It’s All About Jesus: The Ultimate Perspective on Serving Others BY ALBERTO VALENZUELA
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hen someone asks me what I believe, in my reply I always want to indicate that it’s all about Jesus. Not just to emphasize that I’m a Christian before
anything else, but to point to Jesus as the source of all that we believe as Adventists. For example, when it comes to talking about the seventh-day Sabbath, I want to remind people that Jesus said He was Lord of the Sabbath (Matthew 12:8), that He rested in the tomb on the Sabbath (Matthew 28:1), and that as Creator (John 1:3) He was the one who rested on the seventh day and made the Sabbath holy (Genesis 2:1-3). Or, if it’s about the “Adventist” part of our name, it’s not simply “the Second Advent.” It’s the Second Advent of Jesus. That’s so important—never leave that part out! The same goes for all our beliefs. Creation. of the dead. It’s all about Jesus!
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