Inside Story for Friday 20th of December 2024 By Andrew McChesney A Bible worker invited several people to the Seventh-day Adventist church in Bethel, Alaska, to share their life stories with a visitor from Adventist Mission. Part of the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering for fourth quarter 2024 will go to repair and expand the church so … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 20th of December 2024 Read Ellen G. White, “ ‘It Is Finished,’ ” Pages 758–764; “ ‘The Lord Is Risen,’ ” Pages 779–787; and “ ‘Why Weepest Thou? ” Pages 788–794, in The Desire of Ages. See also, Clifford Goldstein, Risen: Finding Hope in the Empty Tomb (Nampa, ID: Pacific Press, … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 19th of December 2024 Read John 20:11-13. What happened here that shows why Mary Magdalene still did not understand the meaning of the empty tomb? The last reference to Mary in the text before this one is her telling Peter and John about the empty tomb (John 20:2). They ran to … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 18th of December 2024 Read John 20:1-7. What is the importance to us about what is depicted in these verses? Jesus died late on a Friday afternoon and rose early on Sunday. Because the Sabbath was near when He was buried (John 19:42), the burial process was done hastily and not … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 17th of December 2024 As John 19:17-22 shows, Pilate wrote an inscription in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew that said, “ ‘Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews’ ” (John 19:19, ESV). The religious leaders wanted it changed. Pilate would have none of it, and the inscription remained, a mute witness … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 16th of December 2024 Read John 18:38-40; John 19:1-5. How did Pilate try to persuade the people to ask for Jesus’ release? Pilate did not wait for an answer from Jesus concerning truth. Instead, he went back out to try to persuade the people. By dialoguing with them instead of just … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 15th of December 2024 In John 18:28-32, the trial of Jesus is not described in detail. The focus is on Jesus brought before Pontius Pilate. Read John 18:33-38. What did Pilate and Jesus talk about? The governor asks Jesus if He is the king of the Jews (John 18:33). It is … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 14th of December 2024 Read for This Week’s Study: John 18:33-40; John 19:1-5; John 19:17-22; John 19:25-27; Luke 2:34-35; John 20:1-18; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20. Memory Text: “Then Pilate said to him, ‘So you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 13th of December 2024 By Andrew McChesney Samuel declared that he had no interest in Bible studies. “But you marked that you were interested on a Bible-study interest card,” said the caller, a Bible worker from the Dallas First Seventh-day Adventist Church in the U.S. state of Texas. He and … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 13th of December 2024 Read Ellen G. White, “ ‘Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled,’ ” Pages 662–680, in The Desire of Ages; “Additional Note on [John] Chapter 1,” The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 5, Pages 911–919. In assessing who Jesus is, His opponents judged by human standards “ ‘according to … Continue reading –>
