Closer To Heaven
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26 March 2025 | “The last GC session was revolutionary in the digital media sphere,” said Sam Neves, associate director of communication at the General Conference (GC) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. “This year’s session will be evolutionary.” According to the General Conference publication Adventist News Network (ANN), the communication department plans to utilize social […] Source: https://atoday.org/new-gc-session-app-will-be-offered-in-seven-languages/
Daily Lesson for Thursday 27th of March 2025
If love is the fulfillment of the law, then one cannot keep God’s law in the full sense simply by refraining from doing wrong things. The law of love itself (expressed in the fullness of Scripture) not only commands us to refrain from doing evil but the law prompts us to do acts that reveal the love of God to others—not only to other church members but also to the world at large, which is so desperately in need of a true Christian witness.
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Here, James strongly decries injustice in society, specifically identifying the dishonoring of the poor and oppression by some who are rich. Then, he calls attention to the law of love for one’s neighbor, saying if you fulfill this law, then “you do well” (James 2:8, NKJV).
As Ellen G. White has expressed it: “Love to man is the earthward manifestation of the love of God. It was to implant this love, to make us children of one family, that the King of glory became one with us. And when His parting words are fulfilled, ‘Love one another, as I have loved you’ (John 15:12); when we love the world as He has loved it, then for us His mission is accomplished. We are fitted for heaven; for we have heaven in our hearts.”—Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages p. 641.
When we love the world, as Christ has loved the world—then we are fitted for heaven. What a powerful expression of what it means to be a follower of Jesus!
Jesus commands His followers to “ ‘love one another;’ ” even as “ ‘I have loved you’ ” (John 13:34, NKJV). Jesus also proclaims: “ ‘By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another’ ” (John 13:35, NKJV). Love is so central to Christian faith because God is love (1 John 4:8,16). And those who claim to love God must love one another (compare with 1 John 3:11; 1 John 4:20-21).
Accordingly, 1 Peter 4:8 exhorts Christians: “And above all things have fervent love for one another, for ‘love will cover a multitude of sins’ ” (NKJV; see also Hebrews 10:24 and 1 Thessalonians 3:12).
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Dwell more on the idea of loving the world as Christ loved the world. How might this help us better understand the concept of Christian perfection and how we are made fit for eternal life? Bring your answer to class on Sabbath. |
(3)Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25a-13-above-all-love-one-another/
No hace mucho, en una conversación con una amiga, me referí a los adventistas como «sectarios». Ella me preguntó qué significaba eso. Por si tú tampoco lo sabes, permíteme que intente explicártelo. En cuanto a doctrinas, los adventistas del Séptimo Día compartimos muchas cosas con la mayoría de los demás cristianos. Pero tenemos un tipo […] Source: https://atoday.org/editorial-lo-bueno-y-lo-malo-del-sectarismo/
25 March 2025 | Tropical Cyclone Alfred caused power outages, flooding, and evacuations when it impacted the coast near Surfer’s Paradise just days before the 2025 South Pacific Division’s (SPD) Digital Discipleship Conference, which took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The widespread devastation resulted in power outages at the original venue, prompting a frantic […] Source: https://atoday.org/australian-digital-discipleship-conference-faces-tropical-cyclone/
by Shelley Curtis Weaver | 25 March 2025 | At the prayer service following the 2025 inauguration, Episcopalian bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked the newly elected United States president to show mercy during his new term of office. With cameras trained both on her and on the president and his squirming family in the pew, […] Source: https://atoday.org/is-it-always-necessary-to-be-nice/
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