Welcome to the Vegan Brownie Tastes Great post. You can modify this recipe with many different options. Just click on the short video below to see how easy and fast you can make this healthy dessert.
Vegan Brownie Tastes Great Ingredients
1 and 1/2 Cups Firm Tofu, Crumbled
1 Cup Pure Maple Syrup
1/2 Cup Honey
1/4 Cup Pure Water
Mix 3 Tablespoons of Chia Seeds In 6 Tablespoons of Pure Water. Let Stand For 5 Minutes.
2 and 1/2 Cups Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
1 Cup Carob Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Real Salt
1 Cup Chopped Walnuts
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a 9 x 13 glass baking pan and set it aside. We use an organic canola oil spray we get at our local Costco warehouse.
Place the tofu, water, maple syrup, soaked chia seeds, honey and water in a blender and process until completely smooth.
Place the flour, carob powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Stir the ingredients together until they are thoroughly mixed.
Pour the blended mixture into the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl. Stir them until they are both well combined. Now add the chopped walnuts in and stir thoroughly.
Now pour the batter into your greased pan. Bake on the center rack of the oven for 35 to 40 minutes. You can insert a cake tester in the center and check to see if the brownies are cooked all the way.
Set the pan out on your counter and let the brownies cool in the pan. Cut and serve. In the summer, putting a scoop of vegan ice cream on top would be a nice treat.
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Welcome to the Vegan Banana Bread post. You can make this delicious recipe quickly by following this healthy recipe. Click on my video below to see how easy it is to make.
Making healthy vegan banana bread does not take long. Just follow this recipe and cook the bread at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. I turned off the oven and let the bread cool down inside the oven for another 15 minutes. The bread was cooked all the way through when I pulled it out of the oven.
Ingredients for Vegan Banana Bread
In a Large Mixing Bowl, Add These Dry Ingredients:
1 and 1/4 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Cup Brown Sugar ( You Can Use Any Alternative Like Pure Maple Syrup )
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Salt
Optional Ingredient:
1/3 Cup of Cocoa Or Carob Powder ( Gives Bread a Slight Taste of Chocolate )
Whisk all the dry ingredients together. Make sure all the clumps from the brown sugar are broken up.
Wet Ingredients for Vegan Banana Bread
In another mixing bowl:
2 Large Or 3 Small Ripe Bananas
1 Tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar
1/3 Cup Coconut Oil
Thoroughly mix all of your wet ingredients until they are liquid like.
Preheat Your Oven to 350 Farenheit or 175 Celsius. Take some canola oil and lightly spray the inside of your loaf baking pan.
Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients and Thoroughly Mix until you have a dough like batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Let cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting a slice. Enjoy eating this healthy vegan banana bread.
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Welcome to the Does Grace Alone Save Me post. Eternal life is a free gift from God through His Son Jesus Christ. Learn more by clicking on the video below.
When I first came into a relationship with Jesus Christ, I gave God most of my problems. I made a mistake of hanging on to some abuse problems that I experienced during childhood.
I grew up in the Southern part of the United States and most people identified as Christian. I do remember we had a large family Bible on a piece of furniture but I do not ever remember opening the Bible up and reading it as a child or young man.
I did grow up with the fundamental concept of a Supreme Being, Higher Power or God so I was not an atheist. When I graduated from high school, I left church and rarely set foot in another church until I was in my early 40’s.
In 2004, I had a major emotional and mental trauma that was a result of childhood abuse that was never resolved. God prompted me to begin reading the Bible everyday. I followed a simple reading plan that began in Genesis and ended in Revelation in a year.
Does Grace Alone Save Me ?
To answer the question, I need to qualify conditions. The Bible, which is the Word of God says in Ephesians 2:8:
Ephesians 2:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
So according to the Bible, yes Grace alone saves me. My works can never be good enough to save me.
Isaiah 64:6:
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
The Apostle Paul writes in Romans 3:10:
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one”.
A Born Christian goes through a 3 step process in the Christian Walk:
Justification
Sanctification
Glorification
Justification
Justification begins the moment the human soul reaches out to Jesus Christ and acknowledges their need for forgiveness from sins. The process finally happened for me when I cried out to God in May 2016. I was miserable and very unhappy about bad decisions I had made in my life. In prayer that morning, I asked God to take my life. I felt peace come into my heart and mind right away and the chains of 50 years were broken instantly.
Sanctification
Sanctification is the process that began right after I had surrendered my life and will to Jesus Christ. My life is my actions and my will is my thinking. Every day I have been going through the cleansing process as God removes the impurities of my heart and life and replaces my character with the character of Jesus Christ. I will be going through this process until I die or Jesus Christ returns with HIS whole host of Angels.
The way I grow in Jesus Christ is through daily prayer and studying the Bible. When a person comes to Jesus Christ, they enter into the best relationship that human being can ever experience. When you love someone, you want to spend time with them. This is how the personal relationship with Jesus Christ should be. I make conscious contact with Jesus as soon as I wake up in the morning.
“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.”
In my Christian walk, I have not been perfect. Jesus made provision for us. If we sin, we have an Advocate that waits to hear us repent and ask for Forgiveness.
1 John 1:9
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
I attend worship services at church every week because I need to worship God on a regular basis. I get filled up by being in fellowship with other believers.
Glorification
The last stage of the Christian walk occurs when Jesus Christ returns. Jesus will first call the Righteous Dead who are sleeping in their graves. Then Jesus will gather the Righteous Living and we will meet the Lord Jesus in the air with His Whole Host of Angels. Read 1 Thessalonians 4 to understand how Jesus will call His People.
The Bible teaches that we will put on new bodies at His Second Coming. This is the Glorification process. I am looking forward to giving up this sin filled body with its scars, pains, and injuries.
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A born again Christian that has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ will turn from sin and understand what Jesus wrote in Matthew 7:21-23:
I Never Knew You
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Jesus made provision for people like the Thief on the Cross and for people that accept Jesus on their death beds. By Grace alone Jesus accepts these people because they do not have time to go through the Sanctification process. If you do come to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and do not develop that relationship, I feel that we risk hearing what Jesus preached in the paragraph above from Matthew 7. I was risking eternal life all the years that I said I was a Christian but still hung on to some sins that I did not want to stop doing.
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Believe in Jesus Christ and Be Saved is a post about finding a path to having eternal life which is a free gift. To believe or not believe is the biggest decision any human will ever face. If you have trouble believing that Jesus Christ:
1. Was the Son of God
2. Rose from the Dead
3. Is the Bridge for Fallen Man to Be Restored to God
4. Christianity Is the Love Religion
Consider these facts:
Human nature is such that a person would never lay down their life as a martyr for something that was not true. In Acts 4 and 5, Peter & the Apostles were preaching to the Jews in the Temple about the Risen Savior that they had seen with their own eyes. The rest of their lives was spent preaching about Jesus. All of the Apostles suffered tremendously and were persecuted by the same Jewish rulers that put Jesus to death.
Just a few weeks earlier they had run from Jesus when He was taken by the authorities to be crucified. Also remember that no body was ever found & it was impossible for anyone to steal Jesus’ body due to the circumstances of soldiers guarding the tomb.
The Bible has so much to offer us in this world of chaos. Follow Jesus and get a glimpse of Him by reading the small book of 1 John ( it is in the back of your Bible ) daily for 2 weeks and I guarantee it will have a large impact on your life. I ask for the Holy Spirit to guide my understanding & reading of His Word.
Archaeological Science validates the Bible so you can believe in the authenticity of the scriptures. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1946 in a desert area of the West Bank just a couple of kilometers from the Dead Sea. These scrolls were preserved in the arid climate. The scrolls contain the Old Testament with the exception of the Book of Esther.
Scientists use the Bible to go and seek out new places to uncover ancient artifacts.
One other powerful note about the Bible is that it is a book that tells of real people that existed and the serious problems these people experienced. King Solomon was the wisest man who has ever lived & he recognized his sinfulness as did his son King David. David committed adultery & had a man murdered & the Bible exposes it all.
John 1:1 from the New King James Version:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
It is smart to believe in the Bible & the power found in God’s Word. I hope that you have benefited reading my post Believe in Jesus Christ and Be Saved.
Welcome to the Jesus Christ Was Silent post. The following scriptures and comments were given by Pastor Merrill Caviness of the Riverside Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church on Sabbath, 4 April 2020 on the internet due to the Corona or Covid19 virus.
Jesus Christ Was Silent
Turn in your Bibles to Matthew 27:11-13.
Matthew 27:11-13 New King James Version (NKJV)
Jesus Faces Pilate
11 Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.” 12 And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.
13 Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?”
Let us look at page 734 in the Desire of Ages manuscript written by Ellen White, the most published American woman.
“Jesus was taken, faint with weariness and covered with wounds, and scourged in the sight of the multitude. And the soldiers led Him away into the hall, called Praetorium, and they call together the whole band. And they clothed Him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about His head, and began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews!
And they … did spit upon Him, and bowing their knees worshiped Him. Occasionally some wicked hand snatched the reed that had been placed in His hand, and struck the crown upon His brow, forcing the thorns into His temples, and sending the blood trickling down His face and beard. Wonder, O heavens! and be astonished, O earth! Behold the oppressor and the oppressed.
A maddened throng enclose the Savior of the world. Mocking and jeering are mingled with the coarse oaths of blasphemy. His lowly birth and humble life are commented upon by the unfeeling mob. His claim to be the Son of God is ridiculed, and the vulgar jest and insulting sneer are passed from lip to lip. Satan led the cruel mob in its abuse of the Savior. It was his purpose to provoke Him to retaliation if possible, or to drive Him to perform a miracle to release Himself, and thus break up the plan of salvation.
One stain upon His human life, one failure of His humanity to endure the terrible test, and the Lamb of God would have been an imperfect offering, and the redemption of man a failure. But He who by a command could bring the heavenly host to His aid—He who could have driven that mob in terror from His sight by the flashing forth of His divine majesty—submitted with perfect calmness to the coarsest insult and outrage.
Christ’s enemies had demanded a miracle as evidence of His divinity. They had evidence far greater than any they had sought. As their cruelty degraded His torturers below humanity into the likeness of Satan, so did His meekness and patience exalt Jesus above humanity, and prove His kinship to God. His abasement was the pledge of His exaltation. The blood drops of agony that from His wounded temples flowed down His face and beard were the pledge of His anointing with “the oil of gladness ( Hebrews 1:9 ) as our great high priest.
Now look at Matthew 27:15-23
Matthew 27:15-23 New King James Version (NKJV)
Taking the Place of Barabbas
15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. 16 And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 17 Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” 18 For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.
19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”
20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”
They said, “Barabbas!”
22 Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”
They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”
23 Then the governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?”
But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”
The name Barabbas in Hebrew means son of the father.
Jesus is the Son of the Father God. Which Son of the father will you chose?
Matthew 27:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it.”
We see in verse 24 that Pilate washes his hands as he could not find Jesus guilty of anything. The religious rulers stirred up the crowd to the point that Pilate gave in to the religious authorities call to crucify Jesus of Nazareth. Friends, we all have blood on our hands. It is incredible that Jesus Christ Was Silent. HE left heaven to come and save mankind from their sins.
Now let us turn to Luke 23:39-43.
Luke 23:39-43
39 Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.”
40 But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.” 42 Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”
43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
The Roman soldiers took everything from Jesus, even the clothes HE wore. The Roman soldiers could not take HIS Power to save the repentant thief on the Cross.
Friends, the World can take away everything from us but the world can never take away our relationship with Jesus Christ. During this time of the Corona Virus, China Virus or COVID19 Virus outbreak, many people feel that their freedoms have been taken away. How are you using the time at your home?
My wife Patricia and I are spending more time in prayer each day. I have gotten rid of some of my ‘stuff’ also. We are getting our exercise each day, studying the Bible each day and making healthy food. Let us know how you liked the Jesus Christ Was Silent post by commenting below. You can also read other messages in our Spiritual Category by clicking the link below.
Welcome to the Stabilized Allicin post. Everyone needs to have nature’s powerful antibiotic to help boost the bodies immune system during the Corona Virus, COVID19, China Virus outbreak in 2020. Click on the You Tube video below for the amazing benefits you can experience.
Stabilized Allicin
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Welcome to the Why Does God Allow Corona COVID 19 Virus & Wickedness post. I suggest that you study your Bible to understand where evil comes from and read the Great Controversy between good and evil. Click on the You Tube video below for a synopsis of the reason evil happens.
Turn in your Bible to 2 Chronicles 7:13-14.
2 Chronicles 7:13-14
When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Why Does God Allow Corona COVID 19 Virus & Wickedness
God gave man the Ten Commandments to serve as a protective
shield, not a burden to bear. Sadly, most of the Christian world is teaching
people that you do not have to keep the 10 Commandments.
But what does the Bible say? Repeatedly in the Bible you
will find verses like David wrote in the Psalms.
Psalms 19:7
“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony
of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.”
James 1:25
“But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and
continues in it and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one
will be blessed in what he does.”
Understanding what was nailed to the cross if very important for the sincere follower of Jesus Christ. Moses Law was nailed to the cross. We no longer need to sacrifice animals or keep any of the ordinances that the Hebrews kept to be saved.
I totally believe that the only thing that saves me is the
shed blood of Jesus Christ on the Cruel Roman Cross at Golgotha. I am saved by
His Grace alone as Martin Luther and Paul both preached in Ephesians 2:8-9.
Ephesians 2:8-9
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and
that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should
boast.”
Turn back to Deuteronomy 4:39-40
Deuteronomy 4:39-40
“Therefore, know this day, and consider it in your heart,
that the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is
no other. 40 You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I
command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after
you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving
you for all time.”
Now let us hear the words straight from Jesus Christ mouth
in John 14:15:
John 14:15
“If you love me, keep MY Commandments.”
One of the best messages that I have heard about whether we need to keep God’s Commandments is this message from Pastor Doug Batchelor. Just click on the You Tube box below to hear his sermon.
Once I discovered God’s Word found in the Bible, I was set free. I can go through serious life issues not in fear, but I am able to walk in faith. I trust what Jesus said.
We need revival in our land. As of 28 March 2020, the United States has more cases of Corona Virus than any other nation. We see from God’s word that if we humble ourselves, repent and pray, God will heal our land.
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Many people in the world today have a problem with organized religion.
You have a right to believe as you chose. Freedom of religion is a cherished right for people in the USA, Canada and other nations in the world.
I believe your problem is valid if you struggle with the Christianity of today.
I would be an atheist myself if I had to chose from over 99 % of the faith based organizations that call themselves a Christian church.
Many years ago when I was lost, I would sometimes turn on what is known as a television preacher.
I am not here to denounce anyone. The way I was saved myself was from another Christian witnessing with me one on one in a small Bible study.
Problem with Organized Religion
Over 99 % of Christian churches today teach doctrines that are not found in the Holy Bible.
These churches are based on their traditions & practices.
Christianity for the first 200 years after Jesus was crucified was centered on preaching the Gospel message of Jesus Christ.
Jesus taught us what God wants us to know. Jesus Prayed & Jesus Loved
We are to Love One Another. These two key principles Christians should be demonstrating in the world.
Disciples & Apostles like Paul went out preaching Jesus Christ crucified for our sins.
The old covenant with Israel of Animal Sacrifice for forgiveness of sins was no longer necessary.
Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God.
Every single human being born on this planet needs a Savior because there are 10 Commandments in the Bible.
Every single person falls short of keeping God’s Law perfectly so that is why Jesus came to take our place as our Attorney & He is also our Judge.
If you have ever been angry with another person, you have broken the commandment of not murdering.
Being angry against someone else is the same thing as murdering them in your mind.
The commandment of thou shall not covet is also the one where everyone falls short.
How can someone follow Jesus’s example and grow into a close personal relationship with God?
Read the Holy Bible.
Jesus kept God’s Holy Sabbath Day & went to church & read the Scriptures which was the Old Testament of the Bible.
When you open your Bible, Ask God to give you a clear mind & to show you what HE wants you to learn.
Here are the Benefits of reading your Bible:
1. Grow Your Spiritual Life 2. Learn Why There Is Death, Pain, Suffering, & Strife In the World & Who Is the Source of all these things. 3. Learn About the Health Message That God Wants You to Live a Long & Healthy Life 4. You Will Reflect Divinity to Others 5. You Will Bless Others 6. You Will Live a Life That Is Full of Peace As All Sin, Sickness, & Death Will Be No More at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. 7. You Will Be Able to Lead Others to the Foot of the Cross & Help Them Be Assured of Eternal Life. 8. You Will Only Die Once, not Twice
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Welcome to the What If Jesus Really Means What He Says post. This message was given by Larry Wright on Sabbath, 29 February 2020 at Riverside Seventh-day Adventist church in Washougal, Washington.
Turn in your Bible to Ephesians 2:8-10
Ephesians 2:8-10
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not
of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which
God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
God takes the blame for everything you ever did or will do
wrong and HE will give you credit for everything He did right.
Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.”
Do not think that being a Christian means living in a big
house, driving the latest model car or having an easy life. Just look at what
happened to Jesus’s Disciples.
James was the first Disciple to be martyred when he was
executed by Herod in 44 AD
Peter was hanged upside down on a Roman Cross in 66 AD
Paul was beheaded the same year in Rome.
Andrew was crucified in Greece.
Thomas was pierced through by 4 soldiers in India.
Luke was martyred in 84 AD. He was a Gentile Physician that
wrote one of the Gospels as well as the Book of Acts.
Philip had a powerful
ministry in Carthage in North Africa and then in Asia Minor, where he converted
the wife of a Roman proconsul. In retaliation the proconsul had Philip arrested
and cruelly put to death. Philip kept preaching while he hung on the cross.
John is the only one of the company generally thought to have died a natural death from old age. He was the leader of the church in the Ephesus area and is said to have taken care of Mary the mother of Jesus in his home. During Domitian’s persecution in the middle 90’s, he was exiled to the island of Patmos. There he is credited with writing the last book of the New Testament–the Revelation. An early Latin tradition has him escaping unhurt after being cast into boiling oil at Rome.
Turn in your Bible to Luke 9:24.
Luke 9:24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
We want to do amazing things for God. Our human condition is the reason for the major fundamental issue of trying to do God’s Job.
The following statement is my own personal thoughts and not the words of the presenter Larry Wright.
Most of my life, I have struggled with what is known as self-will. It is very important for me to surrender first thing in the morning. I ask for the Holy Spirit to guide my thoughts, words, deeds, actions and mind. Daniel Parsons
Our job is to:
1. Surrender
2. Submit
3. Consecrate
What If Jesus Really Means What He Says
Did Noah look foolish building a boat? He preached for 120
years and then God closed the door on the ark Noah built and the rain started.
Did Sarah look foolish buying maternity clothes at age 90?
Did Moses look foolish asking Pharaoh to leave Egypt to pray
in the wilderness?
Did Joshua look foolish marching around the walls of
Jericho?
Did David look foolish fighting Goliath, a man twice his
size?
Did the Wise Men look foolish following a star?
Did Peter look foolish when he stepped out of the boat in
the middle of the sea?
Did Jesus look foolish hanging half naked on a cross?
Noah understood why God had him built an ark when the rain
came and did not stop.
Sarah understood God more when she had a baby late in her
life.
Moses saw God working when Pharaoh let the Hebrew people go.
Joshua saw the walls of Jericho fall.
David killed Goliath and became King later in his life.
Wise Men met the Messiah.
Peter walked on water while he kept his eyes on Jesus.
Jesus rose from the dead.
Friend, it is time to stop living to arrive safely at our
death. The purpose of Life is to surrender to Jesus Christ . It is normal for a
human to be fully committed.
Do you believe what God has promised?
Do you trust God with your life?
God is calling you and me. He has called, is calling now,
and will continue to call you.
The real question is: Will you answer?
We either deny self or deny Christ. What is your choice
today?
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Welcome to the God Wants to Use You Message. This post contains sermon notes from Pastor John Wesslen’ s sermon given at Orchards Seventh-day Adventist church in Vancouver, Washington on Sabbath, 15 October 2016.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the
Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Verse 14
I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
William Miller married Lucy Smith in 1803. The couple had
five children and were farmers. God blessed the Millers and they became
wealthy. William read all the books he could in the local library in New
England.
Miller had doubts about everything he learned in church as a child. His family were Baptists. Miller lived from 1782 until 1849 so he grew up when the United States was a new nation. Many of the Founding Fathers of the USA were Deists. A Deist is a person that has belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.
William believed in being a trustworthy citizen in his local
area, in the State of New York and for the Federal Government. He served as a Constable.
William also signed up for the War of 1812 and he became a Captain in the Army.
During the Battle of Plattsburg, a rocket came down 2 feet from William. William
was injured and the two men next to him were killed.
Miller began thinking about his Deist beliefs. One weekend he was invited to his Baptist church to read a sermon when the Pastor was unavailable. Miller became curious and started studying the Bible. Miller discovered Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.
God Wants to Use You Message
Soon the Deist friends of William Miller thought Miller had lost his mind. Miller studied the Bible for 2 years. Miller used a Concordance and studied all the Bible Prophecies about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Going out into the churches of New England to teach Bible Prophecy
was not what the reserved conservative war veteran William Miller wanted to do.
Miller said a prayer to God: “If someone comes and asks me to preach, I will go”.
Just 30 minutes later, Miller’s nephew comes over and tells
Miller the Baptist Church in Northampton asked him to preach on Sunday. Then another
village asked Miller to come and preach the following Sunday. Then Miller was
invited to Boston to preach. As a result of William Miller answering God’s
Call, everyone in New England learned about Bible Prophecy.
Miller led the Millerite movement. Many of his discoveries from studying the Bible form some of the Doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist Christian church today.
On 22 October 1844, Miller and hundreds of thousands of
people were expecting the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Miller had studied the
Prophecies in the book of Daniel and calculated that Jesus was coming back. The
day is now known as the Great Disappointment.
Miller and the people that kept studying with him soon
discovered that the date was correct, but they misinterpreted what the year 1844
was about. Jesus Christ entered the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary
and ministers to us now. Jesus is answering our prayers and we are going
through the Investigative Judgment right now.
Here are the Takeaways for us today.
Deism Does Not Work For Anyone
Merely Being a Good Patriot Does Not Either
Citizenship Here Is Not Important
Citizenship In Heaven Is important
Bible Study Brings Great Rewards
God Reveals Prophecy In the Written Word, the Bible
God Can and Will Use Us Even If We Make Mistakes
God Calls Men and Women to Teach Others About Jesus
You Will Seek Me and Find Me If You Search With All of Your Heart
Miller Served God the Rest of His Life
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Welcome to the Unpardonable Sin By Bill McClendon post. This article is a series of Bible verses that Pastor Bill preached on Sabbath, 22 February 2020 at the Adventist Community Church of Vancouver.
To find out what the unpardonable sin is, turn in your Bible to Matthew 12:30-32.
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not
gather with Me scatters abroad.
The Unpardonable Sin
31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be
forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32
Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but
whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in
this age or in the age to come.”
Now go to John 16:13.
John 16:13
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will
guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but
whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
Now go to Psalms 119:105.
Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
John 8:31
The Truth Shall Make You Free
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you
abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.”
John 12:35
Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is
with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who
walks in darkness does not know where he is going.”
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
With all unrighteous deception among those who perish,
because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should
believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the
truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
John 16:7-8
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage
that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but
if I depart, I will send Him to you. 8 And when He has come, He will convict
the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
Revelation 1:3
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this
prophecy and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.
John 3:19
This is the condemnation, that the light has come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 9:41
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no
sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore, your sin remains.”
James 4:17
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it,
to him it is sin.
Hebrews 10:26-27
For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge
of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain
fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the
adversaries.
Hebrews 6:4-6
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,
and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy
Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to
come, 6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they
crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether
Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one
Spirit.
Acts 7:51-53
Israel Resists the Holy Spirit
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears!
You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of
the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold
the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and
murderers, 53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not
kept it.”
What causes indecision? Why do people not make a decision to
accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior? Go to Matthew 10:36-38.
Matthew 10:36-38
‘A man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
Power of One Decision
Jesus made a decision to come to earth from heaven and live a perfect life as a human being. HE did this so HE could save the souls of the people who believe in Him.
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Welcome to the Four Lessons from Naaman the Syrian post. The post is a synopsis of the sermon given on Sabbath, 3 September 2016 by Pastor Mike Bauler at Know the Bible church in Portland, Oregon.
Turn in your Bibles to 2 Kings 5:1-16
Naaman’s Leprosy Healed
Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was
a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the LORD
had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper. 2
And the Syrians had gone out on raids and had brought back captive a young girl
from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 Then she said to her
mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he
would heal him of his leprosy.” 4 And Naaman went in and told his master,
saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.”
5 Then the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a
letter to the king of Israel.”
So, he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, six
thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 6 Then he brought the
letter to the king of Israel, which said,
Now be advised, when this letter comes to you, that I have
sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy.
7 And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter,
that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this
man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore, please consider,
and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.”
8 So it was, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king
of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you
torn your clothes? Please let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a
prophet in Israel.”
9 Then Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and he stood at the door of Elisha’s house. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.” 11 But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, “Indeed, I said to myself, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.’ 12 Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So, he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 14 So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides,
and came and stood before him; and he said, “Indeed, now I know that there is
no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take a gift
from your servant.”
16 But he said, “As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I
will receive nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.
Naaman is mentioned in the Gospel of Luke when Jesus was in
Nazareth.
Luke 4:16-30
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And
as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up
to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had
opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
20 Then He closed the book and gave it back to the attendant
and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your
hearing.” 22 So all bore witness to Him and marveled at the gracious words
which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”
23 He said to them, “You will surely say this proverb to Me,
‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your country.’ ” 24 Then He
said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country. 25
But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when
the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine
throughout all the land; 26 but to none of them was Elijah sent except to
Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And many
lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was
cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”
28 So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these
things, were filled with [e]wrath, 29 and rose up and thrust Him out of the
city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built,
that they might throw Him down over the cliff. 30 Then passing through the
midst of them, He went His way.
What can we learn by studying the Four Lessons From Naaman
the Syrian?
1. It is a Story of Faith. Naaman finally humbled himself
and washed in the Jordan river and was healed.
When God promises us something in His Word, it will happen. Are we acting on faith regarding God’s Promises or are we acting on faith that God’s Promises will happen? The main principle is to Take God’s Promises in your heart and surrender fully to walk by faith.
2. Naaman’s Pride Was Hurt When Elisha Would Not Heal.
Humans need to feel free and clean in our souls, our insides. Naaman needed
cleansing of his inner soul. Naaman’s cleansing and healing is the First
Baptism in the Bible. Seven times Naaman washed in the Jordan River. The number
seven in the Bible represents Wholeness.
True Conversion is about cleansing the selfishness we all
suffer from at times. Naaman returned without his pride and sought cleansing of
his soul. This is the lesson of the True Gospel.
Turn to Acts 22:16.
Now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash
away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
3. Naaman Received the Holy Spirit.
Turn back to 2 Kings 5:16-17
But he said, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will
receive nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.
17 So Naaman said, “Then, if not, please let your servant be given two mule-loads of earth; for your servant will no longer offer either burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods, but to the Lord.
4. Naaman Lived Up to All the Light He Had Received. Ellen
White’s book Acts of the Apostles page 416 says:
“Few realize the full meaning of the words that Christ
spoke when, in the synagogue at Nazareth, He announced Himself as the Anointed
One. He declared His mission to comfort, bless, and save the sorrowing and the
sinful; and then, seeing that pride and unbelief controlled the hearts of His
hearers, He reminded them that in time past God had turned away from His chosen
people because of their unbelief and rebellion, and had manifested Himself to
those in heathen lands who had not rejected the light of heaven. The widow of
Sarepta and Naaman the Syrian had lived up to all the light they had; hence
they were accounted more righteous than God’s chosen people who had backslidden
from Him and had sacrificed principle to convenience and worldly honor. “
How do we use the Light we have received? There were many
lepers in Israel, but only Naaman the Syrian was healed.
Two Major Teachings from This Story Are:
1. Do Not Have Preconceived Ideas About the Bible.
2. Walk In the Light You Have Received.
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Welcome to the Carob Cup Cakes post. This is a delicious recipe created by my wife Patricia Parsons. You can add other ingredients or modify this recipe to fit your taste. Click On Our Video Below for Simple Directions.
Carob Cup Cake Ingredients
3
Tablespoons of Chia Seeds
6 Tablespoons
of Cold Water
1 and ½ Cups Fresh Squeezed Organic Orange Juice
3/4 Cup of Organic Carob Powder
1/2 Cup of Organic Whole Wheat Flour
3/4 Cup of Organic Oat Flour
3/4 Cup of Organic Almond Flour
1/4 Cup of Cold Pressed Organic Olive Oil
1/2 Cup of Raw Honey Or Pure Maple Syrup
One Teaspoon
of Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
One Teaspoon of Baking Soda
Directions
Soak 3 Tablespoons of Chia Seeds with 6 Tablespoons of Cold Water. Mix and let sit for 5 minutes.
Add 1 and ½ Cups Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice and Mix with the Chia Seeds.
Add ¾ Cup of Organic Carob Powder and Mix.
Add 1 Cup of Organic Whole Wheat Flour and ½ Cup of Organic Oat Flour and ½ Cup Almond Flour Or Any Flour You Choose. Mix with Other Ingredients.
Add ¼ Cup of Cold Pressed Olive Oil.
Add ½ Cup of Honey Or Pure Organic Maple Syrup and Mix.
If You See That the Batter Is Very Thick, Add a Little Water and Stir.
Add One Teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar On the Top of the Batter.
Add One Teaspoon of Baking Soda On the Top of the Apple Cider Vinegar.
Mix All of the Ingredients Slowly.
Immediately Put In Your Cup Cake Molds and Place In the Cup Cake Baking Sheet.
Bake In a Preheated Oven at 350 Degrees for 25 Minutes. Put a Toothpick In to Check If the Center Is Cooked. Then Let Sit for 30 Minutes to Cool. Put In an Air Tight Container to Store for Up to a Week.
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Welcome to the When We Pray God Works post. This post contains the sermon given by Tammara Daniel at Riverside Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church in Washougal, Washington on Sabbath, 1 February 2020.
Tammara leads the Prayer Ministry at the Riverside Church. Our church has developed small group ministries to help disciple current members and make the church a place for people searching for hope and truth can come. Tammara shared her testimony with the church.
Turn in your Bibles to the Gospel of Matthew.
Matthew 24:14
This gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Now turn to Ephesians 3:20.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or imagine, according to the power that works in us.
When We Pray, God Works. God Moves Heaven to minister to His Children.
Now turn to Psalms 91.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall find protection; His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall. 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day; 6 nor of the pestilence that pursues in darkness, nor of the destruction that strikes at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you. 8 Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling, 10 there shall be no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your tent; 11 for He shall give His angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways. 12 They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone. 13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, and I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.
Now turn to John 10:27-29.
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 I give them eternal life. They shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them from My Father’s hand.
One of the first evangelists was the Samaritan woman at the well. She knew that she had met a prophet after talking with Jesus. She evangelized her whole town right away.
Now turn to John 4:39.
Many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.”
Prayer Works
Tammara felt God’s call to the Seventh-day Adventist church because she wanted to follow the Bible. She had grown up in another Christian denomination.
For many years, Tammara’s heart longed for her father to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Tammara kept praying even when her father was not responding. As her father grew older, Tammara kept praying. One day her father asked her to study the Bible. He finally accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior.
Tammara prays for every student that attends Riverside Christian school and for every member that attends the church on Thursdays.
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