Key Thought: It was not God’s presence alone that changed Moses’ life. It was crucial that Moses be open to God’s love, grace, and compassion. Moses’ understanding of God’s goodness and transforming power made Moses face shine..
September 20, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Exodus 33:12-17.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What did Moses ask God to teach him? Why did he deman God’s presence to lead them?
3. Personal Application: What is the difference between knopwing about God and knowing God? What is your relationship with Him? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “How do you explain the beuty of God’s character based on God’s self-revelation in Exodus to those who want to know what your God is like?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Exodus 33:18-23.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How did God answer Moses’ request to see His glory?
3. Personal Application: How much time do you spend focusing on the cross and what it tells you about the character of God? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “When I think about people in church and their witness, I often look at their character to see if they are kind, gracious, humble, and forgiving to see if Christ is really working in them. If you don’t live what you preach, noone will listen to you or take you seriously.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Exodus 34:6-9.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How did God reveal His glory to Moses?
3. Personal Application: How can we give glory to God when we understand that His glory is His character? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “How are we to be the light of the world and let our light shine by our deeds and works, when our salvation is not based on deeds or works, but in God’s grace and mercy?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Exodus 34:29-35.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What was the cause of Moses’ radient face?
3. Personal Application: How can Jesus gradually transform you into His image? 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 15th of September 2025

Moses’ growth in the Lord was steady. He drew closer and closer to the Lord and sought to model himself after God’s image. One day when he was conversing with God in the tent of meeting,

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Moses suddenly realized that he did not know Him, and he uttered a specific prayer: “ ‘Show me now Your way, that I may know You’ ” (Exodus 33:13, NKJV). Moses was aware of his deep need to understand God on a new level. He discovered that the more he knew the Lord, the more he did not know Him. He recog­nized his need and wholeheartedly desired to know Him better. God willingly granted Moses’ wish.

By looking at the experiences of Moses so far, we can observe how Moses was drawn into a deeper, intimate relationship with the Lord and how he grew spiritually.

First, Moses climbed the mountain and “went up to God” (Exodus 19:3, NKJV). Then he went “to the top of the mountain” (Exodus 19:20, NKJV) and afterward approached the cloud, “the thick darkness” in which God resided (Exodus 20:21, NKJV).

On another occasion, “Moses entered the cloud” where God was, and he stayed with the Lord 40 days and 40 nights (Exodus 24:18, NIV). During these 40 days, God gave Moses two precious gifts: (1) the gift of the Decalogue written by God Himself on the two tablets, also chiseled by Him (Exodus 24:12), and (2) the instructions on how to build and furnish the tabernacle (see Exodus 25:1-40; Exodus 26:1-37; Exodus 27:1-21; Exodus 28:1-43; Exodus 29:1-46; Exodus 30:1-38; Exodus 31:1-18).

Then he spent another 40 days and nights with the Lord, interceding for sinners (Exodus 32:30-32, Deuteronomy 9:18).

Yet, even after all this, Moses desired to know God’s character more concretely, and God soon gave him special insights to understand who He is. This knowledge Moses desired was not a mere intellectual understanding of God but an experiential knowledge of His person.

No wonder centuries later Jesus would say: “ ‘And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent’ ” (John 17:3, NKJV). What better way for God to make Himself known to humans than by becoming a human Himself?

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Daily Lesson for Sunday 14th of September 2025

We must not confuse “the tent of meeting” (built outside of Israel’s camp) with the tabernacle, which was later constructed and located in the center of the camp. We do not know how often Moses consulted with God in the tent of meeting.

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However, one thing we know for sure: Moses’ encounters with God resulted in a close friendship between them. “The Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend” (Exodus 33:11, NKJV). A friend is a person we can consult and openly discuss most everything with and trust that he or she will never reveal it to others. A friend is one of the nicest things to have and one of the nicest persons to be.

As recorded in Exodus 19:1-25; Exodus 20:1-26; Exodus 21:1-36; Exodus 22:1-31; Exodus 23:1-33; Exodus 24:1-18; Exodus 25:1-40; Exodus 26:1-37; Exodus 27:1-21; Exodus 28:1-43; Exodus 29:1-46; Exodus 30:1-38; Exodus 31:1-18; Exodus 32:1-35; Exodus 33:1-23; Exodus 34:1-35, the story of Moses is very instructive of how God transforms our lives. How did God build a relationship with this outstanding leader? A study of the life of Moses shows how he grew in his knowledge, not only of God’s power but of His love and character. This is a crucial component of having a relationship with God.

Prior to arriving at Mount Sinai, Moses was mightily used by God even while being prepared for a special leadership role. In the land of Midian, while taking care of sheep, God inspired him to write two books: Job and Genesis. Then, in the dramatic event of the burning bush, he was called by God to lead Israel out of Egypt. He saw the defeat of the Egyptian gods and the mighty Egyptian army in the Red Sea. He observed for many weeks how God led Israel from Egypt to Sinai. After the experience resulted in his shining face, he led Israel for another 39 years, to the brink of the Promised Land. The biblical message states that Moses was a faithful servant of God (Deuteronomy 34:5, Joshua 1:1), an unimpaired light in the darkness, a model prophet by whom others would be measured (Deuteronomy 18:15,18). He was an agent of change, even though the people did not always follow his directions and words. When they did, they prospered.

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Daily Lesson for Sabbath 13th of September 2025

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Read for This Week’s Study: Exodus 33:7-23; Exodus 34:1-35; Deuteronomy 18:15,18; John 17:3; Romans 2:4; John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 3:18.

Memory Text:

“And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ‘The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation’ ” (Exodus 34:6-7, NKJV).

We all need to grow in our walk with God. Without growth, we are dead. The apostle Peter declares: “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen” (2 Peter 3:18, NIV). We need to be willing to grow. We are daily in God’s university, where there is no graduation but a constant learning process. In each stage of growth, you can be perfect if you allow God to mold you into the person that He calls you, in Christ, to be.

Think of a school. If first-graders learn how to read and count to 100, they receive a passing grade because their knowledge is perfect at that stage and scale of growth. However, if this same level of knowledge, and no more, was detected in a high schooler, it would indicate a colossal failure in his or her education. It is similar with our growth in the grace and knowledge of God. In each stage of our development, we can be as perfect in our sphere as Christ was in His.

This week we study how Moses, through knowing and following God’s instructions, was growing in his walk with the Lord.

*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, September 20.

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Inside Story for Friday 12th of September 2025

By Andrew McChesney

Sixteen-year-old Domenico didn’t want to lose Fulvia after meeting her at a dance in Florence, Italy. So, he lied when she asked about his parents.

“What do your parents do?” she asked.

“My parents are rich,” he replied. “They own a beautiful car.”

Then Fulvia asked where he lived. Without thinking, he gave her the address of the orphanage where he lived.

But when she went to the address and found the orphanage, Domenico couldn’t lie anymore. “I’m an orphan,” he said. “I live there.”

Fulvia told her father everything, and Domenico thought their relationship was over. But her father’s response surprised Domenico.

“We have three children,” he said. “Invite him over. We’ll have four.”

Fulvia’s family accepted Domenico like a son, and he visited their home regularly. Wrapped in their love, Domenico experienced God’s love for the first time. He had heard about God, but now he saw His love in real life. A desire grew in his heart to know God, and he began to pray.

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Years passed. Domenico left the orphanage and married Fulvia when he was 22. He still wanted to know God. He had watched the 1956 U.S. movie The Ten Commandments in the orphanage, and he wondered if there was a church that kept all Ten Commandments. He wondered if anyone lived a Christian life as described by the Bible.

One day, when he was 30, Domenico switched on the radio and heard a voice say, “Now we’re going to talk about the apostle Paul.” Domenico listened and noticed the radio show hosts spoke differently from any other Christian he had heard. He began to listen to the radio station regularly. When a speaker mentioned Ellen G. White’s Steps to Christ, he called to ask for a copy. He also asked if the book could be delivered to his house by someone who could answer questions about what he had heard on the radio.

Emmanuel and his wife showed up at Domenico’s house with the book. Emmanuel opened the Bible to answer Domenico’s questions and, at his request, shared the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Wishing to know about the history of Christianity, Domenico then read The Great Controversy.

After seven months of Bible studies, Domenico felt wrapped in God’s love, and he was baptized. “I’m grateful to Adventist radio because it changed my life,” said Domenico Civardi, now 68.

Thank you for your mission offerings that help proclaim the gospel through radio broadcasts around the world.

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