The Learned

What's wrong with Seventh Day Adventists? I'm interdenominational and have met really amazing Seventh Day Adventists I have high regard for. They're just a different denomination, not cults. I've read a couple of articles but still don't see anything wrong with SDAs. They still believe in faith and grace. A cult will add or subtract from the Word of God. They don't add or subtract. A cult would deny Jesus as both 100% man and 100% God. They don't deny that. So they're no more considered cults as some think. Just a different denomination. Their extreme teachings aren't extreme enough to fall into the "cult" category. They're not JW or Mormons. Also, the writer of some of these online articles I've read against the SDAs are also questionable. But that's a different topic altogether. They never said Ellen White's writings are equal to the Bible. They said the revelation and inspiration behind it-- meaning the Holy Spirit. Meani...

When I teach anyone devotion, I always ask, "Whose voice do you hear when you read? Don't hear your own voice reading. Hear His voice speaking to you."

Dissect as many dead creatures she can get her hands on. Have tons of pets - various varieties and paired so they multiply and she can raise them from birth or egg. When they get sick, have her scope the garden for various weeds and plants she thinks could be a herb, download the plant app to identify it, then Google it's health benefits. Look for cures in your backyard.

 I represent the class of 2016.  First and foremost, I would like to appreciate the people who brought this day into being: God, who never fails and makes sure we never really do; Rev. Dr. Dexter and Lily Low, my parents, who have poured not just knowledge but spirit, heart, and soul –their lives– into all of us –we truly hope we have lived up to your standards; and all our other lecturers who have been coming from all over the world whose hearts were to make us the signs and wonders God has intended us to be– you are all true servants of the living God. Thank you for those sleepless nights and invaluable insight that superceeds the treasures of the world. [pause] Not all of us are here because we earned it. Some of us are here because we have, in fact, unintentionally earned it. When I was still schooling, my dad used to say, “Don’t just study for the sake of studying. Study because you want to learn. It is not about the grades. It is about learning because you want to.”...

After living for years in sin, you finally receive Jesus and you and your partner are saved! Congratulations 🎉 👏🏻  Can you still have sex outside marriage? Nope. Sex is not allowed. Need to get married ASAP.. it's not about the tradition or ceremony. The issue is to make a vow and covenant before the Lord. You don't need to make it huge. Just get it done legally and have the pastor to officiate it and a couple of witnesses. Remember -- you're not doing this for the people -- you're doing this for the Lord, to the Lord, presenting yourselves to God so your marriage may be blessed by God What about the sins before this? That was before you were baptized. You're a different person now. The devil cannot accuse you for what you did before baptism. That person is dead and you are a new creation. A brand new human being. Reborn. Whoever it was before baptism was not you. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed a...

Yes. Jesus is God. Right from the beginning of the World, it was always "Us": God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. "Let Us make them in Our Image" Genesis 1:26 And John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. The reason why the word for 'God' was different in the Old Testament than the New testament is because the Old Testament was written in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek. Jesus is God. John 10 30 I and My Father are one.” 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.” Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples...

Christianity is all about forgiveness. God can only forgive us as much as we have forgiven others. If we have something against someone, we need to leave our gift at the altar and settle it with our brother. Also, don't forget the parable of the servant who did not forgive the debt of his fellow servant when the master had forgiven him all his debts. The Bible tells us that he who does not love his brother does not know God and the Love of God is not in him. 1 John 4:7-21 Love is not a feeling. It is a choice. Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling. First choose to forgive, and if necessary, speak it forth aloud to the Lord that you forgive your brother. This will help. And how you feel about it will come later .