Key Thought: Some of the psalms are called historical psalms. They help us see our lives as a part of the history of God’s people and claim the past as our own.
March 9, 2024

1. Have a volunteer read Psalm 105.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. How should we, as Seventh-day Adventists, see ourselves in this line of people from Abraham on? What lessons should we learn from this history?
3. Personal Application: What lessons have you learned, or should have learned, from your past mistakes? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “.Why should we study the Old Testament and the history of the Jews? We are New Testament Christians and Jewish history is a thing of the past and doesn’t apply to Christians today.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Psalm 80.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How are God’s people portrayed, and what great hope do they plead for?
3. Personal Application: How have you experienced repentance and a return to God? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “I think I’ve done too much bad stuff for God to forgive me and save me. I don’t know if I could ever believe that I could be forgiven or change my life.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Psalm 135.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What historical events are highlighted here? What lessons does the psalmist draw from them?
3. Personal Application: How can we make sure that we don’t have idols in our lives? Why might idolatry be wasier to do that we realize? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “How has God lead you in the past? Is it easy to forget or ignore the lessons of the past? Why is it important to remember how God has guided and worked for you in the past?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Psalm 106.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What historical events and their lessons are highlighted in this psalm?
3. Personal Application: How often do we remember God’s works and don’t wait to ask for God’s direction when we make decisions? 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 3rd of March 2024

The reviews of Israel’s past highlight God’s faithfulness and Israel’s unfaithfulness.

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They also should teach coming generations not to repeat their ancestors’ mistakes but to trust God and to remain faithful to His covenant. The psalmist uses history as a parable (Psalms 78:2), which means that the people should deeply ponder the psalm’s message and search for the meaning for themselves. Psalms 78:1-72:2 is a prophetic description of Jesus’ method of teaching in parables (Matthew 13:34-35).

The psalm also reflects on the time of the Exodus (Psalms 78:9-54), the settlement in Canaan (Psalms 78:55-64), and the time of David (Psalms 78:65-72). It demonstrates the Lord’s glorious deeds and the consequences of the people’s breaking of their covenant with God. Israel’s history recounts many forms of the people’s disloyalty to God, especially their idolatry (Psalms 78:58).

The psalmist, however, stresses the root of the Israelites’ unfaithfulness: they forgot what God had done for them, did not trust God, put God to the test (Psalms 78:18,41,56), rebelled against Him, and failed to keep His law, His covenant, and His testimonies (Psalms 78:10,37,56). By stressing these specific forms of disloyalty, the psalmist implies that the rejection of Israel in history has resulted from one core sin, namely, the people’s failure to trust the Lord (Psalms 78:7-8).

When reading the psalm, one is overwhelmed with the people’s constant stubbornness and spiritual blindness in contrast to the Lord’s boundless patience and grace. How was each new generation so slow to learn?

Before we get overly judgmental of past generations, we should consider ourselves. Aren’t we, also, forgetful of God’s past wonders and neglectful of His covenantal requirements? The psalm does not encourage people to rely on their own deeds. Instead, Psalms 78:1-72 shows the futility of human will unless it is grounded in constant awareness of God’s faithfulness and an acceptance of His grace. The unsuccessful battles of God’s people (Psalms 78:9, 62–64) elucidate the psalm’s lesson that human efforts apart from faithfulness to God are doomed to end in failure.

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Daily Lesson for Saturday 2nd of March 2024

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Read for This Week’s Study

Psalms 78:1-72, Psalms 105:1-45, Galatians 3:29, Psalms 106:1-48, Psalms 80:1-19, Numbers 6:22-27, Psalms 135:1-21.

Memory Text:

“Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done” (Psalms 78:1-72:3, 4, NKJV).

In numerous psalms, praise takes the form of narrating the Lord’s mighty acts of salvation. These psalms are often called “salvation history psalms” or “historical psalms.” Some appeal to God’s people, telling them to learn from their history, particularly from their mistakes and the mistakes of their ancestors. Certain historical psalms contain a predominant hymnal note that highlights God’s past wonderful deeds on behalf of God’s people and that strengthen their trust in the Lord, who is able and faithful to deliver them from their present hardships.

The special appeal of the historical psalms is that they help us to see our lives as part of the history of God’s people and to claim that past as our own. As we have been adopted into the family of the historic people of God through Christ (Romans 8:15; Romans 9:24-26; Galatians 4:6-7), the historical heritage of the ancient people of Israel is indeed the account of our spiritual ancestry. Therefore, we can and should learn from their past, which is ours, as well.

The final goal is to realize that each generation of God’s people plays a small but significant part in the grand historical unfolding of God’s sovereign purposes in the great controversy.

*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, March 9.

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The Mission program of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is an opportunity for us to understand the needs of others and share in supporting them. Please click on the image below to watch the Mission Spotlight presentation for this week:

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What made/makes Jesus the “Good” Shepherd? Join Hit the Mark Sabbath School as they discuss Lesson 9 – Blessed Is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord.

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