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Worship: Why Christ Is Called Immanuel
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – May 14 – 20
Worship Sunday – The Coming of a Deliverer; Monday – The House of Israel; Tuesday – Visions of Future Glory; Wednesday – God With Us; Thursday – The Chosen People; Friday – The Fullness of Time; Saturday, the Sabbath – Unto You a Saviour [All topics per Prophets and Kings or Desire of Ages by Ellen G. White.]
Wellness Principles of Biblical Wellness: Sunday – How Stress Affects Your Skin; Monday – Eat Healthy for Your Skin; Tuesday – Fresh Air and Rest for Healthy Skin; Wednesday – Exercise and Self-Control for Healthy Skin
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Words of Encouragement
Psalm 101:6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
Jeremiah 9:23-24 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
For Heaven’s Sake…
“‘His name shall be called Immanuel, . . . God with us.’ ‘The light of the knowledge of the glory of God’ is seen ‘in the face of Jesus Christ.’ From the days of eternity the Lord Jesus Christ was one with the Father; He was ‘the image of God,’ the image of His greatness and majesty, ‘the outshining of His glory.’ It was to manifest this glory that He came to our world. To this sin-darkened earth He came to reveal the light of God’s love,–to be ‘God with us.’ Therefore it was prophesied of Him, ‘His name shall be called Immanuel.’ DA 19.1
“By coming to dwell with us, Jesus was to reveal God both to men and to angels. He was the Word of God,–God’s thought made audible. In His prayer for His disciples He says, ‘I have declared unto them Thy name,’–‘merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,’–‘that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them.’ But not alone for His earthborn children was this revelation given. Our little world is the lesson book of the universe. God’s wonderful purpose of grace, the mystery of redeeming love, is the theme into which ‘angels desire to look,’ and it will be their study throughout endless ages. Both the redeemed and the unfallen beings will find in the cross of Christ their science and their song. It will be seen that the glory shining in the face of Jesus is the glory of self-sacrificing love. In the light from Calvary it will be seen that the law of self-renouncing love is the law of life for earth and heaven; that the love which ‘seeketh not her own’ has its source in the heart of God; and that in the meek and lowly One is manifested the character of Him who dwelleth in the light which no man can approach unto. DA 19.2
“The plan for our redemption was not an afterthought, a plan formulated after the fall of Adam. It was a revelation of ‘the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal.’ Rom. 16:25, R. V. It was an unfolding of the principles that from eternal ages have been the foundation of God’s throne. From the beginning, God and Christ knew of the apostasy of Satan, and of the fall of man through the deceptive power of the apostate. God did not ordain that sin should exist, but He foresaw its existence, and made provision to meet the terrible emergency. So great was His love for the world, that He covenanted to give His only-begotten Son, ‘that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’ John 3:16. DA 22.2
“This was a voluntary sacrifice. Jesus might have remained at the Father’s side. He might have retained the glory of heaven, and the homage of the angels. But He chose to give back the scepter into the Father’s hands, and to step down from the throne of the universe, that He might bring light to the benighted, and life to the perishing. DA 22.4
“Nearly two thousand years ago, a voice of mysterious import was heard in heaven, from the throne of God, ‘Lo, I come.’ ‘Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a body hast Thou prepared Me. . . . Lo, I come (in the volume of the Book it is written of Me,) to do Thy will, O God.’ Heb. 10:5-7. In these words is announced the fulfillment of the purpose that had been hidden from eternal ages. Christ was about to visit our world, and to become incarnate. He says, ‘A body hast Thou prepared Me.’ Had He appeared with the glory that was His with the Father before the world was, we could not have endured the light of His presence. That we might behold it and not be destroyed, the manifestation of His glory was shrouded. His divinity was veiled with humanity,–the invisible glory in the visible human form. DA 23.1
“Since Jesus came to dwell with us, we know that God is acquainted with our trials, and sympathizes with our griefs. Every son and daughter of Adam may understand that our Creator is the friend of sinners. For in every doctrine of grace, every promise of joy, every deed of love, every divine attraction presented in the Saviour’s life on earth, we see ‘God with us.’ DA 24.1
“In stooping to take upon Himself humanity, Christ revealed a character the opposite of the character of Satan. But He stepped still lower in the path of humiliation. ‘Being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.’ Phil. 2:8. As the high priest laid aside his gorgeous pontifical robes, and officiated in the white linen dress of the common priest, so Christ took the form of a servant, and offered sacrifice, Himself the priest, Himself the victim. ‘He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him.’ Isa. 53:5. DA 25.1
“Christ was treated as we deserve, that we might be treated as He deserves. He was condemned for our sins, in which He had no share, that we might be justified by His righteousness, in which we had no share. He suffered the death which was ours, that we might receive the life which was His. ‘With His stripes we are healed.’ DA 25.2
“By His life and His death, Christ has achieved even more than recovery from the ruin wrought through sin. It was Satan’s purpose to bring about an eternal separation between God and man; but in Christ we become more closely united to God than if we had never fallen. In taking our nature, the Saviour has bound Himself to humanity by a tie that is never to be broken. Through the eternal ages He is linked with us. ‘God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son.’ John 3:16. He gave Him not only to bear our sins, and to die as our sacrifice; He gave Him to the fallen race. To assure us of His immutable counsel of peace, God gave His only-begotten Son to become one of the human family, forever to retain His human nature. This is the pledge that God will fulfill His word. ‘Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder.’ God has adopted human nature in the person of His Son, and has carried the same into the highest heaven. It is the ‘Son of man’ who shares the throne of the universe. It is the ‘Son of man’ whose name shall be called, ‘Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.’ Isa. 9:6. The I Am is the Daysman between God and humanity, laying His hand upon both. He who is ‘holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners,’ is not ashamed to call us brethren. Heb. 7:26; 2:11. In Christ the family of earth and the family of heaven are bound together. Christ glorified is our brother. Heaven is enshrined in humanity, and humanity is enfolded in the bosom of Infinite Love.’ DA 25.3
(This study is based on chapter 1, “God With Us” in The Desire of Ages (DA), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
When you exercise to the point of perspiration, you have done your body good. Perspiring is how toxins are released from the body through the body’s largest organ of elimination: the skin. Because exercise reduces stress and increases circulation and proper blood flow, the blood is purified. The blood is purified because as you exercise, the heart rate increases and causes more blood to flow, thereby picking up more toxins from the liver and quickly releasing the toxins in the fluid that is released through the pores of the skin. Sweating helps keep the blood pure.
When the blood is pure, the body is healthy in every way, because the immune system is strengthened to ward off diseases and every other organ is strengthened to work as designed. While exercising in gyms is great for perspiring, exercising outdoors is best. Nothing can take the place of the invigorating effects of exercising in fresh air.
Self-control is another term for temperance. It is abstaining from all things harmful and doing in moderation all things that are good. Otherwise, toxins will overwhelm the liver. The liver in turn transfers the toxins to other organs in the body. Because the body’s largest organ is the skin and the skin is the body’s largest organ of elimination, toxins can quickly be eliminated through the skin. Hence the reason for daily cleansing the skin. Toxins escaping through the skin appears in various kinds of “breakouts” and blemishes in the skin.
To help protect the skin against such breakouts or rashes and blemishes, avoid harmful chemicals being placed in processed foods, GMO foods, and drugs. Exercise in fresh air. Drink plenty of fresh, clean water and keep the skin clean.