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THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL SERIES

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 10, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 37.

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THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL SERIES

LESSON 13.—SEPTEMBER 27.—THE MESSAGE OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH WILL ESTABLISH THE EVERLASTING KINGDOM.

The day of wrath, now near at hand, will test the stability of character: Rev. 6:15-17. Ungodliness is the object of God's wrath. Rom. 1:18. Therefore the ungodly will not endure the test. Ps. 1:5. The Gospel is God's provision through which and in which we may be able to stand. 1 Cor. 15:1, 2. This means a present victory over Satan (Eph. 6:11), which will result in our being able to stand permanently (verses 13, 14). This is simply the experience of justification by faith (Rom. 5:1, 2), and this is the only experience which will enable us to stand when the Lord comes. The whole experience is one of faith on our part (Rom. 11:20) and of manifested power on God's part (Rom. 14:4, R. V.). It is, therefore, abundantly evident that “the everlasting Gospel” in the threefold message of Rev. 14:6-12, which is to prepare for the coming of the Son of Man as king (verse 14) must be the original Gospel of the coming of the Seed, the Gospel of the “unspeakable gift” of Jesus in the flesh as our righteousness, the Gospel of justification by faith. And through the giving of this message in the earth “in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which . . . shall stand forever.”

QUESTIONS.

  1. What will the men of might do in the earth in the day of God's wrath?
  2. How will they ask to be hidden from that wrath?
  3. What reason will they give for such a request?
  4. Against what is God's wrath directed?
  5. What effect will this have upon the ungodly?
  6. What provision has the Lord made that His people may stand now and eternally?
  7. What present experience does this bring to believers?
  8. What future experience is thus assured?
  9. Under what other form of expression is this same experience presented to us in the scripture?
  10. What will this enable us to do when the Lord comes?
  11. By what only do we stand?
  12. Whose direct working is it which makes us stand?
  13. What is the purpose of the threefold message of Revelation 14?
  14. What must be the nature of this Gospel message?
  15. What will be accomplished through the giving of this message in this generation?