The New Testament Hope – Hit the Mark
The New Testament Hope is Lesson 8 in our series. Join the discussion to learn how eternal life is ours.
Read 1 Corinthians 15:51-55. What “mystery” (1 Corinthians 15:51-52) is Paul explaining? Some popular preachers suggest that this “mystery” () is the “secret rapture” of the church, which is to occur seven years prior to Christ’s glorious second coming. In this “secret rapture” faithful Christians are suddenly, quietly and secretly, whisked off to heaven while everyone else remains here wondering … Continue reading –>
The Thessalonians were convinced that eternal life would be granted exclusively to those who would remain alive until the Second Coming. “They had carefully guarded the lives of their friends, lest they should die and lose the blessing which they looked forward to receiving at the coming of their Lord. But one after another their … Continue reading –>
The New Testament Hope is Lesson 8 in our series. Join the discussion to learn how eternal life is ours.
In one of His miracles, Jesus had fed five thousand people with just a small amount of bread and fish (John 6:1-14). Perceiving that the multitude then intended to proclaim Him king (John 6:15), Jesus sailed with His disciples to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. But the next day the multitude followed Him there, … Continue reading –>
Inge Anderson Sends out new lesson manuscript Sends out Inside Story manuscript Sends Inside Story photos to Derek Peter Wannemacher Peter converts main manuscript to HTML code in one long file. Peter inserts Inside Stories into manuscript Derek Roux Prepares files of lesson texts for Helps and copies to WordPress. Lloyd Taadira Adds context to … Continue reading –>
Read John 14:1-3. It has already been almost 2,000 years since Jesus promised to come again. How can we help others see that, despite the great length of time (which really doesn’t matter), this promise is relevant even to our own generation, so long removed from the time when Jesus spoke it? Four times in the … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: The New Testament hope is a Christ-centered hope in immortality. There is no eternal life apart from a saving relationship with Christ. November 19, 2022 1. Have a volunteer read John 14:1-3, 1 Corinthians 15:12-19. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage. … Continue reading –>
The theme hymn for this quarter’s studies “On Death, Dying and the FUTURE HOPE” is Hymn 214 – We Have This Hope. The studies we have completed so far are reverberating in Hymn 203 – This Is The Threefold Truth and will do through to the end of this quarter. Monday leads us through the section … Continue reading –>
The ancient Greek historian Herodotus (5th century BC) wrote about a tribe that, at a birth, began a period of mourning because they anticipated the suffering that the infant would face if it lived to adulthood. However alien to us the ritual might seem, there is some logic to it. Millennia later, an advertisement in … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: 1 Corinthians 15:12-19, John 14:1-3, John 6:26-51, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1 Corinthians 15:51-55. Memory Text: “And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 … Continue reading –>