A while back I was talking with one of my former students from the Adventist school where I taught and gave Bible studies. She is now attending a public college in a different city, and she told me how sad she is that at least half of her school population is self-proclaimed atheist. She said … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Matt. 4:1-11; Matt. 22:37-40; Luke 24:13-35, Luke 24:44-45; Luke 4:25-27; Acts 4:24-26. Memory Text: “But He answered and said, ‘It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” ’ ” (Matthew 4:4, NKJV). Unfortunately, in this post-modern age, the Bible has been largely reinterpreted … Continue reading –>
3 Filipino Baptisms in Cyprus – European Division By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Yolanda Malla, a Filipino domestic worker in Cyprus, saw that her friend Beatrise had tagged her in a Seventh-day Adventist sermon on Facebook. Yolanda had met Beatrise, a Filipino domestic worker in Israel, several years earlier when they both worked as domestic … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: Read the following pages from the document “Methods of Bible Study”: “2. Presuppositions Arising From the Claims of Scripture”, part a. Origin, and part b. Authority. (“Methods of Bible Study” can be found at www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/materials/bible-interpretation-hermeneutics/methods-bible-study). As essential as the Bible is to our faith, it alone would be of no real spiritual value to … Continue reading –>
Read Hebrews 11:3, Hebrews 11:6. Why is faith so essential in understanding God and His Word? Why is it impossible to please God without faith? All true learning takes place in the context of faith. It is the implicit faith of the child toward his or her parents that enables the child to learn new things. It … Continue reading –>
The South Pacific Division (SPD) has produced a series of videos about the lesson studies this quarter. The speaker is Dr Kayle de Waal, a theology lecturer at Avondale University College. Week 2_Study this lesson for April 11 from SPD Discipleship on Vimeo. (10)
Continue reading -->Read John 1:14; John 2:22; John 8:31-32; and John 17:17. Which parallels do you see between Jesus, the Word of God made flesh, and Scripture, the Written Word of God? There is a parallel between the Word of God, who became flesh (i.e., Jesus Christ), and the Written Word of God (i.e., Scripture). Just as Jesus was supernaturally conceived … Continue reading –>
There are many hymns to choose as theme hymns for the Second Quarter of 2020. Here are just two, the first being Hymn 272, Give Me the Bible, followed by Hymn 277, For Your Holy Book We Thank You. Thank you to the ladies who messaged in and suggested that we could also add the … Continue reading –>
The divine revelation of the Bible. “Holy men of God,” the apostle Peter boldly says, “spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” (2 Peter 1:21). How was that like a conversation between God and those who wrote the Bible? How were people chosen to fill this role? Do you think the writers whose … Continue reading –>
“Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Write these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel’” (Exod. 34:27, NKJV). Why would the Lord have Moses write down these words as opposed to having Moses recite them to the people only? What is the obvious advantage … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: Although written by human beings, the Bible is the written word of God. Because uses the medium of language to communicate with human beings; Divine revelation is quite capable of being written down. Divine inspiration gives the Bible Divine authority.. April 11, 2020 1. Have a volunteer read 2 Peter 1:19-21. Ask class … Continue reading –>
Because God uses the medium of language to reveal His will to man, divine revelation is capable of being written down. Yet, as we already have seen, the Bible is the result of God’s revealing truth to us through the work of the Holy Spirit, who transmits and safeguards His message through human instruments. This … Continue reading –>
