4: The Hard Way – SPD Discipleship Video
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Continue reading -->Tuesday: What’s in a Name?
Isaiah 8:1-10 Can you imagine playing a ball game with Isaiah’s second boy? By the time you could say “Maher-shalal-hash-baz, throw me the ball!” it would be too late. But even longer than his name is its meaning: “swift is booty, speedy is prey” or “speed the spoil, hasten the plunder.” The message of the name … Continue reading –>
Monday: Foreseen Consequences
Isaiah 7:17-25 Read the above verses. What is the Lord saying that will happen to the land? Why should we not be surprised at this outcome? “Invitation upon invitation was sent to erring Israel to return to their allegiance to Jehovah. Tender were the pleadings of the prophets; and as they stood before the people, earnestly … Continue reading –>
4: The Hard Way – Singing with Inspiration
As the Israelites forgot about God and followed so many other gods and nations, God remained faithful to them, with Isaiah and many other prophets working so hard for God to turn His people around, hence I will choose Hymn 100 – Great Is Thy Faithfulness as a theme hymn for this quarter. Secondary to this … Continue reading –>
4: The Hard Way – Teaching Plan
Key Thought: Through Isaiah’s words, actions, and family; God reinforced the message warning and hope. He has both the love and power to guide, protect, and provide for those who let Him..January 23, 2021 A. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 7:17-25. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in … Continue reading –>
Sunday: Prophecy Fulfilled
In Isaiah 7:14-16, Immanuel is a sign linked to the specific dilemma of Ahaz: Before the child Immanuel would be old enough to decide between different kinds of food, “the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted” (Isa: 7:16, NRSV). This refers to the land and kings of Syria and northern Israel (see … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: The Hard Way
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Isa: 7:14-16, Isa: 7:17-25, Isa: 8:1-10, Isa: 8:11-15, Isa: 8:16-22. Memory Text: “I will wait on the LORD, who hides His face from the house of Jacob; and I will hope in Him” (Isaiah 8:17). At a burning building in New York City’s Harlem, a blind girl was perched on the fourth-floor window. The firemen … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: Bangladesh
Floating Red Book By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Toroni Kumar Tripura was thrilled to receive a Bible with a beautiful red cover in his remote village in southeast Bangladesh. The Bible arrived as a reward for completing a series of Bible lessons by mail. But Toroni had to be careful. His father served as a … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought ~ When Your World Is Falling Apart
Further Study: “‘His name shall be called Immanuel, … God with us.’ ‘The light of the knowledge of the glory of God’ is seen ‘in the face of Jesus Christ.’ From the days of eternity the Lord Jesus Christ was one with the Father; He was ‘the image of God,’ the image of His greatness … Continue reading –>
Physical Unity can be an Illusion
And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. Isaiah 29:13 NLT As I write this many Adventist Church buildings around the world are open for full … Continue reading –>
Thursday: “God Is With Us”!
Isa: 7:14 Like the name of Isaiah’s children (Shear-jashub, “a remnant shall return,” and Maher-shalal-hash-baz, which means “swift is booty, speedy is prey”), the name of Immanuel has a meaning. It is literally “with us God.” But the commonly accepted translation “God with us” misses something important. As with other Hebrew names of this kind … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: Sign of a Son
Isa: 7:14 An offer of a sign as “deep as Sheol or high as heaven” (Isa: 7:11, NRSV) did not move Ahaz. So, when God says He Himself will come up with a sign (Isa: 7:14), we expect it to have breathtaking dimensions that only the divine imagination could devise (compare Isa: 55:9, 1 Cor: 2:9). Surprise! The sign is a … Continue reading –>