Will you? Comment "I WILL GO" below and we'll pray for your personal ministry today. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Du4KgH1ChI
19 May 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, In Luke 21 where Jesus is talking about the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of time, he said, “They will put some of you to death” (v.16), followed by “not a hair of your head will perish” (v.18). What did Jesus mean by these seemingly contradictory statements? […] Source: https://atoday.org/aunty-ive-encountered-some-passages-in-the-bible-that-directly-contradict-others-how-can-that-be/
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 20th of May 2025
The remnant gathered on Zion have a name engraved on their foreheads: the name of the Father and the Lamb. (Whether this is two different names is doubtful; Jesus is the very image of the Father!) A “name” in the Scriptures signifies more than a label by which people address each other; it stands for character. To this day, many cultures still say that someone has a “good name” when people think highly of their character.
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Some picture God’s glory as an unapproachable, brilliant light, which is certainly an apt description. But God’s glory is more than simply a visual display; His glory is His character. The same is true with God’s name.
When the Bible describes a remnant with God’s name inscribed in their foreheads, it is not a matter of having literal letters written there; it is a matter of having God’s character inscribed in your mind, your heart, and so now in our lives we reflect the love and character of God. You have been pulled close to God, and you love Him for who He is and what He has done for you.
How interesting, too, that when God describes Himself to Moses, He does it in conjunction with Moses’ receiving another copy of the Ten Commandments, which is also a transcript of His character. Likewise, the people who have God’s “name” in Revelation 14:1-20 are described as those who “keep the commandments of God.” Then notice the words found in Hebrews: “ ‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,’ then He adds, ‘Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more’ ” (Hebrews 10:16-17, NKJV). What an expression of the gospel: though God’s law is reflected in our lives, we still need our sins to be remembered “no more.”
God’s name is His character. His moral law is a transcript of His character. And those who are gathered on God’s holy hill in the last days are infused with a love for God, a love manifested by obedience to His law.
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If we are saved by faith and not by the law, what then is the importance of God’s law? (See 1 John 5:3.) |
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