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3: God’s Call – Discussion Starters

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  1. The task.  It was time for the temple at Jerusalem to be rebuilt. We aren’t told this, but do you think Ezra and Nehemiah had special training for the work God assigned them to do? Or did God simply bestow on them the skills they needed? What were their spiritual responsibilities? Do you think every church involved in building or expanding of updating a church structure should establish a religious program to supplement the fundraising and physical work involved?
  2. The calling of Ezra and Nehemiah. Isn’t it interesting that Ezra had determined for years to follow God and do whatever he was called to do for Him. The account in Ezra 7 paints a picture of a follower of God eager to do whatever he could. What about Nehemiah?  Disappointed that all work on the temple in Jerusalem had come to a halt, what was his heartfelt response? Why do you think he mentioned his role as a cupbearer in his plea to God? 
  3. Prophetic timing. How was the decree to restore the holy temple associated with the 2300-day prophecy that is so embedded in our Seventh-day Adventist thinking? What was the double significance of the year 457 BC? What significant events occurred at the end of the 70  weeks in this prophecy? Does it humble you to see God’s hand working in the affairs of man from the beginning of 2300 days and onward? How does the timing of the ministry of Jesus fit in with this prophecy? 
  4. God’s election. In what sense was God elected to an earthly role? How can you explain to someone that predestination is God’s way of opening the doors to our transformation into a being worthy of salvation. Based on your reading of Romans 9, do you believe that God has chosen you to serve Him? Does He have specific tasks for you to fulfill? Doesn’t predestination mean you are chosen for salvation? It is possible to opt out of that choice? How? 
  5. Our responsibility. Do you and I ever hunt for excuses not to do what God has opened up for us to do for Him? What degree of happiness and fulfillment can we experience when we give ourselves totally to God the almighty? Do you ever catch yourself making excuses for holding back when God directs you to follow Him? What can we do when those excuses seem to prevail? 
 
 
 
 
Amen!(1)

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Woman Allegedly Sets Fire to Adventist Church, Tries to Stab Law Enforcement Officers with Pen

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13 October 2019 | A woman in Hall County, Georgia, allegedly set fire to the Gainesville Seventh-day Adventist Church on October 6 after being caught breaking into a nearby shed. Atlanta news site AJC reported that Dana Elaine Lawton was found lying on the floor of the church by deputies. She was carried out of […] Source: https://atoday.org/woman-allegedly-sets-fire-to-adventist-church-tries-to-stab-law-enforcement-with-pen/

Day 1: 2019 General Conference Executive Committee

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by Loren Seibold  |  13 October 2019  | You may stop and wonder when you hear that the theme for this year’s General Conference Executive Committee is “Faithfulness in Christian Lifestyle”: Why does a business meeting have a theme? And why this particular theme? Why, in a day and age when we’re trying to promote […] Source: https://atoday.org/53599-2/

Adventist Denomination Governing Body Annual Meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland

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13 October 2019   |   Thursday evening (10 October) the Annual Council of the executive committee of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination’s General Conference (GC) began at the GC headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC. This is the governing body of the denomination and consists of about 300 people, most of them denominational […] Source: https://atoday.org/adventist-denomination-governing-body-annual-meeting-in-silver-spring-maryland/

3: God’s Call – Singing with Inspiration

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Do you hear
“Hark! The Voice of Jesus Calling”, Hymn 359 in our lesson study title for this week? Or,
Hymn 287, “Softly and Tenderly”? I heard
Hymn 361, “Hark! Tis the Shepherd’s Voice I Hear”.
Ezra and Nehemiah certainly heard God’s voice calling them.Playing notes of hymns

These prophets were to lead the people, rebuild the sanctuary and walls, teach the people, and guide them:
Hymn 482, “Father, Lead Me Day by Day”,
Hymn 531, “We’ll Build on the Rock”,
Hymn 193, “Savior, Teach Me” and
Hymn 538, “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”.

The prophets spoke to the three kings, who listened: Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes. We hear this in
Hymn 413, “God Has Spoken by His Prophets”.

It is our responsibility (Thursday) to choose to follow God’s calling :
Hymn 623, “I Will Follow Thee”.

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.”

Amen!(0)

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