tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123764192024-03-13T14:32:49.472-05:001888 Sabbath School InsightsWeekly Insights about the Quarterly Lessons from the 1888 Message Study Committee.Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comBlogger812125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-57740509087437633402020-12-12T06:59:00.001-06:002020-12-12T06:59:37.125-06:001888 Message Study : The Christian and Workhttps://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q4/the-christian-and-work
Sent from my iPhoneUleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-87394372678051511722020-11-20T12:31:00.001-06:002020-11-20T12:31:48.971-06:001888 Message Study : Education and Redemption"EDUCATION AND REDEMPTION" The basis of true education, of redemption and of creation is love.Education and redemption are one in purpose. This purpose is also that of creation. In the beginning, God created man with the ability to think and to do. The creation of planet earth and of man, the members of the Godhead worked with one purpose in mind. Mankind was to be made in the image of God. In Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-51706008005289536602020-11-06T11:21:00.001-06:002020-11-06T11:21:50.449-06:00“MORE LESSONS FROM THE MASTER TEACHER”"MORE LESSONS FROM THE MASTER TEACHER" The lesson this week draws from many disparate texts and passages and so I chose to focus on Monday's lesson which uses Genesis 3:1-11 and Romans 5:11-19. Before we look at these texts, the concept of Jesus as Master Teacher should be explored. We began the quarter with the title Education in the Garden of Eden. In my vivid imagination, God, in the garden ofUleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-87418583699326623032020-10-30T17:53:00.001-05:002020-10-30T17:53:58.597-05:001888 Message Study : Jesus As The Master Teacher"JESUS AS THE MASTER TEACHER" As we study this week's lesson together, I believe we will see that we have much to learn. Thankfully, we do indeed have Jesus as our Master Teacher! As our memory verse states: "For it is the God Who commanded light to shine out of darkness, Who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." (2 Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-40321272063619254322020-10-15T02:19:00.000-05:002020-10-15T02:20:04.066-05:001888 Message Study : The Law As TeacherFOURTH QUARTER 2020SABBATH SCHOOL INSIGHT #3OCTOBER 17, 2020"THE LAW AS TEACHER" "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength" Deuteronomy 6:5, NKJV.God's law of love undergirds every commandment in the decalogue, every type, and every ceremony that foreshadowed His first advent. The everlasting covenant encompasses the entireUleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-3427399306556157632020-10-02T10:02:00.001-05:002020-10-02T10:02:56.971-05:001888 Message Study : Education in the Garden of Eden"EDUCATION IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN" "Behold, God is exalted by His power;Who teaches like Him?" Job 36:22, NKJV The primary purpose of the Eden school was for Adam and Eve to not only learn about the Creation, nor necessarily merely about the Creator, but to know the Creator for themselves, through their association with Him and the study of the things He had made to teach them of His very Person Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-30035397447636708122020-09-24T04:36:00.001-05:002020-09-24T04:36:26.363-05:001888 Message Study : A Step in Faith"A STEP IN FAITH" Memory text: "5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 Who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men." Philippians 2:5-7In the teacher's edition of the lesson, the author of the lesson states this in the teacher's commentsUleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-72447021505539291132020-09-10T08:57:00.000-05:002020-09-10T08:58:13.236-05:001888 Message Study : Sharing the Story of Jesus"SHARING THE STORY OF JESUS" "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God."1 John 5:13 As we contemplate the topic for this week's study, this quote from Ellen White comes to mind: "Every true disciple is born into the kingdom of God as a missionary. Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-13665454148202164452020-09-04T08:50:00.001-05:002020-09-04T08:50:53.989-05:001888 Message Study : An Exciting Way to Get Involvedhttps://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q3/an-exciting-way-to-get-involved"AN EXCITING WAY TO GET INVOLVED" "Then He said to His disciples, 'The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.' " Matthew 9:37, 38 This week's topic is close to my heart. Meeting together in small groups Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-50583166840284514672020-08-28T05:06:00.000-05:002020-08-28T05:07:09.566-05:001888 Message Study : Developing a Winning Attitude"DEVELOPING A WINNING ATTITUDE" "Developing a Winning Attitude". No, it's not the title of the latest "self-help" best-seller, but a lesson on "Developing a SOUL-Winning Attitude"! If you aren't in the habit of reading the SS lesson, and haven't read it this week, then I want you, right now, to STOP, go read this SS lesson, and then come back to our SS Insight for this week. This week's lesson Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-205617582526354582020-08-12T16:11:00.001-05:002020-08-12T16:11:28.646-05:001888 Message Study : Sharing the Word"SHARING THE WORD" The purpose of this week's lesson is about sharing God's word. It presents various aspects and applications of the Word. Each day outlines these particulars by the use of "Symbols of God's Word" (Sunday); "The Creative Power of God's Word" (Monday); "The Benefits of Studying God's Word" (Tuesday); "Applying God's Word" (Wednesday) all of which leads to "Sharing the Word" with Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-37910735913426247232020-08-07T07:16:00.001-05:002020-08-07T07:16:33.499-05:001888 Message Study : Unlimited Possibilitieshttps://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q3/unlimited-possibilities"UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES" "There is no limit to the usefulness of one who, putting aside self, makes room for the working of the Holy Spirit upon his heart, and lives a life wholly consecrated to God." –Ellen G. White, The Ministry of Healing, p. 159. "God does not call the qualified. He qualifies those whom He has called." Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-69234264905978056242020-07-31T07:34:00.001-05:002020-07-31T07:34:17.215-05:001888 Message Study : Spirit-Empowered Witnessing"SPIRIT-EMPOWERED WITNESSING" Memory Text: Acts 4:31. "And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness."The role of the Holy Spirit, in addition to the larger discussion of the "Godhead" has become an important topic in the church, and in the larger Christian world. Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-75222058828745742752020-07-23T14:35:00.001-05:002020-07-23T14:35:28.804-05:001888 Message Study : Prayer Power; Interceding For Others"PRAYER POWER; INTERCEDING FOR OTHERS" "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16, KJV). This text provides a template for prayer for healing. Many have claimed this promise for themselves and others. Sickness brings a sense of urgency to our prayers. When facing an Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-59702353718453043182020-07-17T16:13:00.001-05:002020-07-17T16:13:31.411-05:001888 Message Study : Seeing People Through Jesus' Eyes"SEEING PEOPLE THROUGH JESUS' EYES" In 1874, Isaac van Horn and his wife Adelia packed up their belongings and traveled west to do evangelism. As a convert to Adventism through Joseph Bates, Isaac picked up the baton of the Gospel to spread the good news of the Third Angels Message. They began tent meetings in Walla Walla, then the largest city in the Washington territory which boasted fifteen Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-29046977597901824202020-07-03T07:27:00.000-05:002020-07-03T07:28:05.272-05:001888 Message Study : Why Witness?THIRD QUARTER 2020SABBATH SCHOOL INSIGHT #1JULY 4, 2020"WHY WITNESS?" "If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son." 1 John 5:Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-58812767822728072932020-06-04T06:46:00.001-05:002020-06-04T06:46:28.388-05:001888 Message Study : The Bible As Historyhttps://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q2/the-bible-as-history"THE BIBLE AS HISTORY" Memory Text: "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage." Exodus 20:2 NKJV.As we contemplate the memory text in context of the title of the lesson, I wonder if this text is the one that would have come to mind as the keynote text for the topic of the Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-3617636410148800962020-05-20T07:36:00.001-05:002020-05-20T07:36:57.411-05:001888 Message Study : Creation: Genesis as Foundation—Part 1https://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q2/creation-genesis-as-foundationpart-1"CREATION: GENESIS AS FOUNDATION—PART 1" When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? Psalms 8:3-4, NKJV. "In the Beginning…"In order to have wisdom regarding our purpose and Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-22865818644032364552020-05-07T07:42:00.000-05:002020-05-07T07:43:06.752-05:001888 Message Study : Why Is Interpretation Needed?https://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q2/why-is-interpretation-needed"WHY IS INTERPRETATION NEEDED?" Have you ever had a discouraging or depressing day or experience, and turned to the Bible for a promise or verse that would encourage you and lift your spirits out of darkness? I'm sure we all have. In my younger, and hopefully less insightful youth, I'd occasionally practice a method of Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-44455901916099643722020-04-30T03:54:00.001-05:002020-04-30T03:54:58.559-05:001888 Message Study : By Scripture Alone — Sola Scripturahttps://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q2/by-scripture-alone--sola-scriptura"BY SCRIPTURE ALONE— SOLA SCRIPTURA" Sola Scriptura, two words that so easily roll off the tongue but is a concept that was radically unheard of in the early days of the Protestant Reformation. Yet, this became the foundational principle to this movement and can only truly be understood in a reformation context. If Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-73168235525802703342020-04-16T06:56:00.001-05:002020-04-16T06:56:55.269-05:001888 Message Study : Jesus And The Apostles' View Of The Biblehttps://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q2/jesus-and-the-apostles-view-of-the-bible"JESUS AND THE APOSTLES' VIEW OF THE BIBLE" "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us" (John 1:14). "He laid aside His royal robes, clothed His divinity with humanity, stepped down from the royal throne, that He might reach the very depth of human woe and temptation, lift up our fallen natures, and makeUleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-27432485225326749072020-04-09T00:55:00.001-05:002020-04-09T00:55:52.218-05:001888 Message Study : The Origin and Nature of the Biblehttps://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q2/the-origin-and-nature-of-the-bible"THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE BIBLE" Memory Text: "For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe".1 Thessalonians 2:13,Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-51419866698383618012020-04-02T21:45:00.001-05:002020-04-02T21:45:33.152-05:001888 Message Study : The Uniqueness of the Biblehttps://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q2/how-to-interpret-the-scriptures"THE UNIQUENESS OF THE BIBLE" Our title this week is, "The Uniqueness of the Bible". Much of modern culture and "scholarship" would tell us that the Bible is far from unique. We are told that there are many roads to the truth, and that all religions and philosophies are equally valid means of attaining to truth and Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-61705236937778075662020-03-26T05:34:00.000-05:002020-03-26T05:35:07.772-05:001888 Message Study : From Dust to Starshttps://www.1888msc.org/resources/ssi/2020-q1/from-dust-to-stars"FROM DUST TO STARS" "FROM DUST TO STARS" 'Sheltered in Place— Social Distanced No More' When last contributing to the study on Daniel I had just returned from a trip to the William Miller farm—life was good—comparatively speaking. Subsequent to that blog three months ago both of my mentors have died and an unsettling diagnosis hasUleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12376419.post-78917152686678750652020-03-20T03:45:00.001-05:002020-03-20T03:45:34.520-05:00“FROM NORTH AND SOUTH TO THE BEAUTIFUL LAND”"FROM NORTH AND SOUTH TO THE BEAUTIFUL LAND" Modern scholarship generally sees in this chapter the wars between the Seleucids (north) and Ptolemaic (south) kings, culminating in the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes. However, this misses the tenor of the book as a whole, and the parallelism between this chapter and earlier ones. While there is little symbolism in the chapter, it still is difficult to Uleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484865630577013932noreply@blogger.com