Adult Sabbath

School Bible Study Guide

Jan. - March, 2002

Faith Amid Faith Amid TurmoilTurmoil

Lesson # 6

Memory TextMemory Text

• “ ‘“ ‘I know that my redeemer lives and I know that my redeemer lives and that He shall stand at last on the earth.’ ”that He shall stand at last on the earth.’ ”

• Job 19:35Job 19:35

Key Questions:

• 1. What strategies does satan use to make us think that faithfulness is an impossibility?

2. What defenses do we have against his subterfuge (deceit, scheme)?

How Ordinary People Win Extraordinary Battles

• 1. Job1. Job

• 2. Abraham2. Abraham

• 3. Ruth3. Ruth

• 5. Esther5. Esther

• 4. Daniel4. Daniel

Job: Victory in Trial

• Job’s life is a clear illustration of how satan targets God’s people in the great controversy.

Why did

satan want

to test

Job?

Job

1:11

Why Why did did God God allow allow him him to do to do so?so?

Job

1:8

Job’s Choices:Job’s Choices:

• A. Curse God and give up. A. Curse God and give up. Job 2:9 Job 2:9

• B. Trust God and draw strength from Him to

continue/look to the future. • Job 19:25-27

Abraham: Covenant Faith

• Through the covenant God becomes our heavenly Parent and we become His

children. It begins with Him and establishes a community of people who

exercise love, faith and obedience in Him.

• (1 Peter 2:9)

Abraham

Abraham’s Abraham’s faith came faith came

under the most under the most severe test severe test when God when God

commanded commanded him to sacrifice him to sacrifice

Isaac.Isaac.

What do we need to give up? Nothing must come between us and God.What do we need to give up? Nothing must come between us and God.

Ruth: A Gentile in the Messianic LineRuth: A Gentile in the Messianic Line

God loves everyone and is willing and able to save God loves everyone and is willing and able to save ALL. We only need to accept Jesus as our personal ALL. We only need to accept Jesus as our personal

Savior and Lord. Savior and Lord. John 3:16. Acts 10:34, 28John 3:16. Acts 10:34, 28

God does not limit the plan of salvation

to any particular race (Rev. 14:6.

Matthew 24:14). He is Lord of all, the Sovereign of the

Universe.

Jesus loves ALL nations!

He loves … YOU.

Daniel: God More Than Life. (Luke 17:33. Matthew 10:39)

Daniel left his window opened and prayed. He chose GodGod rather than life – and GodGod delivered him! Daniel trusted God

and put God first in his life. What will YouYou do?

God’s people have been severely persecuted and have had to worship in “cave churches”. This happened in the “Dark

Ages” … and it is going to happen again in the last

days! We need to trust God.trust God.

2 Timothy 3:12

Esther: “If I Perish, I Perish.”

• The word “God” does not appear in the book of Esther, yet from start to finish, it shows how the Lord can arrange events to the Lord can arrange events to

help those who are faithful to Himhelp those who are faithful to Him. Romans 8:28Romans 8:28

What have we learned from the other What have we learned from the other main characters in the story about main characters in the story about Esther?Esther?

• 1. Ahasuerus

• 2. Haman

•

• 3. Mordecai

• SSummary: ummary:

• Satan could use neither temptation, pain, grief, confusion nor the threat of death to convince the people we studied about this week that it was impossible to follow God.

Note:

We all have our trials over which we must triumph as individuals - through faith and trust in God. We need also to study the Bible and pray every dayevery day.

• Through prayer, by cooperating with Him, and by accepting His strength and grace they learned that “those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31, NKJV).

In spite of the turmoil in the world we In spite of the turmoil in the world we must have faith - just a must have faith - just a littlelittle longer longer and we will and we will triumphtriumph with Christ!with Christ!

Revelation 17:14 Revelation 17:14

& 12:11& 12:11