Sabbath School Lesson podcast

Episodes

1. 15

   May 03. The Wonder of His Works

   May 2, 2008

   41m
2. 14

   Friday April 18: Further Study

   In the centuries-old controversy over the person of Jesus, the Council of Chalcedon (A.D. 451) marked a significant milepost. Essentially, it agreed and proclaimed that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man: “. . . we all with one voice teach that . . . our Lord Jesus Christ is one and the same...

   Apr 14, 2008

   2m
3. 13

   Thursday April 17: An Eternal Solidarity (1 Tim. 2:5)

   When we imagine the huge difference between God and ourselves, it is astounding to think that God would reach out to us by condescending to take on human flesh. But after He was done, most of us would have been content for Him to abandon His affinity with us and return fully to what He was…

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   Apr 14, 2008

   3m
4. 12

   Wednesday April 16: To Feel Our Pain

   Why did God need to come into the world in human flesh? The question is important. But we should wean ourselves away from purely rational answers to it. It is not as if we need to come up with an answer that makes sense to us. There is no independent research we can do in philosophy, science,...

   Apr 14, 2008

   4m
5. 11

   Tuesday April 15: He Took Our Nature

   Many of His contemporaries considered Jesus an unusual person, yet they each knew Him to be a human being, a man. When the Samaritan woman rushed to her village to spread the word about the unusual Jew she just had met at the well, her announcement was straightforward: “ ‘Come, see a man’ ” (John...

   Apr 14, 2008

   3m
6. 10

   Monday April 14: Then There was Conflict

   As Christianity spread through the Greco-Roman world and moved into the second generation, people began to reflect on its basic message about Jesus’ person, and to raise questions: How could Divinity and humanity cohabit the same body? How could Deity become mortal? What is Jesus’ relationship to...

   Apr 14, 2008

   3m
7. 9

   Sunday April 13: In the Presence of Mystery

   Last week’s lesson spoke about the mystery of Christ’s deity. But as we contemplate His humanity, we stand also in the presence of a profound mystery. As Paul expressed it: “Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He [Jesus] appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was…

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   Apr 14, 2008

   4m
8. 8

   Sabbath April 12: The Reality of His Humanity

   Memory Text: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14, NIV). In the New Testament, without any rationalistic explanations whatsoever, Jesus Christ is presented as both human and Divine. After beginning his Gospel with the Word who is God (John 1:1), John makes the...

   Apr 14, 2008

   2m
9. 7

   Friday April 4: Further Study

   Further Study: On the issue of Jesus’ identity, read Ellen G. White, “Is Not This the Carpenter’s Son?” pp. 236–243, in The Desire of Ages. “Who is this Jesus? they questioned. He who had claimed for Himself the glory of the Messiah was the son of a carpenter, and had worked at His trade with His...

   Mar 26, 2008

   3m
10. 6

    Thursday April 3: Messiah, Son of God

    Messiah, Son of God (John 17:3) Who Jesus was is not simply a theological proposition to be proved or disproved. No, we are dealing here with the faith of untold numbers over the centuries. If Jesus is not what they have believed Him to be, then they have all been clinging to falsehood and fables...

    Mar 26, 2008

    5m
11. 5

    Wednesday April 2: The Fascination Continues: Part 2

    The Fascination Continues: Part 2 The so-called Historical Jesus movement was founded on the belief that we still can find in the Gospels sufficient data to reconstruct the portrait of Jesus as a historical figure, notwithstanding the theological tampering by the early church (as alleged by...

    Mar 26, 2008

    2m
12. 4

    Tuesday April 1: The Fascination Continues: Part 1

    The New Testament does not speculate about Jesus. It simply presents Him as the divine Son of God. Nor does it answer the numerous concerns about Jesus' being and person that would occupy succeeding generations. Yet, in all the discussions and arguments, there was a rock-bottom acceptance of the...

    Mar 26, 2008

    3m
13. 3

    Monday March 31: Not Elijah or Jeremiah or Some other Prophet

    Not Elijah or Jeremiah or Some Other Prophet Read again Matthew 16:14. That people should mistake Jesus for John is one thing. But for Elijah? Or Jeremiah? Or some other Old Testament prophet? Where did such ideas come from? Elijah was the fearless prophet of Mount Carmel fame, the firebrand who...

    Mar 26, 2008

    2m
14. 2

    Sunday March 30: Not the Baptist

    Not the Baptist (Matt. 16:14) The question raised by Jesus' own townsfolk (Matt. 13:54, 55) came up repeatedly during His public ministry, and in a variety of ways, as people in the different areas of Palestine encountered Him. Thus, as He went through the region of Caesarea Philippi with His...

    Mar 26, 2008

    3m
15. 1

    Saturday March 29: Who was Jesus? Lesson 1

    SABBATH AFTERNOON Read for This Week's Study: Matt. 16:13-16, John 20:26-28, 1 Cor. 1:18-27, 15:3-7. Memory Text: "When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, 'Who do people say the Son of Man is?'" (Matthew 16:13, NIV). From the earliest days of His ministry…

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    Mar 26, 2008

    1m