The morning
Manna will be provided at 6am. Thanks. Studying
Genesis in the SSnet.org series Lesson 12, may the Holy Spirit be the speaker
to your heart. The Topic today
is: "Ellen White reflecting on Joseph's satisfaction with his brothers
transformational lives" The Opening
Hymn will be 229 "Spirit of the Living God" The Sabbath
School Quarterly, downloadable from SSnet.org in the Teacher's Edition is on
page 156 and for the laymen edition or Standard Edition, on page 102. The SSnet.org
site allows anyone, anywhere to read the lesson in their own language. Choose
your own language to see God speaking also to your heart. ---In Friday
section of the Sabbathschool, Ellen White shows that Joseph tested his
brothers. ---They past
the test that they are no longer evil. ---They were
overcomers of evil. Joseph was satisfied that the brothers will not do to
Benjamin that they did to him. ---He could see
that they repented. ---True
repentance will lead to genuine transformation. This is opposite to what
general Psychology is teaching today. ---The world is
teaching that you can never change your past history, your genetic make-up, you
just have to accept and live with it. ---In a
relativistic world, they expect everyone to be just accepted as they are and
people should not try to change anyone. ---They are
against proselytism or evangelism or transformation of live-styles towards holy
living. ---They are
against overcoming sermons and messages. ---Some
Adventists are harboring silent wrong habits that they do not want to change.
So they like messages that do not expect overcoming. ---Jesus said
to John the Revelator: To him/her that overcome, I will give to sit with Me in
My kingdom. ---Even Paul in
Romans, preaching Justification by Faith, spelled out total obedience in a
perfect manner as requirement in Romans. People missed it. ---Joseph's
result with his brothers, can be ours also. People do not stay the same as they
were years ago. Thanks to the indwelling Spirit of God.