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Sabbath School Lesson 13: Grace, Love, and Fellowship

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  Sabbath School First and Second Corinthians  Lesson 13: Grace, Love, and Fellowship You may use this for presenting and studying the current Sabbath School Lesson. > Download the Notes for Lesson 13: Video Grace, Love,and Fellowship   (Video is Below) Lesson 13 Daily Devotionals: Sunday: The Grace of Jesus    Monday: The Love of God    Tuesday: The God of Love    Wednesday: Fellowship of the Holy Spirit    Thursday: Our Triune God    Friday Further Thought: Amazing Grace - The Gift We Could Never Earn    More on Lesson 13:    Grace Instead of What We Deserve    If Jesus Were Not Fully God    The God of Love and Peace    More to come! Sabbath School 3rd Quarter Online: First and Second Corinthians Quarterly   Next Quarter Sabbath School: The Gift of Prophecy 
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The Grace of Jesus

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Sufferings for the Sake of the Gospel

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Spiritual War

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Sabbath School First and Second Corinthians  Dealing With False Teachers Lesson 12 - Sunday Gentle, Yet Bold for Christ Paul’s relationship with the believers in Corinth was complicated. He loved them, but he also knew that some serious problems had entered the church. False teachers were questioning Paul’s authority, criticizing his ministry, and trying to turn the believers away from the truth about Christ. What makes 2 Corinthians 10:1–11 especially interesting is that Paul’s critics apparently considered his meekness to be weakness. They saw his gentle approach as evidence that he lacked courage. But Paul was about to make something very clear: meekness is not weakness. Paul writes, “Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:1, NKJV). Notice that he does not begin with insults, anger, or threats. He appeals to them through the character of Christ. Yet just a few verses later, we see how courageous he really is. Paul spe...
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