Prepared for Sabbath School Class, June 6, 2026.
Photograph by William Earnhardt
Key Text: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9, NKJV).
Read in Class: Hosea 6.
Study: What specifically do you notice here about how God describes Himself in His appeal for repentance?
Apply: When did you last hear a rebuke or a call to repentance? How did you respond? Ask the class to spend some time in prayer right now, asking God to soften our hearts and open our ears to His voice in His Word this week.
Share: Please share how Isaiah 64:6, Zechariah 3:4, and Isaiah 61:10 reveal the importance of Christ’s righteousness to us? Why are these promises so important?
Read in Class: Acts 2:37-38, and Acts 3:18-19.
Study: Why is repentance so important in the process of spiritual growth? What is a time of “refreshing”?
Apply: Repentance leads to life (Acts 11:18) and is a vital part of growing in a relationship with God. In the process of surrender, repentance, and allowing God to prune you, what step is most challenging for you?
Share: Your friend says we need more of those old-fashioned fire-and-brimstone sermons to bring people to repentance. What do you tell your friend? See Hosea 2:14 and Romans 2:4.
Read in Class: Exodus 34:1-10.
Study: What crucial truth is found here?
Apply: Does God’s mercy tend to turn you away from sin or encourage you to test God’s limits and patience with sin?
Share: Slowly read the following verses. Share what they tell you about God’s grace toward you: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6:23, NKJV). “But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom. 5:20-21, NKJV). “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8, NKJV).
Read in Class: Matthew 22:1-14.
Study: What messages can you find in this parable?
Apply: Adam and Eve wore a white robe of soft light before they sinned; after they sinned, they realized they were naked (Gen. 3:7) and made clothing of fig leaves. Then God replaced their fig leaves with a clothing from animal skins. There was a sacrifice that produced their garment. In a similar way, we accept Jesus’ sacrifice by accepting His robe of righteousness. “Naked and ashamed, they tried to supply the place of the heavenly garments by sewing together fig leaves for covering…. Nothing can man devise to supply the place of his lost robe of innocence. No fig-leaf garment, no worldly citizen dress, can be worn by those who sit down with Christ and angels at the marriage supper of the Lamb. Only the covering which Christ Himself has provided can make us meet to appear in God’s presence. This covering, the robe of His own righteousness, Christ will put upon every repenting, believing soul.”–Ellen G. White, Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 311. Reflect: We should daily choose to be clothed with Jesus’ robe of righteousness. What does this really mean, and how do we do this?
Share: How would you explain the precious gift of Christ’s robe of righteousness to a non-Christian or a new believer?
Mission: Can you think of someone with whom you could share the plan of salvation this week?
