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RELIGIOUS
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Wisdom from
the Word
Ben Berto
And supper being
ended,[a] the devil having
already put it into the heart
of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s
son, to betray Him, 3 Jesus,
knowing that the Father
had given all things into His
hands, and that He had come
from God and was going to
God, 4 rose from supper and
laid aside His garments, took
a towel and girded Himself. 5
After that, He poured water
into a basin and began to
wash the disciples’ feet, and
to wipe them with the towel
with which He was girded.

John 13: 2-5 NKJV
26 And as they were
eating, Jesus took bread,
blessed[b] and broke it, and
gave it to the disciples and
said, “Take, eat; this is My
body.”27 Then He took the
cup, and gave thanks, and
gave it to them, saying, “Drink
from it, all of you. 28 For this
is My blood of the new[c]
covenant, which is shed for
many for the remission of
sins. 29 But I say to you, I will
not drink of this fruit of the
vine from now on until that
day when I drink it new with
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY July 16 - 31, 2017
This we believe absolutely:
THE LORD’S SUPPER
you in My Father’s
kingdom.”

Matthew 26:
26-29, NKJV
At the Lord’s Supper,
or one of what our friend in
the Roman Catholic
Communion
call
as the Sacraments,
Judas Iscariot had
the last chance to
repent of his plan
to betray his Lord,
but he hardened
his heart despite
the fact that Jesus
washed his feet.
Having made the
decision, the last
bridge was crossed
and burned, and
Satan became the
controller of his last
few hours on earth.
That was why Jesus
said after washing
the feet of them all
that they are clean
but not all.
This is Number 16 of
the Seventh-day Adventists
beliefs. We continue the
statement. “The services
in the ancient Israelite
sanctuary pointed forward
to the messiah who was to
coming.This ordinance goes
beyond symbolizing pardon
for whatever sin a person may
have committed. In addition
to confessing one’s sin to
God and to others he may
have injured, it involves asking
God for help to change, gain
the victory, and become
more like Jesus. It’s a service
rich in symbolism that , over
the centuries, it has been a
helpful way to pass on basic
spiritual truths.
“Some
churches
have
put
a
literal
interpretation on
Jesus’
words,
“This
is
My
body” and “this
is My blood,
but
Adventists
interpret
them
figuratively. Jesus
often
stated
other
truths
symbolically, such
as “’I am the gate”
(John 10: 7), but
obviously He did
not mean that
He was literally
a gate. Similarly,
the unleavened
bread
are
symbols of the broken body
and shed blood of Jesus, not
His literal body and blood.
Participation in these symbols
is an expression of faith in
Him as Saviour form our sins
and of the union of His life
with ours.
“Since the final days
of the 1840s, Seventh-day
Adventists have celebrated
the Lord’s Supper four times
a year at the end of each
quarter. A typical service is
conducted in the following
manner:”(To be continued)
For prayer, questions
and Bible study, call Ben at
604-581-1278, Junjun at
778-927-8040, and Stanley
at 604-700-3053. Yo