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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Jesus had a work for the disciples to do. And He gave them the power to do it. Then He promised that He would be by their sides always. They would never be alone. This same promise is ours today. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, explained the physiology of the blood from a biblical perspective. (Read more below.)
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – August 13 – 19
Worship Sunday – God’s Purpose for His Church; Monday – The Training of the Twelve – Tuesday – The Great Commission; Wednesday – Pentecost; Thursday – The Gift of the Spirit; Friday – At the Temple Gate; Saturday, the Sabbath – A Warning Against Hypocrisy [All topics per The Acts of the Apostles by Ellen G. White.]
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Words of Encouragement
Job 19:25-26 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.
2 Timothy 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
For Heaven’s Sake…
“Jesus had several times attempted to open the future to His disciples, but they had not cared to think about what He said. Because of this His death had come to them as a surprise; and afterward, as they reviewed the past and saw the result of their unbelief, they were filled with sorrow. When Christ was crucified, they did not believe that He would rise. He had stated plainly that He was to rise on the third day, but they were perplexed to know what He meant. This lack of comprehension left them at the time of His death in utter hopelessness. They were bitterly disappointed. Their faith did not penetrate beyond the shadow that Satan had cast athwart their horizon. All seemed vague and mysterious to them. If they had believed the Saviour’s words, how much sorrow they might have been spared! AA 25.2
“Crushed by despondency, grief, and despair, the disciples met together in the upper chamber, and closed and fastened the doors, fearing that the fate of their beloved Teacher might be theirs. It was here that the Saviour, after His resurrection, appeared to them. AA 26.1
“For forty days Christ remained on the earth, preparing the disciples for the work before them and explaining that which heretofore they had been unable to comprehend. He spoke of the prophecies concerning His advent, His rejection by the Jews, and His death, showing that every specification of these prophecies had been fulfilled. He told them that they were to regard this fulfillment of prophecy as an assurance of the power that would attend them in their future labors. ‘Then opened He their understanding,’ we read, ‘that they might understand the Scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.’ And He added, ‘Ye are witnesses of these things.’ Luke 24:45-48. AA 26.2
“Christ did not tell His disciples that their work would be easy. He showed them the vast confederacy of evil arrayed against them. They would have to fight ‘against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.’ Ephesians 6:12. But they would not be left to fight alone. He assured them that He would be with them; and that if they would go forth in faith, they should move under the shield of Omnipotence. He bade them be brave and strong; for One mightier than angels would be in their ranks–the General of the armies of heaven. He made full provision for the prosecution of their work and took upon Himself the responsibility of its success. So long as they obeyed His word, and worked in connection with Him, they could not fail. Go to all nations, He bade them. Go to the farthest part of the habitable globe and be assured that My presence will be with you even there. Labor in faith and confidence; for the time will never come when I will forsake you. I will be with you always, helping you to perform your duty, guiding, comforting, sanctifying, sustaining you, giving you success in speaking words that shall draw the attention of others to heaven. AA 29.1
“Christ’s sacrifice in behalf of man was full and complete. The condition of the atonement had been fulfilled. The work for which He had come to this world had been accomplished. He had won the kingdom. He had wrested it from Satan and had become heir of all things. He was on His way to the throne of God, to be honored by the heavenly host. Clothed with boundless authority, He gave His disciples their commission, ‘Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end.’ Matthew 28:19, 20. AA 29.2
(This study is based on chapter 3, “The Great Commission” in The Acts of the Apostles (AA), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
RBCs or red blood cells typify the blood of Jesus that has power to save our lives. Red blood cells, called erythrocytes, have one major function. They carry oxygen-bearing molecules, or hemoglobin (HGB), from the lungs to the tissues. Without the RBCs, these life-bearing molecules would be depleted by 3 percent every time blood circulates through the kidneys and tissue capillaries. “The bottom line,” says Pastor Flemons, “is that you would suffocate.” When Jesus breathed on the disciples, they received the Holy Spirit. Thus the Holy Spirit is represented by oxygen. And blood circulates through the kidneys about twenty times per hour.
An air bubble in the bloodstream can kill you. Air bubbles cause vapor lock that prohibits the free flow of blood, if they get into the bloodstream. RBCs contain an enzyme that takes the gas carbon dioxide from tissue and converts it into an harmless alkaline substance like baking soda, until it reaches the lungs, when it is then reconverted back into the carbon dioxide that is blown out of the body or exhaled. Like so, the Holy Spirit takes evil temptations and works within the heart to render temptations harmless to the Christian. Just as hemoglobin takes acids and makes them alkaline, the Spirit of God takes the caustic and destructive elements of our personalities and converts them into usable graces for ministry in the saving of mankind.
The RBCs are shaped into biconcave discs, which have the greatest possible carrying capacity, while maintaining enough flexibility to squeeze through capillaries and a strong enough membrane that it does not lose its contents. Their adaptability may be most evident at times when oxygen is thin, like at high altitudes. It is then that RBCs multiply their concentration or increase production. Like so, when we need Him the most, the Holy Spirit fills the Christian with whatever is needed in order to be victorious over the trial or temptation. In other words, where sin abounded, grace much more abounded.