Key Thought: Through the centuries men and women have been willing to experience martyrdom rather than give up their faith in Christ.
April 27, 2024

1. Have a volunteer read Jude 3,4; Revelation 2:10.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What is the warni9ng here and how did it apply to the later Christian church?
3. Personal Application: What encourages you in challenging times? What scares you? What promises can you claim during these times? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “How can I have any faith in God’s promises to help me or save me when I face death itself? What promises does He give us that I can believe in?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Acts 5:28-32, Revelation 3:11, Ephesians 6:10-12.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What basic principle is found in these texts?
3. Personal Application: How can we reflect the light of Christ and shine in our community? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Do new discoveries of truth conflict with previous truths or with what the Bible teaches?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Psalms 19:7-11, 119:140, Jeremiah 15:16, 2 Timothy 2:1-3.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What similar attitudes did David and Jeremiah have toward the Word of God that shows the cornerstone of the Reformation?.
3. Personal Application:: How do you deal with values, ideas, and morals in your culture that conflict with the Word of God? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “What did Paul say to Timothy regarding sharing the Word of God? Can’t Christians just live a good life to influence others? It is scary and pushy to rry to tell others what the Bible says.” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 2:14,15; John 5:24; 11:25,26; I John 5:11-13.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How did believers in the Middle Ages experience the reality of the great controversy? What lessons can we learn from the Reformers that can help us in the last days?
3. Personal Application: What assurances do these promises give you personally? How do they help us in the trials of life? 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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