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7/2,$ 6)%7 4HE -INISTRY OF 2EMINDING h) HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU TODAY THAT IS ORIGINAL WITH ME v THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER SAID QUIETLY h) M HERE TO STUDY WITH YOU A STORY THAT IS PROBABLY MORE FAMILIAR TO YOU THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER *ESUS EVER TOLD %VERYTHING ) POINT OUT IN THE TEXT HAS PROBABLY BEEN SHOWN TO YOU BEFORE -Y GOAL IS SIMPLY TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW IS TRUE THAT THE &ATHER S LOVE IS IMMEASUR ABLE THAT FORGIVENESS IS REAL THAT MERCY STILL REACHES US EVEN WHEN WE ARE A LONG WAY FROM HOME v 4HE LESSON ABOUT THE PRODIGAL SON UNFOLDED FROM THAT UNDRAMATIC POINT A REHEARSAL OF A STORY ABOUT WHICH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SERMONS HAVE BEEN PREACHED AND UNCOUNTED PAGES OF COMMENTARY WRITTEN 4HE GOAL THE TEACHER SAID

WAS NOT NOVELTY BUT REMINDERˆCALLING TO ACTIVE THOUGHT TRUTHS ALREADY AGREED TO BUT TOO EASILY FORGOTTEN ) HEARD HIS WORDS GLADLY FOR THE BURDEN OF SAYINGˆOR lNDINGˆSOMETHING NEW IN OUR STUDY OF 3CRIPTURE FREQUENTLY OBSCURES THE LARGER MEANING OF THE 7ORD 7E WANT AN EXHIBI TION OF CLEVERNESS IN THE PULPIT OR THE CLASSROOM THE SPEAKER WHO TICKLES OUR EARS WITH UNFAMILIAR TEACHING ALSO mATTERS US

AS THE KIND OF WISE INTELLIGENT PERSONS WHO CAN COMPREHEND SUCH CLEVERNESS "UT WE ARE USUALLY BETTER SERVED BY THOSE WHO USE THE SERMON OR THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL LESSON OR THE MIDWEEK "IBLE STUDY TO REMIND US OF THE CENTRAL TRUTHS ABOUT 'OD AND (IS CHARACTER THAT WE TOO QUICKLY BRUSH BY )N AN ERA OF CRUELTY AND VENGEANCE WE BEAR REMINDING THAT THOSE WHO FOLLOW *ESUS ARE CALLED BY (IM TO hDO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOUv -ATT !S THE WORLD S MEDIA REVEL IN STORIES OF EXTRAVAGANCE AND GREED WE BEAR REMINDING THAT *ESUS ONCE COMMANDED h3EEK lRST THE KINGDOM OF 'OD AND (IS RIGHTEOUSNESSv -ATT 7HEN WE LOOK FOR THOSE GIFTED BY *ESUS TO SERVE (IS CHURCH WE BEAR REMINDING THAT (E RADICALLY DENIED THE QUEST FOR PERSONAL POWER AND AUTHORITY h)F ANYONE DESIRES TO BE lRST HE SHALL BE LAST OF ALL AND SERVANT OF ALLv -ARK )F THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS SATISlED WITH THE MINISTRY OF REMINDING US OF WHAT *ESUS HAS SAID *OHN A PEOPLE LED BY THE 3PIRIT WILL REJOICE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MINISTRY OF REMINDING EACH OTHERˆAND A NOVELTY DRIVEN WORLDˆOF TIMELESS AND UNCHANGING TRUTHS

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'UYANA S 0RESIDENT ,AUDS!DVENTISTS N 'UYANA S NATIONAL LEADER HAS COMMENDED THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE 3OUTH !MERICAN NATION FOR ITS COMMUNITY FOCUS h) WANTED TO PERSONALLY SAY @4HANK YOU TO THE !DVENTIST #HURCH FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK IT HAS DONE IN KEEP ING FAITH ALIVE IN 'UYANA AND FOR ASSISTING WITH THE COMPLEX SOCIAL TASK WE HAVE SET FOR OURSELVES AS A COUNTRY v "HARRAT *AGDEO SAID (IS COMMENTS CAME DURING A KEY NOTE ADDRESS AT A -AY

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,%!$%2 (/./2%$ 4HE (ON "HARRAT *AGDEO PRESIDENT OF 'UYANA ACCEPTS AN AWARD FROM THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENT IST #HURCH IN THE COUNTRY FOR UPLIFTING THE PEOPLE OF 'UYANA $URING HIS REMARKS AT A 'UYANA #ONFERENCE BUSINESS SES SION -AY *AGDEO COMMENDED THE CHURCH S COMMUNITY IMPACT

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JUST BY PRAYER BUT BY SERVICE v HE SAID h3O WE NEED NOT JUST TO PRAY IN BEAUTI FUL EDIlCES BUT GO INTO THE COMMUNI TIES WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE v *AGDEO RECOGNIZED THE CHURCH S ROLE IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CALLING ON !DVENTISTS TO hSTRENGTHEN THE CHARAC TER OF EVERY 'UYANESE BOTH THOSE WHO FEAR 'OD AND THOSE WHO DON T v 4HE HALLMARKS OF DEVELOPMENT AND PROG RESSˆSUCH AS BETTER ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE EDUCATION AND BETTER PAYING JOBSˆARE ALONE INADEQUATE TO SATISFY HUMAN NEED HE SAID ! (INDU *AGDEO MADE NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO 3CRIPTURE DURING HIS REMARKS h4HE "IBLE HAS ALL THE LESSONS WE NEED WHETHER WE ARE #HRISTIAN OR NON #HRISTIAN v HE SAID *AGDEO ALSO ENCOURAGED THE !DVENT IST #HURCH TO INTENSIFY ITS ROLE AS A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES $URING SUCH SITUATIONS h4HE CHURCH HAS TO BE THERE TO LEND A HELPING HAND v HE SAID 5SING THE SPEECH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE BETTER RACE RELATIONS AMONG 'UYANA S CITIZENS *AGDEO CITED THE BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE OF hLOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF v ESTABLISHED BY *ESUS IN THE .EW 4ESTAMENT h)F WE FOLLOW THIS PRINCIPLE IN OUR HOMES IN OUR SOCIETY HERE IN 'UYANA OR IN THE WORLD THEN THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PEOPLE WILL BE SIGNIlCANTLY BETTER v HE SAID ˆREPORTED BY "ARBARA 3AVORY )NTER !MERICA $IVISION !.. STAFF

"AHAMAS 0ARLIAMENT 2ECOGNIZES .EW !DVENTIST (EADQUARTERS N $URING A -AY PARLIAMENT MEETING THE "AHAMAS NATIONAL LEADER SAID THE #ARIBBEAN ISLAND NATION WELCOMES THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST

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0!2,)!-%.4!29 !002/6!, "AHAMAS PRIME MINISTER (UBERT )NGRAHAM INTRODUCES A BILL RECOGNIZING THE !DVENTIST #HURCH S NEWLY ESTABLISHED !TLANTIC #ARIBBEAN 5NION -ISSION AS A LEGAL ENTITY IN THE ISLAND NATION $URING THE -AY PARLIAMENT MEETING )NGRAHAM COMMENDED THE CHURCH S MINISTRY AND OUTREACH

#HURCH S EMPHASIS ON HEALTH STRONG FAMILIES AND EDUCATION h9OUR FAITH MINISTRY AND SOCIAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS RESONATE WITH SIG NIlCANT NUMBERS OF OUR CITIZENS v SAID 0RIME -INISTER (UBERT )NGRAHAM

INTRODUCING A BILL TO RECOGNIZE THE CHURCH S NEWLY ESTABLISHED !TLANTIC #ARIBBEAN 5NION -ISSION AS A LEGAL ENTITY OF THE CHURCH IN THE "AHAMAS 0ARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO APPROVE THE MEASURE #HURCH LEADERS lRST CREATED THE UNION MISSION WHEN THEY SPLIT THE FOR MER 7EST )NDIES 5NION #ONFERENCE INTO TWO ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS THE *AMAICA 5NION #ONFERENCE AND THE !TLANTIC #ARIBBEAN 5NION -ISSION

WHICH INCLUDES THE "AHAMAS #AYMAN )SLANDS AND THE 4URKS AND #AICOS )SLANDS AND SERVES SOME CHURCH MEMBERS 4HE REORGANIZATION RECOG NIZED MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN THE REGION !S WELL AS GRANTING OFlCIAL RECOGNI TION PASSAGE OF THE -AY BILL GIVES CHURCH ADMINISTRATION IN THE "AHAMAS THE AUTHORITY TO TRANSACT BUSINESS AND

FULlLL LEGAL OBLIGATIONS SAID ,EONARD *OHNSON !TLANTIC #ARIBBEAN 5NION -ISSION PRESIDENT 3PEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE BILL 0AR LIAMENTARIAN 4OMMY 4URNQUEST SAID THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE "AHAMAS SHOULD BE PROUD OF ITS ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY SPECIlCALLY ITS OUTREACH TO YOUNG PEOPLE THE "AHAMA *OURNAL REPORTED 0ARLIAMENTARIAN &RED -ITCHELL COMMENDED THE CHURCH S HUMANITAR IAN WORK ON THE ISLAND CITING FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND HOME REPAIR PROJECTS h) WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR IT v -ITCHELL SAID /THER PARLIAMENTARIANS POINTED OUT THE CHURCH S HIGH STAN DARDS OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PRO GRAMS 4HE !TLANTIC #ARIBBEAN 5NION -ISSION WAS INAUGURATED IN *ANUARY AND COMPRISES THREE CONFERENCES ONE MISSION AND SIX PRIMARY AND SECOND ARY SCHOOLS IN THE REGION )T ALSO OWNS AND OPERATES WITH THE *AMAICA 5NION #ONFERENCE THE .ORTHERN #ARIBBEAN 5NIVERSITY IN -ANDEVILLE *AMAICA ˆREPORTED BY .IGEL #OKE !#5-

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N !NTONIO *OSE &ERREIRA A BLIND 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST IS THE NEW HEAD OF "RAZIL S .ATIONAL 3ECRETARIAT FOR THE 0ROMOTION OF THE 2IGHTS OF 0EOPLE 7ITH $ISABILITIES 3.0$ (E IS A MEMBER OF THE !SA .ORTE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH "RASILIA AND NOW HAS THE MAIN GOAL OF CHANNELING GOVERNMENT RESOURCES TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 2ECALLING A HUMBLE CHILDHOOD IN THE BACKWOODS OF 0ERNAMBUCO STATE AND THE DIFlCULTY HE HAD IN SCHOOL

&ERREIRA SAID THAT FROM HIS YOUTH HE WANTED TO HELP OTHERS IN SIMILAR SITUA TIONS h) WAS ALWAYS AWARE THAT ) SHOULD lGHT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO ACHIEVE A BETTER LIFE 3O VERY EARLY ON ) HAD THIS GOAL AND MADE IT MY MAIN GOAL IN LIFE 4HE DIFlCULTIES ARE TREMEN DOUS BUT WITH FAITH AND PERSEVERANCE

WE ARE WINNING VICTORIES v HE SAID %LINOR 7ILSON

7IDOW &ERREIRA SAYS THAT HIS FAITH IS IMPORTANT AND THAT HE BELIEVES 'OD OF &ORMER '# 0RESIDENT

HAS GUIDED HIS CAREER h)T WAS A MIRACLE 0ASSES !WAY THAT ) AM IN THIS POSITION OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN "RAZIL S POLITICAL ARENA v N %LINOR %STHER .EUMANN 7ILSON

THE WIFE AND MOTHER OF WORLD LEADERS OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH PASSED TO HER REST ON THE MORNING OF *UNE

AT A CARE FACILITY IN $AYTON -ARYLAND (ER PASSING CAME ALMOST SIX MONTHS TO THE DAY FROM THE $ECEMBER

DEATH OF HER HUSBAND OF YEARS 0ASTOR .EAL # 7ILSON WHO HAD LED THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE THE MOVEMENT S TOP ADMIN ISTRATIVE BODY FOR YEARS 4HEIR SON

0ASTOR 4ED . # 7ILSON WAS ELECTED THE !$6%.4)34 !$6/#!4% !NTONIO TWENTIETH PRESIDENT OF THE 'ENERAL #ON *OSE &ERREIRA A BLIND 3EVENTH FERENCE ON *UNE

DAY !DVENTIST IS THE NEW HEAD OF h-Y MOTHER WAS AN EXTREMELY LOYAL

"RAZIL S .ATIONAL 3ECRETARIAT FOR THE CAREFUL AND ENCOURAGING PERSON v 0AS 0ROMOTION OF THE 2IGHTS OF 0EOPLE TOR 4ED 7ILSON WROTE IN THE *UNE 7ITH $ISABILITIES 3.0$ ISSUE OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINE h3HE SHOWED ME A PERSONAL LOVE FOR *ESUS AS A

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HE EXPLAINED h3O ) CONTINUE TO ASK FOR DIVINE INSPIRATION TO CONTRIBUTE POSI TIVELY IN IMPROVING THE LIVES OF SOME MILLION "RAZILIANS WHO OFTEN DON T KNOW THEIR OWN RIGHTS v HE SAYS &ERREIRA WAS BORN BLIND IN HIS RIGHT EYE BECAUSE OF A CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA !T THE AGE OF BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL ERROR HE LOST THE SIGHT IN HIS LEFT EYE "ECAUSE OF THE DIFlCULTIES CAUSED BY LACK OF lNANCIAL RESOURCES AND BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH HE BEGAN STUDYING IN A SCHOOL FOR BLIND INDIVIDUALS IN 2ECIFE !T THE AGE OF HE BEGAN HIS POLIT ICAL ACTIVISM AND WAS ELECTED PRESI DENT OF THE 3TUDENT 'UILD OF THE )NSTI TUTE FOR THE "LIND IN 2ECIFE 'RADUALLY HIS WORK GAINED CREDIBILITY AND IN HE WAS ELECTED THE lRST PRESIDENT OF THE .ATIONAL /RGANIZATION OF "LIND "RAZIL /.#" ˆREPORTED BY ,UZIA 0AULA 3OUTH !MERICAN $IVISION

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THE WIFE AND MOTHER OF WORLD LEADERS OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH

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3AVIOR AND A FRIEND AND INSTILLED IN OTH ERS A SIMPLE TRUST IN THE TEACHINGS OF THE 7ORD AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HRISTIAN v -RS 7ILSON WAS BORN *ANUARY

AND GREW UP IN #HICAGO )LLINOIS (ER PARENTS *OSEPH .EUMANN FROM "UDAPEST (UNGARY AND 4HERESA 7EHR DERICH FROM 6ELGERSDORF !USTRIA SEPA RATELY IMMIGRATED TO THE 5NITED 3TATES AND MET IN #HICAGO S 'ERMAN SPEAK ING COMMUNITY 7HEN %LINOR WAS VERY YOUNG HER MOTHER BECAME A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST THROUGH EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN THE 'ERMAN LANGUAGE AND JOINED THE 'ERMAN 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN #HICAGO %LINOR S FATHER WAS A BARBER AND HER MOTHER WORKED AT A NUMBER OF JOBS AT THE SAME TIME INCLUDING STRETCHING CURTAINS AND SEAMSTRESS WORK TO PUT HER CHILDREN THROUGH 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST SCHOOLS %LI NOR S MOTHER DIED AT AGE WHEN %LI NOR WAS STILL IN COLLEGE %LINOR .EUMANN lRST ATTENDED WHAT WAS THEN %MMANUEL -ISSIONARY #OLLEGE KNOWN TODAY AS !NDREWS 5NI VERSITY 3HE THEN MOVED TO 0ACIlC 5NION #OLLEGE AND MET .EAL 7ILSON )MMEDIATELY AFTER THE TWO WERE MARRIED !UGUST \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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AND THEN UNDERTAKING !RABIC LANGUAGE CLASSES AT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST 4HEOLOGICAL 3EMINARY LOCATED AT THE TIME IN 7ASHINGTON $ # 4HE 7ILSONS DEPARTED FOR %GYPT IN IN THE MIDST OF 7ORLD 7AR )) 4HE YOUNG COUPLE EMPLOYED JUST ABOUT EVERY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO JOURNEY THROUGH !FRICA IN ORDER TO REACH #AIRO %GYPT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PROCEED THROUGH THE -EDITERRANEAN 3EA DURING THOSE TURBULENT DAYS $URING HER YEARS IN %GYPT -RS 7IL SON BEGAN TEACHING IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL A CAREER THAT CONTINUED WHEN THE FAMILY MOVED TO -ARYLAND -RS 7ILSON TAUGHT SECOND GRADERS AT *OHN .EVINS !NDREWS 3CHOOL FOR MANY YEARS

LEAVING THAT WORK TO SUPPORT HER HUS BAND IN HIS EXTENSIVE MINISTRY TRAVELS .EAL 7ILSON WAS NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH S .ORTH !MERICAN $IVI SION IN (E SERVED IN THAT POST UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT AS WORLD CHURCH PRESIDENT IN 5NLIKE HER EBULLIENT OUTGOING HUS BAND %LINOR 7ILSON hWAS NOT NECESSARILY A PUBLIC PERSON v HER SON WROTE hEXCEPT THAT SHE WAS A SECOND GRADE TEACHER WHO LOVED TO INCULCATE BEAUTIFUL SPIRITUAL TRUTHS IN HER YOUNG SCHOLARS 3HE KNEW HOW TO DO THAT AND DID IT VERY WELL v -RS 7ILSON S BROTHER 2ICHARD $UNBAR - $ OF ,OMA ,INDA #ALIFOR NIA TWO CHILDREN 3HIRLEY 7ILSON !NDERSON AND 4ED 7ILSON FOUR GRAND CHILDREN %MILIE 7ILSON $E6ASHER

%LIZABETH 7ILSON 7RIGHT #ATHERINE 7ILSON 2ENCK AND *ONATHAN !NDERSON AND lVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ,AUREN 7RIGHT -ATTHEW 7RIGHT (ENRY $E6ASHER #HARLOTTE 2ENCK AND -ARY ANNE 7RIGHT ALL SURVIVE 4WO SIBLINGS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH 3UE -IKLOS AND *OHN .EUMANN *R -ARK ! +ELLNER .EWS %DITOR WITH INFORMATION FROM THE 7ILSON FAMILY

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TO SEEK A BETTER UNDER STANDING OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 4WENTY NINE PRE SENTERS FROM A DOZEN COUNTRIES EXAMINED THE TOPIC IN SIX MAIN AREAS /LD 4ESTAMENT .EW 4ESTAMENT CHURCH HISTORY !DVENT IST HISTORY SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY AND APPLIED THEOLOGY 4HE LEAD SPEAKER FOR EACH AREA SURVEYED THE TOPIC FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS FOCUSED ON SUBSPECIALTIES WITHIN THESE AREAS %ACH BLOCK CONCLUDED WITH THE PRESENTERS lELDING QUESTIONS 0RESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION OVER THE THREE AND A HALF DAYS TOTALED NEARLY HOURS $IVISION PRESIDENT %RTON # + HLER IN HIS 3ABBATH SERMON ENTITLED h4HE (OLY 3PIRIT AND THE &INISHING OF THE 7ORK v DREW ATTENTION TO THE FORMIDABLE TASK FACING THE CHURCH 3URVEYING THE POPULATION TOTALS OF LARGE CITIES IN 3OUTH !MERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF !DVENTIST MEMBERS IN THOSE CITIES + HLER ASKED h(OW CAN WE REACH SO MANY WITH SO FEW v $RAWING PARALLELS WITH THE EARLY CHURCH

THE SECRET THEN AND NOW HE SAID IS CLEAR FROM !CTS h9OU SHALL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE (OLY 3PIRIT HAS COME UPON YOU v (E PUT FORTH THE CHALLENGE THAT hWHEN 'OD PROMISES BIGGER THINGS ARE WE CONTENT WITH DOING SMALLER THINGS v *Iř¤ -OSKALA PROFESSOR OF /LD 4ESTAMENT THEOLOGY AND EXE GESIS AND CHAIR OF THE /LD 4ESTAMENT $EPARTMENT AT THE 3EV ENTH DAY !DVENTIST 4HEOLOGICAL 3EMINARY !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY

OPENED THE SYMPOSIUM WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT IN THE /LD 4ESTAMENT h4HE (OLY 3PIRIT IS A VERY HUMBLE PERSON v HE SAID DENYING THE IDEA THAT THE 3PIRIT IS MERELY THE POWER OF 'OD 4HE 3PIRIT IS 'OD S SPECIAL GIFT HE SAID *OHN -C6AY PRESIDENT OF 7ALLA 7ALLA 5NIVERSITY SURVEYING THE ROLE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT IN THE .EW 4ESTAMENT SAID h4HE APOSTLES COULD TESTIFY ABOUT THE LIFE DEATH RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION 7HAT HAPPENED NEXT HAD TO BE GIVEN BY THE (OLY 3PIRIT v #ONNECTING THE DOTS -C6AY POINTED TO THE OUTPOURING

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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE BASED AT THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS

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7%,, 0,!..%$ 7%,, $/.% !LBERTO 4IMM GENERAL COORDINATOR OF THE THEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM THAT CONVENED AT )GUASSU &ALLS -AY OF THE 3PIRIT AT 0ENTECOST AS THE ASSURANCE OF THE EXALTATION AND CORONATION OF *ESUS IN HEAVEN -ERLING !LOMIA OF 0ERUVIAN 5NION 5NIVERSITY SUM MARIZED PERSPECTIVES ON THE (OLY 3PIRIT THROUGHOUT #HRIS TIAN HISTORY !CCORDING TO 0ROTESTANTS THE (OLY 3PIRIT USES 3CRIPTURE AS THE MEANS TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE 3AVIOR *ESUS #HRIST 4HE #ATHOLIC VIEW STATED BY THE LATE *OHN 0AUL ))

DESCRIBES THE POPE NOT ONLY AS THE VICAR OF #HRIST BUT ALSO OCCUPYING THE PLACE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT THUS THE TITLE h(IS (OLINESS v !LBERTO 4IMM DIVISION COORDINATOR FOR THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS AND 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY COORDINATOR OUTLINED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH S UNDERSTANDING OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT INTO THREE PERIODS LIKENING THE BENElT FROM THE CHURCH S CORRECTION OF ITS ANTI 4RINITARIAN POSI TION TO THE RAPID GROWTH IN UNDERSTANDING BY !DVENTISTS FOLLOWING THE 'REAT $ISAPPOINTMENT IN !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODR¤GUEZ ATTENDING THE SYMPOSIUM FOR

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THE LAST TIME IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE "2) SET OUT AN AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR THEOLOGIANS OF THE CHURCH IN THE YEARS TO COME h)T IS NOT ENOUGH v HE SAID hTO BELIEVE THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS A PER SON v 0OINTING TO NUMEROUS HINTS THROUGHOUT 3CRIPTURE AS TO THE WORK OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 2ODR¤GUEZ IMAGINED THE (OLY 3PIRIT AS hA VERY YOUNG PROPHET WALKING AROUND THE PLANET AND BATHING IT WITH POWER v 4OUCHING ON ISSUES RANGING FROM INSPIRATION TO THE LAT TER RAIN HE SAID MORE WORK HAS TO BE DONE FOR US TO ESTAB LISH BIBLICALLY OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LATTER RAIN ENCOUR AGING THE GATHERING TO PRAY FOR THE 3PIRIT OF WISDOM /N THE lNAL DAY OF THE SYMPOSIUM 2ODR¤GUEZ WAS RECOGNIZED WITH A STANDING OVATION FOR THE SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAS MADE TO THIS ANNUAL EVENT OVER THE YEARS &RANK (ASEL DEAN OF THEOLOGY AT "OGENHOFEN 3EMINARY IN !USTRIA SPEAKING ON THE DOCTRINE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT

EMPHASIZED THE ROLE OF THE 3CRIPTURES AS THE WORK OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT WHO LEADS PEOPLE TO EMBRACE AND OBEY 'OD S 7ORD h4HE (OLY 3PIRIT REVEALS 'OD AND (IS WILL v (ASEL SAID h(E MAKES THE 7ORD TANGIBLE VISIBLE AND HUMAN v (E ADDED THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT GIVES ASSURANCE OF SALVATION

INSPIRES CONlDENCE IN 3CRIPTURE BRINGS NEW SPIRITUAL LIFE

WORKS TO TRANSFORM US INTO THE IMAGE OF #HRIST AND EMPOWERS FOR MISSION AND EVANGELISM (E ALSO UNITES THE CHURCH THROUGH THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT SO IT CAN GIVE A WORLDWIDE MESSAGE +WABENA $ONKOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE "2) SPOKE OF THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND MISSION h)F OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT GOES WRONG THEN OUR UNDER STANDING OF BOTH MISSION AND THE CHURCH GOES WRONG TOO v /N THE SO CALLED EMERGING CHURCH $ONKOR POINTED OUT THAT IT JEOPARDIZES THE CREATION FALL REDEMPTION PARADIGM ASKING h)S MISSION THEOCENTRIC OR #HRISTOCENTRIC )F IT IS THEOCENTRIC THEN 'OD IS USING "UDDHISTS (INDUS CULTURE AND MANY OTHER AVE NUES TO ACCOMPLISH (IS MISSION "UT v HE URGED hWE MUST INSIST THAT THE CHURCH IS #HRISTOCENTRIC 7E MUST LINK MISSION WITH *ESUS #HRIST AND (IS COMPLETED WORK v $ELEGATES ALSO COMPOSED AND DISCUSSED A STATEMENT OF CONSENSUS !FTER INCORPORATING SUGGESTIONS THEY VOTED IT UNANIMOUSLY 4HE STATEMENT AFlRMS THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT hIS THE THIRD PERSON OF THE 'ODHEAD v AND A hCOPARTICIPANTv IN THE WORK OF CREATING AND SUSTAINING THE WORLD AND REDEEM ING HUMANITY )T ALSO AFlRMS THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT RESPECTS THE FREE WILL OF INDIVIDUALS AND THAT THE CHURCH IS DEPEN DENT ON THE (OLY 3PIRIT FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE GOSPEL MISSION 4HE STATEMENT CONCLUDES BY AFlRMING OUR NEED OF THE LATTER RAIN AND REVIVAL AND REFORMATION IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASK WITH WHICH WE HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED N !UGUST \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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!DVENTIST 7ORLD EDITOR "ILL +NOTT RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH 'ENERAL #ONFER ENCE PRESIDENT 4ED . # 7ILSON TO TALK ABOUT HOW A RENEWED EMPHASIS ON REVIVAL AND REFORMATION AFFECTS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CORPORATE WORSHIP

9OU VE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE SECOND PHRASE IN 0AUL S COUNSEL h"E TRANS FORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND v

4HAT S WHAT REVIVAL CONSISTS OF AT ITS COREˆA RENEWING OF OUR MINDS %VEN FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS OF #HRIST CAN GROW ACCUSTOMED TO THE ROUTINES OF SPIRI !S ) VE LISTENED TO YOU SHARE MANY TUAL LIFE 4HAT S WHY CHURCH LEADERS MESSAGES FROM 'OD S 7ORD OVER THE HAVE MADE SUCH AN EARNEST APPEAL FOR PAST MONTHS ) VE HEARD YOU OFTEN A SPECIAL SEASON OF SEEKING THE ,ORD RETURNING TO THE APOSTLE 0AUL S COUN THROUGH PRAYER AND REPENTANCE ASK SEL IN 2OMANS h!ND DO NOT BE ING FOR THE POWER OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT TO CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR BE POURED OUT ON THOSE WAITING FOR THE COMING OF *ESUS ;SEE h'OD S 0ROM MIND THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT ISED 'IFT !N 5RGENT !PPEAL FOR 2EVIVAL 2EFORMATION $ISCIPLESHIP AND WILL OF 'OD v 7HY HAS THIS TEXT %VANGELISM v !DVENTIST 7ORLD *ANUARY BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO WWW ADVENTISTWORLD ORG ISSUE YOUR MINISTRY PHP ISSUE PAGE = !S 0ERHAPS "ILL BECAUSE IT SO CLEARLY WE GAIN A NEW APPRECIATION FOR *ESUS SUMS UP SO MUCH OF WHAT 'OD HAS THROUGH DEEPER STUDY OF (IS 7ORD AS BEEN LAYING ON MY HEART AND ON THE WE GROW FROM THE PRECIOUS INSIGHTS HEARTS OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST GIVEN TO US IN THE 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY

#HURCH LEADERS EVERYWHERE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF REVIVAL AND REFORMATION AS WE OPEN OUR LIVES AND OUR DAILY BEHAVIOR TO BEING RESHAPED BY THE AMONG 'OD S PEOPLE &ROM THE VERY (OLY 3PIRIT WE WILL BE GIVEN WHAT BEGINNING OF #HRIST S CHURCH (IS FOL 0AUL CALLS hTHE MIND OF #HRISTv LOWERS WERE KNOWN AS THE EKKLESIA

; #OR = hTHE CALLED OUT ONES v 4O BELONG TO *ESUS TO FOLLOW (IM AS ,ORD AND -AS 9OUR EMPHASIS ON 0AUL S COUNSEL HAS TER REQUIRES LEAVING SOMETHINGˆAND ALSO LED YOU TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE THAT SOMETHING CAN INCREASINGLY BE IMPORTANCE OF WORSHIP IN THE 3EV IDENTIlED AS THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH ENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH 7HY HAS WE ARE TEMPTED TO FOLLOW AND IMITATE THIS TOPIC COME TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE PRACTICES OF THE WORLD IN OUR LIFE YOUR PREACHING JUST NOW TOGETHER AND EVEN IN OUR WORSHIP &OR MORE THAN YEARS 3EVENTH DAY ) VE ALWAYS LIKED THE WAY THE 0HIL LIPS TRANSLATION RENDERED THE lRST PART !DVENTISTS HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT WOR OF THE TEXT h$ON T LET THE WORLD AROUND SHIPˆTRUE BIBLICAL COMMANDMENT KEEPING WORSHIPˆIS AT THE VERY HEART YOU SQUEEZE YOU INTO ITS OWN MOULD v OF THIS MOVEMENT &ROM OUR BEGIN 'OD S REMNANT PEOPLE IN EVERY AGE

NINGS IN THE GREAT 3ECOND !DVENT AND ESPECIALLY IN THESE LAST DAYS WILL MOVEMENT WE HEARD AND ANSWERED THE BE UNUSUALLY TEMPTED TO ACCEPT AND lRST ANGEL S CALL TO hWORSHIP (IM WHO ADOPT PRACTICES THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY OPPOSED TO THE PURITY AND TRUTH OF THE MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH THE SEA AND SPRINGS OF WATERv ;2EV = TO KEEP GOSPEL 2EFORMATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN HOLY 'OD S SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH 4HAT THE WATCHWORD OF THIS 3EVENTH DAY WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY A CALL TO COME !DVENTIST MOVEMENT AND ALWAYS OUT FROM THOSE WHO STUBBORNLY CLUNG SHOULD BE !UGUST \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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TO FALSE SYSTEMS OF WORSHIP WHAT 2EV ELATION CALLS "ABYLON !ND THE THIRD ANGEL S MESSAGE IS A CALL TO PERSISTENCE AND FAITHFULNESS IN WORSHIPˆTO NOT hLET THE WORLD AROUND YOU SQUEEZE YOU INTO ITS OWN MOULD v 7ORSHIP HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE HEART OF OUR MES SAGE AND OUR MISSION AND NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED TO RESPOND TO AN URGENT CALL TO REESTABLISH OUR CORPO RATE WORSHIP EXPERIENCES ON THE PRIN CIPLES OF 'OD S 7ORD AND THE GUIDANCE WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN THE 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY

FOUR DIFFERENT CULTURES IN MY LIFE ON FOUR DIFFERENT CONTINENTS AND HAVING SPENT ALMOST YEARS LIVING OUTSIDE THE .ORTH !MERICAN CULTURE ) VE ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE AS A SERVANT OF 'OD S PEOPLE TO HAVE TRAVELED IN DOZENS OF COUNTRIES WORSHIPPING WITH HUNDREDS OF LOCAL CONGREGATIONS THROUGH NEARLY YEARS OF MINISTRY ) VE LEARNED TO RESPECT AND APPRECIATE EXPRESSIONS OF WORSHIP THAT ) DID NOT GROW UP WITH "UT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE BASICS OF LIFE TO THE CORE MOTIVATIONS THAT CAUSE US TO WANT TO WORSHIP THE

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2EFORMATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WATCHWORD OF THIS 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST MOVEMENT AND ALWAYS SHOULD BE 3OME WILL SAY THAT WORSHIP IS A HIGHLY PRIVATE AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE /TH ERS WILL MAINTAIN THAT IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE SHAPED BY LOCAL CUS TOMS AND PREFERENCES AND THAT EVERY CONGREGATION CAN DECIDE FOR ITSELF WHAT STYLE OF WORSHIP IS APPROPRIATE IN THEIR CONTEXT OF !DVENTISM

)N THE GLOBAL FAMILY OF !DVENTISM WE OF COURSE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT AND VARIED CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS INCLUDING DIFFERENCES IN LANGUAGE MUSICAL STYLES

AND ORDERS OF SERVICE 'OD DOES NOT WANT AND (IS CHURCH SHOULD NEVER SEEK FOR JUST ONE EXPRESSION OF WOR SHIP IN A FAMILY OF NEARLY MILLION ) GIVE 'OD THE GLORY FOR ALLOWING ME THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING LIVED IN

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/NE WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH

PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY THE SAME THE WORLD OVER -ORE TO THE POINT THE PRINCIPLES OF 'OD S 7ORD ARE THE SAME THE WORLD OVER AND APPLY TO ALL OF US !LL OF THAT EXPERIENCE HAS REMINDED ME AND MANY OTHER CONCERNED CHURCH LEADERS THAT THERE IS A WORLDLY CULTURE PRESSING IN ON US AND THAT THERE IS A BIBLICAL HEAVENLY CULTURE TO WHICH WE ARE ALL CALLED $O YOU BELIEVE THAT WORLDLY CULTURE HAS BEEN MAKING INROADS INTO 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORSHIP IN RECENT YEARS

)T PAINS ME TO SAY SO "ILL BUT YES ) DO )N MY TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD

THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY CHURCH LEADERS AND THROUGH THE LETTERS AND NOTES ) RECEIVE FROM FAITHFUL 3EV ENTH DAY !DVENTISTS ) VE GROWN CON CERNED THAT WE ARE IN URGENT NEED OF A hRENEWING OF OUR MINDSv ABOUT PUBLIC WORSHIP -ANY PRACTICES THAT HAVE SEEMED INNOCENT ON THE SURFACE HAVE CREPT INTO 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORSHIP

ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF PRAYER AND MUSIC !S 0AUL WARNED US YEARS AGO WE HAVE TO BE ESPECIALLY VIGILANT TO hNOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD v 0RAYER PRACTICES INCLUDING WHAT ARE SOMETIMES KNOWN AS hCENTERING PRAYERv AND hLABYRINTHS v AND hCON TEMPLATIVE PRAYER v FREQUENTLY DRAW ON NON #HRISTIAN PHILOSOPHIES THAT ENCOURAGE THE EMPTYING OF THE MIND "IBLICAL PRAYER INSTEAD DRAWS US INTO A QUIET AND FOCUSED RATIONAL CONTEM PLATION OF 'OD S 7ORD AND (IS FAITH FULNESS THAT YIELDS IN hTHE MIND OF #HRIST v -USIC CERTAINLY ONE OF 'OD S GREATEST GIFTS TO HUMAN BEINGS HAS SIMILARLY BECOME A VEHICLE FOR INCOR PORATING STYLES AND PERFORMANCES THAT TOO FREQUENTLY FORGET THAT THE GREAT 'OD OF THE UNIVERSE OUR 3AVIOR *ESUS #HRIST AND THE (OLY 3PIRIT ARE THE REAL AUDIENCE 3IMPLE QUESTIONS WILL HELP ALL OF US UNDERLINE THE TRUE AND BIBLI CAL PRINCIPLES OF BOTH PRAYER AND MUSIC IN WORSHIP h7OULD ) PRAY THIS WAY IN THE VERY PRESENCE OF *ESUS v h7OULD ) SING THIS SONGˆTHIS WAYˆIN THE PRESENCE OF THE (OLY /NE v !RE YOU PLANNING TO KEEP TALKING AND PREACHING ABOUT THESE THEMES IN THE MONTHS AHEAD

9OU AND THE MILLIONS OF READERS OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD CAN COUNT ON THAT 4HE ,ORD HAS LAID A BURDEN ON MY HEART ABOUT REVIVING BIBLICAL WORSHIP AMONG US AS (IS PEOPLE AND ) WON T LAY IT DOWN UNTIL (E TELLS ME TO N

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OME PEOPLE DO GET A DIP IN THEIR BLOOD SUGAR AFTER EATING IF THE INSULIN THEY RELEASE KICKS IN TOO FAST AND TOO HARD BUT HYPOGLYCEMIA IS A VERY OVERDIAGNOSED CONDITION -ANY PEOPLE WHO CLAIM LOW BLOOD SUGAR ARE

SHIFTING REQUIREMENTS IN DIFFERENT TIS SUES SO WALK FOR MINUTES DAILY $RINK ONE TO TWO GLASSES OF WATER TO MINUTES BEFORE EATING 4HIS WILL INCREASE THE mUID IN THE BLOOD AND REDUCE THE TENDENCY FOR THE BLOOD

HEALTHFUL OILS AND PROTEINS

,OW BLOOD PRESSURE AFTER A MEAL LEVELS OFF AFTER MINUTES TO AN HOUR

SO REST A LITTLE 3IT OR LIE DOWN FOR A SHORT BREAK -ANY PEOPLE lND THEY WORK BETTER HAVE IMPROVED MENTAL

-ANY PEOPLE WHO CLAIM LOW BLOOD SUGAR ARE NEVER SHOWN TO ACTUALLY HAVE LOW BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS NEVER SHOWN TO ACTUALLY HAVE LOW BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS 4HERE IS A RECOGNIZED CONDITION OF LOW BLOOD PRESSURE THAT FOLLOWS EATING

HOWEVER CALLED POSTPRANDIAL HYPOTEN SION )T S POSSIBLE THAT THIS CONDITION COULD BE CAUSING YOUR SYMPTOMS %AT ING DIVERTS BLOOD TO THE DIGESTIVE TRACT

AND LESS IS THEN AVAILABLE TO THE BRAIN

MUSCLES AND OTHER ORGANS 4HERE ARE SOME FOLK WHOSE ADAPTIVE MECHANISMS ARE LESS THAN OPTIMAL AND THEREFORE THEY MAY FEEL FAINT DIZZY OR WEAK OR EVEN FALL !S PEOPLE GET OLDER SO DOES THEIR VASCULAR SYSTEM AND ITS ADAPT ABILITY DECLINES 4HERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP THOUGH 2EGULAR EXERCISE TONES YOUR VASCU LAR SYSTEM AS WELL AS YOUR MUSCLES

MAKING IT MORE ABLE TO COPE WITH

PRESSURE TO FALL AFTER THE MEAL

%AT LESS THAN YOU MAY BE DOING NOW AND EAT MORE SLOWLY 3PREADING A MEAL OVER A LONGER TIME INTERVAL WILL HELP YOU TO FEEL SATISlED AFTER TO MINUTES SO YOU WILL EAT LESS AND ALLOW MORE TIME FOR DIGESTION !LTHOUGH TWO MEALS A DAY REDUCES THE POST MEAL METABOLIC STRESS WE EXPERIENCE SOME PEOPLE BENElT FROM SMALLER MORE FREQUENT MEALS 7ATCH THE TYPE OF CARBOHYDRATES YOU ARE EATING &OODS MADE WITH RElNED mOUR AND RElNED SUGAR SUCH AS CAKES

WHITE BREAD DOUGHNUTS AND SWEETENED BEVERAGES ETC AND EVEN WHITE RICE AND POTATOES CAUSE A RAPID INCREASE IN ABSORPTION WITH A GREATER TENDENCY TO POSTPRANDIAL LOW BLOOD PRESSURE %AT MORE WHOLE GRAIN PRODUCTS LEGUMES

FUNCTION AND ARE MORE PRODUCTIVE AFTER A TO MINUTE NAP 7E ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PRO VIDER HE OR SHE MAY lND THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIlC THAT YOU AS AN INDI VIDUAL NEED TO DO N

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VERY PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN WHO PERFORMS PUBLICLY UTILIZES THE TWO COMPARTMENTS OF THEIR MIND IN PERHAPS A MORE UNIQUE WAY THAN ANY OTHER PROFESSION 7ERE IT NOT FOR THE AMAZING CAPABILITIES OF THIS MIND THAT THE #REATOR HAS FORMED NO PERFORMING ARTIST COULD GO ONSTAGE AND PLAY WITH ALMOST mAWLESS PRECI SION FOR AN HOUR OR MORE WITHOUT HAV ING A NOTE OF MUSIC BEFORE THEM #ON SIDER FOR EXAMPLE A PIANIST WHO WANTS TO DO A PIANO CONCERT 4O PREPARE FOR THAT CONCERT THEY WILL HAVE TO SPEND MANY HOURS EACH DAY CONSCIOUSLY LEARNING ALL THE NOTES WITH THEIR TIME VALUES DYNAMICS AND NUANCES OF EXPRESSION AND INTERPRETATION !LL THE MYRIAD MOVES INVOLVING THE TWO HANDS ON THE KEYBOARD AS WELL AS THE FEET ON THE PIANO PEDALS MAKE PLAYING A VERY COMPLICATED MENTAL PROCESS

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A WONDERFUL AND MYSTERIOUS PROCESS IS TAKING PLACE !LL THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NOTES WITH THEIR VARIED TIME VALUES AND DYNAMIC QUALITIES ARE BEING RECORDED IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS PART OF THE MIND ALONG WITH THEIR PERSONAL INTERPRETATION AND EXPRESSION 4HE MORE FREQUENTLY THE PIECES ARE PLAYED

THE STRONGER THE MENTAL RECORDING BECOMES %VENTUALLY THE RECORDING IN THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND BECOMES SO lRMLY IMPRINTED THAT THEY CAN PLAY THE WHOLE REPERTOIRE WITHOUT CON SCIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT THE MECHANICS OF NOTES AND TIME VALUES 4HEIR CON SCIOUS MIND WILL JUST REmECT THE GEN ERAL OUTLINES AND mOW OF THE MUSIC 4HEY MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO CARRY ON A BRIEF CONVERSATION AS THEY PLAY 4HAT IS BECAUSE THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND HAS TAKEN OVER IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MUSIC LEAVING THEIR CONSCIOUS MIND TO ENGAGE IN SOME OTHER ACTIVITY SUCH AS

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RESPONDING TO A QUESTION OR MAKING A COMMENT 4HAT IS A MARVELOUS MENTAL FEAT THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE WHAT THE PSALMIST MEANT WHEN HE EXCLAIMED h&OR ) AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADEv 0S )F THE PIANIST IS DOING A #HOPIN CONCERT THEY MIGHT INCLUDE #HOPIN S h&ANTAISIE )MPROMPTU v 4HIS PIECE HAS APPROXIMATELY NOTES THAT THEY WILL STORE IN THEIR MEMORY "UT THEY ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER MENTAL NOTA TIONS THAT NEED TO BE STORED THERE SUCH AS THE TIME VALUES FOR EACH NOTE THE

VOLUME THE TOUCH EITHER STACCATO OR LEGATO THE lNGERING AND THE PEDALING 4HAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE lVE MENTAL NOTATIONS FOR EACH NOTE PLAYED BESIDES PLAYING THE RIGHT NOTE 4HAT ADDS UP TO ABOUT MENTAL NOTATIONS THAT WILL BE STORED IN THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND FOR JUST THAT PIECE 4HEY MIGHT ALSO DECIDE TO PLAY #HOPIN S "ALLADE IN ! mAT )T HAS ABOUT NOTES RESULT ING IN ABOUT NOTATIONS IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND 4O DO AN HOUR S CONCERT THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY MENTAL

4HE #REATOR NOTATIONS IN THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

READY FOR RECALL WHEN NEEDED 4RULY THE #REATOR HAS ENDOWED HUMAN BEINGS WITH A LIVING COMPUTER THAT IS INlNITELY MORE ELABORATE AND COMPLEX THAN THE MOST SOPHISTICATED COMPUTER WE HAVE IN OUR MODERN WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY %LLEN 7HITE NOTES THAT hIT WAS A WONDERFUL THING FOR 'OD TO CREATE MAN TO MAKE MIND v )T IS THE MIND THAT SETS HUMANITY ABOVE ALL THE OTHER ORDER OF BEINGS AND MAKES HUMANS THE CROWN ING WORK OF 'OD S CREATION 'OD HAS GIVEN US A SIMPLE DIAGRAM THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THIS LIVING COMPUTER ACTUALLY WORKS )N #ORIN THIANS WE ARE TOLD THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE A TEMPLE IN WHICH 'OD WANTS TO DWELL BY (IS 3PIRIT 4HIS PAS SAGE QUOTES FROM %XODUS WHERE 'OD TOLD -OSES TO hMAKE -E A SANC TUARY THAT ) MAY DWELL AMONG THEM v )N THE LAYOUT OF THE SANCTUARY WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT OURSELVES THAT IS SIMPLE YET PROFOUND

HAS ENDOWED HUMAN BEINGS WITH A LIVING COMPUTER THAT IS INlNITELY MORE ELABORATE AND COMPLEX THAN THE MOST SOPHISTICATED COMPUTER WE HAVE 9ET IT IS VERY REAL AND POWERFUL IN ITS INmUENCE 4HE "IBLE USES A NUMBER OF SYNONYMS TO DESCRIBE THE MIND 3UCH TERMS AS HEART SOUL AND SPIRIT ARE COMMONLY USED WHEN REFERRING TO THE MIND AND ITS FUNCTIONS "RAIN -IND AND #HARACTER

3ANCTUARY ,ESSONS

4HE SANCTUARY WAS LAID OUT WITH AN OUTER COURT THAT SURROUNDED THE INNER SANCTUARY WITH ITS TWO APARTMENTS ,IKEWISE THE HUMAN TEMPLE ALSO HAS AN OUTER COURT AND AN INNER SANCTUARY WITH ITS TWO COMPARTMENTS 0AUL REFERRED TO THIS IN #ORINTHIANS WHEN HE STATED h%VEN THOUGH OUR OUTWARD MAN IS PERISHING YET THE INWARD MAN IS BEING RENEWED DAY BY DAY v 4HE OUTER COURT REPRESENTS THE OUTER BEING THE PHYSICAL BODY WHICH CAN BE SEEN AND TOUCHED 4HE BONES

THE NERVES THE MUSCLES THE BRAIN AND ORGANS OF THE BODY ARE ALL PART OF THE OUTER HUMAN 4HE INNER COURT WITH ITS TWO APARTMENTS REPRESENTS THE CON SCIOUS AND SUBCONSCIOUS MIND THE INTELLECT THE INNER hYOUv THAT PROJECTS YOUR INDIVIDUALITY AND PERSONALITY 4HIS IS THE SPIRITUAL PART OF HUMAN NATURE THAT CANNOT BE SEEN OR TOUCHED

4HERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL BRAIN AND THE MIND .OTE THE FOLLOWING QUOTE h4HE BRAIN IS THE ORGAN AND INSTRUMENT OF THE MIND AND CONTROLS THE WHOLE BODY v (ERE THE BRAIN IS LIKENED TO AN ORGAN AND THE MIND IS LIKE THE ORGANIST !N ORGAN CANNOT MAKE ANY SOUND WITHOUT AN ORGANIST NEITHER CAN AN ORGANIST PLAY ONE NOTE WITHOUT AN ORGAN 4HEY ARE INTERDEPENDENT h4HE MIND CONTROLS THE WHOLE MAN !LL OUR ACTIONS GOOD OR BAD HAVE THEIR SOURCE IN THE MIND !LL THE PHYSICAL ORGANS ARE THE SERVANTS OF THE MIND AND THE NERVES ARE THE MESSENGERS THAT TRANS MIT ITS ORDERS TO EVERY PART OF THE BODY GUIDING THE MOTIONS OF THE LIVING MACHINERY v 3O WHEN THE PIANIST DOES A PIANO PERFORMANCE THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND SENDS THE MUSICAL NOTATIONS STORED THERE TO THE BRAIN

WHICH IN TURN TRANSMITS THE SIGNALS TO

THE NERVES AND THEY GUIDE THE MOTIONS OF THE HAND AND lNGERS TO ACT ON THE KEYBOARD WITH AMAZING ACCURACY TO PRODUCE THE INSPIRING SOUNDS WE LOVE TO HEAR 4HAT TRULY IS A COMPLICATED MENTAL PROCESS THAT WE NORMALLY TAKE FOR GRANTED 4HERE IS A DEEP SPIRITUAL LESSON IN THIS )F A PIANIST IS CARELESS ABOUT THE WAY THEY LEARN THE PIECES THEY WANT TO PERFORM IF THEY DON T GET ALL THE NOTES RIGHT OR MISS THE TIMING OF SOME PAS SAGES IT WILL BE REPRODUCED IN THEIR PERFORMANCE ON THE CONCERT STAGE ,IKEWISE IF WE ARE CARELESS IN OUR THINKING IF WE HARBOR BITTER OR IMPURE THOUGHTS THEY WILL BE REmECTED IN OUR CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY AS WE PER FORM IN OUR DAILY LIVES !S THE PIANIST EXPRESSES THEIR PERSONALITY AND INDI VIDUALITY OF CHARACTER IN THEIR PERFOR MANCE SO WE ALSO WILL REmECT OUR CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY IN OUR DAILY LIVES 4HE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING A GOOD RECORDING IN OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND IS PRIORITIZED WHEN WE REALIZE THAT OUR CHARACTER OUR INDIVIDUALITY IS THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN TAKE FROM THIS LIFE INTO THE NEXT 4HERE THE MIND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND GROW IN THE ATTAINMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND WIS DOM !LL THE TALENTS AND ABILITIES DEVELOPED WHILE ON EARTH WILL IN THE HEREAFTER lND LIMITLESS DEVELOPMENT AND EXPAND TO NEW HEIGHTS OF ATTAIN MENT 7ITHOUT THE INHIBITING LIMITING EFFECTS OF SIN THE MIND THAT 'OD CRE ATED AS (IS MASTERPIECE WILL THERE lND ITS TRUEST AND FULLEST EXPRESSION N

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CHOSE TO DEVELOP A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE !LTHOUGH SEVERELY TRAUMATIZED BOTH PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY *ISUN LEARNED TO EXPRESS DEEP GRATITUDE TO 'OD FOR RESCUING HER FROM DEATH )N TIME SHE EVEN THANKED (IM FOR THE BLESSINGS SHE HAD FOUND IN SUFFERING *ISUN WANTED TO SHARE HER EXPERIENCE WITH OTHERS SO SHE DEVELOPED A PERSONAL 7EB SITE WHICH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE VISITED 7HAT A VIBRANT TESTIMONY OF HOPE AND FAITH IN 'OD EVEN IN THE MIDST OF ADVERSITY

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.O ONE ESCAPES THE AFmICTIONS OF LIFE INCLUDING #HRIS TIANS !DVERSITY SOMETIMES MAKES US FEEL ANGRY OTHER TIMES IT LEADS TO THOUGHTS OF HOPELESSNESS 0EOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO PERCEIVE THEIR ADVERSITY DIFFERENTLY HOWEVER ARE ABLE TO USE THE EXPERIENCE AS A STEPPING STONE TO HAPPINESS AND ACHIEVEMENT !BRAHAM ,INCOLN ONCE SAID h0EOPLE ARE JUST AS HAPPY AS THEY MAKE UP THEIR MINDS TO BE v 7ILLIAM *AMES n

A FAMOUS PSYCHOLOGIST OF (ARVARD 5NIVERSITY

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CLAIMED THAT hTHE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF MY GENERATION IS THAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN ALTER THEIR LIVES BY ALTERING THEIR ATTITUDES v 4HE "IBLE SAYS h4EST ALL THINGS HOLD FAST WHAT IS GOODv 4HESS 5NFORTUNATELY TOO MANY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BE UNHAPPY

BECAUSE THEY TEST ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST ONLY TO WHAT IS BAD 4HEY CANNOT SEE THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT SURROUND THEM EACH MOMENTˆESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF ADVERSITY )N AN EFFORT TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES HAPPINESS POSSIBLE

(AROLD 'REENWALD n A PSYCHOTHERAPIST INTER VIEWED PEOPLE OF ALL SOCIETAL CLASSES AND THEN PUBLISHED A BOOK ENTITLED 4HE (APPY 0ERSON (E WROTE h4HE MOST SUR PRISING ;DISCOVERY= WAS HOW MANY OF THE JOYOUS SATISlED PEOPLE ) INTERVIEWED HAD UNDERGONE TRAUMAS FRUSTRA TIONS AND DEFEATS REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO MY MISERY LADEN PATIENTS 4HE HAPPY PEOPLE ) INTERVIEWED HAD ALL CHOSEN NOT TO BE VICTIMS 4HEY HAD CHOSEN TO BE HAPPY -OST OFTEN THE DECISION WAS MADE ON THE HEELS OF A SEVERE EMO TIONAL OR PHYSICAL CRISIS IN THEIR LIVES A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT

OR A DISASTROUS DIVORCE 4HESE ARE CLEARLY THE CIRCUM STANCES MANY SAD PEOPLE USE TO EXPLAIN THEIR UNHAPPINESS 3O WHY WEREN T THESE PEOPLE SAD x 4HEY x ;REEXAMINED= THEIR WAY OF LOOKING ;AT LIFE= 4HEY THEN DECIDED x THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN HAPPINESS v 0SYCHIATRISTS &RANK -INIRTH AND 0AUL -EIER CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AND WROTE THE BOOK (APPINESS )S A #HOICE -INIRTH AND -EIER ESTABLISHED NUMEROUS MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS FOR DEPRESSION PATIENTS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGH OUT THE 5NITED 3TATES $URING THE PAST HALF CENTURY RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF DISEASE MUST BE WHOLISTIC -IND

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AND BODY ARE NOT SEPARATE ENTITIES 'OD WHO MADE US SAYS h2EJOICE ALWAYS PRAY WITHOUT CEASING IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF 'OD IN #HRIST *ESUS FOR YOUv 4HESS (OW THEN CAN WE PRACTICE 'OD S WORDS %LLEN ' 7HITE ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS WRITES h)F WE LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS WE SHALL lND ENOUGH TO MAKE US CHEERFUL AND HAPPY )F WE GIVE SMILES THEY WILL BE RETURNED TO US v h7E SHOULD BE WEEDING OUT OF OUR THOUGHTS ALL COMPLAINING AND FAULTlNDING ,ET US NOT CON TINUE TO LOOK UPON ANY DEFECTS THAT WE MAY SEE v 'IVE 4HANKS IN %VERYTHING

7E USUALLY DON T FEEL A SENSE OF REJOICING OR THANKFUL NESS UNDER EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE "UT BY 'OD S GRACE AND AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WE SHOULD DETERMINE TO FOSTER A POSITIVE ATTITUDE EVEN WHEN THINGS GO WRONG 7E HAVE A WONDERFUL LEGACY IN THE PROMISE h!LL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE 'OD TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO (IS PURPOSEv 2OM )T IS GOOD FOR US TO LOOK ON THE POSITIVE SIDE OF CIRCUM STANCES )T IS BENElCIAL TO ASK EVEN IN ADVERSITY h7HAT CAN ) LEARN FROM THIS v h(OW CAN ) GROW v AND h7HAT KIND OF ACHIEVEMENT CAN ) ATTAIN AS A RESULT OF THIS SITUATION v )F WE LOSE ALL OUR HOPE AND COURAGE WHENEVER WE ENCOUNTER A GREAT DIFlCULTY PERHAPS IT S BECAUSE WE DON T REGULARLY PRACTICE LOOKING ON THE POSITIVE SIDE

4HE CHOICE IS OURS

SUFFERING WAS MANY TIMES GREATER THAN THE SUFFERING OTHERS EXPERIENCE IN THEIR LIFETIME ) SAW NO HOPE FOR MY FUTURE

AND ) BELIEVED THAT ) LITERALLY WAS REACHING THE END OF MY LIFE !S TIME PASSED HOWEVER ) BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT MY WORST ADVERSITY HAD BECOME THE GREATEST BLESSING OF MY LIFE ) GREW AWARE THAT THE LESSONS ) WAS LEARNING AS A RESULT OF MY SUFFERINGS WERE THE REAL TREASURES THAT ) COULD NOT OBTAIN ANY OTHER WAY ) LEARNED THAT DURING THE MOST DESPERATE MOMENTS OF MY LIFE 'OD WAS THE CLOSEST TO ME 'LORY GOES TO (IM &OCUSING ON THE POSITIVE WHICH ) LEARNED FROM THE 7ORD WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR MY RECOVERY FROM THE DEVASTATING ARTHRITIC DISEASE ,IFE IS A MIXTURE OF DISASTERS AND BLESSINGS AND WE SHOULD NOT DRAW HASTY CONCLUSIONS FROM DIFlCULT SITUATIONS THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES TO US )T IS BETTER TO SEEK WHAT S hGOODv IN THE hBAD v BECAUSE GOOD CAN COME FROM BAD 4HE GREATEST DISASTER IN ONE S LIFE CAN BE TURNED INTO THE GREATEST BLESSING ) CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THIS 3O WHEN WE HOLD FAST TO WHAT IS GOOD IN OUR DAILY LIVES WE WILL LEARN TO BE CONTENT IN WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCE 4HE CHOICE IS OURS N

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) KNOW ABOUT ADVERSITY ) HAVE LIVED WITH IT EVERY DAY &ROM MY TEENAGE YEARS INTO MY LATE S ) EXPERIENCED PHYSI CAL PAIN CONTINUOUSLY ) SUFFERED FROM SEVERE ARTHRITIS A DIS EASE CALLED ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS !T TIMES ) FELT THAT MY

*UNG 0ARK WAS A DOCTORAL STUDENT IN HEALTH EDUCATION AT ,OMA ,INDA 5NIVERSITY WHEN HE WROTE THIS ARTICLE

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4HE WORLD S lRST ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON (IROSHIMA *APAN

ON !UGUST &AR LEFT )N THE BOMB S AFTERMATH $R 4OMIKO +IHARA WORKED TIRELESSLY TO SAVE MANY LIVES ,EFT )WA +UWAMOTO WAS WITHIN ONE KILOMETER FROM WHERE THE BOMB LANDED AND YET SURVIVED

%DITOR S .OTE /N !UGUST

(IROSHIMA *APAN BECAME THE lRST CITY IN HISTORY TO BE DESTROYED BY A NUCLEAR BOMB 7HILE THE DEVASTATION AND LOSS OF LIFE WAS HORRIlC TODAY ON THE SIXTY SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT FATEFUL EVENT WE ARE REmECTING ON THE AMAZING STORIES OF THE (IROSHIMA 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH MEMBERSˆALL OF WHOM SURVIVED

!

SAKO &URUNAKA WAS BORN ON !UGUST

THE DAUGHTER OF A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN IN *APAN $RIVEN AND HIGHLY INTELLIGENT SHE ATTENDED NIGHT SCHOOL AFTER GRADUATING AS A TEACHER !T AGE SHE BECAME A NEWSPAPER REPORTER A RARE THING FOR A WOMAN OF HER DAY TO DO 3HE MARRIED A COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND THOUGH THEY WERE NOT BLESSED WITH CHILDREN SHE HAD A BLISSFUL LIFE (OWEVER ONE DAY WHEN SHE WAS IN HER EARLY S !SAKO S LIFE WAS SHATTERED WHEN HER HUSBAND CONFESSED THAT HE HAD A LOVER AND WANTED A DIVORCE &EELINGS OF DESPAIR AND ANGER OVER WHELMED HER SADNESS AND HATRED FOR HER HUSBAND lLLED HER DAYS AND

/. ! -)33)/. !SAKO &URUNAKA WANTED TO KNOW THE TRUTH NIGHTS AND SHE FELT SHE COULD NEVER BELIEVE IN ANYTHING AGAIN 3OON SHE SLIPPED INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION 7HEN LIFE WAS AT ITS LOWEST EBB

SOMEONE INVITED HER TO AN !DVENTIST CHURCH AND SHE STARTED ATTENDING REG ULARLY 3HE LEARNED ABOUT FORGIVENESS AND FOUND HOPE IN THE "IBLE AND PEACE RETURNED TO HER HEART (OWEVER

SHE COULDN T MAKE THE DECISION TO BE BAPTIZED AT THAT TIME 5NBELIEVABLE 3TORIES

"ECAUSE OF HER ABILITIES AND QUALIl CATIONS SHE WAS INVITED TO BE THE CHIL DREN S "IBLE TEACHER AT CHURCH 3HE VERY HAPPILY TOOK THE POSITION AND BEGAN TEACHING THE CHILDREN S 3ABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS FROM THE QUARTERLY

"Y 2YOKO 3UZUKI " Y 2YOKO 3UZUKI Y 2YOKO 3UZUKI

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/NE DAY THE LESSON WAS ABOUT THE STORY IN THE BOOK OF $ANIEL OF THE THREE YOUNG MEN WHO WERE KEPT SAFE DESPITE BEING THROWN INTO A lERY FUR NACE 3HE TAUGHT THE LESSON EARNESTLY

BUT WHEN SHE lNISHED ONE OF THE LITTLE BOYS EXCLAIMED h) CAN T BELIEVE THAT v 4HEN ONE OF THE GIRLS SAID h) CAN BELIEVE IT BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TELLS ME ABOUT HOW NOT ONE MEMBER OF THE (IROSHIMA ;!DVENTIST= CHURCH WAS KILLED WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON (IROSHIMA v

SCRATCH !LL OF THE OTHER !DVENTIST CHURCH MEMBERS IN (IROSHIMA WERE ALSO KEPT ALIVE AND SAFE 4HOUGH SIX OF THEM HAVE SINCE PASSED AWAY FROM OLD AGE -R AND -RS -ORITA THE 9OSHIMURAS THE 3UMIS THE -ATSUTA NIS AND OTHERS ARE STILL ACTIVE )WA +UWAMOTO WHO IS STILL DOING EVANGELISM FROM HER HOME BY TELE PHONE AND LETTER AT AGE WAS WITHIN ONE KILOMETER MILES OF THE BOMB SITE WHEN THE BOMB FELL 7HEN SHE CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER THE FALLEN BUILDINGS SHE WITNESSED THE GIANT MUSHROOM CLOUD THAT WAS OBSCURING THE SUN AND SHROUDING THE LAND IN DARKNESS 3HE TRIED DESPERATELY TO HELP HER HUSBAND AN UNBELIEVER AT THE TIME TO GET OUT FROM UNDER THE FALL OUT BUT THE RAGING lRES WERE THREATEN ING TO CLOSE IN ON THEM 4AKING HER HUSBAND S HAND AND CRYING )WA SAID

h4HE lRE WILL BE HERE SOON ) CAN T DO ANYTHING MORE SO LET S DIE HERE .OT /NE !DVENTIST (ARMED TOGETHER 'OD KNOWS EVERYTHING )N THE MIDST OF ALL THIS DEVASTATION

0LEASE BELIEVE IN *ESUS #HRIST ) CANNOT WAS IT REALLY POSSIBLE THAT NOT ONE CHURCH SAVE YOU v "UT HER HUSBAND SAID h.O MEMBER EVEN THE ONE LIVING WITHIN ) WILL DIE HERE BUT YOU MUST ESCAPE KILOMETER MILES OF WHERE THE BOMB FOR OUR CHILDREN S SAKE 9OU MUST HIT WAS KILLED OR EVEN HURT 7ITH A SOMEHOW GET TO SAFETY AND lND THE DOUBTFUL HEART !SAKO BEGAN VISITING CHILDREN $O IT FOR THE CHILDREN v EVERY ONE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS WHO /NCE AGAIN SHE SAID h.O THERE IS HAD BEEN THERE AT THE TIME 7HAT SHE NO WAY ) CAN ESCAPE FROM THIS lRE ) WILL FOUND WAS THAT EVEN AMID ALL THE TERRIBLE DIE HERE WITH YOU v "UT HER HUSBAND POSSIBILITIES FOR DEATH ON THAT DAY NOT WOULD NOT LISTEN TO HER (E SAID h.O ONE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS PERISHED OR ) LL BE /+ HERE &OR A LONG TIME ) WAS EVEN WOUNDED 4HE LITTLE GIRL WHO REBELLED AGAINST MY MOTHER AND YOU SAID SHE COULD BELIEVE THAT THE FAITHFUL AND WOULDN T BELIEVE IN 'OD "UT NOW ) THREE WERE KEPT SAFE IN THE lERY FURNACE DO BELIEVE IN 'OD S SALVATION SO WE CAN BECAUSE HER GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TOLD SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN 0LEASE PLEASE GO HER THAT NOT ONE OF THE (IROSHIMA 3EV AND lND THE CHILDREN 0LEASE JUST GO v ENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH MEMBERS 3O WITH BURNING TEARS AND A BREAKING WERE HURT SPOKE THE TRUTH HEART SHE LEFT HER HUSBAND THERE AND

$URING HER INVESTIGATION THE JOUR POURING WATER OVER HERSELF ALONG THE NALIST HEARD THE TESTIMONY OF CHURCH WAY SHE ESCAPED THE mAMES AND WAS MEMBER -RS (IROKO +AINOU WHO

EVENTUALLY REUNITED WITH HER CHILDREN SURPRISED BY THE SUDDEN lERCE WIND

4OMIKO +IHARA WAS A DOCTOR WITH FELL TO HER KNEES AND PRAYED 4HOUGH HER OWN CLINIC AT THE TIME 3HE HAD EVERY PIECE OF GLASS IN THE HOUSE BLEW BEEN ON NIGHT DUTY THE EVENING BEFORE OUT SHE CAME AWAY WITHOUT A SINGLE AND HAD ARRIVED HOME AT A M SHE

GENERATED CAUSING EVEN CEMENT BUILDINGS TO COLLAPSE AND BROKEN GLASS TO mY UP TO KILOMETERS MILES AWAY 4HE RADIATION FROM THE BOMB WAS UNBELIEVABLY STRONG CAUSING THOSE EXPOSED TO IT TO LOSE ALL BODILY FUNCTIONS AND THEIR CELLS TO UNDERGO APOPTOSIS A KIND OF CELLULAR SUICIDE "ETWEEN THE BLAST ITSELF THE RESULTING lRES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE RADIATION BURNS SOME ESTIMATE THAT

CITIZENS OF (IROSHIMA LOST THEIR LIVES

.OT ONE MEMBER OF THE (IROSHIMA !DVENTIST #HURCH WAS KILLED WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON (IROSHIMA /N HEARING THIS !SAKO REALIZED THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS TEACHING THE LESSON SHE DIDN T REALLY BELIEVE IT EITHER NOR COULD SHE BELIEVE WHAT THE LITTLE GIRL HAD SAID "UT AT THE SAME TIME A THOUGHT CAME INTO HER MIND ) M A NEWSPAPER REPORTER AREN T ) ) SHOULD BE ABLE TO lND OUT IF WHAT THIS GIRL HAS SAID IS TRUE OR NOT ) REALLY SHOULD CHECK THIS OUT 4HUS BEGAN HER QUEST TO VISIT EVERY ONE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN IN (IROSHIMA AT THE TIME OF THE ATOMIC BOMB &ATEFUL $AY

7HEN THE lRST ATOMIC BOMB IN HISTORY WAS DROPPED ON (IROSHIMA ON THE MORNING OF !UGUST

IT DESTROYED EVERYTHING WITHIN A TWO KILOMETER MILE RADIUS THE TEM PERATURE OF THE GROUND REACHED AN UNIMAGINABLE — # — & %VERYONE WITHIN A FOUR KILOMETER MILE RADIUS WAS BURNED TO DEATH !

TREMENDOUS WIND AT THE SPEED OF KILOMETERS MILES PER SECOND WAS

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WAS SLEEPING WHEN THE BOMB FELL !LTHOUGH SHE WAS LESS THAN ONE KILO METER MILES FROM THE CENTER

NOTHING FELL ON HER AND SHE WAS NOT HURT IN ANY WAY 3HOCKED BY THE BLAST

SHE RAN OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT WAS HAP PENING BUT ALL SHE COULD SEE WAS THE BURNED AND BLACKENED GROUND 2EAL IZING THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION

SHE RAN TO A HOSPITAL ON THE EDGE OF TOWN AND THERE FOR ONE WEEK WITHOUT REST OR SLEEP SHE WORKED FOR THE VICTIMS AS ONE OF THE VERY FEW DOCTORS STILL ALIVE IN THE CITY AFTER THE BLAST )N THE WEEKS AND MONTHS FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY SHE CONTINUED TO USE EVERYTHING SHE HAD TO HELP THE VICTIMS AND WAS ABLE TO WIT NESS TO MANY IN THIS WAY

Curse 4URNS )NTO A "9 ').! 7!(,%.

"LESSING

$EVASTATION IN THE CITY OF (IROSHIMA ,EFT 4HE ORIGINAL (IROSHIMA 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH DEDICATED ON &EBRUARY

BUT DISMANTLED BY THE *APANESE GOVERNMENT IN

! 4RUE "ELIEVER

!S A RESULT OF LISTENING TO THESE TES TIMONIES !SAKO CAME TO BELIEVE IN 'OD FULLY AND WAS BAPTIZED 3HE RECEIVED A CALL TO SHARE WITH OTHERS ABOUT THE 3AVIOR S FAITHFULNESS AND AT THE AGE OF SHE ENROLLED IN THE THEOL OGY PROGRAM AT 3ANIKU 'AKUIN #OL LEGE IN *APAN 5PON GRADUATION SHE BECAME A PASTOR AT THE +ASHIWA 3EV ENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH AND LATER WORKED AS A "IBLE INSTRUCTOR AT THE +ISARAZU 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH %VEN AFTER HER RETIREMENT SHE HAS CONTINUED TO BE AN ACTIVE EVANGE LIST TO THOSE AROUND HER !ND NOW IN GOOD HEALTH AT THE AGE OF SHE SAYS

h) HAVE NO EARTHLY FAMILY TO LEAN ON

BUT ) KNOW 'OD LOVES ME SO ) AM CONTENT v N

2YOKO 3UZUKI WORKS AS THE LIBRARIAN AT THE .ORTHERN !SIA 0ACIlC $IVISION .3$ LOCATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF +OREA (ER HUSBAND !KERI 3UZUKI SERVES AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE DIVISION 4HE COUPLE SERVED IN LOCAL CHURCH PASTORATES IN *APAN FOR MORE THAN YEARS AND HAVE THREE GROWN CHILDREN

)T SEEMED SUCH A CRUEL IRONYˆASKING THE HEAD ELDER OF THE (IROSHIMA 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH TO OVERSEE THE DEMOLITION OF HIS OWN CHURCH "UT THIS WAS THE SUMMER OF

AND THE *APANESE GOVERNMENT WAS ADAMANTˆBECAUSE OF INCREASED AIR RAIDS

THEY SAID THE BUILDING WAS DETERMINED TO BE A lRE HAZARD SO IT HAD TO GO 4HE ATTRACTIVE STRUCTURE BUILT IN HAD SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS THE MEETING PLACE FOR THE !DVENTISTS IN (IROSHIMA 4HE CHURCH WAS A GIFT OF LOVE FROM ONE OF ITS MEMBERS 3 % 4ATSUGUCHI WHO ADVANCED NEARLY ALL THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION /N &EBRUARY

'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT ! ' $ANIELLS AND HIS WIFE -ARY ATTENDED THE DEDICATION OF THE (IROSHIMA CHURCH WHERE $ANIELLS GAVE THE DEDICATORY ADDRESS "UT LESS THAN THREE DECADES LATER THE CHURCH WAS DEMOLISHED AND ITS MEMBERS SCATTERED &OR -ORITA 3AN THE CHURCH S HEAD ELDER THIS ACT OF GOVERNMENTAL AGGRESSION WAS NOT SURPRISING )N THE 'REATER *APAN 7ARTIME 0ATRIOTIC !SSOCIATION OF 2ELIGIONS WAS FORMED AND THIS AGENCY QUICKLY SUPPRESSED ANY RELIGION NOT IN HARMONY WITH 3HINTOISM )N THE EARLY MORNING OF 3EPTEMBER

POLICE BROKE INTO THE 3ANS HOME

ARRESTING THE CHURCH ELDER AND THROWING HIM INTO PRISON !LTHOUGH LATER RELEASED

HE WAS THEN FORCED TO OVERSEE THE DEMOLITION OF HIS BELOVED CHURCH "UT WHAT AT lRST SEEMED TO BE A CURSE TURNED INTO A BLESSING "ECAUSE OF THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION MOST OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS IN (IROSHIMA HAD ALREADY LEFT THE CITY BY !UGUST /NLY A FEW REMAINED INCLUDING -ORITA 3AN AND HIS FAMILYˆALL OF WHOM WERE PRESENT WHEN THE BOMB WAS DROPPED !ND THEY ALONG WITH OTHER !DVENTISTS STILL IN (IROSHIMA THAT DAY SURVIVED &OLLOWING THE WAR !DVENTISTS MET IN THE HOMES OF CHURCH MEMBERS IN THE VICINITY OF (IROSHIMA "Y LAND WAS PURCHASED WITHIN THE CITY AND A NEW !DVENTIST CHURCH AS WELL AS A PARSONAGE CHURCH SCHOOL AND LATER A MEDICAL CLINIC WERE BUILT 4HROUGH THE YEARS ITS MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN MISSIONARY WORK AND THE (IROSHIMA CHURCH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE STRONGEST CHURCHES IN *APAN

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HAD BEEN TAUGHT IN MY BAPTISMAL CLASS THAT IF ) WOULD UTILIZE MY SPIRITUAL GIFTS 'OD WOULD ADD MORE !FTER MY BAPTISM IN ) FOUND THAT ) ENJOYED SINGING TEACHING

AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE .OW ) AM STILL SINGING TEACHING

AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE ) DO NOT HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL SPIRI TUAL GIFTS AS DESCRIBED IN THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS -ATT 3O IN WHAT SENSE ARE THE TALENTS MULTIPLIED 7HAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN lVE TALENTS TWO OR JUST ONE !ND lNALLY WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS &IVE AND 4WO !RE %QUAL

4O THE SERVANT WHO DOUBLES THEIR lVE TALENTS THE MASTER SAYS h7ELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT 9OU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL WITH A FEW THINGS ) WILL PUT YOU IN CHARGE OF MANY THINGS #OME AND SHARE YOUR MASTER S HAPPINESSv -ATT )NTERESTINGLY THE MASTER SAYS EXACTLY THE SAME THING TO THE SERVANT WITH THE TWO TALENTS VERSE 4HIS PARALLEL SUGGESTS THAT lVE TALENTS AND TWO TALENTS ARE EQUALLY CONSID ERED AS hFEW THINGS v 4HE COMMENDATION GIVEN TO THEM IS JUST THE SAME THE REWARD THEY RECEIVE IS NOT DIFFERENT &IVE ARE NOT MORE THAN TWO AND TWO ARE NOT LESS THAN lVE 4WO AND /NE !RE %QUAL

*ESUS TEACHING FOLLOWING THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS -ATT SHEDS FURTHER LIGHT UPON THE MEANING OF THE lVE

THE TWO AND THE ONE TALENT 4HE REASON FOR THE SEPARATION HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHAT THEY DID FOR *ESUS GIVING (IM FOOD WHEN (E WAS HUNGRY GIVING (IM WATER WHEN (E WAS THIRSTY RECEIVING (IM WHEN (E WAS A STRANGER

CLOTHING (IM WHEN (E WAS NAKED LOOKING AFTER (IM WHEN (E WAS SICK AND VISITING (IM WHEN (E WAS IN PRISON 4HIS SET OF REASONS IS REPEATED FOUR TIMES IN THE STATEMENT OF THE KING TO THE hSHEEPv VERSES

IN THE QUESTION OF THE hSHEEPv TO THE KING VERSES IN THE STATE MENT OF THE KING TO THE hGOATSv VERSES

AND IN THE QUESTION OF THE hGOATSv TO THE KING VERSE )N THE lRST SET THERE ARE SIX VERBS EXPLAINING WHAT IS DONE TO *ESUS OR TO THE LEAST OF THE BRETHRENˆNAMELY GIV ING TO EAT GIVING WATER RECEIVING CLOTHING LOOKING AFTER

AND VISITING )NTERESTINGLY WHEN THIS SET OF REASONS IS REPEATED THE SECOND TIME THE LAST TWO VERBSˆLOOKING AFTER AND VISITINGˆARE NOW MERGED INTO ONE VERB TO VISIT VERSE 7HEN THIS SET OF REASONS IS REPEATED THE THIRD TIME

THESE LAST TWO VERBS ARE AGAIN FUSED INTO ONE BUT THIS TIME IN THE VERB TO LOOK AFTER VERSE 4HIS IMPLIES THAT TWO IS EQUAL TO ONE AND ONE IS EQUAL TO TWO 4HE ONE WHO DOES THE TWO FUNCTIONS PERFORMS ONE SERVICE AND THE ONE WHO PER

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ !UGUST

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"Y 2ICHARD ! 3ABUIN

'IFTS FOR 3ERVICE

FORMS THIS ONE DOES THE TWO )T IS NOT A MATTER OF HOW MANY GIFTS WE HAVE BUT WHAT WE DO WITH THE GIFT S &IVE AND /NE !RE %QUAL

7HEN THE SET OF REASONS IS REPEATED THE SECOND AND THE THIRD TIMES THE SIX VERBS IN THE lRST MENTION OF THE SET OF REASONS HAVE BECOME lVE VERBS BECAUSE TWO HAVE MERGED INTO ONE .OW NOTICE HOW THE SET OF REASONS IS REPEATED FOR THE FOURTH TIME h,ORD WHEN DID WE SEE 9OU HUNGRY OR THIRSTY OR A STRANGER OR NAKED OR SICK OR IN PRISON AND DID NOT MINISTER TO 9OU v VERSE .+*6 $ID YOU NOTICE IT 4HE REMAINING lVE VERBS HAVE NOW MERGED INTO ONE VERB

DIAKONEO hTO SERVE OR TO MINISTER v 4HIS ARRANGEMENT OF VERBS DEMONSTRATES THAT FEEDING GIVING WATER RECEIVING STRANGERS CLOTHING AND VISITING COULD BE SUMMARIZED IN ONE WORD NAMELY SERVING OR MINISTERING )T SUGGESTS THAT lVE TALENTS ARE EQUAL TO ONE TALENT AND ONE TALENT IS EQUAL TO lVE TALENTS )T IS NOT A MATTER OF HOW MANY GIFTS WE HAVE

BUT WHAT WE DO WITH THE GIFT S

/NLY 4WO 'ROUPS

4HE SEPARATION OF THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS IN -ATTHEW DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE THOSE WHO SERVE THE ,ORD AND THOSE WHO DO NOT SERVE THE ,ORD THE GOOD AND FAITHFUL AND THE WICKED AND LAZY VERSE 4HE lRST TWO SERVANTS ARE CALLED GOOD AND FAITHFUL BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AS SERVANTS OWNED BY THEIR MASTER AND THEY DO THEIR BEST FOR THE BENElT OF THEIR MASTER )T IS NOT SO MUCH THE DOING THAT MAKES THEM GOOD AND FAITHFUL )T IS MORE THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD THEIR MASTER THEIR BEING &URTHERMORE IT IS NOT ONLY THE THIRD SERVANT S ACTS OR LACK THEREOF THAT RESULT IN HIM BEING LABELED WICKED AND LAZY BUT ALSO WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE MASTER (E SAYS h) KNEW THAT YOU ARE A HARD MANv VERSE 7ITH THIS WRONG PERCEPTION ABOUT HIS MASTER THIS SERVANT DOES NOT SERVE HIS MASTER THE BEST WAY HE CAN )NTERESTINGLY HE DOES NOT COMPLAIN BECAUSE HE RECEIVED ONLY ONE TALENT 4HE RIGHT IMAGE OF 'OD AND A LOVING ATTI TUDE TOWARD (IM LEAD TO DILIGENT AND FRUITFUL DEMONSTRA TION OF THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS ENTRUSTED TO US

CONTEXT OF THE SECOND COMING OF *ESUS )N THIS LIGHT THE PUR POSE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS IS NOT ONLY hTO EQUIP HIS PEOPLE FOR WORKS OF SERVICEv %PH BUT ALSO TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE COMING OF *ESUS 4HE FOCUS OF THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS IS NOT NECESSARILY ADDI TIONAL GIFTS BUT FRUITFUL MINISTRY THAT BRINGS MANY TO #HRIST &IVE TWO OR ONE IS JUST THE SAME ) AM SATISlED WITH WHAT EVER KIND AND NUMBER OF GIFTS ) HAVE )T IS ALL ABOUT SERVICE 4HE QUESTION IS $O ) USE MY GIFTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF (IS KINGDOM N

3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS "ELIEVE ! "IBLICAL %XPOSITION OF &UNDAMENTAL $OCTRINES 3ILVER 3PRING

-D -INISTERIAL !SSOCIATION OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS

P 4HE PARABLE IS ALSO CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH STEWARDSHIP )BID P

5NLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ALL "IBLE TEXTS IN THIS ARTICLE ARE QUOTED FROM THE (OLY "IBLE .EW )NTERNATIONAL 6ERSION #OPYRIGHT Ú

BY "IBLICA )NC 5SED BY PERMISSION !LL RIGHTS RESERVED WORLDWIDE

4EXTS CREDITED TO .+*6 ARE FROM THE .EW +ING *AMES 6ERSION #OPYRIGHT Ú

BY 4HOMAS .ELSON )NC 5SED BY PERMISSION !LL RIGHTS RESERVED

3PIRITUAL 'IFTS AND THE 3ECOND #OMING

4HE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PARABLE BUT PART OF THE TEACHING ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF #HRIST -ATT AND )T SHOULD BE READ AND UNDERSTOOD IN THE

3PIRITUAL 'IFTS

AND - N STR ES 'OD BESTOWS UPON ALL MEMBERS OF (IS CHURCH IN EVERY AGE SPIRITUAL GIFTS WHICH EACH MEMBER IS TO EMPLOY IN LOVING MINISTRY FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF THE CHURCH AND OF HUMANITY 'IVEN

BY THE AGENCY OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT WHO APPORTIONS TO EACH MEMBER AS (E WILLS

THE GIFTS PROVIDE ALL ABILITIES AND MINISTRIES NEEDED BY THE CHURCH TO FULlLL ITS DIVINELY

ORDAINED FUNCTIONS !CCORDING TO THE 3CRIPTURES THESE GIFTS INCLUDE SUCH MINISTRIES AS FAITH HEALING PROPHECY

PROCLAMATION TEACHING ADMINISTRATION

RECONCILIATION COMPASSION AND SELF SACRIlCING SERVICE AND CHARITY FOR THE HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF PEOPLE 3OME MEMBERS ARE CALLED OF 'OD AND ENDOWED BY THE 3PIRIT FOR FUNCTIONS

2ICHARD ! 3ABUIN A NATIVE OF )NDONESIA IS .EW 4ESTAMENT PROFESSOR AND DEAN OF THE 4HEOLOGICAL 3EMINARY AT THE !DVENTIST )NTER NATIONAL )NSTITUTE OF !DVANCED 3TUDIES 3ILANG

0HILIPPINES

RECOGNIZED BY THE CHURCH IN PASTORAL

EVANGELISTIC APOSTOLIC AND TEACHING MINISTRIES PARTICULARLY NEEDED TO EQUIP THE MEMBERS FOR SERVICE TO BUILD UP THE CHURCH TO SPIRITUAL MATURITY AND TO FOSTER UNITY OF THE FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE OF 'OD 7HEN MEMBERS EMPLOY THESE SPIRITUAL GIFTS AS FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF 'OD S VARIED GRACE THE CHURCH IS PROTECTED FROM THE DESTRUCTIVE INmUENCE OF FALSE DOCTRINE

GROWS WITH A GROWTH THAT IS FROM 'OD AND IS BUILT UP IN FAITH AND LOVE 2OM #OR

%PH !CTS 4IM 0ETER

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0ARTNERS ERV CE 3 *AMES %LLEN 7HITE IN

2EmECTIONS ON THE -ARRIAGE OF

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UST DAYS BEFORE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN %LLEN 7HITE S SIXTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY SHE RECALLED WITH LOV ING FONDNESS HER LATE HUSBAND *AMES 7HITE h7E WERE MARRIED AND HAVE BEEN MARRIED EVER SINCE !LTHOUGH HE IS DEAD ) FEEL THAT HE IS THE BEST MAN THAT EVER TROD SHOE LEATHER 7HATEVER ;PEO PLE= MIGHT SAY x ) WOULD NOT LINK UP WITH ANY SOUL IN MY WIDOWHOOD ) FEEL x AS THOUGH ) ;AM= x TO x PRESERVE THE MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND v

-UCH IN #OMMON

*AMES AND %LLEN PROBABLY lRST MET IN THE SUMMER OF "OTH WERE -ILLERITE !DVENTISTS WHO EAGERLY LOOKED FOR #HRIST S RETURN IN $ESPITE ILL HEALTH

%LLEN SPOKE IN MEETINGS AND SHARED HER FAITH IN OTHER WAYS *AMES WAS AN ENERGETIC YOUNG PREACHER WHO ON A FOUR MONTH PREACHING TOUR IN DEEP SNOW IN EARLY CONVERTED

PEOPLE )N TERMS OF THEIR BELIEFS THE TWO OF THEM SHARED MUCH IN COMMON ! FEW WEEKS AFTER /CTOBER

WHEN *ESUS DID NOT RETURN AS EXPECTED %LLEN RECEIVED HER lRST VISION %XACTLY WHEN *AMES lRST HEARD ABOUT IT IS UNKNOWN BUT HOWEVER IT HAPPENED *AMES SOON JOINED THE GROUP OF %LLEN S FRIENDS WHO TRAVELED WITH HER AS SHE SHARED HER VISIONS

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*AMES 3PRINGER 7HITE

STANDING A LITTLE MORE THAN SIX FEET METERS AND %LLEN 'OULD (AR MON

STANDING lVE FEET TWO INCHES METERS TALL WERE MARRIED BY #HARLES (ARDING A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN 0ORTLAND -AINE )T WAS THE BEGINNING OF A NEARLY YEAR PARTNERSHIP THAT ENDED WITH *AMES S DEATH ON !UGUST

-ARRIED ,IFE

4HE NEWLYWEDS STARTED MARRIED LIFE IN 'ORHAM -AINE LIVING WITH %LLEN S PARENTS 2OBERT AND %UNICE (ARMON 4HE 7HITES WERE STILL LIVING THERE WHEN %LLEN GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR lRST BORN SON (ENRY .ICHOLS IN %VENTUALLY THE 7HITES HAD THREE MORE SONS *AMES %DSON IN 7ILLIAM #LARENCE IN AND *OHN (ERBERT IN /NLY THE SECOND AND THIRD SONS LIVED TO ADULTHOOD $URING THE NEXT FEW YEARS *AMES AND %LLEN TRAVELED IN .EW %NGLAND

.EW 9ORK 3TATE AND #ANADA HOLDING MEETINGS AND ENCOURAGING NEW CON VERTS IN THE FAITH "ECAUSE OF THE PRIM ITIVE TRAVELING CONDITIONS AT THE TIME

FOR lVE YEARS THEY LEFT THEIR ELDEST SON

(ENRY IN CARE OF THE 3TOCKBRIDGE (OWLAND FAMILY FELLOW !DVENTISTS IN 4OPSHAM -AINE 0UBLISHING 7ORK

)N LATE 'OD INSTRUCTED %LLEN IN VISION THAT HER HUSBAND SHOULD BEGIN A PAPER )T WOULD TAKE *AMES

WHO HAD NO MONEY AND LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION UNTIL THE FOLLOWING *ULY TO LAUNCH THE mEDGLING CHURCH S lRST PAPER 0RESENT 4RUTH 4HAT WAS NOT THE ONLY TIME 'OD SPOKE THROUGH %LLEN TO MOVE THE YOUNG CHURCH FOR WARD $ESPITE NOT ALWAYS KNOWING HOW BEST TO PROCEED THERE IS NO EVI DENCE THAT *AMES EVER RESPONDED h/H

NO .OT ANOTHER VISION v 4O THE CON TRARY HE SERVED AS HIS WIFE S CHAMPION

DEFENDER AND PUBLISHER )N TIME 0RESENT 4RUTH GAVE WAY TO THE !DVENT 2EVIEW AND 3ABBATH (ERALD

KNOWN TODAY AS THE !DVENTIST 2EVIEW

!GAIN %LLEN SUPPORTED THE NEW ENTER PRISE /NCE WHEN *AMES CAME HOME TOTALLY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BRING OUT THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE PAPER SHE RETRIEVED A HIDDEN SOCK FULL OF COINS THAT SHE HAD CAREFULLY SAVED FOR SOME FUTURE EMER GENCY 4HERE WAS JUST ENOUGH TO MEET THE CRISIS

BACK TO HEALTH 7HEN HIS TREATMENTS AT THE HEALTH INSTITUTE IN $ANSVILLE .EW 9ORK TO WHICH SHE HAD TAKEN HIM DID NOT AGREE WITH WHAT SHE THOUGHT HE NEEDED SHE TOOK HIM HOME TO "ATTLE #REEK ,ATER THEY WENT TO 'REENVILLE

-ICHIGAN .OT WANTING *AMES TO REMAIN INACTIVE %LLEN INFORMED THEIR NEIGHBORS THAT WHEN HER INVALID HUS

!LTHOUGH THEY DID NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING THEIR LOVE AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHERxOUTWEIGHED EVERYTHING ELSE ,IFE .OT !LWAYS %ASY

)N *AMES AND %LLEN MOVED TO 2OCHESTER .EW 9ORK ,IVING CONDITIONS WERE VERY PRIMITIVE AS THEY CONTINUED WORKING TOGETHER TO ADVANCE THE CHURCH 4HEY RENTED A HOUSE FOR A YEAR 7ITH HAVING THE NEW PRINTING PRESS IN THEIR LIVING ROOM AND BOARDING SEVERAL OF THE YOUNG WORKERS THE COU PLE COULD HARDLY HAVE HAD LIFE EASY &ROM 2OCHESTER IN THE 7HITES MOVED THE PRESS TO "ATTLE #REEK -ICHIGAN 4HERE THEY OWNED THEIR lRST HOME $URING THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED THEY CONTINUED WORKING AS A TEAM WITH *AMES PREACHING IN THE MORNING AND %LLEN SPEAKING IN THE AFTERNOON 4HE 7HITES WERE SOME TIMES CHALLENGED BY CRITICAL CHURCH MEMBERS )N FACT EVEN THEIR CHIL DRENˆPARTICULARLY THEIR SECOND SON

%DSONˆAT TIMES PROVED CHALLENGING %LLEN OFTEN FOUND HERSELF IN THE ROLE OF MEDIATOR BETWEEN FATHER AND SON %DSON S SOMETIMES REBELLIOUS PERSON ALITY WAS IN MARKED CONTRAST TO THAT OF HIS YOUNGER BROTHER 7ILLIE WHO TENDED TO BE MORE OBEDIENT (EALTH #HALLENGES

$URING HIS LIFE *AMES 7HITE SUF FERED AT LEAST lVE STROKES BEGINNING IN %ACH TIME %LLEN DID ALL WITHIN HER POWER TO NURSE HER AILING HUSBAND

BAND ASKED FOR THEIR HELP TO BRING IN HIS HAY CROP THEY WERE TO SAY THAT THEY WERE TOO BUSY TO HELP HIM %LLEN THEN PITCHED THE HAY UP ONTO THE WAGON WHILE *AMES LOADED IT AND DROVE THE TEAM OF HORSES 3OMETIME EARLIER SHE MADE A FOOTPATH IN THE SNOW SO THAT HE COULD GO FOR A WALK BY STEPPING IN HER FOOTSTEPS 3LOWLY *AMES S HEALTH RETURNED 3HE REJOICED WHEN ONCE AGAIN HE WAS WELL ENOUGH TO BE BACK IN THE PULPIT PREACHING 7ORKING 4OGETHER

4HROUGH THE YEARS THE TWO PRAYED TOGETHER SOMETIMES EVEN SELECTING A GROVE OF TREES NEAR THEIR HOME FOR UNITED PRAYER TIMES 4HEY GENEROUSLY DONATED THEIR FUNDS %LLEN 7HITE STATED IN THAT SHE AND *AMES HAD DONATED TO 'OD S WORK 4HEY TRAVELED BY HORSE BUGGY BOAT

AND STAGECOACH AND THEY CRISSCROSSED THE 5NITED 3TATES SEVERAL TIMES BY TRAIN 4HEY SPOKE IN SCHOOLHOUSES

TENTS GROVES CHURCHES BARNS AT CAMP MEETINGS AND IN PEOPLE S HOMES 4HEY ALSO ESTABLISHED INSTITUTIONS WROTE ARTICLES FOR THE JOURNALS *AMES STARTED

AND EVEN WENT CAMPING TOGETHER IN #OLORADO )N THE EARLY DAYS WHILE STOP PING FOR LUNCH *AMES SOMETIMES WROTE ARTICLES USING THE TOP OF HIS STOVEPIPE HAT FOR A DESK WHILE %LLEN !UGUST \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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PREPARED THEIR MEAL !LTHOUGH THEY DID NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING THEIR LOVE AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER COUPLED WITH THEIR SHARED GOAL OF PREPARING PEOPLE TO MEET *ESUS OUTWEIGHED ANY DISAGREE MENTS (OWEVER WHEN *AMES GOT THE IDEA IN TO LEAD A CARAVAN OF WAG ONS FROM 4EXAS TO #OLORADO %LLEN WAS LESS THAN THRILLED "UT DESPITE HER RES ERVATIONS SHE WENT ALONG TO PREPARE THE BEDS EACH EVENING AS WELL AS lX

&ROM THROUGH *AMES 7HITE SUFFERED SEVERAL MORE STROKES 4HEY GREATLY ALTERED HIS MOODS SO MUCH SO THAT HE DECIDED TO GO ALONE ON A SPEAKING TOUR WHILE %LLEN STAYED AT HOME IN /AKLAND #ALIFORNIA WHERE THEY THEN LIVED !LTHOUGH %LLEN DID NOT UNDERSTAND ALL THAT WAS CAUSING HER HUSBAND S BEHAVIOR HER LETTERS REVEAL A WOMAN STILL VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH HIM !ND

THE MEALS %VEN SO DRENCHING RAINS DID NOTHING TO ENHANCE THE TRIP FOR HER OR ANYONE ELSE -USIC WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF *AMES AND %LLEN S SHARED MINISTRY )N THEIR HOME SINGING OFTEN ACCOMPA NIED FAMILY WORSHIPS !DDITIONALLY

*AMES COMPILED FOUR OF THE EARLIEST HYMNBOOKS USED BY !DVENTIST PIO NEERS /N ONE OCCASION *AMES WAS PRESIDING AT A 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SES SION 4HINGS WERE DIFlCULT 7ANTING TO LIFT THE PEOPLE S SPIRITS HE ASKED HIS WIFE TO JOIN HIM AND TOGETHER THEY SANG A DUET THAT SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED HIS GOAL )N MORE WAYS THAN ONE THEIRS WAS A TEAM EFFORT

REVEALING *AMES S HIGH REGARD FOR THE MESSAGES 'OD SOMETIMES GAVE HIS WIFE FOR HIM IS THE FACT THAT AFTER ADMON ISHING HER IN A LETTER NOT TO WRITE HIM ANY OF HER MERE WIFELY ADVICE HE TOLD HER THAT IF 'OD GAVE HER A MESSAGE FOR HIM SHE SHOULD SEND IT $ESPERATELY ILL AS *AMES WAS AT THE TIME HE RECOG NIZED HIS DEEP NEED OF DIVINE HELP SO HE DID NOT WANT HIS WIFE TO WITHHOLD ANY SPECIAL MESSAGES FROM HIM %VEN SO SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE INTERVENING YEARS UNTIL HIS DEATH

*AMES AND %LLEN FOUND IT BEST TO WORK SEPARATELY FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF COMBINED ENDEAVORS $ESPITE *AMES S ERRATIC BEHAVIOR

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ !UGUST

-ORE #HALLENGES

RESULTING FROM HIS STROKES HIS LOVE FOR HIS WIFE NEVER WAVERED )N HE URGED THEIR SON 7ILLIE TO GET HIS MOTHER WHAT SHE NEEDED h4AKE THE TENDEREST CARE OF YOUR DEAR MOTHER $O NOT CONSENT TO HER ECONOMICAL IDEAS LEADING YOU TO PINCH ALONG v !LWAYS GENEROUS WITH OTHERS %LLEN WAS QUITE FRUGAL WHEN IT CAME TO SPENDING MONEY ON HERSELF 3IMI LARLY %LLEN EXPRESSED HER LOVING CON CERN FOR *AMES )N AFTER LEAVING

HIM TO VACATION IN #OLORADO WHILE SHE ATTENDED SOME CAMP MEETINGS SHE WROTE TO HIM h/UR WRITING CAN BE DONE IN THE WINTER ,AY IT ASIDE NOW 4HROW OFF EVERY BURDEN AND BE A CAREFREE BOY AGAIN 2OAM ABOUT

CAMP OUT lSH HUNT GO TO PLACES THAT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN REST AS YOU GO AND ENJOY EVERYTHING 4HEN COME BACK TO YOUR WORK FRESH AND VIGOROUS v ! 7ORTHY %XAMPLE

!BOUT A YEAR BEFORE *AMES S DEATH FROM MALARIA ON 3ABBATH AFTERNOON

!UGUST

HE WROTE ABOUT %LLEN h3HE HAS BEEN MY CROWN OF REJOIC ING v *AMES DIED JUST FOUR DAYS FOL

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LOWING HIS SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY 7HEN SOMEONE SUGGESTED TO %LLEN THAT A BROKEN SHAFT MONUMENT BE USED TO REPRESENT HER HUSBAND S LIFE SHE REFUSED FEELING THAT IT WOULD DISHONOR HIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS 4HEY HAD WEATHERED THE STORMS OF LIFE AND NOTHING BUT DEATH COULD SEVER THEIR BOND .OW YEARS AFTER *AMES S DEATH HIS AND %LLEN S MARRIAGE STILL PROVIDES A WORTHY EXAMPLE OF SERVICE TO THE CHURCH THEY HELPED FOUND N

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HE NEW STEEL CHURCH STANDS BENEATH A GIANT TREE 'LEAMING GALVANIZED STEEL PILLARS HOLD HIGH THE VILLAGE TREA SUREˆA STEEL ROOF &IFTEEN YEARS AGO THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CONGREGATION IN -PASA -ALAWI BEGAN BUILDING THEIR NEW WORSHIP CENTER 4HOUGH THERE WERE NO FUNDS FOR A ROOF THEY WERE ABLE TO FORM AND lRE BRICKS BENEATH THE !FRICAN SUN 4HEY USED RED RIVER MUD FOR GROUT AND BUILT THE WALLS TALL ENOUGH TO HOLD A STRONG ROOF 4HEN THE RAINS CAME AND A FEW WEEKS LATER THE WALLS WERE PILES OF SOGGY RUBBLE 3O THEY STARTED AGAIN NEW BRICKS RED RIVER MUD STRONG WALLS AND THE SKY FOR A ROOF 4HEN THE RAINS CAME AND THEY HAD TO START OVER AGAIN 3IX TIMES THEY GAVE THEIR BEST ALWAYS PRAYING THAT 'OD WOULD PROVIDE THE ROOF &IVE PILES OF RUBBLE AND NOW FOUR LARGE PILES OF BRICKS STANDING NEXT TO THEIR NEW STEEL ONE DAY CHURCH h7E HAVE WAITED YEARS FOR THIS DAY v %LDER -ARANATHA SAID h4HIS AFTERNOON WE WILL BEGIN MOVING THE BRICKS BENEATH THE STEEL ROOF 'OD HAS ANSWERED OUR PRAYER v ,ATER THAT DAY TWO VILLAGE WOMEN WALKED BY ON THE COMMUNITY ROAD SAW THE NEW STEEL ONE DAY CHURCH AND ASKED %LDER -ARANATHA IF IT WOULD BE /+ FOR THEM TO COME TO CHURCH ON 3ABBATH h)F YOUR 'OD HAS PROVIDED YOU SUCH A STRONG BUILDING v THEY SAID hWE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT (IM v 4HE /NE $AY #HURCH PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH

!DVENTIST LAYMEN S 3ERVICES AND )NDUSTRIES !3)

AND -ARANATHA 6OLUNTEERS )NTERNATIONAL 4HESE STORIES COME TO YOU EACH MONTH FROM -ARANATHA S STORYTELLER $ICK $UERKSEN

!UGUST \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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/RIGIN OF 2AIN (OW ACCORDING TO THE "IBLE DOES WATER GET TO THE SKY OR TO THE CLOUDS $ID THE )SRAELITES HAVE A NATU RAL WAY OF EXPLAINING THIS PHENOMENON OR DID THEY SIMPLY AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF YOUR QUESTION BUT ) SAY h'OD DOES ITv 4HERE IS AN ANSWER THAT DOES NOT EXCLUDE ASSUME THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING HOW THE 'OD &IRST WE SHOULD INDICATE THAT CLOUDS hASCEND FROM THE BIBLICAL PERCEPTION OF RAIN AS A NATURAL PHENOMENON ENDS OF THE EARTHv 0S *ER WHICH COULD REFER TO DIFFERS FROM OUR CONTEMPORARY SCIENTIlC VIEW !NY COM THE OCEAN +INGS LOADED WITH WATER *OB 4HIS PARISON IS PROBABLY INADVISABLE SINCE THE "IBLE WAS WRITTEN WATER COMES NOT FROM A COSMIC OCEAN ABOVE THE lRMAMENT

LONG BEFORE THE RISE OF THE 7ESTERN INTEREST IN SCIENCE #RITI BUT FROM THE EARTH 3ECOND BIBLICAL WRITERS HAD A BASIC GRASP CAL SCHOLARS VIEWING THE "IBLE AS A CHILD OF THE ANCIENT .EAR OF THE CYCLE OF EVAPORATION h&OR HE ;'OD= DRAWS UP THE DROPS %AST CONCLUDE THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE OF WATER THEY DISTILL HIS MIST IN RAIN WHICH THE SKIES ;(EB NATURAL WORLD IT CORRESPONDS WITH THE MYTHOLOGICAL VIEWS OF ÝE¢A Q¦M hCLOUDS SKYv= POUR DOWN AND DROP ON MANKIND THE SURROUNDING CULTURES ABUNDANTLYv *OB

4HE BIBLICAL VIEW OF RAIN %36 .OTICE THE PROCESS DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT PER 'OD DRAWS UP DROPS OF WATER SPECTIVE 2AIN IS A SURPRIS

BY TRANSFORMING THEM INTO INGLY COMPLEX MATTER MIST VAPORIZATION THE MIST 2AIN &ROM (EAVEN 4HE BECOMES LIQUID CONDENSA ASSOCIATION OF RAIN WITH HEAV TION AND FALLS FROM THE SKY EN IS A NATURAL ONE BASED ON CLOUDS AS RAIN PRECIPITA OBSERVATION RAIN FALLS FROM TION 'OD IS NOT EXCLUDED

THE SKY h4HE LAND x DRINKS BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH (IS WATER FROM THE RAIN FROM POWER THAT IT ALL TAKES PLACE HEAVENv ;$EUT = !C 'OD $OES )T 2AIN IN CORDING TO CRITICAL SCHOLARS

THE "IBLE IS SIMPLE YET MYS THE (EBREWS BELIEVED IN A TERIOUS PREDICTABLE AND COSMIC OCEAN ABOVE THE SOLID UNPREDICTABLE IT NURTURES lRMAMENT AND OCCASIONALLY LIFE OR DESTROYS IT !LTHOUGH ITS WINDOWS WERE OPENED AND THE (EBREWS HAD A GOOD "Y DISASTROUS RAIN CAME DOWN UNDERSTANDING OF IT THEY !NGEL -ANUEL 'EN SEE )SA )T ALWAYS MARVELED ABOUT IT 2ODR¤GUEZ IS ALSO ARGUED THAT OTHER AND ITS SIGNIlCANCE CREDIT TEXTS REFER TO PLACES IN HEAVEN ING THIS WONDER TO THE ,ORD WHERE RAIN SNOW AND HAIL WERE IN STORAGE FROM WHICH THEY h;'OD= DOES GREAT THINGS AND UNSEARCHABLE MARVELOUS CAME DOWN UPON THE EARTH CF *OB /THER TEXTS GIVE THINGS WITHOUT NUMBER (E GIVES RAIN ON THE EARTH AND THE IMPRESSION THAT IN HEAVEN ARE FOUND BOTTLES FULL OF SENDS WATERS ON THE lELDSv *OB 4HIS SENSE OF WON WATER AND WHENEVER 'OD TILTS THEM WATER FALLS DOWN TO DER EXPRESSED ITSELF IN PRAISES TO THE ,ORD h3ING TO THE ,ORD EARTH *OB 4HESE SUGGESTIONS NEED EVALUATION WITH THANKSGIVING WHO COVERS THE HEAVENS WITH CLOUDS

&IRST THE "IBLE DOES NOT TEACH THAT THE lRMAMENT IS A WHO PREPARES RAIN FOR THE EARTHv 0S %VEN IF THEY SOLID DOME HOLDING BACK COSMIC WATERS 4HIS MAY BE PART OF WERE UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND ALL ASPECTS OF THE PHENOMENON

ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY BUT IT IS NOT BIBLICAL 3ECOND THE LAN PARTICULARLY WHEN IT TOOK THE FORM OF A STORM THEY KNEW GUAGE OF STORAGE ROOMS BOTTLES AND WINDOWS IS OBVIOUSLY THAT 'OD UNDERSTOOD IT WELL 0S "Y SAYING h'OD DOES METAPHORICAL 4HE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN ARE ALSO MENTIONED IN IT v THEY SHOWED GRATITUDE AND NEVER TOOK RAIN FOR GRANTED CONJUNCTION WITH BLESSINGS BREAD AND TROUBLE COMING DOWN )T WAS ALWAYS A GIFT FROM THE ,ORD N FROM HEAVEN -AL +INGS SEE 0S )SA 3CRIPTURE QUOTATIONS MARKED %36 ARE FROM 4HE (OLY "IBLE %NGLISH 3TANDARD 6ERSION COPYRIGHT !S FAR AS ) KNOW NO ONE HAS SUGGESTED THAT THESE WINDOWS

Ú BY #ROSSWAY "IBLES A DIVISION OF 'OOD .EWS 0UBLISHERS 5SED BY PERMISSION !LL RIGHTS ARE TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS LITERAL 4HIRD THE )SRAELITES ALSO KNEW RESERVED THAT RAIN CAME DURING THE RAINY SEASON *OEL AND THAT IT FELL FROM THE CLOUDS %CCL )SA 4HEY ALSO KNEW !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODRÓGUEZ RECENTLY RETIRED AS DIRECTOR OF THE THAT THE WIND FROM THE NORTH COULD BRING RAIN 0ROV "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE 1 5 % 3 4 ) / . !CCORDING TO THE "IBLE WHAT IS

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(AVE YOU EVER FELT POWERLESS AGAINST SIN IN YOUR #HRISTIAN LIFE (AVE YOU FAILED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND WONDERED WHY 4HE "IBLE HAS SOME ANSWERS )N THIS LESSON WE WILL EXAMINE THE SECRETS OF VICTORIOUS #HRISTIAN LIVING 5NDERSTANDING THE MINISTRY OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE 4HE 3PIRIT ACCOMPLISHES IN US WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH ON OUR OWN

(OW DOES #HRIST STRENGTHEN EACH BELIEVER TO OVERCOME 3ATAN S TEMPTATIONS h4HAT (E ;#HRIST= WOULD GRANT YOU ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF (IS GLORY TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT THROUGH (IS 3PIRIT IN THE INNER MANv %PH 7E ARE

WITH

THROUGH (IS

7HAT DID THE APOSTLE 0AUL PROMISE TO THOSE WHO ARE lLLED WITH #HRIST S 3PIRIT h.OW THE ,ORD IS THE 3PIRIT AND WHERE THE 3PIRIT OF THE ,ORD IS THERE IS LIBERTYv #OR 4HOSE lLLED WITH THE 3PIRIT RECEIVE

7HAT S ANOTHER WORD FOR LIBERTY

4HE PRESENCE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT IN OUR LIVES LIBERATES US FROM ANGER BITTERNESS RESENTMENT

AND LUST 4HE BONDAGE OF SIN IS BROKEN THROUGH THE MIGHTY POWER OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 2OM

2EAD THE FOLLOWING TEXT AND DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT IT MEANS TO WALK IN THE 3PIRIT h4HERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE WHO ARE IN #HRIST *ESUS WHO DO NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE mESH BUT ACCORDING TO THE 3PIRIT &OR THOSE WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE mESH SET THEIR MINDS ON THE THINGS OF THE mESH BUT THOSE WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE 3PIRIT THE THINGS OF THE 3PIRIT &OR TO BE CARNALLY MINDED IS DEATH BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACEv 2OM

4HE APOSTLE 0AUL CLEARLY DESCRIBES THE 3PIRIT lLLED LIFE IN THESE VERSES !S WE CLAIM 'OD S PROMISES BY FAITH AND ALLOW THE (OLY 3PIRIT TO MOLD OUR LIVES AND CHANGE OUR BEHAVIOR WE WALK IN THE 3PIRIT 4O WALK IN THE 3PIRIT MEANS THAT WE GIVE THE (OLY 3PIRIT PERMISSION TO TRANSFORM OUR THOUGHT PROCESSES AND SHAPE OUR CHARACTERS !UGUST \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

7HEN THE (OLY 3PIRIT DWELLS IN US WHO IS IT THAT ACTUALLY RESIDES WITHIN US h.OW HE WHO KEEPS (IS COMMANDMENTS ABIDES IN (IM AND (E IN HIM !ND BY THIS WE KNOW THAT (E ABIDES IN US

BY THE 3PIRIT WHOM (E HAS GIVEN USv *OHN

#HRIST DWELLS IN US THROUGH (IS (OLY 3PIRIT 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT WITHIN US BEARS WITNESS OF *ESUS AND PRODUCES THE FRUIT OF THE 3PIRIT THE QUALITIES OF *ESUS LIFE IN OUR LIVES 7E DO NOT LIVE THE #HRISTIAN LIFE ALONE 7E ARE EMPOWERED THROUGH THE (OLY 3PIRIT

7HEN THE (OLY 3PIRIT DWELLS IN US WHAT IS (IS ULTIMATE GOAL h.OW (E WHO ESTABLISHES US WITH YOU IN #HRIST AND HAS ANOINTED US IS 'OD WHO ALSO HAS SEALED US AND GIVEN US THE 3PIRIT IN OUR HEARTS AS A DEPOSITv #OR

(E HAS

US AND GIVEN US THE 3PIRIT IN OUR

AS A

4HE (OLY 3PIRIT S ULTIMATE GOAL IN OUR LIVES IS TO hSEALv US 7HAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SEALED )N ANCIENT TIMES A SEAL AUTHENTICATED A DOCUMENT &OR #HRISTIANS THE SEALING IS THE PROCESS

BY WHICH THE (OLY 3PIRIT AWAKENS A DESIRE WITHIN US TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH 'OD S WILL AND STRENGTHENS US TO OBEY 'OD 7HEN THE (OLY 3PIRIT CHANGES OUR LIVES (E LEADS US TO LIVE OBEDIENT GODLY LIVES 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT CONVICTS US OF SIN AND EMPOWERS US TO LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY 4HE TRANSFORMATION THAT TAKES PLACE IN OUR LIVES IS THE GUARANTEE THAT WE ARE AUTHENTIC #HRISTIANS

7HAT HAPPENS IF WE FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE CONVICTION OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT AND REFUSE TO ALLOW THE 3PIRIT TO SHAPE OUR BEHAVIOR AND LIVE WITHIN US h!ND DO NOT GRIEVE THE (OLY 3PIRIT OF 'OD

BY WHOM YOU WERE SEALED FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTIONv %PH

7HAT IS THE GREATEST EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE CHILDREN OF 'OD h4HE 3PIRIT (IMSELF BEARS WITNESS WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE CHILDREN OF 'ODv 2OM 4HE 3PIRIT

WITH OUR SPIRIT

4HE (OLY 3PIRIT RESIDING IN US BRINGS PEACE AND JOY DEEP WITHIN OUR HEARTS 7E KNOW THAT WE ARE (IS CHILDREN 4HIS ASSURANCE ENABLES US TO LIVE WITH HOPE IN THE MIDST OF A WORLD OF SICKNESS SUFFERING AND DEATH 4HROUGH THE (OLY 3PIRIT WE HAVE THE CONlDENCE THAT OUR HEAVENLY &ATHER WILL ONE DAY RIGHT EVERY WRONG AND BRING US TO (IS ETERNAL KINGDOM WHERE EVIL IS VANQUISHED AND LOVE REIGNS ETERNAL

4HE lNAL INSTALLMENT IN THIS SERIES ABOUT THE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL BE h4HE 0RAYER ,IFE OF *ESUS v !DVENTIST 7ORLD \ !UGUST

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IS VERY ENCOURAGING AND INSPIRING ) PRAY AND HOPE THAT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO READ THIS ARTI CLE WILL ALSO BE INSPIRED AND ENCOUR AGED TO FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS !CQUIRING AN !DVENTIST #HRISTIAN EDUCATION IS NOT ONLY FOR THE RICH AND YOUNG BUT FOR EVERYONE WHO IS DETERMINED DILI GENT AND HAS PERSEVERANCE IN WHAT THEY ASPIRE FOR WITH 'OD S LEADING

GUIDANCE AND BLESSINGS 2OSIE #LAMOR !BRAHAM ,ONDON 5NITED +INGDOM /F (OPE AND .EW "IRTH

) WAS TOUCHED BY THE POEM h.EW "IRTH v PENNED BY +ATHRYN "ARNETT %LT ING &EBRUARY 4HERE IS A MES SAGE OF HOPE IN HER POEM /NCE THE (OLY 3PIRIT COMES TO US AND CONVICTS US OF ALL OUR SINS WICKEDNESS AND TRANSGRESSIONS A NEW BIRTH FROM OUR OLD NATURE UNFOLDS AND COMES TO REAL ITY 4HERE ARE THINGS TO ABANDON AS DID 0AUL WHO CONSIDERED ALL HE ONCE CON SIDERED AS HIS WEALTH HONOR RICHES

HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORLDLY PRESTIGE TRASHˆAS THE POEM S AUTHOR PORTRAYED &ROM WHERE ) STAND EARTHLY THINGS SUCH AS TALENTS HONOR WEALTH AND PRESTIGE ARE NOT CONTRARY TO OUR #HRIS TIAN FAITH AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT ABOVE 'OD S LAWS AND COMMANDMENTS !S LONG AS 'OD IS ON TOP OF OUR PRI ORITIES SUCH AS OBEDIENCE TO (IS COM MANDS THEN WHEREVER AND WHATEVER WE DO AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT VIOLATE 'OD S WILL WOULD BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK

) HOPE %LTING WILL WRITE MORE POEMS LIKE THIS ONE IN FUTURE EDITIONS OF THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD ,AWRENCE 4ESORO 1UEZON #ITY 0HILIPPINES 7HEN 3OMEONE #ARES

)N THE *ANUARY ISSUE OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD *EAN #UMMINGS RESPONDED TO 3UDHA +HRISTMUKTI S STORY h-USTAQv /CTOBER 7HY IS #UMMINGS SUR PRISED AND APPALLED AT -USTAQ S STORY )N MOST SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD SOME UNFORTUNATE CHILD IS PICKED ON TO SOME DEGREE ) WAS PICKED ON AND SADLY AFTER ) WAS ACCEPTED ) PICKED ON ANOTHER CHILD "ULLYING OF ANY DEGREE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE ) HAPPEN TO KNOW 3UDHA AND HER FAMILY WELL (ER PARENTS NOW DECEASED

WERE TWO YEARS SENIOR TO ME IN MEDI CAL SCHOOL 3UDHA WAS BORN DURING THEIR RESIDENCY YEARS /UR WAYS THEN PARTED AS WE LEFT TO SERVE IN DIFFERENT MISSION HOSPITALS IN )NDIA 3O ) WAS VERY INTERESTED TO READ 3UDHA S ARTICLE SOME ONE WHOM ) HAD KNOWN ONLY AS A BABY ) HAVE MANAGED TO TRACK HER DOWN AND MAKE CONTACT 4HIS WAS HER EXPE RIENCE WHEN SHE WAS IN SCHOOL 4HE SCHOOL WAS RUN BY A NON 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HRISTIAN CHURCHˆTHERE ARE SCORES OF SUCH SCHOOLS IN )NDIA 4HE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS IN THESE SCHOOLS ARE NON #HRISTIAN BUT !DVENTIST CHIL

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