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Sunday School Lesson Sunday April 16, 2017 God’s Love Triumphant

To follow along, visit your local Christian bookstore, and ask for the Bible Expositor and Illuminator

Times:  A.D. 30; A.D. 63  Places:  Jerusalem, from Babylon (possibly Rome)

Golden Text:  “Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed (John 20:8).

Lesson Outline:  I.  Discovery – John 20:1-5, II. Verification – John 20:6-10, III. Assurance 1st Peter 1:3-5, 8-9

Discovery

John 20:1 – The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher. In this scripture, John omitted several details such as the earthquake, the angel rolling the stone away and sitting on it. The two angels speaking to the women or the fact that there were other women besides Mary who went to the sepulcher. Mary Magdalene is the woman out of whom Jesus cast out seven devils and Mary the mother of James and Joses who was the wife of Cleophas (In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher – Matthew 28:1). ( And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices that might come and anoint him Mark 16:1). (Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them – Luke 24:1).  Read More

Celebration of Love – Good Friday

Celebrate the love that God showed us when He was willing to sacrifice His only Son, Jesus Christ.

Sunday School Lesson April 9, 2017 God’s Saving Love In Christ

To follow along, visit your local Christian bookstore, and ask for the Bible Expositor and Illuminator

Time:  A.D. 27  – Place:  Jerusalem

Golden Text:  “For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16)

Lesson Outline

I.  Teaching About God’s Saving Love John 3:1-8; II. Application of God’s Saving Love – John 3:9-16

I. Teaching About God’s Saving Love

John 3:1 – There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: Nicodemus was the ruler of the Jews, he was a Pharisee and a teacher, and a member of the Sanhedrin who came to Jesus during the night. Recognizing Jesus’s greatness, Nicodemus asked to be instructed more fully by Him. Although he did not immediately understand Jesus’ words about the necessity of regeneration, he eventually did comprehend and became a disciple of Jesus. He argued that Jesus is given a fair hearing before the Sanhedrin. when they had sentenced Him to death by the cross. Nicodemus also aided Joseph of Arimathea in burying the body of Jesus. Nicodemus came to Jesus at night, if could have been he was fearful of those who would condemn him for seeking out Jesus, or perhaps he wanted to be certain he could have uninterrupted time with Him. Nicodemus addressed Jesus politely and respectful by calling Him “Rabbi”, He knew Jesus was from God but did not see Him as Messiah. Read More