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Summary Has God cast away his people? In this Sabbath lesson from Romans 11, Paul answers God forbid, showing a remnant according to the election of grace, the natural branches broken off for unbelief, the wild olive grafted in, and a call to behold both the goodness and severity of God. Through John 5 and…

Summary Why does Paul say the law is holy, yet he still finds himself doing the evil he would not? In this Sabbath lesson from Romans 7 and Ruth 1, Paul shows that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives, just as Naomi's widowed daughters-in-law were free to marry again,…

Summary What does it mean that the Messiah died for us while we were yet sinners? In this Sabbath lesson from Romans 5 and Psalms 4 and 5, we learn that tribulation works patience, experience and hope, that Yahushua died while those Paul wrote to were yet sinners to give all a chance at redemption,…

Summary Why are all men without excuse before God? In this Sabbath lesson from Romans 1 and Psalms 19 and 14, Paul declares that the gospel is to the Jew first and also to the Greek, and that the invisible things of God are clearly seen in creation, for the heavens declare his glory and…

Summary What does it mean that Yahushua, though rich, became poor for our sakes? In this Sabbath lesson from 2 Corinthians 8, John 1, Exodus 16 and Leviticus 19, Paul points to the Word made flesh, and calls the believers to share so that he who gathered much had nothing over and he who gathered…

Summary How can believers be the epistle of the Messiah, written not with ink but with the spirit of the living God? In this Sabbath lesson from 2 Corinthians 1 and 2 and 1 Corinthians 5, Paul speaks of the God of all comfort, explains why he wrote with many tears, and now urges the…

Summary Why does Paul say we are saved if we keep in memory the gospel he preached? In this Sabbath lesson from 1 Corinthians 15 and James 1, Paul teaches that the Messiah died for our sins, was buried and rose again according to the scriptures, and James shows that hearers who are not doers…

Summary How do we tell the spirit of God from an evil spirit, and which gifts should we desire? In this Sabbath lesson from 1 Corinthians 12, Galatians 1, Luke 6 and Isaiah 29, Paul teaches that no man speaking by the spirit of God calls Yahushua accursed, while Yahushua asks why call ye me…

Summary If Paul sowed spiritual things, is it a great thing if he reaps carnal things? In this Sabbath lesson from 1 Corinthians 9, Deuteronomy 25, Numbers 18 and Leviticus 2 and 7, Paul draws from the law that you shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn, as the Levites lived of…

Summary Why does a little leaven leaven the whole lump? In this Sabbath lesson during the days of unleavened bread, 1 Corinthians 5 and Haggai 2 show that sin left among the congregation defiles the whole, as holy flesh cannot make other things holy but the unclean makes all it touches unclean. Through 1 Corinthians…