| LESSON 5 | *April 26 - May 2 |
| The Wonder of His Works |  |
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| SABBATH AFTERNOON |
Read for This Week's Study:
| Matt. 4:23-25; 8:25-27; 11:2-6; 12:22, 23; Acts 3:19-21. |
Memory Text:
| "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd" (Matthew 9:36, NIV). Even the most cursory reading of the life of Jesus as presented in the Gospels reveals an interesting fact: With the exception of the amazing events surrounding His birth, very little of Jesus' childhood and early years are recounted. This gap has led to all sorts of speculation through the centuries about what Christ had done during all those lost years. Nothing, though, comes close to what Ellen G. White wrote in The Desire of Ages ("As a Child"). Instead, the Bible focuses on His adult life, specifically the three and a half years of His ministry. What a three and a half years they were! The world has experienced nothing like it. His works, always for others, and completely without capriciousness, are presented as evidence of a new day dawning, the birth of the kingdom of God. The moment the Sermon on the Mount ended, the scene changed abruptly, with Jesus immediately plunging Himself into the needs of the people (see Matt. 8, 9). For Jesus it was not just words. He had the works to more than back up the words. The kingdom of God had arrived, and Jesus was there to inaugurate it. |
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, May 3.
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