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4HE TIME CHALLENGE THAT WE ALL FACE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IS NOTHING NEW )N %LLEN 7HITE WROTE h) WAS SHOWN THAT 3ABBATHKEEPERS AS A PEOPLE LABOR TOO HARD WITHOUT ALLOWING THEMSELVES CHANGE OR PERIODS OF REST 2ECREATION IS NEEDFUL TO THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL LABOR AND IS STILL MORE ESSENTIAL FOR THOSE WHOSE WORK IS PRINCIPALLY MENTAL )T IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO OUR SALVATION NOR FOR THE GLORY OF 'OD TO KEEP THE MIND LABORING CONSTANTLY AND EXCESSIVELY EVEN UPON RELIGIOUS THEMESv 4ESTIMONIES FOR THE #HURCH VOL P 3O IN SPITE OF THE CHALLENGES ) ENJOY MAKING TIME FOR RECREATION &OR ME SOME OF THE MOST RENEWING ACTIVITIES INVOLVE DOING SOMETHING USEFUL WHILE
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9EARS AGO WE BOTH USED TO JOG BUT WE NOW PREFER BRISK WALKING FOR TO MINUTES WHENEVER WE CAN 7HEN WE CAN lND THE TIME WE ALSO LIKE TO BIKE ALONG VARIOUS BEAUTIFUL BIKE TRAILS IN THE METROPOLITAN 7ASHINGTON AREA -ANY TIMES AT THE OFlCE ) lND IT ENERGIZING AS ) WALK THROUGH THE BUILD ING JUST TO GREET AND TALK WITH FELLOW CHURCH EMPLOYEES BEFORE TURNING BACK TO COMMITTEES AND OTHER TASKS -ANY INDIVIDUALS AT THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE USE THEIR TWO MINUTE BREAKS EACH DAY TO ENJOY WALKING OUTSIDE OR INSIDE WHEN THE WEATHER IS POOR
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ABOUT TO FEET FROM THE :AMBEZI 2IVER BANK 9OU CAN ALMOST STEP RIGHT FROM THE PORCH INTO THE RIVER SO IT S A BEAUTIFUL SETTING "+ !ND WHAT DOES THIS HOME LOOK LIKE (- )T S ACTUALLY A THATCHED ROOF
BUNGALOW WITH TAN PLASTER WALLS AND WOODEN SUPPORT BEAMS 4HERE S NO RUNNING WATER INSIDE THE HOUSEˆ THE BATHROOM AND SHOWER ARE OUT SIDEˆAND A GENERATOR SUPPLIES OUR ELECTRICITY "+ $O YOU USE WELL WATER (- 7ELL WATER IN THE AREA IS UNDRINK
ABLE 4HE UNDERLYING ROCK IS VERY SOLU BLE SO YOU END UP WITH A LOT OF SULFUR IN THE WATER )T S USED ONLY FOR WASH ING 3O OUR WATER COMES MAINLY FROM THE RIVER 7E BUY BOTTLED WATER FOR DRINKING
-).)3429 &!2- TOP BACK GROUND 4HE -YBURGS OPERATE A SMALL FARM WITH SOME SHEEP TO HELP lNANCE -UKUYU /UT REACH 2%0!)2).' 4(% "/!4 SECOND FROM TOP (EIN lXES AN OLD BOAT TO USE AS A MEDICAL LAUNCH 2%!$9 4/ '/ THIRD FROM TOP 4RYING OUT THE NEWLY REPAIRED MEDICAL BOAT 4(!.+ &5, #(),$2%. BOTTOM 4HE -YBURGHS HAVE BUILT A HOME THAT WILL HOUSE ABOUT OF THE MANY ORPHANS IN THE REGION
"+ )T TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT JUST TO SUS TAIN A HOME IN THE CONDITIONS YOU VE DESCRIBED BUT YOU VE ALSO LAUNCHED A VARIETY OF OUTREACH AND SERVICE MINIS TRIES 4ELL US ABOUT SOME OF THOSE (- -ANY CHILDREN IN THIS REGION ARE
LEFT PARENTLESS HERE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF ()6 !)$3 AND THE SEVERE POVERTY LEADS TO THEIR NEGLECT 3O WE VE BUILT A HOME THAT WILL HOUSE ABOUT ORPHANS 7E DON T HAVE A REGULAR INCOME OURSELVES OR ENOUGH lNANCES RIGHT NOW TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH THE BASIC NECESSITIES BUT WE HAVE A HOME READY TO HOUSE THE KIDS PEND ING AVAILABLE lNANCES 7E HAVE A ROOF STRUCTURE UPˆNO WALLS YETˆJUST OPPOSITE THE ORPHAN HOME THAT WILL SERVE AS A COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE WE LL PROVIDE A FEEDING PROGRAM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS 2IGHT NOW
-ELISSA TEACHES SEWING CLASSES EACH WEEK TO WOMEN OUTSIDE THE ORPHAN AGE BUT SHE LL BE ABLE TO USE THE COM MUNITY CENTER ONCE IT S COMPLETED 4HESE ARE LOCATED NOT ON THE -UKUYU PROPERTY BUT IN THE VILLAGE ABOUT A KILOMETER ; MILES= AWAY "+ ,IVING ON THE BANKS OF THE :AM BEZI PUTS YOU ON ONE OF THE ONLY CON SISTENT TRANSPORTATION ROUTES IN THE AREA AND ) UNDERSTAND YOU VE LAUNCHED A BOAT MINISTRY 4ELL ME ABOUT THAT (- 7HEN MY BROTHER WAS HERE HE
GOT HIS HANDS ON AN OLD RUSTY HULL THAT HE WANTED TO lX UP AND USE AS A MEDICAL BOAT ON THE :AMBEZI BUT HE DIDN T HAVE THE FUNDS TO REPAIR IT -ELISSA AND ) OBVIOUSLY WANTED TO CARRY ON WITH THAT IDEA BUT WE DIDN T HAVE THE MONEY EITHER 4HEN ABOUT A YEAR AGO WE WERE IN 6ICTORIA &ALLS :IMBABWE HELPING WITH A /NE $AY #HURCH PROGRAM AND WE DID A PRE SENTATION FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THERE ABOUT -UKUYUˆAND TALKED ABOUT OUR DREAMS FOR THE BOAT ,ATER ONE OF THE MEDICAL DOCTORS ON THE PROJECT APPROACHED ME AND OFFERED TO PRO VIDE THE FUNDING TO lX IT UP (E SAID HIS BROTHER WHO ALSO WAS A MEDICAL DOCTOR HAD DIED ABOUT MONTHS BEFORE AND SO THIS MAN SAID h7HY DON T WE DO THE MEDICAL BOAT IN REMEMBRANCE OF MY BROTHER AND YOURS v 3O WE lXED UP THE BOAT AND NAMED IT "AKWESU WHICH IS 4ONGA FOR hBROTHERS v 3!.$2! ",!#+-%2 (OW DO YOU PLAN TO USE THE BOAT (- .EITHER -ELISSA NOR ) HAVE ANY
FORMAL TRAINING IN MEDICAL CARE SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ORGANIZE SHORT TERM MEDICAL MISSION TRIPS ON THE BOAT DOWN A MILE STRETCH OF THE :AMBEZI 2IVER BETWEEN THE MINISTRY BASE AND THE BORDER TOWN OF #HIRUNDU USING MEDICAL VOLUNTEERSˆDOCTORS NURSES *ULY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
AND DENTISTS ) VE IDENTIlED ABOUT lVE DIFFERENT SECTIONS ALONG THE RIVER WHERE THERE ARE SIZABLE VILLAGES 7E WANT TO STOP AT THESE VILLAGES AND SPEND A FEW HOURS OR A WHOLE DAY THERE ALLOWING THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES -OST RIVER VIL LAGES ARE LOCATED FAR FROM MAIN ROADS SO IT S DIFlCULT FOR THE PEOPLE TO REACH STATE RUN CLINICS "+ 4HAT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE QUITE AN ADVENTURE (- 9ES IT WILL BE /NE OF THE EXTRA
PERKS OF THIS KIND OF SHORT TERM MEDI CAL TRIP IS THAT PARTICIPANTS ON THESE PROJECTS WILL GET TO SEE ALL SORTS OF WILDLIFE WHILE TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THE RIVER )T S BEAUTIFUL HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE !FRICAN BUSH "+ 9OU MENTIONED PLANS FOR A SCHOOL 4HAT S CERTAINLY AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT 4ELL US ABOUT THE SCHOOL YOU RE BUILDING (- 4HE SCHOOL THAT THE CHILDREN IN
THE NEARBY VILLAGE HAVE TO ATTEND IS LOCATED MORE THAN lVE KILOMETERS ; MILES= AWAY -UCH OF THE YEAR THEY RE UNABLE TO GOˆESPECIALLY THE YOUNGEST CHILDRENˆBECAUSE IN THE DRY MONTHS THERE ARE ELEPHANTS EVERYWHERE LOOK ING FOR FOOD 4HEN WHEN THE RAINS COME THERE S MUD EVERYWHERE 4HE COMMUNITY GAVE US A PIECE OF LANDˆ ONE HECTARE ; ACRES=ˆJUST OPPOSITE THE ORPHAN HOME AND WE VE BEGUN CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL FOR THE lRST FOUR GRADES 7E VE WORKED WITH THE LOCAL !DVENTIST CONFERENCE OFlCE ON THIS AND IT WILL BE A STANDARD !DVEN TIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 4HERE WILL BE FOUR CLASSROOMS AN OFlCE AND TEACH ERS HOUSES 4HE ROOF STRUCTURE OF THE lRST CLASSROOM IS UP BUT NOT THE WALLS AND mOOR 3" -ELISSA IT TAKES A REMARKABLE WOMAN TO MAKE THE CHOICES YOU VE MADE 7HAT HAS THIS EXPERIENCE
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CAME HERE TO THE BUSH IT WAS REALLY HARD ) THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT ALL THE WILDLIFE AND THE ELEPHANTS AND ESPE CIALLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO (EIN S BROTHER ) WAS VERY SCARED AND MY FAMILY WAS NERVOUS ABOUT IT AS WELL "UT WE ALL BELIEVED THAT THE ,ORD WAS LEADING ) D BEEN PRAYING THAT THE ,ORD WOULD SEND ME OUT TO THE MISSION FIELD SINCE ) WAS A YOUNG GIRL AND ) KNEW IN MY HEART THAT THIS WAS THE MISSION FOR ME 3O ) JUST PRAYED ABOUT MY FEARS AND EVERY DAY IT GOT BETTER .OW ) FEEL LIKE ) M IN THE SAFEST PLACE EVER AND THAT THE ,ORD S PROTECTION IS ALWAYS WITH US
THAT NEED TO BE DONE 4HEN EVERY 4UESDAY ) DRIVE TO THE ORPHANAGE AND MEET WITH SEVERAL WOMEN FOR SEWING CLASS 7E HAVE TWO SEWING MACHINES THAT WERE DONATED TO US SO ) M TEACH ING THEM HOW TO MAKE QUILTS AND THEY RE ALSO CROCHETING AND KNITTING 4HE THINGS ) MAKE ) SELL IN THE VILLAGE AND CLOSEST TOWN HALF OF THE MONEY GOES TO THE WOMEN AND THE OTHER HALF GOES TOWARD THE ORPHANAGE ) M A TRAINED HAIRDRESSER SO ) CUT AND STYLE HAIR FOR SOME OF THE LOCAL WOMEN AND PUT THE MONEY ) MAKE TOWARD OUR PROJECTS )T S A BEAUTIFUL OUTREACH TOOL SINCE ) GET TO VISIT WITH MY CLIENTS AS ) SERVE THEM ) ALSO VISIT PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK AND MOMS WITH BABIES AND DO WHAT ) CAN TO HELP THEM
3" ) UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ONCE HAD A CLOSE CALL WITH AN ASTHMA ATTACK -- 9ES ) HAD A SEVERE ALLERGIC REAC
3" 7HERE DOES THE FUNDING FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS COME FROM (" 7E HAVE DEPENDED HEAVILY ON
TION AND WHILE (EIN WAS DRIVING ME TO THE HOSPITAL WHICH IS AN HOUR AWAY HE HAD TO CONTINUALLY STOP AND GIVE ME MOUTH TO MOUTH RESUSCITATION AND THEN DRIVE AGAIN !BOUT KILO METERS ; MILES= DOWN THE ROAD HE SAW A NEIGHBOR APPROACH DOWN THE ROAD AND CALLED FOR HIS HELP 4HE NEIGHBOR JUMPED IN AND DROVE US TO THE HOSPITAL WHILE (EIN DID MOUTH TO MOUTH BREATHING 4HEY SAVED MY LIFE 'OD DElNITELY HAS BEEN HERE WITH US
DONATIONS IN THE PAST 7E BUILT THE ORPHAN HOME SOLELY WITH DONATIONS "UT WE RE STRIVING TO BECOME SELF SUP PORTING 7E HAVE A SMALL FARM NOW AND SHEEP 7E RE GROWING HAY USING A DONATED TRACTOR AND BALER TO FEED THE LIVESTOCK AND TO SELL TO AREA FARMERS 7E ALSO HAVE A MILL GRINDER TO GRIND MAIZE mOUR FOR THE VILLAGERSˆWHICH BRINGS IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEYˆAND WE VE STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF lSH PONDS 3O WE RE DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO AUG MENT OUR INCOME
MY ACCOUNT WAS EMPTY ) M STILL NOT SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THE MONEY 7E NOT ONLY COULDN T BUY GRO CERIES BUT WE COULDN T BUY FUEL TO GET HOME EITHER ) DIDN T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND ) WAS VERY DISCOURAGED 7E HAD WALKED LITERALLY STEPS OUTSIDE OF THE SUPERMARKET WHEN MY CELL PHONE RANG AND A MAN ) HAD NEVER MET BEFORE ASKED h!RE YOU GUYS IN TOWN v ) SAID h9EAH WE RE IN ,USAKA v (E THEN ASKED IF WE COULD COME TO HIS OFlCE BECAUSE HE HAD SOME MONEY FOR US (IS OFlCE WAS ABOUT lVE MINUTES AWAY 7E WERE SHOCKED 7HEN WE ARRIVED HE EXPLAINED THAT SOMEONE HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT OUR MINISTRY AND THAT WE WERE ONE OF MORE THAN CHARITIES FOR WHOM HE HAD RAISED MONEY 4HEN HE SAID h9OU GUYS ARE LUCKY TO GET YOUR MONEY BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS v )T SEEMS THAT BEFORE THE FUND RAISING EVENT HAD EVEN OCCURRED HE HAD ALLOCATED PER CENTAGES TO EACH OF THE CHARITIES ACCORDING TO THEIR SIZE 7HEN THE MONEY lNALLY CAME IN AFTER THE EVENT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS ALLO CATED TO US HAPPENED TO BE EXACTLY THE AMOUNT THAT HE HAD WITH HIM ON THAT DAY )T WAS THE ONLY SUM THAT MATCHED SO HE PHONED US UP AND SAID h#OME GET YOUR MONEY v )T WAS AN AMAZING AMAZING EXPERIENCEˆAND AN AFlRMA TION THAT 'OD IS REALLY ALIVE AND THAT (E S LOYAL TO US
3" ) HEARD A STORY ABOUT A TIME WHEN YOU HAD MISCALCULATED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU HAD IN THE BANK 4ELL US ABOUT THAT (" )T WAS THE DAY BEFORE #HRISTMAS
"+ 9OUR DAILY EXPERIENCES SEEM BOUND UP IN AN AWARENESS OF 'OD S PRESENCE AND THE POWER OF ONGOING PRAYER (- !BSOLUTELY ,IVING THIS WAY DEl
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO 7E D GONE TO ,USAKA ABOUT THREE HOURS FROM HOME TO BUY SOME FOOD AND ) WAS SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY IN MY ACCOUNT TO BUY ALL THE FOOD WE NEEDED AND THE FUEL TO DRIVE BACK HOME -ELISSA WENT INTO THE SUPERMARKET AND ) HEADED TO THE BANK TO WITHDRAW THE MONEYˆBUT
NITELY IMPROVES OUR PRAYER LIFE 7E RE NEVER VERY FAR REMOVED FROM HUMAN NEED AND OUR OWN LIMITATIONS MAKE US SO VERY AWARE OF HOW MUCH WE MUST DEPEND ON 'OD S POWER AND RESOURCES 3OMETIMES ) LL ADMIT IT S HARD BUT IT S REALLY SUCH A GREAT PRIVI LEGE TO BE DOING WHAT WE RE DOING
BEEN LIKE FOR YOU (OW WELL DO YOU DEAL WITH LIFE AT -UKUYU -%,)33! -9"52'( 7HEN ) FIRST
3" 7HAT ARE THE OTHER MOST CHALLENG ING ASPECTS FOR YOU -- 0ROBABLY THE SNAKES BECAUSE
MOST OF THE SNAKES HERE ARE POISON OUSˆAND THEY RE ALL OVER THE PLACE 7E VE HAD A FEW IN OUR HOUSE AND A LOT IN OUR BATHROOM BECAUSE THE BATH ROOM IS OUTSIDE THE HOUSE 4HE OTHER CHALLENGE IS THE HEAT )T GETS VERY VERY HOT HERE IN :AMBIA 3" 4ELL ME ABOUT A TYPICAL DAY -- !MONG OTHER THINGS ) M A
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ELECTRICITY WHERE WE GO SO WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERYTHING WITH US "UT WHEN WE DO EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS WE RE COM ING FROM A CULTURE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WHICH IS PROBLEMATIC 7E ALSO HAVE TO USE AN INTERPRETER 3O NOW WE lND LOCAL PEOPLE INTERESTED IN EVANGELISM AND SEND THEM TO 2IVERSIDE &ARM )NSTITUTE IN +AFUE FOR FOUR MONTHS OF TRAINING 4HEY THEN RETURN TO THEIR HOME VILLAGE WHERE THEY ALREADY KNOW THE PEOPLE HAVE INmUENCE WITH THEM SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AND KNOW THE LOCAL CULTURE 7HEN THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES -ELISSA AND ) GO AND FACILITATE IT 2IGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE "IBLE WORKERS
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FUNDING FOR MORE "IBLE WORKERS FOR COMPLETING THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND A TRAILER FOR CONSTRUCTION AND AGRICULTURAL USE 7E ALSO DESPERATELY NEED MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS FOR SHORT TERM MISSION TRIPS TO PROVIDE HEALTH CLINICS FOR THOSE LIVING IN REMOTE AREAS ON THE RIVERBANKSˆAND WE CERTAINLY ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND VOLUNTEERS TO HELP COMPLETE THE SCHOOL "+ 7HEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF !DVENTIST BELIEVERS WORLDWIDE WHO WILL READ THIS STORY WHAT WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO SAY TO THEM (- -OST PEOPLE WANT PEACE AND
THEY TRY TO ACHIEVE IT IN MANY WAYS "UT THERE S ONLY ONE WAY TO HAVE REAL PEACE AND HAPPINESS IN THIS LIFE AND THAT IS BY SURRENDERING YOUR LIFE TO THE (OLY 3PIRIT AND TO KEEP BUSY WITH WHAT 'OD CALLS YOU TO DO /NCE YOU STEP IN LINE WITH 'OD S WILL THAT S THE END OF RESTLESSNESS )T S CER TAINLY NOT THE END OF ALL PROBLEMS BUT WHEN YOU RE WALKING WITH 'OD YOU RE WORKING WITH 3OMEONE WHO IS ALL POWERFUL AND KNOWS WHAT S BEST FOR YOU 4HAT S THE MOST IMPOR TANT THING WE VE LEARNED HEREˆAND IT S A LESSON RENEWED EVERY DAY THAT WE SERVE N
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7E GATHER FROM WHAT 0AUL SAYS ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL ARROGANCE OF THE GIFTED ONES IN THE #ORINTHIAN CHURCH #OR THAT SOME #ORINTHIANS HAD EQUATED GIFTEDNESS WITH SPIRITUALITY AND BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN GIFTEDNESS THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE NOT ONLY VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE BUT HAD SPIRITUALLY ARRIVED AND WERE IN NEED OF NO FURTHER SPIRITUAL FOOD )T WOULD APPEAR HOW
TWO THINGS POINT TO A CLEAR IDENTIlCA TION &IRST THE GRADUAL NARROWING DOWN OF THE GIFTS FROM THE NINE MENTIONED IN VERSES TO THE GIFT OF TONGUES ALONE IN CHAPTER STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT THE TONGUES SPEAKERS WERE THE SPECIAL OBJECT OF 0AUL S CONCERN 3ECOND 0AUL S STATE MENT THAT hTHE ONE WHO PROPHESIES IS GREATER THAN THE ONE WHO SPEAKS IN TONGUES UNLESS SOMEONE INTERPRETS SO THAT THE CHURCH MAY BE BUILT UPv #OR %36 SUGGESTS THAT TONGUES SPEAK ERS HAD AN INmATED EGO )N ADDITION THE POSITIONING OF THE GIFT OF TONGUES LAST OR NEXT TO LAST ON ALL THREE LISTS OF GIFTS IN #ORINTHIANS
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! BIBLICAL TAKE ON A DIFlCULT SUBJECT EVER THAT THIS ERRONEOUS VIEW WAS LIM ITED TO THE MORE SPECTACULARLY GIFTED MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH 4HIS IS THE IMPRESSION WE GET FROM #ORINTHIANS WHERE 0AUL IMPLIES THAT THIS GROUP OF BELIEVERS FELT THAT THEY WERE SPIRITUALLY SUPERIOR TO THEIR LESSER GIFTED BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE CHURCH AND ACTED AS THOUGH THE CHURCH COULD FUNC TION JUST AS WELL WITHOUT THOSE WITH LESSER GIFTS %VEN THOUGH THE RINGLEADERS ARE NOT IDENTIlED IN THE PASSAGE ITSELF
SEE VERSES SEEMS TO INDICATE AN ATTEMPT BY 0AUL TO CORRECT THE WAY THE #ORINTHIANS EXALTED THE GIFT OF TONGUES ABOVE ALL OTHERS BY NOW PUTTING THIS ONE GIFT INTO PERSPEC TIVE FOR THEM 3IMILARLY BY ALSO PLACING TONGUES SPEAKING AT THE HEAD OF THE LIST OF GIFTS AND #HRISTIAN ATTRIBUTES DEEMED TO BE SPIRITUALLY WORTHLESS UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY LOVE #OR 0AUL SEEMINGLY IMPLIES THAT THE #ORINTHIANS WERE CURRENTLY USING
THE GIFT OF TONGUES IN A LOVELESS MAN NER PERHAPS EVEN MORE SO THAN THE OTHER GIFTS AND ATTRIBUTES MENTIONED IN THESE VERSES /N THE OTHER HAND 0AUL CLAIMS THAT hSELF SEEKING v WHICH HE USES INTER CHANGEABLY WITH hSELF EDIlCATIONv IN #ORINTHIANS IS THE ANTITHESIS OF LOVE #OR 4HIS WOULD SUGGEST THAT USING TONGUES TO PRAY OUT LOUD IN CHURCH #OR REFERS TO THE #OR INTHIANS LOVELESS EXERCISE OF THIS GIFT AND NOT TO THE PHENOMENON ITSELF )N ADDITION USING TONGUES TO EDIFY SELF IS CONTRARY TO THE GIFT S INTENT #OR IT mIES IN THE FACE OF 0AUL S EARLIER ADMONITION TO SEEK TO EDIFY OTHERS INSTEAD OF SELF #OR AND IT VIOLATES THE PRINCIPLE SET DOWN IN #ORINTHIANS OF DOING EVERY THING TO THE GLORY OF 'OD AND FOR THE SALVATION OF SOULS RATHER THAN FOR ONE S OWN BENElT OR ADVANTAGE 4ONGUES AND -ISSION
"Y WAY OF CONTRAST THE 'OD GIVEN ABILITY TO SPEAK IN OTHER HUMAN LAN GUAGES WITHOUT HAVING TO LEARN THEM lRST NOT ONLY SITS WELL WITH THE GOAL OF EDIFYING THE CHURCH BUT IT WAS IDEALLY SUITED TO EVANGELIZING THE ANCIENT WORLD )N THE 'RECO 2OMAN WORLD OF THE lRST CENTURY ! $ 'REEK AND ,ATIN WERE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO TAKE THE GOSPEL MES SAGE TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (OWEVER
BECAUSE FOREIGNERS WERE GENERALLY FROWNED UPON BY INDIGENOUS POPULA TIONS IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT IF #HRIST S FOLLOWERS WERE TO SUCCESSFULLY SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH OTHER NATIONALITIES THEY WOULD NEED TO CONVERSE WITH THEM IN THEIR NATIVE TONGUES OR DIA LECTS RATHER THAN IN A COMMON TONGUE EVEN IF IT WERE 'REEK OR ,ATIN 0ENTECOST IS A CASE IN POINT 4HE FACT THAT LOWLY 'ALILEANS WERE SUDDENLY AND MIRACULOUSLY ABLE TO CONVERSE mU ENTLY IN THE NATIVE TONGUES OF THE FOR EIGNERS PRESENT CAPTURED THE LATTER S ATTENTION AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONVERTED MANY TO #HRISTIANITY SEE !CTS )T IS CLEAR FROM WHAT 0AUL SAYS ABOUT HIS PRACTICE OF BECOMING ONE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WITH WHOM HE LABORED #OR THAT HE LIKEWISE UNDERSTOOD THAT IF HIS EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS WERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL HE TOO HAD TO CONVERSE WITH THEM IN THEIR NATIVE TONGUES AND DIALECTS 4HIS MAKES FAR MORE SENSE OF HIS CONFESSION h) THANK MY 'OD ) SPEAK WITH TONGUES MORE THAN YOU ALLv #OR THAN IF HE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK IN MORE UNINTELLIGIBLE TONGUES THAN ANYONE ELSE !CCORD INGLY THIS WAS NO IDLE BOAST ON 0AUL S PART BUT IT WAS HIS WAY OF EXPRESSING HIS GRATITUDE FOR THE BLESSINGS HE GAINED FROM BEING ABLE TO USE SO MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION WITH OTHERS
)N ADDITION IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT THERE ARE MANY INDICATIONS IN THE "IBLE SUGGESTING THAT THE #ORINTHIAN GIFT OF TONGUES REFERS TO THE 'OD GIVEN ABILITY TO SPEAK IN OTHER HUMAN LANGUAGES WITHOUT HAVING TO LEARN THEM lRST AND THAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE USED FOR EVANGELISM 3TILL THE VAST MAJORITY OF MODERN BIBLICAL SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT 0AUL S COMMENTS IN #ORINTHIANS SUPPORT THE NONHUMAN LANGUAGES POINT OF VIEW (OWEVER IT WOULD APPEAR FROM THE FOREGOING THAT THE LATTER IS BASED IN PART ON THE MISCON CEPTION THAT THE GIFT OF TONGUES IS A PRIVATE GIFT THAT WAS MEANT TO EDIFY SELF !S HAS BEEN ARGUED IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT THE LOCAL TONGUES SPEAKERS WERE USING THIS GIFT IN A LOVELESS MAN NER TO GLORIFY SELF INSTEAD OF 'OD WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO THE FORWARD THRUST OF EVANGELISTIC ENDEAVOR THAT IT WAS MEANT TO AFFORD N 3CRIPTURE QUOTATIONS MARKED %36 ARE FROM 4HE (OLY "IBLE %NGLISH 3TANDARD 6ERSION COPYRIGHT Ú BY #ROSSWAY "IBLES A DIVISION OF 'OOD .EWS 0UBLISHERS 5SED BY PERMISSION !LL RIGHTS RESERVED
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'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 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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$URING THE S AND S 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS FACED A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE 0UBLISHING -INISTRY ,IKE .ORTH !MERICANS 4HE YEAR HAD BEEN AN EXCITING TIME OF GATHERING IN GENERAL MANY WERE !DVENT BELIEVERS THROUGH EVANGELISTIC 3ABBATH CONFERENCES SUFFERING FROM COM &OR THE lRST TIME 3ABBATHKEEPING !DVENTISTS WERE COMING MUNICABLE DISEASES TOGETHER IN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE END TIME IMPORTANCE OF AND LIFESTYLE DISORDERS THE 3ABBATH IN CONNECTION WITH 4HE (EALTH 2EFORM )NSTITUTE THE SEALING OF 'OD S PEOPLE 4HEY 4UBERCULOSIS CHOLERA WERE STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THIS DIPHTHERIA AND PNEUMONIA AMONG OTHER DISEASES WERE CON TINUOUSLY CLAIMING LIVES 0RINCIPLES OF HYGIENE AND CLEANLINESS CONNECTION AT A STUDY CONFERENCE WERE LARGELY UNKNOWN ! LIMITED DIET CONSISTING MOSTLY OF AT THE HOME OF /TIS .ICHOLS IN MEAT FATS AND STRONG SPICES LED TO STROKES HEART DISEASE AND $ORCHESTER -ASSACHUSETTS NUTRITIONAL DElCIENCIES THAT DEBILITATED .ORTH !MERICANS IN .OVEMBER AND 4HIS GENERAL AS WELL AS !DVENTISTS CONFERENCE WAS A FOLLOW UP TO AN %LLEN 7HITE RECEIVED FOUR IDENTIlABLE HEALTH REFORM /CTOBER MEETING THAT HAD BEEN VISIONS BETWEEN AND )N SHE WAS SHOWN THE HELD IN 4OPSHAM -AINE WHERE 4HE 2EVIEW AND (ERALD INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF TOBACCO TEA AND COFFEE /N &EBRUARY THEY HAD STUDIED THE SEALING OF 0UBLISHING (OUSE CIRCA 2EVELATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SHE HAD A VISION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS THREE ANGELS OF 2EVELATION 4HEY WERE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND TEMPERANCE AND THE DANGER OF RICH OR RElNED FOODS h) SAW SOME WHO WERE SICKLY AMONG THE SAINTS MADE THEMSELVES HOW 'OD WOULD HAVE THEM SHARE THE 3ABBATH AS PART OF THE ;THUS= BY INDULGING THE APPETITE )F WE WISH GOOD HEALTH WE EVERLASTING GOSPEL !T THIS MEETING %LLEN 7HITE HAD A VISION MUST TAKE SPECIAL CARE OF THE HEALTH 'OD HAS GIVEN US DENY !FTER COMING OUT OF VISION SHE TURNED TO HER HUSBAND THE UNHEALTHY APPETITE EAT MORE COARSE ;IN NATURAL STATE= *AMES AND SAID h) HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU 9OU MUST BEGIN TO PRINT A LITTLE PAPER AND SEND IT OUT TO THE PEOPLE ,ET IT BE SMALL FOOD WITH LITTLE GREASE v %LLEN 7HITE S *UNE VISION AT THE (ILLIARD HOME AT lRST BUT AS THE PEOPLE READ THEY WILL SEND YOU MEANS WITH IN /TSEGO -ICHIGAN HAD THE MOST EXTENSIVE INmUENCE ON WHICH TO PRINT AND IT WILL BE A SUCCESS FROM THE lRST v 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS 4HIS VISION EXPANDED ON WHAT SHE 3HE THEN MADE A STARTLING PREDICTION h&ROM THIS SMALL HAD BEEN SHOWN PREVIOUSLY AND PROMOTED AMONG OTHER BEGINNING IT WAS SHOWN TO ME TO BE LIKE STREAMS OF LIGHT THINGS VEGETARIANISM ABSTINENCE FROM PORK AND THE LINK THAT WENT CLEAR ROUND THE WORLD v BETWEEN HEALTH AND DEPENDENCE UPON DIVINE POWER 4HIS VISION AND SUBSEQUENT VISIONS LED *AMES 7HITE TO /N $ECEMBER SHE RECEIVED A FOURTH VISION IN BEGIN PUBLICATION OF A PERIODICAL TITLED 0RESENT 4RUTH IN *ULY 2OCHESTER .EW 9ORK WITH INSTRUCTION THAT 3EVENTH DAY 4HIS PAPER SERVED TO CONVINCE !DVENTISTS OF THE !DVENTISTS SHOULD ESTABLISH THEIR OWN HEALTH INSTITUTION IMPORTANCE OF THE 3ABBATH IN LIGHT OF THE SOON COMING OF
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DUCATION -INISTRIES 7HILE INITIALLY INTENDED TO SERVE !DVENTISTS SHE SAW IT AS A MINISTRY OF HEALING TO THE WORLD 3HE WROTE h3UCH AN INSTI TUTION RIGHTLY CONDUCTED WOULD BE THE MEANS OF BRINGING OUR VIEWS BEFORE MANY WHOM IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO REACH BY THE COMMON COURSE OF ADVOCATING THE TRUTH "Y THUS BEING PLACED UNDER THE INmUENCE OF TRUTH SOME WILL NOT ONLY OBTAIN RELIEF FROM BODILY INlRMITIES BUT WILL lND A HEALING BALM FOR THEIR SIN SICK SOULS v )N RESPONSE TO THESE VISIONS !DVENTISTS BEGAN TO SHIFT TOWARD A NEW WAY OF LIVING AND A NEW WAY OF SHARING THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES 4HE HEALTH MESSAGE BECAME THE hRIGHT ARMv OF THE GOSPEL )T WAS 'OD S GUIDANCE THROUGH THE VISIONS AND DREAMS GIVEN TO %LLEN 7HITE THAT BROUGHT THIS NEW EMPHASIS %DUCATIONAL -INISTRY
"EFORE THE S MOST 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS HAD RECEIVED LITTLE FORMAL SCHOOLING 4HEY WERE HOWEVER PASSION ATELY ORIENTED TOWARD THE "IBLE AND UNDERSTANDING ITS MESSAGE 4HIS BIBLICALLY BASED ORIENTA TION GAVE A PARTICULAR FOCUS TO READING AND CLEAR THINKING )N "ATTLE #REEK #OLLEGE %LLEN 7HITE PUBLISHED 4ESTIMONY FOR THE #HURCH .O WHICH TODAY IS A PART OF HER NINE VOLUME 4ESTIMONIES FOR THE #HURCH 3HE WAS SHOWN IN VISION THE IMPORTANCE OF #HRISTIAN EDUCATION AND PARTICULARLY !DVENTIST #HRISTIAN EDUCATION )N A NEARLY PAGE ARTICLE SHE PRESENTED VARIOUS PRINCIPLES OF PROPER EDUCATION 4HIS INCLUDED SUCH THEMES AS THE IMPOR TANCE OF TEACHING CHILDREN AND YOUTH TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES AND MAKE PERSONAL MORAL DECISIONS PROPER USE OF TIME IN EDUCATION THE NEED TO CULTIVATE THE WHOLE PERSONˆMENTAL PHYSICAL MORAL AND SPIRITUAL )T ALSO LINKED HEALTH PRINCIPLES TO EDUCATION 3HE CONCLUDED THE TESTIMONY WITH THESE WORDS h4HE GREAT OBJECT OF EDUCATION IS TO ENABLE US TO BRING INTO USE THE POWERS WHICH 'OD HAS GIVEN US IN SUCH A MANNER AS WILL BEST REPRESENT THE RELIGION OF THE "IBLE AND PROMOTE THE GLORY OF 'OD 7E NEED A SCHOOL WHERE THOSE WHO ARE JUST ENTER ING THE MINISTRY MAY BE TAUGHT AT LEAST THE COMMON BRANCHES 0 ( / 4 / 3 # / 5 2 4 % 3 9 / & % , , % . ' 7 ( ) 4 % % 3 4!4 %
OF EDUCATION AND WHERE THEY MAY ALSO LEARN THE TRUTHS OF 'OD S WORD FOR THIS TIME MORE PERFECTLY v 4HIS MESSAGE LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF "ATTLE #REEK #OLLEGE IN THE lRST OF A WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF COL LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES $URING THE S ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION BECAME AN EMPHASIS AND TODAY 3EV ENTH DAY !DVENTISTS HAVE A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON EDUCATION OPERATING THE LARGEST 0ROTESTANT SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE WORLD ,IKE PUBLISHING AND HEALTH EDUCATION HAS DRAMATICALLY INmUENCED THE WAY !DVENTISTS SHARE THE GOSPEL 4HIS HAS HAPPENED THROUGH THE PROPHETIC GUIDANCE OF 'OD IN THE VISION GUIDED WRITINGS OF %LLEN 7HITE 'OD S #LEAR 'UIDANCE
3OMETIMES 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AND THOSE WHO ARE BLESSED BY THE PUBLISHING HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL MINIS TRIES OF THE CHURCH DO NOT REALIZE THAT IT WAS 'OD WHO HAS GUIDED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THESE MINISTRIES 'OD CARES ENOUGH ABOUT PEOPLE AND ABOUT EFFECTIVELY SHARING A MESSAGE OF HOPE TO A DYING WORLD THAT (E GAVE DIRECT GUIDANCE THROUGH VISIONS AND DREAMS )T IS NO WONDER THAT 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS APPRE CIATE THE WRITINGS OF %LLEN 7HITE 0ERHAPS THE MOST HELPFUL RESPONSE WOULD BE TO READ HER BOOKS 4HE -INISTRY OF (EAL ING AND %DUCATION WHICH PRESENT THE HEALTH AND EDUCA TIONAL PRINCIPLES SHE WAS SHOWN IN VISION N
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2EAD 'ENESIS 7HAT TWO TREES DID 'OD PLACE IN THE MIDST OF THE 'ARDEN OF %DEN 7HAT DO THOSE TREES REVEAL ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO CHOOSE 4HE TREE OF LIFE REPRESENTS THE SUM OF ALL OUR POSITIVE LIFE GIVING AND HEALTHY CHOICES 4HE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL REPRESENTS THE SUM OF ALL NEGATIVE LIFE DESTROYING AND UNHEALTHFUL CHOICES 4HE TWO TREES REPRE SENT TWO PATHWAYS LIFE AND DEATH
2EAD THE VERSES IN 'ENESIS 3UMMARIZE THE FOUR DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF !DAM AND %VE S CHOICE TO EAT THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL
7HEN %VE BORE #AIN SHE DECLARED h) HAVE ACQUIRED A MAN FROM THE ,ORDv 'EN !LTHOUGH #AIN WAS 'OD S GIFT TO %VE AND HE WAS RAISED BY GODLY PARENTS DID THESE FACTS ALONE GUARANTEE HE WOULD MAKE POSITIVE CHOICES 2EAD 'ENESIS 7HAT INNER ATTITUDE LED #AIN TO MAKE ONE OF THE WORST CHOICES POSSIBLE 2EAD 'ENESIS 7HAT WAS THE RESULT OF #AIN S POOR CHOICE #AIN S CHOICE AFFECTED HIM THE REST OF HIS LIFE )T ALSO AFFECTED HIS FUTURE WIFE AND CHILDREN 'ENERATIONS WERE INmUENCED BOTH BY !DAM AND %VE S SIN AND #AIN S REBELLION !LTHOUGH WE hSOW WHAT WE REAPv IN KIND WE DO NOT SOW WHAT WE REAP IN QUALITY )NDEED NO FARMERS WOULD PLANT A SINGLE GRAIN OF CORN IF THEY EXPECTED ONLY TO GET A SINGLE GRAIN BACK IN
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4HE PROPHET $ANIEL IS WELL KNOWN FOR MAKING WISE CHOICES 2EAD $ANIEL 7HAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THOSE CHOICES $ANIEL S STEADFAST PURPOSE AND UNSWERVING OBEDIENCE TO 'OD RESULTED IN POSITIVE CHOICES THAT PREPARED HIM TO BE ESPECIALLY USED BY 'OD IN INmUENCING THE ENTIRE "ABYLONIAN AND -EDO 0ERSIAN EMPIRES
2EAD %XODUS AND *OSHUA 7HEN )SRAEL FACED A MORAL CRISIS IN THE DAYS OF -OSES AND LATER IN THE TIME OF *OSHUA WHAT TWO POWERFUL APPEALS WERE MADE BY THESE COURAGEOUS MEN OF 'OD %VEN WHEN THE )SRAELITES WERE SHACKLED IN THE BONDS OF IDOLATRY INDIVIDUALS COULD STILL MAKE POSITIVE CHOICES TO BE FREE FROM THE SLAVERY OF SIN .O MATTER HOW MANY POOR CHOICES WE HAVE MADE IT S NEVER TOO LATE TO BEGIN MAKING RIGHT CHOICES
2EAD THE FOLLOWING PROMISES *OHN 2OMANS 'ALATIANS 0HILIPPIANS &ROM WHERE DO WE GET THE POWER TO MAKE RIGHT CHOICES AND ULTIMATELY PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE 7HICH OF THESE PROMISES MEANS THE MOST TO YOU 4HE SAME (OLY 3PIRIT WHO CONVICTS US OF SIN AND PROMPTS US TO MAKE RIGHT CHOICES DOES NOT LEAVE US ALONE WHEN WE MAKE THEM !LTHOUGH WE MAY DESIRE TO DO RIGHT AND CHOOSE TO DO RIGHT WITHOUT THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT WE CANNOT CARRY OUT OUR DESIRES 4HE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL EMPOWER OUR CHOICES 7HEN WE CHOOSE TO DO RIGHT THE (OLY 3PIRIT TRANSLATES OUR CHOICES INTO ACTION N
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