13 October 2019 | A woman in Hall County, Georgia, allegedly set fire to the Gainesville Seventh-day Adventist Church on October 6 after being caught breaking into a nearby shed. Atlanta news site AJC reported that Dana Elaine Lawton was found lying on the floor of the church by deputies. She was carried out of […] Source: https://atoday.org/woman-allegedly-sets-fire-to-adventist-church-tries-to-stab-law-enforcement-with-pen/
Day 1: 2019 General Conference Executive Committee
by Loren Seibold | 13 October 2019 | You may stop and wonder when you hear that the theme for this year’s General Conference Executive Committee is “Faithfulness in Christian Lifestyle”: Why does a business meeting have a theme? And why this particular theme? Why, in a day and age when we’re trying to promote […] Source: https://atoday.org/53599-2/
Adventist Denomination Governing Body Annual Meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland
13 October 2019 | Thursday evening (10 October) the Annual Council of the executive committee of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination’s General Conference (GC) began at the GC headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC. This is the governing body of the denomination and consists of about 300 people, most of them denominational […] Source: https://atoday.org/adventist-denomination-governing-body-annual-meeting-in-silver-spring-maryland/
3: God’s Call – Singing with Inspiration
Do you hear
“Hark! The Voice of Jesus Calling”, Hymn 359 in our lesson study title for this week? Or,
Hymn 287, “Softly and Tenderly”? I heard
Hymn 361, “Hark! Tis the Shepherd’s Voice I Hear”.
Ezra and Nehemiah certainly heard God’s voice calling them.
These prophets were to lead the people, rebuild the sanctuary and walls, teach the people, and guide them:
Hymn 482, “Father, Lead Me Day by Day”,
Hymn 531, “We’ll Build on the Rock”,
Hymn 193, “Savior, Teach Me” and
Hymn 538, “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”.
The prophets spoke to the three kings, who listened: Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes. We hear this in
Hymn 413, “God Has Spoken by His Prophets”.
It is our responsibility (Thursday) to choose to follow God’s calling :
Hymn 623, “I Will Follow Thee”.
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.”
Amen!
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3: God’s Call – Teaching Plan
Key Thought : The time of Christ’s coming, His anointing by the Holy Spirit, His death, and the giving of the gospel is definitely pointed out in Ezra’s timeline related to Daniel chapter 9.
October 19, 2019
1. Have a volunteer read Daniel 9:24-27
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- How did Jesus cause the sacrifices and oblations to cease? Was He “cut off, but not for Himself”?
- Personal Application: How important is it for you to understand this 70 week prophecy?
Share your thoughts. - Case Study: One of your relatives states: “How do we know the starting point of the 62 weeks and 7 weeks (or 483 years) until the Messiah was to come?” How would you respond to your relative?
(Note: Ezra 7:7-13 gives us the date – the seventh month of the seventh year of Artaxerxes – 457BC. 483 years from that date gives us 27AD. Luke 3:1 tells us Jesus was baptized by John and anointed by the Holy Spirit in the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar – 27AD.)
2. Have a volunteer read Daniel 8:14, 26,27 .
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
- What does it mean to “cleanse the sanctuary”?
- Personal Application: How do you feel about living in the time of the judgment? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your friends states, “How do you know the 2300 year prophecy had the same starting date as Daniel 9:24-27?” How would you respond to your friend?
(Note: Daniel’s 70 week prophecy was “determined” – chathak – cut off, amputated from the prophecy already given in Daniel 8. Daniel is told in Chapter 9 to “consider the vision”, the vision was in chapter 8.)
3. Have a volunteer read Romans 8:28,29
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
- What did God choose for us? What did He call us for?
- Personal Application: Why should it be encouraging to know that you were predestined for salvation? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “If we are predestined for salvation, then it doesn’t matter what we do, or how we live our lives. God’s going to save us anyway. Predestination means we don’t have any choice in the matter.” How would you respond to your neighbor?
4. Have a volunteer read Exodus 4:10-12.
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
- What makes the job of a called leader difficult?
- Personal Application: Do we make excuses for not doing things we know God has called us to do? Share your thoughts.
- 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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