Key Thought: Our great hope is the return of Jesus to bring an end of evil, to heal injustice, and create a new world. This hope gives ourage to our service for others as we await His return.

September 14, 2019

1. Have a volunteer read Luke 18:1-8.

1.  Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What is Jesus saying here about His response to the repeated prayers of His people to act for them?
3. Personal Application: Have you ever prayed earnestly for God to act or intervene and it seemed like He wasn’t listening or answering you? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “I am a pastor’s daughter, but I couldn’t work in another country in the former USSR because I was Ukranian. I couldn’t even attend church because the members didn’t approve of where I came from. Why is all this happening to me? I am a pastor’s daughter.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read I Corinthians 15:12-19.

1.  Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. Why is the truth of the resurrection so crucial to the Christian hope?
3. Personal Application: Have you ever prayer that the Lord would come soon to end the death, misery, crime, hatred, and evil in this world? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why help the wicked and those who aren’t Christian anyway? They are going to be destroyed when He comes. We might be helping them to be stronger, live longer, and have more children of the devil that will eventually harm other people.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Ecclessiastes 12:13,14.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What does this tell us about how important all that we do here is?
3. Personal Application: What does it mean to you that one day justice will finally come? What does justice mean to you? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “What about the people who do all kinds of bad things, hurt others financially, physically, and mentally? If they repent and are converted; their sins are forgiven. Where is the justice to those they did harm to?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Revelation 21:1-5.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. Is it difficult to imagine life without sin, death, pain, and tears?
3. Personal Application: What should we be doing now to prepare ourselves and others for the new heavens and earth? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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