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://bit.ly/3GdFXpR Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r–R5hKGE5U
Thursday: Crossing a Line
Daily Lesson for Thursday 7th of December 2023
Read Acts 17:24-34. How does Paul continue his witness?
It’s also interesting to note that Paul actually quoted some of their own writers, who, having written something fairly close to biblical truth, gave Paul an opening to take his hearers further along. That is, he used his familiarity with their beliefs to seek common ground with them, only to then take it further. No question: in seeking to reach others, having a familiarity with what they believe and seeking points of common ground can be a powerful method of reaching people.
Notice, too, that Paul uses this common ground with them to go then to where he wanted to go: the resurrection of Jesus and the hope it offered them all. Luke described the reactions to Paul’s closing words about the Resurrection. Some sneered at the idea; others said they wanted to hear Paul again on the matter; and some believed. What is key in this story for our purposes is that all of them had actually listened. And that was Paul’s hope from the beginning.
We know that some people will reject the gospel, but we must do everything possible to ensure that before they reject it, they understand what they are rejecting. Paul, by his method of working among the Athenians and his strategic use of what he had studied and learned of them, ensured that they heard with open minds that a God existed whom they did not know but who had created them. This God loved them and wanted to be known by them. He had been merciful to them in spite of their ignorance. But Judgment Day was coming. And if all of this sounded too unbelievable, there was verifiable evidence for it in the resurrection of Christ.
Now that the people had actually heard and comprehended the message, they had to choose for themselves whether to reject it outright or investigate further. And some did investigate further and became followers of Jesus (Acts 17:34).
Challenge: In prayer, ask for God’s specific guidance in knowing how best to witness to someone you know.
Challenge Up: Explore social media as a possible “Areopagus” for you to represent the gospel—with Paul’s clarity and discretion—to unbelievers.
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Responding to the World We Live In, Not the World of a Century Past
It astonishes me sometimes when I read Adventist history, how well our pioneers understood the contemporaneity of truth. Remember the names they gave their early publications? Present Truth Signs of the Times These Times The greatness of these women and men was that they responded to the world they lived in. As the years passed, […] Source: https://atoday.org/responding-to-the-world-we-live-in-not-the-world-of-a-century-past/
10: Mission to the Unreached(1)
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week’s featured guest, Jeff Scogging, as they provide additional insights into this week’s Sabbath School lesson, “Mission to the Unreached, Part 1.”
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10: Mission to the Unreached(1) – HopeSS Video Discussion
You can view an in-depth discussion of Mission to the Unreached(1) in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on the image to view:
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