Good Word Lessons

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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