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21 October 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Growing up, I heard so much against Adventists joining workers’ unions. It was considered by some a sin, and people were denied positions of service in the church if it were found out they had joined one. My father lost many benefits by not joining a union. Where […] Source: https://atoday.org/why-were-labor-unions-discouraged-by-adventists/
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 22nd of October 2024
Two disciples of John the Baptist were standing with him when Jesus walked by. John declared, “ ‘Behold the Lamb of God!’ ” (John 1:36, NKJV). The two disciples had listened to John’s message about the Christ, who would fulfill the Old Testament prophecies about the coming Messiah. The disciples left John to follow Jesus, recognizing that Jesus was greater than John the Baptist and that He was the fulfillment of John’s message.
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Desiring to be with Jesus, the two spent the day with Him. Who knows what amazing things they had learned and experienced then!
They must have been great things because, before long, their desire was to share their experience with others. Andrew, one of the two disciples, immediately found his brother, Simon, and said, “ ‘We have found the Messiah’ (which is translated, the Christ)” (John 1:41, NKJV). When Andrew brought his brother to Jesus, Jesus immediately showed that He knew him, saying, “ ‘You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas’ ” (John 1:42, NKJV). Jesus knew and understood Peter. That Jesus knows a person is a motif of the Gospel of John. (See, for example, John 2:24-25.)
“If John and Andrew had possessed the unbelieving spirit of the priests and rulers, they would not have been found as learners at the feet of Jesus. They would have come to Him as critics, to judge His words. . . . But not so did these first disciples. They had responded to the Holy Spirit’s call in the preaching of John the Baptist. Now they recognized the voice of the heavenly Teacher. . . . A divine illumination was shed upon the teaching of the Old Testament Scriptures. The many-sided themes of truth stood out in new light.”—Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 139.
The entire emphasis of the Gospel of John is to bring to light who Jesus is so that this good news may be shared with the world.
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In what ways has Christ, and your faith in Christ, changed your life? What other changes would you still like to see happen? |
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