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Friday August 12 Further Thought:  Read Ellen G. White, “Our Example,”  pp. 17-28, in  The Ministry of Healing ; “ 'One Thing Thou Lackest,’ ”  pp. 518-523, in  The Desire of Ages ; “A Social Life,”  pp. 186-188, 190-192, 194-196, in My Life Today . “In order to reach all classes, we must meet them where they are; for they will seldom seek us of their own accord. Not alone from the pulpit are the hearts of men and women touched by divine truth. Christ awakened their interest by going among them as one who desired their good. He sought them at their daily avocations and manifested an unfeigned interest in their temporal affairs.” - Ellen G. White,  My Life Today , p. 186 . How true that many people today, for various reasons, will “seldom seek us of their own accord.” Just as Jesus came down and reached us where we are, we need to do the same for others. On one level, this shouldn’t be so hard. There are so many people out there with so many needs....

Thursday August 11 The Other-centered Church “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus”  ( Phil. 2:3-5, NIV ) .  In  what ways should the principles expressed here rule our lives and impact how we relate, not just to church members, but to our community? When He was on earth, Jesus wasn’t thinking about Himself. His agenda was about desiring the good of others. Much of His ministry consisted of responding to interruptions, such as when Jairus interrupted Him with a request to rush to his house to heal his dying daughter. This interruption was then interrupted by a woman who had been bleeding for 12 years.  (Read  Mark 5:21-43 .) Christ’s church is His heart and hands on earth. Jesus loved people more than anything else, and a church t...

Wednesday August 10 The Second Touch Read   Mark 8:22-25 . What spiritual lesson can we learn from the fact that Jesus’ first healing touch didn’t fully heal the blind man? After Jesus “spat” on the man’s eyes, He touched him and asked, “ 'Do you see anything?’ ” ( Mark 8:23, NIV ) . Why did Jesus “spit” on his eyes? Ancient literature indicates examples of the use of saliva by physicians. This miracle resembles somewhat the healing of the deaf and mute man in Decapolis not long before that. (Read  Mark 7:31-37 .)  However, unlike all His other recorded healing miracles, the cure for the blind man was performed in two stages. Reread   Mark 8:23-24 . How do you understand the man’s answer to the question “ 'Do you see anything?’ ” “ 'I see people; they look like trees walking around’ ”  ( Mark 8:24, NIV ) . That is, he could distinguish them from trees only by their motion. In a spiritual sense, how could we apply this incident to our own lives? It mi...

Tuesday August 9 Love Never Fails According to Jesus, the two greatest commandments are love to God and love to neighbor  ( Luke 10:27-28 ) . He also showed us who our neighbors are  ( Luke 10:29-37 ) . No question, too, that Jesus’ life, from beginning to end, was an expression of the pure love of God, who Himself is love  ( 1 John 4:16 ) . Thus, if we are to reflect the character of God, if we are to help reveal to others the reality of God and what He is like, we are to love. Think about it another way. One of the greatest “excuses” that people have used to reject Jesus and Christianity as a whole has been professed Christians themselves. What  are some examples you can find in history, or even today, of how “Christians,” or at least people bearing the name “Christian,” have done some terrible deeds, sometimes even in the name of Jesus? Does not even the book of Daniel  (see  Dan. 7:24-25  or  Rom. 2:24 )  warn about this? It’...

Monday August 8 The “Anyway” Principle A leper approaches Jesus and begs for healing. Conventional wisdom says that this man should be isolated. Jesus, the clean One, touches him and heals him  anyway  ( Matt. 8:1-4 ) . Peter denies Jesus three times during His trial  ( John 18:1-40 ) . After the resurrection, having searched Peter’s heart, Jesus reinstates him into His service anyway  ( John 21:1-25 ) . God’s church in Corinth is unappreciative of Paul’s authority and influence. Paul serves them  anyway  ( 2 Cor. 12:14-15 ) . This principle of “anyway” or “in spite of” is essential for revealing the character of the One who desires their good. “Millions upon millions of human souls ready to perish, bound in chains of ignorance and sin, have never so much as heard of Christ’s love for them. Were our condition and theirs to be reversed, what would we desire them to do for us? All this, so far as lies in our power, we are under the most solemn obliga...

Sunday August 7 Jonah in Nineveh Read   Jonah 3:4-4:6 . What serious attitude problem does this prophet have? In  Jonah 4:1-11 , the prophet Jonah sits down east of the great city of Nineveh. He has delivered the message of doom that God has entrusted to him. He reflects on his journey, his reluctance to come to Nineveh, his runaway tactics, God’s insistence in getting Jonah back on mission, the three-day episode in the fish, and the long journey inland from the coast. And for what?  For God to turn around and show His grace on these despicable people?  The people repented, but Jonah now feels betrayed. He feels dishonored and used. His hope had been that the destruction of this heathen city of 120,000 inhabitants would show God’s preference for His chosen people and vindicate Jonah’s hatred for the Ninevites. Read   Luke 19:38-42 . What is happening here, and what is Jesus’ attitude toward the city of Jerusalem? Eight hundred years after Jonah, Je...

Lesson 7 * August 6-12 Jesus Desired Their Good Sabbath Afternoon Read  for This Week’s Study:  Jon. 3:4-4:6 , Luke 19:38-42 ,  Matt. 5:43-47 ,  1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ,  Mark 8:22-25 ,  Phil. 2:3-5 ,  James 2:14-17 . Memory Text:  “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”  ( Matthew 23:37 ) . On Sabbath morning, during Sabbath School and worship service, skateboarders can often be seen rolling past the main doors of a local Seventh-day Adventist church. Why? Because this church meets in a community youth center facility right next to a skateboard park. And if you thought these skateboarders were an unexpected annoyance, think again. Instead, in an effort to curb the rising youth crime rate, the government in their city built the park to provide...

Friday August 5 Further Thought:  Read Ellen G. White, “Our Example,”  pp. 17-28, in  The Ministry of Healing ; “Levi-Matthew,” pp. 272-280, in  The Desire of Ages . The church’s mission is to the world, not only unto itself. It was organized for service to others. A church of another faith community has a sign at the end of the driveway, just before the driveway enters the road into the community in front of the church. The sign says: “Servant’s Entrance.” That says it all, doesn’t it? Jesus was a great mingler, and Ellen White indicates that so must be God’s church today. The members are salt and must permeate the community. “There is no call here to hibernate in the wilderness evangelizing jack rabbits. Here is an awesome invitation given by the prophet of the Lord to mingle, like Jesus, with the unlovely, the poor, and the lost. Jesus was friends with sinners. He attended their parties-met them where they were. Jesus never compromised His faith, but He l...

Thursday August 4 In the Midst of a Crooked Generation No question, the world needs what we have been given in Christ. It’s nothing in us, ourselves, that makes what we have so important. Rather, it is only by virtue of what we have received from Christ that gives us our imperative to reach others. And it’s precisely because we have been given so much that we are called to reach out to those who don’t have it. “ 'Freely you have received, freely give’ ”  ( Matt. 10:8, NKJV ) . Read   Philippians 2:13-15 . What are we being told here, and how does it fit in with our calling to reach out to others without falling away ourselves? We have to be careful about so seeking to protect ourselves from the world that we never come in contact with the souls in it. It’s very easy to stay in our own spiritual and theological comfort zone and to become spiritual introverts. Such introversion can turn into self-centered religion. How often do local churches, for instance, spend more ...

Wednesday August 3 Mingling Wisely A speaker asked a group to tell how many “non-Adventist friends” they had. One man in the back of the room stood up and triumphantly proclaimed, “I’m proud to say none!” That man might have meant well, but his words said a lot about what kind of light to the world he was. As we saw already,  Matthew 5:13  says we are the salt of the earth, but this salt can lose its savor. A merchant in Sidon had stored much salt in sheds with a bare earth floor. Because the salt was in direct contact with the earth, it lost its savor. This salt was thrown out and used to pave roads. In the same way, we need to be careful as we mingle with the world: Are we letting the world rob us of our unique savor? Are our values the same as the world’s? What  can we learn from these stories about how not to mingle with the world?  Gen. 13:5-13 ,  19:12-26 ,  Num. 25:1-3 ; see also  1 John 2:16 . These biblical examples illustrate the ...

Tuesday August 2 Eating With Sinners Read   Matthew 9:10-13 . What crucial message should we as individuals take away from Jesus’ response to His critics?  Read Hos. 6:6 . Jesus is reclining at the dinner table, where He is fellowshiping and eating with what this society would deem “undesirables.” What  kind of people does your culture deem “undesirables”? Interrupted by the Pharisees’ question of the appropriateness of Jesus’ mingling with such despicable people, Jesus challenges them to learn the meaning of mercy in contrast to sacrifice. “ 'But go and learn what this means: “I desire mercy and not sacrifice.” For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance’ ”  ( Matt. 9:13, NKJV ) . How sad that Jesus has to tell religious leaders to learn one of the most crucial truths of their own faith. Here again we are seeing the same problem that we saw occurring in Old Testament times, that of religious forms and ceremonies becoming more ...

Sunday July 31 Christ’s Method Alone Ellen G. White, in an often-quoted paragraph, summarizes what Jesus did in order to reach out and bring the people to salvation.  (See also  Matt. 9:35-36 .) “Christ’s method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, 'Follow Me.’” - Ellen G. White,  The Ministry of Healing , p. 143 . Let’s analyze this a bit. Jesus mingled with people as One who desired their good. (He opened networks.) Jesus sympathized with people. (He formed attachments.) Jesus ministered to their needs. (This also formed attachments.) When He combined the first, second, and third elements, He won people’s confidence. “Then   He bade them, 'Follow Me’” (to become disciples). What we see here is a wholistic model of the gospel. This ministry method will guide us in procl...

Lesson 6 * July 30-August 5 Jesus Mingled With People Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study:   Matt. 1:22-23 ;  John 1:14 ;  Luke 15:3-24 ;  Matt. 9:10-13 ;  Ps. 51:17 ;  1 John 2:16 ;  Phil. 2:13-15 . Memory Text:  “Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them’”  ( Luke 15:1-2, NIV ). A deacon in a local church drove a van that took the youth to an old-age home to hold a worship service every month. In the first week, while the youth were leading out, an old man in a wheelchair grabbed the deacon’s hand and held it during the service. This happened month after month. One time, when the youth group came, the man in the wheelchair was not there. The staff said that he would not likely live through the night. The deacon went to his room, and he was lying there, obviously unconscious. Taking the...

Friday July 29 Further Thought:  Read other teachings of Jesus that inform you and your church’s role in the community:  Matthew 7:12 ,  23:23 ,  25:31-46 , Mark 4:1-34 ,  6:1-13 ,  Luke 6:36 ,  11:42 ,  12:13-21 , 14:16-24 ,  16:13 ,  18:18-27 ,  19:1-10 ,  John 10:10 , 12:8 ,  17:13-18 . Read Ellen G. White, “ 'The Least of These My Brethren,’ ”  pp. 637-641, in  The Desire of Ages ; “The Missionary’s Pattern,” in Signs of the Times , March 19, 1894 . “Unless the church is the light of the world, it is darkness.” - Ellen G. White, in  Signs of the Times , September 11, 1893 . That’s a powerful thought. It reminds us of Jesus’ words, “ 'He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad’ ”  ( Matt. 12:30, NKJV ) . Jesus is making it plain: there is no neutral territory in the great controversy. We are on Christ’s side or the devil’s. To have been given great li...

Thursday July 28 Church Planting Read   Matthew 10:5-10 . Why would Jesus send His disciples out into the surrounding towns and villages without any resources? It seems strange that Jesus’ disciples would have direct orders to enter their ministry territory with little to sustain themselves. Apparently, Jesus placed His disciples in this situation to teach them dependence on God and also the importance of creating friendships through service to the local residents. These local residents would then value their service enough to provide support for the ministry. Pastor Frank’s local conference asked him to plant a church in a section of a large city that had virtually no Adventist presence. Initially, he had no budget to do so. He consulted a map and determined the boundaries of that section of the city and studied the demographics of the people there. Then he parked his car in the busiest part of the neighborhood and began going from business to business asking questions ...

Monday July 25 Loving Your Neighbor “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself”   ( Luke 10:27 ) . Read   Luke 10:25-37 . What message is given here to us in regard to the whole question of helping those in need? The expert in the law understood that all the commandments revolve around loving God with all you have and loving your neighbor as yourself. The question that remained to be answered was “Who is my neighbor?” Given that the prevailing thought among the people of Israel in Christ’s time was to favor their own kind as neighbors and relegate all others as outsiders, this expert in the law sought to have Jesus clarify the issue. The parable that Jesus tells reveals a totally different perspective. Our neighbor is  anyone  we encounter who is in need. Being a neighbor is meeting the needs of a neighbor. The priest and the Levite were more c...