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Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, shared information about a dangerous ingredient in breakfast cereals. (Read more below.)
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Worship Sunday – 3 Steps to Guarantee You Are in God’s Will; Monday – A Spiritual Revival; Tuesday – The Builders on the Wall; Wednesday – A Rebuke Against Extortion; Thursday – Heathen Plots; Friday – Instructed in the Law of God; Saturday, the Sabbath – Reformation [All topics per Prophets and Kings by Ellen G. White.]
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Words of Encouragement
Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Isaiah 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
For Heaven’s Sake…
“The Lord had commanded Israel, through Moses, that every third year a tithe be raised for the benefit of the poor; and a further provision had been made in the suspension of agricultural labor every seventh year, the land lying fallow, its spontaneous products being left to those in need. Faithfulness in devoting these offerings to the relief of the poor and to other benevolent uses would have tended to keep fresh before the people the truth of God’s ownership of all, and their opportunity to be channels of blessing. It was Jehovah’s purpose that the Israelites should have a training that would eradicate selfishness, and develop breadth and nobility of character. PK 643.3
“God had also instructed through Moses: ‘If thou lend money to any of My people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer.’ ‘Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury.’ Exodus 22:25; Deuteronomy 23:19. Again He had said, ‘If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.’ ‘For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.’ Deuteronomy 15:7, 8, 11. PK 647.1
“At times following the return of the exiles from Babylon, the wealthy Jews had gone directly contrary to these commands. When the poor were obliged to borrow to pay tribute to the king, the wealthy had lent them money, but had exacted a high rate of interest. By taking mortgages on the lands of the poor, they had gradually reduced the unfortunate debtors to the deepest poverty. Many had been forced to sell their sons and daughters into servitude; and there seemed no hope of improving their condition, no way to redeem either their children or their lands, no prospect before them but ever-increasing distress, with perpetual want and bondage. Yet they were of the same nation, children of the same covenant, as their more favored brethren.” PK 647.2
Nehemiah learned of their greed and disobedience to the commands of God relative to the unjust treatment of their needy brethren. He rebuked them, even those who were helping and necessary for the rebuilding of the city walls. Thankfully, they quickly repented and made things right.
“[Today]…Extravagance, overreaching, extortion, are corrupting the faith of many and destroying their spirituality. The church is in a great degree responsible for the sins of her members. She gives countenance to evil if she fails to lift her voice against it. PK 651.2
“The customs of the world are no criterion for the Christian. He is not to imitate its sharp practices, its overreaching, its extortion. Every unjust act toward a fellow being is a violation of the golden rule. Every wrong done to the children of God is done to Christ Himself in the person of His saints. Every attempt to take advantage of the ignorance, weakness, or misfortune of another is registered as fraud in the ledger of heaven. He who truly fears God, would rather toil day and night, and eat the bread of poverty, than to indulge the passion for gain that oppresses the widow and fatherless or turns the stranger from his right. PK 651.3
“The slightest departure from rectitude breaks down the barriers and prepares the heart to do greater injustice. Just to that extent that a man would gain advantage for himself at the disadvantage of another, will his soul become insensible to the influence of the Spirit of God. Gain obtained at such a cost is a fearful loss. PK 652.1
(This study is based on Nehemiah 5 and chapter 54, “A Rebuke Against Extortion” in Prophets and Kings (PK), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
Lucky Charms, Honey Nut Cheerios, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereals have listed as an ingredient trisodium phosphate. Trisodium phosphate is a cleaning agent! Wikipedia lists it as also a lubricant, food additive, stain remover and degreaser. Pastor Flemons urges everyone to be label readers. If you don’t know what an ingredient is, do your research.
Apparently, some stores still provide Honey Nut Cheerios with the ingredient trisodium phosphate with an expiration date still into the future. The boxes of cereal Pastor Flemons showed were purchased only the previous day. According to the manufacturer’s website, the ingredient appears to have been replaced with tripotassium phosphate. This does not mean, however, that the product is being recommended by Pastor Flemons, who urges we all eat a plant-based diet and avoid as much as possible processed foods. General Mills still lists trisodium phosphate as an ingredient in both their Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Lucky Charms. An exhaustive search through their products was not done. Read your labels, and understand the ingredients before you ingest them.
The question was asked how to get rid of the ill effects of ingesting such products over a period of years. The answer is to begin with a cleansing diet. Go on a healthy juice feast.
Thanks to Keith, one of our faithful listeners, for the heads-up so the information could be shared with our other listeners. And thanks to Phil for making the video and sharing it on Facebook for everyone. We agree with Phil. If this ingredient were sprinkled in food and served at home, someone would be going to the hospital and someone else would be going to prison. So why is it sold in cereal for human consumption? In the words of Pastor Flemons, “Go figure!”