Category Archives: SSLessons
Tuesday: Reincarnation
The pagan notion of an immortal soul provides the foundation for the unbiblical theory of reincarnation or transmigration of the soul. This theory has been adopted by some major world religions. While most Christians believe in the existence of an immortal soul that abides in a permanent heaven or hell after death, those who believe … Continue reading –>
11 End-time Deceptions – Singing with Inspiration
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. To help us avoid all deceptions, … Continue reading –>
11: End-time Deceptions – Teaching Plan
Key Thought: Mysticism, near-death experiences, reincarnation, necromancy, and ancestor worship are dangerous, end-time deceptions that we need to be aware of without exposing ourselves to their influence. December 10, 2022 1. Have a volunteer read 2 Corinthians 11:14,15. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this … Continue reading –>
Monday: Near-Death Experiences
Some of the most popular modern arguments to “prove” the theory of the natural immortality of the soul are “near-death experiences.” In his book, Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon — Survival of Bodily Death (Atlanta, GA: Mockingbird, 1975), Raymond A. Moody, Jr., presented the results of his five-year study of more than one hundred … Continue reading –>
Sunday: Mysticism
Our world has been flooded by the strong waves of mysticism. The word “mysticism” is a complex term that encapsulates a huge variety of ideas. From a religious perspective, the word implies the union of the individual with the Divine or Absolute in some kind of spiritual experience or trance. This characterizes the worship experience … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: End-Time Deceptions
Read for This Week’s Study: Matthew 7:21-27, John 11:40-44, 1 Peter 3:18, 1 Samuel 28:3-25, Ephesians 6:10-18. Memory Text: “And no wonder! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is not strange if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will match their deeds” (2 Corinthians 11:14-15, , NRSV). Our contemporary world has become a … Continue reading –>
Mission Spotlight for December 3
Support for the mission activities of the Seventh-day Adventist church has always been part of the Sabbath School program. This video is Mission Spotlight for this week.
Continue reading -->Friday: Further Thought ~ The Fires of Hell
Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “The First Great Deception,” Pages 531-550; “Can Our Dead Speak to Us?” Pages 551-562, in The Great Controversy. “Upon the fundamental error of natural immortality rests the doctrine of consciousness in death — a doctrine, like eternal torment, opposed to the teachings of the Scriptures, to the dictates of reason, and to … Continue reading –>
Thursday: The Biblical View
Read 1 John 5:3-12. Why does the apostle John limit “eternal life” only to those who are in Christ? The biblical doctrine of conditional immortality of the human being — in contrast to the nonbiblical theory of the natural immortality of the soul — is made explicit in 1 John 5:11-12. To grasp the meaning of this … Continue reading –>