3. Would marriages be breaking up the way they are if this chapter were implemented in the life of even one of the spouses?
Stan,You are sharing my concern. We do tend to talk, even argue, even fight about any thing and every thing. Yet whether we be liberals or conservatives everything else is a 'sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal'. I am very convicted and troubled about this. Sometimes I think we need to remind ourselves that the Sabbath itself has no meaning unless it is grounded in loving the Lord with all our hearts and our neighbor (family members) as ourselves. From these hang all the law and the prophets.It is safe to say that this church has no message unless it is based on this. The saved will be this way. I believe we had better get down on our knees individually and together and pray this one through.
I just wish that we could hear more sermons preached in our churches today about "The Gifts of the Holy Spirit". We need to love more and criticize less. EL
I have been working on the companion book for the first quarter 2010 lesson quarterly that I have written that will be about the Fruit of the Spirit. The first in the list is Love.We are all acquainted with 1 Corinthians 13 which is called the love chapter. Please review it and then I am going to ask some questions.1
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Agreed! Thank you, Larry!
Pastor....for almost a year now we have had a young Korean man and his wife attend our church, they are in their 30's...he was a former Adventist who was very bitter....but through a dedicated Adventist teacher of English language to foreign students....she persuaded him to come to our little church and reintroduce him to the Seventhday Adventist church. Shortly after starting to come to church, he was diagnosed with cancer. Our church made it a point for him to go to Yuchee Pines and he has also had conventional treatment, but his cancer continues to advance into other organs etc. He rededicated his life awhile back and he and his wife became members of our Church.Our church has prayed for this couple and he has been anointed. This past year we have had many deaths among our members, the loss of a child, the middle aged and the old. For me, at times, it seems so unfair for this young man to have this cancer. .....One evening, while in prayer....and thinking about this young man and his wife....a question came to my mind......it was .....Pam, would you be willing to give your life for this young man......for him to live? It seemed like I heard a voice asking this of me....I paused and had to think about it....you see, my daughter and my husband have cancer....I think I would be able to say yes, if the question were asked of me, regarding them. But for this young man and his wife......if this were required of me....I realized I was not so willing......and then I thought about how we pray for others and our attitude to wards other's needs....are we really willing to sacrifice for those who are not friends or family? I concluded....that I was not.......and that it is Jesus who desires for us to become like Him....to have the Agape Love....that he has for each one of us......until then .....I am not ready for Heaven.....Amazing Grace...page 235:The Grace of Christ must mold our entire being and it 's triumph will not be complete, until the Heavenly Universe shall witness; habitual tenderness of feelings, Christ like love and Holy deeds in the deportment of the children of God.