Category: Lessons

Sabbath Healings and Hard Hearts

• Lesson 3 for the week of April 9 to April 16

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Read: Mark2:23-3:35 Jesus and his disciples were popular, but they also stirred up controversy. This week’s lesson includes some of those controversies Jesus faced. Jesus and the Sabbath (Mark 2:23-3:6) On a number of occasions...

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Amazing Miracle Worker

• Lesson 2 for the week of April 2 to April 9

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Read: Mark 1:21-2:17 In the first 20 verses of his book, Mark introduces Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, and John the Baptist, who prepares the way for the Lord. Jesus is baptized...

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Introducing Jesus, the Son of God

• Lesson 1 for the week of March 26 to April 2

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Read: Mark 1:1-20 This quarter’s lessons focus our attention on the New Testament book of Mark. This first lesson will be a bit longer than the others because it is important to address some background...

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The Cross and the Great Controversy

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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