The morning Manna
will be provided at 6am. Thanks.
Studying Ephesians in
the SSnet.org series Lesson 1, may the Holy Spirit be the speaker to your
heart.
The Topic today
is: “Ephesus known also for Roman Entertainment, Business, Harbor and Artemis
religion filled with magic for Morning Manna of the Sabbath School Lesson Ephesians”.
The Opening Hymn
will be 229 "Spirit of the Living God."
The Sabbath School
Quarterly, downloadable from SSnet.org in the Teacher's Edition is on page 5.
The SSnet.org site
allows anyone, anywhere to read the lesson in their own language. Choose your
own language to see God speaking also to your heart.
Why do you not
click on this now?
--- https://absg.adventist.org/pdf.php?file=2023:3Q:TE:PDFs:ETQ323_01.pdf
---Paul went to Ephesus with a couple but
left them there. ---Later he came to live there three
years. (Acts 20:31) ---The city was a harbor city and at one
time was one of the World’s Seven Wonders of those days. ---The goddess Artemis or Diana was
worshipped. (Acts 19:24). ---The city, like all in the Roman empire,
was focused on festivals, sport events, theater performances and entertainment.
Why? ---Principle is that if the Roman
government can keep the people busy with Sports every day there is no room for
rebellion. ---The Roman religion was officially
controlled by the state. ---In order to protect the religion from
undesirable influences, they authorized the burning of books. ---On page 118 of Clarence Forbes article
about “Books for Burning” in 1936, he says that “Livy
hints, in his account of the senatus
consultum de Bacchanalibus,
that several times before 186 B.C. the Roman magistrates had been requested by
the senate to collect and burn books of soothsaying.” Source:
https://www.tertullian.org/articles/forbes_books_for_the_burning.htm
page 118. ---Seven Jews were magicians in the city
so they mixed the name of two other Jews in their incantations. ---Jesus and Paul were used also as names
in their incantations. ---Finally, people burnt their magical
books that were very expensive. (Acts 19:19). ---A reformation took place. ---Magic and Miracles of Jesus do not match.
Never. ---In Secular Theology magic is seen as “holy”
and “awe-inspiring” and “revered”. ---In the Bible, God forbid it. Stay away
from any magic shows or of watching them on TV or Youtube. ---Throw away Harry Potter’s books and
never go to any of these movies. Why? ---A non-SDA pastor of Michigan said that
Harry Potter is soft-core Magic which is Satanic. His church use to burn the
books in public. ---When in some states the government ban
the burning of Harry Potter books, the pastor cut them in public! They could
not invent a law against him for doing that. ----Are you watching magic with “wonder”?
Quit. When? Right now.