The Cross and the Great Controversy

• Lesson 13 for the week of March 19 to March 26

Job 1-2; Rev. 12:7-17 The Cosmic Conflict. The Seventh-day Adventist understanding of the Cosmic Conflict has generally been popularized in Adventism under the heading of “The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan.” It is more...

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The Cross and Sanctification

• Lesson 12 for the week of March 12 to March 19

Rom 6; Gal 5:16-25; Col 3:1-17 The Cross and Sanctification. If justification is God’s act of declaring His children righteous, sanctification is the process by which we become righteous, holy, and good. Our lesson today...

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The Cross and Justification

• Lesson 11 for the week of March 5 to March 12

Rom 3, 7-8; Gal 3 The Cross and Justification. In traditional Protestant theology, “justification” is the process by which God declares us to be in right standing with him, regardless of our behavior of the...

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The Heart of the Cross

• Lesson 10 for the week of February 26 to March 5

Gen 18:22-33; Gen 22; Rom 3:9-31; 5; 2 Cor 5:14-21 The Heart of the Cross . Many of the biblical passages which focus on the meaning of the cross, build on the idea of substitution....

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He is Risen

• Lesson 9 for the week of February 19 to February 26

Mt 28; Mk 16; Lk 24; Jn 20; Rom 6:4-6; 1 Cor 15 He Is Risen. This week’s lesson focuses on the Resurrection, the central pillar in the Christian faith. As Paul put it in...

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Darkness at Noon

• Lesson 8 for the week of February 12 to February 19

Mt 27:33-66; Mk 15:22-47; Lk 23:33-56; Jn 19:17-42 Darkness at Noon. This week’s study focuses on Jesus’ experience on the cross. Here we will look at the cross through the lens of Jesus’ seven sayings...

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Passage to Calvary

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 5 to February 12

Mt 26:57-27:32; Mk 14:53-15:21; Lk 22:54-23:32; Jn 18:12-19:17 Passage to Calvary. All four Gospels describe Jesus’ trials and condemnation. It is instructive to view this sequence of events through the experience of the primary characters...

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The Passion Week

• Lesson 6 for the week of January 29 to February 5

Lk 19:28-44; Jn 13:1-17; Mt 21:10-17; 26:36-44 The Passion Week. This week’s lesson surveys four major events during passion week which led up to Jesus’ crucifixion: Triumphal Entry, Cleansing of the Temple, Footwashing, and Gethsemane....

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In the Shadow of Calvary

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 22 to January 29

Mt 16:13-23; 17:1-23; 20:25-28; Jn 1:29-34; Acts 10:38-39 In the Shadow of Calvary. In this week’s lesson, the God-Man moves closer to his ultimate destiny, death on the cross. But before the resurrection, no one...

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A Body You Have Preparted for Me

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 15 to January 22

John 1:1-3, 14; 8:58; Heb. 5:7-9; Phil. 2:1-11 A Body You Have Prepared for Me. Today’s lesson focuses on one of the most tantalizing mysteries in Christian theology: the Incarnation, especially as it relates to...

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Jesus and the Sanctuary

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 8 to January 15

Exod. 24:1-11; 25:8; Isaiah 53 Jesus and the Sanctuary . When we think of the heavenly sanctuary as the place where Jesus’ sacrifice has made atonement for our sin, it is easy to overlook parts...

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His Glorious Purpose Foreshadowed in Types

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 1 to January 8

Gen. 4:1-8; 22:1-19; Num. 21:4-9; John 3:14-15 His Glorious Purpose Foreshadowed in Types. One of the crises precipitated by the modern critical study of Scripture is that the teaching about salvation which Christians accept on...

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The Provocation and Provision

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 25 to January 1

Genesis 1-3 Provocation and Provision. Our lessons this quarter focus on the cross of Christ and we begin the discussion where it begins in Scripture: Creation and Fall. In Genesis we only glimpse briefly the...

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The Power of the Resurrection

• Lesson 13 for the week of March 20 to March 27

Relevant Passages John 20:1-21:25 The Power of the Resurrection. None of the Gospels leave Jesus in the tomb. On the first day of the week the tomb is empty. That points to a precious hope...

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