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Las minorías religiosas -judíos, hindúes, musulmanes, sijs y la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día- presentaron escritos pidiendo al Tribunal Supremo que anule una sentencia que eliminó la protección de los derechos civiles en asuntos de libertad religiosa. El 18 de abril de 2023, la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos emitió un fallo en el […] Source: https://atoday.org/adventistas-apoyan-el-derecho-a-guardar-el-domingo-sabado-u-otro-dia/
Revelation 14:7 ends with a clarion call to worship the Creator; this call is especially important now, when most of the scientific and even the Christian world have accepted evolution, a teaching that strikes at the very heart of all things biblical and Christian. If evolution were true, our faith would, of necessity, be a lie. That’s how stark the issues are.
Revelation’s final appeal, then, is rooted in the Bible’s first book, Genesis. We will never fully understand the issues in this cosmic battle over worship unless we understand the significance of Creation.
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“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1, NKJV). This verse is the foundation for all of Scripture. “In the beginning God created.” The Hebrew word for “create” in this passage is bara′, a verb that is used only and exclusively with God Himself as the subject.
To get just a small idea of how unlimited God’s power is, let’s consider just one object of His creation — the sun. The sun produces more energy in one second than humanity has produced by oil, gas, coal, or fire since the beginning of time.
The sun has a diameter of approximately 865,000 miles and could hold one million planets the size of earth. But the sun is just one of at least 100 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. One star called the Pistol Star gives off as much as ten million times the power generated by our sun. One million stars the size of our sun can easily fit within the sphere of the Pistol Star. How do we even begin to wrap our minds around the creation?
Creation reveals a God of awesome might and unlimited power. His creative power not only brought the heavens and earth into existence, but has worked in behalf of His people through the centuries. He is the God who began this world, who is ever present in this world, and who will never forsake His people in this world.
| How does the overwhelming size of the Creation only amplify the reality of God’s love, for it shows that, despite how small we are in contrast to the Creation, Christ died for us, anyway? |
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by Loren Seibold | 7 May 2023 | A recent comment on an Adventist Today article caught my eye. “I don’t think the author knows Jesus as his personal friend,” someone wrote. Let’s set aside that that’s probably not a safe judgment to make about someone else. What struck me was the deficiency the author […] Source: https://atoday.org/a-friendship-with-jesus/
Recientemente, mi amigo Bryan Ness me envió un enlace a un artículo del New York Times sobre el efecto de una nueva ley en Uganda que promete cadena perpetua para cualquier persona que admita, o sea acusada de, ser LGBTQ. La historia es suficiente como para producir arcadas. Perdóneme, por favor, New York Times, pero […] Source: https://atoday.org/mi-iglesia-apoya-el-asesinato-de-personas-lgbtq-en-uganda/
“Three Cosmic Messages” encourages us to
Watch, Ye Saints – Hymn 598 as we near the end of this old world’s history to witness the Second Coming of our Lord, and Saviour, Jesus Christ. This is a wonderful hymn to give courage, dear people, and is our theme for this quarter.
We will be noting at times throughout the quarter that 
“Tis Almost Time For The Lord To Come – Hymn 212 and we should be proclaiming the message that
Jesus Is Coming Again – Hymn 213.
The title of this weeks’ lesson brings us
Hymn 83 – O Worship The King and
Hymn 6 – O Worship The Lord. These hymns will pop up frequently during each day’s study time.
Sabbath afternoon concludes with
Hymn 111 – It Took A Miracle. The miracles of creation continue throughout the week.
We find Sunday encouraging us to say
My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less – Hymn 522 even
In The Hour Of Trial – Hymn 491 like John stated. John found courage from his Heavenly Visitor to say
How Cheering Is The Christian’s Hope – Hymn 440. “The central issue in the book of Revelation is worship” bringing us back to
Hymn 83 – O Worship The King and
Hymn 6 – O Worship The Lord, with these latter two hymns being the favourite for Monday.
It is with gratefulness that we see our faith in God is not a lie (Monday):
Hymn 533 – O For A Faith.
“The great news about our God is that His greatness and power are so vast…” says Tuesday:
Hymn 86 – How Great Thou Art.
It is with wonder that we are reminded on Wednesday that “Jesus as Creator ….. is Jesus as Redeemer”:
Hymn 343 – I Will Sing Of My Redeemer, and this is given to us again on Thursday.
Thursday continues with “The first angel’s message to worship the Creator came after the cross”:
Hymn 163 – At The Cross showing that there is
Power In The Blood – Hymn 294.
Our final thought comes on Friday when “The One who created us invites us to surrender our lives in the act of worship”:
Hymn 309 – I Surrender All.
So, dear people, be encouraged to go forward and
“Lift up the trumpet and loud let it ring, Jesus IS coming again” – Hymn 213.
To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/
Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org/Search and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
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