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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Tradition can be like that. It sounds like one thing, but runs you over with that other thing it looks like. When we obey the commandments of God rather than the traditions of men, then we can confidently say that we know God. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, reviewed an article published on ScienceDaily.com and briefly discussed the concept of disease prevention. (Read more below.)
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TOPICS THIS WEEK – June 25 – July 1
Worship Sunday – A Night on the Lake; Monday – The Crisis in Galilee; Tuesday – Tradition; Wednesday – Barriers Broken Down; Thursday – The True Sign; Friday – The Foreshadowing of the Cross; Saturday, the Sabbath – He Was Transfigured [All topics per Desire of Ages by Ellen G. White.]
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2 John 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
3 John 2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
For Heaven’s Sake…
It was the time of the Passover; but Jesus was absent. The scribes and Pharisees expected to see Him. They had another complaint against Him.
“As before, the ground of complaint was His disregard of the traditional precepts that encumbered the law of God. These were professedly designed to guard the observance of the law, but they were regarded as more sacred than the law itself. When they came in collision with the commandments given from Sinai, preference was given to the rabbinical precepts. DA 395.2
“The rules in regard to purification were numberless. The period of a lifetime was scarcely sufficient for one to learn them all. The life of those who tried to observe the rabbinical requirements was one long struggle against ceremonial defilement, an endless round of washings and purifications. While the people were occupied with trifling distinctions, and observances which God had not required, their attention was turned away from the great principles of His law. DA 396.1
“Christ and His disciples did not observe these ceremonial washings, and the spies made this neglect the ground of their accusation. They did not, however, make a direct attack on Christ, but came to Him with criticism of His disciples. In the presence of the multitude they said, ‘Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.’ DA 396.2
“Whenever the message of truth comes home to souls with special power, Satan stirs up his agents to start a dispute over some minor question. Thus he seeks to attract attention from the real issue. Whenever a good work is begun, there are cavilers ready to enter into dispute over forms or technicalities, to draw minds away from the living realities. When it appears that God is about to work in a special manner for His people, let them not be enticed into a controversy that will work only ruin of souls. The questions that most concern us are, Do I believe with saving faith on the Son of God? Is my life in harmony with the divine law? ‘He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life.’ ‘And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.’ John 3:36; 1 John 2:3. DA 396.3
(This study is based on Matthew 15:1-20; Mark 7:1-23; and chapter 42, “Tradition” in The Desire of Ages (DA), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake. . .
Modern medicine has been focused on treating symptoms. A shift is underway to prevent disease. “But there is a problem with that,” says Pastor Flemons. “Their mindset is generally drug oriented.”
Although he really likes that focus is now being placed on preventing heart disease in patients with diabetes, rather than simply on their glucose levels, drugs are not the answer in his experience. It is true, he says, that many patients being treated for diabetes die of heart attacks. But lifestyle–not drugs–is the key.
“You have to deal with lifestyle. You can reverse diabetes ninety percent of the time just by changing people’s lifestyle and diet,” he says. “It can be accelerated with a juice feast, taking herbs, and changing your exercise habits, and all of that kind of thing, to reduce the insulin-resistance in your body.”
“Drugs don’t cure disease,” he says. From the book Ministry of Healing, we learn this about drugs. “Drugs do two things. They change the form and location of the disease.”
The exact quote says this: “People need to be taught that drugs do not cure disease. It is true that they sometimes afford present relief, and the patient appears to recover as the result of their use; this is because nature has sufficient vital force to expel the poison and to correct the conditions that caused the disease. Health is recovered in spite of the drug. But in most cases the drug only changes the form and location of the disease. Often the effect of the poison seems to be overcome for a time, but the results remain in the system and work great harm at some later period.” MH 126.3
“I’m here to tell you,” says Pastor Flemons, “if you eat broccoli instead of beef, cauliflower instead of chicken, in other words, eat a plant-based diet (nuts, grains, fruits, vegetables), that will both prevent and cure diabetes.” He then discussed the REFRESHING Way lifestyle and compared the lifespan of the ten generations before the flood to the first ten generations after the flood. The generations before the flood lived the principles of the REFRESHING Way. After the great flood, flesh became part of the diet. After the flood, the lifespan of humanity took a sharp dive.
REFRESHING: R – rely on God. E – eat healthy. F – fresh air. R – rest. E – exercise. S – self-control. H – H2O – water. I – in the sun. N – never give up. G – give to others. That is biblical wellness. This is how you prevent and reverse disease.