Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Isa: 65:17-25, Isa: 66:1-19, Isa: 66:19-21, Isa: 66:21, Isa: 66:22-24. Memory Text: “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind” (Isaiah 65:17). One day, a 12-year-old boy, having just read a book on astronomy, refused to go to school. His mother took … Continue reading –>
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. Mission Spotlight Video (3)
Continue reading -->his is a discussion between Pr Eric Flickinger, speaker for “It is Written: and Dr Roy Gane, the author of this quarter’s lesson study series. ITW: Author Interview This program is produced by “It is Written” (7)
Continue reading -->“I Want to Plant a Church” By Andrew Mcchesney, Adventist Mission Julio Ovalle was bursting with enthusiasm when he returned home from a Global Mission conference organized for church members across Mexico. He excitedly told his wife, Maria Diaz, about what he had learned at the event in January 2017. “Now I want to plant … Continue reading –>
Further Study: See also Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, pages 376-378; also The Desire of Ages, pages 236-243. “Jesus stood before the people as a living expositor of the prophecies concerning Himself. Explaining the words He had read, He spoke of the Messiah as a reliever of the oppressed, a liberator of captives, a healer of … Continue reading –>
You can view an in-depth discussion of “Desire of Nations” in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on the image to view: With thanks to Hope Channel – Television that will change your life. (4)
Continue reading -->This video is produced by the South Pacific Division Discipleship team. Week 12_ Desire of Nations_ study this lesson for Mar 20 from SPD Discipleship on Vimeo. (1)
Continue reading -->Isa: 61:2 Amidst all the good news, why does the Messiah, as depicted in Isaiah 61, proclaim God’s vengeance? When is this prophecy fulfilled? When in Nazareth, Jesus, the Messiah, read Isaiah 61 as far as “to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor” (Isa: 61:2, NRSV; Luke 4:19, NRSV). Then He stopped and said, “Today this scripture … Continue reading –>
Isaiah 61:2 Who is speaking in Isaiah 61:1? The Spirit of God is on this anointed person, which means that he is a messiah or the Messiah. He is to “bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners” (Isa: 61:1, NRSV). Whom does that sound like? Compare Isaiah 42:1-7, … Continue reading –>
What is Isaiah 60.1-2 talking about? What principle do you see at work there that’s seen all through the Bible? What hope does it offer? In Isaiah 60.1-2, we are given a picture of God’s deliverance of His people, following the exile, expressed with the imagery of God’s creating light out of darkness and pointing forward … Continue reading –>
Isaiah 59:1-21 presents a startling picture of the problem of sin. Fortunately, the Bible also presents the hope of Redemption. To begin, the first question is, How many of us have sinned? The Bible is unequivocal: All of us have. Redemption, therefore, cannot be based on lack of sin; it must be based on forgiveness (Jer: … Continue reading –>
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 … Continue reading –>
