ohn 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.

We have learned so much about our precious Lord Jesus in this quarter’s lesson studies, so may we all have chosen to
Take The Name Of Jesus With You – Hymn 474, all because 
Lord, I Have Made Thy Word My Choice – Hymn 273 if previously 
We Have Not Known Thee as we ought – Hymn 291.

Monday gives us Jesus’ encouragement “Follow Me” with our positive response being 
I Will Follow Thee – Hymn 623.

Tuesday helps to see that 
Christ Is The World’s Light – Hymn 234 and 
Christ Is The World’s True Light – Hymn 345. This continues in Wednesday (our Christmas Day special) with the wonderful result of 
I Do Believe – Hymn 486.

Our week and year closes with requesting again 
Give Me The Bible – Hymn 272 because I wish to say 
All To Jesus I Surrender – Hymn 309. Thursday closes with these precious thoughts.

May we always remember “Christ is the medium of communication of men with God, and of God with men.” – Ellen White, The Desire of Ages, p.143.

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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Key Thought: Through the power of the Holy Spirit, God the Father has revealed to us the depth of His love. And we know Jesus because His life, death, and resurrection have been recorded in His Word.
December 28, 2024

1. Have a volunteer read John 21:1-22.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What question led Peter down a wrong path? Did Jesus straighten the path?
3. Personal Application: Why is humility so key in anyone seeking to know the Lord? What do anyone of us have to be proud of?” Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Has anyone that you have looked up to disappointed you? What lesson did you learn from this?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read John 8:42-44.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How did Jesus describe the false foundation on which the religious leaders had based their faith?
3. Personal Application: How do you respond to truths that “step on your toes” as opposed to how you should respond? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “I don’t know if I can stand by myself if persecuted or challenged on the Bible teachings. I need the Pastor or teacher to help me understand what to say or where to go to refute their arguments. I believe in Jesus but I can’t remember all the time line dates, or Scripture references to defend our positions.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read John 4:46-54.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What problem brought the official to Jesus, and what was the underlying issue?
3. Personal Application: What are some examples when politics and human prejudices use the Word of God for their own interpretations and applications? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Why isn’t obedience to God enough. If we accept Him and obey Him, that should be enough. But to love Him is an abstract idea of loving someone we’ve never seen or heard. Love is something that grows from knowing someone and spending time with them, not just a Facebook texting and talking relationship.” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read John 12:32.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. In what ways does this statement describe the authority of Jesus?
3. Personal Application: How do we experience Spiritual growth? How do we get to know, understand, and trust Jesus with and in our lives? 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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Daily Lesson for Sunday 22nd of December 2024

John 20:1-31 ends with the purpose of the book, which would be the logical place to conclude, but there is one more chapter. Chapter 21 begins with some of the disciples back in Galilee, with Peter suggesting a night on the lake. It looks as though old times have returned, and the disciples are back to their old trade, fishing. But they catch nothing that night.

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In the morning, a mysterious stranger on the shore tells them to cast their net on the right side of the boat. They then catch so many fish that they cannot pull in the net. It was like the beginning of their ministry with Jesus (see Luke 5:1-11). John immediately recognizes Jesus and tells Peter, who immediately jumps in the water and swims ashore.

Jesus asks Peter three questions, all concerning love for his Master. Before the Crucifixion, Peter insisted that he would lay down his life for Jesus (John 13:37). That is when Jesus predicted his threefold denial (John 13:38). At this meeting in Galilee, Peter does not make himself the reference point but rather makes it Jesus: “ ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you’ ” (John 21:17, ESV).

Some note that Jesus uses the verb agapaō, which means to love, in questioning Peter (except for the last time), and that Peter always responds with phileō, which means to love, but just as a friend. The implication is that Peter has not achieved the higher kind of love.

Actually, Peter’s response is focused on humility. With Peter’s failure ever before him, it is more likely that he humbly uses a “lower term,” daring not to claim too much for himself. And it is this humility that Jesus affirms, and which becomes crucial in restoring Peter to ministry. No question, humility is one of the greatest qualifications for ministry because the focus then becomes Jesus Christ and not self.

Peter’s restoration and role as leader in the early church is one of the strongest evidences that Jesus rose from the dead. It would be hard to explain Peter’s prominence if Jesus had not, in the presence of the other disciples, restored him to ministry.

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Daily Lesson for Sabbath 21st of December 2024

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Read for This Week’s Study: John 21:1-25; John 11:9-10; John 8:42-44; John 4:46-54; 2 Timothy 3:16; John 15:1-11.

Memory Text:

“ ‘You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me’ ” (John 5:39, NKJV).

John’s Gospel, like Mark’s, ends with a meeting in Galilee. This final lesson on John deals with that meeting but integrates it with the theme of how we know Jesus and the Word of God—a concept that runs through the fourth Gospel.

Though they were with Jesus more than three years, the disciples were still greatly unprepared for the Crucifixion and Resurrection, even though Jesus had told them again and again what would happen.

Unfortunately, they didn’t take Him at His word.

We today can be in danger of doing the same thing: hearing or even reading the Word of God but not listening to it, not abiding in it, and not obeying it. That is, not accepting it as the light that should guide our thoughts and actions. This, unfortunately, is where, perhaps unwittingly, too many Christians are.

In this, our last week in John, we will look at some of this Gospel’s key points, which can help us move beyond the mere head knowledge of Jesus to, instead, knowing Him better and more closely abiding in Him and in His Word.

*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, December 28.

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Our Sabbath School program has always been linked to the support of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission program. This video provides a little insight into this important work.

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