Key Thought : This week we encounter the God of miracles and the signs and wonders He performs, as well as the plagues as Divine judgment upon Egypt,
July 26, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Exodus 7:3,13,14,22.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What lessons are here in the first confrontation between the God of the Hebrews and the gods of Egypt?
3. Personal Application: What freewill choices are you going to make this week? If you know what the right choice is, how can you prepare to make it? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Doesn’t the Bible say God hardened Pharoah’s heart? Does this mean that God causes people to do either the right or the wrong thing in their lives? That He predestines people to be saved or to be lost, to do good or evil?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Exodus 7:14-8:19.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What happened in these plagues?
3. Personal Application: Is there a danger in our lives by rejecting God’s Spirit continually and making things worse in our lives? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What is so attractive about idol worship? Why was it so difficult for the Egyptians to break from idolatry, even after they saw the devastation it brought upon them?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Exodus 8:27-9:12

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does this account teach about however great may be the manifestations of God’s power, mankind still have the free will to reject Him?
3. Personal Application: Pharoah had rational evidence to make a right choice. It was a heart problem. What does this tell us about we must guard our hearts? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “What is an idol> How do we make our own gods and bow doen before them? Why does God stand so vehemently against iodolatry?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Exodus 9:13-10:29.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How successful are these plagues in getting Pharoah to change his mind?
3. Personal Application: What is it in our hearts that causes us to stubbornly refuse all of God’s promptings to repent and follow Him? 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).

(0)

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/4-the-plagues-teaching-plan/

Daily Lesson for Sabbath 19th of July 2025

Image © Pacific Press

Read for This Week’s Study: Exodus 7:8-25; Exodus 8:1-32; Exodus 9:1-35; Exodus 10:1-29; Numbers 33:4; Romans 1:24-32; Psalms 104:27-28; Isaiah 28:2,12-17; Isaiah 44:9-10,12-17.

Memory Text:

“So the heart of Pharaoh was hard; neither would he let the children of Israel go, as the Lord had spoken by Moses” (Exodus 9:35, NKJV).

A farmer was trying to get his donkey to move; the beast wouldn’t budge. So, the farmer took a thick branch and walloped it. He again spoke to the donkey, who then started moving.

When someone asked the farmer why that worked, he replied, “Well, first you have to get its attention.”

Putting aside whatever issue one might raise about cruelty to animals, there is a point to be made here, especially in the context of the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt. Moses has been given his marching orders and goes to Pharaoh with God’s famous words, shalach et ami, which is, “Let My people go!”

Pharaoh, however, does not want to let God’s people go. The Scriptures never explicitly explain why Pharaoh was so reluctant, despite the military threat that the Egyptians feared the Hebrews could pose (see Exodus 1:10). Most likely, as is often the case with slavery, it was pure economics. They were cheap labor, and so he didn’t want to lose whatever economic advantages these slaves gave him. Thus, he was going to need some persuasion not only to get his attention but also to change his mind.

*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, July 26.

Sunday–>

(0)

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25c-04-the-plagues/