Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide for 3rd Quarter 2012. The good news about Jesus that the apostle Paul had brought to the Thessalonians was making a difference in their lives, but Paul wanted their relationship with God to grow even deeper.

These days, many see doctrine as an expression of rigidity, exclusivity, and lack of freedom. In actuality doctrinal beliefs can be a beautiful, logical expression of biblical teachings. While holding the Bible as its only creed, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has set forth a statement of fundamental beliefs to constitute its understanding of the life-giving principles of Scripture. In this book Kwabena Donkor leads you through an overview of the fundamental beliefs of the Adventist Church, with particular emphasis on the most recent addition, “Growing in Christ.”

The New Members’ Bible Study Guide has been prepared to assist in the task of making disciples. It is a valuable resource for assisting new members in understanding how to follow God’s Word. All the fundamental beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are covered several times during the year, reinforcing basic Adventist beliefs and doctrines. The Journey Begins is the first guide.  The series can be started with a New Members Class any quarter of the year - it is not limited to the calendar year.

This is the Adult Bible Study Guide for first quarter of 2013 which focuses on the first three chapters of genesis.

If we understood in a very real way that God loves us, how would we respond? Would we return His love? It’s a vital question. When a lawyer came to Jesus and asked Him which command is the greatest, Jesus answered that it is to love God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. He added that there is a second equal part: loving your neighbor as yourself. Everything Jesus commands of us, He supplies. As we learn that God loves us with no strings attached, we will return that love to Him. Within the security of God’s love, we are free to begin to understand who we are even with all our sins and failures and to change through the power of the Holy Spirit. The lessons for this quarter are based on the Great Command (Matt. 22:37-39). In Lesson 1, we look at the life that God designed us to live. In Lessons 2 through 4, we learn the source of love and how to love God. In Lessons 5 through 9, we uncover the hidden part of the Great Command (“as we love ourselves”), consider how we define ourselves, how God identifies us, and how we grow in the church and following the ways of Jesus. Lessons 10 through 13 explore the extent of the love that God expects of his people and how that love is expressed with different groups of people.  

The fourth Bible Study Guide in the In Step With Jesus series. Mission is a powerful force. It gives people energy, purpose, and meaning in their lives. Using the concept of mission, this quarter's lessons will examine Jesus' mission and trace how His mission was taken up by His disciples.

The Power of the Word is the third study guide in the In Step With Jesus study guides to help new members connect with church members and with God, understand and follow God’s Word, minister to others and equip them for discipleship during their first year of church membership. These lessons will focus on specific teachings of Jesus as found in the Gospels and throughout the Bible. After introductory lessons on the power of the Word of God (Lessons 1-3) and one lesson on the potential of hostility that can come from obedience to the word (Lesson 4), we study the following teachings of Jesus: the Sabbath and how to observe it (Lessons 5 and 6); tithes and offerings (Lessons 7); healthful living (Lesson 8); sexual behavior (Lesson 9); deliverance from addictions (Lesson 10); forgiveness (Lesson 11); what happens at death (Lesson 12); and the destinies of the saved and the unsaved (Lesson 13).The series can be started any time and is not limited to the calendar year.