Key Thought : In Mark 16 we see the timing of Jesus’ resurrection on Sunday morning and the mission to take ther gospel throughout the world.
September 28, 2024

1. Have a volunteer read Mark 15:42—16:6.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What happens here and why is it relevant to the resurrection narrative?
3. Personal Application: How can we be certain of the resurrection of Jesus? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Isn’t Sunday a memorial of Jesus’ resurrection? If not, what is the memorial?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Mark 16:1-8, I Cor 15:1-8.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What happened and how did the women respond?
3. Personal Application: Why must we not keep silent about Jesus and what He has done? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What can you tell me about Jesus and the plan of salvation in your life? Do you have a personal testimony?.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Mark 16:9-20.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What do these verses add to the resurrection story?
3. Personal Application: How can we keep ourselves from the spiritual trap of doubt and unbelief? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Maybe the disciples lied about the resurrection and just made it u.” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Mark 16:14-20.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What did Jesus say to His disciples and what do these words mean to us today?
3. Personal Application: What comfort can we take and should we take from this promise as we also seek to proclaim the gospel everywhere? 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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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/13-the-risen-lord-teaching-plan/

Daily Lesson for Sunday 22nd of September 2024

All the Gospel writers agree that Jesus died on the day that they identify as the “preparation” (Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14,31,42). Most commentators understand this as a reference to sunset Thursday through sunset Friday. Jesus died late on Friday afternoon and was then quickly buried before sunset.

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During the Sabbath, the Lord rested in the grave, and all of Jesus’ disciples rested, as well. “And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment” (Luke 23:56, NKJV), a rather strange action if, in fact, Jesus had lessened, at least in their minds, the obligation to keep the fourth commandment.

On Saturday night, the women bought spices, and on Sunday morning, they went to the tomb with the desire to complete the typical burial process. Of course, Jesus was not there!

As early as the second century, Christians saw significance in the fact that Jesus rose on Sunday. This became the basis for Sunday sacredness. But is that what the New Testament teaches?

Not a word in the Bible hints at Sunday sacredness as a memorial of the Resurrection. That memorial is baptism. “Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4, NKJV).

Regardless of the false theology regarding Sunday worship, as Adventists we must rejoice in the Sunday morning resurrection of Jesus. Jesus has triumphed over death, and in His resurrection, we have the surety of ours.

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/24c-13-rejoicing-in-the-resurrection/