Prepared by William Earnhardt, for Sabbath School Class, March 15, 2025

Main Theme: The cross shows us God has done everything possible to prove His love for mankind.

Read in Class: Romans 3:23-26 and Romans 5:8. Ask the class to define the main idea of these passages.

Study: How do these passages refute Satan’s lie that God is not love?

Apply: Read Revelation 12:10-12 in light of Genesis 3:15. How does the blood of the lamb help you to overcome Satan’s lies and temptations?

Share: Your friend asks you if the third angel’s message about the mark of the beast can be tied to the cross? What do you tell your friend? How can you share the goodness of God in the third angel’s message.

Read in Class: Isaiah 5:1-4. Ask the class what is the main idea of this passage?

Study: Who is speaking in these verses? Whom is Isaiah speaking about? Whom do the vineyard and vineyard owner represent? What is the significance of the actions of the vineyard owner on behalf of the vineyard? What is the result?

Apply: When you look at the cross, where God offered Himself as a sacrifice for all our sin, how do His words, “What more could have been done to My vineyard that I have not done in it?”—take on an utterly amazing significance?

Share: Your friend says some people were brought up in better environments than others, and so some have a better chance to be saved than others. Some have no chance at all. What do you tell your friend?

Read in Class: Matthew 21:33-39 and Isaiah 53:4. Ask the class to define the main idea of these passages.

Study: What more could God do than what He has done to save us?

Apply: Whose “griefs” and “sorrows” did Christ bear on the cross? What should this tell us about all that God has done for us and what salvation has cost Him?

Share: Your friend asks you, how you know Christ has born your griefs and sorrows? What do you tell your friend?

Read in Class: Isaiah 5:3-4, Revelation 15:3 and Revelation 19:1-6. Ask the class to summarize these passages.

Study: What do these passages teach us about God being vindicated in the cosmic conflict, especially at the end?

Apply: What assurance do you have that God has done everything possible to help you experience His love and truth?

Share: 2 Peter 3:9 tells us God wants everyone to come to repentance. Romans 2:4 says it is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance. How can you share God’s goodness this week with someone so they may be led to repentance and salvation?