Me gusta jugar a los bolos. Hoy en día, eso no sorprende a nadie, pero en mi adolescencia, a muchos adventistas les habría hecho fruncir el ceño. Por aquel entonces, yo creía que jugar a los bolos era malo. Bueno, tal vez los bolos en sí no eran malos, pero las boleras equivalían a las […] Source: https://atoday.org/suposiciones-sobre-el-bowling-y-la-fe/
We’d love to send you the Adventist Today magazine!
12 July 2023 | Our latest Adventist Today magazine is going to press soon—and we’d love to send it to you! But we need your address or email address! The theme of this magazine is all the things we love about the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It includes these writers and topics: Stephen Chavez – Why […] Source: https://atoday.org/wed-love-to-send-you-the-adventist-today-magazine/
Matthew Korpman: “Is Your Bible Missing Books?” The Secrets of the Apocrypha
12 July 2023 | In this video, we’re going to explore the Apocrypha and discuss its significance. We’ll also look at the history and meaning of the Apocrypha and its relation to the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. By the end of this video, you’ll have a better understanding of the Apocrypha and what it has […] Source: https://atoday.org/matthew-korpman-is-your-bible-missing-books-the-secrets-of-the-apocrypha/
ATSS: Thomas Luttrell, “How Does Faith Change?”
12 July 2023 | I’ll share from my own experience of how my faith has changed, and then we’ll look at how various theories describe a sequence of how faith typically changes. We’ll look at theories of moral, religious, and spiritual development by Lawrence Kohlberg, Jean Piaget, James Fowler, and others, along with attachment theory. […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-thomas-luttrell-how-does-faith-change/
Thursday: Jesus, All Things and His Church
Early Christians saw in Psalm 110:1 a prophecy of the exaltation of Jesus: “The LORD says to my LORD: ‘Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool’” (ESV). They read in the same way, with its affirmation that God has “put all things under his feet,” (Psalm 8:6, ESV), the feet of “the son of man” (Psalm 8:4, ESV). While they believed that the powers of darkness in the heavenly places were over their heads and threatened to subjugate them, they laid hold of the truth that those powers were under Christ’s feet.
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Note carefully that having “put all things under his [Jesus’] feet,” the Father “gave him as head over all things to the church” (Ephesians 1:22, ESV; compare “gave Him to be head over all things to the church,” NKJV). While “all things” is a universal, inclusive term, Paul still has in mind “the powers” mentioned in Ephesians 1:21. All things — the cosmic, supernatural, spiritual powers included — are under the feet of Christ, subservient to Him.
What benefits does the exaltation of Christ to the throne of the cosmos, and His rule over all things in heaven and on earth, provide for His church? Ephesians 1:22-23.
God has made Christ victorious over all evil powers. The church, closely identified with Christ and supplied by Him with all it needs, is itself guaranteed victory over those foes. The power of God, on display in the resurrection and His exaltation over every cosmic power, has been activated for the church. God has given the victorious Christ to the church, which is so united with Him as to be called His body.
How can we believers know the exalted Christ and experience God’s power in our lives? Paul does not directly address any mechanisms or strategies by which this occurs. However, the fact that the passage is part of a “prayer report” is suggestive. Paul believes that God will answer his prayer. He affirms the efficacy of celebrating God’s power, revealed in Christ, in God’s own presence and asking for it to be active in the lives of believers.
| What has been your own experience with the power of prayer? That is, not just answered prayers but prayer in general, and how does prayer draw us closer to God and the power offered us in Jesus? |
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