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Loren Seibold | 6 December 2024 | I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. It shouldn’t be that hard to get up on Sunday and pick out a church and slip quietly into a pew. My excuse, most Sundays, has been that years after I’ve officially retired, Saturday is still a work day, […] Source: https://atoday.org/i-went-to-church-last-sunday/
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A fundamental shift has occurred in our church that directly affects your right to know what’s happening within our denomination. This fall, the General Conference adopted item #6 — a GC working policy addition that makes it a disciplinary offense for any church employee, including pastors and communication staff, to share information with independent Adventist […] Source: https://atoday.org/your-right-to-know/
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 7th of December 2024
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Memory Text:
“ ‘The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you’ ” (John 14:26, NKJV).
The Gospel of John is a mosaic of themes. John calls upon signs (miracles) to show that Jesus is the Messiah promised by the prophets. John uses an array of witnesses to proclaim Jesus as the Christ. He also uses the “I AM” statements to point to His divinity.
All three members of the Godhead are mentioned in John 1:1-51 (John 1:1-4,14,18,32-34). For centuries humans have tried fully to understand the nature of the Godhead, but because we can’t, many reject the idea. How foolish, though, to reject something just because we can’t fully understand it or because it doesn’t fit within the narrow limits of human reasoning.
John says that if you want to understand God, you must look at Jesus and what has been revealed in the Word. This approach opens to us a whole new world of relationships—among the Three Members of the Godhead, between the Members of the Godhead and humans, and among humans themselves. This week’s lesson looks at how the Gospel of John presents the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but now within the context of the farewell discourse (John 13:1-38; John 14:1-31; John 15:1-27; John 16:1-33; John 17:1-26).
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For the past few years we’ve been sharing the amazing miracles from the island of Mindoro, Philippines, and how God intervened to end 40 years of hostilities between government forces and the communist rebels from the New People’s Army. Many stories of reconciliation and lives changed have emerged, and one of my favorites is the story of Ernesto. He belonged to one of the fiercest factions, and found it easy to hunt down and kill anyone who disagreed with him, spreading fear wherever he went. Then something unexpected happened. The commander who’d recruited him shared some unsettling news. She had been transformed by the power of God’s love through the messages of Adventist World Radio. What followed was an incredible journey of hope for Ernesto. Like Saul of old, his zeal for revenge turned into a zeal for God, and he made it his mission to seek out other rebels and encourage them to join under God’s banner. The day of Ernesto’s baptism, we extended a challenge to all the former rebels baptized with him: Each one reach one for Jesus! Ernesto took on the challenge, except his math was off—because he overshot the mark by 210 souls! Watch Ernesto’s delightful journey—a journey whose ripple effects continue, because “there is no limit to the usefulness of those who putting self aside . . . live lives wholly sanctified to the service of God.” (8T 19) Yours in the Blessed Hope, Duane McKey
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