“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’”
Luke 9: 23
Who is Jesus Christ?
“He said to them, But who do you say that I am? Peter answered and said, ‘The Christ of God.’” Luke 9: 20
To Eat or not to Eat, that is the Question
This video was created to make you smile. I’m sure that it will also make you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=283&v=k1bG2EPGmI0
In the huge debate regarding the health message, this is an excellent illustration.
And I will add a text of a writer, reminding us that with so much food we have (fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts), eating animals is just a luxury:
“Again and again I have been shown that God is trying to lead us back, step by step, to His original design,—that man should subsist upon the natural products of the earth.
Vegetables, fruits, and grains should compose our diet. Not an ounce of flesh meat should enter our stomachs. The eating of flesh is unnatural. We are to return to God’s original purpose in the creation of man.
Is it not time that all should aim to dispense with flesh foods? How can those who are seeking to become pure, refined, and holy, that they may have the companionship of heavenly angels, continue to use as food anything that has so harmful an effect on soul and body? How can they take the life of God’s creatures that they may consume the flesh as a luxury? Let them, rather, return to the wholesome and delicious food given to man in the beginning, and themselves practice, and teach their children to practice, mercy toward the dumb creatures that God has made and has placed under our dominion.”
Ellen G. White, Counsels on Diet and Food, p. 380.
This was the message from the 19th century. We are living in 21st century. It’s time to act.
Baptism and Temptations
“And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, You are My beloved Son. In you I am well pleased”
Luke 3: 22.
Women and Wine
“Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes intoxicating drink.”
Proverbs 31: 3 – 4.
The Humility of the Wise
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5: 3.
Living by Faith
“The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe.”
Proverbs 29: 25.
Behind the Mask
“Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of the great”.
Proverbs 25: 6.
Words of Truth
“Have I not written to you excellent things of counsels and knowledge, that I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may answer words of truth to those who send to you?”
Proverbs 22: 20 – 21.