The Sealed People of God

• Lesson 6 for the week of February 2 to February 9

Opening Question Does God have a specific number of people He wants to save? Introduction Chapter 6 concluded with a question: The day of God’s wrath has come and who is able to stand? Chapter...

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The Seven Seals

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 26 to February 2

Opening Question What is the most difficult situation you’ve gone through in your life? Introduction As the Lamb breaks the seals of the scroll in heaven, events correspond that appear to affect people on earth....

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The Enthronement of the Lamb

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 19 to January 26

Due to technical difficulties, the Good Word recording is not yet available. Opening Question What is an ideal worship service in your mind? Introduction The Throne Room scene in Rev. 4–5 forms the introductory sanctuary...

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God’s People in the Cities

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 12 to January 19

Opening Question Is parental discipline a positive or a negative experience? Introduction The fact that the seven churches are written to congregations in significant cities of Asia Minor shows that their presence and witness there...

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Among the Lampstands

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 5 to January 12

Opening Question Have you ever had a dream that was so meaningful to you that you wrote it down and shared it with others later? Introduction We’re told throughout the New Testament that the Spirit...

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The Gospel from Patmos

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 29 to January 5

Opening Question What sort of emotions does the last book of the Bible, Revelation, evoke in you? Introduction Most people think of Revelation as a book about the last days including mythical beasts, end-time plagues...

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The Book of Revelation – General Introduction

• Introduction

This study guide is meant to accompany the Seventh-day Adventist Sabbath School lesson for the 1st Quarter of 2019. Except for a longer first lesson, the format of this guide follows a similar pattern for...

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Journey to Rome

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 22 to September 29

Relevant Verses: Acts 27-28 Leading Question: Have you ever had someone who is a good person, but a bad traveling companion? What sort of a traveling partner would Paul have been? 1. Paul had always...

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Confinement in Caesarea

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 15 to September 22

Relevant Verses: Acts 24-26 Leading Question: Have you ever had to testify on your own behalf in a court of law? What was that like for you? 1. Following Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem, he was...

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Arrest in Jerusalem

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 8 to September 15

Relevant Verses: Acts 21-23:30 Leading Question: Are religious beliefs personal and private, or are there some religious differences that are worth arguing—even fighting—about? 1. Acts 21 begins with a recitation of the stages in Paul’s...

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The Third Missionary Journey

• Lesson 10 for the week of September 1 to September 8

Relevant Verses: Acts 18-20 Leading Question: The Christian church speaks quite a bit about baptism. Acts takes that word “baptism” and forces us to use the plural “baptisms”. So, how many types of baptism are...

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The Second Missionary Journey

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 25 to September 1

Relevant Verses: Acts 15:36-18:10 Leading Question: Can good, Christian people disagree so strongly that they can no longer work together? 1. Some time after their return from their first missionary journey, Paul suggested to Barnabas...

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The Jerusalem Council

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 18 to August 25

Relevant Verses: Acts 15 Leading Question: At the end of their missionary journey, Paul and Barnabas return to the church that sent them in Antioch. When they give their mission report, not everyone is happy....

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Paul’s First Missionary Journey

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 11 to August 18

Relevant Verses: Acts 13-14:26 Leading Question: All three of Paul’s so-called “missionary journeys” started in Antioch. Why were the believers in this city so supportive of these missionary endeavors? 1. According to Acts 13, the...

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