Victory Over Evil Forces

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Such an important study for this week.  It is hard not to consider the rapid changes taking place in our world and then feel estranged by the very world in which we live.  Fortunately our hope is not built on what happens in this world.  As I've reflected upon our changing world and the direction of much of the conversation that takes place, I thought of the disciples on the way to Emmaus. (John 24:13-49) They had been caught up in the discouraging news of the day -- Jesus had been crucified.  They could see no further than what was buzzing by the broadcast system of their day.  Then suddenly, a stranger appeared who seemed ignorant of all that was going on.  As you know, that Stranger was not ignorant at all.  He was Jesus, the resurrected One!  We must not let the focus of our attention be so fixed on either personal or global problems that we miss out on the real news at hand.  Jesus has said, "I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matt. 28:20).
Larry R Evans

Victory Over Evil Forces
Sabbath School Lesson Study Notes
Larry R Evans, Class Teacher
November 10, 2012

The Road Not Taken
by
Robert Frost

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Life is filled with choices.  Depending on the choices we make, choices have everything to do where we will go – maybe not when we will arrive but they certainly help influence the destination of our journey.

Our study this week is about both the powerful effects of the choices we make but also the powerful forces at work attempting to direct us as we make those choices.


Quiz

1.         When vice in the world increases, the Christian’s hope is only reinforced not weakened.  (Eph. 1:18-22)  True or False?

2.         For the Christian, hope is with them because they have learned to “grin and bare it” in all circumstances. (Romans 8:26-39) True or False?

3.         According to Scripture the struggle for the Christian is to do right when facing adversity. (1 Peter 5:6,7; James 4:7)  True or False?

4.         Demonic powers were stronger than the disciples. (Matt. 10:1-8)  True or False?

5.         We live in the constant danger of turning what God has done into praise for some attribute His servants may or may not have. (Acts 5:12-16)  True or False?

6.         When James says, “Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you” he is encouraging us to attend church faithfully. (James 4:7,8) True or False?


A Concluding Thought

“It is true that Satan is a powerful being; but thank God, we have a mighty Saviour who cast out the evil one from heaven.  Satan is pleased when we magnify his power.  Why not talk of Jesus? Why not magnify His power and His love.?”  -- Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, pp. 493

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