por Rich Hannon | 8 April 2022 | Hace poco vi la miniserie de la BBC con Wolf Hall, de seis capítulos, que narra la vida de Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540) durante su ascenso político en el reinado de Enrique VIII de Inglaterra. El principal problema de Enrique era conseguir un heredero varón. Esto le llevó […] Source: https://atoday.org/aqui-estoy-vale-la-pena-morir-por-lo-que-crees/
“The Assurance of Salvation”: Myth and Reality
by Steven Siciliano | 8 April 2022 | Let me state three key premises at the start: An individual’s ultimate salvation depends on maintaining faith and faithfulness to the end (by which I mean either the individual’s passing or the second advent). None of us can predict the future or know for certain whether we […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-assurance-of-salvation-myth-and-reality/
AT’s Board Chair and Vice-Chair Share Why To Support Our Spring Fundraiser
AT Board Chair, Bill Garber and Vice-Chair, Elmar Sakala, reveal why they support AT and why you should too! Thanks for doing your part to back AT’s Spring Fundraiser here. PS… all new first-time donors get a personalized Thank-You from an AT team member! Source: https://atoday.org/ats-board-chair-and-vice-chair-share-why-to-support-our-spring-fundraiser/
Sabbath: Cain and His Legacy
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Sabbath Afternoon
Read for This Week’s Study: Genesis 4:1-26, Hebrews 11:4, Micah 6:7, Isaiah 1:11, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 3:12, Genesis 5:1-32, Genesis 6:1-5.
Memory Text: “If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it” (Genesis 4:7, NKJV).
In Genesis what follows immediately after the Fall, and then the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden, are mainly births and deaths, all in fulfillment of God’s prophecies in the preceding chapter. As parallel chapters, Genesis chapters 3 and 4 contain many common themes and words: descriptions of sin (Genesis 3:6-8; compare with Genesis 4:8), curses from the ’adamah, “ground” (Genesis 3:17; compare with Genesis 4:11), and expulsion (Genesis 3:24; compare with Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:16).
The reason for these parallels is to highlight the fulfillment of what went on before, the prophecies and predictions that God had given to Adam and Eve after the Fall. The first event after Adam’s expulsion is full of hope; it is the birth of the first son, an event that Eve sees as the fulfillment of the promise that she heard in the Messianic prophecy (Genesis 3:15). That is, she thought he could be the promised Messiah.
The next events: the crime of Cain, the crime of Lamech, the decreasing life span, and the increasing wickedness are all fulfillments of the curse uttered in Genesis 3:1-24.
Yet, even then, all hope is not lost.
Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, April 16.
Amen!
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Knowing the Unknown
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 1 Corinthians 2:11.
Revelation is not the creation or invention of something new, but the manifestation of what was, until revealed, unknown to human beings. The great and eternal truths contained in the gospel are revealed through diligent searching and humbling of ourselves before God. The divine Teacher leads the mind of the humble seeker for truth; and by the Holy Spirit’s guidance, the truths of the Word are made known to him. And there can be no more certain and efficient way of knowledge than in being thus guided. The promise of the Saviour was “When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13). It is through the impartation of the Holy Spirit that we are made to understand the Word of God.
The psalmist writes, “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments…. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law” (Psalm 119:9-18).
We are admonished to seek for the truth as for hid treasure. The Lord opens the understanding of the true seeker after truth; and the Holy Spirit enables him to grasp the truths of revelation. This is what the psalmist means when he asks that his eyes may be opened to behold wondrous things out of the law. When the soul pants after the excellencies of Jesus Christ, the mind is enabled to grasp the glories of the better world. Only by the aid of the divine Teacher can we understand the truths of the Word of God. In Christ’s school we learn to be meek and lowly because there is given to us an understanding of the mysteries of godliness.
He who inspired the Word was the true expositor of the Word. Christ illustrated His teachings by calling the attention of His hearers to the simple laws of nature, and to the familiar objects which they daily saw and handled. Thus He led their minds from the natural to the spiritual.—Sabbath-School Worker, December 1, 1909.
Ye Shall Receive Power p. 107
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Prayer Requests
—-Please continue your prayers for E and the children that God will work out all things for their good. R
—-Update on diabetic friend.She will have surgery Friday A.M. pacific time to amputate her left leg above the knee joint. Pray for courage for she and her husband. Mel
—-Please pray for Linda who had a stroke a few weeks ago. Rose
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Dear Friends,
When my grandmother was 72, she was put into a nursing home by her “friend” and landlady. I don’t know how she could legally do that, but she somehow must have managed to convince her to give her the power of attorney since we lived far away. (This was in the early 1960’s, so maybe she didn’t need such a document. I don’t know.) My grandmother refused to eat or drink and died. We knew nothing about it until it was too late.
So sad, yet how many in this world are starving to death spiritually because of a lack of Bible study and prayer. In their busy life, they neglect to feast upon the Food God has provided for our spiritual nutrition.
Our Saviour told His disciples, “the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63 How important, then, that we “study to show [ourselves] approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.” 2 Tim 2:15
When tempted in the wilderness, Jesus rebuked the evil one by declaring, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Matt 4:4 Jesus was very familiar with the Scriptures and was quoting from Deuteronomy 8:3.
Jeremiah exclaimed, “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” 15:16 As we meditate upon God’s word, we partake of the nourishment He so freely offers. Just as the elements of the food we eat, is carried to every part of our body, so by beholding God through the Bible, we become “changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Cor 3:18
May we never starve to death spiritually by neglecting to feast daily upon God’s Word is my prayer.
Rose
Source: https://rosesdevotional.org/knowing-the-unknown.html
