Is this True, Somewhat True, or False? Humility is a trait that all loyal followers of Jesus must possess. Join the Hit the Mark panel as they discuss Sabbath School Lesson 4 – Unity Through Humility. It’s the fastest hour of the week!

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/unity-through-humility-hit-the-mark-sabbath-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unity-through-humility-hit-the-mark-sabbath-school

Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter’s author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week’s Sabbath School lesson,

<

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/4-unity-through-humility-it-is-written-discussions-with-the-author/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-unity-through-humility-it-is-written-discussions-with-the-author

View an in-depth discussion of Unity Through Humility in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris.
Click on the image below to view the video:

With thanks to Hope Channel – Television that will change your life.

Daily Lesson for Wednesday 21st of January 2026

Muhammad Ali once said, “I am the greatest.” In August 1963, six months before winning the world heavyweight boxing championship, he even released a record album titled “I Am the Greatest.” Ali, no doubt, was a great athlete, but he was not an example to follow if one wants the mind of Christ.

In contrast, Jesus was perfectly sinless. Though He was tempted “in all points . . . as we are” (Hebrews 4:15), He never sinned, not even by a thought. Nevertheless, Hebrews 5:8 indicates, “though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered” (NKJV). Jesus’ submis­sion to the Father’s will was always perfect. There was never a moment He refused to submit, though no doubt many times it was not easy.

Image © Amit John at Goodsalt.com

Jesus, who is equal with God, who is God, not only took upon Himself human flesh but became a “bondservant” (doulou, a servant, a slave) and then offered Himself as a sacrifice for our sins! In another place, Paul says that He became “a curse for us” (Galatians 3:13). God, our Creator, died on the cross in order to be our Redeemer as well, and that required Him to become a curse for us.

How do we begin to wrap our minds around what this is saying? Even more so, how do we do what the texts tell us to do, and that is to have the same kind of willingness to humble oneself and to sacrifice oneself for the good of others?

In another place, Jesus said: “But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:11-12, NKJV). This, in many ways, reflects what Paul was telling us, in Philippians 2:5-8, to do as well.

In more powerfully graphic terms, Paul was saying here what he said earlier about not doing anything “through selfish ambition or conceit” (Philippians 2:3, NKJV).

<–Tuesday Thursday–>

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/26a-04-the-mind-of-christ/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=26a-04-the-mind-of-christ

Daily Lesson for Tuesday 20th of January 2026

An increasing number of companies around the world are working on technology that combines the processing power of computers with the human brain. In other words, by connecting minds to computers, scientists hope to impact our thoughts through the computers. Although implant use with the human brain may promise positive results, which include helping to manage epilepsy, depression, and Parkinson’s disease, more sinister uses are not difficult to imagine. Mind control cannot be far away.

In some ways, it’s already here. Our mind is like a computer, only far superior. The constant information flow, to which we are daily exposed, “programs” our mind, conditions our thoughts, and guides our actions.

Image © Kevin Carden at Goodsalt.com

When we immerse ourselves in media, the worldly way people think stamps its impression on our minds, and we begin thinking the same way. It’s as if other people’s minds were implanted or melded into ours.

We are, like Jesus, to be “spiritually minded” (Romans 8:6). “No one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God,” which Paul contrasts with “the spirit of the world” (1 Corinthians 2:11-12, NKJV). Who is our teacher? And what are we learning?

Ultimately, we can change our mind, but we can’t change our heart; only God can. The Holy Spirit needs to perform heart surgery on us, wielding the “sword of the Spirit” (Ephesians 6:17), the “living and powerful” Word of God, “piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12, NKJV). Only through the Holy Spirit can we really know ourselves because, by nature, our own heart deceives us (Jeremiah 17:9). The Hebrew word for “deceitful” (‘aqov) refers to bumpy ground that trips us up; by extension, it means thoughts that are tortuous, twisted, and crooked. We must be transformed by the “renewing” of our mind in order that we may “prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2, NKJV).

<–Monday Wednesday–>

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/26a-04-mind-implant-or-mind-surgery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=26a-04-mind-implant-or-mind-surgery