Sabbath School Lesson
Sabbath School Lesson
Sabbath School Lesson
The ten The crossing The miracle of Water from The presence
plagues of the Red Sea manna the rock of God in the
cloud and fire
However, only Caleb and Joshua believed God would fulfill His promise
at the gates of Canaan.
The unbelief of the other ten spies was quickly spread among the
people. Let’s not follow their example but strengthen our weak faith and
encourage one another (Heb. 12:12).
“The land to which we are traveling is in every sense
far more attractive than was the land of Canaan to the
children of Israel... What stayed their progress just in
sight of the goodly land? ... It was their own willful
unbelief that turned them back. They were unwilling
to risk anything upon the promises of God [...] We are
standing, as it were, upon the very borders of the
heavenly Canaan [...] If we have faith in the promises
of God we shall show [...] that we are not living for this
world, but are making it our first business to prepare
for that holy land.”
E. G. W. (That I May Know Him, June 12)
WHEN DO WE ENTER THIS REST?
“again He designates a certain day, ‘Today’ ...” (Hebrews 4:7)
When we accept the salvation Jesus offers, we find “rest for our
souls” (Mt. 11:29). This is how we enter His rest.
On the other hand, “there remains therefore a rest for the people of
God” (Hebrews 4:9). This is a future rest that’s complete and free
from sin. “Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest”
(Hebrews 4:11).
“A life in Christ is a life of restfulness [...] Your hope is not in
yourself; it is in Christ. Your weakness is united to His strength,
your ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring
might [...] Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon the beauty,
the perfection, of His character. Christ in His self-denial, Christ
in His humiliation, Christ in His purity and holiness, Christ in
His matchless love—this is the subject for the soul's
contemplation. It is by loving Him, copying Him, depending
wholly upon Him, that you are to be transformed into His
likeness.”
E. G. W. (Steps to Christ, cp. 8, p. 70)