1. FIRST QUARTER January – March 2009 Gerhard Pfandl - Principal Contributor John the Baptist was called by Jesus to be the greatest of all the prophets. But “the prophetic gift involved something other than writing the books of the Bible.” This Sabbath School Bible Study Guide not only introduces God’s messengers through out the ages but the also Source of all true prophecy, the ‘Gift-Giver.’

2. FIRST QUARTER 2009 This Sabbath School lesson help was produced for the glory of God. It is being distributed through the internet media for you to use as you teach our Sabbath School classes. Please do not alter the way it was arranged. Thanks and God bless. Yours–in-Christ, Pastor N. V. Macatiag

3. March 21, 2009 Memory Text: “Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.” (Amos 3:7,NKJV)

4. March 21, 2009 The Introduction The Old times Prophets’ work: To encourage, uplift and warn God’s people To bless and benefit God’s church The Seventh-day Adventist Church, certainly as we know it today, probably would not exist had it not been for the guidance God gave this movement through the Spirit of Prophecy

5. March 21, 2009 2. Different Blessings 1.The Blessings of Missionary work a. Israel as a nation Chosen as a witness. The world share God’s blessing through Israel To show forth His praise. (Isa. 43:21) Declare His glory among the nations.(Isa.66:19) It will be a light to the Gentiles.

6. March 21, 2009 b. The Christian Church (Episodes of Expansion) i. The church established during the first and second century ii. The century of mission during the 19 th century. iii. The SDA idea of mission/vision through EG White’s view

7. March 21, 2009 aa. Ellen White in 1871 wrote, “Young men should be qualifying themselves by becoming familiar with other languages, that God may use them as mediums to communicate His saving truth to those of other nations.”— Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, p. 204.

8. March 21, 2009 bb.“The message will go in power to all parts of the world, to Oregon, to Europe, to Australia, to the islands of the sea, to all nations, tongues, and peoples.... Your faith is limited, it is very small. Your conception of the work needs to be greatly enlarged.” - Pages 208,209.

9. March 21, 2009 2. The blessing received through education a. Israel as a nation – i. Deut. 6:4 – 9 Listen, Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength. These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind, and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead. Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and gates. (Net Bible)

10. March 21, 2009 b. The Seventh Day Adventist Church i. We need a school where those who are just entering the ministry may be taught at least the common branches of education, and where they may also learn more perfectly the truths of God’s word for this time.” —Fundamentals of Christian Education, pp. 45, 46.

11. March 21, 2009 3. The blessings receive because of health a. Biblical Injunctions i. Lev. 7:22–26 – No fat eating ii. Lev. 11:1–8 - Clean and unclean foods iii. Lev. 13:46 - Isolate those who are sick b. Spirit of Prophecy writings i.“I saw that it was a sacred duty to attend to our health, and arouse others to their duty.”— Selected Messages, book 3, p. 280.

12. March 21, 2009 4. The blessings receive through the printed pages a. Biblical Proof i. Exod. 17:14, 34:27, Deut. 31:24 - Moses the first Bible writer was encouraged by God to write.

13. March 21, 2009 b. EG White’s encouragements i. “ ‘I have a message for you. You must begin to print a little paper and send it out to the people. Let it be small at first; but as the people read, they will send you means with which to print, and it will be a success from the first. From this small beginning it was shown to me to be like streams of light that went clear round the world.’ ”—Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, p. 125.

14. March 21, 2009 5. The blessings of the Prophetic Gift a. Biblical Proofs i. All through biblical history, God has used the prophetic gift to protect His people from theological errors. b. The Ministry of EG White i. It was no different with the ministry of Ellen White. In the early days of our church she had to combat fanaticism of various kinds.

15. March 21, 2009 3. How the blessings benefited His people? Through the gift of prophecy, working in harmony with the other spiritual gifts, God graciously has blessed our church. Our commitment to world mission, education, publishing, health and medical work, and scientific and theological discovery that affirm God’s Word find their inception in the writings of Ellen G. White.

16. March 21, 2009 God bless and a Happy Sabbath! MARANATHA!