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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Unity, based on truth and the putting aside of petty differences, prepared the disciples of Christ to be filled with the Holy Spirit. The same is true for us today. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, continued to explain the physiology of blood from a biblical perspective. He focused on tissue oxygenation. (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
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Isaiah 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
For Heaven’s Sake…
“As the disciples returned from Olivet to Jerusalem, the people looked on them, expecting to see on their faces expressions of sorrow, confusion, and defeat; but they saw there gladness and triumph. The disciples did not now mourn over disappointed hopes. They had seen the risen Saviour, and the words of His parting promise echoed constantly in their ears. AA 35.1
“In obedience to Christ’s command, they waited in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father–the outpouring of the Spirit. They did not wait in idleness. The record says that they were ‘continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.’ Luke 24:53. They also met together to present their requests to the Father in the name of Jesus. They knew that they had a Representative in heaven, an Advocate at the throne of God. In solemn awe they bowed in prayer, repeating the assurance, ‘Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.’ John 16:23, 24. Higher and still higher they extended the hand of faith, with the mighty argument, ‘It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.’ Romans 8:34. AA 35.2
“As the disciples waited for the fulfillment of the promise, they humbled their hearts in true repentance and confessed their unbelief. As they called to remembrance the words that Christ had spoken to them before His death they understood more fully their meaning. Truths which had passed from their memory were again brought to their minds, and these they repeated to one another. They reproached themselves for their misapprehension of the Saviour. Like a procession, scene after scene of His wonderful life passed before them. As they meditated upon His pure, holy life they felt that no toil would be too hard, no sacrifice too great, if only they could bear witness in their lives to the loveliness of Christ’s character. Oh, if they could but have the past three years to live over, they thought, how differently they would act! If they could only see the Master again, how earnestly they would strive to show Him how deeply they loved Him, and how sincerely they sorrowed for having ever grieved Him by a word or an act of unbelief! But they were comforted by the thought that they were forgiven. And they determined that, so far as possible, they would atone for their unbelief by bravely confessing Him before the world. AA 36.1
“The disciples prayed with intense earnestness for a fitness to meet men and in their daily intercourse to speak words that would lead sinners to Christ. Putting away all differences, all desire for the supremacy, they came close together in Christian fellowship. They drew nearer and nearer to God, and as they did this they realized what a privilege had been theirs in being permitted to associate so closely with Christ. Sadness filled their hearts as they thought of how many times they had grieved Him by their slowness of comprehension, their failure to understand the lessons that, for their good, He was trying to teach them. AA 37.1
“These days of preparation were days of deep heart searching. The disciples felt their spiritual need and cried to the Lord for the holy unction that was to fit them for the work of soul saving. They did not ask for a blessing for themselves merely. They were weighted with the burden of the salvation of souls. They realized that the gospel was to be carried to the world, and they claimed the power that Christ had promised. AA 37.2
During the patriarchal age the influence of the Holy Spirit had often been revealed in a marked manner, but never in its fullness. Now, in obedience to the word of the Saviour, the disciples offered their supplications for this gift, and in heaven Christ added His intercession. He claimed the gift of the Spirit, that He might pour it upon His people. AA 37.3
“‘And when the Day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.’ AA 37.4
“The Spirit came upon the waiting, praying disciples with a fullness that reached every heart. The Infinite One revealed Himself in power to His church. It was as if for ages this influence had been held in restraint, and now Heaven rejoiced in being able to pour out upon the church the riches of the Spirit’s grace. And under the influence of the Spirit, words of penitence and confession mingled with songs of praise for sins forgiven. Words of thanksgiving and of prophecy were heard. All heaven bent low to behold and to adore the wisdom of matchless, incomprehensible love. Lost in wonder, the apostles exclaimed, “Herein is love.” They grasped the imparted gift. And what followed? The sword of the Spirit, newly edged with power and bathed in the lightnings of heaven, cut its way through unbelief. Thousands were converted in a day.” AA 38.1
(This study is based on Acts 2:1-39 and chapter 4, “Pentecost” in The Acts of the Apostles (AA), by Ellen G. White.)
For Health’s Sake…
He began the discussion with Scripture. Romans 5:20 states “…where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” Similarly, when the body is deficient in oxygen, red blood cell (RBC) production increases. Typically, such occurrences exist when there is anemia, poor circulation, certain lung or heart disease, during hemorrhages, or at high altitudes. Also, during X-ray therapy, when bone marrow is destroyed, the body increases red blood cell production in the marrow of the bone, using the marrow that is left in the bone.
RBC production is hindered in all of these hypoxia (low oxygen) situations, however, in the absence of erythropoietin. Erythropoietin is a hormone that is primarily produced by the kidneys. Ninety percent of it is produced by the kidneys. Only ten percent is produced by the liver. Just as body depends on the kidneys to bring things back into balance, we depend on the Holy Spirit to bring things into balance in a spiritual sense. Without the Holy Spirit, you end up with fanaticism.
Interestingly, as soon as the body senses a need for oxygen, the kidneys move into action, manufacturing erythropoietin within minutes or hours. And it will not cease production until oxygen needs have been sufficiently supplied. Maximum production is reached within 24 hours. It will take about five days, however, before red blood cells enter circulation. With sufficient iron and other nutrients in the body system, erythropoietin can increase red blood cell production by ten times normal production, just as there are Ten Commandments.