You can view an in-depth discussion of Seeing the Goldsmith’s Face; in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on the image to view: With thanks to Hope Channel – Television that will change your life.
Continue reading -->A song goes like this: “I am a rock, I am an island.” Have you ever felt like that — wanting to stand alone? You may even have heard people say, “Well, my walk with God is a private affair. It’s not something I want to talk about.” Read Ephesians 4:11-16. What’s the point Paul is … Continue reading –>
Yesterday we looked at the importance of character for those waiting for the Second Coming. Today we will look more specifically at the importance of character for those who are alive at the second coming of Jesus. Read Daniel 12:1-10. What is the context? What time in earth’s history is being referred to? Most important, what … Continue reading –>
This week’s lesson, Seeing the Goldsmith’s Face, gives us an opportunity to discuss one of the most challenging, misunderstood, feared, ignored, denied, and refuted words in the Christian vocabulary. Tune into this week’s discussion to learn what it is.
Jesus was in Jerusalem, about to die. According to Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus’ last teaching hour before Passover is spent telling His disciples parables, including the ones about the ten virgins and the sheep and the goats. These stories are related to the way we should live as we wait for Jesus to come. Thus their … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: God is seeking to purify us, to refine us like gold, and to transform us into His image.. But a Christian character is developed only as we pass through life’s trials. July 23, 2022 1. Have a volunteer read Job 23:1-10. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most … Continue reading –>
Having scanned through the lesson quarterly, there are so many hymns from which to choose a theme. In effect, there is a commencing theme hymn which changes through the quarter to the finale theme hymn. To start with, we could use: Hymn 552 – The Lord’s My Shepherd or Hymn 545 – Savior, Like a Shepherd. … Continue reading –>
It’s one thing to be in a battle; it’s another not even to see the forces arrayed in that battle. In a sense, this is what we as Christians deal with. We know that the forces are out there, we can feel them in our lives, and yet, we have to press ahead in faith, … Continue reading –>
“For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29, NKJV). In the beginning, God made us in His image (Genesis 1:27), but that image has been corrupted by sin. In what ways do we see this defacing of God’s image … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Matthew 5:16, 1 Corinthians 4:9, Ephesians 3:10, Job 23:1-10, Matthew 25:1-12, Daniel 12:1-10, Ephesians 4:11-16. Memory Text: “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18, NKJV). Amy … Continue reading –>
