Keepers of the Kingdom - Standing Strong in Today's Battle for Truth. July 14-18, from 9 - 11:45 AM at Niles Westside Adventist Church (1105 Grant St, Niles) for kids in Pre-K (age 4) - 6th grade. Please register early online at www.nileswestside.org. Email nileswestsidevbs@gmail.com or call 269-683-5998 with questions.
Galaxy Three: Why What Is Happening a Billion Light Years Away Right Now Matters to You
Galaxy Three: Recruiting Like ISIS for Melchizedek
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Dwight K. NelsonDwight Nelson served as lead pastor of the Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University from 1983 to 2023. During his time at Pioneer he spoke on the “New Perceptions” telecast, taught at the theological seminary and has written books, including The Chosen. He and his wife, Karen, are blessed with two married children and 2 granddaughters.
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“Galaxy Three: Recruiting Like ISIS for Melchizedek”
- M = M (Hebrews 5:5/Psalm 2)
- M = M (Hebrews 5:6/Psalm 110:1, 2, 4)
- M = M (Psalm 110:3)
- Psalm 110:3—“Your troops will be willing on your day of . Arrayed in holy splendor your will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.” (NIV/NRSV)
- Derek Kidner: Psalm 110:3 describes “a splendid , silently and suddenly mobilized.”
- NIV Study Bible: “If [v 3] speaks of the warriors who flock to him [the Messiah], it apparently describes them as dressed in priestly garb, ready for participation in a , and pouring into his camp morning by morning as copious as the dew.”
- M = M (Hebrews 7:25/Mark 16:15)
- And who are these young fighters? They are —young warriors who pledge allegiance to the Messiah’s mission to “seek and save the lost.
- Ellen White: “With such an of workers as our , rightly trained, might furnish, how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming Saviour might be carried to the whole world! How soon might the end come—the end of suffering and sorrow and sin!” (Education 271)
- Vicit agnus noster, eum sequamur—“Our Lamb has conquered, him let us follow.”
“Here am I—send me”
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Author Melvin Santos Speaking: For the longest time, in my early years, I quietly disagreed with this Bible passage in Acts 20, “I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” (Acts 20:35, NKJV).
I wondered how people can say, “I receive a blessing when I give.” On the contrary, in my younger years, I always enjoyed receiving gifts. To pay for the gift and give it to someone wouldn’t bring me joy. That would cost me time and money.
When I fell in love, got married, and had children, I finally learned that when you’re in love, there is a greater joy in giving gifts to your wife and children. I would do anything for them because I love them.
Then I understood that this is the Spirit of Christ, who sacrificed all to share His love with us. When I participate in giving, or helping someone in need who cannot reciprocate the deed or pay me back, I’m sharing the love of Jesus. Now, that’s the heart of Jesus.
Just seeing the smiles on my family’s faces was enough for me to experience this passage, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Today, let’s share our gifts with a generous heart.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries