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4HIS IS WORSHIP NOT POLITICS OR PERFORMANCEˆNOT AN EVENT TO BE MEASURED BY THE USUAL HUMAN INSTRUMENTS OF NUMBERS VOLUME AMPLITUDE )N THE HOUR OF WORSHIP

BELIEVERS ENTER INTO A CONVERSATION WITH THEIR ,ORD THAT OFTEN IS MORE HARMED THAN HELPED BY THOUSANDS GATHERED ROUND )N THE HOUR OF WORSHIP WE DARE NOT EXCHANGE THE PERSONALIZED AND 3PIRIT HONED 7ORD OF THE ,ORD FOR THE SENSE OF SECURITY WE GET FROM PARTICIPATING IN LARGE OR POPULAR EVENTS 4HE #HRIST WE COME TO WORSHIP PROMISED THAT (E WOULD ATTEND IF ONLY TWO OR THREE WERE GATHERED IN (IS NAME !ND THOUGH (E PREACHED TO THOUSANDS AND HAD COMPASSION ON LARGE MULTITUDES (E ALWAYS SHOWED A PREFERENCE FOR THE SMALL AND INTIMATE ENCOUNTERS (E ISN T SHAMED BY SMALL ATTENDANCES NOR IS (IS POWER RESTRICTED

BY THE COUNT (IS LOVE IS JUST AS WARM (IS GRACE JUST AS AMAZING WHEN OR LEARN OF IT AS WHEN THE STADIUM SINGS (IS PRAISE 3O IF YOU WORSHIP WITH ONLY A FEWˆAS MILLIONS OF !DVENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD DOˆTAKE HEARTˆAND STOP APOLOGIZING 9OU ALREADY HAVE ALL THE AUDIENCE YOU NEED h"EFORE THEY CALL ) WILL ANSWER v THE ,ORD SAYS h7HILE THEY ARE STILL SPEAKING ) WILL HEARv )SA .+*6

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4HAILANDˆA LOCATION THAT ORGANIZERS SAID PRIDES ITSELF IN PROVIDING lRST CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS AND EVENT FACILITIES AT AN EXTRAORDINARILY REASONABLE COST 4HE MEETING WAS NOTABLE WORLD CHURCH GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT ,OWELL #OOPER SAID AS BEING THE hlRST TIMEv

SEVERAL OF THE '#!3 BOARD MEMBERS HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH A SUBSTANTIAL GROUP OF CHURCH AUDITORS "ECAUSE OF THE GLOBAL PRESENCE OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH '#!3 AUDITORS ARE STATIONED IN EACH OF THE CHURCH S REGIONS WORLDWIDE h4HE SEMINAR PROVIDED A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH FOR THE WORLDWIDE AUDITING TEAM v #OOPER SAID h)T EMPHASIZED THAT '#!3 PROVIDES A MINISTRY TO THE CHURCH v )N HIS KEYNOTE ADDRESS 0AUL $OUGLAS RECENTLY ELECTED '#!3 DIRECTOR EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION

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TO THE SPOUSES AND CHILDREN WHO MAKE SIGNIlCANT SACRIlCES EACH DAY IN SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY TO WHICH EACH AUDITOR HAS BEEN CALLED (E ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF %RIC +ORFF WHO JUST RETIRED FROM THE '#!3 DIRECTOR S POST AND CHALLENGED EACH AUDITOR TO EMBRACE THE SEMINAR THEME OF h$ELIVERING %XCELLENCE v $OUGLAS STATED EACH AUDITOR MUST EMBRACE THE GLOBAL COMMITMENT OF '#!3 TO DELIVER EXCELLENCE BY COMPLEMENTING THEIR APTITUDE WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE 4HE WEEKLONG SEMINAR WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT

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A RETIRED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD CHURCH SHARED SPIRITUAL MESSAGES TAILORED TO THE ATTENDEES BUSINESS BACKGROUND &OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION WERE PRESENTED THAT ADDRESSED THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION OF ETHICS UPDATES TO AUDITING STANDARDS REVISIONS TO THE '#!3 3TANDARD !UDIT -ETHODOLOGY

ISSUES RELATING TO FRAUD TIPS AND TOOLS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR LEADERSHIP AND THE MISSION CRITICAL MATTER OF SERVICE EXCELLENCE )N RECOGNITION OF THE AUDITORS DEDICATED SERVICE AN HONORS BANQUET HIGHLIGHTED THE TENURES OF SERVICE OF INDIVIDUAL AUDITORS RANGING FROM TO YEARS ,OWELL #OOPER 2OBERT ,EMON WORLD CHURCH TREASURER AS WELL AS *ACK +ROGSTAD '#!3 BOARD CHAIR PAID SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE HONOREES AND THANKED THEM FOR THE EXCELLENT SERVICE AND SACRIlCE THEY HAVE MADE TO BOTH 'OD AND THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH h) VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THE POSSIBILITY THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED TO GROW PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY

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AFTER THE MEETING !DDED +IM 4AE 3UNG A '#!3 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR BASED IN +OREA h)T WAS WONDERFUL TO MEET TALK AND SHARE TIME WITH COLLEAGUES AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD REALIZING THAT WE ARE ONE IN #HRIST AND ALL 'OD S CHILDREN v /RGANIZED BY THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN '#!3 PERFORMS STRUCTURALLY INDEPENDENT lNANCIAL AUDITS REVIEWS OF TRUST OPERATIONS AND TESTS OF POLICY COMPLIANCE FOR MORE THAN

DENOMINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE THAT HAVE AN ESTIMATED ASSET BASE OF 53 BILLION 7ITH A TEAM OF APPROXIMATELY HIGHLY QUALIlED PROFESSIONALS OPERATING FROM OFlCES IN COUNTRIES '#!3 IS POSITIONED TO DELIVER AUDITS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AT THE BEST ECONOMICAL VALUE ˆREPORTED BY '#!3 WITH !7 3TAFF 0AULSEN 5RGES 9OUNG !DULT )NVOLVEMENT IN ,OCAL #HURCHES N )NVOLVEMENT IN A LOCAL CONGREGATION IS THE BEST WAY TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE GLOBAL 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST COMMUNITY WORLD CHURCH PRESIDENT *AN 0AULSEN TOLD TWO GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE GATHERED FOR THE lRST ,ET S 4ALK BROADCASTS IN !SIA 5RGING ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN BOTH CHURCH ACTIVITIES AND PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY

0AULSEN ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM STUDENTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FROM ACROSS %AST !SIA /NE THEMEˆHOW TO MAKE !DVENTISM A RELIGION WITH PREDOMINANTLY 7ESTERN ROOTS

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DIVORCE AND BEING SINGLE 0AULSEN CITING HIS OWN YEARS OF MARRIAGE STRESSED THE VALUE OF CHOOSING PARTNERS WISELY AND ATTENDING PREMARITAL COUNSELING "ECAUSE MARRIAGE IS A hCOMMITMENT

NOT AN EXPERIMENT v 0AULSEN SAID COHABITATION AS A hTRIAL RUNv IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF CUTTING DIVORCE RATES 0AULSEN CONTINUED THE THEME OF COMMITMENTˆTHIS TIME LOYALTY TO 'ODˆWHEN ANSWERING SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT 3ABBATH OBSERVANCE FROM THE GROUP IN -ANILA 7HEN A STUDENT FROM -YANMAR SAID SOME STATE EXAMS ARE HELD ONLY ON 3ABBATH

0AULSEN MENTIONED THE WORK OF THE CHURCH S $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC !FFAIRS AND 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY TO ELIMINATE RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION /NE STUDENT ASKED WHETHER IT S /+ TO LET 3ABBATHKEEPING SLIP TO CURRY FAVOR WITH A PROFESSOR OR A BOSS h7E DON T COMPROMISE THE 3ABBATH FOR ANYTHING v 0AULSEN SAID

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THEY CAN ALSO DEPEND ON THEIR OWN hGOOD MINDS AND SOUND JUDGMENT v 0AULSEN STRESSED DURING BOTH BROADCASTS h,OOK YOU KNOW WHAT S RIGHT v HE SAID IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ABOUT MUSIC MOVIES AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENT CHOICES (E THEN SHARED THE GUIDELINES HE USES TO CHOOSE MUSIC FOR HIS I0OD h)S IT WORSHIPFUL $OES IT COMMUNICATE A MESSAGE FROM 'OD $OES IT BOND A COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS v )F NOT BEST NOT TO hBAPTIZEv IT HE SAID 3EVERAL QUESTIONS SURROUNDED APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES FOR !DVENTISTS 3HOULD !DVENTISTS CAMPAIGN FOR POLITICIANS RUN FOR OFlCE ASSOCIATE WITH OTHER DENOMINATIONS PLAY SPORTS 0AULSEN S h9ESv TO EACH QUESTION WAS TEMPERED BY A WARNINGˆDON T LET ANYTHING ELBOW OUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO #HRIST )F YOU SEEK ELECTION ONE DAY

HE TOLD THE STUDENTS hDON T CONFUSE THE AGENDA OF THE STATE WITH THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH v h+NOW WHO YOU ARE AND DON T COMPROMISE YOUR IDENTITY v 0AULSEN SAID ADVISING THE STUDENTS NOT TO CLOISTER THEMSELVES AWAY IN A SOLELY !DVENTIST COMMUNITY h#HRIST SAID

@,ET S GO DOWN AND MEET THOSE PEOPLE 3O DON T BE A BYSTANDERˆGO WITH CONVICTION THE ASSURANCE OF WHO YOU ARE AND THE VALUE OF WHAT YOU OFFER v HE SAID 7HEN A PARTICIPANT FROM #AMBODIA WHOSE FAMILY DIED IN THE GENOCIDE UNDER 0OL 0OT ASKED WHETHER 'OD WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE INTO HEAVEN WHO NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO ACCEPT *ESUS 0AULSEN ASSURED HIM 'OD WAS hGENEROUSv BEYOND HUMAN COMPREHENSION h!REN T YOU GLAD (E IS THE /NE WHO WILL ULTIMATELY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS vˆBY %LIZABETH ,ECHLEITNER !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK

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RECENTLY SPOKE WITH !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK ABOUT A CHURCH CAMPAIGN IN +ENYA TO RECRUIT EVERY !DVENTIST PASTOR AND CHURCH LEADER TO PREACH FORGIVENESS AND RESPECT FOR LIFEˆBOTH FROM THE PULPIT AND AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE /NLY WHEN !DVENTISTS HOLD #HRISTIAN VALUES ABOVE TRIBAL LOYALTIES HE SAYS CAN THE CHURCH AVOID A SITUATION SIMILAR TO THE TRIBAL VIOLENCE AND MASS KILLINGS IN NEARBY 2WANDA $ESPITE SECURITY CHALLENGES -BWANA SAYS !DVENTISTS ARE ASSISTING THOSE AFFECTED #HURCH MEMBERS ARE ORGANIZING 3ABBATH SERVICES AT REFUGEE CAMPS AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD CLOTHING AND OTHER BASIC SUPPLIES TO THE DISPLACED %XCERPTS

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!DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK +ENYA S CURRENT MINISTER OF EDUCATION 3AM /NGERI IS A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST AND YOU VE NOTED EARLIER THAT SEVERAL OF THE COUNTRY S JUDGES AND OTHER PROMINENT lGURES ARE ALSO CHURCH MEMBERS (AVE !DVENTISTS BEEN ABLE TO USE THEIR PUBLIC POSITIONS TO SWAY OPINIONS TOWARD RECONCILIATION 'EOFFREY -BWANA 9ES 0ROFESSOR /NGERI WAS AMONG FOUR LEADERS WHO WERE RECENTLY APPOINTED BY 0RESIDENT +IBAKI TO REPRESENT HIS PARTY AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE WITH +Ol !NNAN ) CAN REMEMBER VERY WELL THE INITIAL MEETING WHICH WAS TELEVISED !NNAN WAS ABOUT TO START AND 0ROFESSOR /NGERI POLITELY REQUESTED THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN WITH PRAYER (E WAS THEN ASKED TO OFFER A PRAYER WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS A VERY POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION )S THERE A mIP SIDE TO POLITICAL INVOLVEMENTˆA DANGER THAT POLITICAL ALLEGIANCES MIGHT ECLIPSE #HRISTIAN LOYALTIES 7E HAVE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES ;OF THE POLITICAL DIVIDE= 9OU KNOW THEY ARE NATIONALS AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL LIFE OF THE COUNTRY 7E HAVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WHO ARE !DVENTISTS 0ROFESSOR /NGERI WAS APPOINTED BY 0RESIDENT +IBAKI 3O OUR MEMBERS ARE ACTIVE IN THE POLITICAL LIFE OF THE COUNTRY 7HAT HAPPENS TO THE GENERAL POPULATION AFFECTS OUR PEOPLE 7E HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS AND THE SIDES THAT WE TAKE 7E ARE ASKING OUR PEOPLE TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE THAT BECOMING A #HRISTIANˆAND AN !DVENTIST FOR THAT MATTERˆMAKES 7HAT ABOUT THE BROADER !DVENTIST COMMUNITY $O YOU SEE THE !DVENTIST POPULATION IN +ENYA POLARIZING OVER THIS CONmICT #OULD THIS TURN INTO ANOTHER 2WANDA WITH !DVENTISTS PITTED AGAINST OTHER !DVENTISTS 2IGHT NOW WE DO NOT SEE THAT HAPPENING !ND YET IF ISSUES AT STAKE ARE NOT !PRIL \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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WHAT WE ARE DOING IS TO VISIT WITH CONGREGATIONS 7E HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH PASTORS IN DIFFERENT PLACES

INCLUDING THE AREAS OF THE WORSE VIOLENCE 7E HAVE BEEN PREACHING BROTHERHOOD AND RECONCILIATION LOVE AND RESPECT FOR LIFE AND ONE ANOTHER FORGIVENESS AND PEACE 7HAT TOLL HAS THE VIOLENCE TAKEN ON THE !DVENTIST POPULATION IN +ENYA 2IGHT NOW WE DO NOT KNOW OF ANY !DVENTISTS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES )T S A LITTLE BIT DIFlCULT TO GET INFORMATION SO WE CANNOT RULE THAT OUT COMPLETELY (OWEVER IN TERMS OF CHURCH INFRASTRUCTURE A NIGHT WATCHMAN S HOUSE AT ;THE 5NIVERSITY OF %ASTERN !FRICA "ARATON= WAS ALMOST BURNED SOME FACULTY HOMES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY WERE DESTROYED AND ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS WAS ALMOST BURNED DOWN 4HE VIOLENCE HAS AFFECTED OUR CHURCH MEMBERS THE GREATEST 7E HAVE MANY WHO ARE REFUGEES NOW DISPLACED IN CAMPS )N %LDORET IN THE WESTERN PART OF +ENYA WE HAVE ALMOST !DVENTIST CHURCH MEMBERS WORSHIPPING TOGETHER EVERY 3ABBATH AT ONE REFUGEE CAMP !ND WE HAVE MANY MANY !DVENTISTS IN OTHER REFUGEE CAMPS WHICH WE ARE VISITING FROM TIME TO TIME (OW DO YOU CONVINCE !DVENTISTS OF OPPOSING ETHNICITIES TO FORGIVE AMID SUCH DEEPLY ROOTED ETHNIC RIVALRIES "ASICALLY WE HAVE TO APPEAL TO THEIR SPIRITUAL ORIENTATION

BECAUSE WE ARE ALL OF THE SAME BLOOD THROUGH #HRIST 7E HAVE THESE ETHNIC DIFFERENCES BUT THEY RE NOT THE ISSUE REALLYˆTHE MAIN THING IS THAT WE ARE ALL FROM THE SAME FAMILY *ESUS HAS SO MUCH RESPECT FOR LIFE THAT (E GAVE (IS OWN BLOOD THAT WE MAY LIVE .OW INSTEAD OF SHEDDING SOMEBODY ELSE S BLOOD WE SHOULD BE THERE TO SUPPORT 4HIS IS THE SPIRIT OF *ESUS #HRIST 7E ARE JUST ATTEMPTING TO LEAD THEM BEYOND THEIR ETHNIC SENTIMENTS NOT JUST TO EMBRACE THE POWERFUL #HRISTIAN VALUES OF HUMANITY BUT TO REALLY LIVE AT THAT LEVEL )DEOLOGICALLY THAT SOUNDS GOOD "UT HOW DO YOU TRANSLATE THAT INTO PRACTICAL ADVICE AND CONCRETE RESULTS /NE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ADVISED IS FOR PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT CAMPS AND OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS TO REACH OUT TO THE OTHER SIDE IN ACTS OF KINDNESS BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ETHNIC DIVIDE WHO ARE AFFECTED NEGATIVELY AND THEY NEED HELP AT THIS MOMENT AND THEREFORE WE HAVE ENCOURAGED OUR CHURCHES TO REACH OUT WITHOUT SEGREGATION

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VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR CHURCHES HAVE GONE TO ;BABYSIT= ORPHAN CHILDREN AT CAMPS AND AGAIN ALL OF OUR CHURCHES UP UNTIL NOW ARE ACTIVE IN COLLECTING FOOD AND CLOTHING AND DELIVERING SUPPLIES SOME THROUGH ;THE !DVENTIST $EVELOPMENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY= AND SOME DIRECTLY TO REFUGEE CAMPS )T S NOT JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE S WORK 4HIS IS AN EFFORT BY EVERY PASTOR AND CHURCH LEADER TO PREACH RECONCILIATION AND ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE LOCALLY 7HAT SORT OF REACTIONS HAVE THESE EFFORTS RECEIVED 4O PLACES THAT WE HAVE BEEN TO PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED VERY POSITIVELYˆ) M TALKING ABOUT !DVENTISTS OF COURSE %ACH TIME WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM THEY TELL US h4HIS IS THE MESSAGE WE NEEDED v )N SOME OF THESE REMOTE AND STILL VERY DANGEROUS PLACES THEY VE TOLD US h7E DIDN T KNOW THAT YOU WOULD COME SO FAR RISK YOUR LIVES FOR US v 4HEY WERE SO HAPPY AND VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED TO SEE LEADERS AND HEAR THEIR MESSAGE $O YOU THINK THIS MESSAGE IS INmUENCING SPHERES BEYOND THE !DVENTIST COMMUNITY 7E THINK IT WILL 7E HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO MEET LEADERS ON EACH SIDE OF THE POLITICAL DIVIDE ALTHOUGH WE VE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO DO SO 7E THINK THAT THE ROLE THAT WE ARE PLAYING

ALTHOUGH NOT AS MAJOR AS WE WOULD WANTˆLARGELY BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE WE CANNOT READILY GO BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY SITUATIONˆBUT WE THINK THAT IT S HAVING SOME POSITIVE IMPACT AND MAY CONTRIBUTE TO HEALING THE WOUNDS AND WORKING TOWARD RECONCILIATION *UST YESTERDAY ) WAS INVITED TO SPEAK AT AN INTER RELIGIOUS MEETING WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY BROADCAST BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY POSTPONED IT "UT THAT WAS ONE PUBLIC EVENT WE WOULD VERY WILLINGLY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN 7ITHIN THE CHURCH ITSELF WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND SAY h9ES WE NEED TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER WE NEED TO FORGET THESE DIFFERENCES v #HURCH MEMBERS AROUND THE WORLD ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION IN +ENYA )S THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU D LIKE THEM TO KNOW ) NEED TO SAY ) M SO GRATEFUL TO CHURCH MEMBERS HERE IN .AIROBI THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY WHO HAVE GIVEN OF THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO PEOPLE WHO NEED OUR SERVICES RIGHT NOW /UR YOUNG PEOPLE VOLUNTEERED WITH !$2! TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND CLOTHING AND CERTAINLY THAT S THE #HRISTIAN SPIRIT WE NEED MORE OF 7E HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM !DVENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD IN TERMS OF COUNSEL PRAYER AND EVEN AS WE WERE EVACUATING OUR WORKERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND OUR HOSPITAL WE RECEIVED TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM ;THE WORLD CHURCH HEADQUARTERS= 4HE LEADERS HAVE BEEN WITH US ON A DAILY BASIS

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AND SUBSEQUENT 4HE !DVENT 2EVIEW AND 3ABBATH (ERALD ARTICLES PROMPTED THE lRST !DVENTIST MISSIONARIES TO START COLPORTEUR AND MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK IN THE FALL OF ! FEW YEARS LATER THE !DVENTIST #HURCH OFlCIALLY ORGANIZED THE #UBAN -ISSION )N THE lRST CONGREGATION WAS ORGANIZED IN A SUBURB JUST OUTSIDE (AVANA 4HE lRST #UBANS TO BECOME 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS WERE 0EDRO #RUZ AND -ANUEL !VILA #RUZ BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH SOME !DVENTIST MISSIONARIES READ THEIR LITERATURE AND INVITED HIS FRIEND !VILA TO ATTEND MEETINGS WITH HIM 4HE TWO WERE BAPTIZED -AY ,ATER THAT SAME YEAR EIGHT MORE INDIVIDUALS WERE BAPTIZED )N A RADIO PROGRAM ,A 6OZ DEL !TALAYA h4HE 6OICE OF THE 7ATCHMANv BEGAN BROADCASTING OUT OF (AVANA

WITH -IGUEL 6ÕSQUEZ AS SPEAKER )N THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE 2ADIO $EPARTMENT APPOINTED "RAULIO 0£REZ -ARCIO TO PREPARE AND RECORD 3PANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS THAT WERE BROADCAST ON RADIO STATION #-1 THROUGHOUT THE #ARIBBEAN !LTHOUGH THE RADIO BROADCASTS HAVE SINCE BEEN DISCONTINUED A "IBLE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL STILL FUNCTIONS 4HE !DVENTIST #HURCH HAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ON THE ISLAND UNTIL ALL PRIVATE SCHOOLS WERE BANNED IN 4HE #UBAN !DVENTIST 3EMINARY STILL OPERATES BUT THE ENROLLMENT HAS DROPPED SIGNIlCANTLY SINCE THE EARLY S )N SOME !DVENTISTS LIVED IN #UBA *UST SIX YEARS LATER THE CHURCH HAD MORE THAN DOUBLED TO MEMBERS 4ODAY THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN #UBA CONTINUES TO GROW WITH MANY CONGREGATIONS HAVING OUTGROWN THEIR FACILITIES 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN #UBA WATCH THIS QUARTER S !DVENTIST -ISSION $6$ OR VISIT WWW !DVENTIST-ISSION ORG

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NEW WIND IS BLOWING ACROSS THE #HRISTIAN LANDSCAPE ONE WITH THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT (OW SHOULD 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS WITH OUR KEEN INTEREST IN END TIME DEVELOPMENTS RELATE TO IT .OVEMBER

SOME #HRISTIAN LEADERS FROM MORE THAN NATIONS CAME TOGETHER IN ,IMURU

+ENYA 4HE EXTREMELY DIVERSE GROUP

WHICH GATHERED UNDER THE RUBRIC OF THE 'LOBAL #HRISTIAN &ORUM '#&

WAS A MEETING UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN MODERN TIMES &OR THE lRST TIME 0ENTECOSTALS AND %VANGELICALS SAT DOWN WITH #ATHOLICS 0ROTESTANTS /RTHODOX

AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE !FRICAN )NSTITUTED #HURCHES -ANY OF THOSE PRESENT CALLED THE MEETING HISTORIC CERTAINLY IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED 4HE GATHERING AT ,IMURU TOOK PLACE ON THE EVE OF THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 7ORLD #OUNCIL OF #HURCHES 7## -AJOR CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE #HRISTIAN WORLD SINCE

WHEN THE 7## WAS FORMED IN HIGH HOPES OF UNITING #HRISTIANS N 4HE CENTER OF GRAVITY HAS MOVED SOUTH .O LONGER DO %UROPE AND THE 5NITED 3TATES SET THE PACE #HRISTIANITY IS GROWING RAPIDLY IN !FRICA AND !SIA

BUT IS STAGNANT IN ITS OLD hHOME BASE v 4HERE ARE NOW ABOUT FOUR TIMES MORE #HRISTIANS IN THE GLOBAL 3OUTH THAN IN THE .ORTH OR h7ESTv h3OUTHERNv MISSIONARIES NOW OUTNUMBER THEIR TRADITIONAL 7ESTERN COUNTERPARTS "EYOND THE NUMBERS HOWEVER WE SHOULD NOTE AN EVEN MORE IMPORTANT CHANGE h3OUTHERNv #HRISTIANITY IS MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN

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7ILLIAM ' *OHNSSON IS ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR INTERFAITH RELATIONS FOR THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH

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THAT OF THE hMAINLINEv CHURCHES THAT CONSTITUTE THE BULK OF THE 7## )T ASSIGNS GREATER AUTHORITY TO THE 3CRIPTURES IT HAS A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL WORLDS AND IT GIVES THE (OLY 3PIRIT A MUCH MORE PROMINENT ROLE IN DOCTRINE AND EXPERIENCE N 4HE %VANGELICAL MOVEMENT

CUTTING ACROSS DENOMINATIONAL LINES

HAS BECOME A GLOBAL FORCE %VANGELICALS

REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARENT CHURCH HOME ARE UNITED IN BELIEF IN THE RELIABILITY OF THE "IBLE IN THE ATONING WORK OF #HRIST BY (IS DEATH ON THE CROSS IN THE NEED FOR CONVERSION AND EVANGELISM AND IN THE SECOND COMING OF #HRIST 4HE 7ORLD %VANGELICAL !LLIANCE COUNTS SOME MILLION #HRISTIANS IN ITS FELLOWSHIP N 'ROWING EVEN MORE RAPIDLY ARE THE 0ENTECOSTALS )N ITS MODERN MANIFESTATION THE MOVEMENT BEGAN AS A MARGINALIZED FRINGE #HRISTIAN PHENOMENON IN ,OS !NGELES IN 0RIMARILY A REVIVAL MOVEMENT APPEALING TO THE POOR AND DISDAINED

BY SOCIETY 0ENTECOSTALISM HAS SPREAD GLOBALLY )T HAS NO CENTRAL STRUCTURE OR ORGANIZATION RATHER IT CENTERS IN THE CONGREGATION EMPHASIZING THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT "ECAUSE A CLEAR DElNITION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A 0ENTECOSTAL IS HARD TO COME BY ESTIMATES OF THE STRENGTH OF

THE WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT VARY WIDELY GENERALLY HOWEVER OBSERVERS AGREE THAT GLOBALLY 0ENTECOSTALS #HARISMATICS NUMBER MORE THAN MILLION N /N THE CONTINENT OF !FRICA #HRISTIANITY HAS EXPLODED -ANY NEW

INDIGENOUS CHURCHES HAVE ARISEN AROUND CHARISMATIC lGURES 3OME OF THESE CHURCHES KNOWN GENERALLY AS !FRICAN )NSTITUTED #HURCHES HAVE CONGREGATIONS BEYOND THEIR NATIONAL BOUNDARIES AND EVEN IN %UROPE AND !MERICA /FFERING A RELIGION OF CELEBRATION THEY USE SYMBOLS

MUSIC AND DANCE REmECTIVE OF !FRICAN CULTURE 0ROBABLY ABOUT MILLION #HRISTIANS BELONG TO THE !FRICAN )NSTITUTED #HURCHES 4HESE MAJOR CHANGES LARGELY BYPASSED THE 7## %VANGELICALS HAVE BEEN DISENCHANTED BY THE SHARP TURN TOWARD SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTION THAT THE 7## TOOK AT ITS WORLD ASSEMBLY IN AT 5PPSALA 3WEDEN 0ENTECOSTALS

INITIALLY SCORNED BY THE MAINLINE CHURCHES HARBOR HOSTILITY TOWARD THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT REPRESENTED

BY THE 7## !ND THE NEW !FRICAN CHURCHES AND THE 7## GENERALLY lND LITTLE IN COMMON 4ODAY YEARS AFTER ITS FOUNDING

THE 7## IS LOOKING FOR A SENSE OF DIRECTION )TS BUDGET AND STAFF HAVE BEEN DRASTICALLY REDUCED FROM YEARS AGO )T HAS FAILED TO ATTRACT

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AS WELL AS PERSONAL IN TERACTION WERE FEATURED PROMINENTLY IN THE MEET ING OF THE 'LOBAL #HRISTIAN &ORUM IN ,IMURU +ENYA 2IGHT "2/!$ 2%02%3%.

4!4)/. 2EPRESENTATIVES TO THE 'LOBAL #HRISTIAN S FFROM R M THE RO &ORUM INCLUDED DELEGATES THE 3ALVATION 3ALVATION !RMY !RMY !SSEMBLIES !SSEMBLIES OF OF 'OD 'OD /R /R THODOX #HURCH IN !MERICA 7ORLD #OUNCIL OF #HURCHES 0ONTIlCAL #OUNCIL FOR 0ROMOTING #HRISTIAN 5NITY AND #ONFERENCE OF #HRISTIAN #OMMUNICATORS

-AJOR CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE #HRISTIAN WORLD SINCE

WHEN THE 7ORLD #OUNCIL OF #HURCHES WAS FORMED

GROUPS REPRESENTING LARGE NUMBERS OF #HRISTIANS !ND IN SPITE OF EARNEST EFFORTS ITS MEMBER CHURCHES HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE BASIC STEP OF ACCEPTING ONE ANOTHER AT THE ,ORD S TABLE /UT OF THIS BACKGROUND THE CONCEPT OF THE 'LOBAL #HRISTIAN &ORUM WAS CONCEIVED IN (UBERT VAN "EEK WHO SERVED MANY YEARS WITH THE 7## SPENT THE FOLLOWING NINE YEARS AS A RETIRED PLANNER AND ORGANIZER OF THE EVENT THAT EVENTUALLY TOOK PLACE LAST .OVEMBER AT ,IMURU 6AN "ECK WAS ASSISTED BY AN ESSENTIALLY VOLUNTEER STEERING COMMITTEE DRAWN L FROM SEVERAL TRADITIONS -EL 2OBECK

PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY AT &ULLER 3EMINARY IN #ALIFORNIA AND A 0ENTECOSTAL PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN PERSUADING MANY 0ENTECOSTAL LEADERS TO ATTEND THE '#& 4HE IDEAS OF THE '#& WERE lRST TESTED IN REGIONAL MEETINGS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD 4HE STEERING COMMITTEE CONCLUDED THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR 0ENTECOSTALS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO PARTICIPATE WOULD BE TO ENSURE THAT THEY AND %VANGELICALS COMPRISED AT LEAST PERCENT OF ALL THOSE PRESENT 4HIS IS INDEED WHAT HAPPENED AT ,IMURU 0ENTECOSTALS FORMED THE LARGEST SINGLE GROUP AND PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN PLENARY SESSIONS AND DISCUSSION GROUPS "OTH OF THE MAJOR PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE PLENARIES CAME FROM 0ENTECOSTAL SCHOLARS 4HE '#& MET FOR FOUR DAYS AT ,IMURU KILOMETERS MILES FROM .AIROBI AT A RESORT CENTER OWNED

BY THE .ATIONAL #OUNCIL OF #HURCHES OF +ENYA 4HE 7## AND ITS PARTNERS !PRIL \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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PUT UP MOST OF THE FUNDING FOR THE EVENT -ANY OF THOSE WHO CAME HAD THEIR EXPENSES PAID BY THE ORGANIZERS 4HREE !DVENTISTS ATTENDED *OHN 'RAZ

0UBLIC !FFAIRS AND 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY DIRECTOR AT THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE *OHN +AKEMBO -INISTERIAL DIRECTOR OF THE %AST #ENTRAL !FRICA $IVISION WHICH HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS IN .AIROBI AND ) 4HE STATED PURPOSE OF THE '#& WAS TO hCREATE AN OPEN SPACE WHEREIN REPRESENTATIVES FROM A BROAD RANGE OF #HRISTIAN CHURCHES AND INTERCHURCH ORGANIZATIONS WHICH CONFESS THE TRIUNE

)N THESE GROUPS THE DENOMINATIONAL BARRIERS CAME DOWN THE REMAINING DAYS BUILT ON THE GOODWILL THAT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED 4HE '#& SPENT ITS lNAL DAY AND A HALF EVALUATING WHAT HAD TRANSPIRED AND TRYING TO ASCERTAIN THE FORM AND DIRECTION IT SHOULD TAKE !TTENDEES EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE EVENT

WHICH THEY VIEWED AS A BREAKTHROUGH

AND URGED THAT STRUCTURES BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM THE '#& AVOID BECOMING A NEW ORGANIZATION THE PROCESS CONTINUE AT REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS

SENSE OF DIVINELY ORDAINED MISSION TO THE ENTIRE WORLD CANNOT BE WEAKENED OR COMPROMISED BY ORGANIC LINKING WITH OTHER #HRISTIAN BODIES 7E DO NOT TAKE UPON OURSELVES THE ROLE OF JUDGE WE SIMPLY FOCUS ON OUR MISSION AND LEAVE OTHERS TO ANSWER TO THE ,ORD FOR THEIR CALLING 9ES WE TOO DESIRE THE UNITY OF BELIEVERS FOR WHICH OUR ,ORD PRAYED BEFORE (E WENT TO THE CROSS "UT UNITY ON WHAT BASIS !ND AT WHAT PRICE &OR US #HRISTIAN UNITY CAN COME ONLY FROM SHARED BELIEFS BASED ON THE "IBLE &URTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY AND PROPHECY MAKES US WARY OF #HRISTIAN COALITIONS 4OO OFTEN THE RESULT HAS BEEN COERCION OF CONSCIENCE AND 2EVELATION POINTS TO ANOTHER SUCH DEVELOPMENT JUST BEFORE #HRIST RETURNS 7E APPLAUD MEN AND WOMEN OF GOODWILL EVERYWHERE &OR SOME YEARS THE 7ORKING 0OLICY OF OUR CHURCH HAS STATED h7E RECOGNIZE THOSE AGENCIES THAT LIFT UP #HRIST BEFORE MEN AS A PART OF THE DIVINE PLAN FOR EVANGELIZATION OF THE WORLD AND WE HOLD IN HIGH ESTEEM #HRISTIAN MEN AND WOMEN IN OTHER COMMUNIONS AND THE COMMITTEE THAT PLANNED THE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN WINNING SOULS '#& BE RECONSTITUTED AND ENLARGED TO #HRISTv P 7E ENTER INTO TO GUIDE THE PROCESS 4HE UNFOLDING THEOLOGICAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER FUTURE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER ANOTHER CHURCHES SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND AND GLOBAL MEETING SHOULD BE ARRANGED TO BE UNDERSTOOD 7HERE POSSIBLE WE -OST OF THOSE WHO CAME TO MAKE COMMON CAUSE IN ENDEAVORS ,IMURU LEFT ON A HIGH NOTE 4HEY FELT SUCH AS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND AID TO THE THEY HAD BEEN A PART OF SOMETHING NEEDY JUST AS %LLEN 7HITE IN HER DAY SPECIAL PERHAPS HISTORIC 7ILL THE '#& JOINED WITH OTHER #HRISTIAN BODIES IN SUBSEQUENTLY BE SEEN AS THE TURNING lGHTING THE ALCOHOL TRAFlC POINT WHEN THE 7## AND THE OLD 7E GLADLY WORSHIP WITH OTHER ECUMENISM FADED AWAY AND A NEW AND #HRISTIANS PRAYING WITH AND FOR UNPREDICTABLE ECUMENISM WAS BORN THEM INCLUDING THEIR MINISTERS /NLY TIME WILL TELL !ND HERE !DVENTISTS ARE WAY OUT IN (OW !DVENTISTS RELATE TO THESE FRONT OF THE CHURCHES OF THE 7## WINDS OF CHANGE WILL CALL FOR ALERTNESS WE OPEN THE ,ORD S TABLE TO ALL WHO AND CAREFUL THOUGHT 7E HAVE NEVER PRESENT THEMSELVES REGARDLESS OF BEEN A MEMBER OF THE 7## AND HAVE DENOMINATION 4HAT IS THE SORT OF KEPT AT A DISTANCE THE ECUMENISM ECUMENISMˆAND ONLY THATˆIN WHICH THAT ORGANIZATION ESPOUSES &OR US A WE FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE

(OW !DVENTISTS RELATE TO THESE WINDS OF CHANGE WILL CALL FOR ALERTNESS AND CAREFUL THOUGHT 'OD AND *ESUS #HRIST AS PERFECT IN (IS DIVINITY AND HUMANITY CAN GATHER TO FOSTER MUTUAL RESPECT TO EXPLORE AND ADDRESS TOGETHER COMMON CHALLENGES v 5NLIKE PAST ECUMENICAL GATHERINGS ) HAVE ATTENDED AT THE '#& THE AFFECTIVE EMOTIONAL ELEMENT PLAYED A SIGNIlCANT PART 7ORSHIP SERVICES

EXCEPT FOR THE ONE CONDUCTED BY THE /RTHODOX WERE LIVELY !FRICANS BROUGHT A DISTINCTIVE mAVOR TO THE GATHERING &OR MANY THE HIGH POINT CAME ON THE lRST DAY !LL ATTENDEES JOINED IN PREASSIGNED GROUPS OF AND SPENT

PERSON BY PERSON ABOUT MINUTES EACH RELATING IN PERSONAL TESTIMONY THEIR JOURNEY WITH *ESUS #HRIST 4HE COMMON ELEMENTS OF DIVINE CALLING AND INTERVENTION REGARDLESS OF THE TRADITION WERE POWERFUL AND MOVING

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-Y MOM IS ONLY AND SHE JUST HAD A HEART ATTACK 7E ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE SHE SEEMED VERY HEALTHY -Y BROTHER AND ) ARE AND

RESPECTIVELY $OES THIS MEAN WE ARE AT RISK OURSELVES HIS IS A GOOD QUESTION AND ONE YOU NEED TO ASK YOUR DOCTOR TO DETERMINE FOR YOU 4HE "RITISH -EDICAL *OURNAL REPORTED IN THEIR 3EPTEMBER

ISSUE THAT EVALUATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS COULD PAY DIVIDENDS )N A STUDY OF FAMILIES

THOSE HAVING ONE OR MORE FAMILY MEMBERS WITH DOCUMENTED HEART DISEASE ACCOUNTED FOR PERCENT OF THE STUDY PARTICIPANTS WHO EXPERIENCED EARLY ONSET HEART ATTACKS AND PERCENT OF PREMATURE STROKES 4HEY REPRESENTED ONLY PERCENT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION HOWEVER 4HIS MEANS THAT FAMILY PREDISPOSITION TO HEART DISEASE IS A SERIOUS MATTER 4HE RESEARCHERS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO PERCENT OF THE PREDICTED HEART ATTACKS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY APPROPRIATE INTERVENTION 4HE lRST EVALUATION BY YOUR DOCTOR WILL BE OF YOUR CURRENT INDICATORS OF RISK 7HAT ARE YOUR CHOLESTEROL LEVELS YOUR WEIGHT BLOOD PRESSURE AND LIFESTYLE PRACTICES $O YOU EXERCISE (OW MUCH FAT AND WHAT PROPORTION OF SATURATED FAT ARE IN YOUR DIET $O YOU EAT SUFlCIENT NUTS AND OMEGA FATTY ACIDS !LTHOUGH YOUR MOM WILL PROBABLY BE ON MEDICATION THE BEST THING SHE COULD DO IS GO THROUGH A CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAM 4HE (ARVARD (EART ,ETTER RECOMMENDS THAT IF A PATIENT HAS HAD A HEART ATTACK

UNDERGONE ANGIOPLASTY HAD BYPASS SURGERY OR A VALVE REPLACEMENT

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RECEIVED A HEART TRANSPLANT OR HAS STABLE ANGINA THEY SHOULD UNDERGO CARDIAC REHABILITATION )NSURANCE COMPANIES WILL USUALLY COVER THE COST OF SUCH A PROGRAM 4HE LIFESTYLE PROMOTED BY !DVENTIST (EALTH -INISTRIES WILL ALSO REDUCE THE RISK OF HEART ATTACK "UT IT S ONLY YOU WHO CAN CHOOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING ) HAVE lBROIDS ) DECLINED SURGERY BECAUSE ) WAS AFRAID OF A HYSTERECTOMY BECOMING NECESSARY

AND ) WANT CHILDREN ) AM YEARS OLD #AN YOU ADVISE IBROIDS ARE SMOOTH MUSCLE BALLS THAT GROW PREDOMINANTLY IN THE UTERUS

AND FOR THE VAST MAJORITY ARE BENIGN TUMORS 4HEY INTERFERE WITH THE BLOOD mOW IN AND THROUGH THE UTERUS AND OFTEN CAUSE DISTURBANCES IN MENSTRUAL mOW MAKING IT HEAVY 4HEY CAN INTERFERE WITH FERTILITY AND OCCASIONALLY MAY CAUSE THE LOSS OF A PREGNANCY &IBROIDS VARY IN SIZE FROM BARELY DETECTABLE PEANUT SIZE TUMORS TO SOME AS LARGE AS A SOCCER BALL 7HEN LARGE THEY MAY CAUSE PRESSURE AND PAIN AS WELL AS ABDOMINAL DISTENSION "UT RECENT ADVANCES HAVE ENABLED GYNECOLOGISTS AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS TO UTILIZE A NEW RANGE OF APPROACHES TO lBROIDS -ANY WOMEN CARRY SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCIES DESPITE lBROIDS

THOUGH A PREGNANCY CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAPID GROWTH OF lBROIDS AND A DEGENERATION OF THE CENTER OF THE lBROID CALLED hRED DEGENERATION v WHICH CAN BE QUITE PAINFUL 3MALL lBROIDS THAT MAY HANG WITHIN THE CAVITY OF THE UTERUS OR JUST BENEATH THE ENDOMETRIAL LINING SURFACE MAY SOMETIMES BE REMOVED THROUGH THE USE OF A HYSTEROSCOPE WHICH IS A SMALL TELESCOPE INSERTED THROUGH THE CERVIX

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7HEN SURGERY IS ENVISIONED TO REMOVE lBROIDS IN A PROCEDURE CALLED A MYOMACTOMY THE PATIENT IS ALWAYS CAUTIONED THAT A HYSTERECTOMY COULD BECOME URGENTLY REQUIRED 4HIS IS BECAUSE ON RARE OCCASIONS BLEEDING CAN BE DIFlCULT TO CONTROL OR THE lBROIDS MAY BE SO NUMEROUS THAT THERE IS LITTLE UTERUS TO RECONSTRUCT BACK TO NORMAL )N PRACTICE HOWEVER BECAUSE THE USE OF VASOPRESSIN SOLUTIONS INJECTED AROUND THE lBROID CAN MINIMIZE BLEEDING AND BECAUSE lBROIDS ARE GENERALLY DETECTED WHILE SMALLER THE RISK OF A HYSTERECTOMY BEING NEEDED IS MUCH LESS 0ERHAPS AT AGE ONE OF THE LARGER DANGERS TO YOUR HAVING CHILDREN IS THE RAPID PASSAGE OF TIME AND YOUR DECLINING FERTILITY ) ADVISE THAT YOU ATTEMPT PREGNANCY AS SOON AS APPROPRIATE TO YOUR SITUATION 0ROBLEMS OF FERTILITY REQUIRE URGENT IDENTIlCATION )F THE lBROIDS ARE FELT TO BE THE CAUSE OF INFERTILITY YOU MUST SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THEIR REMOVAL -ANY WOMEN OR THEIR DOCTORS PROCRASTINATEäONLY TO lND AGE HAS LEFT THEM CHILDLESS 7E RECOMMEND YOU SEEK CARE FROM A CONCERNED AND INVOLVED GYNECOLOGIST WHO TAKES YOUR ASPIRATIONS FOR MOTHERHOOD VERY SERIOUSLY

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ATELY ) VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE *ORDAN 2IVER .OT ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL *ORDAN THAT FAITHFUL ONES HAVE CROSSED BEFORE ME

WHO NOW AWAIT THE HEAVENLY hPROMISED LAND v ) HAVEN T BEEN THINKING OF THE MODERN DAY *ORDAN WITH ALL ITS MILITARY TROUBLES AND POLITICAL POTENTIAL ) HAVEN T EVEN BEEN MEDITATING ON THE MIGHTY *ORDAN THAT POSED SUCH A LOGISTICAL PROBLEM TO /LD 4ESTAMENT )SRAEL )N FACT IT S NOT REALLY THE *ORDAN ITSELF THAT ) VE BEEN CONTEMPLATING 2ATHER IT S THE STONES 4HOSE *ORDAN STONES 3ECOND 'ENERATION 0ROBLEMS

4UCKED AWAY IN THE FOURTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF *OSHUA IS THE STORY OF THAT BRIGHT EXCITING MORNING WHEN ALL THE SECOND GENERATION CHILDREN OF )SRAEL MOVED IN PACE BEHIND hTHE ARK

OF THE COVENANT OF THE ,ORD OF ALL THE EARTHv *OSHUA 4HROUGHOUT THE PREVIOUS YEARS

THESE CHILDREN OF RUNAWAY SLAVES HAD BEGUN TO LOSE THEIR HOPE AS THEIR VISION FADED $ESPITE THE FACT THAT WHILE DOING THE DESERT CIRCUIT THEIR SHOES AND CLOTHES HAD NEVER WORN OUT THEIR BREAKFAST CEREAL HAD ALWAYS BEEN PROVIDED AND STREAMS OF WATER HAD ERUPTED WHEREVER THEY CAMPED

THEY D NEVERTHELESS FAILED TO SEE THE OBVIOUS $ESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY HAD MORE LIVESTOCK AND HARD CURRENCY THAN MOST OTHER CONTEMPORARY NATIONS AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY WERE PROTECTED FROM SEARING DAYTIME HEAT BY THE CLOUD AND LED THROUGH THE DARK OF NIGHT BY THE lRE THEY D LOST THEIR AWE FOR THE MIRACULOUS OF THE EVERYDAY 4HE 2ED 3EA WAS BY

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NOW ONLY A STORY OUT OF THEIR PARENTS EXPERIENCE VERSE TWO IN THE SONG OF -OSES SO TO SPEAKˆHISTORY 4HEY HADN T BEEN A PART OF THAT ACTION 4HAT ENORMOUS MIRACLE WHICH FOR THEM AND THE SURROUNDING NATIONS DElNED THE POWER OF THEIR 'OD HAD BECOME SECONDHAND SEE *OSHUA 7ITH THE RECENT DEATH OF -OSES $EUT THE NEW GENERATION )SRAELITES HAD SEEN THE LOSS OF ALMOST EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO D hCROSSED OVER ON DRY LAND v 4HE OLD GENERATION HAD WATCHED THE HORSES THE CHARIOTS AND THEIR RIDERS WASH UP ON THE EASTERN BEACHES OF THE 2ED 3EA !LTHOUGH THEY WOULD LATER OPENLY REBEL AGAINST THE 'OD WHO D DELIVERED THEM THE SIGHT OF THAT RUINED %GYPTIAN ARMY COULD NEVER BE REMOVED FROM THE MOVIE SCREENS OF THEIR MINDS

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7HILE SOME HAVE CHOSEN TO ABANDON THE EXPERIENCES OF OUR PIONEERS

MANY STILL STOP TO ASK

h7HAT DO THESE STONES MEAN v "UT THIS WAS A NEW GENERATION

WITH NO TANGIBLE REMINDERS OF WHAT THEIR PARENTS HAD SEEN .O CHARIOT WHEEL HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THE RUINS .O %GYPTIAN HELMET HAD BEEN PLACED IN SOME VICTORY MUSEUM .OT EVEN A FEW 2ED 3EA ROCKS TO POINT TO 4HUS THAT hMIGHTY ARMv HAD GRADUALLY FADED FROM MEMORY

SLIPPED FROM VIEW

SECOND GENERATION )SRAELITES WERE TO SPREAD THEIR ARMS OPEN WEST AND EAST

POINTING THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION )SRAELITES TO BOTH THE MIRACLES OF THE PAST AND THE PROMISES OF THE FUTURE *OSHUA -Y /WN *ORDAN 3TONES

3O NOW ) M THINKING OF THE STONES MY CHURCH HAS LEFT ME /UR LEGACY OF HEALTHFUL LIVING OUR HOSPITALS OUR ! &RESH $EMONSTRATION SCHOOLS AND AGENCIES THAT CARE FOR .OW JUST IN TIME 'OD WOULD ONCE PEOPLE IN NEEDˆTHEY ALL REMIND ME AGAIN REVEAL (IS hMIGHTY ARMv TO A OF THE DREAMS AND EXPERIENCES OTHERS WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF FOLLOWERS HAVE HAD NOT SIMPLY IN GROWING WHO D GROWN DULL TO THE MIRACULOUS A DENOMINATION BUT IN SHARING A *OSHUA

4HE WATERS UNIQUE MESSAGE OF INCREDIBLE HOPE OF THE *ORDAN LIKE THE WATERS OF THE AND FREEDOM ) CONTEMPLATE ALONG 2ED 3EA WOULD MOVE BEFORE THEIR WITH SO MANY OTHERS THE STONES OF OUR VERY EYES AND OPEN A DRY HIGHWAY !DVENTIST CHURCH HISTORY AND WONDER TO THE OPPOSITE SHORE *OSHUA IF IT S SIMPLY HISTORY SECOND VERSE OF 4HESE CHILDREN AS THEIR PARENTS HAD h&AITH OF /UR &ATHERS v THAT h/LE 4IME DONE WOULD PULL PUSH AND CARRY 2ELIGIONv )S OUR STAND ON PROPHECY ALL THEIR BELONGINGS TO THE OTHER SIDE REALLY WORTH STANDING FOR 3HOULD OUR *OSHUA 4HIS GENERATION LIKE UNDERSTANDING OF THE JUDGMENT REALLY THE GENERATION BEFORE IT WOULD EMERGE BE SO IMPORTANT TO US )SN T 3ABBATH ON THE BEACHES OF UNKNOWN TERRITORY OBSERVANCE JUST AS GOOD ON THE lRST *OSHUA DAY OF THE WEEK AS ON THE SEVENTH "UT THIS CROSSING WOULD BE DIFFERENT #OULDN T WE MIX OUR DOCTRINES AND $IFFERENT BECAUSE OF THOSE STONES VIEWS WITH THE DOCTRINES AND VIEWS 4HOSE *ORDAN STONES WOULD BE OF OTHER RELIGIONS FOR THE SAKE OF HEAVED OUT OF THE DEEPEST PART OF THE TOLERANCE RIVERˆAS IT WERE FROM OUT OF THE ) WONDER IF THE *ORDAN STONES OF MIDDLE OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE THAT OUR CHURCH HAVE BEEN OVERGROWN WITH DAY WITH 'OD *OSHUA 4O THEM

WEEDS AND IF FOR MANY 'OD S hMIGHTY EACH STONE WOULD BE A MEMORIAL OF ARMv IS FADING FROM VIEW /R HAVE WHAT THEIR 'OD HAD DONE 9ET THE WE LIKE SECOND GENERATION )SRAEL

SIGNIlCANCE OF THOSE STONES WOULD MERELY GROWN DULL TO THE MIRACULOUS NOT END IN COMMEMORATION OF AN 7HILE SOME HAVE CHOSEN TO ACT OF HISTORY BUT WOULD ALSO POINT ABANDON THE EXPERIENCES OF OUR FORWARD AS THE EVIDENCE OF WHAT THEIR PIONEERS TO TOPPLE THE ALTARS TO 'OD WAS YET TO DO +NEELING BEFORE COVER THE STONES MANY STILL STOP TO THAT ALTAR BUILT OF *ORDAN STONES

ASK h7HAT DO THESE STONES MEAN v &OR

EACH PERSON THE ANSWERS ARE UNIQUEˆ AND YET THE SAME 4HEY TESTIFY OF YOUR EXPERIENCES OUR EXPERIENCES WITH A 3AVIOR WHOSE FAITHFULNESS HAS BEEN PROVEN TRUE AND WHOSE PROMISES ARE SURE 'OD S PROMISE IS THAT ALTHOUGH WE HOLD TO AN ANCIENT FAITH (E WILL DO NEW THINGS IN FOR AND THROUGH US *ER %ZE !CTS -AKING )T 0ERSONAL

!S ONE STILL SEARCHING FOR MEANING IN THOSE STONES ) KNEEL DOWN WITH OTHER MEN AND WOMENˆMENTORS IN THE FAITH AS THEY STRETCH THEIR ARMS OUT TO THE PAST AND TO THE FUTURE TELLING ME OF THE MANY *ORDANS FROM WHICH THEIR STONES HAVE COME "UT ) RECOGNIZE THAT THE RECOLLECTION OF THEIR EXPERIENCES OF THEIR *ORDAN CROSSINGS CAN NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF MY OWN )T S BECAUSE OF THE DEMONSTRATION OF 'OD S LOVE IN THE EXPERIENCES OF MY OWN *ORDAN CROSSINGS THAT ) VE CHOSEN TO REMEMBER THAT ) VE DESIRED TO BELIEVE AND THAT ) M CONSTRAINED TO GO FORWARD IN THIS FAITH ) CONTINUE TO DIG STONE AFTER STONE OUT OF EACH EXPERIENCE WITH #HRIST SO THAT WHEN OTHERS COME NEAR AND SEE MY ALTAR ) CAN SHARE WITH THEM THE MEANING OF MY OWN *ORDAN STONES

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6OLUNTEER MISSIONARIES 3UMARSONO AND 4RI -URTI .INGSIH h&IENv -ARTAATMADJA ARRIVED IN 0ANGANDARAN IN -ARCH 7EST *AVA #ONFERENCE SECRETARY 3UTRISNO 4JAKRAPAWIRA HAD ARRANGED FOR THE COUPLE S MISSION ENDEAVOR THERE AS PART OF THE 'LOBAL -ISSION 0IONEERS TASKFORCE A PROGRAM 4JAKRAPAWIRA COORDINATES 4HE -ARTAATMADJAS GOAL WAS TO SHARE THE MESSAGE OF *ESUS IN THIS REGION WHERE NO OTHER !DVENTISTS LIVEDˆAN OBJECTIVE NOT EASILY REACHED h4HE lRST AND THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP ;IN SHARING THE GOSPEL= IS TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE PEOPLE AND MINGLE WITH THEM v 3UMARSONO SAID h7HEN SOMEONE IS SICK WE VISIT THEM BRING THEM MEDICINE )F THERE IS NO MEDICINE WE BRING FRUIT FOOD AND OTHER NECESSITIES TO HELP THEM 7E ALSO PRAY FOR THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER v 3UMARSONO AND &IEN SAID THEY CITE VERSES FROM THE 1UR AN THAT REFER TO THE 3ABBATH AND OTHER DOCTRINES IN WHICH COMMON BELIEFS CAN BE FOUND 4HEN THEY EXPLAIN THOSE SCRIPTURALLY BASED BELIEFS MORE FULLY !S A RESULT OF THIS SIMPLE APPROACH IN JUST THE lRST YEAR PEOPLE ACCEPTED *ESUS AS THEIR 3AVIOR 4HE NEW CONVERTS JOINED THE -ARTAATMADJAS IN THEIR QUEST TO SHARE THE GOSPEL AND WITHIN THREE YEARS PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED 4HE EVANGELISM IS NOT BEING DONE IN THE AREA WITHOUT

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2ECENTLY BAPTIZED !DVENTIST COUPLE 3URJO AND 3AITI WERE EARNING A LIVING SELLING FOOD NEAR THE BEACH IN 0ANGANDARAN 4HEY OWNED A SMALL WARUNG OR FOOD STALL OUT OF WHICH THEY SOLD COCONUTS NOODLES RUJAK TRADITIONAL SALAD

BEVERAGES AND OTHER ITEMS 4HEIR WARUNG WAS A POPULAR PLACE AND THEIR BUSINESS SUCCESSFUL "ECAUSE THEY DID SO WELL

NEIGHBORS WANTED TO KNOW THE SECRET OF THEIR SUCCESS h4HEY ASKED WHETHER WE USED A TALISMAN OR AMULET THAT WAS CAUSING MANY PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR WARUNG v 3URJO SAYS 3O THE COUPLE INVITED THE NEIGHBORS INTO THEIR SHOP AND SHOWED THEM THE hSECRET v h7HEN THEY WOULD GATHER IN ) WOULD TAKE OUT MY SMALL "IBLE OPEN IT AND READ SOME VERSES FROM IT v 3URJO EXPLAINS h) WOULD TELL THEM THAT THE "IBLE AND THE WORDS IN IT ARE ALIVE AND THAT THEY ARE THE SECRETS OF THE SUCCESS OF MY WARUNG 4HE "IBLE STRENGTHENS ME AND GIVES ME LIGHT )T S *ESUS #HRIST WHO HELPS MAKE MY WARUNG PROSPER AND THRIVE v !FTER ACCEPTING THE !DVENTIST MESSAGE AND EVIDENCING THEIR COMMITMENT TO #HRIST IN BAPTISM THE COUPLE FAITHFULLY BEGAN TO SET ASIDE THE ,ORD S TITHE 4HEY KEPT THE

)N THESE MOMENTS OF DESPERATION THEY CRIED OUT TO THE ,ORD h'OD WE CAN T STAND THIS PAIN ANY LONGER 7E STILL WANT TO LIVE AND SERVE 4HEE AND SPREAD 9OUR GOSPEL TO THE PEOPLE AROUND US 0LEASE HELP US v 2IGHT AFTER THEY PRAYED OTHER STRONG WAVES HIT THEIR WARUNG AND BROKE IT INTO TWO PIECES 4HE COUPLE BECAME SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER &INALLY ONE PART OF THE STRUCTURE ALONG WITH 3URJO WAS mUNG ONTO THE SECOND STORY OF A HOTEL 4HE OTHER HALF WITH 3AITI LANDED ON THE SECOND mOOR OF A DIFFERENT HOTEL 4HEIR WARUNG WAS DESTROYED AND THEIR MONEY WAS GONE BUT BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE WERE SAFE 3URJO AND 3AITI CREDIT 'OD FOR THEIR SURVIVAL h7E ARE ALIVE BECAUSE WE CRIED TO 'OD FOR HELP AND THE ,ORD HEARD OUR PRAYER v 3URJO SAYS 5DINS

4OP TO BOTTOM "%,)%6%23 3UMARSONO -ARTAATMADJA AND HIS WIFE &IEN BACK ROW lRST ARRIVED IN 0ANGAN DARAN AS MISSIONARIES IN 4HEY STAND WITH A FEW OF THE !DVENTIST BELIEVERS WHO HAVE COME TO KNOW *ESUS BECAUSE OF THE MINISTRY IN THE AREA BEGUN BY THE -ARTAATMADJAS /NE NEW BELIEVER -RS 5DIN SECOND FROM RIGHT LEAVES HOME AT EVERY 3AB BATH MORNING TO MAKE THE lVE HOUR JOURNEY TO 0AN GANDARAN FOR WORSHIP SERVICES (/53% /& -%%4).' !DVENTISTS IN 0ANGANDARAN MEET FOR WORSHIP UNDER A TARP SET UP IN FRONT OF A MEMBER S HOME

TITHE IN A PLACE SEPARATE FROM THEIR OTHER MONEY INSIDE THE WARUNG 4HEY STARTED NOTICING HOW MUCH MORE ABUNDANTLY 'OD BLESSED THEM AFTER THEY BECAME TITHEPAYERS AND SOON 3URJO AND 3AITI BEGAN PLANNING TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS 4HEN CAME THE TSUNAMI h7HEN THE BEACH SECURITY ALERTED EVERYBODY TO LEAVE THE BEACH BECAUSE A BIG WAVE WAS COMING WE STARTED RUNNING v 3URJO SAYS h"UT THEN WE REMEMBERED THE MONEY WE D COLLECTED TO BUILD A NEW WARUNG AND THE OFFERING FOR THE 3ABBATH 3O WE WENT BACK TO GET IT v "EFORE THEY COULD ESCAPE AGAIN HOWEVER THE TSUNAMI WAVES HIT AND LIFTED THEM AND THEIR WARUNG 4HE COUPLE

TRAPPED INSIDE THE STALL FELT THEMSELVES BEING CARRIED AWAY

BY THE WAVE AND ROLLED AROUND VIOLENTLY BY ITS SHEER FORCE h7E WERE SO SCARED v 3URJO SAYS h7E FELT WE COULDN T STAND IT ANY LONGER BECAUSE THE WAVES WERE SO POWERFUL THEY KEPT THE WARUNG TURNING AROUND UNTIL WE BECAME VERY DIZZY v ! , , 0 ( / 4 / 3 # / 5 2 4 % 3 9 / & # ! 2 / , ) . % 6 + ! 4 % - " ! 4 / " ) . '

!NOTHER COUPLE WHO JOINED THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IS -R AND -RS 5DIN "OTH HUSBAND AND WIFE WERE FAITHFUL TO THEIR NEW BELIEFS -R 5DIN HOWEVER HAS SINCE DIED "UT YEAR OLD -RS 5DIN IS STILL COMMITTED TO SERVING HER ,ORD AND (IS CHURCH )N ORDER TO ATTEND 3ABBATH WORSHIP SERVICES -RS 5DIN LEAVES HER HOME AS EARLY AS A M TO MAKE THE LONG lVE HOUR JOURNEY TO 0ANGANDARAN 3HE WALKS lVE KILOMETERS THREE MILES TO REACH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THEN CHANGES BUSES THREE TIMES BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE !DVENTIST MEMBERS MEET 3HE WORKS A FULL WEEK JUST TO EARN THE MONEY NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION THAT TAKES HER TO FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER !DVENTIST BELIEVERS EACH 3ABBATH h) ALWAYS CARRY A mASHLIGHT WITH ME BECAUSE IT S DARK WHEN ) WALK DOWN THE ROAD BY MYSELF SO EARLY IN THE MORNING v 5DIN SAYS h"UT ) NEVER MISS 3ABBATH WORSHIP v 4HE !DVENTIST BELIEVERS IN 0ANGANDARAN DO NOT YET OWN A CHURCH IN WHICH TO MEET ON 3ABBATHS 3OMETIMES THEY RENT A HOTEL ROOM OTHER 3ABBATHS THEY WORSHIP AT A MEMBER S HOME 4HEIR INADEQUATE FACILITIES HOWEVER DON T DIM THE mAME OF THEIR FAITH AND THEIR ZEAL TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT THE *ESUS THEY LOVE AND SERVE )N SPITE OF TRAGEDIES DISHEARTENING EXPERIENCES AND TAXING CIRCUMSTANCES CHURCH MEMBERS IN )NDONESIA CONTINUE TO WORSHIP AND WITNESS FOR THEIR ,ORD 4HEIR MISSION IS TO SHARE THE GOSPEL MESSAGE WITH OTHERS SO MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL COME TO KNOW THE LIVING 'OD

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OD IS LIKE A WATCHMAKER (E CREATED THE WORLD AND HAD NO FURTHER INTERACTION WITH IT v 4HAT S THE CLAIM OF DEISM $EISM ADVOCATES THAT 'OD DID NOT CARE ABOUT (IS CREATION AND CONSEQUENTLY HAD NO PLANS FOR HUMANITY (OWEVER EVERY NOW AND AGAIN A STORY APPEARS THAT DElES COINCIDENCE AND REVEALS A REAL AND PRESENT 'OD -Y NAME IS 3AMUEL .EVES AND THIS IS MY STORY 4URNING 0OINTS FOR -OTHER

2EGINA WAS A FAITHFUL #ATHOLIC WHO LIVED IN THE 3OUTH OF "RAZIL !FTER SHE MARRIED .EROCY A RETIRED COLONEL THEY TRIED FOR MANY YEARS TO HAVE A CHILD 5NFORTUNATELY ALL THE MEDICAL EXAMS SHOWED IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO CONCEIVE !BOUT THAT TIME 2EGINA STARTED TAKING "IBLE STUDIES WITH AN !DVENTIST FAMILY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

AND WHEN SHE FOUND THE STORY OF (ANNAH IN 3AMUEL AND SHE IMMEDIATELY IDENTIlED WITH HER 2EGINA S PRAYER FROM THEN ON BECAME h'OD IF YOU GIVE ME A CHILD ) WILL JOIN THIS !DVENTIST MOVEMENT AND DEDICATE HIM TO YOUR MINISTRY WHOLEHEARTEDLY

JUST AS (ANNAH DID v !T lRST NOTHING HAPPENED "UT AS THE WEEKS WENT BY HER PRAYERS INTENSIlED UNTIL THE GREAT DAY WHEN SHE DISCOVERED SHE WAS INDEED PREGNANT &OLLOWING YET AGAIN THE EXAMPLE OF (ANNAH SHE WAS GOING TO NAME THE CHILD 3AMUEL WHICH IN (EBREW MEANS hHEARD OF 'OD v ! FEW MONTHS LATER ) WAS BORN (OWEVER ALL WAS NOT WELL 3OON AFTER MY BIRTH THE DOCTORS REALIZED THAT ONE OF MY LEGS WAS SHORTER THAN THE OTHER 4HIS MEANT ) WOULD HAVE TO WEAR BRACES UNTIL ) WAS YEARS OF AGE 7HEN MY MOTHER HEARD THIS SHE POSTPONED THE SURGERY FOR SEVEN DAYS

AGAINST THE DOCTOR S COUNSEL AND WENT TO THE BEST PLACE SHE KNEWˆHER NEW 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST FAMILY !FTER A WEEK OF FASTING AND PRAYER

WITH THE CHURCH -UM BROUGHT ME BACK TO BE EXAMINED ONCE MORE 3HE HAS ALWAYS TOLD ME THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST FRIGHTFUL MOMENTS OF HER LIFE !ND ONCE AGAIN 'OD CAME INTO ACTION .O OTHER EXPLANATION COULD BE GIVEN AS TO HOW AND WHY ) D BEEN COMPLETELY CURED &OLLOWING THIS EVENT BOTH MY MUM AND DAD GAVE THEIR LIVES TO #HRIST THROUGH BAPTISM !ND A FEW YEARS LATER AS WITH (ANNAH 'OD GAVE MY PARENTS ANOTHER CHILDˆMY BEAUTIFUL SISTER 3ARA #RUSHING $ISAPPOINTMENT

-Y UPBRINGING REmECTED MY CALLING ) KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING THAT 'OD HAD CALLED ME TO BE A MINISTER 4HIS SHAPED MY EARLY YEARS AS -UM WOULD SPEND HER DAYS TEACHING ME THE "IBLE AND HOW 'OD HAD ALSO CALLED OTHERS TO SERVE (IM ) KNEW WHAT ) WANTED AND ) BELIEVED NOTHING WOULD CHANGE MY DESTINY TO BE A MINISTER OF THE !LMIGHTY 4HEN ) BECAME A TEENAGER &OR SOME REASON MY FATHER BECAME CONVINCED ) SHOULD BE A DIPLOMAT (E HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PERSON OF HIGH AUTHORITY IN OUR STATE EVEN MANAGING TO RETIRE AS A COLONEL AT THE AGE OF ˆWHICH IS STILL UNHEARD OF 9ET HIS DREAMS HAD ALWAYS BEEN OF BECOMING A DIPLOMAT (IS OTHER PROBLEM WITH PASTORAL MINISTRY WAS THE LOW SALARY 3OMEHOW HE MANAGED TO CONVINCE ME TO LEAVE MY CALLING AND BECOME A DIPLOMAT ) WAS AT THE TIME -EANWHILE MY MOTHER WAS IMPRESSED BY 'OD TO SEND ME ABROAD 3HE FELT IT WAS HER TURN TO SEND 3AMUEL TO %LI AND SO SHE STARTED LOOKING FOR BOARDING SCHOOLS IN %NGLAND 3HE HEARD OF .EWBOLD #OLLEGE AND THOUGHT THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE IN 5TRECHT

(OLLAND WAS A GOOD WAY TO lND OUT ABOUT .EWBOLD OR OTHER SCHOOLS !ND SO ALL FOUR OF US LEFT FOR WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE MOST AMAZING TRIP OF OUR LIVESˆFOUR "RAZILIANS ONE CAR DAYS

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4HE EXCITEMENT BUILT UP AS WE CAME TO THE .EWBOLD BOOTH AT THE CONFERENCE "UT ALMOST UNBEARABLE DISAPPOINTMENT SOON FOLLOWED -Y MOTHER COULDN T HOLD THE TEARS AS MY DAD TRANSLATED TO HER THE WORDS OF A .EWBOLD OFlCIAL SAYING ) WAS TOO YOUNG TO STUDY AT .EWBOLD AND THERE WAS NO OTHER SCHOOL THAT COULD TAKE ME ) CAN REMEMBER VIVIDLY HOW HER FAITH WAS SHAKEN &OR HOURS ALL WE HEARD WAS h'OD TOLD ME YOU WOULD STUDY IN %NGLAND 'OD TOLD ME YOU WOULD STUDY IN %NGLAND 'OD TOLD ME YOU WOULD STUDY IN %NGLAND v 4HIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT TWO DAYS &ROM "AD TO 7ORSE

4HE LAST THREE DAYS OF OUR TRIP RAPIDLY WENT FROM HAPPY TO SAD TO DESPERATE 7E HAD LEFT %NGLAND AS THE LAST PART OF THE TRIP 4HE PLAN WAS TO VISIT ,ONDON AND .EWBOLD AND THEN RETURN ON &RIDAY EVENING TO CATCH THE FERRY BACK TO "ELGIUM THEN mY TO "RAZIL 3ATURDAY MORNING 7E VISITED EVERYWHERE IN ,ONDON BUT DECIDED NOT TO GO TO .EWBOLD KNOWING THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR ME THERE ANYWAY 4HAT LAST &RIDAY WAS CLOUDY AND SO WE CONSIDERED GOING STRAIGHT TO THE FERRY BACK TO "ELGIUM (OWEVER

MY DAD SUDDENLY CHANGED HIS MIND AND WAS ADAMANT HE HAD TO GO TO "UCKINGHAM 0ALACE TO WATCH THE CHANGING OF THE GUARDS AT A M 4HE PROBLEM HOWEVER WAS THAT

OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME IDEA 7ITHOUT ANY PARKING SPACE IN SIGHT HE TOLD ME TO GET OUT AND lLM THE EVENT SO THAT HE COULD AT LEAST WATCH IT AT HOME ) GOT OUT AND STARTED lLMING AS $AD CIRCLED THE PALACE 7HEN HE D GONE AROUND TWICE AND ) WAS STILL NOT lNISHED lLMING HE

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7HEN WE ARRIVED AT THE "RAZILIAN EMBASSY THERE WERE JUST THREE PEOPLE THERE 7HEN WE TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND AFTER PAYING FOR THE TAXI

AN EMBASSY OFlCIAL NAMED -ARCUS TOOK US TO ALL THE HOSPITALS AND POLICE STATIONS IN THE AREA AND lNALLY TO A HOTEL NEAR HIS HOUSE 7ITH EVERY PLACE THAT MY DAD

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DROPPED OFF MY MUM AND SISTER SO THEY COULD lND ME 4HAT WAS A MISTAKE (E TOLD MY MUM HE WOULD PARK THE CAR AND COME BACK FOR US (OWEVER THE ONLY CAR PARK WE KNEW WAS ONE ON THE OTHER END OF ,ONDON 7E WAITED UNTIL THE CEREMONY HAD lNISHED AND THEN UNTIL EVERYONE HAD LEFT "Y P M WE STARTED GETTING VERY WORRIED AS $AD STILL HADN T RETURNED TO US !T THE TIME $AD WAS

AND REALLY DIDN T ADAPT TO THE hWRONGv SIDE OF THE ROAD $RIVING ON THE LEFT DID NOT COME EASY FOR HIM &ROM MY FATHER S PREVIOUS DRIVING PATTERN ) JUST KNEW HE D NEVER lND THE CAR PARK LET ALONE COME BACK TO MEET US "Y P M ) SUGGESTED TO MY MUM THAT ) SHOULD GO BY BUS TO THE CAR PARK TO SEE IF HE WAS THERE 3HE AT lRST SAID NO 3HE D ALREADY LOST HER HUSBAND AND WAS NOT ABOUT TO LET HER YEAR OLD SON CROSS ,ONDON WITH THE ONLY a NOTE WE HAD %VENTUALLY AFTER CONVINCING HER ) ASKED FOR INFORMATION AND THEN TOOK THE RIGHT BUS TO THE SHOPPING CENTER TO WHICH MY DAD WAS HEADED "UT THE CAR WAS NOT THERE -IRACULOUSLY ) MADE MY WAY BACK TO "UCKINGHAM 0ALACE -Y DAD HAD NOT RETURNED AND BOTH MY MUM AND SISTER WERE CRYING DESPERATELY ) ASSURED THEM EVERYTHING WOULD WORK OUTˆ AFTER ALL IT ALWAYS DOES IN THE MOVIES "Y P M IT WAS TIME TO DO SOMETHING 7E WENT TO A POLICE OFlCER AND ) MANAGED TO SCRAPE TOGETHER THE WORDS h"RAZIL FAMILY LOST FATHER CAR

PARK GO LOST HELP "RAZIL v 4HE POLICE OFlCER LOOKED AS COLD AS ALWAYS AND JUST CALLED A TAXI ) WAS SO EXCITEDnIT WAS JUST LIKE THE MOVIES

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NINE YEARS AFTER THEIR SCARY ,ON DON ADVENTURE THE .EVES FAMILY SISTER 3ARA 3AMUEL -OM AND $AD REUNITED IN ,ONDON HERE OUTSIDE THE 4OWER OF ,ONDON TO REMEMBER 'OD S LEADING $AD .EVES WAS THEN &)234 34%0 4HIS 0ATHlNDER WOULD GROW UP TO FULlLL HIS MOTHER S ASPIRATION TO SEE HIM AS A LEADER IN THE CHURCH SHE D CHOSEN 4)-% /54 0RAYER WARRIOR THAT SHE IS

2EGINA .EVES NEVERTHELESS KNEW HOW TO RELAX TAKING TIME TO LET HER HAIR DOWN AND WEAR A FUNNY HAT IN A ,ONDON TOY SHOP

COULD NOT BE FOUND MY MOTHER BECAME MORE AND MORE DESPERATE "Y NOW WE HAD MISSED THE FERRY WHICH WE D ALREADY PAID FOR AND

CONSEQUENTLY OUR mIGHT BACK TO "RAZIL 7E HAD THE PASSPORTS MY DAD HAD THE MONEY AND SO NEITHER OF US COULD GO ANYWHERE /UR CREDIT CARDS WERE ALL CLOSE TO THE LIMIT SO WE HAD NO MORE MONEY TO BUY ANOTHER FOUR TICKETS BACK TO "RAZIL -Y MOTHER CRIED ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER AND MY SISTER AND ) CRIED OURSELVES TO SLEEP 7E HAD RUN OUT OF OPTIONS )T S A GREAT THING THAT 'OD HADN T

3OUTH ,ONDON .EVERTHELESS HE EMBARKED ON THE JOURNEY ASKING A STREET DRUNK TO DIRECT HIM TO "RACKNELL WHERE THE COLLEGE IS LOCATED !T THE NEXT MORNING THE IMPOSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN PROVED POSSIBLE THROUGH 'OD S PROVIDENCE -Y DAD ARRIVED AT .EWBOLD #OLLEGE /N THE CAMPUS HE MET WITH "ROTHER /LIVEIRA A "RAZILIAN TEACHER WHO HAS LIVED NEAR .EWBOLD FOR MANY YEARS $AD WAS ABLE TO CALL OUR AIRLINE IN "ELGIUM TO TRY TO CHANGE OUR mIGHT !ND FROM "ELGIUM HE RECEIVED THE GOOD NEWS THAT THE "RAZILIAN CONSULATE IN

-Y MUM IMMEDIATELY LOST HER APPETITE AND HOPE STARTED mOWING THROUGH HER ONCE AGAIN (AIR RAISING 4URNAROUND

4HE NEXT DAY WE WENT FOR BREAKFAST AND TRIED TO EAT SOMETHING !S WE WERE GOING UP TO OUR ROOM AFTERWARD

THE PUBLIC PHONE DOWNSTAIRS STARTED RINGING )MMEDIATELY MY MUM LOOKED BACK AT ME AND SAID h3AM YOU CAN PICK IT UP BECAUSE IT S YOUR FATHER v ) REALIZED THE NEAR IMPOSSIBILITY OF THAT HAPPENING BUT ) COULDN T RESIST THE AUTHORITY WITH WHICH -UM HAD ORDERED IT h(ELLO v ) SAID h!H x PLEASE x "RAZIL FAMILY xv ) COULDN T RESIST THE TEARS AS ) HEARD MY DAD SCRAPE TOGETHER SOME %NGLISH WORDS AS HE TRIED TO lND US (IS SIDE OF THE STORY WAS EQUALLY REMARKABLE (E ONLY FOUND THAT CAR PARK AT P M AND HOPED THAT WE WOULD BE THERE (E THOUGHT WHAT HE D ACTUALLY TOLD MY MUM AND SISTER WAS TO GET ME FROM MY PICTURE TAKING THEN TAKE A BUS TO MEET HIM AT THE PARTICULAR CAR PARK 7HEN HE REALIZED WE WERE NOT THERE HIS MILITARY MIND POINTED TO THE ONLY PLACE WE HAD IN COMMON .EWBOLD #OLLEGE "UT HOW WOULD HE GET THERE FROM

,ONDON HAD FOUND HIS FAMILY AND THEY WERE IN A PARTICULAR HOTEL 7HICH IS HOW HE CAME TO PUT A CALL THROUGH TO US -ARCUS FROM THE CONSULATE THEN FOUND A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCH WHICH SENT A MEMBER TO TAKE US TO .EWBOLD #OLLEGE %NTERING THE GATES OF THE COLLEGE AND SEEING THE LITTLE RED CAR MY DAD HAD RENTED WAS ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE 3OON MY MOTHER REALIZED THE REASONS BEHIND ALL OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED "ROTHER /LIVEIRA AFTER HEARING THE WHOLE STORY OVER A NICE LUNCH AT HIS HOUSE SAID h7ELL 3AM IS TOO YOUNG FOR .EWBOLD BUT THERE IS THIS OTHER SCHOOLx v -Y MUM IMMEDIATELY LOST HER APPETITE AND HOPE STARTED mOWING THROUGH HER ONCE AGAIN (E CONTINUED h)T IS CALLED 3TANBOROUGH 3CHOOL AND ;IT S= NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE 4HEY CAN DElNITELY TAKE HIM v 4HE DREAM WAS ALIVE ONCE AGAIN 4HE &INAL (URDLES

7HEN WE WENT BACK TO "RAZIL AND FOUND OUT ALL THE DETAILS AND REQUIREMENTS REALITY HIT AGAIN 4HE SCHOOL WAS TOO EXPENSIVE AND THE

ONLY WAY TO PAY FOR IT WOULD BE TO SELL OUR HOUSE -Y FATHER DISAGREED WITH THAT IDEA ON TWO LEVELS (E DIDN T WANT TO SELL THE HOUSE AND HE DIDN T WANT TO BE AWAY FROM ME -Y DAD AND ) WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS 7E D GO EVERYWHERE TOGETHER EVEN WITH MY OTHER FRIENDS FROM SCHOOL !ND THE VERY THOUGHT OF LOSING ME WAS DEVASTATING HIM 4HIS MEANT MY MOTHER S KNEES WOULD NEED TO MEET THE GROUND EVEN MORE 3UDDENLY MY DAD AGREED WITH THE SALE BUT ON THE CONDITION THAT ) WOULD GO AND STUDY TO BE A DIPLOMAT ) AGREED WITH HIM AND ALTHOUGH MY MUM DIDN T SHE SAW THIS AS 'OD S WAY OF WORKING THROUGH THE HEART OF A COLONEL ! FEW WEEKS LATER OUR LITTLE MANSION WAS GONE AND ) WAS ENROLLED AS A PUPIL OF 3TANBOROUGH 3ECONDARY 3CHOOL IN 7ATFORD %NGLAND ) ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL ON .OVEMBER

WITH A MISSION TO LEARN %NGLISH AND BECOME A DIPLOMAT "UT IT WAS ON A &RIDAY NIGHT SOME THREE MONTHS LATER THAT A FRIEND *ONATHAN &ERREIRA SAID TO MEˆOUT OF NOWHERE h3AM THERE IS NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN BE BUT A PASTOR v (E DIDN T KNOW MY STORY !ND SOMETHING HAPPENED INSIDE ME THAT ) STILL CAN T EXPLAIN 3INCE THAT NIGHT ) VE NEVER LOOKED BACK ON MY DECISION TO FOLLOW MY CALL TO MINISTRY 7HEN ) lNISHED MY STUDIES AT 3TANBOROUGH 3CHOOL ) WENT BACK TO "RAZIL AND COMPLETED MY " ! IN 4HEOLOGY IN 4HAT SAME YEAR ) WAS CALLED BY THE 3OUTH %NGLAND #ONFERENCE TO MINISTRY BACK IN ,ONDON ) THEN MARRIED MY CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART !MY WHOM ) D MET WHILE AT 3TANBOROUGH 3CHOOL 4HE 3OUTH %NGLAND #ONFERENCE SPONSORED MY - ! IN 4HEOLOGY AT .EWBOLD AND ) M NOW A YOUTH PASTOR AT THE (OLLOWAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN .ORTH ,ONDON ) HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR ME BUT ) KNOW ONE THING AT LEAST h'OD KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE ) NEED TO BE AND HOW TO GET ME THERE v !ND THAT S WHAT REALLY MATTERS

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N RECENT TIMES THE POPULAR MEDIA AND THE ACADEMIC WORLD HAVE TURNED SPECIAL ATTENTION TO *ESUS -OVIES

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES JOURNAL AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES HAVE BECOME VEHICLES OF DEBATES AND DIFFUSION OF MATTERS REGARDING *ESUS SUCH AS (IS PASSION (IS TOMB AND (IS FAMILY 5NFORTUNATELY MANY OF THESE EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND *ESUS HAVE LARGELY BEEN UNDERTAKEN OUT OF MERE ACADEMIC INTEREST OR POPULAR CURIOSITY AND WITHIN A SKEPTICAL MINDSET &OR 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS HOWEVER *ESUS IS NOT A MERE OBJECT OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH OR SHEER CURIOSITY )NDEED

*ESUS IS AT THE CENTER OF THE !DVENTIST MESSAGE IN (IS WORK TO REDEEM THE FALLEN CREATION 3O IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT ONE OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS DEALS WITH THE LIFE DEATH

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)NDEED THE LIFE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF #HRIST ARE THREE INTERCONNECTED DIMENSIONS OF OUR 3AVIOR S WORK IN THE PLAN OF SALVATION #OMING TO THIS WORLD TO TREAD THE PATH ONCE TRODDEN BY OUR FOREFATHERS #HRIST LIVED A LIFE OF PERFECT OBEDIENCE TO 'OD S LAW AND EXEMPLIlED IN (IS RELATIONSHIPS AND ACTIONS TOWARD OTHERS THE INlNITE AND PERFECT LOVE OF 'OD (EB 4HE ,ORD UNDID IN THE WILDERNESS WHAT !DAM AND %VE HAD DONE IN THE 'ARDEN OF %DEN !LTHOUGH TEMPTED BY 3ATAN AFTER A DAY FAST *ESUS REMAINED FAITHFUL AND LOYAL TO THE 7ORD OF 'OD -ATT -ARK

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ALSO OBTAINED VICTORY WHERE )SRAEL HAD FAILED NOTICE THAT (IS RESPONSES TO 3ATAN ARE DRAWN FROM $EUTERONOMY PASSAGES DEALING WITH )SRAEL S UNFAITHFULNESS IN THE WILDERNESS !ND THESE ARE NOT MERE THEOLOGICAL RUMINATIONS THESE ARE GOOD NEWS #HRIST S VICTORY AND (IS LIFE OF PERFECT OBEDIENCE ARE CREDITED IN FAVOR OF THOSE WHO ACCEPT (IM AS 3AVIOR 2OM (EB !S %LLEN ' 7HITE ASSERTED h4HE ACTIVE OBEDIENCE OF #HRIST CLOTHES THE BELIEVING SINNER WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT MEETS THE DEMANDS OF THE LAW v 3O THE PERFECT OBEDIENCE OFFERED BY #HRIST IN (IS EARTHLY JOURNEY WAS AS ESSENTIAL TO THE PLAN OF SALVATION AS WAS (IS DEATH ON THE CROSS AND (IS RESURRECTION ON THE THIRD DAY 0RIMARILY AND FOREMOST #HRIST IS OUR 3AVIOR SINCE (IS LIFE IS IMPUTED TO THE SINNER IN THE ACT OF JUSTIlCATION "UT WE SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT #HRIST S LIFE OF OBEDIENCE SETS THE EXAMPLE FOR #HRISTIANS TO FOLLOW SEE #OR %PH 0HIL !ND SO

FOLLOWING THAT EXAMPLE BECOMES A MAJOR EVIDENCE OF OUR SALVATION AND OUR PROGRESS TOWARD SANCTIlCATION -EANING OF THE #ROSS

%NABLED BY A LIFE OF PERFECT OBEDIENCE TO THE &ATHER *ESUS OFFERED (IMSELF AS THE BLAMELESS ,AMB OF 'OD WHO CAME TO TAKE AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD (IS SACRIlCE ON #ALVARY EFFECTED SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT AND RECONCILIATION WITH 'OD ON OUR BEHALF 'AL 2OM 4HE CROSS BECAME THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION BEFORE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE OF 'OD S INlNITE WISDOM LOVE AND FORGIVENESS !S -ARTIN ,UTHER SO BEAUTIFULLY EXPRESSED h(E HAS MADE (IS RIGHTEOUSNESS MY RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MY SIN (IS SIN )F (E HAS MADE MY SIN TO BE (IS SIN THEN ) DO NOT HAVE IT AND ) AM FREE )F (E HAS MADE (IS RIGHTEOUSNESS MY RIGHTEOUSNESS THEN ) AM RIGHTEOUS NOW WITH THE SAME RIGHTEOUSNESS AS (E -Y SIN CANNOT DEVOUR (IM BUT IT IS ENGULFED IN THE UNFATHOMABLE DEPTHS OF (IS RIGHTEOUSNESS

FOR (E HIMSELF IS 'OD WHO IS BLESSED FOREVER v #HRIST S DEATH ON THE CROSS IS MORE THAN A HISTORICAL EVENT LOCATED IN THE PAST )T IS SIGNIlCANT THAT 0AUL SPOKE OF #HRIST NOT AS *ESUS WHO WAS CRUCIlED BUT *ESUS WHO IS THE CRUCIlED /NE h7E PREACH #HRIST CRUCIlED TO *EWS A STUMBLING BLOCK AND TO 'ENTILES FOOLISHNESS BUT TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED BOTH *EWS AND 'REEKS #HRIST THE POWER OF 'OD AND THE WISDOM OF 'ODv #OR

!ND *OHN THE REVELATOR hSAW BETWEEN THE THRONE WITH THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES AND THE ELDERS A ,AMB STANDING

AS IF SLAINv 2EV 4HE LINGERING EFFECTS OF #HRIST S DEATH ON THE CROSS DO NOT PROVIDE ONLY ACCEPTANCE AND FORGIVENESS FOR REPENTANT SINNERS THEY ALSO HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE !CCORDING TO %LLEN 7HITE

h4O THE DEATH OF #HRIST WE OWE EVEN THIS EARTHLY LIFE 4HE BREAD WE EAT IS THE PURCHASE OF (IS BROKEN BODY 4HE WATER WE DRINK IS BOUGHT BY (IS SPILLED BLOOD .EVER ONE SAINT OR SINNER EATS HIS DAILY FOOD BUT HE IS NOURISHED BY THE BODY AND THE BLOOD OF #HRIST 4HE CROSS OF #ALVARY IS STAMPED ON EVERY LOAF )T IS REmECTED IN EVERY WATER SPRING v (IS 2ESURRECTION #RITICAL

!S IMPORTANT AND INDISPENSABLE AS #HRIST S DEATH WAS

IT COULD NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ITS INTENDED PURPOSES WITHOUT THE HISTORICAL EVENT OF THE RESURRECTION h4HE RESURRECTION OF #HRIST FROM THE DEAD WAS THE &ATHER S SEAL TO THE MISSION OF #HRIST )T WAS A PUBLIC EXPRESSION OF (IS ENTIRE SATISFACTION IN THE ATONING WORK (E ACCEPTED THE SACRIlCE THAT *ESUS HAD MADE ON OUR BEHALF )T WAS EVERYTHING THAT 'OD REQUIRED PERFECT AND COMPLETE v 4HE FACT THAT *ESUS WAS RAISED BODILY FROM THE DEAD NOT ONLY PROVIDED THE LEGITIMIZATION AND VALIDATION OF (IS DEATH

BUT ALSO JUSTIlED THE CLAIMS (E HAD MADE DURING (IS EARTHLY MINISTRY REGARDING (IS NATURE AND MISSION "Y (IS RESURRECTION *ESUS OVERCAME DEATH DEFEATED THE FORCES OF EVIL AND OBTAINED RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR US 2OM (IS RESURRECTION BECAME A PLEDGE OF OUR FUTURE IMMORTALITY #OR PROVIDED THE DRIVING FORCE FOR US TO hWALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFEv 2OM AND FURNISHED PROOF OF A FUTURE JUDGMENT !CTS 3O IMPORTANT IS THE RESURRECTION THAT THE APOSTLE 0AUL MADE THE INTEGRITY OF THE WHOLE #HRISTIAN MESSAGE HINGE UPON IT WHEN HE ASSERTED THAT hIF #HRIST HAS NOT BEEN RAISED THEN OUR PREACHING IS VAIN YOUR FAITH ALSO IS VAINv #OR 3O AS 2AOUL $EDEREN EXPRESSED IT h/UR PREACHING OUR FAITH AND OUR SALVATION DO NOT TAKE PLACE APART FROM #HRIST S RESURRECTION )N IT WE HAVE THE PLEDGE OF THE CONSUMMATION OF 'OD S REDEEMING PURPOSE v )N SUMMARY THE LIFE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF *ESUS #HRIST ARE THREE HARMONIOUS INTERCONNECTED AND INSEPARABLE DIMENSIONS OF OUR 3AVIOR S WORK IN THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION AS ,ORD 2EDEEMER AND (IGH 0RIEST (AVING LIVED A PERFECT LIFE *ESUS QUALIlED TO BE ,ORD FOR THE BELIEVERS 4HROUGH (IS SUBSTITUTIONARY DEATH ON THE CROSS (E FULlLLED THE TYPES FORESHADOWED IN THE (EBREW 3CRIPTURES AND BECAME OUR 2EDEEMER /N THE THIRD DAY (E WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD AND ASCENDED TO HEAVEN WHERE (E MINISTERS NOW AS (IGH 0RIEST IN OUR BEHALF IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY

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(IS SUFFERING DEATH AND RESURRECTION 'OD PROVIDED THE ONLY MEANS OF ATONEMENT FOR HUMAN SIN SO THAT THOSE WHO BY FAITH ACCEPT THIS ATONEMENT MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE AND THE WHOLE CREATION MAY BETTER UNDERSTAND THE INlNITE AND HOLY LOVE OF THE #REATOR 4HIS PERFECT ATONEMENT VINDICATES THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF 'OD S LAW AND THE GRACIOUSNESS OF (IS CHARACTER FOR IT BOTH CONDEMNS OUR SIN AND PROVIDES FOR OUR FORGIVENESS 4HE DEATH OF #HRIST IS SUBSTITUTIONARY AND EXPIATORY RECONCILING AND TRANSFORMING 4HE RESURRECTION OF #HRIST PROCLAIMS 'OD S TRIUMPH OVER THE FORCES OF EVIL AND FOR THOSE WHO ACCEPT THE ATONEMENT ASSURES THEIR lNAL VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH )T DECLARES THE ,ORDSHIP OF *ESUS #HRIST BEFORE WHOM EVERY KNEE IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH WILL BOW *OHN )SA 0ETER #OR

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F EVER THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE NEEDED FAITH AND SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT IT IS NOW 4HOSE WHO ARE WATCHING UNTO PRAYER AND ARE SEARCHING THE 3CRIPTURES DAILY WITH AN EARNEST DESIRE TO KNOW AND DO THE WILL OF 'OD WILL NOT BE LED ASTRAY BY ANY OF THE DECEPTIONS OF 3ATANx ;4HE= ,ORD WILL HELP THOSE WHO STAND IN DEFENSE OF (IS TRUTH -ANY WHO SEE THE LIGHT WILL NOT ACCEPT IT

FEARING TO TRUST THE ,ORD *ESUS SAYS

h4HEREFORE ) SAY UNTO YOU 4AKE NO THOUGHT FOR YOUR LIFE WHAT YE SHALL EAT OR WHAT YE SHALL DRINK NOR YET FOR YOUR BODY WHAT YE SHALL PUT ON )S NOT THE LIFE MORE THAN MEAT AND THE BODY THAN RAIMENT "EHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR FOR THEY SOW NOT

NEITHER DO THEY REAP NOR GATHER INTO BARNS YET YOUR HEAVENLY &ATHER FEEDETH THEM !RE YE NOT MUCH

! -ESSAGE FOR 'IVING *ESUS OUR BEST AFFECTIONS OUR HOLIEST ASPIRATIONS AND OUR FULLEST SERVICE "Y %LLEN ' 7HITE BETTER THAN THEY 7HICH OF YOU BY TAKING THOUGHT CAN ADD ONE CUBIT UNTO HIS STATURE !ND WHY TAKE YE THOUGHT FOR RAIMENT #ONSIDER THE LILIES OF THE FIELD HOW THEY GROW THEY TOIL NOT NEITHER DO THEY SPIN AND YET ) SAY UNTO YOU 4HAT EVEN 3OLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY WAS NOT ARRAYED LIKE ONE OF THESE v 4HE GREAT -ASTER !RTIST HAS PROVIDED

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4IME THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN NATUREx (E HAS GIVEN THE DELICATE TINT TO THE FLOWERS AND IF (E HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR A SIMPLE FLOWER hWHICH TODAY IS AND TOMORROW IS CAST INTO THE OVEN SHALL HE NOT MUCH MORE CLOTHE YOU / YE OF LITTLE FAITH v h3EEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF 'OD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU v

'OD S CARE FOR US

'OD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT (E GAVE (IS ONLY BEGOTTEN 3ON TO DIE THAT (E MIGHT REDEEM MAN FROM THE POWER OF 3ATAN AND WILL (E NOT CARE FOR MAN FORMED IN (IS IMAGE x /UR HEAVENLY &ATHER WILL NOT LEAVE (IS CHILDREN WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN (IM

AND VENTURE OUT UPON (IS PROMISESx (E UNDERSTANDS EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE

OF OUR LIFE (E SEES AND KNOWS HOW WE ARE SITUATED (E IS ACQUAINTED WITH ALL OUR SORROWS AND GRIEFS (E KNOWS US EACH BY NAME AND IS TOUCHED WITH THE FEELING OF OUR INlRMITIES FOR (E HAS BEEN TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS LIKE AS WE ARE AND KNOWS HOW TO SUCCOR THOSE WHO ARE TEMPTED *ESUS IS OUR (ELPER

AND (E WILL HAVE A CARE FOR ALL THOSE WHO TRUST IN (IM "UILDING ASSURANCE IN (IM

'OD HAS INTRUSTED TO US INDIVIDUALLY TALENTS THAT ARE TO BE INCREASED BY USE 2EASON HAS BEEN GRANTED US WITH WHICH TO GLORIFY 'OD )N EVERYTHING WE ARE TO SHOW OUR ALLEGIANCE TO (IM /UR POWERS WERE NOT GIVEN TO US MERELY TO BE EMPLOYED FOR OURSELVES 4HEY ARE TO BE USED TO ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN ENDS TO LOVE 'OD SUPREMELY AND OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES #HRISTIAN

DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING TO SHOW OUR LOVE FOR *ESUS $OING WILL THUS BECOME HABIT 7E WILL NOT QUESTION WHETHER WE WILL OBEY BUT WILL FOLLOW THE LIGHT

AND WORK THE WORK OF #HRIST 7E WILL NOT STUDY CONVENIENCE NOR QUESTION WHETHER OUR TEMPORAL INTERESTS WILL BE IMPROVED IF WE OBEY 4HOSE WHO LOVE *ESUS WILL LOVE TO OBEY ALL (IS COMMANDMENTS 4HEY WILL SEARCH THE "IBLE CLOSELY TO KNOW OF THE DOCTRINE .AUGHT BUT TRUTH WILL SATISFY THEM FOR THEY ARE #HRIST S REPRESENTATIVES ON EARTH 3TANDING lRM

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THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE v (IS FOLLOWERS MUST BE AS NEAR LIKE (IM AS POSSIBLE 7E CANNOT SPEAK AS (E SPOKE AND YET WE ARE TO IMITATE (IM FOR (E IS OUR PATTERN 7E ARE TO ERECT NO FALSE LIGHTS

PRESENT NO HERESIES FOR TRUTH 7E MUST

7E MUST LIVE TO PLEASE *ESUS BY THUS LIVING OUR FAITH AND CONlDENCE IN (IM WILL GROW STRONGER DAY BY DAY PRINCIPLES MUST BE INTERWOVEN WITH OUR LIFE AND OUR EXPERIENCE 4HE LIFE WE NOW LIVE MUST BE BY FAITH ON THE 3ON OF 'OD 7E MUST LIVE TO PLEASE *ESUS BY THUS LIVING OUR FAITH AND CONlDENCE IN (IM WILL GROW STRONGER DAY BY DAY 7E WILL COMPREHEND WHAT (E HAS DONE FOR US AND WHAT (E IS WILLING TO DO FOR US AND WILL POSSESS A CHEERFULNESS AS WELL AS AN EARNEST

KNOW THAT EVERY POSITION WE TAKE CAN BE SUSTAINED BY THE 7ORD OF 'ODx 7E WANT THE TRUTH ON EVERY POINT 7E WANT IT UNADULTERATED WITH ERROR AND UNPOLLUTED BY THE MAXIMS CUSTOMS AND OPINIONS OF THE WORLD 7E WANT THE TRUTH WITH ALL ITS INCONVENIENCE 4HE ACCEPTANCE OF TRUTH EVER INVOLVES A CROSS "UT *ESUS GAVE (IS LIFE A SACRIlCE FOR US

AND SHALL WE NOT GIVE (IM OUR BEST AFFECTIONS OUR HOLIEST ASPIRATIONS OUR FULLEST SERVICE #HRIST S YOKE WE MUST WEAR #HRIST S BURDEN WE MUST LIFT BUT THE -AJESTY OF HEAVEN DECLARES THAT (IS YOKE IS EASY AND (IS BURDEN LIGHT 3HALL WE SHUN THE SELF DENYING PART OF RELIGION 3HALL WE SHUN THE SELF SACRIlCE AND HESITATE TO GIVE UP THE WORLD WITH ALL ITS ATTRACTIONS 3HALL WE FOR WHOM #HRIST HAS DONE SO MUCH BE HEARERS AND NOT DOERS OF (IS WORDS 3HALL WE

BY OUR LISTLESS

INACTIVE LIVES DENY OUR FAITH AND MAKE *ESUS ASHAMED TO CALL US (IS BRETHREN x 4HE FUTURE VICTORIOUS

.ONE WILL ENTER THE (OLY #ITY THE 0ARADISE OF 'OD BUT AS CONQUERORSˆ THOSE WHO HAVE SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM THE WORLD AND STOOD IN DEFENSE OF THE FAITH ONCE DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS AND HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD lGHT OF FAITH LOOKING CONSTANTLY TO h*ESUS

THE AUTHOR AND lNISHER OF OUR FAITH WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS DESPISING THE SHAME AND IS SET DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF 'OD v 4HEN LET US LIKE #HRIST WORK UNSELlSHLY TO BRING SOULS TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH /UR WHOLE HEART BODY SOUL

AND STRENGTH ARE REQUIRED IN THIS WORK AND IF WE LABOR WITH lDELITY

IRRESPECTIVE OF THE APPLAUSE OR CENSURE OF THE WORLD WE SHALL HEAR THE hWELL DONEv FROM THE -AJESTY OF HEAVEN AND RECEIVE THE CROWN THE PALM BRANCH OF VICTORY AND THE WHITE LINEN WHICH IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SAINTS 4HIS ARTICLE IS EXCERPTED FROM ONE THAT lRST APPEARED IN 4HE !DVENT 2EVIEW AND 3ABBATH (ERALD NOW THE !DVENTIST 2EVIEW

!UGUST 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS BELIEVE THAT %LLEN ' 7HITE EXERCISED THE BIBLICAL GIFT OF PROPHECY DURING MORE THAN YEARS OF PUBLIC MINISTRY

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SMOKING SWEARING HE BECAME A MODEL OF HEALTH REFORM AND SPIRITUAL POWER FOR A PEOPLE AND A CAUSE AS YET HE DID NOT KNOW )T WAS WHEN *OSEPH "ATES HOME FROM A VOYAGE TO 3OUTH !MERICA LEFT THE SEA TWENTY ONE YEARS FROM THE TIME WHEN HE lRST SAILED AS CABIN BOYx (E HAD A FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED WIFE 0RUDENCE THE TYPICAL SEA CAPTAIN S WIFE

WAITING THROUGH LONG VOYAGES IN HOPE HAPPILY IN HER CASE NEVER DISAPPOINTED OF SEEING HIM AGAIN 3HE PLANTED A "IBLE IN HIS SEA CHEST AND OTHER BOOKS OF DEVOTION THAT BROUGHT HIM TO HIS 3AVIOURx 7HEN HE CAME TO LAND BEFORE HIS LAST VOYAGE HE JOINED HER CHURCH THE #HRISTIAN

WHICH HELD TO BAPTISM (IS AGED FATHER WISTFULLY REMARKED THAT HE HAD HAD HIM BAPTIZED INTO HIS OWN CHURCH THE #ONGREGATIONAL WHEN HE WAS A BABY h"UT v SAID *OSEPH

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THE FEAR AND THE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH HE HAD LEFT .OW SHE KNEW -OREOVER SHE WAS NOT WITH HIM IN THIS NEW 3ABBATH TRUTH NOR WAS SHE FOR YET FOUR YEARS $URING THAT TIME HE USED TO DRIVE WITH HER TO HER #HRISTIAN CHURCH ON 3UNDAY GO HOME AND COME BACK TO GET HER AFTER SERVICEx )N SHE FOLLOWED HIM INTO THE THIRD ANGEL S MESSAGE WITH ITS 3ABBATH TRUTH AND FOR TWENTY YEARS UNTIL HER DEATH SHE WAS A DEVOTED AND BEAUTIFUL 3ABBATHKEEPING #HRISTIAN WORKER "UT NOW (ER APRON mEW TO HER EYES AS THE TEARS mOWED AND WITH SOBBING VOICE SHE CRIED h7HAT ARE WE GOING TO DO v h) AM GOING TO WRITE A BOOK ON THE 3ABBATH AND DISTRIBUTE IT EVERYWHERE TO CARRY THE TRUTH TO THE PEOPLE v HE SAID h9ES BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LIVE ON v h/H THE ,ORD WILL PROVIDE v h9ES @4HE ,ORD WILL PROVIDE 4HAT S WHAT YOU ALWAYS SAY v %XIT WITH SOBS AND TEARS 0ROVIDENTIAL 0ROVISIONS

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;*OSEPH= TURNED FROM HIS HUSBANDLY DUTIES TO HIS APOSTLESHIP DUTIES AND BEGAN TO WRITE 7ITHIN HALF AN HOUR HE WAS IMPRESSED THAT HE SHOULD GO TO THE POST OFlCE FOR A LETTER WITH MONEY IN IT (E WENT AND FOUND THE LETTER WHICH CONTAINED A TEN DOLLAR BILL FROM A MAN WHO SAID HE FELT IMPRESSED THAT %LDER "ATES NEEDED MONEY 7ITH THIS HE PURCHASED AMPLE SUPPLIES SENDING THEM AHEAD TO A SURPRISED WIFE 7HEN HE ARRIVED AT HOME

SHE EXCITEDLY DEMANDED TO KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM h/H v SAID HE hTHE ,ORD SENT THEM v h7HAT DO YOU MEAN @4HE ,ORD SENT THEM v h0RUDY v SAID HE hREAD THIS LETTER AND YOU WILL KNOW HOW THE ,ORD PROVIDES v 0RUDENCE "ATES READ IT AND THEN SHE WENT IN AND HAD ANOTHER GOOD CRY BUT FOR A DIFFERENT REASON !ND THE MESSAGE OF THE 3ABBATH WENT OVER THE LAND *OSEPH "ATES PAID HIS LONE 9ORK SHILLING AS AN ACT OF FAITH THAT HE WAS THE SERVANT OF *EHOVAH JIRAH THE ,ORD WHO WOULD PROVIDE !ND HE BELIEVED NOT IN VAIN

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AN ACT OF DElANCE THAT COULD PROVOKE MORE VIOLENCE /UR SOMEONE STRIKES YOU ON THE RIGHT CHEEK TURN TO HIM NATURAL RESPONSE TO AN INSULT OR AN ATTACK IS RETALIATION *ESUS SAID WE SHOULD TURN THE OTHER CHEEK 4HAT MEANS THE OTHER ALSO v !RE WE REALLY EXPECTED TO DO THAT #HRISTIANS SHOULD ABANDON THEIR RIGHT TO RETALIATE 6IOLENCE IS STOPPED BY RENOUNCING THE LEGAL RIGHT TO hSTRIKE BACK v HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU 7HY SHOULD WE NOT 4HE 6IOLENCE MUST COME TO AN END AND WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY COMMAND IS UNCONVENTIONAL EVEN RADICALLY DIFFERENT IN ACHIEVING THAT GOAL FROM WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT )T GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN OF 4HE SECOND ILLUSTRATION IS THAT OF A PERSON WHO BEING WHAT WE CONSIDER OF VALUE AND IS UNSUPPORTED BY POPULAR UNABLE TO REPAY A DEBT IS REQUIRED TO HAND OVER HIS TUNIC WISDOM 7E ARE CONSTANTLY CONCERNED WITH ELEMENTS OF 4HE LAW ALLOWED FOR TAKING THE TUNIC AS SECURITY FOR A DEBT SELF INTEREST AND THE APPLICATION OF PROPER LEGAL RETRIBUTION %X "UT THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE CASE HERE (ERE *ESUS SURPRISES US 4HE INDIVIDUAL IS THE OBJECT WITH THE UNEXPECTED THE OF SOCIAL ABUSE WHAT ARE UNNATURAL ,ET S LOOK AT THE THE OPTIONS *ESUS SAYS

PASSAGE WITHIN ITS CONTEXT h'IVE AWAY EVEN YOUR 4HE 0ROBLEM OF 6IO UNDERWEAR v 4HE IDEA SEEMS LENCE -ATTHEW IS TO BE NO RETALIATION UNDER PART OF A LARGER DISCOURSE ANY CIRCUMSTANCE EVEN IF IT ADDRESSING THE CONDUCT EX MEANS DEEP HUMILIATION PECTED FROM THOSE WHO 4HE THIRD ILLUSTRATION BELONG TO THE KINGDOM OF IS TAKEN FROM MILITARY 'OD CHAP n 4HIS SERVICE 2OMAN SOLDIERS SINGLE LITERARY UNIT BEGINS OCCASIONALLY FORCED CIVILIANS WITH AN ANTITHESIS h9OU HAVE TO PERFORM CERTAIN TASKS HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID @%YE E G -ATT ! *EW S FOR EYE AND TOOTH FOR TOOTH NATURAL REACTION WOULD "UT ) TELL YOU $O NOT RESIST BE TO RESIST THE HAND OF "Y !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODR¤GUEZ AN EVIL PERSONv CHAP

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ON THE HUMAN DESIRE FOR REVENGE BY INTRODUCING THE PRINCIPLE NOT RETALIATION OF EQUIVALENCE THE PUNISHMENT SHOULD lT THE CRIME .O ONE 0ROACTIVE !TTITUDE 4HE THIRD EXAMPLE IS A POSITIVE WAS ALLOWED TO KILL AN ENTIRE FAMILY BECAUSE A MEMBER OF THAT ONE IMPLYING THAT WE SHOULD AVOID BECOMING THE OBJECT OF FAMILY KILLED AN INDIVIDUAL IN THEIR OWN FAMILY VIOLENCE BY ACTING NONVIOLENTLY 7E SHOULD DO ALL WE CAN TO *ESUS TOOK THE LAW TO A HIGHER LEVEL REVEALING ITS ULTIMATE GIVE TO THE NEEDY AND TO LEND TO THE ONE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE INTENT NAMELY TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE 4HE ELIMINATION TO REPAY CHAP 4HESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS VIOLENCE IS OF VIOLENCE IN SOCIETY BEGINS WITH #HRIST S FOLLOWERS (E OVERCOME IN SOCIETY AND IN OUR LIVES 4HIS IS THE WAY OF LOVE RADICALIZED (IS OPPOSITION TO VIOLENCE h$O NOT RESIST AN 4HIS ALSO IMPLIES WE SHOULD NOT ONLY AVOID VIOLENT EVIL PERSON v 4HE VERB hRESISTv 'R ANTHISTEMI MEANS hTO SITUATIONS BUT mEE FROM THEM *ESUS DOES NOT WANT US TO SET ONESELF AGAINSTv OR hTO OPPOSEv IN A CONFRONTATIONAL WAY BE VICTIMIZED BY THINKING THAT FOR INSTANCE IF YOUR SPOUSE 7HEN #HRISTIANS BECOME THE OBJECT OF AN EVIL ACTION THEY ABUSES YOU YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE IN THAT SITUATION THAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO NOT REACT IN KIND 4HIS IS A TYPE OF PASSIVE HAVE TO hTURN THE OTHER CHEEK v 4HE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE CAN BE RESISTANCE RESISTING EVIL BY NOT RETALIATING BROKEN BY NOT RETALIATING

BY SERVING OTHERS AND BY mEEING /PPOSITION TO 6IOLENCE *ESUS THEN PROCEEDED TO FROM A VIOLENT ENVIRONMENT ILLUSTRATE WHAT (E MEANT (E GAVE THREE EXAMPLES 9OU "E PROACTIVE 4URN THE OTHER CHEEK QUOTED THE lRST ONE h)F SOMEONE STRIKES YOU ON THE RIGHT CHEEK TURN TO HIM THE OTHER ALSO v 4HE REFERENCE IS TO A BACKHANDED SLAP AS AN ACT OF INSULT NOT SIMPLY A PHYSICAL !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODRÓGUEZ IS DIRECTOR OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH ASSAULT )N SOME CASES TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK COULD BE )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE

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7HAT WAS *ESUS COMMON PRACTICE ON 3ABBATH 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND WRITE THE ANSWER IN YOUR OWN WORDS IN THE SPACE PROVIDED h3O (E CAME TO .AZARETH WHERE (E HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP !ND AS (IS CUSTOM WAS (E WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE 3ABBATH DAY AND STOOD UP TO READv ,UKE

*ESUS PRACTICEˆ(IS CUSTOMˆWAS TO WORSHIP (IS HEAVENLY &ATHER EACH 3ABBATH 4HE 3ABBATH IS lRST AND FOREMOST A DAY OF WORSHIP AND PRAISE 3ABBATH IS A CELEBRATION OF 'OD S GOODNESS GRACE AND LOVE )T IS A WEEKLY REMINDER OF (IS LOVE FOR US

7HY DID THE 0HARISEES CRITICIZE *ESUS DISCIPLES FOR THEIR 3ABBATHKEEPING PRACTICES #IRCLE THE ANSWER IN THE TEXT BELOW h!T THAT TIME *ESUS WENT THROUGH THE GRAINlELDS ON THE 3ABBATH !ND (IS DISCIPLES WERE HUNGRY AND BEGAN TO PLUCK HEADS OF GRAIN AND TO EAT !ND WHEN THE 0HARISEES SAW IT THEY SAID TO (IM @,OOK YOUR DISCIPLES ARE DOING WHAT IS NOT LAWFUL TO DO ON THE 3ABBATH v -ATT

(OW DID *ESUS RESPOND TO THE 0HARISEES CRITICISM 2EAD THE TEXT AND WRITE THE ANSWER IN YOUR OWN WORDS h"UT IF YOU HAD KNOWN WHAT THIS MEANS @) DESIRE MERCY AND NOT SACRIlCE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE CONDEMNED THE GUILTLESS &OR THE 3ON OF -AN IS ,ORD EVEN OF THE 3ABBATHv -ATT

4HIS EXPERIENCE CLEARLY REVEALS THAT AS ,ORD OF THE 3ABBATH *ESUS WORKS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF (IS PEOPLE 4HE 3ABBATH IS NOT A DAY OF BONDAGE BUT A DAY OF MERCY AND COMPASSION !PRIL \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

4HE 0HARISEES ALSO CONDEMNED *ESUS FOR HEALING THE WITHERED HAND OF A MAN ON THE 3ABBATH (OW DID *ESUS RESPOND TO THEM h4HEREFORE IT IS LAWFUL TO DO GOOD ON THE 3ABBATHv -ATT

7HAT PRINCIPLE DO YOU DISCOVER IN YOUR OWN LIFE FROM THIS PASSAGE OF 3CRIPTURE 7RITE YOUR THOUGHTS BELOW

7HAT COUNSEL DID *ESUS GIVE (IS DISCIPLES IN (IS SERMON ON LAST DAY EVENTS IN -ATTHEW REGARDING THE 3ABBATH h!ND PRAY THAT YOUR mIGHT MAY NOT BE IN WINTER OR ON THE 3ABBATH &OR THEN THERE WILL BE GREAT TRIBULATIONv -ATT

lRST PART *ESUS INSTRUCTED (IS DISCIPLES TO PRAY THAT THEIR mIGHT FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF *ERUSALEM BY THE 2OMAN GENERAL 4ITUS IN ! $ WOULD NOT BE ON THE 3ABBATH BECAUSE

7E SERVE A LOVING COMPASSIONATE ,ORD (E DESIRES EVERY 3ABBATH TO BE A DAY OF PRAISE

WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP 3ABBATH IS A DAY OF MERCY FOR DOING GOOD

(OW DID *ESUS DEATH TESTIFY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE "IBLE 3ABBATH h4HEN THEY RETURNED AND PREPARED SPICES AND FRAGRANT OILS !ND THEY RESTED ON THE 3ABBATH ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENTv ,UKE 4HE CLOSEST FOLLOWERS OF #HRIST

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4HE CROSS SPEAKS OF REST NOT WORK )T SPEAKS OF LAYING OUR BURDENS DOWN NOT PICKING THEM UP 4HE CLOSEST FOLLOWERS OF #HRIST RESTED ON THE 3ABBATH AS AN EXAMPLE OF THEIR REST IN *ESUS LOVE

7HAT INVITATION DOES *ESUS GIVE TO EACH OF US #IRCLE THE TWO KEY WORDS IN THE TEXT BELOW h#OME TO -E ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN AND ) WILL GIVE YOU RESTv -ATT

/UR ,ORD S DIVINE INVITATION IS COME REST AND WORSHIP )N *ESUS WE lND REST FOR THE DEEPEST LONGINGS OF OUR HEART &OR *ESUS THE 3ABBATH WAS A DAY OF RESTING IN (IS &ATHER S CARE AND MERCY A DAY TO WITNESS 'OD S MIRACULOUS HEALING POWER )T WAS A TIME TO REmECT ON 'OD S 7ORD AND WORKS )T IS (IS DESIRE THAT WE SENSE (IS LOVE LIVE IN (IS GRACE AND REST IN (IS CARE EVERY 3ABBATH

7E RE NOT lNISHED WITH THE 3ABBATH .EXT MONTH WE WILL LOOK AT HOW *ESUS DISCIPLES REGARDED THE 3ABBATH !DVENTIST 7ORLD \ !PRIL

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WHO ARRANGED TO MEET WITH MY PARENTS !FTER CALMLY LISTENING TO THE PASTOR TO MY ASTONISHMENT AND JOY MY MOTHER RESPONDED h)F THAT IS 4ESSA S DECISION ) BELIEVE THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT SHE IS DOING AND ) WILL NOT STOP HER v -Y FATHER ALSO AGREED ) WAS BAPTIZED INTO THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH !FTER MY BAPTISM ) SOON BECAME A MEMBER OF THE 0ATHlNDER #LUB A MEMBER OF THE ADULT CHOIR AND VERY ACTIVE IN THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL AND !9 DEPARTMENTS ! YEAR LATER MY MOTHER AND OLDER BROTHER WERE BAPTIZED INTO THE CHURCH !LTHOUGH MY FATHER HELD ON TO HIS 0RESBYTERIAN FAITH HE WAS SUPPORTIVE AND WOULD ATTEND CHURCH WHENEVER ) PERFORMED IN SPECIAL PROGRAMS 4RIALS EVENTUALLY CAME MY WAY WHEN SUDDENLY AT YEARS OLD ) WAS CONFRONTED WITH MANDATORY HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS LABS ON 3ATURDAYS 4HESE LABS WERE NECESSARY TO PASS THE /RDINARY ,EVEL %XAMINATION IN PHYSICS )NITIALLY

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EVERYONE TRIED THEIR BEST TO BE FRIENDLY TO ME -OST OF THE MEMBERS HAVE INVITED ME TO THEIR HOMES

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ONE TO TALK TO NO FRIENDS ) ONLY HAD 'OD 4HEN (E DID SOME WONDERFUL THINGS ) STARTED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE (AARLEM YOUNG PEOPLE /NE OF THEM IS 3ABI NA #LARK 'OD PUT HER THERE FOR ME IN A TIME OF NEED 3HE SAW MY %NGLISH HYMNAL AND FROM THAT POINT WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS 7E HAVE 3ABBATH LUNCH TOGETH ER A LOT AND JUST TALK ON THE GOODNESS OF 'OD )T HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS NOW SINCE ) STARTED ATTENDING THE (AARLEM CHURCH AND ) FEEL LIKE ) HAVE MET MY OTHER FAMILY )T IS A LOVING FAMILY CHURCH THAT STICKS TOGETHER 4HEY CONTINUE TO TRY THEIR BEST TO MAKE ME FEEL AT HOME ) HAVE FOUND A CHURCH WHERE ) CAN TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING 'OD LED ME TO THIS CHURCH AND REMINDED ME THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP AND GET INVOLVED IN CHURCH AND WHEN ) AM HOME AGAIN ) LL TAKE THESE LESSONS WITH ME

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