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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake The story of Hezekiah shows what to do when the whole church goes crazy. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness discussed a study that reports the LGBT marriage as having health benefits. Reviewing a Science Daily article, while emphasizing his love for all people, he believes the study may be misleading. (Read more below.)
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Worship: What to Do When the Whole Church Goes Crazy, Pt 2 (Hezekiah)
Wellness: LGBT Marriage, Good for Your Health?
TOPICS THIS WEEK – April 9 – 15
Worship Sunday – The Assyrian Captivity; Monday – Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge; Tuesday – The Call of Isaiah; Wednesday – “Behold Your God!”; Thursday – Ahaz; Friday – Hezekiah; Saturday, the Sabbath – The Ambassador From Babylon
[All topics per Prophets and Kings by Ellen G. White.]
Wellness Sunday – Saturday, the Sabbath – Diseases of the Skeletal System from a Biblical Wellness Perspective: Sunday – Arthritis; Monday – Osteopenia and Osteoporosis; Tuesday – Rheumatoid Arthritis; Wednesday – Bone Cancer; Thursday – Why Drugs Will Never Cure Disease; Friday – LGBT Marriage, Good for Your Health?
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Words of Encouragement
Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 54:7-8 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
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For Heaven’s Sake…
Unlike his father, Ahaz, Hezekiah was an agent of reformation. “Hezekiah came to the throne determined to do all in his power to save Judah from the fate that was overtaking the northern kingdom. ….PK 331.1
“…No sooner had he ascended the throne than he began to plan and to execute. He first turned his attention to the restoration of the temple services, so long neglected; and in this work he earnestly solicited the co-operation of a band of priests and Levites who had remained true to their sacred calling. Confident of their loyal support, he spoke with them freely concerning his desire to institute immediate and far-reaching reforms. ‘Our fathers have trespassed,’ he confessed, ‘and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken Him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord.’ ‘Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.’ 2 Chronicles 29:6, 10.PK 331.2
“It was a time for quick action. The priests began at once. Enlisting the co-operation of others of their number who had not been present during this conference, they engaged heartily in the work of cleansing and sanctifying the temple. Because of the years of desecration and neglect, this was attended with many difficulties; but the priests and the Levites labored untiringly, and within a remarkably short time they were able to report their task completed. The temple doors had been repaired and thrown open; the sacred vessels had been assembled and put into place; and all was in readiness for the re-establishment of the sanctuary services.PK 332.3
“Hezekiah and his associates instituted various reforms for the upbuilding of the spiritual and temporal interests of the kingdom. ‘Throughout all Judah’ the king ‘wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God. And in every work that he began, … he did it with all his heart, and prospered.’ ‘He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, … and departed not from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses. And the Lord was with him; and he prospered.’ Verses 20, 21; 2 Kings 18:5-7.PK 338.3″
(This study is based on chapter 28, “Hezekiah” in Prophets and Kings (PK), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
The study interviewed newly married couples who reported feeling good or better than before marriage. This was compared to those living the culture of the single life. Pastor Flemons pointed out that any monogamous relationship is healthier or at least less stressful than multiple relationships being simultaneously juggled. Anyone in a committed relationship should “feel better.”
However, there is no benefit, health or otherwise, in going outside of the Bible. The Bible clearly condemns homosexuality and the practice of fornication between unmarried heterosexuals. “Be careful when you hear [the term] science.” The Bible warns to “keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called.” True science and the Bible will never disagree.