Daily Lesson for Sunday 26th of January 2025 The God of the Bible loves justice and hates evil. Sin and evil, therefore, provoke Him to passion, a passion expressed on behalf of those oppressed and abused, and even in cases in which one’s evil affects primarily oneself. God hates evil because evil always hurts His … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 25th of January 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Psalms 78:1-72; Jonah 4:1-4; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 21:12-13; Jeremiah 51:24-25; Romans 12:17-21. Memory Text: “But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, and did not stir up all … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 24th of January 2025 By Andrew McChesney A drunken man accosted the 21-year-old missionary woman on a public bus and tried to hug and kiss her. As she struggled against his advances, the other passengers looked the other way until an elderly woman yelled something to the bus driver. The bus … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 24th of January 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “The Beatitudes,” Pages 6–44, in Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing. “All who have a sense of their deep soul poverty, who feel that they have nothing good in themselves, may find righteousness and strength by looking unto Jesus. He says, ‘Come unto … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 23rd of January 2025 The God of the Bible is compassionate and passionate, and these divine emotions are supremely exemplified in Jesus Christ. God is sympathetic (compare with Isaiah 63:9, Hebrews 4:15), deeply affected by the sorrows of His people (Judges 10:16, Luke 19:41), and willing to hear, answer, and comfort … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 22nd of January 2025 The God of the Bible is the “compassionate God.” In Hebrew, God is called el raḥum (Deuteronomy 4:31). The term “el” means “God,” and raḥum is a different form of the root for compassion (raḥum). Yet, God is called not only the compassionate God but also the … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 21st of January 2025 In the New Testament, the same kind of imagery as in the Old is used to depict God’s compassion. Paul refers to the Father as the “Father of mercies and God of all comfort” (2 Corinthians 1:3, NKJV). Further, Paul explains in Ephesians 2:4 that God is … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 20th of January 2025 The incalculable depths of God’s compassionate love for humanity are manifested in Hosea. God had commanded the prophet Hosea, “ ‘Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, for the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord’ ” (Hosea 1:2, NKJV). … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 19th of January 2025 Perhaps the greatest love common to human experience is the love of a parent for a child. The Bible often uses the imagery of the parent-child relationship to depict God’s amazing compassion for people, emphasizing that God’s compassion is exponentially greater than even the deepest and most … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 18th of January 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Psalms 103:13, Isaiah 49:15, Hosea 11:1-9, Matthew 23:37, 2 Corinthians 11:2, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. Memory Text: “ ‘Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget … Continue reading –>
