MEMORY VERSE: ‘Teach me to do Thy will; for Thou art my God; Thy Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.’ Psalm 143:10.
LESSON AIM: To show that it is the Holy Spirit that teaches us in the things that God would have us know and understand.
‘We are to be one with Christ, as He is one with the Father, and the Father will love us as He loves His Son. We may have the same help that Christ had, we may have strength for every emergency; for God will be our front guard and our rearward. He will shut us in on every side and, when we are brought before rulers, before the authorities of the earth, we need not meditate beforehand of what we shall say. God will teach us in the day of our need. Now may God help us to come to the feet of Jesus and learn of Him, before we seek to become teachers of others.’ Review & Herald, February 18, 1890.
1. Who was the first man spoken of in Scripture as being especially filled with the Spirit of God? Exodus 31:1-3 first part.
NOTE: ‘God can communicate with His people today, and give them wisdom to do His will, just as He communicated with His people of old, and gave them wisdom in building the sanctuary. “The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: and I have filled him with the Spirit of God.’ Counsels on Health, page 278.
2. What was the special blessing with which he was endowed by the Holy Spirit? Exodus 31:3, last part. Compare Isaiah 11:1-2.
NOTE: ‘The promise of the gift of the Holy Spirit is not comprehended as it should be. The privileges to be enjoyed through its acceptance are not appreciated as they might be. God desires that His church shall lay hold by faith upon His promises, and ask for the power of the Holy Spirit to help them in every place. He assures us that He is more willing to give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him, than parents are to give good gifts unto their children. Since it is possible for everyone to have the heavenly unction, “ye need not that any man teach you,” there is no excuse for shunning responsibilities. No duty should be unwelcome, no obligation evaded. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally.” Place more confidence in “Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.” O that frail man would realise that it is the General of the armies of heaven that is leading and directing the movements of His allies on earth. Christ Himself is the renewing power, working in and through every soldier by the agency of the Holy Spirit’. Review & Herald, July 16, 1895.