is the first lesson of the Glad Tidings
Bible Study Guides. The lessons cover essential Bible doctrines
as understood by Seventh-day Adventists, and include the Good
News concepts of the "most precious message."
The printed Glad Tidings Bible Study
Guides consist of thirty-four lessons, conveniently packaged in
one envelope. The lessons are divided into three sections:
Section One—Heart-Lifting Good
News
Section Two—Good News About the
Future
Section Three—Finding God's Place
of Safety
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Study Guide One
How to Proceed
Read each question, using the references
given to look up the texts in your Bible. If you don't have a Bible
follow the link to the text. Find the answer in the text; then enter it
in the blanks provided. The notes will help to clarify parts that you
may not understand.
Each one will become easier, each step clearer. We are using the King
James Version, but please use whatever version you have.
You will sometimes see Happiness Digest quoted.
This helpful book is available from the publishers of these lessons
(see address below).
Pause a moment before each study and pray:
"Father in heaven, thank You for Your Book. Thank You for sending
the Holy Spirit to make it clear to me. I want to know You better and I
choose to do Your will. In Jesus' precious name, Amen."
That prayer will be answered.
Jesus: Come and Meet Him!
Bewildered! That's how we are. We
have not only missed our way, we have lost the address. We are like the
sad and lonely dog sitting bewildered in his cage on a London porter's
baggage cart. A stranger passing by asked, "What's wrong with that
dog?" "Let me tell you," the porter confided. "That
dog has chewed off his destination label and now doesn't know where he
came from or where he is going."
Do you know where you are going? Is
your life empty and meaningless? Do you find yourself staring into the
TV screen with your mind locked in neutral gear, bored with yourself and
with all that the glitzy world can do to amuse you? Does your future
seem like a gray and cloudy sky? You are not alone. Most of the world's
five billion-plus people feel as though they are riding a bus in a
dreary fog, destination unknown; most, but not all. All can read
ordinary maps and find where they are, but some have discovered an
inspired Map telling them what lies ahead for this world.
The Map they have found is a book
called the Bible. They have discovered in it a key that unlocks its
pages and displays its treasures of hope and joy. There is a light in
their eyes because a heavenly light has shone in their hearts. They
found it in the Bible.
This Book is different from any other
in the world because it says, "Thus saith the Lord," not
"thus man thinks or supposes." Sometimes the Bible message
soothes like a caress, sometimes it stings like a sharp sword. It is
hard as steel when it comes to telling the difference between right and
wrong, soft as velvet when it assures you that wrong can be forgiven and
you will be a new person.
This Book will reveal Christ to you as
he truly is. If you will do the looking, the Holy Spirit will do the
showing.
"Casting
all your care upon Him; for He careth for you" (1 Peter 5:7).
"Pray without ceasing" (1
Thessalonians 5:17).
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for a printable version of this study (in PDF format).