Sabbath School Today, Volume 9 - Paul E. Penno

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child guilt, because it becomes more about the parent controlling the child's behavior. In reality, we have been told to "count it all joy" when trials come because they are God's way of refining our character. Perhaps God is trying to teach the parent that they have only been given stewardship of the child, and He will take care of His children in His way and time. Our cross is the same one that Jesus had. He said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for what ever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner" (John 5:19). Our cross, like that of Jesus' cross, consists of giving everything to God without reservation. The person who has completely lost all confidence in the flesh to acquire things of this world understands what it means to be poor, as Jesus used that word. The blessed ones who possess the kingdom are they who have released everything and have come to understand they can possess nothing. They become like a common beggar, who has accepted the fact that he or she has no hope of possessing anything. What a wonderful place to be, since Jesus has promised to supply all our needs. Stewardship means you aren't expected to be the commander over that which you are the steward. Your only job is to preserve, cherish, and responsibly manage what you have been given. This applies to the lessons God has led us to and taught us in the past. The most serious responsibility a steward can have is to be given a gospel message that is "most precious," as our church was given "through Elders Waggoner and Jones." [1] We alter, disregard, or despise that message at peril to our souls, especially those who have been given the special opportunity to study the message of righteousness given to our church in 1888. That was many years ago, yet we still hear people who misunderstand the message, and quarrel about whether we should even study it. James asks, "What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is 25
not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? ... You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God" (4:1, 4). In our dear church, there are still many sincere folks who are conflicted about the message of righteousness by faith, and they quarrel about what it is, often without adequate study. James says the source of these quarrels and conflicts are "your pleasures that wage war in your members." In verse 4 he tells what these "pleasures" might be. Adultery can only be committed by persons who are married. If you're not married, you can commit fornication, but not adultery. James is trying to tell believers that they have become part of the bride of Christ, and any friendship with the world is disloyal and unfaithful to her husband. A bride who doesn't cherish her relationship with her Christ-husband is committing spiritual adultery. A quotation from last week's lesson is also appropriate for this week: "'A steward identifies himself with his master. He accepts the responsibilities of a steward, and he must act in his master's stead, doing as his master would do were he presiding. His master's interests become his. The position of a steward is one of dignity because his master trusts him. If in any wise he acts selfishly and turns the advantages gained by trading with his lord's goods to his own advantage, he has perverted the trust reposed in him.'--Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 9, p. 246." [2] The people who make up the bride of Christ have all "died in Christ." Waggoner explains this: "Now we see how it is that we are dead to the law. We died in Christ, and were raised in Him. ... Now that the union with Christ has been effected, we serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. In marriage, the woman is to be subject to the husband. So when we were united to sin, we were in all things subject to sin. For a time it was 26
Page 1 and 2: SABBATH SCHOOL TODAY VOLUME 9 Paul
Page 3 and 4: did you make? Christ reverses our m
Page 5 and 6: Peter's thing when he denied Christ
Page 7 and 8: Chapter 2 I See, I Want, I Take The
Page 9 and 10: the faith of Jesus; therefore it is
Page 11 and 12: Chapter 3 God or Mammon A fundament
Page 13 and 14: preamble, when we appreciate what t
Page 15 and 16: elieve in the power of God to deliv
Page 17 and 18: ighteousness. Only when we allow ou
Page 19 and 20: 92. 6. A. T. Jones, "The Third Ange
Page 21 and 22: Jeremiah (31:22); and what He wants
Page 23 and 24: Second, to consider Christ continua
Page 25: Chapter 6 The Marks of a Steward Th
Page 29 and 30: Chapter 7 Honesty With God Is there
Page 31 and 32: nothing like it presented publicly
Page 33 and 34: and the same. ... God's covenants w
Page 35 and 36: olster our sagging self-esteem. In
Page 37 and 38: God to die for us on His cross. Tha
Page 39 and 40: which worketh by love" (Gal. 5:6; I
Page 41 and 42: through us. We plead on Christ's be
Page 43 and 44: His righteousness. It is a message
Page 45 and 46: ealized that, he took a deep breath
Page 47 and 48: When the Father gave His Son, Chris
Page 49 and 50: His Father wakened Him morning by m
Page 51 and 52: Chapter 13 The Result of Stewardshi
Page 53 and 54: LORD which exercise lovingkindness,
Page 55 and 56: nature, "sin shall not have dominio
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Page 59 and 60: ody have a corporate concern. If "o
Page 61 and 62: denominational repentance, followed
Page 63 and 64: Commandments through the power of J
Page 65 and 66: cleanse, to purify, to sanctify, to
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Page 69 and 70: counsel of His will' (Eph. 1:11)."
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Page 75 and 76: --Paul E. Penno Endnote: [1] Ellen
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the Lord, I do not change" (Mal. 3:
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doctrines," for she said it was "fr
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Chapter 20 Matthew 24 and 25 The sp
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Recognizing and joyfully accepting
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meaning to "old" light. The message
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call to come out of it. Righteousne
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Did this take place when Christ pai
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Chapter 23 America and Babylon Befo
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In an effort to reassert herself as
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dragon," and then the "image of the
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Chapter 24 Gods Seal or the Beasts
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Heaven is powerless to prevent it.
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Chapter 25 Babylon and Armageddon T
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his advantage. This is the conditio
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... This experience awaits the remn
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15), so that this truth can "lighte
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and abase the exalted. ... It shall
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truth to the world as the apostles
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separation from sin, a deliverance
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Chapter 28 Pentecost "Pentecost" is
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come, like a lost vein of gold in t
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"scripture" in John 7:37, 38 (SS 4:
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The early believers had achieved a
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children of Abraham." [2] God expla
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Chapter 30 The First Church Leaders
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Holy Spirit manifest full and compl
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Chapter 31 The Conversion of Paul A
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oken and contrite heart. "Lord, exp
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land, there is needed confession, r
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Chapter 32 The Ministry of Peter Fr
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and rejected what Christ has alread
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Endnote: [1] Ellen G. White, Select
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verse 46 Paul addressed the Jews wh
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advance. --Paul E. Penno Endnote: [
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who persecuted Paul and Barnabas."
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Conference. This was wise advice, b
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Chapter 35 The Second Missionary Jo
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y letting Him do His blessed will i
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Chapter 36 The Third Missionary Jou
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On the north side of the city stood
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Chapter 37 Arrest in Jerusalem One
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produce the promised child without
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take the righteousness of Christ as
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impossible. What we need to do is g
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a man, to use a common expression,
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international strife. Two world war
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you just couldn't sit still. The to
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Chapter 40 Creation and Fall Not a
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Are we sinful? Of course we are! Bu
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Chapter 41 Causes of Disunity How p
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If the Lord was capable of sending
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In summation, any message of righte
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In the celebrated 1848 Sabbath Conf
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Chapter 43 Christ, the Key to Unity
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you shall die") that the day Adam s
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--Ann Walper Endnotes: [1] Ellen G.
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"the former rain," and the "latter
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Chapter 45 Images of Unity The Bibl
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Since the only flesh that there is
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Chapter 46 When Conflicts Arise The
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Those who "seemed to be pillars" (C
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Chapter 47 Unity in Faith The Quart
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H. Kellogg at Battle Creek, and inf
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common temptations and inclinations
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[9] Ellen G. White, The Desire of A
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proclaim the gospel for two thousan
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... "Christ desires unity, but He d
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John 4:10). Truly this "propitiatio
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Here is where the "gospel" comes in
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Chapter 50 Unity in Worship Meeting
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oth you and the sons of Israel; and
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Chapter 51 Church Organization and
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years of Ellen White's long lifetim
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of organization; it is the collecti
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accordingly. They are the ones who
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present age, while we wait for the
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