Transcript Studying Your Sabbath School Lesson

Studying Your
Sabbath School Lesson
with e-Sword
Basic rules to remember. . .
• Click on a Bible text in the Bible window
– Look in the Commentary window to see active tabs
• Click on a word in the Bible and Commentary windows
– Look in the Dictionary window to see active tabs
• To search within the Dictionary
– Right-click on any word in the Dictionary window to bring
up “Lookup”. Click on the word and the rest of the
dictionaries will be searched and display blue “I” tabs
when other dictionaries have an entry for that word.
Preparation-Open e-Sword
Preparation-Create/Open
Markup Bible
VERY IMPORTANT: First--Click on the tab of the Bible for which you want to create a Markup
Click
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“Bible”
file; next
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the tab of the same Bible before re-opening the same Markup Bible.
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Bible
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go to Bible/ Markup;
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create
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click
“Open”
established
Bible
OPEN—window closes, you return to the Bible Window and
the “clean” original Bible will display.
Click on “Markup File”
Enter the new Markup Bible name in the File Name field; then Click SAVE. Example: SS
Lessons. Your Markup Bible is now ready to mark up with highlights and underscores
Preparation-Synchronize
Dictionary and Commentary Windows
TIP: The link buttons will stay
activated once they are selected
Preparation-Select
SS Lesson Quarterly
Place cursor on the down arrow of
the bottom drop-down menu in the
Topic Notes editor; select desired SS
Lesson Quarterly
Preparation-Select Lesson to Study
TIP: The selected lesson will display
in the active chapter window
Place cursor on the down arrow of
the top drop-down menu in the
Topic Notes window; select desired
SS Lesson
Action-View Topic Notes Window
Lesson 5
*July 26–August 1
How to Be Saved
This is the “normal” view of a typical Sabbath
School lesson. Let’s see what e-Sword can provide
to enhance your understanding of the lesson.
Sabbath Afternoon
Read for This Week’s Study: Luk_5:27-32; Luk_13:1-5; Mat_22:2-14; Zec_3:1-5; Joh_8:30-31;
Luk_14:25-27.
Memory Text: “ ‘And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life’ ”
(Joh_3:14-15, NKJV).
As the Israelites were being bitten by snakes in the desert, God instructed Moses to make a
bronze one and place it on a pole so that whoever was bitten could look at it and be saved.
What healing properties can a bronze snake have? None. Healing came only from God. By looking
at the bronze statue, however, the Israelites demonstrated their faith in God as their only hope of
life and salvation.
The Lord wanted to teach them a spiritual lesson. He transformed a symbol of death into a
symbol of life. That bronze serpent was a symbol of Christ, who became the Bearer of our sins in
order to save us. By faith, we can all look to Christ lifted up on the cross and find a cure from the
deadly sting of the old serpent, Satan. Otherwise, we are fated to die in our sins. The Word of
God expresses what should be painfully obvious: as human beings, we are sinners in need of
grace. That grace has been offered to us in Christ Jesus.
This week we will look at Jesus’ teachings regarding the simple practical steps needed for
salvation.
Action-Highlight Key Words
Lesson 5
*July 26–August 1
How to Be Saved
Highlight all words that interest you and for
which you would like to find out if the
Dictionaries provide additional materials.
Sabbath Afternoon
Read for This Week’s Study: Luk_5:27-32; Luk_13:1-5; Mat_22:2-14; Zec_3:1-5; Joh_8:30-31;
Luk_14:25-27.
Memory Text: “ ‘And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life’ ”
(Joh_3:14-15, NKJV).
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that indicate information about that word.
What healing properties can a bronze snake have? None. Healing came only from God. By looking
at the bronze statue, however, the Israelites demonstrated their faith in God as their only hope of
life and salvation.
The Lord wanted to teach them a spiritual lesson. He transformed a symbol of death into a
symbol of life. That bronze serpent was a symbol of Christ, who became the Bearer of our sins in
order to save us. By faith, we can all look to Christ lifted up on the cross and find a cure from the
deadly sting of the old serpent, Satan. Otherwise, we are fated to die in our sins. The Word of
God expresses what should be painfully obvious: as human beings, we are sinners in need of
grace. That grace has been offered to us in Christ Jesus.
Or do an extended search on related or contrasting words.
This week we will look at Jesus’ teachings regarding the simple practical steps needed for
salvation.
Action-Dictionary Search Results
Note all the dictionary tabs with blue “i” tabs that indicate they have “Salvation” as
an entry in their Topic List. Click each blue “i”, then review the Dictionaries’ Topic
List entries to see if there is one that is relevant to the lesson.
TIP: You can copy/paste text from an open Dictionary into the Editors window.
OR do a quick Lookup:
Right-click on any key word in Dictionary
window view to find more active Dictionary
tabs about that key word
Topic
List
Window
For
Open
Dictionary
TIP: The Dictionary topic window will show all the
key word listings if “Dictionary/Topics” in the toolbar
at the top of the screen is selected
Spirit of Prophecy Dictionaries
Many Spirit of Prophecy books are compilations that gather
together quotations on specific topics. There is a heading for
each of these quotations at the beginning of each paragraph.
These headings have been alphabetized by the key word for
e-Sword. You can see these key words in each Dictionary
module’s topic list window.
When you click on a word in one of the Editors windows, a
blue “i” will appear on a Dictionary tab if there is a match on
the key word. Click on that tab to read the article.
Spirit of Prophecy Page Dictionary
The Sabbath School lessons usually contain several quotations from
the Spirit of Prophecy. You can view the context of that quotation
in the EGW page dictionary when you click on the red-colored page
reference in the SS lesson. No need to leave e-Sword. . . .
The Dictionary tab displays a blue “i”, the topic list
window goes to the page number and the Dictionary
window displays the context of the quotation.
Click on the red
page reference
Action-Highlight Key Phrases
Lesson 5
*July 26–August 1
How to Be Saved
Highlight key phrases; do an Extended
Search of all the Dictionaries.
Sabbath Afternoon
Read for This Week’s Study: Luk_5:27-32; Luk_13:1-5; Mat_22:2-14; Zec_3:1-5; Joh_8:30-31;
Luk_14:25-27.
Memory Text: “ ‘And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life’ ”
(Joh_3:14-15, NKJV).
As the Israelites were being bitten by snakes in the desert, God instructed Moses to make a
bronze one and place it on a pole so that whoever was bitten could look at it and be saved.
What healing properties can a bronze snake have? None. Healing came only from God. By looking
at the bronze statue, however, the Israelites demonstrated their faith in God as their only hope
of life and salvation.
The Lord wanted to teach them a spiritual lesson. He transformed a symbol of death into a
symbol of life. That bronze serpent was a symbol of Christ, who became the Bearer of our sins in
order to save us. By faith, we can all look to Christ lifted up on the cross and find a cure from the
deadly sting of the old serpent, Satan. Otherwise, we are fated to die in our sins. The Word of
God expresses what should be painfully obvious: as human beings, we are sinners in need of
grace. That grace has been offered to us in Christ Jesus.
This week we will look at Jesus’ teachings regarding the simple practical steps needed for
salvation.
Action-Dictionary Window
Extended Search
Click on “Dictionary”
Enter a phrase in the
search window
Double-click on an
individual reference
to view entry in the
right-hand window
Click on “Extended Search”
Select Dictionaries
to search; click on
red “x” to close
Select word
search parameters
Click on the Binoculars to
search Dictionaries
Action-Tooltipped References
Lesson 5
*July 26–August 1
How to Be Saved
Sabbath Afternoon
Read for This Week’s Study: Luk_5:27-32; Luk_13:1-5; Mat_22:2-14; Zec_3:1-5; Joh_8:30-31;
Luk_14:25-27.
Memory Text: “ ‘And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life’ ”
(Joh_3:14-15, NKJV).
As the Israelites were being bitten by snakes in the desert, God instructed Moses to make a
bronze one and place it on a pole so that whoever was bitten could look at it and be saved.
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God expresses what should be painfully obvious: as human beings, we are sinners in need of
grace. That grace has been offered to us in Christ Jesus.
This week we will look at Jesus’ teachings regarding the simple practical steps needed for
salvation.
Action-Commentary Window
After clicking on the tooltipped text in the Topic
Notes window, notice all the Commentary tabs that
indicate there is an entry for John 3:14
Example of a tooltipped Scripture reference
Action-Commentary Window
Active tab is “TSKe”; you can see the complete title
of a book by placing cursor on any tab in e-Sword
Action-Commentary Window
Extended Search
Click on “Commentary”
Click on “Extended Search”
Action-Commentary Window
Extended Search
Enter a phrase in the
search window
Select Commentaries
to search; click on red
“x” to close
Action-Commentary Window
Extended Search
Click on the Binoculars to
search Dictionaries
Select word
search parameters
Click on an individual reference in left-hand window to view entry in the right-hand
window; you can copy/paste from the Commentary window into the Topic Notes window
Spirit of Prophecy
Commentary Modules
The Conflict of the Ages series (PP, PK, DA, AA, GC, MB, COL) refer to a specific
scripture passage for a specific chapter in these books. In the first five volumes, that
reference is located at the bottom of the first page of the chapter. The Bible and
Commentary windows are synchronized so that when you click on a Bible verse that is
covered by that chapter, you can now read the chapter that corresponds to the active
Bible verse in the Commentary window.
All the scripture passages in each chapter of these titles (Ed, GW, MH, and CT&BH) are
also synchronized to open the chapter where that passage is located.
Action-Memory Verse
Yes—it’s still a very good idea to learn your memory verse!!
Click on “Tools”
Click on “Scripture Memory”
Click on memory verse to memorize
Click on this tab to add, edit, or
delete memory verse texts
To create your own memory verse list,
click here. Directory will open where you
can give the new list its own name
This will take you to the four
memory verse tests.
Action-Memory Verse Tests
Action-Memory Verse Tests
Action-Memory Verse Tests
Action-Memory Verse Tests
www.sshope.hopetv.org
Hope Sabbath School
Dr. Derek Morris has generously provided the Hope Sabbath School study guides for e-Sword.
You can fully participate in his Sabbath School by watching the discussion as well as using the
Scripture-rich study guides in e-Sword for each week.
www.sshope.hopetv.org
Hope Sabbath School
Dr. Derek Morris has generously provided the Hope Sabbath School study guides for e-Sword.
You can fully participate in his Sabbath School by watching the discussion as well as using the
Scripture-rich study guides in e-Sword for each week.
www.sshope.hopetv.org
Hope Sabbath School
Dr. Derek Morris has generously provided the Hope Sabbath School study guides for e-Sword.
You can fully participate in his Sabbath School by watching the discussion as well as using the
Scripture-rich study guides in e-Sword for each week.
Each quarter’s theme song is also
included in the Topic Notes module.
www.sshope.hopetv.org
Hope Sabbath School
Dr. Derek Morris has generously provided the Hope Sabbath School study guides for e-Sword.
You can fully participate in his Sabbath School by watching the discussion as well as using the
Scripture-rich study guides in e-Sword for each week.
www.GoBible.org
Bruce N. Cameron, J.D. is the
author of these Bible studies.
He is the Reed Larson
Professor of Labor Law at
Regent University School of
Law. Professor Cameron has
devoted his life to promoting
the Gospel and defending
believers. He holds an
undergraduate degree from
Andrews University and a
Doctor of Law from Emory
University School of Law.
Dr. Cameron has been
published in Liberty
magazine, been a participant
in many religious liberty
forums, and continues to
work actively in the religious
liberty field.
GoBible.org
www.GoBible.org
Dr. Bruce Cameron has
generously given permission
for his weekly study guide to
be made into a Topic Notes
module. These study guides
present thoughtful questions
about each week’s Sabbath
School lesson and are
guaranteed to make you
think more deeply about the
week’s topic as he guides you
through a virtual discussion.
Great resource for Sabbath
School teachers.
GoBible.org
Share It-Print It Out
Click on Preview icon to prepare for printing out
open Topic Notes document
Share It-Print It Out
These familiar icons may be selected to verify
your document’s layout before you print it out
Share It
• EXPORT– With cursor in the active
Editor window, press Control + right
click. A menu will display that allows
you to export your module in several
ways:
• MODULE—e-Mail module to an
e-Sword friend
• TEACH—Teach someone how to use
e-Sword for themselves
Summary of Different Ways to
Study the Lesson
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Word Study – dig into the meaning of a word
Original Languages - translate word or verse into your own words
Inductive Study – ask who, what, why, when, where, how…
Illustrate lesson with graphics
Compare translations of the same Bible text – is there consistency
or differences
• Spirit of Prophecy comments – what insights do you find
• Biography sketch of Bible individuals in lesson – find all the texts
about that person
• Write a child’s version of the lesson – share with a child
• Create a Bible study – put your findings into practical use
• Can you think of more?
You will never run out of ways to explore the Bible. Time will fly by as
you study God’s Word in e-Sword.