Mission Spotlight for April 9
Support for the mission activities of the Seventh-day Adventist church has always been part of the Sabbath School program. This video is Mission Spotlight for this week. (3)
Continue reading -->Inside Story: Forgiven in Prison ~ Part 1
Forgiven in Prison, Part 1 By Andrew McChesney The volunteers chose slips of paper with the names of inmates who had signed up for Bible studies at a prison in Spain. But nobody took one slip of paper. “Doesn’t anyone want to meet with this man?” asked Dante Marvin Herrmann, a 36-year-old theology student at … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought ~ The Fall
Further Thought: Consider the connection between “the tree of life” and “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” This relation is already suggested through the fact that they are both located “in the midst of the Garden” (Genesis 2:9). But there is more between the two trees than just a geographical relation. It is … Continue reading –>
Thursday: Human Destiny
Read Genesis 3:15-24. As a result of the Fall, what happened to Adam and Eve? While God’s judgment of the serpent is explicitly identified as a curse (Genesis 3:14), God’s judgment of the woman and of the man is not. The only time where the word “curse” is used again, it applies only to the “ground” (Genesis 3:17). … Continue reading –>
2: The Fall – SPD Discipleship Video
This video is produced by the South Pacific Division Discipleship team. Lesson 2 – The Fall from SPD Discipleship on Vimeo. (3)
Continue reading -->Genesis 3 Is Packed with Gospel Theology!
As we study Genesis 3 and the fall in this week’s Sabbath School lesson, I am amazed how much Gospel theology is packed into this one chapter. In Genesis 3 we find The Plan of Salvation. The wages of sin is death. “but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: The Fate of the Serpent
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel” (Genesis 3:15, NIV). What did the Lord say to the serpent here, and what hope is implied in these verses? God begins His judgment with the serpent because he is … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: Hiding Before God
Read Genesis 3:7-13. Why did Adam and Eve feel the need to hide before God? Why did God ask the question “Where are you?” How did Adam and Eve seek to justify their behavior? After they sinned, Adam and Eve felt naked because they lost their garments of glory, which reflected God’s presence (see Psalm 8:5, compare with Psalm … Continue reading –>
2: The Fall – Teaching Plan
Key Thought: The warning God gave Adam and Eve against eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil shows us that, though they were to know good, they were not to know evil.. April 9, 2022 1. Have a volunteer read Genesis3:1,2 ; Rev 12:7-9.. Ask class members to share a short thought … Continue reading –>
2: The Fall – Singing with Inspiration
The book of Genesis offers us so many vast topics from which to choose a theme hymn. As we are starting at the very beginning, I would like to give praise to our Creator of heaven and earth in singing Hymn 320 – Lord of Creation and Hymn 2 – All Creatures of Our God and … Continue reading –>