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04/04/2025

Happy Sabbath everyone 🙏😇

God is our shelter from the world, a refugee in the storm and the assurance of the uncertainties of life. He has given us the Sabbath to remind us that there is nothing in the universe which can bring us the blessing He is able to gives us.

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04/04/2025

𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘

𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏: 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐲

𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭: “𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑀𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑, 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡,’ 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑” (𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝟵:𝟮𝟰, 𝗡𝗞𝗝𝗩).

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: MOST CHRISTIANS don’t agree about the meaning of the Bible’s special messages about the future. So, non-Christians often think that the Bible’s end-time messages are a waste of time. If Christians can’t agree about what the messages mean, why should anyone bother reading them? Sad to say, many Christians start to think that Bible books with special messages about the end times can’t be understood. So, they don’t read them.
Things used to be different. For many hundreds of years, most Christians understood the Bible’s special messages about the future. Most Christians agreed about what the special messages meant. God wants His children to understand His special messages: “Christian brothers, I ask you with all my heart in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to agree among yourselves. Do not be divided into little groups. Think and act as if you all had the same mind [thoughts]” (1 Corinthians 1:10, NLV).
This week, we will look at some important rules that will help us to understand the meaning of God’s end-time messages.

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬, 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝
— There is a blessing for those who read prophecy (Rev. 1:3). However, very few feel blessed by reading the prophecies contained in Revelation, Daniel, Isaiah, Zechariah, etc.

— Why does this happen? Because they don't read them with the right attitude. When Jesus said, "Let the reader understand" (Matthew 24:15,) he was telling us that we are capable of understanding them, but under certain conditions:
▪ 𝐵𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 (𝑅𝑒𝑣. 1:3 𝑁𝐼𝑉).
▪ 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑜 (𝑀𝑡. 11:25; 𝐽𝑒𝑟. 9:23).

— Reading prophecy to explain my perspective on how certain events will unfold, or without perceiving God's voice in it, is not a correct approach.

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝
— The psalmist acknowledged that he could not comprehend God’s knowledge, for His knowledge is infinite (Ps. 139:6; 147:5.) Paul tells us that God’s actions are “unsearchable,” that is, impossible to study and understand (Rom. 11:33.)

— It is as impossible for us to understand the thought of God as it is for us to touch the moon with our hand (Is. 55:9.)

— For sure, we can’t fully understand the mind of God. God has no beginning and no end. God knows everything. We can’t understand everything about the things He made. So, how can we understand Him fully? We can’t.

— Fortunately, God has made an effort to come down to our level and help us understand something of His thoughts. In the Bible, the Word of God, even the simplest mind can perceive God's love and the salvation He offers us (2 Tim. 3:15.)

— The Plan of Salvation is the main theme of the Bible and, of course, of the prophecies contained therein.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥—𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬
— Along with the command to seal the book—to hide its content until the time of the end, Daniel was told of an increase in the search for knowledge—the knowledge necessary—to understand it (Dan. 12:4.)

— The book of Daniel is different from the book of Revelation. The Lord told John not to keep his book a secret (Revelation 22:10). God wanted His people to understand the book of Revelation from the start because “all these things will happen soon” (Revelation 1:3, NLV). Compare this verse with Daniel 12:4, which tells us that God’s people will understand the book of Daniel more clearly at a time faraway in the future.

— Many Christian thinkers in the past tried to explain the book of Daniel. Some of these thinkers enjoyed much success in their studies. But people started to understand much more about the book of Daniel after the end of the 1,260- year special message about time. This special message about time ended in A.D. 1798. At that time, many Christian thinkers worldwide started to believe that something important was going to happen around 1843. William Miller was the most famous of these thinkers. His preaching caused people everywhere to get ready for the Second Coming. The Seventh-day Adventist Church grew out of this time. People began to understand the Three Angels’ Messages better.

— Not only were the prophecies better understood since then, but other topics (the Sabbath, or the state of the dead, for example) were also correctly understood again.

— Let us ask the Author of prophecy to give us the necessary science to understand it.

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝
— Seventh-day Adventists owe much to William Miller for their understanding of end-time happenings in the Bible. Miller didn’t have a correct understanding of some important verses about the end times. One of those verses was Daniel 8:14. But Miller understood how to study the Bible’s special messages about the future. His understanding about these messages helped to start the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

— Many Christians make a mistake when they study the Bible. They will use a verse in the Bible to explain what is happening on the news. But these Christians don’t compare the verse to the rest of the Bible to understand its meaning. Then they write books about the future that need to be rewritten every few years. That’s because the writers were wrong in the first place about what they said was going to happen and when it would happen.

— So, it’s very important to know how to study the Bible correctly. We must not choose to study only a few verses on a topic. We must carefully study everything the Bible says about that topic. We also must think about why the verse was written and when it was written. This knowledge helps us to understand what the Bible is really saying. Then we will not make the Bible say whatever we want.

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥?
— When we study the Bible’s special messages about the future, we must know when the Bible is talking about a symbol or when the Bible is talking about a real experience.

— Biblical prophecies are replete with symbols and images. In a few cases, the prophecy itself tells us its meaning (Dan. 8:20; Rev. 1:20.) However, in most cases, its meaning is not explained.

— To understand these symbols, we must turn to other parts of the Bible where similar ideas or symbols are used. Let's look at some examples:
— 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝟳:𝟳-𝟴 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻?
▪ 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 (𝐷𝑎𝑛. 7:24; 8:21)
— 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭:𝟭𝟲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻?
▪ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 (𝐸𝑝ℎ. 6:17; 𝐻𝑒𝑏. 4:12)
— 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟮:𝟭?
▪ 𝐺𝑜𝑑'𝑠 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 (𝐸𝑝ℎ. 5:31-32; 2 𝐶𝑜𝑟. 11:2)

— God may have many reasons for choosing to communicate with symbols. One example is the book of Revelation that uses Babylon as a symbol for Rome. If the Bible named Rome as the cause of so much evil, then the church could have suffered worse from Rome than it already suffered. Whatever the reasons, we can trust that God wants us to understand what the symbols mean.

— God has made sure that whoever searches the prophecies is able to understand them.

𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Let’s remember that the book called Revelation isn’t meant to be a mystery. From John’s time on, its purpose has been to reveal God’s actions as earth’s history draws to a close. What a useful, beautiful revelation it is to know that God’s plan of salvation will prevail and heaven will someday be our home.

"God has always wanted us to know the full story. Even back in Daniel’s time, similar visions were given to him that help unravel many prophecies that John was given. Studying Daniel and Revelation together has proven to be most helpful in expanding our awareness of future events. Thankfully, “None need be in darkness in regard to what is coming upon the earth.”
~ 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐆. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑦, 𝑝. 342.

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22/03/2025

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- Acts 2:44

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19/03/2025

SSL Lesson 12 (March 15 to March 21)

𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘

𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟐: 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭: “𝐼𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠, ‘𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑑,’ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟; 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛, ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛?” (𝟭 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟰:𝟮𝟬, 𝗡𝗞𝗝𝗩).

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: WE BELIEVE that God will make everything right in the end. While we wait for Jesus to come back, what we do as Christians, here and now, does matter. Yes, there are many evils that God won’t stop because of the limits on His power in the worldwide war between good and evil. But we must try to end any suffering and evil we find. Our helping people is part of our job as Christians.
As we saw already, being fair and loving can’t be separated. God loves when we are fair. If we love God, we will love to be fair, too.
Also, if we love God, we will love other people. When we love other people, we show them that we care about them and want what is best for them. When other people are suffering, hurting, hungry, or poor, we must care about their needs. We should ask ourselves what we can do, on our own and as a church, to show God’s love to other people.

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
— If we want to show God’s love to people, we first must start with doing the things God commanded us to do.

— How does love relate to the Law (Mt. 22:37-40; Dt. 6:5; Lv. 19:18)?
(𝟏) 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝
▪ 𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒.
▪ 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒.
▪ 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒.
▪ 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒.

(𝟐) 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫
▪𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠.
▪𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠.
▪𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙.
▪𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟.
▪𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠.
▪𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒.

— True justice is demonstrated by loving. That is what Jesus asked of the rich young man, who believed himself to be righteous: show with actions your love for others [“give to the poor”], and your love for God [“come, follow me”] (Mt. 19:16-22).

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐬
— Jesus said that the two most important commandments are love for God and love for other people. When we obey these commands, we must give up things so that we may show that we love other people. When we do, we show that we understand what following Jesus is really all about.

— There are two sins that are mentioned insistently throughout the Bible: idolatry and social injustice. These two sins are the antithesis of the two great commandments:
1. 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑉𝑆. 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼𝑑𝑜𝑙𝑠
2. 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑉𝑆. 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠

— God doesn’t like our worship of false gods. He also doesn’t want us to hurt other people. Remember, God is love. So, He becomes angry when we hurt other people or aren’t fair to them.

— The two biggest sins in the Old Testament are connected with the two most important commandments: to love God and to love other people. So, the two biggest sins are really failing to love as God commands us. You can’t keep the commandments if you don’t love God and if you don’t love other people.

— In 1 John 4:20, 21, we read: “If we say we love God but hate any of our brothers or sisters in his family, we are liars. If we don’t love someone we have seen, how can we love God? We have never even seen him. God gave us this command: If we love God, we must also love each other as brothers and sisters” (ERV).

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞
— Since God loves justice (Ps. 33:5), it is logical that He would be angry with those who act unjustly.

— One of the clearest examples is found in Psalm 82, where Asaph shows us God's reaction to the attitude of the judges who had the responsibility of applying justice, but used their authority to act unjustly.

— These judges, called gods because of their position of responsibility – exercising justice by divine delegation (Ps. 82:1, 6; Jn. 10:34-36) – defend injustice and favor the wicked.

— God especially calls them to defend the helpless and the needy (Ps. 82:2-4 NIV ). If they do not do so, they will die for their unrighteousness (Ps. 82:7).

— And this cry for justice does not concern only those who have judicial responsibilities. God demands that each of us do justice (Mic. 6:8; Dt. 16:20; Pr. 21:3; 1 Jn. 2:29).

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞
— The prophets in the Bible were God’s special messengers. The prophets told the leaders of Israel to be fair. Again and again, the Bible warns us not to hurt people and to be fair. When the prophets asked God to punish evil, they were really asking God to fill the land with leaders who were fair and showed mercy to the people.

— To do justice is not to be fair, but to apply the Law correctly to others. Hence, in the Law itself [the Pentateuch] there are exceptions to protect the helpless (Deut. 24:17-21).

— Nearly all the prophets have words of rebuke for those who act unjustly toward others or fail to apply justice in love (Is. 1:23; Jer. 22:3; Ez. 22:7; Zech. 7:10). For Isaiah, for example, seeking justice involves helping the helpless (Is. 1:17).

— Nehemiah was outraged when, under the protection of the law, the rich demanded the repayment of loans without taking into account the poverty of their brothers (Neh. 5:6-11).

— This message is important for us today. “ ‘Learn to do good. Look for what is right [correct] and fair. Speak strong words to those who make it hard for people. Stand up for the rights [needs] of those [people] who have no parents. Help the woman whose husband has died’ ” (Isaiah 1:17, NLV).

— Jesus cared about being fair. He said, “ ‘You who pretend to be someone you are not! You give one-tenth part of your spices, and have not done the most important things of the Law, such as [like or as in the following examples] thinking what is right and wrong, and having pity and faith. These you should have done and still [continue to] have done the other things also’ ” (Matthew 23:23, NLV).

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐈𝐬 𝐌𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫?
— Many understood that the command recorded in Leviticus 19:18 to love one’s neighbor applied only to those who were Israelites. If you are not an Israelite, you are not my neighbor. However, not everyone held that view. Thus, one scribe who asked a question that he himself was capable of answering wanted to justify himself by asking, “Who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:25-29).

— 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑢𝑘𝑒 10:25–37. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦?

— In Luke’s story about Jesus, Jesus announces to a lawyer that the two most important commandments are love for God and love for our neighbor. Then the lawyer “wanted to make himself look good [holy]. So he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ ” (Luke 10:29, NIV). Jesus answers the man’s question with the surprising picture story about the good Samaritan.

— Jesus did not reveal the nationality of the wounded man on the road to Jericho. Neither the priest nor the Levite, who were examples of fulfilling the Law, were interested in the helpless man. However, a “non-neighbor,” a Samaritan, was “moved with mercy” and fulfilled the Law of loving one’s neighbor as oneself (Luke 10:30-37).

— Jesus did more than talk about being fair. Jesus lived the sermon He preached about being fair.

— As we see, the Bible plainly tells us that we should help people all around us who are in need and hurting.

𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: In the context of the unbreakable link between loving God and loving others, Christ’s sacrificial love on the cross is the basis for your love to others.
How are you living up to the notion that loving God involves caring about the needs of others?

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌!

15/03/2025

48th CCLTS Local Fellowship at Lupa Church.

Thank you so much CCLTS Brethren (young & adult) for your support to join us.

14/03/2025

14/03/2025

NCCDAC District
📢 YOUNG MISSIONARIES FOR CHRIST ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

Dear YMC Members,

We are excited to announce our upcoming Global Youth Day event themed "Act: A Community Transformed" happening on March 16, 2025.

🗓️ Event Details:
📍 Location: Consolacion Local Market (Near City Mall Consolacion)
🕗 Gathering Time: 8:00 AM
🕣 Program Start: 8:30 AM
🕚 End Time: 11:00 AM

Program Highlights:
✅ Free Eye Check-up & Blood Pressure Screening
✅ Free Haircut Services (Provided by our professional volunteers)

Meanwhile, the rest of the youth will form groups and spread out within the community to:
🍎 Distribute fruits
💌 Share letters with Bible verses about Christ's love/books/tracks
🙏 Pray with the people they encounter

Before the program begins, we will gather for a prayer to seek God's guidance and blessing.

📸 Documentation Reminder:
We encourage each church or group to assign a documentation team to capture the moments and highlights of the event.

Let's come together and make this day meaningful as we share God's love and transform our community through acts of kindness and service.

See you all there! ✨