Telugu Sabbath School

For the first 18 centuries of Christian history, most Christians were comfortable with biblical prophecy, and there was a surprising level of agreement on what the key messages of the prophecies were. This is how God intended it to be.

God’s law is not a set of abstract principles but commands and instructions intended for our flourishing. God’s law is, in its totality, an expression of love as God Himself expresses it.

God loves justice. Accordingly, if we love God, we will love justice, as well. Likewise, if we love God, we will love one another.

Where is God when there is suffering? If God is good, why is there so much evil? The cosmic conflict sheds light on this crucial issue.

Behind the false “gods” of the nations, then, were actually demons in disguise. This means, then, that all of the texts of Scripture dealing with idolatry and the foreign gods are “cosmic conflict” texts.

Where does Scripture teach that there is a cosmic conflict between God and Satan? According to Scripture, what is the nature of the conflict?

God grants humans free will, even to the point where they (and angels) can choose to act directly against His will.

The God of the Bible is entirely good, and we can trust Him—even despite the evil that so infects our fallen world.

Yahweh is deeply concerned about evil, suffering, injustice, and oppression—all of which He constantly and unequivocally condemns.

Divine wrath is righteous indignation motivated by perfect goodness and love, and it seeks the flourishing of all creation.

God’s love for us is a deeply emotional love, it should not be thought of as identical to emotions as humans expe­rience them.

God does not look upon us, or the gifts that we bring Him, with the attitude of that father. On the contrary, we can be pleasing to God, but only through Christ.