Jesus Our Assurance

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 6 to September 13

Relevant Biblical Passages: Hebrews 6, 10, and 11 Jesus Our Assurance. Those who have not yet discovered the power of substitutionary theology are often troubled by the lack of assurance of their salvation. Unless I...

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Jesus our Sacrifice and Salvation

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 30 to September 6

Relevant Biblical Passages: Hebrews 9-10 Jesus Our Sacrifice and Salvation. For the author of the book of Hebrews, the sacrifice of Christ was of central importance. And while building his case for the importance of...

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Jesus’ Ministry and the Sanctuary

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 23 to August 30

Relevant Biblical Passages: Hebrews 9-10 Jesus’ Ministry and the Sanctuary. New Testament writers have adopted a variety of perspectives on the role which the death of Christ plays in Christian atonement theology. The two most...

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Jesus and the Sanctuary

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 16 to August 23

Relevant Biblical Passages: Hebrews 8, 9, 10 and 13 Jesus and the Sanctuary. A tantalizing question in the study of the Bible is how to relate Jesus to the Old Testament. Perhaps the most obvious...

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Jesus and the Covenant

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 9 to August 16

Relevant Biblical Passages: Hebrews 8, 9, and 10 Jesus and the Covenant. Both Testaments in Scripture speak of a “new” covenant and an “old” one. And in every case, the new is lauded as good...

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Sanctuary Language in Hebrews

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

Relevant Biblical Passages: Hebrews 9 Sanctuary Language in Hebrews. Though “sanctuary” looms large in the book of Hebrews, a broader perspective is gained by looking at the role which “sanctuary” plays (or does not play)...

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Jesus Our High Priest

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 26 to August 2

Relevant Biblical Passages: Hebrews 5 and 7 Jesus Our High Priest. The New Testament writers assign a wide variety of roles to Jesus. While he was on earth, Jesus ministry was more like that of...

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Jesus – Higher and Better

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

Relevant Biblical Passages: Heb 7:7-26; 11:1-26 Jesus – Higher and Better. The passages selected for our discussion today present a Jesus which is higher and better than anything we can imagine. That is a different...

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Jesus – One of Us

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

Relevant Biblical Passages: Hebrews 2 Jesus – One of Us. One of the most precious teachings of the New Testament is that Jesus is like us. He was tempted like we are tempted. And as...

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Jesus Our King

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

Relevant Biblical Passages: Hebrews 1 Jesus Our King. The author of Hebrews lived at a time when royalty was still revered and highly honored. For him Jesus was the king of all kings, a point...

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Jesus and the Book of Hebrews

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 28 to July 5

Relevant Biblical Passages: Heb. 1:1-2; 2:3; 4:15; 10:22-23 Jesus and the Book of Hebrews. The Probe Study guide for this quarter focuses on Jesus and the Book of Hebrews, and that is the title for...

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Post-Witnessing Activities

• Lesson 14 for the week of September 23 to September 30

Background Considerations Seventh-day Adventists have been looking for the second coming of Christ for 150 years. As a Church we have never set a date for Christ’s coming, nontheless many Church members feel there has...

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Post-Witnessing Activities

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 16 to September 23

Background Considerations New members of the Church are more than statistics to computerize; they are bundles of joy, fears, needs, hopes and dreams, all wrapped in a new robe of Christ’s righteousness. If neglected, they...

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Errors & Setbacks in Witnessing

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 9 to September 16

Background and Considerations Every Christian worker needs to think carefully about the culture in which he or she is working in order to effectively reach people with the gospel. Culture is defined as the integrated...

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