April 17
"Often He was asked, Why are you bent on being so singular, so different from us all? It is written, He said, "Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways." Ps. 119:1-3."
Desire of Ages, page 90 from the chapter, 'Days of Conflict'
Sorry. They ask, “why are you bent on being so singular”? The answer Jesus gives tells me that He is the one who thinks He is the one who is walking the straight path. That means that Jesus is turning the question back on his questioners. Why is it that you are bent on being so singular?
I can remember when there were four types of home computer. There was the BBC series favoured by a Pastor friend in north Wales. The arch rivals were the IBM PC’s and the early Apple computers. European Adventists chose the Atari 1040. The Adventists were the different ones.
There are people who would look at our way of doing things and say, “why are you bent on being so singular”? Us? Singular? Don’t worry what other people say about you. We’re the ones who are trying to walk God’s path. Many others are trying to take shortcuts.
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Housekeeping details for you
The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.
A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here
