| LESSON 3 | *April 11 - 17 |
Hope |  |
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| SABBATH AFTERNOON |
Read for This Week's Study:
Luke 21:25, 26; 1 Cor. 15:20-26; 50-55; John 5:24; Revelation 21. |
Memory Text:
"Always be prepared to give the answer to everyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that you have" (1 Peter 3:15, NIV). |
| The twentieth century began in a mood of great optimism. Since the beginning of the Enlightenment Era, optimism had dominated the way of thinking in the Western world. As human beings, we could not only discover all truth using reason, we also were capable of moral perfection. New inventions, new modes of travel, the dramatic increase of medical knowledge, and the introduction of new machines and the steady advancement of human morals would improve all lives. But after two world wars, the holocaust, the nuclear threat of the cold war, and worldwide terrorism as an ever-present danger, coupled with the realization that humankind is in the process of destroying the environment it needs for human survival, little reason for optimism remains. However, there is hope, not in what we see or in what we can do but in what God has promised us through Jesus, His Son. |
The Week at a Glance:
As followers of Christ we can have hope even amid a world that in and of itself offers none. And that's because this hope is not based on ourselves or on anything we or the world can offer. This hope is based solely on Jesus and His promises to us. |
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, April 18.
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