I will go – Canto tema ufficiale – La missione nella Divisione TransEuropea. Missioni dal mondo 10° episodio – III trimestre 2023 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gypEvzs-TA
Tuesday: “Awake, O Sleeper!”
Read Ephesians 5:11-14. What powerful warning is Paul giving here, and how does this apply to our present situation?
To understand Ephesians 5:11-14, it is helpful to observe that Paul repeatedly offers two exhortations, alternating between them: (1) live a God-honoring lifestyle as “children of light” (Ephesians 5:8; see also Ephesians 5:1-2, Ephesians 5:4, Ephesians 5:9-10, Ephesians 5:11, Ephesians 5:13-14); (2) don’t live a sexually immoral, God-opposing lifestyle, exhibiting the “unfruitful works of darkness” (Ephesians 5:11; see also Ephesians 5:3-8, Ephesians 5:12).
We may mine the parallel exhortations in Ephesians 5:8-10 in order to understand Ephesians 5:11. Believers are to live before unbelievers as “light in the Lord” and “children of light” (Ephesians 5:8). The whole point of doing so is to be seen, to make clear that “the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true” (Ephesians 5:9, ESV). Paul, then, is advocating a strategy of showing forth God’s goodness. Believers are to expose the unfruitful works of darkness by exhibiting the righteous alternative for all to see.
Meanwhile, we may take the challenging, poetic language of verses 13-14 as Paul’s daring assertion that believers, by exhibiting “the fruit of the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:9), may win worldlings to faith in Christ. The Spirit is like light and reveals hidden things: “But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light” (Ephesians 5:13-14, ESV). When decadent living is exposed by the light, worldlings may see their behavior for what it is (“it becomes visible”), futureless and wrath-bound (Ephesians 5:5-6), and experience a darkness-to-light transformation (“for anything that becomes visible is light,” ESV), the very transformation that Paul’s Ephesian readers have experienced as believers themselves (Ephesians 5:8).
What are we to make of the poem or hymn in Ephesians 5:14, which uses language associated with the resurrection of the dead at the end of time (compare Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:5) to issue a clarion call to awaken from spiritual slumber and experience the transforming presence of Christ? Since Isaiah 60:1-3, which Paul seems to reflect, is directed to God’s people Israel, we may view the hymn/poem of Ephesians 5:14 as a powerful appeal to Christian believers to awaken to their role as missionaries, refractors of the light of Christ in a darkened world (compare Philippians 2:14-16, Matthew 5:16).
How do you live the kind of lifestyle that can expose works of darkness for what they are? |
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Mission and Salvation: Our Responsibility in Spreading God’s Word #short
If the “work” is finished through Jesus, does the church really have a job to do? Dr. Frank Hasel and guests discuss the reality of the Church’s mission as the Remnant described in Scripture. Find the full video about the 13th Fundamental Belief: The Remnant and its Mission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naraYl1LjCQ. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGhUGKPcZ5Q
Strengthening Families: Preparing Our Homes for the Coming of the Lord #Short
How important is family ministry in our journey as Seventh-day Adventist Christians? Explore how to proclaim the Three Angels’ Messages in our homes, ensuring our families are connected to Jesus and ready for His return. Watch this #short clip from the Global #Campmeeting sermon, “Viewing the Three Angels’ Messages Through a Family Lens” https://youtu.be/C1V035SwUaU, as Willie and Elaine Oliver share how the Three Angels’ Messages can be viewed through a family lens. ————————————————————————————
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¡No estamos solos!
Con esta afirmación no pretendo reflejar una realidad universal o cosmológica, sino simplemente decir que no estamos solos, me refiero a los adventistas. A pesar de toda nuestra discusión sobre el remanente, la verdadera iglesia de Dios y el evangelio eterno, una mirada rápida a nuestro alrededor revela una realidad innegable: no somos los únicos […] Source: https://atoday.org/no-estamos-solos/
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