Sabbath School with Branch Davidians
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
How Can We Have Assurance About What We Do Not See?
The Sabbath School lesson this week discusses Hebrews 11:27 which tells us that Moses "persevered because he saw him who is invisible." It then goes on to quote Hebrews 11:1 which reads, "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see."
The lesson asks, "As a class, talk about the kinds of things we believe in that we do not see, things that we know are real yet are beyond our sight. How can this help us understand what it means to see 'Him who is invisible'?" Sabbath School Quarterly Lesson, Friday, August 19, 2022
Now the lesson doesn't say one way or the other whether the things that are unseen are non-physical, but, when most people talk about believing in things they don't see they automatically start thinking that we are talking about a wholly different realm from what we experience with our senses – a non-physical realm. So the first thing we will need to address in this study is, is that what Hebrews 11 is talking about? Is it even talking about a non-physical realm?
In this week's study, we investigate the nature of the things that the bible says we should have assurance about that we do not see. Are they unseeable in principle, or just shielded from our senses for one reason or another? Is there evidence that these "things" are part of the physical realm even though we can't see them?
For deeper study:
"The Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus" (1 of 2) - May 13, 2016 - Trent Wilde https://youtu.be/Exrj7ozal_E
"The Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus" (2 of 2) - May 14, 2016 - Trent Wilde https://youtu.be/f9cEKrDxhp0
"Materialism: Our Forgotten Foundation," by Trent Wilde
http://www.bdsda.com/materialism-our-forgotten-foundation-2/
"False Impressions Concerning Experience," by Ellen White, Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, p. 109-110
https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/14.520#520
"Experience Not Reliable - 3T 67," playlist on YouTube
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw8ykUZG-bwexJTiTOQ-S5ON_V1zt1-hy
Sabbath School Q3 2022: In the Crucible with Christ - Week 8, "Seeing the Invisible."
A Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist perspective on the Sabbath School lesson.
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Email us at bdsdalit@gmail.com for comments and literature requests.
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