Power of the Everlasting Gospel

Carlos Muñoz

Advent HOPE Sabbath School

The Covenant’s Promised Blessings!

So we are going to hit a continuation of the previous topic because I have not finished my little conceptual map, right?

All right, the power of the everlasting gospel and so this presentation is titled the everlasting covenants what promised blessings so in the covenant God has promised what he has promised us these blessings and so that's what we're gonna be studying and looking at now and so let's go back to the map that I shared with you that Lord has impressed me to develop to be able to understand this and then to explain it, right?

You have the everlasting gospel, the good news.

Let's see, who remembers what is the everlasting gospel?

That's the good news, that God has his plan of salvation, and this plan of salvation comes from when?

This is not catch God by surprise what happened.

All of this God already knew that this was going to happen.

And so we see the plan of salvation from sin.

Let's see that the everlasting gospel is going to solve.

The penalty of sin, the power of sin, and the presence of sin, amen?

The penalty of sin, the power of sin, and the presence of sin.

And I take these 3 concepts and I develop it on a number of different scales.

And I hit each 1 of those points too, which is a great, maybe some other time, I won't be able to do that today.

So we have the penalty, the power, and the presence, right?

So when we say that we are saved, we have to be precise about what we're talking about, right?

Because have we been saved from the penalty of sin?

Are we being saved from the power of sin?

Because we're still, and we'll talk about that today, we're still struggling, right?

We still see how sin still has power over our lives, and we'll explain exactly why that is.

And will we be saved in the future from the presence of sin?

And so you see that when somebody says, oh I'm saved, oh That's good, but what specifically are you talking about right in this concept?

And so we have the power the plan of salvation to save us from sin from the penalty of sin from the power of sin and from the Presence of sin and we studied this morning also that how is God going to do that?

Through the the everlasting covenant that the Father made with the with the Son, right?

The promise from the beginning in that in regards to that.

Here's a quote that I didn't get a chance to read but it is a beautiful beautiful quote in regards to the everlasting covenant.

It says, The salvation of the human race has ever been the object of the councils of heaven.

The covenant of mercy was made before the foundation of the world.

The Everlasting covenant right God only makes 1 covenant All right, I wish maybe some other time I can come and we can have a full I have like 3 presentations We're breaking down and explaining the concepts of the covenant between especially There's a lot of confusion in regards to the old covenant and the new covenant, right?

God only made 1 covenant and that covenant is in Christ and it is through Christ and it is for all humanity amen when we try to do things on our own ways the Bible calls that the old covenants right because it's the old ways of the flesh that are trying to solve the problem of sin and notice what the quote continues to say so surely as there never was a time when God was not, so surely there never was a moment when it was not the delight of the eternal mind to manifest His grace to humanity.

God, before the foundation of the world, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit were thinking about you and me and they were already rejoicing in the work that they were gonna do to save us amen already celebrating oh it's gonna be beautiful we should have time to talk about the second coming because it has a lot to do with it too.

And so from the very beginning, amen, and we talked about how Christ put his eternal life in jeopardy, his eternal existence in jeopardy, and Christ put his eternal relationship to the Father and the spirit in jeopardy too.

I have an example that I use, but I don't have time in regards to, because you know the verse where it says, for God so loved the world what it says in Greek is the the love of God is humanly incomprehensible that's what it really says in Greek oh beautiful stuff you but we have some time it's the afternoon since you since you you're adamant that I talk to you about it, I'll say it.

This is the only way that I can explain the love of God for humanity.

Normally I have an image up, but I didn't plan on doing this, but the Holy Spirit said let's go with it amen because we all want to know the love of God right deeper and understand deeper so here's what how I can I how I can explain that verse for God so love the world it says it is humanly unexplicable uncomprehensible the love of God That's why Spirit of Prophecy says that for the rest of eternity we will be studying the love of God?

And it will never go old and it will never end, right?

So an ant farm, if you know well, you can do it, the scientists use it and also now you have home kits Is where you take usually a scientist will take a fish tank and fill it with?

Dirt right and what do they do they put in the in the in the fish tank ants right and the ants?

They start building their colony, they develop, they grow, they have children, and they, right?

Please do not say that Carlos Munoz says that you can create ants.

Okay, it's a hypothetical situation I always say that because then people say did you hear what he said?

He said that we can create I'm not saying that okay Imagine for a second hypothetically you can create Ants and you have your little ant farm, and you create and you put your ants in the ant farm.

And so you see your ants developing and you're like, oh, look at my ants.

And you wake up in the morning and you come to see them and they're all so behaving so well and growing together and you're so proud of your little ants but 1 day you wake up and you see that there's an evil ant in the ant farm wait a minute how did that happen right And then you see that that bad ant that was in there is now starting a rebellion and he's joined other ants are joining in with him.

So now you have a conflict in your ant farm.

Are you gonna go buy ant spray and hose down the whole ant farm?

Because you're gonna kill the good ones and the bad ants, right?

Number 2, when you become an ant and you go into your ant farm, you are going to be rejected, tortured, and killed by your ants.

If you survive, you will have to stay as an ant for the rest of eternity.

Randy Skeete

Pastor Randy Skeete Sermon Library

Clash of the Titans

When I say God is good, you say all the time.

Then I say all the time and you say God is good.

Let everything be done decently and in order.

When you say God is good, are you saying that because you are required to say that?

Or are you saying that because you have evidence of the goodness of God in your life?

Because you have evidence of the goodness of God in your life?

God is good, and all the time, yes, in Kenya they say, and that's his nature.

I must remind you of a very unpleasant fact.

That is, last night, all over the United States, some people who went to sleep did not get up this morning.

It happened in Canada, Russia, Sweden, Brazil, in every country on earth.

There were people who went to bed last night, fully intending to get up this morning and they were found dead.

I say that not to depress you so early in the day, but I say it for us to reflect on the reason why did God allow us to live.

He allowed us to live that through our lives today we may bring glory to his name and his name alone, number 1, and that we might be a blessing to someone else.

And the 2 things are inseparably connected.

We Glorify God when we are a blessing to others.

You know, 1 John 4, verse 20, if a man say he love God and hateth his brother, he's a liar.

But how can he love God whom he hath not seen and hate his brother whom he hath seen?

So let us try today to return an investment to God or give Him a return on His investment of life in us.

And let us try to be a blessing to someone.

God bless you and I say that from my heart.

All right, let's all be on the same page of discovery.

Verse 25, To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal, saith the Holy 1?

God is asking his people through Isaiah, is there any other entity?

Is there any other being comparable to me?

The first commandment says, thou shall have no other gods before me.

In that commandment, in that utterance, God is implying that there will be other gods or there were other gods.

So God is saying to the Israelites, of all the gods that you know, and they did worship all kinds of gods, is there 1 that can compare with me?

To whom then will you liken me or shall I be equal, saith the Holy 1?

Micah 7, Micah is 1 of those little books that give us headaches to find.

It's called a minor prophet not because the message is unimportant but because the chapters are so few.

The difference between a major prophet and a minor prophet is not the seriousness of the message but how big the book is.

So Isaiah is a major prophet because he has 66 chapters.

Joel is a minor prophet because it just has 3 chapters, but the message they preach is both major.

Micah 7, I believe it's verse 19, Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage.

And so the question is being asked, who is a God like unto thee?

Let's look at some things that God can do.

We were just there, or we were going there.

Isaiah 45, our subject clash of the Titans.

The Bible says, look unto me and be saved all the ends of the earth now finish the verse for me if you have the King James Version for I am God finish the verse and there is none like me I am God there is what like me stay in Isaiah 45.

Thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth and made it, yet established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited, finish the verse, I am the Lord and there is none else.

For some people, money is a more reliable God than God.

For some people, advancing along the path of a particular career is more God than God.

For some people pursuing and finally catching the man of their dreams is more God than God.

For some people having and raising children is more God to them than God.

But God tells you and me today, I am the Lord and there is none else.

Whatever else you and I may think, there is no God like the God of heaven and earth.

We'll read verses 9 and 10, our subject clash of the Titans.

The Bible says, remember the former things of old, for I am God, read with me now, and there's none else.

I am God and there is none like me go to verse 10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times the things that are not yet done now why does God keep saying I am God and there is none like me in the verses we've read there are 3 reasons why God says I am God and there is none like me?

In the verses we've read, there are 3 reasons why God says, I am God and there is none like me.

This time, we shall read it microscopically.

We shall read it closely to identify those little pieces of meaning that a casual reading invariably misses.

Now why is he God and none other like he is?

Verse 10, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times the things that are not yet done.

In Isaiah 46 9 and 10, God identifies 1 reason why He is a God above all other gods.

No, Isaiah 46 9 and 10, we were supposed to read microscopically.

What's the reason God identifies that separates him from other gods?

Michigan Camp Meeting 2023: The Boldness of the Cross

Users Guide to Natural Remedies: Simple Treatments for Common Ailments

Kimberly Azelton

Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

03 Natural Remedies for Aches and Pains

You are about to enjoy a presentation recorded at the 2023 Michigan Conference Camp Meeting held at Cedar Lake, Michigan.

We pray that the Lord will bless you as you listen.

Dear Father in Heaven, thank you so much for the natural remedies that you have given us.

We pray that we can use them wisely, both for ourselves as well as to illustrate the Gospel to those around us.

We pray that you give us great wisdom as we talk today.

So we are talking about aches and pains today.

Definitely want to be here at this 1 because there is a lot of great material.

Some of you have already experienced over in our clinic over here some of the relief multiple, multiple times.

Francia has said, yeah, people are saying that they're coming in with a stiff knee, and they're like, I can move it afterwards.

I didn't realize I could do something so simple myself at home and get such profound relief.

So that's a joint fermentation that we'll talk about a little bit.

That's an important part of learning hydrotherapy.

Maybe it's because I'm in front of the speaker there.

And that's an important part of learning hydrotherapy is actually experiencing it.

And there are some slots to also do hydrotherapy as a lab.

So this is a teaching clinic, so get your hands wet, literally.

And all the people that have come have thoroughly enjoyed it.

You really can't learn it with me just talking up here.

All right, and talk to Tara in the back if you either want to, if you want to help, if you want to experience, that sign-up sheet is over at the information booth.

The QR code, we have deactivated the website and the QR code because of some technical issues.

So if you want to still get on the list to experience hydrotherapy, or you want to do it again, that's totally fine.

The signup sheet is over at the information booth.

So pictures from the clinic from this morning.

There is Gabby there in action with the joint fermentation.

We had a lot of joint fermentations this morning.

And then there, I'm so sorry, I forgot her name there in the middle.

She jumped right in and doing fomentations and said, yeah, I feel like I can do this at home now.

She has hopped in, helping out wherever was needed with whatever busiest station there was, helping with registration all over the place.

This would not happen without her running all the registration and trying to figure out where does this person go and that person getting all the paperwork straight and keeping all that paperwork.

She's a nurse, ICU nurse actually, helping out with joint fermentations and hot foot baths.

And there are some other folks that are learning hydrotherapy.

They had some really good food today, specific to aches and pains.

I saw their roast there that they combined.

A lot of things that we're going to talk about today that helps with aches and pains.

Kelly's Q&A class which you do not need to register for.

Already as a review we are looking at natural remedies through the lens of revelation-based medicine.

I could talk about all kinds of natural remedies up here, but rather I want to give you the tools to try to figure out, is this a natural remedy that is actually gonna help me or harm me?

So we're looking through the lens of redemption or the gospel, will this help me draw closer to Christ?

And will it actually work with physiology, is what we looked at.

Will it help the cause of disease is what we looked at yesterday.

Which means you need to understand the cause of disease.

So you need to understand a little bit about disease.

And you can ask your friendly healthcare professionals in your church or learn a little bit yourself.

A little bit of health education does us all some good.

So when do we use natural remedies, particularly for those of us who may not have as much training in health or don't necessarily know a lot, you know, diagnosed or those kinds of things?

You need to use natural remedies when you already have a diagnosed condition, when you know the cause of the disease, like we talked about yesterday.

And then it really shines when it's a controlled disease, it's in remission, you're trying to just get healthier.

You can do a lot to learn how to get healthfully and even in a lot of cases like we talked about Monday actually reverse type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure.

You've heard the stories people getting off their medications with working with their physician and feeling so so much better.

Just a quick thing on how do you use natural remedies in serious illness and in critical illness?

We need, when there's a major Crisis going on, we need a major intervention.

The natural remedies are they work slowly, they work in harmony with the body very carefully.

So they are not your strong intervention when someone's there dying.

If someone's having a heart attack or a stroke.

Have you seen somebody with a heart attack and stroke?

I work in the hospital all of the time when they're critically ill.

The way you can witness to them is to care for them, care for their family, be an emotional support to them, help them out.

A very interesting quote from a sixth volume of the Testimonies, 232.

This is when natural remedies are helpful for the seriously ill.

When the crisis has passed and success is apparent, be the patient a believer or an unbeliever.

Let a few moments be sent with him in prayer.

Give expression to your thankfulness for the life that has been spared.

A physician who follows such a course carries his patient to the 1 upon whom he is dependent for life.

Words of gratitude may flow from the patient to the physician, for God has found this life up with his own.

But let the praise and thanksgiving be given to God as 1 who presents, who is present through the invisible." So when we, someone is so grateful to us for what we've helped them through, that is the moment to pray with them and direct that to God.

So actually, when people are critically ill, taking care of them the best that we know how is the biggest way that you can help and then pray for them.

Someone, we talked about sunshine a whole bunch yesterday, and someone reminded me that I should talk about skin cancer.

So the very important, so when 10 to 4 is when the UVB rays that cause cancer are the most strong.

And so we want to have exposed skin, if we're Caucasian, to have lighter skin, more like 10, 15 minutes, or until the skin is a little bit pink.

02 Natural Remedies for Respiratory Illness

Dear Father in heaven, thank you so much for the blessings of what you have given us in natural remedies.

May we learn how to use them appropriately to be able to help not only ourselves communicate with you better, but also our friends and our neighbors.

We thank you so much in your precious and holy name.

Alrighty, so we're talking about respiratory diseases, but as a quick review, as you know, we actually have a clinic, a practicum going on at the same time.

If you have signed up for that practicum yesterday, please remember your time.

Show up and let Tara know what you're there for, what station you signed up for.

If you need a reminder, you can ask them on your way out.

Wear comfortable clothes and be ready to have some fun and learn lots.

How many of you went to his class where you could ask questions?

John's class at 1045 or 215 and ask your questions there.

You can see she's actually she's actually smiling a little bit, which is awesome.

Quiet down if you don't mind, please, because people are trying to listen.

And there we have 1 of our other learners, she's getting the fomentations out of, we have an Amish canner back there and that's how we're keeping the fomentations hot while we do chest fomentations.

There's Julie where she's teaching and getting ready to put on the next fomentation there.

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Clash of the Titans

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