Key Thought : We are called to acknowledge and proclaim God’s justice and His loving intentions towards His people.
March 15, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Romans 3:23-26, Romans 5:8.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What do these passages reveal about the way Christ defeats the allegations of the devil?
3. Personal Application: Why is the demonstration of God’s righteousness and love so important in the cosmic conflict? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “What is so important about God’s “name”? What implications does this have in those who call themselves Christian – or Christ-like? How can we show people what following Christ looks like in practice?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 5:1-4..

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Who is speaking and whom is Isaiah speaking about?
3. Personal Application: What significance does God imply by saying, “What more could have been done to my vineyard that I have not done in it?”? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What do the vineyard and the owner represent? What is the significance of the actions of the vineyard owner and what is the result?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Matthew 21:33-39, Isaiah 53:4.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Who were the vinedressers? Who were the servants? Who was the son?
3. Personal Application: What griefs and sorrows did Jesus bear on the cross? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “How does understanding and acceptance of His intentions of love toward His people inform our proclamation of His righteousness to others? How can this be highlighted in the oproclamation of the gospel?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Romans 3:1-4, Isaiah 5:3,4.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does this teach us about God Himself being on trial and vindicated in the cosmic conflict?
3. Personal Application: How reassuring is it to know that God does everything to demonstrate His righteousness and justice for His people? 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 Monday 10th of March 2025

At every turn, Christ’s work undoes the work of the devil. And, according to 1 John 3:8, Jesus “was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8, NRSV) and to “destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14, NRSV). Yet, the total defeat of the enemy’s rulership takes place in two stages. First, through the work of the Cross, Christ disproves Satan’s slanderous allegations. And, later, Satan and his kingdom will be destroyed.

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As we have seen, the enemy claims that God is not fully righteous and loving. However, in Christ, God provides the ultimate manifestation of God’s righteousness and love, and He did so through the Cross.

After the death of Jesus, “Satan saw that his disguise was torn away. His administration was laid open before the unfallen angels and before the heavenly universe. He had revealed himself as a murderer. By shedding the blood of the Son of God, he had uprooted himself from the sympathies of the heavenly beings.”—Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 761.

The history of redemption provides abundant evidence for us to be confident that God always works to bring about in the end what is good for all concerned. The God of Scripture always does what is good and preferable, given the avenues available to Him in the great controversy (Deuteronomy 32:4, 1 Samuel 3:18, Psalms 145:17, Daniel 4:37, Habakkuk 1:13, Revelation 15:3, Genesis 18:25).

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Daily Lesson for Sunday 9th of March 2025

Although there is an enemy at work whom Christ Himself refers to as the (usurping) “ruler of this world,” the true king of the universe is Jesus Christ. Jesus wins the victory for us, and in Him we can have victory, even in the midst of hardship and suffering. Indeed, the work of Christ counters the enemy at every turn.

We have seen that Scripture describes the devil as:

1. The deceiver of the whole world from the beginning (Revelation 12:9, Matthew 4:3, John 8:44, 2 Corinthians 11:3, 1 John 3:8);

2. The slanderer and accuser of God and His people in heaven (Revelation 12:10; Revelation 13:6; Job 1:1-22; Job 2:1-13; Zechariah 3:1-2; Jude 1:9); and

3. The usurping ruler of this world (John 12:31, John 14:30, John 16:11, Acts 26:18, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 2:2, 1 John 5:19).

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Though Scripture teaches that Satan is the arch-deceiver, slanderer, accuser, and usurping ruler of this world, it also teaches that Jesus is the victor over Satan in every way:

1. Jesus came “ ‘into the world, to testify to the truth’ ” (John 18:37, NASB);

2. Through the cross, Jesus supremely demonstrated God’s perfect righteousness and love (Romans 3:25-26; Romans 5:8), thereby disproving the devil’s slanderous allegations (Revelation 12:10-11); and

3. Jesus will finally destroy the kingdom of the devil, who “ ‘knows that his time is short’ ” (Revelation 12:12, ESV; compare with Romans 16:20), and Christ “ ‘will reign forever and ever’ ” (Revelation 11:15, NLT).

In the end, no matter what Satan does, he is already a defeated foe, and the key for us is to claim Christ’s victory for ourselves every day, moment by moment, and also to claim the promises that the Cross has offered us.

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Daily Lesson for Sabbath 8th of March 2025

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Read for This Week’s Study: John 18:37, Romans 3:23-26, Romans 5:8, Isaiah 5:1-4, Matthew 21:33-39, Isaiah 53:4, Romans 3:1-4.

Memory Text:

“Pilate therefore said to Him, ‘Are You a king then?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice’ ” (John 18:37, NKJV).

Some years ago, an insightful children’s story was printed in Guide magazine. The story focuses on a boy named Denis, an orphan living as a foster child with a family in medieval times. Denis passionately hates the king of his land because, when his parents were sick, the king’s soldiers carried him away, and he never saw them again. Only later did he learn that the king separated them in order to spare the living all the horrors of the Black Plague. The truth about the king sets Denis free from the hatred that he had harbored almost his entire life. The king had always, and in every case, acted out of love for his people.

Many people today view God somewhat like Denis viewed the king. The evil they have witnessed or experienced brings them to hate or dismiss God. Where is God when there is suffering? If God is good, why is there so much evil? The cosmic conflict sheds light on this crucial issue, but many questions remain. Yet, when all our attempts at answers fail to satisfy, we can look to Jesus on the cross and see in Him that God can be trusted, even with all the questions that remain unanswered for now.

*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, March 15.

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Inside Story for Friday 7th of March 2025

By Andrew McChesney

To the Seventh-day Adventist pediatrician, the 13-year-old Alaska Native girl resembled a giant.

Four months after their first phone call, pediatrician Colette Reahl made the seven-hour drive from Anchorage to Fairbanks, Alaska, to meet Matrona for the first time at the facility where she lived with 19 other girls and boys. Matrona stood at 5 foot, 7 inches (174 cm). In comparison, Colette was a diminutive 5 foot, 3 inches (162 cm).

When Colette saw the girl, she thought, She looks like a giant to me. This should be interesting.

Matrona, who was sitting on the floor in a meeting room, was very shy and didn’t want to talk at first.

Colette sat down on a couch near her. A few awkward minutes passed, and then she remembered that she had brought a gift, an encyclopedia about animals, for Matrona. Colette opened the book and silently began to leaf through the pages. Matrona’s curiosity was raised, and she slowly inched her way over to Colette. Before long, Matrona was sitting beside Colette and looking at the pictures with her.

It was a pleasant first visit, and it lasted three hours.

The two met again the next month, and Colette gave Matrona a Bible. She suggested reading the Bible together over the phone. But when she called, Matrona made herself unavailable to talk.

Then Matrona moved to a facility in Anchorage. She was lonely and missed her friends in Fairbanks. She began to call Colette every day, trying to persuade her to adopt her.

Colette, meanwhile, started the process of changing jobs. Her work as a pediatrician in Anchorage was ending, and she was preparing to move to Bethel, the largest community in western Alaska, with a population of 6,000. She would work at a hospital there.

“Ewww,” Matrona said when she learned about the move. To her, Bethel was a small village, and she thought it would be boring.

This mission story offers an inside look at a previous Thirteenth Sabbath project. Pediatrician Colette Reahl is also coleader of Bethel (Alaska) Seventh-day Adventist Church, which received part of a 2024 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering. Thank you for helping spread the gospel with this quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering on March 29. Read more about Colette and Matrona next week.

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