The document provides a lesson on Isaiah 58 that discusses fasting and keeping the Sabbath. It explains that fasting alone does not please God, but fasting combined with helping others in need through acts of charity. Keeping the Sabbath is also about focusing on God rather than our own pleasures. True fasting and Sabbath keeping involve emulating God's humility, kindness, and ceasing from labor. The lesson encourages using the Sabbath to delight in God in order to receive blessings.
Rom 8:5-8 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom 8:5-8 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
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[Fast and Sabbath to be merciful and rebuke hypocrisy]
1. A religion that denounces self-righteousness and hypocrisy (verses 1-3a)
2. The etiquette of accusing self-righteousness and hypocrisy (verses 3b-7)
3. The fasting Sabbath day acceptable to God (8-14)
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[Fast and Sabbath to be merciful and rebuke hypocrisy]
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2. The etiquette of accusing self-righteousness and hypocrisy (verses 3b-7)
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Sabbath school lesson_11_1st_quarter_2021
1. Lesson 11 for March 13, 2021
Adapted from www.fustero.es
www.gmahktanjungpinang.org
““If you extend your soul to the
hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul,
then your light shall dawn in the
darkness, and your darkness shall be as
the noonday” (Isaiah 58:10 NKJV).”
2. The Plan of Redemption:
The high cost of salvation. Isaiah 55:1-5
Beyond our understanding. Isaiah 55:6-13
Fasting:
Fasting that displeases God. Isaiah 58:1-5
Fasting that pleases God. Isaiah 58:6-12
Sabbath:
Delighting in God. Isaiah 58:13-14
Isaiah brought an invitation from Jesus. He invited us to
come to His arms to quench our thirst for salvation
(Matthew 11:28; John 4:13-14), to share what we have
with those in need (Luke 6:35), and to enjoy the company
of the “Lord of the Sabbath” (Matthew 12:8).
3. THE HIGH COST
OF SALVATION
“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come
to the waters; and you who have
no money, come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
without money and without
price.” (Isaiah 55:1)
Buying without money, without a
credit card, without checks,
without bank transfers…? How
can it be?
Effectively, salvation is available to
us for free. God does not want
anything in return, it is for free.
However, we must buy it. It is not
worthless, but priceless. It had a
high cost. If we want it, we must
value it, want it, and ask for it (Acts
16:30-31).
The death of God Himself was the cost of our salvation. However,
God wants to give it to us for free as a gift of love (Romans 6:23).
4. “Salvation is a free gift, and yet it is to be bought and sold. In
the market of which divine mercy has the management, the
precious pearl is represented as being bought without money
and without price. In this market all may obtain the goods of
heaven […]
The gospel of Christ is a blessing that
all may possess. The poorest are as
well able as the richest to purchase
salvation; for no amount of worldly
wealth can secure it. It is obtained by
willing obedience, by giving ourselves
to Christ as His own purchased
possession.” E.G.W. (Christ’s Object Lessons,
cp. 9, p. 116-117)
5. BEYOND OUR
UNDERSTANDING
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My
ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your
thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9)
Our minds cannot understand the mystery of salvation.
It can only be understood in a spiritual way (1Co. 2:14).
Therefore, God gives us the necessary knowledge to
understand it (1Tim. 2:3-4).
“The theme of redemption is
one that angels desire to look
into; it will be the science and
the song of the redeemed
throughout the ceaseless ages
of eternity. Is it not worthy of
careful thought and study
now?” (E.G.W.,“My Life
Today”, p. 360).
This knowledge grows as our daily relationship with
Christ does (Col. 1:10; 2P. 3:18). However, we will
never understand it to the fullest. We will keep studying
the plan of redemption for all eternity.
6. FASTING THAT
DISPLEASES GOD
“Is it a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his
soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread
out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast, and an
acceptable day to the Lord?” (Isaiah 58:5)
The Day of Atonement was the only fasting day that God had ordered. That is why it was
called “the Fast” (Acts 27: 9). People added other daily or week fasting days later. Those
were not required by God, and He didn’t approve them (Zec. 7:3-10).
The Israelites expected God to approve their fasting (Is. 58:3). However, God’s
responded in an unexpected way: “You will not fast as you do this day, to make your
voice heard on high.” (v. 4) They were trying to soften God’s heart with their
“religiousness” in order to buy forgiveness. God was not requesting that at all.
7. FASTING THAT
PLEASES GOD
“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that
you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when
you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide
yourself from your own flesh?” (Isaiah 58:7)
The things that please God are
not related to remaining from
eating for some time. He is
pleased when we share what
we have, and care for others.
This is a lifestyle, not a one-
time act.
Our fasting pleases God only if
we are already showing His
love to others in our daily life.
Then, He guides us, satisfies
our soul, and strengthens us
(Isaiah 58:11).
“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father
is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble,
and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”
(James 1:27).
8. DELIGHTING
IN GOD
“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day,
and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, and shall honor Him,
not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,
then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; and I will cause you to ride on the high hills of
the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the Lord has
spoken.” (Isaiah 58:13-14)
How are afflicting the soul, helping others, and keeping the Sabbath
related?
All three involve concentration upon God, His priorities, and
recognition of our dependence upon Him. By doing all three, we
pursue holiness by emulating God, who humbled Himself (Philippians
2:8), demonstrated self-sacrificing kindness (Acts 10:38), and ceased
from labor on the Sabbath (Genesis 2:2-3).
Besides being a
delight,
keeping the
Sabbath also
brings special
blessings (v.
14).
9. E.G.W. (The Ministry of Healing, cp. 18, p. 257)
“Good deeds are twice a blessing,
benefiting both the giver and the
receiver of the kindness. The
consciousness of right-doing is one of the
best medicines for diseased bodies and
minds. When the mind is free and happy
from a sense of duty well done and the
satisfaction of giving happiness to others,
the cheering, uplifting influence brings
new life to the whole being.”