Christians around the world acknowledge October as Pastor Appreciation Month. The General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (GC) have designated Sabbath 8 October as Pastor Appreciation Day.
Pastor Eglan Brooks, British Union Conference (BUC) President, leads senior church leaders to thank pastoral staff around the territory.
Having spent over 25 years in pastoral ministry, I understand the enormous challenges that pastors and their families face. First, our appreciation to…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-10-06/british-union-conference-president-leads-field-leaders-to-commemorate-pastors-appreciation-day/
BUC President Leads Field Leaders to Commemorate Pastor Appreciation Day
Christians around the world acknowledge October as Pastor Appreciation Month. The General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (GC) have designated Sabbath 8 October as Pastor Appreciation Day.
Pastor Eglan Brooks, British Union Conference (BUC) President, leads senior church leaders to thank pastoral staff around the territory.
Having spent over 25 years in pastoral ministry, I understand the enormous challenges that pastors and their families face. First, our appreciation to…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-10-06/buc-president-leads-field-leaders-to-commemorate-pastor-appreciation-day/
Friday: Further Thought ~ Death in a Sinful World
Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “The Temptation and Fall,” Pages 52-62 and “The Plan of Redemption,” Pages 63-70, in Patriarchs and Prophets; “The Knowledge of Good and Evil,” Pages 23-27, in Education.
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In recent years, studies have been done on what is called Near Death Experiences (NDEs). What happens is that people “die,” in that their hearts stop beating, and they stop breathing. However, they then come back to life, but with fantastic stories of floating into another realm of existence and meeting a being of light. Some even talk about meeting long-dead relatives. Many people, even Christians, who don’t understand the truth about death, believe that these stories are more proof of the immortality of the soul. However (and this should be the clearest warning that something is amiss), most who have these experiences claim that the spiritual beings whom they had met during the NDEs gave them comforting words, nice statements about love, peace, and goodness. But they hear nothing about salvation in Christ, nothing about sin, and nothing about judgment. While getting a taste of the Christian afterlife, shouldn’t they have gotten at least a smidgen of the most basic Christian teachings along with it? Yet, what they’re taught sounds mostly like New Age dogma, which could explain why, in many cases, they come away less inclined toward Christianity than they were before having “died.” Also, why did none of the Christians, convinced that their NDEs were a preview of the Christian heaven, ever get any Christian theology while there, as opposed to a big dose of New Age sentimentalism? The answer is that they were being deceived by the same one who deceived Eve in Eden, and with the same lie, too. (See lesson 11.)
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1.Sermon on the Mount (What Did Jesus Teach the Disciples?) – Pastor Ted Wilson
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This week, Pastor Ted Wilson begins the discussion of the Sermon on the Mount, as Jesus rendered in Matthew 5–7.
In the book Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, Ellen White dedicates her book “to His disciples whom still the Master is calling to choose the spiritual above the earthly kingdom, this little book is dedicated in the hope that its pages may unfold to them more clearly the glory of the unseen.”
She continues, “The Sermon on the Mount is heaven’s benediction to the world—a voice from the throne of God” (page vii).
The book opens with a series of blessings, known as the Beatitudes: “Blessed are the poor in spirit…blessed are those who mourn…blessed are the meek…Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness…blessed are the merciful…the pure in heart…the peacemakers…and those who are persecuted for righteousness’s sake…” (Matthew 5:3-11).
Ellen White continues, “The Beatitudes are Christ’s greeting not only to those who believe but to the whole human family. He seems to have forgotten for a moment that He is in the world, not in heaven; and He uses the familiar salutation of the world of light. Blessings flow from His lips as the gushing forth of a long-sealed current of rich life” (page vii).
The language of heaven is that of blessing, not cursing. It is a language of peace and joy, not envy and hate. For this reason, Jesus says in Luke 6:27, 28, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.”
Jesus wants us to manifest love to our fellow men. As Ellen White writes in The Desire of Ages, “love to man is the earthward manifestation of the love of God. It was to implant this love, to make us children of one family, that the King of glory became one with us. And when His parting words are fulfilled, ‘Love one another, as I have loved you’ (John 15:12); when we love the world as He has loved it, then for us His mission is accomplished. We are fitted for heaven; for we have heaven in our hearts” (page 64).
In the following weeks, we will look more closely at the Sermon on the Mount.
Learn more about the sermon on the mount by reading Ellen White’s book Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing. You can find it and more at https://egwwritings.org/.
Finding Hope in Difficult Times [Jesus is the Answer] #sermon #shorts
Do you completely rely on God when life gets difficult and challenging? This #short clip from the message, “Pastor Mark Finley Reminds Us that God Will Help Us Survive Through Times of Trouble”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j82aojI-vcU, reminds us that God will never abandon us, especially in troubled times. All we need is active faith to rely on His love and grace to help us overcome our adversities in life. Trusting that God cares for us, we surrender our lives to Him. Watch the video to be reminded of God’s love for us and His willingness to help us overcome life’s challenges. ————————————————————————————
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