Lesson 4: When Alone

Sabbath School Today
With the 1888 Message Dynamic

Family Seasons
Lesson 4: When Alone

 

A Christian may be alone by this world's standards, but the Bible gives us ample assurance that they are always loved by God. Let's look at a few stories about people that God allowed to suffer loneliness, but He still loved them.

Cain had to live the rest of his life in lonely guilt for his jealousy and murder of his brother Able, causing his parents life-long suffering. He could have found refuge in God's love, but he refused. This is a good example of unnecessary loneliness. Even in Cain's persistent rebellion, God gave him assurance that by "putting a mark on him" people wouldn't kill him. God did this because of who He is, not because Cain was loveable.

The next example we find is Noah who spent 120 years being laughed at by almost everyone in the world. We know that ultimately, Noah's family joined him in the ark, but it is possible they took a while to get used to the patriarch's unusual ideas. God saw that the wickedness of mankind had become so great, that He was sorry He made us so He told Noah to build an ark "for yourself" (Gen 6:14). Unlike Cain, Noah chose to find solace in the promises God gave him. God would have been willing to withhold or postpone judgment if the people had chosen to repent as did Nineveh. In spite of His great love, God does honor human choices.

Abraham's walk up Mt. Moriah with Isaac must have been agonizingly lonely. He couldn't tell Sarah since the protective mother would have tried to stop him. He walked the entire hike without telling Isaac, so he must have been worrying about his son's reaction and/or resistance. Abraham had to depend on God Who had told him Isaac was the son of promise. God didn't explain why or how He was going to make that happen, but Abraham chose to believe it. God loved Abraham and had given him the most profound promises, but He still tested him. Abraham's choice allowed him to depend completely on God's loving kindness.

Hagar was sent away with her son Ishmael and is a prime example of the care God gives to a single parent. Even though she was not completely blameless for her circumstances and she was alone, God was with her.

Isaac and Rebecca's marriage starts like a "happily ever after" story, but the fight over the birthright showed that the couple was not united in their belief in God's promise that the "older shall serve the younger " (Gen 25:23). This is an Old Testament example of "spiritual loneliness" within a marriage. Neither spouse was without blame. Rebecca helped her son deceive her husband, and Isaac thought he was giving the birthright to Esau in spite of God's promise to Rebecca. The inevitable sibling hatred required Jacob to flee and Esau to leave. The parents lost both sons and had to live the rest of their years with only themselves to blame. Yet God was faithful to His promise in spite of actions by parents and son that they didn't believe.

Jacob spent a very lonely night on his run from Esau, but God reassured with a dream showing him a ladder, and later he spent another lonely night wrestling with an angel. How gracious of God so show His presence even though Jacob's actions were what brought the trouble.

Jacob's son, Joseph spent another lonely night in a pit because of his brothers' hatred of him. We are told that, "For a time Joseph gave himself up to uncontrolled grief and terror. But, in the providence of God, even this experience was to be a blessing to him. He had learned in a few hours that which years might not otherwise have taught him … Then his thoughts turned to his father's God … He then and there gave himself fully to the Lord, and he prayed that the Keeper of Israel would be with him in the land of his exile." [1] This is an excellent example of God using loneliness and trials to mature our faith and dependence on Him.

This gives us a glimpse of God's attitude toward loneliness. All of us experience it, and all of us have the choice to have the same reaction to it as Joseph did. There are so many examples in the Bible of people dealing with loneliness. The list we've discussed is just taken from the book of Genesis. In all situations where faith prevailed, there had been a period of profound spiritual loneliness.

Most of the readers of this little essay have experienced spiritual loneliness because of prejudice against the gospel of Christ's righteousness unique to the 1888 message. Some have heard it and believed but have stepped back from their convictions because of pressure and the need to stand alone.

Spiritual loneliness carries the risk of bitterness in a special way. In a small pamphlet written years ago by Elder Robert Wieland, he described the essence of the 1888 message in the context of dealing with an "ornery" spouse. [2] Briefly, his message is that a mature Christian in a bad relationship (marriage or otherwise) has a choice. We can become silently bitter, or we can believe that God loves the people in our lives and wants all His children to come into unity of heart through His Spirit. We can ask God to give us the willingness to give ourselves "fully" to Him and He will give them His Holy Spirit. Thus, by denying their "right" to what we think we need to be happy, we can deal with our circumstances without becoming bitter. We are free to love God without quietly hating Him and the people in our lives.

This principle applies to any relationship, including our relationship with God. People who go through loneliness tend to blame God. We can choose to find blessing in our lonely circumstances, and the Holy Spirit will give us grace to depend on Him. What a privilege to know God will never leave us or forsake us.

--Arlene Hill

Footnotes:
[1] Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 213-214.
[2] Robert J. Wieland, Taking the Deadlock: Or How to Live With an Ornery Spouse. If you would like a PDF of this essay, please respond to this e-mail with "Send Deadlock" in the header or body of the message.

Notes:
Pastor Paul Penno's video of this lesson is on the Internet at: https://youtu.be/415mF_pkoFo

"Sabbath School Today" is on the Internet at: http://1888message.org/sst.htm

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Raul Diaz

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Lesson 3: Preparing for Change

Sabbath School Today
With the 1888 Message Dynamic

Family Seasons
Lesson 3: Preparing for Change

 

We are to prepare for future events. Marriage, parenting, golden years, yes, even death (if time should last) needs our attention in advance. As life grows long, we make plans. From beginning to end, we are preparing for life's changes and preparing for the return of Jesus. Each season of preparation is important. If done properly, we and our loved ones will be better off. To delay planning or forgo it completely can bring serious consequences.

For close to 3000 years, these "wise words" of the Psalmist have been studied and pondered by God's people. "Righteousness will go before Him, and shall make His footsteps our pathway" (Psalm 85:13, New King James Version). We are Seventh-day Adventists, people living in the "time of the end," in the time of the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary, in the great Day of Atonement. If time in this sinful world were to go on another 3000 years, these words would still be "wise." But we must look at them in the light of the "third angel's message in verity," to borrow Ellen White's description of the message that "the Lord in His great mercy sent" to us in the 1888 era. [1]

"Family Living" is living out the truths of genuine righteousness by faith. The emphasis in the lesson is on things that we must do in order to have happy homes. The Bible emphasis is on things that we must believe in order to have happy homes, because it is what we believe that transforms us in character from being the ornery, self-centered people that we are by nature into people in whom self has been crucified with Christ and He is permitted to live out His life within us (Gal. 2:20). Self-centered people are bound to have friction at home; the real, ultimate, powerful change in family relationships comes through the pure truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is what Ellen White described as "the third angel's message in verity."

The word "atonement" means reconciliation, at-one-with. Those who await the coming of the Lord on this Day of Atonement want to be reconciled with all the members of their families. This calls for some tremendous miracles! No one of us is innately more righteous than others, so the problems of family disorientation and alienation are in reality our "corporate" problems as a church. It seems awkward to pray to the Lord for "at-one-ment" with Him if bitter alienation with family members haunts our prayers.

And let us speak with compassion; those who fortunately have been spared the bitterness of separation or divorce should thank the dear Lord, and sympathize with those who have not been so fortunate. Marital discord is an extremely heavy burden to carry! When we all "appear before the judgment seat of Christ" (2 Cor. 5:10), if we are married, we shall be standing there with our spouse. Does the Lord Jesus have some special help for us during this Day of Atonement, to prepare for that tense moment?

Yes, there is, in God's promise to "send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord" (Mal. 4:5). If your mental image of "Elijah" is that of a specialist in chopping off heads of priests of Baal, look again. When "he" comes he will specialize in ministries of reconciliation: "He shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers" (vs. 6). Such a work could not be successful unless there is also a turning of the hearts of husbands to their wives, and wives to their husbands.

This cannot be a fear work, even though the concluding clause says, "lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." It gives the superficial impression of the greatest fear-driven movement in history; but it cannot be because fear never works the kind of "reconciliation" that is the subject of the great Day of Atonement. It's "hearts" that are "turned," and only love can do that kind of "turning." And the only love that can work that stupendous miracle (which is greater than creation) is the love of Christ.

The coming of "Elijah" means the ministry of the experience of self-being "crucified with Christ," which in turn must mean the greatest uplifting of "Christ and Him crucified" that has ever been known on earth—and that, of course, will be the message of that fourth angel of Revelation 18:1-4.

How could Jesus be at peace at the most critical hour of His life? The salvation of a world lay in the balance—yes, as we learned last Sabbath, of the universe itself. But He was calm. The only possible answer is that He had "poured out His soul unto death," the second (Isa. 53:12), in a total commitment of Himself in the love which is agape. John says that "agape casts out fear" (1 John 4:18); it is sinful fear which always robs us of our peace.

Does the "most precious message" of 1888, which was the beginning of the latter rain, [2] make any contribution to our "peace" of soul? Yes! It transfers our thought from our own egocentric concern for our personal salvation to a different motivation of concern for the honor and reward of Christ. It makes it possible for us to receive the peace that Christ is already trying to give us, not merely to offer to us.

The prevailing motivation that has engrossed the church ever since the 1888 rejection of truth has been "what must I do so as to be sure I get through the pearly gates?" Our prayer has been, "Lord, please be sure that I and my loved ones are saved!" The greater love which is agape is a love that dares to relinquish personal salvation as Moses pleaded with God to blot his name out of the book of life if his love for Israel could not save them (Ex. 32:31, 32). That was agape!

Granted, such love is unnatural for us self-centered humans and it is impossible for us to achieve—of ourselves. Therefore the secret of receiving the peace of Christ is to "comprehend" the grand dimensions of the love of Christ revealed at His cross and thus to be "rooted and grounded in agape" and to be "filled with all the fullness of God" which is a preparation for translation at the second coming of Jesus.

--Paul E. Penno

Endnotes:
[1] Selected Messages, Book One, p. 372 (The Review and Herald, April 1, 1890); Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, p. 91.
[2] The Review and Herald, "The Perils and Privileges of the Last Days," Nov. 22, 1892.

Notes:
Pastor Paul Penno's video of this lesson is on the Internet at: https://youtu.be/otd9tGA4hg8

"Sabbath School Today" is on the Internet at: http://1888message.org/sst.htm

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Lesson 2: The Choices We Make

Sabbath School Today
With the 1888 Message Dynamic

Family Seasons
Lesson 2: The Choices We Make

 

Marriage and the seventh-day Sabbath are the two divinely appointed institutions that show us the character of our Creator God, Who both made us and redeemed us, and upon Whom we must learn to depend for our every need.

From the divorce rates in America, it appears that many people do not make the right choices when selecting the person who will become their life-partner. There are varied criteria that individuals use in forming their ideals of the perfect marriage partner, but the most important should be compatibility in spiritual matters. When two become one in marriage, their ideas about God and worship must be aligned for a successful life partnership. This is why Paul admonished us, "be not unequally yoked" (2 Cor. 6:14).

In marriage we become intimately "one" with our spouse, and through equal submission we gain a sense of what God intends for us to feel toward Him. When we see the "big picture" of the everlasting covenant, we discover that the Godhead, as a united entity, were willing to submit Themselfcompletely in Their "marriage" with the human race. This total commitment was made visible through the Son's becoming "one" with the human race in His incarnation. Only through Christ, our Kinsmen Redeemer, is there salvation from sin, and that salvation came at a very high cost.

God was willing to lay down His own existence in order to save us from eternal destruction. No human being has ever shown equal or greater love toward their spouse. "Think about it; God swore by Himself! That is, He pledged Himself, and His own existence, to our salvation in Jesus Christ. He put Himself in pawn. His life for ours, if we are lost while trusting Him. His honour is at stake. ... Think of what would be involved in the breaking of that promise and that oath. The word of God, which brings the promise, is the word which created the heavens and the earth, and which upholds them." [1]

"The oath of God is really a pledging of His own existence. He swore by Himself. He has thereby declared that His life would be forfeited if His promise should fail. ... Upon the existence of God depends the existence of the heavens and the earth. But He has pledged His own existence to the fulfillment of His promises. Therefore the existence of the heavens, yea, of the entire universe, depends upon the fulfillment of the promises of God to the believing sinner. If a single sinner, no matter how unworthy, or insignificant, or obscure, should come to the Lord sincerely asking for pardon and holiness, and should fail to receive it, that instant the whole universe would become chaos, and vanish out of existence. But the sun, moon, and stars still hold their places in heavens, as a proof that God has never failed a single soul that put his trust in Him, and as a pledge that His mercies fail not." [2]

True Sabbath-keeping is a major part of the everlasting covenant promise. We learn to submit to God, and rest completely upon His promise to us to save us from our sin. God said that we "must enter into to His rest" for "he that is entered into His rest, he has also ceased from his own works, as God did from His" (see Heb. 4:9-11). "God has pledged Himself. God is under obligations, not to man, but to Himself; because He swore by Himself [see Heb. 6:13]. Some must come and enter that rest, in order to save His word in order to save God from breaking His oath. It must be so." [3]

The whole Gospel message is focused on the consummation of the "marriage of the Lamb." The message from that Lamb to the Laodicean church, is "I know your nakedness, and I have the remedy; return unto your Husband, and receive the wedding garment from Me." When the bride finally heeds this message then will be heard "the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready" (Rev. 19:6, 7).

That wedding garment is Christ's robe of righteousness. "The guests at the marriage feast were inspected by the king. Only those were accepted who had obeyed his requirements and put on the wedding garment. So it is with the guests at the gospel feast. All must pass the scrutiny of the great King, and only those are received who have put on the robe of Christ's righteousness." [4]

"Nothing can man devise to supply the place of his lost robe of innocence. No fig-leaf garment, no worldly citizen dress, can be worn by those who sit down with Christ and angels at the marriage supper of the Lamb. Only the covering which Christ Himself has provided can make us meet to appear in God's presence. This covering, the robe of His own righteousness, Christ will put upon every repenting, believing soul. 'I counsel thee,' He says, 'to buy of Me ... white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear.' Revelation 3:18. This robe, woven in the loom of heaven, has in it not one thread of human devising." [5]

"And we have it further, 'Buy of Me gold tried in the fire, and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed.' And you remember the description that we have already had of that raiment. The figure is, it is, 'that garment that is woven in the loom of heaven, in which there is not a single thread of human making.' Brethren, that garment was woven in a human body. The human body--the flesh of Christ--was the loom, was it not? That garment was woven in Jesus; in the same flesh that you and I have, for He took part of the same flesh and blood that we have. That flesh that is yours and mine, that Christ bore in this world--that was the loom in which God wove that garment for you and me to wear in the flesh, and He wants us to wear it now, as well as when the flesh is made immortal in the end! What was the loom? Christ in His human flesh. What was it that was made there? [Voice: The garment of righteousness.] And it is for all of us. The righteousness of Christ--the life that He lived--for you and for me that we are considering tonight, that is the garment." [6]

The choices we make every day determine whether we will have the necessary wedding garment. It cannot be purchased with any amount of "good works," positive thinking, or mindless meditation. No human devising can fashion the garment that will cover our sins. The wedding garment is a gift from the King Himself.

"Now then, He wants that garment to be ours, but does not want us to forget who is the Weaver. It is not ourselves, but it is He who is with us. It was God in Christ. Christ is to be in us, just as God was in Him, and His character is to be in us, just as God was in Him, and His character is to be woven and transformed into us through these sufferings and temptations and trials which we meet. And God is the weaver, but not without us. It is the cooperation of the divine and the human--the mystery of God in you and me--the same mystery that was in the gospel and that is the third angel's message. This is the word of the Wonderful Counselor." [7]

Here Jones described how the marriage of the Lamb is to take place. The Lamb will be "one" with His bride. Her character is to be transformed into the Lamb's character. The Lamb will dwell with and in His bride, thus fitting her for her place in the heavenly court. God is doing the transforming. It is His work, not ours. We are to cooperate with Him, submit to His divine weaving. Choose to let Him complete His work in us.

"Many times, brethren, the threads seem all tangled when we look at them. The meshes seem all out of shape, and there is no symmetry at all to the figure; there is no beauty at all to the pattern as we see it. But the pattern is not of our making. We are not the weaver. Although the threads become tangled and the shuttle as it goes through gets all clogged and we do know how it is all coming out, who is sending the shuttle? God sends the shuttle, and it will go through. You need never mind, if the threads get tangled and you can see nothing beautiful in it. God is the weaver; can He untangle the threads? Assuredly He will untangle them." [8]

"Brethren, let Him weave away. Let Him carry on His blessed plan of weaving through all our life and experience the precious pattern of Jesus Christ. The day is coming and is not far off when the last shuttle will be shot through, the last thread will be laid on, the last point in the figure will be met completely and sealed with the seal of the living God. There we shall wait only for Him that we may be like Him because we shall see Him as he is." [9]

Then the cry will go up from the heavenly choir, "Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready."

It is our choice whether we will be faithful in our marriage to the Lamb and demonstrate that faith through true Sabbath-keeping, resting completely in His power and love.

--Ann Walper

Endnotes:
[1] E. J. Waggoner, The Everlasting Covenant, p. 87, 88 (2002 ed.); The Present Truth, July 9, 1896.
[2] E. J. Waggoner, The Gospel In Creation, pp. 114-116.
[3] E. J. Waggoner, General Conference Bulletin, March 1, 1897, p. 7.
[4] Ellen G. White, Christ's Object Lessons, p. 312.
[5] Ibid., p. 311.
[6] A. T. Jones, General Conference Bulletin, February 9, 1893, p. 207.
[7] Ibid.
[8] Ibid., p. 208.
[9] Ibid.

Notes:
Pastor Paul Penno's video of this lesson is on the Internet at: https://youtu.be/kU6aEW3DLk0

"Sabbath School Today" is on the Internet at: http://1888message.org/sst.htm

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Raul Diaz

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Lesson 1: "The Rhythms of Life"

Lesson 1: "The Rhythms of Life"

 

I'm glad God changes the times and the seasons, aren't you? Just think how dull things would become if He didn't.

Each of the seasons of life offers fresh and vital insights for those who take time to look and to think. Hidden beneath the surface are colorful yet silent truths that touch most every area across the landscape of our lives. The Master is neither mute nor careless as He alters our times and changes our seasons. How wrong to trudge blindly and routinely through a lifetime of changing seasons without discovering answers to the new mysteries and learning to sing the new melodies. Seasons are designed to deepen us, to instruct us in the wisdom and ways of our God, to help our character grow strong like a tree planted by the rivers of water.

Our hope is to grow stronger and taller as our roots dig deeper in the soft soil along the banks of the river of life. And let's not fear the winds of adversity. The gnarled old twisted trees, beaten and buffeted by wind and weather along the ocean shores, tell their own stories of consistent courage. God will make us strong as the winds whip against us.

We're talking about growing a Christian character through the "rhythms of life" this quarter; not just individual character, but family character, church families' character, and denominational character as the people of God made in His image. Genesis 1:27, 28 describes the beginnings of the family like this: "So God created man in His own image; in the imageof God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.'"

The Bible shares in the first chapter of the first book that God created the family, emphasizing the high importance this basic unit in society has for God, and us.

Despite God's plan for the happiness of the family, we all know things have not always worked as well as they were supposed to. Husbands and wives often do not get along. Parents and children are often angry at each other. Church families have issues and our denomination is certainly struggling now with immense challenges. These experiences are often confusing because what we anticipated would bring a sense of happiness, warm feelings, and security has been the opposite for many people in our world today.

In Monday's lesson "The Rhythms of Life" we reference Ellen White, writing of God's providential ordering of our lives: "Our plans are not always God's plans. ..."

"In His loving care and interest for us, often He who understands us better than we understand ourselves refuses to permit us selfishly to seek the gratification of our own ambition. ... Often our plans fail that God's plans for us may succeed. ...

"In the future life the mysteries that here have annoyed and disappointed us will be made plain. We shall see that our seemingly unanswered prayers and disappointed hopes have been among our greatest blessings." [1]

Temptations are "the unexpected" (Tuesday) "bumps" in the road of life. Ellen White says in line with the 1888 message, that "the correct understanding of the ministration in the heavenly sanctuary is the foundation of our faith," [2] "the central pillar that sustains the structure of our position at the present time." [3] Unless we understand it clearly, "it will be impossible ... to exercise the faith which is essential at this time." [4] The only true deterrent to sin is that "faith"--in the ministry of Christ in His sanctuary.

The Good News is that the Gospel of Jesus Christ brings to view the possibility of character perfection in one's life. Commenting on the parable of the talents in Matthew 25, Ellen White wrote, "A character formed according to the divine likeness is the only treasure that we can take from this world to the next. ... The heavenly intelligences will work with the human agent who seeks with determined faith that perfection of character which will reach out to perfection in action." [5] In fact, that perfection of character is a reflection of the loving character of God.

As servants of God become more and more like Christ, they receive "the Spirit of Christ--the Spirit of unselfish love and labor for others." As a result, she concluded, "your love [will] be made perfect. More and more you will reflect the likeness of Christ in all that is pure, noble, and lovely." [6] 

Yes, Christ gives His perfection in order to overcome sin. While recognizing that human nature will remain affected by sinful inclinations until the moment of glorification, Ellen White nonetheless affirmed the possibility of victory over sin. "We can overcome. Yes; fully, entirely. Jesus died to make a way of escape for us, that we might overcome every evil temper, every sin, every temptation." [7] 

No one can claim freedom from temptation and sin in this life since this is what sinful human nature entails, yet the goal of the Christian life remains the same: to reflect Christ's character. This aspect of the 1888 message connects the High Priestly ministry of Christ with the power to "transform one into a perfect Christian." Writes E. J. Waggoner, "... consider the Apostle and High Priest ... Christ Jesus. ... to consider Christ continually and intelligently, just as He is, will transform one into a perfect Christian." [8]

Alonzo T. Jones agrees, "Perfection, perfection of character, is the Christian goal--perfection attained in [not of!] human flesh in this world." Christ "having attained it, has become our great High Priest, by His priestly ministry in the true sanctuary to enable us to attain it." [9]

This becomes all the more important for Ellen White when discussing last-day events and a vital aspect of the 1888 message. She connects perfection with Christ's High Priestly ministry. "Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Savior be brought to yield to the power of temptation. ... He had kept His Father's commandments, and there was no sin in Him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those must be found who shall stand in the time of trouble." [10]

Fear of sickness or accidents or of "the time of trouble," even of death and hell itself, is not a strong enough motivation for enduring "faith." We can drum away with the fear motivation endlessly, but it will not hold our young or old in times of temptation: "We may dwell upon the punishing of every sin, and the awfulness of the punishment inflicted on the guilty, but this will not melt and subdue the soul." [11]

Christian character perfection is a deepening appreciation of the love of God, through "The Rhythms of Life", revealed in Christ's ministry and particularly in His death on the cross to put us right before God. Faith motivated by Divine love hates sin and appropriates the sinless life of Christ.

--Paul E. Penno

Endnotes:
[1] Ellen G. White, Ministry of Healing, p. 473, 474.
[2] Ellen G. White, Evangelism, p. 221.
[3] Ellen G. White, Manuscript Releases, vol. 4, p. 244.
[4] Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, p. 488.
[5] Ellen G. White, Christ's Object Lessons, p. 332.
[6] Ibid., 68.
[7] Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 144.
[8] Ellet J. Waggoner, Christ and His Righteousness, p. 7 (Glad Tidings ed.). Quoted in Robert J. Wieland, Ten Great Gospel Truths that Make the1888 Message Unique(The 1888 Message Study Committee, 1998), p. 25.
[9] Alonzo T. Jones, The Consecrated Way, pp. 88, 89 (Glad Tidings ed.). Quoted in Robert J. Wieland, Ten Great Gospel Truths that Make the1888 Message Unique, p. 26.
[10] Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, p. 623.
[11] Ellen G. White, "Peril of Trusting in the Wisdom of Men," The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials, p. 844.
 

Notes:
Pastor Paul Penno's video of this lesson is on the Internet at: https://youtu.be/6tRpOgz8w1Y

"Sabbath School Today" is on the Internet at: http://1888message.org/sst.htm

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Raul Diaz

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