Sabbath school lesson 9, 4th quarter of 2016

1. Lesson 9 for November 26, 2016
Adapted from www.fustero.es
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Job 13:16
He also shall be my
salvation: for an hypocrite
shall not come before
him.

2.  Man’s hope in God.
 Protecting oneself from falsehood.
 Clinging to hope.
 The hope is fulfilled.
 Divine hope for us.
 The plan of salvation begins.
 The plan of salvation is carried out.
Job didn’t have the Bible as we know it today.
Nevertheless, he knew enough about the plan of salvation
to cling to the hope of a Savior to come.

3. PROTECTING ONESELF FROM FALSEHOOD
“But you forgers of lies, you are all worthless physicians. Oh, that you would be
silent, and it would be your wisdom!” (Job 13:4-5)
After listening to his friends, Job
concluded that they were lying about
two important points:
1. They lied about Job. They maintained that Job was suffering because a
hidden sin. Job already knows that that’s not true in his case (Job 13:2)
Job’s friends thought they were
defending God, but they should’ve kept
quiet instead of saying wrong things
(Proverbs 17:28)
2. They lied about God. “Will you
speak wickedly for God, and talk
deceitfully for Him?” (Job 13:7). God
confirmed that: “you have not
spoken of Me what is right.” (Job
42:7)

4. “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even
so, I will defend my own ways before Him.”
(Job 13:15)
Job thought God was treating him unfairly, but
he still clung to his faith in Him. Even if God
might have allowed or caused the
circumstances that would carry him off, he
would’ve still waited on Him.
What did Job expect? What was he hoping?
He was waiting for encountering God beyond
the grave, not in this Earth (Job 19:26).
CLINGING TO
HOPE
After studying how Job behave in good and bad
moments, we can apply James’ words about
Abraham to him too: “Do you see that faith was
working together with his works, and by works
faith was made perfect? And the Scripture was
fulfilled which says, ‘Abraham [Job] believed
God, and it was accounted to him for
righteousness.’ And he was called the friend of
God.” (James 2:22-23).

5. THE HOPE IS FULFILLED
“He also shall be my salvation, for a hypocrite could not
come before Him.” (Job 13:16)
We can understand from Job’s speech that his hope was focused on God’s
salvation for him. That hope will be fulfilled once he enters God’s presence.
Centuries later, Paul explained
that our assurance of that hope
was based on Christ’s being
resurrected (1Co. 15:12-22)
Jesus’ resurrection guarantees
our own resurrection. In the
Second Coming, all who have put
their hope in Christ will see the
Savior face to face, from Adam
to Job and to those who will be
alive then. “And thus we shall
always be with the Lord.” (1Ts.
4:17)

6. E.G.W. (Steps to Christ, cp. 8, pg. 70)

7. “This truth also gives
hope of life that lasts
forever. God promised
this before the world
began. He cannot lie.”
(Titus 1:2 NLV)
God knew before the creation of the world that
human beings would fall in sin, so He already
conceived a plan of salvation. A hope for the fallen
human race.
THE PLAN OF SALVATION BEGINS
“If anyone sins, I’ll save him.”
That’s God’s commitment to
Himself. That’s our hope.
That happened even before man
was created! Our salvation was
conceived even before we
existed, when the fall was only a
remote possibility.

8. THE
PROMISE
• Genesis 3:15
A REPLACEMENT
IS INTRODUCED
• Genesis 22:8
THE PLAN
IN IMAGES
• Leviticus 17:11
The plan started when Adam and Eve sinned. God revealed His plan
gradually in the Bible. We are those “upon whom the ends of the ages have
come” (1Co. 10:11); we can see how that plan of salvation was carried out
from the first promise to the final fulfillment.
THE PLAN OF SALVATION IS CARRIED OUT

9. THE LAMB
OF GOD
• John 1:29
JUSTIFICATION
BY FAITH
• Galatians 2:16
SANCTIFICATION
• Philipians 1:16
THE PLAN OF SALVATION IS CARRIED OUT

10. THE FIGHT OF THE
CHRISTIAN
• 1 Corinthians
10:13
THE
INVESTIGATIVE
JUDGMENT
• Daniel 7:22
THE TIME
OF TROUBLE
• Daniel 12:1-2
THE PLAN OF SALVATION IS CARRIED OUT

11. THE SECOND COMING
• Matthew 24:27
THE ETERNAL KINGDOM
• Daniel 2:44
THE PLAN OF SALVATION IS CARRIED OUT

12. E.G.W. (Daughters of God, cp. 4, pg. 78)