Transcript PowerPoint Junior Teen

Junior and/or Earliteen
Sabbath School
October 11, 2008
This Quarter the Thirteenth Sabbath
Offering is going to the
Northern Asia-Pacific Division
China
Mongolia
Information adapted from
Adventist Mission, Youth and
Adult Magazine and the SDA
Encyclopedia.
North Korea
This quarter the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
will be used to help:
• build a dormitory for Adventist students
in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
• fund Chinese-language television and
Internet broadcasts from Taiwan
• plant a Chinese-language church in the
heart of Tokyo, Japan
Northern Asia-Pacific Division History
Adventist work in what would become the
Northern Asia-Pacific Division began as early
as 1889. In that year, Abram La Rue, a
pioneer self-supporting missionary , went to
China and Hong Kong to serve. During that
time he made several trips to Japan and
distributed literature. By 1890 there were
Sabbath keepers in Japan.
In 1904 a Korean was walking along a street in
Kobe, Japan, when he read a sign that said “The
Seventh-day Sabbath Jesus Second Coming
Church.” As a Protestant, he was intrigued and
began studying with the church’s evangelist. He
then brought a fellow Korean to the study
sessions. The second man returned to Korea
and shared what he had learned with another
man on the trip back to Korea. Soon 35
Sabbath keepers worshipped in Pusan, Korea.
In 1907 a Chinese Adventist colporteur, T. S.
Yang, traveled to Taiwan to begin work there.
The work spread slowly, and by 1943 there were
only 14 Adventist members on the island.
During World War II many Adventist
church leaders and members in Japan,
Korea, and Taiwan were imprisoned and
some were even executed because of
their beliefs. Church property was
confiscated.
Church work was reestablished after World
War II. Interest in Christianity was high in
some areas of the Far East, and church
growth led to several church conference and
division reorganizations in the area during
the last five decades of the twentieth
century.
The Northern Asia-Pacific Division Today
The Northern Asia-Pacific Division consists of China, Japan,
Mongolia, North and South Korea, and Taiwan. With 1.5
billion people, roughly a quarter of the world’s population,
the Northern Asia-Pacific Division is the most populous
division in the world.
Believers in Japan, in
Taiwan and in Mongolia
want to share Jesus’ love
with their neighbors, but
they need your help.
Please be generous with
your offering this
Thirteenth Sabbath. Let’s
do our part to share God’s
love with our family
members in the Northern
Asia-Pacific Division.
Collect Offering
Exploring God’s World
In this section we study one of the countries in the division where our Thirteenth Sabbath offering is going.
Today we are going to
learn about Japan.
Where is Japan
Japan’s Flag
Time for the Mission Story
We are taking the good news to
the entire world.
Read the Mission Story on pages 6 and 7 of the Fourth Quarter Adventist Mission Youth and Adult Magazine
while slowly progressing through the next 3 slides.
The name of
the person
in the story
is “Tsoogi.”
This story is from Mongolia.
The title of the story is “Out of the Cold.”
Lesson Study
Time
Let’s read about the:
Aliens Among Us
Do you keep a journal? Many
believe that Luke kept one.
Like any good journalist, he
would have interviewed lots
of people.
Today we continue listening
to what Luke might have
heard from another person
who served Paul.
POWER
TEXT
Acts 15:11, NIV
“We believe
it is through
the grace of
our Lord
Jesus that we
are saved,
just as they
are.”
POWER POINT
We serve God when we
love and accept others
as He does.
I couldn’t
understand
why they were
all arguing. I
thought
anyone could
accept and
follow Jesus.
Paul’s chief servant explained
to me that’s what Paul was
trying to get across to the
councilmen.
He said that
the Jews
thought that
the new
converts had to
become Jews
first and follow
their customs.
I strained to hear the
conversation. It
sounded as if they
were finally agreeing
on something.
“I think Paul
and Barnabas
should go
to Jerusalem
and talk to the
apostles there,”
someone said.
“Let’s find out what their
opinion is about this.”
“That’s a good idea, but I
want some local elders to go
too,” another replied. “I want
to make sure we’re getting an
honest report.”
“Does everyone agree?” asked
Paul.
“Yes,” everyone said together.
“Good, we’ll leave as
soon as possible,”
Paul said. “We need
to get this
straightened out
quickly.”
We traveled through Phoenicia
and Samaria so Paul could
encourage Christians along
the way. In
Jerusalem,
the believers
met us at the
city gate.
When Paul told them the
reason for our visit,
everyone agreed that a
special meeting needed to
be called. They set
the time for several
days later.
I was surprised at how many
people had come to hear Paul
and Barnabas.
But I also knew that there
were lots of people with their
own ideas about Gentiles
accepting
Christ.
They would
all want to
have their
own say during the meeting.
Paul and Barnabas
opened the meeting
by telling of their
first missionary
journey.
They told about some of the
miraculous things God had
done. Paul told about being
stoned in Lystra and left
for dead.
He saved the most important
information for last—the
large number of Gentiles who
were eager to accept the
message of Jesus and His
death for them.
“A group that came to
Antioch from Jerusalem has
begun to cause some
problems,” Paul reported.
“They have started to teach
and demand that our
Gentile Christian brothers
and sisters must first
become Jews. I believe this
is wrong.”
Just as I thought it would,
murmuring arose from the
group.
“How can you take that kind of
position?” demanded one of
the leaders. “These Gentiles
must submit to becoming
Jews and promise they’ll obey
the laws of Moses
before they can
follow Jesus.”
“Yes, he’s right,” a number
of other voices chorused.
“We disagree,” another said.
“God accepts everyone who
accepts His Son.
The important
thing is that the
Gentiles hear
the message of
Jesus and accept
it.”
The discussion
went back and
forth for a long
time. Finally,
motioning for
silence, Peter,
one of the
apostles, stood
up.
“Brothers,
about 10 years
ago I took the
gospel to
Cornelius and
his family who
were Gentiles.”
“They became believers, and
God showed He accepted
them by giving them the Holy
Spirit, just as He did at
Pentecost.”
“It didn’t make any difference
to God who they were. God
accepts people from all
nations.”
“As He does, He shows what
customs need to be put away.
He doesn’t require them to
accept all the customs of
Israel.”
“Remember, many of our customs
gave people a false security about
their salvation. We know we are
saved by Jesus’ death. It’s the same
for these people, too.”
When Peter finished speaking,
no one had anything more to
say.
Everyone listened as Paul and
Barnabas told the rest of the
miraculous and exciting
things God had done among
the Gentiles during their
journeys.
Finally James
rose to speak.
He seemed to
be the one in
charge of this
meeting.
“Brothers, listen to me,” he
began. “Peter has described
to us how God has chosen
people for His kingdom not
only from the Jews, but also
from the Gentiles.”
“In fact, God told us in
Scripture that He would do this.
It is my judgment, therefore,
that we should not make it
difficult for the Gentiles who
are turning to God.”
The argument was over. The
Holy Spirit had brought
everyone to agreement.
The next step, they decided,
was to elect people to take
the good word back to the
Gentile believers.
Let’s read some of God’s instructions about strangers, or
aliens, together, out loud.
Exodus 22:21, NIV
Do not mistreat an
alien or oppress
him, for you were
aliens in Egypt.
(Someone keep their Bible open to each of these texts as we read them,
for later discussion.)
Leviticus 19:10, 33, 34, NIV
10 Do not go over your vineyard a
second time or pick up the grapes
that have fallen. Leave them for the
poor and the alien. I am the LORD
your God.
33 When an alien lives with you in
your land, do not mistreat him.
34 The alien living with you must be
treated as one of your native-born.
Love him as yourself, for you were
aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your
God.
Leviticus 24:22, NIV
You are to have the
same law for the
alien and the nativeborn. I am the
LORD your God.
Psalm 146:9, NIV
The LORD watches over the alien
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
What’s an alien? – discuss.
What’s another word for alien? – give some
examples.
(For the sake of our discussion, we’re talking about humans!)
What special
instructions did
God give the
Israelites about
aliens?
Why do you think
He gave those
instructions to
them?
Which of these
instructions still
apply to us?
Who are aliens in our community?
How does it make
you feel knowing
that God loves and
accepts everyone?
How will knowing this change the way you
treat your classmates, neighbors, and
others?
We serve God when we
love and accept others
as He does.
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Notes to Teachers
You will want to have a hard copy of the Mission Story ready to
read during the Mission Story section. You can find the story
on pages 6 and 7 of the Fourth Quarter Adventist Mission Youth
and Adult Magazine. The title of the story is “Out of the Cold.”
You can go to the website http://www.adventistmission.org/ and find
the link titled “Publications” to download the Adventist Mission
Youth and Adult Magazine.
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