SABBATH AFTERNOONRead for This Week's Study:
Gen. 22:1–14; Isa. 53; Matt. 3:7–10; 1 Cor. 5:1–5.
Memory Text:
“By a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved” (Hosea 12:13, NKJV).
As the Bible amply shows, the life of a prophet was never easy. Ellen White’s was no exception, and though she didn’t face the same kind of trials that many of the Bible prophets did (jail, stoning, etc.), she had plenty of trials just the same. In the early years, besides struggling with illness and various assaults of Satan, she and James were very poor and had to depend on others for living quarters and furniture. Two of their four children died young, and James wore himself out with travel, preaching, writing, and guiding the fledgling church until 1881, when he died at 60. For the last 34 years Ellen White continued to labor in an environment that was at times hardly friendly. This week we’ll look at some of her work and how it paralleled the biblical prophets.The Week at a Glance:
Does the preaching of the gospel in the New Testament differ from the proclamation of salvation in the Old Testament? Why were the early Seventh-day Adventists, who came out of the Millerite movement, opposed to church organization? What were some ways prophets delivered God’s messages to His people?
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, February 14.
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