WAA Podcast Episode 58: Fundamental Belief 4: The Son (46:58)



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 Welcome to another podcast episode of “What’s an Adventist?”

Who was Jesus? Was he fully man or fully God? Or both? These are some of the questions Christians have struggled with when it comes to the nature of Jesus Christ. Early Adventists were no exception. Many of the church’s most prominent founders such as James White and Joseph Bates, while accepting that Jesus was divine, did not accept that Jesus was equal to God. Only after several spirited debates and painstaking Bible study did they come to acknowledge and accept that in Christ was “life original and underived.”

Fundamental belief number four of the Seventh day Adventist church states, “God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, the salvation of humanity is accomplished, and the world is judged. Forever truly God, He became also truly man, Jesus the Christ. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived and experienced temptation as a human being, but perfectly exemplified the righteousness and love of God. By His miracles He manifested God's power and was attested as God's promised Messiah. He suffered and died voluntarily on the cross for our sins and in our place, was raised from the dead, and ascended to minister in the heavenly sanctuary in our behalf. He will come again in glory for the final deliverance of His people and the restoration of all things. (John 1:1-3, 14; Col. 1:15-19; John 10:30; 14:9; Rom. 6:23; 2 Cor. 5:17-19; John 5:22; Luke 1:35; Phil. 2:5-11; Heb. 2:9-18; 1 Cor. 15:3, 4; Heb. 8:1, 2; John 14:1-3.)”

This week Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda continue WAA’s series on the fundamental beliefs of the Seventh day Adventist Church with a commentary on Fundamental Belief 4: The Son. Jesse gives a brief historical account of the this idea in Adventist history while Abraham takes a few moments to remind us of why a Biblical understanding of God the Son is so vital to the Christian faith.

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WAA Podcast Episode 57: Mission to the Many Project (48:35)

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Welcome to another podcast episode of “What’s an Adventist?”

When I think of missionaries, I think of people who travel overseas and help bring relief to the suffering populations in third world countries like Africa, Indonesia, or some remote part of the world. Even though we live in a country where the majority of people have wealth and a standard of living well above the rest of the world, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any needs, especially when it comes to the cities.

There are areas in some of our large cities where people are destitute, poverty and crime is rampant, and the need for physical and spiritual healing is needed just as much as in other impoverished parts of the world. Historically, Adventism has strongly encouraged Christians to work diligently in the cities as this work is connected to a mighty movement; “The work in the cities is the essential work for this time. When the cities are worked as God would have them, the result will be the setting in operation of a mighty movement such as we have not yet witnessed” (Medical Ministry, 304).

This week Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda talk to Wes Via, Coordinator for the “Mission to the Many” (M2M) initiative. M2M is an initiative sponsored by the Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists whose mission is to recruit and equip volunteer missionaries to work specifically in urban areas.

If you would like to be an urban mission worker or would like more information on the M2M initiative you can contact Wes Via at wvia@paconference.org or visit their website at www.missiontothemany.com (currently under construction). 

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WAA Podcast Episode 56: Adventists as Light Bearers (45:07)

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Welcome to another podcast episode of What's an Adventist?

“Ye are the light of the world...let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:14,16). Christ taught his followers to not shy away from showing the world how God lives in them. This doesn’t mean that Christians should go around showing off how good they are or feeling superior than others. The light that Christ wants his followers to bear, is the light of a Christ-like character. When Christ is invited into the life of the believer, the believer experiences a such a radical change that it leaves no doubt that something supernatural  and godly has happened. 

Early Adventist’s felt strongly about bringing the light of Christ into the world. An early Adventist author wrote, “We are to be channels of light to the world, imparting to others the light we receive from the great Light Bearer. The words and works of all men are to be tried. Let us not be backward now.”

This week WAA contributor Pastor Tony Gonzales, talks about what it means to be a light bearer and the responsibility Adventists and Christians have in living a life reflects the character of God (click on title to hear podcast). 

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