Sabbath School teaching outlines based on the adult Sabbath School quarterly. These lesson outlines aid Sabbath School teachers & members in their weekly study & preparation for Sabbath School. http://www.SabbathSchoolLessons.com Copyright 2010, Bruce N. Cameron, J.D. en-us Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:05:23 -0500 Can you remember a time when someone you loved was unhappy with you? What if your spouse is unhappy with you? It doesn't feel good, does it? What about the time when your boss was unhappy with you? That caused worry because your boss could create real problems. God is somewhat like our boss and our spouse wrapped up together. God should be the last person that we want to have unhappy with us. However, since He is a perfect God and we are sinful humans with have a serious problem. This week we learn about how Jesus' perfect life and death for our sins reconciled us to God. We also learn something new about the nature of sin. Let's jump right into our study of Romans and learn more! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sabbathschoollessons.com/archive/413-expounding-faith.htm After we learned last week that keeping the law has nothing to do with our salvation, Paul announced that this did not "nullify the law." Instead, we read that by this doctrine "we uphold the law."(Romans 3:31) On the face of it, that seems completely wrong. If the law has nothing to do with salvation, how does that uphold it? A mother says, "Son, your father had nothing to do with your birth or your upbringing." If you were the father would you think that "upheld" you? Of course not! Yet Paul teaches us that grace upholds the law. Let's dive into our study of Romans to see if we can follow Paul's continuing line of argument about grace and law! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sabbathschoollessons.com/archive/412-justification-law.htm Last week we were left in a terrible state! We decided that we were no better than all of those "obvious" sinners and that our deeds deserved death. Worse, there was nothing that we could do about it because "no one will be declared righteous in His sight by observing the law." Romans 3:20. This week we get to the good news - someone has already done something about our sin problem. Let's run to Romans and find out more! Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sabbathschoollessons.com/archive/411-justified-by-faith.htm We left off last week in the midst of confusion! Paul told us in Romans 2:13 that "those who obey the law ... will be declared righteous." Then Paul quickly added in Romans 3:12 "there is no one who does good, not even one." Are we all lost? Are we doomed by our nature? Whatever happened to the idea of the inherent goodness of humans? Can we live a good life? Let's dive into Romans and see if we can follow Paul's line of reasoning and continue our exploration of God's plan for our salvation! Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sabbathschoollessons.com/archive/410-all-have-sinned.htm Today I was in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan hiking to some magnificent waterfalls. There has been a lot of rain and the water going down the falls is just wild. The river's power is awesome. Looking at the beautiful scenery and the incredible power of the river made me think about our Creator God. Paul talks about this in the first two chapters of Romans. What Romans says about the relationship of nature to God leads naturally into the subject of the relationship between humans and God's law. One of the hot issues of Paul's time was whether certain of the laws kept by the Jews applied to the Gentile converts. Let's jump into our study of the Bible and see what we can learn about nature, law and grace! Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sabbathschoollessons.com/archive/409-jew-gentile.htm Great news! We begin a new series of lessons on one of the most important books of the Bible - Paul's letter to the church at Rome. Do you recall starting a new job where you wanted to make a good impression? If you were the boss, it was important for you to make the right impression so that the people under you in the company would help you make the business a success. Paul's letter to the Romans is something like that. He has never been to this church. He is coming, and he wants his relationship to begin on the right note. How should he start out? Let's jump into our study and see how Paul does this! Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sabbathschoollessons.com/archive/408-paul-rome.htm