Daily Lesson for Wednesday 19th of February 2025 Read Ephesians 1:9-11. What is this text saying about predestination? Are some people predestined to be saved and others to be lost? The Greek term translated “predestination” here and elsewhere in Scripture (prohorizo) does not itself teach that God causally determines history. Rather, the Greek term simply … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 18th of February 2025 That God is all-powerful does not mean that He can do the logically impossible. Accordingly, God cannot causally determine that someone freely love Him. If freely doing something means to do something without being determined to do it, then by definition it is impossible to make someone … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 17th of February 2025 Throughout Scripture, God’s amazing power is made manifest. The Bible includes countless narratives of His exercising His power and working miracles. And yet, despite this, many things happen that God does not want to happen. Read Revelation 11:17, Jeremiah 32:17-20, Luke 1:37, and Matthew 19:26. Consider also … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 16th of February 2025 “God is sovereign,” the youth pastor taught his middle school group. “That means He controls everything that happens.” One puzzled middle schooler replied, “So God was in control when my dog died? Why would God kill my dog?” Trying to answer this question, the youth pastor replied: … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 15th of February 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Luke 13:34; Jeremiah 32:17-20; Hebrews 1:3; Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Ephesians 1:9-11; John 16:33. Memory Text: “ ‘These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 14th of February 2025 By Andrew McChesney Grace Babcock woke up suddenly in the middle of the night to the sound of an angry voice. “You don’t know,” the voice said. “You don’t understand.” Grace wasn’t scared. If anything, she was annoyed about being woken up in her one-bedroom apartment at … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 14th of February 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “Why Was Sin Permitted?” Pages 33–43, in Patriarchs and Prophets. “Even when he was cast out of heaven, Infinite Wisdom did not destroy Satan. Since only the service of love can be acceptable to God, the allegiance of His creatures must rest upon … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 13th of February 2025 God has granted creatures free will because it is necessary for love; misuse of this free will is the cause of evil. Again, many questions remain. God allows evil (for a time), while passionately despising it, because to exclude its possibility would exclude love, and to destroy … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 12th of February 2025 However much we don’t understand of God’s ways and thoughts, Scripture does reveal some things that help to address the problem of evil. One avenue for addressing the logical problem of evil is known as the freewill defense. The freewill defense is the view that evil is … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 11th of February 2025 God proclaims in Isaiah 55:8-9, “ ‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,’ says the Lord. ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts’ ” (NKJV). … Continue reading –>
