Daily Lesson for Tuesday 4th of March 2025 In the book of Job, we are given some fascinating insights into the reality of the great controversy. Read Job 1:1-12 and Job 2:1-7. What principles of the great controversy do we see unveiled here? Many significant details can be gleaned from these verses. First, there appears … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 3rd of March 2025 The overarching perspective of celestial rulers in the cosmic conflict is encapsulated in the book of Revelation, where the devil is depicted as “the great dragon” who opposes God and “deceives the whole world” (Revelation 12:9, NKJV). Read Revelation 13:1-8. What does this reveal about the extent … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 2nd of March 2025 As we have seen, the false “gods” of the nations were demons in disguise. And elsewhere we see evidence that demonic celestial rulers are sometimes behind earthly rulers. Even angelic agents sent by God can be opposed by the forces of the enemy. Read Daniel 10:1-14, with … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 1st of March 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Daniel 10:1-14, Revelation 13:1-8, Job 1:1-12, Job 2:1-7, John 12:31, John 14:30, Mark 6:5, Mark 9:29. Memory Text: “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 28th of February 2025 By Andrew McChesney The Zoom call just wouldn’t go through. “It’s not working!” Matrona exclaimed. Over her phone, Colette could hear Matrona typing and retyping the Zoom password on a facility computer. It was a call that they had attempted many times that week. Matrona was among … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 28th of February 2025 Read Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy — Ellen G. White Writings “Nothing is more plainly taught in Scripture than that God was in no wise responsible for the entrance of sin; that there was no arbitrary withdrawal of divine grace, no deficiency in the divine government, … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 27th of February 2025 We have seen some passages that teach a cosmic conflict between God and Satan. But how is such a conflict even possible? How could anyone oppose the omnipotent God? If the cosmic conflict were over sheer power, it would have been over before it started. It must … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 26th of February 2025 Satan’s quest to usurp God’s throne is also revealed in the temptation narratives found in Matthew 4:1-25 and Luke 4:1-44. In the striking encounter between Jesus and the tempter, much is revealed about the nature of the conflict. Here we see the reality of the great controversy … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 25th of February 2025 Genesis 1:1-31; Genesis 2:1-25; Genesis 3:1-24 alone shows that evil existed before the fall of Adam and Eve. Even if evil was not a concrete reality in Eden, conceptually, “evil” has already appeared, in the name of “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 24th of February 2025 Parallel to the question in the parable—about why there is bad seed in the field if the owner planted only good seed—is another question: if God created the world entirely good, how did evil arise here? Read Genesis 1:31. What do God’s words reveal about the state … Continue reading –>
