Jesus stands at the door of our hearts, knocking to come in and dine with us. Through the stories of Martha and Mary and the Samaritan woman, we learn that Jesus' favorite meal isn't physical food but our attentive listening, heart transformation, and obedient response to His teaching. When we open our hearts to Him, we must 'set the table' by giving Him our full attention, allowing His words to transform us, responding with obedience, and sharing His message with others. The invitation is clear - Jesus wants intimate fellowship with us now, but we must prepare what He truly desires.

Exodus — The Plagues — The First Three Plagues

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O que a história de Noé pode nos ensinar sobre como receber instrução de Deus e salvar à família?

Este episódio é parte da Semana de Oração "Olhos no Céu,"apresentada na Igreja do Unasp SP, entre 15-de Fevereiro de 2025.

Música Oficial: ⁠"Minha Oração" (My Prayer)⁠. Musica de Gloria Roe. Letra de Gloria Roe e O. J. Smith.

Episódios do meu podcast recomendados:

#137 - Salvando Sua Casa no Tempo do Fim!

#363 - O Dom Profético e Cessacionismo

#72 - Como Desenvolver a Vida Espiritual em Família?

#118 - Milagres na sua Vida e na Vida da Sua Família.

#133 - Por que Algumas Famílias Fracassam?

#136 - Filhos Afastados de Deus: Que Fazer?

Minhas anotações:

2 Ped 3:9-13

Mat 24:36-39 - Assim como foi nos dias de Noé

Hebreus 11:7 -

• Divinamente Instruído
• Salvação da Sua Casa

Onde recebemos instrução?

Ideia central: quando você tem a correta visão do futuro e investe tudo que tem no llano de Deus, aumentam suas chances de a família também ser salva.

Episódios: 137 (Noé), 363 (Dom Profético); 72, 118, 133, 136 (filhos)

Heb 11:7

Gen 6-9 (2 Ped 3:9-13; Mat 24:36-39)

• Mudança radical de planos diante da revelação
• O que estava previsto era Ilógico, improvável, e fantasioso
• O mundo nunca mais seria igual
• Perderiam tudo
• Traumático: perderiam todas as conexões sociais
• Deus proveu um escape
• A aceitação da revelação exigiria uma mudança radical de planos da família
• Tudo que possuíam investiram na Arca.

INSPIRAÇÃO

Tres conceitos importantes: 

Revelation, Inspiration, Illumination

• 2 Ped 1:19-21
• Which one is more important: Old or New Testament?

2 Tim 3:16 Toda a escritura...

Por que é importante?

• Proteção contra o pecado. Sal 119:9, 11
• Como pode o jovem conservar…
• Escondi tua palavra…
• Guia. Sal 119:105
• Paz. Sal 119:165 Grande paz...
• 1 Ped 1:23 Nascidos de novo... não de semente corruptível

COMO LER A BÍBLIA?

• Aceite-a como sendo a Palavra de Deus
• Entenda como está escrito. (1 TS, 17; 1 ME, 17). 
• Deus não faz acepcao de pessoas. O jeito que Deus age com os personagens da Bíblia é o mesmo jeito que Ele usará para com você.
• Em cada verso, pergunte: o que este verso me ensina sobre Deus? O que Deus está pedindo para eu fazer?
• Honestidade buscando a verdade.

2 Tess 2:9-12 

Prov 28:9 

Apoc 14:12

E sobre os escritos de Ellen G. White?

Será que são tão inspirados quanto os escritos da Bíblia?

2 classes de pessoas: cessationistas and continuistas

Cessationistas: teologia cristã que sustenta que os dons espirituais, como a profecia, a cu

The First Three Plagues

The ten plagues in Egypt were aimed not at the Egyptian people but at their gods. Each plague hit at least one of them.

Read Exodus 7:14-8:19. What happened in these plagues?

God instructed Moses that the dialogue with Pharaoh would be difficult and almost impossible (Exod. 7:14). However, God wanted to reveal Himself to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians. Thus, He decided to communicate with them in a way that they could understand. Also, the Hebrews would benefit from this confrontation because they would learn more about their God.

The first plague was aimed against Hapi, the god of the Nile (Exod. 7:17-25). Life in Egypt was totally dependent on water from the Nile. Where there was water, there was life. Water was the source of life, so they invented their god, Hapi, and worshiped him as the provider of life.

Of course, only the living God is the Source of life, the Creator of everything, including water and food (Gen. 1:1-2, 20-22; Ps. 104:27-28; Ps. 136:25; John 11:25; John 14:6). Changing water into blood symbolizes transforming life into death. Hapi was not able to provide and protect life. These are possible only through the power of the Lord.

God then gives Pharaoh another chance. Instead of life, the Nile produces frogs, which the Egyptians This time the frog goddess, Heqet, is directly confronted (Exod. 8:1-15). fear, detest, and abhor. They want to get rid of them. The precise time when this plague was taken away demonstrated that God’s power was also behind this plague.

The third plague has the shortest description (Exod. 8:16-19). The type of insect here (Heb. kinnim) is not clear (gnats, mosquitos, ticks, lice?). It was directed against the god Geb, the Egyptian god of the earth. Out of the dust of the earth (echoes of the biblical Creation story) God brought forth gnats, which spread throughout the land. Unable to duplicate this miracle (only God can create life), the magicians declared, "This is the finger of God" (Exod. 8:19). Pharaoh, however, still refused to budge.

Think how hard Pharaoh’s heart was. Repeated rejection of God’s prompting only made it worse. What lessons are here for each of us about the constant rejection of the Lord’s prompting?