The morning Manna
will be provided at 6am. Thanks.
Studying Ephesians in
the SSnet.org series Lesson 13, may the Holy Spirit be the speaker to your
heart.
The Topic today
is: “Ephesians 6 and The role of Satan in the Battle why we need Truth and
Righteousness for Morning Manna of the Sabbath School Lesson Ephesians”.
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 165
and 171-174 in the Teacher’s edition (alternative one below).
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.
Why do you not
click on this now?
https://www.adultbiblestudyguide.org/pdf.php?file=2023:3Q:SE:PDFs:EAQ323_13.pdf
---Or
try in alternative this one: https://ssnet.org/lessons/23c/less13.html
---“Many look on this conflict
between Christ and Satan as having no special bearing on their own life; and
for them it has little interest. But within the domain of every human heart
this controversy is repeated. Never does one leave the ranks of evil for the
service of God without encountering the assaults of Satan.” Source: Ellen White in her Desire of Ages pages 116-117. ---Karl Barth, the liberal Evangelical Calvinist theologian did not
accept any Satan narrative in his theology. ---The SBL of the Evangelical
Society actually in the 1970’s adopted his views and had seminars on the
Satan-less theology at that time. ---Adventists never gave up on the Great
Controversy Theme in their doctrine, from their inception since 1844 until
now. ---“In his extensive work Systematic Theology, Norman Gulley highlights
that Christian theology has generally missed the theme of the cosmic conflict
or great controversy (see Norman Gulley, Systematic Theology: The Church and the Last
Things [Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 2016], vol. 4, p.
478). ---“While for other Christians the great controversy (the spiritual
cosmic conflict between God and the evil forces of Satan) is one of the details
more related to theodicy. ---For Ellen G. White and Seventh-day Adventists, the great controversy
is the overarching doctrine that integrates all the other doctrines, not only
systematically but historically. ---For Seventh-day Adventists, the theme of the great controversy is not
only a system of doctrines but a story, the story of God. ---It is the story of His loving act of Creation; of our rebellion against Him; of His sacrificial love for us; of His direct intervention in the history of our world through
incarnation; of His death on the cross, resurrection, and ascension; of His desire and work to restore our relationship with Him; of His restoring the unity and love in humanity through the church; of His promises to put an end to the story of sin and evil; and of His promise to usher us into His eternal joy and peace. ---For this reason, Seventh-day Adventists have articulated the great
controversy theme as fundamental belief 8, voted by the General Conference in
1980: All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between Christ and
Satan regarding the character of God, His law, and His sovereignty over the
universe. ---This conflict originated in heaven when a created being, endowed with
freedom of choice, in self-exaltation became Satan, God’s adversary, and led
into rebellion a portion of the angels. ---He introduced the spirit of rebellion into this world when he led Adam
and Eve into sin. ---This human sin resulted in the distortion of the image of God in
humanity, the disordering of the created world, and its eventual devastation at
the time of the global flood, as presented in the historical account of Genesis
1–11. ---Observed by the whole creation, this world became the arena of the
universal conflict, out of which the God of love will ultimately be vindicated.
---To assist His people in this controversy, Christ sends the Holy Spirit
and the loyal angels to guide, protect, and sustain them in the way of
salvation.” Source: Norman Gulley —“The Great Controversy,”
available from https://www.adventist.org/the-great-controversy.”
See Teacher’s edition by the Phillipine Professor on pages 173-174. ---“Herbert E. Douglass ably and richly explains the role that the great
controversy theme (GCT) plays in Seventh-day Adventist theology: ---“For Seventh-day Adventists, the GCT is the core concept that brings
coherence to all biblical subjects. ---It transcends the age-old divisions that have fractured the Christian
church for centuries. ---It brings peace to theological adversaries who suddenly see in a new
harmony the truths that each had been vigorously arguing for. ---Herein lies the uniqueness of Adventism. ---That uniqueness is not some particular element of its theology, such
as its sanctuary doctrine. ---Rather, the distinctiveness of Adventism rests in its overall
understanding of the central message of the Bible that is governed by its
seminal, governing principle—the Great Controversy Theme.” Source: Herbert Douglass—“The Great Controversy
Theme: What It Means to Adventists,” Ministry,
December 2000, p. 5.