05/06/2026
𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲
𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟎: 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬
𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭: “𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠, 𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠”(𝟭 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟭:𝟵, 𝗡𝗞𝗝𝗩).
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: The Israelites wondered when they would get to the Promised Land. The Israelites camped under the tall cloud on the desert plain. Many days ago, Moses went into the thick, dark cloud that covered the top of the mountain. No one saw him since.
The crowd who left Egypt with the Israelites was unhappy. They were upset that they had to wait so long in the desert. They were ready to move to the land filled with milk and honey. A few days before, God’s people promised to obey Him. But now they wanted a God or leader they could see. So, they went to Aaron’s tent and asked him to make a statue they could worship. Aaron was afraid the people would hurt him if he didn’t help them. So, he agreed to do what they wanted. In Exodus 32–34, we read what happens next in this sad story.
This story teaches us about confessing our sins and God’s forgiveness. Think about the memory verse as you read each day’s study. Yes, we sin. But God made a plan to save us. Thanks to Jesus’ death on the cross, God offers to forgive us. But we must confess our sins first. We also must ask for the Holy Spirit’s help to stop sinning.
𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞
— Life can become so busy that we neglect the most important thing our relationship with God. The danger comes when these things consume our time and leave little room for God. We may love God and appreciate the Sabbath, yet still allow life's pressures to crowd out meaningful time with Him.
— God gave us the Sabbath as a special gift to strengthen our friendship with Him and remind us to put Him first. A healthy relationship with God requires intentional time in prayer, Bible study, worship, and fellowship with Him. When we realize that we have drifted away from God, we should come to Him with humility and repentance.
— The closer we come to God, the more we recognize our need of His grace. Through Christ, we are forgiven, accepted, and restored to a right relationship with God. Christ's righteousness is our only hope of salvation, which is why we must continually depend on Him.
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛?
𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒'𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑖𝑚.
𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
— Sin creates distance between us and God and weakens our relationship with Him. When we do wrong, it is often easier to justify ourselves than to admit our fault. The Holy Spirit lovingly convicts us of sin and shows us our need of repentance. Conviction is a gift from God because it helps us recognize what is separating us from Him.
— In Hosea 6, God calls His people to return to Him because He longs to heal, restore, and bless them. God is merciful and eager to forgive those who sincerely repent. True repentance is more than regret over consequences; it is sorrow for having grieved God.
— The Holy Spirit leads us to the foot of the cross where we see God's love and our need of His grace. Jesus invites us to remain connected to Him as branches connected to the Vine. Spiritual growth is only possible when we maintain a living relationship with Christ. When we confess and surrender our sins, God forgives us, restores us, and draws us closer to Himself.
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑?
𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑'𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒. 𝐻𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑛 𝑢𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠.
𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
— Repentance was a central message preached by both John the Baptist and Jesus. God calls us to repent because His kingdom is near and He desires to save us. True repentance begins when we recognize our sins and our need of God's mercy. God's kindness, patience, and goodness are meant to lead us to repentance.
— Repentance involves sincere sorrow for sin and a decision to turn away from it. Genuine repentance is always connected with confession, forgiveness, and restoration. God is eager to forgive everyone who comes to Him with a repentant heart. The Lord patiently gives us time to make things right with Him before Christ returns.
— Repentance is not merely feeling bad about sin; it is choosing to surrender our lives to God. As we remain connected to Christ, He removes sinful habits and develops His character within us. True repentance produces visible changes in our attitudes, choices, and actions. Spiritual growth happens as we continually surrender, repent, and allow God to shape us. Repentance leads to forgiveness, spiritual renewal, fruitfulness, and eternal life.
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝐼𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑?
𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑖𝑛, 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝐻𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠.
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞
— God is merciful, gracious, patient, and overflowing with love toward sinners. Even when His people fail, God continues to seek their restoration rather than their destruction. After Israel sinned, God revealed His character as a God of mercy, forgiveness, and covenant love. God's grace is the reason Jesus came to die so that our broken relationship with Him could be restored.
— The Holy Spirit leads us to recognize our sins and brings us to the foot of the Cross. Like the tax collector, we should come to God humbly, asking for mercy and forgiveness. Jesus does not push sinners away; He invites them to come to Him with their burdens.
— No matter how great our sins may be, God's grace is greater still. Jesus died for us while we were still sinners, proving the depth of God's love. When we accept Christ's grace, our guilt is replaced with forgiveness, hope, and peace.
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑛, 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡, 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑖𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛?
𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝐺𝑜𝑑'𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ, 𝐻𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠, 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.
𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞
— Our true identity should not be found in possessions, status, or appearance, but in Jesus Christ. In the parable of the wedding feast, the wedding garment represents Christ's righteousness. The man without the wedding garment accepted the invitation but rejected what was freely provided.
— This teaches that it is not enough to know about Jesus; we must personally accept His gift of righteousness. Christ offers every believer His perfect character to cover our sin and shame.
— Adam and Eve lost their innocence when they sinned and tried to cover themselves with fig leaves. Their fig-leaf coverings represent human efforts to solve the problem of sin. God replaced their coverings with garments provided through
sacrifice, pointing forward to Jesus.
— In the same way, we cannot save ourselves through good works, religious activities, or personal effort. Only the righteousness of Christ can make us acceptable before God. Daily wearing Christ's robe means trusting in His grace, surrendering our lives to Him, and allowing His character to be seen in our actions.
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝐴𝑚 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑚 𝐼 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡'𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠?
𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛. 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
“He who would become a child of God must receive the truth that repentance and forgiveness are to be obtained through nothing less than the atonement of Christ. Assured of this the sinner must put forth an effort in harmony with the work done for him, and with unwearied entreaty he must supplicate the throne of grace, that the renovating power of God may come into his soul. Christ pardons none but the penitent, but whom He pardons He first makes penitent. The provision made is complete, and the eternal righteousness of Christ is placed to the account of every believing soul. The costly, spotless robe, woven in the loom of heaven, has been provided for the repenting, believing sinner.”
— 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐆. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠, vol. 1, p. 393.
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