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.

Sabbath afternoon introduces us to Christ who “is the eternal Son, one with the Father”: 
Hymn 637 – Son Of God, Eternal Saviour. Overall, this week we are able to understand of the wonderful 
Love Divine – Hymn 191.

Our learning on Sunday reminds me, we are 
Redeemed – Hymn 337/338. The Passover time sees Jesus go up into the Mountain, just as Moses did: 
Hymn 147 – Christ Upon The Mountain Peak.

“The account of the feeding of the 5,000 provided the opportunity to illustrate that Jesus is the Bread of Life”: 
Bread Of The World – Hymn 398.

 Christ Is The Worlds Light – Hymn 234 and 
Christ Is The World’s True Light – Hymn 345 portray what John is reaffirming on Wednesday.

Good Christian Friends, Rejoice! – Hymn 173 is what happened when Lazarus was raised from his grave (Thursday). 

The crescendo of our learning is found on Friday when Ellen White states “Our spiritual life is sustained by the Word Of God” and we can sing this in 
O Word Of God Incarnate – Hymn 274. 

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/2-signs-of-divinity-singing-with-inspiration/

Daily Lesson for Tuesday 8th of October 2024

The disciples made a connection between sickness and sin. A number of Old Testament passages point in that direction (compare with Exodus 20:5, 2 Kings 5:15-27, 2 Kings 15:5, and 2 Chronicles 26:16-21), but the story of Job should have led to caution about whether such a connection always occurred.

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Jesus sets the matter straight, not denying any connection between sin and suffering but, in this case, pointing to a higher purpose: that God would be glorified by the healing. The account contains certain affinities to the Creation story, that of God’s forming the first man from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7), just as Jesus makes clay to provide the blind man what was missing from the womb.

In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, miracle stories follow a common pattern: an expression of the problem, the bringing of the individual to Jesus, the cure, and recognition of the cure with praise to God.

In the story in John 9:1-41, this sequence is completed in John 9:7. But typical of John, the significance of the miracle becomes the much wider point of discussion, leading to a long interaction between the healed man and the religious leaders. This striking discussion revolves around two intertwined contrasting pairs of concepts—sin/works of God and blindness/sight.

The narrator does not tell the reader until John 9:14 that Jesus did this healing on the Sabbath, which, according to tradition and not Scripture, violated the Sabbath. And thus, He was counted as a Sabbath breaker by the Pharisees. Their conclusion was that He was not from God because they maintained that “He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others found it troubling that a sinner could do such signs (John 9:16).

The discussion is far from over, but already a division appears. The blind man is becoming more and more clear about who Jesus is, but the religious leaders are becoming more and more confused or blind as to His real identity.

<–Monday Wednesday–>

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/24d-02-the-healing-of-the-blind-man-part-1/