Pastors Kameron DeVasher and Mark Howard share study and teaching tips for Quarter 1, January 17 lesson, “Life and Death.” Study guides can be downloaded here (https://bit.ly/3qc9rNu).

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Uniting Heaven and Earth: Christ in Philippians and Colossians — Life and Death — Introduction

Join us as we study the Bible Study Guide for the first quarter of 2026 called Uniting Heaven and Earth: Christ in Philippians and Colossians. We are studying the lesson for week 3 called Life and Death.    

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Read for This Week's Study: Phil. 1:19-30, 1 Cor. 4:14-16, 2 Cor. 10:3-6, John 17:17-19, Micah 6:8, Acts 14:22

Memory Text: "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain" (Philippians 1:21, NKJV).

Death, we're often told, is just part of life. That's a lie. Death is the opposite of life, the enemy of life. Death was no more built into life than wreckage was built into a car. Paul emphatically says that Christ died to "destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage" (Heb. 2:14-15).

Although ready to die for Christ, Paul was confident of his long-term fate. The most important thing for him in the meantime was, by his own life or death, to honor Christ and to preach the gospel to as many as possible. Perhaps that is one reason we have so many epistles bearing his name. Through his writings, he could reach many people and places, including places that he himself had never visited.

Life is short, and it is vital to make the biggest impact possible for God's kingdom within the span of the years that God grants us. No small part of that impact has to do with our encouraging "the unity of the faith." As we shall see beginning this week, this theme was one important reason for Paul's writing to the Philippians.

* Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, January 17.

Pastor Tara VinCross shared a brief message titled Unshakable: Mission, reminding us that God’s presence is with us wherever we go, and God’s calling on our lives is stronger than any fear.

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Visiting Pastor Anatoly Zubach, President of the Moscow Conference, takes the sermon this Sabbath.