Monday’s Lesson in this week’s Sabbath School lesson asks the question: What has been your own experience with having your motives or intentions, however well-meaning and sincere, questioned or challenged? What should that tell you about how careful you should be when questioning someone else’s motives? My dad and I studied today’s lesson over the … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 25th of August 2026 We saw that some in Corinth doubted Paul’s intentions and love. Today, we will look into one particular reason: his changing travel plans (2 Corinthians 1:15-24; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4). Read 1 Corinthians 16:5-7. What was Paul’s original travel plan? Paul had been in Corinth before. According to … Continue reading –>
Oh, the beauty of studying this quarter’s lessons. We will learn so much of the Love of God (and our Saviour, Jesus) which stands out in so many pages of this quarter. Trying to choose just one hymn for the Theme Hymn was almost impossible, but these ones stood out all through the lesson pamphlet … Continue reading –>
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Continue reading -->Daily Lesson for Monday 24th of August 2026 Yesterday, we learned that Paul’s love for the Corinthians was made manifest in that he comforted them in their hardships, just as he received comfort from God in his (2 Corinthians 1:1-11). Today, we will see that his love for them was also displayed through the integrity … Continue reading –>
Read the memory text (2 Cor 2:4). There is clearly a conflict between Paul and the Corinthians, and Paul repeatedly says that the context of the conflict is his deep love for the Corinthian church. Why is conflict an inevitable feature of true love between people? Can you share an example of a time you … Continue reading –>
Prepared for Sabbath School class on August 29. Key Text: “For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you” (2 Corinthians 2:4, NKJV). Read in Class: 2 Corinthians … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 23rd of August 2026 Read 2 Corinthians 1:3-7. What is the reason for Paul’s attitude of thanksgiving here? Paul’s thankfulness focuses on the comfort that God provides for those who are suffering. In this passage, the verb parakaleō (to comfort) and the noun paraklēsis (comfort) occur together ten times. This represents … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 22nd of August 2026 Read for This Week’s Study 2 Corinthians 1:3-14, 2 Corinthians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Corinthians 16:5-7, 2 Corinthians 7:5-13, 2 Corinthians 2:5-17. Memory Text: “For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 21st of August 2026 The names of the author, characters, and location have been withheld. My wife and I prayed earnestly that God would help us establish a home church in the veiled country where I serve as a witness. We knew only foreigners would attend initially, but we had faith … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 21st of August 2026 Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “God’s People Delivered,” Pages 635–652, in The Great Controversy. “The divinity of Christ is the believer’s assurance of eternal life. ‘He that believeth in Me,’ said Jesus, ‘though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth … Continue reading –>
While numerous religious traditions express a belief in some kind of future life beyond earthly death, Christianity alone binds this belief to the witness of people who reported seeing a specific individual, Jesus Christ, alive again, after having seen him die. (When Paul wrote to the Corinthians, he specifically said that the risen Jesus had … Continue reading –>
