Daily Lesson for Tuesday 3rd of March 2026 Read Colossians 2:11-15. What issues does Paul seem to be combating here? How often have we seen these texts, especially Colossians 2:14, misused as an argument against the law and keeping the Sabbath? To help understand these texts, two main interpretations have been proposed by Seventh-day Adventists: … Continue reading –>
One hot July afternoon at an Oklahoma Camp meeting, I visited a friend in her tent. Just outside sat my friend’s 13-year-old daughter with a friend she had just met. This was her friend’s first camp meeting. He had come with his grandfather, who just become a Christian. He did not know what to think … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 2nd of March 2026 The theme of Colossians is one of the clearest maxims for living the Christian life: “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him” (Colossians 2:6, NKJV). We receive salvation by receiving a Person, not just a body of teachings. But receiving Jesus … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 1st of March 2026 Job asked, “Where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?” (Job 28:12, NKJV). Paul answers: in Christ, “in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3, NKJV; compare 1 Corinthians 1:30). If we have Christ, we have everything, even … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 28th of February 2026 Read for This Week’s Study Colossians 2:1-23; Hebrews 7:11; Isaiah 61:3; 1 Corinthians 3:6; Deuteronomy 31:24-26; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 7:7. Memory Text: “So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 27th of February 2026 Further Thought “We have no righteousness of our own with which to meet the claims of the law of God. But Christ has made a way of escape for us. . . . If you give yourself to Him, and accept Him as your Saviour, then, sinful … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 26th of February 2026 Read Colossians 1:28-29. What is Paul’s focus? Why do you think “everyone” (ESV) is repeated three times? The focus of Paul’s preaching was Christ and Him crucified (1 Corinthians 1:23). According to Ephesians 5:27, the purpose of Christ’s sacrifice is “that He might present her [the church] … Continue reading –>
Is this True, Somewhat True, or False: Paul means this symbolically, not literally: to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight. Join the Hit the Mark panel as they discuss Sabbath School Lesson 9 – Reconciliation and Hope. It’s the fastest hour of the week!
Continue reading -->Introduction: One of the less pleasant features of my legal career has been that both sides have a dislike for the other. The labor union did not like my client because my client wanted nothing to do with the union and had asked me to help. My client did not like the union because it … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 25th of February 2026 Read Colossians 1:26-27. Paul twice talks about “the mystery.” What mystery? In another place, Paul refers to “the mystery of God,” which is God’s eternal purpose “ordained before the ages for our glory” (1 Corinthians 2:7, NKJV) and revealed through the plan of salvation. Peter speaks of … Continue reading –>
