Sabbath derived from

Shabbat which means cease, stop, be at standstill

The Sabbath is

1. monument to the boundlessness of our Creator's Authority
2. proof of the equality of all humanity before God
3. witness to the nature of God's reign
4. symbol of the peace God's reign brings
5. statement of God's agency in establishment of His reign on earth
6. reminder of the church's role in the establishment and advance of God's kingdom on earth
7. an experience of...

The Sabbath is an experience of

1. sacredness over secularity
2. humility over the human conceit of being in charge
3. assurance and faith in God over the despair of having to do all oneself
4. disinterested benevolence over the culture of self-gratification
5. spirituality over legalism
6. health and healing over the blightedness of sin cursed earth
7. restoration over morality and finitude
8. belonging over isolation and disorientation

Sequence of blessings in the Creation account

Focus on Blessing: first animate life created

   humanity

   the Sabbath

Time of Blessing: 5th day of creation week

 6th day of creation week

 7th day of creation week

Reference: Gen 1:22

Gen 1:28

Gen 2:3

4 Categories of Creation

1. inanimate - no blessing
2. animate - 1st blessing
3. human - 2nd blessing
4. sabbath - 3rd blessing

Point or truth ever being made in the offering

1. creature comes before God with the best offering possible
2. the offering was never for enriching the Creator

Who is a steward?

Greek translations?

• servant of Christ
• oikonomos means steward
• oikonemes means stewardship

1. the body - 1 Cor. 6:19,20
2. spiritual gifts - Eph 4:7-11
3. everything - 1 Cor 4:7

What does God do with the gifts we employ in His service?

He returns them to us purified and ennobled, to be used

for His Glory in blessing our fellow men.

Faculties involved in worship

1. intellect: learning, acquiring data
2. conscience: distinguishing between values, moral discrimination
3. emotions: feeling, liking, loving, disliking, hating
4. will: deciding, directing action

Rice and more majors on worship

Attitudes in Worship

1. reverence
2. adoration
3. celebration

Foster's Insights on worship

1. priority
2. preparation
3. gathering for worship
4. leadership in worship
5. avenues into worship
6. steps

Rice describes the Sabbath as

the most vivid manifestation of the reign of God

Marriage

Concept 1

• Marriage is spiritual. It comes from God.
• Gen 2:18

Marriage

Concept 2

• Marriage unites one man to one woman
• Gen 2:18-20,22

Marriage

Concept 3

• Marriage is mystery.  We didn't do it.
• Gen 2:21

Marriage

Concept 4

• Marriage is a paradox of different sameness
• kenegdo

Marriage

Concept 5

• In marriage, God first shows His image
• Gen 1:26-27

Marriage

Concept 6

• In marriage, God is completing the man
• Gen 2:23

Marriage

Concept 7

• In God's mind, sex is for marriage
• Heb 13:4

Marriage

Concept 8

• Marriage is oneness even in physical design
• Gen 2:24

Marriage

Concept 9

• Times have changed but God has not
• Matt 19:3-7

Marriage

Concept 10

• The only kind of love is God
• 1 Jn 4:8
• filos, agape, eros, storge

Why do we bring God gifts?

Because He is important

4 Great themes at the heart of Christian eschatology

1. Christ's return
2. resurrection of the dead
3. judgement
4. earth's restoration

What is the eschatological sequence suggested in the Bible?

1. close of probation
2. time of trouble
3. 2nd coming
4. millennium
5. 3rd coming
6. executive judgement (wicked eliminated - Rev 20:11-15)
7. new heavens and earth established

Evidences and arguments for His sure and soon return

1. He keeps His promises and He promised to return
2. The resurrection shows He will
3. This world needs HIm to return
4. He must come for His children
5. The signs of His return are unmistakable
6. The scoffers need to be enlightened
7. His coming brings the sanctuary doctrine to its natural climax

Prophetic Table

Jacob

• birthright - Gen 25:28-34; ch.27
• genetic engineering - Gen 30:37-43

Prophetic Table

• murder - Ex 2:11,12
• anger, disobedience - Num 20:7-12

Prophetic Table

• racism, jealosy - Num 12:1-15

Prophetic Table

• blunder - 2 Sam 7:1-4

Prophetic Table

• spite - 2 Sam 6:14-16, 20-23
• adultery, murder - 2 Sam 11
• polygamy - 2 Sam 12:7,8; 3:2-5; 5:13
• presumption - 2 Sam 24:1-4, 15

Prophetic Table

• despair - Luke 7:11-17, 18-20

Prophetic Table

• failed prediction - Ez 26:1-7-14; 29:17-18-20

Purpose of the Spirit of Prophecy

1. to lead men and women to the greater light (Bible)
2. to leave men and women without excuse
3. to call attention to principles
4. not as a new revelation

Revelation

emphasizes the divine act that discloses information.  Seventh-day Adventists believe that this divinely revealed message, or content is infallible and authoritative.

Inspiration

the process by which God fits a person to be His messenger

Attitudes toward EGW Through the years

1. Reversionist - "this is how it once was" means "this is how it should be now"
2. Rejectionist - "this is how it once was" means "that will no longer work"
3. Transformationist - nothing was sure; everything needed to be renegotiated, particularly our understanding of EGW
4. Encyclopedia of faith and practice - where everything was proved or disproved by recourse to her writings
5. "Great Bereavement" - where come concluded that their faith in her had been misplaced
6. Diversity - where differing attitudes prevail from total faith in her ministry to deep skepticism of any notion of divine authority for her and her work

Patrick's 8 Constructive Emphases

1. The link between cosmology and eschatology
2. The connection between health and religion
3. The "Great Controversy" theme
4. The interpretation of history
5. The primacy of Scripture
6. The dynamic nature of Adventism
7. The winsomeness of God
8. The ultimacy of Jesus Christ

What does manna really mean?

a common-placed looking, supernatural thing that appears while you sleep