Finding Hope Through Discovery in Bible Study

Jesus, the Master Teacher Sabbath School Bible Study May 30, 2015 Teacher: Larry R Evans Introduction “A servant cannot be corrected by mere words; though he understands, he will not respond” (Prov. 29:19) “From time to time, teachers arose who pointed men to the Source of truth. Right principles were enunciated, and human lives witnessed to their power. But these efforts made no lasting impression. There was a brief check in the current of evil, but its downward course was not stayed. The reformers were as lights that shone in the darkness; but they could not dispel it. The world “loved darkness rather than light.” John 3:19. When Christ came to the earth, humanity seemed to be fast reaching its lowest point. The very foundations of society were undermined. Life had become false and artificial.” [EG White in Education, pp. 74-75] It has been said that Scripture is not just for learning but for living. (Lawrence Richards)   Jesus, the

--> May 16, 2015 Sabbath School Bible Study Larry R Evans Introduction It was John Wesley who said, Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on earth.   God does nothing but in answer to prayer. And note this statement from E.M. Bounds A prayerless Christian will never learn God’s truth; a prayerless ministry will never be able to teach God’s truth.   . . . The best, the greatest offering is an offering of prayer. –E.M. Bounds in Power Through Prayer, p. 78. Our reluctance to spend time in prayer is astonishing in light of who God is, who we are and what God is offering.   Note the insights of David:    Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours.    Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom