Daily Lesson for Thursday 28th of August 2025 “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord’ ” (Romans 12:19, ESV; see also Deuteronomy 32:35). What promise and command are found in these verses, and how are they closely … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 27th of August 2025 Read Matthew 5:38-48. How does Jesus interpret the meaning of the retaliation law? How should we apply it today? In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ cited texts from the Old Testament, texts that people were surely familiar with. However, He was speaking against the current … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 26th of August 2025 Read Exodus 23:20-33. What methods did God desire to use for conquering the Promised Land? It was not God’s intention for the Israelites to fight for their new territory; it was to be given to them. It had been promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and should … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 25th of August 2025 In God’s mercy, He taught the judges how to deal with people in various situations regarding property rights. Several case studies are enumerated, indicating what to do if a bull attacked a neighbor’s bull, if people stole a domestic animal and sold it, if animals grazed in … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 24th of August 2025 At Sinai, with the giving of His law, God set the foundation for teaching His people how, through connection with Him, they could live holy lives. But the principles of the law needed to be applied in everyday life, so God gave them additional laws, the so-called … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 23rd of August 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Exodus 21:1-32, Exodus 22:16-31; Exodus 23:1-33, 2 Kings 19:35, Matthew 5:38-48, Romans 12:19, Matthew 16:27. Memory Text: “Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: “You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 22nd of August 2025 By Andrew McChesney Eniah Ngulube grew up in a non-Adventist home that observed the seventh-day Sabbath in Zambia. In addition to the Sabbath, her parents’ church taught that sick people should refuse medicine and instead seek prayer from church leaders. If an ill person died, church members … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 22nd of August 2025 Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “The Law Given to Israel,” Pages 303–310, and “Satan’s Enmity Against the Law,” Pages 331–342, in Patriarchs and Prophets. “God purposed to make the occasion of speaking His law a scene of awful grandeur, in keeping with its exalted character. The … Continue reading –>
For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— Galatians 4:24 NKJV What did Paul mean by Mount Sinai? Many believe he was referring to the Ten Commandments. Was he? Paul speaks favorably of the Ten Commandments in Ephesians 6, and I doubt he would … Continue reading –>
Seventh-day Adventists are known for defending the Law of God with vigor – sometimes to the extent of eclipsing the gospel and the grace of God. Perhaps it’s time to take a closer look at what we mean by the “Law of God.” Events in various countries have recently demonstrated that without laws that are … Continue reading –>
