Further Thought: The Bible overflows with calls to sinners and backsliders. Compare Ps: 95:7-8; Isa: 55:1-2, Isaiah 55:6-7; Luke 15:3-7; Luke 19:10. What others can you find? Read Ellen G. White, “The Creation,” pages 44-51; “The Temptation and Fall,” pages 52-62; and “The Plan of Redemption,” pages 63-70, in Patriarchs and Prophets. “There was a gospel sermon, I think, in those three divine … Continue reading –>
We tend to believe people we know and instinctively distrust those whom we do not. Eve naturally would have distrusted Satan. Furthermore, any direct attack against God would have made her defensive. What steps, then, did Satan take to bypass Eve’s natural defenses? (Gen: 3:1-6). “Deplorable as was Eve’s transgression and fraught as it was with potential … Continue reading –>
“And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Gen: 2:16-17). This test provided Adam and Eve with … Continue reading –>
Genesis 1:28-29 Notice God’s first spoken words to humankind, at least as they appear in Scripture. He points them to their ability to procreate, to reproduce more of their own kind. He also points them to the earth itself, to the creation, and He tells them to replenish it, to subdue it, and to have … Continue reading –>
Gen: 1:27 The Bible states that God created humankind — male and female — “in His own image” (Gen: 1:27). Based on this idea, answer the following questions: 1. What does it mean that God created us in His own image? In what ways are we “in His own image” (NKJV)? 2. According to the Genesis account, did the … Continue reading –>
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Gen: 1:1). A scientist had just lectured on the orbits of the planets around the sun, and the orbit of the sun around the center of the galaxy, when an old lady in black tennis shoes rose and said that the earth was a flat disc … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Ps: 100:3; Acts 17:26; Gen: 2:7, Genesis 2:18-25; Gen: 1:28-29; Gen: 3:15. Memory Text: “Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; …’ So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:26-27, NRSV). The biblical account … Continue reading –>
God’s Everlasting Covenant In 1588, a young English woman (seven-months pregnant) looked out over the sea, and what she saw — the Spanish Armada, with 130 heavily armed ships planning to invade the island — so frightened her that she went into premature labor, the midwife being fear. Fear, in fact, was an apt image … Continue reading –>
Tire Trouble By Andrew Mcchesney, Adventist Mission Ilya Koltuk, a pastor and men’s dean at Zaoksky Adventist University in Russia, climbed into the car with his wife to go on a Black Sea vacation. After about ten hours, the car started having tire trouble. Pop! Pop! Pop! Ilya wasn’t sure what was wrong. Pop! Pop! … Continue reading –>
Further Study: On the final cleansing of Planet Earth from sin, read Ellen G. White, “The Controversy Ended,” in The Great Controversy, pages 662-678. “And the years of eternity, as they roll, will bring richer and still more glorious revelations of God and of Christ. As knowledge is progressive, so will love, reverence, and happiness increase. The … Continue reading –>
