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by In Light Of The Cross

2: The Burning Bush-Sabbath School Lesson Teaching Plan

Prepared by William Earnhardt for Sabbath School Class, July 12, 2025.

Main Theme: You may recall instances when you had specific goals, but God redirected those plans. We can indeed be helpful to God in many ways, but following God’s call in our lives and doing what He leads us to do is undoubtedly the path to the most satisfying existence. It might not always be easy, and it wasn’t easy for Moses, but how foolish to go our own way when God is calling us in another direction.

Read in Class: Exodus 3:1-6. Ask the class to summarize this passage in their own words.

Study: What significance can be found in the fact that the Lord introduced Himself to Moses as “the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”?

Apply: Moses needed 80 years before God deemed him ready for his task. What might this truth teach us about patience?

Share: Can you share an experience where your plans seemed to be derailed, but looking back, you see God was just preparing you for something better?

Read in Class: Exodus 3:7-12. Ask the class to summarize this passage in their own words.

Study: How did God explain to Moses why He wanted to intervene on behalf of the Israelites enslaved in Egypt?

Apply: Why is humility, and a sense of our own “unworthiness,” so important for anyone who seeks to follow the Lord and do anything for Him?

Share: Can you share a time when God called you to do something you did not feel qualified to do?

Read in Class: Exodus 3:13-22. Ask the class to summarize this passage in their own words.

Study:  Why did Moses want to know God’s name, and what is the significance of His name?

Apply: In what ways in your own life have you experienced the closeness and intimacy with Yahweh that He seeks to have with all who are surrendered to Him?

Share: What are some of the names of God the Father or God the Son that comfort you the most, and why?

Read in Class: Exodus 4:1-18. Ask the class to summarize this passage in their own words.

Study: What set of signs did God give to Moses to perform in order to strengthen his position as God’s messenger?

Apply: How does the Lord respond to Moses, and what lessons can we take from that for ourselves, in whatever situation we believe God calls us to?

Share: What signs has God given you in your life that have strengthened your faith?

by In Light Of The Cross

11: Joseph, Master of Dreams-Sabbath School Lesson Teaching Plan

Prepared by William Earnhardt for Sabbath School class on June 11, 2022.

Main Theme: Joseph has his own dreams and helps others interpret their dreams also.

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Read Together: Genesis 37:1-11. Define the main idea of this passage.

Study: What family dynamic predisposed Joseph’s brothers to hate him so much?

Apply: Read Matthew 20:26, 27. What crucial principle is revealed here, and how can we learn to manifest in our own lives what it teaches?

Share: Your friend asks you if our dreams have any meaning? Does God still speak to us in dreams? What do you tell your friend?

Read Together Genesis 37:12-36. Summarize the passage.

Study: What does this teach us about how dangerous and evil unregenerate hearts can be and to what they can lead any one of us to do?

Apply: Why is it so important to seek God’s power in order to change bad traits of character before they can manifest themselves into some acts that, at one point in your life, you would never imagine yourself doing?

Share: Your friend says, Joseph’s brothers never would have treated Joseph so cruel if he had not boasted about his dreams, and Jacob did not make him the favorite. It’s not their fault. What would you say to your friend?

Read Together: Genesis 39. Summarize this chapter.

Study: What made Joseph so successful?

Apply:  How did Joseph resist the wife’s advances? Why did Joseph specifically say that to have done what she asked would have been a sin against God? What understanding does he show about the nature of sin and what it is?

Share: Your friend says, if you are going to get charged for a crime you might as well do it. What’s the point of being innocent if you are still treated like you are guilty? What do you tell your friend?

Read Together: Genesis 40:1-41:36. Summarize this passage.

Study: How are the dreams of Pharaoh related to the dreams of the officers? What is the significance of this parallel?

Apply: How can we learn to trust God and cling to His promises when events don’t appear providential at all, and indeed, God seems silent?

Share: Can you think of someone who may be experiencing something similar to what Joseph experienced in Genesis 39? How can you encourage them this week?