Daily Lesson for Tuesday 10th of December 2024

Throughout the Gospel of John, the apostle describes how Jesus, the Son, does activities that point to the Father. Jesus explains who the Father is and shows what His relationship to our world is. This is all in keeping with John 1:18, which says that He makes the Father known (Greek exēgeomai: to explain, interpret, exposit). Again and again Jesus does this. The word Father (patēr) appears 136 times in John and 18 times in 1–3 John, more than one-third of the entire uses in the New Testament. The farewell discourse is one of the prime locations in the Gospel where Jesus makes the Father known.

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with and teaches the people who are gathered around Him.

Jesus was the Father’s representative on earth, and He came to live out, in human flesh, the Father’s will. In fact, Jesus said that in all things He sought to do the Father’s will, and not His own (John 5:30). This may seem at first a startling statement, but it shows how totally surrendered Jesus, as a human being, was to the Father.

Jesus said, too, that He had been sent by the Father to finish His work—the salvation of humanity—and that the Father Himself bore witness to His work (John 5:36-38).

Jesus proclaimed that the Father sent Him to serve as the only one through whom humanity may come to the Father (John 6:40,44). The Father wants people to have the eternal life found in Jesus, who promises to raise them up in the resurrection.

Jesus’ claims about His relationship to the Father are astonishing. He asserts that all of His teachings are the teachings of the Father; that all He says He had personally heard from the Father; that belief in Him is the same as belief in the Father; that both His very words and His works are all of the Father; and that He and the Father are united in loving and working for the salvation of humanity. What a powerful testimony to the closeness of Jesus to His Father in heaven!

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John has written what is possibly the most well-known Bible verse in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, He gave His only Son” which has had many say 
Lord, I Have Made Thy Word My Choice – Hymn 273 and 
Give Me The Bible – Hymn 272. John writes of many people who turned to Jesus in this quarter’s studies. Here are two hymns from which to choose for your theme hymn this quarter.

 “God in three persons, blessed Trinity” (endings of verses 1 and 4) is found in 
Hymn 73 – Holy, Holy, Holy giving us a beautiful reminder this week of The Father, the Son, and the Spirit.

A key Bible text on Sunday is sung in 
Hymn 78 – For God So Loved The World just as is stated in John 3:16.

Monday has two key elements, The Word, and the incarnate Son. These are in 
Hymn 274 – O Word Of God Incarnate.

 If Jesus, as a human being, can be totally surrendered to the Father, I wish to sing
All To Jesus I Surrender – Hymn 309 for all that Jesus has done for me, a weak human being, and yet He saves me.

We are blessed with a number of hymns about the Holy Spirit for our Wednesday study time. Here are just three:
Hymn 260 – Hover O’er Me, Holy Spirit,
Hymn 268 – Holy Spirit, Light Divine and
Hymn 269 – Come, Holy Spirit.

 With the Holy Spirit doing such a beautiful work in each of our lives, we certainly can say 
I Know Whom I have Believed – Hymn 511.

The big word for Thursday is “true” (or truth). Knowing the Truth, we are able to sing 
Christ Is The World’s True Light – Hymn 345 to guide us each and every day through until Jesus comes to take us all Home.

 Please continue to search the scriptures this week to be blessed, and to bless many others.

 To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/

Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org/Search and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.

  2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

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Key Thought: To understand God, we must look at Jesus and what is revealed in the word. This lesson presents the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
December 14, 2024

1. Have a volunteer read John 7:16, 8:38, 14:10,23

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What do these texts teach us about the relationship between Jesus and the Father?
3. Personal Application: How would your life be changed if your thoughts and actions were a full expression of God’s will for you?” Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “How do we know God? Is it knowing about Him? Is it having a relationship with Him? How does that work? How do we get to know a Spirit; a God that man has never seen; Jesus who lived 2,000 years ago and is in heaven?.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read John 1:10-13.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does this tell us about the importance of the Holy Spirit for conversion?
3. Personal Application: If the Holy Spirit brings conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment; how can we be sure we are not resisting that conviction? Why is once-saved, always saved a deterrent to the convicting power of the Spirit? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What does the Holy Spirit do? Does He make us feel good? Give us wisdom and strength? Show us our sins? Give us power and gifts? I think some people have a misunderstanding of the Spirit’s role in their lives.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read John 17:1-26.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What words or phrases express the desire of Jesus for a close relationship between Himself and His disciples?
3. Personal Application: How can we better reflect the love of God in our own lives? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “How are we supposed to live in the world and yet not be influenced by the world? Should we try to isolate ourselves from the world like the monks, or the Essenes, or John the Baptist in the wilderness?.” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Genesis 3:7-9.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How does this reveal the breach that sin caused? What does it mean that God was seeking them out, and not they seeking Him out?
3. Personal Application: Have you ever felt frustrated or discouraged when you didn’t understand or comprehend what some passage in the Bible said? How did you deal with that situation? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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