The agenda item that attracted the most attention at the second business meeting of the Annual Council had to be “Theological Issues Facing the Church,” which generated a flurry of activity and responses on Twitter. Also of interest: Church finances — not great, but could have been way worse, according to presenters. To watch the […] Source: https://atoday.org/gcac21-less-money-more-problems-day-2-of-annual-council-is-a-biggie/
Constancy in Service
Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. 1 Corinthians 7:24.
God’s servants are to put on every piece of the Christian armor. We are not wrestling simply with human foes. God calls upon every Christian to enter the warfare, and fight under His leadership, depending for success on the grace and help of Heaven. We are to go forward in the strength of the Mighty One. Never are we to yield to Satan’s attacks. Why should not we, as Christian warriors, stand against principalities and powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world? God calls upon us to press forward, using the gifts entrusted to us. Satan will place temptation before us. He will try to overcome us by stratagem. But in the strength of God we are to stand firm as a rock to principle.
In this warfare there is no release. Satan’s agents never pause in their work of destruction. Those who are in Christ’s service must watch every outpost. Our object is to save perishing souls from ruin. This is a work of infinite greatness, and man can not hope to obtain success in it, unless he unites with the divine Worker.
From eternity Christ has been man’s Redeemer. Ever since the fall there has come to those uniting with Him in His great work, the word, “Be not weary in well-doing.” …
The Christian is encouraged to show patient perseverance in carrying forward the work of the gospel ministry, in connection with the medical missionary work. As he gains an experience in genuine religion, he obtains a spiritual knowledge that makes character.
The life of a true Christian is one continuous round of service.—Testimonies for the Church 9:219, 220.
With God at Dawn p. 286
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Prayer Reequests
—-Please pray for Larry who has just had a stroke. Pray for Mike and Eileen as well. Rose
—-Please be in prayer for my friend Jenny. Her parent’s are both down with the virus and are suffering some heart complications. Her dad was able to come home from hospital but must be on a heart monitor. Her mom is still in the hospital due to heart monitors and diabetes complications. They are giving her a timeframe to get better, otherwise she will be put on the ventilator. This is hard becasue Jenny can’t even help with her dad because her daughter Maya is so medically fragile and can’t risk any exposure. Jennifer
—-Please pray for David that he will be healed mental and spiritually. Buck
—-Update: BJ is doing better, and trying to build back his strength. Keep him in your prayers, because now he has to get his business back on track, while still gaining strength. Jana
—-Please pray for my sister, Karen. She was taken to the hospital with chest pain. She is having a stress test today to see if they can determine the cause. Kay
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Tuesday: The Book of the Covenant
Though the idea of covenant (berit in Hebrew), to describe God’s relationship with His people, is found all through the Bible, this word appears so often in Deuteronomy that Deuteronomy has been called “The Book of the Covenant.”
Look at Deuteronomy 5:1-21. What is happening here that helps to show how central the idea of covenant (berit) is to the book of Deuteronomy?
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Not long after the children of Israel were redeemed from Egypt, God established the covenant with them, at Sinai, just before they were supposed to enter the Promised Land. Then, after a 40-year detour, just before they are again to enter the Promised Land, which was a central part of the covenantal promise (see Genesis 12:7, Exodus 12:25), through the mouthpiece of Moses, the Lord again gives them the Ten Commandments, a way to re-emphasize just how important it was for them to renew their covenant obligations, as well.
Yes, the Lord was going to fulfill His covenantal promises to them. Now, though, they are obligated to uphold their end of the deal: “So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone” (Deuteronomy 4:13). He did it at Sinai, and now He was doing it again, in Moab, just before they were to take the land promised to them through the promise made to the fathers centuries earlier, a manifestation of the “everlasting covenant” that preceded even the existence of the world.
“Before the foundations of the earth were laid, the Father and the Son had united in a covenant to redeem man if he should be overcome by Satan. They had clasped Their hands in a solemn pledge that Christ should become the surety for the human race.” — Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 834.
Read Deuteronomy 5:3. How do we make sense of this verse?
What was Moses saying to them? Most likely Moses was emphasizing the fact that their fathers were now gone, and the wonderful covenantal promises made to the fathers were now being made to them. This could have been Moses’ way of letting them know that they should not mess up, as the previous generation had done. The promises (and obligations) are now theirs.
Amen!
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Ben Carson Takes Jab at Vaccine Mandates
11 October 2021 | Retired neurosurgeon and lifelong Adventist Ben Carson spoke out against mandated COVID vaccinations on an independent Adventist web TV show on Oct. 6, 2021. “A lot of people think it’s about vaccines and vaccinations,” said Carson on the program. “It’s a much bigger issue than that. Remember that many people came […] Source: https://atoday.org/ben-carson-takes-jab-at-vaccine-mandates/
ATSS PRESENTS: Mathilde Frey
Righteousness by Faith Is a Wrestling Match with God To believe is to wrestle with God. It is in the moments when we question God, when we doubt God, that we are closest to God. Abraham was not called faithful and righteous when he was on top of Mount Moriah willing to offer up his […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-presents-mathilde-frey/
