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. 

This week we will 
Look For The Waymarks – Hymn 596 that Jesus is pointing out. In the Sabbath afternoon introduction, we read John 20:31 which will have us respond with 
I Know Whom I Have Believed – Hymn 511. 

The Wedding at Cana is explained on Sunday, and we find this story in verse 2 of 
Hymn 145 – Songs Of Thankfulness And Praise.

The man at the Pool of Bethesda showed he had faith which is portrayed in 
Hymn 523 – My Faith Has Found A Resting Place. 

The Hard Hearts on Wednesday is the opposite to what we can sing in 
Hymn 309 – All To Jesus I Surrender. May this be our resolution. 

Ellen White’s writings on Friday return us to 
Hymn 523 – My Faith Has Found A Resting Place. 

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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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/1-signs-that-point-the-way-singing-with-inspiration/

Daily Lesson for Sunday 29th of September 2024

Seeing Jesus perform the miracle of changing the water into wine provided evidence in favor of the disciples’ decision to follow Jesus. How could it not have been a powerful sign pointing to Him as being someone from God? (They probably were not yet ready to understand that He was God.)

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Moses was the leader of the Israelites, and he brought Israel out of Egypt by many “signs and wonders” (Deuteronomy 6:22, Deuteronomy 26:8, NKJV). He was the one whom God used to free Israel from the Egyptians. (He was, in a sense, their “savior.”)

God prophesied through Moses that a prophet would come who was like Moses. God asked Israel to hear Him (Deuteronomy 18:15, Matthew 17:5, Acts 7:37). That “prophet” was Jesus and, in John 2:1-25, Jesus performed His first sign, which itself pointed back to the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egypt.

The river Nile was a key resource and a deity for the Egyptians. One of the plagues was directed at the river—the changing of its waters to blood. At Cana, Jesus performed a similar miracle but, instead of turning water into blood, He turned it into wine.

The water came from six water pots used for purification purposes in Jewish rituals, linking the miracle even more closely to biblical themes of salvation. By recounting the incident of changing the water to wine, and thus referring back to the Exodus, John was pointing to Jesus as our Deliverer.

What did the master of the feast think of the unfermented wine that Jesus provided? He was indeed surprised by the quality of the drink and, not knowing the miracle that Jesus had performed there, thought that they had saved the best for last.

The Greek term oinos is used both for fresh and fermented grape juice (see The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Dictionary, p. 1177). Ellen G. White states that the juice produced by the miracle was not alcoholic (see “At the Marriage Feast,” The Desire of Ages, p. 149). No doubt, those who knew what happened were astonished at what had taken place.

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/24d-01-the-wedding-at-cana/