Key Thought: We need to look at some passages that some people us to justify the natural immortality of the soul. These reflections should strengthen our own convictions and help us to answer those who question this important teaching.
November 26, 2022

1. Have a volunteer read Luke 16:19-31.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. Why is this story not a literal description of life after death?
3. Personal Application: Why did Jesus use a prevailing misconception of hell in His parable to the Pharisees? Share your thoughts..
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Jesus said the rich man was in a place of torment and Lazarus was in the bosom of Abraham. That tells us Jesus believed there was a heaven and hell.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Luke 23:43.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How should Jesus’ promise to the thief on the cross be understood when compared to other Scriptures?
3. Personal Application: Why do people misread and misunderstand the Scriptures so often? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Jesus told the thief he would be with Him in heaven that day. So why don’t you believe the thief and Jesus didn’t go to heaven that day, like Jesus promised?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read I Peter 3:13-20..

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How did God preach to those in the prison house of sin before the flood in the times of Noah? What effect did that preaching have?
3. Personal Application: What similar preaching are we giving today that seems just as unlikely as a world-wide flood in Noah’s day? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Jesus went ot hell and preached to those who were lost. That’s obvious. What I don’t understand is, if they are already lost, why did Jesus preach to them? Do they get a second chance or was He just explaining to them why they were lost?.” How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Revelation 6:9-11.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How could the souls of the martyrs cry out from under the altar?
3. Personal Application: Have you seen injustice that has not been rectified, dealt with, or remedied? What is the difference in the response of the faithful, and those who want justice now?? 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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