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January 3, 2025 | On December 29, tragedy struck the Korean Union Conference when a plane crash occurred at Muan International Airport in the South Jeolla Province, South Korea, killing eleven congregants and students. According to reports, an Adventist lay leader with his wife and son, two Adventist students with their parents, and a congregant […] Source: https://atoday.org/adra-partners-with-community-for-south-korean-plane-crash/
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 4th of January 2025
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Memory Text:
“Jesus answered and said to him, ‘If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him’ ” (John 14:23, NKJV).
Many have been taught that the Greek word agape refers to a love that is unique to God, while other terms for love, such as phileo, refer to different kinds of love, more deficient than agape. Some claim, too, that agape refers to unilateral love, a love that only gives but never receives, a love entirely independent of human response.
However, careful study of divine love throughout Scripture shows that these ideas, though common, are mistaken. First, the Greek term agape refers not only to God’s love but also to human love, even sometimes misdirected human love (2 Timothy 4:10). Second, throughout Scripture, many terms other than agape refer to God’s love. For example, Jesus taught, “ ‘The Father Himself loves [phileo] you, because you have loved [phileo] Me’ ” (John 16:27, NASB). Here, the Greek term phileo is used not only of human love but also of God’s love for humans. Thus, phileo does not refer to a deficient kind of love but to God’s love itself.
Scripture also teaches that God’s love is not unilateral but deeply relational, in that it makes a profound difference to God whether or not humans reflect His love back to Him and to others.
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It’s 2025, and we already know what’s coming for Adventism. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. – January 15 – GC implements new “Tithe Transparency Initiative”, publishing list of non-offering givers in church bulletins worldwide. Attendance mysteriously drops by 50% the following Sabbath. – February 14 – No Ring By Spring’ support group formed at […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-predictions-for-adventism-in-2025/
Matthew 21:22 – "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." Tag someone in need of prayer, and kindly share your prayer requests here. https://wkf.ms/3DBuapQ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hpki1l5oCc
A new year has just begun, and if you’re like me, you love new things. A new car, a new house, new beginnings, and even a blank new page. But to Heaven, the best “new” of all is a soul saved for God’s kingdom. Maha was a thief, and a thief of the worst kind. He not only robbed people of their goods and their cattle, but the large-scale attacks he carried out with his gang of thieves terrorized the community and struck fear in the hearts of the villagers. His escapades became so notorious that Maha feared his neighbors would turn him in to the military police. So when he learned of a possible ambush, Maha fled his village and took refuge at his aunt and uncle’s house in another town. But unbeknownst to Maha, God had led him there, because his family listened to Adventist World Radio every day! Maha had no choice but to listen. Day after day, he learned things he’d never heard before. Then one day, something caught his attention. The more he heard it, and the more he listened, the more he wanted that “something” for himself. But was it possible? Watch this video to find out what Maha wanted so badly and how God was able to change his heart and turn his life around completely. May this new year be a year of renewed commitment, of new opportunities to share God’s message, and of new victories for His kingdom. We are living in unprecedented times, and we’ve been granted exceptional opportunities to share the good news of Christ’s soon return with the world. Let’s make the most of it! Yours in the Blessed Hope, Duane McKey
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